by BERNADETTE GIACOMAZZO
Dame Dash has once again found himself on the wrong end of a lawsuit, as Dear Frank director Josh Webber has slapped him with a new defamation of character lawsuit for $4 million.
According to court documents obtained by HipHopDX, Webber — through his attorney, Christopher Brown of Brown & Rosen — initially filed the lawsuit in the Superior Court of California on April 25, but Dash wasn’t served until Tuesday (May 28).
Webber’s new lawsuit stems from Dash’s statements on the Earn Your Leisure podcast back in March. According to Webber, Dash lied when he claimed......
by KARAN SINGH
Russell Simmons, who is currently negotiating a number of sexual assault cases, claims that he has chosen to live in Bali of his own accord, and not because he’s avoiding legal repercussions in the United States.
In an interview with Chuck Creekmur of AllHipHop published on Friday (May 24), the Def Jam Recordings co-founder explained his decision to move overseas in recent years.
“People saying that I somehow can’t come home when I’m there all the time wears on you,” the 66-year-old said. “It wears on me after a while to keep hearing the same narrative, which is false. I’m always......
by MARISA MENDEZ
Kelly Rowland is speaking out about the now-viral clip of her getting into it with a security guard on a red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.
On Tuesday (May 21), footage emerged of the Destiny’s Child singer getting into a heated exchange with a member of the event staff. Talking to the Associated Press about the incident at another Cannes event the following day, Kelly explained her boundaries were crossed and she simply wouldn’t stand for it.
“The woman knows what happened. I know what happened,” she said. “I have a boundary and I stand by those boundaries and that is it. And there......
by BERNADETTE GIACOMAZZO
B.G.‘s lawyers have fought back against a court order demanding that the rapper’s lyrics be pre-approved by a probation officer, claiming that the order is a violation of the First Amendment.
The Guardian obtained a legal filing made on Wednesday (May 22), in which the rapper’s attorneys made clear that submitting his lyrics prior to making them go live on wax violates his rights.
“As to the Government’s request for Mr. Dorsey [referring to the rapper’s real name, Christopher Dorsey] to provide U.S. Probation (and the government) with lyrics ‘for any song that he may write, in whole......
by BERNADETTE GIACOMAZZO
Sean Kingston‘s mother has been arrested and charged with fraud following a raid on the singer’s Dania Beach, FL home.
NBC Miami was on the scene on Thursday (May 23), when 61-year-old Janice Turner was arrested by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and the Davie Police SWAT.
Turner, who has a history of convictions for filing false loan applications and bank fraud, was charged with numerous fraud and theft charges.
Video of the arrest can be seen below.
JUST IN: Sean Kingston's mother was arrested during a raid of a Florida mansion rented by the singer, NBC 6 South Florida reports.
Kingston’s mother......
by MARISA MENDEZ
Ma$e has yet to speak on the footage of his former Bad Boy boss Diddy abusing Cassie and the myriad of other lawsuits and accusations filed against him, but the time is coming.
Fans have noticed Murda’s noticeable silence on the matter since the footage leaked and shocked the world late last week. Since then, the fallout has been swift and many of the mogul’s peers have spoken out against him, but Ma$e has been silent on the matter despite his many issues with the businessman over the years.
However, he addressed his lack of commentary on Tuesday’s (May 21) episode of It Is What It......
by SAM MOORE
Joe Budden and Taxstone’s feud has been reignited after the former’s ex-girlfriend rehashed her allegations of domestic abuse.
After exchanging words with Jose following his criticism of Diddy’s recently surfaced assault on Cassie, Budden became embroiled in another back-and-forth with Taxstone on social media on Wednesday (May 22).
Posting from prison, Taxstone took aim at the former Slaughterhouse MC by tweeting: “If Joe doesn’t hit women anymore, yall should forgive him. yall don’t live with him. A lot of you forgave your dads and the dude you are with now.
“But in the......
by BERNADETTE GIACOMAZZO
MC Lyte has announced that she’ll be dropping new music this summer — which will be the first time she’s released music in almost 10 years.
In an interview with Rock The Bells Radio (via WBLS), which dropped on Monday (May 13), the groundbreaking MC revealed that fans will get some new songs from her beginning in June.
“I got a new record. I’m working on it right now,” she said. “The new single is out. It’s ‘Woman.’ The new record is coming.”
She continued: “The album comes out August 9 and the next single comes out June 9.”
MC Lyte......
by TAI SAINT-LOUIS
Memphis Bleek, who was an integral part of Roc-A-Fella Records’ era of dominance over the Rap game, believes there is one crew that has almost managed to match their run.
During his recent appearance on Fresh Kicks, fellow Roc alum Just Blaze sparked a conversation about the impact artists from some of New York City (and Hip Hop’s) most renowned housing projects, namely Queensbridge and Memph’s own Marcy Projects.
“I didn’t know we was gonna have this impact,” the Brooklyn MC offered. “All I wanted was [for] people to like the music, that was it. You write something, you was hoping to......
by WILL SCHUBE
Hit-Boy has teamed up with Jay 305 for a new EP entitled DONT WAIT UNTIL I DIE
The four track project, which arrived on Friday (May 17), features the Fontana, CA-born producer and the South Central-born, Florida-bred spitter tapping into West Coast gangsta rap roots.
On the playful opening track “SECRETS,” Jay playfully requests some pics from a partner, rapping: “Trust me with you nakeds/ Trust me with your nakeds/ Trust me with your nakeds/ Ooh, I won’t leak it.”
Check out the project, which includes a feature from Dom Kennedy, below.
DONT WAIT UNTIL I DIE isn’t the......
