It is difficult to describe what Aaliyah meant to us back in 2001, when her life was tragically taken so abruptly on August 22. She was the epitome of understated cool, of raw talent mixed with genuine humility and effortless, chameleon-like style. She was both hard and soft, edgy and adorable, the it girl who [...]
Hip Hop
Did Lil Wayne Have Sex With A 16-Year-Old Fan?
Here’s some underage groupie drama for you. A Canadian teen named Sarah (who goes by Sisi) vaguely claimed via Twitter and Facebook that something went down between her and Lil Wayne. After driving to Montreal to see his concert, the 16-year-old met the Weezy and appears to have hung out with him in his tourbus. [...]
Nicki Minaj Takes To Twitter To Mourn Cousin’s Murder
Our condolences go out to Nicki Minaj and her family this morning. The hip hop starlet announced on Twitter today that her cousin, Nicholas Telamaque, was gunned down outside his Brooklyn home over the holiday weekend. “Lived in Brooklyn his whole life. My precious cousin. My baby. Killed last nite,” she wrote on Twitter, adding, [...]
No One Will Post Gucci Mane’s $5700 Bail
Poor Gucci Mane. After being arrested last week for allegedly pushing a woman out of a car (okay, maybe we don’t feel so bad for him), the rapper is still sitting behind bars, even though Gucci’s bail is just $5700. Big money for us, sure, but not much in the world of celebrity bail! It’s [...]
Ashley Judd Apologizes for Calling Rap, Hip-Hop The “Soundtrack Of Misogyny”
We’re willing to cut Ashley Judd a lot of slack, considering Judd’s memoir All That Is Bitter & Sweet paints a pretty gruesome portrait of the abuse the actress had to deal with as an adolescent. Nonetheless, it was pretty big misstep for Judd to call rap and hip-hip misogynistic; that’s like saying all country [...]
Jay-Z Regrets Big Pimpin’ Lyrics: “What Kind Of Animal Would Say This Sort Of Thing?”
If you were an internationally renown rapper with millions of dollars and a wife by the name of Beyonce, you would probably be pretty happy with your artistic choices, right? But apparently Jay-Z regrets Big Pimpin’, his 1999 monster hit, for its unfortunate lyrics, an admission that retroactively spoils hundreds of Spring Breaks the nation [...]
Rap’s Top 20 Richest Artists Revealed
First things first: Do people still say the word “bling”? Or is that term a relic of a bygone era? Either way, it’s no secret that there is a lot of money to be made by becoming a global hip-hop icon these days. So much so, in fact, that a normally hoity-toity magazine like Forbes [...]
Lil Wayne Heading To Prison For Gun Charge
Lil Wayne plead guilty to gun possession charges in a NYC courtroom today, after cops busted him for having a handgun on his tour bus in July 2007. Wayne had originally plead not-guilty but changed his tune in court, and will now spend up to a year behind bars. In doing so he avoided a [...]
Chris Brown Gets Probation, No Jail Time
Chris Brown has copped a plea deal in his felony assault case: He’ll be on probation for five years and do 180 days of labor in Virginia, where he lives. He also must enroll in domestic violence counseling. Chris attended the hearing today in Los Angeles with his mother and other family members. Ex-girlfriend and [...]
Beyonce Offers Fans Cheap Concert Tix
You know it’s a recession when Beyonce starts giving concert tickets away for next to nothing. The singer has joined the likes of No Doubt, U2, and Dave Matthews Band in offering her fans discounted tickets to her upcoming summer tour. According to her label, B will be selling the last 2000 tickets to each [...]
