Featured Blog Posts – May 2017 Archive (103)

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s HBO documentary will debut this summer. HBO officially announced that Defiant Ones will begin airing on July 9. The announcement came after Dre teased news about the film earlier this week.

The four-part documentary, which is directed by Menace II Society’s Allen Hughes, will tell the stories of Dre and Iovine’s personal and working…

The new album 'Revelations' from Billy Blue has the streets on fire right now!! The project features appearances from Lupe Fiasco, Bruno Mali, Slim Diesel, and Kiddo Marv and production from Freeway TJay, 808 Mafia, Mista Kingz, Jay Run, The Relay Team, Monsta Me and more. Available on all digital outlets including iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Apple Music, DatPiff and…

L.A. Reid will step down from his post as Epic Records’ chairman, according to Variety. The label nor its umbrella company Sony Music provided further details. Reid has held the position for six years, signing the likes of Travis Scott, Jidenna, and Future under his tenure. There is no word on his next move after this departure.…

Jay Z and Live Nation are continuing their long-standing touring partnership with a new 10-year deal that will cover worldwide touring, with Live Nation as producer and promoter. While financial details were not revealed in the announcement, sources tell Billboard the deal is worth $200 million.

Last month, Billboard reported that Live Nation and Jay had a new deal in…

Playlist:

1.Sadaday - We Run This Town (Intro)

2.Sadaday - Corners (Freestyle)

3.Mike Will Made It ft Big Sean - On The Come Up

4.Kendrick Lamar ft Rihanna -…

Irv Gotti is pretty damn excited about relaunching Murda Inc Records. The media mogul hit Instagram on (May 9) to announce the label’s future plans.

“Oh and by the way!! I’m about to RE LAUNCH MURDER INC RECORDS!! I got some new artist. New music. Same fucking MOVEMENT! The Worlds Most Talented Record Label,” wrote Ja Rule on Instagram. “Everyone had a lot of fun.…

Singer John Legend is launching a drive to provide job training for the previously incarcerated.

He announced the new initiative “Unlocked Futures” at the Town & Country Philanthropy Summit to provide grants and training for those who’ve spent time in jail.

“Sometimes it is hard to get hired so you have to hire yourself. I have [teamed] with New Profit and…

Nicki Minaj is still keeping Nas right by her side.

The rappers played each other's love interest in Minaj's steamy 2012 music video for "Right By My Side," but it appears things are starting to heat up for them in the real world.

The "Anaconda" rapper sparked rumors she's dating fellow hip-hop artist Nas after she posted a cozy Instagram photo of them…

“Rob & Big” star Christopher (Big Black) Boykin died Tuesday.

He was 45.

The MTV personality died of a heart attack, his rep told People.

Boykin, who served in the Navy, was hired by skateboarder Rob Dyrdek to serve as his bodyguard in a promotional skit for DC Shoes.

The two then turned that partnership into “Rob & Big,” an MTV…

Common has nothing but positive things to say about his ex-girlfriend Serena Williams.

When asked whether she’ll return to tennis after giving birth, he told TMZ, “She’s a champion, you know she will.”

He also called the 35-year-old, “the greatest tennis player to ever play, one of the greatest athletes to ever do it.”

Williams, who is expecting her…

A Florida man accused of murdering his girlfriend claims she accidentally choked to death while performing oral sex — and his unusual defense just might work, according to a renowned pathologist and former New York City medical examiner.

Richard Henry Patterson, 65, of Margate, now wants permission from a judge to bolster his argument by showing his penis to a jury to…

Diddy made his personal chef whip up meals right after he had sex, and wasn't shy about showing off his manhood when she entered the room ... according to a new lawsuit.

In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Cindy Rueda says she was "regularly summoned" to serve Diddy and his guests while they "engaged in or immediately following sexual activity." She also says on at least…

Lil' Kim has responded to accusations made by Hot 97 DJ Funkmaster Flex.

On May 3, Flex accused Lil' Kim of sending her ex-fiance Damion "World" Hardy -- who is currently serving a life sentence in prison -- to beat him up. "Lil' Kim tried to put World on me too... I didn't forget," tweeted out Flex, who also included a few words about the late Tupac Shakur in the…

Mary J. Blige crowns the R&B Albums chart as her latest release, Strength of a Woman, arrives on the May 20-dated tally with 78,000 equivalent album unites earned in the tracking week ending May 4, according to Nielsen Music. The set simultaneously becomes her 20th career entry on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart (bowing at No. 2) and the Billboard 200 (No. 3).…

The Shakur Estate is backing the official doc on the late rapper's life.

12 Years a Slave helmer Steve McQueen will direct a Tupac Shakur documentary that will be supported by the late rapper's estate.

Shakur Estate trustee Tom Whalley and Amaru Entertainment, the company created by Afeni Shakur to release her son’s posthumous projects, announced today that…

Authorities say they have arrested a suspected burglar at rapper 50 Cent's mansion in Connecticut.

Farmington police say the suspect set off an entry alarm Tuesday at the 50,000-square-foot home that alerted private security. Police responded and found the man on the 18-acre estate about 10 miles west of Hartford.

50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson III,…

Shawn Corey Carter’s name began to trend Monday morning (May 8) and for those lustful of a certain type of lyrical prowess, for a second you may have thought Blue’s pops announced a release date for the highly speculated new album.

And if you did, then you’re feelings were hurt because that was surely not why Jay Z was trending. However, it was announced Mr. Carter…

An overzealous fan got a rude awakening at the 2017 Rolling Loud Festival. An attendee made the critical mistake of jumping onstage during Lil Wayne’s set and running right behind the New Orleans rapper. The unlucky man was tackled to the ground by Wayne’s security and took a few shots to the body for his troubles.

The whole world can see the young person’s foolhardy…

Usain Bolt is slowing down.

The fastest man on Earth says that his wild days are behind him. And he made this proclamation at a party celebrating the Kentucky Derby over the weekend.

“(When) you're famous, all the girls are throwing themselves at you,” the 30-year-old Jamaican runner said at a Park Ave. viewing party where he served as the “chief entertainment…

Fred The God Speaks about Taking a Hiatus To Focus on His Health and Family. Also, about how He feels about the Music Industry at this current moment. Also, about never getting signed to a Label and Surviving as a Independent…