Monica’s on the cover of Rolling Out magazine.  Here’s the PR snippet:

Monica tells Rolling Out Magazine that she withdrew from the spotlight during her careers prime after her boyfriend committed suicide in front of her in 2000; “I was the walking dead for a little while”, Monica disappearing from her fans and slipping into a depression. Today, Monica has titled the name of her BET reality show, single and album “Still Standing” as an emblem of her rescued faith in herself, life, and love. Monica states “Stop looking at what I used to do and look at what I’m doing now”, as she looks to reconnect with her fans and reclaim her position as the sensual songstress that she is.

Cute pics of her.

Ya girl Bootz from “Flavor of Love” is preggers again.  She posted this message about being pregnant with her second child after just having her first in March.

“HEY FANS, I KNOW I HAVEN..T BEEN ON MYSPACE FOR A WHILE BUT I AM VERY EXCITED TO SAY THAT ME AND MY HUSBAND ARE EXPECTING OUR SECOND CHILD IN APRIL 2010! I ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE SURE MY KIDS WERE CLOSE IN AGE SO THEY CAN GROW UP TOGETHER AND GOD HAS BLESSED ME WITH ANOTHER ANSWERED PRAYER! I JUST KNOW AFTER THIS ONE I WILL NOT BE GETTING PREGNANT FOR FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS (IF WE CHOOSE TO HAVE ANYMORE) BECAUSE CARRYING A BABY FOR NINE MONTHS IS VERY DRAINING AND SOMETIMES MISERABLE WHEN YOU ARE REALLY SICK! THANK GOOD IM OUT OF THAT STAGE! LOL! GOD BLESS TO ALL THE PREGNANT WOMEN OUT THERE AND FEEL FREE TO COMMENT TO THIS BLOG WITH YOUR DUE DATES!”

Husband? Oh.

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Jay-Z hit Toronto yesterday to do some BP3 press. He hit the MuchOnDemand show and then hit the stage last night with a surprise appearance from the hometown hero Drake:

Here’s Drake performing “Successful” with Hov.

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Ray-J’s ex/”For The Love Of Ray-J” finalist/Nick Cannon’s soon to be sister-in-law Monica “Danger” Leon had her baby last week. She and father Gabriel Cannon have intro’d baby Mayara Cannon into the world.  Little Mayara was born October 16th at 9:30pm and weighed in at 7 lbs, 12 oz, and 20 inches long.

Awww. Danger confirmed earlier this month that Gabriel is indeed her daughter’s father despite rumors circulating that Ray-J was. Ray-J was at Danger’s baby shower (hosted by another FTLORJ contestant Stiltz) and rumors went awry.  Thanksgiving ought to be interesting at The Cannons residence this year.   Congrats to the couple.

Solange has officially parted ways with her label Interscope.  She denied the reports a while back, but it’s actually happened.  BV reports:

Denials aside, BV Buzz has learned that the label parted ways with Solange about 30 days after our initial story ran.

“They just waited for the buzz to die down and quietly ended their relationship with her,” a source close to the label told us.

No word yet on where Solo’s headed even though she says she’s already working on her next album.  PaPa Knowles heavily denied she was leaving Interscope but the label has confirmed they have parted ways.

The Randomness:

1.  Roxanne Shante says she has breast cancer. Story

Alicia Keys was spotted hiding form the cameras today in L.A. Maybe because she was makeup free and wasn’t camera ready just yet:

Here’s Chris Brown’s teaser for his official “Transform ‘Ya” video:

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Awww baby love!  Kimora Lee was spotted on the set of her new reality show with baby Kenzo Lee Hounsou.  They were filming  at Vasquez State Park in Los Angeles:

I can only imagine what’s going to happen on that episode.  There is some serious cuteness going on in these pics though.

Elsewhere in L.A., Dave Chappelle came out of hiding to go to Fred Segal:

This tank is killing me Dave…

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Lil Wayne has confirmed for the first time that Nivea is indeed expecting and expecting his 3rd son at that. He talked to UK hip hop radio host Tim Westwood:

Two girls pregnant at the same time?” Westwood said. “Congratulations.”

Wayne responded “Three,” before clarifying his remark for Westwood, who thought the rapper meant he’d gotten three women pregnant at the same time.

“I mean [I'll have] three sons,” he explained.

When Wayne was asked if Nivea was expecting, he responded, “Yessir.”

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Did dude say  “Congratulations” to getting 2 girls pregnant at the same time?  O, ok.

“Good Morning America” has confirmed that Rihanna is indeed performing live on the show November 23rd.  It’ll be one of her first solo performance since her comeback.  11/23 is also her album release date and she’ll be performing a single from it.

The Randomness:
1. WHY is there a 6 year old trapped inside a helium balloon flying around Colorado right now? Apparently the father who made the balloon didn’t know he climbed in when the balloon accidentally took off. This is crazy…scary.

UPDATE: NBC News (on tv) is now reporting that the helium balloon finally touched down on the ground and the little boy was NOT inside.  The father said he as in there when it accidentally took flight 100 miles away from where it landed.  The balloon was flying for 2.5 hours.  Story developing…

Mike Tyson, 43, and his new wife Lakiha Spicer were spotted walking with their baby daughter along the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, CA:

Good to see him out with his fam…

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