Rapper 50 Cent looked back to his usual bulky self while performing in Denver earlier this week as part of his Invitation Tour.
Last week, pictures surfaced of a cadaverous-looking Fiddy, who cut 50 pounds to play a cancer patient in "Things Fall Apart," a movie he wrote and which Mario Van Peebles is directing.
The pics were a shocking contrast from the he-man image of Fiddy we've come to know and love over the last few… Continue
After being pushed back several times, rapper Drake’s album has been moved up from its original release date.
The album leaked earlier in the week, a full two weeks before the initial release date of June 15.
The new date is now Tuesday June 9th.
Drake has previously expressed his feelings on the leak of Thank Me Later, his first full-length release.
“I gave away free music for years, so we’re good over here … just… Continue
Rapper Plies has revealed that he has canceled his performance at this year’s VH1 Hip-Hop Honors, which will honor the south.
Plies was originally announced as one of the performers slated to performing during the evening, but has backed out due to a scheduling conflict as he promotes his upcoming fourth album, Goon Affiliated.
"I had to make a choice between personally meeting with my fans during my album promo tour or performing at… Continue
“When I grew up I saw females doing certain things, and I thought I had to do that exactly,” she says. “The female rappers of my day spoke about sex a lot . . . and I thought that to have the success they got, I would have to represent the same thing. When in fact I didn’t have to represent the same thing.”
“I’m not abandoning the funny voices. I just did a crazy tribute to ODB’s ‘Shimmy Shimmy Ya,’”… Continue
Lady Gaga is being labeled a monster after performing a blood-spattered performance in Britain, hours after a local taxi driver slaughtered 12 people.
Parents and fans protested the singer's concert in Manchester Wednesday after she performed a routine in which an anonymous killer bit her neck and left her covered in blood, London's Daily Mail reports.
Gaga wore a revealing leather corset and proceeded to be attacked by a man dressed in… Continue
Julia Gnuse is officially the most tattooed woman in the world, with 95% of her body decorated in ink. She started getting tattoos 20 years ago, when she was 35 years old to cover up a genetic disorder.
As for her favorite design, Gnuse tells the Huffington Post, 'My most favorite is Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz and I have the full chocolate scenes on my back, on the lower part of my… Continue
A gay-themed McDonald's advertisement in France is causing a stir around the globe.
The advertisement, which uses the slogan "Come As You Are", was meant to "recognize the diversity of McDonald's customers in France," a McDonald's Australian spokeswoman told the Sydney Morning Herald.
The ad opens with a closeted young boy talking on the phone with his lover and looking longingly at their class picture. After telling his lover "I miss you too," he… Continue
Tell it to the judge, Damon: Linda Williams is suing her ex Damon Dash for $1 million in compensatory damages, claiming that he harassed their son, Damon 2nd, and lied to the NYPD. In court papers that surfaced on Tuesday, Williams' attorneys claim that Damon "threatened" their son after he found the 17-year-old deejaying in an NYC nightclub and then held the teen against his will in his apartment. When Williams then attempted to get a restraining… Continue
What will you talkin' 'bout, Willis? A week after Gary Coleman's untimely death at age 42, his former "Diff'rent Strokes" co-star is speaking out about what he claims is the late actor's secret will.
Todd Bridges, 45, who played older brother Willis to Coleman's Arnold on the hit series, told "Entertainment Tonight" that he is in possession of a document containing his old friend's final wishes.
J.A.E Johnson was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, but quickly moved to Brooklyn, NY at the tender age of three months. J.A.E was raised in Brooklyn till he was eleven when his mother then moved back to her roots of North Carolina but this time in the city of Charlotte. Taken in by the southern comfort of the Carolina's he was turned on to rapping. At the age of fourteen entering high school, he began to battle rap by the name J.A.E. Due to one parent living in the north… Continue
The Mariah Carey pregnancy rumors have been swirling for quite some time and seemed to amplify once she dropped out of her role in Tyler Perry’s next film.
Now a source close to Meme and her husband Nick Cannon confirms that the couple is expecting their first child!
“They’re both very excited and very happy,” says the source. “Mariah and Nick want to keep the pregnancy quiet as long as they can.”
The drama with Chad “Ocho Cinco” Johnson’s VH1 reality dating show has already begun. They started filming “The Ultimate Catch” recently, and our source received an interesting letter from a contestant who has already been sent home. I guess Mr. Ocho Cinco is not a fan of having “colored” girls on his show. Our source received emails from both a contestant and an employee of the production company stating that Chad is demanding that all the black girls… Continue
Here is Gucci Mane new video 911 Emergency which premiered on BET’s 106 and Park on june1, and now its available online! Be on the look out for several more videos off of “The Burrrprint 2 HD” to drop… Continue
What? Yeah. First of all, I am hearing that Lloyd Banks has definitely signed to Def Jam Records. Word. So, that’s that, but the crazy thing is I’m hearing that the rest of G-Unit is coming over as well. Now, that is crazy since Rick Ross is the cornerstone of Hip-Hop over there. I know that sounds crazy, but The Roots, Redman and others aren’t getting the burn they once did. Humph! Anyway, I don’t know how 50 Cent can co-exist in the same building as… Continue
Three tobacco giants are suing the city over graphic anti-smoking posters that stores selling cigarettes have to post near the cash register.
R.J. Reynolds, Philip Morris and Lorillard claim the color images of cancer-ravaged lungs, a decayed tooth and a stroke-damaged brain are "unappetizing" and violate the First Amendment.
"The signs...do not describe the risks of smoking in purely factual terms," claims the lawsuit filed Thursday in… Continue
Alcoholism is a problem faced by millions of humans, but could it be spreading to parrots?
The bizarre behavior exhibited by some of the colorful birds in Australia would suggest it's possible.
Hundreds of lorikeets, a type of small parrot, in the small town of Palmerston have been exhibiting signs of being "drunk," according to AFP.
"They definitely seem like they're drunk," said Lisa Hansen, a veterinary surgeon at the Ark… Continue
From a quiet block on Staten Island, a marijuana kingpin ran an international pot-smuggling operation - bringing 100,000 kilos across the Canadian border, the feds say.
The feds raided the modest Buchanan Ave. house where Jonathan Braun, 27, lived with his Orthodox Jewish parents while consorting with biker gangs, court papers say.
"He's the real deal," a law enforcement source said of Braun, who has a bail hearing in Brooklyn Federal… Continue