Whitney Houston is being sued by her stepmother
over a $1m (£650,000) life insurance policy left by the singer's
father, who died in 2003. Barbara Houston claims the singer was supposed to use $723,000 (£468,000) to pay the mortgage on her father's house.The stepmother, who still lives in the house, says the remaining money should have been returned to her.In court papers filed in Newark, New Jersey, she claims the pop star improperly kept the inheritance.Lawyers for Houston and her stepmother refused to comment on the case. The singer, who enjoyed huge success in the 1980s with hits
including I Wanna Dance With Somebody and I Will Always Love You, has
not released a studio album since 2003.She has reportedly been working on new music to be released next year. Will Smith denies being a member of the controversial and bizarre 
B.I.G.'s first official producer, Easy Mo Bee, to discuss why he was overlooked on the new Notorious film, and what really went wrong with his Bad Boy relationship. Easy Mo Bee is a Grammy winning producer who crafted beats for nearly
half of the Notorious B.I.G's debut album, Ready to Die.
"I am very integral to Big's very beginnings. I'm the first producer
that he went into the studio with," he told SOHH. "When we recorded, 'Party
and Bullshit' and the 'Ready To Die' song those were his first times
going into a real studio." CONTINUE READING... President-elect Barack Obama is defending his choice of Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. The selection brought objections from gay rights advocates who say
they're troubled by Warren's support for a California ballot initiative
banning gay marriage. It was approved by voters last month. Obama told reporters in Chicago that America needs to "come
together," even when there's disagreement on social issues. He also
said it's "no secret" that he's a "fierce advocate for equality" for
gays and lesbians - and he said that support will continue. Earlier in the week, Foxx caught eyes and ears all over the Internet when he did some serious joking on actor Terrence Howard. Foxx told syndicated radio host Big Boy
that Howard dissed his music. Foxx, in turn, did a spot-on
impersonation of the "Iron Man" co-star and riffed on Howard's album
sales. CD REVIEW - BRANDY It's been 4 years since Brandy's had new music out, but the effects of
what she's experienced since then could impact her for a lifetime;
changing labels, single motherhood, discarding her management as well
as a fiance, and of course, the pending wrongful death car accident
lawsuit. So it's no wonder that the 29-year-old Ms. Norwood has adopted
a more personal (if a bit platitudinal) approach on her fifth studio
CD, Human. CONTINUE READING CNS–A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that California failed to
comply with a 2002 state law requiring it to extend Medi- Cal coverage
to HIV-positive Californians, it was announced recently. The
Legislature passed a law in 2002 expanding Medi-Cal coverage to HIV- CONTINUE READING Drumma Boy has had hits before, but 2008 is officially the year he
achieved superproducer status. Since the 25-year-old Memphis native
moved to Atlanta in 2004, his slow, deep, moody, bass-heavy sound has
backed gutter anthems for Young Jeezy, Lil Scrappy, Yung Joc and Paul
Wall. Last year, he started hurtling towards the mainstream, scoring
hits with Plies’ breakout single, “Shawty,” featuring T-Pain, and
U.S.D.A.’s “White Girl.” This year, he broke out producing eight songs
on Rocko’s debut, Self-Made, including his smash “Umma Do Me,” Rick
Ross’ “Here I Am,” Young Jeezy’s “Put On,” featuring Kanye West, and
four songs...Legendary star Lena Horne is alive and well, despite a report by Entertainment Weekly
online that suggested she was dead. In an unfortunate slip-up, the
Hollywood-centric website published what was clearly a pre-written
obituary for the iconic actress/chanteuse Lena Horne that left many
stunned, particularly because it had never been reported that she had
expired. Though P. Diddy, Daddy, whatever kicked her out of his girl group Danity Kane, that hasnt stopped former front woman Aubrey O Day
from making headlines and especially when talk turns to her
sexual preference. The singer says man, woman... doesn't matter to her. Columbus, Ohio, HIV educators are tapping the popularity of social
networking websites and other technologies among young people to raise
awareness about the disease. CONTINUE READING 
India.Arie is finally returning Feb. 10, 2009 with her fourth album, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics, and it's about time. Testimony: Vol. 2 is the long-awaited follow up to her 2006 album, Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship,
which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart. India's label
is simultaneously releasing two singles from the album; the one that'll
be spotlighted tomorrow is a sunny love song called "Therapy." But
being featured here right now is a tasty, sexy and radio-friendly track
called "Chocolate High," which features India dueting with her rumored
(ex)-boyfriend, Musiq Soulchild. To stream the song, click the link below.
"Chocolate High" audio stream (Windows Media) Buy/download the song
