He tells Honey Mag:
and if you can't handle the D, please don't waste his time.
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Here's a picture from Beyonce's new Sasha Fierce line. I know: Some of you couldn't care less. And yes, the picture is super small, but calm down; it'll enlarge if you click on it. The only reason I posted it at all was to have an excuse to bring up this quote from Miss Sasha Fierce herself, regarding getting advice from her sister. Sasha says, "She gives me a lot of advice because she's had some life experiences that I've never had."
And by the century I mean the moment. Anyway, LaShonda of Gossip and News with LaShonda had a sit down with none other than Ms. Tameka F. Raymond [please say the Raymond]. In the interview Tameka says she's never threatened any ATL bloggers [click here if you missed that], that she's never had any cosmetic surgery and that that unflattering photo of her with a stretched marked belly hanging over her panties is a photoshop. Oh, and she denies Usher ever requested a DNA test for her youngest son. Actually she didn't deny it, she just called the accusations insane and says she doesn't have dignify them with an answer. Riiiiiight.
“You know everyone loves and respects Michael but times change. It’s so sad to see Michael gone but it makes a path for a new King of Pop and I’m willing to take that on. There’s nobody who can match me in sales and in respect so it only makes sense for me to take over Michael’s crown and become the new King. First there was Elvis, then there was Michael, now in the 21st century its Kanye’s time to rule. I have nothing but respect for Michael but someone needs to pick up where he left off and there’s nobody better than me to do that. I am the new King of Pop.”
Over the weekend Jay Z's new song 'We Run This Town' featuring Rihanna and Kanye West [click here to hear it] hit the net and British singer Estelle was not impressed. 'Stelle, who's biggest U.S. hit to date was last years duet with Kanye, 'American Boy', mused on her Twitter page: "Estelle would have smashed the hook. Rihanna just doesn't do it for me."
just days after Chris Brown's public apology for beating Rihanna's ass, the two of them spent the weekend at the same hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
Openly gay author E. Lynn Harris died Thursday night in Beverly Hills. He was 54. E. Lynn was on a book tour promoting his 11th novel, Basketball Jones, about a pro basketball player and his gay lover. A cause of death has yet to be determined, but according to the Associated Press, a coroner will conduct an autopsy on Monday or Tuesday.
The judge presiding over Nas and Kelis' divorce just awarded Kelis $55,000.00 a month in child and spousal support. And in addition to that, Nas has to pay the mortgage on Kelis' house in LA and kick in for the baby nurse, prenatal expenses and medical insurance. But the cru de craw: Nas has been orderd to pay Kelis' lawyer $35,000.00 in legal fees.
Hard to say after the show chronicling their quest for fame, 'Brothers to Brutha', went off the air. Last I seen they was running around wearing dresses. No lie. Those aren't just some funny looking t-shirts Brutha rockin' in that pic. Them guys did a photoshoot wearing full length dresses. Don't believe me? Click here.
Some girl in LA is accusing of Yung Berg of assaulting her. What had happened was, the girl and some of her friends were chilling at Yung Berger's house when he decides to toss her into the pool. I'm guessing 'ol girl didn't pass the pool test, because after she got out, Little Berger dipped into a room with some other chicken. This didn’t sit well with Soaking Wet Chick, because by her own admission she went off, yelling, screaming and trying to get into the room where Berg and his new chick were. Berg comes out, smacks her around and puts her out, still in her draws, soaking wet. One of Berg's boys felt sorry for Soaking Wet Chick and offered to give her a ride somewhere, when Berg decides to come along. Soaking Wet Chick says Berg told the driver, "We ain't taking her home." Then they drive Soaking Wet Chick to some desolate area, put her out and take her cell phone. The next day Soaking Wet Chick filed a police report.
about making sure his ex-wife don't get shit. He actually stipulated in his divorce petition, "I am 72 years old. I have significant health issues. I want to finalize this divorce before I die." Don's divorce was granted several weeks ago.
They say Miss Cicely was taking no prisoners at Nelson Mandela's 91rst birthday celebration in New York the other day. This one chick claims Miss Cicely's assistant was sitting in her seat and when she asked Assistant to move, Miss Cicely went off, to the point of slapping and scratching 'ol girl. Then, when another guest tried to help Miss Cicely down the stairs, they say she slapped his hand away. She must have still been mad about the the seating.
that treats victims of child abuse just put out an ad featuring Michael and Joe Jackson with the tag line, "Domestic violence. Nobody condones it."
who sold Sahel Kazemi the gun she used to kill herself and Steve McNair. Sahel met Adrian J. Gilliam Jr. when she was trying to sell her car. She told him she needed a gun and he sold her a loaded 9mm for $100. Adrian, who has admitted to selling Sahel the heat, was convicted of murder and attempted armed robbery in 1993 in Florida.
got sentenced to one day of community service after getting caught buying weed on a New York city street. Good thing for him they threw out those assault and fleeing and eluding charges. You remember that right? After cops caught Jo Jo rolling weed in his car, Rev Run's son smashed into two parked cars trying to get away and then fought with the officers after they pulled him out of his ride. You can click here if you missed that.
wants his estranged wife to get a job. In his latest court filings Ty says he's "already paid $75,000 worth of respondents professional fees and costs for a marriage which lasted less than 10 months" and that "Prior to this 10 month marriage, respondent and I entered into a prenuptial agreement which resolved all issues between us, other than those pertaining to our minor child." and that, "Ms. Gibson can and should seek employment and is lawfully employable in the United States at this time" suggesting his ex go to trade school. Tyrese also discloses he has no movies lined up for 2009 and that he spends $4000 a month on clothes, $2200 on dining out and $1900 in groceries.
did not leave a will. His widow, Mechelle, had to file an emergency petition asking that she be allowed to oversee his estate. Her request was granted and she listed herself and her two sons as the only heirs. Steve also had two other sons from a previous relationship.
New Jersey Net Richard Jefferson called of his wedding to former Nets dancer Keshia Ni'Cole the night before the ceremony, by email, but don't feel too bad for Keshia because Rich says he gave her a six figure settlement to help her "get on with her life." 

In an interview with U.K. magazine Pride, Nia Long was asked about singers who try to act and Beyonce's performance in 'Obsessed' specifically, to which Nia replied, “I didn’t see ‘Obsessed,’ so I can’t comment, but it’s just not about how talented you are anymore. It’s about, ‘How much box-office revenue will this person generate?’ When you see certain people – we won’t name names – they just don’t have the skill, and no one in their team has said, ‘You need acting classes.”
So says he. When Kelis petitioned to the court for support pending her and Nas' divorce, she cited the $11 million dollar record deal Nas signed with Def Jam in 2006. Well, Nas countered saying he only made $4 million bucks from the Def Jam deal and that he currently pulls in $147,000 a month, so he can only afford to give Kelis $5,000 a month because he has over $71,000.00 in monthly expenses, including $10,000 a month for clothing/hair/toiletries/personal effects.

"I believe Michael was murdered. I felt that from the start. Not just one person was involved, rather it was a conspiracy of people. He was surrounded by a bad circle. Michael was a very meek, quiet, loving person. People took advantage of that. People fought to be close to him, people who weren’t always on his side. They got him hooked on drugs. He was pure and clean and then drugs came back into his system. I think it shocked his system so much it killed him. He had needle marks on his neck and on his arms and more about those will emerge in the next few weeks. I cannot discuss that any further as I may jeopardize the investigation. I can, however, say that I have not changed my mind about my feeling that Michael was murdered. It will all come out. You will be shocked."


Ok, remember last September when we posted about Lil Wayne bailing on a concert in Nassau [click here to catch up]? At the time we didn't know why Weezy didn't show up. Now we know. The concert promoters are suing Wayne for $423,000 claiming when they went to go get him at show time, he was passed out in his room unconscious.
When former Tennessee Titan Steve McNair was found dead along with his mistress on the 4th of July in his downtown Nashville condo, investigators stopped short of calling it a murder-suicide. They have now confirmed that his girlfriend, 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi, did kill them both. Sahel shot Steve four times while he was sleeping on the couch and then shot herself in the head.
of the late stuff. Yes Rihanna's nipple stars have been err where already, but what better picture to post while blogging about how Las Vegas newspapers are all a twitter reporting which restaurants Rihanna and Jay Z have been spotted at, while Beyonce, who was in New Orleans performing at Essence Music Fest July 3, opted not to join her husband and his pals in Sin City, and instead has been seen in New York spending time with her nephew?
Remember back in '07 when that one waitress at Jay's 40/40 club filed a lawsuit claiming the 40 wasn't paying overtime and keeping part of server tips [click here if you missed it]? Well, the lawyers representing Jay quit the case claiming they aren't being paid. They wrote a letter to judge asking to withdraw because their requests for payment have gone ignored.
Over the weekend me and my girls were in LA for the bet awards. I'm originally from the bay area (Oakland to be exact) anyways, I had been working and saving the last few months to get orchestra seats at the bet awards, and a bangin ass Tory Burch dress. (mission accomplished) ANYWAYS I’ve been gettin on twitter a lot, twitting with bow wow, yung berg, spec of pretty ricky and last but not least SOULJA BOY. Though before the awards I never met them in person just twitted with them, but thought nothing of it. Everyone who's on twitter, knows all the names I just mentioned wont even give you the time of day if your not a pretty girl. Me myself, I'm not conceited but I have heard it a few times or more. I’m black and Japanese, and boys usually dig that. So fast forward, I was talking to SB through a DM (direct message) and telling him how I had plans to got to the awards with my girls and live it up like celebs. He told me, to holla at him when I touch down Friday and MAYBE we can hook up if he has some time. So I was juiced. He didn’t give me his number, he just expected me to hit him on twitter, since he be on it all the time. So I did, it was around 2:30am when I signed on to twitter me and my cousin just got in from rollin around gettin into sh*t. I sent him a DM at exactly 2:45am and got a reply from him at 3:15, asking me to take a cab to where he was staying. So I obliged.
Pardon the tardy posts but my laptop is acting real crackish today. The damn thing keeps stopping, freezing, crashing and just won't act right. Anyway, I've been trying to post all morning about Vegas spies talking about how Rihanna went to see Jay Z and Ciara perform two nights in a row at Pearl, including on the 4th of July, the day her ex was spotted smooching with Amber Rose at Diddy's White Party [you can click here that juicy little bit]. RiRi was also spotted hanging with Jay and LeBron James in a bungalow at Wet Republic as MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice performed.
Probably not. Out of the 1.7 million people who entered the raffle to receive tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, only 11,000 names were drawn, plus an additional 6,000 who will get to watch the service simulcast across the street at the Nokia Center. Fearing huge crowds, LAPD has warned people without tickets will not be allowed in the vicinity.
was arrested for stalking Saturday night after his ex-girlfriend, Donna Watts-Brighthaupt, flagged down police and told them Barry, who was following in another car, would not stop bothering her. Through a spokesperson Barry vows to fight the charges and says he feels "betrayed" because of the emotional and financial support he has provided for Watts-Brighthaupt over the years.
Married former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was found shot to death on July 4th in the condo of his 20 year old mistress, former Dave and Buster's waitress, Sahel Kazemi who was also dead. Steve had been shot several times, while Sahel had been shot once in the head. Initial reports suggest a murder suicide, but have not totally ruled out other scenarios or suspects.
BET breaks their silence regarding Lil Wayne and Drake performing Every Girl at the BET Awards, a song about wanting to screw every girl in the world, with four pre-teen girls accompanying them on stage.
Boring? Yes. But it's like that sometimes. Anyway, the other day Beyonce took a dip in the ocean fully dressed. Click here to point and laugh.
Venus and Serena Williams will compete against each other in the Wimbledon finals tommrow July 4th. This is Venus' 8th time competing in the finals and Serena's 5th time and the 4th time they have competed against each other, each having beat the other twice. Asked who might win tomorrow's match, dad Richard Williams would only say, “All I know is a Williams is going to win.”
So she's throwing Joe under the bus to get it. The former Cheetah Girl told EUR Web, "I have had my own personal experience with domestic abuse with my mother having been in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship with the R&B singer Joe for several years. I saw the toll it took on her and how difficult her recovery was. I wish Rihanna the best and hope that she gets through what I know is a terrible ordeal."
"I want my children," Debbie Rowe said during a 90-minute phone conversation Thursday morning with NBCLA's Chuck Henry. She's also threatening to get a restraining order against Joe Jackdon to keep him away from the kids. "I am stepping up," Rowe said. "I have to."
Not only were Kanye West's Louis Vuitton shoes released yesterday, the damn things sold out. So how am I supposed to believe the same source [NY Mag] that told me his shoe was being pushed back, when today they say Kanye is secretly interning at The Gap to get fashion experience from the bottom up? That's gossip for you.
Damn Quincy, couldn't you wait until Michael was buried before you started trashing him? Quincy Jones gave a very candid interview about Michael Jackson to Men Style.com and really kind of says everything everyone has suspected but damn, isn't he a friend of the family? You can go here to read the interview in it's entirety but he just talks about believing Mike wanted to white and all that. Oh and the Neverland Ranch public viewing has been canceled because of legal issues with permits and the neighbors not wanting to be bothered with the traffic, so the public funeral will be held July 7th at the Staples Center. And you can click here if you want to read Michael's will.
Yes this is slow newsday bullshit. But what!? You want to keep talking about Michael Jackson? And for the few of you who do, the latest is that Debbie Rowe got nothing in the will and the kids are to go to Diana Ross if his mother is unable to care for them.
Mama Tina and Beyonce feel like fans don't relate to the House of Dereon label because they don't realize Dereon is Beyonce's maternal grandmother's name, so they are launching a new line called Sasha Fierce. Will you be wearing it?
Doesn't seem like Louis Vuitton is too excited about the shoes Kanye West designed for them. Yeezy's Vuitton sneakers were originally supposed to debut in 'Spring 2009', then they were scheduled to launch July 1rst [Is that today?]. Now they've been pushed back to sometime 'late 2009'. Good. That should give you enough time to save up the $700+ you'll need to snag a pair.
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In a recent interview Quincy Jones, who founded Vibe magazine in 1992, says, “I’m trying to buy my magazine back now. They just messed my magazine all up, but I’m gonna get it back. You better believe it, I’m’a take it online because print and all that stuff is over. We gotta get into the 21st century you know. Print and all that stuff is over, we gotta remember that. The Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Post Intelligencer. The Miami Herald. They’re over the same way as the record business. We have got to get into this century.”
Let's try to do this in one post, shall we? Almost everything you've heard about Michael Jackson so far is not true. Debbie Rowe did not give an interview saying she don't want them kids. Through her lawyers Debbie denied talking to a British tabloid and says she has lost her best friend. Debbie also says she absolutely is the mother of Prince Michael and Paris Katherine.