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There’s been plenty of Tupac Shakur material released since the rapper’s 1996 death. But if his family has anything to say about it, a 1991 sex tape will not become part of that repertoire.

On Wednesday, still shots from an alleged 5-minute sex tape were released by TMZ.

Shakur’s mother, Afeni Shakur, is aware of the tape — and has told her spokesperson, “get the legal team ready because [we] will not allow someone to put it out.”

“We will sue anyone who tries to sell a Tupac tape,” a representative for Shakur’s estate said.

With the protest on Wall Street entering its fourth week, police officers are keeping their posts surrounding the park at the center of it all as the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators say they are staying put for the long haul.

The protesters say they’re fighting for the “99 percent,” or the vast majority of Americans who do not fall into the wealthiest 1 percent of the population; their causes range from bringing down Wall Street to fighting global warming. The movement gained traction through social media, and protests have taken place in several other cities nationwide.

On Monday, the Rev. Al Sharpton and rapper Kanye West made impromptu appearances at the park

Eazy E’s son isn’t the only one who wants the role of his father in the upcoming N.W.A. movie, his 20-year-old daughter, Erin Bria Wright is also being vocal about playing the part of her late father.

“I have dreamed of getting this role for many years now, as I have always been inspired by how Hilary Swank played a boy in Boys Don’t Cry, Wright said in a press release after learning of her brother’s intentions to obtain the role.

A movie about the influential West Coast rap group, N.W.A. is currently in pre-production stages.

Men’s glossy Esquire named Rihanna the “Sexiest Woman Alive” for 2011. The Bajan beauty is no stranger to adulation. Many have hailed her fashion sense, her music has set records, and her fans line up to see her sold-out shows. Simply put, Rihanna is a bonafide star, and love her or hate her, you can’t knock her hustle.
In the latest issue of Esquire she chats about her country’s initial lukewarm reception, how she prepares for a show, and being proud of Chris Brown.
On Chris Brown’s Comeback
It’s incredible to see how he pulled out of it the way he did. Even when the world seemed like it was against him, you know? I really like the music he’s putting out. I’m a fan of his stuff. I’ve always been a fan. Obviously, I had some resentment toward him for a while, for obvious reasons. But I’ve put that behind me. It was taking up too much of my time. It was too much anger. I’m really excited to see the breakthrough he’s had in his career. I would never wish anything horrible for him. Never. I never have.

Diddy’s apology for famously degrading a club patron at an Atlanta club over the weekend apparently isn’t enough for some people.

Georgi Vodka owner Martin Silver has called for a 30-day boycott on Combs’ Ciroc in hopes to teach the music mogul a lesson.

As previously reported, a video surfaced of Combs getting into it with a club goer at Club Compound in Atlanta, telling the non-Ciroc drinker to, “Put that sh*t down,” before tossing a an unidentified object in the crowd.

Silver said Diddy’s use of the “N” word during his rant was totally uncalled for and thinks Puff should be held accountable.

“In modern time racism should not be portrayed by any individual and Diddy should donate proceeds of his profits to organizations that fight racism.” said Silver.

Diddy and Silver have somewhat of a history. After Diddy claimed all Vodkas other than Ciroc were “pee pee,” Silver sent a toilet bowl full of Ciroc bottles to Comb’s business office.

Silver owns the largest vodka brand in New York state.

Singer Fantasia Barrino may lose her role as Mahalia Jackson in the late gospel singer’s biopic because producers feel her status as an unwed mother contradict the values of the gospel film.

According to reports, producers may already be searching for a replacement for the former American Idol winner in Missy Elliott.

The family thinks if Fantasia plays the role, it’s going to sully the name of Mahalia.  They think she’s got the wrong image, having a child out of wedlock.” said the movie’s executive producer, Adrian Taylor, according to the New York Post.

According to sources, producers are also livid with Barrino for lying about her pregnancy, initially saying her weight gain was for the role.

Production on the film has been halted until Fantasia’s child in born. The stoppage in production may force director Euzhan Palcy to drop out of the film.

Yet, according to Dino Gankendorff, who represents Mahalia Jackson’s estate, Jackson’s family has little knowledge of the situation, “I’m not really aware of any objections that the heirs have to the casting of Fantasia. I understand that they were getting ready to film and that she is pregnant, and I don’t know who is she pregnant by.”

Fantasia’s due date is December 27.

WASHINGTON – Pop star Shakira said early childhood development was key to improving education for US Hispanics, as she began work on a new commission created by US President Barack Obama.

There is no better investment than investment in our kids, especially when they are very little,” Shakira said at the White House on Thursday.

“I can share a little bit of what I learned in the past 15 years working with Latino kids in Colombia and Latin America,” the Grammy award-winning Colombian diva said. “I am convinced that promoting early childhood development strategies and initiatives is the way to ensure that our kids, our Latino kids especially, will stick to their secondary education.”

Shakira was among four people named to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, a committee created by Obama last year that aims to expand access to high quality education for Hispanics.

Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins revealed that she has been waging a secret battle against a brain tumor that was diagnosed in 2006.

In the Oct. 12 edition of People magazine, the 39-year-old said that she underwent a seven-hour surgical procedure back in 2006, during which doctors peeled the tumor from her brain stem by making a cut behind her ear.

The divorced single mother of one said she was battling the tumor earlier this year during filming of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice, but didn’t want to make it known to the public. “I didn’t want pity. I was there to help sick children,” she told People.

T-Boz, who also suffers from the blood disorder sickle cell anemia, competed on Donald Trump’s reality series to raise funds for the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia.

She said people are “shocked” when she tells them the news, but added, “I won’t let you feel sorry for me.”

First Ice Cube went from gangsta to friendly icon, we saw Ice-T transform from “cop killer” to full-time onscreen officer, and now Snoop Dogg is taking his Doggfather role to the small screen after landing a sitcom deal with NBC.

Following in the footsteps of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Snoop will star and produce the family show but he will star as a father.

The D-O double-G had his real parental experiences captured on television on his E! reality series Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood  where cameras followed him and his wife and three kids for two seasons.

Don Reo, who worked with Snoop on the sitcom Brothers and also co-created My Wife And Kids is writing the show.

Deadline Hollywood noted that Will Smith’s successful sitcom was the extreme case of musician’s with programs on NBC, while Sisqo had a 2001 pilot co-starring Bob Newhart that never debuted.