BIG AL SAYS: Shout out to Illseed from Allhiphop.com for this…I was in shock!! 

There are times when I don’t want to tip a waiter or server that doesn’t tend to my needs when I eat. Oh, like serving in a timely manner or checking up on me when in need some ketchup. I got sent a link from Sandra Rose and I was saw how Andre 3000 might have stiffed a waiter for his tip.

Atlanta waiter Matt Moore claims that he went out of his way to hook Andre up with some vegan dishes after the rapper visited the restaurant he works in — even though it is non-vegan. Apparently, that effort wasn’t enough and Andre decided to complain anyways — getting his bill reduced in the process. At the end of the meal, the low-baller left a $0 tip and walked away. Classy.

What’s a guy to do? eBay! Moore was understandably pissed and threw his story up on the auction site, along with a description of the injustice and the offending receipt. “The chef had tried to please them with original dishes and took time out of the busy dinner to customize a meal for them,” he wrote. “Despite the spot-on service and super-catered food, they felt the need to leave me no money. I had nothing to do with the food, yet he stiffed me.”

In defense of Andre, here are some other possible scenes. 1) Andre might have left cash on the table and this dude is lying or 2) Andre left a tip and one of the other workers swiped it. That happens also. Just giving the brother the benefit of the doubt. Anyway, the dude did manage to sell the receipt and made like $14.

The homie Ron Artest was traded yesterday from the Sacramento Kings to the Houston Rockets for Bobby Jackson, a No. 1 draft pick next season and rookie forward Donte’ Green. Wow. Ron Ron and  T-Mac. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

I mean think how nasty Houston is going to be DEFENSIVELY. They’ll have a healthy Yao Ming at center, Tracy McGrady and now Artest shutting dudes down left and right. All you Western Conference guards/forwards take notice - T-Mac and Artest on a team together is going to be a problem.

BIG AL SAYS: WELL…ANOTHER TEAM THAT WILL BE BETTER THAN THE KINGS THIS SEASON. I’M OPTIMISTIC AND POSITVE LIKE THE NEXT GUY, BUT DANG!!! CAN WE JUST COME CLEAN AND SAY…REBUILDING DECADE!!

Young Jeezy has set a Sept. 2 release date for his new CTE/Def Jam album, “The Recession.” In support, the rapper will kick off a three-week promo tour Aug. 10 in Houston.

The new album’s first single, “Put On,” sits at No. 7 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs tally. “The Recession” is the follow-up to 2006’s “The Inspiration,” which has sold 1.2 million copies to-date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Here are Young Jeezy’s tour dates:

Aug. 10: Houston (Arena Theatre)
Aug. 12: Dallas (House of Blues)
Aug. 13: New Orleans (House of Blues)
Aug. 15: Detroit (Plan)
Aug. 18: Chicago (House of Blues)
Aug. 22: Norfolk, Va. (NorVa)
Aug. 23: Cleveland (House of Blues)
Aug. 26: New York, NY (Blender Theatre)
Aug. 29: Jacksonville, Fla. (Plush)
Aug. 30: Tampa, Fla. (Jannus Landing)
Sept. 2: Atlanta (Tabernacle)

Big Al Says: C’mon, no Sac date…not even a Bay Area date…not even a WEST COAST CONCERT DATE! This is what irks me…I’m not hatin’ but…ok YES I AM HATING! We should either demand a SACRAMENTO concert date for these artists, or we don’t buy their albums, as much love as we give them.

Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ new reality show is documenting his search for a new assistant and the rapper and entrepreneur has cast a transsexual as one of the contestants for the position.

On the new show, “I Want To Work For Diddy”, which premieres on VH1 next week, transsexual Laverne Cox competes with other contestants to become P. Diddy’s new assistant.

A gay male has also been cast for the show. His name is Rob Smith and is a New Yorker and an Iraq war veteran.

Lets hope Cox - the first black transsexual to be cast on a reality show - gets her fair chance to win the competition and that Diddy didn’t just bring her on to get publicity to the show.

Big Al Says: Are you kidding? Of course it’s for publicity…sex sells and so does transexuals who apply to work for Hip-Hop moguls. I bet everyone will tune in, miss all the free game on how to be a sucessful businessman/businesswoman and wait for Laverne Cox’ peepshot if she falls down or takes a shower. What a waste of groundbreaking TV!!

See a promo for the show here:

Cash Money Millionaire Lil Wayne always has the dough, but in his new video for “Got Money,” he’s giving back to the community — just not with his own moolah.

Weezy is practically a modern-day Robin Hood as he plays one of the masterminds of a bank heist in which he and his team plan to give the loot to the citizens in his New Orleans hometown as compensation for what they lost because of Hurricane Katrina.

T-Pain, Mack Mane, Ray-J show up in clip which debuts TODAY!

Big Al Says: I actually like Lil Wayne’s music, though 90 percent of the time it’s the SIZZURP freestyling more that you are. so here’s free game for you Weezy; how about just ACTUALLY giving away money to Katrina victims who really need it. Shooting a video in the N.O. is NOT ENOUGH, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Oprah, and the NBA already beat you to it. If we had as much press of you giving back to the community as much as we have of you throwing coats at your DJ onstage and telling mixtape DJ’s to F-off, we…oh, I forgot, that’s how Hip-Hop sells records. 

What do I know…I’m just a DJ!

ARE YOU SERIOUS? Word around town is that Kim Kardashian and her boy toy Reggie Bush is over..DON DADA! 

According to MediaTakeOut.com Reggie is letting the world know that he’s single again and bringing in an old flame from college to keep him company during New Orleans Saints training camp.

Big AL Says: What?!?! I thought they were getting engaged. I know Reggie told Kim to drop some of that bootie weight, but that’s not enough to break things off, right? I think Kim broke off a little something something to somebody else and got cold busted. Reggie, just make the Kim/Reggie sex tape (you know it will be better that Ray J’s) before you leave, make your paper, and cop the hood MVP!

Mariah Carey Blasts Rocky Marriage Rumors

Mariah Carey has blasted rumors of trouble in her marriage to Nick Cannon, insisting, “life is beautiful”.And now Carey, 38, has moved to put an end to the gossip and speculation, urging doubters to join the couple and “celebrate” their nuptials.She says, “(When I hear that) things are rocky and hazy and messed up… I’m like, ‘Why would we have gotten married to do that?’

“People are going to say what they say, but what would be the purpose?”

Big Al Says: Don’t hate, congratulate! Nick not only pulled a hot one, he MARRIED a hot one. Now the haters are out looking for the other shoe to drop. I bet Derek Jeter started this rumor…sour grapes! C’mon Nick, you need to write that “Pull an R&B/Pop Diva For Dummies” manual, and keep it movin’!

THEY MESSED AROUND AND PUT ME ON THE ‘NET…WELCOME TO MY WORLD!

YOU KNOW,  I FINALLY GET TO SAY HOW I REALLY FEEL ON WHAT’S POPPIN’ IN THE WORLD, AND NOW I WANT YOU TO SPEAK ON IT TOO.

LOVE IT, HATE IT…JUST TELL ME HOW YOU THINK AND FEEL ABOUT IT!!