Kayne West, Common, Method Man and Redman are being sued by the daughter of a jazz musican because they did not get permission from his estate to use samples of his music. The lawsuit said all the rappers used portions of late U.S. jazz musician Joe Farrell's 1974 musical composition "Upon This Rock" in three separate songs -- West in "Gone," Common in "Chi-City" and Method Man and Redman in their song "Run 4 Cover." Kathleen Firrantello is seeking punitive damages of at least $1 million and asked that no further copies of the songs be made, sold or performed, according to the lawsuit.
So far there's only been one day of testimony in the R Kelly child pornography case, but boy is it fire...
Fox Boogie's new cd, Brooklyn's Don Diva, entered the charts at No. 5, moving 8,800 units in its opening week. That's not a typo. Foxy sold 9,000 cds. They must be counting the bootlegs, too.
Opening arguments began yesterday in the R Kelly child pornography case, but not without a little controversy...
Beyonce told Britian's Look Magazine, “I don’t deny it (the wedding). I just don’t talk about it. We’ve never talked about us and it’s kind of protected our relationship. I think it’s kept us out of tabloid drama. A lot of actresses that have had successful relationships don’t talk about them, so neither do I.”
What she actually said was, "Get off my husband's man parts... clearly that is not him." On her radio show yesterday Wendy Williams addressed the tape making the rounds on the Internet that supposedly shows her husband, Kevin Hunter, in an undated video with some chick. Some point to the fact that Kevin has tats on his arm and the dude on the video doesn't, like it's impossible for him to have gotten tattooed after this video was made or something. But whatever, that's her story and she's sticking to it.
Do not believe any rumors you may have heard about Kimora Lee Simmons. She is a beautiful and very thoughtful person. The epitome of elegance and grace.
After all the controvery Nas generated by naming his latest cd, N!gger, that N-word caved under pressure and changed the name of the cd before its release
Jermaine and his now ex-wife Alejandra's divorce became final today. Here's the dirty details. Jermaine will pay off a $100,000 debt; in return, Alejandra waives all spousal support. $50,000 is to pay her attorney’s fees and the other $50,000 is for Jermaine to become current on child support. Alejandra gets physical custody of their two sons, Jaafar and Jermajesty, Jermaine gets visitation and he has to pay $3,000 a month in child support. He gets to keep his business — Jermaine Jackson Entertainment, Inc., and he also gets to keep his jewelry.
They say Nick Cannon was out partying with P Diddy and Quincy Jones the other night, when 1:00am rolled around and his wifey, 11 years older Mariah Carey, called and ordered her boytoy new husband home. They say Nick went on and left the club, but that he was noticeably pissed.
Al Reynolds is shopping around to the networks, offering himself up for interviews about his life with Star Jones. They say he's looking for a six figure deal, but so far there have been no takers.
Charles Barkley has sworn off gambling. After being publicly humiliated by a lawsuit filed against him by The Wynn Hotel and Casino for failing to pay off $400,000.00 in gambling markers, Charles announced during the TNT NBA playoffs pre-game show last night,"I am not going to gamble anymore. For right now, the next year or two, I'm not going to gamble. I have no, no money problems whatsoever. Nobody's coming after me for money," he said. "I screwed up and didn't pay them in a significant amount of time. Could they have handled it differently? Yes. But it was my fault."
