September 2015 Blog Posts (125)

At a time when it was trying to establish mainstream musical credibility and struggling with its gangsta-rap image — hip-hop was revolutionized by A Tribe Called Quest.

Using easy-flowing, intricate, and sometimes self-effacing lyrics over complicated, jazz-infused beats, the group silenced those that claimed rap was not an art form and helped legitimized hip-hop…

It’s taken 14 years, but Tyrese Gibson has finally reunited with a cherished lover from his past.

The actor teased he'll once again play an onscreen love interest of Taraji P. Henson when he guest stars on "Empire" this fall.

The two actors starred as a fiery young couple in the 2001 rom-com, "Baby Boy."

"I'm coming to get my girl back," joked…

The wife of "black-ish" star Anthony Anderson has filed for divorce.

Raina Falcon, a spokeswoman for Anderson, confirmed the court filing Friday and said Anthony and Alvina Anderson have been separated for some time.

The couple married in 1999 and have two children.

Anderson earned a best comedy lead actor Emmy nomination for the ABC sitcom…

Rick Ross is attacking the groundskeeper who is suing him for allegedly pistol-whipping and beating him ... but this time, Ross is admittedly attacking with a gun ... a hired gun.

Ross has filed legal docs against Jonathan Zamudio, who sued Ross claiming the mogul got angry at him for throwing a party in his mansion and driving his cars. Zamudio says Ross locked…

Rich Homie Quan learned not to wave a red flag in front of a bull, because he just got gored ... Child Protective Services is now on his case for smoking what looks like a blunt in front of his kid.

Georgia authorities saw the video of RHQ's 1-year-old on his lap as he puffed away, and they were alarmed. Child Protective Services and the Fulton County Police…

The Kardashian-Jenner clan could have more multi-million-dollar wedding bells on its horizon.

Reality-show star Kylie Jenner's rapper beau, Tyga, seemed to call the 18-year-old his "fiancée" in a new Snapchat video Jenner posted to Instagram on Wednesday.

"I don't f--- with nobody," Tyga says into the camera. "It's just me, my fiancée [and] this lil' dog…

A California teenager is being hailed a hero after he rushed to the defense of a blind classmate and knocked a purported school bully to the ground.

Shocking video of the fight, recorded by a bystander, shows the teen tormenter repeatedly beating his blind peer on the head.

Another student quickly leaps in, stopping the pounding with a single…

Two men were fatally shot at a Compton marijuana dispensary which appears to have ties with Chief Keef, but the rapper tells TMZ everyone's been fooled by social media.

First off, the crime: L.A. County Sheriff's deputies went to GLO Gang weed shop and found the victims already deceased from apparent gunshot wounds. The identity of the victims is not…

Taraji P. Henson and the "Empire" writers should know ... 50 Cent doesn't sweat people taking shots at him -- been there, done that -- so, he's firing right back with a direct shot at Cookie's ... cookie.

During the "Empire" premiere ... Taraji's character made a crack about Fif being "thirsty," and it didn't take long for him to respond.

Check out the…

It’s all about the benjamins, baby.

Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs is the “hip-hop cash king,” according to Forbes.

The music mogul made an estimated $60 million between June 2014 and June 2015.

Combs, the CEO of Bad Boy Entertainment, made most of his moola from such business ventures as Ciroc vodka, TV network Revolt and the Sean John clothing…

Rob Kardashian may not only be re-emerging, he might be trying to hook up with the likes of Karrueche Tran.

Rob just posted a pic of his iPhone screen that shows a conversation he was having with Chris Brown's ex, which included a sexy pic of herself. He captioned it, "I like when she send me pictures."

As for the contact info on his phone, he lists her as…

Sean Penn is swinging back at director Lee Daniels for accusing him of being violent to women — hitting him with a $10 million defamation suit.

In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the “Dead Man Walking” star says Daniels defamed him when he compared him to scandal-scarred “Empire” star Terrence Howard in a recent interview.…

A Hawaii man who was bit by a 13-foot tiger shark lived to tell the tale of the traumatic attack and posted a video of his deep wounds online moments after he swam to safety.

Braxton Rocha, 27, was spearfishing off the coast of the Big Island on Sunday when he came head-to-head with a massive shark that took a huge chunk out of his left leg, authorities…

A tourist fell to his death at India’s iconic Taj Mahal as he posed for a selfie.

The Japanese man, identified as Hideto Ueda, allegedly tumbled down a staircase inside the mausoleum as he tried to take the picture.

The 66-year-old lost consciousness and was later pronounced dead at a hospital, an eyewitness told the BBC.

“He was rushed in an ambulance…

A south Florida man charged with murdering his girlfriend admitted to disemboweling her with his bare hands after she twice cried out her ex-husband's name during sex, police said.

Self-admitted "monster" Fidel Lopez, 24, said he flew into a drunken rage after she cried out the other man's name during rough sex inside of their Sunrise apartment's closet early Sunday…

Azealia Banks went off on a flight attendant in a shocking rant — and it was all caught on camera.

During a flight on Delta Airlines from New York City to Los Angeles Monday night, the rapper called the airline employee a “f---ing f----t” while trying to exit the plane.

A passenger on Banks’ flight told TMZ her meltdown was triggered when she wasn’t able…

Rap mogul Rick Ross has been named in a new lawsuit claiming his bodyguard drugged and raped a woman in February.

The alleged victim, identified only as Jane Doe in the filing, claims she first met hired muscle Thaddeus James back in March 2013 and was pursuing a job with Ross when the sexual assault took place this year.

In her court paperwork, she says James…