Xzibit
Xzibit Is A Dad Again
Rapper/actor Xzibit has been given an early Father's Day gift - he became a father for the third time on Wednesday.
The hip-hop star, real name Alvin Joiner, is daddy to baby boy Gatlyn. Breaking the happy news to his fans on Twitter.com, he wrote, "My son Gatlyn has arrived in good health. Thank all of you in advance for the love."
The rapper is also dad to teenager, Tremayne, from a previous relationship. His second son, Xavier Kingston Joiner, died in May, 2008 just days after he was born premature.
The mother of Xzibit's new bundle of joy had yet to be identified as we went to press.
M.I.A’s Pregnancy Ruined By Death Threats
M.I.A. has revealed she received death threats while she was pregnant with her first child Ikhyd over comments she made about her native Sri Lanka.
The outspoken hitmaker, who is the daughter of a Tamil separatist, was targeted online by people who didn't agree with her views - and some comments were really distressing because they also targeted her unborn baby.
M.I.A. tells online newspaper the Huffington Post, "People were sending me death threats and telling me bad s**t about my kid. People would write on Twitter and YouTube, 'Your baby is going to die,' because I was talking about the Sri Lankan government and the issues that were going on there."
But the threats fell on deaf ears and blind eyes because M.I.A. has always felt as if her life was spared during a frightening encounter when she was eight so she could speak up for Sri Lankans.
She explains, "I just saw something when I was eight and they didn't kill me. I am alive to say this is what happened... I survived it and I'm going to tell you my account of it, just like Jewish people get to talk about the Holocaust and we embrace it.
"Even though I had all this amazing success, at the same time I was watching this crazy destruction going on over there. No one really wanted to talk about it and then all these people were reaching out to me to talk about it because I am the only one that can represent them. At the same time I was pregnant and I didn't want to have to deal with that s**t, but I had no choice."
Sean Levert’s Widow Bags $4 Million
The widow of R&B singer Sean Levert has won a $4 million (£2.7 million) settlement in a lawsuit over the entertainer's 2008 death in an Ohio jail.
Angela Lowe filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Cleveland prison officials, accusing them of neglecting Levert's medical needs, citing Levert was denied his prescribed anti-anxiety medication while behind bars for failing to pay $90,000 (£60,000) in child support.
Lowe reached an agreement with Cuyahoga County and a jail medical services contractor in Cleveland federal court on Wednesday. The terms of the deal include no official admission of liability.
A coroner ruled Levert, the son of The O'Jays star Eddie Levert, had died of natural causes, citing lung disease, heart disease, high blood sugar and withdrawal from anti-anxiety drug Xanax as the reasons for his death. Levert was 39 when he died.