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A few days ago it was reported that singer, Mariah Carey was robbed of 50K(50 thousand) dollars worth of jewelry and purses. I'm thinking her backup dancers are to blame because maybe they are not getting paid enough to be on tour with her. I know Mariah Carey casually hangs out with her backup dancers and even dates them so what makes you think they wouldn't rob her? I'm sure they have been throughout her home on various occasions and have been privy to see many of the lavish items Mariah owns. What makes you think one of those snakes with an axe to grind for whatever reason didn't go upstairs in her room and steal one of her Gucci bags? To top it off they may of wanted it for themselves or they may of stolen it and sold it off and got money for it. You never know but let's hope this is not the case. I'm just baffled that you can go in someones house like Mariah Carey who is one of the richest singers in the world and only make it out of her house with 50K wo...

Do you all remember when it was reported some time ago that Keyshia Cole allegedly beat the brakes off some woman? The unknown woman at the time was dating Cole's ex, Birdman "Baby" Williams. Now the woman has come forward and has filed a $4 million lawsuit against Keyshia Cole. This was a strange time for Keyshia because she had been dumped by not only Birdman but also Bow Wow. Her career was in tatters and she was having a nervous breakdown in my opinion. Now it seems Keyshia Cole may have her act together then again she may not. She is set to appear on the new season of VH1's "Love & Hip Hop Hollywood" with her ex-husband, Daniel "Boobie" Gibson. Sounds like a hot mess already! In some not so shocking news, Brandy has broken up again with her rumored boyfriend, Sis The Baptist. Reportedly, Brandy found out that Sis was still seeing his baby mama. This whole relationship is a mess and was doomed from the start. Fans of Brandy(including myse...

Yesterday the news of Mobb Deep rapper, Prodigy's passing sent shockwaves through the music industry and on social media. Prodigy was 42 and had a lifelong battle with sickle cell anemia. Prodigy had been on tour before falling ill and took a few days off to recover. TV show host, Wendy Williams spoke on the late rapper today and revealed how he was supposed to perform at her Block Party next month. She also said that she ran into him two months prior on the street. R.I.P. Prodigy. One of Prodigy's former nemesis, Jay-Z has not only added the "hyphen" back to his name but has revealed that he will release his new album, "4:44" on June 30 via TIDAL and Sprint. The first song, "Adnis" is about his father and their estranged relationship. I haven't heard the song and as for the album I'm sure we can expect a collaboration with his wife, Beyoncé. Are you looking forward to Jay-Z's new album? In other music news..Keyshia Cole is joining ...

Has hell frozen over? Well I was on Twitter earlier today and Azealia Banks was tweeting about doing a possible collaboration with her nemesis, Iggy Azalea much to the surprise of her followers(including myself). Azealia feels a possible collaboration would silence the (rap) girls this Summer if it were to happen. There has been no word if Iggy has responded yet. In the meantime, Azealia will drop a new single, "Escapades" this Friday June 23. Azealia also said that she's doing an interview with XXL magazine. In other music news, a teaser for the new season of VH1's "Love & Hip Hop Hollywood" features singer Keyshia Cole. The show will also star series regulars Ray J and Teairra Mari alongside new members singer, Brooke Valentine(song: "Girlfright") and Chanel West Coast(MTV show, "Ridiculousness"). Will you be watching the new season? The rumor of Keyshia Cole joining "LHHH" has been running rampant for awhile and now its...

#FlashbackFriday Ciara has signed to Warner Bros. Records. The pregnant singer just shared the news via her social media. Ciara was formerly signed to Epic Records. One thing about Ciara she definitely can keep a record deal despite her her last four albums flopping. However she does manage to score one hit single per album so I'm surprised Epic didn't keep her on their roster for that reason alone. But good luck to Ciara. She's going to need it!  Keyshia Cole just released her new single, "You" featuring Remy Ma and French Montana. Upon first listen, I was underwhelmed by the song. I haven't heard the song in full but it sounds like every other Keyshia Cole song in the past year or so. I was expecting something along the lines of "Enough Of No Love". Now that was the kind of comeback single she needed at that time and she needs something a little more hard hitting. Then again like I said I haven't heard the whole song. Interestingly enou...

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! :)

The ever controversial Azealia Banks has apologized for her homophobic and racist rant. Her Twitter account remains suspended. In other music news,  Keyshia Cole has met her biological father. Future has a song with Jay Z in the works that he gushed about on social media. Tyga and Kylie Jenner have broken up and Tyga has already been seen with Karlie Redd from "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta". He contends that they are not dating though. I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. I did. I went to Chicago and I got see Trina live in concert. She was amazing and she looked absolutely beautiful. Thanks for reading! For more music news, gossip, rumors and my personal commentary, check back later!

Hey folks! So the big news stories today are Ciara getting engaged to Russell Wilson. Congrats to the couple! Still can't stand Ciara though! I think she is severely overexposed. Something tells me she'll be pregnant again soon. The other big story Chris Brown's mental state. The singer has been going off online about many a things including his beef with artist Kevin McCall. He's also beefed this week with Jacob York(I forget who he is) and his ex Karrueche Tran. Chris filled his social media with various tirades dissing, dismissing, and threatening former associates, ex girlfriends, and fans. The man is insane! I hope he gets a hold of himself and gets the professional help he needs. Seriously! Remember the news about Keyshia Cole egging Bow Wow's car? Well Lil' Mo has came out and thrown some shade at Keyshia, which if I'm not mistaken she has done in the past and to add to that, Mo has thrown shade at many a artist over the years. I forget what Mo said...

So Azealia Banks has deactivated her Twitter and I think we can all breath a huge sigh of relief, though I find her tweets entertaining. In other news, Bow Wow is on social media dogging the ex(Keyshia Cole?) who egged his car or what she thought was his car. Turns out the culprit egged the wrong car and Bow Wow shared the news on social media. What exactly is going on between Keyshia Cole and Bow Wow? No one knows but there's obviously trouble in paradise. It seems like every dude that Keyshia dates or marries, it ends up disastrous. Speaking of Keyshia Cole, have you seen her lately? Many say that she's might of had some work done. What do you think? Chris Brown is at it again this time with his artist and frequent collaborator Kevin Mccall. If you don't recall who Kevin Mccall is, he collaborated with Chris Brown on "Dueces". Apparently Kevin called Chris out on social media for not engaging with him over a business matter. Chris soon caught wind of the shade...

Nicki Minaj is shooting down rumors that her and Meek Mill are kaput. Speaking of Meek Mill, his beef with Drake has been reignited but does anyone care though? Keyshia Cole and Bow Wow continue to dance around whether or not their dating or smashing. Keyshia recently appeared in a picture with Bow Wow's assistant just adding fuel to the fire. And speaking of Bow Wow, his ex Ciara who is now an attention whore is postponing her Jackie tour. Was anyone gonna go anyway? But she is postponing her tour to work on what she describes, her "best album ever". So is Future gonna be working with you on your new album? Ciara's albums do shit in terms of sale but she is forever releasing albums. I can't be mad at her though because she probably has more albums than most R&B singers. At this point Ciara should go independent. At least she will benefit more financially when her album only sells 15K in total sales but I digress. And last but not least, who knew Rihanna...

Azealia Banks is obviously still feeling salty for being left off of Rihanna's new album but shit happens. Anyway Azealia called out Rihanna saying her new video for her single, "Work" is a retread of Beyoncé's "Baby Boy" video. Azealia later deleted the tweet but leave it up to Azealia to kick up dust and start shit. Meanwhile Azealia finally released her new single, "The Big Big Beat" to rave reviews of course. So have you seen the "Work" video and does it remind you of "Baby Boy" or nah? "Work" is also the #1 single on Billboard Hot 100 this week giving Rihanna her 14th #1 single on that chart. Over the weekend on social media Bow Wow posted a picture of a woman rubbing his head which was later identified as Keyshia Cole. Keyshia Cole has yet to comment on the photo. But what an odd pairing if this is true. But then again Keyshia Cole's taste in men varies from Young Jeezy to Daniel "Boobie" Gibson(h...

Janet Jackson has been ordered to rest her vocal chords which has forced her to cancel some of her upcoming tour dates. Get well Janet! One of Janet's former collaborators, Nelly has been embroiled in an Internet feud with an old acquaintance. The guy who goes by @loosecannonslim on IG(Instagram) has been poking fun at Nelly's current boo, all the while posting and showing his admiration for Nelly's ex, Ashanti. I believe this all started when Nelly allegedly dissed the guy's baby Mother or maybe I have the story mixed up. Who knows? But the whole story is crazy nonetheless! Don't you think? And Wale was on "The Breakfast Club" a few days ago and I finally got around to hearing some of the audio to the shocking interview. In addition to airing out his beef with Meek Mill, he went on to make a statement about suicide if he is not successful. Boy! I thought Wale was successful, obviously not successful as a Kanye West but more successful than a B.O.B. What...

It's the battle of the R&B Divas. The Battle of the R&B Divas will basically profile two R&B Divas and the origin of their beef and where it stands today, if it's been resolved or what have you. Tonight I'm profiling Keyshia Cole & Ashanti. There were always rumors of a rift to between Keyshia Cole and Ashanti but it was very seldom brought up until years down the road. Keyshia Cole and Ashanti shocked fans when they did a duet for the title track for Keyshia Cole's album, "Woman To Woman". Of course everyone wanted to know how they hooked up and according to Ashanti, they were in the same studio working next door to one another. Ashanti says Keyshia came in and said "yo I got this record I want you to hear". And Ashanti said it was "dope" and she said a few weeks later, they were recording. When it came time for Ashanti to promote her album, "Braveheart" a year later after their duet, Ashanti says she was told b...

What do John Legend, Justin Beiber, Marc Jacobs, and Keyshia Cole all have in common? Well they are the latest celebrities that have flashed their asses on social media, some on purpose and some by mistake. But also I reveal some other celebrities who have shown their ass and made no apologies. See what I mean when you read below!  John Legend  Earlier this week many were treated with a half view of John Legend's famous backside. I say famous because its been rumored that he's had a little enhancement back there but I can't quite remember him confirming or denying it. But it was his wife, model Chrissy Teigen(sp) who posted the picture on her Instagram account.  Justin Beiber Justin was vacationing somewhere on a yacht and posted a picture of his backside.  Marc Jacobs The famed designer was thirst trapping with someone via DM but accidentally posted the picture on his Instagram page instead. Jacobs later apologized for the blunder.  Keysh...

Tyrese who just released his new album "Black Rose" is joining the second season of "Empire". At this point who isn't joining "Empire"? But we'll take it and plus people like the chemistry that Tyrese has with Taraji P. Henson so I bet whatever way he's involved, it will be good. If that's not enough Tyrese for you, he board the train in New York begging asking people to buy his new album and earlier that day(Friday) he appeared on "The View" and serenaded the show's host including Whoopi Goldberg. And to celebrate her 2 million followers on Facebook, Keyshia Cole showed her ass literally in some lace panties before deleting it. I, however was able to catch it and didn't think anymore about it. Besides everyone else is showing their ass these days. And some are just acting asses. :) Enjoy your Saturday people and always thanks for reading! :)   

Tamar Braxton unleashes her new single, "If I Don't Have You". The song is available on iTunes. Her new album, "Calling All Lovers" will be in stores and online July 31. When I read of the title, I immediately thought of Keyshia Cole who had a similar titled album, "Calling All Hearts". So let me know what you think about the new Tamar Braxton song and more importantly what do you think of her new album title?

OCEAN DRIVE: Frank Ocean has revealed that his new album, "Boys Don't Cry" will be released this July. It's been nearly 3 years since Frank released his Def Jam Records debut. I'm ready for a new Frank Ocean album are you? JAIL BIRDS: Do you recall when Keyshia Cole said she was going to jail for 30 days? Well it looks like she won't be going to jail after all since her DUI case was thrown out. And The Game is being sued by the police that he punched. Game claims he punched the police only after the police threatened to take a gun out of his bag and shoot him. As we know Game is about that life and he will fight anyone anywhere. There are plenty videos online of game fighting other rappers, fans, and just overall rude assholes. MOVIE TIME: Miguel is said to be starring in a romantic drama directed by John Legend! For some reason this doesn't surprise me. Somewhere along the lines Frank Ocean should be cast as well if you get my drift and I think you do. :...

BABY DADDY: So Chris Brown may of fathered a 9 month old child and Keyshia Cole's husband claps back at Keyshia. It's certainly going down in the world of R&B today! Some wanna be model girl(no shade) is saying that Chis Brown fathered her 9 month old daughter. Chris has yet to confirm or deny the rumors. It's funny though because whenever Chris finds himself the subject of rumors or erroneous stories, he usually replies almost immediately. Well in this case, as far as I know he's yet to respond. I guess we will have to wait and see how this all plays out. HE SAID, SHE SAID: And Keyshia Cole has been dragging her husband's name through the mud for awhile now but I think things have hit the fan now. Tired of all the accusations, Daniel "Boobie" Gibson claims he's not what Keyshia has made him out to be. He insists that he is there for his child, he FaceTimes him, teachers him his ABC's and claims he was also there for Keyshia during her recent ...

HEART BREAKER: So just when we thought Keyshia Cole was reuniting with her husband, we were sadly mistaken. The couple showed up hand in hand at Keyshia's premiere party for her new show "All In". That's when the rumors started with their being a reconciliation. Now it's being revealed through Keyshia exclusively that the chances of them getting back together are slim to none. Keyshia just revealed online text messages her husband sent out to a love interest of a video he invited her too. So now Keyshia is putting him, the messages, and the strained relationship on blast again. Something tells me though this situation is providing Keyshia the material she needs for her new album. "HELP"WANTED: Speaking of new albums Kanye West has revealed that his new album is titled "So Help Me God". The rapper revealed the news last night on Twitter. When the album is being released is unknown at this time. When Kanye was on The Breakfast Club though he sai...

"TOUR" DE FORCE: Chris Brown's past continues to haunt him. The singer broke the news to fans today that he was denied entry into Canada, two shows which were sold out. Chris apologized to fans and promised to make it up to them, still some fans are very upset with the singer, rightfully so. But what else can the man do? He did the right thing on his part. Now some people have even dragged Trey Songz into the mix citing that the tour is all over the place but you still bought tickets though. Didn't you? "NICK" OF TIME: Speaking of Brown, Bobby Brown is feeling the wrath from Nick Gordon now who has reportedly been banned from seeing Bobbi Kristina in the hospital. Nick has said that Bobby is only in the hospital for publicity purposes and that Bobby has only seen Bobbi Kris 4 times in a 5 year span. This isn't surprising though because it was reported in the past that Bobby Brown and Bobbi Kristina had a strained relationship. Nick going in on Twitter i...