Things just got real with Usher’s budding relationship with Def Jam exec Grace Miguel.  Our extremely reliable source who works at Def Jam tells us that L.A. Reid forced Grace to resign last week.  And yes, it was mainly-if not all– because of the bad press they’ve been getting after her relationship with Usher was made public. Womp womp.

Oh, but it gets better.  Said source confirmed for us that Usher not only cheated on soon to be ex-wife Tameka with Grace, who is 12 years his senior…but Grace was indeed married at the time as well.  She filed for divorce conveniently around the same time Usher did.  Tameka was also married and “filing for divorce” around the same time she and Usher got together.  Now that’s karma for that ass.  But for who exactly?  It’s actually seeming like Déjà Vu…

Our highly placed Def Jam source reveals to us that many folks involved with Def Jam were far from happy with last night’s VH1 Hip Hop Honors show. This year was a tribute to Def Jam and its 25 years of being an integral part of hip hop.

But we’re told Russell Simmons–one of the co-founders of Def Jam– sent an email this morning to film maker Nelson George (the Exec. Producer of the show) and to all the heads of Def Jam expressing how disappointed he was in the event.

Russ wrote that he had no interest in this celebration without more L.A. Reid footage (who wasn’t even there) and his contribution. He also stated that he believes not having Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye, Dame Dash, LL Cool J, or Irv Gotti involved at all hurt the show. All of those people were indeed missing from last night’s Honors. Russell also expressed his distaste for having a comedian host (Tracey Morgan). He said that having a comedian fill in space “hurt his heart”. And the show overall was “incomplete at best”.

Tell us why you mad Russ…

Tila Tequila was on her way to the District Attorney’s office yesterday to discuss this battery case involving San Diego Charger Shawne Merriman.  And a photog snapped some pics of her bruises:

Word also has it Tila got hemmed up because she didn’t want to partake in a foursome with Shawne and 2 other chicks at the party that night. Wonder what Shawne’s gonna say now….

Now that almost all the big acts Jermaine Jackson said would be performing at MJ’s tribute have denied ever agreeing to do so (Chris Brown, Mary J, and Natalie Cole), the tribute has been officially cancelled.  Well, “postponed”.  The show’s producer Georg Kindel says:

“Maybe we underestimated these (scheduling) issues. It was very difficult to put up the show, which normally needs six months.”

“Due to this fact, we decided to reschedule the event for the first half of June 2010, but not in Vienna, in London.”

Womp womp.

The Randomness:

1.  Reagan Gomez is blogging about her mother’s addiction.

2.  Allen Iverson has just signed a 1 year contract with the Memphis Grizzlies for $3.5 mill.

3.  A rumor is floating that Keshia Knight Pulliam posted on Twitter that she may pose for Playboy.  We checked out that Twitter account (TheRealKPulliam) and it’s a fake.  Her REAL Twitter name is PeachesPulliam and she says nothing of the sort.  So the rumor is false.

We’ve got pics of YBF chick Keyshia Cole on the set of her brand new photoshoot in Cleveland. I’m sure that’s no coincidence since her boo Daniel Gibson plays for the Cleveland Cavs. Here’s some flicks of her new hair and makeup done by artist Reginald Dowdley:

She’s a fab chick so me likey.

In the “On Blast” news of the day:

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An airplane carrying a banner reading “Reggie Miller stop pursuing married women” flies around Malibu Beach, California yesterday. The former NBA player, who owns a beach house in Malibu, has reportedly been accused of harassing a young New York socialite. Damn homie. You just got put on air blast.

Speaking of Miami, here’s T-Pain at The Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders 2010 Swimsuit Calendar unveiling and their annual swimwear fashion show at Casa Casuarina last night:

This dude really knows how to dry a chick up…

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Well isn’t this a juicy way to wrap up a day of gossip.  Sources are reporting that Kelly Rowland isn’t the only one of Mathew Knowles kids *snickers* without a label home.  Apparently Solange Knowles was just dropped from her home at Geffen Records as well.  And it happened right around the time the rumors of Kelly being dropped from Columbia first started. The reason why the official statement from Columbia Records came out so quickly about Kelly leaving was not just to confirm the rumors and make the situation and drama  go away.  It was also to deter the attention from Solange as she quietly got dropped from her label as well.  Here’s what a source at Geffen told BV:

Geffen did a one-off deal with Music World Entertainment for Solange and wasn’t interested in doing a new contract with her. People at the label really liked working with her because other than her infamous news outburst in Las Vegas, she was a constant professional. There were challenges dealing with her camp, but Solange was great to work with. In the end, the CD didn’t sell despite Solange’s countless high profile appearances.

Womp womp. Honestly, Solo’s Hadley Street Dreams album was hot and I still don’t know why it sold only 138k units to date. Yet and still, her label isn’t trying to keep her there. Her manager and dad Mathew has been shopping Solo to the folks at Epic Records. But get this: That’s the exact same place Kelly Rowland has been in talks to go to. Epic’s new Prez Amanda Ghost had approached Kelly about joining their label after rumors started Kelly was leaving Music World/Columbia.  It wasn’t hard to figure out that once Kelly parted ways with Papa Knowles as manager, the label Papa Knowles is tied to (Columbia) would drop her pretty quickly thereafter.  So Kelly and Epic had been meeting for a long time now and she was close to signing an official deal with them. But that’s until Papa Knowles entered the picture. According to BV:

Amanda was really into signing Kelly and then Matthew started meeting with her about Solange. I’m told he used his influence in the Sony system with Beyonce to complicate the existing offer to Kelly and then the deal ultimately didn’t happen.

Dropped and backstabbed? With “family” like this…who the hell needs enemies?

*UPDATED* Mathew Knowles’ rep sent out the following statement:

“Our joint venture with Music World and Interscope/Geffen/A&M is very much in placed for Solange. We are currently experiencing success at video outlets and radio with the current single T.O.N.Y co-written by Ceelo of Knarls Barkly and Solange. Ceelo and Kid Cudi also appear in the video. It’s very disappointing in recent days the amount of false statements in the marketplace from Solange being drop to me accused of being Kelly Rowland’s father.”

However, Black Voices says they still stand by their statement that Geffen is not interested in giving Solo a second album. Womp.

So Sheree Whitfield planned a divorce party for herself over the weekend–even though she’s been divorced for a couple years now.  But everything went south when Sheree and her attitude got in the way.  We’re told Sheree was making some A-List demands that her F-List reality wouldn’t be able to handle.  And the promoters were fed up.  So, due to disagreements, she was a “no show” but the promoters went on with the “Brand New Me” party anyway. Womp.

It went down at a $5 mill mansion in Atlanta and was “well attended”.  Interesting since that’s the same party Frankie was doing the stanky leg at.

And Keri Hilson was spotted arriving at the airport yesterday:

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A source who works very closely with SONY/BMG tells us that Destiny’s Step-Child singer Kelly Rowland is set to change lanes when it comes to her her manager and career. Yeah we’ve heard this rumor before, but this time it seems quite legit. She was recently spotted meeting with 19 Entertainment’s Simon Fuller, who she is expected to announce as her new manager at the top of the year. We predict her current manager Mathew Knowles ain’t gonna like this.

Simon is the current manager of international acts like The Spice Girls, Annie Lennox, Carrie Underwood and David and Victoria Beckham. And Kelly may not be the superstar that her group member Beyonce is in the United States, but the singer is a mega-star in Europe where she has been playing arena-size venues with the biggest international pop acts.

Apparently 27-year-old Kelly is tired of playing the backseat to Beyonce who is also managed by Papa Knowles and intends to ax B’s daddy in the coming weeks.

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