When I first saw the headline I thought Pinky wanted to smash 50 with a baseball bat. Silly me. Pinky says if she had to choose one rapper to shoot a porn video with, it would be Boo Boo. Her options were Jay-Z, Diddy, and 50. [Vlad TV]

Oh hip-hop fans, why have thou forsaken Soulja Boy? The teen rapper launched a Platinum in a Week campaign in a bid to shift 1 million units of his sophomore album, iSouljaBoyTellem, in a week. He then lunged into weeks of desperate — and sometimes strange — antics. He dropped a pissload of videos explaining why he needed to do Weezy-like numbers, stirred up a wildstorm for feuding with a labelmate, and then apologized for “everything.”

Despite his cry for attention, iSouljaBoyTellem only fell 954,453 records short of Soulja Boy’s goal. The album only managed a measly 45,507 units and entered the Billboard Top 200 chart at No. 43. Even Paris Hilton sold more records in one week.

Exactly two years ago, the godfather of music James Brown passed away. Today, this unfortunate pattern of Christmas Day deaths has claimed yet another victim, music icon and OG Catwoman Eartha Kitt. She was 81. [CNN]

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Yak Ballz vs N.E.R.D – “Spiked Punch”

If your Christmas wish includes hearing some guy named Yak Ballaz destroy a N.E.R.D. beat, your prayers have been answered. It would be nice to hear Yak Ballz over an original N.E.R.D beat someday, but this is a solid holdover for now. “Spiked Punch” appears on Yak’s upcoming Gas Galaxy mixtape.

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Yak Ballz – “Dirt Empire” Music Video

Merry Christmas, TRUbians. Make it a point to put a smile on that face today. And I don’t mean like this guy.

>>A Funkadelic Christmas – A compilation of timeless Christmas music & clips [That Real Ish]

>>Cookin’ Soul x NMC – Merry Little Xmas Mixtape [Nah Right]

>>Mick Boogie’s 2008 Recap Mix [The Press Play Show]

>>Ketchum interviews revered video director Rik Cordero [Speech Is My Hammer]

>>Hillary Clinton is KING’s magazine’s Person of the Year [KING]

>>Chingy dropped from Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam [Miss Xpose]

>>Young Jeezy Spreads Holiday Cheer [3WMAZ]

The guy in red can’t believe he wasn’t invited

Next month is a very important month in U.S. history. Not only does January usher in a bunch of New Year’s Day celebrations, it’s also the month when we get to celebrate Martin Luther King Day. Oh yeah, and that Barack guy will be sworn into office on January 20th. You’ve probably heard that the presidential invocation will be delivered by Trick Trick’s uncle, Pastor Rick Warren. First things first though. Warren will speak at some MLK commemorative service on Jan. 19th in Atlanta. He’ll then fly straight to D.C. in a jet fueled by the blood of homosexuals to deliver the historic invocation.

Meanwhile, two grammatically-challenged rappers named Big Boi and Ludacris were thinking to themselves, “How can we kill 2 birds with one stone — get a bunch of drunk girls in one room while simultaneously calling their men’s attention to our albums? Someone decided that the two rappers should throw a presidential ball. So, Big Boi and Luda will be hosting the “Urban Ball” in Washington, DC. The Urban Ball is part of something called the American Music Inaugural Balls.

Other celebrities expected to crash the ball include: David Banner, Jalen Rose, T-Pain, Fantasia, Lil Jon, Monica, Alonzo Mourning, Bobby Valentino, and the Cheetah Girls. If you plan to be at the ball, keep in mind that there’s a strict dress code in accordance with the new image black people are mandated to portray under President Obama. That means: no jeans, no hoodies, no sneakers, no baseball caps, and no belt buckles wider than 2 inches. For tickets to the event, head over to AmericanMusicInauguralBalls.com

Fat Joe (Ft. Lil Wayne & Ron Browz) – “Winding on Me”

Before you say anything ill-advised, keep in mind that I’m only posting this because it features the Bob Dylan of rap. Click at your own risk, I guess.

[Props: OnSmash]