Featured Blog Posts – December 2022 Archive (156)

Lizzo got emotional when "CBS Sunday Morning" reporter Tracy Smith asked about her journey of couch surfing in search of a warm place to sleep. The singer said she's never really had a place of her own until recently, and it excites and fulfills her. the $15 million home well, it's got a pedigree. None other than Harry Styles used to lay his…

Memphis Rapper Big Scarr real name Alexander Woods, was pronounced dead Thursday the case is an ongoing death investigation, but there are no signs of foul play. Big Scarr was a member of Gucci's 1017 Records and he was recently named to the 2022 XXL Freshman List. he collaborated with big acts like Offset, Pooh…

Taliban Glizzy, an affiliate of Washington D.C.-based rapper Shy Glizzy, was arrested on December 12 and charged with two counts of unlawful possession a weapon and illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Taliban, who has been under federal surveillance for over a year, was taken into custody by the U.S. Secret Service and prosecutors are…

Management mogul Deb Antney recently did a interview admittance to neglecting OJ Da Juiceman, however, Ms. Antney did make a claim about OJ that seemed to slight another former artist, Gucci Mane. When comparing OJ to Mr. LaFlare in reference to their street credibility, Antney said matter-of-factly, “He was really the street one. It wasn’t Gucci, it was…

Donnell Russel was sentenced to a year in jail, which he will serve concurrently with the 20-month sentence he was handed down for threatening one of R. Kelly’s alleged victims. Russell tol the judge that he was not “a horrible person”, but that he’s just made some “bad decisions” as the manager of the troubled crooner. Russell is schduled to begin serving…

DJ Webstar’s A Harlem Holiday Toy Drive and Asap Ferg flexed his skills as a Harlem youth personally assembling the new bikes he donated to the Dunlevy Milbank Community Center. Ferg’s fellow Harlemite rap star Dave East also supported the event sponsored by TIDAL and GAP as did fashion legend Dapper Dan,…

Boosie Badazz was at the Atlanta Hawks vs Chicago Bulls game last night and couldn't contain his excitement after Demar Derozan gave him his winning game jersey Boosie posted a video of himself getting down to Bruno Mars "24K Magic" in the VIP hallways of State Farm Arena and also got the chance to meet Hawks' legend Dominique Wilkins who allegedly was very…

Lil Durk sent out a call-to-action on Thursday to his 14 million Instagram followers to drop a green heart emoji if they'd love to see Young Thug free. Durk recently scrubbed his IG account to promote Only The Family's new compilation "Loyal Bros 2" and also changed his sub-name to "FREE JEFFERY" Young Thug's first name. There's been much speculation as to…

Tory Lanez was in court for day 8 of his Los Angeles trial Wednesday and while he didn't take the stand, seems like he may have taken the opportunity to rest his eyes. Courtroom eyewitnesses say T.L.'s eyes closed, and his head bounced up and down several times like someone fighting off exhaustion. Tory refused to answer any questions, about falling asleep…

21 Savage is getting his own day to celebrate his legacy and humanitarian efforts in the state of Georgia. The rapper and his Leading By Example Foundation were on hand Wednesday for the 4th annual holiday Grant-A-Wish event, where 100 local parents and their children gathered to receive gifts and snacks just in time for the holidays. 21 was honored in a…

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced she secured $3 million in funding in the year-end omnibus package to go toward construction of the Universal Hip Hop Museum, which broke ground in the South Bronx in May 2021 and is slated to open in 2024. The omnibus is expected to pass Congress and be signed into law this week. The Universal Hip Hop Museum aims to…

Grammy Award-winning songwriter, superproducer Jermaine Dupri and rapper Slick Rick made a guest appearance on CBS’s Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas To All!, a new two-hour primetime concert special from the Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey. The special aired on Tuesday, Dec. 20 on the CBS Television Network, and will be available to…

Drumma Boy says fellow producer Hitmaka's recent comments about being bored with female rappers rapping about sex saying Hitmaka should just move on because some women are living their truth Drumma Bo is a proud Memphis and used the city's latest breakout star Glorilla as an example of why Hitmaka is dead wrong. DB says GloRilla's music features a wide range…

Joe Budden owned up to his mistake on a new episode of "The Joe Budden Podcast" he apologized to Meg and her team, citing phone calls he received from women he admires that set him straight. JB had been insinuating Meg was lying in her testimony and got absolutely reamed for it most notably by actresses Vivica A. Fox and Claudia Jordan, who got him on their…

Kid Cudi says his once-proposed joint album with Travis Scott is no longer a thing. Cudi shut down the album on Twitter, flatly telling the inquiring fan the moment had passed them by despite being a chart-topping moment Cudi and Travis officially formed their short-lived duo back in April 2020 and dropped their theme song “The Scotts” which debuted at No. 1…

Boosie Badazz just released a touching visual for his “Rocketman” memorial song. Tribute to Takeoff The somber black-and-white video features Boosie overlooking a Takeoff portrait amid a candlelight vigil as he laments on past mistakes and ills within Black culture. Boosie also gives shoutouts to incarcerated Lousiana rap legends B.G. and…

Justin Bieber has his sights set on a music deal, one that would sell the rights to his entire catalog and it's reportedly got a price tag close to $200 million. The big-ticket transaction would be with Hipgnosis Songs Capital the sale could go down as the largest music-rights acquisition in the company's history. Justin's entire catalog of recorded music,…

Antonio Brown won't be thrown behind bars over an alleged battery the ex-NFL star's arrest warrant has been withdrawn and he's no longer facing criminal charges. Police had issued a warrant for Brown's arrest back in November after a woman accused the former football player of throwing a shoe at her during a violent incident on Nov. 28 at a home in South…

DaBaby and his legal team are celebrating a big 'W' that's years in the making .he's come out on top of a battery lawsuit over a 2020 brawl. DaBaby and crew were initially hit with allegations of beating and robbing a concert promoter named Kenneth Carey and his buddy. They claimed they'd lost personal items including money and a cell phone…

Lyfe Jennings isn’t flinching over social media slander following his viral “bad singing” moment earlier this week he’s embracing it, and telling youngins like Mario to stay in their place A weekend performance clip of Lyfe loudly whiffing the high notes made the rounds on social media blogs, igniting a little tension after Mario dropped a emoji in the…