Jay-Z and Alicia Key will pay homage to there hometown New York they will perform “Empire State of Mind” which will kick off the first game of the World Series with the New York Yankees against the defending champs, the Philadelphia Phillies. The song from Jay-Z latest CD “The Blueprint 3″ has unofficial become the team anthem which has generated a number of versions featuring lyrics that praise the team. After that performance Alicia will sing the National Anthem.

Kanye and his manger Don “DC” Crowley have been cleared of battery, grand theft and vandalism charges that resulted from a scuffle with paparazzi back in 2008. The three misdemeanor charges against West and Crowley were thrown out by Los Angeles court commissioner Mark Zuckman. Both will have to do 50 hours of community service in order for the charges to be expunged from their records. They completed 12 hours of anger management class and paid the paparazzi in a civil suit which of course helped the case get  tossed.

Spike Lee has a recent interview where he refers to the TBS sitcoms “Meet the Brown” and “House of  Payne” that are both produced by Tyler Perry as “coonery” and “buffoonery”.  Tyler responded to Spike’s comments in his interview on 60 Minutes by saying that he was “insulted” and “pissed off ” by the comments made by Spike last May.

According to a close source Mediatakeout.com learned that Atlanta prosecutors are likely to drop the homicide case against Frederick Richardson for the killing of  AJ Jewell the fiance of RHOA Kandi. Police initially said the Jewell died due to a head injury but results from a preliminary autopsy may suggest that AJ’s could have been related to sickle cell anemia. Medical examiner’s of Fulton County are waiting for test results before determining a cause of death. Richardson was released on a 10,000 bond last Tuesday but still may face assault charges for engaging in a fight with A.J

This weeks issue of National Enquirer are saying that Usher and Rihanna are “getting it in ” NE also says: “Usher has been making moves on Rihanna, and she seems to like him a lot, revealed an insider. Although they are interested in each other Rihanna says that she will not be seen in public with him in an romantic setting until the divorce is final cause she doesn’t want any drama with Tameka.

Lil Wayne plead guilty to attempted weapon possession in a New York City courtroom. Wayne was arrested in 2007 when cops pulled his tour over and smelled weed and claimed that Wayne tried to toss a Louis Vuitton bag with a gun inside . its been reported that Wayne will get 8 months in jail.

Girlfriend of rapper Kayne West, Amber Rose was upset when she found out that an internet hoax said the her boyfriend had died in a “bizarre” car crash.  On her twitter page Rose wrote “This RIP Kayne West topic is not funny and it’s not true! he has people like myself and his family that love him very much. Its in extreme poor taste to have that as a trendy topic.” Rose feel that the rumors were an attack on West because of his VMA outburst with Taylor Swift, also Rose stated “Its totally disrespectful to make up a story like this . We are all human and make mistakes, and to say someone died cause of a mistake is ridiculous. You wouldn’t want someone to say that about you or someone you love …it’s not funny”

Rapper Lil Wayne had a preliminary hearing in New York courts about the felony gun possession charges against him. A highly advanced DNA identification technique called low copy number DNA profiling will be used to determine if the weapon can be linked to Wayne.  Well now the rapper could face up to 1 year in jail after pleading guilty to gun possession after retracing his plea after ” problematic” DNA evidence was admissible in court. By taken the plea Wayne avoided trial in which he would have been faced with 3  years.

Everyone know that Ludacris loves to freely give out money through his non-profit Ludacris Foundation seems that  a team of lawyers are taking him to court for unpaid legal fees. Carlton Fields P.A. is suing Cris and his foundation for the amount of $61,820. The lawyers defended him back in 2007 for a personal negligence and injuries case that involved him, the foundation and his mother, Roberta J. Shields, against Mr. Lawrence J. Hyde. The law firm stopped legal services for Cris in April 2009 when an outstanding balance was not paid.

Chris Browns announced on the same day that Rihanna released her new single that he will  contribute partial proceeds from his upcoming “Fan Appreciation” tour to a domestic violence intervention program. The singer says this tour is to “acknowledge and thank his fans for the on-going support.” The tour starts Nov. 14 in Houston at the The House of Blues and will be in Atlanta at Center Stage on Dec.2.