Featured Blog Posts – September 2018 Archive (106)

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…

Nicki Minaj has given her blessing to Gov. Andrew Cuomo just one day before his primary battle for the Democratic nomination with Cynthia Nixon.

The Queens-born rap star tweeted to her 20 million followers that voters in the state, especially NYCHA residents, should cast their vote for the incumbent in Thursday’s election.

“New Yorkers & all NYCHA residents…

Ty Dolla $ign isn’t letting his legal woes prevent him from partying.

The “Pineapple” rapper, 33, attended New York Fashion Week‘s Teen Vogue and Snapchat’s Body Party runway show at The Garage on Tuesday alongside Fifth Harmony singer and girlfriend Lauren Jauregui. The couple was photographed holding hands while sitting front row.

Ty’s Fashion Week appearance…

In the wake of Mac Miller’s death of an apparent drug overdose, rapper Bow Wow is getting candid about his own struggles with drug abuse.

Bow Wow admitted on Twitter that he was addicted to a lean, a combination of codeine and soda. The rapper’s addiction reached a peek while he was recording “Face Off” with Omarion.

“To the youth — stop with these dumb ass…

Geoffrey Owens wound up bagging groceries at a New Jersey Trader Joe’s thanks in part to Bill Cosby’s sex assault scandal.

Owens, 57, said that one of the reasons he was forced to take on a side hustle in addition to acting was because when reruns of “The Cosby Show” were pulled from syndication, his residual checks disappeared with them.

“Yes, it…

J. Cole was scheduled to hold his inaugural Dreamville Festival in North Carolina this weekend, but Hurricane Florence's path caused him to cancel the event.

In a tweet posted on Monday (Sept. 10), the rapper wrote, "Mannn. Due to this Hurricane heading to NC, we have to cancel Dreamville Festival. We’re working to get another date, but right now safety is most…

Young Thug is a wanted man in his home state of Georgia. A grand jury warrant was issued for Thugger in DeKalb County, according to a TMZ report published Monday (Sept. 10). The 27-year-old is being hit with a total of eight felonies stemming from a number of drug possession-related charges.

The ATL rapper was arrested back in September of last year when he was…

These vending machines aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.

At least three machines selling crack pipes for $2 in quarters were found on Long Island — and the Suffolk County Police Department is looking for whoever put them there.

One of the shady vending machines was found in Medford, cemented into the ground in front of the Fairfield apartment complex…

John Legend has made history again.

The “Ordinary People” singer became the first black man to earn the coveted EGOT — Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony — status on Sunday at the Creative Arts Emmys.

Legend won his Emmy for his role in the NBC musical “Jesus Christ Superstar Live.” He, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Time Rice all became EGOT winners — making them the 13th,…

Episode eight of Nicki Minaj's Queen Radio is live via Beats 1 and Apple Music. The latest episode — which kicks off at 1 p.m. EST / 10 a.m. EST — comes just days after Nicki reportedly got into a heated scuffle with Cardi B at the…

Drake and Meek Mill officially squashed their beef Saturday night when the two rappers appeared onstage together to perform Meek Mill’s “Dreams and Nightmares” during Drake’s Boston concert.

Three years after Drake and Meek Mill volleyed high-profile diss tracks at one another, the two rappers shared the TD Garden stage to put their feud to rest.

“I wanna say…

There was a major scuffle between rival rappers Cardi B and Nicki Minaj at the swanky Harper’s Bazaar Icons fashion week bash at the Plaza Friday night. The wild skirmish included hair-pulling and shoe throwing.

The pair, decked in black tie gowns, were walking off the red carpet when they crossed paths and things came to blows.

“It was bad,” said a…