According to the YBF, Air Drizzy took its first flight yesterday. Yep…Drake had a Virgin Airline plane named after him. It was all in celebration of Sir Richard Branson launching his first Virgin flight between Toronto and Cali cities. And of course, Toronto’s hometown hero Drake was the perfect person to help celebrate.
Rap star Drake and Virgin Group chair Sir Richard Branson arrived at Toronto’s… Continue
The real reason DeShawn Snow and Eric broke up! Sources close to Atlanta Gossip, (AG) tells us that Former NBA Player, Eric Snow is leaving his wife DeShawn Snow of 12-years for his “Baby Momma”.” Snow filed for divorce on May 19th in an Atlanta Fulton County Courthouse with “no hope of reconciliation.” The source goes into detail by saying that Eric has been having a premarital affair with a former Michigan… Continue
Rihanna has canceled her July 2 concert at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington, which was scheduled to be the opening night of her tour, according to the Auburn Reporter. A press release from Live Nation states that the date had to be canceled due to "production changes."
That means Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth Tour will now kick off on July 4 in Vancouver. The paper didn't have information on what the production changes… Continue
Fayetteville, North Carolina rapper J. Cole has come under fire for a video that features students from Fayetteville State University and a local high school.
Students from FSU and EE Smith High School, along with band members, are featured in J. Cole’s latest video “Who Dat.”
Officials are so outraged over the language and sexually explicit themes in the video that they are attempting to have the video pulled from the Internet, claiming J. Cole… Continue
AMSTERDAM – Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who has been avoiding international prosecutors for the past year, will be forced to appear on the witness stand in the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
In a ruling published Thursday, judges of the Special Court for Sierra Leone ordered a subpoena served on Campbell and if necessary to enlist the help of law enforcement agencies wherever she is found to make sure she gets to… Continue
Lil Wayne finally got some good news -- he won't have to serve any time behind bars in Arizona ... after he finishes his jail stint in New York.
An Arizona judge sentenced the rapper to three years probation for his role in a 2008 drug bust at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. Under the deal, Wayne pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a dangerous drug.
Wayne -- who appeared in court today through a video link from his NY jail --… Continue
The Real Rick Ross Goes On TV Explaining Why He's Suing Rick Ross To Change His Name! "Hes A Fake" (Wants $10 Million & 50% Of Rick Ross's Royalties) "A former crack cocaine multi-millionaire drug dealer, known as "Freeway Ricky Ross," is suing a successful rap artist who, he says stole his name and image to make millions of his own. Chris Blatchford talked with the real Ricky Ross and has more in this video… Continue
Rapper Snoop Dogg attempted to hire out the entire European country of Liechtenstein as the backdrop for a new video. Snoop] is in Europe touring and wanted to use Liechtenstein, which has a population of about 35,000 residents, but the deal fell through because city officials did not have enough time to accommodate the world famous rappers’ request. "We've had requests for palaces and villages but never one to hire the whole country before,”… Continue
This gives new meaning to eau de toilette. The city Department of Environmental Protection is using a perfume-like chemical spray to mask a fetid stench likely emanating from a waste treatment plant.
Officials hoped the citrus-scented spray would prevent a fireworks display in Astoria Park from turning into a putrid jubilee.
"I've never smelled it this bad," said city Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria), who first noticed the… Continue
Move over Manolo! Your pricey pumps just got some $erious competition.
Luxury jeweler House of Borgezie has created stilettos that cost $155,000 per pair. Dubbed the Eternal Borgezie Diamond Stiletto, the bespoke shoe, which comes with a 1,000 year guarantee, is comprised almost entirely of diamonds and gold.
Each shoe is first handcrafted by a goldsmith and then handed off to a diamond… Continue
Chris Brown’s “comeback” performance at Sunday’s BET Awards shocked fans and naysayers as the R&B singer broke down into tears while paying tribute to Michael Jackson.
While some were impressed and welcomed the singer back into their good graces, others remained more critical and questioned his true intentions.
Adding more fuel to that fire is Lloyd, who’s gone on record to say that he encouraged Chris Brown… Continue
Rapper T.I. was officially named Global Creative Consultant of the Rémy Martin Cognac brand today (June 29th).
Under teams of the deal, T.I. will work to help with promotions, merchandising and digital media campaigns for a variety of the Rémy Martin cognac marques.
The rapper has already started offering creative input towards Rémy Martin’s “Things are Getting Interesting” campaign.
It was obvious that the BET Award winner Nicki Minaj could not be heard during her BET Awards performances. All the tv audience could hear was her verse playing via the studio track in the background while everyone else on stage was clearly live.
When folks started going in on Nicki for not being able to rap live on just a verse or two on the two songs she did, she took to Twitter to blame it on the sound guys.
Eminem‘s Recovery debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling an incredible 741,000 copies in its first week. It’s the biggest first week sales of 2010 and Em’s sixth No. 1 debut. Last week’s No. 1, Drake‘s Thank Me Later, drops to No. 2 with 157,000. This week’s second highest debut is Miley Cyrus’ Can’t Be Tamed. It enters at No. 3 with 102,000 albums sold. Ozzy Osbourne’s Scream sits at No. 4 with 81,000, giving him his seventh top 10 album.… Continue
It's an offer they should have refused.
A 90-year-old Australian man was arrested and charged with raping four young sisters whom he allegedly lured to his home in Thailand with the promise of sweets and English lessons.
Karl Joseph Kraus was taken into custody Tuesday at his home near the northern city of Chiang Mai. Cops found video footage and 100 photographs of naked children, some posing with the elderly man.
Alicia Keys soon to be baby’s father has some TAX ISSUES that he’s gotta straighten out. You see, the IRS and the state of NY just filed $2.2 MILLION worth of liens on his assets
Here’s what he owes, according to our peeps over at DetNews.com:
The state of New York filed a $162,300 tax warrant against Dean and his ex-wife Feb. 4, 2009, with the New York County Clerk.
The IRS filed a $556,986 lien against Dean and his ex-wife… Continue
Ms. Lauryn Hill performing Lost Ones over Drake and Timbaland's Say Something. Thanks to Hard Knock TV's own Mark Anthony for making the trek up to Santa Rosa to film this for us! and to the good folks at the Harmony Festival for getting Lauryn to perform in the States. Word is that she will be performing The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill in its entirety at this years Rock The… Continue