Florida Sentinel Bulletin

R. Kelly is recovering in a Chicago hospital after undergoing emergency throat surgery.

The Chicago singer went to the hospital and had the surgery performed, but no further information has been released about the seriousness of his condition. Last week, Kellz expressed problems with his throat over the popular networking site Twitter, typing, “I refuse to take another cup of theraflu! I feel like my throat is coming back. I’ve been in bed sweating like crazy. Thanks guys!”

He recently finished a 46-day U.S. tour with Keyshia Cole and Marsha Ambrosius.

DMX is finally out of jail.

According to reports, X was released from Yuma Prison after serving seven months of a one-year sentence for violating his probation.

The 40-year-old rapper was sentenced to one year in prison on December 16, 2010 for violating his probation, which stemmed from an assault conviction, by failing to take a drug test and driving on a suspended license.

X was originally scheduled to be released on July 1st, but a number of  issues.

NEWARK, NJ — Rapper and actor Ja Rule was sentenced Monday to more than two years in federal prison for failing to file income tax returns, and said a combination of youthful inexperience, bad advice and an inability to manage fame and fortune lead to his financial troubles.

The multiplatinum-selling artist, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, admitted in March that he failed to pay taxes on more than $3 million that he earned between 2004 and 2006 while living in Saddle River. Although he pleaded guilty to three counts of unfiled taxes, he admitted he hadn’t filed for five years.

Ja Rule was sentenced in New York City last month to up to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to attempted criminal weapon possession. The case stemmed from a gun found in his car in 2007.

Foxy Brown recently gave an interview where she revealed how she triumphed over “mooning” charges and mentioned a potential $2 million offer from Playboy.

While she’s received speculation for the Playboy offer, Brown says she’s a changed woman—engaged to be married and a Christian.

“The Foxy character and Inga Marchand are two different people.” “My fiancé calls me Inga. No one around me calls me Foxy. I go to church every Sunday. I go to Bible study every Friday night. I’m saved.”

She adds, “The mooning thing bothered me more than anything else in the past — because I’m a lady. I’m cut from a different cloth,” she says. “I would never moon someone. I was raised in a good family.”

In addition to the interview, Foxy posed for a new photoshoot showing off her trimmed down physique.

Music executive L.A. Reid’s new position with Epic Records was officially announced.

In a move that’s been have speculated since June, Reid is taking over as Epic’s chairman and CEO. In this role, Reid will oversee the day-to-day operations of the New York-based label.

Lil Wayne is not on one. His sobriety sentence mandated by the government says that the Young Money CEO can’t be on anything until 2013.

Weezy has instituted a zero-tolerance no-alcohol policy backstage and on his tour bus. A rep for Wayne stated that there will still be alcohol served at the venue, but backstage will continue to be dry.

The sentence began in November and will last for three years.

Jennifer Lopez and her husband, Marc Anthony are splitting after seven years of marriage.

“We have decided to end our marriage,” Lopez and Anthony revealed via a joint statement. “This was a very difficult decision. We have come to an amicable conclusion on all matters. It is a painful time for all involved, and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time.”

The two Latin superstars married in June 2004, and have two children, 3-year-old twins, Max and Emme.

We didn’t see this coming, but if Diddy still needs a girl, it looks like his old flame is back on the market.

LOS ANGELES — The final “Harry Potter” film shattered box office records worldwide with a whopping $168.6 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales over the opening weekend and nearly $476 million globally.

The staggering domestic total for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2” is the best three-day opening for a film ever, distributor Warner Bros said on Sunday. It beat the previous record of $158.4 million over the initial three days for the 2008 Batman movie, “The Dark Knight.”

Internationally, the finale for “Harry Potter” captured $307 million in 59 countries since it opened last week, another record. That includes weekend sales plus Wednesday and Thursday for some markets.

“Harry Potter,” already the highest-grossing film franchise ever with over $6.4 billion in global ticket sales, is based on the novels of British author J.K. Rowling.

NEW YORK — Mathew Knowles insists he still has an amicable relationship with his daughter, Beyonce — even though she dumped him as her manager two months ago — but is alleging that people close to her have tried to destroy his reputation with allegations that he stole from her.

Knowles filed papers in a Texas court this week alleging that members of Beyonce’s camp, which he says includes her label, Columbia Records, Live Nation and her superstar husband Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, have made “negative comments about me.”

“We absolutely have not taken any money from Beyonce, and all dollars will be accounted for,” he said. “In no way have we stole money. Again, this about the people who have made these claims — they have to come into the light.”

Knowles guided his daughter’s career since she was child, first to superstardom as part of the group Destiny’s Child, and then as she continued with her blockbuster solo career. Beyonce has sold millions of records, won numerous Grammys, is a lucrative spokeswoman for different products, and has also had considerable success in film with movies like the Oscar-winning “Dreamgirls” and the movie “Obsessed.”