David Banner (born Lavell William Crump, 11 April 1974) is an American rapper, record producer, actor and activist from Jackson, Mississippi. Emerging in the early 2000s, he helped bring Southern hip-hop into the US mainstream while developing a parallel reputation as a forceful commentator on race, inequality and cultural politics. Early life and education Raised […]
A federal magistrate judge has recommended that Nelly be reimbursed for legal fees stemming from a now-dismissed lawsuit over royalties from his 2000 debut album, Country Grammar. In an Oct. 10 order, U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger called the complaint filed by Ali Jones—Nelly’s former St. Lunatics bandmate—“baseless” and “frivolous,” arguing it should have […]
T-Pain wants fans to quite literally step into one of his most quoted lines. The rapper-singer has partnered with Crocs on the brand’s Croctober rollout to debut the “Unfurgettable Leopard Knee High Boots,” a tongue-in-cheek nod to his 2008 “Low” lyric: “boots with the fur.” In campaign imagery, the self-styled “Godfather of Autotune” poses in […]
Kandi Burruss is trading reality TV confessionals for the bright lights again. The former Real Housewives of Atlanta star and Grammy-winning songwriter will join the Broadway cast of & Juliet for a limited run beginning Dec. 11, stepping into the role of Angelique, a maternal confidante to the show’s reimagined Juliet. According to Playbill, Burruss will […]
Singer d4vd (legal name David Anthony Burke) has transferred the deeds of two Houston-area homes to his mother amid an ongoing Los Angeles police investigation into the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a teenager whose body was discovered last month in the front trunk of his impounded Tesla, according to multiple reports. Property records reviewed […]
