Woman gives birth to seven babies!

A 27 year-old Egyptian woman gave birth to a stunning seven babies today (four boys and three girls). The septuplets are currently being cared for within four different hospitals (with specialized premature baby units). Can you imaging having seven babies at once? That's like an instant Wu Tang. Read more about this amazing story here. Can anyone beat this...and do we want them to?

The Source, which was in bankruptcy last year and is last known for a bitter ownership fight involving Benzino and David Mays, is relaunching soon with a 20th anniversary issue and a new focus -- a direction that its new co-publisher says will restore the magazine, once known as Hip Hop's bible, to prominence. The new issue, which hits newsstands next week, features four separate covers of hip-hop pioneers LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Queen Latifah and Nas, photographed by director Spike Lee. There is no denying the impact that The Source had on the game at one point; it was a badge of honour to get your lyrics immortalized in 'Hip Hop Quotable' or to have your album get 'five mics' in a review. Can these cats do it again? We'll see...

Is Mike Phelps the G.O.A.T?

Michael Phelps is smacking up the competition at the Beijing Olympics. It's almost gangsterish. He's won 7 gold medals so far but intends to go home with eight. His complete domination in the pool has earned him the nickname, 'the human dolphin'. Some people are calling him the greatest Olympian ever. What do you think? I think that giving him that title is media driven, personally. There are too many important Olympic moments and champions that can't simply be dismissed...not to mention that some athletes that participate in the Olympics do so as a team and only have a chance to earn one medal. The greatest Olympic swimmer of all time? Maybe that is a more accurate moniker and easier for me to swallow.

Georgia on my mind

This week, the international community stood by did nothing while Georgia and Russia engaged in military conflict. Hostilities began when Georgia moved into neighbouring South Ossetia, in attempts to expand their land claims over the area. Russia responded by attacking Georgia with brutal force, claiming that with many Russian citizens in Ossetia, it needed to protect it's people. The problem? Russia began to move troops into areas where there were no Russian interests and used a disproportionate amount of force to do so. Georgia, an ally of the U.S. (who sent the third largest contingent to Iraq, after Britain) had been training with the US military for the last four years and was trying to join NATO. As a former colony of Russia, it's been said that Russia was showing its strength toward Georgia, to warn them and neighbouring countries about trying to test Russia in the future. Russia's actions provoked strong reactions from world leaders but no one did much to diffuse the situation or strongly condemn Russia. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili went on a media tour this week, visibly angry with the West and Europe for remaining idle while his country was getting disciplined by Russia. Ultimately, French president Nicholas Sarkozy flew to the region and helped to broker a cease-fire agreement, which Russia is yet to honour. I respect Sarkozy for what he did in this volatile situation; he stepped up to the plate, the way a leader should. He didn't give the media some softball talking points and then move on to ignoring what was going on. Bush should be very ashamed of how they reacted to the situation in Georgia. Russia is exploiting the advantage they have in being a crucial ally in keeping Iran contained.

Hip Hop entrepreneur Master P (Percy Miller) has announced that he’s launching a new cable network to provide, “positive content for a black and brown culture". Percy has already signed up several advisory board members including Denzel Washington, Vault Load Films president Jim Finkl, NAACP Executive Director Vicangelo Bullock, NBA player Derek Anderson, cable industry veteran Professor Sal Martino, Hip Hop pioneer DJ Kool Herc, fellow entrepreneur Olatokunbo Betiku and real estate mogul Curtis Oakes. Percy claims that he was inspired by talking to and observing the success of cats like Bob Johnson (founder of BET). The best part of this announcement is the name of the new channel. It's called 'Better Black Television'. Is that an underhanded diss to BET?

R.I.P Isaac Hayes

Soul music icon Isaac Hayes collapsed and died yesterday while exercising. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, after his wife Adjowa found him lying unconscious near a still-moving treadmill at their home. Hayes, 65, famous as composer of the theme to the hit movie Shaft, was pronounced dead about an hour after reaching the hospital. Rest in peace, fam.