When President-Elect Obama is sworn into office on Tuesday, January 20th 2009, you might be hearing a song from R&B singer Beyonce. The “If I Were A Boy” singer has personally offered to sing at the historical event:
“I’m there. I can’t wait. I feel like all of us, we’re ready to do whatever we have [...]

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Dreamgirl Jennifer Hudson paid her final respects to her mother, her brother, and her nephew yesterday at a private funeral service in Chicago. But she wasn’t there alone. According to the Chicago Tribune, the singer had the support of over 2,500 mourners, including fellow celebrities Fantasia Barrino, Oprah Winfrey, Usher, Missy Elliot, and [...]

Barack Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunha, passed away last night. The news comes just one day before the 2008 elections in which her grandson is favored to win. Barack made a joint statement with his sister today regarding the death of his grandmother while campaigning in Charlotte, N.C.
“It is with great sadness that we announce [...]

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Ever heard of the saying, “Believe some of what you see, and none of what you hear?” Tomorrow, November 4th 2008, will possibly be the most important day in the history of the United States of America. We have the possibility of not only getting a [...]

According to Billboard, Def Jam Vice President Shakir Stewart was reportedly found dead in his Atlanta home Saturday. Reports are suggesting that the record executive committed suicide, but at this moment, no further details are available.
“L.A. Reid and all of us at Island Def Jam Music Group are deeply saddened by the passing of our [...]

In what has turned out to be a complete nightmare for Dreamgirl Jennifer Hudson and her sister, Julia Hudson, more bad news has come about. According to Chicago Breaking News, the body of Jennifer Hudson’s 7-year-old nephew Julian was discovered early this morning inside of a white Chevrolet Suburban on the west side of Chicago. [...]

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LEFT: A memorial has been built outside the home of 57-year-old Darnell Hudson Donerson, the mother of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson in Chicago, Illinois. Donerson was found shot to death in her living room yesterday and her son Jason was found shot to death in a bedroom of the home. Police are searching for [...]

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Some devastating news hit the web this afternoon. Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother were found dead in a home on the South Side of Chicago earlier today. Police have marked the home a crime scene and suspect that the deaths were the result of a domestic dispute.
Public records show the address [...]

Ladies and gentlement, I introduce to you Dwayne Michael Carter III’s mom - Sarah B. More flicks at Necole Bitchie!

In a matter of less than 5 minutes (seriously) a NY judge granted rapper 50 Cent one weekend visit a month with his 12-year-old son, Marquise, in addition to half of his spring and winter breaks and a full month in the summer. People magazine says that 50 Cent (real name: Curtis Jackson) and his [...]

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No, he didn’t lose some bogus “dance-off” to T-Pain. No, he wasn’t arrested by the Feds. According to AOL BV’s Jawn Murray, comedian Katt Williams walked out during rehearsals after a spat with the show’s producer.
“Katt was disrespectful, difficult and demanding throughout the process and his unprovoked verbal lashing on the producer was [...]

Our friends over at TMZ broke a story early yesterday, reporting that R&B singer Lyfe Jennings (real name: Chester Jennings) led police on a high speed chase and refused to take a DUI test, resulting in his arrest.
Smyrna, Ga. police say they were responding to a gunshots fired call when they spotted Jennings’ Corvette hightailing [...]

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A guy from Michigan who was busted in Connecticut for reckless driving told police a rather interesting story as to why he was driving so erratically. With flowers and a teddy bear in the car, he said he had arranged a meeting with Beyonce at the George Washington bridge in New York [...]

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Hip hop mogul Diddy took the Enyce clothing brand from Liz Claiborne’s hands for $20 million bucks. Liz Claiborne had been wanting to get rid of the hip hop brand for a while now, after they realized they didn’t want to cater to that type of demographic, and decided Diddy was the perfect choice, [...]

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Rapper Lil’ Wayne and some Vietnamese chick named Sarah from Cincinatti, Ohio welcomed a little boy into this world earlier today. They decided to continue with the whole “Carter sequel” sh*t Weezy’s been using for the past 3 albums and name him “Dwayne Carter III.” But none of this should come as a surprise [...]

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I made sure to clearly mark this post with the word “rumor” right off. I hear the legal team behind this dude is nothing short of serious, so I’m treading thin on water even mentioning this ish. But word on the sidewalk is that our boy Will Smith has utilized the services of [...]

Remember that issue of Esquire I told you about?
“You know that stuff they say about a woman being responsible for her own orgasms? That’s all true,” the Oscar winning says in the November of Esquire. “In my case, that makes me responsible for pretty damn good orgasms. They’re much better orgasms than when I was [...]

A special note to anyone out there reading this who has any intentions on hiring an assistant or anyone like that … watch your back, and watch what you do around them. Because when you need them the most, they’re gonna f*ck you over like this “Terry Bourgeois” person did to rapper Lil’ Wayne.
The Cash [...]

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Once again, our homie Necole Bitchie has the dirt on what really went down this weekend at the BET Hip-Hop Awards. She ran into comedian Katt Williams last night at an Atlanta bowling alley and discovered where the former awards show host was, which contradicts our previous post when we said he was [...]

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Rap genius Lil’ Wayne made a shocking announcement at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, which were held Saturday night in Atlanta. After accepting his award for Lyricist of the Year, he made an announcement (twice according to our friends at Necole Bitchie).
My first reaction was “WTF???” but everyone else’s first reaction was “BY [...]