Rapper/Actor DMX will perform his new single “Keep Ya Head Up” for the first time on network television during an appearance on Dr. Drew Pinsky’s show “Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers.” DMX (real name Eric Simmons), who said he has beaten a decade-plus battle with substance abuse, will discuss his upbringing, his life with an abusive mother […]
It hasn’t been a healthy week for rappers. One day after rapper Rick Ross suffered two seizures in one day, old school rapper Tone Loc collapsed onstage in Atlanta on Saturday. Tone Loc, 45, was transported to a nearby hospital and given an IV, but his manager said he was doing fine and explained he […]
Big Boi of OutKast was in big trouble due to a Viagra and ecstasy drug bust, but a plea deal on Thursday will allow him to avoid jail time. Big Boi (real name Antwan Patton), 36, pleaded to a deal in a Miami courtroom that includes 3 months of drug testing, community service and $2,000 […]
A five minute explicit sex tape featuring the late rapper Tupac Shakur will be coming to the market. Reportedly, an unnamed individual is taking offers for the tape, which was shot in 1991. The scene features a bunch of groupies in the living room of a house, when a shirtless Tupac walks into the room […]
Don’t let the cowboy boots fool you. Taylor Swift stepped out of her pop-country niche at her Atlanta show Sunday night for a duet with rapper T.I., 31, to his 2008 hit, “Live Your Life.” Rocking black boots and a sparkly ‘Little Black Dress’, Swift, 21, performed the part of the hip-hop anthem originally sung […]
Going back to prison may have interfered with rapper T.I.’s plans to become a reality TV star, but his debut novel is arriving as scheduled on October 16th. In fact, Amazon posted their pre-order page for T.I.’s book, complete with its synopsis and jacket cover. Written by Tip “T.I.” Harris (real name Clifford Harris) and […]
Rapper/Actor Snoop Dogg is set to portray legendary blues guitarist and “the pope of pimping,” Fillmore Slim in a biopic that will be released in late 2012 entitled “The Legend of Fillmore Slim.” Aside from a number of smaller film and TV projects he has worked on, this will be Snoop’s first major movie role […]
Rapper Snoop Dogg could soon add sitcom star to his growing résumé. The rapper/reality TV star is developing a family sitcom at Warner Bros. TV in which he will star as the father. Snoop (real name Calvin Broadus) has been busy developing other projects, including an American Idol-type reality show that would focus on finding […]
Rapper T.I. is back on the road to redemption after a surprise reversal by prison officials. T.I. (real name Clifford Harris), 30, was released prison Thursday and returned to the same halfway house where he would have spent the last two weeks if not for some controversial “elbow-rubbing” with reality TV producers. Prison officials first […]
Rapper Tupac Shakur (real name Lesane Parish Crooks) died 15 years ago after being shot four times in a still-unsolved Las Vegas drive-by. And although his passing left a hole in the rap landscape (only made bigger six months later when The Notorious B.I.G. was also gunned down), Tupac’s legend inspired a whole new generation. […]
Grammy-winning rapper T.I., who was freed after months in prison, has been locked up again at a federal penitentiary. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website Friday shows T.I. at the Atlanta penitentiary with a release date of Sept. 29. His lawyer, Steve Sadow, cites a problem over using a luxury bus to report to a […]
After giving his kids some attention and jumpstarting their acting careers, Will Smith is back to working on his own star. Big Willie is going back into the studio to record a new album, as well as working on two new films. “We’re working on Will Smith, bringing him back. That’s actually him on the […]
