In an extraordinary, but not unfamiliar move, the rock legend Prince is using an army of lawyers to launch attacks on his own fans.

Several of the largest web communities dedicated to the artist have received notices to cease and desist all use of photographs, images, lyrics, album covers and anything linked to Prince’s likeness.

It is our opnion that these threats are not made in an attempt to enforce valid copyright as Prince alleges in his threats, rather we believe they are attempts to stifle all critical commentary about Prince. We strongly believe that such actions are in violation of the freedom of speech and should not be allowed. Prince claims that fansites are not allowed to present any artwork with Prince’s likeness, to the extreme that he has demanded removal of fan’s own photographs of their Prince inspired tattoos and their vehicles displaying Prince inspired license plates.

NEW YORK – October 23, 2007 – R&B diva Keyshia Cole is back and more compelling than ever in the second season of BET’s hit docu-drama KEYSHIA COLE 2: THE WAY IT IS. During this season, which premieres on Tuesday, October 30 at 10:30 PM*, Keyshia attempts to deal with all of her family drama while putting the finishing touches on her new CD, Just Like You.

In its inaugural season, the hit series was hailed by critics, including the New York Daily News, which said “[Keyshia Cole] is a refreshing revelation in a star’s life.” Vibe Magazine said, “… [W]ith the cameras rolling, music fans get a chance to witness Cole’s realness, which is ironically a rarity in reality TV,” and TV Guide said, “Ashlee who? There’s a new diva on the reality scene, only this one is mad talented instead of a lip-synching punch line.”

The first season of the top-rated Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is gave viewers insight into what it took for Keyshia to rise up from her troubled past as the daughter of a drug addict growing up in Oakland, Calif., to become a critically acclaimed, platinum-selling R&B superstar. This season, Keyshia has invited several members of her family to live in her multi-million dollar Atlanta mansion, including her mother, recently released from prison after serving three years for drug-related charges, and her sister, Neffie, who suffers from alcoholism. For her mother and sister it’s a lofty premise, until they realize that they have to play by her rules – one of which includes no men in the house.

“No company? Are we just going to look at each other? Are we in prison? We don’t get no conjugal visits?” Neffie complains.

“I still feel locked up,” says her mother Frankie. “That’s not a good way to feel, especially since I’m free. I don’t want to feel locked up, so I gotta do me.”

Keyshia soon questions whether her efforts to provide her family with such a cushy existence are really worth the toll it is taking on her personally. When she realizes that she cannot balance the pressures of her career with trying to help her mother and sister adapt to their new surroundings and sobriety, she seeks professional help.

KEYSHIA COLE 2: THE WAY IT IS is executive produced by James Dubose of Dubose Entertainment and BET.

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Gold-selling R&B songstress Tweet is set to release her third (3rd) album, Love, Tweet on Jheryl Busby’s Umbrella Recordings on April 8, 2008. Tweet officially came on the music scene in 2002 under the tutelage of the talented Missy Elliott with her first release the gold- selling Southern Hummingbird. The top 5 album spawned a #1 hit single with “Oops (Oh My)” a risque’ song about self love. Soon-there-after a list of who’s who from Madonna to Angie Stone to Mark Ronson called to work with the rising star. She released her 2nd album, It’s Me Again, in 2005 again with Missy Elliott. It’s Me Again was a Top 20 album on the Billboard charts and now with her third album, Love, Tweet, the “King of the South,” T.I., lends a hand with Tweet’s buzz single “Good Bye My Dear” which he produced and is featured on.

“‘Good Bye My Dear’ has that Atlanta sound, which I like,” says Tweet. “Marz [the producer] called me one night and asked me to come by the studio, Grand Hustle, and it just happened. I always wanted to work with T.I. and didn’t know how soon it would happen. But the opportunity came about and I went for it!” In addition to T.I., Love,Tweet features production by producers such as Nisan Stewart (who worked with Tweet and Missy on previous recordings), Warren Campbell, and Novel who has produced the official 1st single “Anymore.”

Umbrella Recordings’ first release was on five decade diva Patti Labelle where she released her first gospel album, the #1 charting The Gospel According to Patti Labelle. The company’s second (2nd) release was Carl Thomas’ “So Much Better.”