Lil Kim

got voted off Dancing With The Stars last night.

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Aretha Fighting With Her Hat Guy

Aretha Franklin went on a local Detroit radio station talking slick about Mr. Song Millinery, the hat maker who created the grey felt hat she wore to the inauguration, because she feels she should get royalties from the sale of hats similar to the one she made famous. Aretha's hat is one of a kind. You can get the style hat she wore, but not the color nor fabric. Anyway, catty Aretha went to the Kentucky Derby last week wearing another Song hat but when she was asked who made it, she said she didn't know. Meow!

Does T.I. Know About This?

From The Smoking Gun via Straight From The A

MAY 5--Billed as the protégé of rapper/gun enthusiast T.I., Cedric "Alfamega" Zellars is a convicted felon whose songs brag about his status as an "original gangster" and contain de rigeur references to police tape, automatic weapons, and murder. Zellars, who records for T.I.'s Grand Hustle Entertainment, is a hulking 6' 4", calls himself "The Grand Hustle Muscle," and proclaims, "I'm a real hood." What he does not mention, though, is his prior work as a Drug Enforcement Administration informant who snitched out criminal cohorts and testified as a government witness at the trial of an Atlanta heroin trafficker. Court records show that Zellars began working with law enforcement officials after he was sentenced in September 1995 to 110 months in a federal gun case (Zellars, who had a prior felony robbery conviction, was collared for selling weapons to an undercover federal agent). Zellars "agreed to cooperate with authorities and was debriefed" about the criminal activity of several individuals. "In particular he was debriefed concerning the drug trafficking activities of a Mr. Ali Baaqar," according to a government court filing, a copy of which you'll find below. During his cooperation against Baaqar, Zellars met with a DEA agent and a federal prosecutor, and subsequently testified at trial. "Ali Baaqar was convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin based upon the trial testimony of [Zellars] and others." In return for his snitching, Zellars had 18 months shaved off his prison term when he was resentenced in July 1997 by Judge J. Owen Forrester. A court order signed by Forrester came after federal prosecutors petitioned the jurist to reduce Zellars's sentence in light of his "substantial assistance to the Government." The disclosure of Zellars's informant past will likely not sit well with rap fans and performers alike, many of whom promote hip-hop's "Stop Snitching" doctrine. Additionally, since T.I. (real name: Clifford Harris) is soon headed to prison due to the work of a government informant, Zellars's time as a government asset could be a cause for tension around the Grand Hustle offices. (4 pages)

The Return of Amber Rose

Kanye West and Amber Rose turned up on the red carpet at the MET Costume ball last night.

Rihanna was there too

as was Ciara.

Jennifer Hudson

cancelled some tour dates due to morning sickness throat problems. Her Oakland, Dallas and Houston dates have all been rescheduled.

Most Awkard Party EVER

Jay Z and Sean 'P Diddy' Combs hosted a party after the Manny Pacquiao /Ricky Hatton fight in Las Vegas over the weekend and the most interesting group of people showed up.

Jay Z watchers say the lady in red stayed in his face all night, even though he tried to ignore her. Two out of three of Eddie Murphy's baby mamas were there.

Cassie was there looking like she'd just had a shot of Thorazine.

And Suge Knight came through.

Insiders claim the mood changed and the party ended shortly after his arrival, though.

Good times. Good times.

The Dirt on Death Row

Somebody put Death Row on blast. Wanna read about it? Here it go.

Chris Who?

Rihanna on the beach in Barbados with her ex-boyfriend, Negus Sealy.

T-Boz Likes It Rough?

She does according to one of her hating ass childhood friends. Click here for the dirt.

Do Not F With Sasha Fierce

Beyonce's lighting engineer forgot to turn off the lights when he was supposed to and got checked by Beyonce in the middle of her song. On the I Am..tour Beyonce wears a costume that lights up and the lights are supposed to go off so the audience can see it. Lighting engineer dude effed up and forgot to hit the switch and you can hear Sasha screaming, ''Lights!'' and then, "Somebody's getting fired!"

Divorce Dirt

EgyptSaysSo.com says Kelis was recently overheard toasting her pending divorce shouting, "Here’s to taking that motherfucker for everything he has!” They say she was drinking, too. And that Nas hates Kelis' friends, because they're wild and like to go to freak parties in LA and that he's had the same side piece for a while isn't upset about the divorce.

50 Beats Fire Rap

Remember when 50 Cent evicted his baby moms Shaniqua from a house he'd bought for her and his son to live in because she let her man move in [click here if you missed that]?
And then Shaniqua tried to hold up the eviction by suing 50, claiming he'd promised her the house and tried to force him to buy it for her [click here if you missed that]?
And then the house mysteriously burned to the ground with Shaniqua and their son Marquis inside and Shaniqua blamed 50 for setting the fire [click here if you missed that]?
Well, 50 just got cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with that case.
ThisIs50.com is reporting,

“the police department and insurance investigators ruled that there is absolutely no proof or evidence suggesting that Curtis Jackson or any affiliated parties were involved. Curtis Jackson has just been cleared of all the accusations. The investigation will continue until the guilty party is found.”

Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey

celebrated one year of marital bliss with a party in Las Vegas. Click here to see the rest of the party pics.