August 2017 Blog Posts (171)

Wu Wear is back on the streets.

Wu-Tang Clan's Robert Diggs (RZA) and Oliver Grant (Power) tell Billboard they’re bringing back the iconic hip-hop clothing line in partnership with Live Nation’s Merchandise division. Originally launched in 1995, Wu Wear was one of hip-hop’s first clothing lines and was sold at major retailers like Macy's and Bloomingdale's until being…

The Purple One now has a color named after him.

A new shade of purple honoring late rock legend Prince has been created by The Pantone Color Institute in collaboration with The Prince Estate.

The shade’s official name is the iconic symbol Prince changed his name to when he was “The Artist Formerly Known As Prince,” but fans can call it “Love Symbol #2” — which…

Legendary rapper MC Lyte married the man of her dreams over the weekend in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

“It was so beautiful and a fairytale,” Lyte, 46, told Essence of her nuptials with Marine Corp veteran John Wyche. “I got my king.”

Lyte, whose real name is Lana Moorer, met her husband on Match.com in 2016 after opening herself up to receive a “yummy hubby.”…

How’s this for a blessing?

Chance the Rapper’s surprise free concert in Chicago Saturday night featured a cameo from a very special guest: Barack Obama.

In a pre-recorded video message, the former commander-in-chief congratulated fellow Chicagoan Chance for serving as the Grand Marshal of the city’s 88th-annual Bud Billiken Parade, which is the largest and…

It must be tough to be humble when you’re so used to winning.

Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” returned to the top of the Billboard 200 chart Sunday, netting its fourth total week at No. 1 since the album dropped in May.

With four weeks at No. 1, “DAMN.” has spent the most time on top of the chart since the Weeknd’s “Starboy” notched five non-consecutive weeks in…

50 Cent’s hit show, Power, has simultaneously been a feather in the rapper’s cap and a point of contention between the Queens rap mogul and the Starz Network. Earlier this week, the Internet went nuts when the final three episodes of season four mysteriously made their way onto the World Wide Web. According to Fif, the network thinks he is the culprit.

Earlier today…

Bruno Mars did a seven-figure solid for the city of Flint, Mich., during his show on Saturday night (Aug. 12) in suburban Detroit.

As he closed his main set with "Just The Way You Are" at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Mars told the crowd that he was donating $1 million to “our brothers and sisters in Flint, Michigan” to provide aid for the continuing wake of the city's…

Atlanta rapper Big Boi has given a puppy to a little girl who was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot while playing in a bounce house near the city earlier this year.

WSB-TV reports Big Boi, who’s one-half of the rap duo OutKast, presented Abriya Ellison on Thursday with the pup bred from his kennel business. Video shows Abriya cradling the dog, which she…

Once again, ex-Chicago Bulls superstar Scottie Pippen is trying to hand off his mansion in a swanky suburb north of Chicago.

Pippen just relisted the 10,500-square-foot home for $2,795,000 through a private network, according to the Chicago Tribune. The listing agent is Vikki Wolin of Coldwell Banker in Highland Park, Illinois.

Pippen initially listed the…

A woman is suing rappers Drake and Future after she was raped at one of their concerts.

The unnamed woman claims a man associated with the Nashville venue, Bridgestone Arena, told her he would take her backstage to meet with the stars, but instead violently attacked her and raped her, according to The Tennessean.

The 28-year-old woman is now suing the stars for…

TheoryH2O delivers another banger titled "On The Way". Or better defined as #OTW is the the single for the people. This single gives the people what they want to hear 808 heavy bass crisp snares with a simple but very…

A Georgia politician is pushing for a stepped-up criminal probe of R. Kelly in the wake of allegations the singer held women against their will in freaky sex cult.

Fulton County Chairman John Eaves said Friday he believes the district attorney should "advance" an investigation after Johns Creek Police reportedly turned over "key" evidence for review.

Eaves said…

The revelations emerged after DMX, whose legal name is Earl Simmons, showed up late for his own bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court.

An angry Judge Jed Rakoff said the 46-year-old Simmons, who was dressed in a blue tie-dyed…

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Rihanna has been accused of a photoshop fail in a saucy snap from her carnival outing – after fans pointed out she has an “extra thumb” in the pic.

The superstar posed wearing a barely-there showgirl get-up for the Instagram snap, but if you look closely she has an alien-like right hand, with two blue thumbnails, apparently due to an editing glitch.

One…

Kevin Hart just lost a fan.

One of his VIP guests, Jay Collins, filed a lawsuit against the 39-year-old comedian claiming his security guard beat him up and called him a “p---y” and a “b---h” backstage at his Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field event in Aug. 2015, according to documents obtained by TMZ.

Collins is asking for more than $50,000 in the suit, in…

Prosecutors are claiming Suge Knight tried to buy witnesses in his murder case — but one of the rap mogul's lawyers shot down the theory Thursday.

"I've never paid anyone, period, end of story," lawyer Matt Fletcher told the Daily News ahead of a court hearing on the matter.

"As far as I know, (witnesses) haven't been paid by anyone," he said. "I don't believe…

Rapper DMX might have violated his bail conditions "in numerous respects" less than a month after his release post-arrest, a new court filing states.

DMX, whose legal name is Earl Simmons, pleaded not guilty on July 14 to evading $1.7 million in income taxes.

The magistrate judge presiding over Simmons's first court appearance granted the "Party Up (Up in…