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Play video content BACKGRID Adam Levine took the stage for the first time since his cheating scandal, and he and his band were met with cheers. Adam performed Saturday night with his band, Maroon 5, at Shaquille O’Neal‘s annual fundraising gala, “The Event.” It went down at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Vegas. Adam

Play video content TMZ.com Vanilla Ice got pretty emotional, recalling the last time he had a heart-to-heart with Coolio about being a parent … adding he’s put a brief hold on his tour following the rapper’s death. Ice tried keeping it together while talking about their last convo … and it sounds like Coolio’s kids

It’s that time of the year again — when everyone makes jokes about Billie Joe Armstrong … and he’s totally in on it, despite how difficult of a time this is in reality. The Green Day frontman tried to get ahead of all the memes and posts that inevitably were posted anyway — taking to

Play video content TMZ.com You can count Ski Mask the Slump God among the rappers who won’t stop wearing iced-out chains and jewelry after PnB Rock‘s murder, but he’s taking some precautions and relying on good energy!!! TMZ Hip Hop chopped it up with Ski Mask Thursday at LAX and asked about his massive chain

Remy Ma was in early talks to become the first rapper-turned-‘Real Housewife,’ but she ran into a major problem — because as any realtor would tell her, it’s all about location, location, location. Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … ‘RHONY’ star Eboni K. Williams brought up Remy’s name to casting several months ago

UPDATE 5:01 PM PT — Ice Cube says other states should follow California’s lead in blocking prosecutors from using rap lyrics as evidence in criminal cases. UPDATE Play video content TMZ.com UPDATE We got Cube at LAX a couple hours after CA Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law, and he told us he

Play video content TMZ.com Gunna is currently making another play at coming home while his criminal case is pending … a move fully supported by Kevin Liles, head of Gunna’s label … 300 Elektra Entertainment. We caught up with Kevin Thursday in D.C. during the “Rap and the Rules of Evidence” panel … and he

Play video content Chocstarr313 Coolio‘s sudden death comes as a total shock to fans who interacted with him less than a week before he passed, and they say he gave no indication he was having health issues. TMZ obtained these photos and videos of the “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper traveling last Friday through the Houston airport,

“Futurama” fans will still be able to hear Coolio featured on their favorite show — the late rapper recorded segments for the animated series before his death — giving show creatives a chance to give Coolio, and his character, a proper send-off. David X. Cohen, Executive Producer of “Futurama,” tells TMZ he was shocked to

Angela Hench knows a lot about caring for precious things. The care she puts into her job as a nanny is analogous to the same care she shows as a vocalist covering Montserrat Caballé’s 1987 duet with Freddie Mercury, “Barcelona”. Hench, when she loves something or someone, opens herself in full to giving it all

Coolio performed his last show ever last week in Texas with Vanilla Ice, who says he’s mourning his late friend’s death. Vanilla Ice tells TMZ he couldn’t sleep Wednesday night after learning Coolio died, and he woke up Thursday morning “still in shock and freaking out.” Coolio and Ice go way back, and they were

UPDATE 6:47 PM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ no drugs or drug paraphernalia were found at the scene of Coolio’s death. An autopsy and toxicology test will be used to determine an official cause of death. UPDATE 6:24 PM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … paramedics were called to a house

R. Kelly‘s not just going to prison for his sex crimes in New York, but it also looks like he’ll be ordered to pay a fortune to some of his victims … including picking up the tabs to deal with their STDs and their psychological trauma in the aftermath. There was a restitution hearing in

UPDATE 8:18 AM PT — Law enforcement sources say the 17-year-old son of Freddie Trone has been arrested in connection to the shooting. We’re told the son was the shooter, and Freddie drove the getaway car. UPDATE Our sources also say the father and son duo were already in the restaurant’s parking lot when PnB

Tekashi 6ix9ine‘s recent brawl in Dubai won’t be his last one … not if the DJ he punched that night has anything to say about it!!! TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the DJ, Lucasdirty … who wants to resolve the whole thing mano a mano in a real boxing ring. Play video content TMZ.com

UPDATE 3:24 PM PT — Post Malone just broke his silence, confirming that he’ll be back on stage tonight in Cleveland. UPDATE Post Malone is stepping back into the spotlight after needing to be hospitalized in Boston last weekend — powering through the pain for his fans. Sources connected to the singer tell TMZ …

Singers, rappers … Aljamain Sterling will walk to the Octagon to your music — blasting in the arena, on TV — at his next UFC title fight, if your song’s good enough. The bantamweight champ is teaming up with 2x Grammy nominee Joyner Lucas … and they’re launching a contest aimed at putting a spotlight

Before this comical kid was singing around the globe, stringin’ up originals on his guitar and posting thirst traps left and right on social media, he was just your average teen playing soccer and hockey while growing up in Ontario, Canada. This cute kid may have worn tighty-whities back in the day, but now he’s

Play video content TMZ.com Working relationships are key to locking down guest features … so says superproducer Hitmaka, who thinks Desiigner blew his top when reacting to EST Gee‘s $75k asking price for a collab. We got Hitmaka at LAX and picked his industry brain about Desiigner’s recent outburst over EST’s steep quote. He notes

Daddy Long Neck‘s baby boy is out of the hospital and is on the mend … this after the BF of the kid’s mom was arrested for allegedly abusing the kid so badly he ended up there. Long Neck tells TMZ … his 9-month-old son, David Alfredo Samuelson Lopez, was released last Saturday from the

Play video content TMZ.com Actor Kadeem Hardison is a little hesitant about the “White Men Can’t Jump” reboot … but speaking as one of the stars from the OG flick, he sees some potential — and even has his eyes set on who could play him in this new-gen version. We got Kadeem in NYC

UPDATE 12:02 PM PT — The NFL just tweeted with official confirmation … Rihanna’s the headliner! Jay-Z says in the tweet, “Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn. A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists

Aaron Carter had cops at his door for a welfare check after going live on Instagram … because worried fans believed he was possibly doing drugs off-camera. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … police received a call Tuesday evening — with many saying Aaron was “possibly overdosing on social media.” Play video content Instagram /

Post Malone just canceled his Boston concert right before showtime … and he’s citing pain that seems to be carrying over from his fall a week ago. The singer broke the news a few hours before he was scheduled to take the stage Saturday night at the TD Garden, taking to his socials to explain

Play video content Open House Party With Kannon Britney Spears says she may never perform again, but that doesn’t mean she won’t get in the booth anew — proven with Elton John … and maybe, soon, with Benny Blanco. The award-winning record producer — who’s actually worked with Britney before — spilled the beans about

Play video content TMZSports.com Waka Flocka Flame and DJ Whoo Kid are teaming up … challenging AEW stars Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee to a match — with a twist — loser has to donate $100K to donate to a charity!! TMZ Sports spoke with Whoo Kid, who attended AEW Dynamite at Arthur Ashe Stadium

Here’s Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde on a casual date night … more proof the breakup rumors are total BS. TMZ obtained this photo of Harry and Olivia dining out Friday at Truck, a Mexican restaurant in the small town of Bedford, New York. Nothing fancy here … Harry’s wearing an Adidas tracksuit, plus some

Taylor Swift was, in fact, asked to perform at Super Bowl LVII, TMZ has learned, but turned the offer down … and we know why. Sources with direct knowledge of the Super Bowl halftime show tell us … Swift was approached months ago by SB honchos, asking if she’d headline. We’re told Taylor was clear

Passion can be presented in a record in a lot of different ways, but when Elizabeth Sombart is using it as a tool for expression in her album Singing the Nocturnes, we’re not only able to experience her love of music but that of Chopin as well. Sombart interprets Chopin’s compositional whims so brilliantly in