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Vic Mensa‘s pleading guilty to possession of a controlled substance, but he won’t do any time behind bars after striking a deal with prosecutors … TMZ has learned. Kendra Glover, a rep for the Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney, tells TMZ … Mensa pled guilty to one count of possession of a Schedule III controlled substance,

Rapper Shyne is jumping back into the music scene in a big way … he’s set to join a ton of artists at the BET Awards to honor one of the biggest names in the game. The Belizean rapper-turned-politician is gearing up to take the stage for Sunday night’s ceremony … in recognition of Diddy‘s

Move over Hollywood Vampires … there’s an even bigger band on the run. Paul McCartney performed at the Glastonbury Festival Saturday in the UK, and brought out some musicians you may have heard of … Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl. It was a closing-of-the-book type concert — at least that’s the hope — it’s the

Travis Scott is getting dragged for his latest purchase, a $5.5 million luxury car … the family of a 9-year-old who died at Astroworld says it’s just not a good look. Bob Hillard, the attorney for the family of Ezra Blount, tells TMZ … Ezra would still be alive today, enjoying his summer, if Travis

Play video content BBC Olivia Rodrigo used her festival set in England to take a shot at the Supreme Court Justices who overturned Roe v. Wade … saying they couldn’t care less about women’s freedom. Olivia brought out Lily Allen to sing her famous song “F*** You” and dedicated it to five members of SCOTUS

Play video content BACKGRID Britney Spears‘ blood feud with her parents and sister isn’t stopping Lynne Spears from wishing her daughter well … and hoping against hope they can patch things up. Brit’s mom was at LAX Thursday night when a photog asked about the state of the Spears family from Lynne’s perspective. We already

Amber Rose is cooking up her own version of a hot girl summer — she’s now a full-fledged rapper who’s applying some of her Slut Walk magic to her music! Wiz Khalifa‘s ex-wife unleashed her new song “GYHO/Gotcha” … a sexually charged acronym for “Get ya hoe on” and remix to the Big Tymers classic

Roddy Ricch is shaking off the sophomore slump of his last album with a new EP titled “The Big 3” — and has plenty of wild stories to share about making it. During a new interview with DJ Hed and Chuck Dizzle for HomeGrownRadio, Roddy discussed making up with Kanye after he had the cojones

Play video content TMZ.com Post Malone has been on a promotional spree — for his new “Twelve Carat Toothache” album and newborn baby — and his “Tommy Lee” collaborator Tyla Yaweh couldn’t be happier!!! We chopped it up with the rager rapper Thursday outside LAX, and he says seeing Post Malone adapt to fatherhood is

Prosecutors want Nicki Minaj’s husband to do serious jail time — not home confinement — for failing to register as a sex offender in California … TMZ Hip Hop has learned. According to new legal docs, federal prosecutors don’t think 6 months behind bars followed by supervised release is sufficient punishment for Kenneth Petty, who

Play video content TMZ.com Irv Gotti ripping Drake’s new album as the “demise of hip hop” isn’t sitting well with K Camp — an artist who’s nabbed platinum plaques with his own brand of melodic music. We bumped into the RARE Sound architect at LAX and picked his brain about the notion Drake dominating the

Add Lil Wayne to the list of superstar rappers taking the stage for the 2022 BET Awards … TMZ Hip Hop‘s learned he’ll be performing Sunday. Weezy F. Baby is a late addition to the award show’s lineup, but you can expect nothing short of an uproar performance — and it’s a big treat for

Beyoncé haters can take several seats as far as Robin S. is concerned … because Bey’s “Break My Soul” is opening all kinds of doors for the 90s hitmaker. Beyonce’s first single from a studio album in 6 years samples Robin’s smash 1993 hit, “Show Me Love” — and if your ear didn’t pick that

Britney Spears is back from where she came — Instagram!!! Britney re-activated her account Wednesday, with a post about marriage, swimming and steak. In other words … authentic Brit. For starters she shared a pic of her, wearing a bikini in her new swimming pool … the pool attached to the new house she’s sharing

Rapper Lil Tjay is undergoing emergency surgery after being shot … TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Tjay was shot just after midnight in Edgewater, NJ. We’re told at the time of this post the rapper is in surgery. The extent of his wounds and his condition have not been revealed. We’re

Play video content TMZ.com Drake’s new album, “Honestly, Nevermind” is getting doused with mixed reviews, and Irv Gotti is definitely seeing it as a glass-half-empty … one that makes him think hip hop needs a new kinda icon. We chopped it up Tuesday at LAX with the visionary behind Ja Rule and Ashanti‘s wave of

Play video content TMZ.com Flavor Flav is 63 years old and living a very busy life, courtesy of a very large crew of kids and grandkids — which is why his energy in this clip is pretty shocking! We caught up with the Public Enemy legend when he touched down at LAX … fresh off

Play video content Joe Budden TV Drake, and now Beyoncé too, are sending shockwaves through the music industry with new dance music releases … which has Joe Budden and co. wondering if hip hop and R&B’s days are numbered. Frequent ‘Joe Budden Podcast’ caller Vince Staples was around to answer one of these questions when