David Darnell Brown, who performs under the stage name Young Buck, filed for protection under Chapter 13 of the bankruptcy code earlier this month. The filing came soon after IRS personnel carried out an early-morning raid on Brown’s lakeside home in Hendersonville, seizing much of his personal property. The bankruptcy petition came to light Monday [...]

Haiti hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is not on the list of approved candidates who satisfy legal requirements to run in the country’s November 28 presidential election, an electoral official said on Thursday. The presidential bid by the 40-year-old singer-songwriter and international celebrity had triggered widespread enthusiasm in his poor, earthquake-ravaged Caribbean homeland. But it had [...]

Jay-Z pulled in $63 million over the past 12 months, earning him his second straight hip-hop cash crown. His income level places him in the 35% tax bracket, which means he’ll pay Uncle Sam about $22 million this year–a sum greater than the total earnings of any other rap star besides second-ranked Diddy. 1. Jay-Z [...]

Laurence Fishburne has had enough, and has reportedly told his porn star daughter to kick rocks. According to TMZ, 18 year old Montana contacted her dad for the first time since news of her XXX career broke and he wasn’t having it. Laurence reportedly told her her, “I’m not going to speak with you ’till [...]

Kobe helped me finish my #POWER ®emix verse … Just building on the concept of #POWE… and Mos helped me find the “old me” lyrically Saturday afternoon looking at Pantone charts … Designing costumes for my album movie Dark Twisted Fantasy… Heading to Eastern Europe Listening to “Fancy” … This is a big statement but [...]