Today marks the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, ravished the Gulf Coast, but devastated the historic city of New Orleans. Time goes by so fast.

Prior to Hurricane Katrina New Orleans was a tourist destination, with a popilation of approximately 500,000 residents according to the 2000 cencus. Now some estimate the population to be somewhere around 300,000, more or less.

Not quite the way it was, but post Katrina New Orleans is on its way back or is it? Many of the residents of the Lower 9th Ward area of New Orleans beg to differ. This area was one of the hardest and the community continues to struggle to raise this neighborhood up from ruins.

Sure you have your organizations such as Katrina Aid Today and various organizations who have truly made huge efforts to help re-build New Orleans. But the question still remains, what about the Lower 9th Ward?

Where will these long time residents eventually end up? Will they ever be able to live comfortably in their beloved New Orleans?

Celebs like actor Brad Pitt and his organization Make It Right have been in support of re-building New Orleans since the very beginning. Building homes just like the above picture, but how many people in the Lower 9th Ward can afford the upkeep (property taxes, utility bills, etc) to maintaining these homes.

I’m optimistic, the this area New Orleans will eventually get the attention it deserves. In the meanwhile lets remember Hurricane Katrina and pray for the survivors.

Photos: Getty Images/Newscom

©2010 Eartodastreetz. All Rights Reserved.

Rappers Drake and Nicki Minaj reportedly took to the social network platform, Twitter jokingly announced they married Aug 27, Friday. Of the announcement blew up the internet, particularly many not believing the newly weds, well at least did not initially believe it.

Nicki Minaj tweeted:

“Uscurred? @drakkardnoir u ready to make the announcement or wha?”

“Yes, its true. Drake and I tied the knot. > RT@drakkardnoir@nickiminaj Baby I am never scarred. PROUD is more the word I would use

Drake tweeted:

“Please refer to @nickiminaj as Mrs. Aubrey Graham and don’t stare at her too long. She’s finally mine. :)”

Although the two hip hop royalties see tweet words of young love, there reps seem to be in dark about these nuptials, to point of denial.

Eonline reports Aug 27, Friday:

“Reps for both Drake and Nicki Minaj tell E! News that the rappers did not tie the knot, though both tweeted that they did earlier today.”

All of my Drake and Nicki Minaj fans, they are both very much still available. Let me just say Drake is, because I’m not sure about Nicki, word is she has been in relationship a while.

©2010 Eartodastreetz. All Rights Reserved.

“When A Woman Loves” - R. Kelly

2. “Without You” - Chris Brown

3. “First Time” - Pleasure P

©2010 Eartodastreetz. All Rights Reserved.

Well it’s official, Tiger Woods messy and very public divorce is final. The judgment was entered Monday (8/23) in Bay County (Florida) Circuit Court dissolving the marriage.

Woods posted Monday, a statement on his website and it reads: “We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future. While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramont importance to both of us. Once we came to the decision that our marriage was at an end, the primary focus of our amicable discussions has been to ensure their future wellbeing. The weeks and months ahead will not be easy for them as we adjust to a new family situation, which is why our privacy must be a principal concern.”

Tiger and Elin will share joint parenting of their children, Sam, 3 and Charlie, 1. Also, the settlement orders Elin not to speak to the media. Let’s get to the money part of the settlement agreement, word is Elin walked away with no less than $100 million, however this amount has been confirmed.

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m glad this nasty little divorce is over.

Now that Tiger Wood’s divorce is final, does anyone think his golfing career will turn around?

©2010 Eartodastreetz. All Rights Reserved.

Soul singer, Lyfe Jennings has released a new video, “If Tomorrow Never Comes” which is a bonus track off of his upcoming fourth studio album, I Still Believe.

This album is expected to hit the stores August 31.

Your thoughts.

©2010 Eartodastreetz. All Rights Reserved.

Former employee, Catherine Dunn has filed a lawsuit Friday (8/13) at a Los Angeles Superior Court claiming that while she was on stress-related leave, she was replaced by a “non-disabled and younger employee”. More specifically, she is suing Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network for creating “a hostile work environment”

Dunn, who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS), started as an assistant in August 2008, but alleges she was forced to take stress leave and a leave of absence when the symtoms of her disorder brought on by “workplace stress”.

Dunn is suing OWN network for wrongful termination and is seeking unspecified damages.

Source

©2010 Eartodastreetz. All Rights Reserved.

New Orleans rapper, Juvenile appeared in a Louisiana court where he plead guilty, Thursday (8/12) to marijuana possession. He received a suspended three month sentence and was ordered to pay a $250 fine plus court costs.

District Judge Manny Fernandez also ordered a six month inactive probation for the rapper.

Juvenile, 34 and music producer, Leroy Edwards, 42 were arrested February 25 at an Arabi house, which was being used as a recording studio, in the St. Bernard Parish for misdeanor marijuana possession.

©2010 Eartodastreetz. All Rights Reserved.

Halle Berry nabs the cover of the September 2010 edition of Vogue magazine. In this feature she opens up about her break up with model, Gabriel Aubrey who is also the father of their daughter, Nahla.

Excerpts:

The Breakup/Relationships

It’s sort of ironic that just as Berry was getting ready to make her comeback, the news of her breakup with Gabriel Aubry upstaged everything. “Just my luck!” she says. “By the time it hit the papers—full of rumors and lies, with people having to make up problems between us—Gabriel and I had long dealt with it. We were done. And we were on a good foot, and we had decided what we were going to do for Nahla, and we were able to say, ‘This will pass.’”

And did it pass?

“In two weeks!” she says. “Because there was no truth to any of it. There is no discord, there is no fighting. So it came and went. Now we are back to how it was before: living apart, raising our daughter.”

Would it be fair to say that relationship simply ran its course?

“It’s just that you realize you are not meant to go the distance with everybody,” she says. “We were meant to bring this amazing little person into the world. And I think that’s why we came together. And because of that, we are going to be together forever, all three of us. We are a family until we are not here anymore.”

Are you two friendly at this point?

“Yes. Very.” She pauses for a moment, collects her thoughts. “We have always been friends, we’re still friends, we love each other very much, and we both share the love of our lives. And we are both 100 percent committed to being the best parents we can be. And while it was not a love connection for us, he was absolutely the right person to have this child with because she is going to have an amazing father. And that was really important to me. We’ll make sure we always do what is right for her and put her first. And she will see as she grows that we have a lot of love for each other.”

Self Acceptance/Sexuality

We head down to the bedroom level, where there is more sculpture. One, in a hallway, is meant to be cheeky; it depicts the twelve astrological signs—but with couples in comic sexual positions. Berry looks for her sign, Leo. “I’m on top, baby!” she says, and laughs. Berry seems entirely comfortable with her sexuality. “That comes with age,” she says. “I’ve been slowly getting there. If the world wouldn’t persecute me, I’d take nude pictures every day of the week.” Next thing you know, she picks up a small framed picture and hands it to me. It is a photograph of her, naked and eight months pregnant on the beach in Mexico. She is leaping through the air. “I was in Cabo San Lucas with Cliff, and there was a beach full of people. And I was like, ‘I’m going to take my clothes off,’ and he was like, ‘No, HB, don’t!’ And I’m like, ‘F*ck it! Take the picture!’ And I took my clothes off and I just ran down the beach.” She laughs at the thought. “I could not have been happier in my life.”

Let’s just say Halle Berry reveals a lot about herself and shows she is more than a pretty face.

©2010 Eartodastreetz. All Rights Reserved.

The Kardashian sisters are preparing to release their first book, “Kardashian Konfidential”.

If think this will be your run of the mill tell all book, well, you are mistaken. The sisters will share their childhood and the lessons they learned from their mother.

The Kardashian sisters will also share beauty and style secrets for you fashionistas in training.

“Kardashian Konfidential” will hit stores November 23.

Source

©2010 Eartodastreetz. All Rights Reserved.

Singer, Fantasia Barrino allegedly attempted suicide after her married boyfriend, Antwaun Cook ended their on again off again relationship.

Barrino was reportedly devastated after this break up.

Monday, the local authorities were called out to Fantasia’s home, where she was rushed to a North Carolina area hospital. It was determined she consumed a large amount of aspirins and sleeping pills.

A friend tells RadarOnline.com, the reason Antwaun Cook called off the relationship was because he was “fed-up with all the drama.”

After sometime of denying being the other woman, Fantasia eventually confirmed there was a relationship with Antwaun, which began in 2009. She insists Antwaun assured her , he and his wife were separated.

And he said he’s tired of the drama….huh….is he serious

Or could it be that….

Last week Cook’s wife, Paula filed for a divorce in North Carolina where in the court documents she revealed some rather shocking details about the affair. Paula alleges her husband and Fantasia’s affair went on for nearly a year and had made a number of sex tapes.

And some media outlets report, that Paula and Fantasia have had some heated verbal exchanges.

The stress of the lawsuit and the break up may have been too much for Fantasia, 26 to handle.

Fantasia’s father Joseph Barrino says she has been released from the hospital and is doing fine.

©2010 Eartodastreetz. All Rights Reserved.