Beyonce' Needs a Breath Mint, Says Nas

Hell hath no fury like a baby mama scorned.
Nas's ex is raking her acrylics over the rapper and his wife, Kelis, in a new tell-all book, "It's No Secret."
Carmen Bryan says he beat her, cheated on her, cut her child support, and then invited her for a threesome with the "Milkshake" singer, just before they married.
And you think your boyfriend has lousy foreplay.
Not that the self-described "hip-hop Helen of Troy" stayed home watching Oprah when her man was away. She found time to entertain Jay-Z and Allen Iverson while dating Nas.
She claims he beat her "with a closed fist" after finding out about one fling. In turn, she "pulled out my pepper spray from my back pocket and sprayed Nas down like he was some rabid pit bull," when he cheated.
Miz Bryan also claims Kelis doesn't wear deodorant, Jay-Z scrubs his butt in the shower (doesn't everyone?), and Nas once turned down a date with Beyonce because, he said, "to be honest, I can't take her breath."
Sure. Source: NY Daily News
MY TWO CENTS: I've heard rumors about B's breath and Kelis' body odor in the past. So, it could be that this is confirmation or it could be that Carmen is just regurgitating hood gossip.

Dreamgirl's Cast on Oprah

I only watched bits and pieces of the show, but I can't wait to see the movie. Here is Beyonce' performing "Listen".

Melyssa Ford Speaks Up

MABYE The Game can get away with insulting other women as slutty "bitches" - but not Melyssa Ford.
The beauty told Page Six she is "confused and saddened" by the song, "Never Get Far," in which the rapper lyricizes: "And all these new video bitches tryin' to be Melyssa Ford/But they don't know Melyssa Ford drive a Honda Accord."
"I am really confused and saddened that he decided to include my name on a record that disparages the characters of women who have worked hard in the industry to make successful careers for themselves," said Ford (who, in point of fact, does not drive a Honda Accord).
The song also says of Ford, a video model and TV personality: "She a video vixen, but behind closed doors/She do whatever it take to get to the Grammy Awards."
Ford is also hurt that Kanye West, a good friend of hers, performs with The Game on "Never Get Far." "I don't want to ride anyone's coattails towards fame," Ford told Page Six's Corynne Steindler. "That line . . . it's just horrible."...
Source:PageSix

FYI- I won't be posting too much this week. The holiday and my paying job have me quite busy. I promose to make up for it next week.
I was jamming to some old songs in my iPod and came across this:

Now, this is a party starter.

Eva, Eva, Eva

Fresh-start This
EVA Pigford has given the ax to the people who put her on the map. The curvy winner of the third season of "America's Next Top Model" has booted her co-managers Tyra Banks and Benny Medina and hired a new management team headed by Jerome Martin. She's also making her last name sound like less of a barnyard animal and will officially announce Friday that she's changing it to Marcille, her middle name. "She's looking for a fresh start," an insider said.
Source:PageSix

How Foul is This?

Oprah Wasn't Invited to Tom & Katie's Wedding
Tom Cruise may have famously jumped on Oprah Winfrey's couch to declare his love for Katie Holmes, but Winfrey won't be at his wedding in Italy Saturday.
"It's not that I'm not going," Winfrey tells Extra's AJ Calloway in a segment to air on Tuesday. "It's that they had a limited number of people that they could invite. I was not one of the invitees. That's fine. I don't get invited to everyone's wedding. I don't invite them to everything I do. But I wish them the best."
She continues, "I have a great deal of regard for their relationship and so I'm trying to think of what to get them."
Asked what she'll get the couple, she says, "I don't know! I was thinking … I'm easier (to shop for) – you can get me a bubble bath I'm okay – but I don't know what to give them."
Source:People.com
So, he can go and jump all over her couch, but she can't even get an invite?!

Blind Items

PageSix had these today. The last one has got to be Britney Spears.
Just Asking
WHICH ivory tickler, frequently caught drunken driving, is back on the sauce? The musician has stopped in a few of his local bars and had a few drinks, only to leave the bartenders no tip . . . WHICH singer had to deliver her child via Cesarean because of a raunchy STD her estranged husband gave her?

I Guess...

Swizz Beats didn't get the memo regarding hip-hop's boycott of Cristal...
Swizz Beats bought 10 bottles of Cristal for pals like Bre from "America's Next Top Model" — but Busta Rhymes chose Hennessy instead at John (Gungie) Rivera's regular Friday party at Jade Terrace in Times Square. Also in the house: Power 105 deejay Red Alert.
Source: NY Daily News

Random Thought and Miss Jones B-Day Bash

In the past four days, I've spotted two different folks rocking Jheri curls. Now, I know the number may not seem substantial, but it is given the nature of the situation. It's damn near 2007 and folks are sill letting people "follow their drip." I didn't even know that Care Free Curl was still in business. I know we've reverted back to 80s fashions, but please, please, do not allow the jheri juice to resurface.
And speaking of bad fashion, Miss Jones from Hot 97's Morning Show had a b-day party last week in NYC.
Her pic shall speak for itself....





Jim Jones reminds me so much of DJ Red Alert for some reason.

Hip-Hop (Awards) Heavy

There are so many pics, that I will only provide my personal comments on a select few. The awards air on Wednesday, 11/15, so tune in!
Here's how folks looked on the red and black carpets:














DJ Red Alert is finally starting to age.








Busta's outfit looked very old school and it looks like his muscles arent muscles anymore.


























What else can you expect from Da Brat?














Both Monica and Keyshia Cole could have done better. Come on, they let Bootz show them up...
Daron Jones from 112 was looking GOOD, until he broke out the man purse. There better be a good reason for that one!








Hell no, I wouldn't let Bruce Bruce hit it...



















Aww, look at Flav and Deelishus, letting the world now that they are still together and in dire need of a stylist.














No comments on Remy and Yo-Yo looks GREAT!

Blind Items

PageSix had the following blind items. I have no idea who the first two are, but the last one is SCREAMING Nicole Ritchie.
Just Asking

WHICH faded screen siren (think "Sunset Boulevard") has special instructions for her frequent visits to Cedars-Sinai? Written on her chart, it says, "No Filipino nurses!" Explained our source, "She hates them" . . . WHICH wealthy industrialist, who summers in the south of France, was turned down when he tried to buy an apartment at the Carlyle? Prospective neighbors didn't like his reputation for partying with fast women and a very fast boat . . . WHICH young Hollywood starlet had secret gastric bypass surgery, but then lost too much weight? During a recent four-day stint at a health clinic, she was actually having an operation to remove the bypass.

Gerald Levert Dead at 40

R&B singer Gerald Levert passed away today (Nov. 10) presumably of a heart attack. He was 40.

Levert, born in Cleveland, Ohio, was a founding member and the lead singer of the 1990's R&B trio LeVert, who scored big hits with "Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop (Goes My Mind)", "Casanova", and "ABC-123." He was also a part of R&B supergroup LSG, comprised of platinum selling R&B crooners Keith Sweat and Johnny Gill.

As a solo artist, Levert gained an immense fanbase with a string of R&B ballads ("I'd Give Anything (to Fall in Love)", "You Got That Love") from his numerous album projects on East West/Elektra Records.

Over the years, the vocal powerhouse has collaborated with Patti LaBelle, Miki Howard, Kelly Price, Teena Marie, Chris Rock and with his father, Eddie Levert, on many different occasions....
Source:Vibe.com

Some Great News...Maybe

For all of you Sex and The City fans who have been forced to find other ways to spend your Sunday nights, I have some good news for you. Plans to bring SATC to the big screen are reportedly in the works again. Aaaaallllll!!!!
After many delays, denials and rumored diva trips, OK! is delighted to exclusively reveal that the feature-film version of Sex and the City is back on track! It had been thought that the much talked about project would never get off the ground as talk of behind-the-scenes drama between the stars, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Nixon, kept on surfacing. While the gorgeous quartet has continually said there’s nothing to the rumors, individual projects, including Kristin's role in the upcoming film Deck the Halls (due out Nov. 22), have also been keeping the ladies from a possible reunion. But now, a studio insider reveals to OK!, it seems that, whatever the truth behind the hold-ups, substantial negotiations have opened with each of the star’s teams this week. “Obviously, there is still a lot to be worked out contractually, but it would be amazing to get this project off the ground,” the source explains to OK!. “There is no doubt that fans cannot wait to see them all reunited.”
Source: OK! Magazine

B!tch Please....

Kevin's Ex Says He's 'Such a Nice Guy'
Shar Jackson, the mother of Kevin Federline's two older children, thinks that people should stop treating her ex as a punching bag.

"He's such a nice guy," the actress, 30, told TV's Inside Edition, the Associated Press reports. "He's made some mistakes, but everybody else doesn't have the whole world pointing their finger at their mistakes."

Jackson has long been a staunch supporter of the aspiring rapper, who is currently on the road promoting his CD, Playing With Fire. In May, while Britney Spears was expecting her second child with Federline, Jackson told PEOPLE: "He's an amazing dad. … He's a good guy, and when he's not with (his kids), it hurts his heart that he misses them so much."
Source: People.com
Now Shar, are you having a slight case of amnesia here based on the $$$ that Kevin may get from Brit? Are you blinded by a possible payday? He CHEATED on you and LEFT you when you were pregnant with his child...

40/40 Celebration

Last night was the one year anniversary for the AC branch of 40/40. Of course, Beyonce' came through to support her man.








It looks like they we're listening to Jay's single right here. Hands up and wave...





Peedi Crack (looking a little off) and Tru Life were there.





So were Funkmaster Flex and Monie Love. Monie has aged very well and I LOVE her Gucci purse. Now, if you guys click the ad on top of the page, I can start saving up for one of my very own. LOL





Judging from the pictures, the party looks boring. I am just going to assume that the photographer didn't totally do his job.

Earlier that day...








B performed on TRL. Looking good as usual....

Random Thought and Some Nice Pics

I bet the men are HATING Beyonce' right now for that "Irreplaceable" song. LOL
Everywhere I go, I hear it blasting from iPods, car stereos, apartment windows, all while women walking by hear and start singing alone. It's the R-E-S-P-E-C-T joint for 2006.
Now moving on with our regularly scheduled program, Iman and Alicia Keys hosted the "The Black Ball" to Benefit Keep A Child Alive Hosted in NYC last night.
AK and Iman looked great!





Russell and Kimora were there. Looking nothing like a couple headed for splitsville.





So was Gayle, without Oprah.





Dame Dash and Rachel Roy made an appearance. Here they are pictured with Helena Christensen





Even Tom and Katie came through. Looks like everyone had fun.

TMI Diddy....TMI!!!

Sean Combs seems bent on beating Sting's record for sexual endurance. Diddy boasts in Giant magazine that, thanks to Tantric discipline, he and girlfriend Kim Porter have made love for as long as "28 hours." (Combs may have missed Sting's later admission that he was joking about having sex for seven hours with wife Trudie Styler.) Asked whether he slept with Porter during his romance with Jennifer Lopez, Diddy "drops his head and nods. 'Ummm, yeah.' "
Source: NY Daily News

R.I.P. Ed Bradley!

I still remember his 60 Minutes interview with Jay-Z like it was yesterday. I remember thinking, "What?! Jigga on 60 Minutes?!"





60 Minutes Correspondent Ed Bradley Dies

TV newsman Ed Bradley, who spent 26 seasons on the CBS newsmagazine program 60 Minutes, has died from complications of leukemia, network anchorwoman Katie Couric announced on the air Thursday. He was 65.

Speaking to FOX News, colleague Mike Wallace called Bradley "a man of gentleness and man of strength, a man of integrity. Bradley was a complete reporter and a reporter's reporter. He covered the world, really."

Bradley had joined the CBS news program during the 1981-82 season. He also anchored and reported hour-long specials...
Source: People.com

Not to Toot My Own Horn...

Back in July, I posted the following entry on the DakotaJonesKnows blog, note the timestamp and peep the archives:
"A Little Birdy Told Me..."

I'm hearing The Game's next album will be loaded with guest features. Okay, so you already knew that.
But, an interesting twist is that he is expected to team up with no other than Ja Rule for a track. Now, if this goes down, it could be rather interesting. We all know how Fiddy gets when he feels that alliances are formed against him.
As long as it's kept on wax, it could make for some classic diss records.
posted by DakotaJonesKnows at 9:19 AM on Jul 27 2006
As it would be, folks are JUST reporting about Ja Rule's collab with Game. I guess when you are under the radar, as I will admit I am FOR NOW, you get side stepped and overlooked. Please forward my site to your friends, enemies, baby mamas and fathers, etc., etc.
As you can see, they need to be up on this!
Peace,
Dakota Jones

Can't Say I Didn't See This Coming...

Britney Spears Files for Divorce
TMZ obtained the legal papers, filed today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing "irreconcilable differences." In her petition, Spears asks for both legal and physical custody of the couple's two children, one-year old Sean Preston and two-month old Jayden James, with Federline getting reasonable visitation rights.

As for money, sources tell TMZ the couple, who married in Sept. 2004, has an iron-clad prenup. Not surprisingly, Spears is waiving her right to spousal support. She's also asking the judge to make each party pay their own attorney's fees.

Spears gives the date of separation as yesterday, the same day she flaunted her incredible revamped physique during a surprise appearance on David Letterman's show. Sources tell TMZ there was no single reason for Britney pulling the plug, rather, it was "a string of events."
Source:TMZ.com

Attention! Attention!

I will NOT be blogging about Kanye West and his antics at a recent awards show. Nor will I be blogging about Superhead and Bobby Brown's alleged love child (until it's confirmed that she is pregnant and who the daddy is)!
Just figured you should know in case you thought I was slacking....PEACE!

Busta In Trouble...Again!

Well, he certainly knows how to keep his name in the press! I think some of these rappers exaggerate their actions.
Busta's busted in cell-phone rapping

Busta Rhymes rapped his way into a ticket last night when cops caught him yakking on his cellphone while driving, police said.

The superstar recording artist was spotted on the phone as he cruised past the Midtown North police station on W. 54th St. about 7p.m., cops said.

The 34-year-old rapper, whose real name is Trevor Smith, has had other brushes with the law. He was notoriously uncooperative with investigators after his bodyguard, Israel Ramirez, 29, was gunned down in Brooklyn during the video shoot for Rhymes' "Touch It (Remix)" last February.

Then, in August, Rhymes was charged with assault for allegedly pummeling a Bronx man who spat on the rapper's auto in Chelsea.
Source:NY Daily News

Out and About

Damon Dash and wife Rachel Roy hit up Bette Midler's Annual Halloween Gala. Who would have thunk it? Dame Dash chillin' with Bette Midler...








Heidi Klum hosted her 7th Annual Halloween affair. Here are her and hubby Seal:. Aren't they cute and creative?






And Lil' Jon attended too.

A Blast From the Past

Okay, so she isn't really old school, but Sara from Making the Band 2 was spotted in NYC shooting a new video. I didn't even know that she had a record deal.











She looks great!