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Peace! Prayers and thoughts to those affected by the shooting at Ohio State University. Brandy was honored last night during the Soul Train Music Awards. During her performance of her hit single, "Talk About Our Love", Brandy changed the lyrics in which many interpreted to be shade towards Monica and her fans for a feud they started months ago. Monica responded by saying that Brandy was a "legend" and deserving of the award. Not one to be outdone, Brandy also posted a loving tribute to Whitney Houston after Monica appeared on "Where Are They Know?" detailing her close relationship with Whitney. We know both ladies had a close relationship with Whitney so I don't understand the reasoning behind who Whitney was the closest to. I do think Brandy is being very petty right now and its not a good look in my opinion. I always looked at Brandy as classy but right now my feelings are changing about her. Just stick to making music. The Monica fans; no offe...

I need a new Drake avatar Drake had Twitter on fire last night when he released a slew of new songs that dissed Kid Cudi and Pusha T. In one of the songs Drake calls an unnamed Pusha T a "studio drug dealer" or something along those lines. Drake also calls out Kid Cudi by making reference to Kid Cudi's former album title, "man on the moon". People felt that Drake was being insensitive to Kid Cudi since he is currently in rehab. Just months ago Kid Cudi called Drake and Kanye West out. So now Drake is responding two months later, maybe because it took him two months to write the response or his ghostwriter wrote it. Who knows?  Foxy Brown threw shade at Remy Ma and Lil' Kim after the picture of Nicki Minaj bowing down to Lauryn Hill made the rounds. Foxy posted a screenshot of the picture and in the caption Foxy states that Nicki has shown love to Lauryn Hill and herself(Foxy Brown) and if she hasn't shown respect to you(Lil' Kim) then your no...

So there's a lot to report today so I'm going to keep it relatively brief. Rihanna has paired up with Dior for a sunglasses line. Gucci Mane is out of jail. Shots rang out at T.I.'s concert. It seems like trouble follows T.I. wherever he goes even though he wasn't directly involved. Rapper Troy Ave was caught on tape shooting at who many assumed to be rapper Maino. Maino denied it was he and confirmed that the two had a great working relationship. Meanwhile Troy Ave's dumb ass shot himself and shot someone in the stomach. Three people were injured. What a hot ass mess! Keyshia Cole was seen hanging out with Floyd Mayweather who just bought her a luxury truck. Hmmm. Well guys there you have it. Thanks for reading! :)

VIVA LA VEGAS: I swear it seemed like every since I left  Vegas back in March, it  seems that every weekend a celebrity is there. The week I went,  that weekend Trina was going to be there and I love me some Trina. Speaking of Vegas the celebrities came out  for what  was  hailed as the "Fight of The Century"  though according to Jim Carrey, i t  was more like "Dancing With The Stars"  and I'd have to agree. Despite that, the fight between  Mayweather and Pacquaio brought  out Mary J. Blige, Nicki Minaj,  Meek Mill,  Diddy, Jay Z , Beyonce, Denzel Washington and a host of other celebrities. Jamie Foxx sung "The National Anthem" and Lil' Mo sent some shade on  social  media about his performance and got a lot of shade on her own .  Though I was in the bathroom when he was singing,  I didn't  really hear it and my friend said she didn't think he sounded all that good. What did you think for those wh...

SHOP AROUND: Nicki Minaj is set to appear on the big screen again, this time for "Barbershop 3". I was surprised when I read this because I figured this would of been a straight to DVD title but as far as who is returning from the original cast, it's not yet known. Common is also said to be starring. So what do you think? Looking forward to "Barbershop 3" or nah? SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL: Will you be tuning in to see Wiz Khalifa on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend? Or do you plan on having or attending a fight party to see Mayweather and Pacquio? Whatever you plan on doing this weekend, have fun! FOR CHRIS(T) SAKE: And Chris Brown and Rihanna were in the same room this weekend as they both celebrated friend Travis Scott's birthday which included a huge snake. Yikes! Speaking of Chris Brown, word is that he and Karreuche may be back together or at least speaking when it was seen in an Instagram post of Karreuche's of a dog and a hand that looke...

 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...