Featured Blog Posts – June 2020 Archive (71)

He’s gone from “Holla Holla” to “Opa Opa!”

Ja Rule has recorded his biggest hit in years — a bizarre, low-budget TV commercial for a Greek restaurant that has racked up millions of views.

“Papa Cristo’s got the best motherf—ing gyros you ever f—ing ate in your life! S–t is so good!” the Queens-born rapper says in the now-viral, expletive-laden spot for…

Actor-comedian D.L. Hughley, who collapsed in the middle of his set at a Nashville comedy club, has announced that he tested positive for the coronavirus.

The 57-year-old stunned patrons and employees when he lost consciousness while performing at the Zanies comedy nightclub on Friday night.

On Saturday, Hughley posted a video on Twitter in which he told…

Tray Savage, a Chicago rapper who was part of Chief Keef’s Glo Gang, was shot to death Friday morning on the city’s South Side.

The 26-year-old rapper, née Kentray Young, had just dropped his girlfriend off on South Evans Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood (where he lived) at around 11 a.m. when he was shot twice, in the neck and shoulder, police told the…

Beyoncé celebrated Juneteenth by dropping her single “Black Parade” and immediately jetting off with her husband Jay-Z and three children to The Hamptons.

The new song’s opening lines are “I’m going back to the South, I’m going back where my roots ain’t watered down” — but in reality, Queen Bey opted for staying above the Mason-Dixon line as she and her family…

Like many of us, DJ Khaled has been indoors under quarantine orders for months, recently venturing out for the first time in a full hazmat suit to address excruciating pain from a root canal he could no longer ignore.

The Miami-based producer stepped into his head-to-toe gear while in his dentist’s parking lot, captioning an Instagram photo of the get up, “Play…

D.L. Hughley frightened patrons and employees of a Nashville comedy club when the collapsed in the middle of his set.

Hughley, 57, was mid-joke at Zanies Nashville Comedy Club when he paused unexpectedly. He then began to lean forward on his stool and was immediately helped by staffers. Unfortunately, his body continued to give out and he soon collapsed to the…

Krook Rock was born in 1974 in Providence, RI a son of Dominican immigrants. He grew up loving Hiphop and began rapping and DJing in 1989. He soon started making beats and recording professionally. Krook Rock has performed all over the US and in several countries. He has released multiple mixtapes, an EP on vinyl and 4 LPs. His latest album, "Organic Vibes" features over 30 artists and musicians from Rhode Island.…

Will Smith says he felt like a failure when he divorced his first wife, Sheree Zampino.

“Divorce was the worst thing in my adult life,” Smith candidly tells current wife Jada Pinkett Smith in a preview for a Father’s Day special of “Red Table Talk.” “Divorce was the ultimate failure for me. I’ve been hurt a lot in my adult life, but I don’t think anything…

Usher is advocating to make Juneteenth a federal holiday in an op-ed published in The Washington Post on Friday.

Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S.

“Recognizing Juneteenth as a national holiday would be a small gesture compared with the greater social needs of black people in America,” the singer wrote. “But…

“Sister, Sister” actor and R&B singer Marques Houston is defending his relationship with 19-year-old fiancée Miya Dickey following a discussion of the pair on Twitter.

“I needed to speak because this is not music or television, this is my family, my future wife and my life,” Houston, 38, explained. “I met Miya in 2018 through a mutual friend. Never before…

Rapper Hurricane Chris — best known for his debut single “A Bay Bay” — has been busted for allegedly fatally shooting a man in Louisiana, according to media reports.

The rapper, whose given name is Christopher Dooley Jr., was hit with a second-degree murder rap for shooting dead a man at a Texaco gas station in Shreveport, Louisiana, TMZ reported.

Cops…

Raven-Symoné is a married woman.

The television star, 34, announced Thursday that she and girlfriend Miranda Maday tied the knot.

“got married to a woman who understands me from trigger to joy, from breakfast to midnight snack, from stage to home,” the former daytime host wrote on Instagram. “love you Mrs. Pearman-Maday! Let’s tear this world a new…

Kobe Bryant’s heartbroken widow called on Congress Thursday to pass a helicopter safety bill named after the NBA legend in the wake of his tragic chopper death, according to a report.

Vanessa Bryant touted the proposed legislation — which would force choppers with six or more passengers to carry equipment such as a terrain awareness system — saying it would…

Jamie Foxx has transformed for his latest role, bulking up his upper body in preparation to play heavyweight champ Mike Tyson in the boxer’s upcoming biopic.

Foxx, 52, spoke of the project on Instagram Live series “Catching Up with Mark Birnbaum,” Wednesday, telling the restauranteur that even after his Oscar-winning turn as Ray Charles, he’s still cautious when…

Gabrielle Union claims that her agent was threatened by NBC in the midst of her discrimination suit against the network.

According to Union, “inflammatory things or things that are not advantageous to me,” were supplied to NBC chairman Paul Telegdy in the midst of the actress’ discrimination complaint against the network and the show “America’s Got Talent,”…

T.I.’s daughter Deyjah Harris said it was “traumatizing” to learn that her father publicly revealed that he asked her gynecologist to “check her hymen” to confirm she was still a virgin.

“I’m embarrassed, definitely, for sure,” the 19-year-old said on “T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle”. “I’m trying to put it in the back of my mind so I’m not really…

Cardi B wants you to leave her “rolls alone.”

On Tuesday, the “Bodak Yellow” rapper fired back at “haters” who claimed that she was Photoshopping her pictures

In a video posted to her Instagram account, Cardi — donning a skimpy blue Louis Vuitton string bikini while cradling a matching tote from the luxury brand — can be heard stating: “So now I gotta…

Rapper J. Cole is under fire for his new song “Snow on Tha Bluff.”

The surprise single, which dropped Tuesday night, is a direct response to the Black Lives Matter protests over the killings of George Floyd and several other black Americans. In the song, he struggles to understand how to best use his voice as a celebrity.

However, many have interpreted…

Warner Chappell Music has entered a global co-publishing agreement with the estate of Pop Smoke, the beloved Brooklyn rapper and face of the New York drill movement who was fatally shot in February at age 20.

The deal covers all work written by the late artist, including breakthrough hit "Welcome to the Party" and his upcoming debut album, which was largely…

Atlanta media mogul Tyler Perry will pay college tuition for all four of Rayshard Brooks’ children, one day after he vowed to pick up the tab for the slain man’s funeral, according to a report.

Perry, best known for his “Madea” film franchise, will make sure Brooks’ three daughters, ages 1, 2 and 8, and his 13-year-old stepson, have the cash to go to college…