Washington, May 18 (ANI): Michelle Obama urged graduates of Bowie State University to encourage more young African Americans to follow in their footsteps and focus on education.

Washington, May 04(ANI): PepsiCo has severed ties with rapper Lil Wayne after he made a crude reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in a song.

New York, May 03 (ANI): Danny Brown has sparked controversy for an incident that occurred at his April 26 tour stop in Minneapolis, where a female fan rushed to the stage and performed oral sex on the "XXX" rapper.

London, May. 1 (ANI): Rihanna and Chris Brown have sparked rumours of their split after the rapper unfollowed the Barbadian singer on Twitter after pictures of her kissing a mystery man surfaced online.

London, April 28 (ANI): Chris Brown, who reconciled with girlfriend Rihanna in January, has been asked to stay away from the singer by his own father, Clinton Brown.

Washington, April 21 (ANI): 'Snoop Lion 420 Festival' organised by the Snoop Lion himself was shut down even before the star of the show arrived because some of the neighbours were reportedly not happy with the noise it was producing.

Washington, Apr 21 (ANI): Rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z had announced that he will be selling his stake in the professional US basketball team Brooklyn Nets.

London, Apr.14 (ANI): American rap mogul Jay-Z has reportedly certified himself as a baseball agent with the American Major League Baseball Players' Association.

Washington, Apr. 12 (ANI): Reebok has ended its relationship with Rick Ross after he was heavily criticised for his lyrics in hip hop artist Rocko's song 'U.O.E.N.O,' which was considered by some to be pro-rape.

Melbourne, April 9 (ANI): Ray J has claimed that his latest song is not about his former sex-tape partner Kim Kardashian and her rapper boyfriend Kanye West.

Auckland (New Zealand), April 1 (ANI): Rapper Scribe's tweets that critically injured New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder may have been responsible for the vicious attack on him last week, has been rubbished by Ryder's manager Aaron Klee.

London, March 28 (ANI): Lewis Hamilton, who is yet to release a single note of music, has already found a new admirer in English rapper Tinie Tempah.

London, Mar. 27 (ANI): British rapper Angel has said that Formula 1 ace Lewis Hamilton can hold a tune on his own.

Melbourne, Mar 26 (ANI): Kim Kardashian has said that she and her rapper beau Kanye West haven't decided on a baby name, despite rumours that he wanted the name North.

London, Mar. 23 (ANI): American rapper Flo Rida slapped Kate Upton's bottoms, as she performed a sexy dance, at the Samsung Smart TV spring launch at the Museum of American Finance in New York.

New York, Mar. 22 (ANI): American rapper Gucci Mane was asleep while he was filming the sex scene for his new movie 'Spring Breakers,' it has been revealed.

London, Mar 22 (ANI): Miley Cyrus' new video, where she can be seen performing the new 'twerking' dance sensation to rapper J. Dash's track 'WOP,' has gone viral.

London, Mar 21 (ANI): Jay-Z returned the favour to his wife Beyonce, who sang about her husband in her controversial single 'Bow Down/I Been On,' by rapping about the female hip-hop artist in his latest track.

Washington, March 18 (ANI): The owners of the nightclub W.i.P. want to get out of paying for the injuries of NBA star Tony Parker as a result of the infamous brawl between rappers Chris Brown and Drake last year.

London, March 18 (ANI): Lewis Hamilton won't be heading back to the studio now as he has decided to wrap up his 'rap career'.

Kuala Lumpur, Mar 17 (ANI): South Korean rapper Psy bid goodbye to 'Gangnam Style' in front of over 25,000 partygoers at Future Music Festival Asia at the Sepang International Circuit.

New York, Mar 17 (ANI): After suffering a series of seizures earlier in the week, Lil Wayne is once again back in the hospital but doing alright, despite reports that the rapper was near death.

London, March 17 (ANI): Halle Berry has said that the number of times her name features in rap songs is ever increasing and has so far featured in almost 8 songs.

London, March 11 (ANI): Justin Timberlake took a swipe at Kanye West over the rapper's criticism of his new song Suit 'n' Tie, by changing the lyrics to the track during a performance on U.S. comedy show Saturday Night Live.

London, Mar. 8 (ANI): South Korean rapper Psy has announced that he will be releasing the highly-anticipated follow-up to his hit song 'Gangnam Style' in April, and will be holding a large gig in Seoul to mark the occasion.