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After the scramble in replacing Kanye West from a headlining slot at Coachella 2019, three stars have been announced that should appease the masses. In Yeezy’s place, the festival announced Childish Gambino, Ariana Grande, and band Tame Impala has headliners for the April event.

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Kanye West should be crowned the king of doing too much after he once more displayed his penchant for over the top demands for his stage performance in a scheduled headlining performance at Coachella 2019. Negotiations between West and Coachella organizers broke down after the Chicago superstar couldn’t get his way with a particular stage […]

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A$AP Mob affiliated designer A$AP Bari pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault during the first day of his trial in London. Born Jabari Shelton, the plea allows him to avoid jail time. 

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In Lifetime’s six-part docu-series Surviving R. Kelly, a backup dancer claims she witnessed the beleaguered singer having sex with his protege, Aaliyah. Diane Haughton, the mother of the late songstress, has since spoken out to call the claims false.

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It’s a new year but when it comes to rap videos it seems like some old practices will never go out of style. Montana of 300’s visual to “Dancing With My AK” is a testament to that notion as for the duration of the song walks around his home with a golden AK and mask […]

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Since her scene-stealing performance in the 2017 hit comedy Girl’s Trip, Tiffany Haddish’s star has been shining brighter than ever. Looking to end the year on a high note, she was hyped to flex her comedic chops in Miami with a New Year’s Eve stand-up show but it things went south when she bombed resulting […]

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R. Kelly‘s perverse way of life has been well documented over the years with women calling him out for his behavior and even leading to a Lifetime docu-series in which his victims recount how the man once considered the King of R&B preyed on their young minds and bodies.

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Legendary WWE announcer and Hall of Famer Mean Gene Okerlund has passed away. He was 76. 

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At the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve not only did people begin their life anew (even though they were sh*t-faced from the alcohol they consumed in the hours from the year before), they also got another reason to look forward to the 4th of July this year: Stranger Things season 3!

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Ebro Darden is taking his talents to an additional form of Rap media. This week he starts a new executive position at Apple Music.

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OMG, is what plenty of people were saying after Usher debuted his new permed look on his Instagram account. Instead of New Year’s greetings, the singer was blessed with plenty of hilarious Twitter slander.

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When it comes to Tekashi 6ix9ine the age old phrase of “out of sight, out of mind” just doesn’t seem to apply. Not to his hardcore supporters anyway.