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The rapper Fat Joe was sentenced to four months in prison on Monday in federal court in Newark for failing to pay his taxes, the United States Attorney’s office for New Jersey said.

Fat Joe, whose real name is Joseph Cartagena, pleaded guilty in December to failing to pay taxes on more than $1 million of income he earned between 2007 and 2010.

Mr. Cartagena,…

Jay-Z really knows how to run this town - but his fans have to know how to run around it.

The 43-year-old rapper quietly revealed more details about his upcoming album "Magna Carta Holy Grail," but instead of releasing the traditional press release or magazine interview, the "Watch the Throne" rapper launched a scavenger hunt.

Jay-Z's publisher Jana Fleishman…

Broadway could be getting less Gershwin and more gangsta.

“Holler If Ya Hear Me,” an in-the-works rap musical inspired by the raw and in-your-face songs of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, hopes to be heard on the Great White Way.

The show, currently underway in a New York workshop production, features Shakur’s music and a book by Todd Kreidler, an associate…

Sasha Obama, the President’s 12-year-old daughter, took to the hot New York streets Monday, combing SoHo boutiques for trendy new outfits.

Obama, fresh off a trip through Europe with her older sister, Malia, and her fashion-savvy mother, First Lady Michelle Obama, was, this time, accompanied by a few friends and a 20-person security detail.

The youngest Obama…

Scottie Pippen had made quite a few cheerful inroads in the years following a playing career that sometimes depicted him as surly and moody. The former Chicago Bulls All-Star and Basketball Hall of Famer had overcome financial difficulties on his way toward being a much-loved team ambassador for the Bulls, a fixture on the team’s sideline during home games, and at dozens of…

Chris Brown's female accuser is full of it ... so says the owner of the nightclub where the singer allegedly assaulted the woman -- in fact, the owner tells TMZ, CB never even touched her.

The owner of Heat Ultra Lounge in Anaheim tells us, "Based on the information which we have gathered from our security company, mall security, and other party goers which were at…

First came love, then came baby — next could be marriage for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.

According to The Sun, the 35-year-old rapper has already asked the reality star to marry him after welcoming new daughter North West into their world June 15.

The tabloid claims the famous couple is planning a September wedding in Paris.

West has not yet given…

Rapper Flo Rida doesn't wear his bling. He rides in it.

The rapper, born Tramar Dillard, went for an entirely different kind of wrap when he took his $1.7 million Bugatti Veyron in for a shiny gold chrome job, complete with 24-carat gold rims.

Dillard initially had the Bugatti, which came off the factory line pearly white, done out in…

Newly-minted NBA champion Chris Bosh has been busy with more than just basketball ... he's been embroiled in a bitter legal battle with his ex to snag custody of their 4-year-old daughter.

Bosh has filed legal docs asking a judge to strip his ex, Allison Mathis, of primary physical custody of Trinity.

Bosh claims Mathis has been trying to alienate the kid from…

Michael Jackson could barely moonwalk before he died because he hadn’t had any real sleep for 60 days.

That was the claim of a Harvard sleep researcher Friday who said Jackson’s inability to remember song lyrics or learn new dance moves were clear evidence he wasn’t getting any shut-eye as he prepared for the “This Is It” tour.

“The symptoms that Mr. Jackson…

A mother in China is urging doctors to help her seven-month-old son, who was born with a three-inch-long “tail” that is still growing.

The boy, Xiao Wei, was born with spina bifida, a disorder in which the spinal column is not fully closed.

Xiao has a variant of the condition called myelomeningocele, in which the spinal cord protrudes, forming a sac that…

The next alien invasion will have to happen without Will Smith.

"Independence Day 2," which was recently set for a July 3, 2015 release date by 20th Century Fox, will not feature the original film's above the marquee star, director Roland Emmerich confirmed to the Daily News.

"Will Smith can not come back because he's too expensive, but he'd also be too much of…

An aspiring rapper should have left the camera crew in Brooklyn instead of taking them along on a road trip to Pennsylvania to allegedly peddle drugs.

The reality of the show they videotaped is Michael (Rab) Garrett now faces 10 years to life in prison after an associate was busted during a car stop by Pennsylvania state troopers and ratted him out, according to court…

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcomed their first child five days ago, but the baby girl's name was still a mystery until now. The couple has named their newborn North, making the baby's full name North West, according to multiple reports.



They plan to call the baby girl Nori for short, according to E! News, citing a source close to the couple.



Gossip…

Rumors are swirling that Amanda Bynes will launch her singing career with the potential help of some pretty big names in music — but Wyclef Jean won't be one of them.



The former Fugees hit maker made clear that he has no intentions of joining forces with the embattled actress. According to TMZ, a rep for Jean, 43, shot down rumors that the two were working on…