Swiss police busted a child pornography ring that was operating through an unnamed hip-hop website. Among the culprits were 2,300 computers and 2,000 humans in 78 countries.

The report goes on to say that the pervs masquerading as hip-hop fans “paid $10 to download one video and $500 for the full collection of 101, with proceeds going to operators in Russia, Sauterel told Reuters Television.” Sounds like they ran this porn network like a business.

The crazy part is that the site owner had no clue that a bunch of pervs were feeding their twisted fantasies through his site. The investigation supposedly involves people from the U.S., Poland, Greece, Australia, and other countries.

Ah, just what hip-hop needed a week after Eminem’s lyrics stabbed and killed a family in Arizona.

[Reuters]

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Directed by Anthony Mandler

Jay-Z brought out the Five Four Delancey and his lil homey #23 for this one. Jay’s jumper looks anemic though.

The BET Awards went down last night. BET switched plans at the 11th hour to make the entire evening a tribute to Michael Jackson, either because they love him so much or because it was a shoo-in for ratings. Some artists came through, despite the short notice. Others simply phoned it in. BET CEO Debra Lee described the show as the “perfect tribute” and host Jamie Foxx, who was clearly inebriated, dubbed it “fantastic.” If Michael Jackson was still alive, he would’ve definitely moon-walked and hee-hee’d all over the entire show.

Proceed for the best and worst moments of the 2009 BET Awards show (with commentary and video evidence).
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The 2009 BET Awards made a last-minute change, given Michael Jackson’s death. Debra Lee decided to overhaul the event as a tribute to Jackson. Peep some pictorials below. Read the rest of this entry »

Directed by Javier Longobardo

“Street Lights” was one of the few great songs on 808s & Heartbreak. Good to see that KanYe decided to drop an animated video for it.

[OnSmash]

Jay-Z added a Drake shoutout (”I might send this to Drake and Weezy) to his “Death of Auto-Tune” performance.

TV Pitchman Billy Mays has passed away. This has been a crazy month for the entertainment industry. David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and now Billy Mays in the same month. Mays was just on Conan’s show last week. WTF? Stop dying, people!

Now excuse me while I go pour out some Oxiclean in honor of Billy Mays.