LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas apologized for its risque Late Night at the Phog event in which rapper Snoop Dogg performed, stripper poles were wheeled onto the Allen Fieldhouse floor and fake money was shot over the heads of prospective recruits. Athletic director Jeff Long said Friday night “we expected a clean […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Kanye West has held an outdoor worship service that attracted thousands of people to the Wyoming city where he owns a ranch. The Billings Gazette reports West held the free event Sunday on the grounds of The Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody. The center estimates 3,800 […]
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Le’Veon Bell was in fifth grade when he simply couldn’t shake music from his mind. The creative beats. The grooving basslines. The raw lyrics. He was hooked on it all, just like football. “That’s when I really realized I loved music,” the star running back recalled in an interview with […]
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s one sweet day for Lil Nas X: The breakthrough rapper’s viral “Old Town Road” has broken the Billboard record set by Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day” for most weeks at No. 1. Lil Nas X accomplishes the feat this week as his country-trap song spends its 17th week on top […]
Lil Nas X has been sued by a California music publisher for $25 million for allegedly stealing Bobby Caldwell’s 1982 song “Carry On,” Reuters reports. In a complaint filed on Wednesday, The Music Force LLC said X used aspects of Caldwell’s “Carry On” without permission, claiming the 20-year-old rapper and his producer were “motivated by greed and malicious […]
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona prosecutor says a grand jury has returned an indictment charging a white man with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a black youth for playing rap music he said he thought was threatening. Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said Thursday Michael Adams faces charges in the July 4 killing […]
Arizona police say a man stabbed and killed a 17-year-old at a Circle K on the 4th of July, because he was listening to rap music. According to Fox 10, 27-year-old Michael Adams walked into the store and slit Elijah Al-Amin’s throat. The victim was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Adams […]
This week, Hulu released the official trailer for their upcoming Wu-Tang Clan biopic, Wu-Tang: An American Saga. Guided by the musical vision of a young RZA, who partnered with Watchmen and Superfly screenwriter Alex Tse to write and produce the series inspired by the rapper’s books, “The Wu-Tang Manual” and “Tao Of Wu.” RZA and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop star Cardi B is walking into the 2019 BET Awards as the most nominated act with seven, while late rapper Nipsey Hussle scored a posthumous nomination. BET told the Associated Press late Thursday that Cardi B’s nominations include two for the top prize — video of the year […]
MIAMI (AP) — The Rolling Loud Music Festival celebrating global hip-hop artists in South Florida did not go so well for Kodak Black and Lil Wayne. The U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release that Black was arrested Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The statement said he was charged with a […]
Mother’s Day is in a couple weeks, but rap star Drake honored his mom when he won the night’s top honor at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards. Drake picked up top artist — besting Cardi B, Ariana Grande, Post Malone and Travis Scott — in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. He looked up to the […]
The woman who came forward and helped lead the LAPD to Nipsey Hussle’s alleged killer, Eric Holder, is now being investigated.
