Prosecutor: Not T.I.'s first violation

While he remains on house arrest awaiting trial on federal weapons charges, T.I. has some explaining to do, according to the prosecutor in the case. In a notice filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, the U.S. Attorney's office said it plans to introduce evidence that T.I.--real name Calvin Harris--unlawfully possessed guns, ammunition, and a silencer on three occasions, "all after having been convicted of a felony offense."

The 27-year-old rapper was arrested October 13 in a parking lot as he was allegedly trying to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers. Harris is charged with possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.

According to the filing, T.I. was found in possession of a weapon in 2002, 2002, and 2004, all of which came after his conviction on charges of selling crack when he was 17. Attorneys for T.I. have yet to respond publicly to the claims.

Report: Usher's wife has baby boy

Usher V has reportedly arrived.

Usher and his wife, Tameka Foster, welcomed a baby boy Monday night in Atlanta, multiple media outlets reported today. Usher--full name Usher Raymond--has previously stated that he planned to give the boy the family moniker, making him Usher Raymond V. Usher, 29, and Foster, 36, announced the pregnancy in June.

The couple wed in a private civil ceremony on August 3 and renewed their vows September 1 in a blowout party in Atlanta. They were originally scheduled to swap vows in July, but called off the event at the last minute, after Foster had an unspecified "pregnancy scare."

Flea's Malibu home, rented by Butch Walker, burns

Malibu is no longer burning, but the blaze that ravaged parts of the coastal enclave destroyed a home owned by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, according to the Associated Press. The 45-year-old Flea--real name Michael Balzary--had been trying to sell the rental property, as he lives in another Malibu home farther north that was untouched by the flames.

Flea had been renting the home to rocker Butch Walker, who was not at the home at the time it was evacuated last Saturday. In a statement issued today, Walker said a family friend evacuated the home for Walker, as the singer was on tour in New York City at the time.

"I had just consolidated my entire recording studio and house from Atlanta into the one house in Malibu," Walker said. "I lost everything I've ever owned. Every master of every song I've ever recorded, every piece of recording equipment, guitars, drums, and things I've collected over the years, cars, motorcycles, every family memorial, heirloom, picture, and document we ever had...Gone. I feel like I finally know the difference between 'going back' and 'going home.'"

Report: Jam Master Jay knew gunman

Although he was armed at the time he was gunned down at his Queens recording studio in October 2002, Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay failed to defend himself because he knew the man who killed him, according to a new report in the New York Daily News.

Uriel "Tony" Rincon, a friend of the iconic DJ who was sitting next to him on the night he was killed, spoke to the paper for the first time since Jay's murder, which remains unsolved. Rincon told the paper that he received a phone call from Jay's business partner Randy Allen at around 6 p.m. on the evening of October 20, 2002, and the two made arrangements to meet at Jay's recording studio. Shortly after he arrived, Rincon sat down with the DJ for a game of Madden 2002 on a Sony PlayStation in a room at the rear of the studio.

Moments later, Rincon said that he heard footsteps and heard Jay yell, "Oh s***!" just before two shots were fired, one hitting Rincon in the leg and the other fatally wounding Jay in the head. "I knew [Jay] was gone," he told the paper. "He wasn't moving, nothing."

He insists that he did not see the killer's face and would not be able to identify him. "It had to be somebody he knew," Rincon said. "I wish I saw...because it would be over. I told [police] everything I could tell them. I wish I could tell them more."

Willie films anti-dogfighting ad

Willie Nelson has filmed a television spot supporting an anti-dogfighting bill that is moving through the Georgia Legislature. In the ad, Nelson looks into the camera while "Georgia on My Mind" plays in the background.

"Dogfighting is against the law in Georgia, but the laws are so weak, the beautiful state of Georgia has become a haven for dogfighters from around the country," he says.

The bill would make it a felony for anyone to sell, trade, or transport dogs for the purpose of dogfighting.

Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society, a national animal welfare organization, produced the ad. The bill's supporters hope to get the ad on TV and radio around the time of the December 10 sentencing for suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who pleaded guilty to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge.

Pavarotti's wife sues over defamation

Faced with accusations that her marriage to Luciano Pavarotti was on the rocks at the time of his death in September, Nicoletta Mantovani has sued two friends of the late tenor for $44 million, claiming their comments about her marriage were defamatory.

In the days after Pavarotti's death from pancreatic cancer on September 6, friends close to the tenor told Italian media that he had been unhappy in the marriage and that Mantovani was fighting his grown daughters from an earlier marriage over his estate. Her attorney told Reuters that the lawsuit was filed after a warning that such speculation would not be tolerated.

"Since the comments did not cease--and were, in fact, reiterated--Mantovani had no choice but to file the lawsuit," lawyer Anna Maria Bernini said. "She is doing it to protect her sense of respectability--privately for the sake of her daughter and the memory of the maestro, publicly for her image, and any future professional activity."

Mantovani had a daughter with Pavarotti: Alice, who is 4. The tenor also had three daughters from his first marriage. The two people named in the lawsuit are longtime Pavarotti friends Franca Corfini Strata, wife of the singer's dietitian, and Lidia La Marca, wife of conductor Leone Magiera, who often performed with Pavarotti. Mantovani is seeking $22 million in damages from each woman.