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Lil Wayne has been ordered to pay out a whopping sum of $2, 195, 000 after losing his case against Quincy Jones III regarding the ’09 documentary film The Carter. The rapper was unhappy with Quincy Jones’ son and the other film-makers for using his music to soundtrack what he saw as a ”scandalous portrayal” of [...]

For yesterday’s final grassroots rally in Columbus Ohio, President Obama was able to call on the support of Jay Z and Bruce Springsteen, who both came out and performed live for him. In a powerful final speech, Obama introduced Jigga by referring to all that they shared in common, including “wives who are more popular than [...]

With the Hurricane Sandy clean-up under way, and millions of people in the U.S. and the Caribbean trying to recover from its devastating impact, KRS-One has teamed up with legendary hip hop/reggae producer Mad Lion for “Disaster Kit,” a track which he hopes will help prepare communities for growing environmental instability. [...]

Popular crowd-funding website Kickstarter has finally launched in the UK. Since it’s launch on April 28th, 2009 the website, which lets users post creative and/or innovative projects to seek funding, has raised over $350m from over 2.5 million people, with Kickstarter taking %5 of each successful pledge. Projects often come with perks for different donation [...]

Four of the biggest group discount websites have been given a warning after the Advertising Standards Agency said it is concerned over the rise in complaints about their deals. [...]

Following cycle maker Trek and Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch, Nike has announced that they will cut ties with Lance Armstrong, a week after the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s released a report accusing Armstrong and his teams of widespread doping. [...]

Jay-Z and Beyonce, Hip-Hop’s reigning commander-in-chief and first lady, are once again showing their support for America’s Commander-In-Chief by hosting a swank, $40,000-per-ticket fundraiser for President Barack Obama at the MC’s 40/40 Club in New York. [...]

A Florida appeals court has ordered the judge in the Trayvon Martin murder case to step down, ruling Wednesday that language he used in a bond order created reasonable concern over whether George Zimmerman could receive a fair trial. [...]

The custody battle between Usher and his ex-wife, Tameka Foster, finally came to a conclusion yesterday (August 24th), with the R&B musician being awarded custody of their two sons, Usher V and Naviyd. Tameka still holds some custodial rights, although it is unknown to what extent these are. The ruling comes as somewhat of a [...]

The revelry surrounding the opening night of this year’s V Festival has been marred by the mysterious death of a 20-year-old man. [...]