On Twitter, Diddy is in search of some people for the music video to Dirty Money's "Hello Good Morning." In the tweet, he mentioned that they will be shooting on Saturday.

Billboard's Mariel Concepcion reports that, according to a source close to Diddy, he has agreed to manage both Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj, along with one of his own managers, James Cruz.

The article mentions that representatives at Interscope, Def Jam and Universal Motown - the main distributing labels of Diddy, Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj, respectively - all could not be reached for comment. Meanwhile, Cruz had no comment to XXL.

Interestingly, the Concepcion notes that Ross made reference to a "big announcement" that he and Diddy would be making soon, during a radio on Power 105.1 earlier this week. She also mentions a "rumor" that Ross is "extensively contributing to the writing" on "Last Train to Paris."

At press time, nothing about this story had been mentioned on the Twitter profiles of Diddy, Minaj or Cruz. I've reached out to Diddy's publicist for comment.

Via SOHH.com.

Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released yesterday.

Albums

Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums

99. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (re-entry).

Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

16. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (up from 19).
23. "Greatest Hits" by The Notorious B.I.G. (re-entry).

Singles

The Billboard Hot 100

54. "Hello Good Morning" by Dirty Money (down from 34).

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With three days remaining to vote in the first round, Vibe Magazine has revealed the current vote total percentages in their web poll voted tournament to determine the greatest hip-hop producer of all-time.

Right now, Diddy and The Hitmen hold a commanding lead over Herbie Luv Bug, with 90% of the vote in their favor. In the second round, it looks they will face off against one of Diddy's mentors in Teddy Riley, who is is leading 72% to 28% against Kay Gee.

Diddy will make a cameo appearance in the upcoming music video to Fat Joe's "Ha Ha (Slow Down Son)," which features Jeezy. NOWWUT has some behind the scenes footage, which you can check out below. It includes Diddy standing on the hood of a convertible Rolls-Royce Phantom.


Thanks Theo.

On the most recent Billboard charts, released yesterday, the production and songwriting credits were included for Diddy/Dirty Money's "Hello Good Morning."

As we previously reported, Danja produced the track and Rico Love co-wrote it. In addition, also receiving songwriting credits are Danja, featured rapper T.I. and Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica.

In the clip below, dancer/choreographer Ladia Yates shows you how to do "The Tightrope," the dance featured in Janelle Monae's "Tightrope" music video. In the video, Yates was featured dancing alongside Monae.


Via Janelle Monae's MySpace.

Carl Lamarre of BallerStatus.com has a great report from Janelle Monae's album preview in New York last month for "The ArchAndroid." Check it out.

Back in September, we reported on the controversy surrounding DJ Hell's Diddy-featured track, "The DJ," and Felix Da Housecat's accusation of plagiarism. He said that DJ Hell had taken a vocal from a recording session he had with Diddy, without his permission.

inthemix reports that the two resolved their differences during the recent Winter Music Conference in Miami, according to Felix Da Housecat, thanks to a chance encounter in an elevator, which led to them talking things out.

NODFACTOR.COM has an interview with Matt Friedman, one half of the Illfonics production duo along with Jed Cappelli. They were behind Gorilla Zoe's "Day Dreamer."


Here's a clip with some "making of" discussion about the track: