Ike Turner Jr., the musician and Grammy-winning sound engineer who grew up amid American music royalty as the son of Ike Turner Sr. and the adopted son of Tina Turner, died Saturday, Oct. 4, in Los Angeles of kidney failure. He was 67. His death comes a little over two years after Tina Turner’s passing […]
Young Thug used a live appearance on Adin Ross’ stream Monday night (Sept. 30) to share personal updates and deliver rapid-fire takes on hip-hop’s biggest names. Addressing his relationship status, the So Much Fun rapper corrected Ross’ assumption that he “has a girl,” a reference to singer Mariah The Scientist. “I got broke up with,” […]
Lifetime has set the first titles in Toni Braxton’s multi-picture deal adapting the R&B icon’s signature hits for the screen, beginning with a feature based on Braxton B2000 smash “He Wasn’t Man Enough.” Braxton stars in the film as Mel Montgomery, a bestselling author blindsided when her boyfriend Richard (Thomas Cadrot) ends their relationship—only for […]
Brooklyn drill rapper Sheff G, real name Michael Williams, was sentenced to five years in prison on Oct. 1 after pleading guilty to second-degree attempted murder and conspiracy charges tied to gang violence in Brooklyn. He will serve five years of supervised release after prison. Prosecutors said Williams used earnings from his music career to […]
Lionel Richie is offering a candid portrait of his late friend Michael Jackson, including the pop icon’s lapses in personal hygiene, in his new memoir, Truly. Reflecting on Jackson’s life after going solo, Richie writes that the star’s routine could be “eccentric—like an absent-minded professor but still a kid.” Richie says producer Quincy Jones nicknamed […]
