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Jason Derulo hasn’t been in the limelight since he fractured his neck during rehearsals for his world tour. Though he must wear a neck brace for…

Make sure you check out the season finale tonite of Love & Hip Hop on VH1 at 8pm. Mama Jones and Chrissy spend some time together, Kimbella wants to lay hands on Erica…..again and Olivia is trying to figure out her career moves. Question is who is gonna fight before the show ends….Check out the […]

After losing three mansions in his divorce, Kobe Bryant has a new mansion to call his own in California's Orange County.

After losing three mansions in his divorce, Kobe Bryant has a new mansion to call his own in California's Orange County.

Check out Maino’s new video “That Could Be Us” featuring Robbie Nova from his album “Day After Tomorrow” in stores Feb.28th, 2012!

2011 was the breakout year for J. Cole. He had a hit album and toured around the world in support of it. Cole is now readying his latest video from his debut disc, Cole World: The Sideline Story. The “Nobody’s Perfect” video is said to be in production as we speak. Visuals for the third […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… Philly’s golden boy stopped by The L.A. Leakers while out on the West Coast recently and dropped a few bars over Drake’s “The Motto”

At a recent fan meet and greet in Atlanta Common participated in a freestyle session using words thrown at him by the host and he sounds like he sent a lil jab to Drake… Check it out…..

SHOWTIME SAYS… Rih Rih landed in LAX over the weekend ready to get back to work but still looking like a million bucks and  smelling like a vacation

Nick Cannon is defending his wife Mariah Carey against Chelsea Handler again on Twitter. In case you missed it, Nick Cannon and Chelsea Handler had a much publicized twitter feud back in October of 2010 and everyone thought it was because of a wisecrack Chelsea took at the expectant father. But Nick came clean and […]

Eleven men have been charged with running a multimillion-dollar cigarette trafficking and money laundering operation in North and South Carolina. Federal court documents unsealed last week detail the charges against the men, who were arrested in November. The documents say the men bought 6,800 cases of Marlboro cigarettes at half their market price from people […]