Featured Blog Posts – May 2018 Archive (86)

Women’s advocacy group Ultraviolet is applauding Spotify’s new policy banning hate content and hateful conduct that has brought with it high profile removals of R. Kelly and XXXTentacion from curated playlists, but in an open letter published Monday (May 14) is also asking for more.

As well as R. Kelly and XXXTentacion, the letter written by Ultraviolet executive…

Last week was a big week for Rihanna in the fashion world. Not only did she co-host the Met Gala -- an event she’s practically dominated with iconic looks for nearly a decade -- she also launched her lingerie line, Savage x Fenty, on Friday.

The collection is just the latest addition to the pop star’s growing business empire, which already includes her Fenty Beauty…

Cardi B is back on Twitter.

After disappearing from social media on Saturday following some harsh comments from Azealia Banks, the “Bodak Yellow” star was tweeting Tuesday and sticking up for the new song she’s featured on, “Girls.”

The song by Rita Ora about her bisexuality, which also features Bebe Rexha and Charlie XCX, contains lyrics that haven’t sat well…

Bill Cosby will be sentenced over ​a ​two​-​day​ hearing in September, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Tuesday.

The convicted sexual predator will learn on Sept. 24 and 25 whether he’ll be sent to prison for the 2004 attack on former Temple University basketball administrator Andrea Constand.

Cosby, 80, faces up to ​30 years — ​10 years on each of the three counts…

Drake and the Migos will walk it like they talk it on a 41-date outing this summer that kicks off on July 6 in Salt Lake City. The Aubrey and the Three Amigos Tour will criss-cross North America, hitting Denver, Toronto, Miami, Detroit, Nashville, Houston, Oakland and Seattle, wrapping up with two dates at the Philips Arena in Atlanta on Nov. 16 and 17. The outing will…

Taraji P. Henson announced early Monday that she said yes to boyfriend Kelvin Hayden’s marriage proposal.

“I said yes y’all!!! He started with the Cartier love bracelet BUT that was my #Mothersday gift and then he dropped to his knee and I almost passed out!!!” Henson, 47, captioned a picture of her massive sparkler. #sheisofficiallyoffthemarket and she is…

Arnold Schwarzenegger and LeBron James are among a group of celebrities putting money into Hell’s Kitchen, sources say.

The two invested in 787 11th Ave., the office building being renovated by the Georgetown Co. with the help of architect Rafael Viñoly.

The building, where Pershing Square Capital Management will be a prime tenant, will have a tennis court on…

Popcaan is ready to make the ladies wine their waistlines and men buss a few blanks this season with the announcement of his new album, Forever. The dancehall star’s sophomore effort is set to arrive sometime this summer via Mixpak, but doesn’t have an official release date as yet.

It will follow Popcaan’s 2014 stellar mainstream debut Where We Come From, which peaked…

Jim Jones Security Gets Jumped After He Allegedly Skipped Out On A Performance In Springfield Massachusetts.…

Yo Gotti’s tour stop in Kansas City ended in tragedy when a shooting resulted in the death of one man.

Fox4 Kansas City reports the shooting happened in the parking lot across the street from Uptown Theater, where Gotti was performing. Police were called around 11:30 about the shooting. Witnesses claim the group of people were kicked out of the venue after fighting.…

Janelle Monae earns her first No. 1 set on the Top R&B Albums chart (dated May 12) as Dirty Computer opens at the summit. The album earned 54,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 3, according to Nielsen Music.

The Computer debut is helped by multiple hits from the album on the Hot R&B Songs chart. “Make Me Feel” reached No. 9 in March and…

On Saturday Cardi B was nowhere to be found on social media following Azealia Banks‘ harsh comments on “The Breakfast Club” radio show where Banks said the “Bodak Yellow” rapper, 25, has “lowered the bar” for female rappers.

“I’m just talking about this caricature of a black woman that black women themselves would never be able to get away with,” she said on Friday.…

A defiant R. Kelly took the stage Friday night in North Carolina, in spite of efforts to silence him over his treatment of women, and had barely begun performing when the bone-rattling background beat stopped playing.

“I’ve been through a lot of (expletive)” this week, he said. He thanked his fans, “for y’all to fight for me all these years.” He said someone had asked…

Rapper Juelz Santana says he’s working on new music while under home confinement after authorities said he tried to bring a gun on a plane at Newark Liberty International Airport.

In federal court on Thursday, his lawyer entered a not guilty plea to charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and carrying a weapon on an aircraft. He could face up to 20…

Want to shop Rihanna‘s much-anticipated new Savage x Fenty lingerie? To quote the singer herself, you’ll have to wait your turn — and it might be a while.

When the line went on sale early Friday, fans swarmed the site, eager to fill their carts with the collection’s size-inclusive bras, undies and sleepwear. Unfortunately, many shoppers were immediately placed in an…

When it was clear Beyoncé would be a star, Tina Knowles went out of her way to make sure that Solange didn’t feel left out.

In an interview with Maria Shriver, Knowles revealed that with Beyoncé attaining local fame at such an early age, she knew, from her own experience, that she had to make sure Solange got enough attention.

“I was very sensitive to that…

Cardi B and Nicki Minaj finally addressed their beef during Monday night’s Met Gala.

“I never was feuding with anybody; there was a misunderstanding,” Cardi, 25, told Howard Stern on Wednesday of her alleged feud with the “Pink Friday” MC. “I think she felt a certain type of way about something. I definitely felt a certain type of way about something. I didn’t wanna…

Chris Brown was the victim of a $17 million “shakedown” by the woman who claims she was raped at his home, his attorney charged.

Mark Geragos told TMZ that the “Forever” singer had nothing to do with the alleged attack during a party last year.

“If any of that were true, it would’ve been criminally investigated. Obviously it was and it was rejected,” said…

Spotify said it will no longer promote R. Kelly’s music as accusations continue to pile up that the R&B singer ran a violent “sex cult.”

The Swedish music streamer said Thursday it will stop “actively promoting” Kelly’s music through in-house playlists and algorithmic recommendations as a part of its new “public hate content and hateful conduct…

Jada Pinkett Smith isn’t proud of dating Will Smith when he was still married to his first wife, Sheree Zampino.

Pinkett Smith, 46, and Smith, 49, began dating when he and Zampino, with whom he shares son Trey, were separated, but not yet divorced. Pinkett Smith made Zampino her first guest on her “Red Table Talk” series in a special motherhood-themed episode, where…