Today, Conan O’Brien supporters rallied outside of NBC studios in the rain, with their man sending out pizza and showing up on the roof to show appreciation.

Meanwhile, TMZ reports that the end is nigh….allegedly, NBC will be paying Conan $32.5 million (plus $7.5 million more for staff severance) to walk away, with the caveat that he has to sit out until Sept. This would allow for Jay Leno to recover some footing during the weak summer re-run period. And Jay Leno also tried to recover some goodwill by speaking out last night on how NBC screwed him too. “Don’t blame Conan.”

How many meetings between studio brass, crisis publicity flacks and Leno’s agents did it take to plan that?

No matter where Conan goes, he’ll probably have to leave the Masturbating Bear, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, and In-the-year-2000 with NBC. And all this non-compete period and loss of intellectual property is totally normal. But I watched Monday’s show, and the highlights are just the jokes about losing the show. I still can’t figure out what happened in the move from NY to LA, it was like some tv-magic boxes got lost.

BONUS: MissInfo.TV’s resident Howard Stern expert sent over Howard’s scathing remarks about the whole Late Night TV dust-up (Download Link). It’ll be very interesting TV if Stern shows up for Conan’s final show on Friday, right?

Wyclef Jean held a tearful press conference on Monday to share some of his harrowing experiences in Port-au-Prince’s earthquake destruction area, and he also addressed some of the questions about his charity Yele Haiti’s accounting…
“Accusations have been made about me and about Yele…Have I made mistakes before? Yes,” “Did I use Yéle money for personal gains? Absolutely not. YEle’s books are open. We have a clean bill of health from an auditor…..my people are dying, I have to go back to the ground for a mission relief.“

My friend Erik Parker (from Vibe/Sohh and more) was actually in Haiti during the earthquake and captured this awful footage from his iphone.

IllDoctrine’s JSmooth speaks on the tragedy in Haiti.

There has been an outpouring of support and donation for various Haiti relief causes.
Playcloths streetwear brand has created a Haitian Jack charity tee…
DuckDown Records is donating all itunes sales on Sat. Jan. 16 to Yele Haiti…
Bun B. and Slimm Thug have their “Houston for Haiti” fundraiser this Monday at Warehouse Live in Houston…
George Clooney, Wyclef, and many others will host a telethon on Fri, Jan. 22, that will be simulcast on MTV, VH1, ABC, NBC, HBO and CNN…
Even though Russell Simmon tweeted without checking his facts, Tiger Woods team has confirmed the golfer will donate funds as he did with The Asian Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina…
And even though there are reports questioning the ability of Clef’s organization to handle the sudden and massive influx of donations, the good news is that Yele Haiti is now partnered with highly experienced orgs like AmeriCares…

On the plus side:
Drug companies have donated antibiotics, anesthesia meds, and more. Haitians in the US illegally now have protected status to prevent deportation. Haiti’s government has given the US control of the airport and even Cuba is allowing access, both to speed up deliveries. Supermodel Gisele Bunchen has donated more than Goldman Sachs. And a small baby was found alive under the rubble after 68 hours.

But on the darkest, most horrifying, down side:
The window of rescue hope is closing. The FBI is warning about charity scams. Rescue efforts are facing setbacks and frustration (with some victims even turning down food because of miscommunication). Victims with treatable crush wounds are now dying because of a lack of treatment. There is growing unrest. Bodies are being dumped in mass graves, completely undocumented for their families. And the children, in pain, are there on every news outlet.

Wyclef, as well as AllThatsFab’s Martine Cauthen, both in Haiti, plea for help, after the jump….

UPDATE: Wyclef responds to accusations about his Yele Charity….

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These Late Night Talk Show Wars are getting crazy! I mean there was Conan’s Jerry Maguire mission statement. There were the snarky sneak disses from Conan and Letterman. Leno was playing the goofy aww-shucks role. Kimmel was watching and eating popcorn.

Now it seems like the social niceties are breaking down….with Jimmy Kimmel and Chevy Chase spoofing Leno and Conan last night…with rumors of Leno finalizing his takeover deal and NBC chief Jeff Zucker allegedly threatening to put Conan on ice for years …and with Leno allegedly throwing his first shots at Conan tonite…

But nothing prepared me for the incredible awkwardness of this…..Jay Leno actually had Jimmy Kimmel on the Jay Leno Show for the “10 (questions) at 10″ segment. And Kimmel went at Leno’s neck! (clip via Gawker, thnx to Mel on the assist!)

Bottom line…Hey rappers, step your beef game up.

(PS: if Leno, Conan, Kimmel, Letterman, (that Scottish guy and those two other guys who shouldnt be there) were this entertaining all the time….they wouldn’t be in this predicament in the first place.)

And Letterman also got his Leno jab in too….ugly ugly ugly!…after the jump
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Earlier today, we posted the audio from today’s mega-meeting of the minds at Hot97…..but speedy Drewski already has video clips too! In Clip #1: Hov tells Angie about how he feels about Birdman’s comments, comparing him to Lil Wayne…

After the jump:
Clip #2: Hov, Trey and Jeezy talk about collaborations….they call themselves Mob Squad.
Clip #3: Young Jeezy talks about getting past emotions to squash beef…referring to his truce with Gucci Mane.
Clip #4: the decision to tour together
Clip #5: getting ready to perform at Madison Square Garden

Previously: Audio of Jay-Z, Young Jeezy and Trey Songz on Hot97’s Angie Martinez Show

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(photo of Hov, Beyonce, and Angie at Ang’s birthday party this past Sunday at Quo, spotted at Rap-Up)

Today, Angie had a full studio when Jay-Z, Trey Songz and Young Jeezy came by to talk about their upcoming tour dates (hitting Madison Square Garden on March 2) and more….Also, Angie had Jay-Z tweeting from her page and took a twitpic. But does that mean that S_C is a fugazi account?

Jay-Z, Trey, Jeezy with Angie Martinez, part 1:

Jay-Z, Trey, Jeezy with Angie Martinez, part 2: The ridiculous issue of Hov’s occult non-affiliation was raised and squashed. Hov is clear on how/when he causes a frenzy, lol.

Jay-Z, Trey, Jeezy with Angie Martinez, part 3: The three amigos are now talking about grouping up for a “Mob Squad” project.

Jay-Z, Trey, Jeezy with Angie Martinez, part 4:

Jay-Z, Trey, Jeezy with Angie Martinez, part 5: In this segment, Jeezy talks about how one squashes a longstanding beef (like the one he squashed with Gucci Mane)

Jay-Z, Trey, Jeezy with Angie Martinez, part 6:

~fin~

Previously: Snoop Dogg x Jay-Z “I Wanna Rock (Kings Remix)”
Unrelated/Related: Here’s another photo from the party….Joe Budden, Angie, Me (red-faced), and our girls Lorena, and Ashley.

Mikey: After missing their scheduled Jan. 4th “release date” , DJ Drama x Cam’ron finally deliver Boss Of All Bosses 2, co-starring Vado . I’m still laughin’ over the album cover but I’ll probably be listening to it the same time as you. (thanks DJ Drama)

New Mixtape: DJ Drama x Cam’ron Boss Of All Bosses 2 Mixtape (Usershare Link), (Mediafire link)(no logging in, lol)
You can also just listen to the full mixtape here (at LiveMixtapes).

MissInfo: love Cam and Dram, but this is cover art is bizarro. especially around the neckline, lol. Can’t wait to listen. (but I’m not doing that log-in thing. Luckily the NMC to the rescue)

sidenote: I just spoke to Killa and he said he’s actually got a series of Gangsta Grillz mixtapes that him and Drama are doing. And…now that Cousin Bang is out…we’ll be getting some more video clips soon. Yes!

PS: finally listened all the way thru….and I’m so glad this wasn’t one of those throwaway surplus bin mixtapes. I thoroughly enjoyed. Also, Vado is a problem. And hi-five to Beewirks for producing track 18 “Lonely” : )

I complained about the log-in, but I like this embeddable audioplayer that LiveMixtapes has…nice!

Download Mixtape Free | LiveMixtapes.com Mixtape Player

Related: DJ Drama x Cam’ron’s Boss of All Bosses mixtape Pt 1, feat Vado

Full Tracklisting after the jump…
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(Just Blaze, Saigon, & Jay Electronica at Santos for JB’s B-Day – photo by Mel D. Cole)

Jay Electronica & Just Blaze explain Act II Delay (props RapRadar)

Mikey: Last night, on Green Lantern’s Invasion Radio show, Jay Electronica and Just Blaze spoke on the delay of Act II….

“We had it ready on New Year’s Eve but we didn’t have the Nas verses yet and the people been waiting so long… but we got it now” – Jay Electronica

JB went on to say how the closing of Baseline and the moving process also stalled the record a bit, but assures us that it’s coming soon…

Before wrapping up Jay also explained that his “Fuck Yo Blog” tweet was taken out of context and he was just reciting lines from his song “Swagger Jackson’s revenge“.

“I fuck with the blogs but at the same time. I always come in peace, you don’t have to like me but I come in peace. So if you at my show and you saying “boo!!” Fuck me?? Fuck you!! I come in peace – Jay Electronica

Shaheem Reid and the MTVNews crew have been posting clips from the upcoming Nino Brown Story Pt 2 DVD….and above, we see Weezy in the booth working through a freestyle. Its not much rapping in there, but it’s funny to see all his reactions and facial tics. I have a similar tic…before I record a phrase, I clear my throat….it all gets edited out, but for the producer, it sounds like tourette’s syndrome. I learned that from Angie and Flex though, so I’m stickin’ with it.
(another clip after the jump…)
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This happened over the weekend, but according to multiple reports, Chris Hines, the man in the above photo/video says he was held against his will and assaulted by Lloyd Banks and 3 men over a payment dispute after a club gig in Ontario, Canada. This allegedly happened this past Friday, and Banks and the 3 men have been in custody ever since. Banks has always been the most mild-mannered and quiet of the crew, but if he didn’t stop his boys, then that’s an equal issue. Here’s a quote from MTV’s report:
“The promoter alleged that early Saturday morning the lyricist and three associates — Nicklas Sloane, Shawn McGee, and Tyrell Cooper — held him in his hotel room against his will, assaulted and robbed him. All four men were charged with forceful confinement, aggravated assault and robbery. The four made a video court appearance on Sunday afternoon (January 10) and are due to appear in court again early this week. They remained in police custody at press time.” The action is detailed, and if the photo in the above video is credible then he was clearly injured, but the motive is murky, and the victim dances around that topic in the interview.