Grammy Rehearsals!

T.I., Lil’ Wayne and Chris Brown got their Grammy rehearsal on, yesterday at the Staples Center. If you had to make a prediction as to which of the 3 will have the best performance come Grammy night, who would it be?

All About Jordin

Jordin Sparks hit up the Style Studio at Smashbox in LA for a little Grammy pampering. Jordin will sing the national anthem during the All-Star game next Sunday in Phoenix and we’re sure she will not disappoint. All of the stars have descended in Los Angeles for the Grammy’s.

Tiny Speaks About T.I. & Her Miscarriage

ESSENCE.COM: We’d like to offer you and your family our condolences for the miscarriage you suffered some time ago. Was there any indication that there might be difficulties with your pregnancy?
TINY: Thank you. From the time I was pregnant, the doctors told me the sac that holds the baby was split in two and they had not combined by the time she had turned 16 weeks old. As a result, she was positioned in the middle of those two sacs in her own sac. They told me there was a possibility that she could get tied up in her umbilical cord, but no one knew how or why this happened. Still, I never thought that I would lose the baby. Even the day before I visited the specialist I was told that everything was okay with the baby. When I went to see the specialist, that’s when they determined there was no heartbeat.

ESSENCE.COM: Again, our hearts go out to you and your family. How did it affect you and your relationship?
TINY: I was very upset and depressed for a while. It definitely brought us closer in our relationship. I kept a lot of company around me to help me keep my mind off of it, so I wouldn’t be so sad. She was 6 months old and I named her Lelah Amore. I keep her belongings near me—pictures and roses [from the burial]. It was very deep. Here I am, in the hospital to have a baby, deliver it, but I’m going to go home with no baby. After Lelah was born, I kept her in the room with me the whole day. They placed her in the little basket and we dressed her in an outfit and had a blanket wrapped around her. They came and got her because her body went cold and I wanted her back so they warmed her body again and I kept her. People might think that’s crazy, but I just needed to be with her. Everybody came to visit her and then me and [T.I.] had our time alone with her. We had a funeral for her and it was beautiful. T.I. did a good job with the burial. I don’t go back to visit her grave that often because it makes me too sad, but I do go for holidays and special days. My experience taught me not to take life for granted. Reverend Run’s wife, Justine, reached out to me and shared some very powerful and encouraging words with me during that time and I so appreciated it.

ESSENCE.COM: Again, we offer our deepest sympathy. We understand that in the wake of this tragedy you and T.I. rekindled your relationship with a second engagement. How romantic was the wedding proposal?
TINY: Thank you, I appreciate it. (Laughs.) Regarding the proposal, all I can say about how it happened was that it was sexy, but it wasn’t sweet. I was missing my first engagement ring and I’ll just say he gave me a bigger one and pretty much said, “I want to marry you.”

ESSENCE.COM: (Laughs.) Awesome. Is it tough being engaged to a sex-symbol rapper?
TINY: No, because I’m used to having fans myself, so I already knew what it was going to be like having been in the music business and having been around other successful men and watching what they would go through. A lot of [women] love to hate me because I’m with him, but it’s not like I meet these people when we’re out together. They know his public image, but I know him as a great father and provider who is caring, sweet and attentive to his family.

ESSENCE.COM: Do you have any words of encouragement for women who might be going through a similar situation as you?
TINY: Yes. Depending on the situation and the person, you should stick it out through thick and thin—the good and bad times. If you know you’re with someone who would give his life for you and is somewhat a responsible better half, then stand up for him. I know my man’s heart and because of that I’m going to be everything I need to be for him. Yes, he’s made mistakes, but so have I. If your man stands up for you and is there whenever you need him, then doesn’t he deserve your unconditional love and support? If I know that about my man, then that’s the kind of woman I’m going to be for him. I might need him in different ways than he needs me, but if being his woman means loving, supporting and putting his mind at ease, then the least I can do is step up to the plate and be there for him and our family.

50 Cent A.K.A Curly Responds To Pimpin' Ken & Foxy Brown

This is getting out of hand, 50 and Ross need to stop this craziness. 50 has too much time on his hands, he's most likely still mad that MTV pulled his wack reality show.

Ray J To Release Soundtrack for His Reality Show

E1 Music (formerly KOCH Records) and Knockout Entertainment will release a soundtrack for Ray J’s new VH1 show, “For The Love of Ray J.”

The show theme song and first single, “Sexy Ladies” is currently out now.

The album will feature brand new songs as well as remixed and remastered songs.

The new soundtrack album will be released on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009.

Ray J is a true opportunist...LOL

Asher Roth “Asleep in the Bread Aisle” Due April 21

Rapper Asher Roth’s debut album “Asleep in the Bread Aisle” is set to relese April 21.

Roth said he’s still working on the album and is waiting for Ludacris, Cee-Lo and Lady Gaga to add their verses on it.

When asked about being compared to Eminem, “He paved the way for me. Since we’ve got the same complexion and the same voice inflection its easy to make the comparison,” he rhymes. “If you have no more questions and no more thoughts, I’d like to introduce you to Asher Roth.”

Here’s the tracklisting for “Asleep In The Bread Aisle”:

“Lark On My Go-Cart”
“Blunt Cruisin’”
“I Love College”
“Bad Day” ft. Jazze Pha
“Be By Myself” ft. Cee-Lo
“Sour Patch Kids”
“She Don’t Want A Man”
“As I Em” ft. Chester French
“His Dream” ft. Miguel
“Ladida”
“Leo The Lion”
“Fallin”
“Nothing You Can’t Do”

New Music: Ne-Yo - Don't Call Here No More

Damn, Ne-Yo just has tons of music floating around. We should look for a new album to drop soon. Enjoy.

Facebook Friends Share '25 Things' With The World

If you are a member of the 150-million-strong Facebook nation, you have probably learned some fascinating — or, let's face it, some not-so-fascinating — facts about your friends as part of the latest fad, the pass-it-forward viral game "25 Random Things About Me."

Like a mutating chain letter, though more artful and less threatening, 25 Things arrives as a Facebook note from a friend. That friend posts 25 facts about himself and "tags" 25 people and asks them to do the same thing.

The phenomenon continues to snowball. Facebook can't quantify activity specific to 25Things as it does applications such as Flixster. But spokeswoman Brandee Barker says that over the past week the number of daily "notes" has more than doubled and the number of daily tags of a Facebook member in a note has grown by five times.

"I would say that anecdotally I've never seen a note spread as quickly as this has on Facebook," Barker says. "What is really unique about this is it's a really meaningful piece of content. Some of the these notes are touching and frankly very insightful."

Unlike most unsolicited (and unwanted) e-mail chains, 25 Things is usually welcomed. "It's one of my favorite Facebook things," says Pete Hines, vice president of public relations and marketing at Bethesda Softworks. "I've learned a lot about people I've known for a long time and people I only know a little."

A random thing about Pete: "I am one of the least organized people I know. I don't do well with paper, or filing things away, but I am religious about my e-mail inbox."

Should you choose to join in the 25 Random Things craze, media consultant Shelly Palmer recommends that "you shouldn't put anything online that you would not want to see on the front of the newspaper or that you would not want a potential client or your boss to see," says Palmer, whose book Get Digital: Reinventing Yourself and Your Career for the 21st Century Economy is due this spring.

Social networks represent a paradigm shift in communicating. "This is the beginning of what will be a never-ending raft of social network games like this," he says.

How true. Already appearing in Facebook pages is a new note: "A Bunch of Questions — Share."

Joe Budden TV Feed: JOELL ORTIZ WANTS TO RACE ME! WHY?

Supposedly, the race will be in the next episode. Who you think will win? Let's just hope this friendly competition doesn't end with diss tracks being made.

New Music: Plies Featuring Ashanti - Want It, Need It

Plies snags Ashanti for his new video for his "fourth" single off his album Da REAList.