Featured Blog Posts – September 2016 Archive (112)

Amber Rose is calling out “Dancing with the Stars” judge Julianne Hough for body-shaming her during a performance with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

"It was a point in the dance where I had to lift my leg up and Maks dipped me and (Hough) said, 'Oh, I'm uncomfortable,' and I instantly, I felt, I did feel body shamed," Rose, 32, revealed on her “Loveline with…

Reggaeton star Wisin announced Friday his 1-month-old daughter Victoria died.

“Thank you, my God, for one month of life, for one month of Victoria. God gives, and God takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Princess Victoria, I will see you again in heaven,” the 37-year-old Puerto Rican singer wrote in Spanish on Instagram with a black and white photo of his…

While fans are still waiting for Meek Mill to drop his long-awaited DC 4 project, the Philadelphia rapper stopped by Funk Flex's studio last night to drop a crazy freestyle. During the freestyle, Meek took shots at just about…

‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star Kandi Burruss is outraged after she claims she and her husband were kicked off a flight without a valid explanation.

The reality star said she and husband Todd Tucker were removed from a Hawaiian Airlines flight because they “caused some sort of commotion.”

“We were sitting in our seat & the gate ticketer came on…

“Push past the pain and find love.”

Beyoncé released a new video Thursday to promote her fall/winter line of Ivy Park athleisure gear.

The “Lemonade” singer performs an acrobatic backbend in gray leggings and a sports bra before posing in various items from her apparel line.

“I teach my body every day that I can go a little further,” she says over clips…

He's not a businessman — he's a business, man.

Hip-hop mogul Jay Z is taking on yet another corporate venture, as he signed a two-year contract with The Weinstein Company film studio to produce a series of television and movie projects, Variety reports.

"I'm excited to tell stories from real life prophets, whom through their struggles have changed the world for…

“If Beanie Sigel came to Meek’s defense, why did [Meek’s] goons sucker punch me,” says Beanie Sigel. It went down on Taxstone’s Tax Season podcast, and it’s going to go down as a legendary conversation.

By now you’ve seen and heard about Beans, despite his OG status, getting violated by Meek’s affiliates. On Tax Season we got his side of the story, and he went…

Actually, there’s a little more drama.

After fierce online backlash for a baffling song about police brutality, Mary J. Blige fought back late Tuesday night.

“Everybody shut the f--- up!!!!!” the R&B singer said in a quickly deleted tweet. “#takethat #haters #crabsinabarrel #simpleminded #the411.”…

Legal responsibility isn’t enough of a punishment for Nick Gordon in the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, says dad Bobby Brown.

“I don't know the specifics of what happened, but as the judge has said, he is legally responsible,” the 47-year-old “My Prerogative” singer said in an interview on “The T.D. Jakes Show” that will air Wednesday night.

“I know some things…

He's laughing all the way to the bank.

Kevin Hart tops this year's Forbes list of the world's highest-paid comedians after taking home a whopping $87.5 million between June 2015 and June 2016.

That payday was more than double the $43.5 million that runner-up Jerry Seinfeld pocketed over the same stretch.

Hart, 37, parlayed his unparalleled stadium tour…

Rapper Fetty Wap is reportedly being sued by a Danish songwriter for beats used in “Trap Queen,” according to TMZ.

Lazar Lakic claims in his lawsuit that he bought exclusive rights to “Hello” from producer Tony Fadd.

Those beats then showed up as a sample in Fetty Wap’s April 2014 single from his self-titled debut album.

The songwriter said in the suit…

Drake is starting to become the Michael Jordan to Apple’s Nike. Earlier on Monday on Instagram — the default platform for all rapper press releases — Drake released a picture of his plaque for his album Views surpassing one billion streams on Apple Music.

Drake’s Views was released April 29 and was an Apple Music exclusive for two weeks. He was presented the plaque by…

Well, that was awkward.

A well-intentioned new Apple promo in which Mary J. Blige sings an intense ballad about police brutality to Hillary Clinton in a one-on-one interview setting left a wave of fans confused by what they had just watched.

In the head-scratching clip, Blige breaks into song and, at one point, grips the Democratic presidential nominee's hand…

Beyoncé honored rapper Shawty Lo at her Formation concert Monday in Atlanta.

Before she began her song, "Diva," Bey, 35, and her dancers performed a choreographed number to Shawty's hit single, "Dey Know" as the crowded cheered her on.

Users on social media filmed the special moment and many called the tribute "classy."

Shawty, born Carlos Walker,…

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson cribbed the idea for his hit Starz show "Power" from two aspiring TV writers, a new Manhattan federal court lawsuit claims.

R. Byron Hord and Curtis Scoon say they wrote a pilot script for a TV show called "Dangerous" in late 2009.

"Dangerous" was about "an African-American Protagonist’s work as a drug dealer and subsequent attempts to…

Wiz Khalifa ripped off a New York City musician by sampling his song in the hit "iSay" without paying him, a new lawsuit alleges.

Yury Merman claims he went to ID Labs recording studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in November 2011 for help editing a song, which he called "La Plafond."

One of ID Labs' producers helped him and saved the track on his laptop…

It seems like The Game wasn’t lying when he said Meek Mill’s goons beat up Beanie Sigel at Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Reunion Tour stop in Philadelphia.

Footage shared by TMZ apparently shows the Philly legend lying knocked out cold behind the scenes at the show. A man is shown getting pushed away from Beans by security. The man was identified as Teefy Bey, the Do4Self CEO…

Drake has his own Lemonade now.

“Please Forgive Me,” a short film based on the Canadian rapper’s fourth album “Views,” is packed with action — exploding cars, gunfights and steamy kisses with model Fanny Neguesha.

The “Hotline Bling” artist surprised fans by dropping the 21-minute flick four days ahead of its official Sept. 30 release date on Apple…

Hip-hop star Lil Wayne turned out to be a not-so-lil part of a same-sex couple's wedding in prison six years ago.

The "Lollipop" rapper revealed in a new memoir that he served as the wedding officiator in a makeshift ceremony between two of his fellow male inmates at Rikers Island during his eight-month stay in 2010.

"I got the Bible and I'm like, we…