Usher Says

"Places like the Boys & Girls Club helped me be that icon I am today."

Guy Torry Goes In On Tommy Davison's Little Problem

Maybe He Should Have Brought Sasha

Concert promoters in Arizona lost big time last week after ponying up $750,000 for Jay Z to perform as headliner at the University of Arizona. Jay was recently quoted regarding the show, "On the show as well were Third Eye Blind and Kelly Clarkson. I thought that to be the oddest pairing ever but, soon realized, it's what I've always professed. There is no such thing as black music or white music only good or bad music."

Tell that to the promoters who lost $917,000.

Snitches Get Stitches?

Last night Gyant, formerly of SOHH now doing his own thang at Gyant Unplugged posted on his Twitter page that Shawty Lo's studio got shot up and that Alfamega, who was exposed by the Smoking Gun Website as being a DEA informant was in the hospital.

Eddie Griffin On Some Nigerian Money Scam Shit

In 2007 comedian Eddie Griffin partnered with the Jamaica 360 Initiative to award $150,000 to deserving African American university graduates to help send them to the Caribbean to further their careers. Except one of the recipient's says Eddie used the charity to scam him. Samir Sayegh is suing Ed and Jamaica 360 claiming Eddie tricked him into giving his up his American Express card to pay for Eddie's hotel room and says E G later charged $150,000 on the card.

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!"