Fantasia Barrino (Source: Jyle Dupuis from Canada via Wikipedia) Fantasia Barrino (Source: Jyle Dupuis from Canada via Wikipedia)

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – Former American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino has been hospitalized in the Charlotte-area after police sources confirm that she attempted to commit suicide.

According to a report filed with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, officers responded on Monday at 8:43 p.m. to a suicide attempt call at a home on Bevington Place.

Police sources and sources close to the investigation say Barrino was found in the closet of the Glynmoor Lakes neighborhood home and she was taken to Mercy South Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center in Pineville.

According to the police report, Barrino was hospitalized with “possible internal injuries” after “ingesting medication.” The police report was classified as “suicide/overdose.” Barrino was reportedly found clutching onto an empty bottle of aspirin.

Sources tell WBTV that a production crew for Barrino’s VH1 reality show “Fantasia For Real” was at Barrino’s home on the day she overdosed.

Brian Dickens, who is Barrino’s manager in Maryland, is the one who notified CMPD that something was wrong with her, the police report stated.

According to the police report, the incident is still under investigation.

The NYPD is investigating a link between Fabolous and slain rapper G-Baby.

Police are investigating a possible link between hip-hop star Fabolous and the murder of an upstart rapper near a Queens nightclub, the Daily News has learned.

NYPD detectives aren’t sure what role, if any, the Brooklyn rapper might have played in the March killing, but a surveillance video shows Fabolous leaving Club Amazura seconds before a mystery gunman blasted Greg (G-Baby) Brown in the back.

“[Fabolous] is about to get in the car as the shooting goes down,” said a police source who watched the video.

Police and G-Baby’s relatives say the rappers – both from Bedford-Stuyvesant – had a longstanding beef, though a source said they’d put it behind them.

“My son was going to talk to Fab in a car, and he got shot three times,” grieving mother Roxanne Brown said. “I don’t know what’s going on. I just want to know who killed my son.”

Homicide investigators have yet to interview Fabolous, whose real name is John Jackson, and won’t until they get more information on his possible connection to the slaying. Police haven’t made an arrest in the March 13 shooting, and Fabolous hasn’t been named as a suspect.

Fabolous’ spokeswoman, Tammy Brook, declined comment. His lawyer, Alberto Ebanks, didn’t return calls.

G-Baby, 22, was a protégé of rapper Memphis Bleek, a Brooklyn artist who rose to stardom in the 1990s. Memphis Bleek signed G-Baby to his record label, Get Low Records. G-Baby used his ties to Memphis Bleek to schmooze with the likes of Spike Lee and Jay-Z.

News of the young rapper’s murder spread on the Internet after Fabolous wrote about it on Twitter seven hours after the shooting.

“Lost a soldier in the field this morning,” he tweeted. “R.I.P. G Baby.”

The night of the murder, G-Baby went to Club Amazura in Jamaica, Queens, without his posse, which normally would have included Memphis Bleek. G-Baby was asked to perform onstage while the crowd of 1,900 revelers anxiously awaited Fabolous’ arrival.

Fabolous got there around 3a.m., said former NYPD hip-hop crimes investigator Derrick Parker, who was at the concert helping with security. Fabolous left the stage an hour later, Parker said. Soon after he left the club, there was gunfire at Archer Ave. and 143rd St.

G-Baby was shot in the back, and a person cops said was an innocent bystander was wounded in the groin. The second victim, a 20-year-old man, survived.

Parker has worked with detectives from the 103rd Precinct and the NYPD’s intelligence unit acting as a bridge between the hip-hop community and police.

“G-Baby and Fabolous had beef before, but they supposedly squashed all of that,” Parker said.

Roxanne Brown said she wants to stay away from any rap-world drama and just focus on helping cops find her son’s killer.

“I don’t want to talk to Fabolous,” she said. “I want whoever did this to pay.”

Chris Brown’s summer schedule has just cleared up. According to the R&B star, he’s been forced to pull the plug on his European tour.

The trek was to kick off on Wednesday in Glasgow, U.K., but an apologetic Brown informed his fans on Twitter that it has since been scrapped. “SORRY to all the fans in europe!!! my tour is cancelled,” he tweeted.

He explained the reason behind the cancellation, citing his inability to gain entry into Europe. “Im pretty sure yall know. my entry was denied in your country. i love you.SORRY!!” he added. Brown’s status as a felon may have been the reason for the rejection of his visa.

The tweet was later deleted without further explanation.

INDIANAPOLIS — An NBA player and former Marion basketball standout has been implicated in an Indianapolis drug investigation.According to a probable cause affidavit, a trusted police informant identified Memphis Grizzlies player Zach Randolph as a major marijuana supplier in Indianapolis, 6News’ Jack Rinehart reported.Narcotics officers were staking out a suspected drug house on Indianapolis’ north side two weeks ago when they pulled over Arthur Boyd, 32, soon after he left the residence, near 75th Street and Binford Avenue, police said.

According to the affidavit, the Cadillac Escalade that Boyd was driving was registered to Randolph, and police found marijuana and ammunition stowed inside.”One of his vehicles had what we call hidden compartments that contained suspected narcotics, that being marijuana,” said Lt. Jeff Duhamell.Based on information found in the Escalade, police later raided a northeast side storage facility, where they said Randolph rents four lockers.According to the affidavit, a police K-9 alerted to controlled substances in two of the four units, and police found more cars with secret compartments inside.Duhamell said he had been unaware Randolph was implicated in the investigation.”Whether he is a specific target, that I don’t know,” he said. “But looking at his ownership of the vehicles, he should be aware of whose driving and operating them and possessing illegal narcotics in his vehicles. That in and of itself brings up questions.”The police informant is also quoted in the affidavit as having told investigators that Randolph was known to provide individuals with expensive cars and access to his Geist Reservoir waterfront home.Randolph’s attorney, John Tompkins, told 6News Wednesday evening that Boyd worked for his client, and that Randolph is not connected to any drug activity.”He is not in any way whatsoever involved in any kind of drug ring,” Tompkins said. “He’s beside himself, because he has made a concerted effort to get a better image.”Tompkins said Randolph’s vehicle has secret compartments as a safety precaution for concealing valuables, that police have told him the vehicles are in the process of being released and that the Grizzlies will release a statement on Thursday in support of Randolph.Randolph has a long criminal history. He was convicted of battery and sentenced to house arrest in 1997, and spent time in a juvenile detention center in 1999 for selling a stolen gun.Three years later, he was arrested on charges of underage drinking, and faced charges in Portland after police said they could smell marijuana coming from his car.Randolph’s latest arrest was in 2009 on charges of drunken driving in Los Angeles.The high school basketball star grew up in Marion and attended Marion High School, where he helped lead his team to the 2000 Class 4A State Championship.After playing one season at Michigan State University, Randolph was drafted in the first round by the Portland Blazers and went on to play with the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Clippers before being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in July of 2009.