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Kendrick Lamar gift-rapped a special present for his fans — a surprise album that dropped Thursday night.

As the album's title, "untitled unmastered.," would suggest, little is known about the top secret project — though the "untitled" track names hint the tunes were written between 2013 and 2016.

Among the eight tracks are songs that were introduced at…

A Georgia judge has agreed to unseal the autopsy report of Bobbi Kristina Brown.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Henry M. Newkirk ruled Thursday that he would lift the protective order at the request of local NBC affiliate 11Alive News, also known as WXIA-TV.

Lawyers for the media company argued for access on First Amendment grounds, saying the public has a…

A Concrete, Wash., man accidentally shot himself dead Sunday while taking selfies with his girlfriend, police said.

The 43-year-old and his lover were taking pictures of themselves in a home, the Skagit Valley Herald reported Wednesday.

The girlfriend told police the couple had been taking several photos with the gun through the day, with her boyfriend…

50 Cent has a few more dollars to his name.

The supposedly cash-stripped rapper has finally sold his sprawling Farmington, Conn. mansion for $8 million — a whopping $10.5 million less than the original asking price, TMZ reported.

The “Candy Shop” rapper didn’t fetch as much as when he first listed the property for sale in 2007, at an asking price of $18.5…

As expected, folks are still talking about Chris Rock‘s eyebrow-raising opening monologue–and subsequent skits–at this year’s Academy Awards. Amid the #OscarsSoWhite controversy and the heightened attention placed on Hollywood’s issue with diversity and inclusion, Rock took the stage and pinned his ears back, while poking fun at Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, using stereotypes…

Here's another problem for Jay Z.

His new streaming service and Shawn Carter Enterprises are being sued for $5 million by rock band "The American Dollar."

In the class-action lawsuit, Yesh Music — the band's label — and drummer John Emanuele allege that TIDAL streamed 116 of the band's songs while neglecting to dole out proper royalties, according to…

Jailed record producer Suge Knight was rushed to a hospital Monday in his latest of several medical episodes.

The rap mogul, 50, is being treated for severe abdominal pain — under vigilant watch — at a Los Angeles County hospital, reports TMZ.

Knight, currently behind bars on charges of murder and attempted murder, has been plagued with poor health over…

Katt Williams is on a Bonnie and Clyde style crime spree ... if you believe the 5 women who've now come forward claiming he and his crew held them at gunpoint.

The women say they ran into Katt and his 15-person entourage Sunday morning at 2:30 in downtown Atlanta. They say they noticed the comedian and asked for a photo, but when Williams noticed one of them was…

Fresh off his Apple Music partnership, DJ Khaled makes another big move... by signing a management deal with Jay Z and Roc Nation.

The social media star/musician revealed the news on Instagram, along with a video of hiimself with Jay ... who gives him his last Roc-A-Fella chain.

"Meet my manager. His name is Jay Z," Khaled says. "Jigga. Hov!!! Special cloth…

It’s not enough to talk about fighting the power — you actually have to fight it, says Public Enemy’s Professor Griff.

The hip-hop group’s Minister of Information slammed the Oscars’ use of its seminal protest anthem “Fight the Power,” claiming the Academy’s attempts to diversify Sunday’s telecast were a slap in the face to the song’s legacy, TMZ reported…

Back in June, Rick Ross was arrested on kidnapping and assault charges following an incident with his groundskeeper at his Georgia mansion. Rozay was eventually released on bail and served some time on house arrest while the case has unfolded over the past year. Now, TMZ is reporting that Ross has officially been indicted in the matter, though his legal team is reportedly…

Comedian Katt Williams punched a Georgia store employee during an argument and got arrested on a battery charge Monday morning, police said.

The latest arrest of Williams, 44, happened as he and jailed rap mogul Suge Knight await trial in the September 2014 robbery of a Los Angeles celebrity photographer’s camera.

Officers in Gainesville, about 55 miles…

One half of Mobb Deep and Universal Music have squashed their legal beef, but if Prodigy wants to get paid ... he's gonna have to jump on Twitter.

According to docs, the rapper and Universal's publishing arm reached a settlement -- he had sued for back royalties, accusing the label of skimming revenue from his solo work.

Under the settlement, Universal Music…

The 2016 Academy Awards kicked off with a monologue by Chris Rock that addressed the race issues in Hollywood and the fact that nearly every nominee was a white man or woman. When Rock hit the stage, Public Enemy‘s “Fight the Power” rained down from the speakers and onto the Dolby Theatre crowd. After Spotlight won the award for Best Picture, the credits rolled and…

What’s a little elevator skirmish on the other side of the world when you’re the jiggiest rapper out? A$AP Rocky continues to move on entirely unfazed by an incident in a New Zealand hotel elevator in which he was assaulted by three local men after returning to the hotel late one evening last week. At first, the A$AP Mob leader tweeted a selfie confirming that he was…

What’s a little elevator skirmish on the other side of the world when you’re the jiggiest rapper out? A$AP Rocky continues to move on entirely unfazed by an incident in a New Zealand hotel elevator in which he was assaulted by three local men after returning to the hotel late one evening last week. At first, the A$AP Mob leader tweeted a selfie confirming that he was…

What’s a little elevator skirmish on the other side of the world when you’re the jiggiest rapper out? A$AP Rocky continues to move on entirely unfazed by an incident in a New Zealand hotel elevator in which he was assaulted by three local men after returning to the hotel late one evening last week. At first, the A$AP Mob leader tweeted a selfie confirming that he was…

What’s a little elevator skirmish on the other side of the world when you’re the jiggiest rapper out? A$AP Rocky continues to move on entirely unfazed by an incident in a New Zealand hotel elevator in which he was assaulted by three local men after returning to the hotel late one evening last week. At first, the A$AP Mob leader tweeted a selfie confirming that he was…

What’s a little elevator skirmish on the other side of the world when you’re the jiggiest rapper out? A$AP Rocky continues to move on entirely unfazed by an incident in a New Zealand hotel elevator in which he was assaulted by three local men after returning to the hotel late one evening last week. At first, the A$AP Mob leader tweeted a selfie confirming that he was…

What’s a little elevator skirmish on the other side of the world when you’re the jiggiest rapper out? A$AP Rocky continues to move on entirely unfazed by an incident in a New Zealand hotel elevator in which he was assaulted by three local men after returning to the hotel late one evening last week. At first, the A$AP Mob leader tweeted a selfie confirming that he was…