Aasim just released "Sex Addict" on Twitter for free download. The song features D. Goode and was produced by Grind Music.

ESSENCE announced via press release today that, joined by Diddy, they would be hosting a pre-GRAMMY event in honor of Janelle Monae on February 9.

The second annual ESSENCE "Black Women in Music" event will be hosted by ESSENCE.com Managing Editor Emil Wilbekin, Joy Bryant and Taraji P. Henson and will feature a performance from Monae and Big Boi.

"Janelle Monae is a remarkable creative force and a passionately talented young performer, who perfectly personifies ESSENCE as the 'voice and soul' of Black women," Essence.com managing editor Emil Wilbekin said in the release. "As fans around the world continue to embrace Janelle's artistic vision, we are recognizing her tremendous influence among her peers with a salute to her contributions at the 2nd annual ESSENCE 'Black Women in Music' event."

Janelle Monae is nominated in two GRAMMY categories. The awards show will air on February 13 at 8 PM ET.

Via virtuouslyvindicated.tumblr.com.

Diddy will cover the February/March issue of the source (see below for the cover, which was inspired by the movie "TRON"), according to the magazine's website.

For the feature, Diddy was interviewed by Reggie Osse (also known as Combat Jack), an entertainment attorney who was recently named as the publication's managing editor. In September, Osse shared some interesting Bad Boy stories with Complex.

Below, check out the teaser for Aasim's "The Money Pit, Pt. 3" mixtape that is expected to be released this month. It includes an intro from rapper Kurupt, one half of rap duo Tha Dogg Pound.

"U Make Me (Remix)" is a new record that Aasim released today via Twitter. You can download it for free. It features Bad Boy songwriter Carmen Cameron on the book.

Last night was the night for Chris Gethard as he finally landed Diddy as a guest on his monthly live improv show, "The Chris Gethard Show."

Dave Itzkoff of The New York Times' Art Beat and Jayson Rodriguez of Rolling Stone have recaps from the night. Itzkoff's is especially good.

Justin Purnell shared a couple of quick clips from the event, which you can watch below.


Following the show, Gethard naturally took to Twitter to share his enthusiasm.

I can never thank @iamdiddy enough," he wrote in one message. "And everyone who helped make that happen on any level. Never give up. #diddygethard"

The nominees for the 42nd annual NAACP Image Awards have been released and Diddy/Dirty Money received a nod in the Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration category. They are up against the following nominees:

Eminem and Rihanna
Herbie Hancock featuring India.Arie, Chaka Khan and others
John Legend and The Roots
The Black Eyed Peas

The awards show will air on March 4 at 8 PM ET on FOX.

Back in December, behind the scenes footage from the mixing sessions for Dirty Money's "Last Train to Paris" revealed a collaboration with Ludacris that did not make the album.

This record, labeled "Tomorrow Tonight" has appeared online in a couple of different forms (one featuring more vocals from Ludacris than the other). There is no word about the track from Diddy, Dawn Richard, Kalenna or Ludacris on Twitter, but hopefully it'll make the uncut record, if that comes to fruition.

In an interview with kalenna.webs.com, shared on her Twitter profile, Kalenna of Dirty Money reflected on how Dirty Money's "Last Train to Paris" album has been received, what might happen to unreleased material, her upcoming solo project and more.

According to a tweet by DRichardPromo that was retweeted by Dawn Richard, the singer will release a mixtape titled "A Tell Tale Heart" on February 7.