June 2013 Blog Posts (157)

Despite his 12 nominations, Drake has mysteriously pulled out of the BET Awards Sunday morning and producers are now scrambling to figure out how to deal with it, a source very close to the production tells RadarOnline.com exclusively.

The superstar singer was set to be one of the biggest stars of the night and the show had even been nicknamed “the Drake Awards”…

A$AP Rocky clearly don't like obnoxious fans .. After recently stopping his show in Germany when someone took his hat, this Sidney fan got slapped for taping his head a bit too much.

@ the 1:39:40 mark.…

A Philadelphia judge has ordered rapper Meek Mill to attend etiquette classes and notify his probation officer before he takes any trips outside of the commonwealth.

Common Pleas Court Judge Genece Brinkley on Friday told the rapper, whose real name is Robert Williams, he must complete the classes before Aug. 4, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

The orders…

The BET Awards should be called the Drake Awards.

The rapper-singer is up for 12 honors, including five nominations for video of the year, which has 10 nominees.

His own hits — "Started from the Bottom" and "HYFR" — are up for the top prize, as well as his guest appearances on 2 Chainz's "No Lie," A$AP Rocky's "(Expletive) Problems" and Kendrick Lamar's "Poetic…

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Users of mobile devices running Google's Android operating system were warned Wednesday against downloading a so-called BBM (Blackberry Messenger) for Android app, which is adware in disguise.

Security researcher Graham Cluley said the fake "BBM for Android" app appears to exploit a recent announcement by BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins that BBM may go…

This week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, it was a hip-hop affair in the top three. Kanye West, J. Cole and Mac Miller debuted new albums, respectively at Nos. 1-3 on the list. West's "Yeezus" led the rap parade, selling 327,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Outside the top 10 on the Billboard 200 there were a number of movers…

Things seem to be coming along nicely with the joint project between Waka Flocka and Amanda Bynes, because TMZ recently caught up with the Atlanta rapper in Beverly Hills, and he revealed that Bynes already has a rap name.

"A.B., it's A.B.," the Brick Squad general shared.

When asked if Bynes' bizarre antics have given her street cred, Waka says she…

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Lil Scrappy can finally pee in a cup sans stress ... because the rapper has purged himself of the green stuff for 30 days ...TMZ has learned.

We broke the story ... The "Love & Hip Hop: ATL" star voluntarily checked himself into rehab on May 30th -- after failing a court-ordered drug test. He copped to the fact he was addicted to ganja and wanted…

Here's a good lesson: don't creep around Rihanna's roof ... or you'll find yourself in a buttload of trouble.

TMZ broke the story ... Rihanna obtained a restraining order against a man named Robert Melanson after he was captured skulking around her roof on June 17th.

In addition to being hit with a restraining order, Melanson was charged with criminal…

Disgraced chef Paula Deen needs a job ... and she's a mom ... so the good people who run a MILF-based porn site put 2-and-2 together and have offered her a SIX-FIGURE GIG.

A website called PureMature.com fired off a letter this week ... offering Paula a place in their company ... in light of her N-word controversy, which has lost her MILLIONS in…

Earlier this week a driver's license and credit card belonging to Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz showed up on Instagram, which many believed proved he was robbed in San Francisco.

However, 2 Chainz is still denying that he was robbed, and went on…

Yeah, you read that right. Rev. Al Sharpton has inked a deal with Cash Money Records to release his new book ‘The Rejected Stone’. The book is set to drop on October 8th, & is set to feature his thoughts on Lil Wayne & other rappers, who Al Sharpton has been critical about before for their lyrics.…

BOSTON – Even before Aaron Hernandez was accused of first-degree murder, the former New England Patriots tight end liked to put forth a ruthless image on his shirts.

Hernandez, who was charged with the slaying of Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old acquaintance, on Wednesday, wore a black t-shirt emblazoned with the words: "Hot Handed, Cold Blooded" at a Marshall's store two…

Floyd Mayweather wasn't influenced by his surroundings Wednesday when asked to weigh in on one of the hottest debates in the NBA: LeBron James or Michael Jordan.

"Who's a better player between LeBron James and Michael Jordan? I would say LeBron James," Mayweather said on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN Chicago 1000. "And I'm from the Michael Jordan era. I'm 36…

New Yorker magazine put Bert and Ernie from “Sesame Street” on the cover this week in celebration of the Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage - as speculation swirls over the sexual orientation of America's favorite Muppets.

Seated closely together on a couch, Bert has his arm around his orange colored friend Ernie.

The pair gaze at a picture of the Supreme…

Rick Ross has just been sued for being so sophisticated ... he forgot to pay a nearly $90,000 bill for three Rolexes he bought last year -- this according to a new lawsuit.

Johnny's Custom Jewelry in Texas filed the suit against Ross and his company Maybach Music, claiming the rapper agreed to purchase 3 diamond Rolexes last August for a total of…

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kanye West led a slew of new rap music debuts on the U.S. weekly Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, as his latest album "Yeezus" topped the chart but fell below industry sales projections.

"Yeezus," West's seventh solo studio album, sold 327,000 copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan, falling below…

"My name is Marshall. I'm an addict," says superstar rapper Eminem in a scene from the Matthew Cooke documentary How to Make Money Selling Drugs.

Eminem has been pretty open about the fact he was once addicted to prescription meds, including Vicodin and Xanax, addressing his drug problems on his 2009 album Relapse and 2010’s Recovery. But in How to Make Money Selling…