Featured Blog Posts – May 2016 Archive (111)

Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg has a bone to pick with The History Channel over its new "Roots" miniseries.

The 44-year-old rapper lampooned the network — and the entertainment industry in general — for continuing to churn out TV shows and movies that detail the atrocity of slavery.

"I'm sick of this s---. How the f--- are they going to put 'Roots' on, on Memorial…

Let's hope Nick Cannon doesn't drop the mic.

The host/comedian has issued a challenge to anyone who thinks they can beat him in a rap battle.

But if you want to play, prepare to pay.

The opponent has to put up $100,000 in order for the challenge to take place.

The dad of 5-year-old twins (with ex Mariah Carey) has already dared chart toppers Tyga…

Attendees at Drake's Memorial Day party were on their "Worst Behavior" Monday when a brawl broke out at the rapper's California estate.

Groups of girls were captured on video throwing punches and tussling on the ground outside the artist's Hidden Hills home as their fellow partygoers watched on.

A man eventually tried to break up one of the scuffles, but the…

The couple arrived at Las Vegas' Sky Beach Club at 3 p.m., heading to their elevated VIP area behind the DJ booth that overlooks the venue's two pools, enveloped by the two towers of the Tropicana hotel.

Dressed in black shorts, a black polo shirt and his signature…

OutKast rapper Big Boi felt the wrath of Twitter yesterday [Sunday, May 29] after he posted a meme about modern-day motherhood versus motherhood in the ’70s that outraged many.

The meme shows Florida Evans, the fictional character played by Esther Rolle in the ’70s TV show, Good Times, juxtaposed against a half-naked woman. Under Evans it says: “Mothers in the ’70s,”…

A Chris Brown concertgoer is throwing his hat into the legal ring, suing the singer over an alleged bullying incident.

Marq Stevenson, who attended Brown's show in Dallas last year, claims he was bullied by the R&B star's camp after he tried to get his hat signed at the concert, TMZ reports.

Stevenson says he handed over the cap to a member of Brown's crew,…

Kylie Jenner's rumored boyfriend PartyNextDoor (Jahron Anthony Brathwaite) shared a video on Snapchat and Instagram expressing his affection towards the reality TV star. On 28 May, the rapper shared a video, wherein the teen reality TV star seems to be irritated about something the rapper did.

In the video, the singer-songwriter is seen questioning the Keeping Up With…

Looks like there’s been another interruption in Kanye‘s creative process. Earlier this week, someone broke into his personal studio in Calabasas and took off with $20,000 in equipment.

Sources told TMZ they got a call to Kanye’s Calabasas office Tuesday for a burglary. They were told a door had been pried open overnight and the robber/robbers made off with laptops and…

Good news for the newly-engaged Angela Simmons—she's expecting her first child!

After weeks of publicly avoiding questions about her rumored pregnancy, the Growing Up Hip-Hop star finally announced the joyous news on Instagram Friday evening.…

Video of T.I. caught hiding behind a wall during the Troy Ave club shooting.

What else was he supposed to do!?…

Yo Gotti may be in need of some cheering up, perhaps in the form of a revealing DM or snap, as TMZ is reporting that the rappers $409,000 Lamborghini Aventador was wrecked by an employee at the dealership meant to repair it. Gotti is suing Motorcars of Georgia, a luxury car dealership where he took his Lambo for maintenance work this past October.

According documents…

Guwop won’t stop.

Just one day after being released from federal prison, the indefatigable Gucci Mane debuted his first new track — aptly titled “First Day Out Tha Feds” — on Friday morning.

“I wake up and take a…

A heartbreaking meeting of the moms will convene at a private memorial service for Afeni Shakur, the mother of hip hop icon Tupac.

Voletta Wallace, who lost her rapper son Biggie Smalls in a 1997 drive-by shooting, and Sybrina Fulton, whose unarmed teen son Trayvon Martin was gunned down in 2012, are expected to honor Shakur at a Saturday service in her native…

The Trap God has been sprung.

Rapper Gucci Mane has been released from prison after serving more than two years behind bars for a federal firearms charge, according to multiple reports.

The “Trap House” rapper left the Indiana penitentiary early Thursday, four months earlier than scheduled, TMZ reported. He’ll reportedly spend a few months under home…

To borrow a line from Drake: Oh man, not again.

Rancorous rapper Meek Mill reignited his long-standing feud with fellow hip-hop star Drake with yet another diss — once again insinuating his Canadian counterpart doesn't write his own lines.

"This is hip-hop, you ain't write it, don't record it. I don't know how they gettin' down 'cross the border," Mill…

An up and coming rapper from Brooklyn with a beef was charged Thursday with opening fire backstage at Irving Plaza during a T.I. concert, killing one and wounding two others, police sources said.

Troy Ave, of Crown Heights, accidentally shot himself during the chaos in the leg, sources said. He was charged with reckless endangerment and illegal weapons possession,…

Talk about cash money!

Long before they professionally parted ways, longtime collaborators Lil Wayne and Birdman used to bet thousands of dollars on video games.

Florida rapper T-Pain spilled the beans about his rapper buddies…

Kanye West's not gonna let him finish.

Lawyers for the hip-hop hipster and his wife, Kim Kardashian, sent a letter threatening their ex-bodyguard with a $10 million lawsuit over his continuing public accusations against the pair, TMZ is reporting.

The legal team claims that ex-NYPD cop Steve Stanulis, who had been hired to protect Kardashian during her trip to…

One person was killed and three others wounded as gunfire pierced the air and turned a packed hip hop concert at Irving Plaza Wednesday night into pandemonium, according to officials and witnesses.

With the headliner T.I. set to appear, the chaos erupted backstage shortly after 10 p.m., with a fight in a green room above the stage of the Union Square venue, NYPD…