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Jay-Z’s deal with the NFL “isn’t about selling out,” according to the hip-hop mogul, but instead to harness the league’s powerful platform to tackle issues like racial injustice head-on.

Jay was hit with criticism over his new partnership with the league he had blasted for its treatment of Colin Kaepernick, who hasn’t had a job since taking a knee during the national…

The feds intend to nail accused pedophile R. Kelly — and they have the receipts.

Prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York have filed nearly a decade-worth of documents in their sex case against the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer, including flight records, birth certificates and hotel recipients — one of which is for a 2015 stay at the Walt Disney World Dolphin…

Nicki Minaj has changed her Twitter name to Mrs. Petty, the surname of her fiancé Kenneth Petty. The “Starships” singer, 36, revealed in June that she and Petty obtained a marriage license, which means she would have 90 days to tie the knot. Unfortunately, Minaj had to travel so the couple had to renew it to extend their timeframe.

“[We] filed for the marriage…

Another tour date bites the dust.

After hyping her NJPAC show, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday, Aug. 17, on social media, Wendy Williams has officially canceled the performance, Page Six confirmed. The Newark, New Jersey, venue told us that the daytime talk show host has a “scheduling conflict.”

There are no plans to reschedule as…

A defense attorney for one of the men accused of kidnapping and robbing rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine said Friday that he believes that rainbow-tressed entertainer orchestrated the scheme himself to build publicity ahead of an album drop.

“No robbery or kidnapping or assault happened,” said Devereaux Cannick, the defense attorney for alleged rapper-snatcher Anthony Ellison.…

Rick Ross stopped by The Breakfast Club on Thursday (Aug. 15) for an all-encompassing interview for his upcoming Hurricanes memoir, Port of Miami 2, and more. When Nicki Minaj's recent comments about his "Apple of My Eye" lyric became the topic of conversation, Rozay responded by doubling-down on his 2017 bar sniping Minaj.

"I mean, if somebody went to meet Obama…

Kodak Black is one step closer to being hit with a default judgment, after being served with legal papers relating to a $500k lawsuit.

According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Kodak was served with court documents on August 12 by concert promoter Nicholas Fitts.

The process server was able to simply hand them off at FDC Miami, the federal prison…

Colin Kaepernick has broken his silence over Jay-Z partnering with the NFL, and it seems the former QB is not siding with HOVA.

Kap just tweeted out support to his longtime friend, Eric Reid, after the Carolina Panthers star ripped Jay-Z for "burying Colin's career" by forming a partnership.

"Jay-Z NEVER took a knee," Reid tweeted Thursday morning. He added,…

Grammy-nominated rapper A$AP Rocky was found guilty of assault in a Stockholm street brawl, but won’t serve any more jail time, a Swedish court ruled Wednesday.

The 30-year-old musician, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, didn’t appear in Stockholm court where he and two members of his entourage were convicted, the BBC reported.

Rocky — who spent a month in…

Mike Tyson can add hotboxing champion to his resume.

The heavyweight legend revealed on his podcast “Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson” on Monday that he and his co-host smoke around $40,000 worth of pot each month on his California cannabis farm.

“What do we smoke a month?” Tyson asked co-host Eben Britton while smoking a joint. “Is it $40,000 a month? It’s $40,…

It was in 2017 that Rick Ross said he ‘wouldn’t trust’ Nicki Minaj in a set of lyrics & now — Nicki is finally addressing his harsh words. The rapper threw some major shade his way during an appearance on Joe Budden’s podcast.

It looks like Nicki Minaj, 36, is still salty over the 2017 diss that Rick Ross slipped into his song, “Apple Of My Eye.” A full…

Jay-Z and Will Smith are staking out their territory — in the camping industry.

The rap royals both invested in Hipcamp, an app that bills itself as “the Airbnb of camping.” (It basically lets people with outdoor space rent it out to campers.)

The company took in $25 million in its latest round of fund-raising — so interest in the business is apparently … in…

Nicki Minaj returned with a new installment of ‘Queen Radio’, yesterday. With the release of “Hot Girl Summer” fans were hoping to hear Megan Thee Stallion drop by the Beats 1 studio, instead, Minaj invited Joe Budden. This was a somewhat surprising move, given their antagonistic relationship in the past.

From the outset, it looked as though things would remain…

Amber Rose has announced she will not be hosting her annual SlutWalk, and says she needs to protect her “energy and peace."

Rose took to Instagram Tuesday to announce the gathering, which launched back in 2015, would not be held this year. It's unclear if she plans on bringing it back in 2020.

Sharing a quote, Amber stated,

“Let me tell you this: if you…

T-Pain is getting candid about financial troubles.

“I know what the high end is and what the low end is,” the 33-year-old rapper said during a recent appearance on “The Breakfast Club.” “I’ve been mega-rich, you know, I’ve been super broke, right in the middle of thinking I was mega-rich, and then got rich again, and you know learned how to really give a s–t about…

The NFL and Jay-Z’s entertainment and sports representation company are teaming up for events and social activism.

The league not only will use Jay-Z’s Roc Nation to consult on its entertainment presentations, including the Super Bowl halftime show, but will work with the rapper and entrepreneur’s company to “strengthen community through music and the NFL’s Inspire…

Kevin Hunter‘s double life with alleged mistress Sharina Hudson was no surprise to Wendy Williams.

Williams, 55, appeared on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy and said she chose to stay with Hunter for so long because she didn’t want to uproot son Kevin Hunter Jr.’s life.

“I had to get my ducks in a row. I knew a lot of things for years,” she said, “but my son was at…

It’ll be a boy for Christina Milian and boyfriend Matt Pokora.

Milian, 37, and Pokora, 33, hosted a gender reveal party in Los Angeles over the weekend and announced to family and friends, including Nicole Williams, Larry English, Olivia Pierson and Karrueche Tran that they’ll be welcoming a boy in 2020.…

On Sunday, A$AP Rocky took the stage at the Real Street Festival in California, his first performance since being released from a Swedish prison and returning home to the United States.

“[I’m] happy to be here right now,” Rocky, 30, said as the crowd erupted. “I’m so happy to be here right now. That was a scary, humbling experience, but I’m here right now. God is…

Drake achieves his ninth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his new archival compilation album, Care Package, premieres in the top slot. The set, which was released on Aug. 2 via OVO Sound/Republic Records, launches with 109,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 8, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 16,000 were in album…