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Wassup BRiSON family? Just wanted to check back in with ya after a long weekend. It certainly is a constant work in progress trying to keep you updated with the latest and greatest.

Okay, so on to our goodies and let's try to get you up to speed.

Clifford "T.I." Harris is already at it again. Clearly, Mr. Harris seeks to use his time wisely and invest in hard work for his family. Just four months after the release of his last chart-topping album, T.I. vs. T.I.P, according to Entertainment Weekly, Tip is working on a new album inside his South Fulton County home while under house arrest awaiting trial on federal gun charges.

A rep for T.I. confirmed that six records have already been completed at Tip's home studio. The album, titled Paper Trail, is a reference to T.I.'s return to writing his lyrics on paper, which he hasn't done since releasing his first album I'm Serious six years go. "He wanted to take more time to really put something down [this time]," his rep explained to EW.

Our condolences go out to the family and friends of Kanye West as his mother, Dr. Donda West passed from this world on Saturday (November 10) as a result of complications from a cosmetic surgery procedure. Dr. West was 58. She was the former Chair of the English Department at CSU (Chicago State University), where she taught for over 30 years. Dr. West, you certainly did many things right raising a musical prodigy like Kanye while educating our youth for many decades.

TMZ.com is reporting that just weeks before she had the surgery performed, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, Dr. Andre Aboolian, refused to operate on her because of a health condition he believed could have led to a heart attack. Aboolian says he was to perform a tummy tuck and breast reduction on Dr. West, but told her that she needed to get clearance from an internist whom Dr. Aboolian recommended. Reportedly, West never saw that physician, and subsequently had the procedures performed by another doctor.

The website also is reporting that West was at her home when the 911 call was made. At 7:35 p.m. Saturday night (November 10), paramedics responded to a 911 call and transported West to nearby Centinela Freeman Hospital in Marinadel Rey, California. We're told it was a "sick person call." West was reportedly unresponsive and was not able to be resuscitated.

Lastly, check out this video of Brandy performing in Washington, DC over the weekend! She's rumored to be coming out with new material in 2008 so this is just a warm-up!