Healthy snack!

This is so random but I am one of those people who love snacking but also wants too loose weight. Sometimes I'm not even hungry but food is sometimes such a comfort. I was reading a few articles and doing some research. Drinking a bottle of water before you eat and when you wake up in the morning help you to eat a lot less breakfast. For me I know that I love yogurt and sometimes I want
Ice cream, so I would freeze the yogurt. It makes for a good frozen snack. St work I am constantly on my feet and I need something to munch on; so there raw or roasted or dark chocolate ate things you can snack on. The key too loosing weight is drinking a lot of water and watching your calorie intake. Research and talk to your doctor before trying any new diet or work out plan. Here at the Babbling Cartels we realize that staying healthy is also essential to your life. So find healthy snacks and alternatives to aid you either in loosing weight or staying fit.
Exercise and eating the right way goes a long way !

Pooch Hall WILL Be Returning to 'The Game'

Alright ladies, you can officially get your panties out of a bunch; Pooch Hall will be returning to BET's 'The Game' despite reports that surfaced earlier this year that said he and co-star Tia Mowry-Hardict would not be returning. During a recent club appearance in Toronto, Cotten Kandi captured exclusive footage of the actor making his announcement that he’ll be returning to the hit BET show:

Now that Derwin Davis is coming back, how many of you will be tuning into the new season of 'The Game'?

Developing Story... Chad Johnson Arrested on Domestic Violence charges

Yesterday, Miami Dolphin's reporter, Izzy Gould who works for The Sun-Sentinel reports that Chad Johnson is expected to bound out of jail by 8:30 a.m. ET Sunday morning.
News broke that Chad was arrested on domestic violence charges for allegedly head-butting his wife, reality TV starlet, Evelyn Lozado.

According to Davie (Fla.) Police Department captain Dale Engle, Johnson was arrested Saturday night on domestic violence charges, per the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
According to the report, Johnson was arrested after an incident involving his new wife, Evelyn Lozada. He allegedly head-butted her during an argument in his car. They were married on July 4.
When police arrived at the scene, Lozada had lacerations on her forehead.

TMZ reports that "Lozada has been at the hospital for several hours and her injury will require stitches."

Miami Dolphins journalist, Ben Volin sent out a tweet that said the altercation started over a receipts for condoms. (feel free to insert your own WTF face here)

The Palm Beach Report published that Basketball Wives star did in fact find a receipt for condoms in the car as the couple drove home from dinner. A statement from the site says:
According to Engle, Johnson and his wife, Evelyn Lozada, were driving to their home in Davie after dinner Saturday night when Lozada found a receipt for a box of condoms in the car, sparking an argument that got “heated.”
When they arrived at their home, the argument “escalated quite a bit,” Engle said, and Johnson and Lozada butted heads, giving Lozada a laceration on her forehead. Lozada told police that Johnson purposely head-butted her, while Johnson told police it was accidental.

Chad is reportedly still being held in custody and is waiting to be seen by a judge. Ben Violin tweets:

This is still a developing story. We will let you guys know more details as we get them ourselves.

Rihanna and Oprah driving around in Barbados

Recently Rihanna and Oprah were caught hanging out together in Barbados. Oprah is currently taping a special edition to the *next chapter*, where she decided to film in Barbados. So who was her guest? Non other than bad-ass, rock star Rihanna. Well after the interview and many conversations Oprah admitted that much to get surprise Rihanna was nothing like what she thought. She was the complete opposite with a soft side who was playful and very emotional. During the tapping Rihanna decided to drive Oprah around her parish in Barbados. As a huge Rihanna fan I am excited for August 19, when the shows air at 9 o'clock with all of the behind the scenes and interview will aired on the OWN network.

Happy Birthday Whitney Houston! & May You Rest Forever in Paradise

As you all know, Babbling Cartels is a Jersey based site so naturally, we think with a Jersey state of mind. (Not to be confused with the Jersey shore image and poor portrayals of people from Jersey that the media puts out there.) To think with a Jersey state of mind is to think smart, be a boss or atleast aspire to be one. Be legendary and there is no Jersey native more legendary than the great Whitney Houston.

Today would have been Whitney's 49th Birthday and while she is no longer physically with us, we are paying homage to her and her career in this post. Happy Birthday Jersey Girl!

YeKimKev: Kevin Hart's 2012 MTV VMA Commercial

   The MTV Video Music Awards (also called the VMAs / Video Music Awards) are steadily approaching (Thursday, September 6th) and the host is none other than my favorite 'Chocolate Drop', Kevin Hart! They released a little video ad featuring the infamous KimYe (Kim Kardashian and Kanye West for those of you who have been living under a rock). When I saw the video, I was rolling. What do you guys think?

Azealia Banks is Talking Reckless in The New Issue of Vibe

As we all know when it comes to female rappers, there is no female buzzing more than the Head Barbie in Charge, Nicki Minaj. But Nicki is not the only female rapper that should be on your radar. There's my girls Lola Monroe (1st Lady of Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang) and Brianna Perry. But there's also another young lady who you should look out for and that's Azealia Banks!

Azealia Banks is probably the Queen of Twitter Beefs as she has started some major drama with a few established artists such as T.I., Nicki Minaj, Lil Kim and more recently, Jim Jones; and her album hasn't even dropped yet!!! In the upcoming issue of Vibe magazine, Azealia is pictured alongside producer Diplo (who by the way, can get it!) and in this issue, Azealia talks about giving Lil Kim "some relevance" (y'all know I loves me some Kim - don't come for Queen Bee), her beef with TI and being known for her controversy more than her music in the States.

Peep what babygirl had to say below:

On if her buzz in the States is moreso built off of controversy than her actual music
Of course, because Americans are distracted by sh-t like that. It’s like, “Listen, T.I., if I was a f-cking boy you wouldn’t say anything to me.” But when I’m a girl and I say something back, the media wants to turn it into all these different things. Rappers beef all the time. I said what I said about [Iggy Azalea] and kept it moving. Then a month later you said what you said. And it keeps coming up. Leave it alone. I didn’t say she couldn’t rap. I said something very real. Out of everything, she had to [call herself] “a runaway slave master”? C’mon, that’s not swag. That’s not fly sh-t.
And that’s all it was. For T.I. to drag me through the dirt… It’s silly. In Europe they leave it alone and keep playing my songs on the radio and I keep getting booked for fashion shows because they’re about the art. All I’m doing is making myself look bad by getting engaged with y’all because no one in Europe gives a f-ck about y’all. All I’m doing is giving y’all n-ggas exposure. So if you notice I’ve backed up off Twitter the past days [laughs].

On her beef with Lil Kim
That’s what we did, and that sh-t is over. Yo, listen, [Lil’ Kim], this black cloud you got over you—don’t try to push that over me. You can keep that, because as soon as I released “Jumanji” is as soon everybody forgot about you. I have my hand on the dial; I can control how hot and cold you are right now. So I’m not even going to give it to you. I tried to make a legitimate track with you, tried to collaborate. I was bigging her up and she keeps throwing it back in my face. I tried.

On If she regrets her Twitter beefs
Of course, because it’s e-thugging… Who wants to look like that? But how else am I gonna reach y’all? I don’t have a T.I. to get on a radio show and defend me; I’m the one behind me. Y’all expect me to agree like, “Oh yea, I’m wack. I only have one song.” That’s one song y’all n-ggas don’t f-cking have. You might win some, but you just lost one.

What do you think of this Harlemite? Personally I don't think she's all that hot and she's definitely not fucking with my girl Lola! Bet that!