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The week in pop culture: Weezy, Cee-Lo and Urkel?

by Kyle Harvey | September 2, 2011 at 11:28 AM
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Welcome to the week in pop culture. Here’s all the black entertainment news and headlines from the week that was.

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Jaleel White lands a gig on House as inmate
Urkel has finally grown up. With a steady gig on House, it’ll be refreshing to see Jaleel flex his acting chops against the good Doc. (Perez Hilton)

Honest fan returns Chris Brown’s $22,000 watch
Honesty apparently is still the best policy. If you caught the 2011 VMAs you were witness to what was easily the performance of the night. During Chris Breezy’s high-flying dance routine, he dropped his 22,000-dollar watch into the crowd. Luckily CB’s only honest fan returned it to the artist. Who else would have done that? (PopCrush)

Kim Kardashian turns up the hot mess in ‘Jam’ video
Kim K’s unrated video version of her long-forgotten single “Jam” emerged on the web this week. While the song is still garbage, the video may raise a few eyebrows. Tight boy shorts. White tank top. Wet hair. Put the kids to bed. (Daily Mail)

Lenny Kravitz performs on The Today Show
In honor of his album Black And White America Lenny Kravitz performed some new material but kept it classic with “Are You Gonna Go My Way?” Check it out below:

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Rihanna and Nicki Minaj survive the end of the world in their new video
The queens of pop and hip-pop (new word) join forces in a post apocalyptic music video that’s filled with ninjas, costume changes and dance numbers. What more can you expect from Rihanna and Nicki Minaj? (MTV

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TNT breaks up with HawthoRNe
First, the rumors about a divorce, now her show got canceled. Is Jada Pinkett Smith having the worst two weeks ever? R.I.P HawthoRNe after three seasons. (HuffPo)

Tha Carter IV beats Watch The Throne’s record sales
Congrats to Weezy for a very very strong opening week. In four days C4 moved over 300,000 units on iTunes in comparison to Throne which Revelations Perfume and Cosmetics Inc”>moved 290,000. I guess the argument in which artist has “Baby Money” will never be solved…(HipHopWired)

Queen of Soul to warm up for Obama in Detroit
Aretha Franklin is set to blow for President Obama comes to Detroit to speak at the annual Labor Day festival. You have no choice but to pay homage. (BET)

Ex-Spice Girl Brown gives birth to daughter
Congratulations to Mel B. on her 3rd child. This is the first child between her and husband Stephen Belafonte. (Daily Mail)

Cee lo Green to star as himself in upcoming episode of Parenthood
Goodie Mobb alum and The Voice coach Cee-Lo is in the works of finalizing a deal where he will be appearing on the popular NBC show Parenthood. His new gig will have being an owner of a recording studio with lead actor Dax Shepard. Expect colorful outfits to be on deck. (Perez Hilton )

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