Category: Industry News

Kanye Claims He and Kim K Broke Boundaries

Kanye Claims He and Kim K Broke Boundaries

Kanye recently chopped it up with Steve Harvey, where he spoke about a plethora of topics including his new album, The Life of Pablo, his beef with Wiz Khalifa, and how his wife Kim Kardashian, deserves respect. When speaking about his new project, Kanye revealed that he hasn’t read a single review of T.L.O.P., explaining, “You…

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Janet Jackson IS Pregnant

Janet Jackson IS Pregnant

Janet Jackson postponed her Unbreakable tour to ‘start planning her family,’ but didn’t give any other indication as to what that means. While fans have speculated the singer might be with child, the executive producer from Entertainment Tonight took to Twitter to congratulate Janet on her pregnancy. Congratulations to the lovely Janet Jackson and her…

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DJ Kool Herc Sues HBO

DJ Kool Herc Sues HBO

HBO’s series Vinyl, which is about the music industry in the 1970’s, has been a modest hit, but don’t count DJ Kool Herc as a fan. The man credited with creating Hip-Hop in The Bronx is suing the cable network over his portrayal on the show.   Herc believes a character who is blatantly supposed…

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Vanessa Williams Joins TNT’s ‘The Librarians’

Vanessa Williams Joins TNT’s ‘The Librarians’

Vanessa Williams is joining the third season of TNT’s “The Librarians,” Variety has learned. Williams joins in a recurring role, playing General Rockwell, the tough, brilliant head of the top secret, black ops secret government agency, known as D.O.S.A. Investigating “Statistical Anomalies,” Williams’ character sets her sights on apprehending the Librarians and obtaining the magical…

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Bobby Shmurda Transferred To Another Jail

Bobby Shmurda Transferred To Another Jail

Ackquille Pollard aka Bobby Shmurda has been in jail since December 2014. According to XXL Mag, the charges brought against the rapper include two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, conspiracy to commit murder in the second degree, reckless endangerment, and one count of using drug paraphernalia. Shmurda’s bail was set at two million…

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Ashanti Hits The Road With Ja Rule

Ashanti Hits The Road With Ja Rule

Ashanti and Ja Rule are reportedly hitting the road for a headlining tour. While future dates are coming, a single tour date at a casino in California has been announced. Last year in May, Murder Inc. did a tour of Australia hitting 7 select dates. In addition, according to multiple reports Ashanti is making more…

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Tupac’s Mother, Afeni Shakur, Dead

Tupac’s Mother, Afeni Shakur, Dead

The Marin County Sheriff’s office reported on Tuesday morning (May 3) that Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of late rapper Tupac Shakur, died on Monday night at age 69. A series of follow-up tweets reported that the Sheriff’s Coroners Office will lead the investigation to determine the “exact cause & manner of Afeni Shakur’s death.”…

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Drake’s ‘Views’ Sells Over 820K in 2 Days

Drake’s ‘Views’ Sells Over 820K in 2 Days

The word is still out on whether Drake’s Views lived up to its tremendous hype, but perhaps a more interesting note is how its rollout and Apple Music exclusivity adds to the changing nature of album sales and the metrics of success. After Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo was reportedly streamed over 250 million…

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Bobby Shmurda Sues NYPD for False Arrest

Bobby Shmurda Sues NYPD for False Arrest

Nearly two weeks to the day in which he is tried on an assortment of charges that could keep him in prison for 8-25 years, Bobby Shmurda, 21, filed a federal lawsuit against the NYPD, for false arrest pertaining to an unrelated case on Friday (April 29). Shmurda, born Ackquille Pollard, is suing over what…

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