Brian McKnight is not the father of a 14-year-old kid in Florida -- so says a DNA test -- and now, he's no longer responsible for $341,640 in back child support payments the boy's mother was hoping to collect.As we previously reported, a woman sued McKnight last year claiming Brian is her long lost baby daddy. But McKnight didn't respond to her lawsuit, and the judge issued a default judgment against him ... which means he was on the hook for the… Continue
Jae Dame "Jason Demps" a guy claiming he's an A & R for Def Jam scamming people out of money and trying to ride Paul Williams coat tails to success gets unmasked for the con-man he is. And well lets just say Paul isnt to happy having fakes around him! It's kuffi smacking season!… Continue
In the August issue of Spin magazine, Eminem talks at great length about his battles with prescription pill addiction (something he's done a time or six as of late), and the road to sobriety that led to his massive Recovery album. But he also sounds off on something completely different: Kanye West's hijacking of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
"He shouldn't have done that, man," he tells Spin's Jonah Weiner.… Continue
Fans of R&B star Ciara will apparently have to wait a few more months to pick up her next record. Ciara’s “Basic Instinct” album has been pushed back to October. The record was scheduled for an August 17th debut. There is no official word on why “Basic Instinct” is being delayed, but insiders believe additional recordings could be to blame. “Basic Instinct’s” first single, “Ride,” has wasted little time generating headlines. The… Continue
DMX’s wife Tashera Simmons has officially separated from the chart-topping rapper and is planning a reality show focusing on her rebuilding their family without him.
According to Simmons, the reality show is titled Tashera Simmons….Life After X and will give a firsthand account of how their family is coping with the rapper’s legal and drug problems and how they “cope with a husband and a father that has let them down over and over… Continue
Kid Cudi has broken his silence over a June 11 arrest after he was accused of breaking down a woman’s door and possessing liquid cocaine.
"I know you guys were hearing some s**t about me in the news," he said at a recent public appearance in Brooklyn. "I was wilding out and s**t, but I'm good now. I just smoke weed. I know n***as die when they 27. I'm 26 now, but I promise I'll live til I'm old as s**t.”
Apparently, there is an underage prostitution ring in France that has nabbed a big time soccer player there named Frank Ribery. This Frank dude was doing the doo allegedly with an underage prostitute Zahia Dehar. Now somehow or another, Ne-Yo’s name has come up in the mess. There is no clear reason why, but a French site is dropping… Continue
G-Unit member Lloyd Banks won a major victory in court last week (July 15th), when an Ontario judge dismissed criminal charges against the Queens, New York rapper.
The charges stemmed from an incident in January of 2010, when Lloyd Banks, born Christopher Lloyd and a group of men allegedly assaulted Chris Hines, a well known booking agent in Ontario, Canada.
Banks and several other men were accused of assaulting Hines after a show at… Continue
Cops can no longer keep a giant electronic library of everyone they stop on the street - but officers can still collect names the old-fashioned way, a new NYPD memo says.
The internal memo was sent out Friday, just after Gov. Paterson signed a law banning the NYPD from entering personal information of innocent people into a citywide database.
The memo reminds cops they legally can gather the intel, as long as they use a pen and… Continue
Feisty rapper Foxy Brown pleaded not guilty Thursday to violating an order of protection when cops say she cursed out and then exposed herself to a neighbor, an arch-rival.
Brown, wearing a teal dress and a leopard-patterned scarf, remained silent and emotionless during her arraignment at Brooklyn Criminal Court.
Prosecutors asked for $10,000 bail, but the bad girl Brooklyn rapper was released on… Continue
EMINEM FT. RIHANNA-THE WAY YOU LIE by user414006 The first photographs from the set of Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" video have surfaced, and from the looks of things, the clip is shaping up to be a hot one.
In the series of pics, Rihanna — who sings the hook on the track — is seen… Continue
Looks like Foxy Brown is back in trouble again. The Brooklyn rapper was taken into custody after 6 p.m. ET on Wednesday (July 21) for allegedly violating a protective order, according to TMZ.
The 31-year-old MC had another dustup with her neighbor, who has a restraining order against Brown, according to the New York Post. Neighbors reportedly were forced to step in and hold Brown (real name: Inga Marchand) back before any physical contact… Continue
T.I. will head to Philadelphia this weekend to co-host Charlie Mack’s annual “Charlie Mack Party 4 Peace Celebrity Weekend” from July 23-25th. Charlie Mack, a longtime business associate of actor/rapper Will Smith, has held the annual weekend for the past seven years, to help stem the ongoing violence in Philadelphia and its surrounding communities.
Charlie Mack and Will Smith produced the hit movie ATL, which starred T.I.