NEW YORK — The first-ever YouTube Music Awards on Sunday, improvised with plenty of celebrity cameos thrown into the mix, saw awards going to rapper Eminem and hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
The show made a clear bid for the quirky, a benefit of being streamed by YouTube rather than broadcast on television.
After an evening out drinking, a Tennessee woman became so angry with her live-in boyfriend for failing to make a McDonald’s pit stop that she struck him three times with his own vehicle. Crystal Greer Brooks, 33, Santiago Hernandez, 41, and a second man were traveling in Hernandez’s truck early Thursday morning when Brooks got mad because “they didn’t stop at… Continue
Rapper DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was arrested outside a South Carolina airport on Monday for driving with a suspended license and without a vehicle tag and insurance, according to the Spartanburg County Detention Center.
Airport police familiar with Simmons and his lengthy arrest history stopped him as he was driving to the Greenville-Spartanburg… Continue
A stunning video shows the moment a Chinese woman was killed by a runaway shopping cart.
The horrifying accident happened Friday morning as a 60-year-old woman shopped at a Shanghai supermarket, The Straits Times reports.
Closed-circuit recordings show the woman as she came to the bottom of a modified escalator meant to allow shoppers to… Continue
A naked man ranting in the street avoided arrest by carjacking a cab and speeding away.
Astonishing footage shows the "disorientated" nudist screaming at and threatening police in the middle of a busy road in Rosario, Argentina, on Friday afternoon.
With officers closing in on the troublemaker, he makes a beeline for a nearby empty… Continue
Barring some crazy rift in the space-time continuum, Eminem unquestionably lip-synced his performance on "SNL" this weekend ... at least judging by Saturday night's broadcast.
In case you missed the show, the video should clear things up. Em took the stage to perform his song "Berzerk" and went borderline Milli Vanilli for four minutes. We cut it down to… Continue
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds' bathroom got real hot and steamy this weekend ... cause it was on fire.
Fire trucks raced to the Grammy winner's L.A. mansion yesterday afternoon after a fire started in his tinkle room.
TMZ was told the singer's inside sprinkler system put out the flames before units arrived -- nothing major burned down ... but there was some… Continue
The rap mogul will launch his first men's fragrance "Gold Jay Z" on Black Friday, Nov. 29. To create the scent, Jay Z collaborated with Firmenich perfumer extraordinaire Ilias Ermenidis.
"I was impressed with Jay Z’s style and confidence and was drawn to the ease with which he carries himself and all of his… Continue
Eminem speaks on the process behind his new album, "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," overcoming addiction, and the "incredible" Kendrick Lamar.
Eminem is getting ready to drop his much-anticipated sequel to the Marshall Mathers LP next week, but we still haven't heard very much about the process behind the album. In a new interview with Billboard, Eminem opens up about… Continue
Charles Barkley started this. Now he’s looking for someone else to blame.
When Carmelo Anthony announced he would opt out of his contract on July 1 and become a free agent, Sir Charles, TNT’s NBA studio analyst, was quick to criticize. He delivered his critique of Anthony a few different times, including twice on TNT (Monday/Thursday).
Larry Dunn admits to police he killed his mistress to get revenge.
"I wanted to make her pay," Dunn said in a recorded interview with police according to the Dallas Morning News. "Killing her wasn't on the menu. That's just how it ended up."
Dunn, 37, was cheating on his wife with a woman named Cicely Lee Bolden — who in September 2012 told Dunn she was… Continue
Nicki Minaj never shies away from crazy outfits -- or nudity. Just take her Halloween "costume," for instance. "Officer Minaj. Who wants to get cuffed?" she posted on Oct. 31, showing off a nearly topless photo of herself on the spookiest night of the year. Her costume wasn't exactly convincing, as police officers usually wear pants and shirts.
For his coming sixth studio album, Young Jeezy decided to make it “real personal.”
Jay Wayne Jenkins, now known simply as Jeezy, said the album focuses on “who I am as an entrepreneur,” a part of his career that was largely influenced by rapper and hip-hop mogul Jay Z.
The two collaborated on a track that, according to Jeezy, was supposed to land on Jay Z’s…
A music executive who apparently committed suicide last year survived two prior shootings plotted by James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond, a rival hip-hop manager who doubled as a cocaine trafficker, federal prosecutors allege.
A rap world feud between forces aligned with Rosemond and the late Chris Lighty triggered “a series of violent conflicts” that included the assault…
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West plan to live happily ever after, but right now they are quite unhappy … with the behavior of a guest at their engagement celebration.
The power couple has filed a lawsuit against YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, who posted video of the proposal — which took place at AT&T Field in San Francisco on Oct. 21 — on his new website…