Featured Blog Posts – May 2019 Archive (98)

In light of his newly-minted gold album I Am > I Was, 21 Savage will be embarking on a summer trek alongside one of hip-hop's brightest new stars, DaBaby.

Produced by Live Nation, 21's I Am > I Was Tour will launch July 21 in Oklahoma City and will include major-city stops in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago before concluding at Atlanta's Coca Cola Roxy on…

Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly appeared in Chicago court Tuesday for a hearing in the child sex-abuse case against him.

His lawyer said the hearing would just be dealing with some minor legal clean-up before trial, according to a local ABC-TV affiliate.

Kelly faces charges he sexually assaulted three underage girls and a woman.

He has pleaded not…

Tamar Braxton is too busy to attend her 24-year-old niece’s funeral.

The “Braxton Family Values” star, who is touring with Kandi Burruss for her “Welcome to the Dungeon” experience, said on Instagram live that she wouldn’t be attending Lauren “LoLo” Braxton’s funeral because she’s exhausted from work and doesn’t have the time to make it.

“I’ve been M.I.A.…

Blink-182 and Lil Wayne have announced a joint headlining tour for 2019. Produced by Live Nation, the North American trek will kick off on June 28 in Columbus, Ohio and hit an additional 37 dates through September.

The joint tour will see the artists play both indoor and outdoor venues with support from Neck Deep. The tour will reach major including Tampa, Houston,…

Four men have been accused of trying to pull the ultimate scam by getting wealthy investors to pay millions of dollars for concerts they claimed would be headlined by megastar acts Rihanna, Janet Jackson and Bruno Mars.

According to New York Daily News, authorities were first made aware of the alleged scam back in July 2018 when a lawyer for the entertainment company…

Kevin Hunter doesn’t want to walk away from Wendy Williams without some money.

Hunter filed his response to her divorce petition and is requesting spousal support, as well as child support for their son, Kevin Hunter Jr., even though he’s 18 and will turn 19 in August, according to court documents obtained by Page Six. Hunter is also requesting the famed talk show…

Diana Ross claimed Sunday that she felt “violated” and was close to tears as a TSA agent felt between her legs during an airport pat-down.

“I was treated like s–t,” the 75-year-old music legend wrote in the first of a series of early morning tweets. “Makes me want to cry.”

The “Endless Love” songstress said she was “treated like royalty” in New Orleans — where…

Aretha Franklin‘s estate is asking the court for permission to sell off some land the late singer owns, saying there is a $5.2 million tax debt to pay off.

The estate is asking for permission to sell off a vacant lot Franklin owns in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

The 1.05-acre lot was purchased by Franklin years ago and the estate is offering it for $1.4 million…

Kanye West is being accused of using his celebrity status to advance his scheme of defrauding “hardworking” and “innocent” workers and a fashion company is demanding he not be allowed to get away with it.

According to court documents obtained by The Blast, the Japanese fabric supplier Toki Sen-I Co. is responding to Kanye and Yeezy’s attempt to dismiss their lawsuit…

Federal authorities are looking for more sex tapes of R. Kelly allegedly involving underage girls, according to TMZ.

The site reported that the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois has interviewed “parties closely associated with Kelly” about possible tapes of the singer having sex with minors.…

John Singleton‘s mother has filed his will with the court and it names his eldest daughter Justice the beneficiary.

According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Sheila Ward says the will calls for her to be the executor of the estate, which she agrees to.

Ward says the will was created in 1993 and at the time the will was drafted, only Singleton’s…

Snoop Dogg raged against Facebook for banning his “dear brother” Louis Farrakhan in an expletive-filled rant in which he also threatened to boycott the site.

The livid “Gin and Juice” rapper went off in a pair of videos posted Thursday on Instagram.

“Facebook and Instagram just banned the minister Louis Farrkahn. I want to know for what,” Snoop…

Rapper BlocBoy JB has been arrested for felony gun possession.

The Memphis emcee, whose real name is James Baker, was arrested at a home in Shelby County, Tenn., early Friday morning, hours before he was scheduled to perform at the Beale Street Music Festival, reports Fox 13 Memphis.

The 22-year-old, who was among 20 people detained at the residence, is facing…

Jennifer Hudson and her ex, David Otunga, have been unable to reach a deal in their nasty custody battle and the court has now set a trial date for them to face off.

According to court documents obtained by The Blast, the trial will begin on August 5, where Hudson and Otunga will testify in court to argue their case. The order notes the trial can continue on for…

The memorial located outside Nipsey Hussle’s clothing store is being shut down because of grifters trying to make a quick buck off the late rapper’s memory.

Nipsey’s family has decided to put an end to the memorial because it’s ended up drawing all sorts of opportunistic types trying to cash in on his tragic death, reports TMZ.

Rather than be a spot for fans…

Offset tweeted — then deleted — his thoughts on the arrest warrant issued for allegedly smacking a fan’s phone out of his hand.

“HARDEST THING I EVER DONE WAS BEING A BLACK MEN (TARGET) AND A RAPPER (TARGET) s–t is crazy !!!” the Migos rapper posted on Thursday.

The tweet was taken down minutes later.

Police in Sandy Springs, Ga., have issued an arrest…

Showtime has put in development “Omniverse,” a limited half-hour anthology series from Kanye West, Scooter Braun’s SB Projects, Westbrook Studios and writer Lee Sung Jin (“Undone”), with Jaden Smith attached to star and executive produce.

Written by Lee, “Omniverse” examines the many doors of perception. Season 1 explores the Ego through an alternate reality Kanye…

Bushwick Bill, one of the founding members of the Geto Boys, revealed he’s battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

Bill, 52, told TMZ that he received the diagnosis in February and has been receiving intense chemotherapy treatments, though it’s too early to tell how his body’s been responding to the chemo.

The diagnosis came as a shock to the “Damn It Feels Good…