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A Black artist is in a legal battle with country music group Lady Antebellum over a name she has used for more than three decades. Anita White, a blues singer from Seattle, has performed under the name Lady A for over 30 years. In response to the recent Black Lives Matter uprisings, the country group…

Vanessa Bryant is seeking “hundreds of millions of dollars” in damages following her husband Kobe Bryant‘s death. The 38-year-old beauty was left heartbroken in January when the NBA legend and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna both lost their lives in a helicopter crash which killed seven others, and she is now seeking damages from the helicopter…

Blac Chyna has accused the Kardashians of racism, alleging that was why there was never a second series of “Rob and Chyna.” The model has faced a long legal battle with the Kardashian-Jenner family and NBCUniversal over the premature ending of her reality show with her then-fiancé Rob Kardashian. She has now slammed the company…

A Black mother and her son have filed a lawsuit claiming that they were assaulted by police officers after being falsely accused of stealing a TV. The lawsuit was filed this week regarding an incident that occurred March 23, 2020, at Sam’s Club in Des Peres, Missouri, according to the St. Louis Dispatch. Marvia Gray,…

Jennifer Hudson is being sued for sharing a photo of herself without permission. The Dreamgirls actress had been photographed wearing a pink blazer and thigh-high stilettos by Fernando Ramales and he later sold the image to a news outlet, who ran it on Dec. 21, 2019. A few days later, Hudson shared the same picture…

Future is being sued by the mother of one of his children, who claims he tried to pressure her into having an abortion. Eliza Seraphin is taking legal action against the 36-year-old rapper after claiming he tried to damage her reputation with a series of lies, including alleging she slept around for financial gain and…

Tristan Thompson has filed a lawsuit against the woman who claims he fathered her child. The 29-year-old basketball star — who has a 2-year-old daughter called True with Khloé Kardashian — has decided to take legal action against Kimberly Alexander for libel. Thompson has also demanded a jury trial against Alexander, according to “E! News.”…

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna’s cause of death has been revealed, almost four months after the helicopter crash that ended their lives. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner says the basketball star and his 13-year-old daughter died from “blunt trauma” in the crash, which happened Jan. 26, 2020, in Calabasas, California. According…

A representative of the pilot who flew the doomed helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna now blames the crash on the passengers who died in the fiery flames on Jan. 26, 2020. According to published reports, the representative of the deceased pilot puts the onus on the passengers and is responding legally to…

Vanessa Bryant has filed a claim that seeks for emotional distress and mental anguish over photos that were taken by LA County Sherriff’s Department deputies and eventually shared with unauthorized people, according to People. The claim was obtained via court documents by the publication. It also asserts that the graphic photos unlawfully showed the corpses…

Music magnate Rick Ross has recently learned that the mother of his kids has filed a lawsuit against to get him to pay child support, the media has learned. According to court documents obtained by Bossip, Briana Camille is the ex-girlfriend of the Maybach Music label boss, who was born William Leonard Roberts II in…

Ayesha Curry unabashedly enjoys the cameras and the spotlight, but this latest headline is bringing the multifaceted culinary maven unwanted attention. Curry, 31, the wife of NBA megastar Steph Curry, is being sued by her former marketing company for alleged breach of contract. In court documents obtained by the Associated Press, Flutie Entertainment claims they…

Rob Kardashian alleges his ex Blac Chyna has threatened him. The “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” star has claimed that his ex-partner has attacked him on multiple occasions and tried to “strangle” him with her iPhone charger. Court documents seen by Us Weekly magazine allege that she “pointed a gun at his head and threatened to kill him.…

French Montana is facing a legal issue over an alleged sexual assault. A woman has sued the rapper and his employee, Mansour Bennouna, for sexual battery and sexual assault for an incident that allegedly took place at Montana’s home on March 28, 2018, according to The Blast. The unidentified woman says that she met Montana…

The alleged mother of rapper Future’s child wants an exorbitant amount of monthly child support payments, according to reports. According to documents obtained by Bossip, Eliza Reign is demanding the courts make Future, 36, fork over $53,000 a month in child support. Reign, whose real last name is Seraphin, has already filed a paternity suit…

The woman that rapper DaBaby allegedly slapped with stunning force inside a Tampa, Florida, nightclub is seeking damages totalling $30,000. Tyronesha Laws claims in court documents obtained by The Blast that she did not hit the rapper with her phone while he walked by a crowd en route to the stage. She also claims that…

A young woman who alleges she was brutally slapped by rapper DaBaby has now filed a lawsuit against the rapper in a Tampa, Florida, court. In legal documents obtained by TMZ, Tyronesha Laws indicated that DaBaby, 28, born in Cleveland as Jonathan Kirkland, mistook her for another woman who hit him with her cellphone before…

Blac Chyna has been ordered to hand over her financial records to the courts in her lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend Rob Kardashian and his famous family. The 31-year-old reality TV star is suing her former lover, his mother Kris Jenner, his sisters Kim Kardashian West and Khloé Kardashian and half-sister Kylie Jenner for causing her show “Rob…

DaBaby was caught red-handed viciously smacking a woman while walking by a crowd before performing in a Florida club, and he is offering his mea culpa to the victim. The problem is that the woman has already lawyered up and is ready to sue the Cleveland-born rapper for striking her without provocation. The unnamed woman…

Terrence Howard powered the “Empire” show to blockbuster status with his screen charisma over the course of six seasons. And he demands to be compensated for his services. The 50-year-old award-winning actor has filed a lawsuit against the network that aired the show, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, citing breach of contract for holding onto…