Saig-Giddy reminisces on how his former girlfriend held him down during his stint up North. He also shows off Joy Bryant’s modeling portfolio. Before her career took off, the Yard Father and the actress used to date. In fact, on his song “Favorite Things,” he rapped, “Favorite Girl: Joy.” Somebody loves ya baby. NR Sidebar: Ole girl recently confessed she’s a weave-a-holic.

[cnn-video vid=”/video/showbiz/2009/09/23/nat.the.roots.cnn”] ?uestlove scuffs at the notion that he and his bandmates are sellouts since joining Jimmy Fallon. Take it from [insert artist here] It’s better to sell, than not sell at all. CNN

Keri’s out. T-Pain and Keyshia Cole’s in. But, I mean like, for real like, who wanna hear Kells with Auto-Tune on? Do you, that’s some bullshit. HHNM

17 hours? That ain’t no fun, homie.

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3526008&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dinstance%253Dnews%2526vid%253D440812] Coming in at numero nueve is 50 Cent. Of course, not everyone was pleased with the placement. Why He’s Hot: Over the past year, 50 Cent chose not to roam on one of his main predatory terrains, the Billboard charts, by continuing to hold back the release of his long-awaited Before I Self-Destruct LP. Instead, the G-Unit General began to fully realize the potential of another region in which he’d already planted his flag: the Internet. MTV Sidebar: […]

“His record…it sucks.” Earlier this afternoon, 50 Cent was “hospitalized” and treated for noise poisoning after listening to Fat Joe’s new record. Hugging his son Marquise, he sheds some tears over the whole ordeal. This guy’s sick. No pun intended. Props: Thisis50 Update: Crack’s retort. Spotted: Miss Info

A lil blurry but sharing is caring, AK. I hope she can get some rest for that “Empire” shoot tmw. Tick tock. Previously: On The Set: Alicia Keys “Doesn’t Mean Anything” Video

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3523115&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D6805788%26server%3Dvimeo.com%26autoplay%3D0%26fullscreen%3D1%26md5%3D0%26show_portrait%3D0%26show_title%3D0%26show_byline%3D0%26context%3Dsubscriptions%7Cnewest%26context_id%3D%26force_embed%3D0%26multimoog%3D%26color%3D00ADEF%26force_info%3Dundefined] To help plug the Big Pun: The Legacy DVD (I still need to get my copy), the Doggfather pays homage to The Punisher. Peep his interesting take on Mr. Rios’ current status in hip-hop history. “I feel like Big Pun’s memory has been put aside in a treasured way and not in a distasteful way. A lot of people doin’ songs with Tupac and Biggie that they probably wouldn’t have never fuck with. So that disrespects their whole […]

Here’s a final taste from the “Common and Friends” gala this past Saturday. How ’bout some crisp soundboard audio courtesy of All The Way Live? In one of the many highlights of the evening, Luda and Nas join forces for the culture. Once again, no Hova. No problem. No shots.

After a weekend filled with car accident rumors and food poisoning claims, Fab continues to give his all into his Twitter account and tonight revealed that he’s been quietly filming a pilot. Don’t worry no tonguing chicks down here; in fact, the premise revolves around familia. Hey I’ve done a couple reality shows. Fab is cool and his son is light-skinned. I’m all for it. Ha! Spotted: Natasha