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Music streaming service Tidal will exclusively live stream select performances at Hot 97's 25th Summer Jam, taking place Sunday (June 10) at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

Tidal's Summer Jam live stream will include performances by Meek Mill, Lil Wayne performing “Carter Classics,” Swizz Beatz & Friends, Tory Lanez, A$AP Ferg, Remy Ma, A Boogie, Rich the…

Lil' Kim has run into some financial issues and has reportedly filed for bankruptcy.

The Brooklyn rapper made the filing last month, according to TMZ. Kim claims she is over $4 million in debt, owing $2 million on a loan for her home in New Jersey and $1,845,451.74 in unpaid taxes. She also has a steep legal bill of $186,000 on the books. In the filing, Kim offered to…

American celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, the Emmy-winning host of CNN‘s “Parts Unknown,” has died at the age of 61, according to the network.

CNN confirmed his death Friday and said the cause of death was suicide by hanging.

“It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain,” the network said in a…

Nicki Minaj’s QUEEN album faced an unfortunate push back, but will see release on August 10th. Today, The Young Money female emcee teased the album a little more, giving fans a look at the official cover artwork. Singles on QUEEN include “Chun-Li” and “Barbie Tingz.”…

Crazy footage of rapper Lil Scrappy's car accident and 911 call.…

The Blast and Pitchfork report that Lil Wayne has settled two long-running lawsuits with Cash Money Records and Universal Music Group. The upshot of one of the settlements is that the rapper is allegedly now free to release his long-delayed Tha Carter V album, which has been caught in litigation with Cash Money for years. The first complaint, filed by Wayne in 2015, was…

Whitney Houston‘s Bible could be yours for a righteous $95,000.

The chart-topping songstress left behind the religious tome when she moved out of her Newport Beach luxury rental a year before her death — and her former landlord is now putting it up for sale.

The owner, who rented the home to Houston between 2009 and 2011, said he found the Bible in a box, along…

Kanye West made headlines last week by holding a listening session at the Diamond Cross Ranch near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for his new seven-track album, “Ye,” and flying in several hundred media and radio types, DJs and celebrities for the event. The star-studded event was enough to make many people forget that he’s got another album coming — this one a collaboration with…

King Bless Elaborates about Increasing his Visability, not only as an Artist But as an Overall Brand. He Talks about some of his Business Ventures Ownership (Store "Lavish LifeStyle" In the Bronx his Record Label…

Last Thursday (May 31), a woman named Eliza Stafford penned a lengthy Facebook message accusing RiFF RAFF of rape, which has since resulted in the cancellation of RAFF's Australian and New Zealand tour. Now, a second woman, Kelsey Doucette, has come forward and accused the rapper of sexual misconduct, as Jezebel reports.

In her Facebook statement, Stafford recalled…

Grammy-nominated singer Trey Songz is facing a lawsuit alleging he assaulted a police officer and a photographer during a concert in Detroit at Joe Louis Arena in 2016.

The attorney representing both victims says the civil suit could seek millions of dollars.

It was a packed crowd that night and the lawsuit alleges the singer lost control when his microphone…

Tyrese Gibson now wants primary custody of his daughter.

The “Fast and Furious” franchise star filed court documents requesting a judge ax the 50/50 custody plan currently in place with ex-wife Norma Gibson and grant him primary physical custody so Shayla can move to Atlanta and live with him, The Blast reported. Gibson feels it’s in Shayla’s “best interest” to live…

Students at Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ, got a thrill when R&B star SZA appeared at two assembly periods after getting voted into the school’s hall of fame.

Known as Solana Imani Rowe when she graduated in 2008, the star performed a hit for the screaming student body, with many packing the aisles or standing on chairs.…

Rapper Cardi B is supporting her former place of employment, Brooklyn hip-hop and strip spot Lust.

The jiggle joint, aka Love & Lust, has been shuttered, and owner Imran Jairam’s filed a $125 million claim alleging his business had been unfairly targeted by cops and the State Liquor Authority since it opened in 2014, and that a former NYPD deputy inspector shook…

Janet Jackson called police to perform a welfare check on her son while he was with ex-husband Wissam Al Mana on Saturday.

Jackson and Al Mana’s son, Eissa, was with the 43-year-old Qatari billionaire at the Nobu Hotel in Malibu, Calif., at the time of the call.

“There was no evidence of any crime. The baby was fine, so there was no report taken,” a…

A day after his elaborate album-release event in Wyoming, Kanye West fired off a tweet distancing himself from rap beef. And while he didn’t name names, it seems there’s a small chance the tweet wasn’t about the ongoing beef between Drake and Pusha T, in which West is at the very least a proxy player: He’s named in a couple of the contentious lines between the two rappers…

Kenya Moore’s got that pregnancy glow.

On Saturday, the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star, 49, debuted her baby bump on Instagram.

Posing with one hand on her hip, the other on her shoulder, Moore flaunted her growing bump in a striped white-and-red dress with clear heels.

“Won’t he do it?” she captioned the snap with the hashtag “GodsWill.”

The…

They can walk it like they talk it, but Migos evidently didn't walk it quickly enough to the airport. The Atlanta rap trio was slated to deliver their trap hits at Primavera Sound in Barcelona on Friday night (June 1), but unfortunately missed their flight, resulting in the cancellation of their set.

Taking their place instead is English rapper/producer Skepta, whose…

A gunman tried to turn Chicago rapper Chief Keef into the next Tupac Shakur early Saturday in front of a Midtown hotel — but totally missed the mark, police sources said.

Instead of striking the 22-year-old Keef, whose real name is Keith Farrelle Cozart, the gunman’s errant 5 a.m. shot struck the side of the W Hotel on Broadway near West 47th Street, the sources…

If Bobby Brown ever catches up with Kanye West, it won’t be pretty.

The ‘90s R&B bad boy is pissed that West, 40, used a snapshot of Whitney Houston’s bathroom from 2006, which was filled with drug paraphernalia, as the cover art for Pusha-T’s new album, “Daytona.”

“Why would he post that on his album cover?” Brown, 49, wondered in a Rolling Stone…