• Coolio, Grammy-Winning ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper, Dies at 59

    Coolio, Grammy-Winning ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper, Dies at 59

    Rapper Coolio, a legendary Grammy winner best known for his smash song 'Gangstas Paradise,' passed away on Wednesday while visiting a buddy in Los Angeles.
  • NYPD tried to get Pop Smoke to snitch on Crips months before his death

    NYPD tried to get Pop Smoke to snitch on Crips months before his death

    Before he was gunned down during a Hollywood Hills home invasion, Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke was dodging New York law-enforcement authorities who hounded him to inform on gang members and spill what he knew about a pair of Brooklyn shootings, The Post has learned. The Canarsie-raised rapper — real name Bashar Jackson — was first …
  • ‘No Limit Chronicles’ traces Master P’s rise to rap stardom

    ‘No Limit Chronicles’ traces Master P’s rise to rap stardom

    “It’s gon’ be no limit to your success when you dream big.” Those words of wisdom were instilled in hip-hop mogul Master P by his grandmother when he was a kid. And judging by how he built his No Limit Records empire — a journey that is covered in the new BET docuseries “No Limit …
  • Tekashi 6ix9ine returns with new song recorded in home confinement

    Tekashi 6ix9ine returns with new song recorded in home confinement

    Tekashi 6ix9ine is making the most of his home confinement. The Brooklyn rapper, 24, is expected to drop a new song Friday, a towering billboard spotted in Times Square confirms. He is also expected to make an appearance on Instagram Live at 3 p.m., he told fans. The “Gummo” rapper-turned-snitch — whose real name is …
  • Tekashi 6ix9ine’s kidnapper is too dangerous to free from prison: judge

    Tekashi 6ix9ine’s kidnapper is too dangerous to free from prison: judge

    A Manhattan federal judge ruled Monday that he won’t let Tekashi 6ix9ine’s kidnapper out of prison amid the coronavirus outbreak. Attorneys for Anthony “Harv” Ellison had asked Judge Paul Engelmayer to release their client from the Metropolitan Correctional Center on $200,000 bail into home confinement due to his asthma. “The court, based on the trial …