B2K Star, J-Boog Arrested For Domestic Violence

B2K boy-band singer J-Boog, real name Jarell Damonte Houston, was arrested by Los Angeles police on suspicion of domestic violence, according to reports. J-Boog was taking into custody on Monday afternoon after some neighbors heard screaming coming from his house.

According to TMZ.com, the 24 year old was arrested for “corporal punishment on a spouse,” but his legal problems don’t end there – he was also wanted by cops for an allegedly bad driving record.

J-Boog lives with his fiancée, Jondelle Michelle Lee, and their three children.

VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER!!!!

Nelly Offers Reward To Find Burglar

The rapper Nelly is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who broke into his suburban St. Louis home earlier this month.

CrimeStoppers announced the reward on Monday.

Someone forced his way through a locked window at Nelly’s Wildwood home in the early hours of Dec. 11 and got away with a duffel bag full of items that included electronics and other goods.

Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., was not home at the time. Police say one of three occupants saw and confronted the intruder, a male in his 20s or 30s.

No one was injured.

Rapper T.I. Released From Prison

After serving only seven months of his one-year sentence for a felony weapons conviction, T.I. was released from a federal prison yesterday.

According to E! News, Steve Shadow, T.I.’s attorney, says that the rapper will report to a halfway house in Atlanta for the remainder of his sentence.

“[A halfway house] is not unusual in the least; it happens across the board as long as the inmates are eligible,” Sadow said, noting that T.I. also got credit for time served in home detention. “They decided that three months in a halfway house would assist him with reentering society.”

At least T.I won’t be spending the holidays behind bars. I wonder if they put up a christmas tree in the halfway house.

Lil Wayne Concert Goes On Despite Drug Bust

A Lil Wayne concert in Texas, postponed after authorities said they found marijuana on one of his tour buses Friday was rescheduled for Saturday night.

The rapper canceled the concert after two of his buses were stopped in Falfurrias, about 80 miles southwest of Corpus Christi.

Border Patrol Supervisory Agent Joe G. Trevino said Saturday Lil Wayne and 11 people with him were briefly detained, and the case was referred to the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office.

Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, will be tried in March on felony drug possession and weapons charges in Yuma County, Ariz.

Kid Cudi Drops Out of Gaga’s ‘Monster Ball’ Tour

Once again, Lady Gaga will have to find another touring partner amidst controversy.

You may recall that Gaga was originally going to co-headline a tour with Kanye West, but that came to an end following Kanye’s outburst against Taylor Swift at the MTV VMAs.

Now, Kid Cudi, Gaga’s opening act, has dropped out of the tour following an incident in which he punched a fan in the face during a recent concert in Vancouver, although his reps released a statement suggesting the incident has nothing to do with Cudi’s departure.

The statement says –

“Kid Cudi has decided to take an early leave of absence from Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball tour, in order to balance his schedule surrounding the recording of his next album and acting commitments…Cudi does not want to disappoint his fans and will move forward with his individual show dates in December and throughout the month of January.”

What do you think? Was Cudi cut from the tour because of his violent outburst?

Chris Brown Deletes Twitter Account and Billboard Calls His Bluff

After Chris Brown called out retailers on his personal Twitter account for trying to hurt his album sells by not properly stocking his album in stores, Billboard has called his bluff. Chris just can’t seem to handle the fact that no one cares about his music anymore, at least not like they used to after he beat ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

According to Billboard –

A survey and store visits have found that Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Trans World, Newbury Comics are all carrying the Brown record and sources say that his album received widespread distribution and promotion by his label, Jive Records, and his distributor, Sony Music Entertainment.Jive shipped over 400,000 units of “Graffiti,” and also had it positioned in prime stores space at all key accounts, according to sources. In fact, sources suggest that Jive may have overshipped his record, as sales are slow.

“Not only am I carrying it, I am over carrying it, because it isn’t selling,” says the head of purchasing at one large chain. “I wish I could return it.” He says the album’s first week sales only reached 40% of expectations. At 27-unit Newbury Comics, Carl Mello head of purchasing, echoes that sentiment. “We have it; it’s not selling much.”

“We never considered not bringing it in,” Mello says. “If we stopped bringing in records from every unsavory character that puts out an album, there would be tumbleweed floating around our stores.”

And so far, consumers aren’t flocking to stores to vote on behalf of Brown. Sources project that Brown sold about 100,000 units last week, well below the 150,000-175,000 units he was expected to sell. Mello says that the album is probably about the No. 40 best-selling title at the chain.

Interesting, huh?

Brown has since deleted his Twitter account, which is probably a good thing because he was headed down a path of self-destruction and broadcasting it to the world.

Chris Brown Not Happy With Music Biz

Some people just can’t handle karma when it comes back and smacks them in the face.

Chris Brown is not happy with his lackluster album sales and reports from fans that stores weren’t stocking his album properly in an attempt to sabotage his sales, so he took to his official Twitter account to blast the music industry.

Brown tweeted:

“im tired of this shit. major stores r blackballing my cd. not stockin the shelves and lying to costumers. what the fuck do i gotta do…
WTF… yeah i said it and i aint retracting shit. im not biting my tongue about shit else… the industry can kiss my ass.
thx again to my real fans. u dont go unnoticed .love yall”

Brown and his last few fans can blame whoever they want, but the truth is his image is tarnished and consumers aren’t willing to spend their hard earned money on a wife-beater.

Kid Cudi Punches Fan During Show

Things got a little heated during a Kid Cudi show this past weekend in Vancouver.

After a fan began throwing garbage onto the stage, Cudi did his best Chris Brown impression and punched the fan in the face! How many times do we have to say that violence is not the answer?

Rumor has it that Cudi punched the wrong fan!

I smell a lawsuit…

Check out the punch –

Chris Brown’s Poor Record Sales

We previously reported that Chris Brown was expected to sell about 150,000 copies of his new album Graffiti, but according to HitsDoubleDaily, it looks like Brown will fall even shorter, selling only 90,000-100,000 units.

Karma’s a bitch!

Chris Brown Admits Apology Video Was a Mess

Remember that pathetic apology video that Chris Brown posted on YouTube? The one where he tried to convince his fans that he deeply regretted beating the crap out of Rihanna. People immediately speculated that Brown was reading from a teleprompter and doubted his sincerity. Well, Brown admits that it was a “mess.”

Chris told Robin Roberts, “I had three or four days of PR and people telling me, ‘OK, don’t say this or don’t say this because they’re gonna take it this way.’ So my head was not really giving me a chance to be me, it was me being me through other people. It was genuinely from me but it wasn’t projected correctly.”

Here’s a reminder –

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