New York City rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed Wednesday morning in Hollywood, police say.

Atlanta rapper Big Boi has given a puppy to a little girl who was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot while playing in a bounce house near the city earlier this year. WSB-TV reports (http://2wsb.tv/2uuxTkO ) Big Boi, who’s one-half of the rap duo OutKast, presented Abriya Ellison on Thursday with the pup bred from his kennel business....

The results of a toxicology report for rapper Juice WRLD were released Wednesday, with the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office ruling his cause of death an “accident.” According to the medical examiner, 21-year-old Jarad Higgins died of oxycodone and codeine toxicity in December. The young rapper had suffered what officials previously called a medical incident when he and his...

Rapper Eminem once again dropped a surprise album, releasing of “Music to Be Murdered By” on Friday.

Police and federal agents had been waiting for Juice WRLD’s plane to land at Midway Airport even before the rapper suffered a fatal medical emergency, authorities said Monday. According to Chicago Police Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, the rapper, whose real name is Jarad Higgins, and his entourage “were intercepted by the police department and FBI officials as they entered the lobby”...

Country rocker and rapper Kid Rock was caught on video lashing out at Oprah Winfrey in a vulgar rant while on stage at his Big Ass Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse in Nashville, Tennesee, NBC News reports. “I’m like, Oprah Winfrey or Joy Behar, they can suck d— sideways,” Rock said, according to the video published on TMZ Friday....

Rapper T.I. says he was joking when he said he goes to the gynecologist with his daughter every year to make sure her hymen is “still intact.” The performer, who received backlash when the comments went viral earlier this month, told Jada Pinkett-Smith on Monday’s episode of “Red Table Talk” that he also apologized to his daughter.

Who would’ve thought tonight was Lizzo’s first time performing at the 2019 American Music Awards? The breakout superstar took the AMA stage with a performance packed with confidence and soul–but first, self-love. Donning a bright pink gown covered in layers of tulle, she encouraged the audience to put their lights up and “shine bright” before launching into a powerful performance...

Kanye West has been denied a permit to build an amphitheater on his ranch in Wyoming. The Park County Planning and Zoning Commission made the decision Tuesday after the rapper changed his plans for the structure near Cody. West told county officials he now wants to include residential space.

Kanye West has followed the Johnny Cash route and performed for inmates at a Houston jail. In secret from the public, the star rapper-turned-gospel singer performed songs Friday from his new gospel album “Jesus is King.” He and his choir performed for more than 200 male inmates at one jail facility before crossing the street to another jail facility and...

A$AP Rocky will perform in Sweden several months after he was convicted of assault in a street brawl.

Rapper and actor T.I. said in an interview that aired Tuesday that he goes with his 18-year-old daughter to the gynecologist each year to “check her hymen” and make sure it’s “still intact,” NBC News reports. The online backlash was immediate with many on social media slamming his remarks as disgusting, exemplary of harmful parenting and “horrible on so many...

You’ve met Karla Kardashian, now say hello to ‘Cardi E.’ Ellen DeGeneres revealed her 2019 Halloween costume on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Thursday, and it’s a tribute to one of the most famous women in the game right now: Cardi B.

Kanye West is telling all in his latest interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music Beats 1. The Jesus Is King artist sat down with the radio host at his new ranch in Wyoming on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Together, the self-proclaimed “greatest artist in existence” and Zane talked about all things music, Kanye’s new life in the great outdoors and...

Chance the Rapper chats about hosting “SNL” for the second time while pulling double duty as musical guest, what Kanye West was like at his wedding and how he got everyone from Randy Newman to Nicki Minaj to guest on his album “The Big Day.”

Chance the Rapper chats about hosting “SNL” for the second time while pulling double duty as musical guest, what Kanye West was like at his wedding and how he got everyone from Randy Newman to Nicki Minaj to guest on his album “The Big Day.”

Looks like Kanye completely forgot he owes us an albumOn the 23rd day after Kanye West was set to release “Jesus Is King” (the album), he gave us BTS footage of “Jesus Is King” (the film). The 42-year-old rapper released the first trailer for his highly-anticipated IMAX movie, “Jesus Is King,” earlier this week. While the trailer didn’t give out...

Adam Lambert, who rose on the music scene as the runner-up on “America Idol” in 2009, says he’s happy to see more mainstream LGBTQ artists find major success.

Drake’s father claims the rapper has lied about him being an absentee father to sell records, to which his musician son responded, “The truth is hard for some people to accept.” The father, Dennis Graham, made the claim during a recent appearance on Nick Cannon’s “Close Conversations” show on Los Angeles’ Power 106 radio station. During the interview, Cannon told...

Thousands of people showed up to an outdoor shopping center in Utah to see rapper Kanye West perform what he calls a worship service. Saturday’s concert was held right before the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held its twice-yearly conference in Salt Lake City. West took the stage late in his worship service and performed one song —...