Celeb Juice

Dr. Jan Adam's /// Donda West
Findings have been revealed on Dr. Jan Adams, who operated on the late Dr. Donda West, the 58-year old mother of rapper Kanye West, that showed that several malpractice suits were underway prior to Donda West's tummy tuck and breast augmentation. Legal documents uncovered in California, that at least three malpractice suits have been filed agains Dr. Jan Adams. One suit filed two weeks before Ms. West's death where a patient alleged she “nearly bled to death” after undergoing breast augmentation. Another suite, in 2005, a patient sued Adams for sexual batter and malpractice. She claimed Dr. Adams botched two lipsuction procedures and took advantage of her post-surgery condition and having sex with her. In 2003, a third patient clamed that Adams left a surgical sponge inside her body. Aside from the malpractice suits, Dr. Jan Adams, had two restraining orders against him from his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend. Both alleging he was violent and had an alcohol abuse problem.

1st Dibbs on Rhianna's "Umbrella"
Love it or hate it. "Umbrella" was classified as a megahit in 2007 and topped the charts in 17 countries across the globe. Producers Christoper Stewart and Terius Nash were the hitmaking team who put the song together. Their first stop was Britney Spears but her management team slept on the phone call and after two weeks went by - the production team decided to the look elsewhere. They also approached both Rhianna and Mary J. Blige's team and luckily Rhianna's folks sealed a sweet deal in time to make it hers. While most people don't take Rhianna serious as an artist, this single took her from Beyonce's shadow and led her to spotlight.

Beyonce' Wins Copyright Infringement
Jennifer Armour lost a copyright infringement suit to Beyonce Knowles for the 2003 Billboard hit, "Baby Boy". Armour claims that she sent a demo of the song to Matthew Knowles for consideration and the music was used without her permission. The judge ruled in Beyonce's favor saying there was no evidence to suggest that Beyonce copied the music. ***NOTE TO ARTISTS - please stop sending your demos to record companies and signed artists that have more money than you and are in need of hits. If you haven't noticed, the playing fields are leveled like never before and signed artists will grip your stuff and pay the fee...as long as they make a hit at the end of the day, who care about little unknown you. The best protection is to copyright everything before you put it on the web because its about to get real desperate out here.

Wyclef gets hit with Copyright Infringement
Wyclef Jean, rapper and producer of the former hip-hop trio The Fugees, is being sued by New York rapper MC Blahz who claims that Wyclef unlawfully sampled the 1996 hit song "Danger" by his group Blahzay Blahzay. Blahz gave Wyclef permission to use the sample on a track that includes Minister Louis Farrakhan on violin and reggae aritst Sizzla, but failed to give sampling credit to MC Blahz and the "Danger" track.

ADD ON-
The Oprah Winfrey Network comes to 70 million homes in 2009. Discovery Communications has partnered with Oprah to launch OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network, "a multi-platform media venture" according to All Hip Hop.com. Oprah will have "full editorial over the content, programming, branding and content". Applause-Applause for Ms. Oprah Winfrey, the most powerful woman on the planet, and a sistah!