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Jay-Z has reacted nonchalantly to the news that his forthcoming new album, “The Blueprint 3″, has leaked online.
The album is not set for official release until September 11, but it has leaked, with fans sharing the tracks from the Kanye West-produced album early.
“I may be the most bootlegged artist in history,” [...]

Milwaukee police are investigating after two people were wounded in a shooting at the Urban Music Awards Saturday night at the Agape Auditorium.
Police say they were called to the awards ceremony around 8:20 p.m. and found a 40-year-old man with gunshot wound to the ankle and a 27-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to the [...]

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Lisa Wu Hartwell says this week’s scandal over her foreclosed home is nothing compared to Thursday’s episode.
“You haven’t seen nothing yet!,” Wu Hartwell shared with PEOPLE early Wednesday.
“I’m watching like, this is crazy,’ Hartwell says of the fight between Kim Zolciak, Sheree Whitfield and NeNe Leakes that began [...]

Rumors that Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri have been on the rocks appear to be true according to Us Weekly.
The magazine reports that the duo has officially called it quits after a seven year public relationship.
“His friends are telling people it’s over,” says a source. “They have been moving in different directions for a while.”
News [...]

Most people see Father’s Day as a time to tell their dad how much they love and appreciate him. For rapper Bow Wow, it was a chance to put his absentee father on blast. The 22-year-old took to his Twitter page to express his thoughts on his absentee father.
“As bad as I wanna’ say FU [...]

First it was Timbaland, then Kanye followed by Ne-Yo, today Keri Hilson says she’s knocking at R. Kelly’s door !
“I’m doing a lot of features right now for other people. Fabolous, R. Kelly, who else?,” Hilson shared with Atlanta’s AJC while on tour with Keyshia Cole.
According to Hilson, there is something special in the [...]

Coldplay will give a live CD away for free to fans at gigs during their coming tour of North America, underlining the dwindling financial importance for successful groups of selling physical records.
The group, who had 2008’s biggest-selling pop album with “Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends,” kick off their summer tour on [...]

A week since the tragic loss of her family, Jennifer Hudson has created the Hudson-King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims which will aim to benefit relatives of murder victims.

According to People, the Hudson family will go forward with the project to help provide assistance to people with the most vital needs in addition to [...]

NBA superstar LeBron James and Grammy-winning recording artist Jay-Z want people to get out early to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
James and Jay-Z will host a rally Wednesday at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland which will include a free concert by the hip-hop star.
James attended a Cleveland rally earlier this month to encourage [...]

After remaining tight-lipped about her marriage, Beyonce is at last speaking out about her wedding to Jay-Z.
“What Jay and I have is real. It’s not about interviews or getting the right photo op. It’s real,” Beyonce told Essence magazine in its November issue.
The singer says she did not want an engagement ring.
 
“People put too much [...]

Janet Jackson has postponed three more shows because of an undisclosed illness.

Her publicist said in an e-mail late Saturday that Jackson was postponing a Saturday show in Greensboro, N.C., one on Sunday in Atlanta and a third on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale.
A statement from Jackson said she arrived in Greensboro, N.C., hoping to perform there [...]

He won the affection of millions of people on “American Idol,” but this weekend, Ruben Studdard is giving his heart to one woman.
A representative for the former “Idol” confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that Studdard, 29, plans a Saturday wedding. He and Surata Zuri McCants, 30, took out a marriage license on [...]

 
 
Apple Inc. sold its millionth iPhone on Sunday, just 74 days after the combination cell phone-iPod went on sale and less than a week after its price was cut by a third.
Apple previously said it expected to hit the million-sold mark by the end of September.
Monday’s announcement sent Apple shares up $2.94, or 2.2 percent [...]

Houston MC Lil Flip was arrested in his hometown on Saturday in connection with a credit card scam. According to the Houston Chronicle, the rapper is accused of purchasing a $671.00 Southwest Airlines ticket from Houston to Baltimore on June 8 over the phone about an hour before the flight was scheduled to take off. [...]

 
Usher released an open statement to all his fans ( & haters) via People magazine yesterday. Of course, it was concerning…you guessed it - Tameka Foster.
And it reads…
“It has already been announced that I plan to marry this year. However, since my wedding day will be special to Tameka and I, this is information that [...]