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Jermaine Dupri is getting some heat in his hometown of Atlanta as his restaurant, Cafe Dupri, has gone broke and former employees are saying that they were not paid. Checks issued to them by his business people bounced too. It’s also being said that the restaurant shut its doors and left its employees jobless [...]Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:21:06 +0000
LeRoi Moore, the sax player in the Dave Matthews Band, has died at the age of 46. Moore was seriously injured in an ATV accident back in June 30 outside Charlottesville. He had a punctured lung and broken ribs. Moore went back into the hospital last month due to complications and died in Los Angeles [...]Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:15:18 +0000
Parole officials released the transcripts of John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman’s latest hearing last week. The assassin reportedly told officials during his latest unsuccessful bid for release that he was ashamed and sorry for killing the former Beatle and that he has come to realize the gravity of what he did over the years. [...]Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:11:54 +0000
Rappers are known for living the baller lifestyle but that doesn’t mean they aren’t cheapskates. Yung Joc reportedly can’t pay up $2, 000 to support his 7-year old son. The rapper’s baby mama, Fatimah Jester, says that Yung owes her the two grand and is suing the rapper to have him pay. She tells WSB-TV that [...]Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:20:14 +0000
If you’re all confused about DMX’s arrests, don’t worry. You’re not alone in the world. Even the judicial system is having the same problem. The rapper was picked up in Florida over a bench warrant issued against him in Arizona. Florida’s go-to lawyer Brad Cohen tried to bail him out but couldn’t because Arizona courts [...]Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:42:20 +0000
P Miller just recently revealed himself to the world but he’s wasting no time getting down to business. In 2009, he will be launching a family-friendly cable network called Better Black Television. According to a company statement, the network will provide “positive content for a black and brown culture”. BBTV will have all sorts [...]Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:15:40 +0000
Hip hop is one rich industry. According to Forbes, in the last year alone, Jay-Z released a platinum album and signed a $150 million deal with Live Nation for a 10-year contract. But that pales in comparison to 50 Cent who, after taxes, took in over $100 million when his stake in the high-calorie Vitamin [...]Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:22:35 +0000
In a move that is so unlike Kanye West, the rapper is reportedly going to add a line of Fatburger restaurants to his growing empire. According to MTV, the stylish artist is going to be opening 10 branches in his hometown of Chicago. Maybe there’s a lot of money to be made in the burger [...]Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:54:49 +0000
Lil Wayne is turning out to be a cheapskate. Last week, the rapper was ordered by a Miami judge to pay New Orleans jeweller Jack Sutton $146, 000. Lil Wayne reportedly purchased a $138, 000 diamond ring and $32, 000 gold and diamond necklace from the jeweller back in October 2006. The deal was done by phone with [...]Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:29:46 +0000
Bono has reportedly been ordered to lose weight before U2 release their new album and start a proposed world tour next year.
The singer – who has been entertaining celebrity friends including Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro on his yacht in France this summer – has been told he needs to lose [...]Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:19:54 +0000
Singer Sean Paul has been arrested on drug charges at a reggae concert in Sweden last week. Swedish cops say that the singer was brought from the huge Uppsala Reggae Festival to a local police station on suspicion of possessing narcotics. It’s being said that 200-300 people were also brought in from the fest on [...]Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:01:31 +0000
Considering who he has for a boss, should we even be surprised that Yung Berg has been arrested? The rapper who was signed on to DMX’s label was busted last week in New York City after police investigated a complaint by a limo driver. Sources say a limo driver reported a dispute with five passengers, [...]Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:52:08 +0000
Rapper Rick Ross is allegedly the worst Baby daddy in the whole wide world. Tiallondra Nicole Kemp, the baby mama of 2-year old William Leonard Roberts III, is claiming that the kid’s dad, the rapper whose real name is William Leonard Roberts Jr., is a deadbeat dad. She also wants to establish that Rick Ross [...]Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:18:49 +0000
Akon was due in court last week to face criminal charges which stem from an incident last year when a crazed Akon threw a 15-year old fan off stage at the 2007 KFEST concert in June. However, the hip hop artist did not show for his court date which left the judge to order him [...]Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:37:13 +0000
The NYPD made a major breakthrough as they have arrested an employee of the karaoke club, Spotlight Live, that hosted Lil Kim’s birthday bash in connection to the death of a young woman whose body was found in a utility closet of the establishment. The victim’s mother sobbed to the media “My only daughter. I [...]Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:10:07 +0000
Grammy-winning singer Mary J. Blige has been sued in New York for $2 million by a company that says she stole some of the music she used on her latest hit album and in an iPod commercial.
The Drama Family Entertainment company filed the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday.
The lawsuit claims the company [...]Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:31:35 +0000
Diddy is no longer going to be the only hip hop mogul with his own line of drinks. Diddy may have his Ciroc vodka but Dr. Dre is about to catch up to him. Drinks America Holdings Ltd. is partnering up with Dre to produce his own line of liquor. The company has done the [...]Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:22:27 +0000
Several of the industry’s biggest stars were sent running for their lives when a gunshot was fired at Jermaine Dupri’s after party in an Atlanta nightclub earlier last weekend. Photos of Diddy’s bodyguards rushing the music mogul out of Club Dream have surfaced on the internet after a fired round resounded throughout the club. Diddy [...]Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:04:13 +0000
Usher has re-hired his mother just over a year after he fired her. The ‘Love In This Club’ singer – who ditched his manager mom Jonetta Patton in May 2007 - has now employed her for a second time in a bid to kickstart the success of his latest record ‘Here I Stand’.
The pair released [...]Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:32:22 +0000
Snoop Dogg’s tour bus was stopped by police yesterday afternoon, and two of the singer’s entourage were arrested for marijuana possession.
The ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’ singer was in the bus when officers in Dallas decided to stop the vehicle after noticing it had expired stickers.
When they investigated the bus, police found evidence that Ethan [...]