Lil Kim performed a career-spanning medley at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards, including an appearance from the Junior M.A.F.I.A., the Brooklyn rap group assembled by the late Notorious B.I.G. She was also presented with the I Am Hip Hop Award by Rick Ross. Watch it all below. Kim’s medley included the Junior M.A.F.I.A. hit
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Play video content Exclusive Scootercaster Lil Kim wasn’t about to let an anti-fur protester tell her what animals she can and can’t wear … nearly trading blows with the woman before security stepped in. Kim was outside Verizon Media Studios in New York City Tuesday when multiple anti-fur protesters started shouting “Stop wearing fur!” at
The soundtracks for all three of Chad Stahelski’s John Wick films are getting the deluxe vinyl treatment. Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard’s original scores for the Keanu Reeves-starring saga: John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, are getting pressed as 2xLP sets in gatefold jackets. All three albums
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Howard Stern‘s feeling the loss of Cream drummer Ginger Baker, but says he hopes it will lead to a tribute performance from the last surviving member of the British rock supergroup. As we reported … Baker died peacefully in a hospital in England Sunday, and Howard shared some of his
Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig sat down with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon for a nearly two-hour interview on the latest episode of his Beats 1 show “Time Crisis.” They reminisced about playing beer pong at a Minneapolis bar after a Vampire Weekend show, talked about their personal hurdles with touring, discussed Vernon’s life in Wisconsin (including
Getty Taylor Swift and her BF are busting out of their usual shells … and it already has fans buzzing there could’ve been a secret marriage — but we think those fans are blind. Tay Tay celebrated her ‘SNL’ performance Saturday night in NYC by attending the cast after-party at Zuma, and she brought actor
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has released a new song called “Your Capricious Soul.” It’s available to purchase on his website, with all proceeds going towards the climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion. You can check out the song’s music video via the website as well. Watch the Sam Taylor-Johnson directed video here. “Your Capricious Soul”
Exclusive Details TMZ.com Kanye West and Rick Fox are joining forces to help aid those in need in the Bahamas after the country was devastated by Hurricane Dorian. Yeezy and Rick were spotted together Thursday at the Baha Mar Resort in Nassau, before speaking with government officials about ways to assist rebuilding efforts in communities
Derick Almena—the master tenant of the Oakland warehouse known as the Ghost Ship, where 36 people lost their lives during a devastating fire in late 2016—will be retried on multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter, as Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU reports. Almena was arrested and charged in June 2017 for his role in the blaze,
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson have been friends for years, but from the looks of it … they’re kicking their relationship up a notch. Miley and the Australian musician/heartthrob were spotted at a Backyard Bowls eatery in L.A. Thursday being very lovey-dovey, and in a video obtained by TMZ …
Lana Del Rey played a full, piano-and-voice cover of Joni Mitchell’s “For Free” in Seattle last night. Check it out via her Instagram below. The track originally appeared on Mitchell’s 1970 album, Ladies Of The Canyon; Lana shared a brief Instagram rendition in 2017. She hints in a new LA Times interview that more covers
Exclusive Getty Kylie Jenner‘s split from Travis Scott wasn’t the result of a cheating scandal or a blowup fight … they were simply done in by a harsh dose of reality. Sources close to the ex-couple tell TMZ … their decision to break things off came weeks ago, following a very long honeymoon phase that
Play video content Exclusive A homeless woman’s beautiful voice isn’t just making her go viral — it might have landed her a legit big break in the music biz. Emily Zamourka already got Internet famous after an LAPD officer shared a clip of her singing Puccini last week, but her star’s still rising, and now
Gucci Mane and Iggy Pop are among the stars of Gucci’s new Cruise 2020 campaign. Titled #ComeAsYouAre_RSVP, the campaign was shot at Villa La Furibonda by Harmony Korine, creative directed by the fashion label’s Alessadro Michele, and features music by Giorgio Moroder. Watch a video from the campaign below. Gucci Mane is using one of
Exclusive TMZ/Getty Jay-Z‘s work with the NFL is already falling short on his promise of diversity, making him look like nothing more than a pawn and the “token black guy” … so says Uncle Luke. The 2 Live Crew frontman was quite outspoken with us when we asked him to elaborate on his op-ed in
It makes sense that Kanye West staged the Manhattan event for his ninth album Jesus Is King at the United Palace—an ornate gold theater that was once saved from demolition by a televangelist in the late 1960s, and still regularly hosts spiritual gatherings today. After hosting a Sunday Service in a New York church yesterday
TMZ/Getty Composite Air Drake is about to see some real-life liftoff from the public, ’cause the Sacramento Kings are gonna be using Drizzy’s jumbo jet this week for a long trip to India. The Kings announced some last-minute flight arrangements this weekend, saying owner Vivek Ranadive — who’s Indian-American — got in touch with Drake’s
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com DaBaby‘s concert Saturday night got way out of hand, with a female fan getting knocked out cold by the rapper’s hired muscle. DaBaby was performing at the Free Water Block Party In New Orleans and things were going okay, until 30 minutes into his set, when he jumped into the
Breaking News Getty Latin singer José José has died after a battle with cancer. The Mexican cultural icon — known as “El Principe de la Cancion,” aka “The Prince of Song” — passed away Saturday, according to his assistant Laura Nunez. Per reports, he died in a South Florida hospital — and while cause of
The stage is almost set for Justin and Hailey Bieber to walk down the aisle (again) in South Carolina, and if you’re unfamiliar with the venue … give it a gander, why don’t ya. As we’ve reported … the Biebers are hosting their second round of nuptials this Monday at the Montage Palmetto Bluff —
Exclusive Getty Composite Megan Thee Stallion‘s getting serious with her boyfriend/fellow rapper by buying him a seriously expensive birthday gift … with a pretty romantic message attached. The “Hot Girl Summer” rapper gifted Moneybagg Yo with a blinged-out, half-heart pendant. As you can see, there are 2 chains with 2 half-heart pendants — his and
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com In the good ol’ days, Tekashi69‘s music career would be dead and buried after pulling Snitchfest 2019 — but times done changed … according to hip-hop mogul Irv Gotti. We got the Murder Inc. honcho outside Le Pain in WeHo, and asked what he thought about 6ix9ine’s plan to pass
TMZ.com Snoop Dogg and his family are mourning the loss of his infant grandson, who appears to have died in the hospital. Play video content Snoop’s oldest child — his 25-year-old son, Corde Broadus — says his son, Kai Love, was born on September 15, but died on Sept. 25. Corde posted a video of
Exclusive Blac Youngsta is behind bars in Houston after cops say the rapper was carrying prohibited ammo when they pulled over a car in which he was a passenger. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Youngsta and 3 friends were driving around H-Town Wednesday afternoon in a GMC Yukon — with BY in the backseat
Chicago-born singer Dodie Stevens was only 13 years old when she found herself launched into stardom when her single, “Pink Shoe Laces,” landed on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually peaked at #3 and sold over one million copies back in 1959. Dodie Stevens went on to release the “Pink Shoelaces” album that included great songs
Exclusive Getty Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell‘s been dishing out threats to his fiancee, and he’s also trying to stick her with a house bill because she won’t let him move in … according to new legal docs. Esther Campbell is seeking a restraining order against the rock singer for what she describes as “threatening
Play video content Exclusive French Montana is pulling out ALL the stops for his upcoming album — which you can hear in a new single that features Post Malone, Cardi B and one catchy ass tune. TMZ got a hold of a new track that we’re told will appear on the NYC rapper’s much-anticipated third
Breaking News Getty Another man has been arrested in connection with Mac Miller‘s fatal overdose. 36-year-old Lake Havasu City resident Ryan Reavis is in custody … this after the FBI and DEA targeted him over Mac’s death. The law enforcement agencies obtained a search warrant for Reavis’ home, and what they found led to his
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Boy George says he doesn’t care if the actor who plays him in a forthcoming biopic is of the same sexual orientation as him or not — just so long as they nail the part. The Culture Club frontman was at Rock & Reilly’s Irish Pub Tuesday night in WeHo,
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com The Game is calling out Tekashi69 … calling the kid’s snitching something a fake ass gangster — and not a real Blood — would ever do. We got Game Tuesday in downtown L.A. at MedMen … and the rapper unloaded on Tekashi for singing like a bird on the witness