The Hollywood Bubbly

Ashanti and Murder Inc. have finally parted ways. Irv Gotti told MTV News that he and Ashanti haven't spoken in a while and he's left with no other choice but to end their music and business affiliation.

The relationship has run its course...The chemistry of what’s needed — we’re in two totally different places. You’re talking to somebody that took her and shaped and molded her and put her out there for the world, and it blew up. We [hold the record] for the [fastest] selling debut by a female R&B artist — 503 [thousand]. We did it! My views and philosophies and her views and philosophies are not meeting up...I personally believe for her to be successful, it took the energy … when you seen her it, was 30 n—as around her, and she’s the princess so nice and pretty walking through...The music was great, but it was the energy that was created. It wasn’t just her standing there and singing a song...We don’t really speak or talk or anything like that. It’s sad in a way. But in another, it’s like its all good.

What Irv basically is saying is that Ashanti is tired of sleeping for tracks and he's not having it.....Let me stop. I am a HUGE Ashanti fan. I personally think this is a good move for her and that she should focus on acting versus the music thing.

On another note, here's some pics of Ashanti spotted out and about recently...Well, in the car recently.