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Hip-hop mogul Jay Z is taking on yet another corporate venture, as he signed a two-year contract with The Weinstein Company film studio to produce a series of television and movie projects, Variety reports.

"I'm excited to tell stories from real life prophets, whom through their struggles have changed the world for…

“If Beanie Sigel came to Meek’s defense, why did [Meek’s] goons sucker punch me,” says Beanie Sigel. It went down on Taxstone’s Tax Season podcast, and it’s going to go down as a legendary conversation.

By now you’ve seen and heard about Beans, despite his OG status, getting violated by Meek’s affiliates. On Tax Season we got his side of the story, and he went…

Actually, there’s a little more drama.

After fierce online backlash for a baffling song about police brutality, Mary J. Blige fought back late Tuesday night.

“Everybody shut the f--- up!!!!!” the R&B singer said in a quickly deleted tweet. “#takethat #haters #crabsinabarrel #simpleminded #the411.”…

Legal responsibility isn’t enough of a punishment for Nick Gordon in the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, says dad Bobby Brown.

“I don't know the specifics of what happened, but as the judge has said, he is legally responsible,” the 47-year-old “My Prerogative” singer said in an interview on “The T.D. Jakes Show” that will air Wednesday night.

“I know some things…

He's laughing all the way to the bank.

Kevin Hart tops this year's Forbes list of the world's highest-paid comedians after taking home a whopping $87.5 million between June 2015 and June 2016.

That payday was more than double the $43.5 million that runner-up Jerry Seinfeld pocketed over the same stretch.

Hart, 37, parlayed his unparalleled stadium tour…

Rapper Fetty Wap is reportedly being sued by a Danish songwriter for beats used in “Trap Queen,” according to TMZ.

Lazar Lakic claims in his lawsuit that he bought exclusive rights to “Hello” from producer Tony Fadd.

Those beats then showed up as a sample in Fetty Wap’s April 2014 single from his self-titled debut album.

The songwriter said in the suit…

Drake is starting to become the Michael Jordan to Apple’s Nike. Earlier on Monday on Instagram — the default platform for all rapper press releases — Drake released a picture of his plaque for his album Views surpassing one billion streams on Apple Music.

Drake’s Views was released April 29 and was an Apple Music exclusive for two weeks. He was presented the plaque by…

Well, that was awkward.

A well-intentioned new Apple promo in which Mary J. Blige sings an intense ballad about police brutality to Hillary Clinton in a one-on-one interview setting left a wave of fans confused by what they had just watched.

In the head-scratching clip, Blige breaks into song and, at one point, grips the Democratic presidential nominee's hand…

Beyoncé honored rapper Shawty Lo at her Formation concert Monday in Atlanta.

Before she began her song, "Diva," Bey, 35, and her dancers performed a choreographed number to Shawty's hit single, "Dey Know" as the crowded cheered her on.

Users on social media filmed the special moment and many called the tribute "classy."

Shawty, born Carlos Walker,…

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson cribbed the idea for his hit Starz show "Power" from two aspiring TV writers, a new Manhattan federal court lawsuit claims.

R. Byron Hord and Curtis Scoon say they wrote a pilot script for a TV show called "Dangerous" in late 2009.

"Dangerous" was about "an African-American Protagonist’s work as a drug dealer and subsequent attempts to…

Wiz Khalifa ripped off a New York City musician by sampling his song in the hit "iSay" without paying him, a new lawsuit alleges.

Yury Merman claims he went to ID Labs recording studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in November 2011 for help editing a song, which he called "La Plafond."

One of ID Labs' producers helped him and saved the track on his laptop…

It seems like The Game wasn’t lying when he said Meek Mill’s goons beat up Beanie Sigel at Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Reunion Tour stop in Philadelphia.

Footage shared by TMZ apparently shows the Philly legend lying knocked out cold behind the scenes at the show. A man is shown getting pushed away from Beans by security. The man was identified as Teefy Bey, the Do4Self CEO…

Drake has his own Lemonade now.

“Please Forgive Me,” a short film based on the Canadian rapper’s fourth album “Views,” is packed with action — exploding cars, gunfights and steamy kisses with model Fanny Neguesha.

The “Hotline Bling” artist surprised fans by dropping the 21-minute flick four days ahead of its official Sept. 30 release date on Apple…

Drake has his own Lemonade now.

“Please Forgive Me,” a short film based on the Canadian rapper’s fourth album “Views,” is packed with action — exploding cars, gunfights and steamy kisses with model Fanny Neguesha.

The “Hotline Bling” artist surprised fans by dropping the 21-minute flick four days ahead of its official Sept. 30 release date on Apple…

Hip-hop star Lil Wayne turned out to be a not-so-lil part of a same-sex couple's wedding in prison six years ago.

The "Lollipop" rapper revealed in a new memoir that he served as the wedding officiator in a makeshift ceremony between two of his fellow male inmates at Rikers Island during his eight-month stay in 2010.

"I got the Bible and I'm like, we…

Cast members from Empire aren't staying quiet when it comes to 50 Cent's dig at their show.

Just days after the season three premiere aired, the rapper took to Instagram where he shared a screenshot of Taraji P. Henson and a headline claiming Empire's ratings were down.

"Well look at the bright side at least. You can eat your trophies," 50 Cent wrote on…

Gibert Arenas officially won a default judgement against his ex, Laura Govan. In the latest chapter of the former couple’s legal tug-of-war, Govan has been ordered to pay the former NBA player $110,110, reports TMZ.

The court ruling stems from Govan accusing Arenas of giving her STDs, and reportedly leaking the info to the public. Arenas filed a defamation lawsuit…

Peep show? Faith Evans accidentally flashed the audience while performing at a Bad Boy Family Reunion concert in Boston, Massachusetts, on Saturday, September 24 — and Twitter users, naturally, went nuts.

During the show, the R&B singer, 43, was performing her hit "You Used to Love Me" at TD Garden arena when she slightly lifted up her long patterned white…

Actor Bill Nunn, a regular in friend Spike Lee’s films and best known as the towering, boombox-toting Radio Raheem in “Do The Right Thing,” died Saturday morning. He was 63.

The 6-foot-3 Nunn — who also appeared in Lee’s “School Daze,” “Mo’ Better Blues” and “He Got Game” — passed away in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Lee announced via Facebook. Both were Morehouse…