According to online reports, rapper Jay Z faces more damaging claims from current employees of his 40/40 nightclub. Employees say Jay Z’s manager, Desiree Gonzalez, is forcing them to sign a waiver releasing the club from damages in the ongoing class action lawsuit against Jay Z and the club.
Any employee who refuses to sign […]

I guess the babysitting gig didn’t work out? According to online reports, Usher is considering re-hiring his mother, Jonetta Patton, whom he famously fired just before Mother’s Day last year on orders of his wife Tameka Foster.
Usher recently attempted to save face by telling reporters he didn’t actually fire his mom - he just […]

This info was emailed to me by a loyal reader, so please don’t quote me on this. Word is Chris Brown has signed on to be the new face of Proactiv skin care. Chris’ battle with acne is no secret. While in Atlanta this past weekend, fans noticed Chris was very self-conscious […]

Some idiot gave Lil’ Wayne his own brand of champagne. Can you believe it? The jokes are writing themselves. Will the champagne be packaged with syrup and styrofoam cups?
Rapper Lil’ Wayne has signed a deal to create his own brand of champagne.
The Lollipop hitmaker has teamed up with French vineyard and wine […]

Jay Z was in London, England last night sipping expensive champagne and not giving a damn about his employees who filed a class action lawsuit against him yesterday in a Manhattan court.
What happened to the brother from the Marcy projects? Has he forgotten where he came from and how hard he had […]

Jay Z is facing another lawsuit from employees of his 40/40 sports bar in Manhattan. Jay Z is listed as the “owner” of the 40/40 franchise until the lawsuits start pouring in - then he conveniently becomes just an investor.
Anyway, a class action lawsuit was filed today in a Manhattan court by 40/40 employees […]

They say the foundation of a strong family unit is the father. In this case, the father flew the coop to live with a professional ball player, leaving his family without a home or a future. Itsthereal.com breaks down what happened next.

According to EW.com, former American Idol winner Fantasia was unceremoniously dumped by her management company, 19 Management, today.
The reason for the split, according to sources, is that age-old saw “creative differences.” However, like many other Idol contestants, Fantasia remains on the label 19 Recordings and will continue to share music sales profits with the company.
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Stellar performances by Rihanna, Al Green, Maxwell, Alicia Keys and Ne-Yo couldn’t draw viewers to the BET Awards on Tuesday night. This year’s awards show which honors the best in African-American music, sports and film, only drew 5.8 million viewers according to Nielsen ratings.
Tuesday night’s ratings was the smallest in the BET franchise’s eight-year […]

So far I’ve managed to avoid the ridiculous public beef between Ice T’s grown ass vs. Soulja Boy’s silly ass - I think both parties are wrong, but especially the OG Ice T. A grown man of 50 arguing with a young silly boy is never a good look.
But something happened this weekend to […]