R&B singer Toni Braxton called into The Wendy Williams Show the other day and Wendy went right in on what everybody wants to know: how is she doing now that she’s “separated” from her husband of 8 years and was the Trey Songz kiss at the Soul Train awards behind their separation?

Toni Braxton: I’m a little sad about it. I really don’t like being separated, I enjoyed being married but we are definitely separated. We’re great friends and we have kids together and we still work together, but um, yeah we are separated.

Wendy Williams: But he was there at the Soul Train Awards.

Toni: Yes.

Wendy: What did he say about that kiss?

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Hits Daily Double is projecting that 50 Cent’s new album Before I Self Destruct is only set to push about 150,000 – 160,000 copies, which at 50’s caliber would most likely be considered a “flop,” especially with all of the jokes he makes about other artist’s and their album sales. But despite his album’s new flop status, Curtis says he’s not really worried about it, even though all of his albums prior to this one have sold more than half a million copies in their first week of release.

“Well, the reports from Hits Daily Double, I don’t actually know what to anticipate from the actual sales of this project,” 50 told BET. “It’s obvious, the project just came out a month earlier than what was actually anticipated. The actual project is arguably my best work, to have the general public respond the way they’ve responded to it,” 50 continued. “I haven’t heard anything negative about my choices artistically, so if I was in the space where I absolutely needed finances from the actual sales of the record, it might mean something, but if it offers the material that I can go out and perform and make everyone enjoy themselves as much as I enjoyed myself making it, Ill be happy with it.”

50 Cent’s debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin opened its first week with over 870,000 copies sold, while his next two albums, The Massacre and Curtis sold 1.14 million copies and 691,000 copies, respectively. So yeah … 150,000 is a flop for 50 Cent. Too bad he’s so far in denial he doesn’t realize it!

Rihanna and her BFF/personal assistant Melissa Ford were spotted at LAX airport in Los Angeles Friday (Nov 20) as they made their way through the terminals after touching down in the city.

Even though she and Chris Brown are not allowed to communicate with each other in any kind of way, she says she still finds herself listening to her music. And yes … she actually “misses” him.

“There are a lot of … places that we’ve been to together, music, different things that come up that are reminders of your ex,” the singer, 21, tells the Atlanta radio station Q100. “When [his music] comes on the radio, I don’t … turn it off. I like his music.”

She adds: “I’ve gotten over it, but there are definitely constant reminders … songs that were our favorite songs, or hit songs.”

And is she dating that guy from 90210? Short answer? No. She doesn’t even have his phone number! And she says she’s not even interested in being in a relationship right now.

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The Queen of Pop Janet Jackson invited ABC’s cameras to the set of her “Make Me” video and here a re a few video clips of some behind the scene footage of the Janet & her dancers filming the clip! Janet’s Number Ones compilation project hit stores this past Tuesday (Nov 17) and this is the lead single from the album.

This song is kind of hot!

Janet did a radio interview Tuesday morning with a station in D.C. and in an attempt to blast the rumors of she and Jermaine getting back together, she revealed that the pair were only friends and are NOT together:

95.5 WPGC D.C.: Now I wanna ask … you just mentioned Jermaine, and there are so many rumors going around. I don’t even know if you care to even talk about it. But, any plans on getting married?

Janet Jackson: No, I know the rumor that you’re talking about, and we’re not together. We never got back together. He’s still one of my best friends though, so people will see us together and in doing so, [people say] ‘Oh they’re together.’ But no, we’re not. I love that man.

WPGC: Aww…

Janet: I adore him, I really do. And he’s such a sweetheart. but no … we’re not together.

Continue reading to see the behind the scenes video!

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Did you know that Christina Aguilera lives in the same home the Osbourne family lived in while they were filming their hit MTV reality series “The Osbournes?”

The 28 year-old-old pop singer gave Instyle Magazine a tour of she and her husband’s massive five-bedroom 11,000 square foot home, which sits in the Beverly Hills section of Los Angeles, California. Even though the house still has the same gothic feel it had when the Osbournes owned it, the Aguilera Family has added some color to it and Christina herself switched some things up to make it her own.

“I wanted every space to have its own personality,” she said.

She even talked about her shoe wall: “Everything on my shoe wall is grouped by designer — Louboutin, McQueen, YSL — all in their own little family … And there’s room for boots up top.”

Instyle Magazine says: “Whimsical furniture, radical art, and an abundance of red roses makes a visit to Christina Aguilera’s home feel a little like falling down a magical rabbit hole. Which was exactly how she wanted it.”

Continue reading for more pics of Christina’s big ol’ house!

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Up and coming rapper Wale recently sat down with Honey Mag and touched on a few things, including relationships, his female fans, his new album and a hot topic we all would like to know more about … his “relationship” with singer Solange:

“I do love her,” he admits of Solange, flashing a Cheshire. “We’re friends. She’s amazing. She’s a good person. Any single mother contributing to society the way she does — I got a lot of love for them. She’s got to do a lot on her own and raise a young black man in this day and age, so my hat goes off to her. She’s definitely an anomaly. And the way she can do that and manage to do the same things that I complain about having to do.”

His affection is as obvious as a set of flushed cheeks. And impossibly adorable. Wale, the former mixtape rapper from inner city DC, is borderline giddy.

“Did you interview Solange about me?” Wale asks. He’s sprawled across his bed; head practically buried in the pillow. “Did she smile when you mentioned my name?”

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According to our homie BlogXilla, ABC got a whopping 8.1 million people to tune in last Friday night (Nov 6) for that big Rihanna 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer. He also posted an excerpt from a Complex Magazine interview where Rihanna talked about how she made her mom “pretty upset” when she smashed a glass bottle in her younger brother’s face.

Complex: Did you see 300?
Rihanna: [Deadly serious.] 300 is one of the best movies I have ever seen. The choreography, the fighting, the costumes, the production—phenomenal. I make everybody watch it.

Complex: So you didn’t think it was too violent.
Rihanna: Oh, not at all. That was the good part. I’m the oldest child with two brothers. We talk all the time now, but we used to fight—and when I say “fight,” I don’t mean arguments, I mean physically fight.

Complex: Who won?
Rihanna: I hit the older one in his face with a glass bottle.

Complex: Bokkle dem! Whoa. Remind me not to piss you off.
Rihanna: Yeah, my mom was pretty upset.

We’re just going to leave it at that and let you draw your own conclusions…

Also, Chris Brown released a statement following the 20/20 interview, maintaining his stance on keeping the details of the incident private. Too bad Rihanna didn’t get the memo beforehand.

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Miley Cyrus’ hit single “Party in the U.S.A.” includes the following lines:

This is all so crazy, everybody seems so famous / My tummy’s turnin’ and I’m feelin’ kinda homesick / Too much pressure and I’m nervous / That’s when the taxi man turns on the radio / And the Jay-Z song was on…

But this teen pop princess claims to have never heard a Jay-Z song. Why? Because she also claims to not listen to pop music … even though that particular song was in the Top 40 across the U.S. pop charts. So does that mean she doesn’t listen to her own music?

“I’ve never heard a Jay-Z song,” the 16-year-old said during a recent interview. “I don’t listen to pop music.”

Wait, so how did the bit about Jay-Z (which is said 3 times in the song) get in there?

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Jay-Z is on the cover of Gotham Magazine this month after celebrating his 11th number one album, The Blueprint 3, topping this year’s Forbes list of earnings in hip-hop, and also starting a new chapter of manhood with turning 40 next month. In the issue, Jay-Z talks a little bit about his self-esteem at this moment and about his short-temper:

“I don’t dislike anything about myself,” he says. “I know this sounds a little arrogant but I really accept what God has given me. I’ve got a short temper but I work on controlling it. I can say inappropriate things because I believe them to be true and sometimes that can be hurtful to others. But I think in the long run it is more helpful.”

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Wearing a gray hooded jacket, a dark blue pair of jeans and a pair of black boots, pop singer Rihanna was spotted making her way through the airport terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport Tuesday afternoon (Nov 3) to catch a flight out of New York City.

She and Chris Brown have never really spoken about what really happened between them the night of that February 2009 incident following the Clive Davids Grammy event, but it seems like slowly but surely they’re opening up more and more in these exclusive interviews.

Rihanna’s ABC News interview with Diane Sawyer is set to air Thursday on ABC’s Good Morning America and Friday on 20/20, and Rihanna says she and Chris became “dangeros” for each other the more in love they became.

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Chris Brown has lashed out via his Twitter at (some) blogs/blog commenters for trying to play him for being “fashion forward” in his new Graffiti album cover Some folks got on his azz about those tight leggings he’s wearing and some people were even questioning his sexuality. But Chris says he’s 100% comfortable with his manhood and he fired back by calling all of his “haters” lame.

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In an effort to promote her new album, Rihanna recently sat down to do an interview with Glamour Magazine for their “Women of the Year 2009″ issue. In the issue, Ri talks about her new sound and style, auditioning for Jay-Z, and of course, the big fight she had with Chris Brown in February. She even touched a bit on how she felt after that picture of her battered face.

But like all the interviews with Chris, don’t expect to hear something you haven’t already, which is good because we’d hate to see either one of them throwing each other under the bus.

Glamour: Let’s talk about this past year—you’ve obviously been through some difficult things. How did the people around you help you cope?

Rihanna: My friends and family have been extremely supportive, and everyone has been there for me. But at some point you are there alone. It’s a lonely place to be—no one can understand. That’s when you get close to God.

Glamour: Are you referring to the [Chris Brown] incident?

Rihanna: I am talking about starting with the night [before] the Grammys and then on. That was not the only thing that occurred this year. The picture leaking…it was one thing after another.

Glamour: You’re talking about the photo [reportedly of Rihanna’s injured face taken by police after Brown assaulted her] that was allegedly leaked by cops. You handled that so well; you kept silent in the press.

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But he said some more stuff too… hear him out!

Joe Jackson and LaToya must sit around on the phone with reporters all day. And you know whenever Joe opens his mouth, bullsh*t is expected to come out. We know we can expect 3 things in life. Taxes, death and Joe Jackson saying (or doing) something off the wall (no pun intended).

But he said something in a recent interview that almost pissed us off … until we kept reading.

Michael Jackson’s dad tells Extra in an interview airing tonight that his son is making a bigger impact now than when he was alive. “He’s worth more dead than when he was alive,” Joe, 80, says. “I’d rather have him alive.”

Michael Jackson’s estate has reportedly raked in over $200 million this year alone, which forecasts the tons of cash that will come in over the next several years. And the “This Is It” world premiere brought in over $20 million Wednesday (Oct 28).

Joe also mentioned how he gets “very emotional” when he hears his son’s music.

“When I’m off to myself and I start thinking about things that we went through,” he says. “No one will ever see me, though.”

So we really can’t knock ol’ Joe. Everyone grieves in their own way. Some of us just grieve a little… weirder (?) than the rest of us :)

R&B singer turned reality star Kandi Burruss just can’t understand how some bloggers popped up out of nowhere with stories that she was pregnant by her late ex fiance AJ, who was killed a few weeks ago at a nightclub in Atlanta.

“That is such bull! Do people get up every morning and just decide to make up stories and lies? I’m like, Did I gain weight to make people think that? I don’t understand it,” Kandi told Essence.com. “It’s just hilarious how people will believe everything they read…. Someone called me the other day and I didn’t give any more thought to the rumor because I’m like who would believe that, especially if the news didn’t come directly from me? So for the record, I am not pregnant with A.J. Jewell’s child. I’m not pregnant with anybody’s child.“

Last night, the Bravo star appeared on the two-part reunion show for Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and broke down when she spoke on A.J.’s shocking death. Continue reading for the video.

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Singer Adam Lambert took to his Twitter yesterday and spoke on the controversy surrounding the cover of his upcoming debut album, For Your Entertainment.

“Thank you to those who appreciate and understand that the album cover is deliberately campy. It’s a homage to the past. It IS ridiculous. For those that don’t get it: oh well… Glad to have gotten your attention. Androgyny. Rock n Roll.”

We’re just glad he knows that it’s extremely campy; but if that’s what he was going for, then we say, “Rock On!”

In other album news, he also revealed that his debut single was produced by Dr. Luke and is also titled “For Your Entertainment.” Adam describes it as a dance track that will make you “shake yo a**es” Other tracks on the album are “Soaked”, “Music Again”, “Strut”, “Aftermath”, “Broken Open”, and “Down the Rabbit Hole”; the last four being penned by Lambert himself.

LaToya Jackson says her nieces and nephews are taking their father Michael Jackson’s death pretty hard; so hard that the three of them are going through therapy to cope with their loss. She even mentioned how heartbroken Paris is because she’ll never be able to see her daddy perform live in person.

“Paris thinks and talks about her father all the time. She’s doing very well, writes a lot and she wears his shirts every day. They still smell of him and it helps her feel close to him. Her bedroom is covered in posters of Michael and she watches tapes of him all the time. After he passed, the kids went up to the house to get whatever they wanted. Paris took anything with a picture of her father on and brought it back to her new room at my mother’s house. She was so upset that she would never see her father on stage. She said, ‘Now I’ll never get the chance to see Daddy perform live.’

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In Bobby Brown’s new tell-all book, he claims his whole relationship with R&B legend Whitney Houston was a hoax! Bobby wrote that the only reason Whitney married him was because she wanted to protect her “good girl” image. He says she was also in a “bisexual relationship” at the time, and she knew that being gay wouldn’t look good for her career.

“(The marriage) was doomed from the very beginning,” Brown writes in ‘Bobby Brown: The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But…’ “I think we got married for all the wrong reasons. Now, I realize Whitney had a different agenda than I did when we got married… I believe her agenda was to clean up her image, while mine was to be loved and have children.

“The media was accusing her of having a bisexual relationship with her assistant, Robin Crawford. Since she was the American Sweetheart and all, that didn’t go too well with her image… In Whitney’s situation, the only solution was to get married and have kids. That would kill all speculation, whether it was true or not.”

Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston filed for divorce back in 2007 after spending 14 years together as husband and wife. They have one daughter together, 16 year old Bobbi Kristina Brown. And Whitney Houston is currently busy promoting her new album, I Look To You.

As Tiny sits at home holding down the fort, she briefly discusses with her fiancee  T.I. on the phone, “How is everything going?” And she’s provided an update on everything going on with the rapper.

“He hears things and we talk about it. He wants me to stay out the way, me being out of harm’s way. I know it’s a lot of crazy things going on so I try to stay in as much as possible because I don’t have him here. So I come out only when it’s necessary. I stay out the way…He’s doing good. He’s passing the time by working out and just doing things they do inside, you know,” she told All Hip Hop.

Tiny goes to visit T.I. every Sunday or Monday, with the only exception being an outbreak of a gastrointestinal virus in mid June swept the prison. Visitations were suspended for 18 days after 158 of the 2,000 plus inmates, along with several correctional staff members, reported symptoms of the virus. One inmate did test positive for norovirus.

But we’re glad to know all is peace in harmony in the world Tiny and T.I. as the Atlanta rapper  is still scheduled to be released from prison in the year 2010.

Since yesterday’s debut of Rihanna’s new single “Russian Roulette,” there has been a lot of speculation on the hidden meaning of the lyrics and it’s subliminal messages about suicide. Yesterday, singer Tiffany Evans (”Promise Ring“) took to her Twitter to attack not only the song but the music industry in general, stating that there is a lot of demonic worshipping that many do not know about. Read her whole rant after the break:

Russian Roulette = Suicidal Rate gon sky rocket!

You gotta watch what u say. Because there are a lot of weak people in the world. They are susceptible to anything so anything you say or do some people actually do listen. So make sure its nothing bad. Its okay to be deep,but not murder deep.

Man! I really wish I could tell you guys what the industry really is and what stars are apart of destroying this world. The stars who worship satan,and those who have killed to get the respect they have now. You’d be verrrry surprise. Some of your favorite people pretend to worship God but they only do that to save face. Or seem innocent.

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She also touched on her relationship with the guy we all know as “Big Papa” on the show. He had supposedly proposed to her and gave her this big, huge expensive rock for her birthday, but now she’s saying that she’s called off the engagement because she’s ready to commit and he led her to believe that he was, even though he clearly wasn’t.

ESSENCE.COM: So what’s the scoop? Are you or aren’t you still engaged to Big Papa?
ZOLCIAK: I am not engaged to Big Papa! I got a commitment ring last year and so when I got this new ring, I was led to believe that his divorce was final. Who gives someone a massive rock and makes this commitment if he wasn’t serious? I found out that I was still on the same merry-go-round. If there is one thing I have discovered about myself from doing this show it is that I’m just far too trusting. I’m actually dating someone new and I’m extremely happy. He’s my age, from California and cute as a button. I gave Papa almost four years of my life, so now I’m just trying to move on.

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In but so many words, rapper Shyne, who is fresh off of a 10 year prison sentence, told his former mentor Diddy, “F**k you!!” Shyne told Rolling Stone that Diddy turned his back on him during their 1999 trial by hiring lazy lawyers to help defend him. Diddy escaped a guilty verdict, while Shyne was sentenced to 10 years in prison. And the former Bad Boy recording artist says he was shocked when he heard Diddy on the radio talking about how he had spoken with him and reporting that he was in “good spirits.”

Diddy’s publicist had no comment on Shyne’s legal woes Tuesday, but the mogul recently told Hot 97 that he spoke with Shyne in prison.

“He sounded like he was in good spirits,” Diddy said. “I know he can’t wait to get home. I know he is definitely going to heat the whole scene up. He was definitely one of the talented young artists that I had the pleasure to work with.”

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Shyne says he never spoke with Diddy, nor does he intend to unless Diddy changes his act.

“I want it known that this supposed conversation is a figment of Sean Combs’ imagination,” he says in a statement. “He never spoke with me, he never visited me nor would I ever accept a phone call or visit from him. The only way I would do either of those things would be if he stepped up and did the right thing for the victims of the incident.”

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Shyne’s father, Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow, reportedly wrote to NY Governor David Patterson and asked him to pardon his son (born Jamal Barrow) so that he is not deported from the country and forced to return to Belize. Shyne, who is currently in the custody of U.S. Customs, was sprung from prison Tuesday after serving 8 years behind bars. Shyne was born in Belize but grew up in Brooklyn with his mother. His father wants to make sure he’s able to remain the U.S. to continue his rap career.

Not that we really needed it or anything, but Christina Milian confirmed to People that she is indeed carrying The Dream’s bun in her oven. She told the popular newsmag at a party she was in hosting at Las Vegas’ Tabu Nightclub that she’s about halfway through her pregnancy (4 and a half months) which means the baby should make its arrival sometime in February 2010.

“My husband and I are expecting,” she told PEOPLE Friday night. “We’re about four and a half months along, about 19 weeks.” With a noticeable bump under her flowing dress, Milian said she knows the sex of the child but wants to keep it secret. “We’re really excited,” she said.

With her husband, singer-songwriter The Dream, absent at MGM Grand’s Tabù lounge, Milian sipped water and danced on her VIP table with a group of girlfriends.

If you didn’t already know, Lil Fizz and J Boog (formerly of B2K) changed their names to “Fizz and Boog” and are now a duo working on some upcoming projects. They premiered their music video for their first single “Bounce” earlier this month in support of the straight-to-DVD film “Bring It On: Fight to the Finish” and to promote their upcoming debut album, Nightlife.

In a recent interview with Bossip, the pair spoke candidly about Omarion, Raz B f**king up their money, and their past lives as B2K stars.

Bossip: Now let’s dip into some past events… When Raz B first came out saying this stuff about Chris Stokes, what was your reaction to all this?
Fizz: We were completely in awe, because at that moment we were actually shooting a reality show that was getting picked up by WB. I was actually out of town in New Orleans at the time for Christmas with my pops. Boog was out in LA and he called me like: “Yo did you see this video on Youtube?” And I’m like, “what?” Boog said, “Yo, just go look at Raz on Youtube.” I couldn’t believe my jaw dropped, I was just like what?… Like, why come about it this way, if this is what really happened to you, why would you announce it to the world like this, why wouldn’t you go and handle this and yourself in a more appropriate manner? Especially if we got this reality show going on that’s about to get picked up by WB. You know what I mean?

Boog: He kind of did a suicide bomber on us.

Bossip: What reality show were you guys filming, what was it for?
Fizz: It was the B2K reality show without Omarion. It was us three coming back as the group without O, but unfortunately it didn’t work out because of that.

Bossip: That was a big bomb, that was a big money bomb.
Fizz: Everything happens for reason, though, I think it really set up this project for me and Boog to do Nightlife. This project has been going like super great, I’ve never been a part of something like this since B2K had first started and everybody’s supporting us, everybody’s behind us 100%. Everybody loves the music, loves the video, they just get the whole vision that we’re trying to do. And it comes from the chemistry. Boog and I, we’ve been best friends since we were 12 years old. We know the business, we know each other. The vision that we are trying to get across, it’s gelling, it’s really working.

Boog: When this happened, we weren’t around each other for like 3 ½ years. Raz was kind of like a stranger to us, we didn’t really expect or know what he would pull off….we were like fans in a sense because we seen it when everybody else seen it like huh?

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Jay-Z has finally spoke his two cents on this whole Kanye West/Taylor Swift drama. In an interview with BBC Radio 1’s Jo Whiley, Jay-Z, who plays big brother/bossman to Kanye, basically explained that although what ‘Ye did was wrong and out of place, his actions weren’t exactly outside of his character.

“[Kanye is] like my little brother, I pretty much introduced him on the first Blueprint… He’s just a super passionate person, and of course it was rude because it was her moment but that’s how he really felt… I think it was rude, but I don’t think, the way they’re treating, it’s on the front of every paper, he didn’t kill anybody, like, no one got harmed… At the end of the day, we’re gonna celebrate him for his passion… As he grows and matures, he’s got to know how to balance that. He’ll learn that in the years to come…That passion wasn’t fake, it wasn’t staged… I don’t think he should lay low, I think he should go on tour and have a brilliant career…The thing you have to realize about it, he’s been that passionate from his first record, he used to jump on tables, I’m trying to make the first Blueprint and he’s jumping on tables. [laughs] If he had changed because of his success, then it would be something else, then it would be a different thing but he’s always been that passionate.”

We agree! What Kanye did was wrong. He’s apologized several times to the public and to Taylor herself. And here it is Friday (5 days after show) and this incident is still a hot topic and it seems like “everybody hates Kanye.” It’s time to move on people. It wasn’t really that dag gone serious!

Fresh from her performance with Jay-Z and Kanye West the night before at the Jay Leno Show in Los Angeles, a very cheerful Rihanna was spotted making her way through the terminals at LAX airport Tuesday (Sep 15) to catch a flight out of the city so that she could soak up the events of NY Fashion Week this week.

It seems as though her ex boyfriend Chris Brown still has feelings for her. He posted this to his Twitter early this morning:

MY HEART IS INCOMPLETE… the part that is complete is my love for fans, career, friends, family.. god. but im missing someone or somthing.

He then linked to a fan-made YouTube video featuring old pictures of him and Rihanna with “Changed Man” playing in the background. Of course, he later deleted the tweet and replaced it with this message:

I AINT POSTIN S*** ELSE ABOUT ME(PERSONALLY)…. IM SO OVER ALL THIS BULLS***..

In response to Kanye West’s outburst Sunday night (Sep 13) at the VMA’s, our very own President Obama was recorded calling the rapper a Jackass! In an off the record conversation with ABC news anchor Terry Moran prior to an interview, the President said:

“I thought that was really inappropriate, you know? The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person, she’s getting her award. What’s he doing up there? He’s a Jackass…”

Obama and the people around him then laughed about his statement, referring to an incident a while back when PETA jumped on his case for killing a fly in an interview.

“Where’s the pool? C’mon guys, cut the President some slack! I’ve got a lot of other stuff on my plate. Because I know the last time was the fly thing. Was that PETA?”

Moran told his 1,000,000+ followers about this on his Twitter shortly after it happened. But now, TMZ has obtained a clip of Obama’s comment. Take a listen above!

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Rapper Lil Mama says her emotions were running last night during the VMAs as Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performed their song, “Empire State of Mind.” She sent in an apology statement to MTV earlier today apologizing for jumping on stage with the two icons, who for the most part, ignored her presence altogether.

“I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys,” the statement reads. “I admire them and look up to them as role models. ‘Empire State of Mind’ had my emotions running high. In that moment I came up onstage to celebrate my two icons singing about NY.”

Jay-Z appeared to shoo her off when he noticed her up there and said, “You’re T-Paining.” But she didn’t care. She kept on bopping her head and rocking to the music before striking a pose along with Jay and Alicia at the end of the performance. We would have loved to hear the conversation that followed!

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According to a new viral video making its way around the Internet, T-Pain is no fan of Jay-Z and his “D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)” song. T-Pain is a regular user of the voice enhancing effect in his music and he had a few choice words for Jay-Z during a DJ set at a club in Las Vegas over the weekend.

“Jay-Z is 59 years old. I don’t think he has the right to say what’s good and what’s not,” Pain said at the club Rehab while on the mic. “I think if anything is dead, it should be him. … To any Jay-Z fans out in the crowd, excuse the f— outta me. But you don’t see me saying ‘rap is dead,’ even though it is. ‘Cause apparently all the rappers are trying to do T-Pain.”

Pain then started singing, “All rappers out there are using Auto-Tune …”

This is definitely a huge contrast to how he appeared to feel about the song early this summer when Jay-Z performed it for the first back in June at the Hot 97 Sumer Jam in New Jersey. Jay-Z says he felt like a fan was coming up to him when T-Pain made his surprise appearance during Jay-Z’s set.

“I look, and I see somebody to my right, and I swear I thought it was a fan coming up to me to hug me,” Jay told Hot 97 a few months back. ” ‘Cause I didn’t see who it was. I thought it was some cool, rock-star stuff. And then I saw him move again, and I looked back. I guess [T-Pain] wanted to get close to me … It was a little awkward, but it was cool.

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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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Christina Milian and her fiance The Dream were spotted hand-in-hand as they made their rounds Friday (Aug 28) in New York City. The two soon-to-be newlyweds were also spotted inside of American Apparel shopping for some new extra smedium outfits to add to The Dream’s collection.

Meanwhile, Christina talked to MTV recently about her upcoming studio album, Elope, due to be released later this year or early next year.

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Rapper Jay-Z took a few shots at TV personality Bill O’Reilly and raido personality Rush Limbaugh in his new song, “Off That” (featuring Drake). The lines that target the political commentators go like this:

This ain’t black versus white, my n*gga, we off that / Please tell Bill O’Reilly to fall back / Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls / It’s 2010 not 1864

O’Reilly mentioned the song in his popular “Reality Check” segment where he let out a loud sigh and called Jay-Z “a regular Otis Redding” before shaking his head and smacking his teeth and moving on to the next story. Limbaugh, however, had this to say:

“I have been mentioned in a rap song by the rapper Jay-Z,” Limbaugh said. “The new song mentions me and the moderate Bill O’Reilly. As far as I know, I have never been mentioned in a rap song by anybody. It means I’ve made it — I’m now on a rap tune by the famous rapper Jay-Z.”

Looks like both guys love them some hip-hop. The song leaked Monday and both Rush and Bill responded less than 24-48 hours later!

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Fefe Dobson’s fans have been saying it for a while now. The Rihanna we know as the “Good Girl Gone Bad” is actually what Fefe Dobson was supposed to be, had her label Def Jam (also Rihanna’s label) focused their attention on her instead of turning Rihanna into a punk rocker with a hint of pop and R&B. And now, Fefe herself is speaking out via an exclusive interview with Honey Magazine. And surprisingly she’s not even mad. She actually takes it as a compliment…

HoneyMag: You were already on Def Jam when Rihanna signed, right?
Fefe: I was first I was signed to Def Jam in 2003. I think she was signed in 2005

HoneyMag: First of all, what happened when you left the label?
Fefe: It was just musical difference. It was a mutual breakup. Things weren’t working out the way we had wanted and it was time to part ways and let me create some things. Is Rihanna rock and roll? I don’t know. I mean I think that term is used really loosely.

HoneyMag: Basically, her career did not affect yours whatsoever?
Fefe: I wasn’t associated with it anymore, but do I get comparison… all over the place. To me, again, we are different. It’s like Avril-syndrome. You ask me now, and yes, we are both black but it’s not the same music. She might have some guitars on her thing but what is that? It doesn’t make it the same music.

HoneyMag: That’s my point. The image thing — to go so extreme, from dancehall reggae queen girl to cool, punky, rocker-chick. People say Rihanna bit your style.
Fefe: I mean, for sure I question that, but who wouldn’t. She is supposedly a fan of mine. I try to take it as a compliment. It gets a little much when she starts getting the same tattoos as me but overall I just want people to separate the image and listen to the music. It’s about the music. Its like Prince and Michael Jackson, totally different artists. Or its like Kanye West and Jay-Z. So what? They are both black men, they sound different. So they both wear jeans, they are different. And why would you want the same type of artist?

HoneyMag: People are definitely do an image comparison.
Fefe: To me, dressing is like an expression. You don’t have to be crazy or whatever. Just wear whatever you want to wear.

HoneyMag: I think you can tell when it’s contrived and when it’s authentic.
Fefe: I agree. I do have to say one thing though, her songs are well written. I know Ne-Yo writes some stuff and he is an amazing writer but we’re just different.

HoneyMag: Have you guys met?
Fefe: Yeah, I met her when she was the dance hall queen with the long hair. She was a nice girl but very quiet.

Hit up HoneyMag.com for more!

BET’s Terrence J says he’s in a relationship and is “very much in love.” But not with Khloe Kardashian. The 106 & Park VJ says neither he nor Khloe even remember making out!

“We are just friends,” Terrence J tells PEOPLE exclusively. “Neither one of us remembers the kiss. We were trying to remember who kissed whom first and we have both agreed to agree that it was just a long night where we both had some drinks and shared a good time.”

He adds that although he was brought in to assist Khloe, 25, she is holding down her own on the airwaves. “Her radio skills are dope. She has an outgoing personality and she doesn’t hold her tongue. When she’s on the air she’s a blast to watch.”

On Khloe’s sister Kourtney’s baby news Terrence J notes: “The shows depict her and Scott [Disick] always having conflict but what you don’t see is that he is always cuddling Kourtney. Scott really loves her. I didn’t know she was pregnant when we were filming. I am really excited for both of them. I am also excited to buy them baby clothes.”

SOURCE: PEOPLE

“I wish my dad was here, but I know that he is here with us [in spirit], and I feel like this is definitely a blessing from him,” Kourtney, 30, tells PEOPLE of her father, who passed away at age 59 in 2003 after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer. “I would love for him to be here and experience this all. I feel like he would be so happy.”

Kardashian’s mom, Kris Jenner – who divorced Robert in 1989 and subsequently married former Olympian Bruce Jenner – has also gotten emotional about his absence. “My mom was crying, like, ‘Your dad would be so happy.’ And you know, I feel like it’s cool, because I feel like he’s here.”  In fact, Kardashian says, “It’s bittersweet, and that’s how I feel about getting married, too. I almost don’t want to get married because I don’t want him to not be there.”

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Mommy to be Kourtney Kardashian and her babydaddy Scott Disick went baby shopping at the Juvenie Shop Thursday afternoon (Aug 20) in Calabasas, CA.

In related news, Kourtney told People that she thought about terminating her pregnancy, but weighed out the options and obviously decided to keep the baby.

“I definitely thought about it long and hard, about if I wanted to keep the baby or not, and I wasn’t thinking about adoption,” Kardashian, 30, who was shooting E!’s Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami at the time, tells PEOPLE exclusively. “I do think every woman should have the right to do what they want, but I don’t think it’s talked through enough. I can’t even tell you how many people just say, ‘Oh, get an abortion.’ Like it’s not a big deal.”

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Following his cameo in ‘The Hangover,’ Mike Tyson heads to the small screen for a role in FOX’s new series, “Brothers,” starring Michael Strahan and Daryl “Chill” Mitchell.

“I knew Chill over 25 years ago. I met Mike recently,” the heavyweight champ tells ET, which is first on the set of the new comedy. “I really was beating myself up over my daughter. I was staying in the house, depressed; it was a dark moment in my life. This keeps me functioning as a healthy human being,” Tyson continues. “I am working with dealing with it,” he says. “I have spoken to a lot of people. I have become a member of an exclusive club no one wants to join. I have been told the pain never stops but you get over it. I am going through a process, trying to heal. I am in denial, because I don’t know how to handle it. I don’t know what to do or say. I appreciate everybody who supported me.”

Tyson says that his role on “Brothers” is a “Godsend,” and that if they want him to return, he would be happy to do so.

“Brothers” will premiere on Friday, September 25 at 8 p.m. on FOX. Tyson’s episode will air later in the season. In it, he shows up to collect money from Mike (Strahan) at his brother’s (Mitchell) restaurant.

SOURCE: ET ONLINE

“The only marriage that I’ve ever been a part of destroying is my own, and it’s not my place to talk about anybody else’s…,” the actress, who recently joined the cast of the new ABC sci-fi drama “FlashForward” said.

Pick up the issue, on stands now!

In related news, Gabby’s mother, who is a social worker and already has a young adopted daughter, has fostered a newborn baby. The 36-year-old actress admits that she loves helping out with her new siblings even though she doesn’t have any children of her own.

“We got her straight from the hospital,” she told Sister 2 Sister Magazine. “We’re hoping she could be the newest official member of our family but she’s definitely always going to be a part of the family.”

Former Bad Boy recording artist Sara Stokes says that nasty fall she took to the face caused her to be a bit confused, which explains why she originally accused her husband of tripping her. And her reps tell TMZ that the couple is “happy and back together” and “looking forward to the truth coming out in court.”

Oh yeah, and she says her husband stabbed himself! Yeah right…

Stokes’ Version — The incident started by the pool, when Sara innocently tripped and hit her face. Her husband tried to get something to clean her off and accidentally cut his arms on knives in the kitchen sink.

Law Enforcement Version — It started when Sara stormed out of her house after a screaming match with her husband, she fell over and blamed him for tripping her — grabbed a knife and stabbed the crap out of his arm while their 3 children watched the whole thing.

Wow! This sounds like she’s trying to cover up for the dude, who just might be laying the smack down on her on the regular, SMH. It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt … or killed.

Michael Vick once had a contract with the Atlanta Falcons worth over $100 million making him one of the highest paid football players in the NFL. But that was all snatched away, along with 2 years of his life due to jail time, when he was indicted on dog fight charges back in 2007.

Now, Vick has been released from prison and given a second chance with the NFL by the Philadelphia Eagles. In a blog posted exclusively to Global Grind, the remorseful NFL player admits that he’s never written a blog before, though it’s a challenge he must face in order to let millions of people know that he is truly sorry.

Check it out below!

I’m sorry. That’s the place where I need to begin. My feeling of remorse. I ain’t never written a blog before, so putting my thoughts down on paper is a challenge – however it’s a challenge I must face. I can look a 250 pound linebacker in his eyes at the line of scrimmage and have no fear. But expressing myself when I know that there are millions of people who are so angry with me, and rightfully so, is a challenge unlike any other I have faced before.

What I did was horrendous. Awful. Inhumane. And I’ve no excuses for my actions. It makes my heart hurt now to think about what I’ve done. And I’m gonna be real honest, it took a while for me to get to this place.

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Reggae fusion singer Sean Kingston has spoken out about how he feels about this whole “everybody hates Chris” scenario. He believes that his friend deserves another chance, according to a recenter interview with Rap-Up Magazine.

“At the end of the day, he’s human. People make mistakes. Let it go,” Kingston tells Rap-Up.com, before adding that the public shouldn’t jump to any conclusions. “I don’t [believe] in somebody beating a woman, but we don’t know what happened in that car. All I’m gonna say is let the man be him.”

The 19-year-old met Brown when he toured with him in 2007. “He’s a great person. He’s cool.” After seeing his former tourmate’s video apology last month, Kingston is convinced he’s sincere. “He sent the apology out. I could tell it came from his heart, so they should give him another chance.”

Sean Kingston is writing for Brown’s ex-girlfriend Rihanna’s new album and promoting his sophomore effort Tomorrow, in stores September 22.

SOURCE: RAP-UP.COM

Up and coming rapper Drake says he was so excited when he performed in Camden, NJ that he completely forgot he was injured. He explained to MTV that the adrenaline rush from the crowd led him to get carried away, which subsequently led to him collapsing after he ran across the stage.

“What the footage doesn’t show is that I actually came out of the sky that night,” he told MTV News. “I was 20 feet in the air on a little platform. Philadelphia was the only sold-out show on the tour — 25,000 people. And before they see me, I see them for about five seconds. I was staring out into the crowd and I literally … when I landed on that platform, I blacked out and really forgot I was injured. I was just so full of adrenaline, so happy to be there, it kind of set in for me. I remember on the I Am Music tour, the reaction was great. But these were my songs. These are songs people know and love and we really made this happen in a short time. I was just enjoying myself. I had the mic and I was really going. And when ‘Best I Ever Had’ came on, I felt like dancing. It was a great moment. I wanted to run across stage, I wanted to jump into the crowd.”

But the poor guy didn’t even get to perform one line of the song. He hit the ground right before the opening chorus began. He says once the footage of his fall hit the net, people like Lebron James, Chris Paul and his mentor Jamie Foxx contacted him personally telling him to stay off of his leg.

Hopefully this time he’ll listen! Check out the video below…

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“The sex is better! I have so much more energy. I can move around better, and that’s what it’s all about. I want to lose more, so I’ll just keep eating better and exercising, and the weight will come off. It took time to put in on, and it will take time to take if off. It’s still okay to be big, but let’s be big and healthy. I had to lose some weight to get healthier because I want to be around for a while. I have twin sons who are 3 and a son who is 19, and I want the opportunity to meet their children.”

Be on the look-out for Mo when her late-night talk show premieres on BET on October 5th!

Looks like it isn’t a secret anymore! Jamie Foxx’s former co-star Garcelle Beauvais (aka “Fancy” from The Jamie Foxx Show) slipped up and told radio shock jock turned TV talk show host Wendy Williams that the triple threat entertainer (actor/singer/comedian) just had a love child!

“We’re very cool,” Beauvais-Nilon said of Foxx. “We saw each other on Easter Sunday… and he told me that he had a new baby and I said, ‘Jamie, wow! Do I know the babymama?’ and he goes, ‘No.’ And I go, ‘Do you know the babymama?”

A noticeably shocked Wendy Williams asked her studio audience if they knew Foxx was a new dad who all responded with a roaring “No!” Williams then thanked Garcelle for the “hot topic tidbit.”

Oops!

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DJ Kay Slay has put his two cents regarding the “beef” between rappers The Game and Jay-Z. Though he is a good friend of Game, Slay questions his disses towards Jay:

“…I think Jay-Z deserves a little more respect for as long as he’s been in the game,” Slay said in an interview. “And Game, he [should] just chill for a second. I really don’t think he fired at him hard enough for him to be going as hard as he’s going but then again, Game is a man. He’s gonna do what he’s gotta do. But me, I just think that, you gotta be on that individual level to go at him. And I don’t think Game has reached that yet.”

SOURCE: SOHH

Is it just us or do we sense another beef getting ready to surface? It’s clear that The Game doesn’t like his name to be mentioned by anyone and DJ Kay Slay might just be on the end of another diss. We’re just going to sit back and watch this one.

“I think he’s doing a book — it actually is not a biography.” When asked if Jay would ever write about their love story, Beyoncé replied, “It’s never gonna happen.”

SOURCE: EXTRATV

We kind of knew this was too good to be true. They’ve always been secretive about their relationship so it was kind of sketchy that Jay-Z was going to talk about it in a published book. We won’t be surprised if they find a way to hide Beyonce when she gets pregnant. These people go a long way to keep their privacy in tact. Has anyone seen their wedding photos? Exactly…

“It’s unfortunate when business is out there about your personal sh-t, especially when you’re really not the guy to be having his sh-t out there,” he says. “The sad thing is, you’ve got to get used to it. My skin is so thick that I probably need to write a book for people who are not ready for anything crazy. It’s funny that someone would even care about some Nasir Jones sh-t,” says the MC, on the line from Atlantic City. “I’m still that kid from the block at the end of the day.… So when I watch this sh-t, it’s surreal. We get a good laugh off it and say, ‘Hey, they’re talking about me again and it’s some funny sh-t.’”

All of this adds fuel to fire that is his very public divorce from R&B singer Kelis, who recently gave birth to their first child Knight last week and will be receiving over $40 grand a month from her future ex-husband in spousal/child support. She also put out that Nas was a cheater, a claim that Nas himself denies.

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This bottle of Opus One is low but my spirits are high my friends. I am about 2 hours away from Toronto, CA where I will be spending the next chunk of time recovering from a surgery that I now must have. I embarked on this tour with a torn ACL, MCL, and LCL and due to the events that happened the other night lord only knows what other damage I have done. On the bright side I will begin the reflecting and soul searching that its going to take to make this album and my outfit on the night I fell was crack. I will forever push myself beyond the limits despite advice and recommendations given because even with this new found success I am still the kid who wanted this more than anything in the world. Its funny when I read comments from previous fans who have lost interest because of the radio play and exposure I have. I just want to assure anyone reading that nothing has changed on my end. I refuse to get comfortable, I refuse to fall in line and follow anyone elses formulas. I still work as if So Far Gone had never dropped and I’m still trying to figure out how I’m going to gain entry to this game.

“Missing someone gets easier everyday. Because, even though it is one day further from the last time you saw each other, it is one day closer to the next time you will”

See you soon.

Drizzy

Without explicitly mentioning anyone’s name, Nick Cannon recently took to his Twitter with a series of biblical/inspirational quotes to let off some steam regarding Eminem’s most recent diss track towards Nick and and his wife Mariah Carey.

This ain’t checkers. This is chess!

Quote of the day: “Never argue with fools because from a distance people cant tell who is who”

When there are no enemies within the enemies outside can not hurt you!

Never take your own revenge, but rather give place unto the wrath. For it is written vengeance is mine, I will repay… PREACH!

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Did you like Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” music video? The general consensus is that it was just a bunch of big bouncing boobies and held no real substance. So not many people liked it. And Kanye West, the director of the video, even offered to redo the video … but Drizzy apparently turned him down and took the whole situation as an early lesson to the music biz. Hey, you can’t please everyone!

“That career move was very important to me,” he explained at the America’s Most Wanted Music Festival kickoff in Scranton, Pennsylvania. “We’ve done such a great job of building it all up. It’s kind of like people were getting this impression of me that I’m never gonna make a mistake. I’m not made of Teflon. I’m gonna do things for myself sometimes, as opposed to what people want me to do.”

Drake said the abundance of big-breasted women in the video didn’t put up any red flags that the video would offend anyone. He enjoyed the final cut of the video and thought it was right on point.

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We’re not sure if you caught the “update” to our original story of Kanye West supposedly campaigning to be the new King of Pop, but it turns out the whole thing was fake and if you notice, the website we sourced the story to has a disclaimer at the bottom basically saying you should take everything posted on the site with a grain a salt. And in true Kanye fashion, the Chicago bred rapper himself has responded to the bogus story with a message all in caps on his personal blog:

I WAS JUST LISTENING TO WENDY WILLIAMS AND HEARD SOME QUOTE ABOUT ME SAYING I’M THE NEW KING OF POP. NOT ONLY DID I NOT SAY THAT, I HAVEN’T SAID ANYTHING. IT MAKES ME FEEL BAD THAT OBVIOUSLY I MADE PEOPLE FEEL THAT I WOULD BE CORNY ENOUGH TO SAY SOMETHING SO WHACK AFTER THE PASSING OF AN IDOL, A LEGEND AND MORE THAN THAT A HUMAN BEING WITH FEELINGS AND FAMILY. IT SCARES ME TO THINK WHAT PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE, WITHOUT EVEN A SOURCE. ANY RANDOM PERSON CAN TYPE SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET AND THEN THE WORLD BELIEVES IT. I DON’T TALK TO PRESS OR DO TV OR DO PROMOTIONS OF ANY SORT. I’VE STOPPED CHASING AND BUYING INTO FAME. FAME IS LIKE CIGARETTES WITH NO SURGEON GENERAL WARNING. IT DESTROYS MOST PEOPLE AS IT DID TO THE TRUE AND ONLY KING OF POP. WE EXPLOIT OURSELVES AND EAT OUR OWN EGOS ‘TILL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT. I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS WON’T BE THE LAST FALSE STATEMENT WITH MY NAME ON IT, BUT THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I DEFEND MYSELF. I’M DONE.

Now, we’re not going to lie. That satire website had us fooled for a minute, but we still didn’t put it past Kanye to come up with something that crazy and outlandish. C’mon now, it’s KANYE we’re talking about here! But we’re glad to know dude hasn’t completely lost his mind. With this recent (and last) explanation, we’ll be sure to give our boy the benefit of the doubt in future cases.