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The late Aretha Franklin’s attorney, Gregory Reed, wants her estate to pay up on overdue bills.

Reed, who claims to have represented the star for a number of years, says he’s owed roughly $54,000 in overdue bills going as far back as 2012, according to TMZ.

The attorney filed legal docs asking Franklin’s estate to fork over a check.

He also claims he…

Two men were arrested for allegedly sparking a gunfire-filled mele Friday outside a Midtown party for rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine.

Zachary Bunce, 33, of Wyandanch, Long Island, and Faheem Walter, 29, of Brooklyn, were both hit with gang assault charges after the brawl, police said.

Police believe Bunce and Walter showed up to Philippe Chow on Madison Avenue near…

Kanye West has designed T-shirts encouraging black people to exit — or “Blexit” – the Democratic Party.

West’s designs debuted Saturday at Turning Point USA’s Young Black Leadership Summit, a meeting of young black conservatives in Washington. West didn’t attend the conference, but was there “in spirit,” according to TPUSA’s Communications Director Candace…

50 Cent is putting his money where his mouth is.

The rapper said that he bought 200 tickets close to the stage at an upcoming Ja Rule concert, for the sole purpose of leaving them empty, he wrote on Instagram Friday.

Ja Rule and 50 Cent are both rap relics of the early 2000s. The feud between the two Queens-born rappers spans decades.

Ja Rule is heading…

Mike Tyson is shopping a new TV show, based on the boxer’s life as a marijuana grower and marketer. Tyson will star in the scripted comedy, called “Rolling With the Punches.”

The former heavyweight champ is shooting the show at his Tyson Ranch office in El Segundo, Calif., with Chuck Zito reprising his real-life role as Iron Mike’s bodyguard and Russell Peters playing…

Following accusations that she bleaches her skin, Kelly Rowland took to Instagram Stories on Thursday to set the record straight.

“I never answer questions like this because I think it’s so stupid,” the Grammy winner, 37, told her social media followers in a since-deleted clip.

“I am not the one to bleach my skin, nor do I want to bleach my skin, nor do I have…

Tiffany Haddish has announced a stand-up tour. The 2019 trek is named #SheReady after her most common catchphrase. Haddish’s tour will launch in Miami on New Year’s Eve and then head to the west coast. The rest of the dates take place in California, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and New Mexico and are spread out over January, February and March.

Haddish…

Daniel Hernandez, who has scored a series of streaming hits in the last 12 months rapping as Tekashi 6ix9ine, was sentenced to four years probation in Manhattan court on Friday. During that time, he must also complete 1,000 hours of community service and avoid both additional arrests and any gang activity.

The sentence is a victory for the rapper: Earlier this year,…

There’s not a check big enough to convince Cardi B and Offset to release photos of their new baby.

Talking with Apple Music host Ebro Darden on Wednesday, the “Bodak Yellow” rapper revealed she was offered an enormous sum for images of baby Kulture.

“Me and my husband … we just don’t wanna show our baby right now,” she said. “I got offered seven figures, but…

It pays to be friends with “The Boy.”

To celebrate his 32nd birthday on Wednesday, Drake threw a truly over-the-top 2000s-themed party for himself, encouraging his guests to dress up in their early-aughts best.

The rapper wore at least two outfits over the course of the night, changing from a Fabolous-inspired look consisting of a blue Los Angeles jersey and…

R&B singer Lil’ Mo is ready to put down the microphone and try a new career.

“Today has been one of those days,” the star told fans on Instagram Wednesday night. “I usually hold it all together. But when it’s so much going on inside it’s hard to suppress something you have been wanting to do. I’ve given 20 years plus to being Lil Mo. I’m going to give you all new…

Kanye West and Nicki Minaj are teaming up to take on body shaming and double standards.

The controversial pal of Donald Trump, 41, announced he recorded a song with Minaj, 35, for his upcoming album, “Yandhi,” in a TMZ interview posted to social media on Wednesday.

“Nicki just rapped on a song that we’re talking about dealing with, uh, body shaming,” he said.…

Tyler, the Creator escaped injury in an early morning crash that left his vehicle totaled.

The rapper, 27, crashed his Tesla Model X SUV into a parked vehicle near the UCLA campus in western Los Angeles early Thursday morning, reports TMZ.

Despite the collision being severe enough to total his vehicle and push the other SUV, a Honda CR-V, some 50 feet, Tyler…

Migos are being accused of ripping off another artist on their smash hit “Walk It Talk It.”

A lawsuit filed by Leander C. Pickett, who records under the name M.O.S., alleges that the rap trio of stole significant chunks of his 2008 song “Walk It Like I Talk It” for the popular single, reports TMZ.

According to court docs obtained by the website, Picket noticed…

Cardi B knows there’s a thin line between love and hate.

The “Bodak Yellow” rapper, 26, turned to her Instagram story to speak out about her new song, “Money,” leaking two days early. At first, Cardi was upset about the leak but ultimately decided to embrace it and aggressively promote the track while calling out Nicki Minaj’s fans, who are known as…

In a secret recording taken two years before he was killed in Florida, XXXTentacion admitted to “f—king up” his pregnant girlfriend and stabbing eight people, according to a new report.

The late rapper, who was shot dead. in Deerfield Beach, Florida in June, chats with friends about his disturbing life of crime in the chilling 27-minute tape obtained by online music…

Ice-T was busted Wednesday morning for blowing through a toll without paying at the George Washington Bridge as he was headed into the Big Apple, police and a report said.

The 60-year-old rapper-turned-actor, whose real name is Tracy Lauren Marrow, was nabbed at around 6:56 a.m. by Port Authority Police as he was approaching the bridge on the New Jersey side, TMZ…

Kid Cudi is working his way back to the top following a period of depression and a stint in rehab.

“I’m not battling any demons right now. Thank God,” Cudi told GQ in a new interview.

In October 2016, Cudi, 34, checked himself into rehab for “depression and suicidal urges.”

“Anxiety and depression have ruled my life for as long as I can remember and I…

Over the past 25 years, multiple women have accused singer R. Kelly of sexual, mental and physical abuse. The singer was charged with child pornography in 2000, and in recent years of holding women against their will in a “sex cult.” While Kelly was acquitted of the child-pornography charges and has never been convicted of any such crimes, the accusations…

In Cardi B‘s world, time is money.

The rap phenom, 26, dropped her new track “Money” on Tuesday along with the single’s appropriately extravagant artwork, which features a completely nude Cardi with dozens of golden watches piled high on both arms.

Rather than rocking a stack of real Rolexes, however, the musician’s dramatic look comes courtesy of some cheeky…