Featured Blog Posts – April 2018 Archive (96)

Russell Simmons claims one of his rape accusers is a liar who sent him nudes after they had a consensual relationship.

In court documents the rap mogul alleges that 37-year-old Jennifer Jarosik sent him unsolicited nude pictures and propositioned him through text messages.

Simmons claims that he met Jarosik, a “self-described ‘self-employed Tai/Yoga body work…

One of the men that allegedly participated in Safaree’s robbery was an old friend.

The 2 men suspected of robbing Safaree at gunpoint Monday were busted after cops chased them down over the George Washington Bridge, from New Jersey into New York.

Police were following the alleged robbery suspects in Fort Lee, NJ. Cops followed them over the bridge, and at…

Things aren’t looking up for DMX. After being mandated to serve a one-year sentence in jail for tax evasion, a judge reportedly slapped on a hefty restitution bill that is likely to make anyone’s head spin. A judge reportedly ordered the New York veteran rapper to pay $2.3 million in compensation for tax evasion, according to TMZ.

Luckily, the “What’s My Name” rapper…

Rapper Kendrick Lamar is now deep in the real estate game. The 30-year-old plucked a few dollars from his money trees and bought a Calabasas, Calif., home for $2.65 million, TMZ reported.

Here are five fun things to know about the hip-hop artist’s move into the home-buying biz.

1. Lamar the landlord?

Although it’s a sweet spot, Lamar apparently won’t…

Vivica A. Fox celebrated the release of her new book, “Every Day I’m Hustling,” at Limani on Tuesday, and she told Page Six that the tome dishes on her ex-boyfriend, rapper 50 Cent, as well as how she lived in the New York apartment of late legend Prince when she was starting out.

“50 is definitely in the book. He was the one that got away, for sure. I have moved on…

New reports indicate that Kris Jenner, the infamous Kardashian-Jenner momager, is set to guide the careers of two of the hottest hip-hop artists today, Kanye West and Travis Scott, who just so happen to be the significant others to two of her daughters, Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, respectively.

According to Page Six, Jenner has already gotten a head start on her…

Rapper In Hot Water With Uncle Sam For Allegedly Failing To Pay Taxes In Several Years

His rap heyday was almost 15 years ago.

But that apparently hasn’t stopped Ja Rule from raking in the dough, because the IRS has hit him with a tax lien for nearly $400,000, and alleged he failed to pay taxes from 2004 through 2015.

The feds slapped Ja Rule – whose…

Cardi B will co-host “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday, April 9. After chatting with host Fallon, and performing, in support of the April 6 debut of album “Invasion of Privacy,” she will stick around to interview the evening’s other guests with Fallon.

It’s the first time the show has named a “co-host,” NBC says.

It’s Cardi B’s third visit to…

Jay-Z and his mother, Gloria Carter, grew a lot closer after she came out of the closet.

“Imagine having lived your life for someone else. And you think you’re protecting your kids,” Jay-Z shared in an interview for the Netflix show “My Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman” airing on April 6. “And for my mother to have to live as someone that she wasn’t…

A man who threw a banana peel at Dave Chappelle during a 2015 performance in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is suing the comedian and a man presumed to be his bodyguard.

Christian Englander’s lawsuit filed Friday contends the presumed bodyguard struck Englander twice as he was being restrained.

Englander, who is white, has said he had no racial motivation when he threw…

This is definitely not God’s plan or is it the ‘bad things’ they are wishing?

Drake is scheduled to appear in court next month for an assault trial.

According to reports, a producer of the name Detail, real name Noel Fisher is suing the Canadian rapper and his bodyguard Chubbs over an alleged 2014 assault at the Drizzy’s L.A. mansion. He claimed in the summer…

Safaree Samuels, Nicki Minaj’s ex-boyfriend, says he was robbed at gunpoint Monday.

The alleged incident occurred before Samuels, 36, sat down for an interview with Angie Martinez.

In a short clip posted to Instagram, the rapper, nearly in tears, told the radio host, “I just got robbed at gunpoint.”

“A couple hours ago … Two dudes with guns just…

A judge has ruled Meek Mill should remain behind bars while appealing a prison sentence for violating probation, saying the rapper's drug use, arrests and other issues while under supervision merited the jail time.

Judge Genece Brinkley turned down Mill's bid for release on bail in a ruling late Thursday while he appeals the 2- to 4-year sentence she issued for what…

A father knows his children best.

Just ask Mathew Knowles, who told Wendy Williams he “laughed” after watching footage of daughter Solange Knowles attack Jay-Z in an elevator following the May 2014 Met Gala.

“I have to tell you, I laughed so hard. I laughed so hard because, if you know Solange — that’s Solange,” the 66-year-old quipped.

“You just never…

Gucci Mane is settling his debts.

The rapper, 38, paid off a total of $823,358.50 to the IRS in back taxes, according to The Blast. The lien was filed because of his debts from 2008, 2010 and 2011.

Mane — whose real name is Radric Delantic Davis — was released from his 36-month prison sentence for gun possession in 2016. His probation was terminated early…

RZA wants to get “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” back in the family.

The Wu-Tang Clan co-founder sold the single copy of the album to convicted felon and former pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli in 2015.

The disgraced “Pharma Bro,” who…