October 2015 Blog Posts (128)

Up-and-coming MC Bobby Shmurda has been awaiting trial in prison since his arrest back in 2014 and one of the major questions that fans and critics alike had was: why didn’t his label Epic Records bail him out? Elliott Wilson and Brian “B.Dot” Miller sat down with Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid to talk about the GS9 rapper’s relationship with Epic.…

Rapper Drake says he can't wait to get back into acting — even though his first gig ended prematurely.

The "Started From the Bottom" spitter revealed he was "kicked off" long-running Canadian teen soap opera "Degrassi: The Next Generation," largely because his budding rapping career was getting in the way.

The rapper spent his days on set and his nights…

Video posted on Instagram is supposedly of Meek Mill's cousin Omelly getting arrested in philly.

Rapper T.I. may be the one reaching for tissues after saying a female President could let emotions get in the way of running the country.

The 35-year-old Grammy winner backtracked Tuesday afternoon from his "insensitive" remarks, following backlash from several media outlets and Twitter users.

"My comments about women running for president were unequivocally…

Young Thug wasn't involved in the shooting of Lil Wayne's tour bus. That's what the 23-year-old stated when he spoke with The New York Times recently.

At this point, it's common knowledge that Thugster's name was tied up with the shooting and currently a man by the name of Jimmy Winfrey has been arrested for being the trigger-man. Winfrey also happens to be an…

A Philadelphia man who posted a picture of his wife with stacks of cash on Facebook was killed in an apparent home invasion a week later, authorities said.

Tony Harris, 50, took a bullet in the head after three masked men burst into his South Ruby St. home on Monday, police said.

Before Harris was shot, the three goons — believed to be between 17 and 19 years…

Drake has never scored a No. 1 single on the Hot 100 chart as a lead artist — the rapper has amassed a record-setting 17 No. 1 singles on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay tally and a whopping 100 overall Hot 100 hits, but only Rihanna's "What's My Name?" (featuring Drake) has ever slid into the No. 1 spot. That might change next week, however, as “Hotline Bling” inches…

A Compton-based rapper has given a new meaning to the term numbskull after he claimed he was shot in the head with an AK-47 and managed to survive.

The frightening ordeal occurred while Teriq Royal stood around at a gas station — and instead of rushing to a nearby hospital; he opted to whip out his cellphone to capture the result of the gruesome…

Rap mogul Jay Z sat in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday while an expert in Egyptian music passed around a large wooden lute.

It wasn’t a high-concept rap video but the start of a civil trial that’s been eight years in the making.

The…

Lamar Odom is currently hospitalized after he became unconscious in Nevada.

The former Los Angeles Lakers basketball star checked into Dennis Hoff's Love Ranch South on Saturday in the town of Pahrump, and was found unconscious in his room by a member of the staff Tuesday morning after days of partying.

We've learned that staff immediately called 911 and…

Don’t get it twisted: “Empire” actress Taraji P. Henson said there's no comparing the talent of actors and reality stars.

"These kids are thinking they can do reality TV and come and do this craft that I studied, sweated and grinded," she said in the November issue of Essence magazine.

"People forget it's a craft because it's so pop now...Can they make me…

Marion "Suge" Knight and comedian Katt Williams should stand trial on charges they robbed a celebrity photographer of her camera last year, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Los Angeles Superior Court Ronald Coen said there was enough evidence to support the robbery charges and a separate charge of felony criminal threats filed against Knight over comments he made to the…

Get ready for a "raw and unvarnished" memoir by Bobby Brown.

The platinum-selling singer, ex-husband of the late Whitney Houston and father of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown has a deal with Dey Street Books for "My Prerogative," the publisher told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The book is scheduled to be released in June.

Brown, in a statement issued through…

Drake just made it super clear he's no longer dating tennis star Serena Williams by showing up to the club with a Instagram Model.

Drake spent more than 2 hours at The Nice Guy in West Hollywood. He arrived alone and left alone, but people in the club say he hung with the woman who entered and exited just minutes after Drake.

Her name is Ravie Loso -- an…

Kanye West Performing 808's And Heartbreak At The Hollywood Bowl (Full Performance)

Last month there were rumors that a Lil Wayne sex tape was being shopped to the highest bidder. Apparently there were no takers because the home-made flick just leaked online.

Is that pinky …….…

Don Cheadle didn't have to go and seek permission from the family of Miles Davis to make the biopic "Miles Ahead."

"The family told me that I was doing it, the permisson wasn't asked," the 50-year-old actor told Confidenti@l at the film's premiere at the New York Film Festival at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. "The gaunlet was thrown down at my feet — 'You're…

Controversial “View” cohost Raven-Symoné has backed away from an “inexcusable” racist comment on the gabfest last week when she said she would never hire someone with the name “Watermelondrea.”

The 29-year-old show co-host apologized on Facebook on Sunday for the Friday gaffe – one so bad that even her father had condemned it.

“I have been denied many jobs…

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Before he takes a run at the American seat of power, Kanye West is testing his odds on "American Idol."

The award-winning rapper stunned the singing contest's judges on Saturday when he showed up at the show's auditions in San Francisco, where he performed a faux tryout for the forthcoming 15th and final season.

The panel — made up of Jennifer Lopez, Keith…