Diddy came out, alone in front of the big screen (but was joined by a choir to his sides and a string orchestra on a separate stage), in a white suit with a black tie to perform "I'll Be Missing You". It was very similar to the version performed for the Wal-Mart Soundcheck, except for the comments related to Princess Diana, of course. Perfect song for the event, of course, and the crowd was into it, of course.

After it was over, one of the co-host's said she "didn't expect Diddy to be that good." lol. She said that usually his performances in the U.K. are more in tune with "his roots". I didn't hear her say anything like that about any of the other performers, so that was a wee bit surprising.

Diddy did a quick backstage interview before his performance where he talked about Princess Diana, saying that she was the definition of a Princess in his eyes. On how he got involved, he said that the Princes called his publicist and he was glad to accept. He said that this is their country (the U.K.), they're royalty in this country and he's royalty in his country. heh

Finally, as an aside, Cassie came on the big screen behind the performers during Kanye West's set, while he was performing "Stronger".

Entertainmentwise.com reports that Diddy will perform "I'll Be Missing You" at today's Concert For Diana. In the article, Diddy is also quoted as saying "I can relate because of Biggie. I'm gonna feel real good remembering him and Di."

It's on VH1 and I've been watching it. An hour in, no Diddy, yet. Once he performs, I'll have my reactions up.

Listen to it at AllHipHop.com.

Last call for questions for Jordan. It looks like I'll be speaking with her on Monday. I've already lined up a list of 25 odd questions including a majority of the ones that you suggested. But, if you have any other ideas, let me know. Thanks.

Watch below (starts at 1:56 and ends at 2:54).

Yung Joc was on SOHH Focused. I get the feeling I've watched part of this before or read the interview before, but they are saying it was released yesterday... so, watch below:


Via MA$E MURDER at BadBoyForever.com.

According to SOHH.com, VH1 will air Concert For Diana, a tribute concert to the late Princess Diana. Diddy is performing. It'll be on from 11 AM to 5 PM and they will also offer a live stream on their site. NBC will broadcast concert highlights from 9 PM to 11 PM, as well.

B5 fans (led by Socca of OhSoB5.com) have started a petition in an effort to get B5 on a tour this summer, seeing as how they will not be on the Scream Tour. The petition currently sits at 467 signatures.

Via *Suqura* in the forums.

Yung Joc was on AllHipHop Direct to talk about who controls hip hop. Watch below (starts with 3:11 remaining).

XXLMag.com appears to have the tracklisting for Hustlenomics. Here it is:


It looks interesting. The only thing is that previously, we'd been led to believe that Diddy, 8 Ball & MJG, Twista, Boyz N Da Hood, Mary J. Blige, Monica and Lil' Wayne were on it. So, where'd they all go? I'm going to ask Bad Boy and see if this is what we're getting.