Kenneth Partridge
Eminem, Lady Gaga Collaboration? Shady’s Manager Denies Rumors
As reported at AOL Music Blog: Lady Gaga is pals with rapper Kendrick Lamar, who's down with Dr. Dre, who's tight with Eminem, so when rumors spread yesterday that the rising Compton MC, Mother Monster and Slim Shady had collaborated on a track called "Street Lights," it seemed plausible enough...
Game Loses $100,000 on Cancelled Wedding
It's a good thing Game is rich. Over the weekend, amid reports he's being sued for more than $100,000 by a producer who claims he stole a beat, the Cali rapper told TMZ that the wedding he and fiancee Tiffney Cambridge cancelled back in July cost him $100,000...
Beyonce, Jay-Z Top Forbes’ ‘World’s Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples’ List
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In the one-year period beginning May 1, 2011, no superstar sweethearts earned more money than Jay-Z and Beyonce, Forbes.com reports. With a combined income of $78 million, Jay and Bey top this year's World's Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples list, moving up one place from last year...
Flo Rida Ordered to Pay More Than $400K to Australian Festival Organizers
Flo Rida's nasty habit of canceling concert appearances is starting to get expensive. Last month, the rapper was hit with a $200,000 lawsuit in connection with a string of scrapped Canadian dates, and last week, a judge in Australia ordered him to pay more than $400,000 to organizers of a festival he pulled out of last October, the Sydney Morning Herald reports...
Game Sued Over Mixtape Beat, Producer Infamous Seeking More Than $100,000
Just as Game gets his love life back on track, legal troubles are putting a damper on his summer. As TMZ reports, producer Marco Rodriguez, better known as Infamous, is suing the rapper for more than $100,000 over a beat he says he wasn't paid for...
Miguel Demands More Women During ‘Kaleidoscope Dream’ Show — Video
Miguel had a big day Tuesday (July 31). The awesomely coiffed R&B riser played Joe's Pub in New York City to celebrate the release of Kaleidoscope Dream: The Water Preview -- an EP that begins a three-stage roll-out of his sophomore album, Kaleidoscope Dream, which arrives in full Oct. 2 ...
Ryan Lochte Grills Designed by Rapper Paul Wall for 2012 Olympics
Last Saturday (July 28), the only person smiling bigger and brighter than U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte might have been rapper Paul Wall.
After winning a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics, besting his competition in the 400-meter individual medley, Lochte stood atop the podium wearing a shiny star-spangled grill...
Rick Ross ‘3 Kings’ Video: Rozay, Dr. Dre and Jay-Z Celebrate Success
On "3 Kings," the track he recorded with Dr. Dre and Jay-Z for his just-released fifth album, God Forgives, I Don't, Rick Ross raps about "real n---s dreams comin' to fruition." As the accompanying video illustrates, that can mean different things to different people...
Eminem, 60 Million Facebook Likes: Rapper Sets New Record
Eminem has battled haters throughout his career, but in light of new Facebook data, the rapper can look himself in the mirror and declare, "They like me. They really, really like me." As Contact Music reports, Slim Shady has become the first person to hit 60 million likes on the popular social-networking site...
2012 MTV VMAs: Drake and Rihanna Lead With Five Nominations Each
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Rihanna and Drake have each picked up five nominations for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, it was announced this morning, and the onetime -- or is it sometime? -- lovebirds will compete for this year's coveted Video of the Year prize...