Taraji Unafraid To Go Naked?

Taraji P. Henson isn't afraid to get naked.

The star of Think Like A Manfamously stripped down for PETA a while back and now is posing nude for Allure magazine. The actress is one of the most desirable sistas in the business, and she says she's not afraid or ashamed of going in the buff.

If everything still looks like it's supposed to, that is.

"As long as it’s all still looking good and not falling and you know, sagging; as long as people wanna see me naked, I’m here!" she says proudly.

God bless her for that.

PETA Slams Kanye

Kanye West got a lot of attention for his explosive track "Theraflu" and its obvious references to his ex-girlfriends, not to mention their fiances and husbands. But the rapper didn't just catch the attention of fans and bloggers--it turns out PETA took exception to Yeezy flaunting his furs in the organization's face.

"Can't a young n*gga get money anymore?," Ye raps. "Tell PETA my mink is dragging on the floor/Can I have a bad b*tch without no flaws/Come to meet me without no draws?"

"What's draggin' on the floor is Kanye's reputation as a man with no empathy for animals or human beings," said PETA's Senior Vice President Dan Mathews in a statement sent to XXL. "He's a great musician but doesn't seem to have the fashion sense to design anything more than caveman costumes. We keep hoping that one day he'll find his heart and join evolved style icons--including Russell Simmons, Pink, and Natalie Portman--who have dropped animal skins."

PETA To Release Rap Album

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has announced that it will be releasing an album called Yo! PETA Raps. The project is reportedly due to be released over the summer and will feature PETA's Ingrid E. Newkirk.

"Here at peta2, we're pretty in tune with the latest and greatest buzzmakers in the music scene," a message posted on the organization's website read. "This one, however, definitely caught me by surprise. Plenty of bands, from The Smiths to Strike Anywhere, have written songs about animal rights. Couple that with the growing number of hip-hop players speaking up for animals--including J Fields, Russell Simmons, and Pac Div, just to name a few--and it only makes sense that PETA would have a hand in releasing an animal rights-themed album from a hot new MC, right? Well, here it is, folks. The mastermind behind it all, PETA head honcho Ingrid E. Newkirk, is working on a rap album with hopes to 'better reach today's youth culture with the message that it's fly to keep animals in your heart and mind.'"

"You heard it here first! Personally, I'm hoping for guest vocals from peta2 pals Waka Flocka Flame or Travie McCoy," the posting read. "Who do you want to hear on the mic with Ingrid?

Waka Flocka Speaks Up For PETA

Waka Flocka Flame is making sure everybody understands that his appearance last year in a PETA "I'd Rather Go Naked" ad was no one-off. The Atlanta star has spoken up again on behalf of PETA and animals. The rapper issued a PSA condemning animal cruelty.

"If you’re going through different stuff and feeling a certain way, an animal is always going to be the same way. No matter how you feel, an animal ain’t going to curse you out. An animal ain’t gonna fight you. He’ll show you nothing but love," says Waka. "They’re not you’re size. They can’t talk like you. They ain’t got arms like you. They don’t have the strength you got to beat on them. It’s lame. It’s like beating on a baby that ain’t do nothing wrong. It’s important not to abuse dogs because physical discipline always makes a dog lash back at you. Just pick on someone your own size."

Janet Blasted By PETA?

Janet Jackson's glamorous Blackglama fur Times Square ad is stunning--but one organization isn't happy about the pop icon appearing in a fur ad. PETA issued a statement blasting Janet, and named her their 'Grinch of the Year' for 2011.

"When Janet Jackson had her infamous ‘wardrobe malfunction’ during the Super Bowl, at least the flesh that popped into view was her own – unlike the stolen animal skins that she drapes herself with, which are as dead as her taste in fashion (not to mention her career)," the statement reads. "Ms. Jackson, you’re just plan nasty.”

PETA's taken potshots at Janet before. You would think animals would deserve less-obnoxious 'spokespeople.'

Angela Simmons On Going Nude

When PETA debuted its latest ads featuring a naked Angela Simmons, more than a few people wondered what Poppa Run had to say about his daughter being in the buff for the animal rights organization. According to Angela, she didn't have a problem with going naked for a good cause and neither did her legendary father.

"Well, I like what PETA stands for as far as the animal cruelty thing and all that stuff. I felt like anywhere I could help to raise awareness for them, I wanted to be part of that and being a vegetarian came natural. Obviously, since I'm a vegetarian I thought this would be a great opportunity for us to collaborate and do something. I know that they already to do that. Obviously, anything that would bring attention to them would be being naked. I think it's really been a good response from everybody."

"My dad knew I was doing it for a good cause. For him, he was very supportive. He's been very supportive in everything I do. He made it easy for me," she added. "[Future PETA involvement?] Yeah, definitely. I think we have a long, bright future ahead of us, you know. My uncle has been dealing with them forever, so it's like passing the torch."

PETA vs. Flavor Flav

Just days after employees at Flavor Flav's Fried Chicken complained about their paychecks bouncing, PETA is now going after the Public Enemy hypeman for cruelty to animals. A spokesperson for the animal rights group published a letter criticizing Flav's restaurant.

"Dear Flav,
Greetings from PETA! After reading about the debacle involving employees of your fried-chicken restaurant in Clinton, Iowa, whose paychecks bounced, we're writing to encourage you to bounce one more thing—cruelty—and make your restaurant vegetarian.

If you thought your roast was bad, wait until you hear how chickens who are raised to be roasted are treated! Chickens are arguably the most abused animal on the planet. In the United States, more than 8 billion chickens are killed for their flesh each year, and 90 percent of these animals spend their lives in total filth and confinement—from the moment they hatch until the day they are killed.

More chickens are raised and killed for food than all other land animals combined, yet not a single federal law protects chickens from abuse—even though two-thirds of Americans say that they would support such a law. Chickens on factory farms are bred and drugged to grow so large so quickly that their legs and organs can't keep up, making heart attacks, organ failure, and crippling leg deformities common.

At the slaughterhouse, they are hung upside down, and their fragile legs are forced into shackles. Almost all chickens are still conscious when their throats are cut, and many are scalded to death in feather-removal tanks after missing the throat-cutter.

There's no reason to cash in on this cruelty. You can have all the same menu items as you did before—minus the meat. Delicious faux chicken is available wholesale from such companies as Gardein, and loads of palate-pleasing recipes are available free on our website: http://www.peta.org/living/vegetarian-living/recipes/. Faux fried chicken is as mouthwatering as it is healthy and humane, and we guarantee that it will have your customers yelling, "Yeah, boy!"

We hope that you will choose to reflect the true "flavor of love" by making your restaurant vegetarian. If we can be of any assistance, please don't hesitate to contact me at MichelleC@peta.org .

Best wishes,
Michelle Cho
PETA"

Wow. Talk about kicking a man when he's down.