• Yankees’ J.A. Happ negotiation puts both sides in tricky spot

    Yankees’ J.A. Happ negotiation puts both sides in tricky spot

    The Yankees and J.A. Happ will try to work out details of how to handle his 2021 vesting option, a negotiation that possibly will impact how he is used this year and if he is still with the club next year. MLB and the players association reached an agreement Monday that covers how a variety …
  • Jay-Z once kicked other rappers off the set of a sultry Beyoncé video

    Jay-Z once kicked other rappers off the set of a sultry Beyoncé video

    Jay-Z was protective of wife Beyoncé long before they said “I do,” according to Houston rapper Bun B. Solo artist and one half of legendary hip-hop duo UGK, Bun (born Bernard Freeman) recently recalled being booted from the music video set of Beyonce’s 2005 single, “Check On It,” over Jay’s concern for other men witnessing …
  • Apple asks retail employees to work remotely as pandemic rages on

    Apple asks retail employees to work remotely as pandemic rages on

    Apple is asking its retail employees to help serve customers from home as the coronavirus pandemic continues to make a full reopening look unlikely any time soon. In a video recorded over the weekend, Apple’s retail chief Dierdre O’Brien encouraged employees to get comfortable helping customers over the phone. “If your store is closed, please …
  • Yankees caught in J.A. Happ money predicament: Sherman

    Yankees caught in J.A. Happ money predicament: Sherman

    An agreement made between MLB and the MLB Players Association on Monday could force the Yankees into an uncomfortable position of maximizing trying to win this year versus adding $17 million they will not want on their 2021 payroll. MLB and the union finalized that all vesting options will be paid in full, but what …
  • Donnell Rawlings: Dave Chappelle’s July Fourth festival could be released

    Donnell Rawlings: Dave Chappelle’s July Fourth festival could be released

    Comic Donnell Rawlings told us that Dave Chappelle’s socially distanced, star-studded July Fourth festival in Ohio could wind up as a Netflix film. The show in Chappelle’s hometown included Questlove, Common, Tiffany Haddish and Erykah Badu. “The thing with Dave is that he likes to film the happenings in his life, documentary style, like when …
  • Four charged with murder of Brooklyn-born rapper Pop Smoke

    Four charged with murder of Brooklyn-born rapper Pop Smoke

    Two men and two teens have been charged with killing Brooklyn-born rapper Pop Smoke during a home-invasion robbery in Los Angeles in February, officials announced Monday. Corey Walker, 19, and Keandre Rodgers, 18, were hit with one count each of murder and robbery for the Feb. 19 slaying of the artist, whose real name was …
  • Chance the Rapper defends Kanye West’s presidential hopes

    Chance the Rapper defends Kanye West’s presidential hopes

    Chance the Rapper has presidential hopeful Kanye West’s back. Responding to a video West posted featuring the song “DONDA” in honor of West’s late mother, Chance fired off a series of tweets saying he would be happy to see his pal in the White House. “Kanye West has zero blood on his hands, and to consistently compare the …
  • Apple’s stock nears all-time high as analyst eyes $2 trillion market cap

    Apple’s stock nears all-time high as analyst eyes $2 trillion market cap

    Apple shares neared record levels on Monday as an analyst predicted the iPhone maker could become the world’s first $2 trillion company as soon as next year. The upcoming launch of its 5G iPhones at the end of 2020 will position the Cupertino, Calif. tech giant to take advantage of “continued demand snapback in China” …
  • Rapper Lil Marlo shot to death in Atlanta

    Rapper Lil Marlo shot to death in Atlanta

    Rapper Lil Marlo was shot and killed in Atlanta over the weekend, law enforcement confirmed Sunday to TMZ. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office told Page Six on Sunday that the body of a Rudolph Johnson — Marlo’s real name — had been brought in. He was 30 years old. On Saturday evening, authorities responded …
  • Riff Raff asked to fight in Sean Kingston’s rap boxing league

    Riff Raff asked to fight in Sean Kingston’s rap boxing league

    Is Riff Raff ready to rumble? The “Tip Toe Wing in my Jawwdinz” rapper, 38, was asked to fight in Sean Kingston’s new boxing league for rappers. But despite agreeing to box via an Instagram direct message, the deal is now off the table, Page Six has learned. Riff Raff’s rep said, “No contracts have …