Chicago rapper Kanye West has revealed that he is changing the name of his upcoming album, which was previously titled Good Ass Job.
The rapper, who joined Twitter yesterday (July 28th), made the announcement just hours after he joined the micro-blogging service.
According to Kanye, he is “bouncing around a couple of titles” for the album, but hasn’t settled on a title as of press time.
Hip-Hop mogul Damon Dash’s Manhattan duplex was auctioned off at a foreclosure sale yesterday (July 28th) for $5.5 million dollars. The New York Post reports that Dash lost the two apartments, after he fell behind on the $78,504 monthly tab.
Only one of the apartments was sold yesterday, while the other was taken over by the bank that held the mortgages for both of the residences.
Damon Dash originally purchased the properties for… Continue
Rick Ross' dude Gunplay snorts a white substance called coke. And, the homey is pretty shameless about it. But, he talks about it a lil' and he lightweight disses Pretty Ricky dude fro sniffing in the same vein. Don't snort cocaine, kids.… Continue
A French woman who made a twisted admission that she suffocated eight newborn babies faces charges, along with her husband, for the heinous crimes.
The remains of the bodies were found wrapped in plastic and scattered in two places on property the couple once owned, the BBC reported.
The new homeowners found the bags, filled with just bones, in the garden and garage.
Dominique Cottrez faces voluntary homicide charges, and her… Continue
A gang of drug dealers - including one pusher who brought his toddler along while selling his wares - was busted Wednesday for peddling heroin and crack in a Crown Heights housing project.
The crew flooded the six buildings that make up the Albany Houses with drugs they sold in $10 glassine vials inside apartments, hallways and stairwells, officials said.
During the year-long investigation by the NYPD and Special Narcotics Prosecutors,… Continue
You may have seen Vh1’s Behind The Music on last week (July17) where Usher explained his rise to super stardom, and his relationships with his mom and dad, his label, Chili, and Tameka and the kids. Sources say after the airing of the show, Chilis segment and personal accounts of Usher caused Tameka to sound off via Twitter. Of course people were wondering why Tameka didn’t get an interview for the show.
Well Tameka tweeted,
Swizz Beats might have some baby mama drama on his hands, with his alleged 3rd baby momma in the UK (July 28). Oh yeah, is it just me…or does she look JUST like Alicia Keys?? Apparently, she has thrown A. Keys clearly under the bus, making her seem like a singer who “just f*cks for tracks”. Check out the story below!
To catch you up to speed, Jahna Sebastian is a singer/songwriter/producer in the UK that… Continue
The L. Boogie we all knew is back… and sounds like the old sultry songstress we grew to love in the 90’s and early 2000’s. Former Fugees member Lauryn Hill took the stage at the FESPAD Festival in Kigali, Rwanda on Sunday – the same day her new track “Repercussions” leaked onto the Internet. Sporting a blazer, red stiletto booties and African-inspired harem pants, L Boogie performed a handful of notable tracks, including The Fugees’ “Ready or… Continue
Pop sensation Justin Bieber was forced to hightail it on his Segway when he was mobbed by a group of frenzied fans in an Arizona parking lot this weekend.
While enjoying some downtime in Glendale, Ariz. - where he was scheduled to perform on stage Sunday night - Bieber was spotted by a group of teenage girls, the Daily Mail reports.
Although the 16-year-old tried to make a run for it on his Segway, hordes of… Continue
It all went so very wrong.
A priest in Moldova has been accused of accidentally drowning a 6-week-old baby during the boy's baptism, according to London's Daily Mail.
The baby's relatives said he died Friday after the priest, who is referred to only as Father Valentin, did not cover the tot's mouth and nose when he immersed the child in water three times.
The priest said he isn't to blame for the child's death in the Eastern… Continue
The city agreed Tuesday to pay more than $7 million to settle a wrongful death civil suit lodged by the fiancée and pals of Sean Bell, the unarmed black groom gunned down by cops on his wedding day, sources said.
The settlement, approved by a Brooklyn federal magistrate, ends a four-year legal battle by tragic would-be bride Nicole Paultre Bell and two men wounded in a 50-shot barrage that claimed her lover's life.
Is newly minted Miami Heat star LeBron James getting some heat from his old friend Jay-Z?
The Internet is popping with a report that the hip-hop magnate, who's also a minority owner of the New Jersey Nets, is upset that James kept him out of the loop on his decision to join the Miami team.
The website Mediatakeout.com quotes an "EXTREMELY CREDIBLE insider" - the capital letters are meant to underscore the source's supposed reliability -… Continue
Chris Tucker's ongoing tax problems have reached Nicolas Cage proportions -- according to new docs, the "Rush Hour" star now owes the IRS more than $11 million in back taxes. The Internal Revenue Service filed documents with the L.A. County Recorder's Office yesterday, which show Tucker owes $11,571,909.26 in federal taxes for the years 2001, 2002 and 2004 through 2006.
Things haven't exactly been going great for M.I.A. as of late — her performance at last weekend's Hard NYC festival was marred by sound issues, disastrous downpours and, according to some, M.I.A.'s less-than-gracious behavior (she reportedly threw a microphone into the audience and spit on photographers) — and now, well, there's even more bad press to throw on the pile.
In a new interview with Time Out London, M.I.A. goes off on targets both new… Continue
Al Goodman of “Ray, Goodman, and Brown” and “The Moments” died on yesterday of an undisclosed illness. For all you young bucks out there, “Ray, Goodman, and Brown” was a soul group of the 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s.
Part of one of the most underrated soul groups of the past half century, Goodman provided the bass on hits such as “Special Lady” and “Take It To the… Continue