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STR8 TALK: BEYONCE’S BABY BUMP BOOST RECORD SALES

LexAve — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:06:13 +0000

You might recall a while back Beyonce’s “4″ album made a lackluster debut on the charts. Well thanks to her flaunting of her new baby bump, King Bey not only made Twitter history but her record sales got a major boost. According to Billboard.com,

Other obvious gainer thanks to the VMA show is Beyonce, who announced she was pregnant during her performance of “Love On Top.” Her “4″ album returns to the top 10 on the Billboard 200 with 39,000 (jumping 12-7; up 87%) and “Love” debuts at No. 10 on Digital Songs with 113,000 (up 803%). This marks the first time the “4″ album has posted a weekly sales increase since its arrival.

Luckily for Bey that baby bump boosted her back to the top on the charts. Now that The Carters are adding a new member to their empire, only more success and mayhem will follow. But is this surprising at all?! After they’re hip hop/pop royal couple. Either way congrats to the parents to be and Happy Belated Bday Bey!
Here are some flicks of the pair kicking it in Crotia with the crew.

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STR8 SNITCHIN’: 50 CENT TRADES IN CIARA FOR A BECKY?!

J'More — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:54:28 +0000

Looks like 50 Cent has dropped Ciara for a white chick! Guess 50 didn’t really like the way Ciara “rides the beat”. Ha! Anywhoo, according to TMZ, the Queens rapper and comedian Chelsea Handler were spotted at a bar in New Orleans Sunday night and “were getting very hot and heavy with each other”. Word is 50 has been feeling Chelsea for quite some time now and has been pursuing her for months. WOW! Apparently, 50 once left the late night TV host a voicemail message after appearing on her show and even sent her flowers.

Here’s a pic of the newly rumored couple getting cozy at some club…is that a business meeting or just a lil’ too close for comfort. Ciara, come get ya gurl, Chelsea!

But is this really news…ya already know how Chelsea loves her some rappers…

FRESH CANDIDS: AMBER ROSE ROCKS A PINK BIKINI…

LexAve — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:26:57 +0000

While Kanye is on his social media tour, hitting up corporate offices of Facebook, Twitter, and Rolling Stone to name a few…his former arm piece, Amber Rose, frolicks in the beautiful sands of Miami Beach, rocking nothing but a string pink bikini. Though we may not know what she actually does, the bish’s body is SICK! *runs to gym*

Granted ARose is one stunning chick…but cigarette smoking is just not cute! Surely most fellas would agree… #imjustsayin

FRESH FLICKS: SINGLE LADIES SERENA x CHRISTINA MILIAN

LexAve — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:10:15 +0000

Fresh off their break-ups with Common & The Dream, newly single ladies & gal pals Serena Williams and Christina Milians caught up for some much necessary girls night out at Madeo restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. The ladies look great!

Here’s a better look at the newly single Christina Milian…shorty brought out her freakum dress…NICE!

COUPLED-UP: ALICIA KEYS & SWIZZ BEATZ ON WEDDING + BABY…

LexAve — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:05:26 +0000

Alicia Keys and fiance, Swizz Beatz, were spotted strolling around SoHo in NYC earlier last week. Congratulations on their baby on the way.

In other Alicia Keys/Swizz Beatz related news, no they didn’t get married! In fact, the pair attended Russell Simmons’ Art for Life benefit in East Hampton on Saturday night. The stunning & very pregnant singer, Alicia Keys, stayed off the red carpet to avoid answering questions about the upcoming wedding & cheered Beatz as he accepted an honor for his work with underprivileged kids. Source
Swizz also chopped it up with People where he revealed some information about the couple’s upcoming bundle of joy and pending nuptials during the outing.

“Alicia is definitely one of those great parents-to-be…I’m definitely one of those great parents as well.” As for the sex of the baby, he offered. “We don’t know…We’re just going to let that be magical. Whatever we’re blessed with, boy, girl, twins, that baby is being born to blessed parents.”

As for the wedding extravaganza, he offered:

“I’ll give a shout-out to Vera Wang for doing the dress and Christian Louboutin for doing her shoes. Louboutin’s doing my shoes too!”

These two are slowly taking over Jay-Z & Beyonce’s spot as the hip hop’s royalty couple.

FROM THE TWEETS: CHRISTINA MILIAN BEEFS WITH FUNKMASTER FLEX

LexAve — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:43:12 +0000

Christina Milian is not feeling how people are prying into her personal life and most recently her official break-up from hubby The Dream. So much so yesterday the newly single mom fired back at FunkMaster Flex via twitter, after he went in on C.Milli.

“Christina Milian is Finished out here….Dream just wrapped you up….”

The Hot97 DJ later deleted the diss from his time line, but not before CMilian peeped the tweet and she fired back with:

“@funkmasterflex when will u just leave me alone and get a life? I swear all uve ever done is pick on me. What’s ur problem dude? Go away.”

And shortly after she deleted her response…but not before FunkFlex quickly retracted his lame statement and apologized via his twitter account:

Christina replied back with…

Glad to see FunkFlex stepped up and apologized to the single mother to be…very unnecessary. Christina Milian needs nothing but support at this point, not lame asses going in on her career…at least not yet.
In other C.Milian news, yesterday she was spotted out in Los Angeles running a few errands picking a child from a daycare center. Peep the wedding the ring she’s still rocking…is shorty in denial or something. I’ll give her a few months and she’ll be back on her feet. Keep ya head up mami!

SPOTTED: SWIZZ BEATZ EX, MASHONDA, COMES OUTTA HIDING…

LexAve — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:44:32 +0000

While Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz are basking in marital bliss, Mashonda attended a book release party at Bo Concept in NYC for author Aliya King’s new book “Platinum”…no clue on what’s the book about, but Mashonda looked radiant! Glad to see she’s still holding her up after Swizz traded her in for Alicia Keys.

In other Mashonda related news, be sure to catch her photo spread in Vibe “A Day in the Life of Mashonda” feature…here’s a sneak peek.

Peep the “Loyalty” tattoo…speaks volumes.

Here she is doing a lil’ mommy time with her son, Kasseem Jr….isn’t he adorable. Reminds me of a mini Pharrell, lol.

Enjoy more photos HERE!

STR8 SNITCHIN’: THE DREAM CAUGHT WITH SIDE CHICK!

LexAve — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:38:06 +0000

Looks like another is about to bite the dust…soon! It’s been rumored The Dream and Christina Milian were on the rocks and now we have photos of The Dream having some fun in the sun with some random chick that’s clearly not C.Milian.

Sure it appears The Dream and the mystery woman are engaging in innocent fun until The Dream does this…

And notice…how he’s not wearing his wedding ring. Hmmm…

There’s absolutely nothing innocent about these pics…all that water playing is just foreplay for whats to come back at the hotel. The Dream is a certified WHORE! See more pics HERE!
Best believe Christina is gonna go in on his ass and can expect a hefty check out of his cheating ways. I can already see Christina pulling a Kelis on The Dream. GET HIM!

COUPLED-UP: RIHANNA & MATT/BEYONCE & JAY-Z

LexAve — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:38:19 +0000

Swag Princess RiRi is finally getting the QT she’s was yearning for to be with her baseball beau Matt Kemp. The pair were spotted leaving West Hollywood’s Maestro’s Steakhouse over the weekend. Word is her North American set of Last Girl on Earth tour kicks off July 2nd, so ya already know RiRi is OD’n on boo loving. Go ‘head RiRi! We see you!

Meanwhile here in the Empire state, Jay-Z x Beyonce were spotted driving around, except this time Bey was behind the wheel. Cute!

STR8 STYLIN’ OR WILDIN’: SOLANGE GOES AU NATUREL…

J'More — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:46:56 +0000

A few onths after shaving off her locks opting for a clean look, Beyonce’s baby sis’ Solange switches her look up once again! This past weekend, while spinning on the 1′s and 2′s at TAO Beach in Las Vegas; Solange revealed her new au natural ‘do. Honestly, I like the new hair…just wish she would’ve ran a comb through it, but nonetheless I’m diggin’ it! Shout out to all the natural sistahs!

Is Solange STYLIN’ or WILDIN’?!