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Happy Birthday to rapper Chamillionaire (1979), busty model and gold digger Anna Nicole Smith (1967; d. 2007), Daily Show host Jon Stewart (1962), Breakfast Club member Judd Nelson (1959), A History of Violence actor Ed Harris (1950),

Houston, Texas rappers Trae and Mike Jones stole the show at Monday's Ozone Awards by fighting backstage before the ceremony began. Jones was punched in the fracas,

Happy Birthday to rapper Chamillionaire (1979), busty model and gold digger Anna Nicole Smith (1967; d. 2007), Daily Show host Jon Stewart (1962), Breakfast Club member Judd Nelson (1959), A History of Violence actor Ed Harris (1950), Letterman's right-hand man Paul Shaffer (1949),

"I've never taken a drug in my life. I don't curse. And I've never been drunk." Rapper Chamillionaire leads a clean life.

Reba McEntire has scored her first number one album in America - with a little help from her friends. The country star's Reba Duets release has toppled Kanye West's "Graduation" thanks to an opening sales week of 301,000.

Rapper Chamillionaire has joined the hip-hop heavyweights who have cut the 'n' word from their lyrics - because he doesn't want to put derogatory words into white fans' mouths.

NEW YORK (AP) - Rap's critics have been complaining for years, only to watch the music become even more profane - and more popular. But now it seems as if Don Imus may be accomplishing what a generation of detractors could not.

Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has helped to raise $1.4 million for New York's underprivileged children, as part of the Art For Life Not So Mellow Yellow fundraising event.