Pregnant R&B singer Kelis celebrated pending motherhood with a baby shower in New York City at the weekend.

Surrounded by friends and family, the “Milkshake” hitmaker, who is expecting a son with estranged husband Nas, held a bash at the Big Apple’s Soho House on Saturday, according to The New York Post. A designer Louis Vuitton diaper bag were among the gifts received.

Kelis, who is due to give birth in July, filed for divorce from Nas in April, citing “irreconcilable differences” for the breakdown of their four year marriage.

Both stars are seeking joint legal and physical custody of their unborn son.

Diddy — who recently reached one million followers on Twitter.com — is currently involved in a war with some fellow members of the social networking site, which is responsible for outbursts like this one: “HATERS ALWAYS LOSE!!THEY NEVER WIN!! they just end up lonely, miserable, BROKE, Mad, no girls, and their breath stinks lol.”

Some Tweeters are so pissed off that Diddy is a member of the Millionaire Club, they’ve started a new movement — known as #unfollowdiddy — to steal followers and take the thrill out of the mogul’s Tweets.

It’s only the Internet, Diddy…..

“Culo” rapper Pitbull showed this his bite is just as big as his bark when he went upside the head of a cash-flinging fan during a concert in Aspen over the weekend.

Looks like Eminem still has plenty of fans. Relapse, Em’s first LP in five years, has sold more copies in its first week of release than any other album this year. Relapse sold 608,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Have any of you heard the album yet?

On Wednesday, Kanye West released the Official Music Video for his single “Paranoid,” featuring R&B princess Rihanna.

Maxwell has confirmed that he will embark on a 20-city tour of North American this summer to promote his new album, BLACKsummers’night, due in stores on July 7.

The tour will kick off in Grand Rapids, MI June 17 and include stops in Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Tampa, before wrapping July 31 in Miami, Florida.

Here’s the itinerary for Maxwell’s BLACKsummers’night North American Tour:

Wed-Jun-17 Grand Rapids, MI DeVos Performance Hall
Fri-Jun-19 Hammond, IN The Venue/Horseshoe Hammond
Sat-Jun-20 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre
Tue-Jun-23 Seattle, WA Paramount
Wed-Jun-24 Vancouver, BC The Centre
Fri-Jun-26 Las Vegas, NV Pearl
Sun-Jun-28 Los Angeles, CA BET AWARDS
Mon-Jun-29 Phoenix, AZ Dodge
Wed-Jul-1 Austin, TX Bass
Thu-Jul-2 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theater
Sat-Jul-4 New Orleans, LA Essence Festival (Superdome)
Sun-Jul-12 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
Mon-Jul-13 Louisville, KY Palace Theatre
Wed-Jul-15 Columbus, OH Palace Theatre
Thu-Jul-16 Cleveland, OH Allen Theatre
Sat-Jul-18 Pittsburgh, PA Heinz
Sun-Jul-19 Buffalo, NY Sheas PAC
Tue-Jul-21 Albany, NY The Palace
Wed-Jul-22 New Jersey NJPAC
Fri-Jul-24 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata
Sat-Jul-25 Foxwoods Foxwoods
Mon-Jul-27 Norfolk, VA Chrysler Hall
Tue-Jul-28 Savannah, GA Johnny Mercer
Thu-Jul-30 Tampa, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
Fri-Jul-31 Miami, FL The Knight Center

After months of silence, Chris Brown has slithered out of his hole for the first time since whooping on Rihanna. On Tuesday, the “Run It” hitmaker posted a video blog proclaiming that he is not a monster — after shamelessly plugging his new album, of course.

“I’m telling you, I’m telling you… I just want to say, ‘What up!’ ‘cause I ain’t been out there in a minute,” Chris said in the posted YouTube clip.

“New album going to be coming soon, we’re working on it right now… Called ‘Graffiti,’” he continued. “It’s got everything on it, you know what I’m saying, y’all be ready for that.”

In addition to the upcoming album, Chris said a single is forthcoming as well.

“I’m about to drop a single for y’all this summer,” Chris said. “We ain’t going nowhere!”

“I ain’t a monster!”

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T.I. turned himself in to authorities at Arkansas’ Forrest City Federal Prison to begin 366-day prison sentence illegal weapons possession on Tuesday.

Feast your eyes on what you’ll get a taste of if you check out Grammy-winning singer Ashanti on Broadway this summer.

Here’s a video clip of the once self-proclaimed “Princess of R&B” performing “Home” — a song made famous by legendary powerhouses Diana Ross and Stephanie Mills — from the musical The Wiz at a press junket in Manhattan last week.

The Wiz opens June 12 — Ashanti has been cast in the role of Dorothy for a three week limited engagement.