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An animal rights group has petitioned the Swiss government to ban a traditional, if rare, practice of eating cats for dinner and turning dogs into sausages.

Tomi Tomek, president of the animal rights group SOS CHATS Noiraigue, which campaigned successfully last year to ban the sale of cat fur, said 3 percent of the population still eat cat and dog, mainly in the…

If you love gold -- and you LOVE weed -- then Tyga has just the thing for you ... gold-plated rolling papers.

Tyga is a gold connoisseur himself --gold chains, gold relics, his soon-to-be released "Gold Album" -- and his new $5 million venture with Shine Papers will now make him the face of the premium gold smoking biz.…

He's gone from "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" to the king of the ballroom.

Actor Alfonso Ribeiro and his pro-partner Witney Carson waltzed away with the Mirror Ball Trophy on Tuesday night's season finale of "Dancing With the Stars."

They narrowly edged out second place couple Sadie Robertson, the 17-year-old scion of the "Duck Dynasty" clan, and her partner…

Despite serving as a corrections officer in the past, Miami, Florida rapper Rick Ross says he's one of the most played artists "in the chain gangs" and "in the federal systems." Ross spoke on the matter while addressing his mentor and former gang leader, Kenneth "Boobie" Williams.

The Maybach Music Group founder referred to Williams as his "big homie" and says…

RZA also addresses the $5 million price tag being placed on Wu-Tang Clan's "The Wu – Once Upon A Time In Shaolin" album.

Recently speaking with the New York Times, RZA spoke on the financial cost of Wu-Tang Clan’s upcoming album, A Better Tomorrow.

After revealing that he is investing a large portion of his own money into the new Wu album, RZA says he’s…

No citizens on earth love American soul more than the British. And, since the breakthrough of Amy Winehouse eight years ago, no country has produced more twists on the sound.

Small wonder Mary J. Blige moved to London earlier this year to immerse herself in the U.K.’s interpretation of the music she lives and breathes. It didn’t hurt that a remix of a song by her, “F…

After midnight in Ferguson reporters were still fair game for some. In the middle of a talkback with CNN’s Jake Tapper Sara Sidner was hit in the head by a rock that someone threw at her. “Sorry I just got hit by a rock,” said the tough reporter before going…

A Florida man with an obscene-sounding name was hit with a slew of felony charges after pulling a man into his car while watching gay pornography.

Phuc Kieu, 58, was watching the porn in his green Honda Civic Sunday afternoon in a bank parking lot, according to the Smoking Gun.

“The defendant parked his vehicle, laid the driver’s seat all the way back and…

You know 50 Cent for his mixtapes, so it can't be much of a surprise that his son Marquise Jackson just dropped a mixtape of his own. Of course, there's a slight difference. Marquise's best work isn't in the studio, but on the hardwood. The 5-foot-9 senior point guard at St. John's Northwestern Military Prep Academy in Wisconsin has a highlight reel that would make many high…

All hail Queen Mary. Following performances from Taylor Swift, Lil Wayne, and Lorde, Mary J. Blige brought down the house at the AMAs with her stirring set. Dressed in all black, MJB performed her soulful single “Therapy” off her upcoming album The London Sessions, due December 2. Sam Smith, who penned the song, was in the front row watching.

“Such an honour to…

Dangerously in love. With his seventh album Hood Billionaire in stores, Rick Ross cozies up with his on-screen lover K. Michelle in the video for his Timbaland-produced single “If They Knew.” The Maybach Music mogul and R&B songstress, who looks mighty…

The best moment of the American Music Awards may have been in a commercial.

Rapper Waka Flocka Flame blew up social media with a delightfully goofy ad for Pine Bros. cough drops, a brand that drew similar buzz earlier this year for an ad featuring Martha Stewart.

Set to a score of soothing piano music, the ad featured the rapper sitting on a couch next to a…

Rapper Cool C, who tried to live up to his "Glamorous Life" single by robbing a Philadelphia bank and gunning down a cop, had his death warrant signed by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett.

Christopher Roney, aka Cool C, was convicted of first-degree murder after shooting Philadelphia Police Officer Lauretha Vaird, 43, a nine-year veteran who responded to a 1996…

DJ Mister Cee is officially off the air.

The longtime Hot 97 personality, who remained at the rap station despite a string of arrests for soliciting male prostitutes, had his final broadcast on Friday night.

It was unclear why he left the station, where he spent the last 20 years.…

Hip hop hooray!

Harlem families in need will surely have a happier Thanksgiving with a bit of hip-hop flavor, thanks to one of the genre’s dominant record labels.

Cash Money Records co-founders Ronald (Slim) Williams and his brother, rapper Bryan (Birdman) Williams, are organizing another turkey giveaway at the Harlem YMCA.

Cash Money partnered with the…

Getting healthy for the new year! Biz Markie has dropped a whopping 140 pounds — and says he's not done yet. The rapper and DJ explained that he began to lose weight three years ago when he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

"I wanted to live," the 50-year-old recently told ABC News. "Since I have to be a diabetic, If I didn't make the changes, it was going to make…

Tony Rock got under Bow Wow’s skin this week when he tweeted that Erica Mena was a “full blown whore.” Replying to the quip by stating that he would see Rock “face to face,” Bow later tweeted that “the homies just dropped the dime” on the comedian, leading to speculation that an altercation occurred.

And in true Erica Mena fashion, the reality star offered her two…