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 [...]

Rapper Shyne born Jamal Barrow was scheduled to be released from prison Tuesday (October 6) after serving more than nine years of a 10-year sentence in connection with the 2001 Club New York shooting involving Diddy and Jennifer Lopez. But his release is now under review, as representatives for the rapper revealed to MTV News [...]

Shyne reported to court last month for a parole hearing and was granted a two-and-a-half years post-release supervision ruling upon leaving prison. “It’s a blessing that he’s coming home,” Puff told DJ Absolut in an interview over the weekend. “I spoke with him a couple weeks ago. He sounded like he was in good spirits. [...]

Diddy will end his exclusive deal with Warner Music Group/Atlantic Records at the end of September. The music mogul confirms his exit from the record label to Billboard. “Now that the term of the Warner deal has ended, I have elected to accept an opportunity to move my recording career and future label venture to [...]

There is a rumor going around saying that Chris Brown and Amber Rose got it in at the White Party: Sources are saying that they were all over each other the whole night. Amber was consumed with him and wouldn’t let him out of her sight. They eventually were seen on the dance floor kissing, [...]

Combs confirmed the name of the follow-up to 2006′s last album ‘Press Play’, during an episode of his MTV show Making The Band 4. Diddy has worked with T-Pain on the LP and he’s described the pair’s time in the studio. “T-Pain gave me permission to use the vocoder, the Auto-Tune, and he showed me [...]