Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of the legendary rap group Run-DMC was scheduled to undergo surgery at a New Jersey hospital Friday to remove two major blood clots in his left arm.
50 Cent's estranged baby mama Shaniqua thought she was being slick when she sprung a surprise drug test on 50 after he showed up in court to ask for permission to take his son Marquis on vacation with him from Aug 3 thru Aug 12, after Shaniqua refused to hand the kid over claiming those dates coincided with Marquis' summer basketball camp. Well, your boy took the test without hesitation and passed. But get this, Shaniqua FAILED her own drug test and blamed the opiates found in her system on a codeine-laced cough medicine she
the launch party for Kimora Lee's new Fabulosity line, sold exclusively at JC Penny's
The James Brown Estate auction, which was expected to fetch anywhere from $1 to $2 million dollars, hauled in just $857,688 yesterday with 97% of the items offered sold. A judge cleared the way for the auction after it was bitterly contested by James' former trustees and some of his children, who felt the money should go to James' I Feel Good trust as opposed to paying off the accumulated tax debts and expenses the estate has racked up since James' death on Christmas day 2006. Some of the Brown children are particularly upset because they claim they were told to list items they felt should stay off the auction block but said their lists were ultimately ignored. The children felt certain items should have been saved to create a Graceland type museum for the Godfather of Soul.
Hold on to your seats people. The Jesse wants Barack's Nuts controversy ain't over. They say your boy Jesse also dropped a couple of N-bombs in previously unreleased footage from the hot mic conversation that caught him saying he wanted to cut Obama's nuts off. Rumors run the gambit from claiming Jesse called Obama a "no good half breed nigga" to him claiming, "Obama be trying to tell niggas what to do".
Hip Hop hook singer Nate Dogg, who suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed earlier this year, has been going through a thang. First it was the stroke thing, which when word first leaked out, was largely dismissed as rumor but turned out to be horribly true. Then in 2006 he got charged with five misdemeanors -- aggravated trespass of a dwelling, battery, annoying telephone calls, dissuading a witness from reporting a crime and violating a protective order from a previous domestic violence incident -- after breaking into a Huntington Beach home where his ex-girlfriend, her new boyfriend and her mother lived. After Nate got in the house, he punched the boyfriend in the face and left. Three of the five charges were eventually dropped, but Nate's ex and her man filed restraining orders against him.
Despite a high profile acquisition of Death Row Records by Global Music Group, the legal woes for the former Hip-Hop giant continues, as venture capitalist Ron Goldberg is suing the new owners for $25 million. Goldberg alleged in Superior Court that the investors he recruited for the acquisition conspired with Global Music Group president Anthony Marotta and closed the deal without his knowledge.
Last week all your favorite entertainers and models were in Lagos, Nigeria performing at the ThisDay Music and Fashion Festival to spotlight Nigeria's fast-growing reputation as a cultural destination. Jay Z, Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Chris Brown, Fat Joe, Naomi Campbell, Tyson Beckford and Alec Wek, along with tons of local Nigerian music acts and fashion designers were scheduled to make appearances. Unfortunately, the first night the program started a whole five hours late and the fashion show featuring Naomi Campbell and performances by all the local artists had to be cut from the show. Only Rhianna, Jay Z and Usher performed the first night, even though some fans paid as much as $508 for tickets. Anyway, here's some pictures from the event. And if you search You Tube, I'm sure you could find a performance or two. 
A statement released by Natalie Cole's publicist says the liver disease Hepatitis C, spread through contact with infected blood, was revealed to Natalie during a routine check-up and was likely caused by her excessive drug use in years past. You didn't know Nat "King" Cole's daughter used to be a serious druggie? She wrote all about it in her autobiography, Angel on My Shoulder. And please believe, if they'd had Internet back in the day, Natalie would have been an online star to rival the likes of DMX and Whitney Houston.
but Star Jones has nothing to worry about because all his You Tubes are boring as hell, no gossip material whatsoever. I swear I almost fell asleep during one of them. Sure, his flamenicity is amusing to watch for a few seconds, but other than that...boo. Anyway, we've heard it all before. Quite predictably, Al says he still loves Star and continues to wear his wedding ring, won't discuss the terms of his prenuptial agreement, says his wedding day was the most exciting day of his life, claims he's not gay, and that sadly, he and Star don't talk anymore. Click here to see the footage of him talking about his marriage to Star, but it's a good idea to have your morning coffee first or else you might fall alseep at your keyboard.
The Baby Phat and Phat Farm store in Soho closed and Kimora just agreed to sell her Fabulosity line exclusively at JC Penny's.
A poster from Necole Bitchie's blog wrote the following about a Monica sighting: "I was having dinner at Outback and I was pleasantly surprised to see Monica and her two cutie boys…until she changed the oldest ones pamper. Yes I said pamper. And he has to be at least 3! She did it right at the dinner table and then left it and it was filled with #2!!!!!! Can we say restroom and changing table?"
Atlanta rapper Young Jock is being sued by a stereo shop because he got $25,000.00 worth of stereo equipment put in his car, and then didn't pay for it.
Stephon Marbury cut a deal with Amazon to sell his Starbury shoes online.
Terrence J and Rocsi from 106 and Park got into it on air and Rocsi walked off the set on live TV and hasn't been seen since.
Yung Berg got booed at a concert in Dallas.
Ice Cube's new cd Raw Footage is coming out Aug 19th 
