In a recent interview with VIBE, Gotti claims that “Nicki Minaj is just as talented as Lauryn Hill“.

His full quote after the jump…

The world has yet to see the best of Nicki Minaj. What she’s delivering to the world now is basically what they want. But I know that she’s a super talented superstar who can do anything at a high level—rap, sing, act, whatever she wants to do. This is just the beginning of Nicki Minaj. Her best is yet to come. In my opinion she is as talented as my other girl Lauryn Hill. They have completely different styles. But as far as the talent is concerned they both can do it all. Nicki just isn’t showing it yet ’cause she doesn’t want to. But world be prepared ’cause she’s the truth.

Is this a ploy to get his once influential label back on dry land? Hmmmm excellent start. [Insert sarcasm here]

I get the pleasure of being a contributing writer to HEED Magazine--where subculture is the new mainstream. HEED magazine fulfills a niche' in the urban marketplace, highlighting topics, venues and personalities rarely covered in most mainstream media.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will appear on female chat show "The View" on Thursday, in what the ABC network said on Monday was the first appearance by a sitting U.S. president on a daytime TV talk show.

Obama's July 29 appearance will be taped on Wednesday. He will be asked about jobs, the economy, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and family life inside the White House, ABC said in a statement.

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Lego blocks are the playtime favorite for kids everywhere and many adults obsession. What is so sweet about the similarity between an adults restricted mind and a child's reaching one is the ability to create and be creative. Hillel Cooperman's lecture at the TED convention takes us through seeming subculture of the legos featuring CAD, open-source robotics and a little adult behavior. After watching this video, I'd urge you to become an individual that strives for creativity and self-actualization.

I had lunch the other day with a friend of mine who was born with the genius gene. He's a complete obnoxious specimen, but his clarity brings my life clarity. He said plainly, "Antoinette, this week, don't be afraid to show your crown."

Today we celebrate the memory of Frida Kahlo on her birthday, July 7th. Kahlo was perhaps one of the most prolific painters of her time. She was a mixed-heritage Mexican girl with a Hungarian and Jewish father, and Mexican Spanish mother. Born in 1907, she lived through the Mexican Revolution, dodging gunfire and riots, only to be shot with polio at age 6. Because of the polio’s effect on Frida, she wanted to study medicine and unlock the mysteries of the body. However, when she was 18 she was hit by a trolley. An iron rail went straight through her uterus; her foot was crushed and dislocated, and her spinal column, collarbone, ribs and pelvis were all broken. Alive, but trapped and crippled, she was given a special easel and some paints to entertain herself during the long and painful convalescence. And so Frida was confined to her bed for years; it was there, in that state of isolation, Frida made two discoveries-- that she had an amazing gift with oil based colors and that she would love Diego Rivera almost 20 years her senior for his ideals in politics and art. Kahlo is most known for depicting herself in various shocking visuals—especially for that time. She has said, “I paint self-portraits because I am the person I know best.

At 22, she wed painter Diego Rivera following a tumultuous ten-year union where both artists carried on numerous affairs. They soon divorced but some say you cannot truly divorce the heart as they ultimately remarried before Kahlo’s death in 1954.

Knight and Day is an enjoyable and entertaining action flick with one of the best summer movie openings we’ve had in a long time.

The movie is preposterously funny to the point where you overlook Cruises’ saggy man boobs and immobilized forehead as well as Diaz’ eye catching wrinkles.

What I found particularly hard to find was the romance between Diaz and Cruise…both performances were over the top—I think they’d make a way better pair as platonic partners than a love interest.

On the other hand, if you want to just veg out with a lightweight movie—Knight and Day is your go to flick for the summer.

I've gotten a couple e-mails about why I haven't been posting any blogs lately. I've just been taking care of a couple of things, but I want to thank you because it lets me know you're reading and looking forward to what I write. So in my hiatus, of which will be over by tomorrow, please enjoy my all time FAVORITE commercial!! lol

An interesting fact about today is that it's Geek day. A manifesto was created to celebrate the first Geek Pride Day which included the following list of basic rights and responsibilities of geeks.

Rights:

1. The right to be even geekier.
2. The right to not leave your house.
3. The right to not like football or any other sport.
4. The right to associate with other nerds.
5. The right to have few friends (or none at all).
6. The right to have as many geeky friends as you want.
7. The right to be out of style.
8. The right to be overweight and near-sighted.
9. The right to show off your geekiness.
10. The right to take over the world.

Responsibilities:

1. Be a geek, no matter what.
2. Try to be nerdier than anyone else.
3. If there is a discussion about something geeky, you must give your opinion.
4. To save and protect all geeky material.
5. Do everything you can to show off geeky stuff as a "museum of geekiness."
6. Don't be a generalized geek. You must specialize in something.
7. Attend every nerdy movie on opening night and buy every geeky book before anyone else.
8. Wait in line on every opening night. If you can go in costume or at least with a related T-shirt, all the better.
9. Never throw away anything related to geekdom.
10. Try to take over the world!

Google is known for changing its homepage logo to celebrate holidays while incorporating some magical coding (which I mistakenly thought was flash) to appeal us “navigators.” But today marks a special occasion for the giant search engine: a playable game in the logo’s place –- specifically, a game of Pacman to mark the its 30th anniversary.

Company will be collectively groining as I’m sure their productivity will spiral down as the game is just as addictive as the original, and as Google’s Marcin Wichary says, “[We] made sure to include PAC-MAN’s original game logic, graphics and sounds, bring back ghosts’ individual personalities, and even recreate original bugs from this 1980s masterpiece.”

To play, just press the “Insert Coin” button and you’re set! My oh my how I love Google.

Robin Hood took the lead at the worldwide box office in its first weekend of release, but the costly Russell Crowe saga failed to outdue Iron Man 2, as America's favorite comeback champ brings this sequel to first place according to the NY Times. Click here for the details.

Gemma Arterton, known for her role as the bond girl, Strawberry Fields opposite Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace, has always taken flack for her weight. I'm completely smitten with her especially since her last performance as the euphoric protector "Lo" of Perseus (Sam Worthington) in Clash of the Titans.

Says Gemma: ‘It is ridiculous. I went to a designer the other day — who will remain nameless — and he said to me: “I’m amazed that you’re fitting into these sample sizes.”’

She then told the designer: ‘I’m a size eight to ten! I should be amazed that the largest you’re making these is a size six.’

However, she admits: ‘Occasionally, I come home and say to my fiance [stunt driver Stefano Mioni]: “I feel really fat.”

Some of you have gotten e-mails from me, but I wanted to make this OFFICIAL...VH1 is looking for outgoing candidates for a relationship based reality talk show. We have to keep the host's name on a hush for confidentiality reasons, but never fear...the host is a WELL known and successful match maker.