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DETROIT — A former tennis pro accused of fraudulently bringing four children from the African nation of Togo to the U.S. and forcing them to work as slaves in his Michigan home was sentenced Monday to more than 11 years in federal prison.

Jean-Claude Toviave, who didn’t apologize when provided the opportunity to speak at his sentencing hearing in Detroit, also was…

It’s no wonder Too Short was never into chasing women, he can’t even run if his life depended on it. The Oakland rapper was stopped for a traffic violation when cops suspected he might be under the influence, while detained he was given a breathalyzer and then tried to flee on foot, which was short lived (pun intended). Short Dog was arrested then…

Xzibit won't be pimping a damn thing for USAir anytime soon ... 'cause the rapper claims the airline called cops on him, and he's going HAM about the incident.

Xzibit claims he was trying to use the bathroom -- presumably when the seat belt light was on -- and the flight attendant threatened to call police.

On his Twitter page, X says he "told her to f**k…

Bow Wow has to cough up nearly $80,000 to a French porn star .... for allegedly jacking footage of her dancing and splashing it all over one of his videos without her permission.

Adult film star Celine Tran -- known as "Katsuni" -- sued Bow Wow back in July 2012, claiming he stole clips of her pole dancing in a music video for a French band called Electronic…

Lil Wayne, the 30-year-old New Orleans rap superstar, is alive and tweeting.

After the gossip website TMZ reported that Wayne was in an induced coma at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, Wayne went on Twitter to assure his fans he was alright.

"I'm good everybody," a message posted Wayne's Twitter account Friday evening read. "Thx for the prayers and…

Hov named executive producer of Baz Luhrmann film's OST

Jay-Z has been in a collaborative mood lately, hopping onto a remix of Kendrick Lamar's "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe," readying a co-headlining Legends of Summer Tour with Justin Timberlake, and serving as musical director on the Quvenzhané Wallis-starring Annie remake. Now Jigga has detailed his…

Nicki Minaj had to va va voom her way to the “American Idol” set Wednesday as she was 13 minutes late for the live taping of the top 10 performances episode.

“We are coming to you live and on time,” said host Ryan Seacrest at the beginning of the show.“Say hello to three of your four judges who have made it here on time.”

So what held the hip-hop judge…

Sixteen years after Notorious B.I.G.'s life and career were cut short in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, his children will pay homage to their iconic father with a new animated series.

"House of Wallace" is anchored around the slain rapper’s two children, 16-year-old C.J. Wallace -- who he had with his wife, R&B singer Faith Evans -- and 19-year-old T'yanna…

The FBI is warning celebrity hacking victims to put safeguards on their bank accounts NOW ... before the hackers rob them blind ... TMZ has learned.

Sources close to several of the targeted celebs -- which include Mel Gibson, Hulk Hogan, Kim Kardashian, and Beyonce -- tell TMZ FBI agents have advised them to contact their financial institutions to slap fraud alerts on…

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Justin Bieber was taken to a hospital in London moments ago ... after collapsing backstage during a concert.

A source close to Justin tells TMZ the singer felt woozy during the show at the O2 Arena ... and with 4 songs to go, he stumbled backstage where he collapsed.

The singer was pulled into a private room where he was treated with oxygen from emergency…

During his call to DJ Enuff yesterday, Kanye West went off on the MTV Hottest MCs list and says that he gave Sway his first TV. This morning on Shade 45, Sway took the time to respond to Kanye's comments. He explains how the list is chosen and then confirms that Kanye did give him his first TV.

This ni**a Kanye is "The Mad Rapper"…

At this point its all speculation and he hasnt been charged with anything like that & has his case has not been changed or modified because of it.

Damn Its lookin bad for the ni**a tho…

Just don't call him Pee Diddy.

While promoting his new water brand AQUAhydrate on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," hip-hop artist Sean "Diddy" Combs confessed that as a child, he used to have trouble controlling his bladder at night.

"OK, I guess I'm confessing that I used to be a bed wetter," the Bad Boy Records founder, 43,…

There’s been a little debate over whether or not Nicki Minaj will return to American Idol next season. The YMCMB rapper attempted to clear up any confusion today during an interview with MTV.

Minaj, who is currently working on a new video from her last album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up, said that she plans to start recording a new album soon. But…

A man was gunned down in Philadelphia Thursday night .... right next to the tour bus of rapper French Montana.

Montana -- who's done songs with Drake, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross -- was in his tour bus after the performance ... when it pulled up to a Holiday Inn Express with a bunch of fans following closely behind. Cops say that's when a car drove by and opened fire on…

Bobby Brown has been sentenced to 55 days in a Los Angeles jail and four years of probation for a drunken driving case.

City attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan says Brown was sentenced Tuesday after pleading no contest to charges he was under the influence and driving on a suspended license when he was arrested in October.

Brown was on probation for another…

He’s a P.I.M.P. — but Erin Andrew’s isn’t interested.

A grinning 50 Cent went in for a kiss with the glamorous sideline reporter at the Daytona 500 Sunday and got rejected on national television.

Fox cameras captured the moment Andrews realized 50 Cent was coming in strong with lips pursed.

She awkwardly dodged the smooch and let…

J.R. Smith recently took his Twitter game to a whole new level, and even managed to create a brilliant new hashtag while he was at it.

Deadspin brings us the latest in what is a long string of J.R. Smith entertaining millions with a simple…