It may cost you $150,000 to get Snoop Dogg to play your event, but if you don't have an Xbox around, forget-about-it.
Page Six reports that Calvin "It's Alright To Call Sistahs Ho's" Broadus was headlining at a UNICEF fund-raiser in New York, and besides his fee, he demanded that ten members of his Snoop-tourage be flown first class.
But, at the last minute, Snoop balked at performing because he didn't have an Xbox video game unit in his dressing room. Folks had to find someone's child's Xbox to placate the rapper, who ended up going on an hour late anyway.
Page Six reports that Calvin "It's Alright To Call Sistahs Ho's" Broadus was headlining at a UNICEF fund-raiser in New York, and besides his fee, he demanded that ten members of his Snoop-tourage be flown first class.
But, at the last minute, Snoop balked at performing because he didn't have an Xbox video game unit in his dressing room. Folks had to find someone's child's Xbox to placate the rapper, who ended up going on an hour late anyway.
Godfather of Soul's trust $70,000 in the red.
The trust handling James Brown's estate owes more than $70,000 for his elaborate funeral and care of his body for nearly three months before it was laid to rest in March, according to the funeral director who handled the soul singer's arrangements.
"I'm just waiting on them to get some of this mess straightened out," said Charles Reid, manager of the C.A. Reid Funeral Home in Augusta, Ga., which handled Brown's funeral. "I really haven't pushed the issue, even though I'd like to have my money."
The trust handling James Brown's estate owes more than $70,000 for his elaborate funeral and care of his body for nearly three months before it was laid to rest in March, according to the funeral director who handled the soul singer's arrangements.
"I'm just waiting on them to get some of this mess straightened out," said Charles Reid, manager of the C.A. Reid Funeral Home in Augusta, Ga., which handled Brown's funeral. "I really haven't pushed the issue, even though I'd like to have my money."
Actor Louis Gossett Jr, who played Fiddler in Roots, is being slammed for allegedly not paying for a pair of $37,000 Lakers tickets. (SEE UPDATE)
In a lawsuit filed recently in Los Angeles, Gossett is accused of signing a 2003 contract for a pair of exclusive premier seats at Staples Center -- home to the NBA Lakers and Clippers, as well as NHL's L.A. Kings -- good for nearly any sporting event for two years. The suit is also asking for $38,850 in damages.
UPDATE - Gossett tells TMZ.com that he recalls being offered the seats, but denies ever agreeing to take them -- adding that the signature on the "contract" he signed is a fake. Lakers rep confirms that Gossett has been a Lakers fan in good seating for "twenty years," and that he's fully paid up.
Former Roc-A-Fella mogul Damon Dash has got beef w/ his accountant, files multi-million dollar lawsuit against the bookkeeper-to-the-stars.
New York's Daily News reports that Damon "I'm Cool With Our Daughters Being Referred To As Bitches" Dash recently filed a $3.5 million lawsuit with Manhattan Supreme Court against accountant Barry Klarberg, claiming that Klarberg filed several years worth of erroneous tax returns on his behalf.
Dash says Klarberg's offenses include fouling up New York and New Jersey income tax returns for 2000 and 2001, as well as seriously miscalculating what Dash owed in 2005. Dash also says Klarberg failed to tell him how much he profited from the sale of one of his companies. Dash sold his shares in both Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear clothing within recent years.
New York's Daily News reports that Damon "I'm Cool With Our Daughters Being Referred To As Bitches" Dash recently filed a $3.5 million lawsuit with Manhattan Supreme Court against accountant Barry Klarberg, claiming that Klarberg filed several years worth of erroneous tax returns on his behalf.
Dash says Klarberg's offenses include fouling up New York and New Jersey income tax returns for 2000 and 2001, as well as seriously miscalculating what Dash owed in 2005. Dash also says Klarberg failed to tell him how much he profited from the sale of one of his companies. Dash sold his shares in both Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear clothing within recent years.
Autograph at 3am, Carmelo says I don't think so.
Recent reports that NBA Denver Nugget superstar Carmelo Anthony punched out a fan at a Denver 7-Eleven after said fan asked the superstar for an autograph. Sounds vicious don’t it?
Well, according to Anthony, his buddy was actually protecting him. Apparently after Melo turned down the fan’s request for an autograph, the fan cursed at them and got on his phone told someone to come to the store and kill Melo.
Two Oscar winning brothers in one film, oh my!
Denzel has been wanting to do "The Great Debaters" for a number of years. Well, the pieces are starting to come together. Columbus Short (Stomp The Yard) is already slated to be in the film, and yesterday Variety announced that Forest Whitaker will be signing on as well.
Washington will direct and play a small role as a volatile coach who molds a group of students from a small East Texas college into a debate team that challenges Harvard's championship squad in the 1930s.
50 "I'll Keep Singing About Bitches and Hos" Cent forced to pay child support.
Shaniqua Tompkins was granted $15,000 a month and an immediate payment of $10,000.
Either 50 is not worth as much as some people think or he has a "good accountant". P Diddy pays $35,000 a month for his son Justin.
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Shaniqua Tompkins was granted $15,000 a month and an immediate payment of $10,000.
Either 50 is not worth as much as some people think or he has a "good accountant". P Diddy pays $35,000 a month for his son Justin.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE WOMEN IN THIS VIDEO:
WE REPORT - YOU DECIDE THIS ONE!