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The latest happenings in the music!!

Week of September 18-23, 2011

Ray-J and Fabolous come to blows of their own after the Mayweather/Ortiz fight in Vegas

 As if things weren’t already heated after the unexpected knockout of Victor Ortiz by Floyd “Money” Mayweather, things were just getting started for rapper Fabolous and R&B singer Ray J. According to reports, on September 17, Fabolous took to Twitter to discuss a scene on the HBO documentary ‘24/7’, which featured Mayweather and Ortiz as they prepared for their highly-anticipated Las Vegas fight. In a particular scene, Ray J is seen in Mayweather’s home, playing the piano and singing his 2005 hit “One Wish”. Finding amusement in this, the Brooklyn rapper tweeted, "Nah but Floyd saying we havin a concert in my living room & the camera cuts to Ray J singing 'One Wish' on the piano had me in tears!!" "Get it..? Ray J concert in the living room!! *Lil Wayne voice* N---- Ray J doin a concert in his living room... Lmaoooooo."

 Seeing nothing funny about the statements, Ray J approached Fabolous minutes before he was to perform at the Palms Hotel in Vegas to confront him. Words were exchanged and before you knew it, an all-out brawl took place. In the initial report, Fabolous allegedly knocked Ray J unconscious before being arrested.

 In an interview on Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club”, the younger brother of R&B singer Brandy took to the air to discuss the night in his words and why he took offense to Fab’s tweets.

 "Don't disrespect me and Floyd like that," Ray J explained in a heated tone. "I play piano on that motherf---in' piano every day. That's my big brother, n---a we grew up together. So if you think that I just came over there and sang a song, n---a you got me twisted. N---a I'm over there everyday."

 When asked about the rumor that Fabolous knocked him unconscious, Ray J went from heated to livid! "N----s sayin' Ray J got beat up?" he questioned. "I'll sock that n---a in his face again my n---a. All I'm saying is if you got Fabs number, tell that n---a to send a picture of his face right now."

To be continued….

{Ray J's Rant on 105.1 "The Breakfast Club"}

Musiq shines light on breast cancer with his new video, ‘Yes’

 "Dedicated to all loved ones who are in the fight against breast cancer," those are the endearing words commencing the visuals for Musiq Soulchild's 'Yes,' a single off his sixth album, 'MUSIQINTHEMAGIQ.'

 In a specific scene in the video, Musiq accidentally walks in on his girlfriend in the bathroom as she fixes her bra to hide the painful truth that she has breast cancer. Angered, she slams the door in his face. As he sings, "Don't you feel like/ You never gotta worry about my/ Feelings changing for you over time/ 'Cause when I say I'm here/ Girl, I mean it," she lets her guard down and embraces him knowing her battle.

An ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure Circle of Promise, the ‘Love’ singer welcomed real breast cancer survivors on the set of the video, where they make a cameo as he weds the woman who has his heart and his support.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!!

{Musiq Soulchild; Yes}

 Beyonce opens up about pregnancy and plans on creating her own record label

 A very private Beyonce stunned the world when she revealed that she and hubby Jay-z were expecting their first child together on the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards; and since then, the glow of the ‘Dangerously in Love’ songstress has been undeniable. While promoting her House of Dereon line in London with her mother, Tina Knowles, Beyonce opens up and shares her joys of being a mommy-to-be!

 "I am having so much fun, it has been the most fun time now that it has been announced and I don't have to, you know, it was really difficult to conceal, " Beyonce told CNN UK. "But now that I can be proud and excited about it, I'm having so much fun shopping -- it's great!"

 As if creating a clothing line while being pregnant wasn't enough, Beyonce, 30, is showing no signs of slowing down. Taking a backseat from the limelight for the time being, Mrs. Carter announces plans to follow in the footsteps of her father, Matthew Knowles, creator of Music World Entertainment and hubby, founder of RocNation, to create her own record label. "I am starting my company, my label," the R&B star told the Associated Press. "I see so many male artists building these empires and passing their knowledge on to other artists and development. I see myself doing the same thing and hopefully other younger artists when they grow up and they have been around for 15, 20 years, they can do the same thing.”

With a new baby and new career ventures on the horizon, 2012 is looking to be Beyonce’s best year to-date!

{Beyonce; 1+1}

Forbes selects Diddy as first rap billionaire, but other rappers disagree

 Back in the 90s Bad Boy Records CEO, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs told the world that “We can’t stop because we wont stop!” and with over a decade in the game, it’s safe to say that the driving force in Diddy-Dirty Money may have been on to something.

 Forbes Magazine has predicated that the hip-hop mogul will be the first rap star to be featured in the renowned Forbes 400 list of American’s richest citizens, beating out Jay-Z and 50 Cent.

 Currently estimated at a nice $550 million, Diddy is cruising close to a billion with his healthy profit with Ciroc vodka, valued close to $1 billion, ownership stakes in his Sean John clothing line and Enyce clothing line, his marketing company Blue Flame, and of course, Bad Boy Records.

 While some may argue the fact the hip-hop mogul Jay-Z didn’t make the cut, with his Live Nation deal, 40/40 Clubs, and ownership of the New Jersey Nets, it comes to a shock that Cash Money’s CEO Brian ‘Baby’ Williams, is against Forbes choice, citing that rapper Lil Wayne’s Young Money camp has there hearts set on breaking the bank!

"I think Young Money Cash Money would be the first billion-dollar brand in hip-hop," Baby claimed, in an email to Forbes. "We strong and growing every day as a brand and fast. Within the next few years we will be billionaires."

{Diddy-Dirty Money; Your Love}

 R&B Singer Vesta Williams dies at 53

 On Thursday September 22, R&B singer Vesta Williams was found dead in a California hotel room.

 According to a recent interview, the 80s songstress was in what seemed to be good health. "I'm just actually excited about being 53 years old and alive and well and kickin'," Williams shared at the 2:18 mark. "I don't have any problems, nothing, no medical problems, nothing, and I'm too blessed to be stressed."

 Having several hits climb the charts, her biggest hit came in 1989 with the song, “Congratulations”, which scored a #5 position on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop song charts. Amongst that hit, six more of her songs landed in the top 10 on the charts from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s; none reaching certified gold status.

 According to TMZ, several prescription pill bottles were found in the El Segundo, Calif. hotel room where Williams was found dead. Law enforcement sources stated "several bottles" were discovered at the scene, some apparently empty.

 Treated as accident of suicide for the time being, toxicology results for her official cause of death will become available in the next 6-8 weeks.

{Vesta Williams: Congratulations}