Diddy Set to Celebrate 40th Birthday

Sean "P Diddy" Combs is celebrating a milestone 40th birthday today in New York City, though his actual birthday is November 4th. Combs, CEO of Bad Boy Records and Sean John designer, will hold a star-studded party, featuring Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, Lil' Kim in midtown Manhattan at the Plaza Hotel's Grand Ballroom.

Combs' party will also feature a "very special" muscial guest.

In addition, P Diddy has invited all his fans to join the party, Combs will stream his party via Ptwittytv, his video channel, on Ustream.

Diddy Casino in Vegas?

A Diddy casino in the future? Sean Combs, the record producer, entrepreneur, designer and CEO of Bad Boy Records, when asked if he'd like to start a business in Las Vegas, said he would like to venture into the gaming industry.

"I would love to own a casino one day," Combs told Las Vegas Review-Journal's Doug Elfman.

Although, don't expect a Diddy casino anytime soon, its currently not on his radar.

"I don't want to get my plate too full."

Diddy's 'Making His Band' Premieres Tonight

Sean "Diddy" Combs premieres his latest reality show "Making His Band" tonight on MTV at 10PM ET/PT. Musicians (singers, drummers, guitarists, bassists and keyboardists) will compete for a spot on Diddy's national tour for his upcoming album "LAST TRAIN TO PARIS".

Diddy will be joined by judges -- Laurie Ann Gibson, world renowned choreographer, Om'Mas Keith, producer and lyricist, Rob Lewis, Nisan Stewart, musical director, and Romeo, former vocal coach to Michael Jackson.

MTV's Making His Band Trailer



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Joc in Court Today Over Stereo Equipment

Bad Boy's Yung Joc is due in court today, after the rapper allegedly stiffed a audio company approx. 25k in fees.

WSBTV reports..

Robinson [a.k.a. Yung Joc] and a company called "Stereotypes" are in fraud and contract disputes.The case surrounds the installation of high-end stereo equipment in Robinson's car.The company claimed Robinson did not pay the total for the services provided, nearly $25,000.

Elsewhere.. Vote Puffy into VIBE's Best Rapper Alive tournament.. Puffy is in the play-in battle against Jim Jones as the vie for the final spot in the field of 64 rappers.

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Info on Janelle Monáe's Metropolis:The Chase (Special Edition) Album

Amazon.com has published details (including the cover below) on Janelle Monáe's upcoming Metropolis: The Chase Special Edition album.

Published track listing..

1. March of The Wolfmasters

2. Violet Stars Happy Hunting!

3. Many Moons

4. Cybertronic Purgatory

5. Sincerely, Jane

6. Smile

7. Mr. President

The album is scheduled to drop August 12.

Other Reading: Janelle Monáe is an Andy Warhol-quoting, pop music superchick

Bitchassness Reaches Level Orange

Diddy's new video, proclaims "Bitchassness alert level orange".. He goes on with a two-minute rant, talking about "haters" and hoping you have not been infected by the disease.

Danity Kane & Day26 Upcoming Dates

Day26 is scheduled for a five city national tour in the coming weeks.

July 23, 2008 Cleveland,, House of Blues
July 24, 2008 Columbus, Newport Music Hall
July 25, 2008 Detroit, The Fillmore
July 26, 2008 St. Paul, The Myth
July 27, 2008 St. Louis, The Pageant

Danity Kane will also be performing at WKTU-FM's "Beatstock" Aug. 23rd and 24th.

The Record reports,

Tickets for WKTU-FM's (103.5) "Beatstock" Aug. 23 at Nikon at Jones Beach, Wantagh, N.Y., and Aug. 24 at PNC Bank Arts Center are still available through Ticketmaster. The performance lineup includes Pussycat Dolls, Danity Kane and Chris Willis.

Diddy and Cassie End Their Relationship

Cassie has ended her relationship with Diddy, Cassie confirmed telling Us Magazine. Though, the two were still spotted together in NYC. Cassie is just the latest, whom's been rumored with Diddy.

omg Yahoo! reports,

"I will confirm that rumor," the 21-year-old told reporters who asked her to confirm split rumors at DJ Cassidy's birthday at Cipriani 23rd Street.

Though Cassie tells Us she's not seeing anyone special "right now," a party source spotted Diddy and Cassie "slipping out" together after the soiree ended.

Gorilla Zoe's Sophomore Album Due Out In Sept.

Looks like Block Entertainment's Gorilla Zoe is set to release his sophomore album Don't Feed Da Animals, due out September 23rd. The album will also feature, single "On the Corner" featuring Sean Kingston.

According to Zoe, Don't Feed Da Animals is collectively "a huge album, filled with life experiences, thoughts and feelings-real and uncut."

Diddy Encourages You To Drive Safely

Checkout Diddy's PSA featuring Ciroc vodka in E!'s Drive Safe Campaign.



Diddy encourages drivers to get a designated driver when drinking. Drivers can text "Drive Safe" to 37373 from their wireless devices to receive taxi contact information in their area.

Checkout behind-the-scenes at E! Online.

Diddy Hangs With Will Smith

Diddy made an appearance at Will Smith's latest movie premiere "Hancock". Smith and Combs both caught together with their sons, Combs praised Smith by proclaiming, "Will Smith is my hero!"

Cassie's Upcoming Album Should Surprise Fans

Diddy is apparently feeling the upcoming Cassie album, he says fans are in for a surprise.

Combs telling Billboard.com

"That's going to really, really catch people off guard," he says. "There's a huge [cry] out there for a younger Britney Spears, a younger Janet Jackson. Those two great artists have paved the way. She has a single out called 'Official Girl' and Danja produced it, and it is a smash."

While time will only tell.. The long awaited album is due out in September.

LA Times Retracts Tupac-Diddy Story

It looks like LA Times has finally removed the story on the paper's website linking Diddy to Tupac's murder. The LA Times has already publicly apologized for the story, now it appears the paper has finally retracted the story. In a statement on the Times website, they publicly retracted because the article "relied heavily on information that the Times no longer believes to be credible."

MTV.com

"The Times has since concluded that the FBI reports were fabricated and that some of the other sources relied on — including the person Philips previously believed to be the 'confidential source' cited in the FBI reports — do not support major elements of the story," the paper explained in the retraction. Along with retracting the front-page Web story from March 17 and a shorter version that appeared in the actual paper on March 19, the Times also retracted the text of two online chats that Philips participated in on March 18 and March 25, and comments from the Times' Soundboard blog from March 21

It's good The Times finally taken the steps to retract this bogus story.

Bad Boy's Newest Artist Janelle Monae

Diddy unveiled the latest Bad Boy Records artist Janelle Monae, Thursday night at New York's Blender Theater. Diddy is excited about Monae, the latest Bad Boy addition is sure to enhance the talent roster.

Billboard.com

"I've been blessed with artists like Jodeci, Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J.
Blige in the past, but this artist right here ... you've just got to see it to believe it. I don't know if you ever felt the Holy Ghost, but that's the only feeling you're going to feel tonight," said an excited Combs as he introduced Monae before a full house.

"This is possibly the most important signing of my career," Combs continued. "I thank God for blessing me with an artist like Janelle Monae. Now, are y'all ready to go to church?"

Monae first EP, "Metropolis Suite," will be released in June and her debut album, "Metropolis," is set to be released September.

Diddy "Hurt" By LA Times Story

Sean "Diddy" Combs recently talked to MTV News about the story that appeared in the LA Times. The story linked Combs and Biggie Smalls to Tupac Shakur's death stating both, Combs and Biggie had prior knowledge to the murder. In the first public comments since the story, Combs told MTV News.

MTV.com

"I've been through so much; hip-hop has been through so much; Biggie's, Tupac's [families] have been through so much," Combs told MTV News.

"To rehash the lies and just rumors like that, I didn't understand where that was coming from. I knew that I would never -- me and Biggie would never be involved, or even have any knowledge of that. Because if we have knowledge of something, we the type of people that's gonna warn somebody, we're gonna tell somebody. It just really hurt."

"Just knowing how people in this day and age, what they read online and what they see in the papers, they just take it as fact," Diddy explained. "It's like, come on, I been working so hard to rise above all of this stuff, and to see it now trying to pull me back down.

"[But] I stayed focused," he continued. "I was still. My grandmother told me, 'Be still.' No matter what it feels like, be still. And I was still and then the truth came out the way it was to come out. I didn't jump up and down about it. I let them give the apology and let people go back to the things they need to be focusing on about me, which is the #1 albums I'm dropping with Danity Kane and Day26, #1 fragrances, Janelle Monae, making this black history. And that's what it's about. But it's important to really deal with things however they come at you. And I've always done that my whole life and just always told the truth."

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Combs Talks About Single Parent Upbringing

So ladies? Is there something to Sean "Diddy" Combs being a single bachelor? Looks like there might be. Combs said, he "doesn't know marriage works."

Combs recently told a paper

"I don't know how marriage works. If you're raised by a married couple, you see how they interact; their good days, their bad days, how they work through things - you see the love. I wasn't brought up like that and I still don't know to do it. I never saw (my parents') relationship up-close, so every time I've been in a relationship I haven't known what to do and that's really scared me."

Nonetheless that would be understandable. And, plus when you have so many fine looking ladies around, commitment comes a little harder.

Again, Bad Boy Tops the Charts.. Day26 #1

For the second straight week Bad Boy Records topped the Billboard Charts. Day26 debuted at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 200, and on SoundScan. In addition, Danity Kane maintained in the top 5 at #4 with 89,000 units sold in the second week.

Day26 Press Release

With total sales exceeding 190,000, "DAY26" -- which features the current hit, "Got Me Going" and the upcoming single, "Since You Been Gone" -- officially logged the biggest-selling debut album from a male R&B group in the 17-year history of SoundScan.

"We just want to offer love and thanks to our many fans for making this band America's #1 group," said Day26, a.k.a. Brian Andrews, Mike McCluney, Qwanell Mosley (a.k.a. "Q"), Robert Curry, and Willie Taylor. "Of course, our endless gratitude goes out to our families and our friends at Bad Boy and Atlantic Records for helping us to achieve success that's already beyond our wildest dreams."

Congrats MTV, Bad Boy Records plus both Danity Kane and Day26.

Diddy Upset With People Magazine

The NY Post's Page Six reports Sean "Diddy" Combs is upset with People Magazine. Combs reportedly didn't take to kind to his twins [D'Lila Star and Jessie James] being published in the back of the magazine and J-Lo's twins published on the cover and large layout.

An insider told Page Six..

"It was the last straw for Diddy," a person close to Combs said. "They gave him lousy placement [in the Feb. 12, 2007] issue when Kim [Porter] had his twins, D'Lila Star and Jessie James."

A Combs' rep denied the article stating, "Sean loves People magazine and all the wonderful coverage they have given him over the years."

Get Ready For Making the Band 4 Season 3

Making the Band fans can prepare for another season of the Diddy and his bands (Danity Kane and Day26) this summer. As MTV has gave Diddy the green light for Making the Band 4, Season 3.

Multichannel.com reports..

The new season of Making The Band will chronicle the journey of rising stars Day26 and Donnie Klang and platinum artist Danity Kane as they travel across the country on a promotional tour in support of their respective albums.

The 10-episode Making The Band 4, Season 3 is expected to air this summer, according to MTV officials.

Your Thoughts?

Related: Making the Band 4 Season 3 Scheduled For Summer '08

Danity Kane on Top of the Charts

For the second time Danity Kane's new album debut on top of the charts. "Welcome to the Dollhouse" was atop the SoundScan/Billboard 200 album chart. The sophomore DK album sold 236,000 units in their first week.

Combs commented on Danity Kane's success.

"Over the past few years, I have not only been on a mission to make the bands, I have been on a mission to build careers. The triumphant number one return of Danity Kane is dramatic proof that we are achieving our goal.

"With Welcome To The Dollhouse, these gifted, beautiful, platinum-selling women have confirmed their enormous talent and undeniable star power."

Congrats girls..