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NEW YORK — R&B diva Patti LaBelle hurled curses — and half a bottle of water — at a woman and her 18-month-old daughter after a dust-up over parenting in an apartment building lobby, according to a lawsuit filed Monday and the family’s lawyer.

LaBelle’s publicists and lawyer didn’t immediately respond.

The couple live in a Manhattan building where the Grammy Award-winning singer stayed for a time while appearing in the Broadway musical “Fela!” last fall.

He said LaBelle chastised Roseanna Monk for letting the toddler take some steps away from the mother as she grappled with some luggage and a car seat in the building’s lobby. After Monk scooped up the child and told LaBelle it was none of her business, the singer allegedly threw water on them from a bottle she was carrying and then allegedly launched into an obscenity-filled tirade, he said.

The Monks filed a complaint with police; no arrests were made.

The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages.

LL Cool J, along with his wife, Simone and daughter Italia raised over $100,000 for cancer research during an event last weekend.

LL hosted the charity event called “Why Fashion Matters.”

Jay-Z’s Occupy Wall Street T-shirt line has been pulled from Rocawear’s website just days after critics slammed the millionaire rapper for cashing in on the movement without promising to share a penny of profits with the 99%.

The shirts, stamped with the phrase, “Occupy All Streets,” first appeared when Russell Simmons tweeted a picture of Jay-Z wearing one backstage at a concert.

Rocawear announced on Thursday that it planned to sell the T-shirts for $22, but any trace of garments has now been wiped from the brand’s site.

A spa owner has come forward to accuse Nicki Minaj of being a temperamental diva just weeks after the rapper was named in an assault of a maid.

Dawn DaLuise of Dawn DaLuise Skin Refinery L.A. is calling out Minaj for being a “temperamental diva.”

According to the skincare specialist, the rapper cursed at her after receiving an upper lip and brow wax. “After I waxed her eyebrows and lip, she started screaming ‘Who the f**k do you think you are? ‘Look what you did to my damn face! You think this sh*t is worth 170 dollars?’”

DaLuise then says the rapper threw wads of cash at her for her services and stormed out.

T.I. fans might not have much of a wait to get the King of The South’s new album.

As Tip revealed in an interview his next LP could be here as soon as February, although the Atlanta rapper isn’t feeling pressed to finish it.

“I mean, I don’t feel a certain amount of pressure to get it done by a certain time,” T.I. said.

MOUNT VERNON, NY — A private funeral for rap legend Heavy D will be held at a historic black Baptist church in a northern suburb of New York City.  Grace Baptist Church of Mount Vernon announced Friday that the funeral for Heavy D had been scheduled for Nov. 18.

The New York-born rapper died at a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday after collapsing outside his home. He was 44.

Dwight Arrington Myer was the titular member of Heavy D and the Boyz, which had hits with “Now That We Found Love,” “Who’s the Man” and “Somebody for Me.”

Eric Sermon is the latest rapper to endure health problems after suffering a heart attack.

News of Sermon’s health scare broke on Twitter when his close friend, DJ Scratch wrote, “Erick Sermon had a heart attack today. He’s ok, but still send your prayers. He is not on Twitter.”

Sermon, 42, is one half of the legendary New York group EPMD along with Parrish Smith who rose to fame in the late 1980s with their debut album “Stricly Business.”

The hip-hop community has been hit hard when it comes to rappers and their health.

LOS ANGELES – It’s another boy for Nia Long.

A representative for the 41-year-old actress says Long gave birth last Monday to son, Kez Sunday Udoka.

Kez is the first child for Long and Ime Udoka. Long has a 10-year-old son, Massai, from a previous relationship.

Long’s credits include the films “Soul Food,” “Love Jones” and “Big Momma’s House” and TV shows such as “Boston Legal,” “Judging Amy” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.”

Gayle King, the OWN host and BFF of Oprah Winfrey, may soon be taking her TV hosting duties to new heights.

Early reports are saying that King, along with Charlie Rose, will be joining CBS’s The Early Show as co-hosts.

The morning news show, which has forever trailed NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America in the ratings is said to be getting a complete makeover in 2012.

King currently has a morning show on OWN, the network founded by her best friend Oprah Winfrey.