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

Lil Wayne & Birdman Are Back Together ?

Lil Wayne and Birdman haven’t been on good terms for a while now, but AllHipHop is now reporting that the two might have finally joined forces again. According to the reports, Wayne and Birdman are suppose to make the announcement to the public very soon.

Empire State Of Mind; Does "Empire" Get Rap Battle Right ?

The answer? Not really.

Following months of speculation and anticipation, Fox recently dropped the trailer for season two of ratings juggernaut Empire. A lot has changed since viewers were first introduced to the Lyon family in early January. Head patriarch Lucious discovered his diagnosis of ALS was something a lot less life threatening yet, was charged with the killing his former friend Bunky and finds himself currently incarcerated. This is an 180 from the series beginning with his ex-wife Cookie being released from prison. Getting over the closeted homosexual hump, middle son Jamal takes over Empire Enterprises and even manages to get a little Suge Knight-ish during a few episodes. Meanwhile, oldest son Andre is still coming to terms with his bipolar disorder. Empire Enterprises’ greatest threat comes when Hakeem forms an alliance with Lucious’ ex-fiance Annika who is possibly helping a rival record label. Wrapping everything together is Cookie’s power struggle to get the piece of the company that is deserved. As the second season of Empire is surely set possibly break more viewership records, DX is proud to present the next edition of “Empire State Of Mind.”

Empire State Of Mind: Does "Empire" Get Battle Rap Right?

The dramatic breakdown of the Lyon clan continued as tensions between Empire Enterprises and The Dynasty grew significantly when Hakeem destroyed a peace offering from Lucious via USB drive. This lead the family patriarch to instigate a beef between recent signee Freda Gatz and his youngest son. Gatz sends the first shots during a concert at Lucious’ club making allusions to Hakeem’s recent kidnappings and luxurious upbringing. Social media goes crazy of course. Ironically, Hakeem’s first response is through Snapchat? Attempting to prove his dominance, he challenges Gatz to a rap battle featuring some ludicrous production values while Cookie and Lucious make a back-end bet over the winner.
In a previous episode introducing Gatz’s battle rap abilities, gunfire erupted after a fight when things got too personal. Hakeem seemed out of his league. Besides the hilarious training sequence where each member of the contestants’ entourage threw out random words for them to freestyle to, the actual scene between the two artists couldn’t have been more over-the-top. And yes, Funkmaster Flex served as the host and DJ for the event in the most obvious allusion to Hip Hop’s biggest beef of 2015, Drake Vs. Meek Mill. Empire’s first season featured the cringe-worthy moment where Jamal sung his way through a battle. Yes, Empire predated Mill “getting bodied by a singing nigga.”
This particular battle reached outrageous levels normally seen in anything involving Cadalack and Daylyt. Everything from choreographed dancing to crowd participation created an ambiance that was more Broadway than anything featured on King Of The Dot Entertainment. The scene almost felt like a parody of 8 Miles best moments. Twitter, offered some of the best commentaries on the episode:



Despite the dramatics, events don’t make sense in reality. The show presents Hakeem as a huge major label rap star. In reality, there’s no way anyone in his position would have taken that chance. Matter of fact, it wouldn’t have even been worth the effort against someone unknown like Gatz. The best rap beefs from Drake vs. Mill and Nas vs Hov to Biggie vs. Pac featured greats almost at their prime. In reality, a rapper in Hakeem’s position would've simply ignored any attacks. However, the real winner of the night was Pepsi who managed to involve themselves in the actual storyline of Jamal getting an endorsement deal from the soda maker. By the episode’s conclusion, Empire may have set a new precedent for having using endorsements within the narrative structure of an episode.