WORLD WRAP FEDERATION's Blog – August 2012 Archive (172)

Rapper Lil Wayne has hired security guards to keep*a round-the-clock watch over his ex-wife and their daughter, Gossip Extra has learned.

The Cash Money Records singer plunks down more than $10,000 a month*to ensure the safety of BET reality star*Toya Wright, whom*Wayne divorced in 2007, and their daughter, Reginae.

Why the beefy dudes?

It’s weirder than…

HACKENSACK — An appeals court has upheld the murder conviction and 75-year sentence given to Harlem rapper "Max B" for his role in a deadly 2006 robbery at a Fort Lee hotel.

The rapper, whose real name is Charly Wingate, had argued that the Bergen County Superior Court judge who tried his case had erred by not granting a request to separate it from that of his…

A funeral home director in West Texas says they will continue to refrigerate the embalmed body of actor Sherman Hemsley, who became famous for his role as television's George Jefferson, until a local court rules on the validity of his will.

Hemsley signed the will six weeks before dying of lung cancer July 24. He names Flora Enchinton, whom he called "beloved…

Hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty killed himself Thursday after a heated argument with his estranged wife in the Bronx, police sources told the Daily News.

Lighty — a longtime manager who worked with the likes of 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Ja Rule and Mariah Carey — walked away from the argument after declaring “I’m tired of this,” before shooting himself in the head…

Hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty died Thursday morning after apparently shooting himself in the head in his Bronx apartment, sources told the Daily News.

Lighty, 44 — a longtime manager of 50 Cent, Diddy, Ja Rule and Mariah Carey — was found dead inside his South Riverdale apartment about 11:30 a.m., police sources said.

It appeared he died from a bullet to his head,…

The California pilot who claims he had a high-flying gay affair with actor John Travolta is airing new details about their alleged six-year relationship.

In a National Enquirer story labeled “ridiculous” by Travolta’s camp, pilot Doug Gotterba said he first met the “Grease” star in February 1981 when he interviewed for a pilot job – and by September they were…

Fans were shocked when news broke that Beanie Sigel - already preparing to serve a two-year sentence for tax evasion - was arrested on drug charges. Now, in an exclusive from XXL, it looks like the Philadelphia emcee will begin serving his sentence earlier than anticipated.

The Broad Street Bully was supposed to begin serving his two-year bid on September 12, but now,…

Skip to 5:53 "These n*ggas!!y like they've been making they own hits"

"it's been two years in the making, I'm shaking waiting to make a stand

I've been doing work - got more jobs than a jamaican man

helping everybody else and f*cking up my own !!

got these n*ggas!!y like they've been making they own hits

but I dont owe them !! - I'm…

So Nicki Minaj gone photoshop her face onto Beyonce's picture?

Karuche come getcho hoe mang

Another chapter of success for Tremaine. Tomorrow, his fifth album Chapter V will find itself at number one on the charts. According to HDD, it has moved an estimated 134,600 in first week sales.

DJ Khaled’s Kiss The Ring will not…

Music Legend Quincy Jones won’t take a turn at the witness microphone after all.

The super producer, 79, was set to testify this week at a slander trial pitting casino tycoon Steve Wynn against soft porn mogul Joe Francis, but a judge relieved him of the duty, citing a doctor’s recommendation.

In a written order, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joanne…

A few weeks back in the New York Times, a pretty revealing piece was released on Jay-Z that had to do with how well the rapper/mogul maximized his minimal investment in the Brooklyn Nets. Among the facts revealed was that the $1 million investment Jay-Z orginialy gave to the Nets amounts to just one-fifteenth of one percent of the franchise.

It was also revealed that…

The man accused of breaking into LL Cool J’s home has pleaded not guilty to a felony burglary charge.

Jonathan E. Kirby appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday morning and entered the plea.

Kirby was arrested after the actor-rapper subdued him in his home early Aug. 22, breaking the 56-year-old’s jaw, nose and ribs in the process. He was later charged with…

Rapper Beanie Sigel -- famous for his work with Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg -- was arrested early this morning in Philly for drugs and gun possession ... 2 weeks before he's supposed to turn himself in to prison for a separate crime.

Sigel was sentenced to two years in the big house for failing to file tax returns for the years 2003, 2004, and 2005 -- stiffing the IRS out of…

Relax, Bill Cosby fans. The 73-year-old Cosby Show star is not dead -- just the latest unfortunate victim of an internet death hoax.

Rumors of the actor's demise surfaced Monday when Facebook user Jonathan Gorman created a group page on the social networking site called "R.I.P. Bill Cosby." The site quickly garnered 315,000 likes, causing Cosby to take to Twitter to…

Lindsay Lohan claims she's been framed in the theft of $100,000 of watches and sunglasses, telling friends the real culprit is a man claiming to be Suge Knight's son. Problem is ... cops aren't buying what she's selling.



Lindsay is now officially a suspect in the theft, which occurred at the lavish home of Sam Magid, a good friend of LiLo's.



Magid told cops…