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Diddy is in the latest issue of GQ magazine and apparently swinging off of chandeliers. (A Little too much Ciroc Diddy).

But he also talked to Fuse about B.I.G., his mother and his biggest business mistake:

On The Notorious B.I.G.’s last day alive:
“He was supposed to go to London but he was like, ‘Yo I’ve never asked for anything, can we just all hang out together tonight and celebrate the album? I’ll go to London the next day’” He was on me and I was like, ‘No no no no no.’ Then finally I gave in, so he was like, ‘Whatever we do, we going to go into this club, and you ain’t going to leave my side tonight. None of that running.’ I was known for just running around the club and he was known for posting up with his crew. He liked dark liquor and smoking weed, I like champagne and just hanging out, meeting girls. He was like, ‘You’re gonna hang out with me tonight.’ That’s why there aren’t really a lot of pictures of me and Big before that, hanging out at places, because I was always so spastic, just running around the club. That was really the only night we did that, per his request.”
On finding out his father was murdered and was one of Harlem’s leading drug dealers:
“I had looked up my father’s name, and I saw an article about my mother wearing a full length chinchilla to a funeral and taking me, and I was in a mink, and the story was of the glamour and the decadence of our family, and how he was the kingpin of Harlem, and how he had got assassinated. I understood why my mother didn’t tell me the truth because where I was living, I probably would have been one of the biggest drug dealers out there. The type of person I am, I would have wanted to follow in my father’s footsteps.”
On his mother being a big influence:
“My mother is why I am, who I am today. People can say what they want to say, but I just represent being sucker free, working hard and being positive. I don’t hate on nobody, I’m not a negative individual. I just wake up and I go for mine and I try to work the hardest I can work. I could have gone a lot of different routes, but I decided to go the route of hard work.”
On his biggest business mistake:
“I think one of my biggest business mistakes was not realizing that everybody wasn’t like me. Everybody didn’t have the drive and determination; everybody’s just not built for that. I think that some people need more time, and more nurturing…I mean artists that I’ve had. I’ve gotten older, I’ve become a little bit more nurturing and I’ve been a little more patient.”

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Goon Affiliated is out in stores TODAY, Tuesday June 8 and Plies stopped by the 92Q studios….and your boy got the exclusive! We talked about his brand new cd, Goon Affiliated, his street cred, the situation with him and Jamie Foxx, him wanting to get it in with Susan Boyle, his non-profit organization, and more!

Check the interview out here.

Plies talks about his sound changing, what type of woman turn him on, and why he passed on his reality show.

Plies talks about the situation between him and Jamie Foxx, what he would be doing if he wasn’t rapping.

Over the weekend, I got a chance to sit down and talk Dondria aka Phatfffat, who was in town for an event at Eden’s Lounge.

The R&B singer-songwriter was discovered by Jermaine Dupree from YouTube. Dondria uploaded video of herself, daily, singing her rendition of chart-topping songs including “Love” by Musiq Soulchild, “Listen” by Beyonce, and “Are You That Somebody” by Aaliyah just to name a few. She received lots of feedback and a large following on the site.

On August 3, she plans to release her album Dondria vs. Phatfffat.

Check out my interview with Dondria here where she reveals her local crush, how Youtube changed her life, how she almost missed out on her oppurtunity to get signed by Jermaine Dupri, and much more.

Special Thank You out to Roshanda, Aliya (Bubblistic Mgmt, and Mindbolic), SoSo Def, Tippy Inc, and Robin Razzi!

T-Pain rolled through Bmore a few days ago, and you know The Urban Informer had to sit down and chop it up with him. It being the first time formally meeting T-Pain, I wasn’t too sure how he was. You get some artist who feel they are the IT, and don’t have time to just kick it-not with T-Pain.

We talked about his brand new Freaknik cartoon, selling his soul to the devil, what we can expect from the new album Revolver, using the vocoder, his stage performances, his golf cart incident, the T-Wayne project, and we played the Name Game!

My brother DJ Showtime, the co-host of 92Q’s Rap Attack sat in with me, and chimed in with me. We talked about Akon retiring off T-Pain or Lady Gaga (if Lady Gaga and Akon really tight), the next move for Nappy Boy, being sued, and his iphone app.

RevolveR, will drop later this year.

Clearly Beyonce’s biological clock is ticking, and Momma Knowles is ready for Beyonce to poppin’ them kids out!

During a recent interview on Good Morning America, Tina made it clear that she is ready to have some more grandbabies, but Beyonce-not so much!

“I have time. I have so many things that I love to do and so many things that I’ve done. So, I feel like, when it’s supposed to happen, it will.” she said before her mom cut in “I’m Praying For It Now!!!!”

Check out the entire interview-

…man, I know that pressure! Tina sound like my sisters, and my grandparents! I GOT TIME!