PUFFY LEAVING JENNIFER?
Many have predicted Sean Combs, a.k.a. Puff Daddy, will pop the question to Latino It Girl Jennifer Lopez in Miami Beach on New Year's Eve, but whispers have begun that the two aren't as close as they once were. Sources close to the rap ringleader say he's thinking of jumping ship with Jennifer, who's been acting a bit too assertive for the mercurial mogul's taste.
HIP-HOP HITS 20 -- NOT TOO SHABBY FOR A PASSING FAD
THIS year marks the 20th birthday of hip-hop -- sort of.
Yes, it has been two decades since the Sugar Hill Gang ignited the airwaves with ''Rapper's Delight'' and made rap an easily heard record-and-radio phenomenon, so a rousing chorus of ''Happy Birthday'' is in order -- then you might want to check the birth certificate.
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