RAPPER JIM JONES CUTS OFF HIS BRAIDS . . . AND HE LOOKS WAY BETTER!!! (PICS)

Jim Jones' braids were starting to look a lil UNKEMPT . . . . We like the new look!!!

LAKERS DRAMA!!! NBA STAR PAU GASOL BLAMES TEAMMATE . . . FOR BREAKING UP HIS RELATIONSHIP!!!

NBA fans around the world have been wondering what is wrong with NBA star Pau Gasol. Throughout the playoffs Pau's game seems to be off.

Well according to a hiphop247 snitch - it's because Pau and his LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND and FIANCE Sylvia broke up . . . and he blames a TEAMMATE for him getting DUMPED!

The insider, who is affiliated with the Lakers, told hiphop247 that Pau's girlfriend SYLVIA and a teammates wife (who will remain nameless) became good friends. And two weeks ago Pau was ROCKED by news that his girlfriend/fiance DUMPED HIM.

The snitch told hiphop247, "Pau thinks that [TEAMMATES] wife was behind it. Sylvia didn't have many friends and he's convinced that [wife] either is behind it, or could have talked Sylvia out of it." And word is that when Pau's TEAMMATE [the husband] tried to talk to Pau about it, the two got into an ARGUMENT - with each saying some very RECKLESS THINGS about each others LADIES.

So now Pau and THIS teammate are no longer speaking to each other. And their ON COURT chemistry is definitely off.

Pau . . . bruh . . . stop acting like a B*TCH and MAN UP. Shoot, if he don't turn things around quick . . . . the Lakers are gonna LOSE!!

R&B SINGER ASHANTI APPEARS TO HAVE LOST WEIGHT . . . SHE HAS A TINY WAIST . . . BUT STILL HOLDIN THEM THICK THIGHS!!!

We're not sure where R&B singer Ashanti's been HIDING these last few months . . . but we're GLAD to see her back . . .

MONEY IS A THING!! JERMAINE DUPRI IS BROKE . . . HIS HOUSE IS IN FORECLOSURE!!!

May 07, 2011. We've been hearing for a MINUTE that Jermaine Dupri is BROKE. Well now the ISH has hit the fan. According to local ATLANTA NEWS . . . his house is in FORECLOSURE. Here's what is being reported:

Channel 2 Action News has learned that Jermaine Dupri's mansion on Mount Paran Road in northwest Atlanta was in foreclosure and set to be auctioned on the courthouse steps last week, but the sale was canceled at the last minute.

The law firm handling the foreclosure would not say why the sale was stopped.

Suntrust Bank had started foreclosure on an original loan amount of more than $2.5 million.

According to records Channel 2 obtained from the Georgia Department of Revenue, Jermaine Dupri Mauldin owes the state $493,768.75 in back taxes for 2007.

Channel 2's Tom Regan spoke with Fayette County Tax Commissioner George Wingo. Wingo sent Regan documents showing Dupri owes $14,024.67 in unpaid property taxes, fees and penalties in connection with another home Dupri owns.


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