Jill Scott Reveals No Longer With Fiance

R&B songstress and Diiiiiiiiiiva (my ode to 'Why Did I Get Married') ,JILL SCOTT, recently sat down with Essence magazine to talk about being a new mommy, possibly being in the bowl for winning an Emmy for the hit HBO series that she stars in "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" and her recent split from her fiance and father of her 2 month old son Jett Hamilton.

ESSENCE.COM: Congrats on the possibility of an Emmy nod for Best TV Drama Actress! If you win you will be the first African-American woman to do so. Did you expect such acclaim or pressure?

Jill Scott: No pressure, but I'm excited. It's definitely something I dreamt about, and if it comes to fruition then that's wonderful. In regards to expecting the acclaim, I wish I was that forward thinking. We were just there doing a good job, and after the show was done we thought, Well, maybe. I am proud of the work that we did.

ESSENCE.COM: Congrats to you on your new bundle of joy, Jett Hamilton. How has motherhood been treating you?

SCOTT: Wonderful. I named him after a black gemstone that my makeup artist in Africa had; it was simply called Jet, and I fell in love with it and the name because I thought my beautiful baby is a gem. I truly loved being pregnant and feeling what was going on inside my body and watching it change. It's difficult to recoup but still amazing nonetheless. I would have another one.

ESSENCE.COM: So does that mean you had an easy labor of love?

SCOTT: Not at all. I was in labor for 36 hours. After that experience, anytime I have reservations and think I can't do anything I remind myself that I survived the birth of my child (Laughs). Although I didn't scream my baby into this world, the pain continued after he was born for at least three weeks. During labor I felt like I needed to put the fire out. Everybody kept telling me the pain wasn't going to last forever but after 20 hours of it I left the building. I felt like I was on the ceiling looking down at myself like, Dag, girl, you still in labor? I know my experience isn't everyone's but I believe people need to be realistic when sharing their stories about their pregnancies and birth. When he arrived I held him in my arms for about an hour and then went to sleep because I was simply exhausted.

ESSENCE.COM: Well, at least your hubby-to-be was there to support. How has he been adjusting to Jett?

SCOTT: Yes, he was there and for a couple of days afterwards while I stayed in hospital, but John and I are no longer together. When you have a baby you're dealing with a lot of emotions and I don't know how much of it had to do with us breaking up, but it happens. We definitely love our son and we are co-parenting and working on being friends. It is what it is. I have a lot of support, so I want for nothing as far as that's concerned. I know some might criticize me or the fact that my son is being raised in a single-parent home, but I wasn't raised in a two-parent home and I had a good relationship with my dad. I have hopes for him and I'm sure his father will do his part as well.

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Cassidy Stole Amber???

Now that Kanye and ex-girl Amber Rose are through, rapper Cassidy has come out with a track claiming that he stole this chick from 'Yeezy! How and why would anybody dump Kanye for Cassidy? Isn't dude like 5'5? And insanely immature? Hmph! Maybe that's what Ms. Rose likes! I mean she does like pu$$y, so why not Cassidy? Nevermind nevermind!!! Some of ya'll don't get it.

Anyways, so Cassidy spit the lyrics regarding the rumors over Beyonce's "Ego". Supposedly, Ms. Amber denied ever sleeping with Cassidy, but these lyrics tell another story...

“I f*cked ya girl on D-low, cause I’m that nigga and I got a bigger ego. For free yo, I let her climb on the tree yo. now she with me yo, so adios amigo. No you ain’t big as me yo. So when I hit , she said my d*ck too big, fat, wide, and thick. What I was born with is enormous, when I try to fit, she holler like ‘you got a big ego, AGH SHIT!’ And that’s why she on my d*ck, cause I got a huge ego, I’m a hero. I save the day, it’s L-O-V-E yo, she never felt that way ’till she started fucking with me yo. I took her from you like D-bo, ’cause your ass always had her going to bed mad like Ne-Yo”.”

Cherish Call It Quits

After the lackluster performance of Cherish's sophomore LP 'The Truth', which dropped last year, (I don't even know a song on that joint), it appears the sister group have parted ways with each other (as well as their label Capitol Records). This news comes as twin sisters, Fallon and Felisha, who fronted the group, revealed that they have formed a duo, aptly called Fallon & Felisha. The pair have reportedly been in the studio with producers Bryan-Michael Cox, Eric Hudson, Don Vito, Adonis, among others.

By clicking the link below you can listen to a new track by the duo called 'Infected' on their MySpace. Listening back to the cut had me very sceptical about where exactly these girls are going with this group, as the song sounds strikingly similar to the material they churned out with Cherish. (Good) Material being one of the group's biggest problems as well as a major lack of individuality/uniqueness among the members (try naming all 4 members of the group off-head...LOL). Still, it'll be interesting to see where this duo idea takes them.

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Let The Rumors Fly...

It's a sad sad day in the neighborhood folks. Well, at least that's what it's "rumored" to be. In today's installment of "Let the rumors fly"... Fantasia and Young Dro are our latest victims. It's being reported from my girl NecoleBitchie that our favorite couple from the hood is no longer. Folks close to Ms. Bitchie say that 'Tasia was at Studio 72 (shout out to JD) partying it up and had the DJ make the annuoncement that she's single??? Why oh why 'Tasia? You guys were the black Ken and Barbie... oh wait... that's Beyonce and Jay-Z, well you guys were their side kicks, James and Tameka. Hopefully, this is just a rumor because you could tell that these two really loved each other whenever they were together. We'll see how it all comes to light. Stay tuned...