Tupac's Prison Bible Can Be Yours For $54k

The Bible that Tupac read while in Clinton Correctional Facility is up for sale for $54,000 on memorabilia siteMoments In Time.

The West Coast legend signed his name in the holy book along with his inmate number from the time spent at the maximum security prison in 1995 for rape charges. He gave the prison a shoutout on “Hail Mary” when he rapped “To my homeboys in Clinton Max doing their bid / Raise hell to this real shit and feel this.”

According to TMZ, a member of Tupac’s family handed over the precious item to be sold, though the estate is not behind the sale.

Tupac’s estate has previously criticized the commercial sale of the icon’s property, even threatening legal actionafter a lyric sheet for “Catchin’ Feelings” went up for sale. So far, no objection to the sale of the Bible.

Drake Breaks Micheal Jackson's 32-Year Record For Most American Music Award Nominations

LOS ANGELES, CA – Since the top of the year, Drake has been breaking records left and right with no signs of slowing down as he dethrones Michael Jackson’s American Music Award record for the most nominations.

The King of Pop previously held the mark with 11 nods in 1984 for Thrillerand his popular classics “Beat It” and “Billie Jean” and he won all 11 of the awards.

The 6 God leads all 2016 American Music Awards nominees with 13 nods. He received selections in the categories for Artist of the Year, Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Rap Artist, Favorite Rap Song, Favorite R&B song, Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album, Favorite Pop Album and Favorite Album for his multi-Platinum work VIEWS and joint Future album What A Time To Be Alive, among others.

Rihanna and the OVO boss’s collaborative single “Work” gets a few nods as well. RiRi comes in right behind Drizzy with 7 AMA nominations.

Drake is also slated to go up against his “Too Good” partner for Artist of the Year along with Adele, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Twenty One Pilots, Carrie Underwood and former OVO affiliate The Weeknd.

The Artist of the Year nominees will be narrowed down to only five based on fan votes received from Monday, November 14 to Thursday, November 17. Ambitious fans can vote for all categories once per day.

For New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile, fans can vote 100 times per day, per platform at AMAvote.com or by posting a tweet that includes the nominee’s Twitter handle, the category name and #AMAs within the post.

The award ceremony is scheduled to take place November 20 at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles and will air on ABC 8 p.m. EST.

See the full list of nominees below:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Adele
Beyoncé
Justin Bieber
Drake
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
Carrie Underwood
The Weeknd

FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP

Drake
Fetty Wap
Future

FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP

Drake VIEWS
Drake & Future What A Time To Be Alive
Fetty Wap Fetty Wap

FAVORITE SONG – RAP/HIP-HOP

Desiigner “Panda”
Drake “Hotline Bling”
Fetty Wap “679”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

Chris Brown
Bryson Tiller
The Weeknd

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

Beyoncé
Janet Jackson
Rihanna

FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B

Beyoncé LEMONADE
Rihanna Anti
Bryson Tiller T R A P S O U L

FAVORITE SONG – SOUL/R&B

Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”
Rihanna Featuring Drake “Work”
Bryson Tiller “Don’t”

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR UN-LEASHED BY T-MOBILE

Alessia Cara
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Shawn Mendes
ZAYN

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya “Don’t Let Me Down”
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”
Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $ign “Work From Home”
Rihanna Featuring Drake “Work”
Meghan Trainor Featuring John Legend “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”

TOUR OF THE YEAR

Beyoncé
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Justin Bieber “Sorry”
Desiigner “Panda”
Rihanna Featuring Drake “Work”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK

Justin Bieber
Drake
The Weeknd

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK

Adele
Selena Gomez
Rihanna

FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK

The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Twenty One Pilots

FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK

Adele 25
Justin Bieber Purpose
Drake VIEWS

FAVORITE SONG- POP/ROCK

Adele “Hello”
Justin Bieber “Love Yourself”
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

Luke Bryan
Thomas Rhett
Blake Shelton

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

Kelsea Ballerini
Cam
Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY

Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band

FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY

Luke Bryan Kill the Lights
Chris Stapleton Traveller
Carrie Underwood Storyteller

FAVORITE SONG – COUNTRY

Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”
Tim McGraw “Humble And Kind”
Thomas Rhett “Die A Happy Man”

FAVORITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK

Coldplay
Twenty One Pilots
X Ambassadors

FAVORITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Adele
Rachel Platten
Meghan Trainor

FAVORITE ARTIST – LATIN

J Balvin
Enrique Iglesias
Nicky Jam

FAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

Lauren Daigle
Hillsong UNITED
Chris Tomlin

FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)

The Chainsmokers
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer

TOP SOUNDTRACK

Purple Rain
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Suicide Squad: The Album

Wiz Khalifa Set To Drop 'BASH' Clothing Line

Wiz Khalifa is prepping to release a clothing line in honor of his son Sebastian. The line, BASH, is a collaboration between Wiz and the Los Angeles based clothing company Junk Food Clothing.

“All the designs are based around Sebastian — all of his hobbies and the things that he’s into. I just really wanted it to feel personal to him, so when he sees it, he gets excited,” the Pittsburgh rapper says. “He’s 3 years old, so he might not understand the concept of having his own clothing line. But the fact that all of his favorite things are all over his clothes, it makes him feel special; it makes him entertained by what he’s wearing.”

Wiz went on to say the line will include Sebastian inspired T-shirts, Jackets, and Sweaters for Men and Boys. Prices are looking like they will range from $35 to $50 for the children’s styles and $45 to $80 for the men’s designs.

Check out a few of the looks from BASH below:

Kid Cudi Blasts Streaming ServicesAfter Kanye West Tweet

Kanye West spent part of his weekend going on a Twitter rant about how streaming services battling each other is hurting music way more than helping it. Ye’s rant was the following:

“This Tidal Apple beef is fucking up the music game,” he wrote in a series of tweets. “I need Tim Cook Jay Z Dez Jimmy Larry me and Drake Scooter on the phone or in a room this week!!! Fuck all this dick swinging contest. We all gon be dead in 100 Years. Let the kids have the music. Apple give Jay his check for Tidal now and stop trying to act like you Steve.”

Kid Cudi quickly responded, agreeing on the demise of music at the hands of these streaming services:

Suge Knight Once Sent Goons After Eminem

Everyone knows Suge Knight likes to use muscle every now and then to get his point across. While speaking with Murder Master Music Show, one of Eminem‘s former bodyguards told a story about the time Suge sent some goons after Marshall.
Big Naz, the former bodyguard, explained it happened during the 2001 Source Awards.

“We were at The Source Awards and we all know historically in the past, The Source Awards, someone always got shot,” he says. “That was our first encounter with Suge Knight and his henchman. Em was going to his seat. The way they had the seating was all messed up and the bodyguards couldn’t sit with the artists. I think that was by design ’cause I think they really wanted the artists to be able to network with each other, but it also gives people who got beef with other artists to get at them.”
“He’s beefing with all these guys in these red shirts,” Big Naz says. Knight is affiliated with the Bloods. “So I come from where I was at, I had to come back around, I noticed Em’s face changing, he’s turning like tomato red. There’s a sea of red guys around him. I had to bust through the middle man and snatch him up. Like, ‘Hey man what the hell’s going on up here?’ This is exactly what they said, ‘Death Row, motherfucker, Death Row.’”

Naz then goes on to say the goons told him Suge sent them to rough Em up.

“‘Man, Suge Knight sent us to strongarm him and it’s going down,’” Naz remembers them saying. “I was like, ‘Oh man, I just inherited the East Coast – West Coast beef.’”

50 Cent & The Game Squash Beef ?

Apparently 50 Cent and The Game have definitely squashed their beef. The longtime rivals were in Ace of Diamonds strip club in L.A. on Monday night and they had nothing but smiles on their faces. While 50 made it rain, The Game decided to grabbed the mic and let the whole club know 50 and himself don’t have problems anymore.

Nation Of Islam Vows To Protect Beyonce

Minister Louis Farrakhan has asked the Nation of Islam to protect Beyonce as she embarks on her World Tour. Farrakhan was addressing over 14,000 convention attendees over the weekend in Detroit and touched on an array of topics – including Bey’s recent treatment after her Super Bowl halftime performance.

“She started talking that Black stuff and White folks say, ‘Well, we don’t know how to deal with that,” Farrakhan says at the convention yesterday (February 21). “Well, you taught us everywhere we went about the Holocaust, but we have sympathy for you. But when one of us shows some independence, look at how you’re treating Beyonce now. You’re going to picket. You’re not going to offer her police protection. But the FOI will.” The FOI refers to the Fruit of Islam, the Nation of Islam’s security.

Cash Money Records Ordered To Pay $1 Million For Jay Sean Songs

Birdman and Cash Money Records are being forced to pay mega bucks for a lot of old Jay Sean songs. According to reports, Orange Factory Music just won a $1.1 million judgement for producing several of Sean’s songs, including “Down,” “Fire,” “Lights Off” and “Do You Remember.”
Cash Money must pay up within 21 days.

LL Cool J Says Kendrick Lamar Has Something Special For Grammy Performance

While speaking with Studio Wrap, LL Cool J gave away a few details about Kendrick Lamar’s highly anticipated performance at this year’s Grammy Awards.

“I think people are in for a spectacular show,” LL Cool J said. “Kendrick Lamar’s gonna do something very controversial. And that’s what art is about, right? It’s not about whether you agree or disagree. It’s about it stimulating conversation and provoking people to have conversations about society. And if that’s what you want your art to do as an artist, if that’s the lane you choose, you’re accomplishing something if people talk about what you’re doing. So, it’s gonna be amazing.”

Drake Wins Celebrity All Star Game; Receives Key To Toronto

Kanye West isn’t the only one having a hell of a week. Drake received the key to the city of Toronto yesterday (Feb 12) during the Celebrity All-Star Game as part of the NBA’s 2016 All-Star Game, which was held in Drizzy’s hometown.

“This is probably one of the biggest moments of my life if not the biggest moment of my life,” the rapper says in a video posted by CBC News. “I just want to say thank you to a city that is unconditionally supportive.”

Drake then led his ‘Team Canada’ to a victory over Kevin Hart‘s ‘Team USA’.

Chris Brown Being Sued For Alleged Vegas Beating

Liziane Gutierrez, the woman who claims Chris Brown and his friends hit her, has now decided to file a lawsuit against him. According to reports, Gutierrez filed the docs in Clark County, NV, and she detailed the whole story. TMZ is reporting the following, “She says she went to Chris’ room at the Palms Hotel and Casino, and then someone — Chris or someone in his crew — hit her in the face and/or arm and/or hands.”
Liziane is suing for battery, theft and defamation for the video Brown posted of her being “too ugly” to be in his party.

Ciara Suing Future For Bad Mouthing Her;; Future Responds

Ciara decided to serve Future with a $15 million lawsuit yesterday at LAX, but the Atlanta rapper is firing back claiming she doesn’t have a chance of winning any money off him. According to TMZ, Future sources say the slander lawsuit is ridiculous, because she has talked about him plenty of times in her music and in public.
Future says her 2015 hit “I Bet” is a prime example of her trashing him with lyrics like, “You know that it hurts your pride but you thought the grass was greener on the other side. I bet you start loving me as soon as I start loving someone else. Somebody better than you”
The reports also claim Future is considering countersuing his ex, but he apparently hasn’t physically seen Ciara’s docs yet. His team is saying the process server that was at LAX failed to deliver the documents? Interesting claim because video of the sever  trying to give documents to Future surfaced online.

DMX Released From Hospital

As we recently reported, Earl “DMX” Simmons was rushed to the hospital after he was found unconscious in a hotel parking lot. There have been multiple reports that the rapper suffered a drug overdose, but his family members are claiming it was an asthma attack. The rappers attorney, Murray Richman, says his client is now out of the hospital after the health scare.

Although Richman revealed X suffered from asthma, he did not confirm what exactly caused this particular health issue. Richman also claimed DMX will be healthy enough to perform at a concert this weekend?!?

DMX Found Unconscious From Apparent Overdose; Family Denies Allegations

DMX was reportedly found not breathing and without a pulse Monday night at a Ramada Inn. According to reports, Yonkers police responded to a call about an unconscious male at the hotel, and when they arrived DMX was on the ground in the parking lot. The cops say he was lifeless, not breathing and had no pulse, so they immediately performed CPR. After a minute of performing CPR the rappers pulse came back.
According to TMZ, a witness on scene told the police that X had ingested some sort of powder right before he went into unconsciousness, but now the rapper and his family are saying the following about those allegations,
“He says all he remembers is having shortness of breath after suffering bronchitis for a couple of days. 
A family member says X asked for his inhaler (for asthma) right before he fell unconscious. They were not able to get it to him in time. He’s still in the hospital.”

The Game Responds To $10,Million Lawsuit Against Him

The Game says he lost $10 million lawsuit because he was out of the country and unable to appear in court.

The Game responds to losing $10 million, sexual assault lawsuit.
Los Angeles rapper The Game used social media to issue his response to the $10 million, sexual assault lawsuit he lost this week.
Yesterday (February 3), the West Coast lyricist, who was in Rotterdam, Netherlands at the time, uploaded a picture of himself clad in Louis Vuitton gloves to Instagram, and addressed the lawsuit in his caption.
The Game went on to clarify that the woman who filed the lawsuit, Priscilla Rainey, did not win $10 million. According to the rapper, he lost the case because he was out of the country and unable to appear in court. He also explained that Rainey did win a judgement, but will not see any money once his lawyers respond.
The Game’s Instagram caption is as follows:
“Let's get one thing very CLEAR: that thirsty Gatorade mascot of a transvestite WILL NEVER see $10,000,000 or anything close 2 a penny of my money. People think because they read a headline in BOLD PRINT it's true. She won a judgment of 10 million $'s & that means that a judge because I'm overseas has given this chicken a chance 2 MAYBE be able to afford a lifetime supply of lace front hair glue if my lawyers don't respond to this suit by the 26th of this month which they will do tomorrow am. Soon as I'm home, me & my lawyers will EAT THIS CASE like a box of Minion Twinkies on sale at Walmart ! @VH1 has a seperate suit filed against them by this Thot Bot that they will also win because #1 this BIYATCH (Snoop's voice) is a liar. She has a history of theft, fraud, prostitution arrests & a lot of other "Tranny Panty" activity in her past that makes this false claim irrelevant. Don't be fooled by these accusations or the dollar amount in the headlines cause I put that on my favorite aunties poodle this broad ain't gettin shit ! Every girl on that show will tell u I never touched this chick or ever desired to be anywhere near her. She got kicked off the show & as a result she filed this lame lawsuit which was probably her intentions before the show was ever even started. She was begging for my attention the entire time we shot the show & was given the ultimate Major League Baseball CURVE ball so that upset her & made her lil wee wee hard so she did what all chicks like her do when life gives them no other options.... They sue you ! This is really a crying shame so at this point I will use the crying shame emoji. See you in court Mister Rainey. N I say Mr. because ur mustache is probably a bit longer than it was during taping being that it's about to be spring & that's usually when mine is at its healthiest, hit @Beboprbarber for the best mustache edge up u can find. Tell em I sent u & it's on the house u dusty bitch you !#TellEmBoutThatScratchNSniffWigYouBeWearing #HairyAssUnderArms #BitchWasUsingMyOldSpice (insert old spice whistle) #PS #iHateAll17OfYoWigs #AndYesIFlushedUrClosurePieceDownTheWaffleHouseToilet take these #JuwannaMann”
Rainey, who was a contestant on The Game’s reality dating show, “She's Got Game,” filed her lawsuit against the rapper last August.
She claims she was sexually assaulted by The Game when the two went on a date after filming for the VH1 reality show. The former contestant also alleges that the musician was drunk and high at the time of the assault.

Judgment Made In The Game's $10Million Sexual Assault Lawsuit

UPDATE: The woman was a contestant on The Game's reality dating show.

A judge gave a default judgment Monday (February 1) to a woman who sued The Game for $10 million, Bossip reports.
The Game did not formally respond to the case and therefore lost the suit.
Priscilla Rainey was a contestant on The Game's reality dating show, She Got Game.  She filed the lawsuit in August after she claimed the Compton, California rapper sexually assaulted her when they went out on a date after shooting for the show. He was reportedly drunk and high.
Now, Rainey has to prove to the court why she deserves the $10 million that she is asking for.
"My client was damaged by the sexual assault,” Rainey's lawyer, Adam Horowitz, says. “She’s been in therapy. Now, she’s anxious to tell her story."
(This article was first published on August 5, 2015 and is as follows.)
A woman who participated in The Game's forthcoming reality show, She Got Game, is suing the rapper for sexual assault, TMZ reports.
Priscilla Rainey is seeking $10,000,000 from The Game and says that while shooting a scene for the show in May, he sexually assaulted her multiple times.
She says the rapper was drunk and on drugs and forcefully reached "his hand inside her dress to rub her bare vagina and buttocks."

Future Announces New 'Evol' Album; Beefs With Young Thug In The Process

Future refuses to stop his assault on our ears in 2016. Just weeks after dropping, ‘Purple Reign‘, Future announced that he will be dropping a new album titled ‘Evol‘ Thursday (Feb 4) via Apple Music (whom the rapper has just signed a deal with). Once the tweets started circling, rapper Young Thug decided to give his two cents on Future and the amount of music he’s been dropping lately.
For a good laugh, peep the tweet exchange below:

50 Cent's Bankruptcy Documents Show He Spends $135,000 Per Month

The rapper earned $29,000 from royalties in December.

50 Cent's new bankruptcy documents show he spends $135,000 per month on bills, according to Bossip.
50 Cent's spending in the month of December was greater than his income by $77,000. His greatest expense was $35,000 for mortgage, followed by $24,000 for child support. The G-Unit rapper lists $10 spent on fitness expenses.
He made $38,000 in the last month of 2015, $29,000 of which came from royalties.
50 Cent filed for bankruptcy in July, citing multiple lawsuits as reasons for the filing.

"The filing allows Mr. Jackson to reorganize his financial affairs, as he addresses various professional liabilities and takes steps to position the future of his various business interests," 50 Cent's counsel, William A. Brewer III, said at the time.

Blac Chyna Arrested For Being Too Drunk

Blac Chyna was arrested for being too drunk on a flight Friday (1/29/16). The reports claim Chyna was busted at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport after she started getting loud while boarding a connecting flight to London. She reportedly appeared “heavily intoxicated” on the plane and “fighting” with a flight attendant.
She was booked for public intoxication.

Jay Z Sued For $18 Million By Parlux Fragrances

Jay Z has always been known for his smart business decisions, but one venture he decided to do could cost him millions of dollars. According to TMZ, Parlux Fragrances is going after Jay for not following through with the deal he signed for his “Gold Jay Z,” which launched back in 2013. In the lawsuit, Parlux claims they signed a licensing deal, where they used Jay’s name and image to launch the fragrance, but he refused to do any promotions for fragrance.

“Further, there was supposed to be a line of follow-up fragrances that Jay helped develop, but according to the suit … he dodged meetings and the new colognes never got off the ground. Parlux says it expected to haul in about $50 million over 2 years, but instead the whole deal is pepe le pew — it’s losing money, and stores are returning unsold inventory.” 

The company is going after $18 million for damages.

Rihanna's 'ANTI' Album Is Here

After releasing the single featuring Drake, ‘Work’, Rihanna‘s highly anticipated eighth album ‘ANTI’  has finally been released.  The album was accidentally uploaded to Tidal’s servers earlier today (1/27/16), so it’s available on the platform now to its members.
The album has thirteen songs, none of which include the initial ANTI cuts “FourFiveSeconds”, “Bitch Better Have My Money”, and “American Oxygen”. There is also a deluxe edition with three additional songs coming on Friday.

DJ Khaled Announces New Future Album

Yesterday (Feb 1) DJ Khaled announced on his instagram (and Snapchat of course) that on February 5 he will be debuting a new Future album via Khaled’s new radio show on Apple Music.

BIG CLOTH ALERT ! MOGUL TALK !! JUST SIGNED A NEW DEAL WITH @APPLEMUSIC. WE THE BEST RADIO AND TV DEBUTING THIS FRIDAY AT 8PM EST / 5 PM PST ! WORLD PREMIERING THE NEW @FUTURE ALBUM THIS FRIDAY !!! THX @THELARRYJACKSON @ZANELOWE AND JIMMY IOVINE. IT’S GOIN UP!!!! @wethebestmusic #Wethebest