He Was Looking For His Baby Mama

From the ajc: R&B singer/songwriter Lyfe Jennings was arrested Sunday on gun charges in Smyrna while trying to locate the mother of his children, police said.

Jennings, 30, whose real name is Chester Jennings, kicked in the door of a residence on Springwoods Drive in Smyrna while looking for Joy Pound, according to an arrest warrant. He fired the gun in the street and later tried to run from the Smyrna police when they arrived, police said. He posted a $50,000 bond Monday night. Jennings could not be reached for comment. In addition to the gun charges and trespassing, he has been charged with eluding police and driving under the influence.

Jennings served 10 years in prison from 1992-2002 on a felony arson charge when he was 14.

Jennings music career started after his December 2002 prison release when he won the amateur contest at the Apollo five times.

They Say

Discussions are underway for Solange to join Beyonce on her next world tour. People who buy tickets for Beyonce's show will get free pity passes to see Solange perform at an official after-party. Beyonce is embarking on a 110-date world tour this coming April in countries including the US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Africa, Australia and various locations around Europe in support of her new cd 'I Am...Sasha Fierce'.

Nivea Is Not The Mama

Lil Wayne had his baby yesterday and contrary to popular belief, neither Nivea nor Wayne's ex-wife Toya is the child's mother. Word around the 'Net is Wayne's new baby mama is a Vietnamese chick from Cincinnati named Sarah that Weezy met on tour. They say while Wayne is delighted and already claiming the child, he has also asked for a DNA test. It's a boy and for now [pending DNA results] his name is Da Carter III, naw for real though, his name is Dwayne Carter III and he was born at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. This is Wayne's second child and first son [pending DNA results].

50 And Shaniqua Reach An Agreement

Rapper 50 Cent and his baby mama Shaniqua have finally ironed out a child custody agreement. 50 will get one weekend per month with their son Marquise, one month in the summer and half of each his winter and spring breaks.

Lyfe Jennings' Wild Ride

Yesterday in Atlanta somebody called the police to report shots fired. When the cops arrived on the scene R&B singer Lyfe Jennings screeched off in his corvette. After a short high speed chase, Lyfe crashed into a tree and was taken into custody and charged with fleeing and eluding officers, discharging a firearm near a public highway, refusing to take a sobriety test and felony weapon possession by a convicted felon.

Diddy Bought Enyce

“I was always a fan of the brand from when Evan Davis, Lando Felix, and Tony Shellman owned it. About a year ago I heard that Liz Claiborne was considering selling it because it wasn’t a good fit for their portfolio. I knew it would be a great opportunity so we began negotiations which took about six months.”

Tameka Pulling Out All The Stops

Somebody called gossip guru Jawn Murray and tried to give him a scoop that Usher was messing around on Tameka with an R&B/Pop singer who spends a lot of time in London. Of course the person was hinting at Kelly Rowland. Anyway, Jawn did not believe the caller because they were way too vague once he started asking probing questions and because the dates and times did not add up. Then Jawn said his people clued him in to how Usher skipped Tyler Perry's studio opening because Tameka was there and how he abruptly left the brunch Tyler gave the next morning as soon as Tameka showed up and that although Meek was at his 30th b-day party, Ursh did all he could to avoid her and did not take any pictures with her. So Jawn came to the conclusion that Tameka had one of her friends call him to get some shit started to make Usher look bad, because it looks like Ursh is waiting until after 'Meka has her baby to dump her ass. After everybody jumped on him for firing his mom as manager at Tameka's urging, he can't stand the idea of another public relations fiasco because he left his wife while she was pregnant.

Benny Medina Shutting Down Management Firm

Insiders claim Benny Medina's Handprint Management will be kaput by year's end. Handprint once counted Tyra Banks, Mariah Carey, Chris Rock, Will Smith, Sean Combs, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Nicole Richie, Jennifer Lopez, Usher, and Mekhi Phifer among it's high profile clients.

Michael Vick To Plead Guilty In Virginia

The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported that Michael Vick's lawyers have filed papers asking the court to let him plead guilty from federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, where he is serving a two-year sentence on federal charges related to dog fighting. The papers say that Vick must resolve the state charges before he becomes eligible for admission into a halfway house. Vick is scheduled for release July 20 and could enter a program up to six months before that date.

Baby Gets Probation

Do you remember when Baby's tour bus got pulled over and it was like 12 or 13 dudes on the bus and one female and they found a pound of weed? No? Click here to catch up. For all the rest, Baby and his brother Slim were able to skate on the subsequent drug distribution charges filed against them because it was determined that the weed was for personal use and not for sale. So Baby and his brother pleaded 'No Contest' to reduced charges of possession and were sentenced to 11 months and 29 days of unsupervised probation. If they make through with no incidents, their records will be expunged.

Spike Lee Axes His Agent

After his latest film offering 'Miracle at St. Anna' flopped miserably at the box office Spike Lee was dropped from ended his 15 year relationship with the William Morris Agency and is now being repped by Endeavor.

Toni Braxton

Got kicked off Dancing With The Stars last night.

I Heard

That while Janet Jackson has been making good on her concert commitments, it's her opening act, LL Cool J, who's been the no-show lately.

Oprah Confiscates Cell Phones

Oprah Winfrey confiscated the high tech cell phones she'd issued to all the students at her Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa after finding out only half of them passed their final exams. The phones, issued after a sex abuse scandal rocked the school last year, had loads of features and access to a cell phone chat service called MXit. A parent of one student told local South African newspaper Cape Argus, "They were all handpicked by Oprah Winfrey to attend her great school. It must have been so disappointing for her to see that only half of the girls passed the last quarter - all because they are spending so much time on that dreadful MXit."