Taylor Swift flipped through an old poetry book and decided to hijack the vibe and design for her own offering nearly a decade later — at least according to a new lawsuit. A woman named Teresa La Dart has filed suit against TS, claiming she and her company lifted crucial elements of her own published
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Kodak Black is lending a major hand to Haitians cut off from food and water — due to extreme gang violence — by sending more than 35,000 bottles of H2O. Kodak heard about the Caribbean nation’s crisis, and decided to do something to help the situation — dropping $50k to get tons of bottled water
Capitol Records is pulling the plug on its AI rapper FN Meka, and calling the unconventional and controversial signing an insensitive move on their part — in retrospect, that is. The label went public with Meka’s contract on August 12, but Tuesday it did a complete 180° … apologizing to the Black community for not
Kanye West will not be charged with for allegedly punching a fan after a heated exchange outside an L.A. hotel. The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office tells us, “After a thorough and careful review of all the evidence, our office is declining to file based on no reasonable likelihood of conviction.” Translation — there’s likely
Play video content TMZ.com “Airplanes” rapper B.o.B is brushing off student protestors upset some of his past lyrics are being construed as anti-semitic. Members of the University of Central Florida Jewish community have called for a boycott of his upcoming August 25 tour appearance for their Welcome Week … citing his 2016 flat-earther, Neil deGrasse
DJ Drama wants all the smoke … he’s letting his feelings and frustrations be known regarding his artist Lil Uzi Vert and Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation — even as he sends some trash talk back DJ Khaled‘s way! While talking to thriving ex-Joe Budden podcasters Rory & Mal, the Gangsta Grillz creator accused Roc Nation management
Fetty Wap will be sentenced to at least 5 years behind bars after pleading guilty to a federal drug charge. Fetty was in court Monday where he pled guilty to one count of intent to distribute controlled substances including cocaine, heroin and fentanyl for his arrest back in October. Two of his co-defendants, Robert Leonardi
Play video content TMZ.com Tank and Jamie Foxx co-hosted a live performance of “R&B Money Show” last night, which capped Tank’s album release career and brought out some energetic moments along the way. The R&Blowout went down inside The Peppermint Club in West Hollywood with impromptu appearances from Pleasure P, J Valentine, Jon B and
Play video content TMZ.com If you were at the Encore in Vegas Saturday, it looked like the TMZ Celebrity Tour, because The Weeknd, Travis Scott and Tyga all showed up in the same lobby!!! Travis was the first to show at around 4 PM … the father of Kylie Jenner‘s 2 kids was hangin’ alone
Play video content Instagram / @ab Antonio Brown‘s decided to treat himself following the success of his new song and dance by copping an insane “The Godfather” watch … that’s filled with 666 diamonds! TMZ Sports has learned the former NFL wideout hit up Jacob and Co. earlier this week to pick up the timepiece
Play video content TMZ.com NLE Choppa is all for innovation in the bedroom, saying he thinks there’s a part of the body that’s rarely explored that should be … the armpit!!! We caught up with NLE Friday at LAX, who’s been on a raunchy rampage since his “Slut Me Out” single dropped … and sharing
Play video content BACKGRID Quando Rondo got caught in the middle of a deadly shooting in broad daylight in L.A. on Friday … triggering a freak-out from the rapper. Videos circulating online show Quando CLEARLY upset while talking to a police officer in West Hollywood right after the bloodshed. In the videos, Quando appears very
DJ Drama‘s iconic mixtape series ‘Gangsta Grillz’ has been a fixture in hip hop music for three decades now … giving star rappers such as Lil Wayne, T.I., and Snoop Dogg a voice outside the traditional music industry agreements. Well get this, sources connected to the project tell TMZ Hip Hop there are currently more
The Game has lost another big feature from his “Drillmatic” album … all because it was just too expensive to keep NBA YoungBoy on the project. Game’s manager, Wack 100, laid out the details in a recent Clubhouse convo attended by Ma$e and several others … saying that even though YB cut his usual feature
Dr. Dre‘s January 2021 brain aneurysm was a lot scarier than he initially revealed — his family actually gathered in his hospital room to say their final goodbyes. The legendary producer’s podcast interview with Dolvett Quince continues to leak across social media and he painted the eerie picture rather vividly. Waiting for your permission to
Gordo is riding the waves in 2022 … the same ones he delivered to Drake to make his latest album “Honestly Nevermind” the record-breaker it is today. The surprise release saw The Artist Formerly Known as DJ Carnage produce five tracks — “Currents,” “Massive,” “Calling My Name,” “Tie That Binds” and album jewel “Sticky,” where
R. Kelly‘s former goddaughter says the singer had sex with her hundreds of times before she turned 18 years old … testifying she was only 15 when they first had sexual intercourse. The disgraced singer’s alleged victim took the stand Thursday in Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago, telling the jury she had sex with Kelly
Mariah Carey‘s bid to trademark the moniker, “Queen of Christmas” has been opposed by some pretty famous singers, including legend Darlene Love, but there’s precedent on Mariah’s side … with the likes of Michael Jackson, no less. Mariah has filed legal docs with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to own the title, “Queen of