Tweets of the Week 12/15/10

50 Cent made fun of Ja Rule for getting sentenced to two years in prison via Twitter. See how Ja responded—and check out other celebrity tweets.

Kanye West (@KanyeWest) - Where’s Kanye? One of the Twitterverse’s favorites has been quiet for over two weeks now.  His last tweet, a link to the Rejectz’s “Cat Daddy” video featuring Chris Brown, was posted on December 1. He wasn’t part of Alicia Keys’ Celebrity Digital Death or anything. Let’s hope he didn’t quit Twitter when he decided to stop doing press. Come back, Yeezy! Can’t leave Twitter alone, the site needs you!

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Kanye West (@KanyeWest) - Where’s Kanye? One of the Twitterverse’s favorites has been quiet for over two weeks now. His last tweet, a link to the Rejectz’s “Cat Daddy” video featuring Chris Brown, was posted on December 1. He wasn’t part of Alicia Keys’ Celebrity Digital Death or anything. Let’s hope he didn’t quit Twitter when he decided to stop doing press. Come back, Yeezy! Can’t leave Twitter alone, the site needs you!

Nicki Minaj (@Nickiminaj) - Nicki Minaj announced a change in her album release date.  TWEET:  "Tho the release date (for all intents & purposes) for Pink Friday is 11.23.10 , it will be made available everywhere on 11.22.10."  TWEET 2:  "Implemented by the Record Company, I am neither happy nor upset by this minor change. ThankYou."

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Nicki Minaj (@NickiMinaj) - Nick loved Lil Wayne’s “6’7,” featuring Cory Gunz, but was a bit disappointed that one of her alteregos, Roman Zolanski, was excluded from the fun. Fear not: Roman shall have his revenge! TWEET: “Oh word @liltunechi? Oh word cory? Yall wanna come off w/o Roman?!?! I think Roman finna jump on dat. Pauz”

Questlove of The Roots (@Questlove) - Lil Wayne’s “6’7” has a barrage of punchlines, but one line in particular, “real Gs move in silence like lasagna,” is causing quite the debate. Questlove joined the discussion. TWEET: “CRAP i AM OLD!!!! the G is silent in LASAGNA!!!! #WayneIsDeep?”

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Questlove of The Roots (@Questlove) - Lil Wayne’s “6’7” has a barrage of punchlines, but one line in particular, “real Gs move in silence like lasagna,” is causing quite the debate. Questlove joined the discussion. TWEET: “CRAP i AM OLD!!!! the G is silent in LASAGNA!!!! #WayneIsDeep?”

Fabolous: November 18 - The Brooklyn rapper celebrates his 31st birthday.

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Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) - Fab’s sense of humor definitely comes out on Twitter. TWEET: “Oh s**t.. I found a iPhone app dedicated to all you b*****s mad at me.. Its called Angry Birds. Download & Enjoy!!”

Diggy Simmons - It's a beautiful thing to really see young people have that drive and ambition to make it on the Billboard charts. Justin [Bieber] is a friend of mine. We both have been friends before he blew up and to see him turn into a megastar, it's crazy, man! It's just a beautiful thing.

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Diggy Simmons (@diggy_simmons) - Diggy has a new mixtape on the way. TWEET: “Past Present(s) Future is a mixtape of 80's/90's hip hop classics that I went in over, including 'Shook Ones,' and its comin 12/23, GET READY!”

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Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) - It looks like Diddy has every celebrity known to man on his payroll promoting Last Train to Paris, even Justin Bieber. The teen sensation encouraged his followers to buy the album and even posted the iTunes link for them to purchase it. TWEET: “Just got to show luv to my big bro @iamdiddy and his new album Last Train To Paris."

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Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) - It looks like Diddy has every celebrity known to man on his payroll promoting Last Train to Paris, even Justin Bieber. The teen sensation encouraged his followers to buy the album and even posted the iTunes link for them to purchase it. TWEET: “Just got to show luv to my big bro @iamdiddy and his new album Last Train To Paris."

Keri Hilson (@Misskeribaby) - Keri Hilson would like for you to welcome Jamie Foxx to Twitter.  TWEET: “Uh ohhhh...JAMIE FOXX done messed around & joined twitter- I'm furreal-doh!! Follow my boy @iamjamiefoxx!!”

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Keri Hilson (@MissKeriBaby) - Add Keri Hilson to the long list of Glee fans. The singer recently watched the popular TV series for the first time. TWEET: “I confess, this is my 1st time seeing GLEE...but I LOVE IT!!”

Trey Songz (@songzyuuup) - Trey Songz is dying to know what you thought of his Spring Bling performance. “Heard Spring Bling is on...How is it? Ladies whatchall think????”

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Trey Songz (@TreySongz): - Trigga Trey was bummed that the OMG tour had to cancel its stop in his home state of Virginia. TWEET: “My apologies 4 the cancellation of the OMG tour 2day. I was looking more forward to this show than any other.”

Ludacris - "My Chick Bad,", his collaboration with Nicki Minaj, and "How Low" received a nominations for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Rap Solo Performance respectively.

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Ludacris (@Ludacris) - Luda’s Cpgnac brand, Conjure, is kind of a big deal. Even actress Alyssa Milano knows it. TWEET: “@Ludacris Currently eating an avocado roll and getting my #Conjure on.” She then tweeted “where my dawgs at” and posted a pic of her dog with a bottle of Conjure. Classic!

Joe Budden - Budden ironically refers to a legendary NCAA coach on a song entitled, "NBA." "If you wack, you need to probably write/Either that or quit it, throw in the chair like you Bobby Knight," he suggests.

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Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) - Major League Baseball’s hottest free agent is now a Philadelphia Phillie. But Joe Budden, presumably a Yankee fan, doesn’t like it one bit. TWEET: “Hey Cliff Lee, u couldve saved us a lot of time & speculation ya'know.”

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Price Confusion - Diddy responded via Twitter about fans being overcharged during his Notorious B.I.G. tribute party at The Lab in Brooklyn: “I am not promoting the party," he tweeted. "I'm not making money from this. ... As soon as I get there, I will tell them to stop trying to overcharge people."

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Diddy (@iamdiddy) - Puff’s been busy taking testimonials on the greatness of his latest project, Last Train to Paris. TWEET: “RT @__bells_: been listening to #LTTP all day on my ipod!! fantastic album, def worth the wait!! get out and buy it. stocking fillers! RT!! “

B.o.B - Bobby Ray is a first-time nominee who will be competing in several categories. "Nothing on You," featuring Bruno Mars, is nominated for Record of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Collabo and Best Rap Song, while "Airplanes, Part II" is up for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. His B.o.B. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray is also nominated for Best Rap Album.

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B.o.B (@bobatl) - Look out! B.o.B and The Game are working together. Only time will tell where the song will end up. TWEET: “@thegame Its an honor to collab with you homie! Gotta get it in again!!! Don't let up on these jokers...”

Russian Premiere - Actor Tyrese Gibson makes his entrance to the Russian premiere of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” in Moscow. REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky

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Tyrese (@Tyrese) - Tyrese isn’t too fond of attention-starved celebrities. The R&B singer/actor went on a mini Twitter rant airing out stars who pose for the paparazzi rather than dodge them. TWEET: “Truth be told.. There are a LOT of the media whores who actually CALL THE PAPZ and tell them where they are going.. Desperate anyone?”

Lawsuit - According to the Associated Press, Rick Ross’ former girlfriend Lastonia Leviston has filed a suit against 50 for illegally releasing a sex tape she's featured in, last year.

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50 Cent (@50cent) - The word ‘compassion’ isn’t in 50 Cent’s vocabulary…at least not when it comes to Ja Rule. Upon learning that his old nemesis was sentenced to two years in prison for gun possession, Fif took to Twitter to sarcastically lend Ja his support. TWEET: “Damn da homie jah rule gotta do 2 years. Tell him I said don't worry I got him when he come home. Lol”

Lawsuit - According to the Associated Press, Rick Ross’ former girlfriend Lastonia Leviston has filed a suit against 50 for illegally releasing a sex tape she's featured in, last year.

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50 Cent (@50cent) - The word ‘compassion’ isn’t in 50 Cent’s vocabulary…at least not when it comes to Ja Rule. Upon learning that his old nemesis was sentenced to two years in prison for gun possession, Fif took to Twitter to sarcastically lend Ja his support. TWEET: “Damn da homie jah rule gotta do 2 years. Tell him I said don't worry I got him when he come home. Lol”

Ja Rule - Diehard rap fans clowned Ja Rule when he first started singing the hooks on his songs in that raspy Ja voice, but once the songs started breaking records on the charts, there wasn't anything anyone could say.

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Ja Rule (@Ruleyork) - Ja apparently got wind of Fif’s tweet and responded for old times’ sake. TWEET: “@50cent Nigga u P***Y shut up before I smack u in yo mouth again lol!! The nerve of some n****s!!!” Fif never fired back. Ja’s Twitter account was mysteriously hacked the next day.