First Kanye, and now Jay-Z is in an all
out battle with the paparazzi. It was initially reported by PerezHilton.com that
Jay attacked a member of the paparazzi while in Croatia vacationing with wifey
Beyonce. However, the details are still emerging but have revealed that it was
not Jay-Z but the bodyguard for both Jay and Beyonce who was involved in the
alteration. Reportedly, the bodyguard has been charged with assault and
destruction of personal property with a television reporter. There have been
many different stories but according to TMZ: 

“Croation law enforcement tells
TMZ Jay’s bodyguard has been charged with destroying personal property
and assault — based on a complaint filed by the reporter who got into a scuffle
with Jay and Beyonce’s entourage late last night. Video of the incident surfaced
on the ‘net earlier today showing the whole confrontation — including the part
where the reporter throws his camera sticks at
Jay’s hired muscle … and the hired muscle throws the sticks into the Adriatic
Sea.” 

According to Hip Hop Wired, the incident
was allegedly sparked by photographers and paparazzi and The Crotian Times
suggests that Jay requested his bodyguard to do physical harm to the cameraman.
 

“As they were leaving dinner Tuesday
night, the cameras were continuing to go off and the three tried to find their
escape route by
jumping onto a boat that would take them out to their yacht, but met hostility
as one of the photographers proceeded to throw his tripod which cracked the
bodyguard in his back. Everyone in their mind knows exactly what their reaction
would be to a situation such as this but their bodyguard should be commended for
his choice of response. Julius responded by throwing the piece of
property in the ocean and giving the royal salute, along with Jay-Z, by way of
the middle finger.” 

Allegedly the bodyguard pushed the
cameraman away urging him to not film the couple. The Crotian Times
report: 

“The couple was followed by their
bodyguard, who pushed a cameraman away and told him not to film the singer. The
daily 24 sata has reported Beyonce went to the city centre, where she
encountered another cameraman, Dragan Banovic, 57. When the same bodyguard saw
Banovic, he punched him, causing him to drop his camera. The bodyguard hit
Banovic three more times after he got back up and then threw his camera into
some water. Jay Z allegedly told the bodyguard to throw the cameraman into the
water.”

 
I don’t believe in violence but when
will the paparazzi learn to leave people alone. I’m sure they clearly got
warning signs that said Jay and B were not in the mood for photographers. Hey,
everyone is entitled to one bad day. Neither Jay nor B have yet to make a
comment regarding this incident.  

Watch Footage of the Bodyguard Incident
Below: 

Omarion Dropped From Young
Money 

With all the latest rumors surrounding
Bow Wow joining the Young Money roster, there have been even more rumors
circulating that R&B singer and former B2K member Omarion has been dropped
from the label. Mack Maine, the company’s president has indeed confirmed the
rumors to be true. 

For those who don’t know much about Young
Money or Mack Maine, Lil Wayne HQ states: 

“Young Money Entertainment aka Young
Moola is an American hip-hop record label which was founded in 2003 by Lil
Wayne. The distributing label is Universal Music Group and the
label is an imprint of Cash Money Records. The president of Young Money is Mack
Maine who took over from Cortez Bryant in 2009.” 

Back in early June, it was reported that
Omarion had just signed with Young Money. According to
Billboard: 

“Drake hasn’t finalized his
highly-anticipated major label deal yet, but friend and collaborator Omarion,
who appeared on Drake’s popular So Far Gone mixtape, has found a label
home. Omarion has signed to Lil
Wayne’s Young Money imprint,
becoming Drake’s labelmate. Speculation about the signing started when fellow
singer, Tyrese, posted a Twitter message several days ago
congratulating him on his new deal. Omarion took to his own Twitter page
just yesterday (June 1) and confirmed that he is indeed signed to Young
Money.” 

While keeping his comment brief and the
details limited, Mack Maine told SOHH.com that the label had to cut business
ties with O. 

“Omarion is no longer with Young Money,”
he said via a written statement. “May God be with him and his future
endeavors.” 

Omarion has yet to comment on this
situation. I wonder what the reason was and if it had anything to do with Bow
Wow joining the team? Stay tuned for further information on this
subject!