R Kelly Catches Another Case

A dude from R Kelly's posse is suing, claiming

R beat him, held him against his will, and

reneged on an agreement to pay him half

of the proceeds from R's hit, Step In the Name of Love.

When the alleged incident happened, police

investigated but did not file charges.
What makes it so bad, is that the guy says he's been a

mentor and guide to R since he was a teenager.

R calls the guy a disgruntled former employee and

hanger on trying to extort money.

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R.I.P. Tamara Dobson

Tamara Dobson, who played the kung fu fighting, platform

shoe-rockin' title character in the blaxploitation movie

"Cleopatra Jones," has died. She was 59.

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Will Janet's 20 Y.O. Album Sink Jermaine At Virgin?

The numbers are in and it's not looking too good

for JJ and JD.

Did you know this CD is the last one in Janet's contract

with Virgin? After this she's a free agent, and I don't see

them picking her up again after this fiasco. We've seen

Janet on the cover of everything, you think all that

was free? They promoted the heck out of this

CD and it's still not putting up the numbers.

But that ain't all. Jermaine, who heads the

Urban Music divison at Virgin, produced this whole

CD without any input from the label, and folks are

saying if things contiune to go the way

they have been, his position might be in jepoardy.

At least they still have each other.

Who needs money when you've got love?

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Jacob The Jeweler Hard Pressed for Character Witnesses

You should already know Jacob the Jeweler

got caught up in the Black Mafia Family drug ring take down.

If you don't, click here.

Now that Jake's trial is coming up, he needs some

character witnesses to help him out in court, and

surprise, surprise, none of the rappers who like

to sing about the bling they copped from him want

to testify. Most notably, Mr. Kanye West.

Puff stepped up and so did Busta, but does Jacob really

want these two repping for him? Busta ain't exactly

pristine right now. Seems like this guy would be

trying to distance himself from these types since

it's the rap community that got him into trouble.

Don't he have any friends or clients on Wall Street?

I'm just saying.

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Paul Mooney Shut Down At The Apollo

Comedic legend Paul Mooney was half way through

a taping for Showtime at the Apollo when they pulled

the plug on him. Paul says it's because he was talking about

George Bush's twin daughters, Gin and Juice, and because

he said GW's mama looks like that man on the oatmeal box!

Why would this ruffle any feathers at the Apollo?
Because noted Black republican Richard Parsons

is running thangs at over there, that's why!

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Kelis And Nas Do Reality TV

If you see Kelis and Nas around New York

being followed by cameras, according to Page Six,

it's because they're the newest couple to get a reality show.

I can only imagine how Kelis will come across

on film. Can't wait. Let's just hope they

don't suffer the reality show relationship curse

that claimed Whitney and Bobby, Nick and Jessica,

Travis and Shanna, Carmen and Dave, and Flav and Hoopz

Star And Al Leaving Manhattan

Star has had enough.

She's taking her man and moving

to South Beach.

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Lauryn Hill's Overdue Bills Printed in Local Paper

Pay your bills, Lauryn Hill

or you'll end up on Page Six.

Lauryn owes $1,200 for sewage services

in South Orange, NJ. Poor girl got

a legal notice in the weekly News-Record newspaper.

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Kanye West Flouts Jay Z Cristal Boycott

Ain't Kanye on Def Jam?

Didn't Jay Z, the president of

Def Jam, say no Cristal? Then why is

Kanye running all over London popping

bottles of the forbidden nectar?

I guess he don't care what Jay Z says

and I don't either! Cristal for everybody!

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Bobby Brown Facing Jail Time Over Back Child Support

Bob-bay! Pay your child support!

A bench warrant has been issued for

Bobby Brown in Massachusetts, cause he's

$11,000 behind in child support payments.

This the same baby-mama that was after him

before, Kim Ward, Bobby Jr and LaPrincia's mama.

He almost had to do 90 days that time,

but Whitney, I mean, Bobby was able to come up

with the 15 Gs he needed to stay out of jail.

This time he might not be so lucky.

We all know his change purse kicked him to the curb!

What you wanna bet a New Edition Reunion tour

is right around the corner?

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Gnarls Barkley Gone Daddy Gone

Toni Braxton Breaks Down On Stage Over Son's Autism Diagnosis

According to the National Enquirer,

Toni Braxton stopped her show and cried on

stage because her 3 year old son Diezel has been diagnosed

with autism. Toni angrily explained how doctors dismissed her

last year when she took him in for testing after she suspected

something was wrong.

Hot 97 Knows How To Throw A Party

Remember Hot 97 Summer Jam?

Well, that ain't got nothing on the Hot 97 Back to

School Jam! First, they was frontin' on the talent.

T.I. was billed to play, but cancelled. That wouldn't be

so bad, if they had told anybody. People didn't find out till

they were walking to the venue and saw signs posted.

Young Joc performed and few local acts, but then,

according to reports, the show kinda disovled for about an hour.

Finally 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and G Unit hit the stage. Lloyd did

one song, then they cut the mikes on 'em. 50, true business man,

(you gotta know he already got paid for the show) shrugged

his shoulders and walked off the stage.

Then came DMX

The Dog was 15 minutes into his set when they cut the mikes.

Why they do that?

You know X started cussing at the sound man, then

dove off the stage on top of him. That shut the show down

completely. Foxy Brown and Jim Jones never made it to the stage.

On a side note, a rapper on Jim Jones' Birdgang Records

was arrested in a murder robbery plot, read about it here.

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Jim Jones Turned Away From the Club

Listen to Jim Jones promise to give a guy a wedgie 14 times.