FILLMORE @ IRVING PLAZA!!!

N*E*R*D just killed it twice in NYC this week! Thanks to Jay Electronica for setting it off! Here are pictures from the Fillmore show which took place this past Wednesday.

NEW SONG: DRAKE – “FIND YOUR LOVE” (PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST)!!!

Up and coming rapper Drake is hard at work completing his highly anticipated debut album Thank Me Later while touring the country for his “Away From Home Tour” and today “Find Your Love,” the second single from his inaugural project leaked the web! The track, produced by Kanye West, features Yeezy’s signature Casio style drum beats with Drake’s singing voice on top of it; and the music video for it was shot a couple of weeks ago in Kingston, Jamaica by Anthony Mandler, who was also responsible for the direction for “Over.”

Take a listen to the song above

USHER ENGAGED TO GRACE MIGUEL & THEY HAVE A BABY ON THE WAY???? + PICS OF THEM & HIS SONS OUT & ABOUT!!!!

Uh-oh… here we go again! The word on the sidewalk is that R&B singer Usher has been laying up under a new woman named Grace Miguel for a minute, and now they’re engaged AND expecting! This is supposedly the same woman Usher had been seeing when he and his now ex-wife Tameka Foster started to drift apart. And now that his divorce is 100% final as of November 2009, rumors suggest that Usher is about to jump into a marriage and welcome his third child into the world not even a year after signing the “Papers” for his divorce!

And guess what else? Apparently Usher and Grace were spotted together at a park in Atlanta with Usher’s two sons Naviyd and “Cinco!” The YBF has all of the details about Usher, his new woman, their new baby and their recent outing:

While Usher and Tameka Foster officially divorced in November, they were still legally married (and together) when Usher started dating former Def Jam exec Grace Miguel. And Usher is clearly continuing his pattern of quickly marrying an older woman and getting her impregnated sooner than he can say “Daddy’s Home.”

This past Sunday, Usher was caught in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park with his two sons, Naviyd and “Cinco”, and Grace. When the two were asked to pose for a picture, they both turned and moved very quickly from the cameras. Still, the pic (above) was snapped from behind (Grace on the far left, Usher and the kids on the right).

We’re told that Grace, who is still surprisingly legally married herself, is about 3 months along and not showing much yet. But she will be soon, in case Usher predictably tries to deny our story. It’s well known throughout Usher’s circle that Grace is expecting, but folks for some reason are not speaking about it.

UPDATE: TITO ORTIZ & JENNA JAMESON RETRACT CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OTHER… NO VIOLENCE OR DRUG USAGE OCCURRED!!!

I recently reported that Tito Ortiz was arrested for allegedly beating up his longtime girlfriend Jenna Jameson. Since then, Jenna has publicly made claims that Ortiz did indeed put his hands on her and Ortiz made claims that Jenna was on drugs.

Well guess what? Now TMZ is reporting that Jenna and Tito are changing up the story and they are both retracting the claims against each other. So basically Tito “did not touch Jenna” and “Jenna is not on drugs?”

Jenna, who accused Tito of injuring her during an argument, now tells TMZ, “What actually happened has now been dramatically distorted and misinterpreted and remarks that both Tito and I made after the police arrived reflect the state of shock that we were both in.” Translation — he didn’t hurt me.

As for Tito, we’re told he’s now backing off what he strongly insinuated … that Jenna is an OxyContin addict. We’re told Tito’s position now is that he found two OxyContin pills and may have jumped to conclusions. Jenna says the pills were very old. And, as we first reported, Jenna tested negative for drugs this week. Tito’s lawyer, Chip Matthews, tells TMZ the whole thing was “a big misunderstanding.”

ROBERT CURRY FROM DAY 26 WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT HE IS NOT GAY!!!

Robert Curry of the R&B singing group Day 26 wants to clear up rumors suggesting that he was gay after a tweet saying “I’m gay and I don’t care…” was sent from his Twitter account the other night. Via our homegirl Necole Bitchie:

Robert of Day 26 called into Hot 102.7 in Detroit to clear up the rumors that he was not gay after a “I’m gay and I don’t care…” tweet was sent from his twitter account last night. [screen shot] He says that he loves and adores women and someone is out to get him. He also says that his publicist deleted his twitter account right afterwards and he has since created a new one.

“I am not gay. I’ve never been gay and I will never be gay” – Robert

TIKI BARBER’S WIFE GINNY HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE!!!!

Former NFL player Tiki Barber has been served divorce papers by his pregnant wife Ginny on claims of Tiki being unfaithful to her. Ginny, who is currently pregnant with twins and on bed rest made this move following reports of Barber having an affair with a hot young blonde NBC intern named Traci Lynn Johnson. The Today Show corespondent’s now estranged wife also says that he’s been “low-balling” her in possible out-of-court settlements over child/spousal support, which prompted her to take everything to the courts.

“He couldn’t be more heartless,” said a friend of the gridiron great and his eight-months-pregnant wife, Ginny, whose Manhattan divorce suit cites tricky Tiki’s “adultery. [Ginny] is very heavily pregnant and was last week ordered into the hospital on bed rest,” the friend said. Tiki, who already has two sons with Ginny — A.J., 7 and Chason, 6 — is now shacked up with the sultry Johnson in a Midtown love nest.

When ducking out of that apartment and into his car yesterday, Tiki refused to answer a reporter’s questions and only flashed a grin when asked whether he had recently spoken with his wife. Ginny Barber is also outraged that Tiki has been low-balling her in out-of-court negotiations over financial support, a family friend said. ”Tiki refused to give her anything close to what she needs,” the friend said. “The reason she filed is that settlement talks didn’t work.”

The divorce action was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court and accepted by Tiki’s matrimonial lawyer on his behalf.

GAME X PHARRELL!!!

Here are more pictures from Game’s “It Must Be Me” video shoot

USHER COVERS 944 ATLANTA MAGAZINE + VIDEO OF HIM PERFORMING “THERE GOES MY BABY” ON IHEARTRADIO!!!

Usher is featured on the cover of 944 Atlanta Magazine’s April 2010 issue and in his interview, the R&B singer discussed several things and once again, denied that his new project Raymond v. Raymond and the album’s buzz single “Papers” is about his divorce from Tameka Foster. Peep an excerpt from the issue below:

On Raymond’s controversial single “Papers,” Usher, now 31, appears to blame the disconnection from his mother Jonetta Patton (she managed him until he relieved her of the position two years ago), and recent career problems, on his relationship with Tameka Foster, even though he says the song isn’t a direct reflection of his life.

“We were still happily married when I recorded that song. It was just a creative thing,” he says, calling from Los Angeles. Now divorced – it was finalized in 2009 – the two share two kids (Usher V, 2 and Nayvid, 1). “By no means did I mean to disrespect Tameka. I appreciate all of the times we had. It’s a difficult situation. But, we are raising two children together. We are forever linked.”

The title of his new project suggests a window into the dynamics of the former relationship, but Usher views it differently. “People just assume that Raymond v. Raymond means Usher versus his ex-wife,” he says. “But it is a personal evaluation. We are our own worst enemy, and we are our greatest supporter at the same time.”

The R&B singer hit up iHeartRadio recently and performed a new track from his new album “There Goes My Baby” live on stage.

NEW SONG: KELLY ROWLAND – “COMMANDER"!!!

The high quality version of Kelly Rowland’s official single “Commander” has finally surfaced (shout out to That Grape Juice)! The dance track was penned by Rico Love and produced by David Guetta, who was the mastermind behind Rowland’s previous hit “When Love Takes Over.” We think it’s safe to say that Kelly has abandoned her R&B roots for the whole dance/pop route and so we’ll have to see how well this works out for her. The song will undoubtedly do well in the clubs and overseas but will this grab the attention of fans over here in the States? Take a listen to the song above.

VIDEO: WHITNEY HOUSTON MURDERS HER FAMOUS SONG “I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU” AT HER CONCERT IN LONDON!!!

R&B diva Whitney Houston is once again making headlines following another piss poor vocal performance at one of her concerts in London. After basically butchering one of the song she’s most famous for “I Will Always Love You” Sunday night (Apr 25), Houston made an attempt to apologize to her fans and blamed her shaky performance on the air conditioning.

The embarrassing moment comes only weeks after Houston had a tough time with the song at an early U.K. tour stop in Birmingham. Hundreds of unimpressed fans walked out of the show, according to a report from USA Today.

“She don’t want to come, my soprano friend,” Houston told the crowd after the lackluster rendition. “Sometimes the old girl sings, but not tonight. I want to do it, but she doesn’t want to . . . She’s getting a little . . . temperamental, even.”

The singer also reportedly put the show on hold several times, once to catch her breath and again to have venue officials turn off the air conditioning. The singer continues her European tour on Friday at the Golf Costa Adeje in Adeje, Spain.

HEIDI MONTAG CAN’T CHEW A HAMBURGER BECAUSE OF ALL THAT PLASTIC SURGERY SHE’S HAD DONE TO HER FACE!!!!

According to a new clip from the premiere of the sixth season of MTV’s hit reality show “The Hills,” which aired on TV last night, Heidi Montag can’t even enjoy a hamburger because she’s had so much plastic surgery done to her face that it hurts to chew! In the clip, Heidi became the butt of her family’s jokes as they made fun of her “new face.”

On The Hills’ sixth season premiere, Heidi Montag’s family grills her about undergoing 10 plastic surgery operations in one day. Her sister Holly tells her she was shocked Heidi, 23, got all the work done because she always had “confidence … I don’t know what happened” Heidi, 23, says she just “wanted to be happier.” But her mom tells Heidi she needs to deal with her “insecurity on a psychological level.”

“You don’t live where I live!” Heidi snaps back. “So should you not live in that area?” her mom asks her.

The extent of Heidi’s surgery is revealed when the reality star tries to eat a burger. “How’s that burger?” her sister asks. “I can’t really chew it,” Heidi says. Flustered, her mom spats, “Want me to put it in a blender for you?”

Continue reading to check out the hilarious clip!

RAY J’S ADVICE ON TAKING NUDE PICS: “DON’T DO IT IF YOU AIN’T TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP…”!!!

VH1 reality star Ray J is offering his advice on celebrities taking nude pictures that end up getting leaked: “Don’t do it!” Ray J, who was involved in a sex tape scandal of his own a couple years back, posted a blog entry to Vibe.com Monday (Apr 26) talking about keeping your “stuff” private because you never know where it may end up in the future:

First off, if you want to keep your stuff private then you can’t have nude photos in your portfolio. You can’t have that on your computer. That’s the first way to stay away from it: Don’t do it. And then the second thing is don’t do it. Lol. People can always find a way to get it out because sometimes you might have a best friend or a righthand that you get into it with and they could’ve had that footage and you telling them how you feel about them and you ain’t gon’ never deal with them and Eff you and then the next thing you know, boom there it is.

So you never know. My advice is don’t do it if you ain’t trying to get caught up. Now, it’s a trend. Back then it was for real. It was something that really had to happen for it to be explosive. Now, people can tell a trend from something else. Sometimes people are doing it for publicity but if you doing it for publicity you better look good! That’s all I’m saying. I’ve seen a couple of them because I’m 18 and over and when I looked, it said, “Click if you’re 18 and over,” so I was like, Yep I’m cool, and then I clicked it.

It’s all about how you deal with it. With me, I had a lot of explicit offers come to the table with a lot of money being offered to me and I could’ve been blinded by the money as far as traveling down that road and then I think for sure career over. But it’s just all how you deal with it. If you learn from it and try to move on and do things that’s are more positive in your career and not suck yourself into the negativity, I think that’s how you overcome that.

MUSIC VIDEO: T.I. – “I’M BACK”!!!

The uncontested “King of the South” T.I. wants everyone to know that he’s back! The Atlanta rapper debuted his brand new music video for his new album’s buzz single “I’m Back” this week, marking his first video release since he was sprung from prison earlier this year.

Tip’s forthcoming 7th studio album King Uncaged is due to be released in stores on August 17th.

“I want to maintain the level of success I’ve been fortunate enough to do, over and over again, over the years,” Tip said about his new album King Uncaged. “This album is different in many ways. I think that Paper Trail was a lot more about thoughts; this is more about feelings. This is significantly more aggressive, or at least at this period in production. Who knows? I can do 10 love songs tomorrow and change the direction. At this point, right now, it’s going hard. It’s going hard like classic T.I.”

Peep T.I.’s brand new music video for “I’m Back” below…

LIL. WAYNE TALKS ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT, HIS FOUR BABY MAMAS, & SHANELL IN OZONE MAGAZINE’S 6TH ANNUAL SEX ISSUE!!!

Young Money front-man Lil Wayne is featured on the cover of Ozone Magazine’s sixth annual “Sex Issue” even though he’s currently serving a year-long bid behind bars up in Rikers. The interview was conducted just before he began his prison sentence and in it, Wayne touches on a range of subjects, including his thoughts on child support, his newest baby mamas Lauren London and Nivea, his rumored relationship with Young Money artist Shanell, and more. Also notice how we said “touched on” because some of his answers are very vague, but still interesting none-the-less! Check out a few excerpts from the interview below:

On whether he considers himself a good father and child support:
I’m not on child support with none of my kids cause I’m a great father. So it’s not determined by how much money you’re paying at all. That’s not what it’s about. It’s about being there and being that important person in their lives. It’s about being #1 or #2 in their life. That’s very important for your child, to make sure you’re that #1 or #2. Because if you’re not, you know what #1 or #2 could end up being. That’s the most important thing of all. I just try to make sure I’m of the highest importance in their lives, next to their moms.

I know you’re generally not too concerned about the critics, but you did get a lot of flak for the four baby mamas.
I don’t think what people think should be any concern of anybody’s. It’s definitely not a concern of mine. I’d be crazy if it was and you’re crazy if you are.

I think people translate “he has four baby mamas” as “he disrespects women.”
But that goes back to me not caring about what people think or say. They wanna be [baby mama] number five, six, and seven, so…

Did you go through a phase where you were, um… wanting to spread your seed? Or was it just the way things happened?
You’d have to be a woman that’s with me to know what phase I was going through. If I was to answer that question for you or for the world or for this magazine, then I’d be the dumbest ni*** on the planet.

How are you able to have several baby mothers and they all appear to get along pretty well?
That’s another answer that’s none of your concern. Shouldn’t be.

STACEY DASH IS THE WORLD’S SEXIEST 44-YEAR-OLD COVER GIRL! CHECK HER OUT IN SMOOTH MAGAZINE!!!

The very sexy Stacey Dash is appearing in the latest issue of Smooth Magazine! This girl is still killing the game at the age of 44 and she looks better than 90% of the women who typically pose in these kinds of magazines. And she’s twice their age!

In Smooth’s latest issue, Dash talks about everything from her new love life to cooking:

“Stacey Dash can cook. But let’s get it straight: I don’t like to cook. If I’m in the mood, I can cook, but I don’t want you count on me to cook for you every day, because it’s not going to happen.”

A special shout out to Stacey Dash for definitely keeping her body nice and trim during her 44 years of life. Here’s a few more shots from the spread:

BOW WOW SPEAKS ON GROUPIES: “A WOMAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE PURE”!!!

Bow Wow recently took some time to talk to Ozone Magazine about his perception of groupies and he had some interesting things to say about the constant jumpoffs that tend to come his way:

Since you were very young when you started out in the business, have you kinda gotten over the appeal of the groupies and the models?

I was exposed to a lot of things at an early age. There’s always moments where I don’t feel like being with a chick, because I know I’m going to be a laughingstock if I try to get too serious with her. There’s probably another rapper or ballplayer she’s kickin’ it with. So, I do get tired of it, but some days I might just want to get a couple of girls around and we’re all just kickin’ it with no strings attached and no feelings. Sometimes you want to have girls around for that. So I’m half and half with it. Some days I don’t want to be bothered with [groupies], and some days I want some fun girls around.

You mentioned earlier that you wouldn’t want to date a girl who’s kickin’ it with another ballplayer or rapper. Why do you think there’s still such a double standard between men and women?

A woman is supposed to be pure. That’s what makes a woman a woman. A woman is supposed to cherish her body. Guys are like, we’re the dog. We’re the inner beast; the lion. I’m not saying it’s cool, but there’s a difference between men and women. It’s been that way forever. A woman is supposed to be pure and respect her body. As guys, we’re dogs. Dogs are messy and dirty. Dogs sniff themselves. That’s just what dogs do. I guess it’s a stereotype that we’ll never be able to get away from. There are some things that women can get away with that guys can’t get away with. So I think there will always be a double standard.

DREXEL UNIVERSITY!!!

EPHEMICROPOLIS!!!

So simple yet so memorizing. Staple art created by Peter Root,
this took over 40 hours and 100,000 staples!

The making of Ephemicropolis from Peter Root on Vimeo.

MANSIONS ON THE MOON – SHE MAKES ME FEEL!!!

What do you guys think? Shae is working with these guys and wanted you guys to check them out….

LOUIS VUITTON IPAD COVERS!!!

These won’t be released until 2011 which will probably be right in time for the 2nd generation…

COMPTON GYM!!!

Big Ben on the scene in Compton. The Game and Pharrell are shooting a video today, more pictures coming soon!

WOOD HARD DRIVE ENCLOSURES!!!

Step it up! These custom wood enclosures are handmade and come in different sizes to fit around your hard drive. They range
from $100 to $145, click here for more info.

A TOUR OF THE WORLD IN 80 SECONDS!!!

Inspired by Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days and obviously paid for by a camera company!
Directed by Romain Pergeaux & Alex Profit in 3 weeks.

TOWSON UNIVERSITY!!!

B.O.B.!!!

Presents “The Adventures of Bobby Ray”. Go get that album it came out today and if they come to your town check out B.O.B
and Lupe Live!!!

JUSTIN BIEBER’S 1ST AUSTRALIAN GIG SCRAPPED DUE TO OUT OF CONTROL, STAMPEDING FANS!!!

Even people all the way “down under” in Australia have caught the Bieber fever!

Justin Bieber’s very first concert in Australia was canceled this morning (Mon. Apr 26) after a crowd of thousands of young girls got out of control and caused a stampede just before the singer arrived. Several girls were injured in the melee (10 of them fainted) and police were called to the scene to help resolve the situation.

The rising pop star was due to perform three songs on Australian morning show “Sunrise” but the multi-song set had to be cut down to just one song (inside of a building behind glass windows, instead of outside) when a massive group of teen-aged girls, most of which who camped out overnight, rushed the stage, creating a dangerous environment for other attendees.

“Everybody was just shoving and pushing forward. They had two massive screens out, and they started to play Justin Bieber songs and everybody started cheering and pushing forward more,” Sophie Kelly (13 eyars old) told the Sydney Morning Herald. “But [the host] was acting like the whole thing was a joke, and he kept on adding Justin Bieber things in there and so people just kept on screaming and pushing forward more.”

Following the chaotic scene, a handful of the teenagers and pre-teens were taken to the hospital and were treated for injuries. And after all was said and done, Australian police were forced to cancel the free, outdoor concert and moved it indoors.

But this isn’t the first time Justin’s presence has caused a chaotic scene like this. Back in March, a Bieber appearance at a shopping mall here in the U.S. was canceled when the building got too crowded. In addition, another show in Paris had to be canceled after crowds created a dangerous situation for other fans and Bieber himself.

EVE SPEAKS ON HER OLD LABEL: “INTERSCOPE WAS STUPID!”!!!

Female rapper Eve recently spoke with Vibe Magazine to get some things off her tattoo’d chest about how she feels about Jimmy Iovine and her former label Interscope Records. She says she has no hard feelings towards Iovine because at the end of the day, business is business. But she definitely put it out there that she did not appreciate the way the situation was handled when she was dropped from the label.

“[Interscope was] stupid because they didn’t drop me at first, they [just shelfed me] and dropped the ball. After ‘Tambourine’, they straight up were like, ‘Umm, yeah, nah, we’re not putting out the record.’ After that I was like ‘Yall gotta let me go. I’ve been here 11 years and you’re frontin on me?’ It got to that point,” she reveals.

Eve who’s debut album off Interscope, Let There Be Eve… Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, debuted in 1999, says she loves the label’s chairman, Jimmy Iovine, but admits that he’s motivated by trends, no matter how much faith he’s already invested in a senior artist – “I’m not going to talk shit about him, but I don’t appreciate the fact that he didn’t go the extra mile for me.”

However, the main reason the Philly chick says she left disgruntled has everything to do with a pledge that was made to her before her 4th album, Flirt was meant to drop in 2007. “They promised me the machine. The machine is basically the roll out. It’s ‘Yo, when [Flirt] comes out, we’ll give you this, we’ll give you that. And that’s what made me mad. It’d be different if we didn’t have a mtg where people promised me shit. If they were just like ‘Oh we’re going to put the album out and see what happens,’ that would be one thing,” she says.
“But they were like ‘No, we’re making sure this happens, it’s coming out on this date.’ It was concrete. But it’s all good, everything happens how it’s supposed to, when it’s supposed to.”

Eve confesses experiencing a short surge of confusion. “I definitely went through a period of ‘Are you serious?’ I think I didn’t know how to feel. Once it finally happened, it’s like ‘Damn, so you wasn’t really fucking with me?’ I went through a lot of different thoughts, but that only lasted for two days.”

COURTNEY LOVE ADMITS TO USING CRACK, ONE NIGHT STAND WITH KATE MOSS & MORE ON THE HOWARD STERN SHOW!!!!

Courtney Love appeared on The Howard Stern Show today to promote her new album. Courtney was in her usual “crackish” form. She was an hour late to the interview simply because she was sitting on the floor in the Sirius/XM Studios’ lobby crying over the fact that some unknown guy gave her the boot after she him the goods.

Once Courtney Love finally arrived, she let Howard Stern egg her into admitting that she was on crack… as if we didn’t already know! And on top of this, she admitted that she has a fetish for women and once had a late night stand with none other than supermodel Kate Moss, who also used to smoke crack.

The Kate Moss revelation tumbled out of Courtney Love in response to one of Howard Stern’s staple questions. “You’ll get it on with other girls?” Stern asked Love. ”My only one on one was-I was out of my mind-was the supermodel. And she’s notoriously, pretty much gay. And that’s because every girlfriend I have in London has had sex with her. So, some time in the 90s, sometime late 90s, um, I was in an Italian city with her and she pretty much chased me around the room. Literally, like she was the aggressor. And I thought: ‘ You know what? If you’re gonna do it, do it with that one. Do it with that one.’ It wasn’t Naomi Campbell for god’s sakes,….it’s just like a hot supermodel.”

Howard Stern steered the slurring rock star towards more details “You’re talking someone as hot as like a Gisele,” said Stern of supermodel Gisele Bundchen.. “Older than Gisele, but perennial,” replied Love coyly. “Like an Elle McPherson beautiful,” Stern continued. “Prettier,” replied Love, then imitated the as yet unnamed supermodel’s British accent: “Remember when we were in Milan?”

“Kate Moss!” exclaimed Robin Quivers in what had become a bizarro lesbian-supermodel version of What’s My Line? Love went silent for several seconds, then adopted a facetious tone and cooed: “Noooo. That’s not true.”

“You got it on with Kate Moss,” stated Howard Stern proudly, taking time to visualize. Love then gave up the denials and launched into graphic details. “I was really really wasted,” replied Love. “I don’t remember much, I just remember waking up in the morning and looking at this face…It was so feline and beautiful and she was asleep and I was like ‘Oh my God’.”

N*E*R*D AT M.I.T!!!