NEW PICS: DAY 26 MEET & GREET AT VIRGIN MEGA STORE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Diddy's new boy band, Day 26 held a meet & greet at the Virgin Mega store in San Francisco, California earlier this month. From the looks of the pictures, the guys made the local girls' day....even going as far as to sign their John Hancock on water bottles, cameras, cell phones and hand bags! And in related news, a couple of weeks ago, the dudes of Day 26 knocked their Bad Boy Records girlband/labelmates, Danity Kane from the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart with their self-titled debut album.

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NEW CHILLI INTERVIEW: SINGER ON WHY SHE STILL LOVES USHER, FLOYD MAYWEATHER, NEW ALBUM & THE ONE MAN/CELEB SHE REGRETS LETTING SLIP AWAY.

My girl Necole at NecoleBitchie.com sent me the following interview (thank you, kindly, Necole!) after catching up with TLC's Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas in Atlanta and succeeding at getting the pretty and petite singer to open up and dish details on what's been going on in her life for the past several years and how she's living today. The 37-year-old Atlanta native also kept it real with Necole while discussing her debut solo album, her relationship with Floyd Mayweather, how she manages to keep her radiant and ageless 'good black don't crack' glow in check, what she's looking for in a future husband, her regrets at letting one particular man (whose also a celebrity and one of my former crushes) who could have easily become her husband and last but not least: her reasons as to why she still loves herself some Usher even after their explosive break-up four years ago and his subsequent marriage to that lady who looks more like his Aunt Charlie Mae from Tupelo, Mississippi than she does his wife, but I'll digress. Oh, and don't get it twisted, Chilli is very much over Usher. We all know that there is a big difference between loving someone and being in love with someone. Peep the excerpts below.

CHILLI ON WHY SHE STILL LOVES USHER: I will say this and I know it’s gonna be everywhere. Lord, Tameka gonna be trying to fight people. But honestly I will say, although Marlon is the one that got away, Usher is the one that I truly did love. Like that was truly my first adult love. I love him very much and I will always love him. I don’t know how you love someone that deeply and just stop loving them. I’m not in love with him anymore but I can’t say that I don’t love him anymore. And of course I do want him to be happy and all but me and him had what I never had in any of my other relationships, and that was chemistry. Even in that picture that you have up. Any picture that you see with the two of us, you see it. It’s just there! I could be standing next to him til this day and people will be like “Wow”. It’s not that you are wondering if we are back together again, it’s just that we look like we just go together. So unfortunately we couldn’t get all the other stuff right and I think a lot of it had to do with timing. For me I had just come out of an off and on 10 year relationship with Dallas and as a female to female you understand that when you get out of those crazy relationships you kind’ve get this “I’m strong and I’m not gonna let anyone in.”

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CHILLI ON HER NEW SINGLE 'DUMB, DUMB, DUMB' AND HER UPCOMING ALBUM: Well right now radio is getting it. We are sending it out to everybody and just hoping it blows up. I love that record and working with CriStyle, Oh my God she’s amazing. She’s so talented and just so sweet. This record means so much to me on so many different levels. I wouldn’t say it’s a male bashing song but I am a woman and it’s coming from a woman’s point of view. Who can’t relate to being in a relationship where the person mess up or it’s just a dumb move? A lot of us can high five on that. It’s not just for females dealing with dumb guys. There are some great guys out there who's been in some relationships with girls who did not appreciate them because they are too nice. That is the craziest thing I ever heard. The DUMBEST thing I ever heard....I’m actually still recording. I’m pretty much done but if someone calls and says you have to hear this record and it’s “hot”, I can’t turn it down...I have [an album title] something in mind. I’m working on some things. I’m a perfectionist. Even with working with TLC, we always had these cool titles and I still have that same mentality. I’m from the old school so I want people to buy my album and feel like it was worth every penny.

CHILLI ON THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY: This is gonna be big of me to say this. I have never ever said this in my whole life. Ever. But yeah, I did let one good guy get away and that was Marlon Wayans. Oh Wow! See no one knew! And it’s funny because I met Marlon when I was 20, when I had just got in TLC and you remember that movie “Mo Money”? I remember we were on tour with Hammer and we had went to the movies and I saw him in that movie. I was like “Oh My God he is soooo cute!!!” So we went out that night and I ended up seeing him that night. And I met him for the first time and we just clicked instantly. Girl, he is the funniest man in the world. And the thing that was so wonderful about him is that we were friends but he really did love me. Like if I had to look back and say “who really loved and adored me” ..it was him. And so my dumb butt, I can really put this on me now. I was caught up in the “bad guy” and how it’s just this challenge. I like to call them projects. We think we can just fix and tweak but as you get older you become a lot smarter and realize people are who they are. They don’t change. And the older they get the more they become that true person so little things that you didn’t see early on, you really are gonna see it later. But ya know, we are friends even til this day. He has two kids with his girl and all that but I’m like maaaaaaaaaaaannn. So he’s the one I let get away. BLOGGER'S NOTE: Now my best friend Kamika, and everyone else who knows me know that Marlon has been my crush for the past 16 years. I'mma let this lil Chilli excerpt slide this time...seeing as though neither she or I (okay, well just me) will ever have a chance with him in this lifetime. LOL!

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NEW VIDEO CLIP: USHER IN NEW YORK CITY LEAVING STORE CARRYING HIS FIRST-BORN SON, USHER V.

Boy, Usher knows just how to garner attention before releasing an album. His latest publicity stunt was so clearly obvious, it was ridiculous. But I'm not surprised in the least. While folks were questioning whether or not Tameka was really pregnant in first place, I sat back and said Usher wouldn't reveal his child to the public until he was close to dropping his album. I knew there was a child all along. After his birth, Usher's mom Jonetta, gushed and proudly proclaimed that her grandson was 'sucha a blessing.' And that says a lot considering Jonetta refused to attend any of Usher's weddings to Meek-Man. So if there wasn't a child, I'm pretty sure she would have said so! Bless her heart.

I'm convinced this dude used his son in order to get folks to overlook or temporarily forget about each and every one of his bitch-made moves and maneuvers he has pulled in the past year; i.e.:

--firing his mom as his manager last Mother's Day
--firing his longtime publicist
--getting rid of his longtime bodyguard
--trying to shut down the one and only fan site (USHERFOREVER.COM)he has left all because he got caught up in his bitch-made feelings when folks talked about his jump-off
--writing a long, drawn-out letter to the media insisting Tameka wasn't calling the shots in his life
--telling Tom Joyner he was going to 'bust his ass' for talking about his wife
--going off on an Atlanta radio personality for interviewing his ex-girlfriend Chilli and asking her about her relationship with his mother Jonetta....

...And those are just the ones I can remember off the top of my dome. You ain't slick, U-Ray! We ain't forgot! Leave it up to him to prove me right.

So, for those of you who were wondering and waiting to see what Usher's baby boy Usher V, looked like... well, wait no longer. The singer (dragging behind his 'wife') was recently seen leaving a store in New York carrying his little bundle of joy. TO SEE THE ACTUAL FOOTAGE, CLICK ON THIS LINK. And, yes, he is a true cutie-pie.
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CELEB DADDIES & DAUGHTERS: KOBE BRYANT W/HIS WIFE & 2 DAUGHTERS NATALIA & GIANNA; RUSSELL SIMMONS W/DAUGHTERS MING LEE & AOKI LEE.

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SOLANGE ON BEYONCE'S FUTURE MOTHERING SKILLS: 'WHENEVER BEYONCE HAS A CHILD, I THINK SHE'LL BE DEFINITELY BANGING ON MY DOOR.'

Newlywed Beyonce Knowles has a lot to learn about becoming a mother, according to the star's younger sister Solange. "Whenever Beyoncé decides to have a child, I definitely think she'll be banging on my door," younger sister Solange Knowles tells PEOPLE. In fact, when it comes to kids, Solange – single mom to 3-year-old Daniel Julez – claims Beyoncé has a lot to learn. "She's kept my son over the weekend," says the 21 year-old singer and actress. "She'll call me like, 'How do you get this stroller out? And what about the car seat? I don't know how you do this!' And I'm like, 'People do it every day.'" Knowles spoke with PEOPLE about life and her new album SoL-AngeL and the Hadley St. Dreams and her latest single, the '60s-inspired I Decided. (Listen to the track on her Myspace page).

While admitting that she's the more outspoken of the Knowles sisters, Solange managed to keep mum about Beyoncé's extravagant wedding to Jay-Z which, sources tells PEOPLE, happened April 4 in New York City. "I don't know anything about [a wedding]," she insisted four days later, adding coyly, "You'll have to ask her yourself." And while she may be happy to share parenting tips, don't expect Solange to dole out any marriage advice. "I got married at 17 and divorced at 20," she says. "So I don't know if anyone would look to me for advice about that!"

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NEW PICS: CHILLI, T-BOZ & 'DUMB, DUMB, DUMB' SONGWRITER, CRI$TYLE 'THE INK' JOHNSON IN ATLANTA.

TLC members Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas took a time-out from their recent co-hosting gigs on The Ryan Cameron Afternoon Radio Show in Atlanta to pose for pics with Cameron's co-host Elle and Atlanta songwriter, Cristyle 'The Ink' Johnson (in first photo). Johnson co-wrote Mariah Carey's number one hit, Touch My Body and wrote Chilli's newest single, Dumb, Dumb, Dumb.

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BOBBY ON RAY J. & WHITNEY'S RELATIONSHIP: I KNOW THE AGE DIFFRENCE BETWEEN HER AND THE 'LITTLE GUY' IS 20 YEARS, BUT TO EACH HIS OWN.'

Bobby Brown has adopted a more laid back view of Ray J's romance with his ex-wife Whitney Houston. In his forthcoming tell-all autobiography Being Bobby Brown: The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But..., he writes of the affair: "For those of you who want to know, I'm aware of the fact that Whitney had been seeing Ray J, a very young R&B artist who is most famous for being the little brother of Brandy, the multi-platinum singing artist and TV star. Their relationship doesn't bother me. She's open to see whoever she wants to see, just like I can see who I want to see. I know the age difference between her and the little guy is 20 years, but to each his own. The only concern I had was how our daughter felt about the age difference. As long as she's cool with it, it's fine by me."

Meanwhile, Ray J has gone public with details of his romance with Houston in a new song, which also takes aim at the superstar's ex-husband Brown. Ray J dated Houston - who is 17 years his senior - briefly in early 2007, while the singer was going through her divorce from Brown. And the 27-year-old singer has used a song on his new album All I Feel to taunt Brown, by insinuating his marriage to Houston failed as a result of his poor love-making techniques. On the track Boyfriend, he sings, "Is that your wife, is that your shorty? Well I'm her boyfriend... I think the problem is you don't beat it right...Making love is cool, just pull her hair sometimes." Ray J says he refuses to be tied down to one woman, particularly when he is being linked with two of the biggest names in music - Houston and rapper Lil Kim. On his relationship with Houston, he says, "I've been knowing Whitney since I was young. Every time she came around we laughed and joked. We always had good conversation, so last year we just spent a lot more time together. I don't think I'm in love. But I love her."
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REAL OR RUMOR? HALLE BERRY'S DAUGHTER TO MAKE HER DEBUT AT THE CELEBRITY GOLF CLASSIC?

There has been no buzz about photos of Halle Berry's baby being offered to a publication for millions of dollars, but one magazine editor tells MSNBC's The Scoop: "photos are being shopped, but nothing’s been settled.” Nahla, born March 16 to Berry and her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, just might make her public debut at the Halle Berry Celebrity Golf Classic on April 27 in California. While the jury on that is still out, it's a lock that Berry's post-birth physique will be seen at the event for the first time. According to Us Weekly, the Oscar-winner wants to be back in fit form for the tournament. “She’s thrilled to start exercising again,” the source added of the star, whose low-key pregnancy fitness regimen includes yoga, swimming and light weights.

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RIHANNA ON JAY-Z & BEYONCE'S MARRIAGE: 'I DIDN'T KNOW!!! NO ONE KNEW!!'

Like many of Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles's friends and colleagues, Rihanna had no idea about the happy couple's hush-hush nuptials last week. "I didn't know!" Rihanna told PEOPLE at the Escada Moon Sparkle/Island Def Jam benefit for her Believe Foundation and DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center. "No one knew!" (Although the wedding has not been officially confirmed, sources tell PEOPLE the ceremony did take place April 4 and Knowles has been spotted wearing a huge ring.) According to sources Beyoncé happily flashed a whopping hunk of diamond on her left-hand ring finger Tuesday night at her new husband's concert with Mary J. Blige at Atlanta's Phillips Arena. Wearing a short black dress and big hoop earrings, the newlywed singer sat in a VIP area with buddy Usher. The two leapt to their feet to groove hard when Jay-Z launched into his hit "PSA," with its lyrics, "I got the hottest chick in the game wearing my chain." Usher threw up the diamond Roc sign, while Beyoncé showed off a telltale diamond rock of her own and waved her arms to the beat.

On Monday night, Jay-Z celebrated without his wife – or a wedding ring – at his 40/40 club in Manhattan, where he cheered during the NCAA men's basketball championship game with friends including rapper Tru Life. An unlit cigar dangling from his hand, Jay-Z was in a good mood as he coyly evaded wedding questions. "I don't know what you're talking about!" he said with a laugh when congratulated by patrons.

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90s RAPPER ROBERT VAN WINKLE A.K.A. VANILLA ICE ARRESTED & JAILED ON DOMESTIC BATTERY CHARGES.

According to tmz.com, rapper Vanilla Ice was arrested Thursday night for domestic battery in Palm Beach County, Fla. The musician, whose real name is Robert Van Winkle, is currently in police custody and is due in court Friday, according to Lt. Tim Temperato. Van Winkle, 40, was booked at 10:42 p.m., the sheriff's Web site shows. On Friday, a judge "will determine if there was probable cause for the arrest," Temperato said. No further details of the arrest were available. If the judge decides the arrest was justified, Van Winkle will either be given a bond, or be released on his own recognizance.

I dug around a bit and discovered that Mr. Ice, Ice, Baby has a history and a serious problem with keeping his hands to himself. In 2001, Winkle was arrested for striking his wife, Laura, as the couple drove on Interstate 595 in the town of Davie, Florida according to Broward County Police. At the time, he denied striking his wife, telling police that he had placed his hand over her mouth "to shut her up." However, he did admit to ripping out some of her hair, but insisted he did so to prevent her from jumping out the truck's window. According to the Associated Press, his wife told quite a different story, claiming that she feared her husband. The incident was witnessed by the couple's two children. The rapper was arrested at the scene and taken into custody before being released the following day on $3,500 bail.

"We had a heated argument," the musician told Miami's WSVN TV after he was released from jail. "Before [the police] would say, 'OK, just leave ... Come back later, cool down. Go to a friend's house.' Now they have to make you spend a night in jail."
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TRINA'S NEW ALBUM, 'STILL DA BADDEST' DEBUTS AT #1 ON THE BILLBOARD R&B/HIP-HOP CHARTS.

A big congratulations is in order for Slip-N-Slide artist Trina. The Miami native is celebrating the #1 debut of her fourth album Still Da Baddest, which is currently the top album on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Charts. Still Da Baddest gives Slip-N-Slide their second #1 album in the past 30 days, as label mate Rick Ross scored a #1 Pop debut with his latest album, Trilla, in mid-March. “Slip-N-Slide Records has had a phenomenal year with two #1 albums in just under a month. We are ready to continue our winning streak and make history with Plies, Qwote, Camar and many more Slip-N-Slide Records’ artists,” said Ted Lucas, CEO of Slip-N-Slide Records.

Launched in 1993, Slip-N-Slide has sold over 16 million records. Still Da Baddest hit record stores on April 1st.

CHECK OUT SCANS FROM TRINA'S NEW ALBUM BELOW. CLICK ON PICS TO VIEW IN THEIR ORIGINAL SIZE.

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NEW PIC: ACTRESS STACEY DASH COVERS JUNE 2008 ISSUE OF KING MAGAZINE.

The beautiful and ageless Stacey Dash graces the cover of King magazine's June 2008 issue. Officially deemed the 'baddest 40+ chick in the game', the single mother of 2, is pounding the promotional pavement in support of her new lingerie line. In her King mag cover story, Dash reintroduces herself (as if she really needed to) as a budding entrepreneur as well as the infamous dream girl of many men dreams.

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COULD LUKE CAMPBELL BE THE NEXT CELEB JAILED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT? RAPPER OWES OVER $38 GRAND TO 20-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.

I'm telling yall, if I have to post another story about some A, B, C or D-list celebrity who refuses to pay child support for their seed, I know something. It's getting old....fast. According to the Miami-Herald, one of Luther Campbell's baby's mamas has petitioned a judge to initiate suspension of Campbell's driver's license -- because Campbell owes $38,981.61 in back child support. The mom, Davania Branch Burns, 41, and daughter Lutheria Campbell, 20, live in Oakland, near Orlando. Burns is a fire inspector for the school system. Lutheria studies criminal justice at a community college, and works part-time as a receptionist at a gym. Even though Lutheria is no longer a minor, Burns is entitled to the money, says her attorney Jane E. Carey of Orlando. Burns wants him to fork over the cash. Carey says Campbell hasn't paid in a couple of years. "We want him to stand up and not be a deadbeat daddy. He needs to do the right thing. He needs to take care of his child. Why should he not pay? The ordinary working man has to pay," she says.

Under Florida law, a driver with a "delinquent support obligation" faces license suspension. Burns wants a hearing before Circuit Judge Joel Brown. She filed papers saying that Campbell now represents himself.

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RAPPER PLIES SUED FOR $10 MILLION OVER SHOOTING AT FLORIDA NIGHTCLUB.

Rapper Plies has been dragged back into a shooting controversy at a Florida nightclub. Plies--real name Algernod Washington--has been named in a lawsuit stemming from a 2006 incident in Gainesville. Local lawyer Christopher Chestnut has filed a lawsuit at the Alachua County civil courthouse. In the legal papers, he alleges Plies showed negligence in his part in the shoot-out. At the time, Gainesville Police reported that members of Plies' entourage pulled out guns and fired during one of his shows. The authorities arrested four people, including the rapper. Plies later pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of possession of a concealed weapon. His lawyer, Robert Rush, insists Chestnut's plaintiffs are suing the wrong person. He states it is not his client's responsibility to provide security for fans at concerts.

Chestnut, who is representing five Gainesville residents injured at the concert, is seeking $10 million in damages. The attorney also names Slip-N-Slide Records and the 238 West nightclub, where the shootout took place, as defendants.

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FOXY BROWN SET TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY NEXT FRIDAY; NEW ALBUM & REALITY SHOW IN THE WORKS.

Jailed rapper Foxy Brown will be freed from prison next Friday and there's a strong possibility that the rapper will also launch a reality TV show upon her release, as well as deliver her next album Brooklyn's Don Diva. "Foxy will be released on April 18th," Foxy's manager and CEO of Black Hand Entertainment, Chazz Williams told SOHH. "[She's] is not getting out early. Foxy served her entire sentence [under] good time, that is, days deducted by the law, that every prisoner gets unless its procedurally taken [away] for breaking prison rules. She served every day of her sentence under the most severe conditions at RikersIsland. She has done her time under tremendous pressure to break her spirit. [Yet] she's in superior shape physically, spiritually, and emotionally. She looks forward to moving on with her career upon her release."

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The show will chronicle her life and what's she's been doing. The music business has changed, she's been away for eight months, so the show will show her getting her life back on track. If the deal does come to fruition, Brown will be following in the footsteps of fellow hip-hop stars Flavor Flav. Salt 'N Pepa and Irv Gotti who have also found success with their own VH1 shows. With Foxy's release from prison imminent, the rapper's focus switches to the release of her fourth studio album Brooklyn's Don Diva. Initially, the set -which is Fox's first album under her new imprint Black Rose Entertainment/Koch Records- was supposed to drop on February 5th, the album's date was pushed back to await the Diva's release.

Brooklyn's Don Diva will be released on May 13. I hope she purchases a bottle of 'Get Right' upon her release.

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