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Rap pioneers JERMAINE DUPRI, MASTER P and the 2LIVE CREW will be saluted at the 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors for bringing the sounds of the South to th e mainstream music industry.
Organized Noise, J-Prince and Luther ‘Luke’ Campbell will also receive recognition for helping to shape the sound of hip-hop from the Southern s tates of America.
Campbell admits he is pleased the rap industry’s "outcasts" are being a warded the prize, but he insists he wouldn’t be celebrating if it wasn’t for his fans’ tireless campaigning to have his work acknowledged by the c eremony’s organisers.
He says, "I am happy for my fans. They have sent the people that run th e VH1 Hip Hop Honors show emails for years now, asking why a person that started his own record label… can’t get honoured, so I am happy for the m.
"We are the outcasts. On that day, the outcasts will get their five min utes… My fans are the only reason I am doing this." Campbell founded his label Luke Skyywalker Records in 1985, while J-Pri nce’s Rap-A-Lot, Dupri’s So So Def Records and Master P’s No Limit Record s also helped to nurture local talent from the South when they launched i n the mid-1980s and early 1990s.
The VH1 Hip Hop Honours: The Dirty South will take place at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom on 7 June (10).

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s older sister REBBIE is set to revive her music career i n the wake of the King of Pop’s death with an upcoming U.S. tour.
Rebbie Jackson enjoyed musical success alongside her eight famous sibli ngs - solo artists Janet, La Toya and Randy, and Jackson 5 members Jackie , Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael - but her comeback was cut short las t summer (09) after Michael’s sudden death.
Now that she has had time to grieve her loss, Rebbie is planning a retu rn to the stage - but she is quick to point out the concerts will not be a tribute to her late brother because she "wouldn’t feel comfortable doin g that".
She says, "I actually performed before my brother passed in Scranton, P ennsylvania and I had sequential (performances) in that area or surroundi ng area. Of course they all came to a halt… I felt now was a good time enough time has passed since his passing." The singer also admits she’s keen for the entire family to reunite on s tage - and has invited her brothers and sisters to join her on the road.
She adds, "I’d love to do a family show - a whole family tour. That wou ld be nice because every time I talk to a reporter - or just fans in gene ral - they always ask about the entire family performing together, and th at’s why I say that."

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EDDIE MURPHY is worried about bachelor life as he nears 50 - because the comedian fears he’s becoming a "creepy" old man.
The Nutty Professor star split from wife Nicole Mitchell in 2006 after 13 years of marriage and went on to romance former Spice Girl Melanie Bro wn.
Murphy has since found himself single again and admits he still likes t o spend his nights out on the club scene picking up women.
But the actor, who turned 49 earlier this month (03Apr10), admits he ge ts self-conscious about what younger clubgoers think of him when he’s out having a good time.
He says, "(Being single) has changed drastically with my age. A lot of things are different. Especially being single now. Because when I used to go out in the old days I was the cool dude in the club with the glasses on in the corner. You can’t do that when you’re 49. You got your glasses on in the corner and you look creepy. A lot has changed."

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Iconic Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer ARNOLD SPOHR has died of chronic kidney disease at the age of 86.
Spohr, who served as artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet for 30 years, died on 12 April (10) in Winnipeg.
British monarch Queen Elizabeth II granted a royal charter to the compa ny in 1953, and Spohr was made director five years later.
In 1970, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2003. In 2000, he was awarded a civilian honour, the Ord er of Manitoba.
Spohr is survived by a nephew, Gregory Spohr.

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Actor JEREMY LONDON has opened up about his battle with prescription drug addiction, admitting he had lost the will to live during the height of h is abuse.
London moved to Los Angeles in 1993 and shot to fame with U.S. TV serie s Party of Five and 7th Heaven, but his success was marred by personal tu rmoil as he began abusing pills.
He tells People magazine, "I was treated like royalty. It was hard for my brain to accept… There were times I didn’t care if I died." London went to rehab in September, 2009, but his sobriety came too late to save his marriage to actress Melissa Cunningham, who is currently in divorce proceedings with the star.
But London insists he is determined to learn from his mistakes and be a better father to their three-year-old son, Lyrik.
He adds, "I felt like I was losing everything… I’m learning it’s much easier to deal with life with a clear head. There are so many things I w ish I could have done differently."

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KERRY WASHINGTON and JAMES SPADER’s Broadway play RACE has been deemed a huge success - theatre bosses have recouped their $2.5 million (=C2=A31.6 million) production costs just four months after it opened.
The controversial David Mamet play, about a pair of lawyers asked to de fend a white man accused of raping a black woman, opened in New York last December (09). The production also stars David Alan Grier and Richard Th omas.
And the show has been such a big hit with New York theatre fans, produc ers have already earned back their multi-million dollar investment, accor ding to producer Jeffrey Richards.
Race joins a small group of Broadway plays that have defied the odds of a worldwide financial crisis to become financial successes this season - including Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig’s drama, A Steady Rain.
Race is scheduled to end its limited engagement on 13 June (10). (JMA/D

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PARIS HILTON has recovered quickly from the heartbreak of her split from DOUG REINHARDT, insisting she’s "better off" without the reality TV star.
A representative for the hotel heiress confirmed rumours the couple had parted ways earlier this month (Apr10), admitting the break-up happened "weeks ago", despite the socialite herself denying the claims just days b efore.
But Hilton has already moved on from the failed romance and has declare d herself so "over" the split.
She tells Usmagazine.com, "I am like, so past that - I don’t even care! I don’t even remember that time in my life. I am over it! "I just realised that I’m better off without him. So I ended it because I deserve something much better! He wasn’t right for me and I will event ually find somebody who loves me for who I am." And Hilton is planning to enjoy all the benefits of being a single girl again - she intends to stay away from relationships for at least a few m onths.
She says, "I love it (single life)! I am having so much fun. A lot of g uys have obviously hit on me and I am getting thousands of calls, but I’m not ready to be with anyone.
"(I want to) stay focused on myself and my family and my work. Then, ma ybe in six months or a year… but for right now, I’m just too busy for a relationship." Hilton dated the former The Hills star for a total of 14 months, althou gh they split briefly last summer (09) before reuniting.

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A radical Islamic group has issued a threat to the creators of SOUTH PARK after they poked fun at the prophet Muhammad.
In a post on RevolutionMuslim.com, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been told their portrayal of the religious figure in a recent episode went to o far - and they have now become targets.
In the episode, a cartoon Muhammad dresses up in a bear suit.
The post from the Islamic group references Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gog h, who was shot by fundamentalists who objected to a movie he made about the treatment of Muslim women.
The post reads, "We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing t his show." Stone and Parker have yet to respond to the warning.

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HARRY POTTER star BONNIE WRIGHT has worked her magic on boyfriend JAMIE C AMPBELL BOWER - the two young Brits are reportedly engaged.
The couple was overheard talking about the happy news at a Gucci party hosted by music producer Mark Ronson in London on Wednesday night (21Apr1 0).
A source says, "Bonnie was even showing off her glittering engagement r ing." Wright recently went public with the romance six months after she start ed dating The Twilight Saga: New Moon star.
She cooed, "We met at a party and we just really clicked straight away.
He’s a great guy, and we just enjoy spending time together… He’s reall y lovely. Everything is going great." The two stars met on the set of the upcoming Harry Potter and The Death ly Hallows: Part 1.

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RIHANNA planned to record a duet with British singer ELLY JACKSON - but t he project was shelved after the Bajan beauty was attacked by her boyfrie nd CHRIS BROWN.
La Roux singer Jackson has been approached by several "big artists" abo ut a collaboration, including Nelly Furtado and hip-hop stars N.E.R.D.
Rihanna also made inquiries about working with the Bulletproof star - b ut the plan collapsed when the Umbrella hitmaker went into hiding after B rown assaulted her in Los Angeles last year (09).
Jackson tells Britain’s NME magazine, "I’ve had three or four offers fo r collaborations in America. Big, big artists. Rihanna was very intereste d for a time… That was weird. My A&R (artists and repertoire) man said, ‘Rihanna’s gonna call!’ That was the last I heard of it. She didn’t call ! It was around the time of, er, troubles in her life. To be honest, do I really want to work with Rihanna? Not really. I’m more interested in wha t the phone call would be like." Brown was sentenced to community service and five years probation after he pleaded guilty to beating Rihanna after a pre-Grammy Awards party in February last year (09).

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Actor GERARD BUTLER longs to follow in the footsteps of JOHN TRAVOLTA and HARRISON FORD by learning to fly a plane.
The Scottish star dreams of jetting off on breaks to escape the pressur es of fame, and is keen to obtain a pilot’s licence.
He says, "I often finish work and feel the need to leave town. I’m like , ‘I have to go now. I have to go to Iceland or go to India, go somewhere ..’ "When you are going through places like Jaipur, nobody cares who you ar e. That makes life a lot easier."

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GWYNETH PALTROW fears she will end up in a "mental asylum" - unless she t akes action to curb her obsessive behaviour.
The Shakespeare in Love star admits she is a "perfectionist", and she’s scared her attention to detail will eventually lead to a meltdown.
She tells Britain’s Vogue magazine, "Sometimes I think I’m going to hav e to check myself into a mental asylum, it gets so bad. It’s my worst qua lity and I hate myself for it. It’s like, what’s wrong with you? Relax! "Sometimes I feel like the psycho in Sleeping With The Enemy. Remember that film, when she’s got to line up all the apricot chutneys just so? I think I’m scared of something, like there’s something I need to figure ou t.
"I think I need to… go back to the shrink and figure out what’s going on with that. I had a great therapist in New York whom I still talk to."

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Swedish rockers ARCH ENEMY have postponed their upcoming U.K. tour becaus e of the travel chaos resulting from Iceland’s volcanic eruption.
The band was scheduled to kick off the string of shows around Britain n ext week (begs26Apr10), but have decided to push the shows back until Nov ember (09).
A statement from the band reads, =E2=80=9CSorry to all our great U.K. f ans, but the tour we had scheduled for next week has unfortunately been p ostponed =E2=80=99til November 2010.
"As we all know, it=E2=80=99s been a tough time in Europe with the volc anic ash shutting down airspace in 23 countries and causing travel misery for millions of people. One minute airports are open =E2=80=93 the next they are not. We are determined to make these shows work but don=E2=80=99 t want to disappoint our fans, so it has been mutually agreed upon that t he best way forward is to postpone the U.K. dates =E2=80=99til November.=E2 =80=9D Airspace across northern Europe was closed for nearly a week following the eruption last Wednesday (14Apr10), leaving millions of passengers str anded. More than 63,000 flights were grounded because of the thick ash cl ouds hovering in the skies above the continent.

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BEYONCE and THANDIE NEWTON have raided their closets to donate items to a Haiti charity auction.
The Crazy In Love hitmaker has donated a pair of gold shoes from her I Am… Sasha Fierce world tour, while Newton has offered up signed a jacke t she wore in last year’s (09) movie 2012.
Other lots include signed DVDs from The Wire star Idris Elba and ticket s to the semi-final of Simon Cowell’s hit reality TV show Britain=E2=80=99 s Got Talent.
All proceeds from the eBay auction will go to Britain’s Disasters Emerg ency Committee to help fund rescue work in Haiti, which was hit by a mass ive earthquake in January (10).

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MEGADETH frontman DAVE MUSTAINE has axed the band’s self-titled radio sta tion - accusing bosses of failing to run the venture properly.
The singer teamed up with executives at media giant Clear Channel to se t up Megadeth Radio in October last year (09), a station dedicated to the band and featuring their favourite music, as well as interviews, news an d personal commentary.
But Mustaine has decided to scrap the station just six months after it hit the airwaves, because he is not happy with the way it is run.
He says, "I just got tired of the mediocrity from those guys (Clear Cha nnel) not taking care of stuff. I can’t program this thing by myself. So rather than deal with the bulls**t, we have decided to just walk away fro m it. Maybe a few months from now we’ll find someone else that can do thi ngs better than how they did it. But for now I just want to tell you I’ve got a lot of stuff I’m working on.
"I appreciate all of your comments; it didn’t fall on deaf ears with me , it fell on deaf ears after me."

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LEONA LEWIS has defended her decision not to drink - insisting revellers who need alcohol to have a good time have a "stupid mindset".
The Bleeding Love singer is proud of her healthy lifestyle, refraining from eating meat or drinking booze.
And the teetotal star is baffled by partygoers who need a drink to boos t their confidence - branding them "ridiculous".
She says, "I find some people’s attitude to drinking ridiculous. I thin k it’s so funny that people think you have to drink in order to have fun.
It’s such a stupid mindset! "A lot of my friends are like, ‘I need a drink to get on the dancefloor !’ I don’t need that ‘help me to relax’ thing.
"If I’m around my friends then I can really relax and have a good time, that’s all I need. I don’t need alcohol."

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SCOTT STORCH’s mother has expressed her disappointment in her son - she’s accused the music producer of squandering his fortune and failing to loo k after his family.
The former music mogul once boasted a multi-million dollar income, but he has suffered severe financial difficulties over the last few years - h e filed for bankruptcy in 2008, and last year (09) his Florida mansion wa s repossessed after he missed mortgage payments.
Storch has admitted wasting his money on drugs, girls and flash cars - even claiming to have blown millions of dollars funding his cocaine habit ..
And his mother Joyce Yolanda Storch is adamant the producer should have put his family before his love of partying.
She tells the Miami New Times, "Scott always told me he had plans to do certain things for the family. But then I guess things got bad before he got around to it. I read about all these other rappers’ mothers - P. Did dy’s mother, Kanye West’s mother, Jay-Z’s mother. Their sons all took car e of them. If he reads this, he would be very angry at me. He’s not going to ever give me anything.
"I think that maybe you should make sure your mother has her retirement taken care of before you buy another $2 million necklace for some hotel heiress. You don’t just have a miracle from God like that and then take a ll that money and throw it in the garbage pail."

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Scottish rockers THE FRATELLIS have sparked rumours of a split after fron tman JON LAWLER confirmed the band has "no plans to work together right n ow".
The Chelsea Dagger hitmakers released their last album, Here We Stand, in 2008 and haven’t performed together since last summer (09).
Lawler has been singing with another group, Codeine Velvet Club, and he admits the future is unclear for The Fratellis.
In a post on the band’s website, he writes, "We have no plans to work t ogether right now. Sometimes things just work out that way. Mince, Baz an d I are working on music but not with each other for a while." Bassist Barry Wallace adds, "At this particular point in time though, w e’ve found ourselves making music still but just not together. This is ju st the way it goes I suppose sometimes."

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