Kanye West may be the most outspoken artist of our generation. His unwavering belief in himself and opinions that range from fashion to music can at sometimes be cringeworthy. At other times he hits the nail right on the head.
CNN takes a look back at some of West's controversial moments.
Naturi Naughton, who plays "Tasha" on Power, opens up about 50 Cent comparing their show to FOX's Empire. She explains that the Queens emcee always speaks his mind, but Naturi admits that she doesn't agree with the comparisons that Empire and Power are closely related.
The "Notorious" actress also weighs in on Taraji responding to Fif's jabs about her show, but Naturi believes that they are both cool people who were playfully bantering online.
Check out more of what she had to say about the situation in the above clip.
Jhonni Blaze sat down with VladTV and shared her thoughts on Amber Rose beefing with Khloe Kardashian and Kanye West after they made comments about her past, specifically Khloe throwing Amber's past as a stripper in her face. Blaze says she felt it was a childish move, and knows that there will always be a stigma attached to being an exotic dancer. She also feels, however, that there are plenty of women who dance to pay for school, open up businesses and take care of their families knowing that they don't want to be a stripper forever, and use the money to build the life they really want. She also notes that many successful women, such as Eve and Lady Gaga, are also former strippers who worked their way out of that lifestyle.
She also briefly addresses her back and forth with Charlamagne and issue with the G4 Boyz. Peep the clip above.
Neef Buck drops off an official music video for "I Does Me." The clip was directed by Chop Mosely. This is off of Neef's latest project entitled Forever Do Me 7. Grab it from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/forever-do-me-7/id954663723.
Derek Fisheris headed to divorce court, according toTMZ.
Fisher, the current coach of the New York Knicks and former basketball player is citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split from his estranged wife Candace. Legal documents were filed in Los Angeles.
The divorce comes just one month after the soon-to-be ex couple celebrated their 10th anniversary.
Fisher has issued a statement: "This is a difficult time for me personally. For the sake of our children, I ask that everyone respects our privacy during this process."
He's asking for the divorce costs be split and is asking for asking for joint legal and physical custody of their children.
When Drake told his21 millionTwitter followers that he did not support or have anything to do with a new documentary entitled "Drake's Homecoming: The Lost Footage,"it caused irreparable damage, according to the film's distributor.
Specticast is now suing Drake for disavowing the film, which opens Thursday, March 19. According to TMZ, the company believes the Young Money artist did it to draw attention to his upcoming OVO Fest because he started to promote it on the social networking site after making the announcement.
The film features interviews withJas Prince, the man who discovered Drake and footage from a 2009 concert in Toronto.
Both Jas and his father James Prince stand behind Drizzy's decision to pull his support.
This will ultimately be settled by a judge unless some sort of out of court deal is reached.
Mac Miller will have to put his lawyers to work to fight off a copyright infringement lawsuit by '70s soul/funk band Aquarian Dream.
Mac is being accused of using the band's song "Yesterday (Was So Nice Today)" without permission to create his own tune entitled "Faces."
TMZ reports that Aquarian Dream's reps reached out to Miller's people and were told that Mac had tried to contact them to clear the sample, but was unable to speak to anyone so he used it anyway.
The band's singer Jacques Burvick says they are asking a judge to award them $150,000 in damages.
The family of a mentally ill man shot and killed by two Dallas police officers are accusing the two cops of wrongdoing.
39-year-old Jason Harrison was holding a screwdriver that officers John Rogers and Andrew Hutchins deemed a lethal weapon. Within seconds of being confronted Harrison was laying face down, bleeding to death from multiple gunshots.
The incident occurred on June 14, 2014. The video, which was shot by one of the officer's body cam, has just been released by Harrison's family because they have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against both officers, claiming Harrison's civil rights were violated, according to Vice News.
Police were initially called to the residence by Harrison's mom, Shirley Marshall Harrison, who said her son was off of his bi-polar and schizophrenia medication. His erratic behavior alarmed her.
When officers Rogers and Hutchins arrived on the scene Harrison's mother opened the door and told them her son was "bi-polar" and "schizo" as she walked past them. Harrison soon appeared in the doorway behind her holding a screwdriver.
Both officers told Harrison to drop the screwdriver. Within seconds they drew their weapons and began firing, claiming he lunged at them.
Opinions by experts differ on whether the cops were justified in their actions.
“It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” said Cecile Tebo, the former commander of the New Orleans Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team, told The Dallas Morning News. “That was handled very poorly.”
“They did an absolutely perfect job,” said Keith Wenzel, a retired Dallas Police Department trainer. “There’s a lot of danger. He could take the screwdriver and put it right into the officer’s eye in less than a second. I would be very critical if the officer used a Taser."
Kendrick Lamar'snew albumTo Pimp a Butterflyis off to a great start in terms of sales.HitsDailyDouble is projecting the sophomore album from theTop Dawg Entertainmentrecording artist to sell between350K-375K.
Some guy looking for trouble grabbed Drake by the back of the head as he walked through a busy nightclub on Saturday. The rapper, who was clearly angry, quickly turned around and stared the man down before security took over and handled the problem.
TMZ reports that Drake was in Dubai as an official guest of the royal family.
TUNIS, Tunisia (Associated Press) — Attackers opened fire Wednesday at a major museum in Tunisia's capital, gunning down 17 tourists as dozens more sprinted to safety. At least 21 people in all were killed, including two gunmen, but some attackers may have escaped, authorities said.
The attack on the famed National Bardo Museum in Tunis was the first on a tourist site in years in Tunisia, a shaky young democracy that has struggled to keep Islamic extremist violence at bay.
It wasn't clear who the attackers were but security forces immediately flooded the area. Tunisia's parliament building, next to the museum, was evacuated.
Private television Wataniya showed masked Tunisian security forces escorting dozens of tourists up nearby steps and away from the danger, as armed security forces pointed guns toward an adjacent building. Many elderly people, apparently tourists, ran in panic to safety, including at least one couple carrying two children.
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said 21 people were killed: 17 tourists, two gunmen, a Tunisian security officer and a Tunisian cleaning woman. He said the dead tourists came from Italy, Poland, Germany and Spain.
He said two or three of the attackers remained at large.
Several other people were reported wounded in the attack, including three Poles and at least two Italians. The Italian Foreign Ministry said 100 other Italians had been taken to a secure location.
Some of the Italians at the museum were believed to have been passengers aboard the Costa Fascinosa, a cruise liner making a seven-day trip of the western Mediterranean that had docked in Tunis. Ship owner Costa Crociere confirmed that some of its 3,161 passengers were visiting the capital Wednesday and that a Bardo tour was on the itinerary, but said it couldn't confirm how many passengers were in the museum at the time.
The cruise ship recalled all the passengers to the ship and was in touch with local authorities and the Italian Foreign Ministry.
Wednesday's attack was a strong blow to Tunisia's efforts to revive its crucial tourism industry.
The National Bardo Museum, built in a 15th-century palace, is the largest museum in Tunisia and houses one of the world's largest collections of Roman mosaics among its 8,000 works. The museum is near the North African nation's parliament, 4 kilometers (2 ½ miles) from the city center. A new wing with contemporary architecture was built as part of a 2009 renovation, doubling the surface area.
"It is not by chance that today's terrorism affects a country that represents hope for the Arab world. The hope for peace, the hope for stability, the hope for democracy. This hope must live," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement minutes after the crisis ended.
Speaking at the Louvre museum to call for international efforts to preserve the heritage of Iraq and Syria against extremist destruction, French President Francois Hollande said he had called the Tunisian president to offer support and solidarity.
"Each time a terrorist crime is committed, we are all concerned," Hollande said.
Tunisia recently completed a rocky road to democracy after overthrowing its authoritarian president in 2011, seen by many as the start of the so-called Arab Spring. The country has been more stable than other countries in the region, but has struggled with violence by Islamic extremists in recent years, including some linked to the Islamic State group. It also has extremists linked to al-Qaida's North Africa arm who occasionally target Tunisian security forces.
A disproportionately large number of Tunisian recruits — some 3,000, according to government estimates — have joined Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq.
The American Embassy in Tunis was attacked in September 2012, seriously damaging the embassy grounds and an adjoining American school. Four of the assailants were killed. Overall, though, the violence that Tunisia has seen in recent years has been largely focused on security forces, not foreigners or tourist sites.
The attack comes the day after Tunisian security officials confirmed the death in neighboring Libya of a leading suspect in Tunisian terror attacks and in the killings of two opposition figures in Tunisia.
Ahmed Rouissi gained the nickname of the "black box of terrorism." The information on his death was made public by security officials giving testimony in parliament and cited by the official TAP news agency.
Libya, which has devolved into chaos, is a source of major concern for Tunisia.
Also a major worry is the Mount Chaambi area on the border with Algeria where al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has reportedly been helping a Tunisian group which has killed numerous soldiers.
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Elaine Ganley and Jamey Keaten in Paris, Nicole Winfield in Rome, and Monika Scislowska in Warsaw, Poland, contributed to this report.
Gary Heyward worked as a correctional officer at Rikers Island for nine years. In a new interview with Ebro in the Morning he talks about selling drugs on the job, pimping out female officers (copstitutes) to inmates, beating inmates for no reason.
The result was a two-year prison sentence. He details all of his dirty dealings in his new book Corruption Officer.