It’s been nearly half a year since Chris Brown assaulted Rihanna, and Monday (Jul 20) his people released this video of him publicly apologizing for the first time since the altercation took place. In the video, he states that at the advice of his lawyers, he’s remained quiet until the legalities of the situation were straightened out, but he expressed that he deeply regrets the fight and added that he “accepts full responsibility.” Check out the video after the cut!

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Kid Cudi premiered his new music video for “Make Her Say,” which features G.O.O.D. Music label mates Kanye West & Common, today. The up and coming rapper’s debut album, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day is due for a late September 2009 release. Peep the Nez Khammal directed video after the break!

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Diddy crashed Q-Tip’s set Saturday afternoon (Jul 18) as Q performed at Central Park’s SummerStage concert in New York City. WTF was Sean John doing? He knows he can’t dance to save his life lmao!

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Russell Simmons hosted the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation’s 10th Anniversary Art for Life Benefit at his East Hampton Estate Saturday (Jul 18) in East Hampton, New York. He’s pictured above with his two daughters Ming Lee and Aoki Lee. Tila Tequila, Star Jones, Vanessa Williams and others also hit up the event.

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The Dream and Christina Milian hit up Big Billy Clark’s Annual Debauchery Birthday Pool Party Saturday (Jul 18) at a private residence in Los Angeles. Christina showed off her six-carat engagement ring (which comes straight from Ivanka Trump’s jewelry line) at the event and told Us Magazine they haven’t set a date yet and don’t plan on having a “big wedding.”

“We don’t have plans yet — but it hasn’t [already] happened, that I can confirm. We just want to have our closest friends and family there; it’s not going to be too big.”

Continue reading for a closer look at Christina Milian’s rock!

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Joseph Simmons Jr., best known as “JoJo” on MTV’s Run’s House, plead guilty to disorderly conduct after being popped by the police back in May after they caught him rolling up a joint while he was in a car along the Upper West Side. He was sentenced to serve just one day of community service.

Police accused Rev. Run’s son of backing up and attempting to evade the cops when he was caught with the rolled marijuana joint, which tacked on another charge: resisting arrest, in addition to his other charges of drug possession, reckless endangerment and criminal use of drug paraphernalia.

But a few days after his arrest, he scored a plea deal with prosecutors and most of the serious charges mentioned above were dropped. The plea deal included him admitting to the disorderly conduct charge.

So Young Simmons got off pretty easy! Someone should definitely be counting their blessings right about now…

Last week reports surfaced that Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri had ended their seven-year relationship but according to Pop Tarts, the two are just on a little break and will “be back together in full force very soon.”

“Jermaine has decided to take a step back and cool things off but they aren’t totally broken up,” said an insider, adding that keeping his distance from the press and Jackson family is his way of dealing with death and tragedy.

We’re told Jackson and Dupri’s romance turned rocky last September when Janet’s album “Discipline” (produced by her beau) flopped and she was then released from her contract with label Island Def Jam per her request. To make matters worse, at the time Dupri was President of the label’s Urban Music division, although he stepped down in January of this year. But despite the hiccups, the music moguls worked through it and just a few weeks prior to Michael’s death they even enjoyed a getaway together in Monaco along with Jermaine Jackson and his partner Halima Rashid.

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In a move that surprised damn near everyone, Lil Kim and Cyndi Lauper performed “Time After Time” on stage together Saturday night (Jul 18) at the Mandela Day 46664 Celebration Concert … and Lil Kim sang! Albeit, Kim didn’t do very well with her vocals but we give her credit for being bold enough to do something like that in front of so many people. With a little more confidence and some vocal training, homegirl might be able to carry a little tune!

Alicia Keys, Will.i.am, Aretha Franklin and more also helped Nelson Mandela celebrate his 91st birthday at the annual 46664 event, which was held this year at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. Continue reading for more pics and for the video of Kim performing.

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Beyonce put in work and logged some charity hours at the “Show Your Helping Hand” Campaign press conference Friday (Jul 17) at the United Center in Chicago, IL. She’s pictured above with the Chicago Children’s Choir, who performed at the event.

The Show Your Helping Hand Campaign is a partnership between Beyonce and Hamburger Helper, who both have a common goal of helping Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief charity, deliver more than 3.5 million meals to local food banks. Hit up the official website for more information.

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The youngest American Idol winner and platinum selling artist Jordin Sparks returns with her sophomore album Battlefield. Sparks made a splash on the scene not when she AI, but more so with her hit “No Air,” a duet with Chris Brown. While the song granted her a Grammy Nomination, her self-titled debut album only peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Now, she’s back with a hot new single and an even more impressive second album. I have spent days listening to the album and here’s my track by track review:

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