Posted Sep 7th 2008 12:42PM by TMZ Staff
Old school rapper MC Breed has been taken off life support -- in a good way -- after being admitted to the hospital Friday because of kidney failure.
Breed -- who's worked with 2Pac and Too Short -- collapsed while he was shooting hoops in Atlanta. We're told Breed's kidneys are only 30% functional and it's likely he'll need a kidney transplant.
MC is still in the hospital -- where he's slowly recognizing faces and voices -- and will remain there for at least another week under observation.
Filed under: Music
Posted Sep 6th 2008 2:00PM by TMZ Staff
So this is why Solange doesn't want to be associated with her.
Filed under: Music, Beyonce Knowles, You Might Want to Rethink
Posted Sep 6th 2008 11:10AM by TMZ Staff
Maybe he didn't want people to see those unsightly liver spots you get when you turn 50, but whatever the reason, Michael Jackson was the invisible manboy at a family event.
BMI honored the Jackson 5 and Janet Jackson in L.A. but Jacko was nowhere to be found. Jermaine, who is never germane, reportedly was also a no show but no one cared.
Filed under: Music, Michael Jackson
Posted Sep 6th 2008 6:35AM by TMZ Staff
T.I. won't have much time to stay out of a fools biz when he heads to jail soon.
So we thought it would be nice to show him what close quarters feels like.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
Posted Sep 5th 2008 2:00PM by TMZ Staff
It's been less than ten months since his son was born and Usher has already gotten his pre-baby hard body back!
The 29-year-old daddy stripped off his shirt during a performance in NYC on Thursday.
While there are reports that his marriage is in turmoil, Usher is embarking on a tour where the audience will be comprised entirely of women. Very interesting!
Filed under: Music, Beauty, Hot Bodies
Posted Sep 2nd 2008 5:50PM by TMZ Staff
Johnny Depp was one repressed urge away from sucking face with another dude this weekend -- when a reunion concert with his old band took a sudden homo-erotic turn on stage.
Edward Wanderinghands hit the stage in Pompano, Florida with his bandmates, The Kids, when suddenly Depp found himself battling his weakness for the sweaty, afro'd, sideburned type.
Filed under: Music, Johnny Depp
Posted Sep 2nd 2008 12:39PM by TMZ Staff
Despite being a '90s punchline, Caucasian rapping fluke Vanilla Ice still busted something sorta resembling rhymes outside Porky's in the Hamptons this weekend -- before making light of his alleged attack on his wife earlier this year.
While the battery charges were dropped, that's not exactly what they mean by a good beat.
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Posted Aug 31st 2008 11:44AM by TMZ Staff
Are there any black people in Alaska? If there are, Diddy sure doesn't know about 'em -- and on his latest online power ramble he blasts John McCain for picking Sarah Palin as his VP.
Diddy also doesn't think Palin should be so close to the top spot because there's not enough crackheads or crime in Alaska. And we all know a little crackhead experience goes a long way.
Filed under: Music, Prez Election 2008
Posted Aug 28th 2008 11:29AM by TMZ Staff
Thanks to TMZ, Warren G retains street cred. At Opera last night, we unveiled our crib sheet on Solange's meltdown, JoJo collapsing and Suge's arrest ... Now Mr. G knows jack.
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Posted Aug 27th 2008 7:35AM by TMZ Staff
Kenny Rogers is gambling with his image again -- only this time he's leaving the plastic surgeons out of it.
Kenny is hawking his newest CD through Cracker Barrel -- the country-themed restaurant chain that's been sued by various African-Americans over the years for slingin' racism along with its delicious butter baked chicken.
Unclear whether the album is available in 8-track or large-print editions.
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Posted Aug 26th 2008 11:11AM by TMZ Staff
Imagine there's no Jonas Brothers, it's easy if you try -- at least according to John Lennon's son.
Not only does Sean not know who the hell those guys are, but outside LAX yesterday the 32-year-old Beatle spawn asked if they were, "like a Disney cartoon or something?" Yeah, something like that.
You can't expect a guy and his lady friend to know about pop culture, when they just stepped out of "The Great Gatsby!"
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Posted Aug 25th 2008 7:06PM by TMZ Staff
Our favorite lawsuit of the day: A member of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels -- famous for Devil with a Blue Dress On -- is suing Rhino Entertainment for allegedly screwing the band out of royalties.
The royalty part is your basic snooze. But we haven't heard from Mitch Ryder and the boys for decades. James McCarty, Jr. a guitar player for the band, filed the suit in L.A. County Superior Court on behalf of the entire band. Unclear why the others aren't named.
Here's our conundrum. The lawsuit claims the band is known for the 1966 hits Devil with a Blue Dress On AND Good Golly, Miss Molly. We thought Good Golly, Miss Molly was part of Devil with a Blue Dress On and even have the recording to prove it. In fact, it was released as one track, according to Amazon.com. and Wikipedia.
So why does McCarty's suit claim the two songs are separate and distinct? It's a devil of a question.
Filed under: Music
Posted Aug 25th 2008 1:04PM by TMZ Staff
Melissa Manchester -- famous with songs like "Don't Cry Out Loud" and "You Should Hear How She Talks About You." Guess what she looks like now!
Filed under: Music, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Posted Aug 25th 2008 12:26PM by TMZ Staff
After suddenly collapsing on stage and clutching his head in agony, Jojo -- from R&B duo K-Ci and JoJo -- laid frighteningly motionless during a live concert in Australia this weekend -- unfortunately, his brother was more concerned with hitting his high note.
JoJo spent nearly a full minute on the floor by himself, while in the same time, a crew member picked up the fallen microphone, and his brother continued singing -- but neither one paid any attention to the passed out singer. In the video, you can hear people in the crowd asking, "Is he alright" and begging K-Ci to "pick him up, man!"
But here's the rub -- instead of getting him backstage for help ASAP, K-Ci picks up JoJo and drags his stumbling brother to the front of a stage for an ovation. A crew member then quickly grabbed the dazed singer by the arm and hauled him off the stage.
K-Ci told the crowd Jojo was just dizzy from the flight. We're dizzy from the spin.
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Posted Aug 21st 2008 2:35PM by TMZ Staff
After having to sit through Terrence Howard's first ever live musical performance last night, our spy in the crowd gave us the impression that his show was more torturous than Abu Ghraib -- but shockingly, not everyone in the TMZ newsroom agreed with the negative review.
In his shoot report from Maryland concert, the cameraman writes: "Some people should never quit their day job ... Terrence Howard could not hit the proper notes as he butchered every song. A noted fact, the liquor sales went up that night in the club as concertgoers needed some type of distraction."
Give it a listen -- is it really that bad?
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
