Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Sean Kingston’s passenger, Cassandra Sanchez, is speaking out about the pair’s reckless jet ski romp turned serious hospital stay. Sanchez, who is Kingston’s longtime friend, recalls begging the singer to slow down before the pair crashed into the Palm Island bridge in Miami.

“Both jet skis pulled out of the dock at the same time and we were going so fast we just blasted past them,” Sanchez told TMZ. “When we turned a corner and crashed … they were so far behind us they didn’t even see us crash.”

As the pair were approaching the bridge Sanchez recalls they were traveling “really fast.” “We can’t fit under there,” Sanchez remembers she screamed at Kingston before the collision. “Are we going to try and go under there? Sean stop!”

Although Sanchez believes that Kingston did attempt to steer clear of the bridge before the crash, the jet ski was traveling too fast to properly react to the water block and Kingston lost control of the vehicle.

Sanchez blacked out immediately after the crash but remembers waking up in pain and watching Kingston cough up blood, foam and “pink stuff” before mumbling the words, “I’m hurting. I’m hurting.”

Although Sanchez only suffered minor injuries — a sore jaw and ribs — Kingston is still in a Miami hospital in stable condition where doctors believe he will be recovering for the next several weeks.

“They have a tube down his throat so he can’t really talk, but he is lucid and understands what’s going on,” Sanchez said.

Although alcohol is said not to have been involved in the incident, authorities are launching an investigation into the cause of the crash.

A family friend of famed poet Gil Scott Heron has confirmed that the legend died Friday afternoon after becoming ill from a trip to Europe.

Further details on his death are not available at this time.

Heron was noted for his influence on rap music and culture and is renowned for his outspoken views on politics he put into his music and poetry.

He may be best known for “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” poetry set to jazz music that’s been referenced repeatedly since he recorded it in the 1970s in Harlem.

Former ‘Clean House’ host and ‘Dancing With the Stars’ hoofer Niecy Nash exchanged wedding vows on Saturday at a Malibu, Calif., vineyard with Jay Tucker, an electrical engineer.

The couple has been engaged since September. It is Nash’s second marriage; she divorced Don Nash, with whom she has three kids, in 2007.

Who attended the nuptials? According to People.com, guests at the outdoor ceremony included matron of honor Sheryl Lee Ralph, ‘DWTS’ pals Evan Lysacek and Erin Andrews,

‘The View’ star Sherri Shepherd, ‘The Talk’ star Holly Robinson-Peete and ‘Clean House’ designer Mark Brunetz. Hours before she walked down the aisle, the veteran comedienne, 40, tweeted a photo of her pre-wedding look, smiling through her facial masque beauty treatment.

The celebration will be chronicled on a two-hour special on TLC, ‘Niecy Nash’s Wedding Bash,’ set to air June 4. Eager fans who can’t wait can check out her photographer’s engagement photos of the bride and groom here.

Nash has been so thrilled about finding her perfect partner (after Tucker popped the question, she said, “I cannot believe that God has been this kind that he would gift me this man”) she now hopes to do some match-making for another TLC star: “I’ve got my sights set on a few more folks…If I could pick the project of all projects, it would probably be Kate Gosselin, because if I can help Kate find a man? I can help anybody!”

Legendary funker George Clinton has been hospitalized, suffering from a staff infection to his leg, according to TMZ

The 69-year-old front man of the heralded funk group Parliament Funkadelic reportedly went in for a routine check-up when doctors discovered a staff infection in the eccentric singer’s leg and made the to decision to keep him for treatment.

As for the seriousness of his condition a rep for Clinton says, “He’ll be just fine. Thank you for all your prayers and concern.”

Clinton has made a huge contribution to hip hop, and is an essential influence of the west coast’s G-Funk movement.

He has even featured on several prominent hip hop tracks including Tupac’s “Cant C Me,” OutKast’s “Synthisizer” and Wu-Tang Clan’s “Tar Pit.”

Clinton had a cameo in the 1990 hip hop comedy, House Party.

Rihanna took ‘S&M’ to the streets of New York City on Friday morning (May 27), when she performed the hit single as part of the 16th annual ‘Today Show’ Toyota Concert Series.

The ‘Loud’ creator treated fans to a live performance in Rockefeller Plaza, where she performed ‘S&M’ in addition to ‘What’s My Name?,’ ‘California King Bed’ and ‘Only Girl (In the World)’ from her fifth album.

Sporting her signature red locks, a black patent leather Burberry trench coat and baring her midriff, Rihanna started the performance from the street. En route to the stage, her dancers were forced to step in and help free the pop princess from one overzealous fan, who pulled her in — at 1:19 into the video of the performance — for a hug and didn’t want to let go.

Rihanna kicks off the North American dates on her Loud tour in Baltimore on June 4, where she will be joined by Roc Nation rapper J. Cole.

Her most recent performance of ‘S&M’ was at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (May 22), where Britney Spears joined her on stage to open the show.

Even though she has been outfitted by some of the world’s top designers, Ciara would rather rock her birthday suit.

The Atlanta native revealed in a new interview that the moments when she feels most comfortable is when she’s in the nude. “I feel the sexiest when I’m by myself, walking around nude,” she told Us Magazine. “I have this new obsession with nudity, it’s really weird. It may sound weird, but I just really love embracing the body.”

The 25-year-old keeps her body in shape by working out fives times a week with celebrity trainer Gunner Peterson, and eating what she calls “clean” foods. Despite her slender physique, the singer explained that her goal is to maintain a healthy body type, versus being skinny. “I can lose weight easily and I don’t like to do that,” she revealed. “I’m not trying to lose and get small. I just want to keep shape and I just want to focus on abs and glutes. I would never advise somebody to be so strict to where you don’t enjoy yourself.”

These days Ciara’s music career is facing a new direction, since asking to be released from a contract with her label Jive Records in February, following the disappointing sales of her last album ‘Basic Instinct.’ Unlike her previous releases, the project failed to crack the top 5 of the Billboard album charts, only peaking at No. 44.

NEW YORK — Preliminary figures show Wednesday’s finale of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” scored its highest audience in 17 years.

The Nielsen Co. said Thursday that the final episode delivered a 13.3 household rating in the nation’s metered markets.

It was the highest number since February 1994. That’s when an “Oprah” episode called “People Shed Their Disguises” got a 13.4 rating.

Metered market ratings measure roughly half the nation and can’t be translated into audience figures. A viewer count for the “Oprah” finale won’t be available from Nielsen for two weeks.

The metered market rating for Monday’s surprise farewell episode of “Oprah” logged a 10.2. Nielsen said Tuesday’s episode got a 10.7.

2 Live Crew front man Luther Campbell made a valiant attempt to run for mayor of Miami-Dade County. He wasn’t actually heavily favored but he did end up in fourth place in a special election after 88 percent of voters chose to recall now-former Mayor Carlos Alvarez in mid-March.

Campbell’s platform included taxing strippers and he took home 11 percent of the votes. Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Carlos Gimenez will battle in a June 28th runoff election for the mayoral position.

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA — State police say rapper Torrence “Lil Boosie” Hatch is facing allegations he schemed to try to smuggle codeine syrup into the state penitentiary at Angola.

Lt. Doug Cain says Hatch, who is serving time on an unrelated drug charge and awaiting trial on a murder charge, sought help from two fellow Baton Rouge residents in the alleged scheme. Hatch was booked Wednesday on charges of conspiracy to introduce contraband into a penal institution and inciting a felony.

Last year, Hatch was indicted after he allegedly paid someone to kill a 35-year-old man who was fatally shot in his home through a window, authorities said. Two others also face charges in that death.

“Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz,” debuted at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart in 2009.