Kansas City Chief Star Running Back Larry Johnson has landed himself in hot water after making an anti-gay comments on his Twitter account. The incident ,which occurred during an exchange with one of his Twitter followers, was exacerbated after Johnson used the same anti-gay slur to  brush off reporters a day later. The comments were  recorder by the Kansas City Start, and later released to the public. Johnson, who’s no stranger to controversy, prior to this incident used Twitter to call into question his coach Todd Haley’s football credentials. Johnson, who has not been offically suspended, has been barred from practicing with the team or participating in team activities until the matter was resolved.

Johnson joins a growing list of athletes who have been reprimanded for statements made on Twitter. This list includes San Diego Chargers’ Cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who’s  infamous tweet about the the “nasty” team food cost him $2500 in fines. Basketball Forward, Charlie Villanueva who’s tweet from the locker room during halftime of a critical game, banned tweeting during NBA games, and New York Jets receiver David Clowney, who was benched after his Twitter message riled up his coach. And who can forget Celtics Guard Stephon Marbury’s social media escapades using Twitter and Justin.tv.

Many YouTube stars have websites of their own where they can direct their audience for more information, merchandise, and much more. With the viral success of radio personality Ed Lover’s “C’mon Son!” video series, (the series reached over half a million viewers in under two months), it seemed that the next step for the video blogger would be his own website.

That step was interrupted when an online opportunist bought the CmonSon.com domain in hopes of selling it to Lover or the highest bidder on Ebay. The owner of CmonSon.com states, “Ed is a wildly popular NYC radio show host and his mention of this site is certain to draw traffic for quite some time. If you know anything about internet marketing then you know that obtaining traffic is the hardest part.”

In Lovers latest “C’mon Son!” video blog he responds to the domain owner by bragging about his CmonSonOnline.com site that is parked but has not yet been updated.

CmonSon.com has generated some interest as the site’s hit counter reads 7,949 visits to date. There is no official launch scheduled for CmonSonOnline.com but this can be a lesson to all: If you have an idea, purchase the domain. It’s certainly better to be safe than sorry.

Iconic comedian and “America’s funniest father” Bill Cosby introduced his project Cosnarati on Ustream (go here in case you missed it) and on other social platforms. And this week also marked the launch of Harvey Knows Best, a State Farm Insurance sponsored series of online animated shorts featuring comedian, host and author Steve Harvey.

The first in a series of 48 digital shorts launched this week. Each short is a vignette of Harvey ranting, raving and pontificating on some aspect of life in his signature comedic style and wit. Anyone familiar with the JibJab “Elf Yourself” campaign for Staples will note a similar use of digital with the Harvey Knows Best series, which is being promoted by SandersWingo, State Farm’s African American agency of record. Each video can be viewed on smartphones and on MP3 players. Take a gander:

Russell Simmons @UncleRush announced via Twitter today that Global Grind had acquired celebrity twitter aggregation site CelebrityTweet.com.  We’ve contacted them the get terms of the deal and will update if we hear back.  He mentioned on Twitter that he thinks the site’s integration into Global Grind will help the property continue to grow. Developing…

For those of you who weren’t lucky enough to be at BlogWorld Expo (THE Largest blogging conference to date) I was able to snag this interview with Jermaine Dupri after his keynote there. He talks about social media, the speed of blogging and publishing content among other things. Jermaine currently has his own blog called Globa14.com, we’ve covered it here before, and has plans to continue to expand into new media.

Also some good stuff here with Jermaine’s keynote and the state of the music business. One particular interesting statement “The music businesses can’t survive without social networks.” Check it out:

AT&T has tapped pop queen, Mariah Carey to star in their latest commercial promoting AT&T’s quick messaging device lineup. The “Junior Assistant” commercial shows Carey’s assistant working tirelessly to please the needs of his boss by delivering everything she requests before she arrives at her hotel.

Mariah Carey’s album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel is available now.

Inspired by a map of Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Posse on Broadway,” Tyler Gray, deputy editor at FastCompany.com decided to plot Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind.” It’s got to be one of the coolest mashups evar. And maybe the BK in me is adding to the bias, but whatevs, it’s definitely worth a peek. (Click here to see the full map and note Jay’s corresponding bars at each point on the map.)

It began with this:

And as the Huffington Post’s Jason Linkins reports here:

Actor/comedian Tracy Morgan is now tweeting from a verified Twitter account (@RealTracyMorgan) after succumbing to the pressure of new celebrity sighting website OMGICU. Welcome Mr. Morgan to the family and follow him. {smh}

Rockstar Games has recently launched their newest video game title, Beaterator. The game is a music producer’s dream, allowing gamers to mix and record their own beats with an exclusive loops and sounds developed by multi-platinum producer Timbaland. Timbaland calls the game “The new generation of music” and in the video below you can see that artists like Serani, Donnis, and Ice-T feel the same way.

Beaterator is available now for Playstation Portable (PSP) and the Playstation Network and will be released for the iPhone and iPod touch this fall.

Just over a month ago Hewlett-Packard and Monster Cable’s “Beats by Dr. Dre” brand announced a partnership but details were slim. Recently HP has announced that the collaboration with Beats by Dr. Dre will offer a limited edition Envy 15 laptop (branded with the Beats by Dr. Dre logo) as well as software that will enhance the audio through headphones or external speakers. According to Whooha.com, the sound system is labeled as “Beats Audio” and the special edition laptop will be available on October 18th starting at $1,699.