3 Little Digs catches up with Wiz in Austin.

A press conference to announce KISS and Motley Crue’s 40-date co-headlining North American summer tour turned into a Rihanna diss session Tuesday.

Outspoken KISS bassist Gene Simmons stressed that the bands’s sets would be live, unlike Rihanna’s stage show.

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“We’re sick and tired of girls getting up there with dancers and karaoke tapes in back of them,” Simmons said, according to Billboard. “No karaoke singers allowed. No fake bullsh-t. Leave that to Rihanna-Schimianna and everybody else whose name ends with an ‘A.’”

After the press conference, Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee supported Simmons’s statements. “No disrespect to Rihanna, she’s a great singer, but we’re in a slump for some sh-t that has some personality and appeal beyond a bunch of pop stuff that’s floating around out there,” he said. “I’m glad he said that actually because I don’t think I can bear watching another f—king award show that is just a little better than ‘American Idol.’ It’s f—king pathetic to watch people go out and f—king karaoke with a bunch of lights and video. It’s all completely watered down.”

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Simmons has been outspoken about lip-syncing. When it was announced that Madonna would perform during halftime at Super Bowl XLVI, he expressed his disappointment.

“I love all karaoke singers,” he told TMZ. “I like all the girl singers who get up and sing with tapes. Shame on you.”

Simmons described lip-syncing as dishonest. “I don’t care what your music is, have some integrity, be real, or full disclosure before the fact,” he said. “Hold up a sign that says, ‘70 percent of what you hear is fake. It’s a tape. I’m a karaoke singer.’”

A spokesperson for Rihanna has not yet responded to Yahoo! Music’s request for comment.

The Dream came to kick it with Q Deezy and Hot 107.9FM to talk the latest happenings in his life and of course all his wild and crazy sexual encounters. Check out the interview as Q Deezy tries to get answers from The Dream about his broken relationship with Christina Milian, his baby mama drama with Nivea and recent rumors about him and Rihanna.

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Ashanti recently visited Jenny Boom Boom on Hartford, CT’s own Hot 93.7. The R&B vixen spoke about her new single “The Woman You Love,” the meaning behind the song, and if she wrote it for Nelly + their relationship, once again she describes the album title “Braveheart” and why the movie connected with her current situation, plus more.

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The “Cookie Jar” was back on Monday night, and with a special guest and friend of the show, Dawn Richard. You can now choose to watch the interview portion solely and or listen to the full audio of the show. Above is the ladies chat with Dawn where she talks about her forthcoming EP + new situation, and premiered her new single “Bombs,” below you can stream the full R&B mixshow…

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Elle Varner returned to SiriusXM The Heat’s “The Warm Up” to talk to Mina SayWhat, who did her very first radio interview, to talk about how her life has changed. The pair touch base on Elle’s collaboration with Bei Maejor on her mixtape “Conversational Lush,” and opportunists that somehow want money from Elle. The soulful songtress also sings Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love,” as she does in concert. Check it out.

Life+Times spends the day with Melanie Fiona as she prepares to release her sophomore album The MF Life. Here, the critically acclaimed, two-time Grammy Award winning singer takes us through her new Brooklyn neighborhood, discusses “living the MF life” and even runs into a familiar Kings County face, Spike Lee.

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Ashanti touched down at Philly radio station Power 99 for a candid conversation in front of a live audience. The “Woman You Love” singer spoke about turning down seven offers from major labels to launch her own label Written Entertainment, she explained how the Oscar-winning film Braveheart inspired her album title.

In addition to Busta Rhymes on the lead single, she has worked with R. Kelly, Rico Love (“Perfect So Far”), and Keyshia Cole. She’s unsure if the latter collaboration will end up on her album or just Keyshia’s upcoming project. “The record is dope. I love it,” she said.

She is also in talks to reprise her role in the sequel to Coach Carter and is executive producing and starring in a movie called I Love Cinema. “The character that I play is very different for me,” she shared. “It’s a little bit more risqué, more sexy than I’ve ever been. It’s weird because she almost has a split personality. She’s a teacher, but she has one of those sides.”

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While in Atlanta for the Anticipation 2our, Big Sean made his way to DJ Drama‘s show to talk about kanYe West’s fashion show in Paris, XXL Freshmen cover, MTV’s Hottest MCs list, G.O.O.D. Music album, disturbing the Royal Family in the hotel, working with Frank Ocean, new projects and more.

Monica and Brandy continued their TV promo this morning stopping by VH1’s ‘Big Morning Buzz.’ The ladies continued to speak about “The Boy Is Mine,” the new duet “It All Belongs To Me,” their forthcoming albums. Brandy officially announces her album title and inspiration. In the second clip they play a game of which item belongs to who, where Brandy admits her love for the reality TV show ‘Love & Hip-Hop’ and Monica shares more details about her sons.

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