The Low Down for May 17, 2010

Shaquille O'Neal Got A New Bag
Shaq's got a new girl, music industry executive, Lisa Ellis. Now her claim to fame is being Wyclef's former jump-off. That was until his wife found out and emailed naked pictures she found of Ellis to Ellis' co-workers! Well somehow those pics supposedly got forwarded to Shaq...and well, I guess advertising does work!

Queen Latifah Shacking Up?
Queen Latifah and her "trainer," Jeanette Jenkins, purchased a house in LA together for $1.3 million. The house is in both their names! I'm just saying she tried to tell y'all in "Set It Off."

Lil Wayne's Sentence May Be Extended
Lil Wayne could be facing an extension in his sentence due to the music contraband he had in his possession at Riker's Island. He has to go to trial and they will make a determination.

Beyonce and Jay-Z Are Bonnie & Clyde When It Comes To Hustling
Beyonce and Jay-Z are determined to be a power couple! Hova announced that he's teaming up with Skull Candy to release Roc Nation Aviator headphones! And Bey Bey announced that House of Dereon is launching a bedding line!

Mary J. Blige Sings The Blues
Mary J. Blige has been cast to play Nina Simone in a new bio-pic, set to be released in 2011. Filming will be in Paris. Go head Mary!!

Diddy Tells Us What We Already Knew
P. Diddy went on 106 & Park and announced what we already knew, that he is managing Rick Ross. He also recently announced that he won't be holding his White Party this year! Instead, he's teamed up with M&M's to throw a Color Party! You can actually log onto the M&M's website for a chance to go yourself, plus 20 of your friends.

Kelly Rowland Gets The Boot
Kelly Rowland got replaced by Iman as the host of Bravo's "The Fashion Show," for the second season, due to less than stellar ratings! Ouch!

Video Surfaces In Death of Sean Levert
A video has surfaced last week of Sean Levert, who died in a Cleveland prison, being restrained by officers. Throughout the 3-minute video he's screaming "no," calling out for his mother and blaming someone for someone else's death. The Levert family is suing the City of Cleveland, claiming that Sean didn't receive adequate medical attention while at the jail.

50 Cent's Movie Goes Straight To DVD
50 Cent's new movie "Caught in the Crossfire," a cop-action movie has been given a straight to DVD release and will hit stores this summer, July 13.

I'm Yasmin Young and that's The Low Down for today May 17. For more of the dirty dirty tune in to The Morning Maddhouse at 7:10a.