it's ya girl Shaquueeesha... Roundin up this week's humor and news. Enjoy!!!

DAMON WAYANS GETS BANNED FROM THE LAUGH FACTORY for using the N Word He used the term 16 times during his 20-minute set last Sunday night and was promptly banned from performing at the venue for the next three months, reports the LA Times. "I'll be damned if the white man uses that word last. …This is part of our culture now...don't take that from us," Wayans told the audience. The actor was also fined $320 for his routine - $20 for each time he used the word.

Usher is planning to release his next album mid 2007. "I feel it's about time for me to come out with an album," he said via phone from Atlanta on Tuesday. "I'm not extremely enthused about where music has gone. I say that coming from listening to artists like Stevie Wonder, Prince, Michael Jackson those great artists and iconic musicians. I feel music is at a standstill." Jermaine Dupri and the production teams of Dre and Vidal and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are all scheduled to collaborate on the record, as is Jay-Z according to Mtv.. Usher, who appears on "Anything" from Jay's Kingdom Come LP, said he and Hova did a trade-off.

WESLEY SNIPES UPDATE: He surrendered to authorities to face federal tax fraud charges and was released on $1 million bond Friday, two months after he was indicted in central Florida. Snipes didn't speak at a court appearance in Ocala. He went there after arriving in Orlando on a private jet Friday from the African nation of Namibia, where he has been filming "Gallow Walker," his publicist said. Snipes was charged back in October for fraudulently claiming refunds totaling nearly $12 million in 1996 and 1997 on income taxes already paid. He was also charged with failure to file returns from 1999 through 2004. CNN reports, he will be allowed to return to Namibia to finish his film, but must return to his home in Marina del Rey, California, on or before January 10, U.S. Magistrate Gary Jones ruled.

NAS AIRS IT OUT. He recently visited the "Trey the Chocolate Jock Morning Jump-off" show on Chicago's Power 92 and was asked about various allegations Carmen Bryan has made in her new tell-all book, "It's No Secret." Co-host Kendra G. asked Nas if it was true that he once punched Carmen in the face with a closed fist. According to Kendra, Nas quickly said that he wasn't going to defend himself against the book "because this is the type of person who is after only God knows what," Kendra recounted. Nas also told the audience that he had no plans to read the book. As for the part in the book about Nas not wanting to date Beyonce because of her breath, Carmen says it was Nas who told her it should be added to the book. Meanwhile, Nas is interviewed in the new issue of

SNOOP DOGG'S ARRAIGNMENT UPDATE: A judge this week has agreed to postpone a court date for Snoop Dogg on a felony possession of a deadly weapon charge. He is now set to be arraigned in January. He remains free on 150-thousand dollars bail. Snoop says the baton was a prop for a video he was filming in New York.

SNOWMAN MELTDOWN. Young Jeezy Takes some shots at Nas on The Monie Love Show. In regards to Nas saying Hip Hop is Dead: "You got Nas coming back saying Hip Hop is Dead, who is he to say Hip Hop is Dead." "Look at them first week numbers." "I'm gonna respect his craft and he not going to respect mine." "Nas ain't no street N****, He been in no streets, Nas ain't did nothing he talking about, Nas bust his guns?, Nas been on the block?, does Nas have street credibility?" "If Nas says Hip Hop is Dead, I say its alive, tell him to get at me." JUST A TIP: Jeezy, you might wanna get at Nas real quick-like and apologize before He ends your career fool.

SCARY SPICE DEFENDS HERE STANCE. Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) insists ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy is the father of the baby she's carrying and says she can't imagine why he would publicly question the child's paternity. "I am obviously upset and distressed at some of the comments made by Eddie Murphy to the media," Brown, 31, said in a statement released Thursday by her publicist, Nadine Bibi. "I have no idea why anybody would want to conduct themselves in this kind of manner about such a personal matter in such a public way. My main concern is for the well-being of my daughter, Phoenix, and of course the baby. I was astonished what Eddie said. There is absolutely no question that Eddie is the father."

...PUFF DADDY