50 Cent's episode of "Behind The Music" showed a slightly softer side to the controversial rapper. Unlike the other episodes that have premiered since the music special's re-launch

While a majority of television reality shows tend to focus on mating conquests, VH1 "Gotti's Way 2" deviates into whole other direction.

Sometimes one just ain't enough. That's a line, okay an amended line, from the rarest of rock treats - the duet. Everyone loves when two pop icons team up for a single.

50 Cent has ended his long rift with rival rapper Jadakiss, and the pair are now planning a collaboration. The pair has been at war ever since Jadakiss appeared on Murder Inc. rapper Ja Rule's 2004 track New York,

This isn't to bash rappers, nor is it to say that these artists aren't allowed to pursue different paths in Hollywood. With so many prominent rappers acquiring roles

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The music industry has always thrived on fabricated competition to generate publicity; The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones, The Beatles vs. Elvis Presley,

50 Cent's ruthless streak has been well documented. He's had several very public spats with rappers (Ja Rule, Fat Joe, The Game) and actresses (Vivica Fox).

Making her stunning entrance in a dizzying cascade of piano and layered vocals, The Inc./Universal Motown Recording Artist Ashanti puts it all on the line in the powerfully soulful and grandly dramatic "The Way That I Love You," the first single and video from her upcoming album The Declaration.

Happy Birthday to Ja Rule (1976), actor Antonio Sabato Jr. (1972), Law & Order actor Dennis Farina (1944), actor Joss Ackland (1928), singer Dinah Shore (1916; d. 1994), bandleader Jimmy Dorsey (1904; d. 1957), and Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini (1792; d. 1868).