Featured Blog Posts – August 2018 Archive (82)

Johnny Depp caused an uproar during filming by allegedly assaulting the movie’s location manager, Gregg “Rocky” Brooks (who is now suing him).

Now the flick, “City of Lies” — which follows an alleged police coverup of the rapper’s 1997 murder — has lost its release date.…

She’s only one month old, but Kulture Kiari Cephus is well on her way to becoming a style star.

According to documents attained by The Blast, Cardi B and Offset have already filed to trademark their newborn daughter’s name.

With the paperwork submitted on August 2 under Sallie Smith LLC, a company registered to Offset, the couple are hoping to register…

Jimmy Kimmel announced on Twitter Tuesday that Kanye West — aka “Hurricane Kanye” — will be striking Thursday.

Details on their topics of conversation weren’t released, but they’ll likely talk about West’s controversial political remarks and possibly his recent album, “ye,” which was released in June.

West’s wife, Kim Kardashain West, is also active…

The fourth and final suspect turned himself in to police on Tuesday for his involvement in the killing of hip hop star XXXTentacion at a Florida motorcyle shop.

Trayvon Newsome, 20, was taken into custody after surrendering at his lawyer’s…

Three Xavier University of Louisiana students are among a group receiving scholarships thanks to actor and comedian Kevin Hart‘s “Help From the Hart Charity.”

Hart has joined forces with the United Negro College Fund and KIPP — Knowledge Is Power Program — to help 18 students earn a college degree. The new $600,000 scholarship program will provide funding to support…

Drake wants to make sure no one profits off of “God’s Plan.”

The Canadian rapper, 31, has filed an application to trademark the phrase, which is the title of his popular 2018 song, according to documents obtained by Page Six on Tuesday.

While the July 31 filing suggests that Drake plans to use the phrase for things you’d expect like music, clothing, marketing…

50 Cent Takes Back His Money From A Stripper At Angels Strip Club.

Beyoncé is learning to embrace her perceived imperfections, which she insists includes a FUPA (slang that stands for “fatty upper pubic area”), a new interview reveals.

The 36-year-old singer and mother of three says in Vogue’s September issue that becoming a mom changed not just her body, but her body image, permanently.

“After the birth of my first child, I…

Ciara isn’t going to sit back quietly while someone calls her man a “corny dude” and a “square.”

The “Level Up” singer, 32, came to the defense of husband Russell Wilson on Instagram over the weekend, letting the world know that she thinks the NFL star is cool.

“Cool is in the eye of the beholder. What are some qualities you see as COOL?” she wrote alongside a…

Cardi B will be returning to the stage this October as a headliner for San Antonio’s Mala Luna Festival. The Grammy-nominated rapper gave birth to her first child with husband and Migos rapper Offset in July.

Mala Luna Festival will take place from Oct. 27-28 at Nelson Wolff Stadium. Nick Jam and Tyler, the Creator will also headline the festival. Lil Pump, Becky G…

T.I.‘s former restaurant employees are cooking up a new lawsuit against him.

In a new lawsuit, the ex-employees accuse the rapper of fraudulently transferring $40,000 to himself and his business partners instead of paying off the settlements he owes the Scales 925 Atlanta employees, The Blast reported.

T.I. and his partners reached a settlement in February to…

A Georgia woman who has faced recent financial difficulties says rapper Ludacris paid for her groceries this week.

Therra Gwyn-Jaramillo of Atlanta has been struggling “emotionally, physically and financially,” since her husband died of brain cancer in 2014. More recently, however, she “ran into a financial hit of almost $4,000 within one month when I had to get a new…

Iggy Azalea is baring all in a new series of promotional photos for her new EP, “Survive the Summer.”

The 28-year-old rapper, who is known for her collection of racy social media photos, shared new images of herself sans clothing.

In the “Survive the Summer”-themed images, the singer stands in the middle of a dark tennis court wearing nothing but neon pumps and…

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson experienced a power outage while celebrating his new Champagne brand, Le Chemin du Roi, at SBE’s Nightingale in West Hollywood.

After addressing the crowd and toasting to the success of his line of bubbly, as well as his hit show “Power,” the lights went out.

“The entire neighborhood, for about a 20-block radius, lost power for about a…

Dionne Warwick has finally come to the defense of her deceased sister, Dee Dee Warwick, after Dee Dee was accused of molesting Whitney Houston and Houston’s brother Gary in the film “Whitney.”

“First of all, it’s totally hogwash. My sister would never, ever have done anything to do any harm to any child, especially within our family,” Dionne stated on “Larry…

Much like his sister-in-law Kylie Jenner, Kanye West is on the cusp of becoming a self-made billionaire.

According to The Blast, the legendary musician’s fashion label Yeezy, created in partnership with Adidas, just received a valuation of close to $1.5 billion. Seeing as West is a majority stakeholder in the brand, this recent assessment would put the rapper’s…

Jay-Z’s music streaming service Tidal is dodging accusations of manipulating its streaming numbers. An alleged whistle-blower leaked data to the Norwegian paper Dagens Naeringsliv, which appears to show that numbers for Beyoncé's “Lemonade” and Kanye West's "The Life of Pablo" were inflated by 320 million listens.

Most music streaming services pay their artists…

Some surviving members of Heaven’s Gate members are miffed by Lil Uzi Vert’s new album art.

Earlier this week, the rapper, 24, revealed the artwork for his upcoming album, “Eternal Atake,” which looks heavily inspired by the GeoCities-era visual aesthetic of the infamous cult.

While Uzi’s fans seemed delighted by the album cover, surviving members of Heaven’s…

The Carters are cracking down on counterfeit tour merchandise.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who are currently performing their “On the Run II” show across the globe, reportedly won a lawsuit to prevent bootleggers from shilling fake tour gear.

Three Ten Merchandising Services, the company handling sales of the superstar couple’s authentic merchandise, filed a restraining…