Da Brat

Even though Lil' Kim claims that fans have been embracing her tirade against Nicki Minaj, propelling her 'Black Friday' mixtape to platinum status in just 24 hours, her female hip-hop peers seem to be less supportive. Da Brat -- the first female hip-hop artist to score a platinum album -- isn't too fond of Kimmy Blanco's antics, suggesting that she call a truce and leave Minaj alone...

Fresh off her release from prison, Da Brat is excited to get back into the swing of things. The female rapper is prepping tons of new projects including new music, a book, and getting up to speed on Twitter. Earlier this week, the 36-year-old completed a three-year bid for assaulting a waitress with an alcohol bottle back in 2007, and her new found freedom has changed her outlook on just about eve

Da Brat is a free woman. The 36-year-old rapper has been released from prison after serving a three-year bid, stemming from an incident where she struck a woman over the head with a rum bottle in an Atlanta club in 2007. Though she got a taste of freedom over the past year while participating in a work-release program, Da Brat has completed her sentence according to her associate Jermaine Dupri...

If Nicki Minaj is the only female rapper on your radar, then Houston, we have a problem. Sure, the animated rhymer has saturated videos alongside Diddy, DJ Khaled and Trey Songz as of late, but a slew of femcees commanded the spotlight in clips way before she donned an orange wig...

After serving close to three years behind bars, rapper Da Brat has been released from prison. The Atlanta rapper, who is out on a work release program, showed up on a video with longtime friend and collaborator Jermaine Dupri for his 'Living the Life," web series...

Super-producer Jermaine Dupri is bashing claims that he abandoned longtime friend and collaborator Da Brat while she serves a three-year prison sentence for assault. Brat, born Shawntae Harris, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault following a 2007 altercation with a hostess in Durpi's Atlanta nightclub Studio 72...

Former Atlanta Falcons cheerleader, actress and dance choreographer Shayla Stevens has filed a civil suit against So So Def CEO Jermaine Dupri and rapper Da Brat for an incident that occurred at Dupri's club in 2007. Stevens filed the suit in Fulton County, Georgia, claiming she was attacked while working as a part-time waitress during a Halloween party at Dupri's nightclub Studio 72...

The ability to adapt and make the best out of tough situations is a truly redeeming human quality -- just ask Da Brat. The Chi-town rapper, real name Shawntae Harris is currently finishing up the first of her three-year sentence in an Alto Federal State Prison near Atlanta, after being charged with assault charge back in 2007...

Former rap diva-turned-VH1 reality star ('Surreal Life,' 'Celebrity Fit Club') Da Brat was sentenced to three years in prison for hitting a woman with a rum bottle at Jermaine Dupri's Atlanta nightclub, Studio 72, last year. According to Dekalb County police, the rapper, whose real name is Shawntae Harris, and the waitress got into an altercation resulting in a "deep laceration" and per

Da Brat was arrested early Thursday morning after hitting a waitress over the head with a bottle, at producer Jermaine Dupri's Atlanta nightclub, Studio 72. According to Dekalb County police, the rapper, whose real name is Shawntae Harris, and the waitress got into an altercation resulting in a "deep laceration" on the 23-year-old waitress' cheek ...