Chelsea Handler On Rappers

Chelsea Handler recently opened about her fixation on rappers. The talk show host says that she loves rappers because they have few inhibitions, though she still takes shots at Diddy for showing up late to a taping.

"Rappers are great interviews because they just don't really care and they are willing to say anything," Handler said in an interview. "And I love that because that's kind of how I am. They all hit on me. I love Pharrell and thought he was really sweet; Nelly, too...P. Diddy was the only one I was like, 'Get away from me.' He's so late all the time--maybe he won't show up in the Hamptons until summer is over."

Diddy Reinvents Himself Again

Diddy has done it again. The former Puffy, former Puff Daddy, former P. Diddy has decided it's time to add yet another name to his arsenal of pseudonyms. Crediting his musical comeback as motivation, the mogul said that he has again re-christened himself.

"Check it out, so I decided I'm going to change my name for a week in honor of my comeback," Diddy revealed in a video. "Y'all know I've been known as Puff, Puffy, Puff Daddy, Diddy, P. Diddy, King Combs, earlier it was Sean Combs, and for a week, this week only, call me by my new name, 'Swag.' Check it out. My new name is Swag."

'King Combs?'

Must've missed that one.

Rick Ross Was Inspired By Diddy

Rick Ross revealed that his inspiration for launching his own Maybach Music Group was seeing hip hop moguls like Diddy and Cash Money's Brian "Baby" Williams. Following their template, Ross has begun building his own stable of artists, ranging from rapper Wale to soul singer Teedra Moses.

"Building Maybach Music Group, building this empire, of course I was inspired by some of the earlier movements and earlier dudes that came along such as Cash Money [and] Bad Boy Records. To me, when I really think about the greatest era of hip-hop, that was the greatest eras of hip-hop; when I turned on the TV and saw Big, Mase, Junior Mafia, and the Lox. That was the most exciting era of hip-hop. I looked at the No Limit era and saw that camaraderie that they had, that unity, that brotherhood that they shared. I think it spilled over from [their] music," Rick Ross says.

Diddy & Mary J. Blige Sparred For Hit

Music producer Jerry Wonda recently revealed just how badly Diddy wanted the song "Someone To Love Me," which subsequently wound up being recorded by both Diddy's Dirty Money and by Mary J. Blige. According to Wonda, Diddy and his longtime friend Blige both wanted the record upon first hearing it and a compromise had to be reached.

"[That] is a record that I did [before] Puff heard the track. When he heard it, he immediately said, 'I need this,'" Wonda says. "So I gave it to him and he went crazy on it. But at the same time, I was working on the Mary J. Blige album. And when I was at the studio playing the song, Mary said, 'Stop playing, I need this.' That's when she called Puff and said, 'I'm taking this record!'"

"Puff and Mary are like brother and sister," Wonda continued. "And Puff was like, 'Oh you want it? I already got a video, man!' And so Mary said, 'I don't care! This record is mine!' So I said, OK, and put up the track and the next thing you know, Mary went in on it."

Diddy STILL Not Over J. Lo?

With Diddy Dirty Money appearing on "American Idol" next month, the King of Doing-Too-Damn-Much just couldn't resist gushing over his former love and current "A.I." judge, Jennifer Lopez. The two haven't been an item for over a decade, yet Diddy can't seem to stop reminding the whole world of what they used to be. The mogul praised J. Lo's success on television and in her personal life.

“She’s just looking so good. You’ve got to give it to her for having twins and to be doing it how she’s doing it. I’m so proud of her,” Diddy said. “The way she handled coming after (former Idol judge) Simon (Cowell)… she’s been, like, a compassionate person. She has made me cry, like, twice, and she’s looked good doing it. And she has made sense."

“She’s a nice person (and)… when you’re super nice, your emotions get the best of you," Diddy continued. "It’s good though, it’s good to see that change in the competitive shows. I think she’s very refreshing.”

Contributor : Monica Coleman