April 2016 Blog Posts (107)

Rachel Roy just got stung by the Beyhive once again.

The fashion designer — whose close connection with Jay Z once sparked affair rumors — faces new scrutiny after posting a cryptic message to Instagram following the release of Beyoncé's "Lemonade" album and music video.

In the evocative "Lemonade" project, Beyoncé seems to hint at Jay Z's infidelity in…

Ice Cube finally gave N.W.A. fans what they wanted ... bringing out Dr. Dre at Coachella and completing the group's reunion.

Cube performed his second set in two weeks at the music festival Saturday ... you'll remember, fans were pissed after Dre was a no-show last weekend even though MC Ren and DJ Yella made appearances.

Dre shyed away from performing NWA…

Beyoncé’s latest album “Lemonade” dropped on Tidal on Saturday night, coinciding with a mesmerizing hour-long music video displaying themes of racial disparity and feminism amid swampy Louisiana landscapes.

Flowing water, fire and women in white dresses are frequent sights in the concept album that aired on HBO shortly before Beyoncé announced her 6th studio album on…

The ever-mysterious Prince was cremated without fanfare Friday after authorities released his body from an autopsy, the Daily Mirror reported Saturday.

The “FUNKNROLL” singer, who died Thursday at 57, had “very precise ideas” of how he wanted to be laid to rest — and so shortly after his body was released from a 9 a.m. autopsy in Ramsey, Minn., family members…

Someone throw Leonardo DiCaprio a life boat.

The fervent environmental activist believes climate change is a Titanic-sized crisis — so urgent, he compared it to slavery.

The controversial remarks came during an impassioned speech the Oscar-winning actor delivered at the United Nations on Friday, in which he reflected on teachings from Abraham…

Someone throw Leonardo DiCaprio a life boat.

The fervent environmental activist believes climate change is a Titanic-sized crisis — so urgent, he compared it to slavery.

The controversial remarks came during an impassioned speech the Oscar-winning actor delivered at the United Nations on Friday, in which he reflected on teachings from Abraham…

Prince's crown jewels may be up for grabs.

Just a day after his death, lawyers are beginning to unravel the fate of Prince's royal family fortune, a gold mine he accumulated after nearly four decades in show business. The Purple One left behind a vast music empire estimated to be worth upwards of $300 million, according to published reports.

The value of the…

Birdman’s interview with Power 105.1’s Angie Martinez in 2015 went pretty amicably. His “interview” with The Breakfast Club this morning was, to put it lightly, the complete opposite.

The Cash Money entrepreneur wasn’t willing to exchange words with the trio of hosts and immediately kicked things off by saying, “I’m telling all three of y’all to stop playing with my…

The stepfather of late rapper Tupac Shakur has been denied parole from his federal prison sentence for leading a revolutionary group responsible for the slayings of an armed guard and two New York police officers, a Justice Department spokesman told The Associated Press.

Mutulu Shakur appeared for a parole hearing on April 7 at the federal penitentiary in Victorville,…

Suge Knight gave a lengthy speech in court Thursday accusing officials of planting a jailhouse informant next to his cell and hampering his defense ahead of an August trial.

"I know people are laughing like this is a joke, but this is my life," Knight told Judge Ronald S. Coen in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

"I'm not laughing," Judge Coen…

Prince, the multi-talented musical genius who emerged from Minneapolis to become a controversial chart-topping singer/songwriter and movie star, died Thursday, according to TMZ.com

The 57-year-old Prince was hospitalized last week with the flu, sparking rumors about his health. But the iconic musician appeared at a Paisley Park dance party last Saturday to quiet…

Jelani Maraj, the older brother of Nicki Minaj, was indicted April 4 with felony sexual assault conduct against a child and predatory sexual assault against a child, a clerk from New York's Nassau County Court confirmed with Cosmopolitan today. Bossip was the first to report the news. Maraj was indicted by a grand jury and according to Bossip, the group deliberated for one…

Of all the befuddling legal matters in the entertainment business, there's perhaps none that causes attorneys to scratch their heads like the battle between Michael Jackson and the Internal Revenue Service over what the late entertainer should be paying in estate taxes. In the years after his death in 2009 at age 50, Jackson has experienced a commercial rebirth thanks to the…

Damon Dash feels he could have prevented his then-girlfriend Aaliyah from tragically dying.

The co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records opened up on The Real about the late R&B singer and how he feels he could’ve prevented her from getting on the plane that ultimately crashed and took her sweet voice away.

“Well, there is no chance that if I was there, we…

DJ Khaled just keeps on winning.

The mega-popular new signee to Roc Nation was in New York yesterday promoting…well…himself at a chaotic pop-up shop appearance in SoHo, after which he announced that something big was coming today during the 12 o’clock hour. Khaled dished out nary a hint, but rather continued to tease today’s announcement all over his Instagram…

Late R&B icon Natalie Cole reportedly included a pair of friends who supported her throughout her battle with Hepatitis C in her will.

The "Unforgettable" singer left an undisclosed sum of money to Benita Hill and Tamara Engelstein, who both stood by the musician throughout her lengthy fight with the disease, according to TMZ.

Cole, whose will…

He was probably beeping embarrassed.

When rapper Rick Ross visited the White House over the weekend, he broke a brief silence with the sounds of his ankle bracelet going off, according to TMZ.

The rapper was supporting Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative, which aims to keep young minority men out of the criminal justice system.

Chance the Rapper,…

Where art thou Tupac?

A love letter written by the late Tupac Shakur to his high school crush is being sold $35,000 on the auction site, Moments In Time.

The late performer, who penned the note to a woman he nicknamed "Beethoven" because she had a penchant for playing the piano, met her in drama class at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, Calif, where they…

Kanye West is in some trouble with at least one angry fan, who’s now $9.99 poorer after purporting to be scammed into subscribing to Tidal.

West took to Twitter back in February to let fans know that TLOP would only ever be available on Tidal, which understandably brought in some serious Tidal subscribers.

The problem is, TLOP is available on virtually…