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Rapper Freddie Gibbs was reportedly taken into custody by French police on Thursday, according to a report from French publication La Depeche du Midi. The arrest took place shortly before Gibbs was due to perform at Le Rex club in Toulouse.

La Depeche reports that the rapper, who has previously collaborated with Madlib and Gucci Mane, is "wanted in connection with a…

Drake’s Views has conquered the Billboard 200 album chart for four straight weeks, and now it’s crossed another plateau.

The rapper’s fourth studio album has totaled over 1.07 billion on-demand song streams in the United States alone, according to Billboard. That puts Drizzy in good company of other male pop stars’ recent efforts: Justin Bieber’s Purpose (1.38…

Chris Brown is slamming a report that he allegedly stepped on a man’s head and injured him last month.

Hours after TMZ posted video of Brown appearing to barrel his way through a Cannes crowd May 18 and tread on a man standing one level below — reportedly putting the man, identified as Malek Mokrani, in a neck brace — the singer shared a fiery “PSA” refuting the…

Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead.

Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications, a family spokesman confirmed to NBC News. He was 74.

"After a…

They are the “Champions”!

Rap’s A-list — Kanye West and his fellow GOOD Music all-stars — just kicked off the summer with a new single off the long-anticipated Cruel Winter album.

West tweeted the release Friday.

"Champions" packs nearly six minutes of pop-the-trunk bass and anthemic synth and features a who's who of major players in the rap industry:…

Bobby Brown is opening up.

For the first time the singer is talking about the deaths of his ex-wife Whitney Houston and their daughter Bobbi Kristina .

In an interview with Robin Roberts for 20/20 the 47-year-old performer dissolves into tears while discussing his 22-year-old daughter.

Bobbi Kristina was found unresponsive in a bathtub and spent six…

Tamar Braxton is still going to keep it real.

A week-and-a-half after being shockingly fired from talk show "The Real," the 39-year-old has landed a new gig — courtesy of another talk show host.

Steve Harvey announced Thursday he has signed a deal to produce a new show for Braxton.…

Rhianna earlier this week shared clips of her beautiful Barbadian get-away which included snaps of her relaxing on a giant swan pool float near a scenic beach.

With a glass of wine in hand and a Faith Evans slow jam playing in the background, the ANTI singer seemed to be enjoying her vacation without a care in the world — that is until her pool raft…

Music megastar Prince’s shocking April 21 death followed an accidental overdose of the prescription opiate fentanyl, according to an autopsy report released Thursday.

The 5-foot-2 rocker weighed just 112 pounds when he collapsed inside an elevator at the home studio located inside his Paisley Park estate, the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office report…

A former Destiny's Child singer was arrested Thursday after cops found her drunk and disorderly outside a Georgia gym.

Farrah Franklin — who performed with the girl group from 1999 to 2000 — was taken into custody after cops noticed her slurring her words and smelling of alcohol, TMZ reports.

Authorities say Franklin got into a disagreement with a male friend…

He wants to be young, wild and free of his contract.

Hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa is suing his label and his former manager in hopes of terminating the deal he signed with them more than a decade ago, Rolling Stone reports.

The "Young, Wild and Free" artist says Rostrum Records and its creator Benjy Grinberg regularly introduced him to business ventures that had…

Jay Z is still brushing the hate off his shoulders.

The rap mogul continues to take to his music to speak up and is now slamming a conservative critic's prior comments on his drug-dealing past.

The 46-year-old claims he's still in the game and hit backs at Tomi Lahren in a guest spot on Pusha T's new single "Drug Dealers Anonymous," which dropped Tuesday…

He's wearing freedom well.

A week after his early release from prison, rapper Gucci Mane announced he’s designing his own clothing line called Delantic.

His girlfriend, Keyshia Ka’oir, teased the news on Instagram when she posted videos of Gucci wearing a bright pink hoodie from the upcoming line.

Mane, 36, was released from the Federal Prison in Terre…

Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg has a bone to pick with The History Channel over its new "Roots" miniseries.

The 44-year-old rapper lampooned the network — and the entertainment industry in general — for continuing to churn out TV shows and movies that detail the atrocity of slavery.

"I'm sick of this s---. How the f--- are they going to put 'Roots' on, on Memorial…

Let's hope Nick Cannon doesn't drop the mic.

The host/comedian has issued a challenge to anyone who thinks they can beat him in a rap battle.

But if you want to play, prepare to pay.

The opponent has to put up $100,000 in order for the challenge to take place.

The dad of 5-year-old twins (with ex Mariah Carey) has already dared chart toppers Tyga…

Attendees at Drake's Memorial Day party were on their "Worst Behavior" Monday when a brawl broke out at the rapper's California estate.

Groups of girls were captured on video throwing punches and tussling on the ground outside the artist's Hidden Hills home as their fellow partygoers watched on.

A man eventually tried to break up one of the scuffles, but the…

The couple arrived at Las Vegas' Sky Beach Club at 3 p.m., heading to their elevated VIP area behind the DJ booth that overlooks the venue's two pools, enveloped by the two towers of the Tropicana hotel.

Dressed in black shorts, a black polo shirt and his signature…

OutKast rapper Big Boi felt the wrath of Twitter yesterday [Sunday, May 29] after he posted a meme about modern-day motherhood versus motherhood in the ’70s that outraged many.

The meme shows Florida Evans, the fictional character played by Esther Rolle in the ’70s TV show, Good Times, juxtaposed against a half-naked woman. Under Evans it says: “Mothers in the ’70s,”…