Featured Blog Posts – July 2017 Archive (103)

R. Kelly's "After Party" tour is going to be a little shorter -- a bunch of dates have been canceled.

Four of Kelly's 10 upcoming tour dates were canceled Monday. Just last week he'd vowed he would continue touring, despite being accused of running a sex cult with young women.

Two shows in Louisiana got axed, one in Dallas and another in Los…

It looks like Jon Favreau, the director of the live-action remake of The Lion King, may get his wish of Beyoncé voicing the future Queen of Pride Rock, Nala.

According to the Beyhive Team, a social media page and site that receives “exclusive” news regarding the entertainer, Beyoncé is reportedly in final negotiations to voice the lioness, and is also signing on to…

As Serena Williams prepares for motherhood, she’s also fighting to close the pay gap for African-American women.

The tennis champ penned a moving essay for Fortune magazine in order to “acknowledge the many realities black women face every day” — including that black women make 63 cents for every dollar a white man earns, according to research from the National…

If you’re a fan of hip-hop, and more specifically the rap icon Tupac Shakur, this is your opportunity to own a piece of his past. The rapper’s former residence is on the market for $2,659,000 in Woodland Hills, CA.

Shakur famously inhabited the home in 1995-96, after he was released from a stint in prison, and he lived there until his tragic death later in the year at…

Things are getting heated between Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Starz as he used some choice words on Instagram to illustrate his feelings about how the cabler has been treating him and his drama series Power.

Jackson, who plays Kanan and serves as Executive Producer of the series, posted a threatening photo collage on the social media platform with the caption,”I woke…

Kevin Hart is racing Manhattan.

The actor and comedian announced over the weekend that he’ll be running the New York City Marathon in November.

“I want to talk about moonshots. What is that? I'm talking moonshots,” Hart said in a video.

“(Eliud) Kipchoge running the full marathon in 2 hours and 25 seconds. After witnessing that type of greatness, it…

It's the end of an era.

Legendary hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest announced during their set at Panorama Sunday evening that it would be their final New York show "ever."

Tribe MC Q-Tip cut the music mid-set to deliver a moving tribute to the late Phife Dawg, his fellow Tribe member who died in March 2016 at 45 years old.

Q-Tip thanked fans for…

Looks like Lil Boosie was betrayed by his lil bro.

The rapper — whose real name is Torrence Hatch — discovered someone had been draining his bank account of thousands of dollars and a police report revealed it was at the hands of his own brother, TMZ reports.

The "Betrayed" rapper's account was victim to more than a dozen wire transfers to various people — with…

A Los Angeles jury awarded Michael Jackson’s estate to pay Quincy Jones $9.4 million last week — but the legendary music producer better not spend it.

Howard Weitzman, who represented Jacko’s heirs during the three-week trial, told On the Money he has plenty of “post-trial options to overturn the verdict.”

He also plans to pursue them, up to and including an…

Bobby Valentino gets exposed after he can't pay shemale hooker.…

While Prodigy‘s recent death came as a huge shock to the hip-hop community and his loved ones, the defacing of his mural in Queensbridge came as an even bigger shock. Earlier this month, the mural to honor the late Mobb Deep rapper was defaced overnight, but after being cleaned up, it was defaced once again within the same week, leading to it being erased and painted over…

R. Kelly is calling the allegations he may be running a cult "a bunch of crap."

The R&B star posted a video to Twitter on Thursday night slamming speculation that he's dictating the lives of multiple women and confirms he will be coming to the East Coast for a string of concerts.

"Despite all of the crap y'all hearing I will be coming to the East Coast to…

Rapper 2 Chainz has a gift with words — he talked his way out of a parking ticket with the NYPD.

The star was seen exiting Old Homestead Steakhouse with rapper Action Bronson after shooting a TV segment for Brosnon’s Vice show called “F - - k, That’s Delicious.”…

A trespassing Drake fan didn't get the memo — no frauds.

A woman attempted to enter the rapper's Hidden Hills, Calif., mansion on Thursday for the second time this year by telling security she was on the list, TMZ reports.

The 24-year-old unnamed woman reportedly went off on cops when they arrived and spit at three deputies before being blasted in the face with…

A new report from In Touch magazine claims that Beyonce and JAY-Z — who are renting a sprawling estate in Malibu — are feuding with their neighbors, the Charvets, over construction. The tabloid insists that the music power couple is displeased with the amount of noise coming from the actors’ property, and have even filed complaints with the police. They welcomed…

Beyonce's legal team is going to have to work a little harder to slay a copyright infringement lawsuit over her hit "Formation."

Spoken word from the late Anthony Barre — also known as Messy Mya — is featured on the song, and his estate sued in February for copyright infringement, among other claims. Barre's voice is heard saying “What happened at the New Orleans,”…

Earlier this week, Rick Ross appeared on The Breakfast Club and made some controversial comments about why he’s never signed a female rapper to MMG.

“You know, I never did [sign a female rapper] because I always thought that like I would end up fucking the female rapper [and then] fucking the business up.” Rozay said in the interview. “I’m so focused on my business. I…

PartyNextDoor has kept the focus on his music for a majority of the year, but last night, his Twitter became the topic of discussion. The singer and “Wild Thoughts” songwriter sent out a controversial, now-deleted tweet about Jewish people, referring to them as jewelers that sell chains to the black community.

The tweet was seen as anti-semitic by many social media…

Snoop Dogg‘s name was just cleared in a pretty hefty lawsuit following an incident that took place at his 2016 concert with Wiz Khalifa in Pennsylvania. After the front row railing at the concert collapsed, which sent a slew of fans to fall 10 feet onto the concrete floor, 17 fans filed a lawsuit against the “Moment I Feared” rapper, Wiz, as well as Live…

On Wednesday, Houston rapper Joseph McVey "Z-Ro" was arrested and charged with aggravated assault of a family member.

Police arrested McVey after his ex-girlfriend, Brittany Bullock, filed a complaint with the Harris County Sheriff's Office about an incident she claims occurred in April near West Side Forest in the Katy area. Bullock backed up her claim with a…