THE FACTS
Ray J touched on the state of Brandy’s music career as well as upcoming projects the two are working on together.

THE SPIN
Despite releasing some of the best music of her career over the span of several years, Brandy hasn’t had a huge hit since 2002.

So while she is in the studio prepping the release of another album she’s yet to sign a new deal with a major label.

What’s the holdup considering her track record?

In a recent interview her brother Ray J explained:

“It’s just labels and stuff. Brandy’s sold over 25 million records… artists can’t do that now. When you’re dealin’ with these new record labels you’re dealin’ with the glam squad, the big budgets – Brandy’s not just gonna come through and do a deal for a million dollars… She’s gonna make sure that she can get out there and tour and is gettin’ as much money as possible. Sometimes you have to go out and find the right machine that’s willin’ to spend the money…

I mean Brandy still owns “Moesha,” she owns “The Parkers,” she’s still got a gang of guap, so if it’s not the way that she wants to do it then it’s probably gonna take a little longer. “

First off clap, clap…bravo to Mama Norwood for making sure Brandy signed the sort of contracts that would keep the cash flow pouring for years to come. It’s also helped Brandy develop a new teen following thanks to repeats of Moesha.

As far as the music goes, I think there’s still potential for her to get some shine back, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she had greater successes with the two reality shows she and Ray J are planning. One of which she’s currently shooting.

I didn’t appreciate Brandy as an artist at her prime, but now I’ve taken additional listens to her work and compared it to the banshee singing goats and dying cats polluting the radio today and I want her to win.

Do you think she still can?

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THE FACTS
Kelly Rowland is rumored to be upset over a recent copyright infringement suit involving Destiny’s Child.

THE SPIN
As previously reported, Beyonce was scheduled to testify in court over a copyright infringement suit over the Destiny’s Child track, “Cater 2 U.”

Ultimately, a Destiny’s Child reunion of sorts was in the works as the case also called both Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams to testify.

That is, until the suit magically went away once the case got settled out of court – preventing the DC3 reunion scheduled for next week.

Although the suit is now settled, is Kelly Rowland mad her name was even brought into it?

That’s the word via That B*tch from Rhymes With Snitch:

Word around the ‘Net is Kelly Rowland, who only recently dropped Mathew Knowles as her manager and hasn’t been seen with Beyonce in years, was pretty pissed off about being hauled into court and was blaming Mathew Knowles’ shady business practices for her involvement in the case.

The terms of the settlement have not been disclosed.

In other Kelly news, Brandy confirmed via her Twitter that she along with Serena Williams are back to their friendly threesome. A few years ago Brandy said she and Kelly fell out over Brandy giving a frustrated Kelly advice to carve out her own niche out of Beyonce’s shadow.

But with Kelly removing Mathew as her manager and forming her own group independent of Beyonce, is Kelly finally about to make her own mark on her own terms?

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THE FACTS
Rashad McCants claims a segment from Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian’s reality show that aired earlier this year was staged.

THE SPIN
The Kardashians are famous because one member of the clan with a questionable backside had weak sex on tape with Brandy’s brother. Although they claim it wasn’t leaked to the Web on purpose those of us with clues know better.

Having said that, if one Kardashian becomes famous for certain fallacies why wouldn’t another stay famous for that same reason?

If you watch Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami you may recall one episode in which Khloe and Kourtney “hacked” into NBA star Rashad McCants’ voicemail in order to prove he was cheating on Khloe with another woman.

But according to Rashad the entire ordeal was staged.

The New York Post reports:

“He said the curvy sisters did not have his current phone number and he and Khloe “had already called it quits” in January, before the segment was even taped.”

Like OMG not everything on a reality show is real. Imagine that. But hey, if they’ll front for the fame from one athlete for their show, doesn’t it make you wonder about Khloe’s marriage to Lamar Odom?

Kim Kardashian tweeted about the couple’s wedding special that aired over the weekend. True love is wonderful…especially if it can help you get a spin-off show all your own, isn’t it?

But I don’t want to ruin it for everyone so for those of you who believe in the real love of Khloe and Lamar here’s the happy couple on Chelsea Lately.

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