Nicki Minaj has apparently been arrested in Amsterdam after drugs were found in her luggage at the airport.

US rapper Fatman Scoop has died aged 53, his family has said.

 

In a post on the musician's Instagram, his family said with "profound sadness and very heavy hearts" that the rapper and hype man had died.

 

Earlier, the musician, famous for his 2003 hit Be Faithful, was seen collapsing on stage during a performance in Connecticut.

US rapper Fatman Scoop has died aged 53, his family has said.

 

In a post on the musician's Instagram, his family said with "profound sadness and very heavy hearts" that the rapper and hype man had died.

 

Earlier, the musician, famous for his 2003 hit Be Faithful, was seen collapsing on stage during a performance in Connecticut.

Kendrick Lamar will be doing the 2025 Super Bowl half-time show

 

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Well, this may be the last we see of Yung Filly - he's arrested on rape and assault charges in Australia.

Young Thug has been freed from prison and just given 15 years of probation and been banned from Atlanta. He really got off extremely lightly there.

 

Wonder if we'll get a 'first day out' song from him ~

Khalid has come out as gay after being outed on social media (apparently by one of his exes)

Drake has launched legal action against Universal Music Group and Spotify, alleging they conspired to artificially inflate interest in Kendrick Lamar’s diss track about him, Not Like Us, while suppressing his own music.

 

In a petition filed to the New York supreme court on Monday, attorneys for Drake’s company Frozen Moments LLC accused UMG and the streaming service of having “launched a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves”, using various tactics to make Lamar’s song more popular.

Drake has filed a second legal action against record label Universal Music over Kendrick Lamar's hit Not Like Us, which was released at the height of the pair's feud earlier this year.

 

The star has accused Universal of defamation, and his legal papers claim the company could have halted the release of a song "falsely accusing him of being a sex offender".

 

Instead, his lawyers claim, Universal "executed a plan" to make the song "a viral mega-hit", and used Lamar's incendiary lyrics "to drive consumer hysteria and, of course, massive revenues".

 

It comes a day after Drake filed papers in New York, accusing the company of illegally boosting the song's profile on Spotify. Universal has called the claims "offensive and untrue".

Rapper A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty of firing a gun at a former friend.

 

A jury in Los Angeles acquitted the musician, whose legal name is Rakim Mayers, on two felony assault charges that carried up to 24 years in prison.

 

Terell Ephron claimed the Grammy-nominated hip-hop star opened fire at him during an argument on a Hollywood street on 6 November 2021, grazing his knuckles with one of the shots.

 

Mr Mayers, who is also a fashion mogul and the longtime partner of pop star Rihanna, denied the charges, arguing that the weapon was a prop gun and that his former friend, who calls himself A$AP Relli, was only after money.

 

As the first not-guilty verdict was read on Tuesday, the court rang with screams and clapping. Mr Mayers rushed towards his family and Rihanna, who were seated behind him. He dived over a wooden barrier to embrace them.

Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, have been found guilty of wire fraud. The case involved them falsely claiming to pay for luxury items, including cars, jewellery, and other high-value goods, by pretending to make bank transfers that were never processed.

Chris Brown has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub.

The American singer was arrested at Manchester's Lowry Hotel on Thursday and later charged over the alleged assault, which is said to have happened at the Tape club in London's Mayfair in 2023.

Chris Brown remanded in custody over London nightclub attack - BBC News