Featured Blog Posts – August 2015 Archive (135)

Rihanna is lending her voice to one of TV's most popular reality shows.

The "Diamonds" singer will serve as a key adviser on "The Voice" this season, NBC president Robert Greenblatt announced Thursday at the TCA press tour in Beverly HIlls.

"This is one of music's true supervisors coming on board to influence the lives and careers of the performers," he…

The hip-hop community was rocked August 8th by the sudden passing of rapper Sean Price, who died in his native Brooklyn at the age of 43. At the time of his death, the Boot Camp Clik rapper also known as Ruck was putting the finishing touches on a new mixtape titled Songs in the Key of Price. That mixtape will arrive August 21st through Duck Down Music, and Rolling…

Treach on the Breakfast Club talking about who's not welcome in NJ and more. Says Funkmaster Flex is not breaking east coast artist.…

The NYPD offered a $2,500 reward for information about the death of Queens-born rapper Chinx on Wednesday — one day before the debut of a documentary about the up-and-coming wordsmith’s life and untimely death.

The story of Lionel Pickens, 31, who performed under the name Chinx, will be told in the film “Long Live Chinx,” which airs Thursday on Revolt…

This former NBA star is getting defensive.

Lamar Odom blasted reports that he blindsided soon-to-be ex-wife Khloe Kardashian with a verbal attack as she walked to SoulCycle in Beverly Hills Wednesday morning.

"I am not, not, not the person that they're trying to make me out to be," a steaming Odom said in a TMZ video Thursday. “"I live in Las Vegas….Did I just…

Bey wears the crown of fall fashion queen.

Beyoncé Knowles, 33, is the cover girl of Vogue magazine's September issue.

The sultry shot, taken by Mario Testino, features the "Drunk in Love" singer wearing a lavender gown with wet hair and minimal makeup.…

Hip hop mogul Dr. Dre will soon send money straight into Compton.

The rapper and producer announced he would donate all of the royalties from his new album "Compton" to help fund a new entertainment and performing arts center in the Los Angeles suburb, which is his hometown.

"I feel it's the right thing to do and I hope everybody appreciates the work I put into…

Terrence Howard's ex-wife threatened to sell "weird" video of him dancing naked in his bathroom during a expletive-filled telephone fight in 2011, audio played in a Los Angeles courtroom on Tuesday revealed.

The "Empire" star sat with his lawyers as Judge Thomas Lewis listened to the playback in open court during the latest installment in the former couple's ongoing…

Few artists have made such grand transformations as Alicia Keys.

In a lengthy new blog post about hiding herself, the 34-year-old mother of two recalls how her old tomboy appearance caused many to label her gay, when she in fact dressed in a less typically feminine way to deflect unwanted attention from men.

“I definitely started hiding when I got old enough to…

Chinese officials are investigating the horrifying hacking death of a protected whale shark after gruesome video surfaced showing two men slowly slice the still-alive, struggling creature.

The graphic video, purportedly shot on a wharf in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, shows the men working from the shark’s tail end to its face, saw its body into large slices with a…

A case that's many years in the making gets closer to a jury's ears.

Sixteen years ago, the music producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley worked with Shawn "Jay Z" Carter on a track for the album, Vol. 3 ... Life and Times of S. Carter.

At the recording session, Timbaland grabbed a CD that contained Middle Eastern music he believed to be in the public domain. He found…

According to WSBTV, Lil Wayne made a statement that Jimmy Winfrey (PeeWee Roscoe) threatened to “spray his bus”. Last spring, police said Winfrey fired several shots at Lil Wayne’s tour buses in Cobb County and claimed Winfrey conspired with two other rappers to carry out the shooting.

Last month, police raided the home of Jeffery Lamar Williams, aka Young Thug.…

If you're reading this, be aware that Drake has the first million-selling album of the year.

The Canadian rapper's "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" album has sold 1.007 million copies since its Feb. 12 release, reports Billboard.

The Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records release debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and has been going strong ever…

Celebrities get accused of Photoshopping their Instagram pictures all the time, but when it happened to Nicki Minaj, she brushed off the haters like a total boss.

The 32-year-old shared a snap of her and fiance Meek Mill, along with Nicki's hairstylist, standing behind her and fixing her 'do.

Commenters accused the "Anaconda" rapper of Photoshopping the image…

Twenty-one time grand slam winner Serena Williams, who epitomizes style and grace both on and off the court, is once again in the sartorial spotlight. This time, she's the cover star of New York Magazine's highly anticipated fashion issue.…

Future parents Ice-T and Coco shed some light on what makes their marriage work.

“What is your opinion on women submitting to your husband?” "Watch What Happens Live" host Andy Cohen asked the curvy blond during Sunday's broadcast, who is six months pregnant with the reality star couple’s first child together.

Coco replied without missing a beat.

“I…

Kylie Jenner showed off a surprising look — and received a major surprise — for her 18th birthday.

The reality star, who turns 18 Monday, donned a blond wig for her birthday blowout with her family and boyfriend Tyga at a Los Angeles club Bootsy Bellows Sunday night.

The birthday girl was shocked when her rapper beau gifted her with a white Ferrari 482 Italia,…

Wendy Williams is the latest star to wipe out on stage — and now her fans are asking, “How you doing?”

The talk show host fell Saturday during her comedy show at The Hobby Center in Houston, after she seemed to misjudge how far she was from the ground.

Williams, clad in a white top and denim cutoffs, approached the edge of the stage as an emcee chanted her…

Kylie Jenner just turned 18 and she got a great gift from her boyfriend rapper Tyga. This sounded like the perfect gift which was a Mercedes G-class wagon, which retails for around $115,000. On Saturday, Gossip Cop shared that the car he gave her actually is something he re-gifted. This car originally belonged to his ex-girlfriend Blac Chyna.

Originally the claim was…

Ja Rule, a seasoned veteran of rap beef weighs in on the Drake and Meek Mill beef and how hip-hop disputes are different in the age of Twitter and social media.

Ja Rule also claims he won the first round of his beef with 50.

Dude calmly and respectfully interjected "not really"…