The last few months have been a little crazy and, as such, we have been focusing on high level stories - or stories that happened to cross my desk - here at Bad Boy Blog. At the same time, being a comprehensive source, I at least wanted to summarize some of the stories that fell through the cracks during this time. Check out some of them below.

Janelle Monae Performs Live and Chats with NPR's "World Cafe"

As previously reported, Janelle Monae appeared on NPR's "World Cafe" in December. She performed a medley of songs before sitting down for an interview with host David Dye. Following the chat, she performed "Tightrope."

Janelle Monae Reflects on Her GRAMMY Nominations

Monae chatted with Soul Culture TV (watch below) about her two GRAMMY nominations and more.

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The last few months have been a little crazy and, as such, we have been focusing on high level stories - or stories that happened to cross my desk - here at Bad Boy Blog. At the same time, being a comprehensive source, I at least wanted to summarize some of the stories that fell through the cracks during this time. Check out some of them below.

Diddy Interested in Doing More Comedies

Diddy told MTV News that, when he was making "Get Him to the Greek," he "really fell in love with making people laugh" and hopes to have the opportunity to do it more in the future. Via Rashard Phillips.

Dirty Money Participates in Live Chat on The Sun's Website

Dirty Money answered a few questions on The Sun's website. Mostly personal stuff, but Diddy also revealed the collaboration with U.K. rapper Wiley for an "Ass on the Floor" remix.

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Back in August, Block Entertainment CEO Russell "Block" Spencer confirmed that Gorilla Zoe was still signed to Bad Boy, even with E1 Music's involvement in his project.

That may have changed. Last month, HipHopDX's Jake Paine reported that Zoe's upcoming album, "King Kong," would be his "first solo album without the involvement of Bad Boy Records or Sean "Diddy" Combs." The album is now set for a March 22 release.

Adding to this is the fact that Gorilla Zoe's "What's Goin On" has charted on Billboard, but not under Bad Boy. Instead, it is listed under Block/eOne/Atlantic.

I have been hearing whispers of this for a while, but have been unable to receive confirmation from anyone involved.

October through January were hectic months around here. With the release of "Last Train to Paris" and various professional and personal endeavors, I have had my head down, focused for the last few months. Sorry about that.

Due to this, we have only covered the bigger stories or the stories that happened to hit my proverbial desk. But, I didn't want you to miss out on the stories that we would normally cover. So, I have prepared a series of "news you might have missed" posts that I will be publishing over the next few days. These posts will consist of news items that were temporarily skipped, organized by article or topic, that I felt were still worth mentioning.

Thank you for reading Bad Boy Blog.

Black Enterprise recently released their list of the top executives in advertising and marketing. Included in the list was Ericka Pittman, VP of Brand Strategy at Blue Flame, Bad Boy's marketing and advertising agency.

Dirty Money and 1-800-FLOWERS.COM have teamed up for a special promotion on the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM website. You can buy one of four selected bouquets and receive a free download of Dirty Money's "Last Train to Paris" album.

According to the Diddy/Dirty Money website, the arrangements were selected by Diddy.

In an interview with 24hourhiphop.com, producer Cardiak (who produced "Start it Up" for Lloyd Banks, said that he has new music on the way, including a collaboration with Red Cafe.

Former Bad Boy singer Carl Thomas has signed a deal with Verve Music Group, according to a report by Singersroom. The article mentions that Mario Winans will produce for the as yet untitled album to follow.

Another gem that I missed the first time around, the XXL Icon interview with DJ Premier is a must read, especially for any Bad Boy fans from the 90s.

In the interview, DJ Premier shares details about Chuck D's lawsuit related to Biggie's "Ten Crack Commandments," the problems that escalated between him, Jeru The Damaja and Bad Boy and more. Additionally, Premier mentions that Biggie wanted to work with Dr. Dre for his "Life After Death" album. Check out a couple of snippets below.

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In a video interview with DJ Premier Blog, Premier and Pete Rock reflected on the creation of two classic Biggie records - "Juicy" and "Unbelievable." This was originally released back in December, but I am just seeing it now and had to share. It is well worth watching. The part about Biggie starts at the 35:50 mark.


Via HipHopDX.