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Pictured Above: Alicia Keys and Charles Barkley.

On Saturday, both NBA commenter Charles Barkley and Singer/ Songwriter Alicia Keys took the stage and went live on New York's Saturday Night Live. Barkley, hosted the show, while Alicia was the entertainment guest and performed "Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart" and "Empire State of Mind". Key's also appeared in one comedy skit. Take a look at one of Barkley's skits from the show, as well as Key's killing the keys on "Empire State of Mind".

If you notice, Charles Barkley chuckles a bit throughout the skit, but still does a good job playing himself and keeping viewers entertained.

What better song to perform on New York's Saturday Night Live than "Empire State of Mind"?

Speaking of "Empire State of Mind". Rocawear just released a limited edition t-shirt for women commemorating the hit record from Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3. The screen-print tee features a Statue of Liberty in the backdrop with red sunglasses. Would you cop this?

Front View: Rocawear's Empire State of Mind tee for Women.

Back View: Rocawear"s Empire State of Mind tee of Women.

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In the world of hip-hop there is at least one rapper to rep for every segment of the hip-hop community.  You have your gangsta rappers for the thugs, your backpack rappers for the conscious crowd and your party rappers for the club crowd.  What is missing is a plus size rapper for the larger crowd.  Well, say no more because the Chunky Boyz are hoping to fill that void.  The rap duo consists of MTV reality stars from the “Rob & Big,” show, Big Black and his tag team partner, Bam Bam.  Together the two are aiming to deliver a confident message of empowerment for the plus size hip-hop crowd with their debut album, Overweight Champs.

“We are overweight but we have still had success in everything we have done. We never looked at our weight as a curse. We turned it into something positive and now this is our moniker. We won the championship,” Big Black states.

It’s that kind of unshakeable confidence, which Big Black humorously describes as being “fat and cocky,” that the two use to celebrate their size on songs such as their lead single “Rocking Double B’s,” which you can hear below.   The single was inspired by the need for fashionable plus size fashion in order to combat the stereotypes that big people don’t dress well or keep up their appearances.

“Everybody wants to make fat synonymous with smelling bad and looking bad but that’s not the case.  Big people want to look good too.  So I had a clothing company and they went up to 7X for the big people and sold very well,” Big Black said.

Bam Bam added, “We never believed in looking down look down.  We look good and dress good.  We don’t care if you don’t like us for our weight, then so be it.  So we really wrote this song and album to address the stereotypes we face being this size and to tell the haters to fall back or get crushed.”

In addition to the album the duo is planning a potential return to television, motivational speaking to obese youth and an expansion of the Double B clothing line to retail outlets such as Wal Mart and Kohl’s.  JimmyJazz.com is also the place to find hot plus size fashion items up to a size 3X.

Shop for bigger sizes for men and women at JimmyJazz.com this holiday season.

Life Choice Cardigan by Blac Label

Super Sweatshirt by Champion

Heisman Fleece Sweat Pant by Coogi

Chunky Boyz Photo Source: AXZM/Steve Floyd

The Simmons are constantly making moves outside of the household and into the fashion & music world. As we all know Vanessa & Angela have a successful footwear line for girls, Pastry, and are constantly committed to several organizations, such as the Girl Scouts. Jojo, is focused on taking his rap trio, Team Blackout, to the next level and is currently a contributer to GlobalGrind.com, a site funded by his uncle, Russell Simmons. But what about Diggy?

Just like his older brother, Diggy is making his way from tv screen to the studio. He recently leaked out a track, "Point to Prove", on the web. Check it out!

Diggy Simmons - "Point To Prove"

No worries for the youngest out the bunch, Russy. As soon as we find out what are his ambitions, we will keep ya'll posted!

Wow!! One of the most syndicated and the longest running daytime talk shows in the United States, The Oprah Winfrey Show, will unplug from sets across he country after 25 successful seasons in the year 2011. Although this is sad news for fans that have followed Oprah's humbling beginning, it's already being reported that the Mississippi-born Winfrey is planning on starting a new show on her very own OWN network (yup, she own's that). Even if Oprah, 55, decided not to come back to television, she can certainly rest comfortably on the billions of dollars that she is worth.

JJ Flashback #1: Before the release of Jay-Z's 11th studio album The Blueprint 3, Oprah visited Hov's early stomping grounds in Brooklyn, New York. Here's some footage from the show:

JJ Flashback #2: Most recently, Oprah had retired Boxing champ on her show, Mike Tyson. The 2-part show was probably one of the most touching to air all season. Tyson, who has been struggling with personal issues for some time now, opened up on the daytime talk show:

More more info, please check out MSNBC.

Monica's reality TV series on BET, Still Standing, has been buzzing since it recently aired. The title of the show is also the name of Monica's 6th album release and single, which is slated for a early 2010 release.

In a recent cover story with Rolling Out Magazine, here's how the Atlanta-born Monica interpreted 'Still Standing':

"Still standing [are] words that, once you put them together, you think strength. Whatever the rest of the interpretation is, you think ‘still standing' as in not giving up, not turning back, not letting go ... that's how I feel in my everyday life. ‘Still Standing' is the title of the show, but it's also the name of the album, because it's the best representation of where I am right now. That may change in a couple of years. I hope that I'm still standing," she says as an involuntary chuckle escapes her. "But how I look at things may change. It just best describes me right now." - Monica, via Rolling Out Magazine (November 2009)

Major props to Monica, who first hit the scene in 1995 with her triple-platinum debut, Miss Thang. Check out the full interview here!

For those of you who could not get enough of For The Love of Ray J... no worries, you can catch a second dose of the VH1 reality series on November 2nd.

Just like the first season, Ray J will heave his way through several beautiful ladies in search of a ride or die chick. In the meantime, get familiar with the young ladies who are about to become reality tv stars.

For more info, hit up VH1.com.

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As reported this week, on Sunday during MTV's Video Music Awards (VMA's), Lil Mama jumped-up on stage unwelcomely during Jay-Z's closing performance for "Empire State of Mind", which features Songress, Alicia Keys. Viewers at home and at the awards where puzzled by the appearance. Check out the video interview below with America's Best Dance Crew judge, Lil Mama, talking to Tim Kash about her publicized, failed apperance at the VMA's.

Above all, can you blame her? She's was just trying to show respect to one of the greats. What do you guys think? Here's the original performance footage from Sunday night:

Last night will be one of the most talked about MTV Video Music Awards in network history. From Lady Gaga's outlandish wardrobe to Lil Mama's not-so-cool stage appearance during Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" performance with NYC's very own, Alicia Keys. But, by far the highlight of the evening had to be when Kanye West interrupted Country/ Pop megasgtar, Taylor Swift speech while she was receiving her Moon Man for "Best Female Video". Here's the clip from his VERY rude interruption. 

Above all, things managed to work out for Taylor. While Beyonce was on stage receiving her accolade for "Video of the Year" for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)", she invited the 19 year-old on stage to finish her "Best Female Video" speech. 

For a complete list of winners from MTV's VMA's, hit up Rolling Stone.

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