Featured Blog Posts – July 2017 Archive (103)

Guess Drake was right when he said he’s not just anybody. The 30-year-old was faced with his second intruder within four months this past Thursday (July 13), TMZ reports.

Although No. 4 of Billboard’s “Top 50 Money Makers of 2016,” wasn’t home at the time due to renovations, the security guard on duty noticed the man hiking Drake’s backyard attempting to gain access…

A Minnesota judge ruled Thursday that Universal Music Group should be released from a music rights deal with Prince’s estate.

Universal struck a deal with the estate in January, but the estate later sought to cancel the deal after Warner Bros. Records claimed it conflicted with a contract it signed with Prince in 2014.

Carver County District Judge Kevin…

Beyoncé revealed a picture of her 1-month-old twins on Instagram early Friday morning.

“Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today,” she captioned the photo followed by emoticons depicting her family, including her husband, Jay-Z, and their daughter, Blue Ivy.

The pop star gave birth to the boy-girl twins, named Rumi and Sir, at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles…

Rapper DMX pleaded not guilty Friday to dodging $1.7 million in federal income taxes.

The 46-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was busted Thursday in a 14-count indictment accusing him of ducking the tax man to conceal $2.3 million in earnings from 2010 to 2015.

DMX pulled off the scheme by maintaining a cash lifestyle, avoiding personal bank…

Christopher Wong Won, a.k.a. Fresh Kid Ice, the pioneering Asian rapper and co-founder of the influential Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, died Tuesday at the age of 53. 2 Live Crew's longtime manager Debo confirmed Wong Won's death to Rolling Stone. According to Debo, the cause of death was a "medical condition," but the rep declined to elaborate.

Fellow 2 Live Crew…

Murder charges were brought against a hip-hop personality Thursday in last year’s Irving Plaza shooting of rapper Troy Ave’s bodyguard.

Daryl Campbell, aka Taxstone, was ordered held without bail at his Manhattan Supreme Court arraignment on murder, attempted murder, assault and weapons charges.

Campbell, 31, has copped to federal charges for possessing…

X isn’t gon’ give it to ya, apparently.

DMX turned himself in to federal authorities Thursday on charges of tax fraud.

The rapper failed to pay $1.7 million in taxes from 2002 to 2005, according to the IRS.

“For years, Earl Simmons, the recording artist and performer known as DMX, made millions from his chart-topping songs, concert performances and…

According to Billboard, a CD of several unreleased Michael Jackson songs will make its way to the Gotta Have Rock and Roll auction house.

The report reads that “Lot #236″ will make one fan very happy, as it contains songs from the legendary King of Pop by purchasing the body of work, handwritten with the world Bible on the front.

The work is described as…

Blac Chyna “threw a fit” when she wasn’t allowed into an exclusive pre-ESPY Awards party, a source close to the event tells Page Six.

Chyna was not invited to Tuesday’s Body at ESPYs party at Avalon Hollywood — where stars like Lamar Odom (another Kardashian ex), Aaron Rodgers and Lindsey Vonn were celebrating — and that she “tried to crash.”

“They didn’t let…

Ice Cube was 90 minutes late for a performance at a marijuana festival — because his car broke down and he had to take an Uber to the show.

The rap legend was scheduled to headline the Chalice Festival in Victorville, Calif., on Saturday.

Sources say that Ice Cube’s team declined the festival’s offer of transportation and that Cube planned to get a ride to the…

Dr. Dre is getting ahead of the story.

After the famously private 52-year-old music producer came under fire for “Straight Outta Compton,” the biopic about N.W.A. that didn’t include any reference to Dre’s alleged assaults on women, he’s addressing his past in his latest project, HBO’s “The Defiant Ones,” which details Dre’s partnership with Jimmy Iovine.

“Any…

Floyd “Money” Mayweather alleges to not have enough money to pay the alphabet boys (better known as the IRS) in connection with his 2015 taxes and has asked for a reprieve until after his match with Conor McGregor.

The request seems a bit odd to anyone familiar with middleweight champ as his branding includes having boatloads of money. Mayweather insists the reason he…

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Just because Jay-Z used to be big pimpin’ doesn’t mean he’s too proud to beg.

The rapper revealed in a new “Footnotes of ‘4:44′” video on Tidal that he had to plead with wife Beyoncé not to leave him alone during a vacation together.

“This is my real life. I just ran into this place and we built this big, beautiful mansion of a relationship that wasn’t totally…

Now that Keyshia Cole has a confirmed ‘Love and Hip Hop’ check, the woman she allegedly beat down over Birdman has filed a lawsuit for damages.

via TMZ:

You’ll recall, Keyshia was dating Birdman in 2014 when, according to a police report, she found Sabrina Mercadel at his L.A. penthouse, flew into a jealous rage, and allegedly beat the hell out of her.…

LL Cool J reached out to fans to help find his ’90s “In the House” co-star Maia Campbell after a video of her asking for crack surfaced over the weekend.

“If anyone has a contact on Maia pls let me know . . .” he posted on…

Rob Kardashian must keep away from Blac Chyna after she won a restraining order Monday amid new claims he punched her, tore the hinges off a door, showed her a gun and threatened to kill himself with pills.

In a revised petition obtained by the Daily News, Chyna said Kardashian went on a rampage April 8 when she asked him to stop trash-talking her in front of her…

It’s safe to say Safaree still feels some type of way about getting jumped at a day party a couple weeks back. And he is still putting the blame on Meek Mill.

Safaree was recently spotted by HipHopDX at TCL Chinese Theaters in West Hollywood. At first, he was all about promoting his new single, “Paradise.” “My new single, ‘Paradise,’ it’s with Sean Kingston. Listen to…

Rick Ross is in hot water after allegedly skipping out on a concert appearance in Pennsylvania two days before he was scheduled to perform.

Per TMZ, the lawsuit against Renzel as sent by Washington County Family Entertainment says that due to his contract, Ross “[could not] cancel once the contract is executed and tickets are on sale.” The Boss’s entire set at…

Rob Kardashian is going through all types of struggle right now after his most recent falling out with his baby mama, Blac Chyna. He could definitely use a friend, or at least some sound advice. T.I. recently offered that latter.

Tip was spotted at LAX on Saturday (July 8) by TMZ, and despite Rob’s attempt to call him out a few days ago, the Atlanta rapper took the…