Rapper Bow Wow doesn’t officially turn 21 until this Saturday (March 15th), but that didn’t stop him from celebrating in Washington D.C. this past Saturday (March 8th) at the Love Nightclub. Click Here for more photos.

EDIT: My bad! Bow Wow’s birthday is March 9th, not the 15th.

He plans on celebrating again with an invite-only bash this Saturday at the Mirage Hotel & Casino in Vegas. According to Baller Status, the party will feature a performance by T-Pain, while super producer Swizz Beatz will hold down the turntables to keep partygoers on the dance floor. There is also word of a surprise guest host, which is being kept secret.

Producer Polow Da Don, the man responsible for invading the nation’s radios with In This Club by Usher and Young Jeezy, was the victim of an attempted robbery inside of his Atlanta recording studio Monday night (March 10th). According to various sources, a group of unknown masked gunmen entered the studio late Monday night and robbed those present of their money and jewelry. Here’s what Polow had to say … word for word:

“They thought they came to rob me, but I have heart and I have God shawty,” Polow Da Don said in a statement released Tuesday. “These crack head ass niggas I guess called themselves robbing me, but we robbed them…I wasn’t scared I was mad. I was likes “these dumb ass weak ass niggas.

“You gone have to shoot me because until then, I dont believe you. I am a man…and nine times out of ten a nigga calling himself a ‘robba‘, a ‘thug’ or a ‘gangsta’ is a cover up for being too weak (weather it be physically, spiritually or mentally) to be a man. It’s hard to learn how to be a man…luckily my teacher stuck with me….thanks Dad, I love you! Kids…do you know where your father is right now?”

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(CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama claimed victory in Mississippi’s Democratic primary Tuesday. “What we’ve tried to do is steadily make sure that in each state we are making the case about the need for change in this country. Obviously the people in Mississippi responded,” Obama told CNN after his win. Mississippi had 33 pledged delegates up for grabs, which will be allocated proportionally. The state’s Democratic voters were sharply divided among racial lines, exit polls indicate. As has been the case in many primary states, Obama won overwhelming support from African-American voters. They went for him over Clinton 91-9 percent. The state has a larger proportion African-Americans (36 percent, according to the 2000 census) than any other state in the country. And black voters make up nearly 70 percent of registered Democrats.

But Mississippi white voters overwhelmingly backed the New York senator, supporting her over Obama 72 percent to 21 percent. According to the Associated Press, only two other primary states were as racially polarized — neighboring Alabama, and Clinton’s former home state of Arkansas. The exit polls also indicated roughly 40 percent of Mississippi Democratic voters said race was an important factor in their vote, and 90 percent of those voters supported Obama. In Ohio, roughly one in five voters said race factored into their decision. About 60 percent of those voters picked Clinton over Obama. Clinton’s campaign issued a statement congratulating Obama on his win, and said they “look forward to campaigning in Pennsylvania and around the country as this campaign continues.”

Pennsylvania is the next battleground for the Democrats. It holds its primary on April 22 and has 158 delegates at stake. CONTINUE READING

Danity Kane’s dope new video for Damaged premiered on MTV’s TRL earlier today, and you can check it out above! Their sophomore album, Welcome to the Dollhouse is slated for a March 18th release. Are you feeling the song/video?

UPDATE: Click Here to preview DK’s new album exclusively on MTV’s The Leak!

And speaking of Weezy having too much face time on popular hip-hop magazines…

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Diana Ross and her son Evan Ross enjoy some quality mother-son time together at Friday’s Lakers game in LA. CONTINUE READING

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Jack Nicholson (pictured above) enjoying Sunday’s Lakers game with his son, Raymond Nicholson. Professional baseball player Barry Bonds was there sitting courtside as well. Check out 3 photos of him below.

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(CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama flatly rejected suggestions Monday he would be a vice presidential running mate for Sen. Hillary Clinton. Clinton, Obama’s rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, and her husband, former President Clinton, have suggested a joint Clinton-Obama ticket — with Obama in the second slot. President Clinton Saturday suggested a Clinton-Obama ticket would be “unstoppable.”

“He would win the urban areas and the upscale voters. She would win the rural areas that we lost when President Reagan was president,” he said while campaigning in Pass Christian, Mississippi. “If you put those two things together, you’d have an almost unstoppable force.”

Obama forcefully shot that idea down.

“Sen. Clinton is fighting hard. She’s tenacious. I respect her for that. She is working hard to win the nomination. But I want everybody to be absolutely clear. I’m not running for vice president. I’m running for president of the United States of America,” Obama told supporters during a rally in Columbus, Mississippi.

If anyone should be suggesting vice presidential candidates, it should be him, Obama said.

“With all due respect. I won twice as many states as Sen. Clinton. I’ve won more of the popular vote than Sen. Clinton. I have more delegates than Sen. Clinton. So, I don’t know how somebody who’s in second place is offering vice presidency to the person who’s in first place,” he said.

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Is it just me, or does XXL, The Source, and any other hip-hop magazine for that matter, have redundancy issues? It seems like all they do is feature cover stories from Lil’ Wayne or 50 Cent. Granted, this newest issue is “G-Unit,” but it’s still featuring shitty cent lol. I know there are more hip-hop artists out that can have some face time…

Here’s Snoop Dogg’s latest video, Life of Da Party, featuring Too $hort & Mistah F.A.B. This is the third single (and video) released for his latest studio effort, Ego Trippin’, wchich hits stores tomorrow!