Filed under: Soul/R&B, R&B News

Looking fierce! Beyonce kicked off her Mrs. Carter Show world tour last night in Serbia and the biggest talk that came out after the show wrapped? All her costumes! Check out all the hot looks she rocks onstage here. [PEOPLE]

Besides rocking the stage, B is also rocking another thing -- girl power! In a powerful new Chime For Change video, the singer talks about telling her daughter, Blue Ivy, that she could be president one day. [E! Online]

On top of all that, Beyonce has another reason to smile today -- it was just revealed that she and husband Jay-Z have been named pop's first billion dollar couple. And Beyonce is said to be raking in more money than Jay, thanks to a new H&M bikini deal. Damn. [Perez Hilton]

In other Destiny's Child news, Kelly Rowland is rumored to be joining the U.S. "X Factor" judging panel after serving as a judge in 2011 for the UK version of the show. [Daily Mail]
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News

People in love sometimes get their significant other's name tattooed somewhere on their body.

Amber Rose went one step further, however, getting Wiz Khalifa's entire face inked right onto the inside of her forearm.

"True Love Cam & Amb," she wrote along with a photo of the tattoo, which she shared on Instagram on Wednesday (April 17).

The work was done by tattoo artist Bobby Serna, who also shared the photo in Instagram.

"Khalifa Man @mistercap , Tattoed on my Homegirl @muvarosebud , thanks y'all for the opportunity and congrats to the both of you! #CamAndAmb#youngwildNFree#TGOD," he captioned along with the picture.
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, Soul/R&B, R&B News

With the nation having something of a gun control cris, it probably wasn't wise for Rita Ora, Cassie and Adrienne Bailon to pose with guns in an Instagram photo. Even if they were just gold replicas.

"#rockabyeangels @cassiesuper @adrienne_bailon #fakegoldguns of course!" Ora captioned with the photo, channeling "Charlie's Angels."

The gold guns were presumably just going along with the theme of Cassie's new mixtape RockaByeBaby, wherein on the cover art she clutches a gold gun. The title itself is culled from a scene in the film New Jack City, which if you aren't familiar with, you should probably go watch.
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News

Snoop Lion's 4/20 Festival was put out before he even had the chance to light up.

According to TMZ, the rapper held a marijuana party at a Hollywood Hills mansion and it was shut down by police just as he was arriving to it.

The party reportedly started yesterday at 11 a.m., but neighbors in the surrounding area complained to the police about "the noise levels and parking situation." TMZ reports that the party didn't have a permit either.
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News

Nate Dogg passed away in March 2011 from complications of multiple strokes, but that hasn't stopped his baby mama from saying that the rapper still owes him money.

According to TMZ, Shereda Williams has filed a creditor's claim against Nate's estate, claiming that she's owed $339,924 in unpaid child support.

The site reports that Nate was supposed to pay Shereda $4,358 a month after their child was born in 2006, but she says she didn't receive one single payment.
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, What's Beef?

As more details emerge about the two suspects who reportedly bombed the Boston Marathon on April 15 -- including that one of them, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was reportedly a hip-hop fan -- rapper T.I. has spoken out about the findings.

TMZ reported on April 19 that Tamerlan was big into hip-hop and belonged to a hip-hop fan website, Real-hiphop.com. The site posts info and pictures about certain artists and upcoming DVD releases, and T.I. says he isn't pleased that pictures of him were used on the site.
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