Will Smith Tops “Hollywood Moneymakers List”

Will Smith is currently Hollywood’s best paid actor! The “Hancock” star came first in the Forbes ranking to find the best paid actor 2007, with an estimated $80 million in the bank, just from making movies. “Pirates of the Caribbean” star Johnny Depp earned $72 million last year, and came in second. Eddie Murphy and [...]

Nas Joins Protesters At Fox News In NYC

Nas, who currently has the #1 album in the country with over 180,000 units sold, is protesting Fox News’s coverage of presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The rapper says that while he supports Obama and his vision, he hasn’t officially endorse the candidate and claims no political party has approached him for further support. But that [...]

Bow Wow Repairs Relationship With JD, Talks New Filming Projects, and Reveals New Album Info

Bow Wow is currently working on his seventh recording album, Pedigree, which is set to be released in stores this Fall 2008. He already has a single out featuring Soulja Boy titled “♫ Marco Polo”. His long time male role model and producer, Jermaine Dupri, was ejected in some of Bow Wow’s previous projects but [...]

[THE RUNDOWN] Rick Ross Caught in a Lie // Lil Scrappy Released on Bond // DMX Arrested

RICK ROSS WAS A CORRECTIONS OFFICER BACK IN THE DAY » Over the past couple of days, rumors began to spread about rapper Rick Ross‘ past employment as a corrections officer in Dade County, FL, and it all started with a comment made by fellow Miami rapper Trick Daddy. Of course, in true hip-hop fashion, [...]

Federal Courts Throw Out CBS Fining Over Superbowl Wardrobe Malfunction

(PHOTO: WIREIMAGE) A federal appeals court threw out the fine of $550,000 “indecency” fine to CBS for the 2004 halftime show at the Superbowl. As we all know and the rest of America, Janet Jackson performed then Justin Timberlake came out and at the end of the set Justin reached and grabbed for Janet’s costume [...]

Pharrell Williams to Be a Daddy?

Rumors are beginning to circulate that producer and N*E*R*D frontman Pharrell Williams has a baby on the way. According to the NY Post, the rapper/singer has knocked up a model-type chick he met with friends in Miami earlier this year.
The unidentified woman “is very pregnant and travels with him. She hangs out with the backstage [...]

Popular Baltimore DJ “K-Swift” Dies

The Baltimore Sun is reporting that a popular area DJ by the name of K-Swift died early this morning after a pool accident at her home. She was only 29 years old. While a definite cause of death hasn’t been determined, an autopsy is planned.
According to a preliminary police investigation, Khia “K-Swift” Edgerton, who lived [...]

Lil Scrappy Stabbed & Arrested After Altercation

According to Necole Bitchie, following a brief altercation late last night, rapper Lil’ Scrappy was stabbed and subsequently arrested by the police, and is currently being held in Dekalb Country jail. Word is the Atlanta rapper was responding to an emergency call from his sister, who was being attacked by her boyfriend. And when he [...]

Kanye West Denies Anger Management Rumors

It was reported yesterday that Kanye West’s management team had decided that it was high time for the young rapper to enroll in some anger management classes so that he could become more attractive to potential advertisers, and get to along with his friends and family a little better. Well, apparently, those reports turned [...]

The Game’s Not Much of A Family Man

The Game can now add family members to that long list of people who are not feeling him right now. Members of the game’s fam are saying that he made a promise to help financially with his cousin’s funeral, but when it came time to pay - Jayceon was nowhere to be found!
Here’s what TMZ.com [...]

Travis Mccoy Arrested For Assault

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MISSOURI // TUESDAY, JULY 2ND 2008 » Gym Class Heroes member Travis Mccoy recently got into an altercation with an audience member after a racial slur was yelled at him during a performance.
“Hip Hop band Gym Class Heroes was in the middle of their set on the Warped Tour in St. Louis Missouri, [...]

Ruben Studdard Gets Married, Paris Bennett is Pregnant, Jill Scott Engaged

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RUBEN STUDDARD MARRIES GIRLFRIEND » Ruben Studdard may be a “free agent” right now as far as his music career is concerned, but that didn’t stop the 29-year-old American Idol winner from tying the knot with fiancé Surata Zuri McCants. The couple exchanged vows in front of friends and family last [...]

Kimora Lee Simmons wants $40k per month for child support!

Fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons wants her ex-husband, Phat Farm CEO Russell Simmons, to pay up! To the tune of $40,000 per month, that is. In documents filed Tuesday, which were obtained by TMZ in L.A. Superior Court, KLS is demanding a whopping $20k per month in child support, per child, up until the year [...]

Shaq Gets Revoked For Dissing Kobe!

Remember that video of Shaq dissing Kobe a few days ago? Well, turns out Maricopa County of Phoenix, Arizona didn’t find it too funny! Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Shaq used inappropriate racial derogatory statements and foul language, and left him no choice. Sheriff Arpaio said to the Associated Press:
“I want his two badges back,” [...]

This just got a little bit more interesting…

Whoa! Peep the NSFW video above to check out an explosive diss by my new favorite rapper, The Game! Anybody who is against 50 Cent and Gay-Unit is cool in my book. Period.
This is basically a response to what went down with Young Buck and G-Unit, and the recorded phone conversations and what-not. Put on [...]

Janet Jackson To Develop MTV Dance Competiton

According to Variety Magazine, Janet Jackson is producing a reality dance competition for MTV that has been casted as of now. The show will be casted up until the launch of Janet’s “Rock Witchu” Tour which begins September 10th. One of the executive producers, Dave Broome, spoke on the concept of the show and said:

“It’s [...]

R.Kelly Found Not Guilty!

Singer R. Kelly has been found not guilty on all 14 counts of cf child pornography. The verdict comes six years after the R&B superstar was first charged with videotaping himself having sex with a young girl.
A Cook County jury on Friday acquitted R&B superstar R. Kelly of child pornography charges, marking the end of [...]

Timbaland and Girlfriend are now Man and Wife

Producer Timbaland and his girlfriend, music exec Monique Idlett, are now husband and wife. According to US Magazine:
The two wed — in their sweats! — in Virginia on Tuesday by a family pastor.
They are getting hitched again in a formal ceremony in Aruba on June 22.
The couple, who are based in Miami, welcomed a baby [...]

Cedric Benson Gets Arrested TWICE!

Chicago Bears quarterback Cedric Benson was arrested for the second time for drunk driving in Austin, Texas yesterday. He was also ordered by his team to not consume alcohol to protect him from a situation like this. To me, looking at this picture, it seems a though he was tickled about this arrest. Cedric’s career [...]

MTV First Ladies: Ashanti

MTV sat down with Ashanti and interviewed her for their webcasts on the First Ladies in pop culture. They took Ashanti back on a lot her 1st “firsts”. I thought it was a pretty good interview check it out above.

Janet Jackson “Rock Withchu” Tour Dates Announced!

Janet Jackson is back on tour for the first time in seven years! The new “Rock Withchu” Tour tickets sales will go on sale for the public June 7th. The pre-sale tickets are already being purchased on the official Janet Fanclub site. This will definitely be the best tour of the year! GET YOUR TICKETS [...]

TI and 50 Cent Get MTV Reality Shows

Rapper T.I. can now add a MTV Reality Series to his Resume. According to Drewreports.com T.I. has signed on with MTV to film a reality show with eight-episodes following him as he performs more than 1,000 hours of community service before serving his one-year prison sentence sometime next spring. The untitled series has [...]

Xzibit Mourns the Loss of his Newborn Son

Xzibit recently suffered the loss of his newborn son due to complications stemming from a premature birth, and the rapper opened up to the public via his MySpace blog a couple of days ago:
Monday, May 26, 2008
ITS 4:32AM AND I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS……..
AS you all know, I shared with you the announcment of my [...]

Ray J Kicked Out of D.C. Hotel

Ray J and his entourage were thrown out the Hyatt in Washington, D.C. after hotel security found drugs in the singer’s room. According to reports, Ray J and a group of friends returned to hotel room after a party Saturday night, and after being bothered with noise, other hotel guests called security. When they arrived, [...]

Nas Changes Album Title

What was the most controversial album title in hip hop history has been changed. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that a representative for Def Jam has confirmed to them that Nas has made a decision to change the title of his new album from N*gger to Nas.

MTV’s Hottest MCs In The Game List

MTV’s Hottest MCs In The Game aired last night and the list and debate went on hard. They listed many of the best rappers in the game as of now, although I don’t necesarily like how they situated these numbers. They put T.I. at number 10! They obviously don’t keep up with the rap game [...]

T.I. and Tiny Welcome New Baby

Rapper T.I. and longtime girlfriend Tameka “Tiny” Cottle welcomed their second son together after midnight Friday morning. The little tike’s name is Major Harris, and he weighed in at 5 pounds, 15 ounces. Major is the 5th child for Clifford, and the 2nd wtih Tameka. The two already have a 3-year-old together, King Harris.
So uhm, [...]

Suge Got Knocked The F*ck Out … Deebo Style!

(Photos: TMZ) The knock-out heard ’round the world! Hip-hops version of Deebo (from Friday) got what was coming to him over the weekend outside of a nightclub in Los Angeles. Former Deathrow records CEO Suge Knight got into a little altercation with some guy at Shag nightclub Saturday night over some money. A spy from [...]

Remy Ma sentenced to 8 Years

“Throughout this unfortunate case, I was advised from my attorney to stay silent but now I want you all to see me for me and what I’ve gone through,” said Remy as tears fell. “Reporters and newspapers have called me a ‘hardcore rapper,’ a ‘hip-hop harlot’ — Remy Ma is just a music industry name. [...]

Papoose Attempts to break his fiancée out of jail

Remy Ma’s wedding was called off yesterday when her fiancée Papoose showed up to the jail with none other than … a handcuff key!
“A wedding was scheduled today and a visitor to that wedding service was found to be in possession of jail contraband so the wedding was canceled,” a corrections official told NY Daily [...]