NEW CANDIDS: BEAUTIFUL BLAIR UNDERWOOD IN NYC; BEASTLY 50 CENT IN LONDON; DUMB DIDDY IN DOO-DOO IN MANHATTAN.

The ever-so fine Blair Underwood was spotted signing autographs for fans as he left the ABC studios after making an appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly in NYC on September 16th.

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And the ever-so ugly 50 Cent was also seen signing autographs with those ape knuckles he calls hands after leaving a party in London last week.

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I know it may not have been intentional (or was it?) but why is Diddy's hand in between his bodyguard's crotch? As if getting lensed landing in a fresh pile of dog shinola wasn't bad enough! LOL! The 'take that, take that, take that' mogul funked his solid gold sneakers up yesterday in Manhattan as he stepped out of his car right into dog poo. It's funny how he stay talking sh!t about any and every thing then turns around and get caught stepping in it. Don't be surprised if in the near future you see a new bodyguard take the place of this one because dude obviously wasn't doing his job. Yall know how Diddy is.

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50 CENT SCORES 2 BIG 'SCREW YOUs' AGAINST HIS BABY MAMA IN HOUSE-FIRE/CHILD SUPPORT MADNESS.

In 50 Cent's latest baby mama drama, the courts have reportedly granted the rapper with brief visitation with his 11-year-old son Marquise. 50 and his baby mama, Shaniqua Tompkins are still at odds (and each other's throats) in the latest legal battle over a recent blaze which left his Long Island, New York home destroyed. Tomkins and Marquise had been residing at the home when was the police have called a 'suspicious' fire burned the mutha down. Anyhoo, Tompkins was recently granted a restraining order against her ex, preventing the star from being on the same premises as her. The 33-year-old rapper, who once did time for selling crack, was in Suffolk County Court in Central Islip to ask Judge David Freundlich for permission to take the boy on vacation from Aug. 3 to Aug. 12. Freundlich ordered the quickie drug test - at the request of the boy's guardian - and the G-Unit frontman did not hesitate. "I haven't seen my son in a while. That's why I came here today," the rapper said after he passed the test and was awarded unrestricted visitation with his son.

"It was a little bit of a bomb," the legal guardian, Theresa Mari, admitted afterward. Mari did not object to the father-son get together once the test came back negative. "I think it's beneficial for Marquise to spend time with his dad, and he wants to spend time with his dad," Mari said. Tompkins, was also ordered to undergo drug testing. Her results came back positive for opiates, but she blamed it on codeine-laced cough syrup she has been taking. The trial is set to resume on September 15, 2008). Tompkins said she was uncomfortable with Marquise's upcoming visit with his father. "That's just an honest, nondefamation opinion," she added.

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In more related baby mama drama news, 50 has also been awarded the right to keep using his lawyer Brett Kimmel after beating a bid from Tompkins to have him thrown off the case. Tompkins claimed Kimmel had a conflict of interest, because she attempted to hire him to represent her during her child support battle with 50 Cent three years ago. But Kimmel and the rapper successfully argued the two cases are unrelated and that Kimmel never had an attorney-client relationship with her. New York judge Carol Edmead has thrown out the bid. 50 Cent is also attempting to overturn a court decision to freeze insurance money on the New York house.

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50 CENT EX-GIRLFRIEND/BABY MAMA SERVES THE RAPPER WITH A RESTRAINING ORDER.

Rap superstar 50 Cent has to stay away from the mother of his 11-year-old son after a temporary restraining order was granted by a judge on Friday (8.20.2008). Shaniqua Tompkins made the appeal, claiming she had been the recipient of numerous threats and was convinced they were made by the rapper's camp. And now the rapper - real name Curtis Jackson - is not permitted to be on any premises at the same time as Tompkins, although no distance is specified. Jackson has also been asked to forfeit any guns and other firearms in his possession (Hold up! If I'm not mistaken, as a convicted felon, 50 Cent isn't supposed to have any firearms in his possession....period!)and the order also states that any pick-up and drop-off of their son Marquise must be "at curbside". According to website TMZ.com, Tompkins' lawyer Paul Catsandonis, says that his client will be fighting for a permanent restraining order against the rapper next month (Jul08). Jackson and Tompkins have been locked in a bitter court battle for months, after he tried to evict them from the Long Island, New York mansion he owns. The property went up in flames last month (May08) in what police have called a "highly suspicious" inferno and Tompkins later allegedly accused the rapper of being behind the blaze. Jackson has since filed a defamation lawsuit against Tomkins .

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*UPDATED* KANYE, LUDACRIS, USHER AND 50 CENT CONGRATULATE LIL WAYNE'S HISTORY MAKING RECORD SALES.

Rapper Lil Wayne has cemented his status as America's biggest name in hip-hop by scoring the biggest album sales week in over three years. The miniture, tattooed hitmaker has stunned chart watchers by debuting his new album Tha Carter III at the top of the new Billboard 200 chart with over one million first week sales. It's the first time any artist has scored a sales week of over a million copies of an album since 50 Cent debuted big with The Massacre in 2005. And now some of hip-hop's biggest artists who used to just talk about Lil Wayne's songs are now talking about his numbers too. Lil Wayne's peers are publicly recognizing how great a feat it was for the New Orleans native to move over a million units of his Tha Carter III in the first week.

"Congrats to my homie, Wayne," Kanye West, who produced on the album, posted on his blog Tuesday. "I'm happy to know this guy! Bow in the presence of a true living legend in hip-hop. Lil Wayne the God!" On Thursday (June 19), while calling in to New York radio station Hot 97, 50 Cent — who was the last artist before Wayne to sell a million copies in first week of release with 2005's The Massacre — labeled Tha Carter III's debut "amazing." "I think I'm really confused," 50 added. "I think all I need to do is make good music and see what happens. Usher had a #1 record across the board, and he only sold over 400,000. Then Wayne comes and does those numbers. ... I don't understand what the connection is. What audience is going out to buy it?"

While in Atlanta, Ludacris told MTV News that Wayne's success was hard-earned. "Wayne's been in the game a long time. I've done records with him. Apart from everything else that's going on, it's well-deserved. Wayne, congratulations. You worked hard for that's sh--, and you deserve it." A Luda and Wayne collaboration was originally slated to be on Tha Carter III and may still find a home elsewhere. "I know he has a million songs, but we're still trying to find a placement for this song me and Lil Wayne did," Luda said.

When fans are truly digging their favorite artist latest album, come hell or high water, they will make a run to their local record store and purchase a copy. As the old saying goes, 'If they like it, they'll buy it.' Lil Wayne is solid proof of that. Despite a recent leak of his latest album, Tha Carter III, Cash Money Records rapper Lil Wayne is expected to sell one million copies of it in its first week. Billboard reports that the Cash Money/Universal release could reach the milestone by the time SoundScan closes out its tracking week on Sunday (June 15) night. The last album to sell one million copies in a week was G-Unit frontman 50 Cent’s sophomore project The Massacre, which sold 1.1 million units upon its March 2005 release. On Thursday (June 12), Tha Carter III boasted unweighted sales at 630,000, the largest number the SoundScan Friday Building chart has seen since it began in September. News of Tha Carter III reaching the one million mark comes as Lil Wayne enjoys the success of his number one single Lollipop and follow-ups A Milli and Got Money.

Although the album is proving to be a success, its status was doubtful after Lil Wayne angered mixtape DJs when he spoke out against them during a recent interview with The Foundation Magazine. Offended by the rapper's remarks, DJ Chuck T intentionally leaked the album and encouraged fans to download the album for free instead of buying it in stores. Lil Wayne and Universal declined to pursue the matter regarding Chuck T’s leaking the album and the rapper later clarified his remarks and apologized to the DJs during an appearance on DJ Drama’s Shade 45 Sirius satellite radio show.

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AFTER HOUSEFIRE, 50 CENT'S BABY MAMA SHANNIQUA TELLS THE PRESS TO TELL 50 TO 'CALL HIS SON!... A GOOD FATHER WOULD DO THAT!'

Amid a throng of reporters, 50 Cent's ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins continued accusing the rapper of masterminding the fire that destroyed his Long Island home, where she stayed with two of her children - including the rapper's 10-year-old son, Marquise.The $2.4 million mansion has been at the center of a nasty legal battle between the two parties. The rap star has been trying to evict her from the house. She, in turn, countersued in Manhattan Supreme Court claiming she's entitled to half of 50's fortune. The blaze ignited just days after Tompkins' boyfriend and two of his friends got into a fight with 50's bodyguard at the Manhattan office of Tompkins' lawyer. Saturday, Tompkins returned to the scorched Dix Hills pad to retrieve some items – and reporters were there waiting. "Tell him to call his son!" Tompkins screamed at the press gathered outside the house. "He didn't even attempt to call his son to see how he was doing. A good father would do that!"

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According to the New York Daily News, a 5-gallon gas container was found on the edge of the property hours after the fire erupted about 5 a.m. As previously reported, 50's rep denied that he had anything to do with the fire. The rapper was shooting a movie in Louisiana when it took place. 50 also issued a statement Friday expressing gratitude that his son escaped the fire. Tompkins had also been living at the house with her new boyfriend.

Pic courtesy of TMZ.com.

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50 CENT'S SON & EX-GIRLFRIEND INJURED IN MYSTERIOUS HOUSE FIRE OWNED BY 50 CENT; ARSON SUSPECTED.

Something ain't right. A multimillion-dollar home at the center of a bitter dispute between 50 Cent and the mother of his son was destroyed by a suspicious fire early Friday. Six people, including 50’s ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins and their 10-year-old son, Marquis, were taken to a hospital after suffering smoke inhalation and later released. A firefighter also suffered a minor eye injury, officials said. 50, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, doesn’t live in the home and wasn’t there at the time. “Informed this morning while filming a new motion picture on location in Louisiana, Curtis Jackson expressed deep concern over this fire at his property,” a representative for 50 said in a statement. “He is extremely thankful that everyone including his son, Marquise, escaped the burning house safely. He is confident that authorities will be conducting a thorough investigation of the incident and is eager to review their findings.” The home was essentially burned to the ground, with charred embers and wreckage littering the lot where the home once stood in the tree-lined neighborhood in Dix Hills.

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Investigators from the Suffolk County arson squad were called to the scene after Dix Hills Fire Chief Larry Feld deemed the blaze suspicious. The fire was reported at 4:59 a.m. and was extinguished about 45 minutes later, Feld said. The arson squad had finished its work at the scene six hours after the blaze. He referred the case to the arson squad “because of the intensity of the fire, and also being that who belongs to the house.” Police said the victims included the rapper’s former girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins and two of her children, including a son fathered by 50 Cent named Marquise. Three other adults in the home weren’t immediately identified. A passing off-duty police officer helped rescue the six people off an elevated deck in the home’s backyard, Feld said.

The home has been the subject of an intense feud between 50 and Tompkins. Tompkins filed a lawsuit against 50 earlier this year claiming he had promised her a house more than a decade ago, but that since their breakup, he now wants to evict her and their 10-year-old son from the home. Tompkins’ lawyer, Paul Catsandonis, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that the dispute over the house had become “extremely, extremely contentious” in recent days. Although he declined to be specific, he said there was an “extremely dangerous incident” Monday in his Manhattan office while taking a deposition for the lawsuit. The dispute was “involving the parties in question,” he said. He said the case was back on the calendar in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on June 10.

Catsandonis said the 31-year-old rapper paid about $2.4 million for the house last year, one of the largest in the Long Island neighborhood of Dix Hills. He said 50, who grew up surrounded by violence and was once shot outside his grandmother’s Queens home in 2000, had told the 32-year-old Tompkins that he wanted her and their son to live in a safe and secure place. He also contended the rapper signed an agreement that would give Tompkins half of all his earnings as a hip-hop superstar. “Everything that’s his is hers, everything that’s hers is his. He memorialized in an e-mail that he intended to give her the house.”

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T.I., 50 CENT & DIDDY TO HEADLINE NEW INDIIVIDUAL MTV REALITY SHOWS SLATED TO HIT THE AIR THIS SUMMER & FALL.

According to SOHH.com, MTV's adding two more hip-hop headliners to its reality show line-up this summer and fall, but neither of them have much to do with the music. 50 Cent's still untitled reality competition will focus on business skills, and Diddy's show remakes Making The Band for the rock arena, according to Billboard. Fif will challenge 16 contestants to master the business savvy that brought him from a street existence to his present star status. Each week, one of the protégés will be eliminated and the last one standing will receive a full scholarship to an undergraduate or graduate business program. The contestants have a lot to learn. The mogul's portfolio includes an investment in Vitamin Water, his own record label, a branded clothing line, sneakers through Reebok, books, video games, Hollywood movies, his own body spray through Right Guard and most recently a memorabilia line through a deal with Steiner Sports.

Diddy's Making the Band spinoff, Making the Rock Band will take on the basic structure of the first Band, with the new genre. "Our main goal is to always pull the rug out," MTV programming head Tony DiSanto says. "If something is working great, we don't want to do it again, we want to do something new. Our viewers expect us to keep evolving, genre-busting and taking chances."

ATLANTA RAPPER, T.I., WILL ALSO BE GETTING HIS OWN REALITY SHOW. IT WILL FOLLOW HIM AS HE PREPARES FOR A ONE-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE NEXT SPRING. TO READ MORE ON WHAT T.I.'S NEW REALITY SHOW IS ALL ABOUT, CLICK 'READ MORE AFTER THE JUMP!' BELOW.

In addition to performing concerts and speaking to youth before reporting to the slammer next year, T.I. now has a crew of cameras watching him do it all. The rapper is using the last of his year on house arrest to film a documentary series for MTV. According to Variety, the network will go with the self-proclaimed "King of the South" as he performs the remainder of his community service hours and prepares for a one-year prison sentence next spring. The network plans to air the show some time soon after T.I. goes to jail in early 2009. The series, by Ish Entertainment, has already gotten an eight-episode order from MTV. "We began the conversations in the middle of deliberations over what would happen to him," said Ish's Michael Hirschorn, whose executive producing with partner Stella Stolper.

Tip (born Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.) has a history of being on the wrong side of the law, convicted for selling crack cocaine in the late 1990s. In March, the rapper pled guilty to federal weapons charges; the offense that got him the year's stint. "Hopefully the mistakes I've made will be a lesson to today's youth and they won't go down that same path," T.I. said. Tip didn't need the court's permission to do the show, but MTV will stick to the rules of the artist's home confinement. The show will also cover the release of Tip's upcoming album, Paper Trail, heavily inspired by his latest legal woes and the birth of his newborn son.

SOURCE: SOHH.COM

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VIDEO FOOTAGE: 50 CENT GETS CHAIN SNATCHED IN AFRICA.

You know you have to be a bold S.O.B. fan, STAN or hater to gain enough nerve to snatch a chain from around the neck of a rapping gorilla. The rapper was performing with in Angola, Africa with his G-Unit crew when an overzealous fan jumped onto the stage and grabbed the jewelry from the rappers neck. In video footage posted online, the assailant can be seen running off with the chain as 50 Cent and his entourage chase after him. According to TMZ.com, 50 Cent caught up with the thief and is alleged to have punched him before claiming back his prized chain.

A source tells the website, "The chain is around 50's neck right now." Now, we know that's a lie. When have you ever seen a gorilla run fast enough to catch anybody....especially a dude from Africa?

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50 CENT THROWS A BITCH-FIT AT OLIVIA'S DEPARTURE FROM G-UNIT RECORDS.

Don't you just hate it when dudes do nothing but bitch about other females...which in turn makes those dudes look like bitchmade lames? Just days after bitching about Alicia Keys 'not really bright' comments she made in Blender magazine (Keys told the mag, "Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other." Keys later said her comment was taken out of context.), Magilla is back at it again and this time he's made Missy Elliott his target. He blames the super-producer for the inevitable exit of R&B singer Olivia, his 'protege' and First Lady of his G-Unit record label. Talk about hitting below the belt, 50 went as far as making light of Elliott's alleged sexual preferences as the reason behind the move. Duuuuuuuude? Bitch-Boy (real name Curtis Jackson) signed Olivia in 2004, but after the release of only three measly singles, she was dropped from G-Unit Records in 2007. And 50 insists things started to go wrong when Olivia collaborated with Missy Elliot on her single Cherry Pop - joking that Missy's close personal relationship with his protege resulted in the breakdown of his own ties with the rising star. Stop lying. She probably just finally wised up and stopped letting you take dips in her 'pocketbook' at your convenience when she realized that the only G-Unit artist whose welfare you look after is yourself. And even if that's not the case, let that girl have her carpet munched on if she chooses to do so. But that's just my personal opinion though.

Anyhoo, he says, "She (Olivia) went to work with Missy and it got kinda crazy like. It got crazy because Missy was trying to own her a little bit... I think Missy hit that." The rapper is disappointed his project with Olivia never worked out and is determined to take more tips from fellow music mogul Jay-Z - who has successfully launched the careers of stars like R&B singer Rihanna. He adds, "I made so many sacrifices based on people I brought around. I need to take a page outta Jay-Z's book because he don't (sic) compromise himself at all for them."

Missy Elliot has long been dogged by rumors she is a lesbian, but has refused to comment publicly on her rumored sexuality.

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NEW PIC: ROZONDA 'CHILLI' THOMAS & FLOYD MAYWEATHER AT HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY IN ATLANTA.

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We've all read and/or heard those rumors that claim 37-year-old Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas of TLC is now dating boxing champ Floyd Mayweather. And although the short-in-stature rumored couple were spotted on two different occasions shopping and having dinner with friends in Las Vegas earlier this month, neither party has come forth to confirm or deny these reports. We've also read rumors of Big Money Mayweather wining and dining R&B artist Keyshia Cole as well. So, who's dating who? The hell if I know! What I do know is Thomas was the lady on Floyd's arm at one of the three birthday bashes he hosted in Atlanta....specifically the one that took place at Jermaine Dupri's Studio 72. Why so many parties in one city, you ask? Let Floyd tell it, 'I love to be in Atlanta; there are a lot of beautiful ladies there.' Umm-hmmm.

However, it was Keyshia who was spotted in an all-night constant cuddle/snuggle mode with Mayweather at the boxer's 31st other birthday celebration at the Jet Nightclub in Las Vegas. I'm told photographers kept an eye on the would-be-could-be couple throughout the night hoping they'd be lucky enough to catch the money shot photo to prove the two are more than just friends. Even 'Magilla with the Brand New Grill-la' a.k.a. 50 Cent, who sat in as the guest host of New York City's Power 105.1 radio station made it his business to get down to the bottom of things after Floyd phoned in for a quick on-air interview recently. Thinking it was best to go up the street, around the corner and into the woods while skating around the issue, Mayweather claimed, 'She's my people's. She came to my birthday party when I turned 31 back in February. It was a really cool event.'

But, on the other hand...and I do mean literally and figuratively, Cole was seen vacaying in the Bahamas with Jeezy, her on-again/off-again boo of about a year and half donning what looked like an ice-cube on her ring finger....Take it for what it's worth, people.

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AUDIO LINK: DANITY KANE ON MISS JONES MORNING SHOW: 'KEYSHIA COLE CAN'T SING....AND SHE'S A BITCH!'

Sounds like Keyshia Cole has gained five more haters in the form of Diddy's platinum-selling girl group, Danity Kane. The girls recently made an appearance on Miss Jones Morning Show and didn't have a problem letting listeners know that not only can they not stand Cole, but that she's also a 'bitch.' Now, we all have heard just how much of a bitch Keyshia can be--onstage and off and how her attitude is reminiscent of Mary J. Blige when she first hit the scene back in 1992. And as Keyshia's voice, who can forget that God-awful live rendition of His Eye Is on the Sparrow (LISTEN HERE) that she attempted to perform (after being put on the spot and asked to sing at the last minute) last Easter Sunday at the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, California.

One must wonder how Diddy, who collaborated with Keyshia on his hit single, Last Night, feels about this statement. If Danity Kane is making claims that Keyshia can't sing, then what does that say about their boss' taste in R&B singers? Shit, what does it say about them since Diddy was the one who created them? While I'm pretty sure Keyshia isn't nowhere near worried about what five little girls--whose voices haven't been up to par from the very beginning and who only has one platinum album up under their belts--have to say about her, still doesn't change the fact that what they said over the airwaves was very unprofessional. I'd expect this kind of behavior from King Kong a.k.a. 50 Cent and Lil 'Weeded Out' Weezy. Until now, I considered those girls as classy women...with the exception of that Audrey girl...

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NEW PICS: 50 CENT DEBUTS HIS NEW GRILL @ HIS MYSPACE NIGHTS PERFORMANCE AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FEST.

Say 'cheese!' Curtis! Looks like 50 Cent grew tired of folks comparing his original grill to such things like a row of white garage doors and life-size white Chicklets, hence his new porcelain veneers. Who knew rappers could possess such orally vanity issues? Other rap artists such as Nas, Ludacris, Lil Kim, Lil Scrappy and even hip-hop mogul, Russell Simmons have also saw fit to adorn their chompers with pure porcelain. It beats the hell out of adorning them with 'da whole top diamond/and da bottom rose-gold' platinum teeth guards...or whatever the hell they call them these days. They're gonna mess around and put Paul Wall out of business. Maybe Curtis will win more awards. Hey, it worked for Luda.

Anyhoo, the 50 Cent attended this year's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and performed on stage at TAO for Myspace Nights on Saturday night. Celebrities in attendance included Kim Kardashian, Reggie Bush and Paris and Nicky Hilton.

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MARY J. BLIGE, TIMBALAND, 50 CENT, TYLER PERRY & WYCLEF ACCUSED OF PURCHASING STEROIDS.

What does Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Timbaland and Tyler Perry all have in common besides music, films, wealth and the respect of their peers? The answer is steroids. These five talented and successful artists have all been confirmed as participants in an Albany probe as recent buyers of body enhancement supplements. Hard to believe, right? Personally, I can easily believe the allegations against 50 Cent and Timbaland. But it's the accusations against Mary that has me at a lost for words. Wouldn't it have been easier and safer for her to just go under the knife (again) instead of risking her life to look....what the hell is she trying to look like?! As far as Wyclef and Tyler are concerned, I can't even call it so I'll digress for now...

The following details are sooooooooo not the business.

Mary J. Blige, 37
The Bronx native's first album -- What's the 411? -- debuted in 1992. Since then Blige has produced seven multiplatinum albums and won six Grammy Awards. In December 2006 Blige won nine Billboard Music Awards for her album The Breakthrough. Between August 2005 and January 2007 Blige allegedly received multiple shipments from an Orlando pharmacy of Jentropin, a human growth hormone, and Oxandrolone, an anabolic steroid, in orders sent to her at the Beverly Hills Hotel, MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and Clay Gym in New York City. At least one of the orders was mailed under the name "Marlo Stanfield," which is the character name of a drug kingpin on the Baltimore-based HBO crime drama The Wire.

Blige's representative did not respond to a request for comment.


Curtis James Jackson III, 50 Cent, 32
Jackson started dealing drugs at the age of 12 in Queens but an arrest on weapons and drug charges and a sentence in a shock incarceration program led him to abandon the street life and gravitate to a career in rap music. The stage name 50 Cent, Curtis has said, underscores his effort to "change" his life. Jackson is alleged to have received shipments of steroids at his mansion in Farmington, Conn. in July 2006 an order was mailed to his residence under the name "Michael Jordan" and also at a residence on Oakmont Drive in Los Angeles. Steroids in his name also were mailed to the office of a Long Island chiropractor.

Jackson's representative did not respond to a request for comment.


Timothy Z. Mosley, Timbaland, 35 Mosley was born in Norfolk, Va., and began his musical career in the mid-1990s emerging as a top rap artist. Mosley has become a major record producer and two years ago founded his own label, Mosley's Musical Group. The label's debut, Nelly Furtado's Promiscuous featuring Timbaland, reached the top of the song charts. Mosley allegedly received shipments of human growth hormone and anabolic steroids between October 2005 and September 2006 at his Miami residence and at the office of a Long Island chiropractor.

Mosley could not be reached for comment.

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Tyler Perry, 38
An award-winning playwright, actor, director and producer. In 2005 Perry wrote, produced and starred in the box office hit, Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Last fall, his television comedy series House of Payne debuted on TBS. Perry's biography on his Web site touts his rags-to-riches story from being homeless on the streets of New Orleans to now owning a mansion outside Atlanta. Prescriptions for anabolic steroids and growth hormone were shipped in Perry's name to his business and studio headquarters on Krog Street in Atlanta in 2005 and 2006.

Perry could not be reached for comment.



Wyclef Jean, 35
Co-founder of The Fugees. The Haitian-born rapper and Grammy Award-winning musician is a producer and self-described social activist. Jean splits time between New York City and Haiti, where he has spearheaded humanitarian efforts with stars such as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Prescriptions in Jean's name for human growth hormone and Oxandrolone, an anabolic steroid, were shipped to the office of a Long Island chiropractor in August 2005.

Jean's publicist declined to comment.

Jesus Christ!

SOURCE: TIMESUNION.COM

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LIL KIM'S EX-BOYFRIEND COULD FACE THE LETHAL NEEDLE IF CONVINCTED ON CONSPIRACY TO MURDER CHARGE.

Damion "World" Hardy, the 33-year-old ex-boyfriend of rapper Lil' Kim, faces death by lethal injection if found guilty of ordering the execution of a rival that also took the life of an innocent bystander. The alleged hit man, Eric (E-Bay) Moore, also faces the federal death penalty for the Aug. 10, 2000, slaying of Ivory Davis, who was shot twice as he sat in his car outside New York's Club NV at Hudson and Spring Sts, reports the New York Daily News. Davis, mortally wounded, drove off and fatally struck a pedestrian, Swedish filmmaker, Johan Camitz.

Hardy, the reputed leader of a murderous drug crew called Cash Money Brothers, served time for shooting at narcotics cops in Brooklyn and was a notorious presence at the Lafayette Gardens projects in Bedford Stuyvesant, where his crew controlled the drug trade, law enforcement officials said. In 2003, cops said he confronted rapper 50 Cent in a New Jersey hotel parking lot, sparking a shootout after the rapper dissed Lil' Kim on the radio. A lawyer for Hardy claims he has since undergone a religious conversion, legally changing his name to Isa Ibn Jibril. He is also mentally ill, the lawyer said. Last week, a federal judge ordered Hardy to undergo a psychiatric exam to determine if he is competent to stand trial on federal racketeering and murder charges.

"I am the Christ. I am the Messiah," Hardy ranted in court in 2004 after he was arrested at JFK Airport as he returned from a religious pilgrimage in the Middle East. "Do not be the one to go against the law," he went on. "Adhere to the law's command before I give you warning. A day that is drawing near. A day of grief and regrets. Boiling water will be poured over your heads."

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Hardy and Lil' Kim once lived together in her New Jersey mansion, reports the Daily News. He drove around in a Land Rover that she gave him and the couple was believed to be engaged, a law enforcement source said. Defense lawyer David Ruhnke refused to say if Lil' Kim would be asked to testify at the penalty phase of the trial if Hardy is convicted.

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VIVICA SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS PROBATION ON DUI CHARGES; EXPLAINS 'GHETTO LOVE' W/50 CENT.

Vivica A. Fox joined an expanding list of celebrities who have entered a plea deal to settle a drunken driving case. The 43-year-old actress pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of driving with a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit, according to a city attorney’s spokesman. The former Dancing With the Stars contestant was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to a 90-day alcohol education program in addition to a $390 fine. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors dropped a charge of misdemeanor driving under the influence, which carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but means the defendant will not fight the charges.

Fox was stopped in March in the San Fernando Valley after her 2007 Cadillac Escalade passed a California Highway Patrol car, according to a CHP report. She failed a series of sobriety tests, the report said. Fox said later that she regretted the incident.

In related news, did you all know that Vivica's 2003 split from short-term lover 50 Cent taught the actress so many valuable lessons, she was inspired to get a tattoo of the name of the song which helped her through her heartbreak? After the 41-year-old beauty spent hours listening to India.Arie's Strength, Courage and Wisdom, she decided to have the words permanently displayed on her body in a bid to avoid suffering such emotional pain again.

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Fox says she was left shell-shocked when the rapper publicly accused her of using their relationship in a bid to boost her public and industry profile. "He was like, 'She's exploiting me, she's trying to use me to get publicity.' But, you know, I just considered that ghetto love. It was his way of dealing with the break-up. After my break-up with 50 Cent, that was a song I listened to almost every day because I needed strength, courage, and wisdom to never let that happen to me again."

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LL COOL J. GIVES HIS NEW BFF, 50 CENT, PROPS FOR HELPING HIM 'GET HIS MOJO BACK.' MMMMM-HMMMM.

Three words: He gon learn.

Rap veteran LL Cool J. has thanked 50 Cent for helping him "get his mojo back". The star - real name James Todd Smith III - insists he was shocked when the New York rapper - real name Curtis Jackson - called him up to offer some constructive criticism on 2006 LP Todd Smith. But LL Cool J remains adamant the advice helped him get back on track - and even inspired him to hire 50 Cent as co-producer on new album Exit 13 which is set for release in 2008.

He tells MTV.com, "It's an incredible feeling. And you know what? I have to give 50 props for that. If a guy calls you on the phone and says, 'You know what? Your last record was kinda slow and this was a little weak.' It was like, 'Yo, I just thought the record was slow, man, don't mess my LL up.' "It's great. I don't mind having a conversation with a guy who seems to have his finger on the pulse and having a conversation with him and talking with him and seeing if he can push me a little bit and get my mojo back. I didn't feel I fell off, but I felt I was a little bit out of touch with the things I should be thinking about."

Just three months ago, LL had pledged his everlasting love and loyalty to 50 Cent during his chart battle with Kanye West, insisting he planned to buy 10 copies of 50's new album...(i can't remember the title of the album, nor do I feel like looking it up) to ensure he succeeded in beating out West. At the time, LL told the New York Daily News, "I've heard some of Fifty's music, and I'm rooting for him. He's my man and I'm gonna ride with him. Nothing against Kanye, but I'm a team player. This is New York, everybody better be rooting for Fifty."

Man, please.

Oh, well. In the end, that publicity stunt (or not) turned into a a 'too bad, so sad' situation for Curtis...(oh, wait, that's the title of his album! LOL! anywhoo...) since Kanye outsold his ass something proper-like.

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IN TODAY'S 'THE STUPID SHIT CELEBS SAY': 50 CENT ON WHY HE THINKS LIL WAYNE IS A WHORE.

'A whore sleeps with whoever pays them so we gotta call him [Lil Wayne] a whore cause he will just go with whoever pays him to be on a record.'

--Rapper 50 Cent a.k.a. Magilla da Gor-rear-rah to Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex on why he thinks Lil Wayne is a private dancer...a dancer for money.

Um, didn't your creature-looking ass do the same when Ciara paid you to be on her record?

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