The mama of Damon Dash’s son is making some interesting claims against the hip hop mogul amid their ongoing custody battle:From TMZ: Linda Williams claims that 16-year-old son Damon Dash II, aka “Boogie,” says he was “living with not hot water [sic] or electricity for two months in his bedroom,” and that Damon took him to the morgue to ID an uncle who committed suicide by gunshot to the head. Worst of all, Damon didn’t spring for $3,600 for hoops camp. Williams says Damon has been cagey over a promise to put $10 mil in trust for the kid.

C’mon now. No hot water? I can see being a little funny about the 10 mil, but no hot water???

Mos Def and Black Thought together at the The Roots’ album release party yesterday. (’Rising Down” in stores now.) All well and good, but who can get it???

After we shot down the very idea of Mariah dating Nick Cannon, now there’s speculation that the two are engaged. Is this a calculated attempt to get Nick some PR? Sorry, we’re still skeptical. But according to PEOPLE, something’s going on:

Wearing a humongous, gleaming ring on her left hand, Mariah Carey stayed close to Nick Cannon at the afterparty for her new film, Tennessee, on Saturday night.

The pair held hands at the bash at Cadillac Lounge at Tenjune, which followed the movie’s premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The two also looked cozy in Vegas on April 14. When asked about a possible engagement, Cannon’s rep had no comment; Carey’s was unable to be reached for comment. Asked what he loved about Carey, Cannon, 27, told PEOPLE: “Everything.” He was at her side from 8 p.m. to about 10:45 p.m. in Tenjune’s VIP room, where they were joined by her BFF, Da Brat.

A source close to Carey has confirmed to Access Hollywood that the engagement is indeed real. But neither party is commenting. Are they trying to pull a Bey-Jay? IF it’s true, we think so….

“CSI” star Gary Dourdan was arrested in Palm Springs yesterday on suspicion of possessing heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and prescription drugs, reports TMZ.com. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the actor was asleep in his car at 5:21 AM when they approached the vehicle and made the bust.

Ok, that sounds like a death wish right there. Wonder if all them there drugs have anything to do with him leaving “CSI?” Hmmm…Stay up, Shazza Zulu!

For a $3 million payday, Whitney Houston dissed a small island, showed her diva-tude and then delivered a weak-ass show.

From AOL BV: R&B diva Whitney Houston disappointed a sold-out crowd who came to see a rare performance by the trouble-prone singer at the Plymouth Jazz Festival in Tobago on Sunday, April 27.  The ‘Greatest Love of All’ singer performed on the last night of the festival, just before headliner Rod Stewart took the stage. Houston opened her show with ‘Its Not Right, But Its Okay’ and by her third song, ‘Saving All My Love,’ the once soprano’s newfound tenor tone was in full rasp. Delivering only seven songs during her 30 minute set, Houston was reportedly paid a whopping $3 million for the show. Though journalists were flown in from all over the world, Houston refused to allow media and photographers within 200 feet of the stage. She brought her own photographer to the venue and only he was allowed to shoot her performance. Wearing a white gown with a single shoulder strap, Houston skipped around the stage and continuously shouted to the crowd: “I love you Trinidad !’  Locals shouted back each time: “This is Tobago!”

Is she back on that stuff?

Halle Berry in all her beautiful splendor at a gala in Beverly Hills yesterday. Dang. She popped out a baby and barely missed a beauty beat. Lookin’ good, Halle!

Ole boy “Blade” got slapped with a three-year prison sentence on Thursday for all his shady tax business. The government alleged Wesley Snipes owed $2.7 million! in back taxes. According to reports, not even Snipes’ Hollywood buddies could save him from a cell. Denzel Washington was reportedly among many who wrote letters in Snipes defense.

Said Snipes: “I am an idealistic, naive, passionate, truth-seeking, spiritually motivated artist, unschooled in the science of law and finance,” Snipes said. Snipes said his wealth and celebrity attracted “wolves and jackals like flies are attracted to meat.” He called himself “well-intentioned, but miseducated.”

So what’s the lesson we learn from all this, people?

Terrence J gets some Latina love from 106 & Park buddy Rosci and “Top Model” winner Jaslene Gonzalez at his birthday celebration yesterday at Prime Nightclub in NYC. And he’s lovin’ it.

No shocker here. Star Jones and hubby Al Reynolds are officially headed for Splitsville.

From TMZ: Jones filed back on March 26, and the couple married back in 2004. She released a statement that reads: “Several years ago I made an error in judgment by inviting the media into the most intimate area of my life. A month ago I filed for divorce. The dissolution of a marriage is a difficult time in anyone’s life that requires privacy with one’s thoughts. I have committed myself to handling this situation with dignity and grace and look forward to emerging from this period as a stronger and wiser woman.”

In her own sweet, self-centered way, Mariah Carey says the whole mommy thing is not for her.

From the NY Daily: Her 40th birthday is approaching, but Carey told a reporter that she has no desire to have children. “It’s hard to have kids in this world. I don’t think I could properly educate a child right now. Maybe in the future, but I actually haven’t thought about it.” Carey said having children would leave her feeling “violated… I know that’s a kind of weird thing to say, but that’s how I am. For now I enjoy my dog Jack’s company. It’s definitely because of childhood traumatic stuff. The whole not wanting to have a baby as a baby.”

Or, maybe you don’t wanna ruin your new bodaciaous figure, Mimi. Still kudos for being honest amid all the baby fever in Hollywood.