Tennessee Pride

California authorities continue to look for Nashville rapper "Young Buck" in connection with Monday night's stabbing at the Vibe Awards.

I'm so proud.

In unrelated news, Terrell Owens skipped practice yesterday for "personal reasons." Suspiciously, Nicolette Sheridan was noticably absent from Desperate Housewives' rehearsal as well, according to an unnamed source within ABC. Curious....

11/19 UPDATE:

The Tennessean reports this morning that "negotiations are underway" for stabby rapper Young Buck to surrender to authorities.

The reaction of Earl Jordan, founder of Partners in the Struggle, an anti-violence community group, was to organize a rally tomorrow in support of the local rapper. The rally is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Mary & Charles W. Pruitt Library, 117 Charles E. Davis Blvd.

"We're just gonna be … sending prayers to Young Buck," Jordan said. "I don't want to disregard the actual violent behavior that has transpired if he was the one who has done this, but we also want to build a dialogue from the community, from everyone, from teenagers to people who just listen to rap music and music in itself, to state this is what's going on in the music industry as far as with rappers, all rappers.

"I feel that the media in some form was already convicting him of this, and we don't have all of the story. So we just wanted to build a dialogue, and hopefully he will go ahead and turn himself in."

Young Buck's mother, known in gangsta circles as Mama Buck, said that he ain't did it.

The rapper's mother, Audrey Horn, yesterday told The Associated Press from her Nashville home that police are not being fair because Brown is being "treated like a real live criminal when the man who attacked Dr. Dre is being treated like a victim." She said of her son: "Yes, he is into gangsta rap, but that doesn't make him a criminal."

Members of Tennessee's only gay gansta rap outfit, the "Knee Length Posse", could not be reached for comment - and that's probably for the best.

Hobbs Online has some more info on Young Buck, should you need more.