April 2018 Blog Posts (144)

Janelle Monae confirmed longstanding rumors about her sexuality.

“Being a queer black woman in America, someone who has been in relationships with both men and women — I consider myself to be a free-ass motherf—ker,” she told Rolling Stone in a revealing interview.

The songstress, 32, whose latest album, “Dirty Computer,” comes out Friday, said she initially…

Questlove and Nas will help Las Vegas nightlife players Andy Masi, Ryan Labbe and Jason “JROC” Craig open APEX Social Club during Memorial Day weekend.

APEX will be the first venue to open as part of the Palms Casino Resort’s $485 million renovation, in the former Ghost Bar space.

Nas will perform on the hotel’s 55th floor and the Roots drummer will DJ at the…

The tough judge who dished out the harsh sentence to Meek Mill and repeatedly refused to free him on bail is still refusing to step down from his case — even after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court invited her in a written order to…

Rap royalty Lil’ Kim is finally out from underneath the mansion in Alpine, NJ, that’s provided her with years of trouble, litigation and drama after falling into foreclosure in 2010.

Now the sprawling home is up for auction. Starting bid on the Queen Bee’s former estate? A measly $100.

Which is a pretty steep discount, considering the home was most…

An aspiring filmmaker’s $5 million rape lawsuit against Russell Simmons has been dropped.

Months after Jennifer Jarosik sued the hip-hop mogul, attorneys for both parties have signed a stipulation for dismissal, according to documents obtained by Page Six on Wednesday.

Jarosik claimed in her January lawsuit that Simmons “pounced on her” when she shut down his…

Minnesota Twins Short Stop/Hip-Hop Artist Nick Gordon a/k/a G-CINCO born in Avon Park, Florida living in Orlando, Florida his whole life. The song was inspired by things that have recently taken place in my life. I'm trying to defeat the odds a lot comes with that. A lot of people don't see your vision they don't believe. So they try living thru you. Telling you how much you can't do something but in reality I can. I was pushed toward…

Rapper Meek Mill walked out of prison Tuesday after Pennsylvania's highest court ordered him freed while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions.

Following a five-month campaign by his supporters to get him out, the state Supreme Court directed a Philadelphia judge who had jailed him to immediately issue an order releasing him on unsecured bail.

Mill was…

Prince’s heirs have sued Walgreens and the Illinois hospital that treated the music superstar after he suffered from an opioid overdose, alleging that a doctor and various pharmacists failed to provide Prince with reasonable care, contributing to his death.

The wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Cook County, Illinois, alleges a doctor and pharmacist at Trinity Medical…

Blac Chyna’s mother’s $1 million lawsuit against Wendy Williams, in which she claimed the sharp-tongued talk-show host made comments that caused her “stress and depression,” has been dismissed.

A judge told Chyna’s mom Tokyo Toni, whose real name is Shalana Jones-Hunter, in February that if she failed to prove she had served Williams with the lawsuit the case would be…

Kanye West was hospitalized for an alleged nervous breakdown in 2016, but there may be more to his struggles than that. West, 40, reportedly told Hot 97 host Ebro Darden that he was suffering from opioid addiction at the time.

Darden claimed on Hot 97’s “Ebro in the Morning” on Monday that during a far-ranging conversation with the rapper over the weekend (which…

Tekashi 6ix9ine Describing to Police What Happened Between Him and Casanova at the Barclays Center. He can be heard saying "He shot in the air."…

DC rapper Slim Gangsta releases hot new drill anthem "No Limit"

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The New York Police Department is investigating a shooting in Brooklyn last week, which they believe is connected to a feud between Tekashi 6ix9ine and Casanova.

Both men, who are members of the Bloods street gang, have been at odds for months, trading insults and threats over social media.

Last week in Brooklyn, two of Casanova's associates were shot in…

Nicki Minaj soars to the top 10 with "Chun-Li," which bounds from No. 92 to No. 10 following its first full week of tracking.

Making "Chun-Li" her 16th top 10, extending her record among female rappers.

Drake's "Nice for What"…

The Material Girl will have to live without some of her most prized possessions — including a love letter from the late rapper Tupac Shakur— because the pop star waited too long to sue for their return, a Manhattan judge ruled Monday.

Madonna had just three years under New York state law to recover a trove of “highly personal items” that went missing after she moved…

Kanye West’s Twitter binge continued unabated through Sunday, as he added albums he’s produced from Teyana Taylor, Pusha T and Nas to a schedule that already included albums from himself and a collaboration with Kid Cudi — all of which will somehow be released in May and June, he says.

West was known or reported to be working with many of these artists in recent…

Belly may have played the "best show of his life" at Coachella, but the rapper faced an unsavory run-in with festival security shortly following his performance on Friday night (April 20).

Sources confirmed to Billboard that there was a physical altercation between Belly and numerous security guards after his set. In the hours following the incident, video surfaced of…

A big congratulations to Eminem, who celebrated 10 years of sobriety on Friday (April 20).

"Celebrated my 10 years yesterday," the 45-year-old rap star tweeted Saturday (April 21). The message included a photo of Eminem proudly showing off a sobriety coin marking the decade-long stint.…

The black loafers Michael Jackson used to perform his signature moonwalk for the first time on stage are going up for auction – for a smooth $10,000.

The King of Pop wore the Florsheim Imperial leather shoes during rehearsals for his iconic performance of “Billie Jean” at the 25th anniversary of Motown TV special in 1983, according to the catalog…