Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott and Alicia Keys all get their own Essence Magazine cover for the month of June.  The magazine is featuring the 3 ladies in their annual “Black Music Month” June issue and all three are doin the dayum thang!  You can check out a sneak peak of the interviews over at Essence.com.

•  Source Magazine banks on The Game’s suicidal tendencys

• Watch out Polow…Kanye’s the new King of White Girls!

• R. Kelly says pee stinks

• Remy Ma sentenced to 8 years

• Hey…Where’s Kim? ~ Diddy & Cassie spotted boo’d up

• Blogxilla reveals his new purpose

Fantasia (and her red hair) performed on American Idol’s top 3 elimination episode last night. I gave up on American Idol a long time ago so I didn’t see it when it aired so I searched for it this morning. I thought she did…um…well. But apparently Simon did not. Peep the look on his face after her performance….Classic!

Beyonce’s House of Dereon has launched “Dereon Girls” and while the clothes themselves may seem innocent enough (althought a bit trendy),  the advertisements have made waves across the net with bloggers everywhere ranting about the young girls featured in the ad posed provocatively in full makeup and high heels.   I vote “no” to this nonsense.

Atlanta will be hosting the first ever T.H.U.G. Awards tonight at the Rialto Center of the Arts.  In case you were wondering T.H.U.G. stands for “Tru to His/Her Urban Genius”.  The event, sponsored by The Source Magazine, will be hosted by Comedian Damon Williams and filming begans at 7:30. 

Paying tribute to artists, record label executives and industry playmakers with a comedic celebrity roast, T.H.U.G Awards highlights the achievements of those who rose above their impoverished surroundings to impact the world of music and entertainment. Among honorees for the star-studded event are Grand Hustle co-CEO Jason Jeter, Hip-Hop fly jock Greg Street, Rap-A-Lot Records CEO James Prince, fashion entrepreneur Gino Green and Swishahouse Records CEO Michael “5000″ Watts.

To find out more about tonight’s event check out their website at www.ThugAwards.com.