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Happy Father's Day to all the Father's out there. And I want to give a special shout out to all readers in Russia. You guys have been showing a lot of support and I'm glad you continue to visit my blog. Now on to some music news...so with the announcement of Janet's new single, "No Sleeep" being released on June 23. It's now being rumored that BET is paying tribute to Janet at their BET awards this year. Word is Ciara is to take part in the tribute but for now everything is hush hush and nothing has been confirmed. Hey! Maybe Janet will perform her new single there as well. I guess we will have to wait and see. Something you will not see is Claudia Jordan of "RHOA" on the show's upcoming 8th season. Jordan was fired and no specific reason was given. Though many have alluded to her beef with Nene Leakes being a deciding factor to axe her. The story goes that Claudia was hired to take on Nene and she did just that. But when the executive prod...

 Being the wife of a famed rapper certainly has its benefits but its even more beneficial when you've had your own career prior to that. Being the wife of T.I. has not been easy for Tameka "Tiny" Cottle-Harris formerly of the group Xscape for which she is best known. She had a hand in writing the Grammy winning single No Scrubs performed by TLC. After that Tiny dimmed the light on her own career to become a housewife and business woman when she married T.I., who became more established after he was wed. We got to see their union play out on TV courtesy of VH1 and also most recently in the media. It's being the wife of T.I. that has made Tiny a target when others have had direct issues with T.I. himself. For some reason people think its great to throw digs at his wife in for good measure. He's even been the one to throw a few shots at her as well. So with that being said I came up with a list of artists that have had their issues with Tiny(and T.I.) in the past an...

So I was on my way to work this morning listening to the Rickey Smiley morning show where RHOA(Real Housewives of Atlanta) star Claudia is a host. I caught the middle of a conversation where Claudia was talking and speaking about issuing an apology and Rickey Smiley was co-signing. I had no idea who she was talking about because I got out the car to go to the gas station. It wasn't until much later in the day that I realized that Claudia was speaking about Tiny, T.I.'s wife. Apparently Claudia made some not so nice comments about Tiny when she worked on The Foxxhole, a radio show with Jamie Foxx. Claudia described Tiny's looks as a "pig" among other things. Oddly enough Claudia was one of the hosts on Tiny's show Tiny Tonight. But since people have been uncovering old videos of Claudia shading folks, its safe to say it hasn't been the best week for the newest housewife. Tiny caught wind of the news today and referred to Claudia as a "slut" who i...

GLOBAL ICON: Congratulations are in order for Common and John Legend who won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for the movie Selma,which was released this past weekend I believe. I don't get to into the movie award shows anymore. So with that being said I didn't watch and opted to watch #RHOA(Real Housewives of Atlanta) and the free Showtime preview I have which have had some pretty good movies and shows on I should add. SHADY PALM THREE:Speaking of #RHOA tonight's episode was probably one of the best episodes so far this season. Personally I've enjoyed every episode but this episode was being hyped up because Nene Leakes was going head to head with newbie Claudia Jordan. It was reported back a few months ago that Claudia came for Nene's wig as she did but Nene held her own as she always does. I'm not the biggest fan of Nene's but I'm #teamnene on this one. Claudia was bringing up old stuff about Nene that everyone already knows. She did get her tho...