PEOPLE TIDBITS

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7/1 Rapper Lil' Kim got her bling-bling back. An estimated $250,000 worth of jewelry belonging to the hip-hop performer and producer was recovered Friday at Kennedy International Airport, where it had disappeared a week earlier. The missing jewelry, including her signature diamond-encrusted "Queen Bee" necklace, was found wrapped in a rag by a United Airlines worker in a locker room for airline employees. The investigation continues.

7/2 A New York man has been charged with demanding $25,000 from rapper Lil' Kim to return a necklace that was taken from her luggage at JFK airport. John Acheson, 31, was charged with attempted grand larceny, attempted grand larceny by extortion and attempted coercion



7/1 Meanwhile, rapper DMX was arrested for swearing during a concert in St. Kitts and Nevis. Organizers say they warned DMX he would not be allowed to use obscenities on stage, which is a crime in the former Brit colony.

Christina Aguilera is back to her dirrty ways, and the pop tart's latest attempt to push the envelope is causing quite a stir over at MTV. Seems the video for "Can't Keep Us Down," shot by celeb photog David La Chappelle, somehow manages to outdo "Dirrty" in terms of bared flesh. So the cable channel has put the brakes on the video's debut and has ordered La Chappelle to tone it down.

7/2 The former wife of Grammy-winning rapper Eminem pleaded innocent Tuesday in Michigan to a drug charge and two driving violations. Kimberly Mathers, 28, is accused of possession of up to 25 grams of cocaine, driving with a suspended license and unsafe driving near a stopped emergency vehicle