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Nelly Furtado's hit collaboration with Timbaland, "Promiscuous," is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the third straight week. The cut has also been atop the Pop 100 and Hot Digital Songs charts for the same period. Meanwhile, Timbaland has launched a joint venture with Interscope/Geffen/A&M called Mosley Music Group. "The doors are open to all kinds of music," he says of the label.

Foxy Brown's trial for an alleged assault on two nail salon employees was delayed until next month by a Manhattan judge Wednesday ( July 12). As SOHH previously reported, Brown (Born Inga Marchand) is charged with assaulting two employees of Manhattan's Bloomie Nails in Chelsea in an August 2004 fight over payment for a manicure. Brown was initially charged with misdemeanor assault, attempted assault and harassment. She has already turned down two misdemeanor plea deals that would have allowed her to avoid jail time. The aforementioned trial was set to begin next week on Monday (July 17).

Beyoncé got served a $1.5 million lawsuit on Wednesday by a former business associate who alleges that he was shortchanged following the launch of her House of Deréon fashion line. New York businessman Greg Walker claims he connected the singer and her mother, Tina Knowles, with clothing-maker Wear Me Apparel, and wasn't adequately compensated when Beyoncé netted "approximately $15 million" in the eventual licensing deal.

Actress Nia Long found herself the center of attention Friday night at L.A.'s Grove shopping center while shopping with a new beau. The actress of "Boiler Room" and "Big Momma's House" fame and a mystery man were on the streets of the hip shopping center when Long's ex, Massai Z. Dorsey, ran into the pair. Apparently there's bad blood between the guys because a street brawl broke out between Dorsey and Long's new guy, right in the middle of the shopping center! Nia’s guy friend kicked Long's ex's butt - hands down - leaving him lying on the street as he and Long took off running. As Long was running, she even lost her shoe- yet didn't seem to care. She left the shoe behind and kept running! Long and Dorsey have a 5 year old son together named Massai Zhivago Dorsey II. Calls to both parties' reps were not returned.

Jacob the Jeweler, well known for providing hip-hop's biggest names with high-end custom jewelry, pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges in a Detroit court Wednesday (July 12).
Jacob (born Jacob Arabov) was arrested outside his flagship store in New York last month on a warrant issued in Detroit by federal authorities accusing him with conspiring with others to launder money through his jewelry business. The infamous jeweler was among 16 people indicted by a Michigan DA in May for violating federal drug laws and laundering an excess of $270 million. According to the Detroit News, Jacob was accompanied by two New York City attorneys as he entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia Morgan on Wednesday. He was later freed on a $100,000 bond and is awaiting trial. Jacob pleaded not guilty to the same money laundering charges when he made a court appearance in a New York court in June. He was also freed on a $100,000 bond.