“bizarre car crash in Los Angeles involving two luxury cars early this morning rapper Kanye West dead, a second injured, a third arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter and a fourth person was detained by police.”

In November 2007, Dr. Donda West passed away at the age of 58 following cosmetic surgery. The retired professor underwent breast augmentation and a tummy tuck without a medical clearance. A preexisting coronary artery disease and multiple postoperative factors following surgery proved fatal.

“Sometimes patients may think they are well enough for cosmetic surgery, but in reality are not,” says Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter, who lobbied the legislation into law. “This bill will potentially save lives.”.

“Live Nation announced today that the Kanye West and Lady Gaga ‘Fame Kills’ tour has been canceled,” promoters said in a statement issued this evening.

Refunds are available at the point of purchase, and tickets purchased online and by phone will be refunded automatically.

Yeezy’s getting the help he needzy. After downing a bottle of Hennessy cognac and storming the stage at last weekend’s MTV Video Music Awards, Star Magazine claims hip-hop juggernaut Kanye West has hired a counselor and is considering checking into rehab for alcohol addiction once his Fame Kills Tour, featuring pop sensation Lady Gaga, wraps up in January.

According to those closest to him, Kanye has been using alcohol as a security blanket since his mother’s passing. Donda West died in November 2007, one day after getting a tummy tuck and breast reduction surgery for an unlicensed doctor.

“His drinking is getting worse — and when he has too much, he can be mean and obnoxious,” a friend reveals in the Oct. 5 issue of Star. “If he doesn’t get help soon, things could really spiral out of control.”

Although Kanye, 32, publicly — and privately– apologized for humiliating country cutie Taylor Swift as she delivered her first VMA acceptance speech, sources close to the “Jesus Walks” star says he was in such a drunken stupor that he doesn’t even remember the now infamous stage-storm.

“Kanye’s afraid to go to rehab, but he knows he needs help and is taking steps in the right direction.”

Yeezy and Gaga are teaming for a 34 citiy tour of North America, kicking off in Phoenix on Nov. 10 and running through Jan. 24 in Dallas. Tickets go on sale to the general public in select markets this Friday, Sept. 25 at LiveNation.com.

Kanye’s bald-headed “Buss It Baby” Amber Rose is working hard on her modeling career — just look at all the trashy posing she’s doing in the October issue of Elle.

When asked about the collaborative process with West on their inaugural shoot for ELLE, Rose laughs. “We’re like total opposites,” she says. “he’ll pick out something and I’ll be like, ‘Oh, God, I don’t like that at all.’ And then I’ll pick out something and he’ll be like, ‘Babe, just… no.’ I’m more electric pink and bright yellow. And Kanye’s more like nude and bone. Like, bone is his favorite color. I’m like, whose favorite color is bone?”

Rose, a video vixen who’s appeared in music videos including Ludacris’ “What Them Girls Like,” Young Jeezy’s “Vacation,” and West’s “Robocop,” recently signed a contract with Ford Models and is planning to study acting a possibly launch her own line of sunglasses. She admits that she and West “are dating and enjoying each other’s company,” but is adamant that her personal style is just that, personal. “I’m not like his Barbie,” says Rose about West, who wanted her to try on a gown for the Metropolitan Opera’s 125th Anniversary Gala at Lincoln Center in March. Instead, Rose chose an all-white cocktail wrap-dress by Alexander Wang, complete with a thigh-flashing slit.

“I didn’t want to wear a long gown,” Rose says. “So then we get to the Met and everybody has a long gown. I was like, great. I didn’t know what the Met was!”

Kanye West received nine nominations for the fourth annual BET Hip-Hop Awards on Thursday — even though the star is still under fire for his controversial stage-crashing at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards last weekend. The rapper caused a stir after he interrupted 19-year-old country singer Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMAs Sunday.

Kanye’s recent album, 808s & Heartbreak, has sold over a million copies.

Jay-Z and Lil Wayne land second-most nominations, with seven nods apiece, while incarcerated “King of the South” T.I. received six nods.

The network will also recognize veteran rapper Ice Cube with the “I Am Hip-Hop” Icon Award. The show –hosted by comedian Mike Epps — will air Oct. 27.