Frederick Richardson, the man charged with voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of A.J. Jewell, the on-off fiancé of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss, was released from Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail early Tuesday.
Was 106 & Park’s own Rocsi banging LisaRaye’s crooked politican ex Michael Misick? Check out what the outspoken actress had to say about the rumors on Big Boy’s Neighborhood this morning…..
Mark your calendars for Sunday, Nov. 22 on ABC: Superstar Jay Z and hubby-snatchin’ songbird Alicia Keys are set to perform the charttopping collabo “Empire State of Mind” at the 2009 American Music Awards next month. The duo performed the single — featured on Hov’s Blueprint 3 LP — at the MTV VMAs last month, but irksome rapper Lil Mama crashed the stage during the performance.
Show producer Larry Klein is excited to have booked the duo for a redux: “We are thrilled to have Jay-Z and Alicia Keys on stage together, both are such talented artists, it’s sure to be a memorable performance.”
Yo Rihanna, The Ex is trying to upstage ya!
Chris Brown just posted some exclusive pictures from the set of his new music video for “I Can Transform Ya,” via his Mechanical Dummy Blog. In the pictures, Chris is seen with producer Swizz Beatz, who mixed the track, as well as rapper Lil Wayne, who is featured spitting a few bars.
The Wait Is Ova! The biggest forehead in pop will release her fourth original studio album, Rated R, on Monday, Nov. 23, according to a press statement from Island Def Jam Records on Tuesday. The album’s first single, the NeYo-penned “Russian Roulette,” premiered worldwide via RihannaNow.com @ 11:23am EST Oct. 20. Check it out!
Emmy-nominated comedian Tracy Morgan writes candidly about how humor helped him survive a turbulent childhood in crack-era New York City in the new memoir I Am The New Black….
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His slew-footed 2006 reality TV debut on Dancing With The Stars didn’t go over so well, but Master P has high hopes for his return to the tube in the VH1 special No Excuses with Master P.
No Excuses, a half-hour special premiering Monday, Oct. 26 @ 10:30PM, features P — whose real name is Percy Miller — trying to help a former gang member turn his life around through his philosophy of “work hard and never make excuses.”
“People think that the only thing that sells on TV is sex or people showing off their lifestyle or what not, but people want to think, too. They want to be educated,” he explains. “My goal is to touch people. To show others what someone had to go through to change their life so that maybe someone watching can do the same.”
Run-DMC’s rise from obscurity in Hollis, Queens to one of the most influential rap groups in history is on its way to the stage, Variety has learned.
Broadway producer Paula Wagner is working to bring the story of Rev. Run, Darryl McDaniels , and their musical partner Jason “Jam-Master Jay” Mizell (who was murdered in 2002) to New York’s iconic Great White Way.
“I feel their story lends itself perfectly to the stage. This project has been a passion of mine for some time and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with them.”
Run-DMC was the first hip-hop act to crossover and influence the rest of the music industry.
Just in time for the Christmas shopping rush, Jailbreak Toys’ new Michelle Obama action figures capture the first lady in some of her signature sleeveless looks.
Three new six inch plastic Michelle Obama action figures — masterminded by the same company who created Barack Obama action figures during the presidential campaign — show the First Lady wearing some of her signature dresses…..The new Michelle dolls start shipping Nov. 20 and are priced at $12.99.
The Tax Man cometh for Nasty Nas…….The Internal Revenue Service has slammed hip-hop heavyweight Nas with a demand for $2.5m in unpaid taxes, according to reports Monday.
The IRS has requested that the rapper pay the massive figure for outstanding taxes owed between 2006 and 2007, according to TMZ.com.
The tax bill is the least in a string of money troubles for Nas, who was recently ordered to pay his estranged wife Kelis and their infant son Knight $30,471 a month in support.
