Featured Blog Posts – February 2020 Archive (69)

The $15 million legal battle between late rapper Juice WRLD and rock band Yellowcard has been put on pause.

A Los Angeles judge has ordered the case to be stayed following the rapper’s death.

The court states no representative has been appointed over Juice WRLD’s estate. The case will be stayed until someone is put in charge of his estate and has the authority to…

Jussie Smollett on Tuesday was once again indicted for allegedly staging a hate-crime attack against himself — nearly a year after charges in the case were abruptly dropped.

Cook County special prosecutor Dan Webb revealed the former “Empire” star had been hit with six new counts of disorderly conduct, accusing Smollett of lying to the Chicago Police Department about…

Sean Kingston had a recent run-in with the cops.

The incident happened on Saturday night (Feb. 8) at Dino's Chicken & Burgers in Los Angeles. According to TMZ, police arrived on the scene around 8:15 p.m. after someone called in and reported that a male in the area was brandishing a gun.

Video of the incident, taken by a bystander inside the restaurant, shows…

Snoop Dogg isn’t looking for a fight with Gayle King.

The rapper, 48, took to Instagram Saturday to make that clear after calling out the CBS correspondent for mentioning late basketball star Kobe Bryant’s 2003 rape case.

“I’m a non-violent person,” Snoop says in the video. “When I said what I said, I spoke for the people who felt like Gayle was very…

Janelle Monáe brought major glitz and glamour to the Oscars 2020 red carpet.

The “Dirty Computer” singer, 34, looked like a beautiful human disco ball in a custom silver Ralph Lauren gown adorned with a whopping 168,000 Swarovski crystals. The head-turning A-line dress also featured a draped hood and an open back.

Monáe added even more sparkle with a…

Former Vice President Joe Biden bizarrely called a young woman a “lying dog-faced pony soldier” at a campaign event in New Hampshire on Sunday.

The woman had just asked the presidential hopeful about his fourth-place standing in the Iowa caucuses.

“How do you explain the performance in Iowa and why should voters believe that you can win the national election?”…

A very pregnant Ciara was able to pull off all of her ­choreography during a performance onstage at a Bulgari event in Brooklyn Thursday.

“She’s pregnant, yo!,” exclaimed one fan, who was flabbergasted by her gymnastic ability. As the singer, dressed in a large leather jacket, dipped to the floor, another said, “That’s like a birthing position!”…

Drake was spotted today in Brooklyn shooting a music video in Marcy Projects. Don't ask me why he would choose Jay Z's hood to do this. I would think of doing it in the Six where he's from.…

Singer Ne-Yo has reportedly broken up with his wife Crystal Smith following years of marriage.

According to The Jasmine Brand, Ne-Yo and Crystal are no longer together and have been having issues for quite some time. A source told the outlet, “Crystal left him. She’s had enough.” Crystal allegedly is ready to make the split legal with plans to file for divorce this…

A choked-up Oprah Winfrey said her best friend, Gayle King, has been receiving death threats after vitriol stemming from her “CBS This Morning” interview with Kobe Bryant’s longtime friend, WNBA player Lisa Leslie.

Earlier this week, the network promoted the interview with a clip that only focused on Bryant’s 2003 sexual assault case, leading to harsh criticism from…

Recently 50 Cent has been as successful a TV producer as he is as a rapper, so now he tries to engage Eminem in his movie projects. Without any luck so far though.

In his interview with Complex News he mentioned one of such cases:

50 said: I’ve come to him, trying to sell his some ideas and stuff and he’s like, “Yo, it’s cool”. One time I came to him like,…

Nicki Minaj released a Meek Mill diss track called Yikes.

Tekashi 6ix9ine has been slapped with a federal lawsuit by a Miami rapper accusing him of ripping off his work.

Rapper Yung Gordon (real name: Seth Gordon) is suing Tekashi (real name: Daniel Hernandez), Tay Keith (real name: Brytavious Chambers) and Create Music Group for copyright infringement.

The suit claims a company named Take Money Promotions contacted…

The late Bobbi Kristina Brown’s ex-fiancé, Nick Gordon, died from an overdose of heroin, his autopsy has confirmed.

According to the toxicology and autopsy report obtained by TMZ, Narcan, a drug used to treat individuals who have overdosed on opioids, was also present in his system.

Gordon was already in cardiac arrest on New Year’s Day when a 911 call — that…

Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill and his former partner Nicki Minaj publicly reignited their years-long feud this week with an explosive Twitter exchange that included allegations of abuse.

Minaj, 37, appears to have kicked off the online shouting match Wednesday afternoon with a Twitter message showing a photo of Mill, 32, staring at his cell phone. Mill, Minaj…

Gayle King woke up so incensed with CBS over a viral clip of her asking Kobe Bryant’s good friend, former WNBA star Lisa Leslie, about his rape trial, she vented on video before going on air Thursday.

“I’ve been up reading…

Janelle Monae became ill after going on a pescatarian diet, the singer revealed in a new interview.

“I started feeling my mortality,” she told The Cut, sharing that she had been battling mercury poisoning.

Pescatarian diets consist of mostly fruits, vegetables and fish and seafood are the main source of protein.

According to the World Health…

At a Columbia University Q&A as part of a lecture series Tuesday night, a moderator asked the rapper — who co-produced the entertainment at this year’s Super Bowl — whether sitting when Demi Lovato…

Rihanna will receive the President’s Award during the 51st NAACP Image Awards this month.

The NAACP announced Tuesday (Feb. 4) that it had selected the 31-year-old pop star and fashion icon for her “groundbreaking career as an artist and musician, but (someone who) has also distinguished herself as a stellar public servant.”

Rihanna will be given the award…