Common may not have been looking to be part of a Thursday Throwdown, but with Bill O'Reilly and other Fox News anchors speaking out against him, he's found himself involved in some major controversy.

It all started when Michelle Obama invited Common to The White House for a poetry event last week. The invite seemed like a harmless gesture, but the peeps over at Fox News jumped all over it, claiming that Common shouldn't be allowed to go because of his history of "violent" lyrics and his support of "cop killers."

What's the cop killers deal about? Well, Common has admitted publicly that he supports Joanne Chesimard, a woman convicted of killing a New Jersey state tropper. The people in Common's corner, including Daily Show host Jon Stewart, argue that Common believes Joanne to be innocent, and therefore, he's not "celebrating a cop killer," but merely defending someone who may have been wrongly accused.

Tons of other rappers are coming to Common's defense, and the most vocal of them all is Nas. In an interview with MTV, Nas said, "The people who feel like Common shouldn't be performing are really old in their thinking. It's like your grandparents have a microphone, and not even smart grandparents ? just ignorant grandparents...Things change. So, a smart grandparent is gonna say, 'OK, I get it.' Ignorant grandparents who are just stuck in their own ways, they just need to die."

What do you think of the whole situation? Do you think Common's "violent" lyrics and support of Joanne Chesimard should keep him blacklisted from The White House? Or are the people over at Fox News just making a big deal out of nothing? Watch Bill O'Reilly's debate with Jon Stewart, then give us your opinion in the comments!

We've got a pretty serious Throwdown on our hands today. Rapper Joe Budden and his most recent ex, video star Esther Baxter, are taking their breakup public -- and it's getting nasty.

Esther recently accused Joe of getting physical during a fight, and she says he caused her to have a miscarriage. Esther explains, "We got into an argument and he just basically ended up choking me so I couldn't breathe...sitting on my stomach for a half hour while I was three months pregnant. I went to the hospital where I found out that I lost my daughter." Baxter even went so far as to release pictures of her bruised body online, alleging the marks were from Budden.

When it comes to whose baby Esther was carrying, Joe says he has "no comment," though he accuses Esther of cheating with NFL player Derrick Ward.

Cheating aside, is Esther's story true? Did Budden really hurt her so bad she lost her baby? Joe says no. During a recent interview with NYC radio station Power 105.1, Joe said, "The only thing you gotta understand is Esther is a liar. Like a bad one...those pictures are probably doctored."

Later on in the interview, Joe does admit to getting into an altercation with Esther, but says he was only defending himself because she was going crazy. Joe explains, "I put her on the ground, I don't throw her on the ground...I do get on top of her. Do I sit on her stomach? No...I'm not sitting on her applying my 194 pounds on her stomach. I have her arms and all the pressure is on my two legs...I'm saying to her, 'Yo, chill, Stop,"...After about a minute, maybe two minutes the most, I get off her...To me, that's it. It's over."

Listen to Joe's interview, then tell us: Whose side are you on? Do you think he really caused the miscarriage, or is Esther a liar? Talk it out in the comments.

You can see some Throwdowns coming a mile away, but others are more random -- like the beef between Bruno Mars and Odd Future's Tyler, The Creator.

It all started when Tyler decided to diss Bruno on his track, "Yonkers." In addition to calling out Bruno's buddy B.o.B., Tyler raps, "Stab Bruno Mars in his goddamn esophagus." The lyrics made waves, so much so that MTV recently asked Tyler about his feelings toward Mars. His response? "F*** him. He look like a dumb b****." Ouch!

"Yonkers" debuted back in March, and Bruno Mars hasn't commented publicly about it -- until now. So, did he go off on Tyler in an attempt to settle the score? Not really. Bruno seems to be taking the high road, saying, "[Tyler] has to wait in line if he wants to stab me. He's definitely not the first guy that's said something like that to me, and he's not going to be the last. That's what comin' up is. You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.''

So, what do you think? Are you Team Bruno or Team Tyler? Fight it out in the comments!

The drama between NeNe Leakes and Star Jones on Celebrity Apprentice has reached EPIC proportions, and because of their recent catfight, NeNe and Star are our throwdown of the week!

There's been tension between the two reality stars all season, but the drama reached a boiling point on Sunday night's episode when NeNe accused Star of plotting against her, and "throwing her under the bus." She got in Star's face on camera, and threatened to "take her down." But, what most fans don't know is that the drama continued backstage. In a bonus clip from the show, NeNe had this to say about Star:

"Trying to play a strategic game with me...who the f*** do you think you are?...Bring your street game...Shut the f*** up, punk a** b****!"

Star kept her cool, but she's not biting her tongue completely. She sat down with Ellen Degeneres this week, and had this to say about the incident with NeNe: "I was thinking, 'I need to keep calm.' Because, not for nothing Ellen, but when you're confronted in the wild with an uncaged animal, you're supposed to retreat."

And, in the bonus clip from Celebrity Apprentice, Star revealed, "This is not the Atlanta Housewives, and I was bound and determined to show America the difference in the way an educated black woman handles stress and the way that someone who is not educated handles stress."

Check out the videos below, then tell us: Whose side are you on? Do you think Star started the drama by plotting against NeNe, or has NeNe just lost her mind? Sound off in the comments!

Everyone has their own opinion on Charlie Sheen nowadays, but Tracy Morgan recently decided to make his thoughts about the troubled star public. And that brings us to today's Throwdown...are you ready?

Morgan recently sat down for an interview, and when the topic turned to Charlie, he had this to say:

"Charlie Sheen ain't funny to me. I think that's a trainwreck and I feel bad for his kids because they're the bodies being pulled out of the trainwreck. While this a**hole is going on stage making a fool of himself, his kids are going to suffer and don't even know it because this is a cycle of abuse."

"Life is what you make of it," Morgan continued. "If life is hard then you've got to look at the mistakes you're making because as you get older life is supposed to get easier. That's what wisdom is for, that's what knowledge is for, that's what understanding is for. But, people make it hard because they're insane; they keep doing the same things over and over again expecting different results, so they get disappointed."

What do you think of Tracy's comments? Does he have a point, or is he totally out of line for calling Charlie "insane" and an "a**hole"? Vote in the poll below, then leave a comment to really sound off on how you feel.

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