Malcolm X's youngest daugther was sentenced to five years probation today for swindling an elderly widow out of $55,000 by running up charges on her credit card.
Malikah Shabazz, 46, has been ordered to pay back the money she stole or risk being thrown into prison for seven years.
Shabazz declined to comment on the sentence afterward, except to note "I… Continue
Former Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu, a hard-throwing righthander touted as a superstar when he arrived in New York from Japan in May of 1997 but then elicted a famous insult from George Steinbrenner, was found dead in his Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. home Thursday.
"He was found dead by an apparent suicide," Sgt. Michael Arriaga of the Los Angeles County Sherriff's… Continue
An Arizona sicko beat his girlfriend to death for cheating on him and then lived with her decomposing corpse for nearly two months, police said.
Erik C. Grumpelt, 35, was arrested Monday after his father called Mesa, Ariz., police to say his son was living with a dead woman, police said in a statement.
Cops who raided his apartment found the badly… Continue
Chris Brown’s banner year keeps getting better. The R&B superstar has been announced as a performer for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
Breezy will return to the VMA stage to perform for the first time since 2007. He is nominated for two awards at the 28th annual show including Best Hip-Hop Video and Best Collaboration for “Look at Me Now.”
Police in Virginia are trying to track down a man believed to have slashed at least five women on the butt.
A few days ago, an 18-year-old woman was shopping at Forever 21 in Fairfax, Virginia when she felt a sharp pain on her rear end, report from NBC Washington. She told police she thought at first that she had been struck with a clothes hanger. Only… Continue
Big Sean joined the Breakfast Club to speak on recent shots taken at the G.O.O.D. music family and his future projects.
Although Sean said he has Ye's back, with Consequence lashing out at G.O.O.D. and ‘Ye, the Detroit, Michigan native explains that he's steering clear of the drama.
"Kanye, that situation with him and Consequence, that's way… Continue
Authorities in Michigan don't believe that the 20-year-old babysitter who listed her cousin's 2-year-old daughter for sale on eBay really intended to sell the child. They thought she might have been trying to swindle someone out of the $1,000 asking price, but she claims it was all a joke.
Whatever her motivation, Autumn Braden of Ottawa County was arrested on felony… Continue
Al Reynolds isn’t playing any games out here. He’s gonna get his money no matter how he has to…even if that means showing up to his ex-wife’s book signing and serving her with court papers. To say that Star was pissed would be an understatement. Apparently, Reynolds went out of his way to serve Star the papers because she broke an agreement between the two of them to not make… Continue
It may have been Kelly Rowland's party, but it turned into Beyoncé's room.
The sultry "Single Ladies" songstress took part in a Destiny's Child reunion at the Top of the Standard on Tuesday night, but only after her former bandmates came to her.
With her husband, Jay-Z, out on the West Coast, Beyoncé showed up at the Standard Hotel hot spot accompanied only by… Continue
A movie screening turned into a scene out of a Hollywood blockbuster Wednesday after a near riot broke out outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre, police said.
An estimated 2,000 people flooded Hollywood Blvd. near the famed movie house to attend an impromptu party outside the screening of a documentary about the Electric Daisy Carnival rave, according to… Continue
Ace Hood and Chris Brown go “Body 2 Body” with some beautiful ladies in the video for their collaboration off the Florida rapper’s upcoming album Blood, Sweat, & Tears (Aug. 9). The Dayo-directed clip was shot in the Hollywood Hills and features cameos from Rick Ross and DJ Khaled.…
LOS ANGELES - A crazed woman randomly snatched an infant from a stroller, slammed the baby into a pole and later said she was trying to break the baby's arm off "so she could eat it," Los Angeles cops said Wednesday.
Prosecutors have charged Natasha Hubbard, 36, with aggravated assault and released her photo believing she may have other victims from her wild rampage… Continue
Lauryn Hill gave birth to her sixth child, a son called “Baby Boy Marley,” over the weekend. There were various reports questioning the father’s identity. The former Fugees member took to Twitter to address the speculation and defend her right to privacy.
Rohan Marley, the father of Hill’s five previous children, was rumored to have left the singer during her… Continue
Word on the street is that BET just cancelled The Mo’nique Show. The highly successful show, hosted by Monica Imes AKA Mo’Nique, would have started its third season this fall. The break reportedly stems from personality disputes between Mo’Nique and some of her higher ups.
BET is said to be giving Kevin Hart the job but Charlemagne and Lil Duval are also in the… Continue
Scott Storch -- one of the BIGGEST producers in hip hop -- says Amy Winehouse "should have listened to her own song" ... and checked herself into rehab before she died. Storch would know ... the man who's worked with Dr. Dre, Snoop, Beyonce, Xtina, P!nk and more battled a HUGE cocaine addiction over the years. In fact, Storch says he blew nearly $30 million on the drug before… Continue
I don't know if it's true but there's a rumor that Nipsey Hussle was performing at Striphop in Las Vegas & some bloods snatched his chain while he was performing on stage! Can't wait for the footage to show up on youtube! I know somebody got it! Lol!
A "slighty intoxicated" California man dove into a manhole last week to retrieve his wayward wallet and got stuck up to his waist - with his legs sticking up in the air, police said.
Jared Medeiros ended up in the bizarre jam along Hale Aloha Way in Ceres, a city just south of Modesto.
When cops arrived, they tried unsuccessfully to extricate the… Continue
After he was seen on video calmly explaining how he tortured and beheaded at least four people, an American-born teen nicknamed "El Ponchis" was sentenced Tuesday in a Mexican court on kidnapping and murder charges.
The San Diego-born 14-year-old, whose real name is Edgar Jimenez Lugo, received three years in a juvenile prison - the maximum allowed under… Continue
With the release of her third solo album, Here I Am, in stores now, the press surrounding Kelly Rowland is at level 10.
Today, The Aug/Sept JUICE issue cover of Vibe Magazine featuring a very sexy Kelly Rowland landed on the internet, and during the Vibe interview, the former Destiny's Child member opens up about… Continue