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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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The trouble-prone rapper has been indicted and is facing a possible year behind bars for allegedly violating an order of protection put in place by a neighbor who Brown beaned with a BlackBerry in 2007. And all for allegedly shakin’ that ass.
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New Orleans rapper Juvenile pleaded guilty to marijuana possession after being arrested at a music studio in Arabi in Feb. 2009, according to St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Steve Cannizaro. Juvenile, whose real name is Terius Gray, 34, received a suspended three-month sentence, six-month probation and $250 fine plus court costs, according to Cannizzaro. [...]