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Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson cribbed the idea for his hit Starz show "Power" from two aspiring TV writers, a new Manhattan federal court lawsuit claims.

R. Byron Hord and Curtis Scoon say they wrote a pilot script for a TV show called "Dangerous" in late 2009.

"Dangerous" was about "an African-American Protagonist’s work as a drug dealer and subsequent attempts to…

Wiz Khalifa ripped off a New York City musician by sampling his song in the hit "iSay" without paying him, a new lawsuit alleges.

Yury Merman claims he went to ID Labs recording studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in November 2011 for help editing a song, which he called "La Plafond."

One of ID Labs' producers helped him and saved the track on his laptop…

It seems like The Game wasn’t lying when he said Meek Mill’s goons beat up Beanie Sigel at Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Reunion Tour stop in Philadelphia.

Footage shared by TMZ apparently shows the Philly legend lying knocked out cold behind the scenes at the show. A man is shown getting pushed away from Beans by security. The man was identified as Teefy Bey, the Do4Self CEO…

Drake has his own Lemonade now.

“Please Forgive Me,” a short film based on the Canadian rapper’s fourth album “Views,” is packed with action — exploding cars, gunfights and steamy kisses with model Fanny Neguesha.

The “Hotline Bling” artist surprised fans by dropping the 21-minute flick four days ahead of its official Sept. 30 release date on Apple…

Drake has his own Lemonade now.

“Please Forgive Me,” a short film based on the Canadian rapper’s fourth album “Views,” is packed with action — exploding cars, gunfights and steamy kisses with model Fanny Neguesha.

The “Hotline Bling” artist surprised fans by dropping the 21-minute flick four days ahead of its official Sept. 30 release date on Apple…

Hip-hop star Lil Wayne turned out to be a not-so-lil part of a same-sex couple's wedding in prison six years ago.

The "Lollipop" rapper revealed in a new memoir that he served as the wedding officiator in a makeshift ceremony between two of his fellow male inmates at Rikers Island during his eight-month stay in 2010.

"I got the Bible and I'm like, we…

Cast members from Empire aren't staying quiet when it comes to 50 Cent's dig at their show.

Just days after the season three premiere aired, the rapper took to Instagram where he shared a screenshot of Taraji P. Henson and a headline claiming Empire's ratings were down.

"Well look at the bright side at least. You can eat your trophies," 50 Cent wrote on…

Gibert Arenas officially won a default judgement against his ex, Laura Govan. In the latest chapter of the former couple’s legal tug-of-war, Govan has been ordered to pay the former NBA player $110,110, reports TMZ.

The court ruling stems from Govan accusing Arenas of giving her STDs, and reportedly leaking the info to the public. Arenas filed a defamation lawsuit…

Peep show? Faith Evans accidentally flashed the audience while performing at a Bad Boy Family Reunion concert in Boston, Massachusetts, on Saturday, September 24 — and Twitter users, naturally, went nuts.

During the show, the R&B singer, 43, was performing her hit "You Used to Love Me" at TD Garden arena when she slightly lifted up her long patterned white…

Actor Bill Nunn, a regular in friend Spike Lee’s films and best known as the towering, boombox-toting Radio Raheem in “Do The Right Thing,” died Saturday morning. He was 63.

The 6-foot-3 Nunn — who also appeared in Lee’s “School Daze,” “Mo’ Better Blues” and “He Got Game” — passed away in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Lee announced via Facebook. Both were Morehouse…

Rumored couple Iggy Azalea and French Montana appear to have gone official.

The 26-year-old Australian singer showed off seven diamond rings from the 31-year-old American rapper in an Instagram post Wednesday.

"He told me pressure makes diamonds @FrenchMontana @iceman_nick," she captioned the photo, adding heart and diamond emojis.…

Lil Wayne has made it clear that he no longer wants to work with Birdman, yet it doesn’t seem like their “partnership” will end anytime soon. Not long ago, Wayne dropped a verse for the introduction of Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe’s brand new show on FS1 “Undisputed.” Earlier today (Sept. 23), the Young Money CEO released the theme song as his new single called “No…

LeBron James is solidifying his entertainment empire one film/television show at a time. The Cleveland Cavaliers star player plans to create a new family comedy for NBC, Deadline reports.

Titled There Goes the Neighborhood, the production will follow the lives of a white family in Cleveland who decided to move into a predominantly black suburb.

Recently, the…

It really is all about the benjamins.

Sean (P Diddy) Combs just gifted Howard University a whopping $1 million check during his Bad Boy Reunion tour on Thursday night.

The “It's All About The Benjamins” rapper noted that the money was to start a scholarship for “anybody who can't pay off their financial aid.”

Combs, 46, received an honorary…

Chris Brown called allegations that he puts his 2-year-old daughter at risk “bulls--t” after multiple outlets reported child protective services had visited his home.

The scandal-scarred singer — arrested last month after a surreal, hours-long police standoff for allegedly pulling a gun on an ex-beauty queen — tried to set the record straight in a since-deleted…

Okay, donors, now let’s get in formation. Power couple Beyoncé and Jay Z will reportedly be hosting an enormous Tidal charity concert next month at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center — the streaming service’s unofficial headquarters — the New York Post reports. (No, don’t be snarky; it isn’t for Tidal itself.) To be held on October 15, Tidal will collaborate with poverty-fighting…

A Brooklyn company is suing Swizz Beatz for allegedly conspiring with an auto dealer to resell high-end vehicles that the music producer had leased for himself and wife Alicia Keys.

The $42 million civil racketeering lawsuit filed Wednesday in Brooklyn Federal Court by Metro-Gem Leasing & Funding Corp., accuses Swizz, whose real name is Kasseem Dean, of leasing 11…

Bedeviled Chris Brown has been denied entry to Japan over allegations that he pulled a gun on an ex-beauty queen last month, according to a report.

Japanese authorities refused to issue a work visa to the R&B singer — who planned to travel east for two Tokyo gigs on Monday and Tuesday — because of his assault with a deadly weapon charge, TMZ reported…