Florida Sentinel Bulletin

A source close to the Smith family cites Will Smith as a huge fan of the animated feline humanoid aliens known as The Thundercats.

The cartoon ran from 1985 to 1990 and became a cult classic series.

Will is rumored to be considering producing and starring in a live cinematic version along with his wife, Jada.

Mrs. Pinkett-Smith would make a great Cheetara, and this may be one the whole family could take part in with Willow and Jaden as WilyKit and WilyKat.

We’re not sure who would play Snarf or Mumm-Ra.

Willow Smith is continuing to land big gigs before the release of her Roc Nation assisted album, the latest being a stint at this year’s White House ‘Easter Egg Roll.’

Smith was announced as a performer for Sunday’s Rockin’ Egg Roll where she joined Colbie Caillat, Greyson Chance, pre-teen singing group Mindless Behavior, John Lithgow, Sesame Street, and Little Beats and DJ WillyWow.

This year the largest annual public event at the White House featured a “Get Up and Go!” theme focusing on promoting health and wellness and encouraging children to lead healthy and active lives.

This is a central part of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative, which is a national effort to combat childhood obesity.

Along with musical performances, the Easter Egg Roll featured a Storytime Stage where Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos and family; John Lithgow; Elmo, Maria and Gordon of Sesame Street; John Bemelmans Marciano; Kristi Yamaguchi; and Geena Davis will read to children.

In a few short years, Soulja Boy has done more than most rappers do in a lifetime. He first exploded onto the scene in 2007 with “Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)”—a massive hit which sparked a dance craze, a new era of viral marketing, and was nominated for a Grammy.

Since that time, SB has routinely been blamed for ruining hip-hop, but all the while, the hits kept pouring in. His debut album, ‘Souljaboytellem.com’, was certified platinum and his second album, ‘ISouljaBoyTellem’, (after an initial stutter) managed to score some big hits and proved that Soulja was no fluke.

However, SB’s last album, ‘The DeAndre Way’, which dropped late last year, only spawned one hit (the infectious “Pretty Boy Swag”) and sold less than 14,000 in its first week. Since the undeniable L—which was compounded by Kat Stacks and her infamous video shot in Soulja’s hotel room with lines of cocaine on the dresser—he has been plotting his way back to the winner’s circle.

SB’s released two mixtapes this year, including his Juice mixtape which dropped on 4/20. Once again, Soulja is looking to build his buzz using the Internet.

Since the release of ‘Pink Friday,’ Nicki Minaj has kept her features to a minimum leaving her fans wanting more, but soon she’s got an announcement that should feed their appetite’s.

The Harajuku Barbie explained that her fans will get an announcement regarding the sophomore album by September, with the album set to drop within the next 12 months.

“You’ll get another album within 12 months.”

Until then, Nicki has been busy promoting her new single ‘Super Bass’ and its video.

After her ‘I Am Still Music’ tour with Lil Wayne winds down this month, fans can catch her opening for Britney Spears on the “Femme Fatale” tour, kicking off on June 17.

Earlier this week, Bay Area rap legend Too Short took to his Twitter account to announce his new album.

According to his tweet, a new single will be out in June, and fans can expect a new album in August.

This upcoming release will be the 44-year-old rapper’s 19th album. His first album, ‘Don’t Stop Rappin’, was released in 1983. Obviously Too Short is taking the title of his first album serious.

EXTREME MUSIC, the production music arm of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, has partnered with super-producers Timbaland and Mike “Daddy” Evans to co-executive produce a series of Urban Pop songs with a stunning lineup of new talent from Timbaland Productions.

With a string of hits ranging from Justin Timberlake to Diddy, Timbaland and Evans will produce 75 brand new tracks over the next year with the hottest up-and-coming talent from the Timbaland productions stable.

The first of these highly-anticipated releases to join Extreme’s already unrivaled line up will be delivered summer 2011.

The Game is continuing a 14-day detainment in Canada after the rapper was taken into custody Wednesday and now more details on his apprehension have been released.

The Game was detained after an issue with customs when he traveled to the country for a concert.

A rep for Substance Entertainment Group, the promotion company behind Game’s tour in Canada, says that the tour promoter got a call from Canadian Customs while Game was on the plane on his way to Canada.

According to promoters, Game was denied entry specifically “due to new information received that Game is affiliated with organized crime and is an active member of the Bloods street gang.”

Once again rapper and producer Dr. Dre is looking to cash in outside of the recording studio.

Chrysler Group and Beats By Dr. Dre announced a partnership that will bring the sound quality of Beats By Dr. Dre to the Chrysler automobile.

The 2012 Chrysler 300S will be equipped with the sound technology of the Beats headphones created by Dr. Dre and co-founder Jimmy Iovine, who worked alongside the Chrysler engineering team to design the 10-speaker audio system.

The 2012 Chrysler 300S with Beats By Dr. Dre sound system will arrive at Chrysler dealerships nationwide in the fall of 2011.

Beats By Dr. Dre were first released in July 2008, and the brand has since successful expanded the line to Beats Studio, Diddy Beats by Sean Combs, Heartbeats by Lady Gaga, an in-ear headphone, Beats Tour, and more.

In addition, Dr. Dre began a partnership with HP laptops in 2010.

Dre’s long-awaited album Detox is tentatively scheduled for a 2011 released.

Professional musician, Shawn Brown, has joined forces with the downtown Tampa club, the Spice Lounge and Restaurant, to bring a refreshing entertainment venue for the older mature crowd.

Every Saturday at the lounge, 204 North Morgan Street, Brown will be performing as well as other local artists, national artists, and special guests. DJ Will is responsible for the music.

Brown said Kyle Kwik, who manages the lounge, supports his charitable efforts, and they decided to bring him in to work at the lounge and extend an invitation to the public to join them.

“We will have life entertainment, line dancing, and just general mature entertainment. We want to promote a safe environment, great staff, and the fact that the lounge is next door to the County Courthouse. We want to attract the 25 and over crowd and the dress code calls for no sneakers, no jerseys, no hats turned backwards, and no sagging pants.”

Brown, who also has a commercial being aired, said on May 14th he will have an exhibit that will be on display at MOSI for Cancer Awareness.

“The display will be there for five years and I consider myself a spokesman to get African Americans involved and encourage them to get pre-screened. At the Spice Lounge, you can have it your way. Every first Saturday of the month, we will have Zodiac parties for the sign that represents that month. There will also be all kinds of specials available.”

Brown said he is honored to be a part of this lounge, because the majority of the night spots cater to the hip hop crowd only, and that’s not an environment the mature crowd feels comfortable in. “At the Spice Lounge, we will play some hip hop, but mostly it will be a mix of all kinds of music. We want the people to come out and judge for themselves.”