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Chris Brown, Soulja Boy and Bow Wow have sparked a war of words on Twitter, challenging each other's finances and fans.
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" hitmaker Soulja Boy started the battle by boasting about how many Twitter followers he has compared to Brown and Bow Wow.
But Brown was quick to respond to the jibe, insisting he is more popular because he can demand more cash for his personal appearances.
In a poorly-worded rant on his personal page, Soulja Boy - real name DeAndre Cortez Way - writes, "Add Chris Brown & Bow Wow followers together and you still aint (sic) half way f**kin with me."
Brown retorted, "Souljaboytellem and bowwow what yall make in a show I make for an hour at an afterparty... jus sayin (sic)."
But Soulja Boy fired back, "If my last tweet offended you I won," before challenging Bow Wow to a chart battle when they release their new albums later this year.
He added, "Bowwow... f**k bank accounts. f**k followers. let's see who (sic) new album sell the most 1st week."
Oprah Winfrey is definitely wasting no time in preparing for her move from her current daytime talk show, The Oprah Show, to her next project, OWN:The Oprah Winfrey Network, which is her new cable television network. One of her first shows on the new network will be the hour-long “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” and it will air in the evening. There’s also talks of her having big name celebrities like Lady Gaga and Jay-Z appear on other shows on the network. The network is using Ms. Winfrey’s ability to attract high-profile talent. One OWN series, “Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind,” will highlight pop musician Lady Gaga and movie director James Cameron, among others. Another show, “Master Class,” will feature people like former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and musician Jay-Z relaying life stories and lessons directly into the camera.
Brandy has opened up about her romance with Flo Rida, admitting she's reluctant to "commit" to the rapper because she doesn't want to end up heartbroken.
The singer insists she's "definitely interested" in the Right Round hit-maker, who she began spending time with last year, but she's not getting serious with the hip-hop star just yet.
She says, "I've seen the photos of me and Flo Rida. It doesn't matter how we met. We met. I don't want to say that we're a couple. I can definitely say that he's somebody in my life and I'm definitely interested but I'm not serious with anybody. I'm a little bit afraid to give my heart away right now..."
"People that are in the entertainment business are scary because there's so much out there for them. They can get whatever they want and you have to be a strong guy to be in a committed relationship. You have to be strong and ready for that. And I just think if you're not ready for that, then don't tell me that you are and you're not... Don't tell somebody that they're your girlfriend and then you go out and act like you don't have a girlfriend. That's not right... I'm scared in that sense because I don't play around with the whole cheating thing.
Please don't do that. I don't like that. At all. I'm so scared of that. I'm scared to give my heart away. I don't know where to find a good guy."
Brandy has previously dated producer Robert Smith, with whom she has a daughter, and basketball player Quentin Richardson.
Janet Jackson has denied she is turning her back on pop - insisting she "loves" music too much to ever stop performing.
The Nasty superstar had a rocky return to music in 2008 with the release of her tenth studio album Discipline, which was relatively ill received, compared to her previous records.
She followed up the album with her Rock Withchu Tour, which was marred by problems including the singer's ill health, causing her to cancel seven dates in the U.S. and Canada. The Japanese leg of the trek was also scrapped due to the global economic crisis. Rumors followed that the star had axed plans to release any new material, and would concentrate on launching a full-time career as an actress.
However, despite admitting she will be concentrating on movies in the near future, Jackson insists her music career is far from over.
She tells USA Today, "I read somewhere that I'm not planning to make more albums; that's not true. I love singing and performing too much to give them up. Right now I've got a couple more films I may do, and the festival. Then I'll figure out whether to go with a major or do something more independent."
The singer will headline this summer's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Fabolous has brushed off his escalating war-of-words with Jim Jones on Twitter.com - insisting his rap rival was joking when he told the Trade It All hit-maker to "play dead".
Jones first took aim at his rap rival following the debut of Fabolous' Body Ya music video, accusing him of being unoriginal. He wrote: "I just seen another rapper's video that look just like my chain gang n scarf. Damn, I'm sonnin (something) these n**gaz. I guess my style might body ya. Lol."
Fabolous responded by bashing Jones' mixtape, The Ghost of Rich Porter. He wrote: "iJustWannaKnoWhy the competition won't stay Dead. Maybe I should (release) a new mixtape call (sic) TiNc3 - Ghost of the Competition." The post prompted Jones to 'tweet' "Pow pow, play dead" on the rapper's page - worrying fans the feud was turning violent.
However, Fabolous insists the online fight won't escalate. He tells MTV News, "I don't know where his comment came from. I joked around with it too. It was kinda subliminal."
"I think it's definitely competition. But you can say things - it gets taken out of context whether you meant it as a joke or not. It could have been his opinion, but it still was thrown the way he threw it. It could have been taken in the context of you taking a shot at somebody. But I had fun with it, I made some jokes. That's it. I'm not looking at it as I got a really big problem or East Coast/West Coast beef. I cracked a couple of jokes about it. I'm not making a dis record about it... Twitter dissing isn't important."
