Earlier this year, rapper Cee Lo Green announced that he won't be returning to NBC's "The Voice," and now the singer is opening up about why he really quit the singing competition.

This week, rapper Cee-Lo Green stopped by the Ellen show and surprised everyone by announcing that he won't be returning to NBC's "The Voice" for the fall season.

Yesterday, NBC's "The Voice" judge Cee-Lo Green appeared in front of a Los Angeles judge for an "alleged" drug charge stemming from 2012, which he pleaded NOT GUILTY, and with prosecutors failing to file a rape count against the singer because of insufficient evidence.

38-year-old Green, whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, plead not guilty on Monday to giving a woman ecstasy during their dinner date at a popular L.A restaurant in 2012.

According to PageSix, the singer spoke only once during a brief arraignment hearing to acknowledge he understood the court's scheduling of his case. He was then seated front row of the courtroom with his current girlfriend while waiting for a bondsman to post his $30,000 bail.

Despite being pleased that the rape charge was rejected in court, Green is still looking at four years behind bars if he's convicted of furnishing a controlled substance.

He's due back in court Nov. 20 to address the ecstasy count.

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Singer/"The Voice" judge Cee-Lo Green is being accused of sexual battery by an unidentified female.

The 2012 Emmy Nominations are OUT, with Idris Elba, Don Cheadle and Maya Rudolph among the contenders.

This morning, Kerry Washington and Jimmy Kimmel announced the 2012 Emmy Nominee's at the television academy's Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre. More details below................

There's no words for this, but What the hell?..... Reality star and sister to Toni Braxton-- Trina Braxton filed for divorce from hubby Gabe Solis back in April and word on the street is she’s wasted no time in getting a new man.

According to the June 25th print edition of the National Enquirer, that man is none other than Cee Lo Green! More details below.................

A 4-alarm fire damaged one building at Tyler Perry’s 30-acre studio complex in southwest Atlanta late Tuesday night.

Fire Department spokesman Capt. Jolyon Bundrige says the blaze broke out before 9 p.m. and was extinguished about an hour later. More than 100 firefighters were called to the scene. Fortunately, no one was injured.

The Official SPARKLE Movie Poster was released yesterday, but the movie will hit theaters August 17. The upcoming musical drama is inspired by The Supremes, which is a remake of the 1976 film of the same name, which centered around three singing teenage sisters from Harlem who formed a girl group in the late 1950s.

Madonna got people talking with her 12-minute medley during Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, which featured cameos by LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and Cee Lo Green.
Jon Pareles of The New York Times pointed out that while Madonna might not be the spry singer-dancer of the 80s and 90s, she made up for it with star power and showmanship.

American Idol winner Scott McCreery caught flubbing his lips during the famed Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was just a lip sync gone bad, and we have the embarrassing video. Come inside to see more........