Featured Blog Posts – May 2019 Archive (98)

Those anticipating footage of a brutal fist fight between Mike Tyson and The Game‘s manager, Wack 100, are going to be waiting for a while — because you just got trolled in an epic PR move!

Sources very close to the situation tell The Blast the, now infamous, meeting between Wack 100 and the former heavyweight champ could not have been more pleasant, and at no point…

Rapper Lil Durk surrendered to Atlanta police on attempted murder charges Thursday in connection with a February shooting outside a restaurant, a report said.

The Chicago-based artist — who released a song called “Turn Myself In” before his surrender — was charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm, according to…

Cardi B has a message for her haters: “I do whatever the f—k I want to do with my body.”

According to Entertainment Tonight, the “Money” rapper blasted critics who shamed her for getting plastic surgery after her daughter Kulture’s birth. The 26-year-old previously revealed she got a breast augmentation and liposuction.

“[People tell me], ‘You lazy, you should…

R. Kelly could soon be slapped with a fresh set of charges — for allegedly paying off witnesses to not testify in his 2008 child pornography trial.

The embattled R&B star is accused of paying off the family of the alleged victim in that case — his goddaughter, TMZ reported Wednesday.

Other witnesses were allegedly sent on vacation as the trial played out…

Rapper Offset won’t face charges for smacking a cellphone out of a fan’s hand at a Georgia Target.

The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to Page Six on Thursday that it has dropped the case because Offset paid the victim to repair the damage to the phone.

The fan in question, Junior Gibbons, whipped out his phone to film the Migos rapper at…

Philadelphia-based battle rapper Tech 9 died of an intentional drug overdose a day before he was slated to be arraigned on child pornography charges, a coroner has ruled, according to reports.

The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office determined that 32-year-old Tech 9, whose real name is Akhiym Mickens, committed suicide on March 24, PhillyMag reported…

Kodak Black will remain behind bars for the forseeable future. During a U.S. District Court hearing on Wednesday (May 29), Judge Federico Moreno ruled the "Zeze" rapper to be a "danger to the community" in Florida, according to WPLG Local 10.

The 21-year-old was arrested by feds on various weapons charges earlier in May before he was slated to hit the Rolling Loud…

50 Cent is taking full advantage of the final season of his TV show, “Power,” and is now going after co-stars for any cash they may owe.

The G-Unit rapper went on Instagram to call out actor Olurotimi “Rotimi” Akinosho, who plays Andre Coleman on the Starz TV series.

“Rotimi owe me some bread man. He gave me some, but he gotta show up wit that bag now,” 50…

Iggy Azalea is threatening legal action against whoever leaked nude photos of the Aussie hip-hop star and turned her mood into a “ball of negative emotions.”

Azalea deactivated her Intagram and Twitter accounts after topless photos of her appeared online over the weekend without her permission. The snaps were outtakes from a GQ cover shoot from 2016 and were never…

Yo Gotti was just hit with a $6.6 million judgement after allegedly walking away with a payment for a collaboration that never materialized.

According to TMZ, Gotti was given $20,000 to appear on a track with Young Fletcher. He cashed the check but refused to drop the song. He reportedly then released a song that was similar to the Fletcher track he was paid for. The…

YG is ready to plead the fifth over questions regarding his affiliations with the Bloods street gang as part of a lawsuit over an incident that went down at the Vegas Cosmopolitan Casino.

According to court documents obtained by The Blast, YG is informing the court he won’t answer certain questions asked by the man suing him over an alleged Vegas assault.

The…

For the longest time some people believed that 50 Cent was a rat, and linked Jimmy Henchman to the death of his friend, Lodi Mack.

The former music mogul, formally known as James Rosemond, was charged and convicted for murder as prosecutors believe he hired guys to kill Lodi who allegedly beat up his 14-year-old son.

Around the time of the 2009 case there was…

Damon Dash‘s ex-wife is asking a judge to shut him down in his attempt to get more custody of their 11-year-old daughter, accusing him of using drugs when parenting.

Rachel Roy is responding to Dash’s recent court filing seeking to change the current custody deal they have for their 11-year-old daughter, Tallulah. Dash recently went back to court asking for joint…

He was freed last year after being incarcerated for increasingly convoluted firearms charges.

But Meek Mill was prevented from entering a concert Saturday at Las Vegas' Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino by security guards who threatened to have him arrested if he entered the premises, according to TMZ.

The 32-year-old rapper was apparently attempting to see a DJ…

Rapper Remy Ma is headed to trial for allegedly punching a castmate of the reality show “Love & Hip Hop: New York,” it was revealed in Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday.

As she left the courtroom, where a July 12 trial date was set for her assault case, the Bronx-born star said she wasn’t looking forward to her day in court.

“I have things to do in my…

Friends and family gathered for a special night at the first B.I.G. Family Dinner in New York on what would have been The Notorious B.I.G.'s 47th birthday Tuesday night. In the midst of the celebratory occasion, Lil Cease delivered a heartfelt apology to Lil' Kim to finally mend their broken relationship that had been strained since the mid-2000s.

“I apologize for…

“Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood” star Teairra Marí finally showed up to court with her bank statements which allow 50 Cent to figure out how he can collect on the $35,000 she owes him.

Teairra Mari appeared Wednesday in an L.A. courtroom on May 22and presented bank records, paystubs and tax returns, which outlined all her sources of income.

The judge also…

For those who didn’t know, country fans take their jeans seriously — very seriously.

Case in point: The company Wrangler came under fire this week after launching a denim collaboration with rapper Lil Nas X, which is inspired by his hit song, “Old Town Road.”

Fans have started boycotting the American manufacturer, claiming “true cowboys” would never wear the…

The estate for Michael Jackson has settled a lawsuit with the pop legend’s former manager, putting an end to a legal battle that been going on for seven years.

The estate was sued back in 2012 by Tohme Tohme, who had served for many years as Jackson’s manager but was let go before the pop star died.

Tohme had argued that he was entitled to a 15-percent cut of…

Drake just added even more diamonds to his mega-carat collection.

Toronto’s Garrison Bespoke gifted the rapper, 32, with a sports jacket covered in 235 handset diamonds.

The one-of-a-kind outerwear, which costs $550,000, is made from 100-year-old archival deadstock jersey cloth from the house of Dormeiul’s private collection, and is decorated with…