Tag: Music

One hour after Jay-Z was supposed to be onstage Sunday night, almost half the Yankee Stadium crowd was still stuck outside the venue creating chaos. A few hundred people without tickets bum-rushed an entrance, prompting security to shut down all gates. At 10:15 PM, twenty thousand fans were lined up outside, and even A-listers like A$AP Rocky, Tyler the Creator, and Usher were locked out. Jay decided to wait rather than start late, not wanting to abandon fans still outside. Finally at midnight, they started the show, ending around 3 AM with fireworks.

Rihanna made a rare surprise appearance at Jay-Z's Yankee Stadium finale, performing "Run This Town" and "Bitch Better Have My Money" — then told the crowd five words the Navy will replay forever: "I miss this sh-t y'all.

Patti LaBelle was honored with the Culture Icon Award at the sixth annual Black Excellence Brunch during ESSENCE Festival weekend in New Orleans, featuring a surprise musical tribute by Marsha Ambrosius.

The Sunset Strip got a serious dose of Baddies energy this weekend because DJ Sky High Baby dropped in to the TMZ Brunch Bus, turning an already rowdy afternoon into a full-blown party and giving Ray J advice for his upcoming fight against Orlando Brown. Sky, accompanied by singer E.K.E., wasted no time bringing guests to Beaches in WeHo where an epic drag show broke out as soon as the bus pulled up, followed by shots and complimentary drinks for everyone on board.

They don't call Paris the City of Love for nothing because Cardi B may have a new man, he's an international soccer star, and her fans seem to be all for it. The guy beside Cardi is Nigerian soccer goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, and he's quite the gentleman, helping her take a seat beside him at Paris Fashion Week.

Jermaine Dupri wants Sony to face the music by filing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over royalties he says never made it into his record label's pockets. According to a newly filed lawsuit, Jermaine and his record label So So Def Recordings claim Sony underpaid and withheld royalties tied to hit albums involving Mariah Carey, Usher, Kris Kross, Jagged Edge, Bow Wow, and more. A 2025 audit uncovered years of alleged accounting errors and missing royalties, prompting So So Def to demand roughly eighteen million dollars.