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The Outkast rapper will star alongside Jason Mitchell & "Grown-ish" actor Trevor Jackson.

Grammy-winning rapper Big Boi has joined Sony's Superfly remake.

Trevor Jackson, who can currently be seen in the Freeform comedy Grown-ish, will lead the cast as Youngblood Priest, while Straight Outta Compton star Jason Mitchell will play his business partner, Eddie.…

This surely wasn't music to Wiz Khalifa's ears.

The rapper is being sued for allegedly ripping off a song from another artist who says he shared a demo tape with Khalifa in 2012, according to court documents obtained Friday by the Daily News.

Fellow hip hop artist Cymple Man — real name Dustin Bennett — claims he gave a copy of his CD to the "Black and Yellow"…

The woman suing Too Short for sexual battery has refiled ... and now says Short defamed her, as well, when he called her money hungry.

According to new docs filed by Teana Louis, and obtained by TMZ, she is pissed about what the rapper told us after she initially filed her suit. She says his remarks were an attempt to silence her and "further her…

Kanye West and Beyonce's little sister are in some trouble after they allegedly ripped off Leroy Mitchell's 1970 song "If We Can't Be Lovers."

The reports are coming from TMZ where Leroy, also known as Prince Phillip Mitchel, is claiming that Solange's "fu*k The Industry" and Kanye's "Everything I Am" both pulled samples from his beat.

Leroy's suit claims that…

A Philadelphia judge who's been targeted for months with harsh criticism for sentencing Meek Mill to prison on a probation violation has hired a lawyer who is threatening to sue for defamation.

Attorney A. Charles Peruto Jr. said Thursday that Judge Genece Brinkley hired him last week. He says Mill's legal team has been making baseless claims to the media about the…

Rapper and music producer T-Pain is hurting over $30,000 he says his booking agency owes him.

The “Bartender” singer, whose real name is Faheem Rashad Najm, filed a lawsuit Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court against United Talent Agency.

T-Pain claims a booker signed him up for an Aug. 19, 2017, performance at the Fashion Meets Music Festival in Columbus,…

Cardi B will share her entertaining personality with football's fans everywhere this Sunday (Feb. 4) when she appears in Amazon's new Super Bowl commercial.

The anticipated clip, which airs during the big game this Sunday, features the Bronx rapper auditioning to become a voiceover replacement for Alexa, Amazon's cloud-based smart device. After Alexa loses her voice,…

Drake is already starting off 2018 on an extremely high note, and now he's making more history on the Billboard charts.

The Toronto rap star's latest songs, "Diplomatic Immunity" and "God's Plan," debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart this week. Being that the two songs mark his 21st and 22nd entries in the Top 10, Drizzy now surpasses Jay-Z for…

Snoop Dogg continues to be the Crip of all trades, gathering Emmy nominations in addition to hosting an award show that has simultaneously blessed him with a chance to take home a trophy.

Today (Jan. 31), the Global Spin Awards (GSA)—the award show celebrating the world’s best DJs—announced that they will not only aid in Snoop’s glow from gangster to gospel by…

Instead of the Oprah bump, Russell Simmons got the Oprah dump.

The hip hop mogul has been dropped from Winfrey’s book “The Wisdom of Sundays,” a collection of conversations with celebrities including Ariana Huffington, Tony Robbins and Shonda Rhimes, after multiple accusations of sexual assault.

Simmons’ section, about how meditation has affected his…

6ix9ine may currently be a free man but the rapper continues to face one to three years in prison after pleading guilty to the use of a child in a sexual performance. A failed GED test could send him right back behind bars.

As part of his plea deal, the "Gummo" artist was ordered to complete his GED but during his sentencing hearing on Monday (Jan. 29), it was…

DMX was taken into custody Tuesday for leaving a court-ordered drug treatment program and using cocaine and Oxycodone.

The “Get At Me Dog” rapper was put in handcuffs in Manhattan Federal Court following a brief hearing before Judge Jed Rakoff.

The judge said he had tried to accommodate DMX’s tour schedule, but that the rapper had still failed a drug test, left…

Jill Scott is trying to move on with her life, but things keep gettin’ in the way

Scott, 45, and her estranged husband Michael Dobson, 49, will spend Feb. 15—the day after Valentine’s Day—in a Tennessee court room, where Dobson is reportedly asking for a $500,000 payout.

While friends of Dobson’s say that a non-disclosure agreement prohibits him from discussing…

Another member of the Superfly remake has been announced. Actor Michael K. Williams is reportedly joining the Director X film, according to Deadline.

The former star of The Wire has signed on to play the character Scatter. The film is based on the 1970s blaxploitation crime drama, and The Chi’s Jason Mitchell and grown-ish’s Trevor Jackson are also set to appear in…

Kim Kardashian is no stranger to cultural appropriation, so it should come as no surprise that she’s under fire again—this time for wearing beaded braids on her Instagram and Snapchat.

On Sunday, the 37-year-old reality star posted a video of her flaunting thin, bleached-blonde braids with white beads at the end. In the video, Kim called them “Bo Derek” braids. Bo…

Rapper Joey Bada$$' most recent flight hit a low note when he was allegedly racially profiled by an American Airlines flight attendant.

The Brooklyn-bred musician took to Twitter Sunday night to accuse the airline of racial profiling after he says a female flight attendant implied he did not belong in first class.

"So I'm boarding this #AmericanAirlines flight…

Jay Z has 99 problems and now President Trump is one on Twitter.

The president lashed out at the Grammy-winning rapper Sunday morning after he said in an interview that Trump’s comment about “shithole countries” was “hurtful” and questioned his claims about creating jobs for blacks.

“Somebody please inform Jay Z that because of my policies, Black…

In an era where sexual assault is being discussed in a way to inspire survivors to come forward rather than to evoke shame, a new movement hopes to censor R. Kelly’s music from radio and streaming services.

Shrouded in sexual abuse scandals throughout his career, the “Real Talk” singer has been accused of urinating on an underage girl to more recently holding barely…

Swizz Beatz threw wife Alicia Keys an epic birthday bash at Tao Downtown, turning the hot spot into a skating rink with a “Wu Tang theme” after the couple was earlier honored at the Rainbow Room by the Recording Academy.

Keys appeared shocked as guests sang “Happy Birthday” as she entered.

Guests included La La Anthony, Nas, Latham Thomas and Steve…