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Kodak Black claims he had a perfectly good reason for having several oxycodone pills when he was busted last weekend … his legal team insists he needs them to deal with serious pain. Kodak’s attorney Bradford Cohen tells TMZ … the “Super Gremlin” rapper has battled chronic pain after getting shot in February during a

News Slipknot Announce New Album The End, So Far, Share New Video: Watch The follow-up to 2019’s We Are Not Your Kind arrives in September via Roadrunner By Rob Arcand July 19, 2022 Facebook Twitter Slipknot, Photo by Jonathan Weiner Facebook Twitter Slipknot have announced their new album The End, So Far. The LP marks

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck will soon be surrounded by their closest friends and family to celebrate their marriage at his estate in Georgia … a plan almost IDENTICAL to how things were supposed to go down 20 years ago. Sources familiar tell TMZ … back when the couple got engaged in 2002, they planned

News Sorry, Beabadoobee, Steve Lacy, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat By Pitchfork July 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Graphic by Callum Abbott Facebook Twitter The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of

Johnny Depp is a man about town — perhaps even more so now that the Amber Heard drama seems to finally be in his rear-view … and on the horizon, maybe a new flame! JD was seen stepping out in Italy Sunday, where he’s in town to perform for the Umbria Jazz Festival alongside fellow

News Kid Cudi Replacing Kanye West as Rolling Loud Miami 2022 Headliner “We spent months working with him and his team on the performance. Unfortunately, Ye has decided that he will no longer be performing.”—Rolling Loud co-founders Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler By Matthew Strauss July 17, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kanye West, Kid Cudi (Getty

Play video content It’s Tricky with Raquel Harper Amber Rose knows Kanye West, and she opens up about his divorce from Kim Kardashian … short story, she’s not surprised at all. Amber sat down with Raquel for the “It’s Tricky with Raquel Harper” podcast and Amber — though circumspect — seems to know of what

News “Beastie Boys Square” Approved for Paul’s Boutique Street Corner in New York The site of the famous album cover, at Ludlow and Rivington, will be officially named in honor of MCA, Mike D, and Ad-Rock By Jazz Monroe and Nina Corcoran July 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Beastie Boys, May 1987 (Vinnie Zuffante/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

Play video content TMZ.com It took some time, but Brandy says she’s now on board for Ray J‘s “unique” leg tattoo he got to honor his sister … and now she’s considering getting one to honor him in return!!! We ran into the R&B legend as she was getting a ton of fan love outside

News William Hart, Founding Member of the Delfonics, Dies at 77 The Philadelphia soul icon was behind the hit singles “La-La (Means I Love You)” and “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)” By Rob Arcand July 15, 2022 Facebook Twitter The Delfonics’ William Hart, October 1968 (Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter William

Play video content TMZ.com Boosie Badazz claims the car he was riding in got pulled over and cuffed because he’s famous … but cops in Georgia say the traffic stop wasn’t a case of the hip hop police hard at work. Here’s the deal — Boosie was riding shotgun in a black Cadillac SUV when

News Kanye West Sued for $7 Million Over Unpaid Event Production Fees The L.A.-based company Phantom Labs is suing West for breach of contract, alleging non-payment for work on his canceled Coachella performance, a Donda 2 listening event, the rapper’s concert with Drake, and more By Madison Bloom July 14, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kanye West

Play video content TMZ.com Boosie Badazz ended up in handcuffs during a Georgia traffic stop, which threw him into a rage, and we’ve obtained the wild body cam footage of the incident. According to cops, Boosie was the passenger in a black Cadillac SUV on Wednesday morning with a 19-year-old man named De’Shun Lawrence …

News Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” Enters Billboard Songs Chart for First Time After Stranger Things Placement The 1986 single was recently featured in the season four finale of the popular Netflix show By Madison Bloom July 13, 2022 Facebook Twitter Metallica in 1985 (Photo by Ross Marino/Getty Images). Facebook Twitter Metallica are the latest beneficiaries

Fake Drake will get his wish to fight in the Celebrity Boxing arena … just not against the man to whom he owes his livelihood. Damon Feldman of Celeb Boxing tells TMZ Hip Hop that Lamar Odom — AKA ex-NBA champ, husband to Khloé Kardashian — has agreed to square off against Frake … and

News Descendents React to Former Oath Keeper Testifying at Jan. 6 Committee in Band T-Shirt “We completely disavow groups like the Oath Keepers and in no way condone their hateful ideology” By Matthew Strauss July 12, 2022 Facebook Twitter Jason Van Tatenhove, July 2022 (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Jason Van Tatenhove is

Griselda rapper Conway The Machine isn’t playing nice with NYC DJs Funkmaster Flex and Suss One — he’s telling the old-school vets is time to hang it up for good. Conway The Machine Calls Out Funk Flex, DJ Suss One & Other Gatekeepers In New York pic.twitter.com/9JvzxIqycC — First Class 🏁 (@1DJFirstClass) July 11, 2022

This year’s already given us the return of the reclusive Kendrick Lamar, and now there are strong signs Frank Ocean is getting set for his own grand return. The R&B phenom debuted 2 new episodes of his “Blonded RADIO” showSunday on Apple Music … cryptically discussing psychedelic drugs with Dr. James Fadiman on the episode