Well, I was hoping Madame Cleo would finally admit that she wasn’t a psychic (or Jamaican, fake bitch), but instead she decided to exlcaim to the world that she’s proud of her life as a lesbian.

From the late 1990s through 2002, the woman whose real name is Youree Dell Cleomili Harris was a late-night staple who, in a thick Jamaican accent, urged viewers to dial a charge-by-the-minute 900 number to have their fortunes read.

What those viewers didn’t know, and what some members of her own family still don’t know, is that Miss Cleo is a lesbian. Four years after the infomercials were pulled from the air under a cloud of various lawsuits and federal and state investigations, Harris says she has been inspired to come out publicly by a teenage godson.

“He and I started talking when he was concerned about coming out. He was 16. When he made the decision I told him I’d be there to support him 100%, and he embraced [coming out] wholeheartedly,” Harris says. “It’s a different vibe than when I was his age, being raised Catholic in an all-girls boarding school. But he was afraid of nothing, and I thought, I can’t be a hypocrite. This boy is going to force me to put my money where my mouth is.” [ source ]

Please. Even I figured that out, lady. Tell them your not Jamaican!

[ spotted @ C&D ]

Three Six Mafia Invades L.A.
“Academy Award Winning” rap group Three Six Mafia are at work on their own reality show, Adventures in Hollyhood. The program will follow the Tennessee duo on their conquest to make a larger name for themselves in Hollywood, CA.

More Dipset Violence
Shots were fired after a Jim Jones concert in the wee hours of this Friday morning at a club in Virginia. The blasts left one person dead and three others injured. According to witness’ reports, the shooting occured as the club was clearing out after Jim hit the stage. Mutliple shots were fired by several suspects, but no arrests have been made yet. An investigation is currently underway.

Usher Loves NYC
Usher has elongated his run as Billy Flynn in the Broadway production Chicago until October 28th, in order to celebrate his 28th birthday onstage. He is also looking to knock a few record-breakers off of their seats, by attempting to hold a singing note for over 26 seconds during the play. Usher has already become the youngest star to ever play the character of Billy Flynn.

“I’ve got the name Moses on my inner right arm. I can relate to this story, as far as leading people out. That’s how my boys (the St. Lunatics) and I felt about the St. Louis music scene. (When we hit it big) we felt like we were leading some of the top musical talent out of there, on to broader horizons.” — Nelly on his tattoo of the name Moses.

I was hoping I wasn’t going to have to do another “Sit Down” segment anytime soon, but damnit, Nelly messed everything up with this shit. Let me first say that the St. Lunatics may have been broke before you got a deal, but nigga, they weren’t slaves and you weren’t rescuing them from Pharoah. You just happened to be a nigga who got a bunch of his homeboys recording contracts; as if, everybody doesn’t do that. Young Dro, Lloyd Banks, even Cam’ron started off as a nameless entourage member 69′ing gonorrhea infested groupies, and now they’re all selling records. Besides, when it boils down to it, none of them Lunatic niggas can rap anyway. So Nelly, do me a favor and leave the Bible out of this, because until you part the Red Sea and drag Murphy Lee’s high ass across it, you are simply a nigga whose fuckin’ an R&B bitch. Sit your ass down.

Miami rap veteran, Trick Daddy, has always been known to be an outspoken man. At last month’s Ozone Awards, the 305 thug had a few on-stage words for his fellow Floridian rappers, saying, “Let’s set this record straight/ Nigga, I run this whole state/ There’s only one mayor of Dade/ And y’all niggas is my protégés.” The sharp words were a sample from his new single, “Breaker Breaker”, off of his upcoming LP, Back By Thug Demand.

Trick has been rumored to be fueding with his labelmate, Rick Ross, lately and the lyrics he spit only added fuel to an uneccesary fire. However, in a recent interview with MTV News, T-Double D denied the allegations.

“A lot of people try to make it seem like that song is about this person or that person. Listen, man. I’m the first [person] that told anybody that Rick Ross was good at what he do … And one thing about me: I don’t sneak dis. So nothing was about Ross or nobody in particular. That was for anybody who didn’t think that I ran this whole state, who didn’t think I was the Dade County mayor.”

He also expressed his frustration with the repetitive nature of today’s Hip-Hop music.

“People aren’t trying different things with their music … Remember how when you were little and you’d be crazy about a Snickers bar? But it don’t really do nothing for you right now. That’s how the albums have been lately to me. I mean, with the exceptions of some.”

A Snicker bar, Trick? Jesus…

After The Source’s rejects, David Mays and Raymond “Benzino” Scott realized that they weren’t getting their beloved magazine back, they started talking about establishing a new one. Unfortunately, the bastards are actually going through with it.

As SOHH previously reported, Mays and Scott have teamed with former VIBE Editor-in-Chief Mimi Valdés to create an entirely new magazine. Hip Hop Weekly has been billed as the world’s first weekly entertainment news & celebrity lifestyle publication for readers who identify with hip-hop culture. Covering film, TV, music, fashion, sports and celebrity news, the magazine will also include weekly columns from radio personalities Wendy Williams and Star & Buc Wild. [ source ]

Okay. Dave Mays, Benzino, Wendy Williams, Star, and Buc Wild; these fools are all partnering up to generate the black Enquirer. So, you can expect the publication to be filled with endless pages of hate, lies, more hate, more lies, a bunch of bullshit, and a dash of nonsense.

Hip-Hop Weekly launches on October 16th.

Are you tired of seeing Beyoncé’s face everywhere all the time? Do you feel like watching her twirl that weave on-stage again may cause you too go insane? If so, then I have a place for you. Check into the Beyonce Overload Recovery Program.

Honestly, I think someone created this group as a poor attempt to make some Beyoncé haters laugh, point, and continue to hate. I’m a little tired of the world’s B’Day fever myself, but don’t you think starting a group where people can talk about how much they despise the woman is only adding to the hype? Help me out here.

I’ve been refusing to join the hype and post a bunch of Jay-Z news every other day, because I’m not too fond of the brother. I mean he’s lyrically one of the best rappers in the industry, but his personality irks me sometimes. It’s only been a week since his little “coming out” party and Jay’s already shooting a music video. Yesterday he flew to Monaco with his girlfriend to film a tape for the first single of his album, Kingdome Come, that’s got all of God’s green Earth eating his shit. Poor Nas hasn’t even gotten a confirmed date for his album release. I wonder why.

Ashanti made a court testification yesterday stating that she never held money from record producer, Genard Parker. Parker recently filed a lawsuit against the R&B singer claimin that she owes him $2 million for his assistance in the making of her first 3 albums. However, Ashanti says that she and Parker ended their business relationship when he failed to get her a recording contract at 16 years old.

“I wanted to be a singer and the situation that we were currently in I wasn’t able to do so, so we were trying to be released,” she told jurors in Manhattan Federal Court.

This man needs to just leave Ashanti alone. We all know the bitch doesn’t have any money left. Let her enjoy her last few months of fame and fortune, jerk.

I think there might be a few secret romances going on in the entertainment industry. The ‘razzi have been catching some of your favorite celebs slobbing each other down behind the scenes of recent events.

50 Cent was caught recieving a little lip action from lead Pussycat, Nicole Scherzinger, at this year’s VMAs in NYC. I don’t know what that was about, but I’m praying that the smooch was somehow an innocent one. Nicole is too sexy and smart to be affiliated with Hip-Hop’s top gorilla. She can do much better.