MMG’s 3rd installment of the Self Made compilation album series ended up at number 4 on the charts this week. The album sold 51,355 copies, which is right around what the projections were. This is right around what Self Made Vol. 1 did, but down from what Self Made Vol. 2 did in the first week.… Continue
Nicki Minaj didn't seem to care that she had forgotten one very important item of clothing when she posted this racy photo on Instagram -- her shirt. The 29-year-old singer arrived to the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" wearing only a cropped jacket that didn't even come close to containing her ample assets -- not that she seemed to mind. The star eagerly shared her risque look with her… Continue
According to TMZ Lamar Odom is holed up in a private home in a gated community 100 miles from L.A. ... and his life is now revolving around smoking crack and partying with 2 young women -- and he's intimate with one of them.
Multiple sources privy to Lamar's current state tell TMZ ... Lamar has a driver who is regularly shuttling back and forth from L.A. to his… Continue
Fans of legendary West Coast icon Tupac “2Pac” Shakur around the world certainly rejoiced at news that a biopic about the late rapper would be coming soon. After ongoing rumors and several false starts, the film finally secured the necessary financial backing and will begin shooting on location in Atlanta in 2014.
Deadline reported on the joint deal between… Continue
Kanye West is not going down without a fight.
The 36-year-old rapper has responded to the lawsuit filed against him by paparazzo Daniel Ramos, who claims West assaulted him at LAX this past summer, TMZ reported.
West reportedly filed papers to say he acted in self-defense when he allegedly pushed the photog during their unpleasant airport… Continue
Not to be nosy, but ... what's that on your forehead?
A Chinese man has grown a new nose in an unlikely place after losing his original nose to complications following a traffic accident.
Xiaolian, 22, failed to seek medical help for an infection that developed from his nose injury. After several months, it had corroded the cartilage, and doctors were… Continue
Rapper Drake’s North American tour is not getting off to a strong start. Sources tell us ticket sales are tepid for the 41-city tour, and the rapper announced Friday that he’s pushing back the start date until Oct. 18.
The Toronto-born rapper, who is releasing his latest album, “Nothing Was the Same,” on Tuesday, announced in June he would…
Kanye West is the number one rock star on the planet, that is, according to Kanye West.
The rapper with the notoriously larger-than-life ego, 36, made more claims about his genius and pretty much laid into the entire entertainment industry in a mind-blowing interview with BBC Radio 1 personality Zane Lowe.
Amanda Bynes is mentally unfit to stand trial ... this according to her lawyer in her DUI case.
Amanda was supposed to appear in court today for her DUI arrest in West Hollywood back in April, 2012. Amanda's lawyer, Rich Hutton, told the judge Amanda did not have the mental capacity to understand the nature of the legal proceedings.
Justin Bieber has finally had it. Lil Twist and Lil Za are both persona non grata at his Calabasas mansion after expensive jewelry went missing.
Sources connected to the Biebs tell TMZ ... Justin was furious earlier this month when he discovered the jewelry and other items were nowhere to be found. Twist and Za had both been staying at the house and they had…
This week the country's oldest and most prestigious academic institution, Harvard University, honors Nas with the official introduction of the Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship program. The Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship by the Hip-Hop Archives and W.E.B Du Bois Institute will fund scholars and artists who show productive scholarship and creative potential in the arts in… Continue
The former queen of daytime television now has a lot to say.
Oprah Winfrey revealed she suffered a near nervous breakdown last year in an interview with “Access Hollywood’s” Shaun Robinson.
“It was just sort of speeding and a kind of numbness and going from one thing to the next thing to the next thing,” Winfrey recalled. “I thought … ‘if I don’t calm down… Continue
Kelis is $400,000 closer to tax freedom ... she just paid off a huge chunk of her enormous debt, TMZ has learned.
As we reported, Kelis owed a grand total of $741,027.59 in back taxes to the State of New York, the State of California, and Uncle Sam as of May. Now that debt has been cut down by more than half.
Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry on Monday signed a tentative deal to be acquired by a consortium led by its biggest shareholder, setting a $4.7 billion floor in the auction of the Canadian company that invented on-the-go email.
The consortium is led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, a property and casualty insurer run by Canadian investor Prem Watsa. It…
Graphic photos of Oscar De La Hoya on an apparent cocaine binge during a party in Las Vegas are being shopped to the highest bidder -- they show just how scary his addiction had become and possibly explain the curious timing of going to rehab just before his epic fight as a boxing promoter.
We're told the photos were shot at a party in a Vegas hotel room a few… Continue