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 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 [...]

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, [...]

(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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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In a revealing interview with Complex, former rapper turned celebreality star, Flavor Flav gave us a little too much information about his sex life.
Complex: Where did you lose your virginity?
Flavor Flav: Where did I lose my virginity? I lost my virginity in the bushes on a box.
Complex: Really?
Flavor Flav: Yea, in the bushes [...]

Convicted actor Wesley Snipes has been granted permission by a judge to leave the country and spend three days in London to complete post-production on one movie, and spend eight weeks in Thailand to film another. The actor’s lawyers are currently in the process of appealing his February 2008 conviction of three counts of willfully [...]

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, [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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,” [...]

In a recent TMZ video, Shaquille ‘O Neal called himself “free-styling” and trying to rap and he caught himself dissing Kobe Bryant hard! I cannot believe this! Shaq seriously needs to retire. I’m not even gonna get into why he should but check out the video above!

In recent comments, Ice-T stated that, “Soulja Boy killed Hip-Hop” and he told him to “eat a d*ck.” If you think about it, Soulja Boy is only 17 years old! That’s a bit harsh to say to a teenager who may have once looked up to you. I have lost mad respect for Ice-T for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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Mitchell Rose, a former boxer, is suing rapper Jay-Z for close to $90 million. Why? Because Rose claims Jay-Z stole his style of rapping. It all started back in 2001, when Rose slipped Jay a demo with all of his rhymes after a boxing match. And now the former heavyweight boxer is alleging [...]