Kanye West let the BET Hip Hop Awards finish this weekend without pulling another stage hijacking stunt…because he wasn’t there.

The awards, which went down in Atlanta on Saturday and will air on October 27th, brought out a long roster of names including Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Lil’ Wayne, Drake, Gucci Mane, and  Fabolous, but Kanye pulled a no show, even though he led the rap pack with 9 nominations.

Where in the world is Yeezy?

Some reports say he he might have retreated to India to find “spiritual guidance” and lay low following his infamous MTV meltdown and the cancellation of his “Fame Kills” tour with Lady Gaga. MSNBC quotes a “source close to West” who said:

“Kanye might do some dumb things, but he’s smart. He knows he needs to come back from this break changed, and that isn’t going to happen at some rehab overlooking the ocean. He goes to India, he has a chance to come back seeming like he learned something from what happened.”

While it hasn’t been confirmed if  Kanye is actually getting his Eat, Pray, Love on, or not (I’m sure we’ll see paparazzi shots of him wherever he is, soon) but at least it seems like he’s making good on his vow to “take some time off.” MSNBC also reports that he has canceled plans to perform at Madison Square Garden on New Years Eve.

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Looks like Breezy’s setting up for the comeback!  According to MTV.com  Chris Brown is scheduled to headline Power 105.1’s Powerhouse concert in New Jersey on October 27th (that’ll be a nice break for him from his 180-day hard labor sentence in Virginia!). The show, which will also feature Fabolous, The Dream, Trey Songz, Keri Hilson and Mario, will be the first major promotional event that Chris has participated in to push his upcoming album Graffiti.  What do you think about the concert: is it too soon for Chris to be back on the scene or has he suffered enough?

From good news to bad news: rapper Eve told TheYBF.com that she permanently shut down her Fetish clothing line due to “legal reasons” and she also confirmed she has left her label Geffen Records. Ouch! Times may be hard or maybe Eve is just on to the next thing and focusing more on her acting interests. She’s in the upcoming Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page movie Whip It! and will be guest starring on the Fox TV show Glee for two episodes.

There might have been even more you missed from The 6th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors which was taped this week!  Apparently Russell Simmons was not at all happy with the show that show which commemorated the 25th anniversary of Def Jam Records. Rumor has it that Russell, who co-founded Def Jam, sent an email out to the show’s executive producer and called the show “incomplete at best.” He allegedly said that not having Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye, Damon Dash, LL Cool J, or Irv Gotti involved hurt the show and said that he wasn’t feeling having a comedian host (Tracy Morgan hosted the awards). The show is scheduled to air on October 13th on VH1 so set your DVRs and judge for yourself. In the meantime, have a great weekend! We’ll chat with you next week!

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Well judging from Fabolous’ tweets we can officially confirm that T-Pain is not a fan of Jay-Z’s “D.O.A. (Death of Autotune).”

If I were T-Pain, I wouldn’t give the song that much energy. When you think about, “D.O.A.” said more about the song itself than it did the Roger Troutman remix.

The song came, went, and was chopped and screwed on the charts.

Meanwhile, T-Pain’s iPhone app is selling like crazy.

So flop aside, Jay-Z’s still rich and relevant, T-Pain’s still around making money off Autotune, and Fab…well he’s spreading gossip online. I don’t know, maybe he’ll get more Twitter followers out of it.

Why are ya’ll mad again? Go count your money or something, ya’ll, and be happy.