May 2016 Blog Posts (127)

The bankruptcy of Death Row Records is over ... the person handling the case has submitted a final report, and one of the artists left holding the bag is none other than Snoop Dogg, who just got screwed out of $2 million.

According to legal…

Snoop Dogg is rebooting his record label.

DoggyStyle Records has officially re-opened its doors and already has a marquee artist on its roster. The company, which started in 1995, came to fruition after Snoop’s success on his 1993 album, DoggyStyle. It has been 20 years since the label produced music but this year Snoop is planning to change that.

Atlanta…

Who can keep up?

Reality star Kylie Jenner and her rapper boyfriend, Tyga, have ended their tumultuous two-year relationship, sources tell TMZ.

The 18-year-old Jenner and Tyga, 26, reportedly had an "acrimonious" breakup days before the Met Gala earlier this month — where they each showed up solo.

The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star was dismayed…

Who can keep up?

Reality star Kylie Jenner and her rapper boyfriend, Tyga, have ended their tumultuous two-year relationship, sources tell TMZ.

The 18-year-old Jenner and Tyga, 26, reportedly had an "acrimonious" breakup days before the Met Gala earlier this month — where they each showed up solo.

The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star was dismayed…

This is one house DMX doesn't want to bring down.

The rapper is allegedly furious that he's billed as the opening below "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" reality star Erika Jayne for a show this weekend at Miami's gay-friendly House Nightclub, TMZ.com reports.

The "What's My Name" performer is supposed to take the stage at a concert beginning at 5 p.m.…

Chris Brown and singer Kevin McCall got into a skirmish on social media beginning Tuesday night (May 10) when McCall called Brown out on Twitter. It appears McCall was tired of Brown sending his “gang” to deal with his problems and wanted to deal directly with the man himself.

Brown, of course, wasn’t going to take any of that lying down, so he posted a series of…

Drake is currently Draking harder than he's ever Draked before. He's got a No. 1 album, his first-ever No. 1 single as a solo artist, his own clothing line, and an ongoing collaboration with one of the hottest sneaker brands of the moment (not to mention, you know, of the past 30 years). Drake's previous collaborations with Jordan are some of the most coveted kicks in the…

Better late than never.

Or so says Lauryn Hill, who claimed she was "aligning energy with her time," in a lengthy Facebook post Sunday explaining why she arrived over two hours late to an Atlanta concert.

Making matters worse, her set lasted only 40 minutes.

The "Killing Me Softly" singer, 40, blamed her tardiness on the "artistic process" and lack of…

"Anaconda" artist Nicki Minaj says her ex-boyfriend is a snake.

The outspoken hip-hop star unleashed a vicious Twitter rant against longtime beau Safaree Samuels on Tuesday, claiming the little-known rapper is trying to "extort" her after apparently hitting her with a lawsuit.

"Two years later this poor excuse of a man is suing me & claiming to have been…

Singer Iggy Azalea ditched the music producer who made her famous — and now he wants her to pay up, a new Manhattan federal lawsuit alleges.

Jon Jon Traxx claims he discovered the "Fancy" singer in spring 2008 and "nurtured" her career, including by connecting her to major labels and industry bigs.

Traxx claims he gave Azalea "substantive advice pertaining to…

Sorry guys, Bella Hadid has plans for The Weeknd.

The supermodel opened up about her relationship with the R&B singer in the June issue of Elle.

"I love seeing him happy and passionate about his art," the brunette beauty said in the interview. "Being able to see how he works, and put both of our workplaces together, turned out to be really…

Bruno Mars and longtime manager Brandon Creed have split, Billboard has learned.

Creed, whose company The Creed Co. also represents Mark Ronson and Sara Bareilles, had worked with Mars for nine years, during which the singer won four Grammys (including record of the year in 2016 for "Uptown Funk"), notched six No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 and played two Super…

Ja Rule was so furious about getting a beer can to the dome, he stopped his show to find the person who hurled it ... and then slapped the hell out of the culprit.

Ja performing at Harrah's Pool After Dark in Atlantic City last weekend. When the can flew out of the crowd he was only four songs into the show, but brought everything to a halt.

He immediately…

The Prince paternity controversies have begun — with a prisoner in Colorado filing the first claim following the music legend’s death.

Carlin Q. Williams, who is behind bars at a “supermax” prison for firearm possession, filed a paternity claim Monday stating he is Prince’s “sole surviving legal heir,” according to court records.

The claim requests a DNA test…

“The Voice” is about to meet the iconic singer who earned the nickname the Voice.

The late Whitney Houston will reportedly appear on the NBC singing competition in holographic form, reports Entertainment Tonight.

The news of the posthumous visit comes after rumors swirled on social media last week that the show’s judge Christina Aguilera would perform a duet…

As if debuting atop the Billboard 200 with his new album, Views, and scoring his first No. 1 as a lead artist on the Billboard Hot 100 with Views single "One Dance," featuring WizKid and Kyla, weren't enough, Drake makes history on the Hot 100, as he places a record-breaking 20 titles on the new May 21 tally, the most that any act has charted on the ranking in one…

Performer Chance the Rapper has been hospitalized and forced to pull out of a charity event performance scheduled for Monday night.

The Chicago artist was hospitalized for unknown reasons, Billboard magazine reported.

He was slated to appear at Terminal 5 in Manhattan for the “Night for NYC” event hosted by the Robin Hood organization.

The nonprofit took…

Beyoncé told Serena Williams to dance and the tennis champion let loose.

Top-ranked Williams recounted Sunday how she came to have a part in the singer’s video, “Lemonade.”

Williams says, “I have known the director since I was like nine years old. I know Beyoncé pretty well, so they were like, ‘We would love for you to be in this particular song. It’s about…

Get ready to meet Angela Kardashian.

Blac Chyna aka Angela Renee White has filed legal documents to claim the name Angela Renee Kardashian, reports TMZ.

The 27-year-old stripper is reportedly slapping a copyright on the name for “advertising services…promoting the brands, goods and services.”

And “entertainment services” which include appearances as a…

Drake is gearing up for the release of a new music video after dropping his highly anticipated Views album last week, taking to Instagram on Saturday to reveal to fans that his new single, “One Dance,” will serve as the first official music video release for his fourth studio album.

Drake delivered the news via Instagram last night following the Toronto Raptors’…