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LIL WAYNE CONFIRMS RUMORS

There has been rumors that Wayne has gotten another female pregnant. Well now it’s all out for the world to see it for themselves. In an interview with BBC’s Tim Westwood, Wayne confirmed that the rumors that R&B singer Nivea is pregnant by him is true, and they are expecting a son.The child will be Lil Wayne’s third son in just over a year. Talking about a big family; Nivea is the ex-wife of singer The-Dream, and birth three of his children — a daughter in 2005, followed by twin boys in 2006.While Wayne has son with London, and another last year with an unidentified mother. He also has a daughter, named Reginae, with his ex-wife Antonia “Toya” Carter, and that’s not counting his son with Nivea.

KANYE A NO SHOW AT BET AWARDS

Kanye West was up for 9 nominations at the 4th Annual BET Hip Hop Awards Saturday evening (October 10), but was a Kanye West was a no-show. Some say it was because of the MTV incident, but nothing confirmed that accusation to be true. As for other no-shows, T.I. couldn’t attend due to prison time, but In his absence, his fiancee Tameka “Tiny” Cottle accepted his awards.

N.E.R.D. ADDS NEW MEMBER TO GROUP

While working on their next album “Instant Gratification”, the group revealed that they have added a new member to the group by the name of Rhea. She is the groups new singer. In a recent interview with MTV, Pharrell said Rhea’s addition to the group adds a “very 3D” aspect to their sound. N.E.R.D.’s upcoming “Instant Gratification” album is due out in 2010. Until then, they will be on tour with Jay-Z for the Blueprint 3 tour.

PUFF JOINS INTERSCOPE

Puff, Bad Boy CEO’s deal with Warner Music Group came to an end, and now he has decided to sign a deal with Interscope. This joint venture with Interscope will allow Puff to release all of his future albums through Interscope along with the albums of any new artists that he signs. After having a meeting with Julie Greenwald (Atlantic Records COO) and Lyor Cohen (Atlantic Records Chairman) Diddy was able to retain the Bad Boy name.The first release to come out of the joint venture will be Diddy’s “Last Train To Paris” which is said to boasts features from Lil Wayne, Drake and T-Pain and is set to be released in April 2010.

FLAVA FLAV BACK IN SCHOOL

Hypeman/rapper/actor Flava Flav is planning on another reality show. After three successful seasons of “Flavor of Love”, the 50 year old is planning on going back to high school, since he never passed the 10th grade. This should be very interesting.

I just want to show the world it’s never too late to get your diploma, and show kids they should stay in school and not wait until you’re old to get it,” Flav told Access Hollywood. “Everybody sees me as this big love mogul. Now I got a baby girl, I’ve been there and done that and now it’s time for the next episode.”

It seems that Flav’s show will help change the direction of reality TV, and help turn its focus to more positive subjects.