Mariah Carey's husband Nick Cannon just one upped Usher's wife Tameka Foster.

Earlier this month, I questioned whether or not Usher disrespected Tameka in his "Trading Places" video that features him rolling around in his boxers with a half naked video vixen.

Many of you thought that Usher's video was par for the course and that Tameka, newlywed or not, should not take offense. You argued that Usher was acting and it was simply work.

Apparently, Nick feels the same way about Mariah's "work" in her brand new video "I Stay In Love" that features a scantily clad Mariah acting like she has a jones for the male lead with whom she gropes and kisses.

I know that Nick approved of his wife's love scenes because he directed the video.

Yup. Nick had a say in the video's storyline, the choice for male lead, the costuming (or lack thereof), and most interestingly, he was the guy who announced when it was time for some "action" or to "cut." Judging by some of the racy scenes, the video set must

You know you can't sing when you have the Roger Troutman vocoder effect on your voice and you still sound bad.

But you can't tell Kanye West nothing. Despite the fact that his singing voice sounds as grueling as Teddy Riley did on the 1990 Guy track "Long Gone," Kanye still walked out on that VMA stage in August and sang "Love Lockdown" without warning:

I'm not loving yoooooooou
Way I wanted toooooooo
What I had to dooooo
Had to run from yoooou

I am sure that someone advised Kanye that this was a bad idea, and he just ignored them.

When I saw his performance, I didn't know what was going on. He was not trying to hide the fact that he can't sing. He didn't care that his tone was off. But, I swear, he sang this song like he thought he was Bono. Like the person he wrote it for might actually accept his apology after listening to it.

It was that moment when you're in the shower or driving by yourself and you're singing your favorite song full voice, ruining it without remorse.

There's

Janet Jackson has canceled a half a dozen dates on her Rock With U tour because she is battling an illness.

Five minutes before show opener LL Cool J was scheduled to hit the stage at their September 29 date in Montreal, Canada, Janet called off the concert. She was rushed to a local hospital for treatment. She was released two hours later.

Next, she postponed dates in Boston, Philadelphia, Greensboro, Atlanta and Ft. Lauderdale.

The statements released by her extremely credible and respected publicist simply note that the megastar has been treated and is recovering. But the explanations do not offer details and the media have began describing the entertainer's bout as a mystery illness.

A person's health is his or her personal business, but what's the big deal about Janet giving her thousands of fans who purchased concert tickets some insight to what's happening?

The elusiveness has prompted some to speculate that Janet is having a tough time dealing with subpar ticket sales. Our

Diddy is upset that there are youth who are of voting age who have not yet registered to vote. The Bad Boy Entertainment CEO sent out a plea via his video blog, stressing that there are just three days left to register. 

"If you are not registered to vote right now and you are of age, something is wrong with you," Diddy said, adding, "We are in a state of crisis in America. Our futures are at stake." He referenced the country's troubles with banks going out of business, the war, families not be able to afford college tuition and home foreclosures.

Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z have joined with Diddy to send out this message, encouraging people visit www.VoteForChange.com to register.