Ice-T and Body Count are currently overseas melting people’s faces off with their heavy metal anthems. At 66 years old, Hip-Hop’s “Original Gangster” hasn’t slowed down and, instead, continues to add chapters to his colorful story. Fellow rap pioneer Chuck D—who himself is 63 and still rocking stages like he’s 33—praised Ice-T for his unrelenting stamina. On Saturday (June 8), the Law & Order star shared a couple of photos from his shows in Germany on Twitter (X) and wrote, “2 Down in Germany so far! Hamburg and Nuremberg… Destroyed. Thanks to ALL in attendance! MERCILESS.” 2 Down in Germany…
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Foxy Brown is reportedly among the list of witnesses prosecution is hoping to get on the stand in the murder case against Keefe D. The controversial Hip-Hop figure is believed to have played a crucial role in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur. According to The U.S. Sun, Foxy Brown was in Las Vegas on the night of the infamous drive-by shooting and allegedly saw Keefe D in Sin City. Despite writing about meeting Foxy Brown and being in Las Vegas that evening for his book, Keefe D now claims everything he said was a lie. His legal strategy is…
LL COOL J has announced his follow-up to 2013’s Authentic will arrive this fall. The Def Jam Recordings legend made the reveal in an Instagram post pinned to his page on Friday (June 7). The lead single, “Saturday Night Special,” is expected to arrive June 14. “In case you missed it, new single ‘Saturday Night Special’ is coming June 14,” he says in the clip. “Go to link in the bio, sign up to pre-save it. Album coming in the fall. It’s the real deal, baby. It’s go time. ‘Saturday Night Special’ is the first single. I’ll let you know…
Bad Boys 4: Ride or Die, the follow-up to 2020’s Bad Boy 4 Life, is a hit. The highly anticipated film stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reprising their respective roles as Miami Detective Mike Lowrey and Marcus Miles Burnett and was hit theaters nationwide on Friday (June 7). According to Deadline, the fourth film in a franchise—which started with the 1995 release of Bad Boys—grossed $56 million domestically in its opening weekend, almost twice as much as Sony’s $30 million internal expectation and well above industry estimates of $45 million to $50 million. Fans are eating it up, too.…
Iggy Azalea’s witty comeback to Hulk Hogan’s inflammatory tweets marks a significant exchange in the volatile world of celebrity-endorsed cryptocurrencies. Iggy Azalea humorously fired back at wrestling legend Hulk Hogan after a series of inflammatory tweets seemed to target the rapper and her burgeoning cryptocurrency, $MOTHER. Hogan’s now-deleted tweets promoted a $HULK cryptocurrency and took a jab at Iggy Azalea: “You suck at pumping. $HULK has the real milk.” Azalea responded with a sharp-witted tweet featuring Hogan’s face nestled snuggly between Iggy’s ample buns: “$MOTHER BURNS @6 PM EST,” she tweeted, using the insult to promote her crypto project. Hulk…
Sean “Diddy” Combs faces renewed scrutiny after a video allegedly showing him assaulting ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2016 resurfaced. The footage prompted public outrage and calls for accountability from the celebrated music mogul, who ended up issuing an awkward apology lambasted by people worldwide. The latest tongue-lashing comes from Jake Porter, the father of Diddy’s late ex-girlfriend, Kim Porter. “I was disgusted by that video,” Jake Porter told Rolling Stone. “I wouldn’t treat my enemy like that.” The incident has left Porter deeply disturbed and reflective. He drew from his own harrowing experience as a war veteran. “I was in…
50 Cent, one of Diddy’s loudest critics, surprisingly commiserated with the disgraced mogul over their issues with liquor companies. The outspoken rapper saw parallels between Diddy’s since-settled legal battle with Diageo and the G-Unit head honcho’s dispute with Suntory Global Spirits. “Puffy made Diageo a lot of money with ciroc, they were fine with that because he didn’t own anything,” 50 Cent wrote on Instagram. “Soon as he owns Deleón their relationship can’t work. I made @suntoryglobalspirits a lot of money with Effen soon as I own my own brands they did me dirty. They want black consumers, but they…
Actress Quinta Brunson is joining Pharrell’s untitled coming-of-age musical set to transport audiences back to Virginia Beach in 1977. The Abbott Elementary creator and actress is set to work under the direction of Michel Gondry, known for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The renowned music producer, whose childhood memories form the backdrop of the film, will produce the movie. Brunson, 34, expressed her enthusiasm on Instagram Stories by sharing the casting news initially reported by Deadline. She captioned her post with just the word “Excited” accompanied by a nail-painting emoji. Universal Pictures announced her involvement adding that Brunson will…
While Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour is smashing records nationwide, but the trolls are cooling her day off. But she’s not breaking or bending as a recent alleged sex tape suggests. On Saturday (June 8), Megan found herself at the center of a seemingly A.I.-generated deepfake controversy. A presumably doctored clip of a sex tape video circulated features the Grammy Award-winner. In a post on Twitter (never calling it “X”), Megan denied that she had a “tape” of her goodies and threatened to take action against anyone promoting the video as genuine. Wait a sec. “It’s really sick…
Will Smith once found himself fleeing from a London hotel in abject fear. Haunted technology and a mysterious ghost encounter drove the 55-year-old actor to evacuate his room, something he revealed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “I once had to emergency check out of a hotel because of a ghost,” Will Smith confessed to Fallon, recounting a nightmarish ordeal at the storied Lanesborough Hotel, a five-star establishment in Knightsbridge. The ordeal, which occurred 27 years prior, began when a ghost seemingly tampered with his friend’s phone and toilet. The ghostly disturbance involved a phantom using the toilet and…