Will Kanye West Surpass Jay-Z?

For the better part of hip-hop’s existence, it was solely considered a genre of music. We now recognize the larger cultural movement surrounding the New York-bred art form as a leading force driving growth in fashion, entertainment, food and beverage, and technology. As a result, the top 10 highest earners of 2019 on Forbes’ annual list of hip-hop’s richest account for a staggering $633,500,000 in combined earnings. And for the first time in his career, Kanye West ($150 million) has outpaced the rest of his competitors to take the top spot — leapfrogging JAY-Z by $69 million.

It was certainly a banner year for West, especially considering he claimed to be $56 million in debt just over three years ago. While earning the top spot is certainly noteworthy, his income jumped dramatically between 2018 and 2019, accounting for a net increase of $122,500,000. Although the entire industry had a great year — with the top 20 acts’ revenue increasing by 33 percent since 2018 — the huge financial increase poses an interesting question: with an album on the way, YEEZY accounting for $1.5 billion in annual sales, and a track record of exploring radical projects, will Kanye West be joining JAY-Z in the billionaire’s club?

Jennifer Lopez Named New Face of Versace

Who else better to be the new face of Versace other than Jennifer Lopez? Jennifer Lopez’s long-time relationship with Versace is coming full circle: The 50-year-old is representing the famous Italian fashion house’s Spring/Summer 2020 collection.

One photo features Lopez, who is engaged to baseball star Alex Rodriguez, sporting a green palm leaf suit with no shirt underneath, reminiscent of her iconic Versace dress which she wore to the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000 with then-beau Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Before They Were Famous - Jennifer Lopez

Before Jennifer Lopez turned a vibrant dancing career into Hollywood fame and transformed again into an international singing sensation. Before for Jennifer Lopez would make big booties all the rage in Hollywood.

Before J-Lo  wed three times including her time with Marc Anthony and dated many other a Hollywood celeb including Ben Affleck and P. Diddy.

Top 15 Richest Rappers of 2019

From Cardi B to Nicki Minaj to Meek Mill, these 15 rappers have made the richest rappers of 2019 list. Endorsement deals, streaming, and touring have left their net worth looking like a phone number!

Naturally, Jay-Z tops this year's ranking of hip-hop's richest stars. Who will be the next billionaire from the rap world?

Update: 15 Richest Rappers in the World Right Now (Updated: 2019)

It might seem like rappers don’t have a lot of money, especially knowing some of their backgrounds, but rappers make more money then you thought. Between album sales, tours, merch, and endorsement deal, rappers are easily swimming in cash.

See the video below and let us know what yo think!

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Sauce Money Drops Diss Track Aimed At Diddy

Sauce Money has dropped a diss record towards Diddy called “Love Tap,” where he alleges the mogul tried to jerk him for past work.

Sauce Money is known for his work with Jay-Z along with being a ghostwriter for prominent songs including Diddy’s “I’ll Be Missing You,” which is a tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.

On the track, he spits bars over a Bob James “Nautilus” flip that finds him airing out the Bad Boy founder. He said he was cool with him, but feels Diddy crossed the line when he tried to “shorten the bag” for him.

Mariah Carey Talks The Notorious B.I.G. and More

Carey sat down for an interview with DJ Suss One on Power 105. 1 on Wednesday (Nov. 21) to promote her new album Caution. Between talking about the album and reminiscing about old times, the topic of Biggie's near appearance on the "Honey (Remix)" was brought up around the 11:25 mark.

Mariah Carey has a number of notable crossover hip-hop collabs in her long singing career. One of the most notable has to be the Bad Boy version of her 1997 "Honey (Remix)." The original, produced by Diddy, Q-Tip and Stevie J, featured Ma$e and The LOX, but according to the singing legend, The Notorious B.I.G. was actually supposed to appear on the track.

"He had the 'Dreams' record out at the time," she said, referring to the song where Big fantasizes about industry women but takes a shot at Carey with the line, "Mariah Carey kinda scary." "I was always like, 'Why did he have to say that?' Then someone, I'm not going to mention, a prominent rapper, said, 'He meant that as a compliment.' I was like, 'Okay, if you said it, I'll take it that way.'"

Things were looking up after Carey and Big talked things out. "Puff put me on the phone with [Biggie]. I don't even know if [Puff] remembers this. This was at the Hit Factory. He was like, 'I didn't mean it, it's all love.' And he was gonna get on the record and he passed away."

Eminem Drops MGK Diss 'Killshot'

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Eminem has released his response to MGK’s “Rap Devil” with his own on record decimation, “Kill Shot.” The four-minute record takes aim at several lines spit by MGK, including the line that calling out Em for not visiting his hometown.

Although Eminem makes a point to show love to Diddy at the end of the track saying, “Oh, and I’m just playin’, Diddy. You know I love you,” some Hip-Hop fans didn’t take too kindly towards the Tupac line.

Eminem Is About To Give It All He Got Again

MGK set the rap world ablaze when he dropped his diss record, “Rap Devil”, in response to Eminem’s initial diss “calling Eminem washed up with misplaced anger and also accused the Detroit veteran of blackballing him in the industry over a tweet in 2012 about his daughter.

G-Eazy Disses MGK In New Track

On the song, which was produced by Blizzy, Dakari and Grasserbeats, the Bay Area rapper wastes no time cutting into what he feels to be the heart of the beef: jealousy.

Elsewhere on the new song, G-Eazy claps back at MGK for claiming he'd hooked up with one of his past girlfriends. He also spotlights MGK's perceived commercial fall-off and what he feels is a lack of love from Diddy, who is the founder of MGK's record label, Bad Boy Entertainment.

South Maine (@SouthMaine) - Money In The Trap

Money in the trap has an instant catch that will leave you wanting to hear what has South Maine has in store with its simplicity and complexity of the record simultaneously.

Black Rob Speaks On Diddy

Black Rob speaks full details on why he left Bad Boy Records as far as what really happened with Diddy not paying his fare share. And also speaks on how he came up after leaving bad boy like doing independent work of music.

Find Out Why Diddy Is Being Asked To Buy The New York Jets

Last month, the owner of the Panthers, revealed his desire to sell his share of the NFL team. The announcement of the sale prompted Diddy to express his desire to purchase an team, which would allow him to become the first black majority owner within the National Football League.

Jeezy Ft Diddy - Bottles Up

From the Rolls Royces to the cigar lighting and bussing’ bottles of Ciroc, Jeezy and Diddy aka Puff Daddy do it up big in the new visual for “Bottles Up”. Just a teaser from the Snowman’s forthcoming ‘Pressure’ album.

Puff Daddy and Jizzle roll in style, sitting side by side in a white Rolls-Royce. “Bottles Up” featuring Puff Daddy. Backed by sirens, piano keys, trap drums, and Sean Combs ad-libs, Jeezy raps about his Biscayne condo, diamonds floating, and more.

Heat Boy Kie-Lo Ft Moneybagg Yo - Sum Mo

Nashville rapper Heat Boy Kie-Lo releases new visuals to single "Sum Mo" featuring Memphis rapper Moneybagg Yo. Produced by Cel Sizzle, the banging new club anthem receives the visual treatment by director David Hulbert. "Sum Mo" is from Kie-Lo's latest project, Know The Meaning H.E.A.T., which also features Michael Carter, Heat Boy Caution, Cp da Baby Don and Bug Diddy.

New Wild N Out Exclusive Remix

New Remix with the Wild N Out crew titled All About The Benjamins with Nick Cannon Ft Charlie clips, Hitman Holla and Conceited bringing you that good feeling of rap back like it was P Diddy and the crew again.

P Diddy Sued

Diddy made his personal chef whip up meals right after he had sex, and wasn't shy about showing off his manhood when she entered the room ... according to a new lawsuit.

In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Cindy Rueda says she was "regularly summoned" to serve Diddy and his guests while they "engaged in or immediately following sexual activity." She also says on at least one such occasion, Diddy was still naked when she entered the room, and asked if she liked what she saw.

The suit makes it seem like Diddy was recreating "Caligula" in his L.A. mansion. She says another time one of his buddies approached her in the kitchen -- while he was nude -- and asked her to check out his junk.

Rueda says she complained about sexual harassment to one of Diddy's assistants, and as a result was set up by another staffer to make it look like she'd stolen one of his watches. According to the suit, she was fired with a string attached -- if she signed an exit agreement waiving all rights to sue Diddy, she wouldn't be prosecuted.

Reuda's suing for wrongful termination, sexual harassment, and violation of whistleblower protection. TMZ has reached out to Diddy's reps, but haven't heard back yet.

Diddy Has Become Hip Hop's First Billionaire

"A young boy from Harlem, I couldn't even be a waiter. They didn't want me to be a waiter, so you know what I did? I became a billionaire."

Diddy took to the internet to announce that he has become Hip-Hop's first billionaire. Diddy has an impressive body of work in terms of his companies, with Ciroc Vodka, Bad Boy Records (now partnered with Epic Records), Revolt TV, Sean John, and AQUAhydrate all doing well. Puffy also makes sure he gives back, recently opening a charter school in Harlem. Dr. Dre comes in second with a cool 700 million and HOV in third with about 610 million. Watch the video here! Any thoughts?

Diddy recently topped Forbes' list for top earners in hip hop (something he's getting used to doing by this point), and thus sat down with the people at Forbes to discuss his business model, how much he has in the bank, and his potential to become rap's first billionaire.

When asked if he felt he would become the first rapper to hit the 9 figure mark, Puff said he couldn't be sure, but stressed that he would remain humble no matter the outcome. "I can't deny how humbling... how proud I am to be from Harlem, New York, to be from the inner-city and be on the Forbes list," he said. "But it doesn't define me-- whether I become a billionaire, or whatever my status is."

He also made sure to clear the air that the numbers Forbes reports him to have are not reflective of what he has in the bank, and more likely have to do with his assets. "First of all I do want to say to the Forbes cameras, I'm going to tell you that I don't have that money in the bank." he said, half-jokingly. "I want to make sure y’all are clear on that. I have no problem with saying that. If that pushes me down on the list, I’m okay with that.”

Diddy Reigns Supreme As Hip-Hop Cash Kings

Forbes is back with their Hip-Hop Cash Kings list, and for the second consecutive year, Diddy reigns supreme. The hip-hop mogul sits atop the list, raking in a cool $62 million over the past year. Much of the money isn't from music, but rather his very lucrative Ciroc vodka deal and other ventures. However, he hasn't let the stage entirely as his Bad Boy Reunion Tour runs through the fall.

Diddy And Cassie Breakup

It appears as though Diddy and Cassie have once again called it quits.  This, according to TMZ, whose sources obtained a domestic incident report that details their falling out during an argument that escalated to the involvement of police on Wednesday, August 17.

The incident was said to have unraveled on Wednesday afternoon after the 29-year-old singer/actress confessed her desire to leave the rap mogul.  Diddy is said to have snatched her phone at some point during their argument and scrolled through before leaving the vehicle with the phone.  Cassie is said to have then abandoned him at the Beverly Hills location, arriving home to contact her mother who then dialed authorities to report the confrontation.  Upon finding his way back to their Los Angeles residence, Diddy is believed to have returned the phone, then left, taking two cars with him.

No word has been put out on the official status of their relationship.  Diddy and Cassie have been known to break up and get back together again.  No charges were pressed over the incident.

Diddy Gets Blamed For Biggie's Death

We don't know why the former bodyguard decided to speak, but he has. The bodyguard went on to say "You wanna reminisce brother? You wanna put Big and Wolf on a teleprompter and tell the world how much you love them? 

When in fact, you did nothing to save them? To help them? Let's reminisce on that night when we were at Andre Harrell's house and I told you that these cats were coming to kill us or try to get at us that night. I told you I had intel, but you didn't wanna hear it. Let's reminisce on the fact that I told our driver Kenny 'Run these next three lights. Run the lights Kenny.' Kenny ran the light, Big stopped at the light, Big gets killed. Wasn't meant for him bruh."

The death of Notorious B.I.G. has always been shrouded in mystery, with accusations of Death Row Records, gangs, the police and even Diddy being behind the murder of the Brooklyn rapper. Now, Diddy's former bodyguard, Anthony "Wolf" Jones, has come forward saying the mogul is responsible for the death of Biggie, and admits to being present during the 1999 nightclub shooting that involved rapper Shyne.

The bodyguard also spoke on how Diddy allegedly had his security team rally people to testify against Shyne in court, saying "Let's reminisce on how you had people on the security team find people to testify against Shyne. You a rat."

50 Cent vs P. Diddy

50 Cent attacked Puff Daddy in a string of Instagram posts this week which showed that many of Bad Boy’s former artists made major life changes after working with the label’s head.

50 Cent alluded to Loon, Ma$e, G Dep, Shyne and even the Notorious B.I.G. “dancing with the devil.” The posts appear to be promo for his EFFEN Vodka brand which he markets by competing fiercely with Puffy’s Ciroc. However, the “I’m the Man” rapper took it pretty far this time.