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• Ashanti Flaunts Her Curves At BRAVEHEART Album Celebration In Vegas + Big Sean Drops "10 2 10" Video
• SPOTTED: Shemar Moore Slobbing Down A Mystery Chick On His Balcony
• LeBron James AND His Jacked Up Feet Snuggle Up To Savannah...On Vacay In St. Tropez
• Gabby Union & Her Boo Dwyane Wade Play Tourists In Italy With Freida Pinto
• K.Michelle Pops Off In "The Right One" Video + Drake Says Kendrick Lamar Isn't "Murdering" Him On ANY Platform
• Sean Kingston SUED Over ALLEGED Gang Rape + Big Freedia "The Queen Of Bounce" OFFERS Miley Cyrus Some Twerking Advice, "Don't Do It"
• OH? Cynthia Bailey Spotted Chillin' With Jaheim...
• Jay Z SELLS ‘Made in America’ Documentary To SHOWTIME + Birdman & Rick Ross' "50 Plates" (VIDEO)
• Nicki Minaj Goes Dancehall In "Give It All To Me" Video + R.Kelly & 2 Chainz's "My Story" Video
• EVENT FAB: Swizz Beatz, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Laura Govan & More KICK OFF LudaWeekend
• Kendrick Lamar Chops It Up On "Chelsea Lately" About "Control" & Sexin' In Mom's Minivan
• PERFORMANCE FAB: Alicia Keys, Her New Hair & Maxwell SING "Fire We Make" On "GMA", Alicia Call Her Marriage To Swizz Beatz "Hot And Fiery"

Ashanti Flaunts Her Curves At BRAVEHEART Album Celebration In Vegas + Big Sean Drops "10 2 10" Video Posted: 31 Aug 2013 07:13 AM PDT Ashanti is bringing her curves to the yard in Vegas.  She's got to flaunt something to sell copies of her upcoming album Braveheart.  Check out the NY chick celebrating on the west coast last night, plus Big Sean takes us to Hawaii in his brand new video for "10 2 10"... Cick know how to floss her bangin' bod to get some much needed attention for that album.  Ashanti, rocking a pink and multi-colored strapless Celeboutique dress and sexy Vero Cuoio shoes hit up Moon nightclub inside the Palms to party with her fans and to perform: She made a hot arrival before rocking the stage.  And we just hope singing "Foolish" for club crowds will help her push some units.  She delyaed the album on its previous release date of July 30th.  So we asusme it'll be coming out soon.     In other music news, Big Sean is still promoting his latest release Hall of Fame.  So he brings his fans to Hawaii with him in his latest vid (remember his trip with girlfriend Naya Rivera?) as he busts out his trap-style No I.D. produced "10 2 10" track against a hot backdrop. Check it.

SPOTTED: Shemar Moore Slobbing Down A Mystery Chick On His Balcony Posted: 31 Aug 2013 05:36 AM PDT   There he goes again.  Shemar Moore was spotted entertaining another mystery chick in Miami yesterday.  And by entertaining, we mean making out with a mystery chick on his balcony.  Pics inside... "Criminal Minds" star Shemar Moore keeps a chick in his clutches.  He's back in Miami this weekend--where he likes to chill with his chicks on his off time--and was spotted havng a smoke and more on his hotel balcony:     The actor hosted Dream nightclub last night.  We're sure you're having a good 'ol time Shemar...   Photos: Fame/Splash

LeBron James AND His Jacked Up Feet Snuggle Up To Savannah...On Vacay In St. Tropez Posted: 31 Aug 2013 04:24 AM PDT LeBron James and his wife-to-be Savannah Brinson are enjoying a little pre-wedding vacay in St. Tropez.  And you know it's real love when your man's feet have been jacked up by years of ballin', and you're still head over heels... Bron & 'Vannah were spotted on a dock waiting on a small boat to take them to Club 55 yesterday.  The fab chick kept it casual in a maxi dress and a cute hat, while Bron went shoeless: Yeah...that's the foot of a two time NBA champ.   But obviously, his woman doesn't care.   Savannah and her fiancee got all kissy on the dock.  How romantic... The twosome are set to be married September 14th in San Diego.   Photos: INF

Gabby Union & Her Boo Dwyane Wade Play Tourists In Italy With Freida Pinto Posted: 30 Aug 2013 07:17 PM PDT Gabby Union is still living it up in Italy during the Venice Film Festival.  The fab actress is there to help Miu Miu present Women's Tales with director Ava DuVernay.  And she brought her man Dwyane Wade along for the sexy trip.  Check out the couple playing tourist today with actress Freida Pinto...   Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto was spotted on a random touristy day with "Being Mary Jane" star Gabby Union and NBA champ D-Wade.  The group went sightseeing and had some fun around the gondolas and waters: Cute laid back look for Gabby. Hot photos for the twosome.    Photos: INF

K.Michelle Pops Off In "The Right One" Video + Drake Says Kendrick Lamar Isn't "Murdering" Him On ANY Platform Posted: 30 Aug 2013 03:54 PM PDT K.Michelle is mad y'all! Yep, again. But this time it's for her brand new video for "The Right One." Check out the visuals for every ratchet chick's fall anthem (and any chick a man pisses off) inside... K.Michelle is lettin' fools know not to mess with her feelings  Her brand new video for "The Right One" is the next installment of her video saga that was kicked off by her "V.S.O.P" vid.  Her co-star Chi-Ali returns in the Juwan Lee directed video, but he's caught out with another chick. And these words ensued: You got the right one n*gga F*ck you and all that Bashed on Twitter and I'ma blast back You want ratchet then I'ma be that Don't make me call my boys and have yo sh*t pulled back.... Watch chick burn his ish in the video above.  Rebellious Soul is in stores now.     In other music news, Drake is talking to Billboard in his new cover story how Kendrick Lamar would never murder him....on any platform.  Yes, another response to K.Dot's "Control" verse". “I didn’t really have anything to say about it,” Drake says of the verse, which has so far inspired responses from A$AP Rocky, Joey Bada$$, former Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson and too many others to count. “It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me. That’s all it was. I know good and well that Kendrick’s not murdering me, at all, in any platform. So when that day presents itself, I guess we can revisit the topic.” Drizzy says he's immune to K.Dot's "attacks."  We shall see....   The Randomness: 1.  Lamar Odom just got his license yanked for a year after his DUI this morning and due to his refusal to take a further drug tests.  STORY

Sean Kingston SUED Over ALLEGED Gang Rape + Big Freedia "The Queen Of Bounce" OFFERS Miley Cyrus Some Twerking Advice, "Don't Do It" Posted: 30 Aug 2013 03:14 PM PDT Singer Sean Kingston is being sued for an alleged gang rape that took place in 2010.  Get the deets inside and hear what Big Freedia, the reigning "Queen Of Bounce" had to say about Miley Cyrus and her twerking.  Her bottom line was, "Don't do it!"     "Beat It" singer Sean Kingston is facing a serious lawsuit from a former fan who claims he and his bodyguard gang raped her during a drunk encounter in 2010. In the lawsuit, Carissa Capeloto (who's now 22) says she had smoked pot and downed 7-10 shots of vodka before she was forced to have sex with Sean, his bodyguard and a member of Sean's band at a Seattle hotel. From what TMZ described, Carissa gave a very explicit account of what allegedly happened saying, "she'd been invited to Kingston's hotel room for a meet-and-greet following a Bieber concert -- where Kingston had also performed -- but when she showed up ... Kingston was waiting naked on his bed. Capeloto claims the bodyguard picked her up and placed her on top of Kingston, and all three of the men proceeded to gang rape her while she was "obviously intoxicated, incapable of consent." Carissa says she was rescued by a friend and was taken to the hospital where she was treated for physical injuries consistent with rape. She now wants $5 million. It's worth mentioning that cops dropped criminal charges against Sean in 2010 after they concluded that Carissa wasn't credible enough for a legit case.  For his part, Sean has filed his own legal docs insisting the sex was 100% consensual. Also, Sean has been tweeting about being a child of God and how "the devil is working."   We're not judging....but where was that "child of GOD" during that three-on-one in 2010?   Just saying.... Their court date is set for November.       And in other music news......   We're all TWERKED-OUT with all these mentions of Miley Cyrus, but you have to hear what New Orleans' own Big Freedia had to say about the situation. Big Freedia, the reigning "Queen of Bounce", has a new reality show hitting FUSE in October, and she's positioned herself as an expert in twerking.  You know, since "twerking" has been around since BEFORE MILEY WAS EVEN BORN. During a recent interview with FUSE to promote the show, Big Freedia gave some insight into the origins of bounce and twerking and offered Miley some hilarious advice.  And we co-sign every bit of it.  Here are the tee-hee worthy highlights:  What did you think of Miley's performance? She was going too far. She's trying to twerk, but don't know how to twerk. It's become offensive to a lot of people who've been twerking and shaking their asses for years, especially in the black culture. But it's also helpful because it's putting twerking on the map around the world. I've been transforming twerking for the last three years around the world and for her to just come out of the blue and just start twerking, a lot of people are very offended by it, especially in New Orleans. When something get hot, everybody want to jump on the bandwagon and act like they created it. That's totally understandable but they have to give credit where credit is due. Were you personally offended or just found it offensive in general? In general; not to me. She may be familiar with me, but she don't know I'm the Queen of Twerking. But it's offensive to black culture and black women who've been twerking for years. Every time we do something, people want to snatch it and run with it and put their name on it. And they still don't even have the moves down yet. Just get me and Miley together so I could give her ass some lessons. You used the phrase "trying to twerk" instead of "twerk." Yeah. When you have my dancers, they're professionals. They're from New Orleans and know what they're doing . When they started dancing, it was original twerking. Miley's dancers were prop dancers. None of them were professional dancers. So yeah, she was trying to twerk. Twerking's been around for more than 20 years. Is it weird to see it blow up in the past few years or did you expect that? I expected it would happen, but by me working so hard, I didn’t think it would happen that way. That's why I'm working so hard; for it to happen on my end, not on the end of someone who's not even familiar with the culture. That's what's so offensive, when you've been doing it for so many years and then someone who just jumped off the porch tries to do it. Going back to Miley, let's say you were the choreographer and saw her performance as a dress rehearsal. What specific tips would you have given her? Don't do it.     Teeheeee.  Read the full interview here     Watch the trailer for Big Freedia FUSE TV reality show "Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce" here and it debuts October 2nd:         Photo via Erika Goldring/Getty Images/PCN

OH? Cynthia Bailey Spotted Chillin' With Jaheim... Posted: 30 Aug 2013 02:45 PM PDT Cynthia Bailey recently starred in Jaheim's sexy "Age Aint A Factor" video.  But it looks like they are just as cool even after that project.  Peep the pics inside...   The very married "RHOA" star Cynthia Bailey kept it cute while chillin' and getting pretty friendly with singer Jaheim recently in Atlanta.  We know the two have worked together previously, so maybe they're just good friends on and off screen: It could be just an extra friendly dinner...or the two are possibly gearing up for some more on-screen action.  Time will tell...   And in case you missed Jaheim's vid with Cynthia, LisaRaye and more off his upcoming Appreciation Day album:

Jay Z SELLS ‘Made in America’ Documentary To SHOWTIME + Birdman & Rick Ross' "50 Plates" (VIDEO) Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:35 PM PDT Made In America a new concert documentary film produced by Jay Z and Ron Howard has been picked up by Showtime.  Get the deets inside and watch Rich Gang's Birdman and Rick Ross new video "50 Plates".     Jay Z, Kanye West and Run-D.M.C. are among the acts featured in Made in America, a new documentary set to air on Showtime on October 11th. The film was produced by Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Ron Howard with Jay Z, and provides an intimate backstage pass to Jay Z’s two-day "Made in America Festival" held in Philadelphia last year. David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc, spoke about the doc saying, “As soon as we saw this film we knew it was a perfect fit for Showtime. Ron Howard and Jay Z have crafted an inspirational portrayal of American resilience, drive and creativity, interwoven with an incredible showcase of musical talent.” The documentary will debut at the Toronto Film Fest on Sept. 7th before Showtime premieres it on Oct. 11th.  Nice!   Watch the "Made In America" trailer.......   And in new music videos.... Birdman and Rick Ross have teamed up for for the cinematic video for “50 Plates” off the Rich Gang compilation. Check out the clip above and see cameos from Ace Hood, Young Breed, and Caskey.  It's your usual money tossing in a random mansion with plastic overdone furniture type visual.  But, to each his own...   The Randomness: 1: A Dave Chappelle concert goer said he didn't have a melt down like reports today stated, he was walking away from horrible racist hecklers.  STORY   Photo via Getty

Nicki Minaj Goes Dancehall In "Give It All To Me" Video + R.Kelly & 2 Chainz's "My Story" Video Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:16 PM PDT Nicki Minaj is helping Mavado choose the best twerkers and head-stand p-poppers for their upcoming video for "Give It All To Me".  Check out who she's got on the set inside, plus R.Kelly's new "My Story" video... Nicki and her floral bodysuit are on the set of dancehall artist Mavado's upcoming video for "Give It All To Me"  And since the song itself has a reggae beat, the West Indie duo put a Dancehall vibe into the video treatment. SB and co. are right there as well: Check out what else you may see in the vid:   Of course.   In other videos, R.Kelly just put out the visuals for his "My Story" single that will appear on his upcoming Black Panties album.  2 Chainz is featured on the track, but doesn't appear in the video.  Because this is R's story only....and he's sticking to it. Check out Kellz strolling through the Chi and talking about his humble beginnings below:     BONUS:Iggy Azalea slid into Philly last night for WIRED 96.5 FM’s “96 Cent Show”. And she gave a dollar's worth of goodies tot he crowd. Chick ripped her body suit in the booty area after poppin' it too hard on stage. And by poppin' it too hard we mean pushing her booty in and out and calling it twerking to divert attention from the thing she calls rapping. Check it below:   Photos: Nicki's IG, Mavado's IG

EVENT FAB: Swizz Beatz, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Laura Govan & More KICK OFF LudaWeekend Posted: 30 Aug 2013 11:10 AM PDT Rapper Ludacris kicked off his annual LudaDay Weekend with a private event in Atlanta last night.  See Swizz Beatz, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Laura Govan and more isnide.... Last night, Ludacris kicked off LudaWeekend 2013 with a private party at Del Frisco's Restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia.  And all his celeb friends were there to celebrate. Producer Swizz Beatz, looking clean in his white dinner jacket, was in town to support the annual weekend which includes several community initiatives. This year, LudaDay Weekend features a celebrity basketball game, (Team Luda vs. Team Usher), a youth day at a Braves baseball game at Turner Field, a giveaway of 20 new cars to underprivileged families, and scholarship donations to Morehouse College & Clark Atlanta University. Actor Larenz Tate, whom we loved on "House Of Lies", came out to support. Singer Bobby V was there.  Remember the short-lived Bobby V sex tape scandal that we know he hoped would make his career relevant? "Lifestyle Specialist" (whatever that means) Kenny Burns posed with Swizz and Luda. The kickoff event also honored Kamp Kizzy, the philanthropic foundation of Keshia Knight Pulliam.  And she kept it hot in her blue & black trimmed contrast dress. Former "BBW" star Laura Govan is working on a new reality show with his sister Gloria about their family life.  So she popped up in all black. Music industry executive and producer Shanti Das wore a nice floral print.     "It Won't Stop" singer Sevyn Streeter took out a moment from recording her upcoming album to support Luda.  And we see she's stepping hr sexy game up.  Work chick...   BONUS: Swizz Beatz posted a video of his mom "turning up" at Luda Weekend.  Gotta love moms...     Photos via therealswizz Instagram/7EV Instagram/Paras Griffin

Kendrick Lamar Chops It Up On "Chelsea Lately" About "Control" & Sexin' In Mom's Minivan Posted: 30 Aug 2013 10:23 AM PDT Our crush Kendrick Lamar hit up "Chelsea Lately" last night.  Check out Chelsea's new fave "nugget" talking about growing up wanting to be Michael Jordan, Miley and sexin' in moms' minivan... Compton rapper K.Dot (his parents are from Chicago by the way) told Chelsea Handler how he started writing rap songs after being around so many adults as a kid, as well as his parents' parties. He took their drinking and sex stories and ran with them. After answering a hype YES to the question of if he's having sex, he revealed how his mom reacted once she found out he was having sex in her minivan.  Moms found a size 36C bra in the van and popped off after he tried to lie and say it was her bra.  Moms said she hadn't worn that size in 20 years. And about those hoop dreams, serious basketball fan Kendrick said he wanted to be MJ growing up, but was too short and small.  But related the game of professional basketball to his verse on "Control": “A lot of cats I named, they’re actually good friends of mine. I basically wanted to show that I’m competitive.  I'm sure Kobe & LeBron are good friends off the court.  But when you in that booth, you have to be able to annihilate whoever's out there .That keeps the level of hip-hop alive as far as the culture.” Chelsea's response, "I got you boo." Ha. And about Miley Cyrus, he said her foam finger and raunchy antics didn't affect what he was doing (he performed in the same song), but he was "definitely interested." Peep the full interview below:

PERFORMANCE FAB: Alicia Keys, Her New Hair & Maxwell SING "Fire We Make" On "GMA", Alicia Call Her Marriage To Swizz Beatz "Hot And Fiery" Posted: 30 Aug 2013 09:36 AM PDT Alicia Keys closed out the "GMA" concert series with a melody of her biggest hits and a duet with Maxwell.  Watch the performance inside and see Alicia talk about her sexy marriage to Swizz Beatz.... This morning, Alicia Keys took over Central Park and closed out the "GMA" Summer Concert Series with a few of her biggest hits and a surprise guest.  Not sure what was going on with this hair, but chile.... But we loved the rest of Alicia's morning look. She rocked a black mesh bodysuit with a pair of bright fuchsia trousers and some simple black sandals.  She knows what works for her body. Earlier this week, she talked to ABC News about her new initiative, "Empowered" where she dialogues with women around the US who are living with HIV.  She told ABC,  "Talking about HIV-AIDS, you know, it’s critical and it is our generation’s issue and if we don’t talk about it now, it’s going to continue. We tend to have a good international dialogue, like a good, healthy dialogue, but we’re not really discussing it in America. … We have to learn as much as we can and we have to share with as many people we can.”     And during her set, she brought out R&B crooner Maxwell for their "Fire We Make" duet.  At the end, the two linked hands and sang Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's classic "You're All I Need To Get By".  Well isn't that special.   Watch Alicia and Maxwell rock "Fire We Make" here:   Watch Alicia discuss her "hot and fiery" marriage here:   Photos via Michael Loccisano/Getty Images North America, Alicia's Twitter

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