On Twitter, Janelle Monae mentioned that she was featured on the August 2 issue of Jet Magazine. prttybrwneyez13 shared a picture.

io9 has an interview with Janelle Monae. She talks about her style, the music, the upcoming graphic novel and more.

Jeremy Greene has released a teaser to his "Fire Proof" music video, which was shot in Maine this past weekend. The clip, directed by Dale "Rage" Resteghini, is said by Greene to follow a theme similar to the movie "Ghost." It's expected to be released in full in four or five weeks.


He also made the teaser available for download on Twitter.

Usher was featured on VH1's "Behind the Music" last night and the show briefly touched on his time with Diddy. The full episode can be found below. Start at about the 10:30 clip for the portion concerning Diddy.


What I find interesting is that time is generally referred to as negative. Yet, it doesn't seem like that is fair. L.A. Reid admits that he was close to dropping Usher, before sending him to spend time with Diddy. While Usher says that the album content was too adult for someone of his age at the time, he then says that when his mom took the management role in his career, he remembers performing at strip clubs.

And there's no doubt that Usher's music is largely driven by love, sex and relationship-based themes. So, I don't think it would be crazy to say that his time with Diddy helped to, in some way, lay the foundation for his artistry.

This morning, Diddy shared a link on Twitter to another UK-flavored remix of Dirty Money's "Hello Good Morning" featuring Hitchcock and Tinchy Stryder. It appears to be an unofficial remix. Listen below.

According to the official website, Dirty Money will be performing on the Teen Choice Awards, airing on FOX on August 9 at 8 PM ET.

At the end of June, it was announced that Diddy, Dirty Money, Janelle Monae and Sean John had all received nominations.

Last night, Diddy was interviewed by Touré on Fuse's "On the Record." You may have already seen it. But, if you're like me and you have recorded it to watch later, here are some quotes from the episode, care of Fuse:

On The Notorious B.I.G.'s last day alive:

"He was supposed to go to London but he was like, 'Yo I've never asked for anything, can we just all hang out together tonight and celebrate the album? I'll go to London the next day'" He was on me and I was like, 'No no no no no.' Then finally I gave in, so he was like, 'Whatever we do, we going to go into this club, and you ain't going to leave my side tonight. None of that running.' I was known for just running around the club and he was known for posting up with his crew. He liked dark liquor and smoking weed, I like champagne and just hanging out, meeting girls. He was like, 'You're gonna hang out with me tonight.' That's why there aren't really a lot of pictures of me and Big before that, hanging out at places, because I was always so spastic, just running around the club. That was really the only night we did that, per his request."

On finding out his father was murdered and was one of Harlem's leading drug dealers:

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In Janelle Monae's online store, you can pick up a brand new t-shirt: "The Face Of The ArchAndroid." It features Monae's face from the cover of her album, "The ArchAndroid." It's available for $20.

Back in February, I shared a behind the scenes clip from the shoot of a new Sean John billboard for Times Square. That billboard has now been launched and the Sean John blog has photos.

Jeremy Greene has released part 1 of a documentary on his background and music. Check it out below.