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The last year has seen soulful crooner Frank Ocean make his foray from the Underground into the mainstream; a process which looks set to culminate with the release of his debut album ‘Channel Orange’ (due July 17th).

Today saw the LP receive its London press playback, and oh did it serve up more than expected. See what we mean via Max/BBC 1 Xtra‘s…

Andy Griffith, an icon of TV, has died ... this according to Andy's close friend, former UNC President Bill Friday.

Griffith, who became famous for "The Andy Griffith Show," passed away at his home in Manteo, North Carolina this morning.

Friday broke the news to WITN News in North Carolina.

In addition to starring in his show and the subsequent "Mayberry…

What the fu*k happened here? Most of this sh*t was outlawed from hip hop a couple years ago! Who do you blame for this f**kery? Pharrell or Kanye? I mean, their all extra smedium! And Jaden Smith with those madagascar mc hammer pants?

This is what your favorite rappers rock to BET?…

Wait! This ni**a really got shot on stage?

Maino's twitter: "That's a scene from a movie that some Fuckwad filmed on his phone and put out like I got shot in real life. Na Bitches. I'm good"…

The summer's "cannibal craze" has reportedly spread to China.

A drunken bus driver in eastern China tried to chew off a woman's face during an attack on Tuesday afternoon, according to Chinese media.

A man identified as "Dong" ran into a road near a bus station at around 2 p.m. and jumped in front of a woman's car, the Shanghai Daily's…

Rick Ross did NOT father a secret child in Florida three years ago -- so says the results of a court-ordered DNA test in the rapper's recent paternity case.

TMZ broke the story ... 36-year-old Tyrisha Childers filed a paternity lawsuit against Ross last year -- claiming the rapper knocked her up a few years ago ... and never paid a dime for child support.

Rick…

Beyonce wasn't laughing when a boy band DISSED Lauryn Hill at last night's BET Awards ... in fact, Bey was so upset, she changed her acceptance speech (on the fly) to HONOR the former Fugee.

So let's start with The Diss -- Comedian Mike Epps and the group Mindless Behavior were co-presenting the award for Best R&B Artist when Mike jokingly…

Pusha T Speaks About His Upcoming Single With Kanye West Called ‘New God Flow'…

Kevin Hart Introduces MMG. Maybach Music Group Live Performance…

In a move that was most certainly NOT "like Mike" ... Marcus Jordan, youngest son of NBA legend Michael Jordan, was arrested early this morning Omaha, NE.

Police tell the Omaha World-Herald ... Jordan (a member of the University of Central Florida's basketball team) was spotted outside a hotel at 2:10 AM by an off-duty officer who was working security for the…

A 12-year-boy is in extreme pain with blistering second degree burns all over his back after doing a ‘salt and ice challenge’ – the latest dangerous craze sweeping the internet.

The ill-advised stunt involves putting salt on bare skin then pressing ice on top of it. The combination causes a chemical reaction that burns the skin almost immediately.

The…

You might think Chris Brown would be persona non grata at the official BET Awards after party tonight, but the nightclub combatant was indeed invited and RSVP'd yes.

CB will be in attendance at the star-studded soiree going down at Playhouse in Los Angeles ... where Usher, Common, and Kevin Hart are among the anticipated guests.

Brown's people told party…

Rapper Mase no longer has to worry about a $35,000 unpaid jewelry bill ... because a court just decided he is off the hook for the five-figure bling.

Mase was sued last year by Aydin & Company -- a jewelry store in Atlanta -- who claimed the rapper bailed on a bill waaaaay back in 2005 (right about the time he was last popular).

Mase had claimed he never…

"Wow...a pop artist and R&B artist. What the f*ck? How can ya'll have any beef? My take is let the b*tches do what they do. We supposed to be n*ggas, tryna get this money. But at the same time, I know how it feels when you're heart is broke," Scrap explained in an interview. "I'd just tell 'em to leave it alone. There's a billion badd b*tches in this b*tch. There's so…

A family earns together, cover magazines together. And for Billboard’s Urban Power List, Ronald “Slim” Williams and Bryan “Birdman” Williams are this year’s featured stars. The new issue is on stands now.

Defining power and who possesses it is an ever-changing equation. It’s a challenge that Billboard editors revisit each year with the Power Players series, which…

Rumor has it that Adele is going to be a mom.

The Grammy-winning singer announced Friday that she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Simon Konecki.

“I’m delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together,” the singer, 24, wrote on her website.

“I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we’re over the moon…

A doctor in India has pulled a live five-inch long worm from the eye of an elderly patient who was complaining of persistent pain in an operation reminiscent of a far-fetched alien movie plot.

When Dr V. Seetharaman examined 75-year-old patient P.K. Krishnamurthy at Mumbai's Fortis Hospital this week, the eye expert was shocked by the highly…

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are getting DIVORCED ... after 5 years of marriage.

Katie's attorney, Jonathan Wolfe released a statement saying, "This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family."

Wolfe adds, "Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest."

It's unclear if divorce papers have been filed…

Lauryn Hill just pled guilty to a major federal crime ... admitting she intentionally failed to file several tax returns in the past decade -- and now the former Fugees singer faces 3 years in prison.

Hill pled guilty today to three counts of failure to file tax returns for the years 2005, 2006, and 2007 -- when she earned more than $1.8 million.

When the judge…

The love triangle between Stevie J, Mimi Faust and Joseline Hernandez on “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” is the most entertaining thing on TV right now. But, the breakout star in all of this is Joseline. The reality star has been labeled a home wrecker, a man and well..dumb.

Clearly, she has issues and she admits them during an interview with ‘Talk Of…