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Oscar Winning Composer Killed In Airplane Crash
Hollywood Ex To Do Tell All About Prince
Prince and his ex-wife, Mayte Garcia.
Will fans finally get a peek into the life of reclusive music icon Prince? With his legal powers (he sues everyone), probably not, but we will keep our hopes up.
Prince's Ex-wife Mayte Garcia is penning a tell-all book about her life with him. The dancer was married to the "Purple Rain" hitmaker from 1996 to 1999, but it's currently unclear how much tea she will share with the world.
Garcia will also reveal sto- ries about her friendship with reality TV star Kim Kar- dashian as well as details about parties she attended with Sir Elton John and Madonna.
According to a spokesperson for Garcia, the book is slated to arrive around Christmas.
Fantasia Owes The IRS $90K
FANTASIA
Fantasia Barrino has run into yet another financial jam, and the IRS has every intention of collecting what she allegedly owes them.
The “Get It Right” siren re- portedly owes the government $92,837 in unpaid taxes, so the IRS filed a lien against her in California on May 1.
The IRS is giving her a chance to make good on her back taxes, however they will seize her as- sets if she can’t cover her entire tab. It’s unclear how long she has until the feds come knock- ing, but we hope she can get her dollars in order before then.
Young Thug Claims Kanye Wants To Do Album With Him
Oscar-winning film com- poser James Horner died in a plane crash last week near Santa Barbara, CA, according to multiple reports. He was 61.
Horner wrote many promi- nent scores, including those to Titanic, Avatar and Brave- heart. He was nominated nine times for Academy Awards, winning twice in 1998 for My Heart Will Go On and his Ti- tanic score.
The Los Angeles-born com- poser was piloting the small aircraft that went down about 60 miles north of Santa Bar- bara. The Santa Barbara County Fire responded to the
James Horner won 2 Oscars in 1998 for “My Heart Will Go On” and the “Titanic” score.
call where the crash had sparked a brush fire.
Lil’ Wayne may not like Young Thug, but Kanye West does.
In his recent interview with Rolling Out, Thugger said that Kanye West is a big fan of his music and has even compared him to Bob Mar- ley. He said after Yeezus re- quested to hear all of his unreleased music during a tour stop in Los Angeles, he said he wanted to do an album with him.
“He had a Beats Pill and was like, ‘I wanna hear all of your music in the world that’s not out,’ the Barter 6 rapper said. “So I was letting him hear all the music. Then he said I was like Bob Marley and he
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wanted to do an album with me. I was like, ‘Let’s roll!...Kanye is like my brother, but he’s a real fan.”
Cole Shows Love To Special Fan; Helps Pay For College
Nicki Minaj Is Courtside For BET Experience Charity Basketball Game
Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg and The Game.
J. Cole is one entertainer that really does a lot to show love to his fans. For the third year in a row, the North Carolina native offered fans the chance to attend his “Dollar And A Dream Tour” for only $1. But the Roc Nation artist went even beyond that for one spe- cific follower.
Back in 2013, Cole promised a high school student that he would attend her graduation if she made it into a four-year university. The young woman achieved that goal, and Cole kept his promise.
The “Apparently” rapper did not stop at just being part of the fans’ big day. A repre-
J. Cole and special fan
sentative for Cole confirms that he is also chipping in to pay part of her college fees.
Fresh off wowing a full house at Staples Center on Friday night, Nicki Minaj was back at the Los Angeles Convention Center Saturday afternoon to watch some of hip hops big stars play basketball.
The 32-year-old singer be- came the center of attention as
she arrived courtside for the BET Experience celebrity game that included Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg and The Game.
The three-day BET Experi- ence hosts a number of con- certs, panel discussions and fan activities ahead of Sunday night's BET Awards.
Kanye’s Show Interrupted By English Comedian At Festival In England
The stage invader who in- terrupted Kanye West’s headline Glastonbury per- formance on June 28 has been identified as Simon Brod- kin, a British comedian best known for his character Lee Nelson, who had a TV show, Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show, in 2010.
Brodkin ran onstage in a “Lee-zus” T-shirt and carrying a mic during ‘Black Skinhead’, the fourth song of West’s set. Though he was quickly appre- hended by a security guard.
Reaction to Brodkin’s stunt on Twitter was mixed, with some considering it a “taste of his own medicine” after West’s famous on-stage interruptions of Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV VMAs and of Beck at this year’s Grammy’s. One Twitter user wrote that Nelson was “getting a taste of his own medicine”, but an- other commented “imagine being Lee Nelson & so irrel- evant that the only way to re- mind people you exist is to crash a headliner at glasto.”
Kanye West’s headline slot proved controversial, and an online petition calling for
English comedian Simon Brodkin, playing his character Lee Nelson, interrupts Ameri- can singer Kanye West has he performs on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festi- val of Music and Performing Arts on Worthy Farm near the village of Pilton in Somerset, South West England,
the artist to be replaced by a rock band attracted more than 133,000 signatures, and festi- val booker Emily Eavis re- ceived death threats over Twitter. West labeled the pe- tition “an insult to music fans all over the world”.
In spite of the controversy, the rapper drew a huge crowd to his Glastonbury perform- ance.
Dru Hill Sues Record Label After Poor Sales
DRU HILL
Dru Hill and SisQo are suing Kedar Massenburg and his Kedar Entertainment Group, citing the company failed to spend the promised amount of dollars marketing their projects, which cost them millions.
In 2009, Dru Hill signed a two album deal with Kedar, and SisQo also signed two project solo deals. The first of two Dru Hill projects, entitled InDRUpendence Day,
dropped in 2010, and SisQo's label debut, Last Dragon, ar- rived in February 2015.
In the suit, Dru Hill says Kedar Ent promised to spend $300k on marketing but failed to pony up the budget. The members also claim they were "shorted on royalties -- never seeing a dime."
The members are seeking a milli each as well as the termi- nation of their contracts.
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