Lil Kim Gets Ready to Dance with the Stars
Lil Kim’s appearance will make her the second rapper to appear on the show in eight seasons. Master P appeared on the second season of “Dancing With The Stars.” Other contestants on the new season of “Dancing With The Stars” will include actor/comedian David Alan Grier, singer Jewel, NFL Hall Of Famer Lawrence Taylor and others. Click for more.
DMX Now in Solitary Confinement
DMX may be 2009’s poster child for making a bad situation worse. After receiving a 90-day sentence on a variety of charges, the Ruff Ryder is now in solitary confinement after an incident with prison guards, The Arizona Republic is reporting. Click for more.

Charli Baltimore: Lil Kim Was Never B.I.G.’s Girl
Biggie’s former mistress says the Notorious one’s relationship with the Queen wasn’t what it seemed. Check it out.

On Location
Check out the photos as three of the hottest artists rock Kansas City.

Queen Bee accused of demanding different deal.

Brookland Media has filed a $2 million lawsuit against rapper Lil’ Kim after she allegedly refused to perform contractual obligations. Among the Queen Bee’s alleged demands was a reported insistence that performers Wyclef and Akon be included on her production team. Brookland alleges that it invested $250,000 in Kim and her CD. The company won an injunction to temporarily stop the rapper from talking with other record labels.
Wendy Williams claims platinum performer’s spouse cheated on cam. TV and broadcast gossip queen Wendy Williams says she’ll sell to the highest bidder a sex tape that depicts a rapper’s wife caught in the act of cheating. Tongues are wagging and Web discussion boards are filling with comments because Williams hasn’t revealed the rapper’s identity, nor his wife’s. “Boy, is it clear as day,” she says of the video that was allegedly recorded when the wife was at a resort with her alleged lover. Williams and her co-host speculated on her show this week about various gossip sites that may want to buy the tape. But perhaps her biggest hint? “50 (Cent) might want it.”

W. examines roles of Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice. Actor Jeffrey Wright and actress Thandie Newton play a current and former U.S. secretary of state in a forthcoming film that’s getting little advance praise. Director Oliver Stone’s W., a biopic about President George W. Bush, “plays like a TV movie,” according to The Guardian newspaper in Britain. Wright portrays Colin Powell, with Newton as Condoleezza Rice in the movie that premiers Oct. 17. Despite criticism of the work, Josh Brolin is receiving high marks for his portrayal of Bush.

The woman apparently was left for dead.
The body of a 24-year-old woman who attended a birthday party for the rapper Lil’ Kim on Sunday was found Wednesday on the roof of the Midtown karaoke club where the party was held, the police said. The woman, identified by the police as Ingrid Rivera of Queens, was discovered shortly before 5 p.m. in a utility closet on the roof of Spotlight Live, a live-music venue, nightclub and karaoke bar at 1604 Broadway near 49th Street, The New York Times is reporting. An investigator said they believed the woman had left the party and was beaten with a blunt object — possibly a Champagne bottle — and left for dead. The police said that she was last seen on Sunday night and was reported missing on Tuesday.