The U.S. leg of Rihanna’s “LOUD” tour came to a close in Boston on Sunday (July 24). Along the way, she was joined by her pals Drake, Jay-Z, and Kanye West, who performed “All of the Lights” and “Run This Town” with her at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island, New York. In this behind-the-scenes footage, the superstars are seen preparing to go on stage. Watch as they meet up backstage, mingle with Heidi Klum, and perform “All of the Lights.”

Earlier this year, Justin Bieber revealed his new ink as he and girlfriend Selena Gomez stepped onto the beach in Hawaii. Exactly two months later, photos of JB getting his infamous Yeshua (the Hebrew spelling of "Jesus") tattoo with his dad Jeremy have now surfaced. Check out our favorite concert and wedding crasher as her bravely faces the needle to have a matching mark with his father. See kids, he may only be a minor but he had his parent's permission first.

Bow Wow barks back in the gritty video for “Shit on My Mind,” a cut off his upcoming Greenlight 4 mixtape hosted by DJ Ill Will and DJ Rockstar.

The Cash Money rapper recently quit Twitter, writing, “Since mafukas wanna be pussy’s and fake tweet fake statements how bout i just shut down my twitter. You can thank the dumb fucks for it!”

Lauryn Hill has added another member to her growing family. The former Fugee gave birth to a baby boy over the weekend.


Hill, 36, welcomed a son on Saturday (July 23). The father was not immediately identified. She has five previous children with Bob Marley’s son Rohan Marley.

According to Blackcelebkids.com, who first reported the news, the Grammy-winning singer “had a little scare because the baby came out the womb with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck.” But mother and child are doing fine. “All is well now and everyone is happy,” adds the source.

Marley congratulated Hill on the birth of her son. “I’m forwarding all well wishes to Ms. Hill on the birth of her new son,” he tweeted. “I’m sure she’ll appreciate the love being sent to her RASTAFARI R.M.”

Hill first hinted at her pregnancy at one of her recent concerts. “I keep having these children. I don’t know if I’m the most fertile woman in America,” she joked during a Los Angeles gig.

She wrote an open letter to her fans last month where she addressed her pregnancy and apologized for being late to her shows. She is scheduled to perform at the Rock the Bells Festival next month

Jay-Z and Kanye West have kept fans waiting with news of their heavily-guarded album Watch the Throne, but the hip-hop titans finally made it official by announcing the formation of their supergroup, an official album release date, and a once-in-a-lifetime tour.


The rappers have combined their talents to create a group dubbed “The Throne” and will release their collaborative album exclusively to iTunes on August 8. It will be available at additional physical and digital retailers on August 12 featuring the lead track “Otis,” as well as contributions from Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, Mr Hudson, The Neptunes, and RZA.

On the same day as the iTunes release, tickets for their fall tour will go on sale to the public. The North American trek kicks off September 22 in Detroit and travels to cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Atlanta, currently wrapping November 3 in Boston.

Starting July 28, fans that visit Live Nation’s website will have access to pre-sale tickets, which includes a digital copy of the album.

Watch the Throne Tour Dates

Sept. 22 – Detroit, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
Sept. 24 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
Sept. 25 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Sept. 27 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center
Sept. 28 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center
Sept. 28 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center
Oct. 4 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Oct. 6 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Oct. 7 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Oct. 8 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
Oct. 10 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
Oct. 13 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
Oct. 14 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
Oct. 16 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion
Oct. 17 – Sacramento, CA – Power Balance Pavilion
Oct. 19 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
Oct. 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
Oct. 21 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
Oct. 25 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Oct. 26 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Oct. 29 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
Oct. 30 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
Nov. 1 – Baltimore, MD – 1st Mariner Arena
Nov. 3 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

"I'm having an amazing day surrounded by family and friends." Jennifer Lopez tweeted yesterday as she celebrated her 42nd birthday. The recent wedding singer (and divorcee) was spotted living it up on a yacht in Miami. We would be gettin' down with our bad selves too if we looked better in a bathing suit than most pop stars half our age. Check out the American Idol judge in her Emilio Pucci bikini top and matching head scarf as she cruises the intercoastal on a boat named "Never Say Never". Is J.Lo a closet Belieber?

Get stranded with Brandy and famed photographer Derek Blanks in the official behind-the-scenes visual the R&B star’s ‘Alter-Ego’ photoshoot. The theme of the shoot is, “The struggle between good and bad, when good turns bad.” Check it out above.

Beyonce recently revealed her new-found love for video and film. Check out her new behind-the-scenes visual, shot with a vintage style, on a warm spring afternoon in Paris, B and Parisian photographer Greg Gex shot the cover for her new album 4. In stores now, be sure to pickup that Deluxe Edition.

“This is my first time on Conan’s show!” Justin Timberlake exclaimed to rapturous cheering last night. “I finally did a movie funny enough to make it to Conan’s show.” And as we know, JT is all about movies (and golf) these days, and, sadly, not music. Anyway, the two broke the ice during their first meeting by talking about Conan’s wife Liza, Justin’s three Emmy nominations and the sex scenes between Timberlake and Mila Kunis in their new film Friends With Benefits. Watch below.

In Friends With Benefits, Justin goofs on tween rap duo Kriss Kross’ 1992 chart-topping hit “Jump” by belting out the song.

“That came from a very real place,” Timberlake told O’Brien. “We were trying to think of a song that could be funny but also a great pop culture reference for when I was, I don’t know, 12 or 13. And that song was like the song. And funny enough, I gotta say, when you go back and listen to it, it’s still a pretty awesome song. It’s still pretty jammin’.”

For the record, Justin, who turned 30 this year, would have actually only been 11 when “Jump” was released — i.e. younger (by at least two years) than the members of Kriss Kross themselves.

This in absolutely no way makes us feel old or anything. No, not at all… *sob*.

Beyoncé may not even be 30, but she already knows what she wants to do over the next 10 years. The singer revealed some of her future plans in a new interview with “Access Hollywood.”

“Before I hit the age of 40, I’d love to have some children,” said the private singer. “I would love to direct and continue to learn videos and maybe by then [do] a short film, a documentary. I just hope that I’m happy and into my children and well adjusted and still making music, if that makes me happy at that time.”

She also explained what it was like to relive her “I dos” in the video for “Best Thing I Never Had.” “It was a little strange and definitely when I walked down the aisle, I’m like, ‘This is kind of creepy. There’s some other man standing here,’” she laughed, while adding, “It was really beautiful and people were all really excited like it was my wedding. My mother was even like, ‘Aww.’ I’m like, ‘Mom, it’s a video. This is not the real wedding.’”

B said her on-screen marriage was more stressful than her actual wedding to Jay-Z. “This may have been a little more crazy. I had to sing at the same time.”

R. Kelly has been forced to take a break from touring as he undergoes emergency throat surgery.


“R&B superstar R. Kelly will be laid up for an indefinite amount of time after undergoing an emergency procedure at Northwestern Memorial Hospital yesterday to drain an abscess on one of his tonsils,” stated his rep.

The 44-year-old entertainer had visited a throat specialist after complaining of severe throat pain. After a preliminary exam, he was rushed to Northwestern Memorial for the procedure.

It is not known when Kelly, who recently wrapped the U.S. leg of his worldwide “Love Letter” tour, will return to the stage. He had to cancel a show scheduled for Friday at the Reggae Sumfest festival in Jamaica.

“I’d like to thank everybody for their love, concern and support. I WILL BE BACK!” tweeted Kellz.

The Roc was in the building at Rihanna’s “LOUD” tour stop in New Jersey on Thursday night (July 21). Fans were in for a surprise when Jay-Z joined the red-headed superstar during the encore at East Rutherford’s Izod Center.

RiRi threw up the diamond before her mentor emerged in a cloud of smoke from below the stage rocking shorts, a Basquiat T-shirt, and a snapback Yankees hat. The crowd went wild as he performed his verses from “Run This Town” and “Umbrella” with the pop princess.

Watch fan-filmed footage of the moment below.

Yesterday Lil Mama stopped by Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club in New York to chat with host Charlamagne, and got unexpectedly emotional during the interview, going so far as to shed a few tears. What made the “NY NY LA LA” rapper break down? No, it wasn’t because anyone accused her lip gloss of not being cool or poppin’ — it was in response to being told that she didn’t seem focused on music anymore, coupled with rising grief about her mother succumbing to cancer. Head below to watch Lil Mama go “On & On & On” about her music, promoting her career, and her beef with Nicki Minaj. (Tears flow near the 20-minute mark.)


Yeah, The Breakfast Club sometimes makes us cry, too — but we’re talking about the John Hughes movie.

T-Pain’s love affair with Ke$ha continues. The Auto-Tune King is working on a collaboration with the pop starlet.


“I am going to be in the studio with Ke$ha. She’s overseas right now, but when she comes back, it’s definitely on,” Teddy P. told Ryan Seacrest. “I got a song I’m working on right now with her and Pitbull, so it’s gonna be pretty dope.”

The odd couple, who dubbed themselves “K-Pain,” was spotted together at a strip club in Las Vegas after meeting at a radio station concert in May. “I’m not saying @keshasuxx and i had sex or anything I’m just sayin I love that ‘fuck everybody else’ attitude,” he previously tweeted. “She dresses how she wants she performs the way she wants, she does HER.”

It is not known where the song will appear, but it could end up on T-Pain’s new album rEVOLVEr, which has spawned the singles “Best Love Song” featuring Chris Brown and “Booty Wurk (One Cheek at a Time).”

Would you like to hear a T-Pain-Ke$ha collabo? Let us know.

Lauryn Hill warned us that some guys are only about “that thing” in her song “Doo Wop,” and now her boyfriend has proved it. The miseducated diva’s longtime squeeze Rohan Marley has left her for Brazilian model Isabeli Fontana — and what’s worse, Lauryn is pregnant with (presumably) his child. The couple have been together since 1996 and have five other children together, and rumors of their split had already surfaced before it was confirmed today via Fontana’s Twitter. (Yikes.) Will this further derail Lauryn’s long, long, loooong-delayed follow-up album to her Grammy winner — or provide the inspiration she needs to create new music?

Given that Rohan is the son of the Rastafarian legend, we’re betting Lauryn won’t be singing any more tributes to Bob Marley any time soon.

Ouch! Apparently, Detroit fans can’t get enough of Rihanna’s luscious red locks — to the extent that they want to pull them out of her head. The VMA-snubbed diva had not one, but two fans take swipes at her curly scarlet tresses at the Michigan stop on her LOUD tour, who apparently wanted to make a good girl gone bald out of the pants-free pop star. How rude! If you really want RiRi’s attention, we know for a fact she’d prefer you just propose in front of her. She may be excited by whips and chains, but she didn’t say anything about hair-pulling, people! Watch below.

As Lady Gaga continues her media stampede in NYC, the Mother Monster dropped by 92.3 NOW’s Rollin’ With Nick Cannon this morning to chat with Mr. Mariah Carey and co-host Sarah Lee. While there was no talk of Mermaidgate 2011, the native New Yorker did discuss her pride in Born This Way, her desire to remain an underdog (even as Forbes‘ Most Powerful Person In Entertainment) and the hairy singer talks about the state of her real hair with the DJs. Watch Gaga’s interview below.

“I believe so strongly in my heart that kindness is the future of all good things. And there’s nothing religious or beautiful about hatred,” the Song Of Summer winner shares in this clip.


Gaga turns down Nick’s challenge to play strip Connect Four. “I don’t want to get in the line of Mariah.” We, don’t blame you, Stefani!

Miguel couldn’t wipe the smile from his face while snapping pics of sexy ladies on the steamy set of his double video for his next two singles, “Quickie” and “Girls Like You,” off his debut album. The R&B crooner shared directing duties with Alex Moors (“All I Want Is You”), handling everything from the treatment to casting and cinematography.

“I actually have a really special feeling about these videos,” Miguel said “I was very hands-on in the execution and the creative elements—from casting to the treatment to choosing the director and cinematography, the entire theme of the two videos—it’s kind of my brainchild.”

Check out photos of a shirtless Miguel on set below

Space diva Beyonce is Complex magazine's cover girl for their August/September issue, and in the singer's bold photo shoot, the chart-topping singer wows us yet again with her flawless bod and mane of wild hair. (Seriously, that coif has a life of its own.) Head below to hear the "Best Thing I Never Had" performer fawn over her boys Kanye and Jay, and stay for a gallery of gorgeous pics.

DMX is free once again. The notorious rapper was released from an Arizona prison this morning after serving six months behind bars for a probation violation.


X, born Earl Simmons, was upbeat upon exiting the facility and was already planning to get back to music. “I’m feeling good, I’m feeling real good,” he told AllHipHop.com. “I’m gonna see my daughter, I just got off the phone with my wife. I’m going to see my daughter while the sun is up then I’m in the studio, man.”

DMX’s prison stay was lengthened by a week after he was caught in violation of multiple disciplinary infractions including drug possession, failing or refusing a drug test, unauthorized smoking, being disrespectful, and disorderly conduct.

According to a press release issued by his label United Music & Media Group, he plans to collaborate with major names in music over the next couple of months and release “hard-hitting rap music that will leave no question as to who truly is the king of rap.”

“Earl has so much more to offer the world,” stated his rep Nakia Walker. “His latest project has been on hold for so long! It is now time for X to redefine the world of hip-hop with his highly-anticipated album of inspirational, painful, and street-accredited rhymes. It is time to let the Dog out of the kennel.”

When Rihanna took the time to meet and greet fans backstage on her LOUD tour, little did she know she would also be a conduit to a marriage proposal. The fiery songbird was posing with two members of her Navy, when to her shock the gentleman took out a little blue Tiffany's box and dropped to one knee. We can just imagine the happy couple met via an ad in the personals section read something like this: Good girl gone bad seeks rude boy who's into S&M to share my California king bed.

It’s no secret that Chris Brown has a temper — it wouldn’t surprise us if Fox soon found their windows smashed a la Good Morning America. But this time around, the famous planker opted for a more peaceful display of his emotions, responding to a recent thrashing by Fox News’ Laura Ingraham by merely tweeting. The segment went outside of Chris Brown’s jam-packed Today concert asking fans if they think supporting Breezy is “rewarding bad behavior,” going so far as to show pictures of a battered Rihanna to remind fans what the “Real Hip Hop #3″ rapper is capable of. (They were also harsh on Ke$ha.) Watch the segment below, then see Chris’ response.


The segment is definitely worth watching for Laura Ingraham’s disgusted (hilarious) reading of Ke$ha and Chris Brown lyrics:


In our opinion, the clip does raise some valid and interesting points, even if we don’t agree with everything that’s said. Certainly it is true that many fans go into denial when they hear something they don’t like about the celeb they worship. Many of the immodest star’s fans shown here are quick to lay the blame on Rihanna rather than admit to Breezy’s wrongdoing.

The Ke$ha connection was only mildly relevant, however — the $leazy chanteuse may sing about some naughty activities, but she’s never actually hurt anyone the way the segment’s other star did.

Needless to say, Chris Brown wasn’t too happy with the piece, tweeting:

“People really should grow up sometimes! I guess the next story they make up will say “chris brown paid the fans to come! #stopit5 hahaha.. I get it though! They are upset at the fact that the today show actually focuses on talent instead of an almost 3 year old incident! Running bogus and pointless stories don’t matter! My fans prove that everyday and the haters just look old as F**k ! I keep my head high and my middle finger higher! I love team breezy. Let’s just laugh it off cuz they mad. Ahahahahaha.. Fame + Platinum= Fortune! Nobody can take my joy. I have some of the most incredible fans in the world. Goodnight y’all!”

Luckily for Chris, he has at least one fan who fully agrees with him — 50 Cent. The rapper tweeted: “I just saw a clip on FOX news Hating on NBC for having chris brown on unbelievable. I’m never watching that again.” (We never figured 50 Cent was much of a Fox news fan in the first place, but okay.)

So where do you stand? Are Breezy’s fans too quick to dismiss his bad behavior? Or is Fox News out of line and beating a dead horse?

Ciara Harris smiles for the camera while playing in the South Beach waves with a friend. Ciara arrived in Miami Beach with a group of friends to play in the water sporting a pink string bikini decorated with sequins.