Featured Blog Posts – October 2020 Archive (74)

Indian airport authorities literally struck gold when they spotted a man walking oddly — and discovered he had about 2 pounds in bullion shoved into his rectum, according to a report.

The GoAir passenger arrived from Dubai on Tuesday at Kerala’s Kannur Airport, where he tried to avoid paying an 18 percent tax on his precious nuggets by smuggling them where the…

After Ice Cube was pilloried for working with President Trump on a so-called “Platinum Plan” for black Americans, he responded with a defiant tweet Friday.

“When I got [the] bus to school. Homies called me a sellout. When I started rapping in 1983. Bangers called me a sellout,” Cube (above) wrote. “When I left NWA. They called me a sellout. When I start doing…

John Legend dedicated an emotional Billboard Music Awards performance to his wife, Chrissy Teigen, weeks after the couple announced that she’d suffered a pregnancy loss.

Sitting behind the piano during Wednesday night’s show, Legend said, “This is for Chrissy,” before he sang the ballad “Never Break” from his 2020 album “Bigger Love.”

The powerful lyrics…

Cardi B has spoken out on her apparent reconciliation with rapper Offset, from whom she filed for divorce last month.

“Listen y’all, I’m just a crazy bitch,” Cardi, 28, explained with her signature brio on Instagram Live Thursday. “You know how I be arguing with y’all on social media? That’s exactly how we are, between me and my man. So when people be saying I…

Nicki Minaj revealed the sex of her first child with husband Kenneth Petty.

In an Instagram post showing off the congratulatory cards she received from her famous friends, Minaj shared that she had a boy.

“Thank you to Queen B, Kim & Ye, Riccardo Tisci, Winnie, Karol & everyone who sent well wishes during this time. It meant the world to me,” the…

Tory Lanez made his court appearance by phone in Los Angeles on Tuesday, four days after he was charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle.

According to The Associated Press, Lanez, born Daystar Peterson, responded to a series of questions from the judge and did not enter a plea. His…

Ice Cube has apparently been working with the Trump Administration to develop something called the “Platinum Plan” for black Americans.

Twitter spent Wednesday afternoon boggled over the development after Trump advisor Katrina Pierson tweeted the news out on her personal account Tuesday evening.

Cube, 51, seemed to try to get out in front of the news…

Stevie Wonder says he’s feeling 30 years younger after undergoing a kidney transplant last year.

“I was blessed with a new kidney and that happened on December 6, 2019 … I feel great. My voice feels great,” he said during a virtual press conference on Tuesday. “I told my daughter Aisha, ‘I’m going to be like five years younger than you now. I’m going from being…

Megan Thee Stallion has written a powerful op-ed for the New York Times about being a victim of violence.

“I was recently the victim of an act of violence by a man,” Megan, 25, wrote, referring to allegedly being shot by rapper Tory Lanez in July. “After a party, I was shot twice as I walked away from him. We were not in a relationship. Truthfully, I was…

Cardi B addressed the accidental nude pic that surfaced on her Instagram Story Tuesday, uploading a voice message to Twitter that “read,” “Lord why the f–k you have to make me so f—ing stupid and retarded? Why? Why? Why? Why?”

“I’m going to eat my breakfast, and then I’m going to go to a party because I’m not even going to think about it,” the…

Fabolous and Emily Bustamante welcomed their third child together over the weekend.

The shoe designer, 39, shared a video of her hospital bracelet with the date “10/10,” to her Instagram Story on Sunday night. She also shared a video of her oldest daughter Taina Williams tucking the newborn in.

The 42-year-old rapper — whose real name is John David…

Cardi B and Offset's relationship appeared to be back on during the “WAP” rapper’s 28th birthday celebration on Saturday night, just one month after she filed for divorce from him.

Cardi marked her latest birthday with a party in Las Vegas along with the Migos rapper, Megan Thee Stallion, Kylie Jenner and more fellow celebs. Cardi chartered a Playboy jet while…

T.I. is offering a monetary reward to anyone who is willing to donate a kidney to Geto Boys emcee, Scarface.

The “Whatever You Like” rapper took to Instagram to share a screenshot of a tweet of Scarface asking for a kidney from someone who is B+. “Love & Prayers To Da Homie @brothermob,” he captioned the post. “We got a bag for a volunteer... who B+?…

Percy “Master P” Miller will be honored at the 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards.

The CEO of No Limit Records will receive the I Am Hip Hop award at the ceremony on Oct. 27.

The New Orleans native launched a record store and then his label in 1991 with $10,000 inherited from his grandfather.

This year, the show will promote #ReclaimYourVote, encouraging…

New Edition will reunite for DJ Cassidy’s next “Pass the Mic” virtual event.

Cassidy is bringing together all six members — including Bobby Brown — for his DJ set on Tuesday.

“This one is going to be the biggest one yet and have the most songs and artists,” he told us. Teddy Riley, who produced Brown’s “My Prerogative,” will also appear with other…

Tory Lanez claims the “truth” will come out after he was charged Thursday with shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot this summer.

“[Time] will [tell],” Lanez tweeted on Friday using emojis. “And the truth will come to the light … I have all faith in God to show that … love to all my fans and people that have stayed true to me & know my heart.”

The…

Kanye West is facing the music for his delusional “write-in” presidential bid.

The 43-year-old hip-hop star was slammed Friday for encouraging fans to write him in for president on 2020 election ballots, potentially siphoning votes from Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

The billionaire sneaker mogul on Thursday night tweeted a photo of his name penned on a…

Rapper Tory Lanez has been charged with shooting Megan Thee Stallion earlier this year in the Hollywood Hills, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, faces one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, personal use of a firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm.

On…

The company that made Travis Scott’s “Wake Up” music video featuring the Weeknd claims Sony’s Epic Records still owes it nearly $200,000, new court papers show.

Smuggler, Inc. finalized its bid with Epic on April 19, 2019, to make the music video — which was shot in the house featured in “The Godfather” — for $749,000, despite attempts by Epic to get the price…

Bill Cosby allegedly got so mad when Lisa Bonet told him she was pregnant, he kicked her off the 1990s “Cosby Show” spinoff, “A Different World.”

Bonet’s ex-husband Lenny Kravitz writes in his newly released memoir, “Let Love Rule,” that the blowup happened when Bonet told the now-disgraced comic that she was pregnant after the first season of “A Different…