Nicki Minaj Fans Slam Essence Festival for Not Live Streaming Her Performance

Selena Gomez is ringing in her 30th birthday on a happy and healthy note. After the star posted a TikTok video of her grandmother asking for the scoop on one of her breakups, fans were left wondering about the current state of Sel's love life. A source tells ET that «Selena isn't dating anyone specific at this time.» «She is more open to love, but she is also very much focused on herself and her work right now,» the source continues.

Selena Gomez is ringing in her 30th birthday on a happy and healthy note. After the star posted a TikTok video of her grandmother asking for the scoop on one of her breakups, fans were left wondering about the current state of Sel's love life. A source tells ET that «Selena isn't dating anyone specific at this time.» «She is more open to love, but she is also very much focused on herself and her work right now,» the source continues.

Kanye West thought Nicki Minaj “killed him” on her verse in his song ‘Monster’, according to Amber Rose.The rapper’s ex-girlfriend recalled West telling her how impressed he was by Minaj, after Rose had recommended her for the job.“I put Nicki on ‘Monster,’” Rose said in a recent interview on The Ringer‘s Higher Learning of West’s introduction to Minaj.“He didn’t know who Nicki was back then. I had Nicki pull up to the studio and I put her on ‘Monster.’ She was still coming up and I saw her in the studio and I was like, ‘Oh my god this bitch is fucking talented as hell,’ and then I went back to Kanye and I was like, ‘You need to get this girl Nicki on ‘Monster,’ and he was like, ‘Who? What? No.’”Rose claimed West wanted Minaj’s verse to be removed from the song at one point, because it was too good.

Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa have announced plans to launch a music festival in Ghana.The rappers are set to launch The Black Star Line Festival on January 6, 2023 in Accra, Ghana’s Black Star Square.“Everything we’re doing is with the goal of uniting and building a bridge between black people of the diaspora and the globe, with the continent,” Mensa said in a statement (via Pitchfork).

Drake’s recently announced Young Money reunion show.Announced earlier this week, Drake is set to put on a series of shows in Toronto (dubbed the ‘October World Weekend’) ahead of the worldwide expansion of his OVO Fest.Alongside an All Canadian North Stars show and a gig headlined by Chris Brown and Lil Baby, Drake is also putting on a Young Money reunion, with Nicki Minaj and Young Money Entertainment boss Lil Wayne set to appear.However, after tickets went on sale Friday (July 15), fans took to Twitter to complain about the sky high prices.As it stands, resale and “Platinum” tickets for the show at the Budweiser Stage on August 1 are available on Ticketmaster for CA$573 (£370), with the most expensive seat currently costing CA$1480 (£958).“If Ticketmaster really think they could charge me $750 for OVO fest lawn tickets they best be performing on MY lawn,” wrote one fan.@Drake them OvO prices insane my boy no way you can feel comfortable wit charging 750 for general admission— THE ODD BALL (@Mxtra845) July 16, 2022“The prices of the #ovofest tickets…… Drake tell me you’re out of touch with reality without telling me you’re out of touch with reality. Are you even aware of the cost of living in Toronto now,” wrote another.“Drake needs to read the room because who the fuck is paying those prices at a time like this,” said another fan.However, one fan pointed out that originally, tickets were available from CA$120 (£77) and topped out at CA$300 (£194) until Ticketmaster’s surge pricing kicked in.the young money prices are not drake’s fault y’all it’s ticketmaster.

Drake has announced October World Weekend, a series of three live shows taking place in Toronto at the end of the month and the start of August. The three-day event will begin on July 28 with a show promising "All Canadian North Stars" before Lil Baby and Chris Brown play live on July 29.

Issa Rae is ready for fans to check out her new comedy series, , a love letter to the women making their mark in the male-dominated rap world. The HBOMax Original series follows two estranged high school friends from Miami, Shawna (Aida Osman) and Mia (KaMillion), who reunite to form a rap group. The concept was developed from Rae’s original  script and aims to highlight the challenges women face trying to break into the male-dominated hip-hop industry.’s Syreeta Singleton serves as showrunner and executive producer with Rae and Singleton executive producing alongside Hoorae's Montrel McKay of , Jonathan Berry of  and 3 Arts' Dave Becky of . Hip-hop duo Yung Miami and JT of the City Girls also serve as co-executive producers, which is fitting since Rae shared that their real-life journey is part of the inspiration behind the series.«Besides being a fan of the female rap world, I wanted to center a show just around that come up,» Rae explained to ET.

EXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing more of Tracy McLusky in the upcoming second season of Mayor Of Kingstown. Nishi Munshi, who recurred as the character in Season 1, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2 in the Jeremy Renner-fronted drama series from Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon.

Kenneth Petty has been sentenced for failing to register as a sex offender. Nicki Minaj's husband, who pleaded guilty to the charges against him in September, has been sentenced to a mix of in-home confinement, probation and fines, ET confirms.«Kenneth Petty pleaded guilty in September 2021 to one count of failure to register as a sex offender,» a public information officer for the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles told ET.

Kenneth Petty, the husband of rap superstar Nicki Minaj, was sentenced on Wednesday to a year of home confinement and three years’ probation for failing to register as a sex offender in California.

Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, to one year of home detention and three years of probation after he failed to register as a sex offender.Californian law states that Petty – who was convicted of first-degree attempted rape in 1995 – would have been required to register as a sex offender within five business days of moving to the state.According to federal court documents, Petty moved from New York to California in July of 2019 but failed to update his status. New York’s sex offender registry demands that a convicted offender must notify authorities within 10 days of changing their address.Petty was subsequently arrested in November 2019.

Nicki Minaj has seemingly taken aim at Kanye West during her performance at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans over the weekend.The performance, which took place on Friday night (July 1), was Minaj’s first in-person live performance in around three years. A portion of the set was dedicated to a medley of Minaj’s early guest verses that originally saw the rise in her profile – including Young Money’s ‘Bedrock’ and Drake‘s ‘Make Me Proud’.

Nicki Minaj appeared to take a swipe at Kanye West as she performed at the 2022 Essence Festival on Friday.

Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean teamed up for a very special performance at the 2022 Essence Festival.

Stacey Solomon is just weeks away from walking down the aisle to marry fiancé Joe Swash. Their big day comes a year-and-a-half after Joe proposed during a romantic woodland walk on Christmas Eve, 2020.