The sorry fate of R. Kelly's custom mansion. Back in the 1990s, when the putative King of R&B R. Kelly was still riding high on hits like "I Believe I Can Fly" and when his legal troubles mostly lay in the future, he bought himself a $1.5 million mansion in the Chicago suburb of Olympia Fields -- not to live in it, but to tear it down and build a new one.
Drugs and alcohol have Mike Tyson up against the ropes as the former heavyweight champion fights for his life against addiction.
Tyson made the startling revelations about his substance abuse problems while plugging the first fight card under his Iron Mike Productions promoting venture.
"I'm on the verge of dying because I'm a vicious… Continue
Robin Thicke ain't exactly in the dog house with his wife after allowing Miley Cyrus to dry hump him in front of millions of people at the MTV VMAs ... in fact, she couldn't be cooler about it.
Sources close to Robin's wife Paula Patton tell us she was all good with Miley touching Robin's crotch and kissing his neck during MTV's Video Music Awards ...…
Fat Joe has just turned himself in to prison to serve his 4 month sentence for tax evasion.
The rapper -- real name Joseph Cartagena -- is officially in custody at the Federal Detention Center in Miami.
As TMZ previously reported, Joe pled guilty back in December to stiffing Uncle Sam on a boatload of taxes for the years 2007 and 2008 ... more than… Continue
Jay Z and Rocawear have no business plastering the phrase "Hood Love" all over t-shirts ... so says the pissed off company that owns the phrase and is now suing the pants off Jigga's clothing label.
Hoodlove, LLC -- a for-profit company dedicated to improving poverty stricken communities -- filed the lawsuit against ROC Apparel Group earlier this month… Continue
Drake spends over $30,000 per month on expensive stylists -- whom he also flies around the country -- plus thousands upon thousands more on clothing and jewelry ... and now the mounting bills are biting him in the ass.
A stylist formerly employed by the rapper has filed a lawsuit against Drake, claiming Drake owes him $76,490 as of December 2012 ... including… Continue
Good news for Chris Brown -- for once -- the singer WON'T be prosecuted for allegedly attacking a female clubgoer at an O.C. bar back in June ... TMZ has learned.
We broke the story ... 24-year-old Deanna Gines claimed CB violently shoved her down at Heat Ultra Lounge ... causing serious damage to her knee.
But Deanna's claims seemed fishy from the… Continue
Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are separated, but neither has taken any step toward divorce ... sources tell TMZ.
Multiple sources familar with the situation tell us Khloe "effectively" declared separation when she threw Lamar out of the house Wednesday, after he refused her attempt at an intervention. TMZ broke the story ... Lamar has had a crack addiction… Continue
Eminem, sporting a blond buzz cut, then charges in with trademark urgency:
"We're gonna rock this house until we knock it down, so turn the volume loud."
Later he raps, "Life's too short, so now go for broke."
In another trailer, the Detroit rapper blares, "Let's take it back to straight hip-hop and start it from… Continue
Comedian Katt Williams proved he can provide more than just laughs.
After a performance in Boston on Sunday, Williams, 39, gave a wheelchair-bound member of the audience $1000 after learning his fan needed a kidney transplant, TMZ reported.
Williams’ security noticed the woman in the crowd crying, but she insisted they were "tears of joy" after Williams’… Continue
The adult film actress who caused a temporary shutdown of porn production after she tested positive for HIV had the results confirmed.
The 28-year-old porn star, who goes by the name Cameron Bay, tested positive for the virus this week after an earlier screening for sexually transmitted diseases came back inconclusive, the adult news site AVN Media Network… Continue
Tyrese straight up FAINTED inside a nightclub Friday and was sent to the hospital -- but don't worry he's fine now ... he just needed some shut-eye, ASAP.
Tyrese made an appearance at The Park nightclub in D.C. -- along with new TGT bandmates Ginuwine and Tank -- when things took a turn for the worse and Tyrese PASSED OUT in the middle of partying,… Continue
Lamar Odom has been deep into crack cocaine for at least 2 years.
Lamar has gone off the rails with drug use ... which is the principal cause of the crisis in his marriage to Khloe Kardashian. As TMZ reported Lamar went to a rehab…
Many fans were upset when Pusha’s forthcoming album My Name Is My Name did not drop in July as originally planned. We’ve been waiting patiently for a new date to be released and today on MTV RapFix, Pusha gave us just that. The new release date for My Name Is My Name is now October 8th. Hopefully that sticks, but based off what Pusha said about the sample clearances and… Continue
Another brilliant move by Chris Brown -- the singer has affiliated himself with a dangerous street gang in L.A. called the Pirus (a subset of the Bloods) ... and he's bragging about it all the way to Hawaii.
Sources tell TMZ, Brown was in Honolulu Thursday, where he hired a guide to take him and his entourage around to places where they could legally spray… Continue
The marriage of Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom is in crisis, and TMZ has learned ... the core reason is hardcore drug abuse.
Multiple sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Lamar has had a problem for 2 years. It got so bad, last August Khloe pressured Lamar to go to rehab. Lamar went to a facility in San Diego, but he was so resistant Khloe hired…
The battle for Video of the Year is on! Come Sunday, Aug. 25, Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke will face off in hopes of snagging MTV's Moonman Video Music Award trophy -- and the race couldn't be tighter. Both with sexy summer songs representing the category -- "Mirrors" for Timberlake and "Blurred Lines" for Thicke -- the men join Bruno Mars ("Locked Out of Heaven"),… Continue
Beyonce Knowles knows how to get her fans amped up for the South American leg of her Mrs. Carter tour! Sasha Fierce shot a promo titled "Beyoncé - Especial Tour Brasil 2013" that has the diva emerging out of the sea like a James Bond girl.…