Featured Blog Posts – June 2021 Archive (62)

Marvin Gaye’s biopic is set to be produced by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine.

Deadline reported that Warner spent at least $80 million to acquire the script written by poet and playwright Marcus Gardley.

Menace II Society and Book of Eli‘s director, Allen Hughes is set to helm the film.

“This is so personal for me,” Hughes said. “When I made my first…

A judge denied bail for Pooh Shiesty again.

The rapper is behind bars for his alleged involvement in two shootings.

One recently happened over Memorial Day weekend. Pooh was in Miami at KOD, getting escorted out. Money reportedly fell out of his pocket, and it’s alleged Pooh fired a gun toward the ground. The bullet hit a security guard named Frivin Dor…

R. Kelly’s Georgia home, where the singer was accused of holding several women hostage in what was branded a sex “cult” in a report, has now been sold.

Despite reports that the Atlanta house went for $1.785 million, property records show the home sold for $2.1 million.

In the astonishing documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly,” women who lived at the Johns…

La La Anthony has filed for divorce from husband Carmelo Anthony after almost 11 years of marriage.

The Power star, 41, and the Portland Trail Blazers athlete, 37, tied the knot in 2010. The two share 14-year-old son Kiyan.

La La, 41, submitted the divorce papers on Thursday in New York, citing irreconcilable differences, according to TMZ, which was first to…

Jay-Z is taking legal action against legendary hip-hop photographer Jonathan Mannion, accusing the behind-the-camera creative of “exploiting” his name and likeness without his consent.

In the lawsuit, the 51-year-old Grammy winner alleges Mannion, 50 — who captured the iconic album cover art of Jay-Z’s 1996 debut studio album “Reasonable Doubt,” which featured…

Rubies and sapphires and emeralds, oh my — Pharrell Williams officially has the iciest smile on the block.

To create his new six-figure grills studded with colorful precious stones, the 48-year-old multi-hyphenate tapped Gabby Elan Jewelry, a Diamond District father-son duo whose inimitable designs have attracted an impressive A-list clientele.

The…

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith celebrated Tupac Shakur’s 50th birthday by reciting a never-before-seen poem the late rap icon wrote while serving time on Rikers Island. The “Nutty Professor” star posted a clip of her reading on social media Tuesday, a day before the deceased hip-hopper’s birthday.

“As many of you know, today is Pac’s birthday — he would have been…

In March of last year, Young Dolph collaborated with Megan The Stallion for their Juicy J-produced single titled “RNB.” The song went on to do its numbers but Megan and Dolph would be slapped with a $600,000 lawsuit from goth band, Midnight Syndicate after claiming that their beat was stolen for the upbeat hip-hop track.

In court documents, Midnight Syndicate…

“Nobody’s perfect” seems to be the rallying cry of those opposed to cancel culture — including Kevin Hart.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, the comedian and actor attacked the internet trend, saying, “Shut the f–k up!”

Cancel culture — the viral phenomenon of “canceling” people, brands, companies and shows because of problematic ideologies either…

It’s not exactly an iron-clad guarantee — especially by Drake standards — but the superstar rapper said on Saturday that his long-delayed “Certified Lover Boy” album, which he’d originally promised would be out in January but then changed his mind, will be out by the end of the summer.

On Saturday night, Drake sat down for a rare interview on Caffeine after an…

James Harden, 50 Cent and Saweetie are at the center of some apparent drama.

The unlikely trio was trending on Twitter Friday after Harden shared a few cryptic messages to his Instagram story.

The first read, “I’m tired of people creating these false ass stories knowing I really don’t speak on bulls–t. Leave me out of all the weird s–t. S–t trash. Back…

December of this year will mark two years since the tragic passing of Juice WRLD. Although the music industry lost a huge influence following his passing, Juice WRLD‘s team has been working to keep the rapper’s legacy alive by releasing multiple posthumous projects.

The rapper’s first posthumous project, “Legends Never Die” debuted at the top of billboard…

French Montana’s driver had his $300,000 Richard Mille Watch and a $40,000 chain snatched from him at gunpoint outside the Dream Hotel in Manhattan Sunday morning — days after a Brooklyn man was shot and killed outside the swanky hotel, police sources said.

The 18-year-old driver was standing by his vehicle outside the Chelsea hotspot at around…

Rapper Polo G is accused of hitting a police officer and resisting arrest in Miami after an album release party, authorities said.

The Chicago-born singer, 22, whose real name is Taurus Bartlett, was arrested at 8 a.m. EDT Saturday morning, the Miami Herald reported. He was booked on five charges, including battery on a police officer, resisting arrest with…

A federal grand jury has hit the fugitive Malaysia financier Jho Low and Fugees rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel with new criminal charges, accusing them of running a back-channel campaign to get the Trump administration to drop an investigation of Low and the 1MDB investment company and to have a Chinese dissident returned to China.

The new charges against Low,…

Dr. Dre and his estranged wife, Nicole Young, are legally single while they finalize their divorce, according to TMZ.

The battle was an ugly one that played out in the public eye.

It began with disputes over the prenuptial agreement, then $2 million a month in child support, then with Nicole alledging Dre had been physically and emotionally abusive and…

According to the report from the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner made exclusive by TMZ, Shock G, founder of legendary Hip Hop band Digital Underground, died in April from a lethal mixture of of fentanyl, ethanol (alcohol) and methamphetamine.

Shock, who was born Gregory Jacobs, was found unresponsive in his Tampa, Florida hotel room April 22, when the…

It’s the Verzuz battle fans have been waiting for.

In a showdown of late ’90s/early aughts rap divas, Eve will face off against Trina in the next installment of the popular hip-hop and R&B series on June 16.

You can expect Eve — now free from “The Talk” after four seasons — to throw down hits such as “Who’s That Girl?,” “Gangsta Lovin’” and “Let Me…

Mary J. Blige is the latest high profile celeb to back Ray McGuire for mayor of New York City.

In a new ad, the singer describes McGuire as the best choice because of his “upbringing and being raised by a single parent mother. He understands the struggle of so many New Yorkers because I’m a woman with a single parent mother who’s seen it all. He understands,”…

Kanye West’s first Yeezy Gap piece is finally here.

Almost exactly one year after announcing his partnership with the retailer, the rapper celebrated his 44th birthday on Tuesday, June 8, by dropping his first design: a single blue puffer-style jacket priced at $200.

Dubbed the “Round Jacket” and set to ship this fall, the unisex outerwear features no zippers,…