August 2014 Blog Posts (122)

Satellite radio is building a channel around Pitbull.

The channel, which will debut early in 2015 on SiriusXM, will feature a weekly show hosted by the rapper himself.

The rest of the week will be programmed with his music and what Sirius XM calls “music from across multiple genres.”

“I will also get a chance to play all the music that I love and…

A discussion on the issues in Ferguson, Mo. between Brooklyn-born rapper Talib Kweli and CNN host Don Lemon devolved into a seven-minute conversation on etiquette Thursday in an embarrassing interview.

Lemon had the 38-year-old Brooklynite, who has a…

Rapper Joe Budden allegedly brutally beat his girlfriend the way Chris Brown brutalized Rihanna ... by slamming her head into the dashboard of a car.

TMZ was told Budden saw pics of his GF with some men and flipped out. Sources connected with the woman tell TMZ ... Budden found her at an NYC restaurant, dragged her out to his car and then allegedly choked her…

Are Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon headed for divorce?

The 44-year-old singer's six-year marriage to the "America's Got Talent" host has reportedly hit the rocks, according to TMZ.

The couple are apparently "living apart" and have already gotten lawyers involved to negotiate property and custody agreements over their 3-year-old twins Moroccan and…

50 Cent has a message for Floyd Mayweather -- YOU SHOULD HATE NELLY'S GUTS ... claiming the rapper banged TWO of Floyd's chicks.

50 just posted a video online -- saying he heard that Floyd talked smack about 3 rappers ... 50, T.I. and…

Rapper Gucci Mane was sentenced Wednesday to serve three years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to a federal firearms charge several months ago.

The 34-year-old, whose real name is Radric Davis, pleaded guilty in May to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after reaching an agreement with prosecutors. The judge also sentenced…

Was it a concert? A smack-down? A video game?

The highly inventive “Drake Vs. Lil Wayne” show, which came to Forest Hills Tennis Stadium on Tuesday night, whipped together elements of all three.

The one-of-a-kind tour gave two of hip-hop’s leading lights the chance to return to their mic-wielding roots, if only for a two-month stand. The show’s set-up…

Comedian Donnell Rawlings, who was busted for drunken driving last month, is hoping for a plea deal that won’t stop him from cracking jokes in Canada.

Prosecutors recommended Rawlings — who was a regular on the hit “Chappelle's Show” — plead to operating a motor vehicle while impaired in exchange for a 90-day license suspension, a $300 fine and attendance at a drunken…

Ray J pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he groped a woman and resisted arrest during a wild night out at a posh Beverly Hills hotel.

Famous for his 2007 sex tape with former girlfriend Kim Kardashian, the actor-singer entered the plea through his lawyer Blair Berk, a court source told the Daily News.

The misdemeanor case is set to return to court Aug.…

Omigawd, Becky! Nicki Minaj has taken bootylicious to a whole new level.

While the 44-year-old Jennifer Lopez certainly gave the 31-year-old Queens-born rapper a run for her money in her "Booty" video, Minaj proved she got buns, hun, in her new music video for "Anaconda."

With all the puns you could think of -- from bananas twirling around atop a vinyl…

At the top of the summer, Meek Mill was blazing the streets with new material in anticipation of his Dreams Worth More Than Money album. Today, the rapper is serving a three-six month sentence behind bars for a parole violation, and a hearing Monday (August 18) ensured that he’ll be in there a bit longer.

Philadelphia judge Genece E. Brinkley denied Meek’s…

Beyonce and Jay Z's trailer for their On the Run Tour HBO special is bang, banging!

It's the pair's first HBO concert special ever and they know just how to entice fans to watch on Sept. 20.

The nearly one-minute clip starts off in black and white with Beyonce seductively singing "Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" to her husband in what appears to be a…

It's no joke! Kevin Hart is engaged.

The comedian shared a photo on Instagram Monday with his lady Eniko Parrish showing off her enormous rock.

"She said YEEEEESSSSS," he captioned the joyful pic. "#Happy #MyRib #iF--kingLoveHer."

After five years of dating, Hart decided to ask for Parrish's hand in marriage on her 30th birthday.

"Happy…

The rapper-turned-sports agent Jay Z is a boxing fan who's occasionally slipped on the gloves as part of his fitness routine at Chelsea Piers.

Now the multi-tasking mogul is making a push into boxing on the corporate side with Roc Nation Sports, the agency he created, conceiving a boxing division and hiring longtime fight executive Dave Itskowitch to run it, according…

R. Kelly is an ungrateful tightwad who screwed over the guy who made him a star ... at least according to a new lawsuit.

Derrel McDavid says he's managed R. Kelly for decades and helped him navigate from a nobody to a superstar.

Things soured last year ... and Kelly and McDavid parted company. According to the lawsuit they made a deal ... Kelly would give…

Khloe Kardashian didn't panic when her rapper boyfriend French Montana admitted to capitalizing on their relationship to boost his own career.

"It's amusing to me that Y'all think I don't see it," she tweeted Saturday. "I was the first one to see it. I just don't care."

"I want to capitalize on it," the South-Bronx raised rapper told Billboard magazine in an…

A New Mexico woman was arrested for trying to poison her roommate and an ex-boyfriend after they caught her having sex with the roommate’s dogs, police said.

Shari Walters, 53, was cuffed after one of her roommates called the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and reported she had been poisoned, KOAT-TV reported.

The victim told investigators that she was…

New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony is getting advance payment of more than $62 million from the five-year contract he signed last month, according to people familiar with the matter.

The advance for $62,032,340—or 50% of his $124 million-plus deal—is the maximum Anthony can take this soon under league rules. And in terms of sheer dollar amounts, it is surely…

When it concerns the issues between Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim, fellow rapper Remy Ma says the problem between the two artists needs to “get better on its own.” She revealed that she would likely be unable to mediate the situation between the two, and later credited the media and fans for fueling the beef between Nicki and Kim, which has gone on for years.

“The…

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Sunday accused law enforcement in the tense St. Louis suburb of Ferguson of trying to “besmirch” Michael Brown when they linked the unarmed 18-year-old shot dead by police last weekend to a robbery in the area.

“It had an…