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NEW YORK — Beyonce will no longer be managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, her publicist said Monday.

The Grammy-winning singer and her father have parted ways “on a business level,” publicist Yvette Noel-Schure told The Associated Press in a statement.

“I am grateful for everything he has taught me,” Beyonce said in the statement. “I grew up watching both he and my mother manage and own their own businesses. They were hardworking entrepreneurs and I will continue to follow in their footsteps.”

She didn’t say what led to the split, but her father said in a separate statement to the AP late Monday that the decision was mutual.

Knowles has managed his daughter since she debuted as a teen in the multiplatinum-selling group Destiny’s Child in the late 1990s and throughout her superstar career as a solo artist.
Knowles oversaw all aspects of Beyonce, from music to movies to fashion and more. Her career includes 16 Grammy awards, top-grossing movies “Dreamgirls” and “Obsessed,” fashion ventures and lucrative endorsements.

In the statement, Beyonce stressed her devotion to her father on a personal level.

“He is my father for life and I love my dad dearly. I am grateful for everything he has taught me,” Beyonce said.

Knowles also got personal in his statement.

“Business is business and family is family. I love my daughter and am very proud of who she is and all that she has achieved. I look forward to her continued great success,” he said.

Knowles and Beyonce’s mother, Tina, divorced in 2009 after 29 years of marriage. Tina Knowles worked as a stylist for Destiny’s Child and continues to style her daughter. Together they launched a clothing line, House of Dereon.

Dr. Dre and his film crew, used a Ferrari 360 Modena as if it was a prop ready to be destroyed for the video to accompany his latest hit, “I Need a Doctor.”

The music video begins with a driving sequence that later sees Dre’s Ferrari corkscrewing through the air in a rather unbelievable fashion.

Dr. Dre stood back and watched the scene as they destroyed a brand new Ferrari 360 Modena, while giving a reaction you would expect watching a Ferrari worth $75,000 be tossed down a canyon road.

Dre’s video had 12.5 million hits last week on Youtube.

DETROIT — Still basking in the Grammy Award-nominated success of last year’s “Intimacy: Album III,” which debuted at No. 2 on the Top 200 and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, Detroit singer Kem promises he won’t make fans wait another five years for his next album.

“I’m already cultivating songs for the next record,” Kem (nee Owens), who’s currently on tour, tells Billboard.com.

“I’ve got three or four ideas, and I think when we come back to do the Detroit shows (March 25 and April 10) I’ll be getting some cats in the studio and cut some things while we’re there. So we’re thinking about the fourth album right now.”

Birdman and his Cash Money/ Young Money army invaded New York’s Perfections strip club this weekend and dropped an estimated $50,000 in cash.

Also joining the Cash Money head was rapper Corey Gunz and Lil Twist who celebrated his 18th birthday this past January.

It looks like Will Smith is following in his wife’s footsteps.

As previously reported, Willow Smith and Jada Pinkett are remaking the film Annie for their daughter Willow.

Will Smith is also in talks about remaking a classic, of the  1974 comedy Uptown Saturday Night. Will Smith is to produce the movie, and star alongside Denzel Washington.

The two will have leading roles, who’s original production consisted of Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier for those leads.

The story is about two friends who get robbed, losing their wallets in a night club. Throughout the movie the two buddies try to get their hands on their lost winning lottery ticket.

Despite the comments previously reported of Paris Hilton saying “Black guys are gross,” Lil Wayne may be pairing with Hilton on his next record.

The blonde heiress interviewed Wayne for the April issue of Interview magazine, but Weezy was the one who offered his services for her sophomore album.

“I was gonna ask you, how are you gonna release an album and don’t get me on it?”

Paris then replied, “Well, if you would be on the album, then I would be honored,” she replied. “That would be the sickest thing. We should get each other’s phone numbers so we can call each other after the interview or text or something.”

The ongoing drama between hip-hop mogul, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Boston Red Sox star, David Ortiz over the name of Jay’s 40/40 club reported here is finally over.

According to the New York Daily News, the court battle was scheduled to take place Monday but it has been called off.

Hov’s attorney Peter Raymond stated, “The case has been settled in principle…We have agreed on the outlines of a settlement and need to reduce it to writing.”

Actress Meagan Good has landed the starring role in the new film “Video Girl.”

The plot centers on a woman named Lori Walker, played by Good, who follows her dreams of becoming a music video model.

Walker is exposed to the perils of the industry and struggles to right herself in the new drama due in theaters April 29.

Also featured in the film is Lisa Raye, Ruby Dee, Adam Senn, Haylie Duff, Bun-B, Melyssa Ford, Bobby Valentino, Hoobastank, Juelz Santana Angie Martinez, Claudia Jordan and Esther Baxter.

“Video Girl” will be released in New York, Los Angeles, Jersey Gardens and Kansas City.

LOS ANGELES — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is in negotiations to star in “Snitch,” an action thriller that Ric Roman Waugh is writing and directing for Exclusive Media.

The project has been long in development and at one point was set up at New Line with Carl Franklin directing.

The script centers on a suburban father who is hit hard when his teenage son is sentenced to 30 years under mandatory minimum drug laws. In order to reduce his son’s sentence, the father goes undercover to help nab a senior drug dealer. The story is based on a “Frontline” documentary.