TMZ reports that Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48. A rep for the singer told Associated Press that she passed away this afternoon.

Lil Wayne announced the signing of a new member to Young Money Saturday night (February 11) while performing alongside Drake during the annual Cash Money Grammy weekend party. The YMCMB head Honcho also took the time to honor the memory of the late, great Whitney Houston, who passed away earlier that night, and to take jabs at Jay-Z and Kanye West.

Whitney Houston passed away only a day before the Grammys, and at the time details of her death were foggy.

With Whitney Houston‘s funeral set for tomorrow (Feb.18), her on-off love interest Ray J finally spoke out about this great loss via a statement to The Associated Press (per Ace Showbiz) about the ‘I Will Always Love You’ singer’s death.

Whitney Houston's funeral packed the inside of Newark's New Hope Baptist Church Saturday. But one notable person who was absent from the crowd was her ex-husband Bobby Brown.



A witness tells Us Weekly that Brown "was allowed to go in, pay his respects and then he had to leave. He was red-eyed going up to the casket and then left. He was there for 15 minutes."

The family of Whitney Houston has given their side on why Bobby Brown left Whitney Houston's funeral last Saturday. Houston family lawyer Mark Trigg called up an Atlanta radio station, saying that Bobby didn't agree with the seating arrangements and brought uninvited guests.