IT'S GOING DOWN Yung Joc was nabbed at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Sunday for trying to take a loaded gun onto an airplane in his carry on. Maybe he was so busy trying to pour all of his toiletries into regulation-sized bottles he forgot about that deadly weapon he accidentally left in his backpack. Or maybe I'm giving him too much credit. The rapper was freed Monday on $50,000 bond after he was formally charged with the felony. He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. Happy Kwanzaa, Yung Joc!

Update: Yung Joc skipped his arraignment on felony gun charges this morning. He's not being considered a fugitive, and his bond had been raised to $100,000.

• So much better! It turns out (surprise) Fox News had it wrong. Nas does have an album coming out, on December 11, and it will be called Nigger, not Nigga. He's "taking back the word," which is what they all say. Uh, yay? [MTV]

• Ah. The classic, "faulty thyroid" defense. [E!]

• Yung Joc better watch his back. And get rid of his guns. [SOHH]

• Last Facebook post of the day. Promise. [Jossip]

• Can Leona Lewis cross over to American audiences? You be the judge. [CL]

• Yung Joc continues trying to have a a hit as big as "It's Goin' Down." [PE]

• Black women in South Carolina struggle to choose their favorite presidential candidates and administer relaxers at the same time. [NYT]

• Jamie Foxx is a sad clown. [SP]

• If Tiny is really pregnant, and I hope she's not, considering her boyfriend's current situation, then whose marijuana and Ecstasy was she carrying when T.I. got arrested? [SR]

• Speaking of T.I. he was just denied bail. Tough break. [AHH]

50 Cent, Kanye West, Diddy, and Jay-Z, despite the fact that none of them are actually on the Screamfest tour, appeared onstage together at last night's show in NYC. When 50 shares a stage with one guy he has steadily talked shit about for the past couple of weeks and another two he claims not to like, you pretty much realize that everything 50 does and says is for publicity. That's if you didn't realize it already.

Whether you like the people in the picture or not, it was a pretty big moment — orchestrated by actual Screamfest performer, T.I. — for 20,000 audience members in Madison Square Garden. Check out more pics after the jump.

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• Someone put a muzzle on the Atlanta NAACP's chapter president. He's one Michael Vick praise away from losing his seat. [WSBTV]

• When rappers sign record deals are they automatically given a pamphlet titled How to Launch Your Own Clothing Line? [BS]

• The Louisville school district is already feeling the heat from their school integration Supreme Court loss. [LCJ]

• Western artists have to cover up and change lyrics when they perform in majority-Muslim, conservative Malaysia. Beyonce's going to need to tape down her dress during her concert there. [ href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/22/arts/AS-A-E-MUS-Malaysia-Sexy-Concerts.php">IHT]

• A white guy in Buffalo wins $150,000 in a reverse workplace discrimination lawsuit. [ND]

Unfazed by his impending court date — although, come to think of it, he's had five years to get used to the idea — R. Kelly joined Ciara onstage during the Scream Tour's Chicago show. If she was about three years younger, I would be worried about this little collabo. After the jump, check out more pics from the show, including one of an overzealous fan being carried away from T.I. by security.

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I promise I'm not out to lambast BET at every opportunity, but last night I caught a minute of Take the Cake, the network's new game show. It was truly, mind-numblingly, awful. And Toccara's voice is kind of like nails on a chalkboard. Plus, the set is so low budget!

Speaking of low budget, the performers on the Screamfest 2007 tour stopped by 106 & Park's "new" set, which looks like it cost BET about $100, yesterday. Check out pics of Ciara, Lloyd, Yung Joc, T.I., Rocsi, Terrence, and the cheapo 106 set after the jump.

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Men's fashion at an award show such as this is harder to judge, because many of the attendees arrive in the same clothes they would wear to the grocery store, the club, or the annual pimp convention — none of which are good looks. Don Cheadle, who won the humanitarian award for his work in Darfur, looks pretty dapper (and he gave a great acceptance speech). I can't say the same for all of the guys in attendance. See for yourself after the jump.

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At Bad Boy's upfronts last night, Diddy showed off his artists that he rarely ever promotes and bragged about some upcoming Yung Joc material. One question — where's Danity Kane? [MTV]

Rihanna's one R&B diva that will not be lured into a relationship with a crack head (*cough, Whitney Houston). She knows what the foil in the ashtray means. [ASL]

Trojan's stock is officially lowered now that counterfeit versions of their condoms are sweeping NYC and they've made a deal with the devil, aka Ray J. [Starpulse]

Karma comes to Eminem after Michael Jackson, a frequent target of his, scoops up a portion of his song catalogue. [Yahoo]

This is the state that Mya's career is in: she just signed on to judge people singing in the shower on a new MTV show. [E!]

Kerry Washington was chosen by People magazine as one of their 50 most beautiful people. She deserves it, don't you think? Can you tell I love Kerry Washington and hope that one day she can get a role that doesn't require her to be the lead character's wife even though I know that can't happen until someone starts writing some quality roles for black actresses? Well, if it wasn't obvious how I felt, then it is now.

Here she is arriving at a Tribeca Film Festival party Friday. Check out more pics from the festival and the Radio One Springfest after the jump.

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