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On March 4, Nicki Minaj’s husband Kenneth Petty was arrested in Los Angeles for failing to register as a sex offender. Now, following an appearance in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the charges against him have been dropped, the Blast reports and Pitchfork can confirm. In a statement to Pitchfork, a representative for the LA

Breaking News R&B singer Pleasure P got into an altercation with a Checkers drive-thru worker that ended with his food on the ground … and him hauled away in handcuffs. The former Pretty Ricky member was arrested early Thursday morning around 5:15 AM in Miami Gardens, FL after he allegedly shoved a female fast-food employee

Hamilton Leithauser, formerly of the Walkmen, has announced a new album due next month. It’s called The Loves of Your Life and it’s out April 10 on Glassnote. He’s also shared the record’s second track, “Isabella,” which he teased with a funny, haircut-focused video starring Maggie Rogers. Hear the song and watch the video below.

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Michelle Obama looked like she was having a spankin’ good time at Christina Aguilera‘s Las Vegas show … especially when one of the dancers twerked on her!!! The former First Lady attended Christina’s The Xperience Wednesday night at Planet Hollywood’s Zappos Theater, and got singled out by one of Aguilera’s

Gunna has released a brand new single called “SKYBOX.” He’s also shared a colorful music video for the song directed by Spike Jordan. Watch Gunna (in human and doll form) ride around in a hot air balloon, crash to Earth, and kick it with some belly dancers in the visual below. “SKYBOX” is the lead

Exclusive Getty Composite Feathers are seriously ruffled over at Drake‘s company, OVO, after a couple of companies jacked their famous owl logo … or at least that’s what OVO’s claiming in a lawsuit. OVO is suing Australian-based Bellroy and L.A.-based Clae claiming the merch companies collaborated to create, among other things, a shoe featuring a

Beastie Boys, Ozzy Osbourne, and Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have canceled their scheduled appearances at this year’s South By Southwest festival in Austin due to the ongoing threat of coronavirus. All of the aforementioned artists were scheduled to participate in the film portion of the festival; Beastie Boys were slated to

Capitol Records Katy Perry doesn’t have to suck it in anymore — her words — ’cause she’s finally comfortable announcing to the world she’s pregnant!!! The singer revealed her pregnancy Wednesday night in her “Never Worn White” music video. It’s pretty clear she and Orlando Bloom are expecting their first child together … she’s seen

Hayley Williams has announced her first-ever solo tour, behind her forthcoming solo debut PETALS FOR ARMOR. It’s set to begin in May with a performance at Melkwelg Max in Amsterdam on May 13, and will take the Paramore frontwoman through cities in Europe and North America. Check out here schedule in the poster below. Get

Exclusive TMZ.com A World Star Hip Hop exec wasn’t taking ANY chances in catching coronavirus … he flew home from Tokyo looking like Dustin Hoffman in “Outbreak!” Danny Cotton hit several hot spots in Asia last month in the midst of CV hysteria … first in Hong Kong and then Malaysia. Cotton self-quarantined himself and

Prior to performing her symphonic review “Songs of Serge Gainsbourg” this Friday at New York City’s Beacon Theatre, iconic actress and singer Jane Birkin was the musical guest on tonight’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. She was joined by Iggy Pop for a performance of “Elisa”—a song sung by Gainsbourg on 1969’s

Exclusive TMZ Composite Nicki Minaj‘s husband’s past is coming back to bite him in the ass — he’s been arrested by U.S. Marshals on an indictment for failing to register as a sex offender … TMZ has learned. Kenneth Petty was in federal custody Wednesday — we’re told he turned himself in to the Marshals.

Nicki Minaj’s husband Kenneth Petty has been arrested for failing to register as a sex offender, TMZ reports and documents viewed by Pitchfork confirm. Petty was convicted of first-degree attempted rape in 1995, New York state records show. Petty, who was 16 years old at the time of the crime, served time in prison for

TM/Getty Composite Britney Spears‘ son, Jayden Federline, went on a rant, calling his grandpa, Jamie Spears, horrible names and also saying his mom may never sing again. Jayden went on Instagram Live Tuesday and made it pretty clear … he’s spending way more time with his dad, Kevin Federline, than Britney. He said at one

The Dixie Chicks are back. The country trio has shared “Gaslighter,” its first new song in over a decade. Below, watch the accompanying music video, directed by Seanne Farmer. “Gaslighter” is the title track of the group’s long-awaited comeback album, produced by Jack Antonoff, which comes out May 1 (via Columbia). Check out the album

Exclusive TMZ.com Three 6 Mafia’s DJ Paul just got hit with his second lawsuit in as many days … and this time Trippie Redd‘s caught up in the legal mess over a ‘Hit’ song. Reginald Boyland, the man behind On The Strength Records, is suing DJ Paul over Trippie Redd’s track “Death” … which dropped

Davido has shared a new video for his A Good Time track “1MILLI.” The wedding-themed clip was shot on location in Lagos, Nigeria, and directed by Director K. Check it out below. Davido is currently touring North America in support of A Good Time. He has previously released a video for “Risky,” a duet with

Exclusive TMZ/Getty ZaZa, a 5-year-old child rapper, is playing nice with North West … she wants to collab on new music, even though she says Kim and Kanye‘s daughter jacked her famous beat!!! Play video content TMZ.com ZaZa tells TMZ … she wants to get in the studio with 6-year-old North ASAP, and she’s already

Lil Baby and Lil Wayne have shared a new video for their song “Forever.” It’s the seventh track from Lil Baby’s sophomore LP My Turn, which dropped last week. Check it out below. Lil Baby has previously released the My Turn singles “Woah” and “Sum 2 Prove.” Lil Wayne released his latest album Funeral in

Play video content Yeezy North West is going worldwide … performing in Paris at her dad’s Paris fashion show, and while she’s still honing her rapping skills, ya can’t say the kid ain’t cute … and loud!!! Kanye managed to score 6-year-old prodigy North for his Yeezy Season 8 show … part of Paris Fashion

The Nashville music venue Basement East was “severely damaged” from the deadly tornado that swept through Tennessee, the venue announced early this morning (March 3). The venue was hosting a benefit concert for Bernie Sanders before the tornado struck. The Basement East’s co-owner Mike Grimes told Rolling Stone: The tornado hit at approximately 1:15 a.m.;

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Megan Thee Stallion shoulda known what she was getting into when she signed her first contract with a record label, because she put pen to paper herself … so says Yung Berg. We got the “Sexy Can I” rapper at LAX Monday and asked about Meg’s beef with her record

Kim Gordon has recently spent a lot of time supporting and canvassing for the Bernie Sanders campaign. Today, prior to Super Tuesday, she shared a new political ad titled “What’s Cooking America?” that features her explaining why she’s in favor of Sanders’ platform. After mixing up a bowl full of his campaign promises, she pours

Exclusive Getty Megan Thee Stallion says certain execs at her record label have a rep for “bullying and strong-armed tactics,” but she’s taking a stand by taking them to court … and she’s already won a major battle. Meg went on the offensive by filing suit Monday against 1501 Certified Entertainment and its honcho, Carl

Flavor Flav has responded to being fired from longtime group Public Enemy yesterday. “Are you kidding me right now…over Bernie Sanders,” the rapper tweeted at Chuck today (March 2). Flav added: “You wanna destroy something we’ve built over 35 years OVER POLITICS??? all because I don’t wanna endorse a candidate…I’m very disappointed in you and

TMZ.com Public Enemy is moving forward without one of its original (and more memorable) founders — the one and only Flavor Flav is out … this after a big argument over a Bernie Sanders rally. The legendary hip-hop group permanently fired their longtime member Sunday night, saying … “Public Enemy and Public Enemy Radio will

HAIM have announced their third album: Women in Music Pt. III is out April 24 (via Columbia). Check out the album cover, shot by family friend and frequent collaborator Paul Thomas Anderson, below. Women in Music Pt. III follows HAIM’s 2017 record Something to Tell You. The album includes “Summer Girl,” “Now I’m in It,”

TMZ.com Megan Thee Stallion says a simple request to renegotiate her contract turned into a stalemate that’s keeping a lid on any new tunes. The rapper took to IG Live Sunday to call her out her record label, 1501, claiming they’re not allowing to drop any new music for the time being — all because,

Chuck D and Public Enemy Radio performed at Senator Bernie Sanders’ rally in Los Angeles last night, where they played classics like “Fight the Power,” “Can’t Truss It,” “Bring the Noise,” “Shut ’Em Down,” and more. Sarah Silverman and Dick Van Dyke were also present at the event. During Public Enemy Radio’s set, Chuck D