TUESDAY'S R&B SCOOP!

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Beyonce and her sugar daddy Jay-Z arrived in Sidney, Australia yesterday morning. Jay-Z is currently on his Australian tour where Rihanna and Ne-yo are supporting him. I see Beyonce stays stuck on her man like flies on shit.

Nicole Scherzinger is finally putting the finishing touches to her solo debut album which is expected to be released in early 2007. She has collaborated with a host of other big names for her album, including Akon, Polow Da Don, Sean Garrett, Kara DioGuardi (who wrote an Eden's Crush song back in the day), Timbaland (who also got Nicole to sing on his upcoming album) and Will.I.Am.

The Pussycat Dolls are also continuing to push their debut, PCD, and just signed on to tour with Christina Aguilera. "We're going to have some new songs with new elements, new choreography, some fresh looks," Scherzinger said. "It's an honor to be on tour with Christina because we respect her not only as a top female artist today, but also as a vocalist. And we definitely want those fans behind us."

At some point in the future, Nicole also plans to return to her roots in acting. She had bit parts on the TV shows "My Wife and Kids" and "Las Vegas," as well as the movies "Love Don't Cost a Thing" and "Chasing Papi" before joining the Dolls.

I look forwards to her solo album but I'm mildly disappointed at her line-up of producers because she went and done a Fergie and Ciara meaning her album is going to pretty much sound like everybody elses. As to whether she can make it big as a solo artist we will have to see, but I think it's great that she is not leaving the Pussy Cat Dolls and will feature on the next album.

Anyway, here's a new Gwen Stefani track called Wind It Up. It's a weird track and she samples that annoying Mary Poppins song with the yodelling but the beat has potential. It is a Pharrell Williams production and is said to be the official first single off her new album. Click banner to download full track in HQ.

SHOULD MADONNA HAND OVER DAVID BANDA? (TOYA'S RANT)

The big debate is, should Madonna hand over David Banda back to his father Yohane? The whole circumstance of the adoption process is to abide by regulatory practises in order to ensure that such procedures are carried out lawfully, effectively and FAIRLY. Am I right? You guys know I'm right. OK. Moving on. In these regulatory practises, Madonna has practically pissed through the process creating holes not just in those adoption papers but the rules within it. David's father claims he did not understand what he was signing as he couldn't read and write. He says he was tricked and manipulated by officials (the government) into permanently signing his son over to Madonna and had no intention of allowing Madonna to fully adopt his son when he himself was well capable of feeding him. Fair enough. If David's father WAS manipulated and spoon-fed with a bunch of half-truths just so that Madonna could run off with him and treat him like an extended addition to her family, then in deed David Banda MUST be returned to Malawi as soon as possible.

I don't think it's right that Madonna fast-tracked the process and was allowed to get away with it just because she is rich and famous. No wonder she went on a snatch and run parade just to get him into Britain because she knew that she were breaking the rules and that David's father was tricked into the unauthorised adoption. His lack of literal comprehension was deliberately abused. If it were any of us ordinary folk, we'd have had to stay in Malawi for 18-months and I myself would personally have ensured that David's father knew the exact correct procedures involving his child. As the father, he was entitled to it. I guess it's like elements of slavery in that poor blacks were taken advantage of in a situation they were vulnerable to due to their rich white counterparts having the upper hand. We're in 2006 now right? Yeah I thought as much because back in the day blacks weren't allowed to know HOW to read and write for those very reasons. But hey, that's a whole new can of worms so I'm going to stop right there.

These days you just can't help but feel that black babies are the latest new fashion accessory for white celebrities or that it has become the new fashionable celebrity career enhancer. Angelina Jolie is a wonderful mother but it's not coincidental that Madonna has now taken the plunge and Britney Spears now considering doing the same. They are not toys, they are babies who need to be nurtured and cared for 24/7 right up until they reach 18-years-old. Angelina gets pictured showing her motherly devotion to beautiful Zahara all the time and is a well respected figure because of it. Britney has struggled to cope with her own, never mind somebody else's child. I hope she reconsiders though and spends more time on that flailing marriage of hers. We know that Madonna's whole career has been confounded with shock, scandal and controversy and I don't doubt for a second that Madonna had good intentions for the little boy she'd like to raise as her own but if she were a decent human-being, and knew in her heart that she wilfully abused her power to get her own way, she'd do the right thing and give David back to his father who never intentionally agreed to this adoption.