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Jay-Z & Beyoncé are rumored to be performing at an official, yet informal party to be held after the wedding of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton on Friday. Jay & Beyoncé have been in Europe for the last week.

Farrah Franklin a former member of Destiny’s Child was arrested for disorderly conduct over the weekend. According to TMZ, Farrah was taken into custody in the early hours on Saturday morning in the Culver City area of Los Angeles, and alcohol may have played a part in the incident. The singer was released hours later […]

The Source Magazine snagged Idris Elba as the cover-boy for their May 2011 issue. Idris covers the Hip Hop/ Entertainment magazine in a god-like light which plays off Idris’s “all seeing, all hearing” character in Thor. The thespian came into controversy over his character’s race and talks about that, working with Jay-Z and his evolution […]

Nas recently logged some studio time with Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean.  Ocean tweeted about the meeting, saying that he was playing music for Nas.

Prince is several days into his 21 night stand at the Los Angeles Forum for his Welcome 2 America tour and brought out Alicia Keys on Friday night to duet on his classic 1982 b-side (remember those?) “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore.”

Jennifer Hudson is doing some damage control of her own. After last week’s comment in The Daily Mirror</em>, where she discussed her new figure and things she wouldn’t do, and some thought it was shots at Beyonce & Rihanna. She stated: “I’ve love my new figure. All the fabulous clothes I can wear and get […]

Flav’s Fried Chicken is no more.  Flavor Flav instructed his attorney to revoke the licensing agreement he had with his former partner, Nick Cimino over mismanagement of the restaurant.

Farrah Franklin, formerly of Destiny’s Child, was arrested over the weekend for disorderly conduct in Culver City, CA. Sources say that alcohol was involved.

Eminem & Slaughterhouse member Royce Da 5’9 have dusted off their old Bad Meets Evil group project and plan to release an EP of material together in June. The pair of Detroit emcees conceived the project after recording the song “Bad Meets Evil” together for Eminem’s 1999 album The Slim Shady LP.

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Rick Ross has been making interesting changes to his Maybach Music Group label lately, signing Wale in March 2011 and officially signing Midwestern emcee Stalley last week. Listeners of their music may be surprised that they landed deals with Rick Ross, whose music is known for its extravagant drug-dealing tales and lavish imagery. Still, rap […]

NBA baller Dwight Howard is going after his baby mama Royce Reed for the $500K he won last year in court. Remember when Dwight took Royce to court for violating a gag order? Howard said he was sick of Royce bashing him to the media — a violation of their court settlement — and wants […]

Game was thought to still be in the custody of customs officials at the Canadian border when he turned up on stage with Lil’ Wayne back in Los Angeles on Friday night, April 22nd. Game and Weezy performed their 2008 collab “MyLife.”