Folks Who Don't Get It: Amy Winehouse

Grammy Award winner Amy Winehouse has a death wish, returning to one of her bad habits following a week-long hospital stay.

The troubled singer lit a cigarette soon after her release from a London facility, where, according to her father, she was diagnosed with emphysema due to all the cancer sticks and crack she keeps ingesting into her body.

She reportedly plans to perform at a birthday celebration for Nelson Mandela on Friday.

"Amy is showing early signs of what could lead to emphysema and is receiving treatment," her publicist said.The singer's father, Mitch Winehouse, spoke out about his daughter's illness earlier in the week to Britain's Daily Mail. "The only thing that can go into her lungs are fresh air," he said. "She faces a stark choice - either she sticks to it or she won't sing again."

According to Mitch, Amy has 70 percent lung capacity. "With smoking the crack cocaine and the cigarettes, her lungs are all gunked up," he said.

The Black sounding Brit was taken to a hospital on June 16 after collapsing in her London home. Source

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Soul Crooner Amy Winehouse???

Per TMZ, one doctor said Winehouse might be suffering from MRSA, a dangerous staph bacteria that's resistant to antibiotics. Another doctor said the problem in figuring it out from the picture is that Amy has so much makeup on, it's hard to see the exact nature of the skin condition.

And still another doc said he didn't think the condition is caused from drug use (of course not because the lesions were not oval-shaped, which is a marker. But the plot thickens ... yet another doc said if she picked at the sores, that could change their shape. Ewww, big time!

"Winehouse Grammys Honor Drug Addiction and Incarceration", Natalie Cole Speaks Out

Sunday Amy Winehouse nearly "ran the table" with her 5 Grammy wins. Herbie Hancock surprise win of best album of the year stopped Amy one short taking all six of the major awards. But now singing legend Natalie Cole wants to stop the Winehouse party all together. Ms. Cole wants to focus on Amy "the convicted felon" and Amy "the known drug addict" and have her give the damn Grammys back. It seems sex, drugs and jail are not to be celebrated. Natalie a former addict herself may have been a little hypocritical when she said...

"I don't think she (Winehouse) should have won. I think it sends a bad message to our young people who are trying to get into this business, the ones who are trying to do it right and really trying to keep themselves together," said Cole, 58. "We have to stop rewarding bad behavior."

Of Winehouse, 24, who is currently in rehab in England, Cole says: "I'm sorry. I think the girl is talented, gifted, but it's not right for her to be able to have her cake and eat it too. She needs to get herself together."

In the shadows of the recent overdose death of actor Heath Ledger, Natalie went on to say, "I mean, she could die. This isn't something that's cute and fun just to throw around in the press. The girl really has a problem, and I think for those of us who have been in the business long enough, we know the sacrifice it takes. This is about discipline and hard work, and you don't get to just do your drugs and go onstage and get rewarded."

OK, Natalie you are now age 58 and it is showing. We know you were able to turn your life around, but we're not too sure you weren't in the middle of your own addictions when you won some of your awards. I for one know you were still "in the life" when I plunked ddown serious cash to see you in concert with Lou Rawls, back in the day. But considering the recent crack/heroin induced pictures we have seen of Amy lately... you might have a point.

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When Back to Black arrived 10 months ago, critics and fans hailed Amy Winehouse as the future of soul music. Now they wonder whether she has a future.

The album generated six Grammy nominations for the eyelinered, tattooed R&B sensation, whose reckless lifestyle has turned a rising star into popular prey for paparazzi and, increasingly, a punch line.

"The danger of all this bad publicity is that she looks not just like a tragedy in the making, which would actually bolster the sad aura of the songs, but that she's also being made into a cartoonish figure," says Entertainment Weekly music critic Chris Willman. "That keeps people from taking the music seriously. The album is still a classic, no matter what happens in her personal life or how sad or ridiculous her image becomes."

Winehouse, 24, entered rehab last Thursday after video of the disheveled British singer supposedly smoking crack sparked a Scotland Yard investigation. Disclosed last week by U.K. tabloid The Sun, the 19-minute clip follows months of stumbles: a pot bust in Norway, a canceled tour, disturbing photos of Winehouse bruised and bloodied or wandering the street distraught, barefoot and in a red push-up bra. Husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who was arrested last June in the beating of a bartender and then again in a suspected attempt to bribe the victim, awaits trial on charges of assault and witness tampering.

Winehouse has confessed to struggles with eating disorders and self-mutilation. She skipped out on a detox stint in August after being diagnosed as alcoholic, she told Blender. Her hit single Rehab ("They tried to make me go to rehab/I said no, no, no") reflects her controversial posture on sobriety. By contrast, reformed bad girl Courtney Love seems hatched from a Jane Austen novel. Continue reading>>>

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December 06, 2007. LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Grieving rapper Kanye West and troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse emerged as the top contenders for next year's 50th Grammy Awards after picking up a total of 14 nominations here Thursday.

West, 30, whose mother Donda died suddenly last month after undergoing plastic surgery, heads the field with eight nominations, including a nod in the coveted album of the year prize for his "Graduation."Winehouse, 24, the talented singer-songwriter who has rarely been out of the tabloid headlines this year following a reported drug overdose, a string of cancelled concerts and turbulent private life, earned six nominations.The Grammys -- the music industry's most prestigious awards -- will be handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 10.As well as being nominated in the best new artist category, Winehouse picked up nods for her hit single "Rehab" in the record of the year and "Back to Black" in the album of the year categories."Rehab" also earned Winehouse nods for song of the year and best female pop vocal performance, while "Back to Black" was also nominated for best pop vocal album.Announcing Winehouse's nominations, comedian George Lopez remarked: "Can someone wake her up around six and tell her?"The quip was a reference to recent photos of Winehouse that appeared in the British media featuring the singer outside her London home in the early hours of Sunday morning, wearing only a bra and jeans.Winehouse was the only artist to earn nominations in the four top categories open to all-comers -- record of the year, album of the year, song of the year and best new artist.Winehouse and West's rivals for honors in the best album stakes include rock band Foo Fighters for "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace."Other contenders for record of the year are Beyonce for "Irreplaceable," Foo Fighters for "The Pretender," Rihanna featuring Jay-Z for "Umbrella" and Justin Timberlake for "What Goes Around ... Comes Around."Winehouse faces stiff competition in the song of the year category from Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats," Plain White T's for "Hey There Delilah," Corinne Bailey Rae for "Like a Star" and Rihanna/Jay-Z for "Umbrella."Elsewhere a crop of artists earned four nominations each, including veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen.Although Springsteen was ignored in the top categories, he picked up nods including best rock album ("Magic") and rock song ("Radio Nowhere"). Other artists earning four nods included hip-hop star Akon and Rihanna.Former Beatle Paul McCartney was also among the nominees, with nods including best male pop vocal performance for "Dance Tonight" and best pop vocal album "Memory Almost Full."The 110 categories see prizes given out in a plethora of obscure categories including polka, Hawaiian and Native American music.Meanwhile, the best spoken word album category will see a politically themed contest featuring White House hopeful Barack Obama and former president Bill Clinton.Obama -- currently locked in a fierce contest with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination -- earned a nod for his audio version of book "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream."Bill Clinton meanwhile was nominated for his reading "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World," his best-selling guide to how individuals can contribute to worthy causes.

Jesus Take The Wheel: Black Woman Calls Police After Being Sold Fake Cocaine Rocks

Juanita Marie Jones, 53, called Rochelle Police late Thursday night after she purchased what she thought was a $20 piece of crack cocaine, according to police reports.

Jones told officers she broke the rock into three pieces and smoked one, only to discover the drugs were “fake.” Insisting that she was unhappy and wanted to 'get her money back', of course the drug-addicted woman was subsequently taken into custody.

Just like singer UK soul singer Amy Winehouse, maybe it's time to go to rehab. Yes! Yes! Yes!

God-speed sistah!!!

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