December 2011 Blog Posts (251)

Kobe Bryant's wife has filed for divorce.

Vanessa Bryant filed legal docs Friday afternoon, citing "irreconcilable differences."

Sources connected with the couple tell TMZ ... Vanessa -- who stuck by Kobe after he was charged with sexually assaulting a Colorado woman in 2003 -- decided to end the marriage because she believes Kobe has been unfaithful ...…

Fort Myers, Florida, rapper Plies discussed yesterday’s verdict against him in regards to a shooting that occurred in July of 2006.

Plies was hit with a civil lawsuit over the shooting, which occurred in a Gainesville, Florida nightclub during a dispute with a promoter over performance time.

Plies, born Algernod Lanier Washington, his brother Ronell “Big Gates”…

TMZ is reporting that the big homie is currently under investigation for sparking up in the middle of Lebanon, then featuring the smoke session in a video. The video is entitled "That's Tha Homie"

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Rick Ross is back in the States from his trip to South Africa. After reminiscing on his experience via his Twitter, Rozay reveals that he plans to release a new mixtape. Viva free music.…

Soulja Boy is dripping in designer labels on the cover of his fourth album Promise, due next spring. The 21-year-old rapper sports a white Gucci sweatshirt, Fendi belt, and gold jewelry in the photo, shot against a city skyline. Soulja recently collaborated with Tinie Tempah on the British MC’s Happy Birthday mixtape cut “Mayday.”…

Janet Jackson is in control.

The 45-year-old singer, now the new face for the Nutrisystem diet, told “Good Morning America” that her body image issues started when her brother, late pop idol Michael Jackson, teased her about her weight.

She wrote in her book “True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself” that her brother liked to makes jokes about “her…

A Harlem-born rap legend has a healthy holiday gift aimed at computer savvy city kids.

Swap out Facebook, Art of War, and other popular websites and video games for an easy way to burn off some fat.

“There are other things in life besides video games,” said Darryl (DMC) McDaniels, 47, Thursday teaching teens easy exercises to shed pounds at Blink Fitness in…

Everybody has seen the movie “American Gangster” starring Denzel Washington, T.I., and Russell Crowe, but what you may not know is that the movie was based on a true story.

Frank Lucas was a famous Harlem drug kingpin who once ran a billion dollar heroin business.

Frank is still alive today, and at 81 years old still in trouble with the Feds.

Lucas is…

Ashanti is taking the independent route with her next album. A day after releasing her Busta Rhymes-assisted single, the R&B diva has officially announced her new record deal.

The Grammy-winning singer will release her fifth album, the follow-up to 2008’s The Declaration, through her own label Written Entertainment under a worldwide…

Young Jeezy doesn’t owe y’all shit. But nonetheless, he keeps his new album promo going and unwraps his latest video. Do remember, TM:103 is coming in 5 days.

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A jury has found Florida rapper Plies and his brother Ronell Levatte civilly liable for a 2006 shooting inside of a nightclub that left seven people injured.

The rapper has been ordered to pay $200,000 to a group of men who were injured during the shooting, which occurred in July of 2006 in a Gainesville, Florida nightclub.

Plies’ brother,…

Wiz Khalifa’s girlfriend and Kanye’s ex Amber Rose says “she always knew fame was in her hand if she played her cards right.”

The beautiful blonde is featured on StyleCaster.com and is showing off a more softer side than normal.

She chops it up with them admitting that back in Philly her friends were thinking about who they would get pregnant by and she was…

40 Glocc plans to bring the New World Agenda on January 24. Until it arrives, here’s his new record featuring Prodigy and Hav.

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Instead of waiting til dawn, Curtis comes equipped with another music video in support off his latest mixtape, The Big 10.

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"Basketball Wives" star Tami Roman is being sued by her ex-manager ... who claims he helped make Tami rich and famous -- but she refuses to pay him for a job well done.

Jerry Silverhardt filed the lawsuit Monday in L.A. County Superior Court -- claiming he was instrumental in securing Tami's "Basketball Wives" gig ... but instead of being grateful, she fired his…

Mary J. Blige comments on the beef between Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim. Clarifies statements made about Beyonce & her relationship with her husband.

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It didn’t take long for Cameron Diaz to move on, but it’s taking her a while to ‘fess up.

According to Life & Style, the actress was spotted partying with Diddy at New York’s Dream Downtown Hotel Saturday night - and the two were not afraid to turn up the PDA.

Reps for both Diaz and Diddy have claimed the pair are not “romantically involved,” but onlookers…

Carmelo Anthony wanted to play with Chris Paul, but now Blake Griffin will get to take passes from one of the NBA's most electrifying talents for the next two seasons.

"We'd love to have him,'' Griffin said on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, a Paul-Griffin tandem became a reality when the NBA, which owns and runs the Hornets, finally found a deal to its liking. After…

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian only had eyes for each other Tuesday night according to gatecrasher:

A source who attended billionaire Ron Burkle’s after-party for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch the Throne” concert in Los Angeles tells us the hip-hop artist and the reality star looked like they wanted to do much more than just talk at the exclusive soiree.

“Kanye…

Joey cleaned up nice this morning on ESPN ‘s 1st & 10. After speaking on the Denver Bronco’s Tim Tebow, he plugged the Slaughterhouse album which should be arriving next April. In the meantime, be sure to catch Joe and Slaughterhouse next Wednesday at the Highline Ballroom.

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