Kenneth Partridge

Getty Images In two separate lawsuits filed earlier this week, hip-hop producers Andrews "Drew" Correa and Marcos "Infamous" Rodriguez accuse Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment of failing to make royalty payments, TMZ reports. In his suit, Correa claims he signed with Young Money in 2008 and created music that later appeared on the Weezy albums Re-Birth, Tha Carter III and I

When Rihanna opened up to Oprah about her undying love for Chris Brown -- the vilified ex-boyfriend who beat her up on the eve of the 2009 Grammys -- the revelation left many fans and critics puzzled. Among them was comedian Joan Rivers, who's since instigated a Twitter war with the Bajan beauty...

Ask Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, and they'll tell you how New York City's "streets will make you feel brand new." Lil Wayne begs to differ, and in a recent interview with MTV, he explained why he rarely, if ever, finds himself in an "Empire State of Mind...

There are a number of ways Mariah Carey could have gone with her new Nick Cannon-directed video for "Triumphant (Get 'Em)." But Mimi went literal, enlisting guest rappers Rick Ross and Meek Mill for a boxing fantasy befitting of the song's chorus: "Stay on your toes/ Get off the ropes/ Don't let them ever count you out...

The tax drama continues for Lauryn Hill, who's in trouble again after pleading guilty to three counts of federal tax evasion in June. As TMZ reports, Hill has also been negligent on her New Jersey taxes, and she owes the state more than $440,000...

Jay-Z is a man of discriminating tastes, and he's evidently not so fond of what chef Mike Shand is cooking. According to the New York Post, reps for the rapper's 40/40 Club have hit Shand with a $1.5 million federal lawsuit, alleging that he "failed to perform on significant aspects" of a deal that went down earlier this year, when he was hired to revitalize the menu at Hova's fancy Manh

Shaolin meets Yonkers on Wu-Block, a collaboration between the Wu-Tang Clan and D-Block that promises to be one of the hardest-hitting New York City hip-hop records of the fall. Due out Oct. 9, the album features such Wu luminaries as Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon and GZA, as well as D-Block members Sheek Louch, Jadakiss and Styles P...

Earlier today (Aug. 21), mere hours after reuniting with former Hot Boys partner Lil Wayne at Miami's LIV nightclub, Juvenile was arrested at the Fontainebleau Hotel for his alleged role in a brawl, TMZ reports. The rapper -- who's had numerous run-ins with police this year, AllHipHop...

Today is World Humanitarian Day, and that means two things. First, there's a new Beyonce video -- a live performance of "I Was Here" filmed earlier this month at the U.N. General Assembly. Bey dazzles in a form-fitting white dress, singing over footage of relief efforts around the globe, but she'd rather we not focus on the moving clip...

There's no mistaking the half-naked man on the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone. Beard, bling, belly, tatts: It's Rick Ross, whose God Forgives, I Don't recently debuted at No. 1. In the accompanying story, the Bawse chats about everything from gay rights to his recent health troubles, displaying the kind of candor one might expect from someone who's willing to appear shirtless on the fr