Featured Blog Posts – July 2018 Archive (106)

R&B star August Alsina, who in 2017 revealed his battled with liver disease, says he was once addicted to Percocet.

On Monday, the 25-year-old shared on Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk” how he overcame his addiction, and said he is currently in the beginning stages of living a sober life.

“I was pretty much doing way too many shows, not taking care of…

Rap superstar Nas has been accused of sleeping with another man’s girlfriend.

Classic hip-hop DJ and producer DJ Nabs told Page Six that he discovered texts proving that his girlfriend, Jessica Santos, was hooking up with the “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” rapper — and then sent Nas a letter confronting him about it.

“On May 19th, 2018 after my performance in Atlanta…

Donald Glassnote Records, the label that’s home to such critically lauded acts as Phoenix and Aurora, is asking a New York court to determine whether Donald Glover, whose stage name is Childish Gambino, has a claim to royalties he says should be paid to him for non-interactive streams of his music.

Since signing with Glassnote in 2011, Glover, as Gambino, has released…

Drake's new set Scorpion has become the first album to hit 1 billion streams globally across all streaming platforms in a single week, industry sources have confirmed to Billboard.

In all, Scorpion's tracks accumulated more than 1 billion streams globally in the most recent tracking week (June 29-July 5), the set's first week available, making it the first album to…

On Wednesday, Tory Lanez was involved in a physical altercation during the Toronto stop of his Memories Don't Die tour. The Canadian singer was about to begin his signature crowd-surf when, according to a fan-shot video of the incident, he began throwing punches at a concertgoer in the crowd. There's no word what set off the singer, but late Thursday night, Lanez took to…

Cardi B is suing her former manager for $15 million, claiming he exploited her and tried to “maintain complete control over her . . . even attempting to control her personal life, telling her who she should and should not see romantically.”

Klenord Raphael, aka Shaft, filed suit against Cardi back in April, claiming he’d built up her career only to be left out in the…

There is one particularly poignant moment in the new “Whitney” documentary — about the late, legendary pop goddess Whitney Houston — when her older half brother Gary Houston gets straight to the heart of the family dysfunction that…

Tampa police have released more details on the warrant issued for singer Chris Brown that led to his arrest Thursday night.

Officials on Friday said Brown was arrested in West Palm Beach for hitting a photographer in April 2017 in Tampa.

The warrant alleges Brown battered Bennie Vines Jr., who was hired by a club to take photos during an event hosted by…

Keyshia Cole is going to be a mom again!

The singer and television personality is expecting her second child, she announced on Instagram Thursday, sharing a glam photo of herself dressed in a multi-piece snakeskin outfit.

Cole, 36, captioned the image with, “#PreggoInMyFashionNovaFit” and, “#CongradulationsAreInOrder” hashtags, adding sad-face and devil…

Drake is a nice boss.

The rapper threw a party for the entire staff of his label, OVO Sound, to celebrate the blistering success of his new album.

After “Scorpion” broke the one-week streaming record, we’re told he threw a “massive 75-person party” at the Rooftop at risqué Miami club E11even on Monday night.

“Drake pulled up at 1:15 a.m. with four SUVs…

Chance the Rapper is ready to become a husband.

The Chicago-born lyricist, 25, proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Kirsten Corley, at a Fourth of July party.

In footage posted by The Shade Room, Chance is seen getting down on one knee before Corley.…

Snoop Dogg’s headlining performance at Wednesday’s Jersey City Fourth of July Experience went into D-O-double-overtime, infuriating parents whose small children just wanted to see the fireworks.

The 46-year-old rap legend was scheduled to take the stage at 8:30 p.m., according to Jersey City’s Office of Cultural Affairs, and wrap up by 9:20 p.m., with the fireworks…

Radio personality Melyssa Ford was recovering at a Los Angeles hospital Sunday after suffering significant injuries in a recent major car wreck.

Ford, 41, suffered head injuries, including a skull fracture, when her Jeep flipped on the Ventura Freeway on Thursday, her rep told Us Weekly. A tractor-trailer reportedly clipped the back of Ford’s tire and sent her into a…

Roma Khanna, CEO of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ network, Revolt, has been accused of racism by a former staffer — but after an investigation, Combs says Khanna’s staying put.

The ex-employee wrote to Revolt’s board “from a place of genuine concern on behalf of myself, as a young, educated black woman, for the people currently employed at Revolt who are fearful of losing their…

In a recent interview on Bravo’s new show “Kandi Koated Nights” — hosted by “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kandi Burruss — Tiny Harris revealed she’s hired a private investigator to follow her husband, rapper T.I.

“I definitely would recommend it. It is expensive, though. But it worked.”

Harris took matters into her own hands when she suspected T.I. of…

The hip-hop superstar took over the streaming service's playlists this weekend, leaving some customers complaining of advertisements on their ad-free accounts.

With the release of Drake's latest album, Scorpion, on Friday, Spotify spent the weekend spreading the news with a first-of-its-kind promotional takeover that might have helped hype up fans but also…

Things got ludicrous at Ludacris’ show at the Hard Rock Atlantic City on Saturday.

The rapper stopped his performance midsong after an overzealous fan threw drinks at the stage. “It almost hit him. Selita Ebanks and Plaxico Burress were watching it unfold.”

Ludacris performed at the resort’s Daer nightclub. Also playing the hotel-casino’s opening weekend were…

It’s time to pay up.

French Montana owes Waka Flocka’s mom, rap manager Debra Antney, $2 million from a previous lawsuit, and she’s returned to court to make sure she receives payment, The Blast reported.

Antney’s company, Mizay…

Initial projections for Drake’s “Scorpion” called for the album to debut with 275-300,000 in pure US sales and 870-920,000 in total US units.

Those figures have since been downgraded.

Hits Daily Double now expects “Scorpion” to sell 150-160,000 pure US copies this week. With TEA (track sales/10) and SEA (track streams/1250 for paid services, track streams/3750…