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Puff Daddy throws lavish Moroccan birthday bash
By Miles Brohier
P. Diddy (Sean Combs) had a lavish party to celebrate his 33rd birthday over the weekend in Morocco.

It is rumoured that Diddy was invited by the young monarch of Morocco King Mohammed V to spend a week in the North African nation in Marrakech at a staggering cost of a million pounds.

Nearly 300 guests of Diddy flew in from New York and Paris. Among them Naomi Campbell, Ivana Trump and Gerard Depardieu.

Celebrations were held at Marble Palace and a French-Moroccan restaurant, Comptoir Paris in Marrakech. Jugglers, belly dancers and all that is entertainment were held throughout the weekend. The festivities ended at the Palais Bahia in Marrakech on Sunday.

P. Diddy who is also known by his old name Puff Daddy was reported to have danced with some of the belly dancers and even on some tables.

Run DMC's Jam Master Jay was shot dead in New York on Friday, November 1. Police said they had received information about one suspect. Police say the suspect is a black male between 6-6.2ft and weighing about 180lbs. The man was seen leaving the scene of the murder wearing a black sweat suit and black hat. The police had appealed to the public for further information to apprehend the suspect.

The funeral of the late Run DMC member was held in New York on November 5.

Jam Master Jay was the DJ for Run DMC. His real name was Jason Mizell. He was 36 at the time of his death.

Run DMC was formed in the early 80s by rappers Joe Simmons Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels and DJ Jam Master Jay. The group was originally known as Orange Crush. The name was changed to Run DMC in 1982. The group members had known each other as children attending the same kindergarten.

Run DMC's international break came when they released the heavy metal/rap single "Walk This Way" featuring Steve Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith in 1986. The act became the first rap group to have a video screened by MTV and the first non-athletes to support Adidas.

Alcoholism took hold of Joe Simmons after Darryl McDaniels experienced a religious revival. Further Simmons was falsely accused of rape in Cleveland culminating in the group's slide in popularity.

Barry White is looking for a kidney donor. The soul star is undergoing treatment as an outdoor patient and is resting at home.

He suffered a kidney failure, owing to a history of high blood pressure.

Reports say White is doing well undergoing treatment as an outdoor patient. He has controlled his high blood pressure through dieting.

Meanwhile since the singer has eight children, tests are being done to ascertain if one of them can donate a kidney.

There were eight new entries in the UK singles Top 20 chart this week.

While there was a brand new No. 1 song it was the Bond theme song which generated much of the interest over the past two weeks.

Performing the song is Madonna, the queen of pop a dream come true for the singer.

"Die Another Day" entered the chart at No. 3. It was earlier expected to top the chart but as the day went by it became apparent it would fall short.

While the visuals to the song were absolutely fantastic and in keeping with the tradition of 007 movies the song "Die Another Day" dealt Madonna a blow with too much focus on the electronically filtered vocals.

Without the video the song lacks the "Bond" feeling unlike other songs associated with the film over the past 40 years.

Nevertheless Madonna joins the ranks of Shirley Bassey, Carly Simon, Tom Jones, Gladys Knight, Rita Coolidge, Sheena Easton, Duran Duran and A-ha among others who have recorded the theme song for the James Bond films.

In an earlier piece of news released Madonna was named the UK's highest music earner according to The Sunday Times Pay List published last week.

She qualified for the list after becoming a UK resident. Madonna earned over £36 million in 2001/2002. She earned £16 million of that amount after she allowed her song "Ray of Light", to be used for the launch of Microsoft - Windows XP.

The Top Ten music earners are 1. Madonna - £36m, 2. Sir Paul McCartney - £35m, 3. Sir Mick Jagger - £24.5m, 4. Keith Richards - £24m, 5. Sting - £21.8m, 6. Eric Clapton £14.2m, 7. Rod Stewart £1.2m, 8. Charlie Watts - £12m, 9. Pete Townshend - £10m, 10. Robbie Williams - £10m.

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