In a rare meeting with members of the press at his Paisley Park Studios, the artist formerly and currently known as Prince let us know just how hard his professional life has been.

Meek Mill is still battling Drake even though the Canadian was the clear winner in their war of words last week. On Thursday night, the Philly rapper explained that their beef isn’t just about untreated albums but, of course, Nicki Minaj.

Many women spend their lives trying to maintain a good reputation—but what happens when that’s not possible? I spoke with former video model-cum-Confessions of a Video Vixen novelist Karrine Steffans and asked her if it was possible to outgrow labels like “ho” or “Superhead.” Her response was complicated.

Iggy Azalea—the world’s foremost word-garbler—is talking about her multiple plastic surgeries in the newest issue of Seventeen. Her insights for teen girls? Getting plastic surgery is hard! Not getting plastic surgery is hard! Everything is hard!

Due to tragic circumstances, Nicki Minaj is not currently a close, personal friend of mine. However, if she was, I would be dragging her to the closest margarita happy hour, sitting her beautiful ass down and serving her this real, harsh talk: Dump Meek Mill.

Jay Z and Will Smith are teaming up with Aaron Kaplan to produce an HBO miniseries about Emmett Till, the 14-year-old who was lynched in Money, Mississippi in 1955 after whistling at a white woman. His death became a catalyst for the civil rights movement—and the brutality it evidenced in race relations in America is…

On the first day of “Politicizing Beyoncé,” a Spring semester course at Rutgers, 32 young women and men sat in their desks, texting behind a Coach bag or catching up on Vlad TV’s rap posts on a laptop. It was February. I was dressed in jeans, Converse, and a giant sweatshirt, going for undergraduate realness, and here…

“Quasi straight” actress/author/talk show host/dancer/choreographer Rosie Perez had a lesbian relationship in middle school with a girl named ‘Michelle,’ whom, apparently, Rosie wanted to “hump all the time.”

The only thing better than Magic Mike Channing Tatum shaking his junk in front of a fictional, film-cast crowd is Channing Tatum shaking his junk atop a float in front of a real, live crowd while tossing promotional trinkets for Magic Mike XXL.

If you’re one of those chicks who’s ever faked an orgasm (cough), be advised: you’re breaking Nicki Minaj’s pink spandex-clad heart.

Dame Jessica Lange, pictured above, hadn’t yet seen Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover or, apparently, the Internet (like, ever) when asked in an interview what she thought of her resemblance to the recently-transitioned star. Either way, she thinks the comparison is “wonderful.”

It is Friday which means it is Shade Court time which means justice is being served which means I am making the world a better place and you are all participating so congratulations to us all!

Beyoncé is among several artists/partners who’ve dropped exclusives on Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal, including a homemade serenade and the “Feeling Myself” video with Nicki Minaj. Beyoncé might not be able to do that for long, thanks to her label Sony.

Bruce Jenner has reportedly completed his gender reassignment surgery, reports Radar (I’m using the male pronoun for now, which is what Bruce has requested until he declares otherwise).

Subtitle: Lifestyle Website Proprietress is Determined to Teach Actor Husband How to ‘Gram; is Hashtag Happy.

DC Entertainment is pissed at Rihanna, due to a trademark claim. RiRi tried filing a trademark for her real first name—which is Robyn—about a year ago, in the hopes of using it to launch an online magazine. DC Comics thinks that Robyn is “virtually identical” to Robin, aka Batman’s crime-fighting sidekick, and…

In the summer of 2013, Jay Z, adapting the work of artist Marina Abramović, performed his track “Picasso Baby” for six hours to a small crowd at a gallery in Chelsea.While Abramović originally consented to the idea and even appears in the video, she now says that Jay Z did not fulfill his end of the bargain, leaving…

Kim Kardashian, who reportedly is one of the first people who knew about Bruce Jenner’s transition close to a decade before anyone else did, has seen “her” and says “she’s beautiful.”

At a party in Los Angeles on Thursday, Solange performed a new song called “Rise,” written about the heady times in Ferguson and Baltimore.

If you’re a celebrity who hopes for many more magazine covers in her future, there’s one person you probably shouldn’t fuck with, and that’s Anna Wintour.