January 2019 Blog Posts (156)

The “Love on the Brain” singer is suing her dad, Ronald Fenty, and his company called Fenty Entertainment, for exploiting her name for his own gains, The Blast reported.

According to court docs, Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, claims her father and another man, Moses Perkins, created the…

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After nearly a year-and-a-half in jail, Mystikal could be released on bail later this week.

Attorneys for the rapper, whose real name is Michael Taylor, told TMZ over the weekend that thanks to help from his family and friends and an expected new record deal, he could be out by the end of the week.

According to Mystikal’s legal team, the deal, plus money raised…

Norway is investigating allegations over whether streaming numbers were inflated at Tidal, a subscription-based music and video streaming service owned by rapper Jay-Z.

The investigations follow ongoing reports by Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv that the music streaming service had inflated its listening numbers of artists such as Beyonce and Kanye West. “Tidal…

The NYPD will meet with a woman who has accused R. Kelly of sexual assault and infecting her with genital herpes – and who now says the singer is trying to intimidate her into silence, attorney Gloria Allred said Monday.

The women’s rights attorney made the announcement at a press conference alongside Faith Rodgers, who last year sued the singer for “mentally,…

Lil Uzi Vert may not be done with music after all, but he is frustrated by it.

Days after he claimed he was quitting music, the 24-year-old posted a video to social media (via Hot New Hip-Hop) saying he wants to release music but his label won’t let him.

After claiming he’d been trying to put out something new, Uzi said, ”You think I don’t wanna drop music? You…

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Before 2018 came to a close, Soulja Boy made a bold proclamation: He had the biggest comeback of the year. On Thursday night, Soulja doubled down on his statement and even skewered Tyga in the process during a session on Instagram Live.

“N---as up in here talking about Tyga. Tyga? Tyga?! Huh?" a vexed Soulja said after fans dubbed Tyga the comeback artist of 2018.…

Illinois officials say a concert in Springfield that was to be hosted by R. Kelly cannot take place in the wake of new sexual misconduct allegations against the R&B star.

Illinois Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Denise Albert told the Chicago Tribune that the application for the Spring Break Jam in April was denied Thursday because of security concerns…

Big Boi and Travis Scott will join Maroon 5 in this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.

Maroon 5 had been the widely reported halftime show act since September, but the NFL officially announced the band as its headliner Sunday. The league says Maroon 5 will feature guest artists including Big Boi, the Atlanta-based rapper from Outkast, and Scott.…

Rapper Lil Uzi Vert posted an Instagram story on Friday evening saying that he has quit making music.

“I wanna take the time out to say I thank each and every one of my supports, but I’m done with music,” he wrote on the post. “I deleted everything. I wanna be normal… I wanna wake up in 2013.”

Fans immediately took to social media to register their distress…

Missy Elliott is making history as the first female rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, whose 2019 class also includes legendary British singer Cat Stevens and country-folk icon John Prine.

The organization announced the new group of inductees Saturday. Other inductees include Tom T. Hall, who Johnny Cash called his “all-time favorite songwriter”; Jack…

Drake is a man of wealth and, yes, excess, worth more than $100 million in published accounts.

Very late Thursday night, he hinted strongly he’s a man of XS, too.

“Vegas! When I came back, I thought it’d be back at T-Mobile Arena or some (stuff),” he said during a 30-minute foray of his richly streamed music at XS Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas. “But I’ll be…

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Song Title: This Year…

Juelz Santana and Kimbella have finally tied the knot.

The “Love & Hip-Hop” stars were wed in a private ceremony in New York on Thursday night, reports Complex. Among those in attendance were Lil Kim, Joe Budden and Santana’s Dipset pals Cam’ron, Jim Jones and Freekey Zekey.

Santana (whose real name is LaRon Louis James), 36, proposed to the reality star,…