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Drake takes a breather to clear some air

Drake recently cleared the air on a lot of unanswered questions in a brief, but to the point interview with Nah Right. Have a look at some of Drakes answers below and head to Nahright for the full interview.

Madonna vs. Lady Gaga: The first blow has been struck

Another idol of Gaga's is coming for her neck. After a few initial friendly encounters, including a chummy joint appearance on SNL, it would appear that Madonna's impression of Lady Gaga has grown sour. The catalyst for this shift in sentiment? Gaga's #1 hit single "Born This Way," which many music fans and critics pegged as an uninspired derivative of Madonna's "Express Yourself."

There was quite a bit of confusion surrounding "Born This Way" and its Madonna influences. First, Gaga took to late night TV to say that the song wasn't similar to "Express Yourself," and that Madonna had emailed her approval of the track regardless. Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's publicist, on the other hand undermined this spin from Gaga, saying she had no knowledge of Madonna ever sending any email of the sort to Gaga.

Things quieted down after that, but the silence on Madonna's part was an omen and in her 20/20 interview, the Queen of Pop struck back like Darth Vader at her upstart.

The Black Eyed Peas say they aren't breaking up, but should they?

Are they or aren't they together? No, that doesn't have anything to do with the status of Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber's teenage romance. But it is the question that's been volleyballed around the music industry about the status of pretty much the only relevant group in popular music.

TMZ recently caught up with Fergie and Taboo as they made their way home from a flight and they asked the two Peas if they were on a break or broken up. They both reaffirmed their committment to the Peas and said that they were merely on a break. It was pretty much the PR equivalent of saying, "Nothing to see here, folks. Move along."

Watch Fergie and Taboo talk about the group's status below

Why R&Beef should never be on the menu

Like most musical beef, this one has ridiculous origins. This time it was all over a haircut. Singer Lloyd appeared on BET's 106 and Park sporting a new look that was curiously similar to up and coming singer Miguel's horizontal bar fade deal.

Turns out viewers weren't the only ones that spotted the doublemint action. Miguel took to the tweets with a passive-aggressive, very anti-at or dap acknowledgement of the coincidence. Pretty soon, the gossip blogs were declaring war between the two singers.

Eventually, they talked it out but you can tell that the shots really got under Lloyd’s skin. He wasn’t too keen on talking to Miguel about the incident, as audio at their encounter at a radio show in Cleveland proved.

Drake lashes out at rappers and haters in "Dreams Money Can Buy"

Drake is known for being a pretty nice guy, but on his new track "Dreams Money Can Buy," rumored to be a track from his sophomore album Take Care, the Young Money MC takes aim at his peers and haters.

The song opens with a voice whisper-singing "Don't f**k with me, don't f**k with me" in case the message isn't clear about Drake's state of mind. The first lines of the song, "I got car money, fresh start money / I want Saudi money, I want art money," seem to be a clap back at Jay-Z who dismissed "Baby money" on "H*A*M," which YMCMB's Birdman took as a slight.

But Drake took to Twitter to make it clear that he was NOT firing shots at Uncle Hovy.

That's nice and all, but that still leaves open the possibility that he's going hard at his former mentor, Kanye West. And why is Drake still so caught up in haters, detractors and his greatness? Didn't we flesh all of this out on Thank Me Later?

Listen to the new Drake track below

Adam Lambert and James Durbin have beef

If you've tuned into this season of American Idol, then the similarities between James Durbin and season 8 contestant Adam Lambert have been apparent since the moment Durbin opened his mouth to let out that Lambert-esque banshee scream. Glamberts and many Idol fans were not amused, but James stuck around long enough to make it to the top 5.

But he finally got the boot last week and now the claws are coming out for the original manshee, Adam Lambert. As most former Idol contestants do, Lambert was asked to provide commentary on the current crop of contestants and he said that he was "over" James Durbin. It wasn't the nicest thing to say, but given all the biting and swaggerjacking James has been doing, he could've justifiably gone in even harder on James. Instead, Adam kept it at that and didn't throw Durbin any further under the bus.

In Durbin's mind though, he doesn't even get why people compared them in the first place, because Adam is pop/dance and he is rock/metal. Uh, hi, James. Did you not see Adam Lambert rockin' out with Kiss? James needs to fall back about 10 steps.

"I don't know what the comparison's all about. He sings pop and electronic, and I sing rock and metal," Durbin told MTV News on Monday.
Durbin dismisses any theories that Adam's opinion swayed fans to another camp, although he did take notice when his "Idol" inspiration told The Hollywood Reporter that he was "kind of over" James.
Durbin casually shrugged, "I was nothing [but] nice to that guy and, you know, he decided to take it to a different level. Whatever."

SOURCE: MTV

What say you? Is James Durbin getting too big for his britches or should Adam have been a little gentler in handling the upstart wannabe?

5 Things that were off about Lil' Kim's MTV RapFix interview

The Queen of PayPal has yet to ship her anti-Nicki Minaj mixtape Black Friday, but she's still on her press tour promoting the project and ranting to anyone who'll listen about how Nicki Minaj, Baby and Cash Money did her dirty. Oh, and screw Puffy too.

In perhaps her most high profile appearance (Well, sorta. It was MTV but only a livestream on MTV.com), Lil' Kim sat down with Sway to discuss the situation. At times, Sway's opinion of the beef was made clear in his line of questioning. He tried his best to remain objective, but even he couldn't contain himself at some of the more incredulous claims Kim was making, like when she called herself Rocky. "It's funny, your analogies. You're the underdog?," Sway asked.

Rihanna and Ciara clash on Twitter over Ciara's not so nice remarks on TV

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This is why the smart celebrities avoid being baited into commenting on their peers. If you say the wrong thing, or if what you say is misconstrued in any way, you risk the wrath of someone you might've once considered an associate.

Back in 2007, Ciara and Rihanna were on friendly terms. The "Goodies" singer was even tapped to open for Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad Tour. But any goodwill between the two singers evaporated after Ciara's appearance on the fishing-for-mess E! television show, Fashion Police, hosted by troublemaker Joan Rivers.

The show centers around critiques and snarky jabs at celebrities and their fashion dos and don'ts, and on this episode, Ciara was a guest and Rihanna was one of the subjects.

After throwing up a picture of Rihanna at the BRIT Awards, Ciara veered into off topic commentary saying she had run into Rihanna at a party recently and that "she wasn't the nicest." Joan Rivers said what Ciara seemed hesitant to say and called Rihanna a "bitch." This set Rihanna off, as word got back to her about Ciara's comments.

Watch what Ciara said about Rihanna and see Rihanna's reaction below