Rumor Report

Azealia Banks has officially sworn off interviews. She posted on Instagram Tuesday: “This interview [Billboard] was not my favorite. Lots of things I said got taken out of context. This whole interview was mostly about a few raunchy jokes I made…. when I really spoke about so much more. Maybe it was the journalist, maybe it was the editor. Who knows, don’t care. I’m not doing anymore interviews this year.”

Take it with a grain of salt, but E! is reporting that Scandal's Columbus Short will be making a guest appearance on Empire before season two is out. With Malik Yoba's Vernon character out to pasture, there's definitely room for another straight-shooter.

Was it Kanye that Kendrick Lamar was taking shots at with his ghostwriter crack on "King Kunta"? Probably not, judging from the snippet that leaked to YouTube, where Kendrick raps over Ye's "All Day." Rumor has it, K-Dot is featured on the official remix.

GUESS WHO: Rick Ross doesn't mind getting other rapper's sloppy seconds. Rumor has it, before she was the bawse, Ricky's new boo Lira Galore got with Drake and someone else with close ties to Ross's MMG crew. The answer is...