JASON RAE, HUSBAND OF CORRINE BAILEY RAE, FOUND DEAD » I know we’re like 2 days late on reporting this, but the husband of Grammy-nominated British soul singer Corrine Bailey Rae was found dead in an apartment in the northern English city of Leeds on Saturday. Officers are awaiting results of toxicology tests to determine the cause of death. In connection with the case, a 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs, and has since been released on bail, according to officials.

29-year-old Corrine Bailey Rae and her husband met when the singer worked in as a coat room attendant at a jazz club in Leeds. They married in 2001. 31-year-old Jason Rae was a saxophonist with a funk band, the Haggis Horns. Along with having performed with his wife, Rae’s band had also previously worked with other British acts including Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson.

EMI Records, Corrine’s record label released a statement after learning of Rae’s loss.

“EMI Records would like to offer its sincere condolences to Corinne Bailey Rae and the Rae family at this tragic time. We ask that the media respects Corinne’s privacy and that of her entire family.”

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Hip-hop king Jay-Z and R&B queen Mary J. Blige showed up and showed out (from what I hear) in Miami’s American Airlines Arena Saturday night! The two were there, along with Kanye West, Timbaland, and The Dream, to kick off their Heart of the City tour. Rappers Young Jeezy and Fabolous showed their support from the audience, and were photographed backstage. It looked like a pretty damn good show! Wish I could have been there.

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As you may know, new Bad Boy artist Donnie Klang debuted his brand new single Take You There featuring, as well as produced by, Diddy on Making The Band 4 Finale Season 2 and iTuines as well. I have to admit I wasn’t feeling the song at all that much. But I took into consideration that I got these cheap-ass headphones (cos my iPhones pop, I swear I can’t keep them for 2 months) that I can barely hear anything out of them! So I had to really give Donnie a chance second time around and I liked it a lot! Remind me of some Justin Timberlake/Prince/Usher/ Michael Jackson-type song … lol.

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Here is yet another banned episode from The Boondocks: The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show.

I think I like The Hunger Strike better. I’m a little appalled at The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show, it was a tad bit over-the-top and not that funny to me. Nigga is starting to get redundant as well.

All in all, it was a “decent” episode. I got caught off guard a couple of times; about the mocking of black fraternities, how blacks are being ostentatious if they have rims on their cars, how Uncle Ruckus almost commited suicide after finding out he was black … I don’t want to go into detail - it’s ridiculous.

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Diddy (pictured above) with his twin girls D’Lilah and Jessie James. He brought the two along to the Making the Band 4 (Season 2) finale, filmed live at the MTV Studios in New York. A big thank you goes out to Jeff Lopez, Star Wild Media Group, and MTV for allowing us to take over their control room for 2 hours and live blog straight from their studio!

Check out photos from the show, which aired last night on MTV, below and after the cut. Is D. Wood’s haircut starting to grow on anyone else but me? Maybe it’s cause she’s just so damn fine I have no choice but to accept it.

SIDENOTE: I gotta have one of those “No Bitchassness” tees! They’ve already hit The Bay! Oh, and for those of you sellers listing the shirt … Bitchassness is one word. To find it through the search, I had to type it in as “bitch ass ness.” The only reason it’s spelled that way on the shirt is because bitchassness is a long ass word. Thank you =)

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I feel horrible. I’m usually the type of person that gives people the benefit of the doubt 99% of the time, and unfortunately, I gave Juvenile the benefit of the doubt when I learned that he had not attended the funeral of his slain daughter. But after reading this letter Illseed posted at All Hip Hop my stomach turned in knots. The man never claimed his daughter, never had intentions of claiming her, and didn’t even have the decency or respect to attend her funeral. And to add insult to injury, the bastard performed in Augusta, GA just a few short hours after her funeral service. To know that her incarcerated uncle (the guy who sent the letter out) was somehow able to attend the services even makes the situation worse. Speaking of adding insult to injury and making the situation worse, how about NO ONE FROM JUVENILE’S FAMILY ATTENDED THE FUNERAL! Not his mother, none of his sisters/brothers, cousins … no one. They didn’t even send a flower or card and they didn’t even give them a call. It’s like she never existed to them. That’s fucking sad.

People need to realize that children don’t have anything to do with how or when they are brought into this world. They don’t choose their parents. Their parents choose to have them. It doesn’t matter whether or not the mother was a jump-off and you didn’t have any intentions on having a baby with her. That’s your damn child, no matter how much you deny them. That will NEVER change. I don’t plan on having any children until I’m married, or until I’m with the woman I want to marry, but if by some chance I do end up getting a girl pregnant before that happens, you best believe I am going to claim my child and be in their life.

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Rapper Snoop Dogg is featured on the cover of yet another hip-hop magazine. You can catch the Ego Trippin rapper on the cover of the May 2008 The Source Magazine.

Rapper T.I. was all smiles as he was granted the opportunity to spend Easter Sunday morning with his family at a special service for the holiday sponsored by New Birth Baptist church at the Georgia Dome. According to Sandra Rose, T.I. was very emotional at the service and he took the podium to give a speech on HIV/AIDS and the way it affects our community today, among other things, including forgiveness.

“We’re here to celebrate the death of our Lord and Savior,” Harris said, “he was willing to give his life for us so that we may ask for forgiveness for our sins and be forgiven and saved…no matter how many times we have to ask…or how long it takes to get it right.”

For more photos, check out Sandra Rose!