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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50 Cent seems to think it’s still 2007 and people care about a fabricated beef between he and Kanye West.

On Wednesday, 50 appeared on Angie Martinez’s radio show on Hot 97 and referred to Lady GaGa and Kanye West’s “Fame Kills” tour as “The Gay Tour.”

Funny! Or something.

He said:  “Ahh, the gay tour. No, didn’t she say her tour is gay?”

He’s referring to comments Lady GaGa made to Kanye about needing to be mindful and respectful of her large gay fan base.

50 added:

“I have nothing against them, but he’s cool with gay people. He goes and drops his videos off with them. Remember 808s & Heartbreak? Remember where he premiered [the 'Lock Lockdown' video], he went to Ellen DeGeneres. I’m just saying he’s conscious of the gay community.”

Although the tour has since been cancelled, 50 covered his tracks and released this statement:

“During an interview with Angie Martinez yesterday, certain comments I made were taken entirely out of context. When I referred to the Lady Gaga tour as the “gay tour” I was basically repeating what I thought she had referred to the tour in the past. It was not my intention to offend anyone. I don’t have a problem with anyone’s lifestyle and have no issue with Lady Gaga, she makes great music.”

I guess at this point he realizes it doesn’t make sense to alienate any fan base given his career is about as lively as the “Fame Kills” tour.

The full interview that spurred the controversy can be viewed below:

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Every once in awhile an entertainer comes along and for some reason the media starts questioning her womanhood. In the sports world, people currently are wondering if 18 year old South African runner Caster Semenya is a male or female and the music industry has been overwhelmed with rumors that Akon’s prodigy, Lady Gaga, is really a naturally born man or a hermaphrodite.

Lady Gaga’s rumor stems from a video from one of the pop singer’s concerts where at one moment, a bulge is seen in her underwear and from a supposed interview that’s flying around the internet (though I should note, no one attributes the interview to a credible source) in which the singer supposedly says: “It’s not something that I’m ashamed of, it just isn’t something that I go around telling everyone…Yes. I have both male and female genitalia, but I consider myself a female. It’s just a little bit of a penis and really doesn’t interfere much with my life.”

Even if she did say the above (which I highly doubt since her reps are screaming that the rumor is not true) keep in mind this is the same artist who said that she married her future tour partner Kanye West, an obvious joke that also created a buzz of reports. She obviously goes for shock factor!

This wouldn’t be the first time that the Internet has run wild with such rumors. Artists like Toni Braxton, Ciara, Wendy Williams and even older stars like Grace Jones and Donna Summer have been the subject of drawn out “she’s a he!” debates and chatter.  The rumors are laughable, but even if they were true why anyone would really care is beyond me.  What does it have to do with the craft?

Luckily, even though they may be snapped in a picture that makes it look like they have a bulge, these ladies never seem to get their panties in a bunch about this absurd gossip.

For anyone that thinks Kanye West can’t handle too much of the ghey, need I remind you of his bisexual girlfriend (or special friend, whatever), Amber Rose, and this comment he told MTV News months ago:

“Well, it’s like when people say, ‘Give me a natural pose.’ You can’t pose natural. If you’re posing, then it’s not natural no more. So it’s statements that people say. ‘Dressing gay’ you can’t dress like … Your dress don’t give away whether or not you like a man. Think about actors that straight dress up like a woman or something like that. People wanna label me and throw that on me all the time, but I’m so secure with my manhood. And that’s the reason why I can go to Paris, why I can have conversations with people who are blatantly gay. ‘Cause I used to be scared to talk to a gay person. It’s designers that’s scared of people in hip-hop. And in hip hop, there’s people — and let’s not even say scared like homophobic — but they’re scared of the way people gonna look at them. If you see a person be like, ‘I don’t wanna stand next to Marc Jacobs ’cause I don’t want that to bear on me because I’m just so cool.’ One of the reasons why, the perspective I come from with my raps and my songs, the reason why can’t nobody dis me — no gangsta rapper, nobody can really dis me is ’cause it’s so authentic.”

But, just in case anyone is still concerned that Kanye is still susceptible to disparaging the gay community, have no fear, Lady GaGa is here.

The bisexual pop smash will be touring with ‘Ye in the fall, but before she agreed to join the bill, she made sure he understood something.

Lady Gaga on what she told Kanye West before agreeing to tour with him:

“I just want to be clear before we decide to do this together: I’m gay. My music is gay. My show is gay. And I love that it’s gay. And I love my gay fans and they’re all going to be coming to our show. And it’s going to remain gay.”

She’s funny. No pun intended.

Who is getting tickets for the tour?

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People are more gullible than I thought.

There were some who actually believed that Rihanna and Lady GaGa got together to record a track called “Silly Boy” aimed at Chris Brown?

A sample of the lyrics:

“Get out of my face…You had a good girl, but didn’t know how to treat her…I don’t want you no more…The only thing I want from you is for you to stay away.”

Really? Can I sell ya’ll a boat in Kansas, too?

A rep for Rihanna told Us Weekly, “This isn’t them. Total fake track.”

Duh.