What started out as a way to increase his fan base, turned into a platform for him to interview both major and underground artists, but despite the hiatus he’s confident that the public will continue to support the DVDs. “I think that people will still love it. It’ll still be that potent product. It’s still the stuff you don’t see on TV. People love the controversy.”

In the midst of his busy schedule Montana makes sure to remain devoted to his wife of five years, and his toddler son. “The most beautiful thing is making him smile,” he said. Yet even though he’s off the market, that didn’t stop him from shelling out relationship advice on getting a woman’s attention. “Tips? When I holler at women, I just let them know that I’m married and if I get with them, it’s a one night stand. Nah, I’m just joking. [Laughs.] Hollering at ladies—the tips I give people—ladies know what they wanna do when they first speak to you. They already decided if they’re gonna give you some pu**y. They’re smarter than you.” (hiphopwired.com)

Lee says she received phone texts from Drake that support her songwriter claims, with one reading, “U basically made that song.” Lee was credited as “Syren Lyric Muse” for the song and the two were said to have registered the recording last July, as Lee was confirmed as the featured voice. Drake’s label, Cash Money Records, filed a claim as well that said the work was done as an “employer for hire” transaction.

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Simon Cowell has reportedly offered Beyonce a staggering $100 MILLION to appear on the next season of The X Factor.

The media mogul is carrying out a major overhaul of the Fox talent show, and has already got rid of judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger, as well as Welsh presenter Steve Jones.

Media Takeout quotes a so-called source as saying: “He wants a big name female star on the panel. Mariah [Carey] is good, but she’s not that hot today.

“He wants Beyoncé because that would immediately give him the bounce needed to beat American Idol.”

The report adds that, though Beyonce’s people have not responded to the claims, the star is expected to make a “major career announcement” very soon.

Beyonce is currently enjoying the first weeks of motherhood with newborn daughter Blue Ivy Carter.

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We’re told Cornelius was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Officials have notified Don’s family.

Story developing…

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Pastor Troy..was on Judge Alex today (January 23), accused by a promoter of skipping out on a show in Augusta, GA. The Atlanta rapper explained that one reason he was a no show at the paid date was because he is persona non grata in Augusta.

This club where he’s having this event at is in August, Georgia,” explained the “Are We Cuttin’” rapper. “This city, Augusta, Georgia, and I have a history of just violence and negativity. Somebody just got shot at the club the weekend before I was supposed to be there.”

Troy’s manager explained that if he knew the club was so close to Augusta, he never would have booked the show.

“That makes all the difference in the world?,” said Judge Alex. “People who want pop a cap in you aren’t going to drive 20 minutes?”

Ice Cube knows … you can’t have a “Friday” movie without John Witherspoon to punish the bathrooms.

Cube has already reached out to the actor to reprise his role as his burrito-eating, dog-catching father, Willie Jones, in the next “Friday” movie.

Witherspoon , “I said, ‘HELL YEAHHHH! I am ready to do this!”

Witherspoon says nothing is in stone yet … but he’s very confident everything will be worked out.

Cube has also been in talks with Chris Tucker and Tiny Lister about reprising the roles they made famous in the 1995 hit.

WItherspoon says he’s excited to work with all his old pals — but he’s more fired up about the women … , “One thing for sure that I do look forward to seeing on the set is pretty girls.”

“Cube always has bunch fine women on the set. I am an old black man, how could I not look forward to taping with a bunch of pretty girls surrounding the set?”

(CNN) — Etta James, whose assertive, earthy voice lit up such hits as “The Wallflower” “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” and the wedding favorite “At Last,” has died, according to her longtime friend and manager, Lupe De Leon. She was 73 and had been diagnosed with leukemia in 2010.

James, who also suffered from dementia and hepatitis C, died at a hopsital in Riverside, California.

The powerhouse singer, known as “Miss Peaches,” lived an eventful life. She first hit the charts as a teenager, taking “The Wallflower (Roll With Me, Henry)” — an “answer record” to Hank Ballard’s “Work With Me, Annie” — to No. 1 on the R&B charts in 1955. She joined Chess Records in 1960 and had a string of R&B and pop hits, many with lush string arrangements. After a mid-decade fade, she re-emerged in 1967 with a more hard-edged, soulful sound.

Throughout her career, James overcame a heroin addiction, opened for the Rolling Stones, won six Grammys and was voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Despite her ups and downs — including a number of health problems — she maintained an optimistic attitude.

“Most of the songs I sing, they have that blue feeling to it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don’t know what I’m sorry about,” she told CNN’s Denise Quan in 2002. “I don’t!”

Through it all, she was a spitfire beloved by contemporaries and young up-and-comers.

“Etta James is unmanageable, and I’m the closest thing she’s ever had to a manager,” Lupe DeLeon, her manager of 30-plus years, told CNN in admiration.

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