Dirty Money stopped by 106 & Park today to premiere the "Angels" video and host Terrence asked Diddy: "Who are some of the other producers and people that are associated with the movement of Dirty Money?" The group answered James Fauntleroy, Soul Diggaz, Rob Holladay, Mario Winans, Seven Aurelius, D-Mile, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, DJ Prostyle and Aasim.

Clips from Diddy's recent appearance on Big Boy's Neighborhood on the Power 106 FM radio station have been posted on the Radio Big Boy site. There's not much in the way of news, but it's a nice, lighthearted interview. Check out a video clip below.


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MTV's Shaheem Reid reports from the BET Hip-Hop Awards afterparties in Atlanta. One of the events was a birthday celebration for Young Jeezy and Dirty Money put on an ad hoc performance of "Angels" and "Love Come Down." Check out a short clip below.

According to Diddy's Twitter, Dirty Money will be appearing on BET's 106 & Park tomorrow, Tuesday, at 6 PM ET.

Yesterday, I mentioned an interview with producer Coptic, who mentioned that he had sold a track to Bad Boy for Diddy's solo album, way back when. A track that was supposed to feature Biggie.

I reached out to him on his MySpace and asked him if he knew if any vocals were ever recorded for the song. "I don't think vocals were ever laid to the track," he said. "I just don't know."

As I mentioned in the original piece, tracks are purchased and never used, so that's not odd. Plus, after Biggie died, the direction of Diddy's album changed.

In an interview with Ghana Music.com, music producer Coptic talks about his background and how he came up in the music business around Uptown Records and Bad Boy.

One interesting detail he mentioned was that, a few weeks before Biggie died, he sold a track to Bad Boy that was meant for Diddy's debut album, which eventually became known as "No Way Out." The track was meant to feature Biggie. But, after the untimely passing of Christopher Wallace, Coptic says he never heard from the track again.

It's unclear if vocals were ever laid to it - given the timing of it all, it's highly possible that it just ended up being an unused instrumental. But, we may never know.

Update: I talked to Coptic and he said that he doesn't know if vocals were ever recorded for the song.

In September, on "The Ed Lover Show", Diddy mentioned that he had talked with former Bad Boy artist Shyne, who is in the process of being released from prison. This month, Diddy mentioned that he "looked forward to this day."

Well, Shyne has released a statement to Rolling Stone and he says he never talked to Diddy. Here is the statement:


This sounds like it's going to end well. I don't know why Diddy would make up such a conversation, knowing full well Shyne will just refute it. It doesn't really make sense. But, it's he said/he said. There has always been a lot of people talking about the Diddy/Shyne club incident that seem to know extremely little about it and have all of these ideas in their mind about how it must have gone down. That is only going to get worse.

Shyne shot a gun in a club, someone got hurt and he paid a debt to society. Fair or not, that's life. That isn't going to change and it's done with. He feels a certain way about Diddy and how Diddy defended himself, perhaps justified, perhaps not, and he's expressed that. But, when he does become a free man, I hope he takes it as an opportunity to move forward and create a better life.

MTV's recent "Hottest MCs in the Game" feature crowned Jay-Z and Lil' Wayne the top 2 MCs in the game at this particular moment. They asked Diddy about the list and he said that the top 2 would have to be Jay-Z and Lil' Wayne. He had some kind words for Wayne's Young Money label, comparing it to Bad Boy in '94. Check out the clip below.

Diddy, already nominated for "Hustler of the Year," will be joined by Dirty Money to present an award at the 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards.

Vibe reports on the release of "More Careful," a new track from T-Pain where the singer addresses his recent statements about Jay-Z, which were made in response to the release of "D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)," the first single from Jay's latest album, "The Blueprint 3."

"All right, so let's talk about this Jay s***," he raps. "Some days I wish that I ain't never say s***. And Diddy said ain't no excuse for what I did. But, I felt like he was knocking the same sh*** that feeds my kids. I do music 'cause I need it to make my world spin. So when you down it, it's like you dissing my girlfriend." Check out the accompanying video for the track below.