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Lauryn Hill Tax Evasion Case: Singer Faces Sentencing in New Jersey

Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill is facing sentencing Monday in New Jersey on federal tax charges. ...Read More »

Michael Jackson, AEG Trial Update: Family Attempted Intervention

Michael Jackson's mother sat in court Thursday as a police detective testified that she told him the family had tried drug interventions for the singer, believing he was addicted to painkillers. ...Read More »

Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne Set to Perform at Billboard Music Awards

Nicki Minaj and her mentor, Lil Wayne, will join forces for a performance at the Billboard Music Awards, to be presented May 19 in Las Vegas. ...Read More »

Rick Ross Sued by Talent Agency, 2 Chainz Found Not Guilty & More

Rick Ross has been sued for $171,000 allegedly failing to pay his longtime talent agency Total Access Talent their commission for tour dates they set up for the troubled rapper + more news! ...Read More »

Lauryn Hill Signs Million Dollar Deal to Avoid Jail, Boston Bomber Quoted Kendrick Lamar & More

Lauryn Hill has managed to avoid jail time by signing a last minute deal with Sony. In order to pay the $504,000 in back taxes which she owes, Sony will receive five songs from Hill + more news! ...Read More »

'Vanilla Ice Goes Amish' in New Show, Will.i.am Admits Stealing & More

Vanilla Ice has finally found a job that's just the right fit – construction. As CBS reports, the "Ice, Ice Baby" rapper will appear on the upcoming DIY Network show "Vanilla Ice Goes Amish." ...Read More »

Trina's 19-Year-Old Brother Goonkie Murdered, Pharrell Talks Miley Cyrus & More

Trina's 19-year-old brother Wilbrent Bain Jr., aka Goonkie, was reportedly shot this weekend, and has since apparently died + more music news ...Read More »

Snoop Lion Talks 'Reincarnated,' No Guns Allowed Campaign and Sports Management Agency

Snoop Lion talks Reincarnated LP, his No Guns Allowed initiative and why sports management may be the next business he gets into. ...Read More »

Read Snoop Lion's 'No Guns Allowed' Essay (EXCLUSIVE)

Snoop Lion pens a personal essay about why he started the "No Guns Allowed" movement. ...Read More »

Snoop Lion 'Reincarnated' -- Full Album Stream (EXCLUSIVE)

Get an exclusive listen to Snoop Lion's reggae album "Reincarnated" here. ...Read More »

Snoop Lion Shares His Five Favorite Reggae Songs (EXCLUSIVE)

To celebrate the release of his reggae LP, Snoop Lion gives us his five favorite reggae songs. ...Read More »

Lauryn Hill Has 2 Months to Pay $500K, A$AP Rocky & Wiz Khalifa Co-Headline Tour & More

Though her sentencing was supposed to take place yesterday (April 22), Lauryn Hill owes the government $504,000 in back taxes, and has two weeks to pay up + more ...Read More »

5 African American Artists Not Named Jean-Michel Basquiat

William Tolliver William was born in Vicksburg, Missisippi in 1951, and although his mother worked in the cotton fields by day, she still managed to rear and educate her fourteen children. To stimulat ...Read More »

5 African American Artists Not Named Jean-Michel Basquiat

Welcome to the wild world of contemporary hip-hop and R&B music where only one African- American visual artist seems to exist -- Jean-Michel Basquiat. This singular and arbitrary focus is li ...Read More »