Category: Lifestyle

“Yebo!” is at the centre of a huge plagiarism scandal that is brewing over amapiano dance hit Baby Are You Coming. Sowetan can reveal that musician Morena The Squire, real name Morena Sefatsa, has lodged a dispute with the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (Samro), accusing Pretoria group Zero12 Finest of sampling his material without his […]

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. intends to turn himself in to New York City police after a woman accused him of groping her at a Manhattan bar over the weekend, NBC News reported on Wednesday, citing Gooding’s representative. The Oscar-winning actor plans to present himself to the NYPD’s sex crimes unit on Thursday. The woman, who has not been identified, […]

Jada Pinkett Smith will receive the Trailblazer honour at the upcoming MTV TV & Movie Awards later this month. The 47-year-old actress – who has children Jaden, 20, and Willow, 18, with her husband Will Smith – will receive the prestigious accolade from her Girls Trip co-star Tiffany Haddish in honour of her “powerhouse” status and reputation […]

Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, turned 98 years old on Monday. Prince Philip bowed out of public life in April 2018, after more than 65 years at the side of Queen Elizabeth. The Duke had been Captain General of the Royal Marines since 1953 and served with the Royal Navy in World War II. […]

Actor Denzel Washington was honoured by Hollywood for a pioneering career spanning five decades and two Oscars that opened the door for a generation of black movie stars. Director and frequent collaborator Spike Lee presented the 64-year-old with the American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement award – billed as “the highest honour for a career […]

It is reported that the weddings will cost a couple of millions and will be attended by politicians and Bollywood celebrities. Two members of the controversial Gupta family will reportedly be getting married at a scenic ski resort over four days in June. The Times of India reports that unprecedented arrangements have been made for the […]

House vocalist Nichume Siwundla, who was well known for her 2017 breakout hit Bhutiza with Mobi Dixon, has died. In a statement released by her record label Top Chap Media on Friday morning it was confirmed that the King William’s Town beauty died from an apparent suicide in her Johannesburg home on Thursday night. Mobi […]

Colombian superstar Shakira went to court near Barcelona on Thursday to be questioned over the alleged evasion of 14.5 million euros (R243 million) in taxes. The 42-year-old singer avoided dozens of reporters, photographers and television cameras at the courthouse in Esplugues de Llobregat by entering via the garage. The hearing of the performer, one of […]

When Rihanna burst on to the music scene more than a decade ago, the world couldn’t have foreseen that sis would be declared the world’s richest female musician in 2019, but she is and the internet went gaga over the news. Forbes reported on Tuesday that Rihanna has racked up a $600m (about R8.8bn) fortune to […]

The 25th South Africa Music Awards took centre stage at Sun City this past weekend and a number of upcoming stars soared to prominence. Newcomer Sho Madjozi clinched two awards including female artist of the year and newcomer of the year whilst rapper Nasty C sealed the highly contested best Hip Hop award. Celebrations poured in […]