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After keeping it quite for a while, the hip-hop/rapper heavyweight 50 Cent has spoken out about breaking his promise to retire from rap after his album chart defeat by Kanye West. 50 Cent defended himself and revealed it’s “impossible” for rappers to quit.

Hip-Hop star 50 Cent was reportedly facing retirement due to album battle with rival Kanye West. By real name Curtis Jackson, gambled his music career, saying that he will quit if his new album Curtis won’t outsell West’s Graduation. The records were released on September 11th and 50 Cent found himself in the UK charts at number two right after Kanye West who is placed at number one. Despite losing the battle in September, 50 says he won’t be retiring.

I don’t know if it’s possible for a rapper to retire, rappers are like fighters. They condition themselves to be the best. All rappers think they are the best. And they are just waiting for everyone else to recognise they are the best. You’ll see them come back and come back.
- said 50 cent -

According to a new report, Justin Timberlake teams up with Duran Duran to produce a track ‘loosely’ based on Britney Spears. Timberlake produced and co-written Falling Down with British band Duran Duran about his ex-girlfriend’s dramatic fall from grace. This is not the first time when Justin is using Britney Celebrity status and image, when he split from Britney he released his hit single Cry Me a River which featured a girl who looked just like the pop princess in the video. Reports say that in the Falling Down video, it shows a Britney look-a-like checking into rehab.

I suppose it’s loosely based on her, but not only on one celebrity - just celebrity culture in general. A lot of young celebrities seem to disappear into rehab. So it’s kind of like, what could be happening in your wildest dream in that rehab centre?”
- Duran Duran drummer Roger Taylor said -

I haven’t spoken to Justin since the video has been made public. But he likes his pretty girls, so he probably would like it. I just wish Britney could accept help. It seems that all the people who care about her, she’s pushing away.
- Lead singer Simon Le Bon said -

The next Celebrity mother-to-be is set to release her performance from Sydney’s Acer Arena last July on DVD, according to Australian press. Christina Aguilera Back To Basics : Live In Australia’ took place just before she had to cancel the remaining dates of the world tour and the DVD is due to be released on December 8th.

The DVD will include also some of Christina’s latest release, as follows: Ain’t No Other Man, Back In The Day, Understand, Makes Me Wanna Pray, Oh Mother, Enter The Circus / Welcome, Dirrty (Circus Version), Candyman and Hurt.

In other Celebrity news, Christina Aguilera has finally confirmed what everyone already knew – that she’s pregnant. In a recent interview with Glamour magazine, the 26-year-old singer said that she intends to be a working mom.

The American Idol winner Carrie Underwood keeps up with the good work, as the country singer spent Tuesday evening in the Big Apple rehearsal for an upcoming TV show, “Christmas at the Rockefeller Center.” The Rockefeller Center tree lighting will be aired live on November 28th on NBC from 7-9 p.m. The young singer took home recently a couple CMA Awards. The American Idol winner won the trophy for Single of the Year for “Before He Cheats” along with scooping up the award for Female Vocalist of the Year, at the Country Music Association Awards.

In other Celebrity news, besides her music talent Carrie Underwood is also being recognized for her style, as the country star shares the cover of the UsWeekly with Katie Holmes, Carrie being voted to have the “Sexiest New Style.”

The American Idol champ who once bragged about her jeans collection is now a consistent red carpet charmer in top designers like Escada and Mazria.
- According to the magazine -

Not once Rihanna mentioned that hip-hop heavyweight Jaz-Z (the president of her label Def Jam) is her mentor and that helped her gain the right position as the pop/R&B chart topper. Now according to reports, Jay-Z famous girlfriend, Beyonce, wants Rihanna for her upcoming music projects. As a recall, Rihanna and Beyonce were reportedly feuding and battling for chart supremacy, that until Pop/R&B singer Rihanna stepped out and denied claims saying that she is having a amiable relationship with R&B Celebrity Beyonce.

The rumors that the two hate each other surfaced after several publications claimed that Rihanna was making moves on Beyonce’s boyfriend, Hip-Hop mogul Jay Z. Anyway it seems like the perfect time for a collaboration. Beyonce’s upcoming project reportedly titled “Bootylicious” is the singer’s new studio production wish and sources say she wants a more “Rihanna-flavored” on it. In addition to this, the dance producer duo The Freemasons and R&B Celebrity are going to work together and they’re sure that the collaboration will have amazing results.

The album is going to be huge. It will rival anything the likes of Britney and Rihanna have done recently. Beyonce and her team can see where mistakes were made on the last album. It was very American, very R+B and stripped back. They want to go for a more international sound this time. She wants to hit as many audiences as possible.
- James Wiltshire (of The Freemasons) told press -