#Socialites, join us in sending condolences to the family of Robert Hoobler — aka “Uncle Bob” the New Orleans cop that saved Lil Wayne’s life when he shot himself at 12 years old. RELATED: Lil Wayne Opens Up About Mental Health & Past Suicide Attempt Robert Hoobler, New Orleans Cop Who Saved Lil Wayne’s Life … Read more
Rappers Young Thug and Gunna are currently in the slammer over a RICO indictment and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis recently revealed that more rappers could be going down with them. In an interview with WSBTV, Willis said there will be two more gang racketeering indictments “over the next 60 days.” She also spoke … Read more
While Will Smith has kept a low profile since his infamous Oscars incident earlier this year, his pal and fellow actor Kevin Hart has spoken out to assure fans the “Men In Black” star is in a “better space.” As previously reported, Will resigned from Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just days … Read more
Festival organizers announced Wednesday that Ludacris will be replacing Lil Wayne after it was reported that the rapper was denied entry to the United Kingdom. “Due to extreme circumstances beyond our control or influence, we are very sorry to inform you that Lil Wayne is now unable to perform at the festival on Saturday 18th … Read more
Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat isn’t the only one receiving death threats over the YSL RICO case. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis recently spoke with Channel 2 where she shared that she now has to take extraordinary measures to protect herself and her family amid threats over the high-profile racketeering indictment involving Atlanta rappers … Read more
BREAKING UPDATE: Jamichael Jones, Man Suspected Of Killing Rapper Trouble, Is Now In Police Custody Atlanta rapper known as Trouble was shot and killed in a suburb of the city on Sunday, as we previously reported. He was just 34-years-old at the time. Officials later shared that they were looking for a man identified as … Read more
Jamichael Jones, the 33-year-old who police believe is responsible for the death of rapper Trouble, agreed to turn himself in on Monday evening, according to multiple reports, who confirm he’s been taken into custody. As per Fox 5 and WSB-TV 2, citing the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, Jamichael acceded to surrender after he’s alleged to … Read more
Are You Here For This? Doja Cat Leads 2022 BET Awards With Six Nomination; Drake & Ari Lennox Land Four Each! The nominees for the 2022 BET Awards were announced this Wednesday and some of our favorites are up to snag an award this year! Leading the pack is Doja Cat who earned a total … Read more
On Monday, the New York State Senate approved the “Rap Music on Trial” law, a bill that prevents song lyrics from being used as evidence in criminal cases, developing protection for all artists and content creators, including rappers. RELATED:Gunna & His Legal Team Insist He’s Innocent & Condemn The Legal System For Using His Lyrics … Read more
As we previously reported, Raqhid Jevon Render, known as Atlanta rapper Lil Keed sadly passed away on Friday (May 13) at the age of 24. The rapper, who was signed to Young Thug through his record label Young Stoner Life, passed away from health related issues. Various unconfirmed reports claim either liver or kidney failure. Since, … Read more
The music world has lost another star. Earlier this morning rumors about rapper Lil Keed began circulating online. Sadly, Keed’s brother, Lil Gotit, confirmed the news of his passing on Instagram at around 1:30 a.m. “Can’t believe I seemed u die, today bro, I did all my cries I know what u want me to … Read more
UPDATE: Rapper Gunna Denied Bond On Racketeering Charge According to an updated report by 11 Alive, Gunna was denied bond in an appearance Wednesday in Fulton County court. As we previously reported, Gunna surrendered to police and was booked on racketeering charge earlier in the morning. Gunna, whose legal name is Sergio Kitchens, is one … Read more
Atlanta rapper Gunna and his legal team are insisting that he is an innocent man and that the legal system is wrong for using his lyrics against him in his latest arrest. RELATED:: Young Thug & Gunna Have Been Arrested And Charged With Armed Robbery, Murder & More Gunna Indicted As we’ve been reporting, Gunna … Read more
As we previously reported, Young Thug, whose name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested at his home in Buckhead, Atlanta on Monday. He was was among 28 people indicted in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state’s RICO act and street gang charges, according to jail records. While fellow rapper Gunna was also hit with … Read more
Pusha T recently appeared on ‘Drink Champs,’ with hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN. During his interview, he reveals that he’s been banned from Canada, ever since his brawl back in 2018. While Pusha couldn’t say much, N.O.R.E. jumps in and suggests Drake is the man that made the call to get Pusha banned from Drake’s native country. RELATED: Pusha-T … Read more
Is Antonio Brown a Grammy worthy artist? Keyshia Cole thinks so! The veteran R&B singer popped out for Gunna’s new weed strain launch event in downtown L.A. on Wednesday, where she and fellow collaborator AB hit the stage. While there, TMZ caught up with the star and asked her a few questions about their new … Read more
A Killeen, Texas mother was shot and killed while visiting her son’s gravesite to honor his “first birthday in heaven.” RELATED STORIES: Mother Dies While Saving Her Cousin From Detroit River The shooting took place on Tuesday at the Calvary Baptist Church Garden of Memories Cemetery where Yolanda N’Gaojia was visiting her son Amir’s gravesite. Yolanda’s … Read more
Joyner Lucas Disses Machine Gun Kelly & Pulls Out Of Lollapalooza Over ‘Weak Ass Bag’ & Lineup Placement: ‘Got Me Next To A Bunch Of Random N***as’ Yikes! Rapper Joyner Lucas is begging for respect on his name as he disses Machine Gun Kelly and pulls out of Lollapalooza — all because they offered him a … Read more
Drake Named No. 1 Most Streamed Artist Of 2021 Drake is still dominating the music charts and streams. Most recently, his hit album Certified Lover Boy was the most streamed rap project of the year, and the numbers demonstrate that. Chart Data confirmed that Drake was officially named the top streamed artist last year in the US, … Read more
Gunna Opens Up About Being “ Close Friends” With Chloe Bailey Despite Trying To Shoot His Shot After Sexy Her VMAs Performance: “It Definitely Was The Tongue For Me!” During an interview on the Breakfast Club, Gunna talks about his new project DS4EVER, being kicked off his private jet with Young Thug due to a … Read more
Drake Withdraws His 2021 Grammy Nominations Socialites, get into this: According to Variety, Drake has withdrawn his two Grammy nominations. A rep for the Recording Academy confirmed the news to the outlet. As of right now, it’s completely unclear why, but sources tell Variety that the decision was actually made by Drake himself and his management. … Read more
“Ayesha” Trends After Drake Seemingly Name Drops Steph Curry’s Wife On New Song “Race My Mind” While many people seem to be loving Drake’s new album Certified Lover Boy, one track, in particular, has got social media talking. RELATED: Kanye’s Manager Says He And Chris Brown Are Cool Again — Beef With Drake Can Get … Read more
Kanye West’s Second ‘Donda’ Event Is Most-Watched Apple Music Livestream In History Kanye West does it again! Kanye West’s latest Donda listening party at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta last Thursday, broke records and became the most watched livestream for Apple Music, with 5.4 million viewers. The rapper also livestreamed from his room at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium … Read more
Justin Bieber & Megan Thee Stallion Lead The 2021 VMAs! The list of nominees for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards are out and Justin Bieber and Megan Thee Stallion are leading the pack this year! The “Peaches” artist is leading the field with seven noms including Artist of the Year. The H-town Hottie Megan … Read more
DaBaby Dropped From Lollapalooza’s Sunday Night Lineup The bags are dropping for rapper #DaBaby as he just lost another major gig! Following homophobic comments he made onstage at last week’s Rolling Loud festival in Miami, the rapper has now been dropped from Sunday night’s Lollapalooza line-up. In a Tweet, Lollapalooza organizers revealed the news following … Read more
DaBaby Reportedly Dropped From UK’s Parklife Festival Looks like DaBaby is being kicked to the curb once again. According to TMZ, the rapper has been dropped from a music festival in Manchester, England amid his controversy over his homophobic comments as Rolling Loud. RELATED: GLAAD Releases Statement In Response To DaBaby’s Homophobic Remarks At Rolling … Read more
Childish Gambino Sued By Rapper For Allegedly Stealing Grammy Hit ‘This Is America’ A day after celebrating 3 years since its release, it’s reported that Childish Gambino is being sued by another rapper for allegedly stealing his massive Grammy hit “This Is America.” Emelike Nwosuocha, known under his moniker Kidd Wes, is suing Childish, aka Donald Glover, … Read more
Vince Ash Signs To Eminem’s Manager’s Label Goliath Records & Drops ‘VITO’ Deluxe Longtime Eminem manager Paul Rosenberg has signed his first flagship artist to Goliath Records. On Friday (April 14), Indiana rapper Vince Ash inked a joint venture deal with Paul Rosenberg’s Goliath as well as Interscope Records. To celebrate the signing, he released … Read more
San Antonio Zoo: Name A Cockroach After Your Ex & Watch It Get Eaten For Valentine’s Day! If you’re needing help getting over an ex, the San Antonio Zoo has your back as they’re offering customers the opportunity to name a cockroach after your former lover and watch them get eaten by another animal for … Read more
Booke & Bighead Set The Bar With New Hit “Put That Sh** On” Featuring Gunna At the onset of the Pandemic Gucci Gang Producer Bighead and his management Alex Loyalty and Co Producer Manzo headed to Atlanta to scope the landscape of a new music world with increased restrictions and artists not knowing what the … Read more
Marc Jacobs Believes Clothing Has No Gender While Harry Styles, Young Thug and others have been blasted by the likes of Candace Owens for wearing dresses and not appearing ‘manly,’ legendary designer Marc Jacob is giving his insight on fashion and clothing, adding that it has no gender. “I’ve worn women’s Prada for, I don’t … Read more
H.E.R., Chris Brown & Beyoncé Top Nominees For 2020 Soul Train Awards! The list of nominees for the 2020 Soul Train ceremony has just been announced and some of our favorite entertainers are up to grab an award! RELATED: Beyoncé Teams Up With Peloton To Create “Homecoming” Themed Workouts — Multi-Year Partnership Will Benefit HBCUs! … Read more
Lil Wayne’s Alleged Tour Bus Shooter Is Released From Jail: ‘I’m Free’ After copping a plea in the 2015 incident, Jimmy Winfrey, Lil Wayne‘s alleged tour bus shooter, has been released from jail. Winfrey went on Instagram to confirm his release with a photo of himself standing on the steps of a private jet, captioning … Read more
Lil Wayne’s Alleged Bus Shooter Cops Plea Deal Jimmy Winfrey, the guy accused of shooting at Lil Wayne’s bus in 2015 has copped a plea deal. According to new legal documents obtained by TMZ, Winfrey has pled guilty to 2 counts of violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act. Now, as part of … Read more
Drake Seemingly Sends Shots At Pusha T & Kanye West On “Only You Freestyle” After UK rapper Headie One released his new single “Only You Freestyle” featuring Drake, fans have suspected that the Toronto rapper seemingly sent shots at his rivals Pusha T and Kanye West on his opening verse. Drake raps, “Sh*t you man been droppin’ … Read more
James Harden Responds After Getting Backlash For “Blue Lives Matter” Mask: “I Thought It Looked Cool” The Houston Rockets recently snapped a photo of their player James Harden rocking a Blue Lives Matter mask and it caused quite a stir on social media. RELATED: Terry Crews And Don Lemon Clash During Black Lives Matter Debate … Read more
Pusha-T Seemingly Disses Drake On Leaked Pop Smoke Track While fans flooded Twitter amid the release of the Pop Smoke album ‘Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon,’ some were surprised to learn that one song, “Paranoia,” was missing from the posthumous release after being leaked; it featured Young Thug, Gunna, and Pusha-T, who seemingly … Read more
Eminem Slams Joe Budden & Diddy’s REVOLT Platform On Leaked Track A newly leaked version of Eminem and Conway The Machine‘s “Bang” surfaces, and it looks to add fuel to the beef between Em and Joe Budden as he slams the New Jersey rapper/podcaster, plus Diddy‘s media platform REVOLT, on which Budden also serves as … Read more
Future Scores His Seventh No. 1 Billboard 200 Album Debut With ‘High Off Life’ #Socialites, join us in congratulating Future on his latest achievement! As expected, his surprise new album “High Off Life” went No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, making it his seventh chart-topper. As Billboard reports, the album, which was released … Read more
Lil Baby Says He’s Not Doing Anymore Features Lil Baby has been taking the music world by storm! On top of making a number of hits, the rapper was recently named the biggest songwriter of the year by Music Business Worldwide with 22 gold certifications with RIAA. RELATED: Swizz Beatz Thinks Rappers Should Pay ‘Taxes’ … Read more
Future’s New Album “High Off Life” That Dropped Midnight Is Already Certified Gold! Future just dropped his first album of 2020 and it’s already a success! RELATED: DJ Khaled Reportedly Threw a Fit After New Album ‘Father of Asahd’ Debuts At No. 2 According to Chart Data, which is an account that shares news on … Read more
Pop Smoke Posthumously Debuts On Billboard Hot 100 With ‘Dior’ Since his tragic murder, Pop Smoke continues living out his legacy through his music, which has seen a spike in streams, about 392%, and includes a posthumous debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with his hit “Dior.” While the Brooklyn rapper made an appearance … Read more
HU Exclusive: Giving You The Keys To The Premiere Of “Uncut Gems” RELATED: HU EXCLUSIVE: Giving You The Keys To The Jumanji: The Next Level World Premiere Hollywood Unlocked was in the building for the Los Angeles premiere of “Uncut Gems” at The Dome on Sunset! Now we are used to having Adam Sandler make … Read more
The world’s biggest hip-hop festival took place for the first time in New York City during Columbus Day weekend! Rolling Loud NYC took place in Queens at Citi Field where over 60,000 attendees from each of the five boroughs, Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut made their way to see their favorite performers on stage. … Read more
If you missed out, we’ve got you covered! For its second night of Fan Fest Saturday (June 23), BET Experience 2018 hosted its Hip-Hop night at Staples Center filled with booty-shaking and head-bobbing hits from Meek Mill, Rae Sremmurd, A$AP Ferg and Nipsey Hussle. In addition, Playboi Carti, Kamaiyah, Lil Pump and Wondagurl hit the stage to run their smashes and keep the … Read more
Mariah The Scientist is coming to Sexyy Red’s defense! The rapper has been taking a bunch of wins in the music game after dropping a couple of hit-catchy songs. However many believe she recently caught an “L” after uploading a sex tape to her Instagram Story. Despite the massive online backlash, Red spoke out to … Read more
No games! Just hours after Ja Morant posted and quickly deleted a few cryptic messages on his Instagram page, officers popped up at his home to do a welfare check on the Memphis Grizzlies star. Thankfully, they discovered he is not in any sort of danger. According to an exclusive report by TMZ, cops went … Read more
An OnlyFans model from Australia says she might’ve ruined her mother’s marriage after revealing that her stepfather became one of her subscribers. RELATED STORIES: Public Defender In YSL Rico Case Says She “Needs To Start An Onlyfans After Revealing They Aren’t Getting Paid Enough The model identified only as Tai, described the moment she exposed her … Read more
Last month, Colin Kaepernick made headlines after accusing his white adoptive parents of stirring a “problematic” upbringing that was rooted around perpetuating racism, saying that while they certainly loved him, there were moments when being Black in a white household was somewhat problematic. One of many issues he faced was a fight he had with … Read more
While in the slammer serving a 30 year prison sentence for multiple sex abuse charges, R. Kelly has managed to set the internet on fire! An album called ‘I Admit‘ hit streaming platforms and now Sony Music is speaking out since pulling the project. As we’ve previously reported, Kelly was found guilty and convicted on … Read more
During the season finale of BET’s College Hill Celebrity edition, India Love Westbrook gets candid about her childhood trauma while speaking with her life coach, Dr. Melanie Lawson. The show which also stars Nene Leakes, Slim Thug, Ray J, Lamar Odom, Big Freedia, Stacey Dash, and DreamDoll, is about celebrities that didn’t attend or finish … Read more
Trump Jr. On Kenosha Shooter: “We All Do Stupid Things At 17” Donald Trump Jr. is speaking out on the teen thug who killed two innocent protestors and ended up wounding a third in Kenosha Wis. last month. Instead of condemning the crime, he’s called for due process for the 17-year-old. “We’re waiting for due process. … Read more
A North Carolina man attacked a teen Walmart employee because his pants were too low along with telling him to “go back to your country” in a video uploaded to Facebook last week. RELATED STORIES: Walmart To Stop Selling “All Lives Matters” Merchandise The video was originally recorded by Mat Weber at a local Walmart in … Read more
Former Prosecutor Linda Fairstein Sues Ava DuVernay Over Netflix Series ”When They See Us” #Socialites, get into this! Just nearly a year after Ava DuVernay released “When They See Us,” the filmmaker is now being sued over the Netflix docuseries! RELATED: Ava DuVernay & Netflix Score Most 2019 Emmy Nominations With ‘When They See Us’ … Read more
Rapper Lexii Alijai’s Cause Of Death Revealed To Be From Overdose RELATED: Rising Minnesota Rapper Lexii Alijai Dies At 21 Rapper Lexii Alijai’s cause of death has been revealed, weeks after her tragic passing. According to PEOPLE, the young artist passer after consuming a fatal concoction of drugs and alcohol, “This individual died due to mixed … Read more
