Dr. Dre’s 20-year-old son, Andre Romelle Young Jr., has died in Los Angeles.

(more…)

TIME magazine has named their “10 Best Songs of Summer.” Check out the list below and let us know what you think of their selections.

(more…)

Da Brat was sentenced to three years in prison Friday for striking a woman with a rum bottle at an Atlanta nightclub in 2007.

(more…)

Janet Jackson’s Pleasure Principle line of lingerie to hit retailers in November. [USA Today]

Damon Dash faces foreclosure on his two Tribeca condos. [NY Daily News]

(more…)

BET’s “106 & Park” will commemorate its 2000th episode tonight at 6 p.m. Special guests on hand to help BET celebrate this milestone include Jennifer Hudson, T.I., LL Cool J, and Keyshia Cole, along with a few other surprises.

Rap-Up.com was backstage at the taping yesterday and spotted Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, Jennifer Hudson, T.I., Keri Hilson, Pretty Ricky, Julissa, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Soulja Boy, and Terrence Howard.

More than a dozen of the world’s most accomplished female recording artists—a cast that includes Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes, and Carrie Underwood—have joined together for “Just Stand Up,” an unprecedented charity single in support of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a new initiative to raise philanthropic dollars for accelerating ground-breaking cancer research.

(more…)

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson wears the crown on Forbes.com’ inaugural Hip-Hop Cash Kings list of the top-earning hip-hop artists in the business last year. The Queens-bred MC tops the list, earning $150 million over the past 12 months—almost twice what No. 2-ranked Jay-Z made.

The new king of hip-hop wealth banked $100 million after taxes on one deal alone when his stake in VitaminWater was bought by Coca-Cola as part of a $4.1 billion deal. 50’s portfolio also includes G-Unit Records, films, video games, platinum albums, and a mining partnership with South African billionaire Partrice Motsepe.

See the full list below.

(more…)

Sean Kingston is back in the lab working on his second studio album. In a video blog he posted on Saturday, Kingston says he just began recording and has already knocked out four songs with super producer Polow Da Don.

(more…)

Ludacris and Chris Brown in the studio recording “What Them Girls Like.” [Watch]

Master P changes his name to P. Miller. [MTV News]

(more…)

VH1 has announced the five honorees for the fifth annual “VH1 Hip Hop Honors.” Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Slick Rick, Naughty By Nature, and Too $hort will be honored at this year’s show airing October 7th at 10 p.m. on VH1 and VH1 Soul.

(more…)