March 2017 Blog Posts (125)

Tyra Banks is going to make “America’s Got Talent” fierce.

The former “America’s Next Top Model” host will take over for Nick Cannon on the talent competition, she announced Sunday evening.

“Since I was a little girl, I’ve been obsessed with grandiose acts and performers who make the seemingly impossible possible. I love how ‘AGT’ brings that feeling into…

The Brooklyn Nets honored one of their own with “Biggie Night” on Sunday.

The team recognized the rapper at the Barclays Center 20 years after his death with his mother, Voletta Wallace, children T’yanna and CJ, widow Faith…

Floyd Mayweather is willing to come out of retirement and put his stellar record on the line to fight 28-year-old Conor McGregor. The undefeated boxing champ made the official announcement Saturday (March 11) and made sure to tell McGregor there’s no need to drag on the process, he wants to dance in the ring with the UFC Lightweight Champ by June.

“I don’t want to…

The Arizona man who stole $3 million in jewelry from Drake’s tour bus last September was given a one-year jail sentence after his arrest that month for breaking into woman’s dorm room at Arizona State University. Travion King, described by authorities as a homeless person, will also face five years of probation once he’s set free.

The District Attorney’s Office for…

Nicki Minaj is not here for the ghostwriting talk. The Young Money rapper released three new tracks last week, including “Regret in Your Tears,” which finds the Queens rapper detailing a relationship gone bad. Some on Twitter are speculating that PartyNextDoor is the penman behind the song, which Minaj is vehemently denying.

The hubbub started yesterday (March 10),…

Most in the music industry know Jay Z as one of the best rappers of all time, but one of the pioneers of hip hop, Melle Mel, feels very differently.

The former Furious Five member has a history of going after Jay, and he added another log to the fire when he brought him up on the reality show First Family Of Hip Hop.

"It's garbage, most of it is garbage. These…

Among others, fans dropped legendary emcee and hip-hop royalty Nas smack in the middle of Remy Ma and Nicki Minaj’s rap spat after the Bronx-native sampled his 2001 Jay Z diss track, “Ether.”

But now that Rem’s “shETHER” adaptation of the record has been snatched from practically all commercial distribution, including radio-play and live performance, Nas reportedly…

Nicki Minaj taunted hip-hop rival Remy Ma by promising to pay her $500,000 if she’s able to book a gig without using Minaj’s name.

“I’ll give u half a million dollars if u can book ANY show or interview w/o mentioning the Queen name,” Minaj posted on Instagram on Friday.…

The bad girl routine is nothing new.

Misbehaving “212” rapper Azealia Banks was once arrested for slicing her sister with a box cutter in the "neck, the arm and the hand,” prosecutors disclosed on the eve of her bouncer boob-biting trial in Manhattan Criminal Court.

The incident in April 2009 is a past crime for the controversial performer that prosecutors hope…

The Young Money triumvirate set social media alight when they reassembled for a group picture…

A pregnant Ciara was involved in a car crash Friday afternoon around the Los Angeles area, TMZ reported.

The 31-year-old singer, who is in her third trimester, was making a left turn while in her white Mercedes SUV, when a grey Volvo SUV collided into the front passenger side of her car.

When police and EMS responders arrived at the scene, Ciara was found…

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A lawyer for rapper Waka Flocka Flame says a jury has found his client not guilty of charges filed after a handgun was found in his carry-on bag during a security scan at Atlanta’s airport.

The rapper, whose real name is Juaquin Malphurs, was arrested in October 2014. He faced charges including carrying a weapon in an unauthorized location.

Defense attorney…

The Notorious B.I.G. is being remembered by collaborator Sean “Diddy” Combs and the late rapper’s wife, Faith Evans, 20 years after his killing.

Combs asked social media users to salute the rapper, also known as Biggie Smalls, by rapping their favorite Biggie verse and posting video on social media.

He put up a somber video message himself saying, “time heals…

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East and West Coast rivals Tupac and Biggie are uniting on the small screen.

A new USA Network series "Unsolved" began filming this week, featuring actors Marcc Rose and Wavyy Jonez portraying the late famous rappers.

An image of Jonez and Rose bearing a striking resemblance to the artists was captured this week out in L.A. while they were embarking on the…

Former Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez is reportedly dating Castle Hill-native Jennifer Lopez.

The pair has been “quietly” seeing one another for at least the past two months, according to LoveBScott.com.

They are “absolutely not hiding their relationship around close friends and family,” the site added.

Rodriguez was recently seen backstage at one…

Nicki Minaj has accomplished yet another milestone in her career, adding another bragging right to her list.

The raunchy rapper from Queens has tied Aretha Franklin for the most Hot 100 singles amongst women.

According to Billboard, Nicki’s guest appearance on Gucci Mane’s “Make Love” peaked the No. 78 spot on the chart, making it her 73rd Hot 100…

It’s the Biggiest thing to hit Bed-Stuy in two decades.

A Brooklyn art gallery plans an art exhibit paying homage to the legacy of local hero Christopher Wallace — aka The Notorious B.I.G. — to mark the 20th anniversary of his West Coast murder.

“We definitely feel Biggie deserves that honor,” said Steven Dunn Jr., one of the two owners of The Bishop Gallery on…

They can't leave her alone.

Even though Ciara has moved on from her ex Future and is happily married to NFL star Russell Wilson with a baby on the way, the haters won't stop assuming everything she does is a jab at her former fiancé.

The singer appeared naked and pregnant in a photo shoot for Harper's Bazaar this week, which also featured her son with Future,…