hip-hop artist

Police in Arizona have arrested a second man in connection with the death of hip-hop artist Mac Miller, who was found dead of a drug overdose more than a year ago. Ryan Reavis, 36, was arrested on fraud, drug and gun possession charges, according to a statement from the Lake Havasu City Police Department released on Tuesday.

The director of Iowa’s social services agency was a huge fan of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, and he frequently let his subordinates know it. Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Iowa Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven routinely sent messages to employees lauding Shakur’s music and lyrics even after at least one complained to lawmakers. Then...

Nipsey Hussle had already built the foundations of a legacy in South Los Angeles. Beloved for his music and his generosity, the 33-year-old hip-hop artist invested in his hometown and used his fame to promote education and community projects. His accomplishments were remembered and what he could have done weighed heavily on the minds of mourners Thursday inside Los Angeles’...

When the Russian “dark rave” duo Nastya Kreslina and Nikolay Kostylev stepped off the train for their gig in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, the police were waiting on the frozen platform. They were asked for their passports, Kostylev was handcuffed and they were whisked away to the local police station. There, the police claimed they’d received an anonymous call...

Popular Philly hip-hop artist Meek Mill was sentenced to two to four years in prison Monday for violating his probation.

On the heels of reports that she had secretly wed her longtime beau and father of her future child last year, rapper Cardi B addressed the claims on Twitter and simultaneously confirmed that the story was true....
“There are so many moments that I share with the world and there are moments that I want to keep for myself! Getting married...

Philly hip hop artist Meek Mill was sentenced two to four years in prison for violating his parole.

Shawn Mendes beat Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran to win the best-artist prize Sunday at the MTV EMAs, while U2 were proclaimed global icons in a show that celebrated London’s diverse culture, from pubs to pirate radio.

Chance the Rapper is putting down his microphone and putting on his apron.

This year’s Kennedy Center honorees will include two singers, a television writer, a dancer – and for the first time, a hip-hop artist.

Hip hop artist Lil Wayne has sold his Miami Beach mansion for $10 million after putting it on the market more than two years ago. The Miami Herald reported Tuesday that the 15,101 square-foot (1,400 square-meter) waterfront home was first listed in April 2015 for $18 million. A month earlier, police had swarmed the house following a hoax call claiming...

Academy Award-winner Steve McQueen is set to direct a documentary about Tupac Shakur. Shakur Estate trustee Tom Whalley and Amaru Entertainment said Tuesday that the film is fully sanctioned by the late hip-hop artist’s estate. McQueen is best known for directing “12 Years a Slave,” which won the best picture Oscar in 2014 and earned him a best director nomination....

Jennifer Lopez, Jon Bon Jovi and Katy Perry are also among the stars staging shows for Clinton in the next two weeks.

Philadelphia Police say they had to clear an outdoor concert stage after more than 1,000 people rushed it during a Labor Day weekend show.

Shots rang out inside a concert venue in New York City where hip-hop artist T.I. was getting ready to perform, leaving one person dead, three others wounded and concertgoers scrambling for the nearest exits, police said. The shooting happened around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday in a third-floor green room area at Irving Plaza, near Manhattan’s Union Square. It was not immediately...

A production company behind an upcoming biopic about hip hop artist Tupac Shakur acknowledged on Wednesday that the film’s script was among those allegedly peddled by a Bahamian man who was arrested for hacking celebrities’ email accounts, Reuters reported. Alonzo Knowles, 23, is being held without bail after a Tuesday appearance in Manhattan federal court on criminal copyright infringement and...

Rapper Future’s two attempts at throwing a free concert on the Sunset Strip Thursday were both canceled after impossibly large crowds turned out to both locations, prompting a two separate shutdowns of stretches of the world famous boulevard.

A tour manager who was well-known in the music industry and was working on preparations for rap superstar Nicki Minaj’s upcoming tour, died after a bar fight spread into a Philadelphia street.