Word was flying around like Aces that Common and tennis star Serena Williams had split - all of which seemed to be confirmed by pictures of the Chicago rapper acting single on a recent cruise. However sources have since come out to say that they are still in fact an item and that Common will be dropping past the French Open to support Serena soon. Ah, who knows?

Swizz Beatz, who is expecting his fourth child by a fourth lady (Alicia Keys) spoke on his excitement and the latest addition to his brood, saying, "I’m super-excited," adding, "People are calling me from Dubai and Japan. We haven’t set a wedding date, but we will. We’re just letting everything flow." Meanwhile ex-wife Mashonda's lawyer, Bernard Clair, has confirmed that she’s now received Swizz’s check for $334,000 in child support. Are Swizz and Lil Wayne having some sort of 'baby-mama' competition?

Fabolous has spoken out to deny that he was behind the recent beating of hip-hop groupie Kat Stacks. While a few voices have come out to side with Kat Stacks, saying that a man should never hit a woman, Fab asserted, ""Why would I SEND a DUDE to smack a GIRL?? But I know who sent someone to smack her... KARMA!! #RealSh*t." Fab pointedly added, "It's sad y'all believe anything y'all hear & see on the internet.. Especially from someone as credible as Kat Stacks *Smh*"

Uncle Luke's daughter has gone public with allegations that he used to beat her mother and that he only claims 1 of his 5 children while wanting his son Luther to be placed in a homeless shelter. The allegations see Luther's daughter describe him as an "asshole" while speaking on Luther's relationship with her mother, saying, "He use to beat her. Beat her down till she couldn't even move and walk. At the age of 3, he kicked me and my mom out of the house. What kind of father is that?" While the allegations are bad we have to wonder what she is gaining by dragging this out in public - for a few dollars maybe?

'Training Day' director Antoine Fuqua has confirmed that his next film project will be a biopic on the life of late hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur. Fuqua revealed, "It looks like we're doing Tupac Shakur's movie next in September, that's what I've been starting up and working on now. I've been working on that for a while with Morgan Creek and Jim Robinson. I just got the greenlight from him and we're going in September. I've just started to prep that." He went on to reveal that he hopes to give the lead role to an unknown actor, explaining, "I want to discover someone new, I want to discover a lot of new people if I can. Obviously I'm going to have to put some people in it that you know, just because actors have different skills. I want to go to the streets and find him anywhere he might be in the world." Could you be the 2Pac of the movies?

Ali "Ollie" Woodson, a former lead singer of The Temptations, died in California following a battle with cancer. He was 58. Billy Wilson, president and founder the Motown Alumni Association spoke out to say, "He was an excellent singer, he’s one of the few singers who was accommodating to virtually everything. He had a style and swagger about himself that was different than the other Temptations." Woodson headed up The Temptations for most of the 1980s and 90s, writing and singing lead on the 1984 hit 'Treat Her Like a Lady.' R.I.P.  Boy, what a week.  Also, R.I.P to actor, Dennis Hopper.