Florida Sentinel Bulletin

The stormy relationship between actor/director Michael Rapaport and rapper Q-Tip continued to develop Wednesday, when Rapaport said that he was “completely done” reasoning with the rapper and that they have no relationship.

The pair’s dispute arose from the portrayal of hip-hop group A Tribe CalledQuest, which Q-Tip co-founded, in Rapaport’s upcoming documentary “Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest.”

The group’s other three members have expressed support for the film, but Rapaport claims Q-Tip demanded more and more control of Tribe’s sometimes unflattering portrayal. “The movie version Q-Tip thinks should be coming out would be going straight to DVD.”

In March, however, Q-Tip said that his major disagreement with Rapaport was that producers were plotting to deny the band members production credits.

NEW YORK — Spike Lee is not feeling the love from Hollywood’s money men.

Lee has lately focused on documentary work with two films about post-Katrina New Orleans for HBO. But he had designs on biopics about Jackie Robinson – the Brooklyn Dodgers slugger who broke baseball’s color line – and soul icon James Brown. And he was in discussions a while back for a sequel to thrillerInside Man, which starred Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster. But he’s been unable to secure financing.

Ashanti got motivated and hit the studio with Rico Love over the weekend.  The two took to their Twitter pages to let the world know some heat was being made. Ashanti recorded 2 new tracks.  Rico Love is the man behind Kelly Rowland’s number hit “Motivation,” along with Jim Jonsin. I guess Ashanti feels Rico can help her get back on the top of the charts. Ashanti is the alleged girlfriend of rapper, Nelly.

American model Amber Rose has been dropped from her modelling contract after explicit pictures of her emerged online this week.

Kanye West’s former girlfriend revealed to fans on Twitter that CAA agency ‘no longer wants to work with me’.

Graphic nude photographs, too crude to publish, circulated on the web yesterday after Rose reportedly sent the images of herself to Nicki Minaj’s then-boyfriend.

However, Rose claims Safaree, the culprit behind the scandal, sent the pictures to himself after discovering they were stored on her computer.

Last week she wrote: ‘The company that I was working with no longer wants to work with me because of these pics and that prevents me from getting money to take care of my family.

Will Smith is looking to cast Denzel Washington in a new film based on Hurricane Katrina.

According to reports, Smith originally intended to produce and star in the movie entitled “The American Can,” which is based on the story of John Keller, who saved many elderly residents during Hurricane Katrina, but Smith cannot star in the film due to his obligations in a new movie with director M. Night Shyamalan.

Smith is now hoping to remain behind the scenes of “The American Can,” and have Denzel Washington star in the lead role. Washington has not yet been confirmed for the film.

Last year, the two Hollywood stars were rumored to be working together on the remake of the 1974 comedy, “Uptown Saturday Night.”

Keenan Ivory, Shawn and Marlon Wayans are being sued by their former employee.

Jared Edwards worked for the Wayans Brothers for ten years and pitched an idea for a book about women who dealt with men for financial gain. With jokes like  “You know you’re a golddigger when you know more about sports players’ stats than an ESPN analyst,” Edwards got his idea denied.

Now that the Wayans brothers released a book entitled, “You Know You’re a Golddigger When…,” their former assistant is taking them to court for copyright infringement and also breaching an “implied” promise to pay him for his ideas.

The funniest part of this trial set for July 12th may be the fact that Edwards committed check fraud and borrowed $12,000 from Shawn, engaged in sexual acts in Shawn’s vehicle; and  threw a phone at Marlon and none of these incidents are factors in the case.

Jay-Z continues his business ways by launching a new online marketing campaign for RocaWear.

The brand will seed the web with 37 short videos featuring an eclectic mix of musicians, poets, artists, and of course a troupe of double-dutchers.

This new move is supposed to shift the label from urban to mainstream, touching people from all backgrounds.

“We are a great American brand. We don’t envision ourselves as an urban brand or streetwear brand,” explained Jay-Z. “We wanted to show people how we’ve evolved and repositioned ourselves, without abandoning our original DNA.”

Jay-Z continued to speak on the culture of the business and why he wants to expand it.

“It’s all walks of life. When I played the Glastonbury music festival people said a hip-hop artist couldn’t play a rock festival. But culture isn’t segmented like that any more. There’s so much cross-pollinization and the same thing is true for clothes.”

Tia Mowry is the proud mom to a bouncing baby boy.

‘The Game’ actress and her husband, actor Cory Hardrict, welcomed their first child on Tuesday, their rep confirmed.

Mowry and Hardrict announced they were expecting in January through a joint statement. “We are both so excited to be parents. We have been wanting this a long time!” the couple said.

Earlier this month, the actress celebrated at a baby shower thrown by her ‘Sister, Sister’ co-star and real life twin, Tamera, as well as her ‘Game’ co-stars.

“Tia looked gorgeous and very happy at her shower celebration. She was very excited about how things turned out,” a source said about the party.

The new addition isn’t the only milestone the Mowry family is celebrating these days. Tamera tied the knot to Fox News Channel correspondent Adam Housley in March.

The sisters will reunite on-screen this summer on the Style Network in ‘Tia & Tamera,’ premiering August 10.

Sam Jones was sentenced to spend 366 days in federal prison for his hand in a drug ring … even though the feds wanted him to serve 5 years.

Jones — who recently pled guilty to conspiracy to sell more than 10,000 pills of Oxycodone — was hit with the sentence Monday in federal court in Los Angeles.

Before sentencing, we’re told Jones begged the judge for mercy … explaining he’d lost everything — including his dog, his car, and his acting gig on “Blue Mountain State” — due to the drug charges.

The judge apparently bought it … and said he was cutting the actor a break due to his “minor” role in the drug deal.

Jones will have to surrender to authorities once it’s determined which prison he’ll call home for a year.