Big Tigger will air it out with R. Kelly in an exclusive interview to discuss the demise of the “Best of Both Worlds Tour” featuring Kelly and multi-platinum rapper Jay-Z.

The special interview will be broadcast on "Live in the Den with Big Tigger," the personalities nationally syndicate radio show.

The interview will air tonight (November 4) at 7 p.m. EST.

In the hour long interview, Kelly renders his side of the story regarding disputes over lighting and sets, the $75 million lawsuit against Jay-Z, and the now infamous pepper spray incident at Madison Square Garden, which Kelly claims was intentional.

The R&B superstar will also address the current state of his relationship with Jay-Z, drawing comparisons to the notorious beef between Biggie and Tupac— a feud that ended with the fatal murders of the two rap legends.

“We’re both too powerful to take it that way,” said Kelly. “The last time two people got on a mic and went at each other like that, was Tupac and Biggie. I’m not [looking] to do that. If there’s going to be any slashing and straight putting people out there like that, it’s going to be one sided.”

Premiere Radio Network and Street Corner Media will broadcast the special to stations nationwide.

"Live in the Den with Big Tigger," a weekly two hour radio program featuring a countdown of hit songs, celebrity interviews and entertainment news, is nationally syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.

Meanwhile Kelly's rival announced that the full tour would continue without R. Kelly. In the interest of hundreds of thousands of fans across the country, Jay-Z has regrouped and will continue on the road after R. Kelly's abrupt departure from the embattled Best of Both World's tour.

Some of hip hop's biggest stars have turned out to support the rapper at recent shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. "We don't need R&B tonight," said P. Diddy at the Garden Monday night, "We've got hip hop." Snoop Dogg flew in from L.A. to perform with Pharell Williams. Slick Rick, Professor Griff and Doug E. Fresh conducted an Old School tutorial. Jay duetted with Mary J. Blige and Foxy Brown. Also on hand were Kanye West, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes and Fabolous.

Jay-Z plans to complete the tour, now titled "Jay-Z and Friends," and announced that Friday's date at American Airlines Arena in Miami will go on as scheduled with appearances from P. Diddy, Mary J. Blige and other special guests.

The "Jay-Z & Friends Tour will plow through the 15 remaining dates of the tour.
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Da Brat, the First Lady of So So Def Records, has joined the latest cast of VH1’s “Surreal Life,” the popular show that assembles a diverse group of celebrities.

Producers for the show set up cameras throughout a domicile in which the celebs’ activities are watched and recorded 24 hours of every day. In the past, the show has presented Hip-Hop artists like MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and most recently Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav.

Da Brat will reside in a mansion with former wrestler Chyna, pop-rocker Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Gos), Christopher Knight ("The Brady Bunch"), Verne "Mini Me" Troyer ("Austin Powers"); model Marcus Schenkenberg and Adrianne Curry from “America's Next Top Model.”

The cast was showed their new Hollywood digs earlier this week and production has begun.

Flavor Flav has been a tremendous star of the present “Surreal Life,”which will see its series finale on Sunday evening. With co-star actress Brigitte Nielsen, Flav scored a new series with VH1. The pair will travel across the United States and arrive in Las Vegas, where Flav and Nielsen’s real life fiancée Mattia Disse will try to win Nielsen’s heart.

The new season of "Surreal Life" airs on January 9.

The original season aired on the UPN network Gabrielle Carteris, M.C. Hammer, Vince Neil, Corey Feldman, Emmanuel Lewis, Jeri Manthey and Brande Roderick. The second second season featured Erik Estrada, Ron Jeremy, Tammy Faye Baker, Trishelle Cannatella, Traci Bingham and Vanilla Ice.

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Interscope Records has announced that Eminem's new album, Encore, will be released earlier than planned due to 'rabid' demand.

Fueled by two hit singles including "Just Lose It" and the politically charged "Mosh," Eminem's new album, Encore, is on its way to an early release due to high demand. Fans of the Detroit emcee have already begun a frenzied search to access the album early via the internet, forcing the label to move the street date to November 12th.

"This is something we have been anticipating," remarked Steve Berman, head of sales and marketing at Interscope Geffen A&M. "We knew there would be a tremendous demand for this album. On our end, we were ready...we just had to press the button on the date."

Both the regular version of the album and the Collector's Edition, featuring special packaging and a free ringtone, will be available on the new date.