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August 25-Sept. 1: Crashing, Burning, And Sharkjumping Posted Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:33pm PDT by Lyndsey Parker in That's Really Week It's been a rough week for hip-hop moguls. And the one having the roughest time of all has to be poor Dr. Dre. This should be an exciting and productive time for the good Doctor, as he prepares to finally release Detox, the third and final installment in his solo album trilogy. But instead, Dre is grappling with a massive catastrophe in his personal life: This past weekend, his 20-year-old son Andre Young Jr. was found dead in his bedroom. The cause of Andre's death won't be certain until toxicology test results come back in about eight weeks, but news reports reveal he died after a Saturday night out with friends. "Dr. Dre is mourning the loss of his son. Please respect his family's grief and privacy at this time," Dre's rep Lori Earl announced in a statement Monday. Given the magnitude of this tragedy, we're going to heed Lori's request, refrain from speculating about the cause of this extremely young man's suspicious death, and simply send Dre and his family our condolences at this difficult time. Moving on...compared to what Dr. Dre is going through right now, Diddy got off easy this week, but he's nevertheless had better weeks than this latest one. Last weekend, the hip-hop honcho and his everpresent crew were cruising Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles when one of his cronies' cars was pulled over for an expired tag; then somehow matters escalated (Escaladed?) to the point where the cops pulled a gun on Puff's posse. Luckily, the situation was quickly defused--unlike that gun-related, J.Lo-associated Diddy traffic incident a few years back--and no one was detained or arrested. Still, it was scary there for a moment. We're not sure if any finalists from I Wanna Work For Diddy were riding in Puffy's fleet of luxury vehicles at the time, but if they were, they probably aren't so sure they want to work for Diddy now...