Music

Zayn Malik said Thursday his dispute with Yolanda Hadid was a “private matter,” but we’ve learned it actually became a public matter, as in Zayn was charged with crimes against Gigi and Yolanda Hadid and ended up copping a plea. Zayn was charged with 4 criminal offenses of harassment and, although one official doc says

Play video content TMZ.com Morgan Wallen deserves the opportunity to prove he’s a changed man … at least according to Shawn Stockman, who says the country star’s probably not the only one guilty of casually using racial slurs. That might come off as a very backhanded compliment, but the Boyz II Men singer was genuinely

Play video content TMZ.com Rock icon Todd Rundgren is about to get what some call the ultimate honor in the music biz — induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — and he couldn’t care less, because he says the institution’s a total crock. Todd won’t be saying (or singing) “Hello It’s Me”

Jay-Z almost got a lapful of his drink at the Nets game Wednesday … and it’s all ’cause Brooklyn co-owner Clara Wu Tsai got a little too excited following a big play!! The scene was hilarious … just seconds before halftime of the Nets’ game against the Heat, Blake Griffin threw down a dunk that

Ariana Grande buy-eth, and Ariana Grande sell-eth just as fast — she’s unloading her L.A. fortress after a little more than a year of living there … and turned a small profit. AG just sold her mansion up in the Hollywood Hills, with a birds-eye view of La La Land below — scooping a nice

Play video content TMZ.com Boosie Badazz doesn’t hate gay people, in general — he just hates Lil Nas X, which is why he went on a disgusting tirade against the guy … so says Big Freedia, who’s defending the former. We got the NOLA-based rapper at LAX, who gave her take on the whole controversy

Kodak Black‘s failed drug tests came back positive for pot and ecstasy … and yet he’s now asking a judge for permission to hit up a big concert where drug use might be rampant. As we first told you, the rapper violated the terms of his supervised release in his federal gun case by failing

The man prosecutors say supplied the deadly pills that killed Mac Miller has acknowledged wrongdoing — copping a plea deal that could see him behind bars for a long while. According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Stephen Walter entered a guilty plea with the feds on one count of distribution of fentanyl. The other

NBA YoungBoy is finally sprung from jail — after several months behind bars in his federal gun case — but he had to drop some serious coin to make it happen. The rapper’s attorneys, Drew Findling and Andre Belanger, tell TMZ … NBA YB was released on bond Tuesday after forking over $500k in cash.

Britney Spears has more to get off her chest as it relates to her family — whom she says have caused irreparable harm … which she’s not going to be quiet about anymore. The singer took to IG Monday with a not-so-cryptic message … one that was aimed directly at her blood relatives, it seems.

Play video content TMZ.com Cardi B has at least one bright idea about what she can give Offset for his 30th birthday — and she’s confident it will top his present to her … assuming he’s into good lovin’. We ran into the rapper at LAX, where she was incognito and COVID-safe … she still

Play video content @charliesangelll / Instagram Waka Flocka‘s wife, Tammy Rivera, is fuming over a CVS employee who she believes racially profiled and harassed her — but she’s also making an appeal to save the woman’s job. ICYMI, Tammy went off Sunday with a couple of video posts … one of them from inside the

Play video content TMZ.com E-40‘s giving new meaning to his classic track “Yay Area” … which now could refer to the gourmet meats and burritos he’s serving up as he enters the food biz. That’s right, E’s got a new handle now — the Goon With the Spoon — to go along with his new

Play video content @jbalvin / Instagram J Balvin is issuing a mea culpa for a music video of his that portrayed Black people — especially women — as animals … namely, dogs … who were literally on all fours. The Colombian reggaetón star took to IG to apologize for the controversial visual offering of his

Ed Sheeran is hitting the pause button, because he says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 … which disrupts a few things in his immediate future. The singer made the announcement Sunday on Instagram, writing … “Hey guys. Quick note to tell you that I’ve sadly tested positive for Covid, so I’m now self-isolating and following

Jay Black, who fronted the ’60s hit group Jay and the Americans, has died. Jay sang some big hits for the group … the biggest of which was “This Magic Moment.” The band posted the death notice on its Facebook page … “Today, we mourn the passing of David Blatt a/k/a Jay Black and we

There is a full-on battle royale over DMX‘s estate, because another woman has reportedly come forward claiming she’s one of X’s kids, and wants in on the estate. Raven Barmer-Simmons has contacted some of the kids of the late rapper, saying she is among them … this according to Page Six, which broke the story.

Lil Nas X jokingly said he had a new song coming out with Boosie Badazz — but the latter didn’t think it was funny … and hurled every homophobic slur he could at the guy. The Louisiana rapper unloaded on LNX Saturday with an expletive-laden diatribe that’s shocking — calling Nas X the f-slur, among