Funk pioneer Chuck Brown, 75, died yesterday after a long battle with pneumonia. The singer, nicknamed the Godfather of Go-Go, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, where he had been rec...

Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham is launching an assault on the pop charts after landing a record deal. The former back-up dancer for acts like Missy Elliott and Pharrell Williams has also starred...

Rapper Nelly is helping build a state-of-the-art recording studio in his home state of Missouri to help budding sound engineers. The Ride Wit Me hit-maker, who grew up in the city and owns a prop...

Ke$ha has become the latest pop star to scrap dates in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami disasters earlier this month. The "TiK ToK" hitmaker has released a statement insisting she feels ...

Rapper Nelly's concert representatives have filed suit against an event promoter in Missouri for outstanding fees, days after he accused the rapper's road manager of threatening his life. The "Hot...

Rapper Nelly has confirmed his romance with Ashanti has ended, insisting he was too busy to concentrate on the starry relationship. The pair split last year but sparked reconciliation speculation...

Rapper Nelly has launched a scathing attack on his record label following disappointing sales of his new album - insisting poor marketing and distribution are to blame for the lowly chart position....

Happy Birthday to: Hip-Hop artist Nelly (1978) Country music star Erika Jo (1986) Canadian singer k.d. lang (1961) Hart to Hart actress Stefanie Powers (1942) Legendary actor Burt Lancaster (1...

Rapper Nelly is set to launch his own international radio show in November. The Grammy winner hit radio airwaves in his native St. Louis, Missouri in August, when he filled in for Hot 104.1 host...

Former couple Ashanti and Nelly have fuelled rumors of a reconciliation after they were spotted enjoying a night out in New York together this week. The pair split last year, but speculation abo...

50 Cent and Pitbull will be showing off their caring side when they co-headline a new breast cancer benefit concert in Florida next month. The rappers will join Asher Roth, Ray J, Nelly and Flo R...

T.I.'s new wife Tameka 'Tiny' Cottle has blasted reports suggesting the hip-hop couple was caught with methamphetamines last week, insisting she has no idea what the drug looks like. Former Xscap...

Rapper Nelly is helping to get his fans in shape with a new fitness DVD. The muscly "Hot In Herre" hitmaker, who regularly plays basketball, baseball and football, will feature in the first editio...

Rapper Nelly is taking over the airwaves in his native St. Louis, Missouri - he's landed a job as a DJ of own radio show. The Hot In Here hit-maker has joined the line-up at Hot 104.1 FM as a tem...

Rap superstar T.I. celebrated his nuptials with new wife Tameka 'Tiny' Cottle with a second wedding off the coast of Miami, Florida on Saturday, a day after exchanging vows in a courthouse ceremony...

Rapper Nelly has found himself at the center of a new lawsuit after bogus promoters allegedly conned event producers into handing over cash for a concert that never hit the stage. Executives at ...

Happy Birthday to: Hip-Hop artist Nelly (1978) Country music star Erika Jo (1986) Canadian singer k.d. lang (1961) Hart to Hart actress Stefanie Powers (1942) Legendary actor Burt La...

R&B star Ashanti and rapper Nelly have reportedly called off their romance. The hip-hop supercouple managed to keep their four-year romance secret until Nelly confirmed in November they are in fact...

Forget about actors hooking up; Hip Hop couples are the new thang. Check out our picks for the hottest Hip Hop hookups on the scene. Then tell us who your fave Hip Hop magnets are! Beyonce/Jay...

Actor Jon Hamm fulfilled a childhood dream on Monday night when he took part in a celebrity softball game in his native Missouri - because he got to play on the same soil as his beloved baseball te...

Hip Hop music is the most popular music genre in the world. Rappers like Lil Wayne, Eminem, and Jay-Z have gained worldwide recognition and success because of their rap lyrics and songs. Rap music ...

R&B star Ashanti has hinted she will marry her rapper lover Nelly in 2009. Just four months after the couple went public with its four year romance, the singer has confessed she is planning t...

Some celebrity couples seem to have it really going on. So much so, that we feel they need to finally make it official! Here's our round up of couples we think should consider taking the nuptial j...

NEW YORK (AP) - Sean "Diddy" Combs is becoming a prosecutor - at least on television. CBS says the rapper has agreed to a two-episode appearance on "CSI: Miami." The network says Combs will po...

A star-studded group of artists from rock, pop, hip-hop and beyond are lined up to commemorate TRL with their memories, performances, and more as MTV's "Total Finale Live" celebration grows ever cl...

Happy Birthday to Country music star Erika Jo (1986), Hip-Hop artist Nelly (1978), Canadian singer k.d. lang (1961), Hart to Hart actress Stefanie Powers (1942), politician Pat Buchanan (1938), an...