Behold the first public post-wedding picture of Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon not owned by People magazine. The couple attended a party for Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World, where Mariah performed with a bedazzled microphone and stand. Good luck with that, Nick.

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Def Jam Music Group chairman LA Reid has dismissed the rumor that Nas' next album will be titled Nigga—scuttlebutt started by Nas himself. And what a shame considering how excited we were to see a headline proclaim, "God's Son now Nigga." The conniptions would have been record-breaking.

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Diminutive producer Jermaine Dupri has reportedly said he's intentionally pitting girlfriend Janet Jackson against extravagant screecher Mariah Carey in a charts war scheduled for next year. Adding jerk to stupid, Dupri will be producing Mariah Carey's album, leaving production duties of Janet's record up to friend LA Reid. Quote Dupri, "I'm going to do Mariah, and we're going to make it seem like we're in competition to see who's going to have the biggest album of the year." I'm sure Janet's really excited about this. And I'm sure women everywhere are excited to know that male puppet masters still get a kick out of playing with their dolls every once in a while.

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