Kanye West Issues Statement on Mother?s Death, T.I. Writing New LP From Home, Linkin

 

November 13, 2007, 09:14 PM

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• Kanye West released a statement last night about his mother’s death saying, “Kanye West, his family and friends would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support and kind words that have come in from across the country since the death of his mother, Dr. Donda West … In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Dr. West’s name to the Kanye West Foundation/Loop Dreams Teacher Training Institute.” Donda died Saturday of what is believed to be complications from plastic surgery, although the surgeon who claims he operated on Donda says he did nothing wrong. An autopsy is scheduled for later this week.

• Britney Spears partnered with photo agency X17 to auction off an autographed copy of Blackout on eBay. Proceeds will go to UNICEF, and Spears told X17, “This seemed like the perfect opportunity to give the fans a chance to bid on something to help children everywhere.” Sean Preston and Jayden James are currently looking to relocate to “everywhere.”

• T.I. is making the most of his time under house arrest by writing a new album he’s calling Paper Trail. The Atlanta MC reportedly began work two and a half weeks ago, after his engineer was granted permission to visit T.I.’s home, and the album is slated for a 2008 release.

• Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington has confirmed he will return to Dead by Sunrise, the side project he put on hold while working on LP’s Minutes to Midnight. Bennington told the Pulse of Radio he will do some work during the holidays, but the Sunrise album won’t be completed until next spring.

• Boy George (a.k.a. George O’Dowd) has been formally charged with false imprisonment related to an April incident in which O’Dowd allegedly chained a main to a wall of his London home. O’Dowd was released on bail and is due back in court November 22nd.

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