In the fame game, it is almost expected that a big time entertainer will be accused of stepping out on their wives and girlfriends at least once. Add social media and its snitching ways to the mix, and you have a recipe for public relations disasters.
Kanye West was the latest star to get accused of philandering, although he claims French-Canadian model Leyla Ghohbadi is only out for selfish publicity. Still, Yeezy wouldn’t be the first rapper—and won’t be the last—to get caught out there dipping his hands in a different cookie jar if the allegations hold true.
Hip-Hop Wired takes a look back at 15 rappers and celebrities who have been caught cheating, allegedly and otherwise, over the years on the following pages.
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Notorious B.I.G. Cheated on Wife Faith Evans With Lil’ Kim
R&B songstress Faith Evans retold the story of catching her late husband, the Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace, in bed with Lil’ Kim. The pint-sized rapper wasn’t the only woman Biggie was getting it on with, according to Evans’ autobiography, Keep The Faith.
Nas Cheats On Kelis, Kelis Takes It To Twitter
Queensbridge rap vet Nas has been candid about his problems with ex-wife and singer, Kelis. Back in 2009, Kelis let off a fiery rant Twitter which included calling her ex a host of colorful names and inventing new words like “patients” to boot.
F-A-B-O-L-O-U-S Accused Of Cheating…AGAIN
Since the start of the highly-publicized relationship between Brooklyn rapper Fabolous and his reality star girlfriend, Emily Bustamante, accusations of cheating have been running rampant. The latest is rumors of Fab kicking it with model Nya Lee on the quiet.
Juelz Santana Running Around on Kimbella
AY! Dipset soldier Juelz Santana joins a long list of rappers done under by the Facebook postings of a loose beat piece. Last year, a bartender named Nikki J claimed she and the rapper were cozy at a nightclub last year.
Fat Joe, Wife Of 17 Years Beef Over Him (Allegedly) Treating Fling Like A Queen
Joey Crack was doing more than thanking God for that white; he was also allegedly taking a young woman from Dubai named “Ms. Dubai” out on lavish trips. Someone in his Terror Squad camp was rumored to have sent photos of his side chick exploits to his wife, Lorena.
DJ Envy Caught Slipping Hard With Erica Mena
Power 105’s DJ Envy did the foul to his wife of 11 years by dipping out with Love & Hip Hop’s Erica Mena. However, he manned up and apologized to his wife on air and didn’t run away from the situation. Erica Mena used the big reveal as an opportunity to add 15 more minutes of fame to her meter, though.
Snoop Dogg (Snoop Lion) Almost Lost It All
Back in 2004, Snoop Dogg almost lost his wife, Shante Broadus, to divorce after allegations of cheating led her to file. The couple worked it out, however, after their daughter, Cori, became ill.
Wyclef Mixed Business With Pleasure
Fugees front man Wyclef Jean has been rumored to have cheated on his wife, Marie Jean, since the heydays of the legendary trio with Praz and Lauryn Hill. The Haitian-American star admitted to a relationship with ex-manager, Lisa Ellis, in a tell-all book last year.
Game Says He Has Side Pieces, But His Lady Can’t
Game caused a stir last November on Power 105’s The Breakfast Club in saying he cheats, but would leave his fiancé, Tiffney Cambridge, if she did the same. The future Mrs. Taylor told Hip Hop Hollywood in an exclusive interview that she doesn’t take Game’s comments too seriously.
DMX Lived Out The Whole Dog Persona For Real
Although it appeared at times that Earl “DMX” Simmons and his childhood sweetheart, Tashera, would work it out, the pair would divorce. DMX copped to his bad behavior, however. Tashera went on to star in TLC’s Starter Wives Confidential.
Lil Wayne Supposedly Proposed To Ex-Wife While Dating Someone Else
Lil Wayne famously rapped on the “No Lie” remix that he has “four baby mamas, no baby mama drama” and that appears to be true. Ex-wife Toya Wright spilled the beans to Sister 2 Sister and said Weezy proposed to her but he was already with someone else.
The Swizz Beatz And Mashonda Show
Swizz Beatz, now currently married to Alicia Keys, has carried the cheater label for a while now after the controversial courtship with the Grammy Award-winning songstress allegedly going down while married to ex-wife, Mashonda. Couple that with several jump-offs claiming to have been with Swizz and it just gets uglier.
Ja Rule Supposedly Got It On With Superhead, Much Like Everyone Did
Karrine “Superhead” Steffans dropped a tell-all book, Confessions Of A Video Vixen, a few years back. In the book, she claimed to have a torrid love affair with Ja Rule. Rule’s wife dismissed the claims, calling Superhead a “broke down b-tch.”
P Diddy Was Running More Than The City
Sean “Diddy” Combs, and his decade-long romance with Kim Porter was replete with allegations of cheating. It got real once the mother of his twins told People magazine she felt betrayed by Diddy’s cheating ways. The real kicker was that after given birth to the babies, a woman was said to have given birth to Diddy’s baby around the same time.
Layzie Bone…You Are The Father…Kind Of.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony rapper Layzie Bone was named in a paternity suit by an unnamed woman who claims to have given birth to the rapper’s toddler son according to a TMZ exclusive. The suit was filed last October and because Layzie hasn’t responded, the courts can declare him the father legally and he’ll have to pay back child support.
