Featured Blog Posts – November 2014 Archive (89)

Cuba Gooding Jr.'s dad put Scrooge and the Grinch to shame by bailing on a Christmas charity concert for a children's hospital, while making off with a bunch of cash ... according to a lawsuit.

Reginald Lewis says he's been trying to track down '70s soul singer Cuba Gooding Sr. ever since he cancelled a benefit gig for the Kennedy Krieger Institute last December…

Q-Tip takes to Twitter to announce Lil Wayne as the newest member of The Zulu Nation.

Many found it odd when Q-Tip called Atlanta trio Migos "Tha Truth" on Twitter earlier this month and now, followers of the legendary producer have had something else unexpected come across their timelines.

According to Q-Tip's Twitter, Lil Wayne has become the newest member of…

Busta Rhymes looks more like Busta head ... because Friday in New York the rapper face planted off the stage at a concert -- and the results were plasmatic.

Rhymes made a surprise appearance in the wee hours of the morning at Webster Hall during another…

Big Sean rises to the top of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with "I Don't F--- With You" featuring E-40, securing his third No. 1 on the chart. It follows "Marvin & Chardonnay" (2011, featuring Kanye West & Roscoe Dash) and "Mercy" (2012, credited to West, Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz).

Track sales for "I Don't F--- With You" climbed 4 percent (to 67,000 digital…

Shady XV, a compilation album featuring Eminem and other artists from the Shady Records label, has just dropped, and Dodge has dropped a video teaser to match. It features the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat along with the Eminem single Guts Over Fear.

The double-disc album is being released to mark the label’s 15th anniversary, so it has a ways to go before it…

New York – Microsoft agreed to purchase SMS Audio for $6.7 billion. This deal, should it be approved, will combine the two technology tycoons, forming “one of the largest audio companies of the century,” says founder Curtis Jackson, or 50 Cent.

​Analysts agree that this consolidation will make SMS a more formidable competitor to long-time rival…

Bet Pharrell Williams wishes he kept it under his hat.

The Grammy-winning musician and judge on "The Voice" known for infectious lyrics struck a sour note with fans by calling 18-year-old Ferguson, Mo. shooting victim Michael Brown's actions "bullyish."

Williams, 41, told Ebony magazine that Brown's actions inside a convenience store — and caught on video —…

Believe it: Justin Bieber made a king's ransom in 2014.

The 20-year-old pop singer raked in $80 million this past year, topping Forbes' list of highest-earning celebrities under 30 years old.

The Canadian superstar, who placed second behind Lady Gaga on last year's list, took the top spot by besting several other pop juggernauts, including British boy-banders…

An animal rights group has petitioned the Swiss government to ban a traditional, if rare, practice of eating cats for dinner and turning dogs into sausages.

Tomi Tomek, president of the animal rights group SOS CHATS Noiraigue, which campaigned successfully last year to ban the sale of cat fur, said 3 percent of the population still eat cat and dog, mainly in the…

If you love gold -- and you LOVE weed -- then Tyga has just the thing for you ... gold-plated rolling papers.

Tyga is a gold connoisseur himself --gold chains, gold relics, his soon-to-be released "Gold Album" -- and his new $5 million venture with Shine Papers will now make him the face of the premium gold smoking biz.…

He's gone from "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" to the king of the ballroom.

Actor Alfonso Ribeiro and his pro-partner Witney Carson waltzed away with the Mirror Ball Trophy on Tuesday night's season finale of "Dancing With the Stars."

They narrowly edged out second place couple Sadie Robertson, the 17-year-old scion of the "Duck Dynasty" clan, and her partner…

Despite serving as a corrections officer in the past, Miami, Florida rapper Rick Ross says he's one of the most played artists "in the chain gangs" and "in the federal systems." Ross spoke on the matter while addressing his mentor and former gang leader, Kenneth "Boobie" Williams.

The Maybach Music Group founder referred to Williams as his "big homie" and says…

RZA also addresses the $5 million price tag being placed on Wu-Tang Clan's "The Wu – Once Upon A Time In Shaolin" album.

Recently speaking with the New York Times, RZA spoke on the financial cost of Wu-Tang Clan’s upcoming album, A Better Tomorrow.

After revealing that he is investing a large portion of his own money into the new Wu album, RZA says he’s…

No citizens on earth love American soul more than the British. And, since the breakthrough of Amy Winehouse eight years ago, no country has produced more twists on the sound.

Small wonder Mary J. Blige moved to London earlier this year to immerse herself in the U.K.’s interpretation of the music she lives and breathes. It didn’t hurt that a remix of a song by her, “F…

After midnight in Ferguson reporters were still fair game for some. In the middle of a talkback with CNN’s Jake Tapper Sara Sidner was hit in the head by a rock that someone threw at her. “Sorry I just got hit by a rock,” said the tough reporter before going…

A Florida man with an obscene-sounding name was hit with a slew of felony charges after pulling a man into his car while watching gay pornography.

Phuc Kieu, 58, was watching the porn in his green Honda Civic Sunday afternoon in a bank parking lot, according to the Smoking Gun.

“The defendant parked his vehicle, laid the driver’s seat all the way back and…

You know 50 Cent for his mixtapes, so it can't be much of a surprise that his son Marquise Jackson just dropped a mixtape of his own. Of course, there's a slight difference. Marquise's best work isn't in the studio, but on the hardwood. The 5-foot-9 senior point guard at St. John's Northwestern Military Prep Academy in Wisconsin has a highlight reel that would make many high…

All hail Queen Mary. Following performances from Taylor Swift, Lil Wayne, and Lorde, Mary J. Blige brought down the house at the AMAs with her stirring set. Dressed in all black, MJB performed her soulful single “Therapy” off her upcoming album The London Sessions, due December 2. Sam Smith, who penned the song, was in the front row watching.

“Such an honour to…

Dangerously in love. With his seventh album Hood Billionaire in stores, Rick Ross cozies up with his on-screen lover K. Michelle in the video for his Timbaland-produced single “If They Knew.” The Maybach Music mogul and R&B songstress, who looks mighty…

The best moment of the American Music Awards may have been in a commercial.

Rapper Waka Flocka Flame blew up social media with a delightfully goofy ad for Pine Bros. cough drops, a brand that drew similar buzz earlier this year for an ad featuring Martha Stewart.

Set to a score of soothing piano music, the ad featured the rapper sitting on a couch next to a…