Play video content TMZ.com Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB sent out some alarming tweets last week, hinting he’s navigating some troubled waters — but now he’s seeking treatment and opening up to TMZ Hip Hop about it. We caught the Shoot Dance creator at LAX and picked his brain a bit regarding his soul-baring post. The

Rick Ross says his “Boss” brand is being copied, threatening to sue the woman behind an upcoming kid’s event unless she changes the name to something that doesn’t give off that Maybach Music glow. Rozay’s team sent out a warning shot to Tiffany McIntosh of “I’m the Biggest Boss Conference” … after accusing her of

Johnny Depp is still super close with the lawyers who helped him defeat Amber Heard in court … he made sure they were treated like royalty at his first U.S. concert since the trial. Johnny kicked off his nationwide tour with Jeff Beck Tuesday at The Anthem in Washington D.C. with his attorneys Camille Vasquez

Joey Bada$$ made a powerful statement at the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards … urging rappers to stop delivering messages that lead to their demise, or the death of others. During his performance of his “2000” album cut “Head High,” Joey lined up 12 backup dancers … each with a slain rapper’s name embroidered on

Former Cash Money Records rapper Turk is looking for answers from both Drake and Master P … after the hip hop icons allegedly left him hanging over the years. Turk was a recent guest on the ‘B High ATL’ podcast where he shared his experience guesting for Drake’s 2013 “Worst Behavior” video … or so

DaBaby and Tory Lanez are both under the impression their music is blackballed on streaming services — but Russ says his expertise tells him it’s highly unlikely artists are truly getting blackballed. On Monday, the proud independent rapper posted a message related to the ongoing debate … prompted by Akademiks and Apple Music’s Ebro Darden‘s

Play video content TMZ.com Paris Hilton is still reeling over the fact her pooch, Diamond Baby, is still MIA … but says there’s some hope, because she’s been assured by pet psychics DB is still alive. We got Paris Monday at LAX who gave us an update on her missing Chihuahua, almost 3 weeks since

Play video content TMZ.com Vanilla Ice got pretty emotional, recalling the last time he had a heart-to-heart with Coolio about being a parent … adding he’s put a brief hold on his tour following the rapper’s death. Ice tried keeping it together while talking about their last convo … and it sounds like Coolio’s kids

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band did not hit the stage Saturday night, because the famed drummer has fallen ill. The plug was pulled at the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, Michigan after the 82-year-old former Beatle realized he could not perform. Whatever he has, it affected his voice, so just a few hours

Remy Ma was in early talks to become the first rapper-turned-‘Real Housewife,’ but she ran into a major problem — because as any realtor would tell her, it’s all about location, location, location. Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … ‘RHONY’ star Eboni K. Williams brought up Remy’s name to casting several months ago

It’s that time of the year again — when everyone makes jokes about Billie Joe Armstrong … and he’s totally in on it, despite how difficult of a time this is in reality. The Green Day frontman tried to get ahead of all the memes and posts that inevitably were posted anyway — taking to

When “MJ: The Musical” meets “The Producers” … you get a little something like this. John Branca — one of the guys behind Broadway’s biggest spectacle right now — went backstage Friday night with his wife, Jenna, to meet the show’s lead star … Myles Frost, who plays Michael. They had a cool little photo-op

Play video content TMZ.com Coolio‘s death has the likes of Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, LL Cool J and Vanilla Ice sadly memorializing their longtime partner in rhyme — and now a fellow West Coast O.G.’s delivering his own eulogy. TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Ras Kass, who — like so many in hip hop —

UPDATE 5:01 PM PT — Ice Cube says other states should follow California’s lead in blocking prosecutors from using rap lyrics as evidence in criminal cases. UPDATE Play video content TMZ.com UPDATE We got Cube at LAX a couple hours after CA Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law, and he told us he

EMT’s frantically tried to revive Coolio after his body was found in a downtown LA. home, but after 45 minutes of CPR he was pronounced dead. TMZ broke the story … Coolio was at a friend’s home late Wednesday afternoon when he went to the bathroom. We’re told he was in there for quite a

Coolio performed his last show ever last week in Texas with Vanilla Ice, who says he’s mourning his late friend’s death. Vanilla Ice tells TMZ he couldn’t sleep Wednesday night after learning Coolio died, and he woke up Thursday morning “still in shock and freaking out.” Coolio and Ice go way back, and they were

Play video content TMZ.com DJ Akademiks recently stirred up a hornet’s nest with his “old and dusty” comments targeting some hip hop pioneers, but Quavo and Takeoff are dodging that drama — they have the blessings of the Wu-Tang Killer Bees in their corner!!! We caught up with Quavo Tuesday at LAX ahead of the

Play video content TMZSports.com Last year it was Snoop Dogg … and Shaq‘s calling on some of his celebrity friends once again to help him raise cash for a great cause — the NBA Hall of Famer’s throwing his 2nd annual “The Event“ in Las Vegas — and the lineup’s packing serious star power! “We’ve

UPDATE 3:46 PM PT — Freddie Lee Trone has reportedly been arrested in Las Vegas and is awaiting extradition back to Los Angeles. A father and son have both been charged with murder in the shooting death of rapper PnB Rock. L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón made the announcement Thursday, saying Freddie Lee Trone

UPDATE 3:24 PM PT — Post Malone just broke his silence, confirming that he’ll be back on stage tonight in Cleveland. UPDATE Post Malone is stepping back into the spotlight after needing to be hospitalized in Boston last weekend — powering through the pain for his fans. Sources connected to the singer tell TMZ …

UPDATE 4:34 PM PT — A spokesperson for Diddy tells us, “This lawsuit is a meritless shakedown to extort money from Mr Combs. Raven is not the niece of Kim Porter as she falsely alleges; nor is there any legal basis for this case to be filed under the anonymity as a ”Jane Doe”. Raven

Adam Levine and his pregnant wife Behati Prinsloo are still going strong after his cheating scandal … in fact, things appear to be so good between the two, they hopped on a jet to hit Sin City together. Adam and Behati took a private jet from Santa Barbara to Las Vegas Tuesday for an apparent

Play video content TMZ.com Working relationships are key to locking down guest features … so says superproducer Hitmaka, who thinks Desiigner blew his top when reacting to EST Gee‘s $75k asking price for a collab. We got Hitmaka at LAX and picked his industry brain about Desiigner’s recent outburst over EST’s steep quote. He notes

Play video content TMZ.com Lil Wayne got an early start to his 40th birthday celebration … with a star-studded birthday party fit for the legendary rapper!!! Sources close to Weezy tell TMZ Hip Hop … the shindig went down at popular L.A. hot spot, The Nice Guy — and several close friends and family members

Daddy Long Neck‘s baby boy is out of the hospital and is on the mend … this after the BF of the kid’s mom was arrested for allegedly abusing the kid so badly he ended up there. Long Neck tells TMZ … his 9-month-old son, David Alfredo Samuelson Lopez, was released last Saturday from the

A$AP Rocky is apologizing for his truncated Rolling Loud set — but the reasons for the short performance are getting under some people’s skin … particularly, clock management. The rapper was on duty Saturday night in NYC, where he hit the Fashion Nova stage pretty late into the evening … around 9:45 PM, we’re told.

Music may be the last vestige of civility in the U.S. — with each half of the country hating the other half — and the annual Global Citizen Festival Saturday proved the point. Mariah Carey, Metallica and the Jonas Brothers hit the stage in NYC’s Central Park for a concert that showed everyone can come

Roger Waters needs to know his audience better … he had scheduled concerts in Poland after essentially blaming Ukraine for the Russian invasion, so now he’s decided to pull the plug on the whole thing. Waters was set to perform at the Tauron Arena in Krakow. Thing is … it’s possible the war could be

Play video content TMZ.com Tekashi 6ix9ine knows he’s on thin ice, legally, here in the States — but it seems when he’s overseas … he lets it rip, just like he did on this poor guy here in the club. Check out this video, obtained by TMZ, that shows the rapper in Soho Garden in

Play video content Open House Party With Kannon Britney Spears says she may never perform again, but that doesn’t mean she won’t get in the booth anew — proven with Elton John … and maybe, soon, with Benny Blanco. The award-winning record producer — who’s actually worked with Britney before — spilled the beans about