Tag: Hip-Hop News

Nikki Giovanni, the iconic and award-winning poet, author, and activist whose groundbreaking career spanned nearly six decades, has passed away. She was 81. WDBJ reported that Giovanni died of cancer, sharing the news Monday night. At the time of her passing, Giovanni was serving as a professor of English at Virginia Tech University. Over her …

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JAY-Z is calling for an expedited federal court hearing to address allegations his legal team decries as baseless and harmful to his public image. His attorney, Alex Spiro, is accusing Texas-based lawyer Tony Buzbee of orchestrating a deliberate campaign to coerce a settlement and smear JAY-Z’s name through what he called “a shakedown.” “Due to …

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Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, found herself in a heap of controversy after she supposedly “liked” a social media post about JAY-Z’s latest legal troubles. On Monday (December 9), Knowles shared an Instagram post claiming she was the victim of a hack job. “I was hacked!” she wrote. “As you all know I do not play …

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Azealia Banks is demanding $1 million from Matty Healy after an escalating online feud between the rapper and the 1975 frontman. The dispute started with social media exchanges and reached new heights Sunday when Azealia Banks shared a cease-and-desist letter drafted by her attorney, Wallace J. Collins III. The letter, addressing Healy’s alleged “threats of …

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JAY-Z has filed a lawsuit demanding the name of the Jane Doe who has accused him of sexual assault when she was just 13 years old. According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, JAY-Z and his attorney, Alex Spiro, are vigorously fighting for her anonymity to be broken. “For months, an extortionate campaign has been …

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