Sacramento rapper X-Raided was stabbed during a prison riot at Pleasant Valley State Prison, sources told AllHipHop.com.
A group of inmates affiliated with the gang The Northern Riders were responsible for the attack on the rapper, because he refused to produce their album.
The result was a full-blown riot when three African-American inmates attempted to assist X-Raided, who fought his… Continue
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is to star in a biopic of former South African President Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie, whose lawyers have already contacted the film makers threatening to block it.
"Winnie," which also features Terrence Howard as Nelson Mandela and is based on a book by Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob, starts shooting in South Africa on May 31 and could be ready for theatres by spring next… Continue
Herds of nerds - and plenty of regular folks - are fleeing Facebook.
Concerns about eroding privacy on the beloved social networking site - buoyed by word that Facebook staff held an "all hands" summit about security on Thursday - have prompted members of the tech elite to logout for good.
"It doesn't feel like Facebook is on the side of its users," said Peter Rojas, a well-known blogger who created Web sites like Gizmodo and gdgt.com.… Continue
A fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is all anyone in boxing can talk about now that Mayweather beat Shane Mosley and Pacquiao won a congressional seat in the Philippines. Everyone except Bob Arum, Pacquiao's promoter.
While saying that he is going to do his "darndest to make the fight," Arum has taken a vow of silence when it comes to talking about the upcoming negotiations. That's what he told reporters on a conference… Continue
Springtime in the NFL means a few things for players. First, we're training to get ready for minicamps. Two: Our teams are bringing in rookies and free agents. And three: Players have to take a break from their favorite street drug of choice to avoid getting put in the NFL Drug program.
It's only for a few months, because while the NFL is hard on guys like Brian Cushing (Editor's note: The Houston Texans linebacker and reigning Defensive Rookie of… Continue
Drake confirmed Alicia Keys will appear as a guest on his forthcoming debut album during the Los Angeles stop of his Away From Home tour on Thursday night.
The Toronto MC broke the news to the crowd as the opening notes of "Fireworks," slated to be Thank Me Later's opening track, began to boom from the speakers.
"This right here is the first song that you will here when you put that disk in," Drake said of Thank Me Later, due June 15. "It's a song with… Continue
Rick Ross is sitting on top of the world — in his new video for "Super High," Ross, along with his lady, straddles his motorcyle on a mountain top.
"Shout-out to F. Gary Gray," Ross said recently on the set of the clip, referring to the video's director, known for the films "Set It Off" and "The Italian Job," among others. "That's my favorite director throughout film. I met him ... Diddy introduced me to him one night.… Continue
A 14-year-old girl was repeatedly raped, drugged and beaten by two men for two horrifying weeks in a Brooklyn basement, prosecutors said.
Anthony King and Kevin Evans, both 24, were identified by the victim after she escaped from the Crown Heights basement on Tuesday, court records show.
Evans picked up the girl and a female friend, also 14, on April 27 and took them to New Jersey, where they used heroin, officials… Continue
Someone stole Tyler Perry’s credit card information and balled out. This is not a laughing matter. People work hard for their money and it is sad that people will do that. This is what they spent off Tyler’s credit card: TOTAL: $28,492.22 4/25/10 – Southwest Airlines – M. Woods (Burbank-Las Vegas) – $3.00 4/25/10 – Southwest Airlines – M. Woods (Burbank-Las Vegas) – $158.70 4/28/10 – Best Buy – $734.00 4/29/10 – Lowe’s (Greenville)… Continue
We're all for sporting comfy clothing, but Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon looked downright ridiculous while running errands in their equally atrocious sweatsuits. Fashion-challenged Mimi paired her royal blue blunder with t-strap peep-toe pumps, and her hubby's oversized gear made him look even more minuscule than he already is.
HONG KONG -- The young man whose rendition of "I Will Always Love You" on a Taiwanese talent show recalled Whitney Houston's high notes has a record deal.
Sony Music Entertainment said in a statement Thursday that Lin Yu-chun's debut, featuring Chinese and English songs, will be released in July.
It quoted 24-year-old Lin as saying, "I still can't believe this is real." Sony didn't say if the album would have his rendition of the… Continue
3.SPEAKIN TUNGS-CAMRON by user414006 If you haven't heard Vado's "Speakin Tongues" yet, find the MP3 on the Net or go to the club tonight. The record is going to be a summer anthem. The Cam'ron-assisted cut could be the young Harlem spitter's breakthrough single.