The Game has struck a plea deal with prosecutors in his assault/weapons possession case, opting to serve four months in the slammer instead of going to court. Speaking to ‘Monsta Magazine’, the West Coast rapper, who maintains his innocence, explains the reason for his decision:

“The crazy part about this is that I’ve had guns before in my life. But this time I didn’t have a gun. And because one person said I had a gun and coaxed his homies into saying that I had a gun, I’m in a predicament where I’m asking ‘do I want to spend another million dollars to fight this trial so who knows what jury’s gonna come in and say I’m guilty? Or do I want to save my money, go sit down for four months and accept this felony they’re trying to give me for no reason?”
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Soulful songstress Jill Scott released her CD/DVD combo ‘Live From Paris’ today in the US. This rendition of ‘The Fact Is (I Need You)’ is one many great performances to be enjoyed on the release. I’ll be sure to pick this up whenever I can get my hands on it; Jill is such a rare talent in today’s industry.

What do you think of the performance?

She really did her thing on ‘Promise’.

What do you think of the performance?

Chingy’s latest video for single ‘Gimme Dat’ – featuring fellow Disturbing The Peace members Bobby Valentino and Ludacris – premiered a few hours ago. I’m liking both the song and video. Yet with his album ‘Hate It Or Love It, which was released little over a month ago, sitting at an abysmal #178 on the Billboard 200 chart, I have a hard time stomaching the song’s ‘I’m so fly’ message.

Our interview with Chingy will be up by the weekend – for definite.

What do you think of the song / video?

‘Smash on the radio bet I penned it!’. Indeed, the bold claim made by singer/songwriter Sean Garrett holds pretty much true. Having written hits for the likes of Destiny’s Child (solo efforts too), Mary J, Chris Brown, Britney Spears and a host of others, Garrett is now making the transition to an artist in his own right.

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Check out this video of Soulja Boy, 17, getting down and dirty – with the stage – at a recent concert:

Janet Jackson continues the promo for her forthcoming album ‘Discipline’ (due February 26th) by doing a photoshoot for Parade Magazine. She’s looking youthful as ever.

What do you think of the pics?