Happy Friday, Crunkland! Kid Fury here, with what could be the funniest piece of news I have heard all week.

Music lovers may know Curtis Jackson by his rap alias 50 Cent, but the G-Unit leader may adopt another name if he accepts an offer from Taco Bell.

To promote its new “Why Pay More” value menu, Taco Bell sent 50 Cent an offer letter obtained by AllHipHop.com, asking him to change his name to either 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent for one day this summer.

Taco Bell Corp. President Greg Creed, who made the proposal in a letter written to 50 Cent’s agent, also wrote that his company would make a $10,000 donation to a charity of the New York native’s choice, if he accepts the request.

As part of the deal, 50 Cent would also have to make an appearance at any Taco Bell location around the country he chooses and rap his order in the drive thru with his new name. [ source ]

Somebody please cover my funeral arrangements, because I’m through. When fast food chains start to diss rappers, you should know the end is near. I wonder if they were going to get Lloyd Banks to play the little Chihuahua. I would fork over a hefty portion of my college fund to hear him say ,”Yo quiero un Chalupa”! Jesus, be a mild sedative.

What other rappers should work with fast food restaurants?

Bobby Brown’s eldest son Landon Brown is speaking out about his relationship with his former step-mother. Whitney Houston. The 22 year old aspiring singer tells the National Enquirer that Nippy kept him away from half sister Bobbi Kristina, refused to allow him to sleep in her home, and force him to walk as security guard for her.

“Whitney and I never realy got along. She didn’t necessarily hate me, but she wouldn’t really speak to me either. In Whitney’s eyes, I was the stepchild-that’s how I was treated. I’d get harassed about cocaine rumors almost everyday at school.”

Landon describes growing up with Whitney as a “nightmare.” Tensions grew particularly worse once Landon moved in with Bobby and Whitney at the Mendham, New Jersey “I Will Always (Love You)” singer. Whitney prohibited young Landon from sleeping in the main house:

“Even if I feel asleep on the couch, Whitney would make my dad tell me to go sleep out in the studio house. There were two houses on the property. My dad would wake me up by tapping me on the shoulder and then he’d motion for me to go outside-she just didn’t want me staying in the main house.”

Landon says Whitney kept him away from his half sister, Bobbi Kristina, who is Whitney’s daughter with Bobby:

“It took a long time for me to get close to Krissy because no one would let me near her. Whitney’s assistants would say, ‘She needs space.’”

The aspiring singer says he was put to work as part of Whitney’s staff as soon as he was old enough to moonlight as a bodyguard:

“She decided to turn me into one of her security personnel. I was a teenager but I was walking around dressed up in all black with a Security shirt and she’d have me work for her. I was just another one of her staff.” [source]

During the second quarter of Monday night’s Celtics-Cavaliers game, LeBron James yelled at his mother, Gloria, to “sit her ass down” after she came to his defense when got tangled up with Paul Pierce.”I told her to sit down, in some language I shouldn’t have used,” James said. “Thank God today wasn’t Mother’s Day. All I could think about is her. . . I know my mother. It’s fine, we’re good.”

It’s not right but it’s okay. Mama Gloria has been in the news headlines a couple of times for less than stellar behavior [most notably for her 2006 DUI arrest] so I can understand King James’ reaction. Gloria should seriously consider forming a NBA Mama Goon Squad with Ann Iverson. I can see them sneaking in Grey Goose bottles inside the arena now . . .

But first . . .

REASON #371 WHY I HURT FOR MY PEOPLE

Is it fashion week at The Carter? I can’t.

If you know in advance that you are going to be on television please make an attempt to give a damn. Do this for me and I will love you long time.

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A source tells the NY Daily News that things started to sour in the Jones-Reynolds household once Star realized how much of a dead beat Allison really was.

The beginning of the end was reportedly last summer in Saint-Tropez, where the couple loudly fought on the beach over Star being Al’s sugar mama.

One friend recounted an incident where Al refused to pay for beach chairs, demanding that Star fork over the cash.

“She paid for everything. He never even took out his wallet,” the pal snitched.

For the past year, the pair have been living separately, because of Al’s job as a professor of social science at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens (they actually do give degrees; we checked).

But Reynolds hasn’t exactly been missing his wife’s company.

“When he is in Miami, he’s always on the beach or at the pool at the Delano,” a pal in South Beach tells us. Reynolds reportedly works on his tan all day, then parties hard at night. “He hits Mansion, Privé, Mokai and the Florida Room at the Delano four nights a week.”

If you think that all of this divorce stuff has detoured Allie from hitting the club think again. My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time!

“Al always has a posse of hot young dudes and scantily clad women with him,” He brings strippers back from Gold Rush strip bar to the Delano and dirty dances all night long,” says an insider.

Raise your hand if you are surprise that Al is a regular at ‘My Boy Got A Boyfriend Mondays.’ I didn’t think so.

A Def Jam employee tells ShameLessHype.Com Willona Woods and Jay-Z partied super hard during their time in Las Vegas on Saturday night and were too hung over to perform the next night in Oakland.

What’s good, i’m a employee on the Jay-Z/Mary J. Blige tour and im also a native of Oakland. As you may had heard, the show was postponed due to some ol bullsh*t excuse of technical difficulties, but I know for a fact that nothing was wrong other than the fact that Jay and MJB were in no rush to get to Oakland, because they were too busy getting drunk in Vegas and wasnt trippin off performing in front of a non-sellout crowd in Oakland. I am sending you this because you guys are repping the bay and I was make sure that my town knew the real reason behind this. Please do not release my email address, because a brotha still needs this job with the show. Peace!

Ty Ty should’ve maced their asses and made them go on.

I’m going to wait til the midnight hour to call upon his Holy name! Twice! Shout out to Baby Daniel for destroying me.

Star Jones looked like a bunless Red Robin Whiskey River BBQ burger at the Sony Cierge VIP Lounge on Thursday. Do you want a taste?

She has been keeping a low profile since her television show for TruTv was canceled in February and kicking Al’s lazy ass out. I cannot tell a lie - - I sort of miss viewing pictures of her Jimmy Dean sausage-like toes drag on the ground at various events. Make it how it was, Star!