One day after her 38th birthday, Raven-Symoné revealed her only sibling, Blaize Pearman, died last month after a two-year battle with colon cancer. In an Instagram video (below), she expressed, “I thank everybody for the amazingbirthday wishes yesterday. Truly I love you guys. It was a little bittersweet for me, to be honest, because last month I lost my brother, Blaize. He was battling colon cancer for about two years and he is in a better place now.

Damon Dash is an indelible part of Hip-Hop history due to his work with JAY-Z and Roc-A-Fella, even if he is a polarizing figure. Steve Stoute recently shared his perspective on the entrepreneur and why people ultimately created distance from him. Stoute was the latest major guest on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay and did not hold anything back when it came to the Roc-A-Fella co-founder. “Dame wouldn’t change,” he told the NFL Hall Of Famer.

Styles P is claiming that 21 Savage isn’t a real lyricist. During a recent episode of Math Hoffa’s My Expert Opinion, The LOX emcee discussed 21’s comments regarding Nas‘ “relevancy” in the aftermath of the two rappers squashing the controversy. Styles declared the UK-born rapper’s lyrical content not good enough to be labeled lyrical or mentioned in the same breath as Drake, Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole. The “Good Times” rapper further stated that Drizzy should have called the Atlanta rapper out for calling Nasir irrelevant.

While members of Xscape have been especially vocal as their show SWV & Xscape: The Queens Of R&B plays out on Bravo, SWV, for the most part, has kept quiet until their recent interview on Sherri. During the Thursday sit-down, the ladies expressed regret in doing the show, believing the relationship between the groups has been soiled due to “disrespect” coming from the Atlanta-based collective. When asked if they’re still “cool” with the ladies of Xscape, Tamara “Taj” George responds “we’re ok” in an unsure tone that sent the audience into laughter.

Despite some ugly rumors from blog sites about Frank Ocean being arrested for “lewd conduct” while driving, CBS received a statement from the California Highway Patrol which explained the incident as “a routine traffic stop and citations for speeding, driving with a suspended license and a tinted window violation. “ CBS Local Reports: “On 12/31/2012 at approximately 1630 hours, Officer E. Moore, #20190, was in full CHP winter uniform, and driving a black and white departmental sedan (Class E),” the statement read.