August 2015 Blog Posts (139)

Diddy stopped by The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1 where he shed light on everything important surrounding his persona, including his new music, his vodka feud with 50 Cent, his altercation with Drake and the UCLA kettlebell incident. The mogus was welcomed to the show by a box of Effen vodka, sent from Fiddy along with a note which read, “Let’s be friends.” Puff…

A grim clip has surfaced showing former Death Row Records impresario Suge Knight joking about N.W.A. rapper Eazy-E's death from AIDS. In the video dug up by Complex magazine over the weekend, Knight makes the remorseless joke during a 2003 appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," which had debuted on ABC earlier that year. The then-fresh faced late night host wore a bulletproof…

A grim clip has surfaced showing former Death Row Records impresario Suge Knight joking about N.W.A. rapper Eazy-E's death from AIDS.

In the video dug up by Complex magazine over the weekend, Knight makes the remorseless joke during a 2003 appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," which had debuted on ABC earlier that year.

RELATED: 'STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON'…

Tracy Morgan is primed to return to the Not Ready for Primetime Players' stage.

The funnyman is set to host "Saturday Night Live" on Oct. 17, marking his triumphant return to performing after he was nearly killed in a harrowing highway accident in June 2014.

"SNL" tweeted the announcement on Monday, saying that the former cast member will be hosting the third…

Tracy Morgan is primed to return to the Not Ready for Primetime Players' stage.

The funnyman is set to host "Saturday Night Live" on Oct. 17, marking his triumphant return to performing after he was nearly killed in a harrowing highway accident in June 2014.

"SNL" tweeted the announcement on Monday, saying that the former cast member will be hosting the third…

Rihanna was not happy with Matt Barnes after the NBA player implied that he and the pop superstar might be an item.

On Saturday, TMZ stopped the Memphis Grizzlies forward to ask him what was up between him and the 27-year-old singer.

Though he made sure to note that the reports that they were dating were “speculation,” he did leave the door open saying, “We’re…

After the frenzy caused by Kanye West's Yeezy Boost 350 June release in a white colorway, the rapper and Adidas Originals announced the upcoming global debut of the sneaker's all-black version, coming Aug. 22.

The kicks, created to fit like a second skin, offer an unparalleled level of comfort, performance and style, the company's statement…

Janelle Monáe stopped by "The Today Show" to perform her single "Yoga", accompanied by Jidenna and her band. Monáe also performed "Tightrope" from her 2010 album The ArchAndroid. She ended her performance proclaiming, "God bless America," but the rest of her message was cut off on the air, the Huffington Post reports. Footage shows that Monáe continued on with comments…

Compton, the new album from hip-hop mogul and Apple employee Dr. Dre, was streamed 25 million times in its first week on Apple Music. In addition to the streams, Apple says the album also sold sold half a million downloads through iTunes — a solid performance that was not quite enough to push it to number one in the US charts. Apple executives reported the figures in a…

When it comes to flights, commercial airlines won't give any wiggle room— not even for Jason Derulo's friends.

The singer and his posse were kicked off a flight after one of his bodyguards had a dispute with a Southwest Airlines employee on Saturday, according to TMZ.

One member got upset after he was refused preferred boarding on the flight heading to Reno,…

The step-granddaughter of actor Morgan Freeman was stabbed to death on a street by her deranged boyfriend as he yelled "Get out devils!" in Washington Heights early Sunday, police sources and a witness said.

Police officers found E'Dena Hines, 33, lying in the middle of W. 162nd near St. Nicholas Ave. with several knife wounds to her chest around 3 a.m.,…

Fetty Wap has had a lot of success without the release of an album: The rapper-singer is enjoying another week with two songs in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (a third track sits in the Top 20), he's on tour with Chris Brown, and he even surprised Taylor Swift's audience at one of her recent shows with his ubiquitous hit, "Trap Queen."

After much…

Chairs were thrown during a brawl at a Nicki Minaj concert on Friday in the Bay Area and left one fan inundated with pepper spray to the face.

The sold-out show came to a halt as the violence unfolded below the rapper’s stage at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, California.

Minaj addressed the violence in an Instagram post Saturday afternoon and said her fans…

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The boys from Compton smashed opening weekend expectations, while the stylish "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." struggled to find its footing.

Universal's N.W.A. biopic earned an astonishing $56.1 million in its debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Director F. Gary Gray's film charts the formation and rise of the influential rap group. It…

According to longtime Jay Z collaborator DJ Clark Kent, a long-rumored piece of hip-hop apocrypha actually exists: interviewed on the latest episode of the podcast “A Waste Of Time With ItsTheReal,” DJ Clark Kent confirms the fact that Jay Z recorded a Tupac diss track, and never released it.

“It never came out, out of respect for the fact that he died,” Kent noted.…

Rihanna’s love life seems to be heating up just as summer comes to an end.

The “Diamonds” singer is fueling dating rumors after both she and Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton hit up New York City nightclub The Griffin on Friday night.

The two arrived within minutes of each other, with the 27-year-old R&B star rocking a white tank top, matching…

Actor Terrence Howard cried on the witness stand Friday then turned “very angry” and requested a break to compose himself.

The Oscar-nominated “Hustle & Flow” star showed the range of emotions while fighting to overturn his 2012 divorce agreement with ex-wife Michelle Ghent.

His tears flowed when he testified under oath that Ghent repeatedly threatened to…

Canadian rapper Drake has broken his silence on a deadly shooting at an after-party for his music festival at a downtown Toronto nightclub 10 days ago.

In a statement posted to his website, October's Very Own, he said he has been in a "moral bind" because his advisers and lawyers worried that anything he said could be misinterpreted, but he is "choosing to follow…

Many LAPD cops are pissed at the release of "Straight Outta Compton" ... because they feel the movie fuels hatred of police and compromises their safety.

The cops TMZ spoke with share one sentiment ... the movie portrays the LAPD officers as "beating machines" ... brutalizing innocent citizens in the inner city.…