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Nas Pays The IRS $3.5 Million In Back Taxes

Nas Pays The IRS $3.5 Million In Back Taxes

Jan 17, 2017

Nas is avoiding jail time by opting to pay the IRS a decent chunk of change for taxes he failed to pay almost a decade ago.

Lil Wayne Refutes Birdman's Claims That 'Tha Carter V' Is Releasing Soon

Lil Wayne Refutes Birdman's Claims That 'Tha Carter V' Is Releasing Soon

Jan 16, 2017

Lil Wayne and Birdman disagree yet again, what a surprise…

Drake And Future's 'Summer Sixteen Tour May Be The Highest Grossing Hip-Hop Tour Ever

Drake And Future's 'Summer Sixteen Tour May Be The Highest Grossing Hip-Hop Tour Ever

Jan 15, 2017

Drake definitely won 2016, and he's already starting to rack up achievements in 2017.

YG Is Being Sued Over Copyright Infringement By A Former Collaborator

YG Is Being Sued Over Copyright Infringement By A Former Collaborator

Jan 15, 2017

YG is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit over two of his biggest songs.

Ciara Drops Her $15 Million Lawsuit Against Future

Ciara Drops Her $15 Million Lawsuit Against Future

Jan 12, 2017

Ciara is dropping her multi-million dollar lawsuit against ex-fiancé Future.

Prince Didn't Own A Single Stock But He Did Have $800,000 Worth Of Gold Bars At The Time Of His Death

Prince Didn't Own A Single Stock But He Did Have $800,000 Worth Of Gold Bars At The Time Of His Death

Jan 11, 2017

Prince had a really unconventional way of going about investing.

Mariah Carey Claims Dick Clark Productions Sabotaged Her NYE Performance

Mariah Carey Claims Dick Clark Productions Sabotaged Her NYE Performance

Jan 3, 2017

Mariah Carey and the production company behind her New Year's Eve performance are engaged in a public war of words that may turn into a lawsuit!

Run-DMC Sues Walmart And Amazon For $50 Million

Run-DMC Sues Walmart And Amazon For $50 Million

Jan 3, 2017

Run-DMC has some serious allegations against Walmart and Amazon and are suing them for $50 million as a result.

Kendrick Lamar Is One Of The Most Generous Guys In Hip-Hop

Kendrick Lamar Is One Of The Most Generous Guys In Hip-Hop

Jan 2, 2017

2016 was a terrific year for Kendrick Lamar. He took home five Grammy Awards and has been universally praised for his music. But a look at some of his charitable and humanitarian efforts reveals one of the biggest hearts in the game.

Wale Has An Interesting List Of Demands On His 18-Page Tour Rider

Wale Has An Interesting List Of Demands On His 18-Page Tour Rider

Jan 2, 2017

Wale's tour rider isn't the most outrageous we've ever seen, but it's interesting, to say the least.

Lil Wayne Has No Idea How Martin Shkreli Got His Hands On 'Tha Carter V'

Lil Wayne Has No Idea How Martin Shkreli Got His Hands On 'Tha Carter V'

Dec 29, 2016

The "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli strikes again, and this time, he claims he has one of the most anticipated unreleased albums in hip hop.

Florida's Tourism Department Paid Pitbull $1 Million To Promote The State In Music Video

Florida's Tourism Department Paid Pitbull $1 Million To Promote The State In Music Video

Dec 21, 2016

Some Florida legislators are upset over how much Florida's tourism department paid Pitbull to make a music video!

Chris Martin Says Coldplay Donates 10 Percent Of Their Net Worth To Charity

Chris Martin Says Coldplay Donates 10 Percent Of Their Net Worth To Charity

Dec 16, 2016

Chris Martin and his Coldplay band mates are a very generous bunch.

The Music Industry Has Made More Than $1 Billion From YouTube Ads In The Last Year

The Music Industry Has Made More Than $1 Billion From YouTube Ads In The Last Year

Dec 15, 2016

YouTube recently made the announcement that in the last year, the massively popular video streaming site has paid out more than a billion dollars in advertising revenue to the music industry alone.

Jay-Z's Private Jet Startup "JetSmarter" Just Raised $105 Million In Series C Funding

Jay-Z's Private Jet Startup "JetSmarter" Just Raised $105 Million In Series C Funding

Dec 14, 2016

Jay Z is one of the investors in JetSmarter, a company which aims to be Uber for private jets, which recently raised $105 million in Series C funding.