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Sorry for the lack of updates guys but I'm back with a few things I wanted to talk about. First, "American Idol" is being brought back after being off the air for 2 years or so. FOX cancelled the series after 15 or so seasons and now ABC will revive the show. There is no word on who will host and sit on the judging panel. What would be interesting though is if they got Ryan, Paula, Randy, and Simon. Do you think it could happen? Perhaps, for the right price. Speaking of money, did you contribute to the Go Fund Me for TLC to kick start their new album? Well their new self-titled album will be released on June 30. The album features the single, "Way Back" featuring Snoop Dogg and the new song, "Haters". TLC is currently on tour overseas and will soon kick off their 90s tour with other 90s act. Diddy is being sued by his chef who says they were sexually harassed by the mogul. The only thing I read about this story was that the chef was asked to make Did...

I need a new Nicki picture. Good evening! I'm sitting here on laptop of course and the movie, "Honey" starring Jessica Alba is on BET. Its been awhile since I seen this so I figure I'd watch. So here are some updates for you all for the music news obsessed. Nicki Minaj had the social media world in a tizzy last night when she revealed she had a new album releasing. The album titled, "#PickMyFruitOut" featured a tracklisting tweeted out by Nicki, 1 through 9 with fruits as the song titles. Last but not least, she revealed that track 10 would feature her favorite rapper. Well turns out for now, the news was just a hoax. But people have been on standby on music streaming services to see if an actual album existed. Then again maybe this is not the album but one may be on the way to being released.  Congratulations to Solange! Her album, "A Seat at the Table" is #1 on the Billboard charts with 72,000 units sold and streamed. This is Solange...

Fresh off her performance at the VH1 "Hip Hop Honors", DeJ Loaf who paid tribute to Lil' Kim is now in the studio with the Queen Bee. The two posed in a picture that made the rounds today via social media. So there are a few questions I'm curious to know. When will we hear this collaboration, that's one and whose album will it be featured on? I know DeJ Loaf said she was working on her first album and who knows if Kim will drop an album any time soon. We can however expect Lil' Kim to drop a song or a mixtape but what about an album? I believe that's what the fans really want but for now they'll take Kim however they can. In other music news, Nick Cannon is reportedly dating Chili from TLC. When asked about it, Nick told ET(Entertainment Tonight) to "ask her"(Chili). I'm not sure if Chili has been available for comment since she's typically touring with T-Boz. We see Nick Cannon a lot more since he hosts like 20 different shows so ...

Trina will release her new single, "Fuck Boy" on November 13 on iTunes, the same day as friend, Missy Elliott who will release her new single, "WTF" featuring Pharrell Williams. Are you looking forward to music from these two? Going back to Trina though, the song title alone, leads me to believe that she is referring to French Montana. Then again it could be any guy who has wronged Trina since she's been in some pretty high profile relationships over the years. What do you think? And what do you think about TLC saying they did not dupe fans and their Kickstarted funded album is still on its way. A fan asked about the status of the album which led many to believe that TLC duped fans. But T-Boz called into "The Rickey Smiley Morning Show" and assured that no show thing happened, as far as the fans being duped. And Rick Ross' beef, or should I say 50 Cent's beef with Rick Ross rages on. This morning, over social media, the two have traded insult...

"OSCAR" THE GROUCH: So I was wondering how come so many musicians have Oscar parties? I'm assuming its because maybe their nominated for Best Original Song or something? I say this because Ne-Yo recently had an Oscar party and I think Madonna did too or in the past she has. Anyway I caught up on some much talked about interviews with Amber Rose and Kanye West who both appeared on The Breakfast Club days apart. Kanye was asked what the thought about Amber calling his wife "Fake" and Kanye replied that he had "to take 30 showers" after Amber to be with Kim and that was all he said. It was like he knew not to say too much because he didn't want to make the situation any worse and of course Amber replied on Twitter saying Kim "let Ray J nut on her", referring to the now infamous sextape. Personally what do you all think about this whole mess? I guess its interesting but after awhile things like this get old. And we all await the next epic ba...

MUSIC BITS: Beyonce(and don't be mad I know a grave accent goes on the end of her name but I can't seem to make it work) has sent her lawyers to an internet website that has been using her image without her consent along with quotes coined by Queen Bey. The website is said to have thousands of images dedicated to Queen Bey. I personally haven't checked out the website but I hear its lot of nice things there dedicated to Queen Bey and like someone else said you better get there and get what you want before its gone. One thing that is gone for the time being is the relationship between Soulja Boy and Nia Riley(Teddy Riley's daughter) who famously appeared together on Love & Hip Hop Hollywood. Soulja Boy has lashed out on Nia is a not so very nice way via social media saying she won't ever get to taste his dick again. First of all I'm surprised anyone wants to taste Soulja Boy's dick but then again there are some thirsty people out there and I guess Soulja...

MUSIC BITS: Pharrell will guest star as himself on the February 8 episode of The Simpsons. Will he sing Happy? Tune in and find out. Pharrell is currently on the cover of GQ magazine and will be performing at the Grammy's! What do you think he'll be performing there? I guess we will have to wait and see. One thing you don't have to wait and see is model and actress Eva Marcille trying to get at Wale through Instagram. Well her ex-baby daddy Kevin Mccall spotted it, likely from trolling the blogs and called his ex-baby mama weak for her gesture. Do you all think he's just pressed because she doesn't want him back? I mean after all she was his meal ticket. After his guest appearance on Dueces, I hadn't heard anything else from Kevin Mccall. Have you? Well have you heard TLC is having their last and final album funded through Kickstarter? This is my first time hearing of Kickstarter but TLC amassed their goal of conjuring up $150,000 to go towards making the album...

 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...

Remember last year when Danity Kane announced they were reuniting? All five fans rejoiced when the now trio released their hit single Lemonade featuring Tyga. Shortly after the release of Lemonade , Danity Kane had some inner group squabbles which resulted in a fight between Dawn Richard and Aubrey O'Day in a recording studio. Danity Kane later released their DK3 (I think that's the name of it) album to little fanfare. If that wasn't enough original member Aundrea previously reunited with the group but for some reason dropped out. I'm not really sure why but I remember people saying she couldn't keep up with the footwork on tour and she was probably tired of all the arguing going on within the group again. And just two months ago Jodeci reunited after 20 said years to perform a bevy of their hits on the Soul Train Awar ds. Everyone was delighted to see the group reunite but not particularly delighted when it was clear that lead singer K-Ci was lip syncing the ...

I been gone for a minute but I'm back with the jump off. STONE COLD: Angie Stone has dumped her manager/boyfriend Ashanti Graves after it was discovered he was having an affair. It turns out that Ashanti was having an affair with someone who worked on R&B Divas Atlanta . Ouch! Throughout the show's season three run, Angie probed Ashanti about marrying her but he always brushed it off. Now it all makes sense. CHILI CON QUESO: Chili of TLC revealed that former manager Pebbles, who had a lawsuit against TLC has found her lawsuit thrown out. She also revealed that 702's Where My Girls At was a song originally offered to the group but they turned it down. Also the group was offered but passed on Britney Spears' Hit Me Baby One More Time . Could you hear TLC singing those songs? 

TLC took time from their Australian tour to talk about their reported feud with Rihanna. Apparently some words were taken out of context by T-Boz and in turn Rihanna reacted causing a Twitter war between the stars. Here T-Boz talks about what really went down! Check it out!

Any news is better than no news.  SINGLE AGAIN: J-Lo is reportedly single again. Yes! You read it right. But it is being reported that its not because of the rumors going around about her boyfriend Casper. If you missed it there were rumors going around that Casper had dealings with a trans girl. Yeah right! In other J-Lo news I read that the Bronx labeled her a "sell out" after her hometown performance. Why? I don't really care to know but I can pretty much imagine why they would say that. Personally people should be over J-Lo and the whole "Jenny From The Block" thing anyway. NAKED AMBITION: Rihanna is not one to be messed with and I feel we learn that at least every two weeks. When asked about Rihanna's latest fashion choices in reference to her see through gown at the CDFA, TLC had choice words for Rihanna. Chili and T-Boz both agreed they never had to take off their clothes to sell records. Hey! It's been the same thing Brandy has said before a...

TLC along with Lil' Mama perform the group's 1999 hit No Scrubs on Dancing With The Stars , which aired last night on ABC. 

Nicole Wray is not a name you hear everyday in the news but today she's making some noise worthy of being reported here.Some music news is better than none. Apparently there were rumors swirling around that singer Nicole Wray(Remember her?) was about to join Love & Hip Hop Atlanta . If the name Nicole Wray doesn't ring a bell, she is known for her hit single Make It Hot featuring Missy Elliott. Back then she simply went by Nicole. The singer was briefly signed to Rocafella back in the day as well. Honestly Love & Hip Hop Atlanta is fine the way it is, with its current cast. DJ Tracy Steele and Baby Drew were axed from the show after one season; good riddance. They didn't add anything to the show and the show is not at the point yet where they need new cast mates, in my opinion. Moving on...remember the rumors about TLC being dropped from Epic? Well the head honcho himself, L.A. Reid has spoken out via Twitter denouncing the rumors. But what about TLC's name no...

There's a rumor going around that TLC has been dropped from Epic Records. This comes on the heels of the legal feud brewing between Pebbles and TLC. Chili, however has come forward via Twitter and stated to her followers to not believe everything. So there you go! A few days ago I reported about the renewal of the R&B Divas Atlanta and L.A. Well now its been revealed that Kameelah Williams of 702 and LaTavia Roberson of Destiny's Child is the newest cast members of R&B Divas Atlanta . The show is currently filming and we can expect the new season to air sometime in 2014.

Pebbles speaks candidly with Wendy about the many accusations made against her in light of the recent airing of the TLC biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story . She also speaks about rumors of Chili having an affair L.A. Reid and more. Check it out!

Pebbles is at it again! My gosh this is the most press she's gotten since the 80s. Please believe that! I am being shady but I do like Pebbles from back in the day. Apparently Pebbles isn't happy with the money hungry diva TLC made her out to be in their biopic which aired two weeks ago. Of course Pebbles is suing people left and right. Apparently she needs the money but this certainly nothing new. Any time anyone is portrayed in a movie specifically a biopic they are liable to be upset with their portrayal. It makes sense but again this is TLC's side of the story, not hers. Pebbles is working with her lawyer to get retractions from VH1 and their biopic. Sounds like we won't be hearing the end of this Pebbles vs. everyone saga anytime soon. I won't be surprised if Pebbles herself has some type of project in the works she wants to promote.

Chris Brown has entered a rehab facility! The singer wants to figure out why he is so doggone crazy I guess! Can't be mad at him for that. Clearly the guy needs help and I hope he gets it. In other news...Pebbles has sued Left Eye and her estate. The former R&B singer claims that Left Eye owes her money stemming from as far back as 1992. Of course with the premiere of the TLC biopic last week, Pebbles, her family, and Left Eye's family has been up in arms about portrayal of Pebbles and Left Eye. I don't know what to say except for Pebbles is coming off like a greedy monster much like she did in the movie. I just think that's how she really is and she can't help it. So much for her finding God!

Another one bites the dust. The collaborative effort between Babyface and Toni Braxton, Love, Marriage, and Divorce has been pushed back until February 4. The album was originally scheduled to be released this December. The album features the single Hurt You . Those surprised say "I"! I guess a push back was inevitable for Babyface and Toni Braxton. R&B albums get pushed back a dozen times before they make their final release date. Don't be surprised by this next story. Pharrell has spoken out about Beyonce's new album saying the singer is a "perfectionist" and the album will be out when its "ready". Whatever that means! Hopefully Beyonce' fans can look forward to a new album sometime next year. I'm not the biggest Beyonce' fan so with that being said I'm not all that pressed about a new album but I did like her last album, 4 so I'm interested in seeing what she has in store this time around. Another album to look forward ...

The TLC biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story has ruffled quite a few feathers in the days since its premiere on VH1. Pebbles, the former manager of TLC has been quoted saying that she would sue if details of her involvement(with TLC) were false. Pebbles own children have also spoken out defending their Mother, though I don't believe they were born when Pebbles worked with TLC. If they were they were surely much too young to remember any of it. Pebbles Pebbles rose to fame in the late 80s with singles like Mercedes Boy . She was also married to L.A. Reid, one half of the masterminds behind LaFace Records. She began managing TLC at the beginning of their career. She is responsible for bringing TLC together. During TLC's Behind The Music , Pebbles spoke candidly about her involvement with TLC. It was after the bad press that Pebbles received that she left the music industry. Crystal Jones Crystal Jones was the original "C" in TLC. She was replaced after she failed t...