Archive for the ‘Hip Hop, Pop and R&B’ Category

BEASTIE BOYS’ ADAM ‘MCA’ YAUCH DEAD AFTER BATTLE WITH CANCER. Gil Kaufman
NEW YORK (MTV.com) – Beastie Boys co-founder Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch is dead at the age of 47, after a long battle with cancer. Yauch was absent last month when the group was inducted into the Hall of Fame, sparking rumors that his health had [...]

AFTER SUCCESSFUL 1ST RUN, KEYSHIA COLE RETURNS TO REALITY TV. By Mary Jane Collins
LOS ANGELES – Keyshia Cole got her first start in reality television on her hit BET show ‘Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is.’ The series began in 2006 and ran for three seasons. During the broadcast, we watched Cole grow from a [...]

BEYONCE WINS JOURNALISM AWARD FOR HER MAGAZINE ARTICLE. By Mary Jane Collins
NEW YORK – Is there anything our girl Beyonce can’t do?  Conquering the music world is nothing but a “G” thang to Mrs Carter. Now she has ventured off into the world of journalism. After writing a popular magazine piece, Beyonce will be [...]

BEYONCE DENIES RUMOR CLAIMING SHE USED SURROGATE MOM. By Mass Appeal News
NEW YORK (MassAppealNews.com) – Just months after giving birth to Blue Ivy Carter, there’s a nasty rumor going around claiming Beyonce Knowles used a surrogate for her first daughter with husband Jay Z. Blue Ivy entered the world in January amid speculation Beyonce wasn’t [...]

JAY-Z AND RIHANNA WILL KICK OFF THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS. By Mary Jane Collins
NEW YORK – Jay-Z and Rihanna are set to kick-off the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. The two will headline BBC’s Radio 1 Hackney Weekend 2012 – a mega concert event from June 23 to 24, a month before the games [...]

OBAMA GIVES SHOUT-OUT TO YOUNG JEEZY AT WHITE HOUSE FUNCTION. By Mary Jane Collins
WASHINGTON (MassAppealNews.com) – Rapper Young Jeezy finally received a well-deserved nod from President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night. After being asked what would happen a second term, the president cracked a joke to the glee of [...]

CISSY HOUSTON IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING A BOOK ABOUT WHITNEY. By Mass Appeal News
NEWARK, New Jersey (MassAppealNews.com) – Cissy Houston, 78, is reportedly speaking with publishers about writing a book about her late daughter, music legend Whitney Houston. “There are so many lies out there and I want to dispel all of those lies,” [...]

TLC PLANS TO BRING LISA LOPES’ HOLOGRAM ON TOUR WITH THEM. By Mary Jane Collins
LOS ANGELES – R&B group TLC announced plans for a North American tour just 10 years after the tragic death of Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes. Surviving members  Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins and Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas – who went their separate ways [...]

JENNIFER HUDSON HEARS PAINFUL TESTIMONY ON FAMILY’S MURDER. Associated Press
CHICAGO — The trial of the man charged with murdering three of Jennifer Hudson‘s family members resumed Tuesday with the Oscar-winner shutting her eyes as a police officer described finding her dead family members. Hudson sat next to her fiance as prosecutors shifted their focus to [...]

NICKI MINAJ CONTEMPLATES RETIREMENT AMID TWITTER GAFFE. By Mary Jane Collins
NEW YORK – After deleting her Twitter account because of leaked information on a fan website, rapper Nicki Minaj reactivated her Twitter account. In spite of having 10 million followers, Nicki threatened to never use the account again after someone blasted her new material on [...]