Kanye West is only following one fan on Twitter -- but the lucky person he picked isn't too excited about it.
Steven Holmes, a teenager from Coventry, England, suddenly found himself the target of a Twitter-storm when West singled him out as the only person he'd choose to follow.
"I just commented on something on Kanye West's account and next thing I know he's following me," Holmes told his hometown paper, the Coventry… Continue
He took center stage leading the Haiti earthquake relief, and now Wyclef Jean has confirmed he's running for president of his native country.
The rapper told Time.com he plans to announce his candidacy Thursday, just days shy of Saturday's deadline.
"If not for the earthquake, I probably would have waited another 10 years before doing this," the Haitian-born superstar said Tuesday night. "The quake drove home to me that Haiti can't wait… Continue
Mary J. Blige is used to topping the music charts as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul." But the singer broke ground in unfamiliar territory over the weekend as she sold a whopping 60,000+ bottles of her debut fragrance, My Life, in about six hours of air time on HSN.
That makes the scent the most popular and fastest-selling fragrance in the 24-hour shopping network's history.
MTV has announced that world famous rapper Eminem and pop star Lady Gaga lead all nominees for a Moonman Award during MTV's 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
Lady Gaga racked up thirteen nominations this year, while Eminem came in second with a total of 8 nods.
Songs like "Bad Romance" and "Telephone" earned the pop singer nominations for "Video of the Year," "Best Collaboration" and "Best Female Video," while rapper Eminem is vying for… Continue
The federal government raided Nashville rapper Young Buck’s residence Tuesday morning (August 3rd) over a $300,000 past tax bill, the rapper has released. The agents forcibly came to the rapper’s home with shotguns and seized recording recording equipment, jewelry, furniture, and his platinum plaques, a statement said.
That rapper has had serious issues with back taxes since leaving G-Unit and his lawyers even filed a motion to protect his… Continue
Laurence Fishburne's daughter is breaking into the porn business and breaking her dad's heart.
"[My dad] is very upset. I heard that he's mad at me but I haven't spoken to him yet," Montana Fishburne, 19, told TMZ.com, adding that her famous father is "very hurt" over her decision to star in an X-rated flick.
But Montana - who also goes by the name "Chippy D" - thinks she'll be able to work her way back into the "Matrix" star's good… Continue
A city firefighter awaiting trial for growing marijuana plants is a reputed member of a notorious Queens-based gang called "The Master Race," the Daily News has learned.
The feds identified Patrick Murray as a member of the group, which is responsible for maintaining "grow houses" throughout Queens for more than a decade, according to court papers unsealed in Brooklyn Federal… Continue
Rapper Soulja Boy, artist JBar, Arab and Soulja Boy's S.O.D. Money Gang Entertainment are being sued by a clothing designer who claims the rapper stole his slogan and used it for his "gang."
The lawsuit, which was filed in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Friday (July 30th), claims that Soulja Boy, JBar and others stole the S.O.D. Money Gang "code of honor" used by group members.
Jeezy has returned with a new video for all the fans, showing us why he is Jeezy in the first place. Jeezy has called out all white products; from 6 white cars on everything, to white skys, white clouds, white pits,’ to a white b*tch’ . We told yall back in June that this was going to be a hit…now you can see for yourself. “Im bout to kill em this summer, doing all white… Continue
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson, who has been making the rounds of black radio stations to discuss the new stop-and-frisk law, said Monday cops stopped him three times when he was younger.
Appearing on the Steve Harvey show on WBLS, Paterson, who signed the bill over the objections of Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, said one time police spoke to him for a few minutes and were "very gracious."
Six Louisiana teenagers died tragically Monday after a swimming party turned into a desperate effort to save one another from drowning.
The Shreveport teens from at least two families drowned in the Red River after they were playing in shallow water then stepped off a ledge into an 18-foot sinkhole.
The victims, who ranged from 13 to 18 years old, died while trying to save one another.
Beware a lady in stilettos.
A drunk British woman used her 3-inch high heel to stab her boyfriend in the eye during a heated fight in a taxicab, according to London's Daily Mail.
The heel went in so deep, it struck his brain.
The Bradford Crown Court was told on Tuesday that Staci Hargreaves, 38, kicked Gavin Taylor, 28, when he turned around in the front seat after a night of drinking in Huddersfield.
Two movie premieres in one week were too much for 50 Cent. The rapper-turned-actor attended premieres in New York for "Twelve" on Wednesday night and "Gun" last Friday. But by the time he hit the latter event, he'd already forgotten crucial information about the first - such as the name of his director, Joel Schumacher.
"I've always surrounded myself with great directors like Jim Sheridan, Irwin Winkler, Jon Avnet," 50 Cent told us before drawing… Continue
Bill Cosby is NOT dead.
And he wants to make sure everyone knows it.
The legendary funnyman called in to CNN's "Larry King Live" and took to Twitter on Monday night after yet another Internet rumor claimed he had passed away.
"I don't want this person, or whatever, I don't want them to do this anymore," he told Kyra Phillips, who was sitting in for the soon-to-retire King.
Russell Brand is already a huge star - and now he'll get to fly among them.
Katy Perry bought the British comedian a $200,000 ticket on the maiden voyage of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space venture for his 35th birthday, E! Online reported.
"It is true," a rep for Virgin Galactic told E! News. "We are very excited to have him on board."
After two to three days of intense astronaut training, Perry's fiancé will… Continue
Eminem and Dr. Dre appear on the cover of the latest issue of VIBE.
In the magazine, Em talks about his own mortality, admitting he thinks about death -- a lot.
"Yeah, I do. A lot. I think about it a lot. I try not to think about it, but I do and it creeps me the f*** out. It creeps me out because they say that if I got to the hospital two hours later then I would be gone. I think about that a lot. When I lay in bed at night is when I… Continue