R&B singer Jill Scott is expecting her first child with her fiancee of 7 months Jon Roberts. The singer, due to give birth in April 2009, found out she was expecting shortly before she took a trip to Africa to film her new HBO TV series, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
She tells People.com, “The [...]

KANYE WEST WANTS TO BE “DIFFERENT” AND POSE NUDE » When it comes to his music and style stepping outside of the box comes natural to rapper Kanye West, but with his recent statement made in the February issue of Vibe magazine, we think maybe he’s taking a huge leap away from the norm.  Mr. [...]

A&E publicists have announced that actor Patrick Swayze who has been battling with pancreatic cancer for the past year has checked himself into the hospital due to pneumonia.  Swayze was set to present his latest project entitled The Beast at Friday’s Television Critics Association press event in Universial City, California but because of his sudden [...]

Your girl Rihanna has been spotted out and about rocking a fairly expensive piece of jewelry on her wedding ring finger. Did her boyfriend Chris Brown give it to her following a New Year’s Eve engagement proposal? Even though they haven’t publicly acknowledged their relationship, the two have been “dating” for a while, and the [...]

CHARLES BARKLEY ARRESTED FOR SUSPICION OF DUI » Your boy Charles Barkley was busted by the cops because they suspected he was driving under the influence of alcohol a couple of weeks ago in Phoenix, Arizona. An officer spotted Sir Charles as he ran a stop sign at about 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 23, [...]

In what started out as an unconfirmed rumor, we can now officially report that young rapper Soulja Boy was actually robbed at gunpoint outside of his Georgia home last week following the release party for his sophomore album, iSouljaBoyTellem. Rumors began to circulate across the internet that the 18-year-old rapper, who recently released a video [...]

Rapper/singer/actress Queen Latifah was robbed last Monday (Dec. 29th), and thieves stole over $10,000 worth of jewelry from her luxury villa in Tobago. Investigators believe the theft was an inside job and may have been committed by a member of the house and grounds staff at Stone Haven Villas in Black Rock Tobago.
According to reports [...]

Oscar-nominated actor John Travolta and his family suffered a major loss Friday, January 2nd 2009, when his teenage son died after a seizure while on a family vacation in the Bahamas. 16-year-old Jett Travolta, who had a history of seizures, had an episode on Friday morning. According to reports published by CNN, he died on [...]

According to People.com, rapper/producer Dr. Dre’s son, Andre Young Jr, apparently died of an heroin & morphine overdose. The drug test results had been pending for four months and it has now been confirmed by the LA County Coroner’s office on Friday.
“This case has been closed, it’s been ruled an accident due to morphine and [...]

Better luck next time Beyonce!  Sources are reporting that Jennifer Hudson is being courted to perform at the swearing in of  President-elect Barack Obama which will take place on January 20th, 2009.  If in fact she does choose to perform during the ceremony this will be her first appearance since the brutal murders of her [...]

Your boy DMX didn’t really have a good 2008. On December 30th 2008, in a Maricopa, Arizona courthouse, he plead guilty, guilty, guilty and guilty! And no, that is NOT a typo. He really did have a court hearing for four different charges in one day, and plead guilty to all of them, in true [...]

He’s a rapper, he once owned a clothing line (Rocawear), he has a few nightclubs (in Vegas, NY and Atlantic city), and he’s recently launched “9IX,” a fragrance for men by Rocawear. But due to the poor state of the country’s economy, rapper Jay-Z’s next money-making venture has been put on hold, according to reports [...]

After more than a year of dating, America’s Next Top Model winner Eva Marcille and Tyler Perry’s House of Payne star Lance Gross are engaged. They discussed the details in a recent interview with Essence Magazine, in which they revealed that Lance popped the question, on bended knee of course, in front of family and [...]

According to reports published by famous gossip website The New York Post, singer Mariah Carey just may have Nick Cannon’s bun in her oven. When spies spotted her vacationing in St. Barts, they described her as being zaftig, which by definition means, “a woman having a full rounded figure; plump.” They also mentioned that they [...]

JAIMEE FOXWORTH EXPECTING FIRST CHILD » The last time we heard from Jaimee Foxworth, she was slangin’ ass in porno flicks and had acquired a nice little addiction to marijuana. But times are much better for the former Family Matters cast member, who was recently on VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. According to People.com, [...]

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Rapper Plies is featured on the cover of the January 2009 issue of Black Beat magazine. In the issue, he discusses his definition of real, his rise to fame, and more! Check out the rest of the magazine scans when you continue reading.

A guy writing an unauthorized biography for Michael Jackson put out a nasty rumor about the King of Pop, saying that he was 95% blind in one eye, was fighting for his life, and that he needed a lung transplant. And British tabloid, The Sun, assisted with the distribution of said rumor and every major [...]

The guy responsible for murdering T.I.’s childhood friend and assistant, Philant Johnson, was sentenced to 66 years in prison. Hosea Thomas received his sentencing in an Ohio courtroom one day before Christmas Eve (Dec. 23rd) after being convicted in November for the murder of Johnson, stemming from a gunfire exchange in May 2006. Justice has [...]

As the headline states, rapper Nelly is ready to propose to longtime singer girlfriend Ashanti, but there’s one problem. You see, most men have the future “father-in-law” to worry about, but the situation is totally different for Nelly. Ashanti’s mom, Tina Douglas, is apparenty c**k blocking and doesn’t want her daughter to get married. At [...]

MARY J. BLIGE & JAY-Z SUED OVER HIT SONG » R&B soul singer Mary J. Blige and long-time rapper friend Jay-Z are being sued over Mary J’s hit single, “Enough Cryin’” According to the federal lawsuit, which involves allegations of song theft, Jermaine Jumpp and MIchael C. Adams claim they dropped off a CD at [...]