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Tyga & Blac Chyna - I don't know the story on what went down between these two but when they were together you couldn't see one without the other. Somewhere along the line things took a turn for the worse after the birth of their child. Now Tyga is allegedly dating Kendall Jenner who is seven years his junior. It looks like Tyga didn't waste any time moving on.   Ashanti & Nelly - These lovebirds who were said to be together off and on for the last 10 years finally called their relationship quits early this year. The strained relationship was documented on Ashanti's Braveheart album release.   Beyoncé & Jay Z - Hip Hop's most powerful couple set the gossip blogs on fire this Summer when it was reported that their marriage was on the rocks. And we couldn't forget the infamous elevator video that went down when there's a billion dollars in the elevator.   Wiz Khalifa & Amber Rose - Not long after tying the knot and giving birt...

ORAL EXAM: Did Tyrese perform oral sex on director John Singleton for his role in Baby Boy ? Well that is the story floating around from an unknown comedian whose name I can't remember. The comedian claims he and Tyrese were neck in neck for the role of Jody. The comedian goes on to say that John Singleton insisted the role would go to the person who would perform oral sex on him. And the rest is history! My question is do we believe this story? I mean as funny as it is I don't quite believe it. I never though John Singleton to be gay then again Hollywood is full of closeted queens. Tyrese, on the other hand I have had my thoughts about him but he's also been pegged as a homophone in the past. He has appeared on the gay friendly show Watch What Happens Live before so I guess. Anyway Tyrese has denied the claims in a video which I didn't bother watching. In other Tyrese news he was said to be out to dinner with Sanaa Lathan, the actress famous for her role in Love ...

"BOY" WONDER: K. Michelle is at again! This time the singer has called out Soulja Boy. The two VH1 reality stars traded insults back and forth via Twitter last night I presume. The insults got pretty nasty as K referred to Soulja Boy as a "pussy", dating a transgender woman, and being broke. Soulja Boy clapped back saying K.'s pussy stank, her net worth is below his, and she's slept around the industry. Now I've never heard the stories about Soulja Boy and a transgender woman but I wouldn't put it past him. I do notice that K loves to throw gay insults at men but if their in Atlanta I can understand them sometimes. I just hope she doesn't slip up one day and say the wrong thing to the wrong person if you know what I mean. NEW ALBUM ALERT: Someone who is a lot more gay friendly is Brandy. She opened up about her new album saying that the new music she's singing on her new album, she is singing like its her last. We all know Brandy went throug...

BABY MAMA: Is Kandi Burruss-Tucker of The Real Housewives of Atlanta pregnant? Well that's the word on the street. The reality TV star posted a picture on her Instagram of her and husband Todd shopping for baby shoes. It's being said that Kandi is waiting to November when RHOA returns to announce the news. Stay tuned! Meanwhile you can catch Kandi on tour on A Mother's Love coming to a city near you. GLADYS NICE: Gladys Knight has revealed that she would like Kelly Rowland to play her in a story about her life. I think Kelly would be a good choice to play Gladys. I feel like Kelly looks a lot like Gladys when she was younger anyway. What do you think? HOLLYWOOD SWINGING: The first episode of VH1's Love & Hip Hop Hollywood aired earlier tonight. The show stars Teairra Mari, Ray J, Fizz(of B2K), Omarion, and Soulja Boy. (SPOILER ALERT)The show opened up with Teiarra Mari who detailed her eight year long relationship with Ray J which she describes was off and on. S...

Raz B of B2K fame is said to be joining the cast of Love & Hip Hop L.A. The cast is already said to include artists such as Ray J, Teairra Mari, The Game, Soulja Boy, and Omarion. Love & Hip Hop L.A. is set to premiere on VH1 on September 15. Another interesting tidbit I learned that Dawn Richard of Danity Kane was filming for the show until she was dropped for having too weak of a storyline. Maybe if Danity Kane decided to fight while the camera was going maybe she'd still have a spot on the show. But from the sounds of the show, since its inception the show looks to be a very big mess if indeed the rumors of the cast and other happenings are true. 

From his upcoming album Promise in this stores this Winter.

Soulja Boy is going to need a whole lot of juice to get out of his latest legal dilemma. According to TMZ, the 21 year old rapper was popped for weed possession early this morning in Georgia, while riding in a car with four other men. After police pulled over the vehicle the group was traveling for a traffic violation in Temple Ga, a law enforcement source tells TMZ that officers found a “substantial amount” of marijuana in the vehicle. There was also at least $70,000 in cash and guns in the car. SB is currently being held at Carroll County Jail in Georgia.

I had been reading and hearing about Soulja Boy's recent purchase of a Jet to the tune of 55 million dollars. People were questioning where did he get the money? Now his rep is denying the story and doing his damage control of his own. Soulja Boy -- along with several members of his inner circle -- perpetuated a lie about purchasing a $55 million G5 jet ... at least that's what a spokesperson for Soulja is now saying. Earlier this week, TMZ spoke with Soulja, a member of his management team named Shai Storm and Soulja's assistant -- who all verified Soulja dropped the cash on the private jet as a 21st birthday gift to himself. In fact, Soulja even went on a radio show yesterday in Miami -- after TMZ's story posted -- and when asked if he bought the plane, coyly told the DJ he was "G5 status" ... but never said the story was false. Now, Soulja's "spokesperson" Greg Miller has issued a statement on behalf of the rapper ... saying the "e...

Chris Brown wants to sell a million copies of his new album; "F.A.M.E." in the first week and who can say what he will sell right now. I mean he does have a number of hit singles out right now. He has plenty of publicity and that's all the makings of a #1 debut right? But a million copies is pushing it. I will be surprised if he does though. On first listen; I'm not feeling the album and I haven't been eager to listen again. Meanwhile "She Ain't You" is the next single off the album. The album will be in stores and online March 22. Mary J. Blige is returning to the music scene with a new single; "Someone To Love Me(Naked)" featuring Lil' Wayne. The song is set to impact next week, March 29. The upcoming untitled Mary J. Blige album is poised to be released this summer. I personally hope Mary delivers. I haven't felt her last two albums or so. I'm ready for her to top "The Breakthrough"; her last good album in my opinio...

Lil' Kim is not going down without a fight far as this Nicki Minaj beef is concerned. Lil' Kim and her new crew, I.R.S.(International Rock Stars) just released "Clap Clap" which many people have already dogged. Besides that Kim just shot a video for that song as well as "Black Friday" which will appear on her upcoming mixtape. In the video for "Black Friday", Kim will feature a Nicki Minaj lookalike. The lookalike really resembles Nicki Minaj and many people were thinking they were photoed together. Not! Word is Ciara will release "Turn It Up" featuring Usher as her next single off her album, "Basic Instinct". Maybe this will be the single that turns Ciara's album around which hasn't done very well at all. I liked "Speechless"(the second single) but I felt they didn't push it hard enough personally. Soulja Boy seems to keep finding ways to keep his name out there since his current album, "The DeAndre W...

Soulja Boy will release new album, "The DeAndre Way" on November 30. The original version of the album contains 10 tracks while the deluxe version will feature 14 tracks. Check out the tracklisting below. * 1. First Day Of School * 2. Touchdown * 3. Hey Cutie (Feat. Trey Songz) * 4. Speakers Going Hammer * 5. Pretty Boy Swag * 6. 30 Thousand 100 Million * 7. Mean Mug (Feat. 50 Cent) * 8. Blowing Me Kisses (Feat. Bei Maejor) * 9. Fly * 10. Grammy (Feat. Ester Dean) * Bonus Tracks: * 11. Steez * 12. Boom * 13. Do It Big * 14. Xtra ---------------- Now playing: Kanye West - Gorgeous (feat. KiD CuDi & Raekwon) via FoxyTunes

Since Twitter has become popular, it has become synonymous with celebrities speaking out, arguing with fans, other celebs, and ultimately closing down their Twitter pages. Usually it is out of utter frustration and eventually they all reinstate their pages. The following artists below have closed their pages over and over, played jokes on us, and got upset from a backlash. Check the out! Chris Brown Chris Brown has suffered a lot of heat and backlash from his incident with Rihanna. Twitter was no exception. His followers started making comments towards him that were upsetting and led to him closing down his Twitter page. After Chris cooled down, he would open it again, close it down, and open it up again; exactly in that order. Soulja Boi Soulja Boi was the subject of a few Trending Topics on Twitter. #ifsouljaboiwerearapper was one of the Trending Topics were followers and Twitter users lamented on Soulja Boi's rap skills. The second Trending Topic was Soulja Boi's video for ...

Everyone is still talking about Chris Brown's performance at the BET Awards. This is where Lloyd comes in. The singer claims he is responsible for telling Chris to cry and show his emotion. There is already a lot of validity concerning Chris' performance. Some people feel like it was real emotion while others think it was a publicity ploy. I think it was real emotion. Shortly after the story broke out about Lloyd's comments; the singer has retracted his statements. He did speak about how he spoke to Chris briefly awhile back. He did encourage Chris to be real and show his emotion. I just think his words got taken out of context. Meanwhile Jermaine Jackson has also spoken out. He feels Chris Brown deserves a "second chance" and he feels that his emotions were indeed real. Soulja Boy may have just gotten the last laugh! It was reported that Soulja Boy deleted his twitter account when #ifsouljaboywerearapper became a Trending Topic. Apparently the rapper did not dele...

It looks like Nicki Minaj will be changing managers again soon if she plans on being managed by Diddy. We all know Diddy has a track record for promoting all things; himself! All I can say is that we all learn from our mistakes! Read more about that as well as stories on new albums from T.I. and Soulja Boi. VIBE has confirmed that Sean “Diddy” Combs has signed on as Nicki Minaj’s new manager. News broke a week ago that the Young Money rapper sent her former manager, Debbie Antney, a termination letter via a lawyer, stating that Antney could no longer conduct business for her. Earlier this month, Nicki dropped out of a tour with Rihanna and pop newcomer Ke$ha, stating on her Twitter account (@NickiMinaj): "Barbz I'm sorry 2 say I will not be going out on RiRi's tour. I've decided 2 use that time 4 the completion of my album." The rapper is currently prepping her much anticipated debut and recently released the lead single and music video, “Massive Attack,”...

A few days ago I showed you a video of behind the scenes footage of the 'Sponsor' video featuring Teairra Mari now check out the full video below! So what do you think? I think the video could of been a little better. Music Biz: Keith Sweat To Release New Album! Keith Sweat will release his 10th studio album on May 25th, entitled “Ridin’ Solo.” The first single from the album “Test Drive” goes to iTunes next Tuesday March 16th! The new album will be his first since his 2007 Holiday release “A Christmas of Love.” Keith has also released two live CD’s throughout his career. This will be his first album released on Kedar Entertainment Group! Steven Russell of the group TROOP and a very successful songwriter, who has written hits for Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown, Shanice, Jennifer Hudson, Charlie Wilson and more. Revealed on Twitter today that he’s currently in the studio with Keith right now, working on the album. Keith Sweat is also producing the new reality show “Keith Sw...

Gucci Mane has become the go-to rapper for a hit[single]. Most importantly he has helped a few R&B artists earn street cred. Over the last year or so, Gucci Mane's presence has grown thanks largely in part to his slew of mixtapes. It just goes to show that mixtapes really do serve a purpose and help artists develop a buzz of sorts. Check out this list of songs that Gucci Mane has stumbled upon in recent months. Obsessed(Remix), Mariah Carey featuring Gucci Mane Unlike "Fantasy" featuring ODB, Gucci Mane doesn't really add much to this song except for [more] street cred for Mariah. Break Up, Mario featuring Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett This song took awhile before it finally took off but you can definitely contribute some of its success to Gucci. LOL :-), Trey Songz featuring Gucci Mane & Soulja Boi The texting lingo we are all familiar with now gets the single treatment. Self-Made, K. Michelle featuring Trina or Gucci Mane Jive Records latest artist hooks up ...

I haven't watched this video yet so I can't particularly describe all the contents of it. But seeing that Yung Joc wants to leave Bad Boy, its no surprise to me. Virtually every artist wants to leave eventually after they realized the huge mistake they made. Joc was lucky though cause he made a lot of money for and no Bad Boy. Joc was one of the top paid rappers on Forbes list last year which came to a shock for everybody. Music Biz: Mariah Carey Pushes Album Back Again! Mariah Carey is turning back the page on her Memoirs. Mimi’s new album has been pushed back again. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel will now arrive two weeks later on September 29, Rap-Up.com has exclusively learned. This is the second delay for Mariah’s 12th studio album. Memoirs was originally scheduled for an August 25 release before being moved to September 15. In addition, the three CD collector’s set has been postponed. The “Obsessed” singer has pulled out of a string of appearances surrounding the album’s r...

Hello all! It is very late as I post this as was the last two posts. These posts were typed up earlier and I'm just now getting to post them. I'm sitting here watching "The Wendy Williams Show" again. The show has easily become a guilty pleasure of mine. Anyway as a blogger you only know so much about me or what I allow you to know about me. Well one thing about me is that I can get very annoyed especially when an overabundance of things is concerned. That pet peeve has led to this post so check it out! 1. Trey Songz I can't be mad at Trey Songz for promoting or even exploiting himself the way he did on everybody's songs and the numerous mixtapes. I just feel like stop redoing everybody's songs and put out your own. 2. Soulja Boy I never liked Soulja Boy but his last two singles or three have been impressive and I have liked them. I am sick of seeing these pictures of him in the mirror showing off his scrawny little body and his penis. 3. TV Reporters The ...

Soulja Boi Tell 'Em annoys me but he has gotten better and has matured. His last two songs, "Turn My Swag On" and "Kiss Me.." are actually pretty good so I have nothing really bad to say but his 15 minutes of fame have definitely been extended. Check out the rapper as he talks to E!'s Chelsea Lately.

The Game tricked everyone into believing his last album,'L.A.X.' was his last album but apparently not. The outspoken rapper talks about his new album and a lot more. Check it out! Music Biz: Chingy Strikes Back! After dismissing rumors of a controversial tryst a few weeks ago, Chingy is back and coming hard with his first release under a deal with Slot-A-Lot Records and Gracie Productions.The deal, set to aid future projects, is led by the digital release “1st Quarter” featuring Trey Songz, Soulja Boy, and Gucci Maine among others. President of Gracie Productions Urban Division, Dorian Washington says “We are thrilled to have an artist of Chingy’s caliber partner with Gracie. This is an incredible album, and a tribute to how great an artist Chingy continues to be.” “1st Quarter” will be released May 12. Chingy had resigned to DTP but I guess that deal fell through after the failure of his last album. I don't remember what it was called as I type this. Lloyd Banks Leav...