TMZ has learned Rolando Boyce and LeShay Tomlinson — who starred as cheating couple Rufas and Cathy in Chapters 1-22 — fell in love after meeting on the set in 2005 and tied the knot just three years later!

The couple is now raising 4 children together, including 2 from a previous marriage.

As for the original topic — how they felt about R. Kelly’s attempt to make 32 new “Trapped” chapters — Boyce tells us they haven’t heard from the singer yet … but they’re hoping he reaches out.

“We haven’t seen Robert in a few years,” Boyce says … “but we’d love to film with him again … especially after everything that happened to us because of the video.”

The arrest report  obtained through a Freedom of Information Act says the 26-year-old from Dearborn was pulled over early Saturday going 60 mph, weaving in heavy traffic and changing lanes without using a turn signal.

The arresting police officer  R. Kalis said the traffic stop happened about 2:15 a.m.

Kalis reported asking for the driver’s license said the “driver immediately identified herself as Miss USA and stated that she was driving a friend’s car.”

Kalis said Fakih “appeared disoriented and had very slurred speech while fumbling for her purse.” Kalis asked Fakih if she had been drinking, and she said, “No, not at all.”

In the report, officers said they found an open and half  empty bottle of champagne on the floorboard behind the driver’s seat.

Two breath tests showed a 0.19 percent and a 0.20 percent blood-alcohol level.

Born in Lebanon the former Miss Michigan  won the Miss USA Pageant in 2010, her reign ended June 19, 2011 and she was the first Miss Michigan to win the title since 1993 and the first Arab American winner ever.

After news broke last month that Perry had cast non-actor Kardashian in his new project, “The Marriage Counselor,” he says the outcry poured into his inbox.

But Perry explains that he cast Kardashian because she has the potential to be a role model, and asks fans to hear out his reasoning.

“I thought and still do think, that it would be very responsible of her to be a part of this film,” Perry writes on his blog. “To have the young people that look up to her, see her in a film that is about what happens in life when you make the wrong choices.”

“The Marriage Counselor” has a younger cast, and tackles issues like marital relationships and faith.

Perry says that he was looking to cast someone that young people look up to “long before I even heard about Kim’s marriage or divorce,” and a producer told him about Kardashian and her “millions” of fans. (He also notes she has a fairly small role in the film.)

“If one of those young people see this film and find the strength to live a better life and not go through what these characters went through in this movie, then we have all done what I feel I’m being led to do here,” Perry explains. “I hope you understand. I really do!”

The filmmaker ends his entry on a spiritual note, asking, “why wouldn’t Kim Kardashian be invited into a film about Faith, Forgiveness and the healing power of God? What is wrong with that??”

Kardashian’s part on “The Marriage Counselor” has wrapped; the movie is due to hit theaters sometime next year.

The Wayans brothers released this hood classic in 1996 spoofing popular movies: Juice, Jungle Fever, South Central, Higher Learning, Do The Right Thing, Poetic Justice, New Jack City, Dead Presidents, Friday, Boyz N the Hood and Menace II Society. It was written by Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans and Phil Beauman and produced by Keenen Ivory Wayans. Don’t Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood grossed close to $40,000,000.

Ash Tray and Loc Dog embarked on a typical day of being black in the hood and all the mayhem that could incur there after.

Being Black On A Friday Night:
“I hate black pepper!”

Toothpick Straight Out Of Jail:
“Take me to jail, and lock me up, throw away the key, I ain’t afraid to f*ck somebody in his a**”

Ghetto Pastor & Church:
“Dont ask how come or why come the pastor have to have him a nice house, or why the pastor got him a nice car”

Staying Strapped In the Hood:
“Do we have a problem?”

Getting “Jumped” Into A Gang:
“If you fall, you better pick yo’ a** up!”

Getting Jumped In The Hood:
“But I do!”

The Love Scene:
“That’s the baby’s lunch!”

Loc Gets A Job:
“I heard ya’ll n*ggas is hiring…Wassup?”

No Positive Black Women In Movies:
“I can’t teach you how to be a man”

Doing hair in the kitchen:
“Take yo a** down to them and let them f*ck yo’ head up!”

Grandma Gets Knocked Out
“Damn them fake teeth”

Black Man Loving White Meat:
“Tap that white girl, for me”

I Got These Cheeseburgers:
“You got any spare change?”

The Man Is Out To Get Black People[Literally]
“THE MANNN…”

Don’t Be A Menace…

Start Gallery

With a catalog as vast as his, picking his ten best songs is no easy task.  We’re still not sure that this list is complete.  We’ve left off quite a few songs. There’s no “I Wanna Be Your Lover” on the list. “Uptown?” That didn’t make it either. “Let’s Go Crazy?” Not this time.

Samples of History: Inheriting Prince’s Funk

10. When You Were Mine
Prince’s third album, 1980′s Dirty Mind, was what most people would call a “departure” record. Gone were the disco influences that shaped songs like “I Wanna Be Your Lover” and “Soft & Wet.” In their place were shades of the punk rock and new wave scenes that were beginning to take hold of America at the time.  “When You Were Mine” manages to combine the new wave influence with an admitted Beatles-esque sensibility that provides the soundtrack to Prince’s obsession with an ex.

9. Pop Life
In 1985, Prince followed up the massive success of the Purple Rain album and film with Around The World In A Day, a psychedelic pop record that only someone as weird as Prince could make.  Despite its many nods to psychedelia, one of ATWIAD’s best songs was “Pop Life,” a song that addresses social issues like the dangers of drugs.

8. Adore
Influenced by R&B ballads by singers like Anita Baker and Luther Vandross, one of Prince’s biggest songs that never became a single was “Adore,” the final song on Prince’s sprawling 1987 double album, Sign O’ The  Times.  Prince toes the line between the sacred and profane with the song’s churchy instrumentation, and erotic lyrics.  The song also is home to the classic lyric “You could burn up my clothes / Smash up my ride / Well maybe not the ride…”

7. Purple Rain
We all know this song, which probably owes more to the traditions of country music than to R&B.  The nearly nine-minute album version is a revelation with Prince’s extended guitar solo. There’s a reason why Prince performs this song at nearly every concert he does.

6. Kiss
Originally intended for a group called Mazarati that Prince signed to his Paisley Park Records label, “Kiss” started off as a simple 90 second demo.  Prince gave the demo to his engineer, David “Z” Rivkind who managed to take Prince’s extremely rough sketch of a song, and turn it into one of the funkiest songs His Royal Badness ever touched.  Mazarati recorded a version of the song, which Prince is rumored to have taken to a popular outdoor basketball court in Minneapolis to get feedback.  The feedback was so positive that Prince decided to keep the song for himself.  Mazarati weren’t left completely in the dirt though.  Their background vocals remain on the track.

5. If I Was Your Girlfriend
“If I Was Your Girlfriend” was released as the second single from Prince’s 1987 album, Sign O’ The  Times. Despite a warm reception from black radio at the time, the song stalled on the pop charts, mainly by those who were confused by the song’s premise.  Using a sped up vocal to simulate a woman’s voice, Prince is actually singing to his then-girlfriend, Susannah Melvoin about how he wishes that he had a closer relationship with her, like that of one of her girlfriends.   Of course, things get kinda freaky as the song goes along, but this is Prince we’re talking about.

4. Joy In Repetition
A relatively obscure track to casual fans, “Joy In Repetition” appears on the soundtrack to Prince’s 1990 film disaster Graffiti Bridge.  The song’s narrative vividly details Prince walking into a club where “four-letter words are seldom heard with such dignity and bite.”  Inside the club he sees a woman on stage singing the same two words over and over again as he falls in love with her, dragging her from the stage and running out of the club arm in arm.  Prince rarely goes into narrative mode to the extent that he does in this song.  Plus, he straight up murders the guitar solo.

3. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
“The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker” is another one of those rare narratives in Prince’s discography.  A deceptively simple song, the song features little more instrumentation than a drum machine, keyboard, guitar and bass.  In the song, Prince tells the tale of meeting a waitress, the titular Dorothy Parker, who starts flirting with him.  He leaves the restaurant with her even though he admits that he’s seeing someone.  But as the song ends, he reveals that Dorothy “didn’t see the movie cuz she hadn’t read the book first.”

2. Little Red Corvette
With those opening synth chords, and the opening lyric, “I guess I shoulda known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn’t last,” Prince hit critical and commercial pay dirt. Prince works the fast woman as fast car metaphor for all its worth on this song, which was reportedly written in between cat naps while riding in the car of one of his band members. “Little Red Corvette” has the distinction of being one of the first videos by a black artist played on MTV.

1. When Doves Cry
The last song written for Purple Rain, “When Doves Cry” is a pop music masterpiece. The opening guitar riff grabs your attention and doesn’t let go until the sparsely arranged song comes to an end.  “When Doves Cry” helped propel Purple Rain, the film and album, to classic status.

RELATED: Prince Sued For $3 Million Over Canceled Ireland Concert

RELATED: Can A Man Go To A Prince Concert By Himself? [VIDEO]

His Royal Badness

Start Gallery

Kid ‘N Play Reunite On TV One’s “Way Black When”

Celebrate Mardis Gras With Bob James

Take a listen to the latest from Erick & Parrish Makin’ Dollars

What are your favorite EPMD songs?? Let us know in the comments!

RELATED: DJ Scratch Clarifies Comments About EPMD

RELATED: LIST: The Best Rapping Producers

The 40/40 Club

Start Gallery

WBW: Samples of History: Hip-Hop Mines Afrobeat

In celebration of his upcoming birthday (March 14th), we decided to dish out the Top Ten Quincy Jones samples in hip hop songs.

10. Jodeci – Get On Up

When Jodeci released their third single from ‘The Show, The After Party, The Hotel’, many didn’t catch the portion of Quincy’s 1981 track, “Velas,” a single off of the landmark album, ‘The Dude.’ Dalvin Degrate used the harmonica solo and other minor quirks of Jones’ jazz groove to make “Get On Up” sound richer. Anchored by a funky bassline and knocking drums, “Get On Up” helped Jodeci go platinum in a mere two months in 1995.

Get On Up

Velas

9. Jurassic 5 – Improvise

Jurassic 5 broke on the scene in 1997 as the group bringing back true school hip hop. As the second single from their debut EP, “Improvise” mixed samples from Albino Gorilla and our man, Q. Quincy’s theme song for the 1972 comic caper film, The Hot Rock, was jacked. The group’s understated use of this old theme song proved they were trying to move into the future without losing sight of the past.

Improvise:

Hot Rock Theme:

8. The Roots – Clones

The album, ‘Illadelph Halflife,’ was a departure for the crew from Philly. They went for a darker sounding record than ‘Illadelph’s’ predecessors. “Clones” served as The Roots’ first appearance in the top five of the hip hop charts back in ’96. Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson transformed a sexy jazz number evoking the feeling of July in New York City into an ill rap tune about not conforming to society’s images and remaining your true self.

Clones

Summer In The City

7. 2Pac ft. K-ci & JoJo – How Do U Want It

2Pac has always had the talent of smoothly injecting serious statements into fun party songs. On his number one single, “How Do U Want It,” Pac lays the smack down on C. Deloris Tucker, while trying to get into shortie’s cut off jean shorts. Producer, Johnny J, flipped Quincy’s 1974 bedroom jam, “Body Heat,” into a salacious tune for wannabe macks approaching women in the club. Listen to these two records and you’ll see why women would rather be with an old school mack than these new age “pimps.”

How Do U Want It

Body Heat

6. LL Cool J ft. Boyz II Men – Hey Lover

Jones’ personal recordings haven’t been the only tracks sampled from his vast catalouge. His collaborations with Michael Jackson have been sampled a fair share of times. One of the most memorable is Uncle L’s ode to crushes. The Trackmasters lifted and looped the introduction of Quincy and MJ’s romantic, “The Lady In My Life,” to continue on with LL’s rap Lothario persona. Boyz II Men add smoothed out vocals to every around the way girl’s favorite summer love song.

Hey Lover

Lady In My Life

5. Juelz Santana – Mic Check

Juelz Santana has never lacked confidence. When he dropped his second album, he crowned himself as what the game was missing. Back with avengance, Santana needed an anthem to match the aggression he was coming with. Neo Da Matrix added Quincy’s theme from the “Roots” mini-series so fans and other rappers knew how hard Juelz was coming. He might have sold the least, but he managed to be most feared by most emcees. See what a Quincy Jones sample and a little aggression will do for you?

Mic Check

Roots Mural Theme

4. Kanye West ft. T-Pain – Good Life

Chicago’s native son is no stranger to sampling. The Louie Vuitton Don borrowed a few portions of Jones’ work on the Thriller jam, “P.Y.T.” If you listen closely, you can hear Michael Jackson in the background cooing,”Aww, baby.” The fact Kanye made it on this list is laugh worthy, considering the founder of Vibe Magazine dissed Mr. West by saying he was “just a rapper.” Quincy, tell us what’s good. Why ‘Ye only got a problem when you in the hood?

Good Life

P.Y.T.

3. Ludacris – #1 Spot

Ludacris is consistently one of the most underrated emcees in the game. His 2004 album, The Red Light district, featured some of his most animated rhymes to date.  The DJ Green Lantern produced “#1 Spot” is a prime example. Based on the dudes’ “Soul Bossa Nova,” made famous by the Austin Powers movies, Ludacris sent warning shots to any foe standing in his way with a smile. Sidebar: the Bill O’Reilly diss was too official.

Number One Spot:

Soul Bossa Nova:

2. Mobb Deep – Shook Ones Part II

Mobb Deep’s infamously dark delivery and hardcore street tales have made them one of the most critically acclaimed rap groups hip hop has seen. On the classic, The Infamous, Havoc sampled a frightening fragment of a cool Quincy record, “Kitty With The Bent Frame,” to give “Shook Ones Part II” the element of danger it needed to match the duo’s storytelling. Prodigy and Havoc let all the killers and hundred dollar billers know theyweren’t Wu-Tang, but they weren’t “nothin’ to  f*ck wit” either.

Shook Ones Part II:

Kitty With The Bent Frame:

1. The Pharcyde – Passin Me By

Released in 1993, “Passin Me By” found the four member crew recounting stories of school boy crushes that end in heartbreak. Producer, J-Swift sampled “Summer In The City” for this classic. “Passin Me By” will forever resonate because there will always be some guy sprung over a female. By the way, our number eight selection shares the sample. Can you hear them in both records? what’s the difference between the uses of the two songs?

Passin Me By:

Summer In The City:

RELATED POSTS:

Quincy Jones Defends Working With T-Pain [VIDEO]

Quincy Jones & Ludacris “Soul Bossa Nostra” [AUDIO]

Quincy Jones Readies Tribute Album… To Himself

Start Gallery

After scoring some success in the music biz, Tracey Lee went back to school and got an entertainment law degree.  He’s also getting ready to drop a new mixtape, Free Consultation Mixtape Series Vol. 1 that includes production from 9th Wonder & Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie, among others.

HOT97′s DJ Cocoa Chanelle caught up with Lee and asked him about his upcoming mixtape, working with Biggie, and his new mixtape.

Read some of the highlights below, and head over to IAmCocoa.com for the full interview!

DJ Cocoa Chanelle: You are one of the few fortunate artists who had a chance to collaborate with Biggie… What was that experience like?

Tracey Lee: UNBELIEVABLE!!! During our session, BIG taught me more about the game then I had known, at that particular time. He was the first artist that I witnessed write without a pen and paper, which inspired me to eventually write lyrics in my head (without pen, paper, Blackberry, Android, iPad, etc…lol). He was just a cool dude. His skill set on the mic is unmatched to this day. He forced me to step my game up on that record. To watch his whole process of creating the verses for Keep Ya Hands High was crazy! I am truly blessed to have had an opportunity to work with one of the greatest in the history of music! Not many can say, nor will they even have the opportunity to say that. Again I am blessed.

What made you want to get into entertainment law?

Long story (laughs). The short version is my career in the music business made me want to study entertainment law. I want to be the eyes and ears for artists that are coming into the game and don’t have a clue about the music business and recording contracts, deal points, 360 deals, publishing, etc.. This is something that I didn’t have when I signed my deal, so who better to guide someone on these aspects of the business than me – someone who not only has experience as an entertainment lawyer, but who also is an established recording artist, as well.

What can people expect from your mixtape?

My mixtape, Free Consultation Mixtape Series Vol. 1 is a recap of sorts, mixed with a peek into the future – it’s a Tray Lee journey taking you from the beginning, right up to today. Did I mention that my mixtape is free?! This is the first in a series of mixtapes scheduled for release this year; leading up to the CD entitled, Esquire. Free Consultation Mixtape Series Vol. 1 has cuts from my first CD, Many Facez, along with other songs and freestyles to remind the fans of who Tracey Lee is. I also added some new music to give the fans a taste of what they can expect to hear on Esquire, as well as future Tracey Lee projects.

Visit Tracey Lee’s website www.traceyleeinc.com for more info on his mixtape and other projects!

RELATED: Lil’ B The Based God, Phonte, Jean Grae “Base For Your Face” (Produced By 9th Wonder) [NEW MUSIC]

RELATED: Top 5 Hip-Hop Schizophrenics

The Urban Daily 100

Start Gallery

Admittedly, when we first did this list back in 2008 there was one glaring omission–The Notorious B.I.G. This wasn’t because we didn’t like his voice, but I think we were trying to overcompensate for the “East Coast” bias that we’ve been accused of having from time to time. But the beauty of the Internet is that you get to do things over, make adjustments. If The Source can go back and give people Mics we sure can go back and add one of the greatest MCs of all time to a list.

So who did I bump off to make room for Biggie? Nobody.  As a voice I still think Scarface’s is one of the most unique and powerful I’ve ever heard from an MC, but I placed Biggie neck and neck with Chuck D. Read on to see why.

(Props to Big Jo at Beatlcub for sparking this topic!)

1) Scarface
There are deep voices and then there are deep voices. No disrespect to Jay Hova but if God was an MC he’d sound like Brad Jordan. His unmistakable timbre has a mix of southern gangster but holds the weight of a preacher.

2)Chuck D/ Notorious B.I.G (tie)
If Barack Obama were to lose his voice tomorrow, I’d call Chuck D to overdub all of his speeches. The authoritative bass in his vocals is both unmistakable and undeniable. The late Christopher B.I.G Wallace had the uncanny ability to adjust his voice to suit the track (think “Party And Bullshit to “Kick In The Door” to  “One More Chance (remix)” ) and over a decade after his death is the most recycled, sampled and reused voice in hip-hop–much like Chuck D’s.

3)DMX
From the canine growls of “What’s My Name” to the calm of “How’s It Goin’ Down” Earl Simmons knows better than most the power of his own voice. Unfortunately, these days he is doing more talking before a judge than before an audience.

4) Busta Rhymes
As I’ve stated before The Dungeon Dragon has a voice that spits flames (“Woo Ha”) or simply smolders (“Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See”) depending on what the beat tells him to do. But you really don’t appreciate a voice like Mr. Smith’s until you hear it live.

5) Ludacris
Chris Lova Lova’s days on the radio have made him one of the most listenable MCs in the game. Vocally, he rivals Will Smith for clarity, cross-over appeal and replay value, but brings a swagger that is uniquley his own.

6) Mystikal
A Cajun cousin to Busta’s growl, Mystikal brought a weezy twist to the scream scene. On cuts like “Danger” Mystikal takes a more musical, singy approach giving him a Scatman Crothers in a strip club feel.

7) Rev. RUN
From “Rock Box” to “Run’s House” to “Jockin’ Jay-Z” no voice has proved as enduring as Rev. Run’s.

8 ) Ice Cube

Forget bean pies and St. Ides, props to anybody that can sling “Are We There Yet?” and Death Certificate and be completely believable without altering his voice one bit.

9) Rakim / Big Daddy Kane (tie)
One of the most sampled voices in the game, Rakim seduced listeners with an easy-going delivery that set you up for some of the most potent couplets ever put to paper. Kane was the pimptastic alter ego that could talk the stripes off a zebra.

10) Lauryn Hill
Gender be damned, she raps better than most rappers and sings better than most singers, but doing both so well is simply divine. Her voice is distilled with so much pain and passion that you just want to pour it in a highball glass and zone out.

Honorable Mentions:

Chubb Rock
MC Lyte
Slick Rick
Kool Moe Dee
KRS-One
Rah Digga
Lord Have Mercy
Treach of Naughty By Nature
Melle Mel
Rock from Heltah Skeltah

MORE WAY BLACK WHEN CONTENT:

Jeff Redd On Making, “You Called And Told Me” [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]

Top 9 Must-See Black Films

Top 9 Black Reality TV Personalities