Music

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for NARAS After making headlines by claiming that the amount of royalties Sting gets from Diddy‘s song “I’ll Be Missing You” is $5,000 a day, Diddy now claims it was a big joke. Earlier this week, Diddy replied to a clip of Sting confirming that he makes $2,000 per day in royalties […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for NARAS Diddy‘s 1997 number-one hit “I’ll Be Missing You” is based on the 1983 number-one hit “Every Breath You Take” by The Police, written by the band’s frontman, Sting.  On Wednesday, Diddy revealed just how much money Sting makes from the use of that sample. After Diddy sampled “Every Breath You Take” without […]

ABC/Gavin Bond Lionel Richie wrote Kenny Rogers‘ classic song “Lady,” and he just revealed on The Drew Barrymore Show that he finished the tune in a very unlikely place — the bathroom. “I’m working with Kenny Rogers — this is back in the day — and so Kenny calls and says, ‘I want you to write a song for me,’” Richie shared […]

Republic Records It’s not just veteran rockers and pop stars who are cashing in by selling their catalogs — hip-hop artists are getting into the act, as well. Sources tell Billboard that Metro Boomin, the producer, songwriter and artist born Leland Tyler Wayne, has sold a part of his existing publishing catalog for nearly $70 million. In addition to his own […]

Hailie Jade Mathers; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Eminem‘s daughter Hailie Jade is getting married. On Monday, the Just a Little Shady podcast host shared a carousel of pictures from her engagement to longtime boyfriend Evan McClintock. The first photo shows the happy couple popping a bottle of champagne, the second is a snapshot of McClintock […]

Sonja Flemming/CBS Offset is shutting down rumors that he and his fellow Migos member Quavo got into an altercation at the Grammys Sunday night.  Taking to Twitter Monday afternoon, the rapper wrote, “What tf look like fighting my brother yal n***** is crazy.” The social media post comes after TMZ reported that the pair got into a physical fight just before Quavo, 31, […]

Theo Wargo/Getty Images Nearly two years after DMX passed away from a heart attack apparently caused by a drug overdose, his 10-year-old daughter is searching for funding to produce a docuseries about drug awareness. Sonovah Hillman Jr. has launched a GoFundMe page for her four-part project. “I’m a 10-year-old who has lost multiple family members to fentanyl and drug addiction. I […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs Ne-Yo‘s divorce from Crystal Renay has been finalized, Page Six reports. TMZ adds that the singer will pay Crystal $1.6 million to balance out their real estate holdings, $20,000 for moving expenses and $150,000 for her to buy a new car. He will also dish out $12,000 monthly for child support and cover education-related […]

Courtesy of Def Jam Recordings Following the success of his breakthrough single “Billie Eilish,” Armani White‘s back again. This time around, he’s teamed up with Denzel Curry for a song titled “Goated.” The song dropped Friday and is accompanied by the release of a visual that features boxing GOAT Floyd Mayweather. The music video, directed by Mikey D’Amico and Davey Robinson, sees the rapper […]