Following in the footsteps of Justin Timberlake (who recently invested millions in a company that bought MySpace), Rapper/Producer Kanye West is the latest musician to invest in a social media website. West has just invested millions of dollars in ‘Turntable.fm’, an internet social media start-up that lets users play music for an online audience. West […]
Pam Pinnock, DMX’s friend and long time publicist spoke to the rapper Thursday night to clear up confusion surrounding an upcoming reality show. According to Pinnock, who has worked with DMX for several years, reports claiming that the reality show was not being produced is in fact, false. “For the record I never stated there […]
Rapper Da Brat is trying to get her life back on track since being released from prison in March. Brat was serving time for attacking an Atlanta Falcons cheerleader at a nightclub with a bottle, but she is plotting more positive endeavors. Despite not writing any music during her two-and-a-half-years behind bars, she did take […]
Rapper Ja Rule, who’s currently serving two years in jail on a weapons conviction, has been sentenced to 28 months in a federal prison for tax evasion, according to eonline.com. U.S. Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz handed down the jail term stemming from Ja Rule’s guilty plea in March to three counts of failing to file […]
One-hit wonder rapper-turned-reality TV star Vanilla Ice has separated from his wife after 14 years of marriage. Vanilla Ice (real name Robert Van Winkle) married wife Laura Giaritta in 1997, and have two daughters together, Dusti, 12, and Keelee, 10. Ice, 43, moved out of their family home in Wellington, Fla. this past weekend, after […]
Should the NBA lockout persist for a while, Kobe Bryant should just spend every day collecting checks from rapper Bow Wow. It won’t require a lot of effort. He’s guaranteed to make money. And he doesn’t put his body at risk whatsoever. For reasons unknown to anyone who’s remotely familiar with basketball, Bow Wow challenged […]
The rapper known as DMX will have to spend at least an extra week in an Arizona state prison for failing a drug test. DMX (real name Earl Simmons), 40, was sentenced to 1 year in prison in December after his probation was revoked for failing to submit to drug testing and driving on a […]
Rapper/Actor Xzibit is disgusted by the current craze for ‘planking’ after learning the awkward position was once used in the slave trade. Stars including Katy Perry, Chris Brown, Demi Moore and Rosario Dawson have all declared their love for the internet phenomenon, which sees people posting online pictures of themselves lying face down like a […]
Veteran rapper Chubb Rock will be featured on an upcoming episode of NBC’s hit series “The Marriage Ref.” Chubb Rock will be featured on the show with his longtime wife Diamond “KeKe” Rock during an episode that is slated to air on July 3rd. “The Marriage Ref” features real-life couples exploring and examining their real-life […]
Ginuwine definitely had the ladies going crazy back in the 90s with his sexy videos and love songs, and from the looks of it, he’s still got a little “something something” going on that is making the ladies smile. However, his wife, Sole, isn’t having that, and showed that she means business recently when she […]
Kanye West is nothing if not consistent. As the sole hip-hop headliner at this year’s Essence Music Festival on Saturday (July 2) night, he did not disappoint, offering up a visual feast complete with pyrotechnics, nearly two dozen dancers and elaborate lighting. Broken up into three acts, West ran through more than 20 songs, ranging […]
Snoop Dogg wants to launch rap’s answer to “American Idol.” He rapper has been pitching a TV series to discover the next hot hip-hop act. We hear that Oxygen, Bravo and NBC aren’t biting but that E! and MTV have shown interest. Sources say Snoop is saying that the show could be as popular as […]
