By Maurice Bobb

PARIS, France — Streetball and hip-hop were the perfect bedfellows Sunday (June 22) night at the Quai 54 in Paris.

One day before French Montana took center court at the famed world streetball tournament, Mobb Deep took Parisians down memory lane all the way to Queens with a set list full of vintage hits.

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As the sun was just about to set on the Eiffel Tower, Havoc and Prodigy emerged near the baseline of the makeshift basketball court on the Trocadéro site of the Palais de Chaillot wearing t-shirts emblazoned with the tourney logo,”Bring Your Game, Not Your Name.”

To the delight of the crowd, the Queensbridge duo offered up “Survival of the Fittest,” “Quiet Storm,” and their all-time classic cut, “Shook Ones Pt. II.”

The next day, Tyga made a surprise appearance before the dunk contest, quickly establishing his presence in the unconventional performance space.

Full of kinetic energy, the YMCMB rapper wasted no time grabbing the throng of tourney fans — which included NBA Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen and current New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony — into his hands like a rebound and slamming home a high percentage of clutch hits, including “Faded,” “The Motto,” “Rack City” and his portion of Chris Brown’s runaway hit, “Loyal.”

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For the grand finale, the rapper born Karim Kharbouch made his way to the blacktop and dove headfirst into DJ Khaled’s “They Don’t ...

A warm welcome was out of the question for Rick Ross this weekend. The Miami rapper was slated to perform at Hot 107.5′s Summer Jamz 17 concert in Detroit on Saturday, but when he showed up at the venue he was denied entrance to Chene Park by a mob of people.

According to MLive, a press release from the venue said that Rozay had to cancel his set after a “human blockade” of about 150 people, led by a local rapper, were threatening his life.

“The local rapper” was not named, but there’s speculation that part of the reason Rozay was denied, is thanks to a song called “No Fly Zone,” from Detroit native Trick Trick. Royce Da 5′ 9” is featured on the song, which essentially encourages fans to not support rappers who don’t collaborate with Detroit natives.

Hot 107.5′s program director, Jay Hicks, gave this explanation to the crowd.

“I’m going to be real with y’all. I’m going to be real as f—. We had Rick Ross right outside here tonight,” Hicks said. “At about 11 o’clock, when he was pulling up to come into Chene Park, he was met by 100 individuals outside. We have tried to pull every resource together and asked him to come back. He is in fear of his life.”

“And he may never come back to Detroit, and that’s no bullsh–,” Hicks added. “This is some real sh–. He was in fear of his life and he is not performing ...

With additional reporting by Janelle Myers

Rita Ora Collaborates With Prince
The British pop star recorded a song with Prince that he wants to put out as soon as possible, the Star Tribune reports. Oh, did I forget to mention that the Purple One raps in this collabo?

Ariana Grande Counts Down To Her Next Single
The ‘Problem’ Singer announced on Twitter that in 10 days, she’s releasing her next single, “Break Free,” featuring EDM star Zedd. She also dropped more hints that the song’s music video will be out of this world!

North West’s First Birthday Party Was Epic
On Sunday, Kim and Kanye threw their daughter, North West, a first birthday party inspired by the music festival Coachella, branding it as “Kidchella.” They hosted the party on sister Kourtney and Scott Disick’s property and set up a Ferris Wheel, mini teepees and a bouncy castle for the kids to enjoy. Plus, there were activities like hair-braiding and face-painting for those children who wanted to get the Coachella festival-goer look down just right.

‘True Blood’ Season Premiere Recap
The “True Blood” season premiere was Sunday night and we have seven of the most insane moments from the episode!

Must-See Video Of The Day
“Sesame Street” turned the usually explicit and violent “True Blood” into a G-Rated rhyming lesson in this adorable parody where a Grouch orders up some “True Mud” from a Muppet-ified Sookie. “I wanna find true mud with youuuu.”

A Killer Birthday
The lead singer of The Killers, Brandon Flowers, turned ...

Justin Bieber is famous for interacting with his Beliebers online (truth – it’s #6 on this list of why you should love him). But recently, fans think he has been forgetting about the devoted fandom. Some of them think he’s spending too much time with his IRL girlfriend Selena Gomez.

So what do you do when your idol ignores you on Twitter? Well, you ignore him right back. Hence, why the #ignorejustinproject started. What is the #ignorejustinproject, you ask? Here are the rules, posted by one fan.

That’s right. Don’t tweet him, DM him, ask for a follow. Nothing.

At first, a lot of Beliebers were down.

Some thought it would work to their advantage — kind of like a scab-type situation.

But now, fans are getting furious with their fellow Beliebers.

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Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Logo TV.

In celebration of the one-year anniversary of the defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act, Clinton will honor Edie Windsor and Roberta Kaplan — two of the catalysts behind last year’s overruling — during Logo TV’s inaugural Trailblazers event and television special, airing Thursday (June 26) at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

“Seventeen years after signing DOMA into law, I was honored and grateful to be among the voices urging that it be overturned,” Clinton said in a statement. “The decision would not have happened without Edie Windsor’s dogged determination to right a wrong and Roberta Kaplan’s equal commitment to simple fairness. As marriage equality spreads across the states, the number of people impacted by these two amazing women will only continue to grow.”

In addition, Lance Bass will make an appearance to honor Brooklyn Nets player Jason Collins for becoming the first publicly gay male athlete in a major American sport.

And Demi Lovato will honor the cast of “Orange is the New Black” for bringing the lives and stories of characters rarely seen on television into millions of living rooms around the country. Danielle Brooks (Taystee), Laverne Cox (Sophia), Lea DeLaria (Big Boo), Taryn Manning (Pennsatucky) and Samira Wiley (Poussey) will all be on hand to accept the award.

The event will feature also presenter Daniel Radcliffe, who is a longtime supporter of The Trevor Project, a performance from A Great Big World and special appearances from Tegan and Sara, Ed Sheeran, Jared ...

Is it too early to put on my space suit for Ariana Grande’s new intergalactic song “Break Free”? Nope.

In the words of Ms. Grande herself (and the thousands of other people who trended it): “#10daysUntilBreakFree.”

When Ariana confirmed the Zedd-produced, “Barbarella”-inspired single on Saturday and then promised to start a 10-day countdown “soon,” we didn’t think it would be this soon. But we’re thanking our lucky stars; this means “Break Free” should be out July 1.

Prepare for liftoff, Arianators!

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RALEIGH, North Carolina – With her candy boobs and brightly colored wigs, Katy Perry seems like the eternal child — remember how in “Part Of Me” she said she was 16 at heart? Of course you do. You’ve only seen it, like, 40 times.

At the kickoff of the North American leg of her Prismatic World Tour on Sunday, however, we were reminded that Perry was born in the ’80s, as her seriously Instagram-worthy performance had all of us ’90s kids in the house missing our childhoods something fierce.

As the Katy Cats grooved to Perry’s two-hour-long, career-spanning performance — she opened with “Roar” and closed with “Firework” — those among us who remember that most nostalgic of decades saw our lives (colorfully) flash before our eyes.

Check out the moments that filled us with the most fuzzy-edged wistfulness below… Over the course of the show we missed:

1. Lite-Brite

Lite-Brite! Lite-Brite! Turn on the magic of colored lights! Perry opened the show with an electrifying rendition of “Roar” complete with glowing neon lights reminiscent of this glorious kids’ toy. Luckily, no luminescent clown faces were involved.

2. My Little Pony

More like My Giant Pony. Katy trotted out a HUGE pony (pun intended) to help her perform “Dark Horse.” I just want to brush its hair with an ineffectual plastic comb, don’t you?

3.”The Nightmare Before Christmas”

Nothing says “I Kissed A Girl” like a passel of big-bootied, Tim Burton-esque dancing mummies!

4. “Gin And Juice”

Middle school dances just wouldn’t ...

reporting by Chris Kim

Season seven of “True Blood” ain’t playin around, which is French for “if you haven’t seen the premiere episode yet, then stop reading because MAJOR SPOILERS ARE AHEAD. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED.”

During the opening moments of the episode, Sookie Stackhouse’s best friend Tara Thornton was killed in a manner so brutal and utterly unceremonious (at least by television standards) that we almost thought the whole thing was a sick, sad dream. But it wasn’t, as confirmed by actress Rutina Wesley on the premiere carpet.

“I miss everybody,” she told MTV News with a laugh. “I’m not going to lie. But it’s cool, I’m actually excited to see where everything else is going to go, and what they’re going to do.”

So it’s true — the epic Pam/Tara season seven happy ending we were hoping for is never going to happen, because Tara has officially exploded into a ball of goo. It was a cruel fate for a character who had already endured everything from parental abuse to vampire stalking to being shot in the head by a meth head werewolf, but Wesley swears that there are no hard feelings.

“They’ve always given me great stuff,” she explained. “I was fine either way. I love the show, and I love the arc that my character has, and continues to have.”

By “continues to have” she likely means that her batty mother Lettie Mae (Adina Porter) will still be around to mourn her daughter, while the rest of the town heads off to ...

“True Blood” is officially back for its final season, and it wants to be damn sure you know that you’re not getting off the hook easy.

“Jesus Gonna Be Here” not only killed off an original cast member in its early moments, it also left several more in jeopardy and set us up for a massive war for the fate of humanity (and non-zombie vampires, fairies, shape-shifters, werwolves, werepanthers, and… you get the drift) with a brutal opening scene massacre at Bellefleur’s bar and grill. Numerous people died while others were taken for future consumption, leaving the rest of the town struggling to process their loss and fighting hard to retrieve the loved ones that might still be alive. (Actually, the latter part is mostly for the supes, since the humans sans Jason seem to be incapable of doing anything that isn’t hardcore hating on Sookie.)

Let’s dig in, but be warned — HUGE SPOILERS LIE AHEAD.

Tara Says Goodbye
Okay, so obviously this is going to be THE thing that everybody is taking about tomorrow. What even was that? Tara existed, and then she just… didn’t. She was the first major casualty in what’s gearing up to be a brutal war, and the lack of fanfare appropriated to her death (compared with, say, Terry’s) let fans know pretty much immediately that this show is not going to wrap things up in a neat little bow. We don’t even know who did it, really, being that it happened in the middle of a ...

After allegedly breaking Instagram with nothing more than a couple of bathing suit photos, it’s probably not a bad idea for Jessica Simpson to keep a low profile every now and then.

Perhaps that’s why the singer/actress/media empress/world-traveling investigative journalist (see “Jessica Simpson’s The Price Of Beauty”) shied away from the paparazzi while inside of a vehicle, a moment she captured and Instagrammed on Saturday (June 21). With great power comes great responsibility, and thankfully Jessica knows to wield her beauty wisely.

And yes, I know that’s a line from “Spider-Man,” but whatever — it’s a good quote!

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Speaking of wielding her beauty wisely, the 33-year-old mother of two turned her paparazzi-dodging into a totally campaign-worthy model moment just for fiance Eric Johnson. “Hiding from the paparazzi, so why not pose for Eric?” reads the caption. Why not, indeed.

She’s still “Irresistible” after all these years.

John Walker