WORLD WRAP FEDERATION's Blog – July 2016 Archive (123)

Rapper Troy Ave was freed Monday on a $500,000 bond secured by his mother's Brooklyn home.

The performer, whose real name is Roland Collins, is charged with attempted murder, weapons possession and other charges in what was a fatal shooting incident at a T.I. concert at Irving Plaza on May 25.

Collins' bodyguard and boyhood pal Ronald McPhatter was killed.…

It's over for Omarion and Apryl Jones.

The "I Ain't Even Done" singer announced Sunday that he is, in fact, done dating the Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood star. "This is the only public statement I will make about a private matter," he wrote on Instagram. "After this, I will not speak on or respond to any questions or comments on the matter. I thank everyone in advance…

Lil Wayne's epilepsy continues to dog him ... he was hospitalized last week after suffering a severe seizure.

Wayne has been unable to get his recent seizures under control. You'll recall just last month his plane made 2 emergency landings after he had a series of seizures on the aircraft.

The seizure last week was bad enough that he had to cancel his…

Future has secured a sneaker deal with sportswear company Reebok.

The Freebandz Gang General announced the partnership with the brand on his Instagram Saturday (July 9) previewing his "Overbranded" Insta Pump Fury kicks.

“I’m excited to…

Chaka Khan and her sister have entered a drug rehabilitation program to battle their addictions to prescription drugs, and Khan said the death of her good friend Prince helped hasten her decision to get help.

In a statement released to The Associated Press on Sunday, the 63-year-old Grammy-winning singer said she has been battling an addiction to the same medication…

The “damning” video showing an off-duty cop waited just one second before gunning down a motorist in a Brooklyn road-rage incident is certain to result in criminal charges, law-enforcement sources said Saturday.

Video of the July 4 incident obtained exclusively by The Post shows the victim, Delrawn Small, had just arrived at the window of Officer Wayne Isaacs’ car…

Three years after settling following their divorce, the ex-wife of Dwyane Wade is now pushing to have the settlement re-opened in light of Wade's new $47 million contract with the Chicago Bulls.

Siohvaughn Funches is suing her former…

Three judges from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling this week that will affect everyone from whistleblowers to your ex who is still, somehow, using your Netflix password to watch Jessica Jones. The court ruled that sharing passwords is a criminal act.

The opinion is the latest round of United States v. Nosal, a case that’s…

According to Zaytoven, big homie Guwop and Drake might be working on a project together. The Atlanta producer recently sat down with XXL discussing the possibility following “Back On Road,” and about the viral photo featuring himself, Guwop, Drake and Mike WiLL Made-It.

“We were doing the video for Gucci Mane’s first video for the album,” he said. “It was featuring…

Music megastar Beyoncé — whose Black Lives Matter anthem “Formation” was branded “anti-cop” by many police unions and talking heads earlier this year — begged for peace and honored the five officers massacred Thursday night in a solemn Instagram post.

“Rest in peace to the officers whose lives were senselessly taken…

Prince’s grieving former band will bring down the house in his memory during two September reunion tour dates and more on the horizon.

The late singer’s backup group, The Revolution, announced Wednesday it would honor Prince at…

He was on a mission of hate.

One of the suspects who slaughtered five Dallas cops at an anti-police brutality protest said he was on a quest to “kill white people, especially white officers.”

The gunman — identified as 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson — holed himself up in a parking garage after his Thursday night rampage. He detailed his sick conquest…

World-weary Jay Z is “saddened and disappointed” that an anti-police brutality anthem he wrote years ago is still vitally needed today.

The rap mogul on Thursday released “Spiritual,” his first new music in three years, in the wake of two black men being gunned down by cops earlier that week in Baton Rouge, La., and Falcon Heights, Minn.

“I made this song a…

The Netflix crime thriller Narcos, which chronicles the life of former Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, has proven so popular that Netflix is airing a second season next month. But the show has made at least one powerful enemy: Roberto Escobar, the accountant for his brother’s drug gang, has demanded that the company pay him $1 billion for the rights to his…

Jaden Smith is skirting gender norms.

The oldest child of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith wore a dress to prom, has appeared on his own Instagram sporting nail polish, models womenswear for Louis Vuitton and he’s broken down gender barriers every step of the way.

“You just have to believe in yourself, you know,” the celebrity teen told Nylon. “The world is going to…

There's no one love for Tyga.

The "Rack City" rapper is being accused of cultural appropriation for using a white model in "1 of 1," his new music video filmed in Jamaica.

Kylie Jenner's beau cast German-Pakistani Amina Blue to play his love interest in the sexy video shot in and around Kingston.

"Tyga really found the whitest most uncomfortable looking…

Snoop Dogg rolled up quite the retirement gift for Kobe Bryant.

When the NBA legend called it quits last season, he received parting gifts from most teams in the league.

But the custom Lakers-themed convertible Snoop Dogg gave Mamba this week is better than all of them.

Bryant took to Twitter on Wednesday to thank Snoop, in a message that included a…

Hip-hop star Drake wrote a heartfelt response to the police shooting of Alton Sterling, saying that seeing graphic footage of the death left him “feeling disheartened, emotional and truly scared.”

Sterling, 37, was shot by police in Baton Rouge, La., early Tuesday morning outside a convenience store where he had been selling CDs.

Video from the scene showed…

Atlanta-based, Grammy-winning rapper T.I., who ventured into the world of restaurant ownership last year, is catching heat for his latest venture. Former employees of his downtown eatery Scales 925 are suing the recording artist, formally known as Clifford Harris Jr., for unpaid wages, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Harris and business partner Charles Hughes are…