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Sorry to all the Usher wanna-be baby mamas out there, but Usher is already on the road to Daddy-dom.

Ush and his fiancee Tameka Foster have announced that they’re expecting their first child together, due in the fall.

“We are extremely excited at this point in our lives planning our wedding and the joy that comes with expecting our first child together,” the couple said in a statement released to the Associated Press Wednesday. “We hope people will be happy for us and respect our privacy during this happy period in our lives.”

According to Essence.com, the 28 year-old singer and his ex-stylist have been dating for a year and a half. This will be the fourth child for Foster, 36.

Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson were the big winners last night (Tuesday) at the BET Awards. The “Dreamgirls” co-stars each took home two awards.

Beyonce was named best female R&B artist and won for video of the year for “Irreplaceable,” while Hudson won best new artist and best female actress.

The awards, which took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, also saw Ne-Yo cop the award for best male R&B artist. Gnarls Barkley won for best group and T.I. won for the second year in a row for best hip-hop artist.

The “BET J Cool Like That” award went to the late Gerald Levert, who died in November.

Diana Ross received a Lifetime Achievement Award and James Brown as well as Levert received a musical tribute which included the likes of Bootsy Collins, Public Enemy (Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Prof. Griffin and DJ Lord), Gladys Knight and Yolanda Adams.

Other awards included best song collaboration was “Runaway Love,” by Ludacris featuring Mary J. Blige.

Hip-hop/jazz master Guru returns with the fourth installment of his famous Jazzmatazz series. *

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Amy Winehouse recently announced the dates for her upcoming fall tour

Dates for the North American jaunt start August 4 in D.C. and wrap up September 29 in Chicago.

Amy Winehouse Fall Tours:

Sat-Aug-04-07 – Washington – DC – V Festival – 1:05pm
Sun-Aug-05-07 – Chicago – IL – Lollapalooza Festival – 2:15pm
Sat-Sep-08-07 – Toronto – ONT – V Festival – TBD
Sun-Sep-09-07 – Montreal – QUE – Osheaga Festival – TBD
Wed-Sep-12-07 – New York – NY – Summerstage – Paolo Nutini – 8:45pm / 10:00pm
Thu-Sep-13-07 – Upper Darby – PA – Tower Theatre – Paolo Nutini – TBD
Sat-Sep-15-07 – Austin – TX – Austin City Limits Festival – - 5:30pm
Tue-Sep-18-07 – Los Angeles – CA – The Wiltern LG – Paolo Nutini – 10:15pm
Wed-Sep-19-07 – Los Angeles – CA – The Wiltern LG – Paolo Nutini -
Fri-Sep-21-07 – San Francisco – CA – Warfield Theatre – Paolo Nutini – 10:15pm
Sat-Sep-22-07 – San Francisco – CA – Warfield Theatre – Paolo Nutini -
Mon-Sep-24-07 – Vancouver – BC – Orpheum Theater – Paolo Nutini – TBD
Tue-Sep-25-07 – Seattle – WA – Paramount Theatre – Paolo Nutini – 9:45pm / 11:00pm
Fri-Sep-28-07 – Minneapolis – MN – State Theater – Paolo Nutini – TBD
Sat-Sep-29-07 – Chicago – IL – Aragon – Paolo Nutini – TBD

Foxy Brown has allegedly been attacked by a trio of women sicced on her by the rapper’s disgruntled ex-boyfriend.

According to Vibe.com, the Brooklyn rapper dumped her man when she discovered he was a pimp.

The guy then reportedly gathered three of his girls together and commanded them to jump the artists whose real name is Inga Marchand.

It is unknown whether the women were prostitutes in the employ of the pimp.

The women allegedly ripped out Brown’s weave, pulled out her hearing aid,  stole her purse and ran off with $500.

In case you don’t know, Eve and YouTube teamed up for a “Shake Your Tambourine” contest.

The contestant who submits the best dance video wins a 58″ Plasma Panasonic HDTV. Eve will choose the winner and you can still enter at the link below.

http://youtube.com/group/tambourine

Also, check out the official cover for Eve’s  upcoming Here I Am, due Aug. 7.

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/eve
Eve Official Site: http://www.evefans.com

If you want to check out a free Pharoahe Monch show, make your way to the Soho Apple Store in New York City on Sunday June 17th at 3pm.

There you can see the Brooklyn emcee perform songs from his upcoming album Desire, due for a June 26th release.

Space is limited for the performance that sees Monch team up with the Apple folks to celebrate so-called Black Music month.

Store Address:
103 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 226-3126

AUDIO:

Pharoahe Monch – “Push” Windows

Pharoahe Monch – “Desire” Windows

Pharoahe Monch – “Body Baby” Windows

http://www.myspace.com/pharoahemonch

In a recent interview, Bobby Brown spoke out about his fears of being a target for assassination by Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Landen, who had professed his love for Brown’s ex-wife Whitney Houston.

Brown claims that Bin Landen wanted him dead so he could marry Houston.

“Osama bin Laden wanted me dead,” he recently revealed on Britain’s TV show “24 Hours With Bobby Brown.” “He was in love with Whitney. He wanted to make her one of his wives.”

Houston dumped Brown in September of last year after 14 years of rocky marriage. Even so, the troubled singer thinks he’s still on Bin Laden’s hit list.

“I feared for my life,” he added. “I’m still on my guard. The most wanted man in the world wants you dead.”

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New music comes from Common in preparation for his seventh release, Finding Forever, due July 31st.

“The People” and “The Game” are produced by Com’s label head, Kanye West, while the former features DJ Premier on the wheels of steel. Additional production comes from Will.I.Am, and the late J. Dilla while the legendary Gil Scott Heron and industry prodigal son D’Angelo make guest appearances.

Check the first two singles below and tell us what you think.

AUDIO: COMMON – “The People” (prod. by Kanye West)

Window|Real

COMMON – “The Game” (prod. by Kanye West with scratches by DJ Premier)

Window|Real

http://www.common-music.com

http://www.myspace.com/common