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Drake held a listening session for his debut album, Thank Me Later, for select members of the press in Canada.

La La Vazquez perfectly fits the description of an independent woman, even if she shares her bed with her multimillionaire baller fiancé Carmelo Anthony. “I don’t think people understand how hard I’ve worked to achieve the things I have,” she tells Latina.

The man who directed the Fugees’ breakout music video for “Killin’ Me Softly”  has been charged raping his daughters and fathering six children with them.

Jay-Z and Beyonce both attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the new New Jersey Nets sports facility at the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn.

MediaTakeOut.com learned that VH1 Reality star Lava (from the hit show “For The Love Of Ray J”) may be knocked up with track star Usain Bolt’s seed. According to one of her gal pals, “Lava” and Usain have been dating for a few months. And word is that she’s now claiming to be pregnant. Usain […]

Sadat X of Brand Nubian teamed up with Pete Rock for this slice of unadulterated boom bap from Sadat X’s forthcoming Wild Cowboys II album.

After claiming that radio stations refused to play his music and crying for fans’ support on SayNow (Chris Brown Needs Your Help), Chris Brown decided to come back to popular micro-blogging site Twitter. After several posts, he then began promoting his music, writing ” ‘Too Freaky’… mixtape on fire right now.” Chris Brown left Twitter […]

Brooklyn’s most famous son, Jay-Z, was on hand at the ceremonial ground breaking of the Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn yesterday, the new home and arena of the NJ Nets, of which he is minority owner. The team will soon be renamed the “Brooklyn Nets.”

Jim Jones wants to teach a class in NYC. What will it be?  Gangbangin 101, Introduction To Piff Smoking, Advanced Goonology? I don’t know who is letting this happen. I’m sure Jim has some good business sense but I wouldn’t want him near any impressionable students given his gang and drug related activities. Here’s Jim […]

The Style Network has ordered seven one-hour episodes of Kimora Lee Simmons’ TV show “Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane.” The premiere episode of the third season features Kimora in the final stages of her pregnancy, in addition to the birth of her son and third child Kenzo Lee, whose father is actor Djimon Hounsou. […]

David Banner & 9th Wonder’s Death of a Pop Star album can’t seem to come out fast enough.

The Hollywood Scoop By:  Wendy Wheaton “Our marriage, their wedding.” It’s lesson number one for any newly engaged couple, and Lucia (America Ferrera) and Marcus (Lance Gross) are no exception. In Fox Searchlight Pictures’ OUR FAMILY WEDDING, they learn the hard way that the path to saying “I do” can be rife with familial strife. […]