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Russell Simmons is planning a new awards show that will be staged days before the Oscars.

In what is billed as the first-ever All Def Movie Awards, the mogul said Thursday in a statement that the honors "are not the Black Oscars, but they could be. This will be a fun, entertaining and hopefully thought provoking celebration of the uncelebrated.”

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Kanye West is one of the most successful people in the world of music -- has been for a long time -- which makes it especially confounding he confessed to being $53 million in debt.

Kanye tweeted Saturday night, "I write this to you my brothers while still $53 million dollars in personal debt," adding "Please pray we overcome."

All the estimates you read about…

It appears the 58th Annual Grammy Awards may have had some trouble recruiting talent for this year’s performances, as yet another artist has announced they will not be performing for the show following Drake’s announcement. Nicki Minaj took to her social media today [Saturday, February 13] to announce she would not be one of the performers, despite the organization…

Maybe Kanye West should start journaling.

The rapper-turned-designer — now infamous for his Twitter tirades — took time from his Saturday morning to slam a negative review of his fashion show, show love for Caitlyn Jenner and Rihanna, and blame Chance the Rapper for delaying the release of his new album.

West zeroed in on a brief item from gossip site…

Drake may have taken aim at Tory Lanez and the New Toronto in his new track “Summer Sixteen,” but it doesn’t appear that Lanez has any interest in igniting a feud with Drake in the near future.

Last month, Drake debuted the first official single off of his upcoming Views From The 6 album, titled “Summer Sixteen,” while simultaneously taking shots at Meek Mill,…

Kanye and Kim are yet to respond to the old audio going viral.

Unfortunately it’s not going to go away just like that though and fans have also uncovered a tweet from another of Kim’s former lovers – Reggie Bush – which they believes hints the same thing.

In an old Instagram post Reggie posted a meme which read: “I know you’re the one because the smell…

Lil Wayne is in trouble with Uncle Sam, yet again.

The “6 Foot 7 Foot” rapper, 33, was hit with a $868,000 tax lien, according to TMZ.

Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., is accused of not paying a portion of his 2014 taxes.

He was previously slammed with a $12 million tax lien for unpaid taxes in 2011 and 2012. He also owed $7 million…

We’re never going to get to old for this.

Fox moved forward with a pilot for a “Lethal Weapon” TV series, with Damon Wayans Sr. cast in the role made famous by Danny Glover.

The prospective series is based on the 1987 box office hit, which starred Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as mismatched police partners Riggs and Murtaugh and spawned three sequels.

The…

DMX seemed ready to party up just days after being revived from the brink of death.

The 45-year-old rapper was photographed arriving to perform at the Lively nightclub in the Meatpacking District early Friday morning — an astounding turn of events considering his collapse in a Yonkers hotel parking lot four days earlier.

Local police said they found DMX —…

Apple is making its first original television show. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the technology giant is backing a top-secret scripted series starring one of its own executives, Beats co-founder and rap legend Dr. Dre.

Multiple sources say the 50-year-old mogul is starring in and executive producing his own six-episode vehicle, dubbed Vital Signs, and the…

Ciara just can't score in the red zone.

The sexy singer and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson have been open about their decision to remain abstinent, but nobody's saying it has been easy.

The couple started dating last April, and their sex-free relationship choice is clearly wearing on Ciara, according to an interview with "Cosmopolitan."

"I'm…

North West is only 2 years old and she’s already a kick in the head.

The first-born child to Kanye West and Kim Kardashian had an “oops” moment backstage when she kicked rapper Lil Kim in the head at the Yeezy Season 3 fashion show extravaganza at Madison Square Garden. “Kim was mortified,” a spywitness tells Confidenti@l.

Kardashian appeared to have made…

The woman who claimed Chris Brown and his crew hit her and tossed her out of a Las Vegas party ... has now filed a lawsuit against him.

She says she went to Chris' room at the Palms Hotel and Casino, and then someone -- Chris or someone in his crew -- hit her in the "face and/or arm and/or hands."

In the suit, she also says someone in the room took her cell…

Less than a month after Jamie Hector (better known as Marlo from The Wire) was cast as Tupac Shakur’s stepfather in the rapper’s biopic All Eyez on Me, the man himself, Mutulu Shakur, has been released from prison after serving half of a 60 year sentence, The Journal News reports.

The news comes as a bit of a surprise to those familiar with Shakur’s case, a 1981…

Stevie J and Joseline Hernandez were guests on "Wild 'N Out" Monday when the 2 ex-lovebirds squared off during the rap battle against Nick and his crew. It started out all fun and games, but got…

Rapper DMX was recovering at the home of his ex-wife Wednesday after his near-death experience Monday night, his lawyer said.

“He’s with Tashera. They’re in the middle of a divorce, but they’re on good terms. The kids are there, and she doesn’t want to see him sick,” lawyer Murray Richman told the Daily News.

“She’s the nicest person in the world,” the lawyer…

In the world of hip-hop, rappers turned businessmen — Shawn "Jay Z" Carter, Andre "Dr. Dre" Young and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson being the most recognizable names — have become fairly commonplace. Nowadays, most artists have side ventures in music (of course), apparel, food and beverages. Yet however impressive their individual business prowess, few of them are able to…

Kanye West isn't waiting for the other shoe to drop.

The rapping renaissance man, who designed a line of sneakers for Adidas, took to Twitter to slam rival footwear company Puma over reports the company has tried to ink his sister-in-law Kylie to an endorsement deal.

"1000% there will never be a Kylie Puma anything. That's on my family! 1000% Kylie is on Yeezy…

Platinum-selling pop star Ciara is suing her rapper ex-boyfriend Future to the tune of $15 million, claiming his “venomous tweets” and press statements caused permanent damage to her career.

In her defamation lawsuit filed in Fulton County, Georgia, Ciara claims Future acted with "actual malice" when he described her as calculating and controlling and someone who…