I know the picture is kind of tacky...but I just couldnt resist! [LOL] 

So, the rumor-mill is working in overdrive as rumors are circulating that Mariah Carey is supposedly engaged to Nick Cannon. Yes! Do not adjust your computer screens: I said Nick Cannon. Who is (easily) 10 years her juinor.

Apparently Mariah and Nick have been quietly seeing eac ...

Okay, so...why am I hearing that R.Kelly is on the verge of agreeing to a plea deal with the prosecution of his child pornography scandal?

Yes people - the 'pied piper' of R&B [and little girls] who has claimed his innocence for the past long, drawn-out seven years is finally about to cop a deal! Only, I can't help but wonder, why would you cop a plea if you were truly innocent?

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm...yeah.

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Now that T.I. is free and his criminal situation seems to be getting better with each passing day, the MC is starting to gear up for his highly anticipated new album "Paper Trail".

The self-proclaimed 'King Of The South' is featured on hip-hop site Streetcred.com letting everybody know that his new song will be released next week.

It never ceases to amaze me how celebrities love/hate the paparazzi.

When they first step on the scene, all they want is for their photograph to be taken; so that they will potentially make it onto the cover of magazines...but after awhile, as some reach a certain level in the game, they begin to view the paparazzi as vile bottom-feeders that they want nothing to do with.

Case and point: Mr. Jay-Z.

And they said it wouldnt last...oh, wait - it didn't!

Yes, people: the tabloid-soaked [modern day Terry McMillian and Jonathan Plummer, eh?] couple are calling it quits. Star Jones and her "allegedly gay" husband, Al Reynolds, are divorcing after only three years of marriage.

Rumors have swirled about these two from day one! Allegations his of closeted homosexuality swept the nation during the height of Star's popularity while she was infamously still co-hosting the syndicated ...

I really was on the fence regarding whether or not to post about Khia and her embarassing exit from VH1's 'Miss Rap Supreme' contest but how could I disappoint her fans? [Yep, all five of you.]

If you havent heard, Khia was booted off the female rap competition because she cheated during one of the challenges; and, being the class act we all know her to be, she exited the show with dignity and grace...NOT!

Watch the video below:

Are all so hard up for Jay-Z and Beyonce gossip that we have to get actual documents to prove that they were indeed married?

It seems that since the two most popular people in hip-hop refuse to acknowledge their very public/private nuptuials, some people still won't just give it a rest.

To the left, you can see a document that adds to the evidence that the two really, really - really - did get hitched, okay?

Word is rapidly spreading about this new book that's supposedly going to rock the hip-hop world!

Former MTV Executive, Terrence Dean, has just penned a new book "Hiding In Hip-Hop" that is supposedly going to talk about (and name) participants of the DL gay subculture! From what I hear, homie is laying very low as this book is sure to make it's rounds. [I hear Wendy Williams already has first dibs on an interview.]

With little under a month away from a nationwide releas ...

For those of you who think that you're alone in this current gas crisis, David Banner assures you that you are not alone at all!

Banner recently took to his video camera to vent on how gas prices are completely out of control.

Check out his video below:

What's this I hear about Omarion getting dropped from Columbia Records? [You know Raz-B is somewhere laughing his tail off at this.]

Read below for more information.

Stay off the streets and parents make sure your kids are home on time because Foxy Brown is a free woman!

Yes...the Brookly rapper who caused trouble everywhere she went was released on Friday after serving a meager 8 months behind bars. While I wasn't there to witness her release. Danica Dow at SOHH.com schlept it all the way out to Rikers Island to catch the rap diva make her exit.

Check out the video below:

Sources who were out last night at HOT 107.9FM’s 'Hot On The Runway' event are telling me that it wasn’t just the fashions that were the talk of the party!

It seems that all the rumors surrounding Ray-J and Whitney Houston have been true because they two were spotted canoodling last night!

Though I'm not much of an MTV fan anymore, I know a lot of Atlpics.net readers are...so, I got some tour information for you guys on Danity Kane and Day 26; but I must warn you now - if you blink, you might miss the dates.

Check the tour information below:

I have some more news on America's most favorite diva, Mariah Carey. There's good news, and there's bad news. The bad news is that MC's televison appearances totally tanked this week. Mariah's Oprah apperance was the lowest rated show of her season so far.Mimi's episode was beat by recent shows featuring the pregnant man, Jenny McCarthy and even Jamie Lee Curtis!

But wait the bad news isnt over just yet.

All the bloggers and gossip websites out there who are speculating on Lala Vasquez's relationship had better step off!

Or at least that's what the former MTV personality has to say in a statement she released to People.com.

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Alicia Keys has come under fire after her shocking interview with Blender Magazine was released. In the revealing interview, Keys was quoted as blaming the goverment for Gangsta Rap among other things.

At first, the "No One" star and her camp remained mum on the interview, but today Alicia called into Ryan Seacrest's radio show, On-Air With Ryan in hopes of clearing up all the speculation.

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I’m sure this is going to crush all the stans and queens everywhere...but I’m getting word that one of the world's most popular [and might I add over-exposed] entertainers is set to retire. Quit clutching your pearls, and breathe!

According to the NY Daily Times it seems that 'Sasha' is looking to go more behind the scenes and develop artists.


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Hey, lambs [that’s for all the Mariah Carey fans] MC will be on the Oprah Winfrey show today talking about health/fitness and she’s allowing Oprah’s cameras along with all of America into her bedroom!

I also hear Mariah is working on a new fitness video. Everyone is talking about how she "transformed" her body but is it me or does she still look like the same ol' MC?

Check out the video trailer below:

Everybody [as well as their cellphones] better find somewhere to hide because Foxy Brown is getting released this Friday!

Read more below.

It looks like Busta Rhymes is a lost damn cause.

Not only has he caught heat for spazzing out repeatedly on fans in the past; but now, there's also a YouTube video floating around of the MC spazzing out on some female fans for calling him “ignorant”...and if that wasn’t bad enough, it seems that that hip-hop figure broke one of the industry’s cardinal sins - thou shall not piss off the media!

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