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NeNe Leakes is about to take her “Girl, bye.” phrase to court (no, it’s not cause Cynthia is filing for divorce)! According to “Black-owned family business” Tees in the Trap, a company that creates tees referencing pop culture and the “urban girl experience,” NeNe lifted their slogan and their t-shirt design, but then issued them a Cease & Desist letter for…

Ellen DeGeneres may have made a small error when accidentally announcing the title for Kanye West's upcoming album.

On her official website, DeGeneres posted a message in which she mentioned that West would be stopping by The Elle DeGeneres Show on Monday, Jan. 26 (her birthday) for an "exclusive interview." She also slipped in that "he has a new CD coming out…

Rihanna just ripped a page from the Kanye West playbook.

Saturday night the singer dropped a new song on iTunes, titled "FourFiveSeconds," which she co-created with Paul McCartney. West had issued his own out-of-nowhere mind-meld with the ex-Beatle on New Year's Eve, titled "Only One."

In case anyone missed the connection, the rapper also sings on RiRi's…

James White, which premiered Friday (Jan. 23) on the second day of the Sundance film festival, is a hard-hitting drama that takes an unflinchingly close-up look at a twenty-something New Yorker enduring his father's death, his mother's cancer and deep personal demons.

Alongside heart-wrenching performances by leads Christopher Abbott (Girls), who plays the title…

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A diver has told how he ended up being encased in whale feces while swimming off the coast of Dominica, reports the BBC.

Keri Wilk said he and three other divers were surrounded by the gigantic bowel movement when the whale answered a call of nature.…

Kanye West was among the recipients of the BET Honors awards this year, as the network presented him with a Visionary Award. Selected for his “extraordinary contributions across the arts,” Yeezy joined Usher and Phylicia Rashad as the night's honorees. At the show's taping last night (Jan. 24), Mr. West was introduced by an unlikely presenter: Damon Dash.…

Chris Brown is now at the center of a new criminal investigation ... but this time he's the victim.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... when Chris was jailed for leaving rehab back in April and taken across the country to Washington D.C. for his hearing on assault charges, one of his first stops was San Bernardino County Jail.

Chris was only there for a day or…

Although he's not out of the woods yet, Bobby Shmurda's making headway in his current legal situation. After being indicted on a variety of charges last year, REVOLT reports that the Brooklyn rapper, born Ackquille Pollard, has been cleared of one of his charges.

"Brooklyn D.A. office announced that the gun case in Brooklyn will be dismissed in about two weeks,"…

Birdman and Lil Wayne have officially declared war ... settlement talks have broken down and Wayne will now sue his mentor, claiming among other things Birdman owes him $8 million.

The 2 titans tried coming to terms this week but it wasn't meant to be. Now Wayne will ask a judge to declare him free of Cash Money and Birdman's control. Wayne says Birdman has…

The cash-rich and often bizarre world of boxer Floyd 'Money' Mayweather Jr. is today exposed by his former executive assistant.

Tasha Robinson-White worked for Mayweather, 37, for 12 years operating within his inner circle as the boxer's 'right hand' woman - and has now written a tell-all book about her extraordinary career.

In an exclusive interview…

CeeLo Green is back with new music – with a TV twist.

The Grammy winner dropped a nine-song album online Wednesday titled “TV on the Radio,” first reported by Billboard.

The album features Green performing over popular TV theme songs such as “Taxi” “Family Ties” and “Knight Rider.”

The former “Voice” judge surprised fans with the new project,…

Mike Epps got a lesson in racism -- the comic actor got blasted on social media for posting a photo of a black man whipping white slaves.

Epps posted the pic on Instagram and Facebook late Thursday night -- and the cotton field scene also included an image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. floating above ... and smiling. Epps captioned the image, "I am so proud of you…

TLC members Chilli “Rozonda” Thomas and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins are thankful and humbled their Kickstarter campaign to fund the recording of their fifth album surpassed its $150,000 goal in just four days.

"We feel highly favored and blessed and loved," Chilli tells Yahoo Music about the crowd-sourcing initiative that launched Monday. "It makes us feel good that…

Chris Brown & Plies got into it when Plies took it upon himself to call Chris Brown a f*ck n!gg@ for spilling his guts on twitter when he was mad at Karrueche.

Here's what he said:…

Don’t call it a comeback. LL Cool J has been hosting the Grammys for years.

For the fourth time, the Queens-born rapper will emcee the event when it takes place on Sunday February 8th.

At the same time, the Grammys has announced more performers for its 57th annual installment. Country star Miranda Lambert, R&B hottie Usher, “Happy” man Pharrell and…

Wearing his trademark clock necklace, Flavor Flav pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from a traffic stop last year while he was driving to his mother's funeral.

"I don't like the circumstances, but I like the attention," he said while surrounded by a throng of reporters and fans snapping pictures with their cellphones as he waited to be summoned to…

Drake's dad is making a return to music, but he'll be doing it without his famous son ... because Drizzy was just too busy to hit the studio with his pops.

Dennis Graham put out the word on Instagram ... he was looking for a "classy" female rapper for a new song -- and in his words, "ghetto style" rappers need not apply.

Well, Graham tells TMZ he found his…

Kevin Hart has played a businessman, a security guard and even a boxing promoter, but one role you might never see him take on is a gay character.

In a recent interview with "The Breakfast Club" on Power 105.1, Hart said he just wasn't comfortable portraying a homosexual character on screen.…