Earlier this week, Erykah Badu released a video for the remix of "Window Seat" that features Rick Ross. That collaboration led to the singer appearing on Ross' song "Maybach Music III," which appears on his acclaimed new album Teflon Don.
"She never really collaborated with a lot of artists outside of Outkast," Ross explained. "Maybe another artist or two, [like] the Roots. It was always conscious music she was making. You know, a gritty street… Continue
Judging by the attention Beyonce’s latest ad for House of Dereon has been receiving, the chick is still killing the game….even on her break. The UK’s Daily Mirror interviewed the superstar just before she took her hiatus from music and she discussed her future plans as well as the biggest challenge in her life. She also reveals that she believes female friends are very important and she would love to have kids one day. Check out a few… Continue
50 Cent took a break from his various rap feuds yesterday (August 15th) to host a donor drive for Shannon Tavarez, an 11-year-old actress with Leukemia.
The rapper and his G-Unity Foundation, along with DKMS, hosted thousands of potential donors at his Curtis Jackson Community Garden in Jamaica, Queens.
50 partnered with DKMS, the largest bone marrow donor center in the world, to host the drive for Tavaraz, who ultimately needs a bone… Continue
Rapper Nelly is gearing up to release a brand new fitness DVD to encourage fans to stay in top shape.
This fall, Nelly will be the first star featured in a new line of DVD's titled Celebrity Sweat, which features workout routines from various famous athletes and celebrities.
Nelly told the Saint Louis Dispatch that he was excited to be a part of the DVD, which is due in stores this September.
Lauren London is joining the cast of ‘Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family.’ London will join cast members Bow Wow, Teyana Taylor, Loretta Devine and Old Spice pitchman Isaiah Mustafa in the drama/comedy. I saw the play and have to tell yall it was one of the best plays I have ever seen and I think the movie will be great. Mustafa will portray Calvin, a man struggling with his family relationships. Devine and Bow Wow will play his mother-in-law and… Continue
Congratulations to Nicki Minaj for breaking the record for most Billboard Top 100 Songs in a year by a female rapper. This is huge considering she hasn’t even released an album yet. To date, Nicki has had 11 Top 100 Singles…that might be more than your favorite rapper has had in his/her entire career…and that’s just her first full year out in the public eye.
Nicki has more to celebrate. She has also been… Continue
Tony Yayo sits down with Ms. Drama to talk about his upcoming album (via EMI) and the digital promotion that G-Unit has been focusing on. Yayo expresses that G-Unit is not about beefs and they haven't made any money off of it. He also talks about the criticism of being on the G-Unit roster and compares the team to the Lakers: Yayo as Derek Fischer, Banks as Lamar Odom, and 50 as the Kobe Bryant of the Hip-Hop game. On the note of Haiti, Yayo expresses his support for Wyclef… Continue
Coney Island basketball star Lance Stephenson - a second-round Indiana Pacers pick in the June NBA draft - was busted Sunday for pushing his girlfriend down a flight of stairs, cops said.
Stephenson, 19, a legendary player at Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School, roughed up Jasmine Williams, 21, in the stairwell of her Brooklyn apartment building about 5 a.m., according to police.
The 6-foot-5 rookie point guard's blows sent Williams… Continue
Looks like Snooki is setting another trend: the pint-size Jersey Shore star and creator of the "Poof" is no longer the only cast member to be arrested this summer.
Ronald "Ronnie" Ortiz, 24, was taken into custody by police on Sunday for outstanding warrants, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports.
Picked up at the Jersey Shore cast's house by cops in an unmarked squad car, Ortiz was arrested calmly and without handcuffs.
The Boston medical student who preyed on Craigslist escorts and murdered a Manhattan model last year was found dead in prison Sunday - an apparent suicide on what would have been his first wedding anniversary.
Philip Markoff, 24, was found dead Sunday morning in his Nashua St. Jail cell in Boston, where he was awaiting his March murder trial.
He may have died Saturday, the exact anniversary of his canceled wedding.
A pair of armed robbers dressed in black burst into a Diamond District store yesterday afternoon, tied up the owner and his son and swiped $66,000 in loot, cops said.
The robbers, who wore black clothing, black hats and dark sunglasses, fled the W. 47th St. jeweler, Namat Inc., shortly before 2 p.m. with a haul estimated at $29,000 in cash and $37,000 in jewels, cops said.
The owner and his son, who were bound with phone cords and cable… Continue
Miami Heat star Udonis Haslem was arrested in Miami this afternoon after police found marijuana in his car.
Haslem was pulled over by Florida Highway Patrol officers for, we're told by sources, having tinted windows. We're told there were three other guys in the car with Haslem.
According to sources, officers searched the car three times for drugs -- an initial search and then a search with drug dogs yielded nothing. We're told when… Continue
TMZ has obtained video of Tila Tequila being pelted by objects as she tried to "perform" on stage at the Gathering of the Juggalos this weekend.
In the video, Tila can be heard screaming "I ain't going nowhere!" as she tries to sing on stage -- but that didn't stop the crowd from continuing to hurl objects at her. At one point, comedian Tom Green comes on stage to try and diffuse the situation. It didn't work.
By the end of the performance, Tila is "singing"… Continue