In a recent interview, "Lollipop" producer Jim Jonsin said he wished he'd taken back the beat he gave "strange" rapper Charles Hamilton. "I find Charles Hamilton to be a little strange; he has his own vibe. He's all over the place, but he's a really good writer and is easy to get along with. I was going to play the actual track for T.I. or Jeezy. Nothing against what Charles did, but I wish that track went to someone else." Ouch. [VIBE]

Here's another Boy Jones quote about performing his late father Ol' Dirty Bastard's group. "It's me. It's his son. A son is like a father, he always gotta do what his father does. He's born in that type of way. It ain't nothing else to it. I got the call from RZA [to tour with the Wu] when I was feeding my babies baby food. 'You going on the tour.' I'm running. I need that bread. Young Dirty Bastard raps hard, too. I ain't doing it for free. I need money and I rap hard....My music is coming with an Ol' natural style....Ol' Dirty Bastard had the s--t. I'm just the new sperm of the generation. And you know I'm gonna have it. I'm born with it." Wu-Tang is for the children. Puffy is good, but Wu-Tang is the best! [MTV]

Ol' Dirty Bastard's son Boy Jones, aka Young Dirty Bastard has been on tour with the Wu, performing his late father's "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" and generally filling the elephant-sized hole ODB left in the otherwise self-restrained face of hip hop. "'Shimmy Shimmy' with no shirt on? I couldn't help it," Jones said of a recent show at New York's Governors Island. "It's like a baby running around naked. Once you start, you have to let go of everything. Be a free spirit. Surprise yourself. The fans give you the energy. I'mma get naked regardless." That's real. [MTV]

Legendary funnyman Jerry Lewis said that he would like to smack Lindasy Lohan for her recent behavior. "I'd smack her in the mouth if I saw her," he told 'Inside Edition.' "I would smack her in the mouth and be arrested for abusing a woman....I would say, 'You deserve this and nothing else'...WHACK! And then, if she's not satisfied, I'd put her over my knee and SPANK her." Wow. Pay-per-view? [HuffingtonPost]

Natalie Portman on her lesbian love scene with Mila Kunis in Darren Aronofsky's 'The Black Swan': "He described it as: 'You're going to have a sex scene with yourself.' And I thought that was very interesting, because this movie is in so many ways an exploration of an artist's ego and that narcissistic sort of attraction to yourself and also repulsion with yourself." Approved. [People]

Nicki Minaj is into the Bard. Discussing her love of punctuation and hip hop, the Young Money MC brought up one of her favorite Shakespeare lines to illustrate her point. "The line was, 'Tis monstrous'- period. And the second line was, 'Iago, who done it' - question mark. Then we read it without punctuation. 'Tis monstrous Iago who done it," which basically gives the story away. The fact that punctuation can change what you're saying, I guess that's why I love hip-hop - being able to say the same thing but it meaning a different thing." Guess we follow you. [PaperMag]

'Mad Men' heavyweight Christina Hendricks recently said that she's having trouble finding designers to lend her clothing to wear at awards shows. "People have been saying some nice, wonderful things about me. Yet not one designer in town will loan me a dress," the buxom redhead lamented. "They only lend out a size 0 or 2. So I'm still struggling for someone to give me a darn dress." THIS IS A CRIME. [ImNotObsessed]

VMA host Chelsea Handler has a sweet ass, but she's not planning to show it to you any time soon. "I'm not a dancer and I'm not a singer, and I don't have the kind of ass that should be mooned. I mean it's sweet, it's a sweet ass, but it's little and it's white." Noted. [MTV]

Raekwon tapped into a whole new audience last week, when Kanye West dropped his remix to Justin Bieber's hit 'Runaway Love,' featuring the famed Wu-Tang rapper. But according to the Chef, he still has a few more tricks up his sleeve in the coming year.

He revealed to Vulture that his fifth album 'Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang' would likely arrive in 2011, but in the meantime, he's also working on a new movie with Damon Dash. "I'm working on a movie called C.R.E.A.M that I co-directed with one of my partners," Raekwon explained. "We teamed with [Damon] Dash. Ya'll gonna be hearing more about this movie that we're putting together called 'C.R.E.A.M.' It's called 'Cash Rules Everything Around Me.' It's a lot of things transpiring right now, but I just want to continue to stay in my zone, stay focused and keep working."

Plies could barely wait three months after releasing his 'Goon Affiliated' album to drop a new mixtape. Hitting the Internet earlier today, the Florida-based MC's new tribute to all things "real" is entitled 'You Need People Like Me' and features a mixture of southern bangers, sexually charged jams and a tribute to incarcerated rapper Lil' Boosie.

The tape, which is DJed by DJ Scream, is being plugged as the "mixtape of the decade" in a press quote suspiciously accredited to the "streets & online." Marketing aside, the work does feature a thematic Scarface motif throughout and takes its title from the popular Al Pacino gangster epic.

"45mins away bihhhhhhhhh 2 the BEST Mixtape of the Decade!!!!!!" Plies wrote on Twitter right before the new release dropped.

Tameka "Tiny" Cottle is speaking out to fans regarding her and hubby T.I.'s recent arrest for possession of a controlled substance. The 32-year-old took to her Twitter page to comment on the occurrence, which landed her behind bars on Sept. 1. "Jus wanted 2say thank u 2every1 dats been leaving encouraging msgs & prayers!" she wrote. "We love u guys:) going 2bed now! So glad 2b n a nice clean bed$."

As previously reported Tiny and T.I. were pulled over in Hollywood Wednesday night after making an illegal U-turn on Sunset Boulevard. Police searched their vehicle and arrested the twosome for suspicion of possession of what is believed to have been ecstasy pills. Although the couple were released after posting $10,000 bail this latest arrest may prove to be more detrimental to T.I. than his wife. The Atlanta native was released from federal prison late last year after serving seven months behind bars, and is currently on probation. Since drug possession is a direct violation of his probation, this latest legal hiccup could land him right back behind bars. "We're not making any observations at this time," Tip's attorney Ed Garland said in an interview. "This is an unfortunate occurrence, and we do not know what the outcome will be."

The saga of 'Mama Black Widow' is a long one. Initially announced in 2008 as a gritty adaptation of an old Iceberg Slim novel, the movie has mostly been a mirage to film buffs for its lack of progress and hollow casting rumors. Now, the wait appears to be over and Mos Def is set to star in the overwhelmingly gritty tale. Rihanna was once attached to the project, but she has debunked those rumors. The film is projected for a 2011 release date.

Playing a character named Papa Tilson, Mos will participate in the real story of a migration from the Mississippi fields in the segregated south to the ghettos of Chicago during the gangster-ridden 1930s. The plot finds Otis Tilson, a drag queen, struggling to keep his family together as they rip through a harsh world of pimping, prostitution, alcoholism and racial degradation. Popular actor Anthony Anderson is also attached to the project as a cast member.