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YouTube's Bee goes in on the "We Are The World" remake

Warning:  lots of cursing, yelling, and lous off-key singing!

Jay-Z wasn't the only one who was not impressed with last week's remake of "We Are The World".  Check out how Bee goes in on the slap dash production, the singing, and the auto-tune.  He is a bit off color, and definitely insulting, but he never puts down the actual intention behind the song...just some of the egos involved.  For the record, I think Jay-Z and Beyonce chose not to participate which says something about them...Why on Earth didn't they have Gladys Knight at the mic?  They let the Jonas Bros. and Miley Cyrus sing solos but Faith Evans and Gladys had to stand in the choir?  Michael wouldn't have had that AT ALL!  Here are the highlights of the video:

"Did y'all see that $hit?...Did y'all see that fuckery?...Mike had $hit on check!...Sheila E...Miley Cyrus...Beyonce...the Computer Love cord"...I can't...OMG...I'm DYING! LOL!  At least they tried y'all.  Enjoy!

Michael would have been proud of his children

Both Prince and Paris Jackson were clearly nervous. Heck, I would have been terrified to speak in front of all those people in that room and millions more watching around the world. It was very nice of their cousins 3T to come on stage to support them. All of them looked very polished and grown up. Prince and Paris were very articulate and what they said about Michael was touching.

Interestingly, Randy Jackson tweeted other family members were not even invited to the ceremony and followed that up with something cryptic about "the truth". We are presently trying to get to the bottom of that...

Lionel and His Other Daughter...

Sofia Richie at a Disney event. She is Lionel’s daughter from his second marriage to Diane Alexander, with whom he had daughter Sofia and son Myles.

Essence Festival Kicks Off With Tribute to King of Pop

Brass band musicians on trumpet, trombone and tuba belted out "A Closer Walk With Thee" as the Essence Music Festival gave a salute to Michael Jackson befitting a New Orleans jazz funeral procession. The festival runs through Sunday.

At a concert featuring performances by Beyonce, John Legend, Ne-Yo (who has performed at every concert so far this summer) and Salt-n-Pepa in the Louisiana Superdome, the festival paid homage to Jackson with a picture and video montage and the New Orleans-styled tribute. There is also a rumor that Lionel Richie and the Commodores will reunite on Sunday.

Friday marked the festival's highest attendance in its 15-year history, said Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc. She wouldn't provide figures (so you know she lyin'), but reported a first-night sellout at the Superdome, which can seat about 85,000 people for football games and 350,000 for hurricanes.