Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Brick Squad MC Slim Duncan was murdered Friday night inside an Atlanta studio.

According to investigators, the 24- year-old  rapper, whose real name was Mario Hamilton, was shooting a video at the studio when trouble arose.

Police said they have questioned about eight people who were at the studio at the time of the shooting, but police are not ready to name a suspect in the shooting.

Police are still trying to find out who the shooter was and Slim was rushed to Grady Memorial where he was pronounced dead.

Slim has appeared on numerous records with Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka.

Father-to-be rapper Jay-Z is planning to splash out on an armored vehicle to protect his unborn baby.

His wife Beyonce Knowles is pregnant with the couple’s first child and Jay-Z, 42, is so determined to keep the child safe, he has asked Tom Cruise for advice on the safest mode of transport for the family.

“Jay is looking at action-movie style vehicles like Tom’s and wants to make sure they are bullet-proof and 100 per cent safe. He won’t be taking any risks that”s for sure,” a source said.

In addition to the armored car, the rapper is also planning to splurge on a new home for him and his family in Florida and has told his popstar wife that money is not an object.

“They went house hunting together last week and he made it clear that she can pick whichever one she likes. All Jay will care about is that it’s secluded and very well protected.

“He said to her that even if the house of her dreams costs him 12 million pounds, he”ll buy it. He sees it as a thank you for making his dream to be a father come true,” it said.

Blues singer Etta James, who has been suffering from chronic leukemia, is terminally ill, her doctor said.

Dr. Elaine James, who is unrelated to the singer and has been living with her since March 2010, is now asking James’ fans to pray for her.

Court documents show that James also suffers from dementia and kidney failure.

The 73-year-old entertainer, who is most famous for the hit song “At Last,” is now under the 24-hour care of Elaine James, who was hired by the singer’s husband, Artis Mills, in 2001.

In the 1960s and 1970s, James was in and out of rehab programs for a heroin addiction. In 1974, she spent 17 months in the hospital after she was arrested for drug possession and sentenced to drug treatment instead of prison time.

Just one month after his appearance on Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers, DMX is at it again, but this time he brought his wife with him.

X and his wife, Tashera have been married for twelve years and have four children together, but have been separated for over a year.

On December 8, 2011 the couple began filming a new reality show entitled “Couples Therapy” that will air on VH1. The program consists of twenty-one days of extensive relationship therapy, both as an individual couple and also as a group.

The group therapy will be with other celebrities such as Linda Hogan, Angelina (“Jersey Shore“), and Vienna & Kasey (“The Bachelor“).

The Deep South drama “The Help” cleaned up with four nominations Wednesday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, among them honors for Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer.

The adaptation of the best-selling novel also was nominated for best ensemble cast, along with the silent film “The Artist,” the wedding comedy “Bridesmaids,” the family drama “The Descendants” and the romantic fantasy “Midnight in Paris.”

Davis is up for best actress and Spencer for supporting actress.

Jermaine “Huggy” Hopkins has been popped in Arizona for allegedly buying 200 pounds of marijuana from an undercover detective.

The actor who starred alongside Tupac in Juice and Morgan Freeman in Lean On Me was charged with two felony counts of possessing, transporting and trying to sell marijuana.

Huggy, 38,  reportedly lives in North Carolina now  but went to Arizona to make the buy. Police say Hopkins told them he got involved in the drug deal to provide a nice Christmas for his family.

Hopkins is being held on $35,000 bond. If convicted, he faces up to 5 years in prison.

Fantasia Barrino reportedly gave birth to a healthy baby boy yesterday.

According to sources, the American Idol checked into Presbyterian hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina Monday afternoon with her boyfriend Antwaun Cooke. Barrino wasn’t expected to deliver until December 29, but the baby was obviously anxious to get out and celebrate the holidays.

This is the singer’s second child, but her first child with Cooke. She currently has a 10-year-old daughter Zion.

The name of her new baby, has yet to be released.

Fantasia has yet to formally acknowledge that Antwaun Cooke is the father of her baby, but has received considerable backlash from her followers because Cooke is still legally married to his estranged wife Paula.

The relationship was controversial because Paula Cooke claims Barrino began an affair with her husband in the summer of 2009, while the couple were happily married.

In August, the 27-year-old R&B singer announced that she was pregnant during a concert in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Jacksonville, Florida.

At the time, Fantasia said her pregnancy was a gift from God, “This child that I carry, God has given me this child. And I don’t have to hide it from none of y’all.”

After Lowes created some open ad time, Russell Simmons filled it in a high profile way.

The music legend and entrepreneur tweeted on Monday that he bought all the remaining ad space on “All-American Muslim,” the TLC reality show that has been at the center of a recent media buy controversy.

“Just purchased remaining spots for #allamericanmuslim for next week,” he wrote. “The show is now sold out! keep your money @lowes and we will keep ours.”

In an effort to draw the financial crowd to his show, Hov has set the price tag very high. The show will benefit the Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund and the United Way of New York City.

“I want to do my part to make sure everyone has an opportunity,” Jay-Z said in an interview today. “It’s really a shame when someone has drive and really wants to further their education, and they’re unable to because of their financial situation.”

The ticket prices ranging from $500 – $2,500 is meant to draw the more wealthy figures and executives.  The general public tickets will be sold at a much cheaper price on January 30th. “This is about connecting people to help other people.”

This performance will mark the first time that the Hall has hosted an entire show featuring a Hip Hop Artist.