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Nate Dogg Charged With Stalking

The charges were dropped April 15, with prosecutors saying that the alleged victim, Nate Dogg’s estranged wife, never contaced them.
At arraignment, the rapper had pleaded not guilty on all counts.
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Nate Dogg is in some deep doo-doo.
Los Angeles prosecutors have slapped the hip-hopster with felony stalking charges stemming from his arrest last month for threatening his [...]

Chris Brown Hanging with a New Gal-pal

Chris Brown isn’t going to let something like his arraignment get in the way of having a good time.
The alleged girlfriend beater was not only seen hanging with a new gal-pal on Saturday afternoon, but later that same night, he and a group of celeb friends partied at L.A. Live’s Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge in [...]

Chris Brown Down, Depressed And Drinking After ‘Not Guilty’ Plea

Instead of singing “Take You Down” sources say embattled singer/songwriter Chris Brown is depressed, down and supposedly drinking !
Just hours after quietly pleading “not guilty your honor” in a Los Angeles area courtroom, rumors that Brown is depressed and down picked up steam.
“He has lost a lot of weight, about 15 lbs,” a source told [...]

Patriarch of Winans Family Dies in Nashville

David “Pop” Winans Sr., the Grammy-nominated patriarch of the award-winning gospel music family, died Wednesday. He was 76.
A statement from a Los Angeles public relations company representing the family said he died at a Nashville hospice, where he had been since January after suffering a heart attack and stroke last October.
In 1999, Winans was nominated [...]

Bynum At the Playboy Mansion

At the Playboy Mansion on Saturday, the Lakers‘ 7-foot Andrew Bynum looked to be well on the road to recovery. While the Lakers were in Atlanta preparing for what would be an 86-76 loss to the Hawks on Sunday, Bynum was in Los Angeles mingling at a pajamas and lingerie party after the Playboy Golf [...]

Tupac Heirs Gun for Death Row

Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by as he rode in Suge Knight’s car more than a decade ago. Now the late rapper’s family is taking aim at Knight in court over some unreleased albums.
 
The late rapper’s estate, overseen by his mother Afeni Shakur and lawyers for Amaru Entertainment, is seeking a court order that [...]

Keith Sweat’s “Hotel” Rates Well

Live album now, new disc this fall.

If anyone has made the act of begging into a melodic sound, it’s R&B singer Keith Sweat. However, Sweat’s career has hardly been wanting.
 
      After honing his skills in his hometown of New York, he was discovered in the mid-80s and released his debut album, “Make It Last Forever,’ [...]

Tyrese, Ginuwine, And Tank To Release Joint Album

Trio to call themselves TGT

   Introducing LSG for a new generation. Just as Gerald Levert, Keith Sweat and Johnny Gill joined forces in 1997 to form a supergroup, so are current R&B crooners Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank.       
      TGT, as they are calling themselves, is currently working on a studio album, and plans to hold “American [...]

Tyrese And Brandy Are Not Engaged

Reps for both singers have been busy trying to stop wedding rumors.

It all started with an item on Internet gossip site Hollyscoop.com that claimed R&B stars-turned-actors Tyrese Gibson and Brandy Norwood were engaged.
 
      The Web site claimed they had been seeing each other secretly on-and-off for years, and that “Tyrese popped the question at a party [...]