August 2017 Blog Posts (232)

When Notorious B.I.G.’s funeral procession rolled through his native Bed-Stuy in 1997, mourners began blasting his track “Hypnotize,” and it subsequently turned the rapper’s wake into a party. Just weeks later, it gave Biggie (a k a Christopher Wallace) his first Billboard No. 1, and was…

“The Breakfast Club” DJ Charlamagne tha God and Rolling Stone have buried the hatchet over the magazine’s misidentifying Charlamagne as a rapper who made controversial “transphobic” comments on his show — by making a joint donation to charity.

The brouhaha began when transgender rights activist Janet…

The Houston native announced on Instagram that the concert, titled “Orion’s Rise,” will take place in Boston’s Orpheum Theater on Sept. 28. Knowles will be joined on stage…

Brownsville-bred fighter Zab Judah was sent to a neutral corner by a Queens County Family Court judge who pulled no punches in sentencing the 39-year-old pugilist to three months in jail.

Judah was in court on Wednesday over $120,000 in back child support payments and didn’t have the dough. In fact, it…

Flavor Flav needs money. So says a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday, in which Flav accuses Public Enemy co-founder Chuck D and two business managers of cheating him out of royalties and merchandising revenue.

Flav — real name, William Drayton — contends that his Public Enemy royalties have dwindled…

The former lead singer of Soul II Soul, Melissa Bell, has died at the age of 53.

Bell was best known for her stint in the Grammy award-winning band, which she joined in 1993. Among her recordings with the band were the singles ‘Wish’ (1993) and 1995’s ‘Be A Man’, but Bell left Soul II…

Off the upcoming project #SAD

New single ChristianRose and Stickz Greenz - The Man Who Stole The World

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Not everyone is thrilled with Kevin Hart’s Hurricane Harvey challenge.

In a series of Instagram videos, the comedian called out several celebrities to donate $25,000 to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts but while many heeded the call, Master P wasn’t too pleased with Hart’s method.…

As Chrissy Teigen cuts back on drinking, her husband, John Legend, is right by her side.

“When she was thinking about how she wanted to drink less, we talked about it,” Legend told Cosmopolitan. “I just want to support her. I want her to be happy and to live the fullest, most…

Singer Tweet is in the hospital with blood clots in her lungs and right arm.

Missy Elliot alerted her 1.2 million followers to the news, saying, “Sending prayers up for my sis @Tweet_ who has blood clots in both lungs… We are asking for your prayers for healing… Amen.”

Tweet’s longtime…

Will Smith, 48, and DJ Jazzy Jeff, 52, collaborated on a track called “Get Lit” — almost 20 years after the pair collaborated during the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” era.

The duo’s last jam was “Lovely Daze” back in 1998.

But why get back together after all this time? Well, they are…

Kanye West may have had a nervous breakdown, but he has to prove it if he wants the money back from his canceled tour.

In a countersuit filed by a syndicate for his insurance company Lloyd's of London, documents alleged that West's team is refusing to provide the necessary proof…

The upcoming made-for-TV biopic about Bobbi Kristina Brown unveiled a new trailer Tuesday, and the clip reveals a young woman stuck in the throes of a controversial relationship while crumbling under the pressures of living up to the star power of her famous mother.

"You never heard her…

Puff, puff, pass the remote!

Netflix has officially taken binge watching to new heights, releasing their own line of show-inspired marijuana strains.

According to a press release obtained by Variety, the streaming giant teamed up with a West Hollywood, Calif., dispensary to brand weed after some of…