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Exclusive Detroit rapper 42 Dugg‘s wearing a new accessory, but there’s no celeb jeweler involved this time — instead, it’s cops who’ve put a GPS monitor on him after he allegedly tried to evade police. The rapper was busted Monday in Oakland County, Michigan nearly 2 months after cops say he fled from officers in

Chicago rapper FBG Duck was shot and killed in downtown Chicago on Tuesday (August 4), the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed. Born Carlton Weekly, he was shot on the 100 block of East Oak Street and pronounced dead at 5:06 p.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He was 26. In a press

Exclusive Details Dr. Dre‘s wife is not getting divorced without a fight, because she’s challenging their prenup and $1 billion is on the line. Nicole Young just filed legal docs, obtained by TMZ, in which she claims she was forced to sign the prenup back in 1996. Nicole says Dre is now worth $1 bil,

The Legal Team were unable to find any corroboration whatsoever of a sexual assault at the Milwaukee venue. They request that if there is anyone with corroborating information of an event as described in the allegation to please contact them. Privacy will be respected. It was ascertained that The Killers very frequently have women working

Exclusive Kanye West‘s uphill battle to become President is getting steeper every day, but he IS ahead of Joe Biden in one way … he’s officially listed Michelle Tidball as his running mate. Kanye 2020 is having an up-and-down Monday, so far, because his campaign submitted petitions to get on the Arkansas ballot for prez

Last week, Arcade Fire performed a live, socially-distant version of “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” to celebrate The Suburbs’ 10th anniversary. The performance by Régine Chassagne and Win Butler was part of a livestream hosted by Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts. Chassagne and Butler also performed “The Suburbs” and “Haiti” off 2004’s Funeral. Arcade Fire

Play video content Breaking News @hybridtrapmusic / Instagram So, you’re confused on how ‘rona spreads … well, we’re here to help, take a look at his video from — you guessed it — Lake of the Ozarks. The EDM concert was packed to the gills with partiers stacked like sardines, and like sardines, almost no

Taylor Swift’s folklore has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with over 846,000 equivalent album units sold in the first week since it was released on July 24, as Billboard reports. It replaces Juice WRLD’s posthumous album Legends Never Die as the biggest chart debut of the year. Swift’s new LP

Exclusive Details Kanye West‘s presidential campaign just got serious, because he’s gunning to get on the Ohio ballot, and that state could be a determining factor in who occupies the White House. Kanye hired a company, Let the Voters Decide, to amass voter signatures in 3 states … Ohio, West Virginia and Arkansas. Ye needs

Earlier this month, Jay-Z, Yo Gotti, and Team ROC helped secure legal representation for 227 inmates at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison, enabling them to file a class action lawsuit against the new Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Nathan Burl Cain and prison healthcare provider Centurion, alleging subpar living conditions at Parchman. According to documents viewed by

Adele is heaping on the ultimate praise to Beyonce, wearing the same outfit featured in her new smash hit project, ‘Black is King’ … and the internet can’t deal. The singer shouted out Bey’s new visual album Saturday on Instagram, posting a photo of herself posing in front of her TV with the flick on

After teasing a new collaboration, Lil Uzi Vert and Future have released a pair of new songs: “Over Your Head” and “Patek” (not to be confused with Uzi’s 2018 single “New Patek”). Check those both out below. It’s the first new music from the pair since they linked up for “All Bad,” a cut from

Exclusive J. Cole is currently training his ass off in hopes of getting a shot to make an NBA roster … so says Master P, who offered the rap star some pretty sound advice. First, let’s talk J. Cole — the “No Role Models” rapper was a solid hooper back in high school and famously

Arrow de Wilde said she was told that the incident was orchestrated by Brooks Nielsen and cost the band “a few hundred bucks,” calling it “a pretty expensive joke.” Starcrawler guitarist Henri Cash corroborated de Wilde’s story in a statement to Pitchfork. “Everything Arrow said in her statement is true,” Cash wrote. “We were locked

Exclusive Nicki Minaj‘s husband really wants to be there for the birth of the couple’s first child … a once-in-a-lifetime moment he might have to miss due to his pending criminal case. Kenneth Petty just submitted legal docs, obtained by TMZ, begging the judge to modify the terms of his pretrial release conditions so he

Beyoncé has released her new visual album Black Is King, via Disney+. The project is written, directed, and executive produced by Beyoncé, and features appearances by JAY-Z, Kelly Rowland, Naomi Campbell, Tina Knowles-Lawson, Lupita Nyong’o, and more, in addition to Bey herself. Black Is King is based on the music of The Lion King: The

If you have never heard Paul Mark before listening to Gravity, this album asks you to make important decisions from the outset. It is true Mark’s work exists well within the wheelhouse of the singer/songwriter genre, but his performance moves in the realm of artists like Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, and some Bob Dylan rather than

Exclusive Details Tamar Braxton is opening up about her attempt to end her own life, claiming her years in the reality TV business and the “toxic, systemic bondage” that dwells there almost killed her … but now she’s healing and speaking up. Tamar says the July 16 incident was “my attempt to end my pain

Kehlani has shared the music video fo “Can I.” The video, directed by Sebastian Sdaigui and Hyphy Williams, is an “ode to sex work, honoring sex workers, uplifting their movement,” Kehlani tweeted. The visual ends with a message from Kehlani’s friend Da’Shaun Harrison about sex work. Find Harrison’s message and watch the “Can I” video

Breaking News Malik B., one of the founding rappers of The Roots, has died. The hip-hop group announced Malik’s passing Wednesday with a tribute post that read, in part, “It is with heavy hearts and tearful eyes that we regretfully inform you of the passing of our beloved brother and long time Roots member Malik

Coleman claimed that the day after the incident, she ran into Zahner-Isenberg, who allegedly grabbed her and said, “I know, I raped you and stuff, I’m sorry.” The second alleged incident occurred during Avi Buffalo’s first tour. Coleman said she was informed that she would be staying at Zahner-Isenberg’s sister’s house one night during the

Exclusive The Chainsmokers‘ drive-in concert in the Hamptons sure looked dangerous, COVID-wise, but sources connected to the charity event say don’t believe your eyes … and insist coronavirus guidelines were in place. These sources tell TMZ … videos circulating of the Saturday night concert are misleading, and don’t show how the area in front of

Trevor Powers—the artist who formerly recorded under the name Youth Lagoon—has released a new album called Capricorn. Recorded in a cabin near the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho, the new album is a largely instrumental ambient project; stream it below. After giving up the Youth Lagoon moniker in 2016, Powers released the first album under his

A$AP Bari was a passenger in a Lamborghini that crashed and spun out in NYC … sending 3 people to the hospital. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Bari was riding shotgun Monday around 5 PM in a Lambo SUV that was driven by a 23-year-old woman. We’re told the woman tried to get off

The nominees for the 2020 Emmy Awards have been announced. Among the nominees in the music categories are Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who picked up nods in Outstanding Music Composition For a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for their work on HBO’s Watchmen. Labrinth also

Exclusive If Demi Lovato‘s engagement ring looked expensive, that’s only because it’s worth more than $2 million, and comes with some razzle-dazzle too … TMZ has learned. Sources with knowledge tell us … Demi’s ring would cost the average Joe off the street anywhere between $2.5 million and $5 million — and that’s due to

Best Coast’s debut album Crazy for You came out 10 years ago today, and to mark the occasion, Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno have announced a 10th birthday full album performance stream. Paramore’s Hayley Williams, blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, and CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry are among the special guests set to appear. The event takes place on

Breaking News Two icons. One photo. Colin Kaepernick and Dr. Dre struck a pose together to send a message — taking a knee during a recent get together … and LeBron James approves! “Defiant,” Dre wrote about their photo posted Sunday night. Unclear when and where the pic was taken. We’re working on it. The

Part Time, the Los Angeles rock band fronted by David Loca who released numerous albums on Burger Records, has had multiple records pulled from streaming services. The labels Mexican Summer and Plastic Response Records cited anonymous allegations of abuse as the reason for having Part Time’s music removed. Loca subsequently issued an apology statement on