It’s been a while since we’ve seen these two out and about together! Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri, were spotted out and about walking the streets of Manhattan, NYC Wednesday evening. The two were spotted as they left The Waverly Inn. Continue reading for the rest of the photos.

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Rapper Bow Wow celebrated his 22nd birthday with a party at Studio 54 inside MGM Grand Hotel Casino in Las Vegas Saturday night. Bow’s mentor Jermaine Dupri hit up the party too. Continue reading for more pics.

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Peep this video of Usher, Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin, Bryan Michael Cox and JD’s assistant Tyrone, collectively known as “The Ocean 5 Crew,” clowning Christina Milian for rocking that blonde wig at the Hawks/Cavaliers game in ATL, in addition to talking about the Chris Brown and Rihanna situation, calling the young teens a modern day Ike & Tina. The video was originally posted to Jermaine Dupri’s YouTube account as a part of his “Living the Life” vlog series, but he has since then removed it. Luckily, the CNN of Urban Media (aka World Star Hip Hop) grabbed it and upped it to their site.

Halfway through the video, JD mentions them “having drinks” before filming, which is pretty obvious, especially with Usher shouting and acting a fool through most of the video. Even though the things they were saying were pretty effed up, we had no choice but to laugh. We’re sorry, but the sh*t was funny!

We’ve got mad love for Jermaine Dupri but you have to admit … the picture to the right is comedic gold! The hip-hop entrepreneur just launched “Pop Watch,” a new line of watches with a unique style. The faces have crazy designs and one of the watches has numbers all over of them. If you’re familiar with the “Pop Art” graphic concept (Google it), you’ll understand the inspiration for the watches’ name and design. Continue reading for more pics from the launch at the MAGIC Marketplace, an annual fashion and apparel trade show in Las Vegas.

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Ciroc Vodka must have had Phoenix on lock this weekend because they hosted yet ANOTHER party at the W Hotel. The second party was also hosted by 944 Magazine (who co-hosted the first party). And your girl Aubrey O’Day was front and center, and you know she wouldn’t have had it any other way. Other celebrity attendees included: Akon, Common (who also performed), Jermaine Dupri and more. Continue reading to peep the rest of the pics!

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Jermaine Dupri has made it known that he isn’t speaking out about his abrupt departure from Def Jam records because he’s bitter. In an exclusive interview with Essence, the rapper said that he owes it to his fans that see him every day on the Internet. He also mentioned how he feels as if Def Jam is one big clique and the fact that he hasn’t spoken with L.A. Reid in over 3 months.

ESSENCE.COM: The blogosphere has been abuzz recently about your exit from Island Def jam Records as president of urban music. Why did you leave the label?

JERMAINE DUPRI: It was a situation where it felt very stagnant to me. As a person who is used to putting out new records and continuing to do that, it just wasn’t turning over as being that place to me where I should stick to it and see if it was going to turn around.

ESSENCE.COM: What would you say was your biggest problem with the label?

JERMAINE DUPRI: It wasn’t giving me the open door that I thought it was going to. It wasn’t aggressive enough and it was a big letdown for me. I thought I was going to a place that understood the times we were in as a music business and how aggressive we needed to be with putting out new projects and records. This is the reason I’m speaking out; not because I’m bitter, but because I owe it to my fans that see me every day on the Internet. I wanted to let them know because they’ve left a lot of comments on my YouTube saying, “JD, you talk about everything else; why aren’t you talking about this [label] situation?”

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Our boy Jermaine Dupri was spotted enjoying lunch at the Ivy on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon. News broke earlier today that he had been removed from his post as President of Island Def Jam’s urban music division. He held the position for nearly two years, a source revealed to All Hip Hop. No word yet on whether or not this will affect his TAG Records venture. Oh, and I’d also like to note the fact that Janet Jackson is nowhere to be seen… Continue reading for the rest of the pics!

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Bow Wow has just premiered his new music video to his latest single, “Roc Da Mic,” featuring Jermaine Dupri. The new track is definitely a banger! You usually don’t hear Bow Wow flow so smooth. Bow Wow’s upcoming album, New Jack City Pt. II, is set to be released in March 2009. Make sure you check out the video and tell us what you think!

Beyonce and Jay-Z together, without a doubt, is the definition of “black love.” For our generation at least! They’ve been together for over 5 years, and have close to $170 million in the bank (combined), making them Hollywood’s richest couple! Much of their relationship is kept private, but their lives as celebrities, coupled with their fame and huge success as artists and entrepreneurs, makes it hard not to want to know more about them! We put them at the top of our list this time last year, but the only difference between then and now is that they are married. The two decided to tie the knot in a “private” ceremony in April 2008. And if you were around and living on planet earth, you definitely heard about it! After People.com announced that the two had taken out a marriage license in New York, the events that happened the weekend of April 4th 2008 were inevitable. After several black SUVs with heavily tinted windows were seen entering Jay-Z’s Manhattan apartment, in addition to the dozens of vans bringing in wedding decorations, we all knew what was going on.

Every paparazzo in the world set up shop outside of the apartment and snapped photos of Solange Knowles (Beyonce’s sister), Tina & Mathew Knowles (Beyonce’s parents), Michelle Williams, Kelly Rowland, Irv Gotti, and more entering the apartment building’s ground-level garage. The list went on and on, but after seeing all of these people entering one place, we knew Beyonce and Jay-Z were DEFINITELY getting married. People.com actually confirmed it the next morning, and shortly after, we spotted the two wearing their wedding bands. These two getting married was definitely the talk of the blogosphere for the months to follow. And even though “Jayonce” never really confirmed their wedding, in several interviews that followed (Oprah, The Tyra Banks show, Essence Magazine, etc.) they were referred to as husband and wife, and neither contested it. But these two are the same people who never confirmed their initial relationship, so we’re definitely used to it!

Who else made the cut as GOT’s hottest couples of 2008? Continue reading to see!

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Is that Spike Lee and Bow Wow on the set of a music video together? Oh, wait … that’s Jermaine Dupri! Easy mistake to make, right? Well, anyway, the two were spotted on the set of Bow Wow’s new music last Friday (Dec. 19th) for his latest single, “Roc the Mic.” The video was filmed in Los Angeles and directed by the extremely talented Hype Williams. More photos when you continue reading…

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