September 2018 Blog Posts (162)

Cardi B has addressed a transphobic post made by her official Facebook account on Sunday (Sept. 16), claiming that a former associate is the one who controls that account.

"It's come to my attention that there have been offensive posts made on what used to be my Facebook page," the rapper tweeted. "For the past year and a half a FORMER team member has been the only…

Donald Glover says the indie label he signed with early in his music career owes him streaming royalties and has been miscalculating costs in breach of their licensing agreement, according to a countersuit filed Friday.

Glassnote Entertainment Group fired first in July, asking the court to declare it is owed performance royalties from non-interactive streaming sites…

Supporting acts Nas and Santigold were conspicuously absent from the Portland stop on Ms. Lauryn Hill’s Miseducation anniversary tour Wednesday (Sept. 12), and last night (Sept. 14), Santigold confirmed on social media that she has been dropped from the remaining dates of the run.

Portland fans were reportedly given no warning that the two openers would not be…

Earlier this week (Sept. 11), Young Thug turned himself in to Georgia authorities, where a grand jury warrant for eight felonies was issued in his name, stemming from an arrest in September of last year. According to the DeKalb County Sheriffs’ Office database and Thugger’s girlfriend, Jerrika Karlae, the 27-year-old is a free man after posting bond Thursday…

Floyd Mayweather couldn’t allow a big boxing week in Las Vegas to go by without drawing some attention to himself. Perhaps that’s why the retired legend announced he plans to return in December to fight Manny Pacquiao.

“I’m coming back in December,” Mayweather said in a video taken during an impromptu meeting with Pacquiao at a nightclub somewhere in Asia. Mayweather…

A sex robot brothel in Italy has been shut down by police less than two weeks after it opened.

Lumidolls’ latest bordello in Turin was closed after alleged infringements of Italian property law, Italian media reports.

The closure comes after the firm’s second brothel in Barcelona was forced to move to a new location after the building’s landlord canceled the…

They don’t call it the Diamond Ball for nothing.

For Thursday night’s gala benefitting her Clara Lionel Foundation, Rihanna paired her bow-tied Alexis Mabille Haute Couture jumpsuit with over 100 carats of Chopard diamonds.

The 30-year-old Barbadian star’s enormous earrings featured a flawless 50-carat brilliant-cut rock, while her cushion-cut ring weighed in…

Eminem knows he messed up when he rapped homophobic lyrics on his latest album “Kamikaze.”

In the song “The Fall,” Eminem raps, “Tyler create nothin’, I see why you called yourself a f—-t, bitch,” in reference to Tyler, the Creator. In a multi-part interview with Sway Calloway—in which he also discussed his feud with Machine Gun Kelly—Eminem explained he was trying to…

Eminem knows he messed up when he rapped homophobic lyrics on his latest album “Kamikaze.”

In the song “The Fall,” Eminem raps, “Tyler create nothin’, I see why you called yourself a f—-t, bitch,” in reference to Tyler, the Creator. In a multi-part interview with Sway Calloway—in which he also discussed his feud with Machine Gun Kelly—Eminem explained he was trying to…

Lil Wayne is ready to unpack some dark memories on his upcoming album, “Tha Carter V.”

The 35-year-old rapper, whose long-awaited album will be released this fall, played tunes for Billboard. In one particular song, Wayne admitted he once attempted suicide.

When he was 12, Wayne took a gun and shot himself in the chest — narrowly missing his heart. His behavior…

A judge has ordered The Game to fork over his financial records.

It’s the latest update in a lengthy suit in which he’s forced to pay a $7.1 million judgment for sexual battery.

The Blast reports the “How We Do” rapper, 38, must submit documentation on all of his homes, properties, cars, boats and aircraft, if he owns any.

The judge also wants a deep…

Frank Ocean and Travis Scott are the latest pair of celebrities with beef.

Ocean’s lawyers reportedly send Scott, 26, a cease and desist letter demanding his voice be removed from “Carousel,” a song the pair collaborated on for Scott’s album “Astroworld.”

According to TMZ, Ocean, 30, is upset his vocals were changed on the song, although it’s unclear how…

Young Thug's girlfriend Karlae, posted on Instagram that he was free and thanked Thug's attorney, Drew Findling, for getting the rapper out.

"BIG THANK YOU TO THESE AMAZING TWO MR BRIAN STEELE AND @drewfindling," she wrote. "THE…

R. Kelly’s show at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday has been canceled. Promoters for the Memory Lane Tour stop told Spin that the cancellation was due to Hurricane Florence.

According to Victory Promotions, a South Carolina-based promoter, the poor forecast has made it difficult for the production crew working on the event to travel to…

It’s Travis Scott‘s “Astroworld” and we’re all just living in it.

On Wednesday, a student from Eisenhower High School in Houston, Texas tweeted at the rapper asking for permission to use the cover art for his single “Watch” or the cover for his album “Astroworld” on senior T-shirts for the graduating class of 2019. She also shared a mockup of the sweatshirt she wanted…

John Legend is joining Season 16 of NBC’s hit singing competition The Voice as coach.

Legend, who achieved EGOT status this past weekend after winning an Emmy as a producer for “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,” will appear on the show’s upcoming spring cycle, joining returning coaches Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, and host Carson Daly. He…

Rihanna closed out New York Fashion Week with a boundary-breaking fashion show for her size- and skintone-inclusive lingerie line, Savage x Fenty, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Wednesday night.

It was a catwalk coup that lasted nearly thirty minutes…