Ne-Yo, Nelly Furtado and Common were among the performers gracing the Hammerstein Ballroom stage last night (Oct. 5) in New York as part of VH1's fourth Hip-Honors. This year's honorees were Missy Elliott, Whodini, Snoop Dogg and A Tribe Called Quest, and there were also special tributes to the New Jack Swing movement and the film "wild Style."

Britney Spears will face a fresh child-abuse probe by social services-her former bodyguard Tony Barretto has made an official complaint against the star.
Spears lost physical custody of her two sons-Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1-to her ex-husband Kevin Federline earlier this week after reportedly ignoring a string of court-imposed demands and skipping mandatory drug tests.
But the pop star, 25, is now facing more accusations of child abuse-just one month after she was cleared of similar...

Artist: Gwen Stefani
Song: Now That You Got It 
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Federal court judges recently heard arguments in the copyright infringement case that claims Beyonce stole the lyrics for her hit, "Baby Boy."
A three-judge panel from the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who were convening in Lubbock, TX for three days of hearings began listening to arguments in the case on Wednesday (October 3). The plaintiff in the case, Jennifer Armour of Shakopee, Minn., alleges that Beyonce illegally took the lyrics from her song, "Got a Little Bit of Love for You" and used them for "Baby Boy," her collaboration with Sean Paul.

Rapper Prodigy was in a Manhattan court yesterday (October 4) on gun possession charges following his arrest last fall.
Last October, police found a .22-caliber handgun in the rapper's bulletproof Chevy Suburban after they pulled him over for making a U-turn and heading the wrong way down a one-way street.
According to the New York Post, the two police officers testified yesterday that after stopping the vehicle, they saw Prodigy's hand either on or near the open center console door.

Jennifer Lopez confirmed she is pregnant on Wednesday night when a wardrobe malfunction accidentally revealed her baby bump.
The singer has refused to announce the big news and her representative categorically denied it last month.
As rumors intensified, Lopez was expected to make a big announcement during her show at New York's Madison Square Garden...

Despite his current legal battle, R. Kelly is headlining a new tour alongside Ne-Yo and J. Holiday.
The three R&B acts will kickoff their 39-date arena tour November 14 in Columbus, GA, spending most of November and December on the road before concluding the tour on January 12 in Hampton, VA.

Troubled pop star Britney Spears is returning to rehab in a bid to win back her children, according to reports.
The "Toxic" hitmaker, 25, spent one month in the Promises Treatment Center in California in March this year after having her head shaved.
Spears has admitted herself to the Crossroads Center in Antigua "in an attempt to get custody of her children."

Artist: Chris Brown
Song: Kiss Kiss 
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M.I.A. will tour the U.S. in support of her latest release, Kala. The British rapper, who had some significant visa issues a few months back, is now free to roam the country as she pleases. And so she will.
Supporting her for the bulk of the tour is the much buzzed about rap duo Cool Kids, who may just upstage the headliner if she's not careful.