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Mary J. Blige Added To Lovers And Friends Festival Bill In Error
Mary J. Blige was mistakenly added to the line-up for Las Vegas' Lovers and Friends Festival.The R'n'B legend was listed on the line-up poster earlier this week, but she has since confirmed that her name...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 January 2024
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘Will Miss 2024 Grammys After Facing Sex Assault Allegations’
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will reportedly miss the 2024 Grammys after facing sex assault allegations.The billionaire rapper and businessman, 54, is nominated in the Best Progressive R and B Album category for his latest project ‘The...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14 January 2024
Busta Rhymes Reveals ‘Significant Concern’ About Power Of Ai
Busta Rhymes has a “significant concern” about the unchecked power of AI. The 12-time Grammy award-winning rapper, 51, said any technology that is controlled by powers that be worries him. He told the Guardian in...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 15 December 2023
'I Just Wanted To Really Give That To The World Again': Diddy Felt The Charts Were Missing 'R'n'b Music
Diddy felt obliged to record a new album because he didn't have any "R'n'B music to listen to as a fan”.The 53-year-old music icon - whose birth name is Sean John Combs - recruited the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 19 September 2023
Busta Rhymes’ 100-Pound Weight Loss Sparked By Post-sex Asthma-style Attack!
Busta Rhymes’ 100-pound weight loss was sparked by a post-sex asthma-like attack.The rapper, 51, real name Trevor George Smith Jr, weighed around 340 pounds in 2019, but started to lose the pounds after the incident...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 05 August 2023
Grand Daddy I.u.’S Heartbreaking Final Social Media Post
Grand Daddy I.U.’s final social media post showed the late rapper laughing and celebrating a new project.The musician, born Ayub Bey, shared a video on the set of ‘Tha T-Money Podcast Joint Featuring Ciara Ross’,...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14 December 2022
Rapper Grand Daddy Iu Dies Aged 54
Grand Daddy I.U. has died aged 54. The rapper - whose real name was Ayub Bey - was a member of hip hop group Juice Crew in the 1980s, but became better known in 1990...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14 December 2022
Busta Rhymes To Receive Bmi Icon Award
Busta Rhymes is set to be honoured with the BMI Icon Award at the 2022 BMI R'n'B/Hip-Hop Awards on September 7. The hip-hop legend has been announced as the recipient of the prestigious accolade and...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 10 August 2022
Calvin Harris Releases Album Tracklist
Calvin Harris has released the tracklist for his new album ahead of the record's August 5th release. The 38-year-old DJ revealed on his website that his sixth studio album 'Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2' will...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 July 2022
Calvin Harris To Drop Collab With Justin Timberlake, Halsey And Pharrell
Calvin Harris' next single is 'Stay With Me' with Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell.The latest track from the eagerly-awaited and rather star-studded 'Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’ will arrive on July 15.The superstar DJ's follow-up...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 07 July 2022
Calvin Harris' Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 Features Huge Names
Calvin Harris has unveiled the star-studded list of artists featured on 'Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’.The superstar DJ's follow-up to 2017's 'Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1' features the mega-hit 'Potion' featuring Dua Lipa, plus big...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 30 June 2022
Travis Scott Confirmed To Perform At Billboard Music Awards
Travis Scott has been added to the lineup for the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.The hip-hop star just performed his first public gig since 10 people were killed at his Astroworld music festival in Texas last...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 10 May 2022
Travis Scott Returns To Stage For First Gig Since Astroworld Tragedy
Travis Scott has performed his first public gig since 10 people were killed at his Astroworld music festival in Texas last year. The rapper, who is dating reality star Kylie Jenner, took to the stage...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 09 May 2022
Snoop Dogg Wants To Bridge The Generation Gap With New Album
Snoop Dogg wants 'The Algorithm' to be something for "the whole house".The hip hop icon has formed a supergroup with top artists from Def Jam Recordings' past, present and future, and he hopes the album...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 07 November 2021
Mf Doom Petition Launched To Get Nyc Street Renamed In Late Rapper's Memory
A petition has been launched to rename a New York street after the late rap legend MF DOOM.The ‘KMD-MF DOOM Way Committee’ has started the Change.org appeal, which calls for the block between Riverside Boulevard...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 February 2021
Busta Rhymes Pays Touching Tribute To Frequent Collaborator And Friend Mf Doom
Busta Rhymes has hailed his late friend and collaborator MF DOOM as "a God MC and incredible human being".The rap legend - whose real name was Daniel Dumile - passed away on October 31, a...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 04 January 2021
Busta Rhymes Teases Star-studded Lp Featuring Mariah Carey And Kendrick Lamar
Busta Rhymes' new album ‘Extinction Event Level 2: The Wrath of God’ features the likes of Mariah Carey, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige.The hip-hop legend will unleash the long-awaited sequel to 1998's ‘Extinction...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 October 2020
Busta Rhymes Teases New Album Featuring The Late Ol' Dirty Bastard
Busta Rhymes has shared details of his upcoming album, which features an unreleased track with the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard.The hip-hop legend will unleash ‘Extinction Event Level 2: The Wrath of God’ on October 30.The...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 12 October 2020
Missy Elliott Trains Morgan Freeman In The Art Of Rap For Super Bowl Ad
The Super Bowl is the only event in the world where you want to sit around for the adverts, and it seems this year will be no different. A teaser for the forthcoming Mountain Dew...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 26 January 2018
Janet Jackson's God-sent Talent
Janet Jackson's voice is a ''God-sent talent'', according to Busta Rhymes.The 45-year-old rapper - whose real name is Trevor George Smith Jr. - has been friends with the singer for decades, but he only got...
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 23 November 2017
A Tribe Called Quest Announce Release Date Of Final Album
Legendary rap group A Tribe Called Quest have confirmed the release date for their new album will be the 11th of November 2016. In a poignant Facebook post, Q-Tip revealed the news and just what...
By John Tindale in Music / Festivals on 28 October 2016
Busta Rhymes Strikes Plea Deal In Assault Case.
The Touch It star was arrested and charged with assault after reportedly throwing a bottle containing a protein drink at a Steel Gym employee in New York City during a dispute in August...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 06 November 2015
Busta Rhymes Settles Copyright Infringement Lawsuit With The Sugarhill Gang
The Touch It star was sued by the group in 2012 for allegedly sampling their 1980s song 8th Wonder for his track Woo Hah! Got You All in Check. In the lawsuit, the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 12 October 2015
Busta Rhymes Under Investigation Over Threat Claims
Attendee Kim Simpson has filed a police report alleging the Touch It hitmaker became enraged with her and a pal when they accidentally bumped into the star while dancing at the Los Angeles...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 12 August 2015
Bust Ryhmes Alleged Threats To Fans At Bet Awards.
Busta Rhymes allegedly threatened to slap fans at the BET Awards in June.The 43-year-old rapper is being investigated by police because of the incident, in which he reportedly told a woman he would ''bite'' her...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 12 August 2015
Busta Rhymes Arrested And Charged With Assault After Gym Fight
Rap star Busta Rhymes has been charged with assault after allegedly throwing a bottle of protein drink while at the gym in New York City, according to reports.The New York Daily News reports that the...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 06 August 2015
Busta Rhymes Arrested Over Alleged Gym Altercation
The Touch It hitmaker reportedly threw a bottle containing a protein drink at an employee at Steel Gym during a dispute on Wednesday night (05Aug15). The container allegedly hit the worker on the back...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 06 August 2015
Busta Rhymes Arrested
Busta Rhymes has been arrested following a fight in a gym.The 43-year-old rapper is currently behind bars in New York after he argued with a gym worker while working out at Steel Gym in Chelsea...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 06 August 2015
Busta Rhymes Pays Tribute To Tragic Celebrity Jeweller
Aron 'Eric' Aranbayev co-owned diamond merchants Rafaello & Co. and boasted star clients including rappers Sean 'diddy' Combs and Jay Z, as well as boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. He died on Monday...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 July 2015
Busta Rhymes Celebrates Son's Graduation With Star-studded Bash
T'ziah Wood-Smith completed his studies at Connecticut's Quinnipiac University and to mark the academic achievement, his proud father decided to host a big bash at the Space Ibiza club in his honour on...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 08 June 2015
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