The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, told a probation officer that he used cocaine and was not complying with the terms of his treatment plan, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio told Reuters.
He faces five counts of violating probation.
The evergreen performer, a chart topper before the Beatles arrived who has sold an estimated 250 million records over more than 50 years, will sing covers of classics including "Let's Fall in Love" and "I've Got You Under My Skin."
The 12-track album "Bold as Brass" ...
The group, which signed with EMI over 40 years ago and whose back catalog has been outsold only by that of the Beatles, is disputing how online royalty payments and the marketing of their music are calculated, the Press Association reported.
The band, whose albums include "The Dark Side of ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The sequel to "Phantom of the Opera", one of the biggest musicals of all time, opens in London on Tuesday amid disquiet among die-hard "phans" who have been posting opinions online since previews began two weeks ago.
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After whirlwind goodbyes to fans, diminutive U.S. rapper Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year in jail on Monday after he pleaded guilty on a gun possession charge in a 2007 incident.
Lil Wayne, 27, whose real name is Dwayne Carter and who also goes by the moniker ...
The shows are set for undisclosed locations in Sao Paulo on Thursday and Buenos Aires on March 20. Plans are also in the works for a show in Rio De Janeiro.
Organizer Jamison Ernest said each venue will hold about 150 people. He declined to reveal too much information for fear of riots by ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Avatar" may have failed to repeat the Academy Award success for "Titanic," but James Cameron's latest hit film proved once again: nothing draws eyeballs to the Oscars like the nomination of a blockbuster.
Sunday night's Oscars drew 41.3 million U.S. ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Virtual band Gorillaz released its third album "Plastic Beach" on Monday, with Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed and Bobby Womack among the eclectic list of guests featured.
Underlining the cartoon group's star-pulling power, Hollywood actor Bruce Willis also appears on the ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood finally entrusted a female director with an Oscar on Sunday.
Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman in the 82-year history of the Academy Awards to take the prize as her gritty Iraq War movie "The Hurt Locker" outshone "Avatar" after a ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Argentina's drama "The Secret in Their Eyes" won the best foreign-language film Oscar on Sunday in an upset that brought the South American country its second Academy Award.
"The Secret in Their Eyes" (El secreto de sus ojos) stars Argentine actor ...
