Featured Blog Posts – December 2011 Archive (251)

It was only days ago reports surfaced online that Drake had fire his management Hip Hop Since 1978. After three years of being managed by them he let them go and was going to be managed by Brent Smith of Williams Morris Endeavor (WME). Brent Smith did confirm that he left International Creative Management and that they will not represent Drake in all areas…

It’s still a Cole World. And the Grammy Best New Artist nominee takes the cover of YRB’s latest cover. You can read the cover store here. Below is an excerpt on his project with Kendrick Lamar.

Another project that he’s keeping quiet on is his joint studio album with Kendrick Lamar, which originated as a mixtape. Though the two haven’t hit the studio since laying down…

It looks like Kim's not the only Kardashian with trouble on her hands.

Younger sister Khloe, 27, is being sued by a transgender woman who claims the reality star assaulted her outside a Hollywood nightclub two years ago, TMZ.com reported.

Chantal Spears, formerly known as Ronald Spears, filed a lawsuit saying she needed medical attention after Kardashian…

Beyonce's baby bump is as real as they come.

The mom-to-be sat down to talk all things baby with Katie Couric during Friday night's 20/20, setting the record straight about her growing belly and debunking rumors that she's been using a surrogate while padding her stomach.

"You know, there are certain things that are so far, it doesn't even…

Usher's ex-wife Tameka Raymond is freaking out that testing the singer for drugs will soon be useless -- because the more time that passes, the more time Usher has to cleanse his system of illicit substances.

In case you haven't been following -- Tameka demanded Usher take a drug test recently because she thinks the singer is popping pills and who-knows-what-else…

Justin Bieber's new Christmas video is spreading a little less cheer than some had anticipated.

The teen star caused a stir after his music video with Mariah Carey for “All I Want for Christmas” - a remake of Carey’s 1994 hit song - shows the two in some rather awkward moments.

The four-minute video, which looks more like a long commercial…

Questlove isn't laughing anymore.

The bandleader who chose to play Fishbone's "Lyin' Ass B----" as Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachman took the stage on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" last week says the joke wasn't worth all the backlash.

The musician says he's received a slew of hate messages and racial epithets from Bachmann…

Tyrese Gibson has got some serious negotiating skills, the actor just snatched up a spanking new L.A. mansion ... for almost a half a mil less than the asking price.

The R&B star closed on the Woodland Hills digs in July, dropping $1,038,750 on the deal -- but according to court docs obtained by TMZ, the original asking price was much steeper ...…

J. Cole just struck gold. The North Carolina rapper’s debut Cole World: The Sideline Story has been certified gold for sales of over 500,000 copies after nine weeks at retail. The Roc Nation signee showed a document from his lawyer…

During a hometown performance at Chicago’s United Center last night, ‘Ye took the spotlight from Jay-Z as he addressed getting snubbed by the Recording Academy, which overlooked his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy for Album of the Year.

“Something I figured out earlier today—because you know, everybody came to me last night like,…

Shakespeare. Aristotle. Jay-Z?

The collected works of the New York rapper have found their way into the curriculum at prestigious Georgetown University — and that’s riling some students and critics.

Jay-Z’s boasts about being the “Mike Jordan of recording” and his riffs on both street life and luxury living are the basis of a class entitled “Sociology of…

Call her "Super Bass" Barbie.

Nicki Minaj is teaming up with Mattell to create her very own, one-of-a-kind Barbie doll to be sold in an auction for charity.

The Minaj-edition Barbie, complete with pink hair, sky-high go-go boots and an enormous tutu-like skirt, is a spitting plastic image of the pop star, whose blond wigs and pink getups have prompted devoted…

Philadelphia morning show host Tarsha "Miss Jones" Jones was fired earlier this week from her position on Power 99 after a two year tenure.

According to Philly.com, Clear Channel Radio spokeswoman, Loraine Ballard Morrill, confirmed that Jones is "no longer an employee of Clear Channel Philadelphia."

The radio personality's departure from the station comes a…

Nas got his Jackson Pollock on, last night at Spotify’s “Art Loves Music” event in Miami. No word as to who purchased the painting, but for $14,000, it better come with a receipt.…

50 Cent is celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of his mixtape 50 Cent is the Future, with a release of The Big 10.

50 Announced via Twitter that he'll be releasing the tape Next Friday at 12pm, and that he'll be shooting a video for every song on the tape.…

Singer Keith Sweat is celebrating 24 years since he released his platinum-selling debut album, but he hasn’t forgotten where he got his start: Harlem.

Sweat, 50, raised by a single-mother with two brothers and two sisters in the Grant Houses on W. 125th St., told the Daily News it was his Harlem upbringing that led to success.

“Harlem has made me the man that I…

SALINAS, Calif. — A man convicted of trying to sell his baby outside a California Walmart store is heading to prison for six years.

Patrick Fousek and Samantha Tomasini were arrested in June 2010 after witnesses told Salinas police that they were offering their 8-month-old daughter for $25.

Prosecutors said the couple were methamphetamine users and appeared…