SOMETHING NEW! CHECK DJ TAJ LIVE ON BET 106 & PARK THIS WEDNESDAY! APRIL 3RD! 6PM! 

Body Party (EMG Remix) – Dj Taj & Groove @DjLilTaj @Groove_Choppss @Ciara

No artist wants to look out from the stage and see a fan yawning. But worse than that is going on Twitter to find out that someone in the house is telling the world that they think your show is boring and that nobody is into it.

That was too much for Slaughterhouse rapper Joe Budden on Thursday night during his show in Oakland, so the MC took matters into his own hands and tossed the offending tweeter. It all started when a woman in the crowd uploaded a photo of the show with the tag, “I wish this picture really captured how dead it is in here at this Joe Budden concert.”

Attending with her boyfriend, the woman also uploaded a picture of a box of NoDoz as a commentary on how bored she was at the gig, with the added dis, “for the Budden concert tonight.” According to her Twitter account, security came and pulled her out of the crowd, explaining that he would not take the stage until she was escorted out.

“So we are upstairs at VIP … security asks me if I’m Paige,” she tweeted. “I said, ‘yes.’ And they say, ‘Joe Budden wants you out. I feel flattered though, they said they showed my Twitter picture and found me in the club.” She later explained that she would “never heckle an artist,” clarifying that she was tossed before Budden even came out to perform, adding that she’s a fan.

Unlike nerdcore rapper MC Chris, who posted a weepy apology
 for tossing a fan from one of his gigs for a critical tweet earlier this year, Budden clearly wasn’t feeling contrite about his decision. Early on Friday morning (November 30), Bud tweeted, ”I wish I could rewind life so I could kick that hoe out again lol.”

Brown has not yet spoken out about the incident, but on Friday (November 30), Johnson broke her silence with a personal essay via GQmagazine, in which she says she does not regret the incident but has learned a lot from the ordeal, which included receiving thousands of death threats.

“This is not an apology. I just want to clear some things up,” Johnson began, summarizing what went down during the heated Twitter exchange.

In a previous interview, Chris Brown said he was trying to curb his “venting” on Twitter.

She wrote that she assumed people would stop talking about her after a couple days — but they haven’t.

“I didn’t want attention from all of this,” she continued. “If I wanted attention, I would have accepted all of the invitations to be on shows and to actually give exclusive interviews, but I declined all of them. I didn’t think the thousands of (misspelled) death threats I got would have people thinking I saw myself as a victim, because I am NOT a victim of anything, nor have I ever thought I was (excluding the time I paid to see ‘The Village’). I’ve had people assume I dislike Chris Brown because I’m taking up for Rihanna, I’m not. I’m on the side of good, of equality and respect for my fellow woman. I was raised to not respect a person who doesn’t respect others. And one human being physically harming another human being is one of the most disrespectful acts there is. I have never been a victim of domestic abuse, nor was I raised in a house where there was abuse. I do, however, know people who have been victims of abuse by a so-called ‘loved one’ and I’ve seen the long term damage it does.”

The feud started after Brown tweeted a photo of himself with the caption, “I look old as f—! I’m only 23.” Johnson, who has been taking comedic pot shots at Brown online for several years since the singer pleaded guilty to felony assault on ex- (and perhaps current) girlfriend Rihanna,responded with the comment, “I know! Being a worthless piece of sh– can really age a person.” Brown took the bait, leading to a vulgar exchange that included a threat to “shart” in Johnson’s mouth.

Has Chris Brown quit Twitter for good?

In her GQ piece, Johnson reiterated the fact that, as a comedian, her Twitter account is meant to be funny, i.e. not to be taken too seriously, and she took responsibility for setting Brown off in what she said was “certainly not my finest hour, but here we are.”

“Even though I promised myself I would remain quiet on this subject, I just felt the need to clear the air on these certain topics,” Johnson wrote in closing. “Don’t worry Team Breezy, your hero is still on Instagram under the handle F—YoPictures. #Classy.”

“Rihanna types don’t usually do the Danforth,” says the checkout lady at the Shoppers Drug Mart across the street from the Danforth Music Hall Theatre in downtown Toronto. “It’s usually people we’ve never heard of.”

It’s day two of Rihanna’s 777 Tour, which means we’ve landed in Ontario after our second red eye flight. We’re disoriented but fortified by melatonin and an impressive measure of Red Bull. We’re also delighted to see that the Danforth is just as intimate a space as Ri’s first show in Mexico.

To give you the lay of the land, we’re basically in an indie movie theater. Not the great, hulking megaplexes that show summer blockbusters on 11 screens but a place that has chandeliers and popcorn in red-and-white cardboard containers and two floors. It’s cute.

Kanye West just jumped on a remix of Rihanna’s “Diamonds,” and he definitely isn’t holding anything back.

“We the cause of all the commotion/Your mouth runnin’ by where is you goin?” West raps at the beginning of the new version of the song, which Rihanna posted on her Soundcloud page Friday (November 16), and he just keeps going from there, delivering raspy-voiced shout-outs to the Illuminati and Tay Zonday, quoting the theme song to “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” proclaiming he’s “on his Brad Pitt,” and ripping through nimble lines like “You just look stupid to be ignorin’ the DeLorean parked in front of [the] Armani emporium.”

Click to listen: Rihanna ft Kany West – Diamonds (Remix)

At one point, he also screams out loud, curses the voices in his head, says he’s celebrating after making it through Hurricane Sandy and proudly promises that “Until my time is up/my style’s sex in the shower/fresh as f—.

Yes, there’s certainly no shortage of Kanye’s patented swagger, and the new remix also adds some clubby wallop to the laid-back track. It also comes as Rihanna is currently jetting her way across the globe on the 777 Tour, playing shows in Mexico City and Toronto, preparing for a gig in Stockholm, Sweden, and pouring plenty of drinks for the 100-plus journalists along for the ride.

MTV News is, of course, also tagging along on the trip, bringing you updates from each of Rihanna’s shows and even previewing some of the in-flight dining options. Like Kanye says, the caramel pecan brownie is fresh as f—.

Are you feeling Kanye’s verses on the “Diamonds” remix? Lets us know in the comments below!

The block just got a little hotter in the Big Apple. A New York state senator is trying to put the heat on Lil Wayne after the YMCMB boss told MTV News on Monday that he isn’t the biggest fan of NYC.

“Flat out: I don’t like New York,” Weezy told MTV when we caught up with in Las Vegas as he introduced his new line of sneakers with SUPRA. State Sen. Malcolm Smith was up in arms following that comment, and he announced he would be holding a press conference in Times Square on Wednesday (August 22).

“New York City is the birthplace of the Hip Hop music movement,” Smith said in a statement issued from his office to MTV News on Wednesday. “Millions of New Yorkers listen to his music every day. His comments outraged his local fans and residents. The group today will be demanding an apology of the hip hop star. Lil Wayne has had misfortune in New York with recent gun charges and a jail sentence.”

The misfortune that Smith referred to dates back to 2007, when Wayne was arrested for gun possession after a show at New York’s Beacon Theatre. Wayne was eventually convicted on gun charges and served eight months on Riker’s Island before he was released in November 2010.

Weezy’s comments about New York came after we asked what it was like to perform with Nicki Minaj during her August 14 Roseland Ballroom show, a free concert she staged for fans after she and Tunechi cancelled her scheduled Hot 97 Summer Jam performance in June. “Last week was awesome,” Lil Wayne said. “I believe everything happens for a reason and then you make the most of that reason. I think we made the most of it last week.”

Does Lil Wayne owe New York an apology? Sound off in the comments!