April 2014 Blog Posts (147)

The Rev. Al Sharpton was defiant Tuesday, saying he should be praised not scorned for having once helped the FBI by secretly recording conversations with mobsters.

“I was not and am not a rat because I wasn’t with the rats,” he told a packed news conference at his National Action Network headquarters in Harlem. “I’m a cat. I chase rats.”

Sharpton…

Singer Chris Brown’s assault case is going forward after a judge in Washington on Monday rejected a request to dismiss it.

Lawyers for the Grammy-award-winning singer had argued the case should be dismissed because prosecutors abused the grand jury process to prepare for trial. Brown’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, said prosecutors used the grand jury to “freeze” the…

Several major U.S. studios filed a copyright infringement lawsuit on Monday against the file-sharing website Megaupload and its ebullient founder, Kim Dotcom.

Megaupload, which U.S. authorities shuttered in 2012, facilitated a “massive copyright infringement of movies and television shows,” according to a statement issued by the Motion Picture Association of…

Beyoncé is on a power trip.

The Houston-born pop star has been on a campaign for women's empowerment that apparently isn't subsiding anytime soon.

"I'd like to believe that my music opened up that conversation," Beyoncé, 32, tells Out magazine in an interview for its May Power issue, her first magazine feature since debuting her self-titled album in…

Birdman is not as generous as Justin Bieber would have you believe ... the car Biebs posed with on Instagram was NOT a gift -- it's just a loaner from Birdman.

Biebs posted the photo on Instagram Monday with the caption, "Uncle Stunna luv. My first Bugatti ♛ #generosity"…

It only took 2 Chainz 2 minutes in court to do his business ... pleading not guilty to FELONY drug possession.

2 Chainz was busted last June at LAX after TSA officers allegedly found codeine in one of his checked bags. Codeine is one of the main ingredient in sizzurp.

He was hit with the felony charge last week and appeared briefly in an L.A. courtroom…

Legendary WWE Superstar The Undertaker was rushed to a hospital in New Orleans Sunday night after suffering a severe concussion.

WWE says Taker was injured during his match with Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania XXX -- doctors conducted various tests, including a CAT scan.

The 49-year-old wrestler suffered a concussion ... and he stayed overnight for further…

A man who got shot at a BET Awards after party claims the club -- as well as Viacom and BET -- made a near fatal mistake with security ... and wants them to pay up for it.

Antwon Black claims in a new lawsuit -- obtained by TMZ -- he attended a party at Compound Nightclub in Atlanta on October 2, 2011 ... the official BET after party.

Black says the club messed…

Quincy Jones, famed producer who has worked with various icons in music, television and film, including Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith, was recently asked about how today's Pop acts stack up against artists he's worked with.

"When you come from the era of Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson,…

Black people are the fathers and mothers of civilization, white men are the devil, the Christian god is nothing more than a ghost and only a small percentage of people understand the world.

These are just some of the ­beliefs behind the bling — the gaudy Five Percent Nation ­medallions worn by Jay Z and Carmelo Anthony.

Last week, all eyes at the Barclays…

Bill Maher's "Overtime" segment on Friday night may have eclipsed his "Real Time" conversations when he weighed in on the controversy surrounding ousted Mozilla Firefox CEO Brendan Eich — and voiced an equally polarizing opinion on the matter.

During the online-only post-show segment, Maher, 58, asked his panel of contributors about their thoughts on the tech…

A Chinese mom hacked off her own son's fingers after arguing with her husband, police said.

The Shanghai woman, who has not been identified, allegedly chopped off three of her 8-year-old boy's digits following the bitter row.

The couple started discussing "family issues" on Wednesday, according to Shanghai Daily.

But the wife then "got fired up"…

Nas On Bill Maher Talking About The Illmatic 20 Year Anniversary….…

White folks madd…. The hate was real son.…

Grammy-nominated rapper 2 Chainz has been charged with felony drug possession in connection with the seizure of codeine from his luggage at a Los Angeles airport last year, authorities said Thursday.

Codeine, a narcotic, is an ingredient in the euphoria-inducing opiate cocktail known as sizzurp.

The Georgia-based performer, who once titled a mixtape…

Romanian police are looking for a gang of young thugs who swung a terrified elderly woman around in circles.

One man spins the old lady round twice despite her screams for help.

The men recorded the incident, which has now made its way online,…

Nigerian man beheaded his father then ate his neck.

Police in Ebonyi State, southeastern Nigeria, say that Nwode Chukwudi attacked his father with a machete.

When police were called he also threatened to attack anybody who tried to apprehend him before being overpowered by officers.

It is not clear why the 30-year-old attacked his father Michael…

Rapper/pastor Mase put the word out his divorce is off and his marriage -- which has become the backbone of his empire -- is rock solid again. Problem is ... IT'S NOT TRUE.

The divorce is FULL STEAM AHEAD. TMZ broke the story ... Mase filed for divorce back in January and it looked really nasty. He was asking for full custody of the 2 kids he had with wife…

Openly gay rapper Fly Young Red has never been one to be bashful about his sexuality. Even on the heels of his infamous internet smash “Throw That Boy P***y”, the news of his signing is sure to send shockwaves throughout the entertainment world.

With such blatantly vulgar and homosexually charged lyrics, an industry power-move such as his YMCMB signing is…