November, 2008

This is funny!
It’s official—ATL Housewives is a hit!

Kim
Alcohol, Cigarettes, Fkd up weave, Tone def and delusional—check, check, check!

NeNe
Chestnut brown weave—check!
Braless, cleavage baring ensemble—check!
Loud mouth—check!
Unapologetic sarcasm—check!

You can watch the full version of this skit on The Bonnie Hunt Show which airs this Monday (Nov. 24). Check your local listings for time and station.

RIP MC Breed…..Flint, Michigan rapper, MC Breed, passed away earlier today, according to confirmed reports from Allhiphop.com. Breed, who was known for his breakout singles, “Aint No Future In Ya Frontin” as well as “Gotta Get Mine” featuring 2Pac, was just hospitalized due to kidney malfunction a week prior. Though the exact cause of death has yet to be confirmed, a friend close to Breed informed Allhiphop.com, “He’s no longer with us. We are in the process of putting together a benefit concert, hopefully at Saint Andrews to raise money for a funeral”.

His first album, 20 Below, which was released in 1992, was followed by his sophomore follow up, The New Breed, released in 1993. Breed was also credited as being the first Mid-West rapper to obtain mainstream success. Later in his caree, he aligned himself with West Coast rappers, Too Short and Tupac Shakur.

CLICK ON JAMIE PICTURE TO HEAR SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!

You already know what it is.

Live from Vegas this week @ Laffapolooza…

Jamie,Johnny Mack, Claudia Jordan, Speedy,Chris Spencer,OG Poetess and LD all in this week.

There is a crowd there and Jamie begins to interact with the live crowd.

Jamie brings up Johnny Mack having to report back to Mandatory College recently.

Jay Lamont joins the crew and spoke about having a heart attack, his health and career…He does a great  Barack Obama impression.

Lavell Crawford comes on next and has a snappin battle with Speedy…I wish they woulda went a lil longer with that…Then it all went bad when Lavell and Claudia started snappin on each other.

George Wallace & Bobby Slayton stop in….

Back from the break Jamie talks about his new album (Comes out Dec. 16th) and some of the guest appearances on the album.

Eva Pigford stops by and talks about her soap opera gig. Lance Gross from House of Payne was there with her…and yes they went there with House of Payne and Tyler Perry.

Wow @ Lewis Dix goin in on Eva and Lance’s relationship.

After the break they talk about Lewis goin in on Lance and Eva’s relationship.

The Poetess report….Kat Williams latest issues… lol @ Jamie’s story about meeting Kat Williams..

After the Kat Williams discussion the show ended.

The Plugs
Jamie Foxx – The Soloist and new album coming soon!!

Claudia Jordan – Show on Sirius Monday nights 10 est/7pm west coast time.

Speedy – Speedys Comedy Corner, Wednesday nights 10 est/7 west on Sirius. Speedy & Friends DVD (http://www.jttproduction.com/) They got clips on the
website, it looks funny as hell.

The Sheryl Underwood show – Tuesday nights @ 7pm on Sirius 106 XM Radio Channel 149

Zo Williams (The Voice of Reason) from Speedys comedy corner has his own show “The Voice of Reason Thursday nights at 7pm.

Foxxhole radio can be heard Fridays 5pm eastern 2 pm west on Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 106 XM Radio Channel 149..Get a subscription…(they do offer online subscriptions) $12.95 a month (that’s .43 cents a day). If you have a friend with a subscription ask them to add u to theirs for only $6.95 a month (.23 cents a day…and if you buy a year in advance you get a month free) or pimp the 3 day trial for all its worth.

*Full 28 minute video detailing the night*

T.I takes the Witness stand as he testifies in the murder trial that took the life of his best friend.

There is a video for the”Bird Walk” – a diss video! Check it out and let me know what you think. Here is the text to go with it:

“F**K SOULJA BOY…BIRKWALK WAS ORIGINALLY MADE BY S.O.L.O da POPE…AND SOULJA BOY TOOK HIS S**T…THIS VIDEO WAS MADE IN OCTOBER 2007.”

IN DEFENSE OF SOULJA BOY

I don’t know anything about these dag on dances and I don’t have time to investigate a dance. So, I wanted to print this letter from a reader that disagrees with the assertion that Soulja Boy stole it.

Greetings Illseed,

I must start off by sayin I am on the site daily, several times for updates and the Rumors section is my one of my favs! Now as I’m scrollin today I see the comments about the Birdwalk dance and references to the Down The Way. I’m always excited to see a mention of Cincinnati but this one gave me the bitter beer face!! The Birdwalk dance is nothing like the DTW!!! One is a step and the other more of a freestyle dance. The DTW has basic foot movements with heavy arm freesyles that vary by dancer and hood. People from here know it when they see it!!! The Birdwalk is more of a step, or shall I say line dance. Now there were a couple of guys from Downtown Cincy (hence the name) that were on 106 and Park doin it back when AJ and Free had the show. Find that footage and u can see for yourself. I personally can’t see how Nasashia even got upset because they are so totally different!! The BW is so stiff, the DTW is more fluid and mixed wit personal swag!!!!! Now about Tocka making up the dance…I don’t believe that to be true but I can’t say for absolute certain. But I will say this, the dance was around long before the song. And the dance was started Downtown or Down the Way as we call it…..Tocka is from Millvale, which is a hood on the Westside of town. Well I said my peace so until next time……. Sunni

If any of you watched “Making the Band 4” season finale, you were probably shocked when P. Diddy kicked off Aubrey O’Day and D. Woods from Danity Kane.

On the show a furious Diddy sat down to discuss rumors of internal tension between the women of Danity Kane, eventually telling Aubrey that she needed to leave the group because she was tarnishing the reputation of the band. He screamed, “I don’t have to communicate shit to you or this group, in fact, I don’t want you in this group!”

The band is now down to two girls; Dawn and Aundrea, who have to drop a new album without the other girls

Hollyscoop caught up with Aubrey O’Day at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion show held at the legendary iconic Fontainebleau Hotel to get the scoop on her future plans sans Danity Kane.

When we asked if she would be back on the show Aubrey said, “You never know maybe ill be back on it. Maybe I will be on my own show.”

We pressed for an official confirmation to which she responded, “Absolutely.” Whether it would be on MTV, Aubrey said, “Possibly, you never know.”

We’re assuming Aubrey is going to have her own show on MTV, produced by P. Diddy, which will chronicle her life after Danity Kane as she tries to get a solo career going–it’s reality television after all!

Move over Superhead, there’s about to be another NY Times best selling author dishing dirt. MediaTakeOut.com just learned that R&B singer Angie Stone is writing a book called Life In The Shadows of A Sex Symbol.

And get this y’all, Angie is gonna be talking openly about her encounters with Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey and others.

But it gets better. According to MediaTakeOut.com’s sources, Angie will discuss her private conversations that she had with Beyonce about her then secret romance with Jay Z.

You see, apparently, Angie was Beyonce’s confidante during the early days of Jayonce. Here’s what Angie told Sister 2 Sister magazine, “I was right there in the beginning when Beyonce started dating Jay-Z, and I was a friend and confidante to her during those times”.

Angie girl, can you send us a manuscript IMMEDIATELY so that we can take a look at what you’re about to say. Child, we are about to BLOW THIS BOOK UP … did you see what we did for The Real Housewives Of Atlanta …

T-Pain is finally cashing in on Auto-Tune. Artists like Lil Wayne and Kanye West asked the Ring Leader for his blessing before using the instrument, but Diddy is taking it one step further.

As previously mentioned, the Bad Boy mogul’s upcoming album will be entirely sung using Auto-Tune. Word is the Puffster will be crediting T-Pain by giving him royalties on the album.

“I gave T-Pain one point on my album for using the Auto-Tune,” Diddy revealed on Sunday night during “Total Finale Live.”

“Sign the papers,” Pain added, confirming Puff’s revelation. “Diddy actually gave me royalties on this album just for using Auto-Tune. He signed the contract and everything. If I can do that with Diddy, somebody else better be signing something. It’s Diddy. He didn’t have to involve me at all. … I’m writing and producing on his album, and he gave me extra royalties on top of that for using something I just brought back.” -Marvin Brandon

Yesterday while browsing my favorite blogs looking for content to post, I happened upon this post by SANDRA ROSE

The post quoted excerpts from an Essence.com interview with Lisa Wu-Hartwell’s husband, Ed. In it, he discusses his relationship with Lisa and Keith Sweat’s sons Justin and Jordan:

“Me and my sons have a great relationship. I tell everyone I have three sons. They call me dad; I never say my stepkids, they are my sons.”

But what was even more bizarre than a man claiming another man’s sons was Ed’s response to the question,

“Do you have a good relationship with their father, Keith Sweat?”:

Not at all. The reason is because Lisa there was a lot that I had to stop from happening. I had to lay down the law, man to man. Have I tried to work out some things and put our differences to the side for the sake of the kids? Absolutely. I don’t like to play games.

I don’t know Keith Sweat that well, but I was certain that he didn’t take kindly to Hartwell’s implications that he had to be put in his place. So just to be sure, I reached out to a source close to Sweat’s camp to inquire if Ed Hartwell really did lay down the law to Keith Sweat.

Here’s what the source, who asked not to identified said:

I don’t understand how anybody can call anybody out or put their foot down to the custodial parent who has all the rights! What would he give a basis to lay down the law based on? How does Keith respond to that? Ed Hartwell has no rights over Keith’s kids. None! Zero! He has no merit. gets to see the kids because he happens to be married to Keith’s ex-wife.
Here is Keith’s statement: Keith is raising his kids to be normal, well-adjusted young men. He is busy raising his children 24/7. He is totally responsible for all aspects of his kids’ lives: education, health, welfare, insurance, college education. He chooses the clothes, he chooses where they vacation. He drops them off and picks them up from school every day. The courts gave him unilateral rights regarding his children. They didn’t give anybody else rights. If Lisa wants to take the boys out of Atlanta, she has to get permission from Keith. She picks them up on the 1st and the 3rd weekend of every month. Those are her rights. Ed has NO rights.

In this situation, Keith is going to be the bigger person. Keith has the fastest growing syndicated radio show now in 42 markets. He has two television shows coming out. He performs in concerts. What is Ed doing? I hear him and Lisa say he played in the NFL for 7 years. Is that factually correct? He played for the Falcons for three years and he was cut from there, cut from Cincinnati, cut from Oakland. He was injured for three years. So did he play for seven years? Keith has been in the business for 21 years, but he’s been singing since he was a little boy. Keith doesn’t try to inflate his career or himself.

My source reminded me of our last conversation when he told me that if the show lasted long enough, we would see the real Lisa Wu come out. Apparently, it is rumored that Lisa strikes Kim either on camera or on the set of the Reunion show which airs on Nov. 25. “You’re seeing the real Lisa ,” he said.

He indicated that Keith is sympathetic to Lisa despite the fact that Lisa and Hartwell can’t keep Keith Sweat’s name out of their mouths. “Keith is not going to get in the gutter with them,” said the source. “Keith is actually trying to save her as the mother of his kids. Because his kids will be affected by all of this.” According to the insider, he has never seen Lisa Wu do drugs, and he could see why an accusation of that sort might make Lisa upset enough to go after Kim.

Although the source didn’t indicate this, Lisa’s violent tendencies might be part of the reason why she lost custody of her sons to Sweat. “Lisa does not handle very well any kind of criticism,” said the source.

I’m hearing there is more to Ciara’s ‘Fantasy Ride’ pushback. Could an entire new album be in the works.

A source told me moments ago that Jive records is scrapping Ciara’s “Fantasy Ride” indefinitely and will be starting fresh with a whole new team for Cici’s new album, which is scheduled to be dropping in 09 sometime.

This new word dispels previous reports that Ciara was just pushing her new project back.

I hear there will be a new album titled and everything.

JAZZE PHA CIARA X-PRODUCER

T-Pain debuts with the top hip-hop and R&B album at No. 4, Christina Aguilera reminds fans of her best hits, T.I.’s trail stops at No. 10, Q-Tip takes a tumble.

The Auto-Tune king has returned to the charts as T-Pain’s new album Thr33 Ringz leads the urban pack at No. 4 this week. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Pain’s third project pushed a solid 167,700 copies in its first seven days on store shelves.

R&B heart throb Christina Aguilera also debuted this week with her greatest hits compilation Keeps Gettin’ Better – A Decade of Hits. The singer secured the No. 9 spot on the charts with the disc selling a stellar 72,900 units.

Already platinum in just over a month and a half, T.I.’s Paper Trail continues to steadily move albums as he slid three spots to No. 10 with 62,000 copies sold. After seven weeks in retail stores, the “King of the South” stands at 1,178,500 scanned discs.

R&B crooner John Legend dropped six spots to No. 12 this week as his third album Evolver pushed 49,900 units. Spending just three weeks on store shelves, the new project sits at 255,100 sold copies.

Keeping classy music relevant in today’s times, Ne-Yo’s Year of the Gentleman took a five-spot dip to No. 23 as his third project moved 26,800 albums. After nine weeks on the charts, the singer’s latest project stands at 600,000 copies sold.

With the longest running rap record on the charts right now, Lil’ Wayne has extended his summer release into the winter as Tha Carter III dropped seven spots to No. 26 selling 23,100 copies. After 23 weeks, Weezy has scanned 2,671,800 units.

Video vixen Rihanna also moved down this week falling ten spots to No. 31 as her re-released version of Good Girl Gone Bad sold 21,700 copies. After nearly a year and a half on the charts, she should easily go double platinum by next week with 1,997,800 copies sold.

R&B superstar Jennifer Hudson fell 17 spots landing at No. 33 selling 21,600 copies of her self-titled debut album. The Academy Award winning singer has continued to draw fans into stores as the new album sits at 434,600 discs sold.

Offering a new set of anthems this time around, Young Jeezy’s The Recession saw a significant drop this week falling 19 spots to No. 42 with 16,200 copies sold. Gaining a nice buzz with his new pro-Barack Obama record “My President is Black,” Jeezy’s third Def Jam release has sold 614,800.

Meanwhile, Robin Thicke held steady, showing the least amount of change as his new album Something Else dropping one spot to No. 47 selling 15,100 copies. Following-up his platinum-selling album The Evolution of Robin Thicke, the crooner’s latest release continues its steady pace with 258,900 units sold after seven weeks in stores.

Q-Tip’s Renaissance fell a deep 39 spots to No. 50 this week with 14,900 copies sold. Serving as his follow-up album to 1999′s Amplified, the former A Tribe Called Quest front man’s new disc rests at 49,100 units sold after two weeks on the charts.

Check back next week to see how new releases from Beyonce and 112′s Slim impact the Sales Wrap.

Scarface spoke with AllHipHop about changes in music from his era to now, changes he isn’t happy with. “I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s fu**in’ 20 million rappers and a million consumers. It’s like dope now. You got more motherfu**ers selling than using.”

Rapper Young Berg is currently shooting a new reality show. The show, which has yet to be picked up will show a number of women vying for the young rapper’s attention.

But there’s a twist. – all the women are dark skinned Black women.

Depending on how this is done, it may rehab Berg’s image …

Last month, MediaTakeOut.com CONFIRMED to you that pop singer Mariah Cannon and Nick Cannon were expecting their first child together. Now the rest of the celebrity mags are catching up.

This week’s issue of In Touch Magazine is reporting that Mariah’s two months pregnant.

Congrats guys … AGAIN!!!

NY rapper Jim Jones. Check out some of the mess he’s talking in the latest issue of Complex Magazine:
Jim Jones on Kanye West
Kanye is somebody you can just punch his chest old-school style, cave his chest in and sh*t like that. Like don’t ever, ever, ever talk about me again in your life! It’s just a joke to me. I’m just having fun. I heard him ranting and raving about my name and sh*t. How would I look having an issue with Kanye? I’d love to work with him. I need a beat from him. I think that’s why I’m most mad. Matter fact, I’ma f*ck you up if you don’t give me a beat!

Jimmy on Jay-z’s swag
Jay-Z never sells as much as Kanye. Jay-Z wishes he could sell as many records as Kanye. So he’s only beating him with terrible swag. Like over there, their swag is terrible. They having a terrible swag. It’s really bad over there.

Jim Jones on ditching Cam to appear on stage with 50 cent
Jim Jones: He’s questioning my loyalty? He was questioning himself. At that point in time when I did , I was doing all business. I was doing what was best for Jimmy, what was best for my career. It was in my best interest to do publicity stunts and get hype. He was nowhere to be found, so who is he to be questioning what I was doing?

Thats my Dog  Jim! We go back…to the camron and mase days!!

Could there be trouble in the less than a year long marriage of Beyonce and Jay Z. According to one of MediaTakeOut.com’s snitches, Beyonce has been living for the past week at New York’s Rivington Hotel.

Why is this odd, you ask. Well because Beyonce and Jay Z share a lovely penthouse condo less than a mile away.

And it gets even more interesting. According to our snitch, Jay Z is NOT staying with her. The insider explained, “Jay Z is in Tribeca . It’s very odd. I can’t say that there’s problems, but I know that he HAS NOT been with her any night this week – and he’s in New York.”

That was quick ….

Fast food chain Taco Bell has countersued rapper 50 Cent in response to a $4 million dollar lawsuit the rapper filed against the company in July.

Remember when 50 Cent sued Taco Bell when they asked him to change is name to 79 Cent, in an effort to promote their taco meals? Well, 50 didn’t think the offer was funny…so he sued them. Now, Taco Bell has fired back and their opponent.

In the latest round of lawsuits, Taco Bell shot down the rapper’s lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court, claiming they are protected by the First Amendment.

The lawsuit calls the rapper a “self-described former drug dealer and hustler” who is “arrogant.”

“Jackson has used his colorful past to cultivate a public image of belligerence and arrogance and has a well-publicized track record of making threats, starting feuds and filing lawsuits,” Taco Bell lawyer Robert Lehrburger wrote in the lawsuit. “At the same time, Jackson holds himself out as a giver to charity and one who wants to give back to his community. This lawsuit is another of Jackson’s attempts to burnish his gangsta rapper persona by distorting beyond all recognition a bona fide, good faith offer that Taco Bell made to Jackson.”

50 Cent’s lawyer shot down the lawsuit in a statement to The New York Daily News.

“It makes me wonder why they would decide to use his name in their ad campaign if they think he’s such a bad character,” Raymond told The Daily News.

Check my Dog Big Boi of Outkast doing his thang on Chelsea Lately!!

Big Boi is the coolest..

Limo driver claims Jonnetta Patton scammed him

Police have launched an investigation looking into whether or not Usher’s mother and former manager, Jonnetta Patton, scammed a limo driver during the recent BET Awards.

A freelance limo driver says that Patton used his services for her Atlanta-based transportation company, but never paid him his $1,668 for services. He has since filed a complaint. According to TMZ, Patton’s camp is currently mum regarding the complaint and investigation. Dekalb County detectives are actively looking into the case.

Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon does some good work with kids.But, her latest problem might be with press stunt she allegedly pulled with those semi-nude pics. The Cheetah Girls were dumped as an act for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Act, one of the biggest events of the holiday season. They say it was due to Adrienne’s nude pic “leaking.” SMH. I can see Disney Dropping the group or the group dropping Adrieene!

GOOD TO HEAR PROJECT PAT BACK ON TOP!

Two ex-con’s comparing posses, making mash potatoes and talking Snoop-dizzle? Why it can only be Snoop Dogg on the set of “The Martha ..

*Snoop Dogg finally got his wish to be a guest of Martha Stewart on her daytime talk show.

Ever since the two met backstage at the “Late Show with David Letterman,” Snoop has been e-mailing her regularly about getting a spot on the program. On Tuesday afternoon, Stewart got a kick out of reading some of those correspondences, which were laced with his particular gangsta slang.

While helping to prepare mashed potatoes using a recipe from Stewart’s mom, Mrs. Kostyra, Snoop shared with the host his five essential vocabulary words to get through life, which included ‘fo-shizzle’ and ‘crack-a-lackin.’

He also admitted that “in the hood” he doesn’t make mashed potatoes with an electric mixer… or know how to peel potatoes.

PART 1

PART 2

Beyonce was on Power 105fm this morning with Ed Lover and Free and discussed everything from the election, her rumored “Tranny” dancer to Kanye’s comments on Rihanna pushing Bey to step her game up. She also states that she would love to sing at the inauguration. Unfortunately, they have already started a petition online to prevent her from singing at the event. smh!

It was a nice interview even though I never thought I’d see Beyonce and Free in the same room again. Whoop Whoop!ELS_-_Track_07_-_Beyonce.mp3?CCOMRRMID=22343756&CPROG=RICHMEDIA&MARKET=NEWYORK-NY&NG_FORMAT=urban&NG_ID=WWPR1051FM&OR_NEWSFORMAT=&OWNER=2086&SERVER_NAME=www.power1051fm.com&SITE_ID=2086&STATION_ID=WWPR-FM&TRACK=Beyonce_on_The_Ed_Lover_Show_(1_of_2)#

The Real Housewives of Atlanta finale is tonight on Bravo network and the full court press for final ratings is on.

Watch NeNe and Kim go off on each other in this totally scripted clip from the Reunion show.

Even without tonight’s ratings, ATL Housewives will likely be the highest rated series of the Housewives franchise.

I guess being tacky, over-the-top, fake, golddigging hoochies really paid off for them in the long run. Who would’ve thunk it? I hear they made 8 grand per episode and stand to make even more cheese on the second season.

Damon Dash is telling more tales about his estranged business partner, Jay-Z. His latest: that Jigga set off a feud with Kanye West by refusing to bestow his bling on Kanye.

Dash claims the simmering beef dates back to a 2003 Chicago concert, where the then-up-and-coming Kanye expected ruling Roc-A-Fella artist Jay to “knight” him by presenting him with a gleaming chain.

But, according to Dash, Jay didn’t want to fork over the chain.

“This n- was like, ‘Wow. ain’t going to give me the chain,’” Dash alleges in December’s Complex magazine. “I had to take off my chain and give it to him, and I was heated. I had the real canary diamonds. That s- cost $40,000! I told Kanye, ‘Yo, you got to give that back when we get off this stage!’”

Dash contends that after Jay-Z violated the code of hip-hop chivalry, “Kanye hated Jay-Z. Dash, whose business relationship with Jay ended badly, has trotted out the story to hype his latest protege, rapper Jim Jones.

“This is sad,” says one source. “Damon does this every time he’s promoting an artist. He just makes things up.”

. The big question is whether it will fly off shelves at lightspeed or not. While I initially thought the idea of a double-album was too much, now I have to give Matthew Knowles his props, because based on that “Oprah” interview, Beyonce was dead set on recording the so-called “more personal” songs on I Am. For those who’ve already heard the deluxe edition, can you imagine if Bey dropped a regular length album with only those songs???

Oh the fans would definitely be in revolt. While “Disappear” is still my favorite track on the whole thing, I have to admit songs like “Ego” “Single Ladies” and “Diva” hold my attention much better than the “slow side of the album” I just like the things Bey does with her voice on fast songs better than the slow ones. Beyonce can sing, but when I want to hear a big ballad I’m looking for Whitney Houston or Celine Dion or even Toni Braxton. I still love ya tho Bey…

And speaking of tracks, if you don’t like the I Am… side of the album you can blame it on her role as Etta James in the upcoming Cadillac Records (out December 5th) Beyoncé told the Los Angeles Times that she gained 20 pounds and dotted her arms with track marks to play the role of the singer, who struggled with heroin addiction during that era. Bey even did some research at the Phoenix House, a rehab center in Brooklyn, to study that heron lean she uses in the film.

And while the part took it’s toll on the normally sunny-spirited Beyonce, she says the film role carried over to her album.

When it was over, Beyoncé told the LA Times she realized she was still living with James’ spirit, and that influenced the way she performed the songs on I Am . . .

Here is the video of Katt Williams…a bathrobe though? He’s got an album out now so I wonder if this is a part of the marketing push?

gawsh that was a good laugh.

hahaha.
this is so funny.
i love it.

“we the dancers”

Former Death Row big wig Suge Knight has been charged with three felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from a physical confrontation with his girlfriend last summer.

According to TMZ, Nevada’s Clark County Justice Court has tagged Suge with one misdemeanor count of battery and two felony drug possession charges for meth and hydrocodone.

Reports claim Knight punched his girlfriend, Melissa Isaac, last August while driving which led to her taking hold of the wheel and steering it into a curb.

Isaac then left the vehicle as Suge followed which resulted in his arrest by Las Vegas authorities.

A rep for Suge was unavailable as of press time.

The former hip-hop mogul recently made headlines for filing a suit against Kanye West for over $135,000. Suge is blaming Ye for a gun shot wound and robberty attained at the producer’s pre-MTV Video Music Awards party in August 2005.

I always suspected that she was gay, but now it is official. I wonder if Trick Trick will include her in the beef.

She said: “You know, I don’t really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn’t feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life. Everybody that knows me personally they know I’m gay. But that’s the way people should be able to live their lives.”

TIP and Akon had a concert over the weekend in Wichita, KS (Nov. 15) and he had some choice words for Shawty Lo. Before he performed “What’s Up, What’s Happenin’” he said something along the lines of him having haters all over the world. Then before “Live Your Life” he said you can’t be considered successful, until you have some haters in your life. After that, Tip reportedly said, “Y’all can have some of my haters since I have so many. Shawty Lo and his crew stay hatin! F**k them n****s!” Then he sang “Live Your Life.” Well, it was bound

Snoop Dogg’s family members and staff were among 26,000 residents forced to evacuate their homes on Sunday due to an uncontrollable blaze that has already destroyed 150 homes and threatens 3,500 more.

The Grammy-winning rapper owns a multimillion-dollar home in The Country Estates, an exclusive, gated hillside community in Diamond Bar, Calif. A reporter for Los Angeles’ KNX 1070 radio caught up with members of Snoop’s entourage, who said they were on their way to retrieve possessions and memorabilia from his house.

The rapper was not home at the time of the evacuation.

As part of the “Triangle Complex” fire, the inferno has already scorched 10,000 acres and spans four counties: Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside.

Posted by TMZ Staff

NBA rookie millionaire OJ Mayo turned 21 last Monday — but some people in AZ want their bread back after they say OJ stiffed ‘em by not showing up to his own super-hyped birthday party.

Multiple sources in Tempe, Ariz. tell TMZ Mayo took more than a grand from local promoters, promising he’d show up at the Cherry Lounge after his game on Monday. Around 1:00 AM, Mayo’s manager told people at the club OJ was in bed and wouldn’t be coming out.

Best part: We’re told two of Mayo’s boys wanted free bottle service at the club after OJ bailed, and got tossed out on their asses.

The club put out 50,000 fliers around Tempe and aggressively pimped the b-day party out on radio stations — to no avail.

A rep for his team, the Memphis Grizzlies, says the whole thing is a lil’ fishy, because OJ was on the team plane back to Memphis … right after the game.

CBS’s 60 Minutes will air the first televised interview with President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle this Sunday.

Here’s a preview, where the two describe the moment they knew that the Democratic ticket had prevailed on Election Day:

Asked when it sunk in that her husband had won, Michelle Obama told Kroft, “I remember, we were watching the returns and, on one of the stations, Barack’s picture came up and it said, ‘President-Elect Barack Obama.’ And I looked at him and said, ‘You are the 44th president of the United States of America. Wow. What a country we live in.’”
“How about that?” President-elect Obama added. “Yeah. And then she said, ‘Are you going take the girls to school in the morning?’”

“I did not,” Michelle Obama replied, laughing. “I didn’t say that.”

IF YOU MISS HIP HOP ON TV THIS PAST WEEK HERE YOU GO!!

We just caught wind that comedian Katt Williams was taken into a mental hospital yesterday.

According to South Carolina’s local paper The Item, his baby’s mother and daughter had him involuntarily committed. Here’s how they’re reporting it:

“His demeanor was a little troubled,” Deas said. He said the actor seemed “disoriented.”

About that time, family or close friends of Williams arrived to try to take him to the hospital for mental evaluation, Deas said. He said the family was seeking to have the actor committed. He was under the impression the family members were a teenaged daughter and the daughter’s mother. Williams, however, did not want to listen to their urging that he visit the hospital, Deas said.

His erratic behavior continued.

“He just said that he doesn’t trust anyone anymore,” Deas said. He said he thought “everyone has turned against him. He wasn’t really coherent.”

By that point, the actor was “speaking gibberish,” Deas said, though he declined to guess whether the actor was intoxicated.

Deas said the family was seeking an order from a probate judge to force him to be seen for a mental evaluation. Sumter Probate Judge Dale Atkinson, however, said neither he nor any of his staff issued a pickup order for anyone by the name of Katt Williams.

Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said, however, that an order was issued by the probate court and that because his department becomes involved with these type of matters, his office was called.

Dennis said the call came in around noon and deputies arrived to transport Williams to the hospital. Though he was vocal in his desire not to go, Williams was not physically aggressive.

She could not reveal whether Williams or his family had been in contact with them, but Kathleen Higgins, clinical director for Santee Wateree Mental Health Center, said in order for someone to be psychiatrically committed, one has to be assessed by a mental health worker, “and then a doctor has to sign the commitment papers.”

10. Daddy Yankee – Better luck next time Jose El Plomero.

9. Scarfy – Designer scarves worn as hoodies. And you wonder why they say hip-hop is gay.

8. Shawty Lo – Those videos sure did hurt T.I.’s career. Good job Carlos.

7. 50 Cent House Fire – There had to be a better way to get her out.

6. The L.A. Times trying to frame Diddy and Jimmy Henchmen for Tupac‘s murder.

5. Suge Knight – Had to make this list after getting knocked senseless.

4. “Arab Money” – Could a song be any more racist and untrue. Somebody tell Busta, Arafat is dead.

3. Rick Ross – Liar, Liar, C.O. pants on fire.

2. Swagger – The overuse of the word is abusive.

1. Yung Berg - Big chain, no security gets you robbed. Big mouth, no security gets you slapped.

Reality catfights are all fun and games — until somebody drags children and crack into it.

Lisa Wu Hartwell from “Real Housewives of Atlanta” tells TMZ she did leave a threatening voicemail for her rival co-star– but only because Kim Zolciak called her a “crack whore” and insulted her children.

Lisa admits she lost her temper, but believes Kim — the one who dated “Big Poppa” — is using this minor incident as a catalyst to become the next reality show Z-list celeb.

Hartwell says there’s no hard feelings — as long as Kim leaves her children out of the mix. In other words, “Keep my name out ya mouth!”

MediaTakeOut.com just caught wind of a disturbing piece of information. According to the below court records, a few weeks ago a man by the name of “Greg Leakes” was evicted from the home in Sugarloaf, Georgia.

We were shocked because NeNe’s husband is named Greg Leakes and they lived in Sugarloaf, Georgia during the taping of Real Housewives Of Atlanta.

This has to be some kinda mistake. Cause the NeNe we knew was buying her son $6,000 suits and stuff. She couldn’t have got put out her house. Or could she?????

We just learned that Kanye West was arrested this morning in the UK after allegedly assaulting a paparazzi photographer.

According to the British newspaper, The London Paper, West was arrested around 1:10 am this morning after allegedly assaulting a photographer outside Tup Tup nightclub in Newcastle.

The photographer, Terry Blackburn, claims that he suffered cuts and bruises to his face after Kanye pushed his camera into his face while yelling “Get the f***ing camera off him.”

West was reportedly arrested three hours later at the Hilton Hotel in Gateshead. He was released without being charged.

UPDATE: TMZ just spoke with the photog — who claims Kanye did, in fact, smash his face in around 2AM London time.

According to the snapper, it all went down when Kanye was leaving the club with 4 girls, upset that he was being captured on film. After getting angry, Kanye allegedly got violent — shoving the camera into the snappers face, causing a cut on his nose.

SHOUT OUT TO MY BOY CHRIS J. FROM MEMPHIS HOLDING DOWN THE SINGING ON THIS NEW PLIES JOINT!!
DO YA THANG CHRIS J!!! I TOLD YOU!!

ANGRY rap lord KANYE WEST reckons the MTV Awards were FIXED.

The grumpy superstar was upset with the choice of winners at the big shows in both America and the UK this year.

And he claims he only won Ultimate Urban at the European bash in Liverpool last week because he turned up.

He said: “BRITNEY SPEARS over RIHANNA? Are you serious?

“I won nothing last year and I’d brought out Stronger.

“Then this year, just because I was there, I won best urban act. This was L’IL WAYNE’s year.”

Kanye’s new album — out on November 24 — is a huge departure from his hip-hop roots with him singing rather than rapping throughout the collection.

He has laid his soul completely bare on the CD and kept up that theme when introducing it at the exclusive album playback held on Tuesday night.

It was just a year and a day after the death of his his mother, Donda’s.

She died at just 58 as the result of complications from a cosmetic surgical procedure. Kanye revealed he feels guilty about the tragedy.

His fragile state-of-mind — from that loss and also his split with his fiancée, fashion designer ALEXIS PHIFER — is obvious in the reflective feel to the album. He wrote the track Coldest Winter about mum Donda’s passing.

Kanye revealed: “I moved to California, so did my mum.

“I feel my mum moved to California and did stuff that she wouldn’t have done if she was still in Chicago.

“This album was therapeutic — it’s lonely at the top.”

Kanye has changed his style in an attempt to challenge the likes of legends PAUL McCARTNEY and JIMI HENDRIX — who he describes as “those artists in black and white photos.”

He admitted he “hated” his 2005 smash Gold Digger — and the new material is more PHIL COLLINS than rap.

Phil’s fingerprints are on a lot of the good pop music that’s coming out at the moment.

Yesterday we told you that there was rumored drama at the Real Housewives Of Atlanta Reunion – well now we’ve got CONFIRMATION!!!

According to one of BestDamnafterNoonShow.com readers:

Kim Zolciak, single mother of 2, from Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo Channel), is the target of Lisa Wu Hartwell’s verbal rampage (another Housewife). Lisa recently verbally exploded in an on camera taping of the reunion against Kim Monday in Atlanta. (much speculation that Lisa struck Kim on and off camera) Lisa, ex wife of Keith Sweat, is upset with Kim over the news that the story Lisa does not have custody of her children because she previously had a drug addiction problem amongst other allegations has leaked because of Kim. Producers may require Lisa to undergo anger management classes. Lisa’s children and ex husband are not featured in the show as their father, Keith Sweat, did not sign the release form to allow them to be filmed with Lisa.

**There is trouble in paradise as, Lisa, has threatened Kim at local media tapings with comments, text messagesand phone call messages. Sources say that Kim currently is in serious consideration to take legal action against Lisa, as there is significant documentation of the intimidation and harrassement to warrant a restraining order.

LISA

KIM

Dipset Capo Jim Jones talks about his new partnership with funny man Mike Epps and their upcoming Christmas compilation and comedy special.

“I just met Mike’s acquaintance and he seemed to be a smart person as far as his business is concerned, so we gonna build the two as a marriage and make a lot of money,” Jones told SOHH.

The Diplomats previously tapped comedian Katt Williams to join their crew and even outfitted him with a Dipset chain but his album never materialized. Jones is confident that his new partnership with Epps will be a success.

“We’ll be the first people to really combine the two successfully,” he said. “That’s what we were trying to do with the whole Katt Williams thing.”

The first release from Jones and Epps is a new Christmas mixtape, which will follow the format of the 2006 album, A Dipset Xmas.  The new Koch Records compilation, Jim Jones and Skull Gang Present: A Tribute to Bad Santa feat. Mike Epps, will feature 15 new Christmas songs and comedic skits.

“It’s got a lot of funny Christmas stories,” said Jones.  “You know, sh*t that happens when we was coming up and we giving you some real hard Christmas music.  Get you a couple of Christmas carols in there, some Christmas struggles in there and put it on the shelves.”

In addition, Jones revealed to SOHH that he and the Next Friday actor are also planning to host a comedy special/musical performance in his hometown of Harlem.  “I’m getting ready to do the big comedy special with Mike Epps,” he said.  “It’s called from Hollywood to Harlem and the concert will be inside the Apollo.

J-Hud’s family and friends really seem to love myspace. Most recently, her best friend posted a blog blasting Beyonce. I’m not going to offer my views, just offer his:

So I wasn’t going to write about this but it is really really bugging me. Especially when people are calling my phone saying how nice it was of Beyonce to come to the funeral and show her support. And I have to sit back and hold everything I wanna say inside. But I can’t do it no more.

Beyonce did not come to the funeral nor did she call, text, send a card or hell send a damn email. If there are millions of people who are leaving Jennifer and Julia and myself messages and sending there prayers and condolences and these people don’t even know them why couldn’t she? Every singer that Jennifer admires and had been a role model for her growing up even until now has called, from Aretha to Shirley Murdock to even present day singers like Chrisette Michelle.

And y’all know how much Jennifer loves Beyonce and she couldn’t even have her assistant call or nothing. But yet her camp is allowing her to receive credit for coming to the funeral and being there for Jennifer and her family. Bullshit! This just pisses me off. Once again thanks to everyone who has be there for us. And sorry if i offended any of Beyonce fans by writing this but if i just couldn’t keep sitting back and reading articles and emails and having my phone ring about how nice it was of Beyonce to come out!

You know biting is the cardinal rule in Hip-Hop. YET, it happens over and over. Now, The Donald is calling out Diddy and 50 Cent on their reality shows. I can really, truly say I have never seen either, but the premise seems close to “The Apprentice.”

“I’m in many, many rappers’ songs. And I know them. 50 Cent is sort of a friend of mine. I mean, he likes me. He just did a show. It was a copy of ‘The Apprentice.’ It will fail because he’s not Trump, but he’s actually a nice guy. And P. Diddy did a show which, by the way, I think bombed, but it was a copy. I wrote him a little note, ‘Good luck with the copy.’”

I love it. The Donald is calling cats out.

The third season of “The Way It Is” premiered last night..here are some highlights of the show last nite if you missed it.

Keyshia Cole – Neffie And Frankie Fight

Keyshia Cole Workout

Keyshia Cole Grew Some Junk

We just caught wind of an EXPLOSIVE RUMOR!! Word on the street is that during the reunion show of Bravo’s Real Housewives Of Atlanta things get REAL UGLY!!

According to one of mediatakeout.com snitches, Kim (the blonde) started talking out the side of her neck to Lisa (the one married to NFLer Ed Hartwell). And then things POPPED OFF!!!

Word is that Lisa jumped up and slapped Kim right in her face!! And that they got it ALL ON TAPE!!!

Bravo … please, please, PUH-LEASE don’t be a bunch of PUNKS and edit out the footage (As we hear that you’re thinking about)!!!

Child this is gonna be good!!! You see Kim … if you would have stayed cool with NeNe she’d have had your back … That punk azz Sherae is the kind of chick to sit back and watch as you get your behind whooped!!!!

Guess we finally figured out the mystery behind why Mariah and Nick Cannon jumped the broom so quickly. The multi-platinum singer claims she and her new hubby waited until their wedding to have “complete intimacy.” While she doesn’t specify exactly what that means, it’s pretty clear we’re to believe Nick didn’t hit that until after they got married – a whopping two months into their relationship.

“It’s not that we had no intimacy, we just didn’t have complete intimacy,” Mimi told the U.K.’s Daily Mirror newspaper. “It’s just me and my feelings. I definitely don’t want to push it on anybody else. But we both have similar beliefs, and I just thought that it would be so much more special if we waited until after we were married. And it was, and it still is.”

Rebel Talking… If you believe Nick didn’t “Touch Her Body” I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

T-Pain’s album THR33 Ringz hit stores on Tuesday (November 11), but members of the media seeking to interview the rappa-ternt-sanga, were subjected to the following list of stipulations before speaking to him:

* “Pain will only be discussing his album release on 11/11 and any other topics surrounding what he is currently doing.”

* “He will only answer one question on Lil’ Wayne and upcoming projects they have. No questions on picking favorite artists, who he would like to work with or any other kind of lists.”

* “If you are fun with it that’s fine, and shoot out 5 cool questions relevant to what’s going on in his life cool , otherwise he may he may get mad.”

Rebel Talking… Well well well, sounds like somebody’s dreads have been twisted too tightly! Clearly all the Wayne questions have put a hurtin’ on somebody’s ego. But wasn’t Pain the one who promoted the idea.

It’s about to be a wrap. Our snitches claim that the marriage of Dwyane Wade and his wife Siovaughn is about to be over. According to one insider, the couple have agreed to an amicable split and the final paperwork is expected to be filed any day now.

And word on the street is that Dwyane can’t wait to get it all over. Why, you ask … well sources are claiming that Dwyane is looking to pop the question to his current girlfriend, actress Gabrielle Union.

No word yet on what the exact figure that Siovaughn stands to gain yet … but speculation is, she stands to make her baller ex-hubbys pockets about $30 million lighter.

Developing…

Barack Obama’s inauguration in January will have a special meaning to millions of American. But it may be especially meaingful for actress and singer Jennifer Hudson.

We have learned that president elect Barack Obama’s staff have reached out to Jennifer Hudson’s people, and offered her the chance to perform at the inauguration – assuming she’s up to it.

We really hope she’s up to it ….

Suge Knight is picking a nasty fight with Kanye West over a diamond earring — 3 years after the broke-ass record mogul was shot and then allegedly robbed of his ice at one of Kanye’s parties.
Suge — who recently filed for bankruptcy — blames Kanye for allowing someone to smuggle a gun past security at West’s pre-MTV VMA party at The Shore Club in Miami back in 2005, where an unknown person managed to shoot Suge in his upper right leg, shattering a bone.

According to the lawsuit filed on October 30 in US Bankruptcy Court in L.A., Suge claims he didn’t just lose blood — he also lost a 15-carat, $135,000 diamond stud earring inside the club during the incident — and that too is Kanye’s fault.

Now Suge, who claims he was so hurt that he needed to take a private jet back from Miami, is suing for all his bullet wound-related expenses AND “for damages for the loss of use and enjoyment of the earring.” But check this — even though Suge is bankrupt, he’s worked out a deal with the Court that will allow him to keep a percentage of any dough he collects from the suit.

We shot a call over to Kanye’s people, but haven’t heard back.

Whitney Houston: Don’t call it a comeback..

A Class Act. Kanye West Pees on Dressing Room Carpet

Obama Condoms: Change You Can Believe In

Relationships: 5 Signs You Have Been Single Too Long

(Video) Bow Wow’s sex scene in Entourage

Preview of Luda’s Collabo with Nas & Jay-z

Flix: The Obama’s Take A Tour of the White House

Julia Hudson: Misunderstood, Mentally ill Or Run-Of-the Mill Stupid?

“He was in the South… trying to be Jeezy and all them other n*ggas, he didn’t have money like that. He was spending, spending, spending. And I was watching him spend. … He just looked at it like, ’50′s my friend, I’m gonna keep ballin.’ 50′s my friend but at the same time he’s my boss so I know when to keep it business, and when to keep it a friendship. … But now  mad quiet because he owes 50 three more albums. So when Buck is on YouTube, and his house is gone, and you all interview him, I will be back up here to laugh at him.”– Yayo told Kay Slay on his Shade 45 show.

Damn. Sounds like a jealous tug-of-war between to exes trying to get back that one man. There’s a LOT OF THAT SH*T going on in the rap game.

“Game, when I first came home out of jail… Game say I’m a wack rapper and I’m trash and all this sh*t. Who the f*ck was on his album? Who the only n*gga from G-Unit that was on Game’s first album? Yayo. ‘Cause he was on MY d*ck, and called me when I got outta jail, like ‘yo I need you to get on this record homie…’ Then I knew it started being some funny sh*t when he didn’t throw Banks on his album, and Banks threw him on his album. So I was like ‘damn that’s kinda funny.’ … I don’t even know this n*gga. All I know is history’s extorting him. History is from East Coast, and you from the West Coast. That’s all I know.”

“Kay Slay Interviews Tony Yayo”

KANYE WEST was more like PEE Diddy in Liverpool when he shocked fellow stars by weeing all over the carpet.

Kanye was in the city to collect the Ultimate Urban gong at the MTV bash.

The evening before, he showed up for a star-studded party in the city’s Carling Academy.

But he stunned fellow artists by not bothering to find a toilet backstage, choosing to relieve himself on the floor of a dressing room shared with the TING TINGS.

Speaking at the MTV Awards, drummer JULES DE MARTINO said: “We ask for a lot of unusual things on our backstage rider but that ain’t one of them!”

In Kanye’s defence, the sink must have been full.

You know, before I get into this rumor about Danity Kane, I have to say something. Now, I love when people shoot one rumor down, but leave others to linger. She disposed of this one, but leaves the Diddy ones to roam about cyber space! Go figure! Here is her note she sent out to her fans.

Date: Nov 10, 2008 2:08 PM

Subject: DK?

Body: What’s up everybody??

A friend of mine forwarded me a link to a site with a made up quote about me joining Danity Kane. I want to make it clear to everyone that I am not joining Danity Kane! My second solo album is coming out in the Spring of ’09 and I’m very excited about that.

I don’t know where the fake message came from, but I know for a fact that it didn’t come from me.

Anyway, I can’t wait to share more details about MY next solo project with you.

Thanks guys, talk soon!

Cassie

ANOTHER FAKE

That’s not Whitney Houston’s album cover! Check this out! IT looks like the fans are a-Photoshoppin’ again!

Diddy threw a colossal sized tantrum on what was supposed to be a special day:

Rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was reportedly left fuming after a young designer failed to decorate New York club Mansion NYC to his specifications for his recent birthday celebrations. The Bad Boy Records boss turned 39 on Tuesday but decided to turn his party into a joint celebration to mark Barack Obama becoming the new U.S. President-elect. But according to the New York Post’s PageSix, he became infuriated with a designer hired to deck out the Chelsea club – and allegedly demanded a refund. A source tells the publication, “He was given a budget of $7,000 and 12 hours to create an all-white decor, including 1,000 white roses, blow-ups (large pictures) of Diddy and Barack Obama, and $2,000 of white fabric. Diddy declared it dreadful and went into a major hissy fit, screaming, ‘Show me the receipts!’ and ‘Get the money back!’ to his assistant. “Then he began ripping the fabric off the walls saying he hated it. He berated the poor young decorator to the point that the guy gave back $2,000 of the money he had spent.”

For being such a jerk, we had to take 6 “cool points” away and address him by his government name. It’s okay for people to throw fits when things don’t turn out the way they like, but we normally refer to that time period as the “Terrible Two’s” and make them take a nap afterwards. SMH @ Sean Combs

Normally we don’t put up foolishness like this. But, the woman in the video appears to be DERANGED – and her child is likely in DANGER!!!

If anyone knows this woman … please call the authorities on her. Someone needs to look into what’s going on in that home…

COPY AND PASTE ADDRESS BELOW… IN YOUR BROWSER TO LISTEN TO SHOW

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We just caught wind that the remaining members of the group Danity Kane are REFUSING to sign on to the new season of Making The Band with Diddy.

Here’s how For Women Online is reporting it.

We have learned that MTV will begin shooting the next season of Making The Band in 2 weeks, however, it will be WITHOUT the 2 members of Danity Kane. Apparently, the group is said to be extremely fed up with Diddy and living out their lives in front of the MTV cameras.

The new season is following Day 26(the male group formed from the reality series) as they go out on the road and prepare to tour Europe. The season will also capture Donnie Klang a.k.a. Aubrey O’day’s former love interest, as he tours with New Kids On The Block.

The remaining girls(Dawn Richards, Aundrea Fimbres) and possibly Shannon Bex?? will have a “meeting” with Diddy on camera but that is their extent of their participation right now with no contract in place to appear in the new series. Maybe this will be the episode where Shannon tells Diddy and her fans that she quit? We hear that she has not “officially” come back to the group and though she may perform here and there with the remaining 2 group members, she did resign and no one has heard otherwise.

So let’s get this straight … The remaining members of Danity Kane ARE REFUSING the press and promotion that they’ll receive by being featured on on of cable TV’s highest rated TV shows???

Diddy … it may be time to fire ALL THESE ungrateful chicks and start over FROM SCRATCH!!!

While Jennifer’s going though the most difficult time in her life, We have learned that Oprah Winfrey is doing her best to help. According to reports, Oprah has opened up her East Lake Shore Drive Chicago condo to Jennifer and her fiancé David Otunga. And for the last week, Jennifer and David have been staying at Oprah’s home – which is not only large, but private and secure from the media.

But things are not improving for Jennifer in another front. Here’s what OK Magazine is reporting:

“Jennifer and Julia do not seem to be getting along,” a family insider tells OK!. Jennifer had always been cautious in dealing with her sister’s ex-husband, William Balfour, 27, who is considered a “person of interest” by authorities.

Meanwhile Julia is wresting with guilt. “If William is responsible for the slayings, it is because of his relationship with Julia,” the family insider says.

And Julia suspects the true depth of her pain is going unacknowledged. “She probably feels the spotlight has been on Jennifer’s struggle, completely overshadowed by the fact that she lost a son,” a family friend tells OK!

This is just a tragedy all the way around ….

Katt Williams has been missing the past few days. Wednesday Katt was scheduled to appear on The Conan O’Brien Show but,he was a no show.

And Last nite Katt Williams kept his fans waiting at Carnegie Hall for more than half an hour in NYC.

Well we now understand, always packed Katt was getting himself bailed out of the Jail.

Williams was arrested for weapons possession after cops noticed Three guns inside his cars and spent most of Thursday in jail. He posted $25K bond at Manhattan Criminal Court just as he was meant to take the stage uptown at Carnegie Hall for a sold-out show. He actually played the Hall, and made reference to the arrest during the show.

Story developing …

UPDATE: I HEAR: He was Leaving Jim Jones’ studio when it all took place, and they called the DOGS out on him literally.
They called Bomb Squad, extra units, narcotics, etc. There was a swarm of armed uniformed officers.

Soul singer John Legend reminds fans why he’s known for making G.O.O.D. music as Evolver secures the No. 4 position on this week’s charts. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Legend’s third album was able to push an impressive 132,800 units after seven days in stores.

Tip’s Paper Trail stays within Top 10 this week reaching No. 7 and selling 76,600 copies. The self-proclaimed “King of the South” has officially surpassed a million units sold with his sixth studio album standing steady at 1,047,600 after five weeks in stores.

R&B superstar Jennifer Hudson has also been able to keep discs flying out of stores sliding to No. 14 with 31,800 copies of her self-titled debut sold. The Academy Award winning singer has moved a total of 386,700 albums after five weeks in stores.

Ne-Yo shows no signs of slowing down his gentleman swagger as Year of the Gentleman dropped seven slots to No. 15, pushing 26,600 units this week. After six weeks on shelves, the album continues to pass gold status with a total of 548,000 copies out the door.

After recently celebrating the birth of his new son, Lil’ Wayne may also be cheering the success of Tha Carter III as it takes a firm hold of No. 20 this week selling 23,000 copies. Cash Money Records’ top-selling artist has sold a total of 2,624,700 units on his latest release after 21 weeks in stores.

Video vixen Rihanna took a slight slip out of Top 20 as her re-released version of Good Girl Gone Bad slid down 11 spots to No. 23 selling a solid 20,100 albums this week. After nearly a year and a half on the charts, she is nearing double platinum status with 1,955,900 copies sold.

Offering fans a new set of anthems, Young Jeezy‘s The Recession has also slid down a few notches to No. 28 selling 17,400 copies this week. His third Def Jam release is led by the smash hit “Put On” and after nine weeks on shelves continues to pass gold with 579,000 copies sold.

British soul singer Leona Lewis refuses to leave the charts as her platinum-certified album Spirit hitting No. 31 and selling 16,000 copies this week. The UK singer’s debut has moved a solid 1,218,600 albums after 30 weeks in the US.

R&B newcomer Jazmine Sullivan‘s Fearless falls to No. 32 on the charts this week with 15,000 scanned albums. Led by the single “Need U Bad,” Sullivan’s debut album has slowly turned out sales with 192,100 units sold after a month in stores.

The Game‘s L.A.X. drops ten spots to No. 35 with a total of 14,100 albums sold this week. Chuck Taylor’s third album moves past gold status after 10 weeks in stores with a total of 546,000 copies out the door.

Blue-eyed soul singer Robin Thicke continues to slip on the charts landing at No. 39 this week selling 13,300 units of Something Else. Following-up his platinum selling album The Evolution of Robin Thicke, the crooner’s latest release continues its steady pace with 231,500 copies sold.

Popular 90′s R&B singer Jon B has gotten off to a rough start as his new album Helpless Romantic debuted at No. 109 on this week’s charts. Known for his hip-hop collaborations with Tupac Shakur, Nas, Paul Wall and others, the soulful artist’s latest project pushed 4,800 after seven days in stores.

Check back next week to see how new releases from Q-Tip and The Knux impact the Sales Wrap.

I heard that Jay-Z is running for mayor of New York. I knew Obama was an inspiration, but dag. I doubt there is any truth to this. He’s already the King of NY…mayor seems a step down.

R.I.P. to Jheryl Busby. He was a former executive at Motown. He was a mere 59 years old. He was partly responsible for the success of Jody Watley, The Jets, Bobby Brown, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Klymaxx. He had recently signed Tweet and Carl Thomas.

Janet has completely canceled her world tour. SMH.

I LOVE that Mother Africa can share in this worldwide joy in Obama’s victory. Now, we have a lot to show and even more to prove. This MEANS something.

I am sure you saw this, but my dude Mos Def is wanted in Vegas for that alleged assault of a photographer I talked about in August.

Young Jeezy was riding in ATL celebrating all night in his blue Lambo  playing “My President.” Jeezy a wild dude.

Do yall remember K.J.? Former basketball star Kevin Johnson is the new major of Sacramento, CA – another first for an African American. You may recall him running the court for the Phoenix Suns, but now he runs Sac Town.

Diddy had a party last night that was defintely Black Tie. The only this is, a gang of people came with their chic suits on with the jeans. No dice. I heard VIP was jammed but still people saw Jay-Z, Mary, Dallas Austin, Busta, Missy and Ne-Yo and his man servant assistant. I heard Jay was so far in the cut, nobody saw him.

Now that the 2008 election is over, reporters are spilling all the juciest, and previously off the record, gossip from the campaign trail. Much of it is about the infighting between Palin and McCain’s staff, as Newsweek‘s treasure trove of post-election gossip reveals.

From Newsweek‘s Special Election Project comes the real Sarah Palin. She met staff members in a towel:

At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys’ club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. “I’ll be just a minute,” she said.

However, perhaps one of the most astounding and previously unknown tidbits about Sarah Palin has to do with her already dubious grasp of geography. According to Fox News Chief Political Correspondent Carl Cameron, there was great concern within the McCain campaign that Palin lacked “a degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate, a vice president, a heartbeat away from the presidency,” in part because she didn’t know which countries were in NAFTA, and she “didn’t understand that Africa was a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself.”

Palin was apparently a nightmare for her campaign staff to deal with. She refused preparation help for her interview with Katie Couric and then blamed her staff, specifically Nicole Wallace, when the interview was panned as a disaster. After the Couric interview, Fox News reported, Palin turned nasty with her staff and began to accuse them of mishandling her. Palin would view press clippings of herself in the morning and throw “tantrums” over the negative coverage. There were times when she would be so nasty and angry that her staff was reduced to tears.

Cameron also reports, along with CNN, that McCain’s senior foreign policy adviser was fired a week before the election for attacking, in defense of Sarah Palin, various McCain aides who he felt were undermining Palin.

I just caught wind that Beyonce has OFFICIALLY offered her services to president-elect Barack Obama. According to the Associated Press, Bey has said that she’s available to sing at Obama’s inauguration in January.

Here’s how they’re reporting it:

“I’m there. I can’t wait. I feel like all of us, we’re ready to do whatever we have to do. Whatever they want — if they need me to volunteer, they need me to sing, I’m there, and I’m ready,” a giddy Beyonce said in an interview the day after Barack Obama made history in becoming the nation’s first elected black president.

The singer couldn’t stop beaming after Obama’s win over Republican John McCain on Tuesday. In fact, she was so inspired, she wore a blue suit and tie in honor of Obama — with stiletto heels that were red, white and blue.

“I’ve never been so patriotic!” she laughed. “I’m just beyond excited.”

Can’t hate on Bey for putting it out there. But it seems to us a bit presumptuous to talk about singing at the inauguration, hun …

I just received some CRAZY news – comedian Katt Williams is missing. Apparently yesterday Katt was scheduled to appear on The Conan O’Brien Show and he was a no show.

And today, a person close to Katt reached out to MediaTakeOut.com asking if we knew his whereabouts. The individual, who asked to remain anonymous explained, “No one knows where is … and we’re worried about him.”

Developing….

Last night the entire world watched the first African-American, Barack Obama, become elected the next President of the United States Of America. And today there’s new word that Oprah was busier then Barack himself as the talk show queen scheduled a teleconference with several other prominent African-Americans.

The call included Obama himself, as well as Sean “Diddy” Combs, Donna Brazile, House Majority Whip James Clyburn and the Rev. Joseph Lowery.

According to Politico.com an unnamed participant who said: “Obama talked about being on the cusp of history and what it would say to the world to see his daughters play on the South Lawn of the White House. Oprah told everybody on the line they could make America “truly one nation indivisible.

What I wouldn’t give to have been a fly on the wall for that conversation.

Last night Barack moved the nation to tears as the presidential elect changed history,

Let’s hope that Obama can get into the White House and kick ass. He’s got a lot of messes to clean up at the hands of Bush.

Them jeans gonna give her a yeast infection though