Featured Blog Posts – October 2017 Archive (99)

Incarcerated rap mogul Suge Knight claims Dr. Dre spent tens of thousands of dollars to have him killed, new court documents reportedly assert.

Knight asserts in the new court filing that he's seen the check for $20,000 that Dr. Dre allegedly filled out to serve as a payment to have his former Death Row Records colleague killed, TMZ reported, citing the…

Two people have been charged in a shooting on the set of a Denzel Washington movie in Boston that injured two security guards.

The shooting happened early Saturday in the city's Roxbury section, on the set of a sequel to the "The Equalizer."

Police say nothing was being filmed at the time, and it does not appear the guards were targeted.

The guards, a…

A new feud is revving up on the "Fast and Furious" set.

"F9," the next installment of the wildly popular franchise, had its release date postponed earlier this week, and Tyrese Gibson is placing the blame on his co-star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

The actor, 38, took to Instagram Wednesday to blast the "Moana" star for apparently selfish behavior, and alluded to…

Rapper DMX’s fraud trial will start in February, a judge decided Thursday.

DMX, whose legal name is Earl Simmons, appeared in Manhattan Federal Court at 4 p.m.The “Party Up” singer had pleaded not guilty on July 14 to charges he avoided paying some $1.7 million in income taxes.

During a brief proceeding, prosecutor Patrick Egan told Judge Jed Rakoff he expected…

Amid NFL protests against racial injustice and police brutality, John Legend and Jesse Williams are bringing one of the most famous athlete protests to film.

The two are executive producing a new documentary called “With Drawn Arms” about Olympic gold medalist and NFL wide receiver Tommie Smith and his Olympic protest, Deadline reported Thursday.…

Embattled filmmaker Harvey Weinstein probably wishes he could re-edit these comments.

Shortly after sexual harassment allegations against Weinstein surfaced Thursday, the Miramax co-founder released a statement that included an apparent quote or lyric from JAY-Z on the rapper's recent release, "4:44."

But the quote that Weinstein used appears to be made-up, or…

With the recent tragic events unfolding in our country and the surrounding areas, its important that we do what we can to help those less fortunate than us. In the spirit of giving, Jay-Z is opening his 40/40 Club for an exclusive event geared at hurricane relief.

According to TMZ, the Jigga man is renting out his Manhattan club tonight (Oct. 4) for Disaster Relief…

Gabrielle Union opens up about race, sexual assault, family and even her fertility struggles with her husband, Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade, in her upcoming book, “We’re Going To Need More Wine.”

“I have had eight or nine miscarriages,” the 44-year-old actress reveals. “In order to tell you the exact number, I would have to get my medical records. (I am also not sure…

Tyrese Gibson is reportedly being investigated by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) after his ex-wife claimed he abused their 10-year-old daughter.

Gibson's ex-wife Norma (Mitchell) Gibson accused the actor of spanking their 10-year-old daughter between 12 and 16 times and her attorney revealed in court Tuesday that DCFS has…

It’s been over a year since Jhene Aiko filed for divorce from Dot Da Genius, but now, the divorce is officially final.

According to a report from TMZ, since the couple was only married for 11 months and had no kids together, it wasn’t a messy process and the two were able to reach a financial settlement.

Rumors of the the singer’s split from Dot came shortly…

Keyshia Ka’oir and Gucci Mane tie the knot next month, and the bride tells us, “I went on tour with Gucci in 2010 — that is when it really started to get serious. I fell in love with Gucci when I bathed him . . . I put him in a shower and just bathed him. I just did things to him and he looked at me and said, ‘Wow, no one has ever bathed me before.’”…

How does an R&B singer not have a pair of good headphones to listen to music with? Well, singer, Christopher Williams didn’t have a pair so so he decided to take one according to TMZ.

On Saturday, September 30, 2017, the R&B singer was arrested at a Kohl’s store in Georgia for swiping a pair of JBL headphones priced at $100.

Wearing a baseball cap and…

21 Savage is head over heels for Amber Rose, and he has no problems showing it to the fullest. After attending her SlutWalk event in Los Angeles this past weekend, the Atlanta rapper received a decent amount of criticism and jokes from social media about participating and holding a sign that said “I’m A Hoe Too,” but now he and his girlfriend are issuing their own…

Migos are looking to touch down at a theater near you.

The boys of Migos recently hit up the Beats 1 radio show for a detailed conversation with Zane Lowe, and one of the more interesting tidbits of information came about when Zane asked the group about their future endeavors outside of music. Offset immediately answered "movies," prompting Zane to inquire exactly…

Muhammad Ali was showing signs of brain damage when he was just 29, says author Jonathan Eig.

While researching “Ali: A Life,” his meticulous and massive Ali bio, Eig discovered that one of the boxer’s corner men — a doctor — noticed signs of brain damage in 1971, the year he first fought Joe Frazier for the heavyweight title. But it would be another decade before Ali…

There have been many people who were “canceled” by black Twitter for their allegiance to Donald Trump. Chrisette Michele was the first, Jim Brown, Ray Lewis and Steve Harvey merited an impending cancelation notice for meeting with the president at Trump Towers and the list goes on.

Tina Campbell however is earning a new type of cancelation after she admitted to voting…

The juice is officially loose after being released from a Nevada prison under the cover of darkness, officials announced Sunday.

O.J. Simpson was released from the Lovelock Correctional Center shortly after midnight, local time, and walked out to a waiting driver in the facility’s parking lot before driving away, officials said.

“I don’t have any information on…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fans of rapper Lil Wayne will be offered refunds after the recording artist refused to pass through a security check to enter a South Carolina arena, and skipped the concert.

A statement Sunday by managers of the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia says Lil Wayne refused to enter the building when security workers sought to apply "the venue's…

Rapper JAY-Z didn’t bend the knee during the “Saturday Night Live” season premiere, but he did the next best thing.

The Brooklyn native paid tribute to former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s 2016 protest of the national anthem by wearing his number seven jersey onstage.

The black and white jersey had “Colin K” emblazoned on the…