All those jokes we made about how hip-hop needs its own Mitchell report have now come full circle. Hip-Hop has its own steroids scandal now with Mary J, and 50 Cent and Wyclef among other names popping up. Dunno how Busta Rhymes escaped this one.
The worst thing about this: from now on whenever an athlete gets caught doping up, he's gonna use the Don Imus defense and say "I learned it from hip-hop!"
Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Timbaland, Wyclef Jean and filmmaker Tyler Perry are among thousands whose names have surfaced in a burgeoning steroid probe currently under way in New York.
According to Albany's Times Union, the entertainers have not violated any laws, but a number of anonymous law-enforcement officials said the stars may have obtained performance-enhancing drugs from doctors, pharmacists and clinics under investigation by Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares.
The newspaper cited medical records and testimony from several unidentified witnesses stating that Blige, 50 Cent and others, in a bid to appear young and fit, received shipments of prescribed human growth hormone at hotels, production studios, health clubs and private residences, even sometimes using fictitious names.
