July 2015 Blog Posts (143)

A Brazilian hospital says Joe Jackson — the father of the late Michael Jackson and the patriarch of the musical family — suffered a stroke while visiting the South American nation.

An emailed statement early Monday from the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo says only that Jackson was admitted to the hospital Sunday afternoon. He is in the intensive care unit. The statement also said he was suffering from an irregular heartbeat.

The statement does not say exactly what…

Kanye West turned himself into the exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Saturday night, when he debuted his video short film for "All Day/I Feel Like That." The nine-minute clip was a collaboration with Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen, who joined West in conversation at the museum.

After the screening, LACMA director Michael Govan led West and…

Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston’s daughter, has died, her family reported. Brown, the only daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, passed away today, nearly five months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub of her home. She was 22.

“Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away July, 26 2015, surrounded by her family,” their statement says. “She is…

Drake has responded to Meek Mill's accusations that the Toronto rapper employs a ghostwriter with "Charged Up," a new diss track that Drake premiered Saturday on his Beats 1's show OVO Sound Radio. "I stay silent 'cause we're at war and I'm very patient / 6 God is watching / I just hope you're prepared to face him / I'm charged up," Drake warns on the surprisingly…

Snoop was arrested in Sweden and he thinks his offense was DWB .. Driving While Black.

Snoop says he was snatched out of his car Saturday and it was a clear case of racial profiling.

Cops say they arrested Snoop because they thought he was driving under the influence of narcotics, but Snoop says he was taken to the station, forced to pee in a cup and police…

Spelman College is finally severing ties with Bill Cosby.

The historically black liberal arts women’s college in Atlanta announced Friday it was discontinuing its endowed professorship with the embattled comic after a damning deposition was released of his testimony in a sexual-assault lawsuit.

The William and Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Endowed Professorship,…

There’s a new wave of male R&B stars, pushing the genre in a different direction.

And their innovations have struck gold.

After years of standing in the shadows of R&B’s towering women — Beyoncé, Rihanna and Mary J. Blige — progressive singers like Miguel, The Weeknd, Aloe Blacc and Elijah Blake are evening the score with major…

Undisputed pound-for-pound boxing king Floyd Mayweather Jr. has sent the boxing world into a frenzy after TMZ Sports reported the undefeated welterweight champion plans to fight Andre Berto September 12 in what will likely be the last fight of Mayweather's career.

Berto is a former title-holder, but is just 3-3 in his past six fights and is not considered a serious…

Jay Z and Will Smith are collaborating on a new miniseries to tell the story of Emmett Till.

The rapper and movie star have teamed up for an HBO miniseries about the tragic death of Till, a 14-year-old who was savagely murdered in 1955 in what is considered one of the nation’s most brutal hate crimes.

Till’s death made headlines when his mother Mamie Till…

Nicki Minaj didn't waste any time announcing a key point of her Pinkprint Tour at its local debut at PNC Bank Arts Center Friday.

“Yo, I had to reinvent,” she declared at the top of her opening song, “All Things Go.”

True to her word, much of what followed tried — woefully, it turned out — to recast, or at least significantly broaden, the star’s essential…

New York City police have launched an investigation after hip-hop heavyweight Grandmaster Flash's car was given away at a Manhattan parking garage.

A New York Police Department spokesman says Friday that the incident happened July 16 around 7:30 p.m.

Police say Grandmaster Flash, whose real name is Joseph Saddler, parked his 2014 Dodge Charger in the…

Now 50 Cent’s even poorer.

A Manhattan jury on Friday said the rapper should pay Lastonia Leviston $2 million in punitive damages on top of the $5 million they already found he should pay her for posting her sex tape online for millions to see.

"I've been served justice by the courts and vindicated by God," a beaming Leviston said afterwards.

As for her…

Eminem mocked Caitlyn Jenner and slammed Bill Cosby as he spewed a vile freestyle rap that took aim at 25 celebrities.

The foul-mouthed Detroit artist spilled his sexist thoughts in a hate-filled rap for the Sirius XM show Sway In The Morning, where he promoted the movie "Southpaw" and its soundtrack Thursday.

While Eminem, born Marshall Mathers, has admitted…

The "broke" 50 Cent should pay another $15 million to the woman whose sex tape he posted online, her lawyer said Friday.

In closing arguments to the Manhattan Supreme Court jury weighing punitive damages against the rapper, Lastonia Leviston's lawyer mocked the rapper's cries of poverty.

"I should be so broke, with $10.6 million in cash in the bank," the…

Jay-Z won't have to wait the next time he takes a private jet down to Turks and Caicos.

The high-rolling rap mogul recently invested in an app called JetSmarter - which allows users to book a private jet in a matter of seconds.

The lavish company, which is often deemed the Uber of private jets, announced Thursday that it had closed a $20 million round of…

The WWE used its finishing move on Hulk Hogan Friday morning, body-slamming the wrestling icon as a report claiming Hogan identified himself as “a racist” and used the n-word in a sex tape emerged.

The Connecticut-based company terminated the 61-year-old in a move that coincides with a National Enquirer/RadarOnline report claiming Hogan spewed hateful, racist language…

Flavor Flav was charged with DUI in Las Vegas last week stemming from his May arrest. The 56-year-old's charges involve cocaine and speeding.

Flav has had a longstanding battle with sobriety. He detailed the cocaine addiction in a 2011 memoir, stating that he spent $5.7 million on coke over a six-year period.…

Meek Mill now says he's sorry for calling Drake a phony on Twitter.

Mill, who is supporting his girlfriend Nicki Minaj on her Pinkprint tour, addressed his barbs at the Canadian rapper on stage in Virginia Wednesday night, saying he was sorry for "getting all crazy" on social media.

Oddly, Mill actually directed the apology at Minaj, who joined him on stage…