TV personalities turned business women (and sisters) Angela and Vanessa Simmons hosted an in-store launch event for the “Smoothie” line of their Pastry tennis shoes at Underground Station Sunday (Aug 30) in the Las Vegas’ Boulevard Mall. They, along with their cousin Jessica Brown, met with fans and signed autographs at the event. Catch all 3 of the ladies Monday nights at 10 PM on the MTV reality series “Daddy’s Girls.”

Actor Evan Ross recently turned 21 and threw a birthday party for himself at Guys and Dolls nightclub in Los Angeles Friday night (Aug 28). His mom Diana, his sisters Tracee and Chudney his brother, Ross Arne Naess and his girlfriend Cora Skinner all partied with Evan in the VIP section of the club. Each of them wore a white glove in honor of Michael Jackson, whose birthday was the next day. Actress/model Eva Marcille was also spotted at the club.

Actress Terri J. Vaughn and singer Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas attended Terri’s private birthday party in Atlanta Saturday (Aug 29). Also in Atlanta on Saturday night, Ludacris hosted an event at Straits (his restaurant) and Keshia Knight Pulliam and Tommy Lee came out. And Q-Tip and Solange posed for a pic backstage at “Long Live the King! A Birthday Celebration for Michael Jackson” that same night at the Nokia Theatre in New York City.

We also have recent pictures of Meagan Good, M.I.A. and more all attending events in various location this past weekend. Continue reading to check them out!

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Rapper/singer Drake and R&B singer Trey Songz recently premiered their new music video for “Successful,” a song that is featured on Trey’s album, Ready, in stores now, and Drake’s latest mixtape, So Far So Gone, available now for free download. Peep the Jake Davis directed video below!

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Looks like baby Nahla might be getting a little brother or sister to play with soon! According to the latest issue of Life & Style Magazine, actress Halle Berry is carrying her and boyfriend Gabriel Aubry’s second child! A source tells the publication that Halle, who is 3 months pregnant, conceived through artificial insemination.

“Halle is overjoyed. The first time, she struggled so much to get pregnant and eventually conceived through in vitro fertilization. This time, the baby was conceived through artificial insemination. She’s just ecstatic to be pregnant again. She wasn’t sure if she’d have another baby, so she’s very happy.”

Halle’s people have yet to respond to this new story, but we should be hearing from them any day now. As with any pregnancy story/rumor, this could go 3 ways: (1) Denial, (2) confirmation or (3) complete silence. You can probably tell by now we’re used to this ;-)

At Rhapsody.com you can listen to Jay-Z’s new album, The Blueprint 3, in its entirety. And to promote this, Rhapsody and Jay-Z teamed up for a dope commercial, which shows the rapper recreating each of his album covers in a creative way while “Run This Town” plays in the background. Definitely the best commercial we’ve seen in a while! Check it out below…

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VH1 reps have revealed that their “Behind the Music” series will return in September 2009 and will feature profiles on rappers Lil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent, along with R&B singer and former New Edition member Bobby Brown.

BTM will follow Wayne from his early days as a New Orleans “Hot Boy” all the way to being the “best rapper alive” in 2009. His episode will kick off the return of the series on September 10th. A couple of weeks later on September 28th, Bobby Brown will be featured on the show and they’ll talk about his days as a member of New Edition, his struggles with drugs, his divorce from Whitney Houston and everything in between.

A week and a few days later on October 8th will be T.I.’s episode, where his life as a drug dealer on the streets of Atlanta, the murder of his close friend Philant Johnson and his current stint in federal prison will be highlighted. And less than a week later on October 13th, the show will document 50 Cent’s life, form his near-death experience in May 2000 all the way up until today, where he is now one of the biggest rappers in hip-hop.

All shows will air at 10 PM (EST) with the exception of 50 Cent’s episode, which will air at 8 PM (EST).

Singer Chris Brown has slammed reports alleging that he “forgot” what happened the night he beat Rihanna. The internet went crazy yesterday when a 30 second clip of his hour-long interview with CNN’s “Larry King Live” was released and posted all over blogs, social sites and other websites. In the short clip, Brown tells Larry King he doesn’t remember all of the details from that February night, but according to Chris, that 30 second clip doesn’t represent the entire interview and was totally taken out of context:

“There have been reports on the internet that I didn’t remember what happened that night with Rihanna. I want to try and set things straight. That 30 seconds of the interview they used of me was taken from a one hour interview during which that same question was asked something like 4 or 5 times — and when you look at the entire interview you will see it is not representative of what I said.

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Up and coming female rapper Nicki Minaj is the latest addition to Lil Wayne’s “Young Money Entertainment” family. Her deal was announced Monday (Aug 31) and Lil Wayne says that’s honored to have her as the label’s “first lady.”

“I am honored to have Nicki Minaj as Young Money’s First Lady. She is a star,” Lil Wayne said in a statement.

Minaj gained a lot of buzz after the release of several critically acclaimed mixtapes, including her latest, Beam Me Up Scotty, which features Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane and label mate Drake.

Nicki has always been a part of the Young Money family though, and she’s currently one of the featured artists on Wayne’s tour, “Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival.” But it wasn’t until today that the label officially announced that she was on the label’s roster of artists. Her deal includes a special aspect where she retains and owns of her 360 rights, including merchandising, sponsorships, endorsements, touring and publishing.

“To say I’m excited would be an understatement. It’s validation. It’s proof. It’s empowerment,” Nicki said. “I represent every little girl in a hood near you. To everyone that supported me two years ago when I was on underground mixtapes and DVDs and to the people that only caught on two weeks ago, I say thank you. Be proud of yourself. You’ve given girls all around the world the permission to change the face of female rap.”

Nicki Minaj’s debut album is set to drop in early 2010 and will be distributed through Universal. In the meantime, catch her on the America’s Most Wanted tour, along with Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy and of course, Lil Wayne.

Beyonce and Jay-Z took in the 2009 Barclays Golf Tournament at Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City Sunday afternoon (Aug 30). The couple watched Tiger Woods tee off and followed the golf champ around the course.

Later that day, the two of them headed to the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn to watch the Grizzly Bears perform at the Jelly NYC Pool Party. Check out all of the pics from their eventful Sunday afternoon below.