Kevin Federline isn’t getting much love from the hip hop community. Not even twenty-four hours his debut on the Teen Choice Awards, where he performed his new single “Lose Control,” the footage was being passed around, and subsequently slammed, on cyberspace sites like YouTube.

K-Fed was introduced by his wife, a very-pregnant Britney Spears who said, “This show has been very good to me and my career over the years, so I’m hoping that it will be as good to our next performer.”

Alesha Dixon, former member of British R&B girl group Mis-Teeq, is dropping her debut solo album called Fire’d Up.

“I’m taking it back to the old school, the days of funk when it was about the raw musical energy.”

After he wraps his current tour opening for Mariah Carey, dancehall star Sean Paul will head back into the studio to resume work on a new album for what he hopes to be an early 2007 release.

While Paul says there is no title or concept yet, he has been delving into more socially aware songs of late. "There’s a song in I did about a month ago called ‘Sufferer,’" he tells AOL Music. "It’s talking on behalf of the sufferers — kids who are not spoken for.

Teen singer Cassie has apologised to fans for her lacklustre live performances. The 19-year-old posted a message on her MySpace.com page insisting she’s desperately trying to improve her stage shows. She writes, "I am aware that my live performances have been pretty bad. No excuses, I’m still getting over stage fright."

The star also takes issue with the fact some people think her hit song Me + U is about oral sex.

Roberto Lebron, the young man who claims Busta Rhymes stomped him out earlier this month, divulged more details about the incident yesterday.

According to Lebron, Busta and his entourage were furious at him for accidentally spitting on a Maybach as it traveled in Rhymes’ motorcade.

Word is Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo is poised to sign a joint venture with Universal Motown for his Inc. Records.

The New York Times reported that Irv is to ink a three-year deal with $10 million in advance for future revenues and payments of overhead expenses, according to anonymous insiders briefed on the deal. The arrangement also featured a clause stating that Gotti could purchase the masters of Murder Inc.s’ music.

Originally due Oct. 19, Snoop Dogg’s eighth solo effort, "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment," will now arrive Nov. 21 via Doggystyle/Geffen. The disc features production by Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Rick Rock and the Neptunes, in addition to guest appearances from Stevie Wonder, Ice Cube, the Game, Brandy, R. Kelly and MC Eight.

A video will premiere next week for lead single "Vato," which was produced by the Neptunes and features B Real of Cypress Hill. Snoop says he wrote the song to promote unity among Blacks and Latinos in his native California.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and his longtime girlfriend, model Kim Porter, are expecting their second child. The hip-hop mogul, 36, and Porter, 35, already have an 8-year-old son, Christian, while Diddy has another son with fashionista Misa Hylton-Brim

Combs and Porter have had a fire-and-ice relationship since they first began dating in the 90s. The couple split in 1999 before reconciling in 2003.

 It seems that Slick Rick has recently been acting a little bit erratic and it is starting to worry people. Now the adventures of Slick Rick are well documented, but most recently, people have been saying that the rap god has been acting weird. For those that don’t know, the Slick One owns a series of properties in the Bronx. His tenants are reportedly worried about his alleged erratic behavior. I don’t know exactly what this entails, but I will get more shortly. He did rock the crowd at a show last Saturday in Wilmington, Delaware.

 There was an article on Crunk N’ Disorderly about Keyshia Cole being arrested…there was not reason as to why though… I read on Crunk N Disorderly that Key Key Cole was supposedly arrested last week. There was no reason given for the arrest. Needless to say, the singer’s manager debunked the rumor saying she’s still in Free World with the rest of us. Apparently, she is working on a new CD called Tears from a Soldier’s Heart.

Rumour has it a well-known miami rappers chain was stolen at the Ozone Awards….could this be related to the stolen Diddy chain.I don’t know exactly what this means, but apparently a local rapper robbed somebody of their chain while down at the Ozone Awards. Apparently, they teamed up with a female hotel employee to act out the deed. Rumor has it, a well-know Miami artist was the man relieved of his possessions. On the other side, I heard they were showing off some Bad Boy chains. Did they just get a deal or did some have to run it like Chris Brown. Now, this rumor might have some merit, but I can’t say since I wasn’t there.

Bay area MC Mac Minister is set to stand trial on September 11th for the murders of Kansas City rapper Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins, 24, and his friend Jermaine "Cowboy" Akins. The rapper will be tried for the murders of both Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins and Jermaine "Cowboy" Akins, whose bodies were found at a Las Vegas construction site on May 23, 2005 by on duty security. Mac Minister (born Andre Dow) is currently being held in a Las Vegas jail and has been awaiting a trial date ever since.

Beyonce Knowles is planning to team up with Colombian star Shakira for a sexy pop duet.

"I think her videos are really sexy and always sound so good.".

Kevin Federline’s TV debut as a rapper is getting derided as a not-ready-for-prime-time disaster by critics in cyberspace and the hip-hop community. On Sunday, Federline — also known has K-Fed and Mr. Britney Spears — performed his new single "Lose Control" to the peppy crowd at the eighth annual Teen Choice Awards, which aired on Fox. Introduced by his wife, who was dressed in a cleavage-baring mini-dress despite her late pregnancy,

Federline stalked about the stage with attitude as he rapped about his bling, popping Cristal (obviously oblivious of the whole hip-hop Cristal boycott) and his amazing rhyming skills. "Don’t hate because I’m a superstar! And I’m married to a superstar! Nothin’ come between us no matter who you are!" he declared, as dancers pop-locked as his side.

Last week political commentator/comedian Bill Maher’s streaming media online show went out with a bang, concluding its twelve-week run with 50 Cent appearing as a guest.

50 (born Curtis Jackson) visited "Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher" last Thursday (August 17) to promote the release of the paperback edition of his autobiography, From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon A Time in Southside Queens, and his new line of "gangsta lit" books.

We all know of Jay-Z’s efforts to clean up water in Africa and positive things of that sort, but there a re other positive things as well going on with him. I have heard that his upcoming album is 1) finished, 2) 92% finished and 80% finished. Well, this is great news should it be true. Now, I also heard that Kanye’s next album is about 50% finished with his own album follow up.

No stone left unturned in what may turn out to be the most thorough look at Gulf Coast disaster.
Among the dozens of people Spike Lee interviews in his ambitious four-part Hurricane Katrina documentary, “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts,” is Mrs. Phyllis Montana-Leblanc, a remarkably spirited woman who was forced to evacuate her New Orleans home as floodwaters from the breached levees were en route to covering 80 percent of the city.
 

Paris Hilton is no stranger to self-promotion. But when she asked DJs to play songs from her upcoming debut album, "Paris," last spring, she wasn’t so confident.

"People go crazy," the 25-year-old socialite/reality TV star/singer says in an interview in the September issue of Blender, on newsstands Tuesday. "They love it. Everyone’s like, `Who is this?’ I don’t tell. Because I don’t want someone putting their phone up and recording it and making a ring tone off of it.

 Judge orders ankle bracelet again after appeals court ruled its initial removal was improper. Louisiana native C-Murder had about a month to roam freely around Jefferson and Orleans parishes before Thursday’s court ruling ordering him back under house arrest.

The rapper, whose real name is Corey Miller, will no longer be allowed to leave his home at any time, except for a court hearing this month related to his retrial of second-degree murder charges.

Singer Kelis claims to be “Bossy” and she has no reservations about showing label house Jive just to what extent.

The singer is upset that Jive went against her wishes and included the song “F*** Them Bitches” on her upcoming album Kelis Was Here, reports The New York Daily News.

Osama bin Laden may want to blast off the United States and everyone on it, but not before he gets a hold of singer Whitney Houston, whom he allegedly refers to as "the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen."

According to Kola Boof, 37, the Sudanese poet and novelist who claims to have once been bin Laden’s sex slave, and who was a writer for the soap opera The Days of Our Lives until she was let go last month, writes in her autobiography, "Diary of a Lost Girl," "He said that he had a paramount desire for [Houston] and although he claimed music was evil, he spoke of someday spending vast amounts of money to go to America and try to arrange a meeting," reports the New York Post.

Christina Aguilera scored her first U.K. No. 1 album yesterday (Aug. 20) as "Back to Basics" (RCA) opened at the top of the new sales charts. "Hips Don’t Lie" (Epic) by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean took its total of weeks at the singles chart summit to five, the last four of which have been consecutive.

R&B crooner Usher will make his Broadway debut on Aug. 22, playing the role of lawyer Billy Flynn in the famed musical, "Chicago.”

Usher, 27, was cast as the slick-talking, seductive lawyer Billy Flynn in the John Kander-Fred musical earlier this year. “Chicago” is the longest running musical revival in Broadway history, and will be showing through Oct. 1.

Justin Timberlake backtracked from criticism of "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks after telling Fashion Rocks magazine the 29-year-old soul singer "can’t carry a tune in a bucket." "I have a strange relationship with that show," Timberlake tells the magazine in an interview. "I despise it, and yet I’m completely fascinated."