Wednesday's Daily Rap

10 February 2010

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In today’s Dairy Rap we see Master P building a school in Haiti, Yo Gotti arrested over drug possession, Beyonce taking a tumble and Akon landing a radio job.

Master P Builds School In Haiti

Master P is following in the charitable footsteps of Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Shakira by helping to build a school in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

The hip-hop star, real name Percy Miller, has ploughed funds into plans to construct a new school in the Caribbean country, where building work is already underway.

And the Louisiana native has vowed not to celebrate his American football team the New Orleans Saints' win at the Super Bowl on Sunday (08Feb10) until his school is ready to open to the public.

He tells FemaleFirst; "My Super Bowl victory party won’t begin until the building of our school in Haiti is complete."

Cruz and Bardem are among a host of Hollywood stars who have pledged to donate $50,000 (£31,250)-a-year until 2015 to charity to set up new schools in Haiti, while Shakira's organisation Barefoot Foundation has teamed up with the Architecture for Humanity to build a separate education institution.

Yo Gotti Arrested Over Drugs

Yo Gotti is fighting allegations of drug possession after his tour bus was stopped and searched by border authorities in Texas last week.

  The hip-hop star, real name Mario Mims, and members of his entourage were arrested by Texas Border Patrol officers on Thursday when sniffer dogs identified "narcotics" on board the vehicle.

In video footage of the incident, which has been posted online, an officer can be seen telling the group, "Our canines alerted (us to) the presence of narcotics or concealed humans. I know there's not concealed humans in there, so either someone has marijuana, cocaine or any type of illegal narcotic... even residue...  (You'd) better let us know right now, it'll make it easier for yourselves..."

Further details of Gotti's arrest were unavailable as we went to press, but it wasn't the star's first run-in with authorities - the rapper found himself in handcuffs last June after traffic police in Richmond, Virginia caught him with out-of-state licence tags, reports Vibe.com.

Akon Lands Radio Job

Akon is set to take over the airwaves in London - he's landed a job presenting a weekly radio show in the British capital.

The Smack That hitmaker has signed up to host a two-hour programme every Saturday night on London's Capital FM.

The station's group programme director, Paul Jackson, says in a statement, "We are delighted to welcome one of the world's greatest R&B artists to 95.8 Capital FM.

Akon has worked with legendary performers such as Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston and Eminem and his brand-new show on Capital will be awesome." Akon's radio show kicks off on 13 February.

Beyonce Takes A Tumble In Brazil

Pop superstar Beyonce was nearly thrown into the audience at a show in Brazil on Thursday - after slipping onstage and skidding dangerously towards the crowd.

The Halo hitmaker has taken her I Am... world tour to South America and was performing in the Brazilian city of Florianopolis last week, but the show nearly came to an abrupt halt when the singer tripped on a walkway and slid towards her audience.

Video footage shows Beyonce crashing to the floor, before picking herself up and continuing her routine. The 28 year old previously gave fans a fright when she fell down a flight of stairs at a gig in Orlando, Florida three years ago - bashing her face and collarbone in the fall, but refusing to halt the concert.

FemaleFirst - Ruth Harrison

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