Back in July, Diddy announced that Dirty Money's "Hello Good Morning" had gone gold. I noticed that, according to September 18 Billboard charts, the song had been certified as gold by the RIAA.

According to the RIAA's searchable database, the certification was issued on August 18.

Here are Bad Boy's positions on the Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released on Thursday, September 9. I was traveling and was unable to post them, but better late than never. Sorry for the delay.

Dirty Money's "Hurt (Loving You No More)" and Red Cafe's "Money, Money, Money" move up.

Top Current Albums

195. "The ArchAndroid: Suites II and III" by Janelle Monae (re-entry).

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

33. "The ArchAndroid: Suites II and III" by Janelle Monae (down from 32).

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

23. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (up from 24).

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Check out the clip below as Dirty Money speaks to DJ Envy for MTV's "Sucker Free." They talk about MTV Video Music Awards performances and Diddy jokes about his recent placement on the Forbes hip-hop earners list.

Care of Dawn Richard's blog, listen to a snippet of a new record from her, "Bulletproof," produced by A-nonymous.

The nominees in the 2010 MOBO Awards have been announced and Janelle Monae has been nominated in the Best International Act category, alongside Drake, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Eminem, Black Eyed Peas, Nicki Minaj, Ne-Yo, Usher, Beyonce, Jason Derulo, Lil' Wayne, Travie McCoy, Trey Songz and Rihanna. Yes, all of them are nominated. You can vote online, but you must sign up for a free account.

Janelle Monae is featured on the cover of the ninth issue of Blurt magazine, alongside of Montreal's Kevin Barnes. Check out the cover below and read the full feature on her official site, in parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Janelle Monae's official site has a scan from her feature in X Factor Magazine, which highlights 10 fashion rules with quotes from Monae.

Over on the Sean John blog, you can check out some highlights from the "Team Noir" lineup of the fall 2010 collection. You can pick it up at Macy's and on Sean John's online store.

According to her official site, Janelle Monae will be featured in the October issue of Vogue. Check out a preview.

Andrew Longstreth of The American Lawyer reports on the lawsuit filed by the bankruptcy estate of Trans Continental (previously run by Lou Pearlman, the former music manager now in jail for organizing a Ponzi scheme) against MTV, Viacom and Bad Boy (both the recording and film production units).

In short, the estate alleges that MTV, Viacom and Bad Boy worked together to strip Trans Continental of its rights in the "Making the Band" television series, which originally featured Pearlman at the helm, similar to the manner in which Diddy would lead the series from "Making the Band 2" and on.

They claim that they have rights and a financial interest in not only "Making the Band," but also "Making the Band 2," "3" and "4," as well as "Making His Band" (which found Diddy building a live band for his tour). In addition, they insist upon rights to "There & Back" (an MTV reality show featuring former O-Town member Ashley Parker Angel), "Taquita & Kaui" (the very short-lived reality show featuring a pair of "Making the Band 3" contestants) and even the untitled reality show said to feature Dawn Richard and Qwanell "Que" Mosley, as supposed spin-offs of the main series.

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