BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards: T-Pain Gets President’s Award; ‘Not Like Us’ Wins Song of the Year; Glorilla Ties for Songwriter of the Year JG 5:13 PM 0 T-Pain At the BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Thursday, the spotlight shifted from celebrity to c...
Billboard: Drake Outranks Beyoncé as 21st Century’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist JG 11:04 PM 0 Billboard’s quarter-century recap puts Drake first and Beyoncé second, reflecting cumulative R&B/hip-hop chart performance from 2000 thr...
DA: 3 Officers Injured in Studio City Arrest; Lil Nas X Out on $75,000 Bail; Faces 5 Years if Convicted JG 7:08 PM 0 A video recorded in the early hours of Aug. 21, 2025, shows a Lil Nas X walking in Studio City, Calif. The encounter that followed left thre...
Bigxthaplug Arrested on Marijuana, Firearm Counts as New Album Arrives JG 9:24 PM 0 Arlington Police Department Hours after his country-rap album “I Hope You’re Happy” hit streaming services, Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug — born...
Jay-Z at No. 6, Ahead of Taylor Swift and Rihanna, in a Record Billionaire Year JG 12:04 PM 0 The rapper ranked No. 6 on Forbes’ 2025 celebrity billionaire list — highest among musicians — poses with his partner in a Tiffany & Co....
Hip-Hop Meets Laundry: Whirlpool Launches Washer That Plays OutKast Anthem JG 6:38 PM 0 Big Boi’s iconic OutKast anthem “So Fresh, So Clean” has found an unlikely new home — inside a limited-edition Whirlpool washer that plays t...
Busta Rhymes to Receive Inaugural Visionary Award at 2025 VMAs JG 10:06 PM 0 Busta Rhymes will receive the inaugural Rock the Bells Visionary Award and perform at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in New York. (Photo Cr...
Busta Rhymes Honored With Hip-Hop Icon Award JG 10:09 AM 0 Busta Rhymes holds up the Hip Hop Icon Award during Harlem Week’s Harlem Day celebration at St. Nicholas Park in New York. The Brooklyn-born...
Sean Kingston Sentenced to 3½ Years in $1 Million Fraud Scheme JG 4:33 PM 0 Sean Kingston appears in a booking photo following his arrest on federal wire fraud charges. The singer was sentenced Friday to three and a ...
LL Cool J to Host 2025 MTV VMAs Solo for First Time JG 4:52 PM 0 LL Cool J will host the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards solo for the first time on Sept. 7 at UBS Arena in New York. (Photo Credit: Peter Yang) ...
R&B Icons New Edition to Be Honored with Street Name in Hometown JG 9:42 AM 0 Mike Edwards, Los Angeles Times , CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Boston is giving its most famous R&B sons the ultimate homecoming sa...
From the Super Bowl to the MCG: Snoop Dogg Lands Aussie Sports’ Biggest Gig JG 4:52 PM 0 Snoop Dogg will headline the pre-game entertainment at the 2025 AFL Grand Final on Sept. 27 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The AFL has lo...
Hip-Hop Legends DJ Mister Cee, Fatman Scoop Get Hometown Street Tributes JG 1:05 AM 0 Street signs honoring the late Fatman Scoop in East Harlem and the late DJ Mister Cee in Brooklyn were unveiled over the weekend, cementing ...
T-Hood, Atlanta Rapper Behind 'Ready 2 Go' and 'Perculator,' Fatally Shot at 33 JG 1:12 PM 0 Rapper T-Hood was killed in Snellville, Georgia, after a domestic dispute outside his home. Southern hip-hop is in mourning. Tevin Hood — b...
Busta Rhymes Sued for Assault by Former Assistant, Denies Allegations JG 6:12 PM 0 Busta Rhymes kneels beside his newly unveiled star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2025. A former assistant has filed a federal lawsui...
Hitman Howie Tee, Pioneering Hip-Hop Producer, Dies at 61 JG 9:32 PM 0 Hitman Howie Tee, born Howard Thompson, is dead at 61. The influential producer helped launch the careers of Special Ed and Chubb Rock and c...
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