Featured Blog Posts – September 2017 Archive (100)

A new face of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” is one reality TV viewers have seen before.

Eva Marcille, winner of cycle 3 of “America’s Next Top Model,” will be joining the Bravo cast in the upcoming season.

“I’m so excited to join NeNe [Leakes] and the ladies for the 10th season of RHOA,” Marcille told Us Weekly. “Atlanta and America, get ready!”…

Rapper Kendrick Lamar and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman are among the celebrities, athletes and business leaders heading to Boston for Forbes’ Under 30 Summit.

The four-day event focused on technology and business starts Sunday and runs through Wednesday.

It includes panel discussions, competitions for startup companies, networking opportunities for investors and…

CNN host Van Jones reveals his obsession with Prince — and a brush with the “Little Red Corvette” singer before his death — in Jones’ upcoming book, “Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together.”

The tome, out Oct. 10, is dedicated to Prince, and Jones explains how years ago he was spearheading a sustainable-energy initiative and received a large…

To rock a rhyme that’s right on time is tricky — but writing a comic book is harder.

Legendary rapper Darryl (DMC) McDaniels debuts the third volume of his 3-year-old "DMC" comic book series at next week's New York Comic Con. After that, he plans to release a comic book a month. The "King of Rock" rapper finds producing comics more challenging than writing…

It looks like Fetty Wap might be adding to his family very soon. In a few new Instagram videos, Alexis Skyy, whom he’s been connected to in the recent past, revealed that she was pregnant. This, of course, confirmed pregnancy rumors that began to circulate the internet a few weeks ago.

In the videos, Skyy takes a trip to her OBGYN to see her developing baby through an…

Beyoncé has released a surprise single on which she sings in Spanish, English and French to raise relief money for those affected by hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in Mexico. Beyoncé is featured on a remix of J. Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente,” which means “my people” in Spanish. The single was released Thursday night. In an English verse on “Mi Gente,”…

Lionel Richie has finalized a deal to join “American Idol” as a judge.

The move to secure Richie rounds out the revived singing competition’s on-camera talent roster for its upcoming first season on ABC, with Richie joining fellow judges Luke Bryan and Katy Perry as well host Ryan Seacrest. It also puts “Idol” back on schedule. With shooting on live auditions slated…

Blac Chyna is going to fight Rob Kardashian and Kylie Jenner‘s assault and battery lawsuit. Chyna’s attorney Lisa Bloom told reporters Thursday that her client is “resolved to get justice,” days after Rob claimed Chyna tried to strangle him with an iPhone charger cord at his sister Kylie’s home last year. “The language [in the lawsuit] was very ugly and false,” Bloom said.…

Rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has claimed that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign offered him half a million dollars to support him during the election.

In an interview with New York radio station Hot 97, Jackson said that during Trump’s campaign, he was offered $500,000 in what the rapper claimed was an effort to reach out to black voters.

“I was like,…

“Coming to America” is officially getting a sequel nearly 30 years after it first hit theaters, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Eddie Murphy is involved with the new film, but it is unclear if a deal has been put in place for him to star. Jonathan Levine was brought on as director with “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris rewriting the script, THR…

Rihanna recently called President Trump out for his slow-footed support of Puerto Rico after the devastating effects Hurricane Maria left on the island. It’s been estimated that out of Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million inhabitants, 97 percent are without power, CNN reports. Additionally, half of the U.S. territory doesn’t have running water.

The Grammy Award-winning pop star…

Kendrick Lamar is raking it in whenever he plays live.

The new Forbes list detailed who the highest earners in the genre were for 2017. Topping that list once again was Sean "Diddy" Combs,who brought in $130 million in earnings through live shows, selling a portion of his Sean John clothing line and his deals with Ciroc vodka and DeLeon tequila. Drake came in at No. 2…

TLC singer T-Boz and her family are looking to sue an Illinois police department for shooting her mentally ill cousin to death.

T-Boz, whose real name is Tionne Watkins, told TMZ that the family is planning to sue the Peoria Police Department after officers allegedly fired off 15-20 rounds at her 25-year-old cousin Eddie Russell Jr. until he was shot…

Since twins Sir and Rumi were born on June 13, Beyoncé and Jay-Z have kept busy buying homes.

In August, the power couple plunked down a cool $88 million for a 30,000-square-foot Los Angeles estate.

Not long after, they shelled out $26 million for an East Hampton spread at 81 Briar Patch Road on exclusive Georgica Pond, where neighbors include Ronald Perelman,…

In Kardashian news that does not involve a surprise pregnancy announcement, Rob Kardashian has reportedly filed a lawsuit against former flame Blac Chyna for alleged assault, battery and vandalism.

The 30-year-old reality star claims his ex-fiancée — and mother of his 10-month-old daughter Dream — hit him repeatedly and tried to choke him with an iPhone charging cable…

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One man was arrested in the shooting of hip hop artist Young Dolph, as police searched for additional suspects in the shooting.

Corey McClendon was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, Los Angeles police said Wednesday.

Young Dolph was in critical condition following the Tuesday shooting, which occurred during an altercation at the Loews Hollywood…

Young Thug was arrested on Saturday and is allegedly facing a felony drug charge, TMZ reports. The rapper was allegedly booked on one count of marijuana possession and a misdemeanor charge for having tinted front windows on his vehicle. Earlier this year, Thug was cleared of felony drug and gun charges that stemmed from a 2015 police raid on his home in Sandy Springs,…

Earlier today, news broke out that Young Dolph was shot in Hollywood. While it was unsure who shot Young Dolph at the time, police are now beginning to find people of interest that were involved. TMZ is reporting that Yo Gotti is currently on that list.

In a report from TMZ, they say that Yo Gotti is currently on the LAPD's radar as a person of interest in Young…

Russell Simmons says not much has changed for black comics since he created “Def Comedy Jam,” the early-’90s HBO series that introduced Martin Lawrence, Bernie Mac, Sheryl Underwood, Cedric the Entertainer and many other comics to national TV audiences. It was a weekly showcase for edgy and outrageous comedians at a time when “The Cosby Show” and its (then) righteously…