Speaking of Puffy, currently he's in negotiations with former label mate Heavy D. The pair are supposed to be working on some sort of project. We'll keep you posted. Also in case, you don't know, Puffy has squared away his beef with Nas. The two made up last week. However, he still hasn't settled things with Nas' manager Steve Stoute who thus far has turned down a 2 million-dollar settlement offer for getting beat down by Puff. From what I'm being told is that all the big wigs at the record labels are involved and they're shooting for large sums of money to come out of Puff's account. Look for a settlement to be at least 5- 6 million, if one even happens. The other grumblings that keep surfacing from industry heads, is that the Steve Stout beat down is not the first time such tactics have been employed by Puff and his crew. Apparently he rolls with a roughneck crew that ills out from time to time while Puff bears witness to the proceedings. I hope this isn't true, but too many people are whispering that such is the case.