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It might be the greatest myth in modern pop music: Whitney Houston was America’s sweetheart until Bobby Brown corrupted her — a tragedy that ended in her drug-intoxicated drowning in 2012.

But in “Whitney: Can I Be Me,” the Showtime documentary film directed by Nick…

Dick Gregory, the trailblazing comic and civil rights activist whose unique brand of comedy combined cutting wit and contemporary headlines, died Saturday.

He was 84.

Gregory died in Washington D.C. two days after his son revealed that he was hospitalized with a “serious but stable medical…

JAY-Z is finally addressing his drama with Kanye West.

The rapper got candid about the pair's running feud in an interview with Rap Radar while discussing the recording of his latest album "4:44."

The two have had a falling out after West called out JAY-Z and his family during one of his onstage rants…

Aretha Franklin, who has already announced she'll quit touring for good later this year, hopes to open a nightclub in Detroit — and she might even perform on occasion, the powerhouse vocalist told the Detroit Free Press.

"From time to time I would sing, and of course,…

R&B singer Trey Songz has reached a deal with prosecutors to reduce a felony assault charge stemming from a concert in Detroit.

The 32-year-old artist pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of disturbing the peace in a Wayne County court. He will serve 18 months of…

Meek Mill has been arrested.

As the New York police department confirmed to E! News, the 30-year-old rapper was handcuffed Thursday night around 10 p.m. at the corner of 10th Avenue and Dyckman Street in New York.

The star, whose real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, was charged with…

Kanye West and fellow rapper Kid Cudi have buried the hatchet and are working on a top-secret project in Japan, Page Six has exclusively learned.

West — who’s been keeping a low profile since his breakdown last year — has been holed up in a studio with Cudi, who…

Former Roots percussionist Frank (Knuckles) Walker is suing his old band after they cut him loose in May, but continue to use his image, according to his attorney.

According to the suit, Walker has asked the Roots to stop promoting performances and appearances with him as a member, yet they continue…

Sean (Diddy) Combs won a legal round Thursday in his bitter battle with the personal chef who says she was forced to serve the naked mogul “post-coital” cuisine.

A Los Angeles judge ruled chef Cindy Rueda signed a “plain vanilla arbitration agreement” when she took her job and must use private…

Rapper DMX can hire "substance monitors" to keep him on the wagon while he's traveling for work, his lawyer said in a new filing.

DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, has been going back and forth with Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff for permission to travel for gigs.

Rakoff on Friday ordered Simmons,…

Eazy-E founded Ruthless Records in 1986 as a platform for his upstart group, N.W.A. Now, more than 30 years later — and more than 20 years after the rapper’s death — his widow and son are battling over who controls the Ruthless name.

Tomica Woods-Wright, the widow, has owned the company since Eazy-E’s death. On…

Queen Latifah will be honored at Diddy’s fourth annual REVOLT music conference in October, where performers will include Lauryn Hill and 2 Chainz.

REVOLT announced Wednesday that the conference will take place Oct. 12-15 in Miami. Latifah will receive the Icon Award for her…

Chris Brown relived the February 2009 night he assaulted Rihanna for his new documentary “Welcome to My Life.”

Brown, then just 19, confessed to punching and pushing the “Umbrella” singer, who was 20 at the time, into the window of the Lamborghini he was driving, saying, “I felt like a f–king…

A Tribe Called Quest penned an open letter published in the Los Angeles Times regarding their cancellations at Outside Lands over the weekend.

On Saturday (Aug. 11), fans were disheartened after the storied hip-hop group unexpectedly pulled out from their performance. Things only got worse…

LeBron James has not had a lot to say on Twitter about the President of the United States in the past six months.

That has changed in the past four days.

Tuesday, the normally evasive James left nothing to decode after Donald Trump spoke in Manhattan, where he condemned the “alt left,” too,…

Natalie Cole’s son Robert Yancy was found dead in his San Fernando Valley, Calif., apartment on Monday night.

He was 39 and Cole’s only child.

The death was attributed to natural causes.

Natalie’s twin sisters, Casey and…

Wu Wear is back on the streets.

Wu-Tang Clan's Robert Diggs (RZA) and Oliver Grant (Power) tell Billboard they’re bringing back the iconic hip-hop clothing line in partnership with Live Nation’s Merchandise division. Originally launched in 1995, Wu Wear was one of hip-hop’s first clothing lines and was…

The Purple One now has a color named after him.

A new shade of purple honoring late rock legend Prince has been created by The Pantone Color Institute in collaboration with The Prince Estate.

The shade’s official name is the iconic symbol Prince changed his name to when he was “The Artist…

Legendary rapper MC Lyte married the man of her dreams over the weekend in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

“It was so beautiful and a fairytale,” Lyte, 46, told Essence of her nuptials with Marine Corp veteran John Wyche. “I got my king.”

Lyte, whose real name is Lana Moorer, met her husband on Match.com in…

How’s this for a blessing?

Chance the Rapper’s surprise free concert in Chicago Saturday night featured a cameo from a very special guest: Barack Obama.

In a pre-recorded video message, the former commander-in-chief congratulated fellow Chicagoan Chance for serving as the Grand Marshal of the city’s…