You may have heard that Xzibit, as a guest on Sirius Satellite Radio's The Foxxhole, made some remarks about partying with Diddy and how, after Diddy's party had ended, they all headed to another club - the three main characters in the story being Diddy, Xzibit and Karrine Steffans.

Once in this club, he says: "... [Karrine] point over in the corner, it's two dudes kissing. You know what I'm saying? I'm like... the f*** is this? You know what I'm saying? So, I'm like OK, then there's girls in the club, too. And then she point in the other direction, it's another dude over there like butt a** naked dancing."

Host: "Fonzworth Bentley. [Background laughter]."

Xzibit: "You know what I'm saying? We take off, man. You know what I'm saying? We leave the club directly. I didn't say peace to nobody, I didn't see nobody."

Host: "So, you're saying ... the club was pretty gay?"

Xzibit: "It was suspect. Lotta suspect. You can chalk it up to being in Miami or whatever. But, I've been in a gang of clubs, man, and I ain't never mistakenly stepped into a club having that kind of activity."

Of course, people have run with this. No surprise there. I saw the story and took a pass because, honestly, I felt it was just Xzibit talking a little recklessly and there really was no story there.

The reason I mention it now is that Xzibit has come out and issued a statement on his MySpace page. In the statement, he blames journalists, hip hop sites and bloggers for twisting his words.

"All this SPIN that you journalist are putting on the statements I made on a radio show to DIRECTLY effect a guy in a manor not intended is wrong," he writes.

He says that Diddy called him and told me that the name of the club was Space, "I believe." This could be it.

He goes on further to say that "... a bigger problem I see is the negative stance these hip hop sites and blog sites are taking when speaking of gay people in general. I do NOT like to spread hate and make it a point not to do so, so this is not the way I intended this interview to unfold."

Admirable sentiments. Here's the problem: the person at fault most here is Xzibit. He made statements that were irresponsible, that gave the impression of what has been reported. He played with the audience, the hosts, and laughed along with them. He's the one who said the club was "suspect." Suspect of what? Of being gay? How can he now come out and play this card?

There's no doubt that various websites and online publications have taken his words and run with them and twisted them. But, at the heart of it is the fact that he did make statements that were taken in this manner and that is no one's fault, but his own. Xzibit has always seemed like a really cool guy to me, so I was surprised when I first heard them and disappointed in Xzibit. But, even though these outlets have trumped up his words, the greatest responsibility, right now, lies with him and he has taken the easy way out, by blaming everyone else, and accepting none of that responsibility.

Check out the video below for a radio interview of The-Dream. At 7:01, he talks really quickly about working on Diddy's upcoming album, "Last Train to Paris." He says that he gave Diddy "the best male record I've written. Probably the best record I've written overall."


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Fresh off the presses, following up on MTV's exclusive look at "Last Train to Paris."

MTV News' Shaheem Reid has an exclusive on Diddy's upcoming album, "Last Train to Paris."

It'll be a concept album, a love story. The release will be accompanied by a short film, starring Diddy, with production beginning in May. The release date for the album is September 22. And though it will be either by Diddy or by "Diddy as...," the album will not just be Diddy as a solo artist. He's assembling a group that will consist and him and two girls.

"One of the things, I wanna give you that's not out there yet is that it's not me as a solo artist," Diddy told Reid. "It's a group I put together; myself and two girls. Two young ladies, you may know them or you may not. It's almost like some back-in-the-day Loose Ends-type sh--. We're going to be telling the story of Last Train to Paris."

Diddy also revealed some of the people that he will be collaborating with, on the production side. He named The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, Rodney Jerkins, The Hitmen, T-Pain, Mario Winans and The Neptunes.

In the article, Diddy talks more about the story that will play out with the album and also what he is looking for, in the film. It also features quotes from Pharrell Williams.

Diddy announced on his Twitter that he's shooting a cover for Mixmag with dance DJ Felix Da Housecat.

Diddy confirmed to Extra that he's been working with actor turned rapper Joaquin Phoenix in the studio. Check out the video below (starting at 0:44).


This comes after rumors of a hoax and Phoenix himself confirming plans to work with Diddy.

XXLmag.com reports on Diddy's recent appearance on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Diddy mentioned that he had signed up for a new comedy. "I can't announce who it's with," he said. "But it's with some definitely comedy heavy hitters."

Here is a press release relating to Diddy and "A Raisin in the Sun" being honored at the NAACP Image Awards.

Congrats!

Following up previous reports, Katey Rich of CinemaBlend.com shares her experience interview Joaquin Phoenix, who is currently on a promotional tour for the film, "Two Lovers."


The article goes on to detail Casey Affleck's insistence that Phoenix is genuine. Affleck, Phoenix's brother-in-law, is filming him as part of a documentary on the actor's transition into music.