Jonny Chidi has had an impressive start to 2022. His debut album “Chidi Bang Bang” just dropped, and he just released a major single titled “IDGAF” featuring Miami artist Yung Simmie. Chidi’s vocals are very catchy throughout his entire catalogue and the production is an intriguing combination of trap and alternative. Brix Royale and Reggie1 handle the majority of Jonny’s production on the tracks that he has released so far this year.
“Ice” was Jonny’s first release of the year when it dropped back in February featuring Atlanta artist Kevin Kazi. Kazi’s vocals on the track go tremendously well with Chidi’s smooth upbeat chorus. The collaborative work that Jonny has done with these two artists to start the year is incredible. We are expecting big things from Jonny Chidi the rest of 2022 and even well beyond that.
Jonny has a very promising future in the music scene. He has a good following on Instagram and Twitter. His YouTube channel , Spotify and SoundCloud all have great followings. It’s been a pleasure covering Jonny, make sure to check out his socials and stream his music below. https://www.instagram.com/jonny_chidi/
D’Angelo Garza goes by the stage name Sauce.K is Greeley’s Upcoming Artist in the rap game. The Artist has been making noise with his recent Single ‘Envy’! A month after the release, the track has reached over 50,000 Streams and counting! When a local Journalist in the Northern Colorado area asked Sauce.K what keeps him going despite all the negativity from his local City.
The Artist responded with “My main Inspiration is becoming the First Artist in my city to get this far in such a short amount of time. And I feel like I’ve already done what most couldn’t or haven’t done. Despite how much people try to bring me down, I always find a way to rise up. Thanks to all the loyal fans & Supporters across the world.”
If you haven’t listened to Sauce.K yet, it is highly recommended to hop onto the wave as soon as possible as the Colorado Artist could be performing in another show near you! The Artist’s majorly played tracks are Reminisce, No Options Feat King Kxmi & Envy. All of which have been awarded plaques from the Music Streaming awards.
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Kendrick Lamar has shaken up the whole world with Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. And he is not about to let up. He’s already released the second single from the already classic album. “N95” hits the internet as a work of art in all of its black & white glory. The song and visual have a slightly more aggressive tone, incorporating a number of comparing and contrasting images. Jesus vibes, skateboarded, gangs and more are all represented. Check it out.
Stockz is exactly what his name embodies: a whole lotta money/a good investment. Hailing from Houston, TX; Stockz is a true jack of all trades, from rapping to modeling to acting to of course, being the entrepreneur that he is. And if you knew Stockz from the early days, you probably saw him carrying around his pimp cane. As soon as he walks in the room, he demands attention… in the best way possible.
But there’s a lot that lies beneath the story, and Stockz uses music as an outlet to express himself, whether he’s spitting his truth or making club bangers. Growing up as the eldest brother in a household amongst 4 others, the rising star had to go out and get it on his own, doing everything independently and grinding to where he is now today.
Most recently, Stockz unveiled his newest single titled “Come & Dance,” following the release of his project Capital Gains earlier in March. In addition to the music, Stockz describes himself as an all-around leader, an activist for financial empowerment, and the founder of his label Buy Money Ent.
AllHipHop caught up with Stockz, who revealed he’d been working a “whole whole lot.” His current plate includes hosting his new show on REVOLT titled “META MONEY,” where he teaches people about NFts, the web3 space, crypto, and more!
AllHipHop: You recently moved back to Houston. How does Houston influence you?
Stockz: Houston Is definitely everything I am, because it taught me everything I know. The way I move, everything that makes me who I am comes from Houston. Because I grew up there my whole life after I moved from Virginia when I was 3 years old. Everything, the culture, because really we’re one of the biggest cities. Houston’s a melting pot with so many different cultures. I got to be around a lot of different types of people, so it’s definitely influential to my art.
AllHipHop: Who’s in your Top 5?
Stockz:: Okay, this is not in order. A Top 5 is always going to vary, I know I’m probably going to mess this up. Definitely Jay Z, Kanye West, Rick Ross…these last two are important. Snoop dogg actually, and I’m a say Big L.
AllHipHop: Oh wow, I love BIg L.
Stockz: Yeah, Big L was one of the reasons I got into rapping. So I’m a give it to Big L.
AllHipHop: Was there a turning point when you realized you could do music for a living?
Stockz: Uhhh, when it started paying. [laughs] Nah I’m playing. I was just into it. It’s not an option for me. I’m a do this, because there’s nothing else I want to be doing everyday. It’s naturally what I go do.
AllHipHop: How’d you get your name?
Stockz: Really crazy way I got my name. I woke up and it was a business commercial, back when I was in high school. Somebody else named me Mischief because I was battle rapping at the time. I was in 9th grade, like 14 or something. They called me that, but I didn’t like that name. A commercial came on talking about stocks and bonds, I ended up going by stockz after that. That inspired my name and it just stuck. I never changed it, it’s been that. It’s crazy how it’s all tying together now, making sense.
AllHipHop: How would you describe your sound? What sets you apart?
Stockz: I make “come up” music. Of course, I got some pimping in there, Drug dealer stories, other content I wrote about in the past.. but right now I’m focused on making pure come up music, teach people things through the music and how to come up.
AllHipHop: You just released “Come & Dance.” What inspired this record?
Stockz: Being back in Houston. Going to them strip clubs, getting back out there. It’s money on the floor. “Come & Dance,” it’s pretty straight forward.
AllHipHop: Talk about the nightlife scene in Houston.
Stockz: Houston, our culture is our records break in the strip club. If they are not playing your record in the sttrip club, then you probably are not getting played in the regular club either. That’s just how our records move, so it’s definitely everything. The DJs in Houston support me, I love that and it’s dope. The strip club is mad important, it’s because the women decide the music that works. Women have the voice of choice in music every time.
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AllHipHop: You also released the Capital Gains EP. Shout out to DJ Five Venoms, how’d you guys link?
Stockz: Crazy story. I DMed Five Venoms when “NO OPPS” dropped. I sent him the video on Instagram and he liked it. We never met each other. I went to Rolling Loud New York, I was with Sweetness from EQ and she had pointed me in the direction of Five, because I didn’t really know what he looked like, I just knew he was DJing. I thought “I’m a go meet him so we can talk.”
She introduced me to him, and we started talking. I ended up talking to his manager Jordan and we ended up chopping it up about NFTs and Crypto for about 30 mins backstage. Eventually, we got into a conversation about putting out a mixtape.” We formulated Capital Gains, my guy ZerinM helped me pick the records for release. Capital Gains came as a mixtape from DJ Five Venoms, and we dropped it on streaming platforms. Boom!
AllHipHop: Talk about linking with Too Short, that’s a Bay area legend.
Stockz: Man, shout out to Too Short. Too Short is the OG, that’s unc. I love him, I appreciate everything he does and has done period. For me, for everybody, the game, everything. Shout out to the homie Zach @EkzaktXL, he introduced me to Too Short originally way before this
song materialized. At the time when that record was made, me and my guy John were working on some visualizers for Too Short. We’re helping direct some music videos for him.
It was in 2018/2019 when I did my management deal w/ Roc Nation. I was in the studio working on Julia Lewis beats when I had made the song “Choose Up.” I was in there, Too Short had called me and said “hey, can you send me the video?’ (the visualizers we were working on) He needed the updated version of the video, I said “yeah I got you.” We were playing the song While we were on the phone, and I asked if I could send it to him. He’s like “bet.” I sent it to him, and he liked it. Then recorded it with Ekzkat, choose up!
AllHipHop: You also released “Not Many,” which premiered on REVOLT. What inspired this record?
Stockz: That record was inspired solely off of the thought of being one of the few people that make it out of the circumstances that we come up in, in the city that we’re from. That’s why I have Doeman as a feature, because he’s from my city and embodies that energy. He’s from a different part, he’s from the South East and I grew up in the South West. It’s literally about that, the mantra of knowing not many of us made it out here, but in time we’ll take it there. Just celebrating the fact that we took the best that we had and projected it, and made things happen with it.
AllHipHop: You’re hosting a new show with REVOLT called META MONEY. How’d this opportunity come about?
Stockz: I went to REVOLT Summit in Atlanta, I bumped into the creative director Dunnie West. I know Dunnie because I shot a Foot Action campaign with him and the homie Dave a long time ago. I bumped into him, and we started talking about Crypto and NFTs. It was right around the time I got my Mutant Ape, I bought it during REVOLT Summit in ATL. He said “this sounds like a dope idea.” We worked on the vision and got it done. S/O to Revolt for the opportunity to teach.
AllHipHop: Have you always been into NFTs and the metaverse?
Stockz: I’ve been into crypto for a long time, but I wasn’t really trading crypto this way as I am now. But NFTs, I was introduced to by my homie John Gomez. The videographer that I work with a lot, he did all of my videos for “Skateboard Cane”. He was telling me about NFTs, trying to get me hip to it but I was really busy so I wasn’t really tapped in. I was learning a little bit about it.
The homie Gino The Ghost hit me one day like “yo, check out this collection. It’s dope.” The crypto cannabis club I think it was at the time. He just got me into it. I started shopping and he showed me how to look for the rarities, then I was hooked.
AllHipHop: Did you ever think you’d be hosting a show on REVOLT?
Stockz: No, and that’s the crazy thing. Because my music’s on REVOLT, that’s tight and that’s all I ever really imagined outside of an interview or something. All of the sudden, oh you have a show. What? Wow. If you would’ve asked me that 3 years ago, do you think you’d be doing this? No, because I didn’t even know what a NFT was. it’s no telling what’s going to happen, just keep walking.
AllHipHop: Talk about being the owner of Mutant Ape Yacht Club.
Stockz: It’s my NFT, part of one the biggest NFT collections that’s come out. They’ve done a lot of stuff. They have Bored Ape Yacht Club The first (10k), then you got the Mutant Ape’s. It’s 20K of them. Then they have the Bored Ape Kennel Club, the dogs. Mutant Ape’s the middle ground.
That was my biggest investment into NFTs at the time, because it cost me 6 ETH, which was heavy for me at the time. I’m like oh s###. It got me really into it.
It’s been dope because it keeps giving me new value. I don’t think I’m ever gonna sell it even though I can. It’s tight because I can license it. I licensed it to a book “Jenkins The Valet”. It’s gonna be in a puzzle, like “Where’s Waldo” type thing. We get royalties for that, just a lot of different stuff. The community of it is dope, I’m meeting so many people from it. It’s one of the biggest collections. They had a big concert for NFT NYC. They had a big fest, Chris Rock was there. Aziz Ansari, The Strokes, Beck, Questlove, Lil Baby, hella people were there. After I went to that show, I’m like oh yeah I gotta buy this. It’s been locked in since.
AllHipHop: You also have your own label called Buy Money, doing distribution for multiple artists.
Stockz: Buy Money is really more so about a lifestyle, a mantra. Being, more than it is music. Buy Money is making investments and making sure you’re doing the right thing for what you’re investing your time in. For me, it’s automatic for it to be linked with music. It’s good we’re able to do it. I like the fact that the artist we do distribution for are able to call me, we can talk. It’s more hands-on and direct. I make it a mission that Buy Money can teach artists about business. How a business runs, how their contracts work, stuff that everyone likes to neglect and act like they don’t know what they’re talking about. Everything I can teach, I will teach. That’s one of my big key things over here at Buy Money.
AllHipHop: How’s the independent grind?
Stockz: It’s crazy, especially for me because I’ve been so self-managed and a one-man team for a long time. Now that I’m back in Houston, let me try and build my team back up. I’ve always had on and off management, I’m trying to get something very consistent. Being independent is crazy, especially when you’re your own investor, but it works out well for me. The way my business is set up, everytime we drop music we get richer. Because of the relationship I have with all my people, we all eat out the pot together. It makes it easier that way, versus being an
artist that’s a dickead to all the producers and everybody. Nobody wants to clear records or anything… I don’t have those problems. [laughs]
AllHipHop: You were also in Korea for a month, modeling for Samsung. That’s epic!
Stockz: Yes, I was in S Korea for a month during the pandemic. I had to get tested before I left. When I got there, I had to do a 2-week quarantine. I don’t speak Korean. The people I have to work with at Samsung aren’t able to come to the airport. I land like okay, what’s going on? They put us on random buses, they take you to a hotel that’s government bought to quarantine. You have to stay there for 2 weeks, I was stuck in a room for 2 weeks,
I couldn’t leave the room, could not walk out of the room. Couldn’t open the window, had to check my temperature in the mornings and report to them on the phone apps. They were feeding us pretty bad. I’m not gon’ lie, I was doing real bad with the food. I was in jail low key, it was crazy. But after that, when we got outside and I got to do the job, it was fun. Definitely the hardest job I ever had to do in my life for sure, they were working me hard.
AllHipHop: What can we expect from The Investment mixtape, dropping later this year?
Stockz: We’re mixing it right now. Tryna drop it by my birthday in August, that’s what we’re looking at. I’m in the process of mixing and mastering right now. That’s one of my favorites, been working on it a little longer. We got features on there, all that good stuff. Shooting a bunch of videos. If it had a couple more songs, it might actually be an album. It might.
AllHipHop: What features can we expect?
Stockz: We got Guapdad 4000 on there. We got Vae Vanilla on there, a girl dope female rapper from Detroit. She goes crazy. I got Jurdan Bryant of Spillage Village is on there, a couple more people. Some pending things I can’t talk about yet, but we’re working on it. It’s exciting.
AllHipHop: Any goals you have for yourself at this point in your career?
Stockz: I’m trying to make sure that while I’m walking this earth, I’m leaving a good imprint. Teaching people how to buy money and do positive things, that’s it. Everything else that comes with it is extra. I want to make sure I do what I’m here, supposed to do for God. Everything else is everything else.
AllHipHop: Anything else you want to let the people know?
Stockz: Let the people know that I love them, and I love you, Life is good, I’m breathing and achieving. I can’t complain. Everything’s good man. Be positive, live your life, do the best that you can do.
A picture of Brooklyn rapper Casanova 2x has hit his social media.
The rapper is pictured with a black durag and a white tank top. The photo seems to be a screengrab from a prison skype visit or facetime from his facility.
“No matter what it is you are going through right now, what obstacles are in front of you, you have to trust that everything will work out eventually, solutions will present itself when the time is right. There is perfect timing for everything and everyone. Move-in faith, not in fear,” Casanova wrote on Instagram.
When asked if he had ever had a mental health issue before, Casanova said, “[In] my teenage days, I attempted to kill myself a couple of times,” while revealing that he was sent to Bellevue hospital in Manhattan, NY.
The post is not the first time the rapper, who has a new album about to be released titled Behind these Scars, has used social media to communicate with his people.
After being refused bond in 2021, he released a message to his fans after spending almost a year in the West Chester, New York County Jail.
“This is a public service announcement to all my fans and very important friends,” Cas captioned. “I’ve been incarcerated for almost one year now, exhausted all remedies, and spent a significant amount of money on legal fees to prove my innocence. The charges against me are false, they don’t represent or reflect the person that I am. They are simply using my past criminal history to crucify me in court.”
May is Mental Health Month, and a group of teens in the Coachella Valley, California, are embracing their own Mental Health Wellness utilizing Hip Hop Therapy.
The teen therapy group is led by Angelica Guajardo, Hip Hop Therapist/ Marriage and Family Therapist in Palm Desert, California.
Expressive Arts and Psychotherapy of the Desert is the valley’s only Expressive Arts Therapy Center. Expressive Arts Therapy is a multi-modal approach to therapy that utilizes visual arts, dance/movement, music, writing/poetry, and dramatic arts.
Angelica Guajardo, along with Music Artist and Song Writer Xpression, Juan Carlos Fajardo, Jr, CEO and Founder of Kryptic Reign Music, is helping teens through Hip Hop. Fajardo serves as the Director of the Hip Hop Therapy Program and Manager of Kryptic Studio 39, the Center’s professional recording studio. The youth in the program are studying the history of hip hop, the elements of hip hop, and exploring various poets and artists to learn the rhythmic art of story-telling for healing.
The teens reviewed music from legendary artist Tupac Shakur in honor of Mother’s Day. They studied the lyrics from “Dear Mama.” They did a line-by-line recitation and exploration of the song’s meaning. The teens then voiced the relevance of the words to their own lives.
“I remember being so poor; all we ate was Top Ramen for a whole month,” said one youth.
Another youth shared that her father was addicted to cocaine when she was very young and realized her mother struggled as a single parent. The song inspired a female teen to rap the song in the recording studio as the other teens gathered to witness her experience.
The Hip Hop Therapy process boosts the participant’s self-esteem by offering community and autonomy and validating the person’s experiences.
Kryptic Reign Music and Expressive Arts and Psychotherapy of the Desert collaborate to establish a Hip Hop Conference in the Coachella. The conference will bring experts in the music industry to share their knowledge and expertise. Some of the featured speakers slated are Atron Gregory, Music Entrepreneur and former manager of Tupac Shakur; Ronnie King, Grammy, and Oscar-Nominated Producer; and actor Peter Dante, who assists in the Therapeutic Drama portion of the conference. Other added features include workshops in songwriting, hip hop dance, hip hop art, and a rap cypher.
It is not a secret that Nick Cannon has a lot of kids. The father of seven (and he has a baby on the way) had four babies in one year, 2021.
So, it was only fitting that comedian Bill Maher included him in the most recent monologue on his HBO series, “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
The United States is currently in a baby formula crisis after major manufacturer Abbott, which made over 42% of all the product in the country, had to issue a recall due to contamination.
Supply chain issues due to COVID have made the problem worse.
“You know what we are out of in this country?” he asked his audience. “Baby formula.”
“Just when the Supreme Court comes up with a formula for more babies,” Bill Maher said after pulling parts of his monologue straight from recent headlines about the draft memo proposing to overturn the Roe vs Wade abortion law, which leaked from The Supreme Court.
“Ladies, you’re in America now. Not only do we make you carry the baby to term, now we’re gonna make you breastfeed the little thing.”
Maher continued. “Everybody wants to know, ‘Why are we out of the, you know, baby formula?'”
He answered himself, saying, “Well, few issues … Supply chain issues (which are real), contamination that happened in a couple of places (that’s real), and of course Nick Cannon!”
Nick Cannon might be one of the reasons for the shortage, but he doesn’t care. He loves being a dad.
Cannon also shares 10-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with his ex-wife Mariah Carey, son Golden and daughter Powerful Queen with Brittany Bell, and twins Zion and Zillion with Abby De La Rosa.
“The beauty of fatherhood, when you really talk about living as a father, I’ve learned so much just from my children, and it’s so amazing. I really just love being around my kids,” he said in an interview according to People magazine. “That youthful energy, it feels like you get to relive every time. I think I’ve been through so much in my life physically, mentally, and spiritually, the best place that I find is the time that I spend with my kids and that energy. And to get as much of that as possible and to pass on all that I’ve lived into something else, that’s why I do it, man.”
Ferrari has banned a number of celebrities from buying their vehicles, according to a recent “report.” The Italian luxury car maker has not formally announced that they have a “list,” but there is a list. They do reserve the right to restrict purchases on their vehicles, the report says.
They have stated explicitly that they do not allow for anyone to adjust or “pimp out” their vehicles. I guess Justin Bieber, Floyd Mayweather and the Kardashian family have somehow violated their policy. How? Very little is out there. But, the word is the restricted people Justin Bieber, because he changed the color of the car and then sold it.
And there isn’t a lot MORE information on this but I can imagine a company like Ferrari is highly protective of their likeness and their designs in order to keep it a cut above. Also: Hip-Hop. Everyone does not agree with altering or customizing their stuff. Remember, back in the day Dapper Dan used to feed the streets with custom-made Gucci and Gucci hated it. In fact, he was shut down for a very long time until recently they started showing love.
I do not think that Ferrari is going to start showing love suddenly but rest assured the Lamborghini is still out there. Moreover, I think they could find a way to a Ferrari if they wanted. I cannot, however.
This may be a rumor, because I do not see it anywhere else on the ‘net.
A new documentary on his final hours is set to be released by his former manager, Kal Dawson, to answer those very questions.
The documentary is being presented by Gargantuan Entertainment and has as executive producers Ge Films, Kal Dawson, Gold Mouf Fam Goon, and Rey “G Child” Mullen.
The film will show the Bad Boy recording artist’s struggle as he battled kidney issues and a season of homelessness when only a few people stepped in to assist with his shelter and health care needs.
Kal Dawson managed Black Rob for less than a year before his demise. He said Black Rob’s world turned upside down in March of 2021, seven months into their professional relationship after NBA All-Star weekend, when the rapper fell ill.
While Diddy faced intense criticism in the weeks before Black Rob’s passing for not doing more, Kal Dawson revealed Diddy helped out a little from behind the scenes.
“Diddy and them reached out to Rob,” Kal Dawson told AllHipHop. “The question was asked…’whose the name the hotel room is in?’ and he said ‘Kal Dawnson.’ They extended the room where he was staying at for another two weeks under Sean Combs Enterprise. I will say that was done.”
“The whole s### was suspect. Everybody with the boohoos and all that, and they was there for him and all that. When I was involved with Rob…I ain’t never seen none of these people around. So, Rob got a raw deal,” Kal Dawson told AllHipHop.com.
“If people would have acted accordingly, as soon as that video went viral, it could be a different outcome. He probably would have still been here now. A lot of people was dragging their feet, nothing got done, and as a result, the man passed away,” Dawson continued.
It will show the people who cared, the love he had for others, his homelessness, and after his demise, the process leading up to his funeral from the perspective of those who was with him in those “last days.”
“From March 5th till the day he passed away, we got a lot of footage that a lot of people don’t have. A lot of conversations, videos, recordings. Everything is going to pan out when you see the documentary,” Kal Dawson told AllHipHop.com.
The recently released artwork for the documentary, “The Last Days Of Black Rob,” states that the film will be released this summer, July of 2022.
Budding rapper YSL Records artist Lil Keed has died, his brother and rapper Lil Gotit confirmed.
So far, the cause of death of the 24-year-old has yet to be revealed.
However, Lil Gotit discussed his brother’s passing on social media earlier this morning ( May 14th).
“Whyyy bra whyyy u leave me bra,” Lil Keed said in a post on his Instagram stories feed.
“Can’t believe seened u die today bro did all my cries know what u want me to do and that’s go hard for Mama Daddy Our Brothers Naychur and Whiteboy #maHoldthisShitDown,” Lil Gotit said.
During his short life, Lil Keed released critically acclaimed projects like 2019’s Long Live Mexico and 2020’s Trapped on Cleveland 3, via the YSL label. The rapper also earned a Gold plaque for the single “Nameless.”
During an interview with AllHipHop, Lil Gotit discussed the bond he shares with his younger brother and how he taught Lil Keed to rap.
“For a second in the beginning, I wasn’t even rapping. I was on some real playful ass rapping in the beginning of my career,” Lil Gotit said.
“I went from playful rapping, but he’s been walking. I turn around, he just started walking. His ass hard, Keed hard. When I became sober, I started really sitting down and putting my music together. My songs, my lyrics, all types of s###,” Lil Gotit said of his brother Lil Keed.
News of Lil Keed’s death caps off a traumatic week for YSL Records.
As widely reported, Young Thug, Gunna, Lil Duke, Unfook, and 24 other members associated with YSL were indicted in a sweeping RICO indictment.
“YSL is a family. YSL is a label. YSL is a way of life. YSL is a lifestyle. YSL is not a gang. YSL is not a criminal [organization]. YSL is not a street gang. YSL is not a mob,” posted Lil Keed.
“Shout out to Nicki Minaj in the m############ building, let’s go! Nicki, let’s f### it up. Let’s go!” he shouted, according to the viral footage.
The DJ also played Nicki’s “Do We Have A Problem?” at the event.
In the video, Cardi and her entourage can be seen looking annoyed before the superstar took to the stage and corrected the DJ on who was actually in attendance.
“Who is in the building tonight? ‘Cause, we want all the f###### smoke, ya heard? Are we getting dangerous tonight? DJ, are we getting f###### dangerous tonight?” she asked.
Cardi addressed the situation during an Instagram Live.
“M############ were trying to set me up and everything,” she claimed. “I don’t think y’all really knew what was going on. I don’t think y’all understand what was going on, and when somebody tries to explain it, y’all coming sideways. And it’s, like, why?” the mother-of-two questioned.
She continued, “I bet y’all didn’t know I got set up. I bet y’all not peeping that certain videos were made from professional cameras because it was all a setup.”
DMV based hip hop artist Xanny Luck has been on a roll in 2022, releasing 3 new tracks already. The creative recently dropped ‘Bubbly!’, another melodic smash to open up 2022. The single brings a melodic, new age vibe to the table with do date production and an energetic Xanny Luck vocal performance.
Snoop Dogg expressed interest in buying Twitter if Elon Musk backs out of a deal to purchase the social media platform.
Elon Musk claimed the $44 billion deal is temporarily on hold on Friday (May 13). Snoop Dogg reacted in a series of Twitter posts, suggesting himself as a potential buyer.
“May have 2 buy Twitter now,” Snoop Dogg wrote. “Gonna replace the board of directors with Jimmy from my corner Fish Fry, Tommy Chung and tha guy with the ponytail on CNBC.”
Snoop Dogg added, “First line of business. Free internet on airplanes!!! 29 dollars for 1 hour is b#######. Everyone gets a blue checkmark. Even tha bots with 10 letters in their name that hit you in DMs n just say ‘Hello.’ Nah f### those bots.”
Elon Musk agreed to purchase Twitter in April. The deal included a $1 billion reverse termination fee.
The multibillionaire revealed the deal’s on hold due to concerns about bot accounts. He insisted he’s “still committed to [the] acquisition.”
“Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,” he tweeted, prompting Snoop Dogg’s comments.
Donald Trump, who’s currently banned from Twitter, said Elon Musk won’t buy the social media platform for “such a ridiculous price.” Elon Musk previously indicated he would unban the ex-president if he becomes Twitter’s owner.
Kendrick Lamar generated an enormous amount of social media conversation with the release of his new albumMr. Morale & the Big Steppers.
One of the album’s songs, “Auntie Diaries,” garnered attention for its subject matter in particular. Kendrick Lamar raps about accepting trans relatives on the song.
Kendrick Lamar details growing up with a transgender uncle on “Auntie Diaries.” He recalls how he processed his uncle’s gender identity during his childhood.
“My auntie became a man and I took pride in it/She wasn’t gay, she ate p####, and that was the difference/That’s what I told my friends in second grade/She picking me up from school, they stare at her in the face/They couldn’t comprehend what I grew accustomed,” he raps.
Kendrick Lamar also tells the story of a transgender cousin. In one anecdote, K. Dot describes a confrontation with a preacher who singled out his cousin in front of the congregation.
“I said, ‘Mr. Preacherman, should we love thy neighbor?/The laws of the land or the heart, what’s greater?/I recognize the study she was taught since birth/But that don’t justify the feelings that my cousin preserved’/The building was thinking out loud, bad angel/That’s when you looked at me and smiled, said, ‘Thank you’/The day I chose humanity over religion,” he raps.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Aunties Diaries” elicited both praise and criticism on Twitter. Some felt it should be celebrated while others took issue with the track’s language and execution.
Check out some of the reactions to “Auntie Diaries” below.
Auntie Diaries is the first song in major support of the trans community from a rap artist as big as Kendrick and I can't voice how happy I am for it
that kendrick song kinda brings up complicated feelings for me cause it reminds me of the way i got certain family members who “accept” me yet still see me as my old self. like they “trying” and i appreciate that much but they still dont actually *see* me if that makes sense
We are not about to "cancel" Kendrick over Auntie Diaries. The most powerful man in hip-hop wrote a whole song supporting trans rights and acknowledging the homophobia he participated in. In a genre that has a history of homophobia, this moves the convo in the right direction.
— albert camus' cigarette (@albertcamusindc) May 13, 2022
Kendrick Lamar's "Auntie Diaries" off #MrMoraleAndTheBigSteppers is an incredible song about trans acceptance & intersectionality but a lot of people are hung up on some of its problematic elements. Here's a thread attempting to clear up the confusion. 💜🧵 1/x pic.twitter.com/N1UgZFviEV
no bc straight people are all like “auntie diaries is amazing” and gay people are all like “why did he say f*gg*t” and straight people are explaining to us why it was a good thing. do u see the problem here
— afro-arakkii leo says🔺RESIST🔺 (@arakkosuperstar) May 13, 2022
Auntie Diaries is a song for black people who encountered anti-LGBT sentiment growing up in black families.
At 13, my dad asked me if I was gay because I didn’t agree with him that all gay people belong in jail or worse.
— Arthur (Eden Is 🔆) 📚🔰 (@artisanrocky) May 13, 2022
More than 275 civil wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits have been filed as a result.
Shanazia Williamson and her husband Jarawd Owens of Dayton, Ohio, are suing Scott and promoter Live Nation, among others, for wrongful death.
Williamson alleged she was pregnant before the festival in legal documents but later lost the baby.
“While in attendance at the festival, Shanazia was trampled and crushed, resulting in horrific injuries and ultimately the death of her and Jarawd’s unborn child. In addition, Shanazia sustained injuries to her shoulder, back, leg, chest, stomach, and other parts of her body,” the lawsuit states. “Defendants’ failure to plan, design, manage, operate, staff, and supervise the event was a direct and proximate cause of Shanazia’s injuries and death of her and Jarawd’s unborn child.”
Williamson’s lawyers also claimed inadequate security and medics in attendance caused the disaster.
Representatives for Travis Scott and Live Nation have not yet responded to the lawsuit.
The rapper’s lawyer has maintained he “did not know what was going on” in the crowd during his set.
Db.boutabag isn’t the next hottest artist coming out of Sacramento, he is THE hottest artist out of Sacramento. There’s a big difference.
Hailing from South Sacramento, the rising star distinguishes himself from his peers, creating street anthems to feed the soul — without needing to partake in the usual gangbanging that plagues his environment. Getting his start playing Pop Warner football before pivoting to basketball, it wasn’t long before Db.boutabag found his solace in music.
In describing himself, Db.boutabag states, “I’m all types of s###, I ain’t gon lie. I’m a hard working young n*gga who wants to be way bigger than his circumstances that he grew up around. Just all around do way more.”
Most recently, Db.boutabag unveiled his newest project titled The Real Boutabag, an 8-track project detailing why he’s the real Boutabag, talking his s### and reminding folks why exactly he’s up next. Additionally, he’s had the pleasure of working with Drakeo The Ruler and his brother Ralfy The Plug.
AllHipHop: How would you describe your sound?
Db.boutabag: Turnt up, party music. Fired up. Get the b###### shaking ass, the n*ggas throwing money, the whole s###. I can mellow it up too though, ya feel me? All around, I’d say turnt up and fired up.
AllHipHop: What was your upbringing like in Sacramento?
Db.boutabag: It was hard growing up in Sac, one parent household. Pops was kinda in and out, back and forth. Just me, my mom, and my big brother. Thanks to my older influences, my head was always steered in the right direction. I wasn’t too much worried about being in the streets hella much or doing hella extra s###, unless I was tryna get some money forreal.
AllHipHop: Who are the older influences?
Db.boutabag: S### my big brother, big cousins, uncles, aunties. Big female cousins, s### like that. No big homies. I don’t got no big homies.
AllHipHop: Any artists that inspired you to do music?
Db.boutabag: I wouldn’t say any artists inspired me, because I didn’t even think… I didn’t used to wake up like “oh, I’m gon’ be a rapper.” I used to hoop and s###. I was a hooping ass n*gga in high school. Then when I graduated, I started steering towards that more, the music. Because it was easy, I felt like it was easy. I wouldn’t say these n*ggas inspired me, but I listened to a lot of them growing up. All the OG Bay Area n*ggas: Too $hort, Philthy [Rich], probably some old school Messy [Marv] all day. F#####’ Lil Wayne.
AllHipHop: Messy Marv? I’m from the Bay, you talking my language
Db.boutabag: Yeah, I know about Mess fasho. The Jacka, really all the Bay s### when I was coming up.
AllHipHop: DaveO was getting on me saying Sac is not the Bay.
Db.boutabag: It’s fasho not. Sac’s not the Bay. It’s like the valley. If you want to put it in a category like the Bay, you probably gotta call it the valley. Sac’s really just Sac though. The Bay’s like our cousins. We f### with the Bay, we love the Bay.
AllHipHop: Do you feel like you’re the next hardest rapper out of Sac?
Db.boutabag: Next? Now. [laughs] I’ve been having my foot on the gas for a long time. I’m not letting up so I don’t want no one to get comfortable with that statement. Other than that, I feel like I’ve fasho been applying pressure. The next, the now, the whole s###.
AllHipHop: You recently dropped your project Real Boutabag. What do you want fans to get from this album?
Db.boutabag: S###, that I’m really the real Boutabag. All these other n*ggas talking bout this Boutabag s###, they not really it. They in it for the hype. We ain’t really hear nobody saying no Boutabag s### until I really started applying pressure, really doing all the footwork. These n*ggas think they finna take credit for my s###? [laughs]
AllHipHop: Is that you in the cover art?
Db.boutabag: Yeah, that’s me when I was a baby. I was prolly one or 2 years old.
AllHipHop: What do your parents think of the music?
Db.boutabag: They like it. My parents support me. They support everything I do, so shout out to them.
AllHipHop: How did you first link with Drakeo the Ruler? Rest in peace.
Db.boutabag: RIP to Rula. I was on the Gram one day, just scrolling on some regular s### early in the morning. That n*gga Drakeo was slapping my s### on his Story. It was “Crunch Time,” that n*gga slapped “Crunch Time” on the Story. He was turning up, vibing to it going crazy. Everybody was sending me his Live videos. He was slapping my s### for a couple days, then he just tapped in. I tapped back in, we went from there and made it work.
AllHipHop: Were you a fan of him too?
Db.boutabag: Hell yeah, fasho. I don’t know nobody who wasn’t a fan of Drakeo. Especially when I was in middle school, high school, Drakeo was fasho poppin’ in Sac. For that n*gga to reach out to me was crazy.
AllHipHop: How did you feel when he passed?
Db.boutabag: Damn man, I can’t even explain the feeling. I just felt blessed to be able to work with bruh. For even bruh slapping s### and showing love, how genuine he was on some regular s###. I don’t even know, I never really thought about how I felt.
AllHipHop: Talk about your relationship with Ralfy the Plug? Y’all shooting a music video today.
Db.boutabag: Oh yeah, me and Ralfy man. Me and Ralfy been doing some s### though, I ain’t gon’ lie. We gotta hella little s###. We just did some s### last night, we finna shoot this video. This s### so regular though. Ralfy f### with it though. Just like Drakeo, Ralphy a genuine n*gga. The whole Stinc Team. N*ggas working, applying pressure. That’s what I’m all about: working, applying pressure.
AllHipHop: What’s one video fans need to check from you?
Db.boutabag: Keep running up that “1st Off,” ya feel me. We need that m########## at 100 million, we tryna go crazy. That’s one everybody already knows.
AllHipHop: How’s the independent grind?
Db.boutabag: It’s good. It’s solid, I like it. I feel like you gotta be more hands on, you gotta be more on your s###. But other than that, yeah it’s certain s### you don’t get by being independent. At the same time in the long run, it feels better and you gain a lot more experience. You’re getting more hands on with everything you got going on. That’s how I feel about it.
AllHipHop: 3 things you need in the studio at all times?
Db.boutabag: Some weed, probably some pizza or some Chick-fil-A. What’s a third thing I need? S###, a good couch in that m###########.
AllHipHop: What would you be doing if you weren’t doing music? Would you be hooping?
Db.boutabag: Yeah, I hope. Or I’d be doing something else that don’t need to be mentioned in the interview. [laughs[
AllHipHop: What is it that you want fans to get from your story?
Db.boutabag: Grind bruh, nothing’s ever gon’ be handed to you. Nothing in this world around here is free, you gotta work for what you want. You gotta stay consistent, with anything. You could be dropping music, hooping, if you a blogger, if you a interviewer, you gotta stay consistent with whatever you do. You gotta perfect your craft.
AllHipHop: Any goals for yourself?
Db.boutabag: Fasho, I definitely want to be a successful label owner. Not just a label owner though, a successful one. My artists are really going crazy, with a platform that’s going crazy. S### I could really brag about, some s### that other people want to be involved in.
AllHipHop: Heard you’re going on tour?
Db.boutabag: Yeah, me and Capolow going on tour. I don’t know too much information about it. We coming out to LA, going to Seattle. We hitting up the Bay, it’s gon’ be lit fasho.
AllHipHop: Do y’all have records?
Db.boutabag: Nah, we don’t have none yet. But we got some coming though, that’s my boy so that s### easy.
AllHipHop: What can we expect next?
Db.boutabag: I’m tryna drop a bigger project than usual. I usually drop 10 to 11 songs a project. I’m trying to stretch probably 5 to 10 more songs on this next one, just give my fans some more s### to listen to. All around more music, tryna flood they ass. Be expecting a big project fasho.
AllHipHop: Any features you can tell us?
Db.boutabag: Ralphy gon be on there. A couple of my artists gon’ be on there, if not all of them. I’ma just leave it at that.
Young Thug’s lawyer filed an emergency motion in an attempt to get his client out of jail.
According to court documents obtained by TMZ and WSB-TV, attorney Brian Steel claims Young Thug is being held in a “dungeon-like” cell in the Fulton County Jail. Steel says his client is stuck in solitary confinement with no opportunity to exercise or shower.
Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, was arrested in a sweeping RICO case against alleged YSL gang members on Monday (May 9). He was denied bond, prompting his lawyer to file an emergency motion.
“The failure to schedule a bond hearing for this innocent man, coupled with the inhumane and unconstitutional treatment of Mr. Williams, mandates that this Honorable Court grant bond until a hearing can be held,” Steel contends in the filing.
If the YSL Records rapper doesn’t receive a bond hearing, his attorney wants better conditions for his client in the Fulton County Jail. Steel requested Young Thug’s removal from isolation and “access to televisions, windows, showers and other surroundings that pretrial detainees typically receive.”
Young Thug was originally charged with conspiring to violate Georgia’s RICO Act and participating in criminal street gang activity. He was hit with additional drug and firearms charges following a raid of his home.
Prosecutors also accuse Young Thug of renting a vehicle used in a deadly shooting. His lawyer addressed the allegation in the filing for a bond hearing.
“There is no allegation by the Grand Jury that Mr. Williams had knowledge of this crime, had knowledge that this rented vehicle would be used in any supposed crime or that Mr. Williams was a party to this supposed crime,” Steel proclaims.
Young Thug and Gunna are the most notable names listed in a 56-count indictment against alleged YSL gang members. Like his mentor, Gunna remains in custody after being denied bond.
The North American part of the tour starts on July 19 in Oklahoma City and will traverse all through the summer until ending in Los Angeles.
There is a European and United Kingdom leg that begins in the fall and ends in Australia and New Zealand.
His cousin Baby Keem, Tanna Leone and others will join him in support of the album.
Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers was released today, Friday the 13th. This is Kendrick Lamar‘s fifth studio album, and his first opus released in five years.
Also significant is this album marks his last album to be released through his long time label Top Dawg Entertainment.
Jul 19 Oklahoma City, OK Jul 21 Austin, TX Jul 22 Houston, TX Jul 23 Dallas, TX Jul 27 Tampa, FL Jul 29 New Orleans, LA Jul 30 Atlanta, GA Jul 31 Nashville, TN Aug 02 Charlotte, NC Aug 04 Washington, DC Aug 05 Brooklyn, NY Aug 06 Brooklyn, NY Aug 07 Long Island, NY Aug 09 Philadelphia, PA Aug 10 Boston, MA Aug 12 Toronto, ON Aug 13 Toronto, ON Aug 14 Detroit, MI Aug 16 Columbus, OH Aug 18 Milwaukee, WI Aug 19 Chicago, IL Aug 20 St. Paul, MN Aug 21 Kansas City, MO Aug 23 Denver, CO Aug 24 Salt Lake City, UT Aug 26 Portland, OR Aug 27 Seattle, WA Aug 28 Vancouver, BC Aug 30 Sacramento, CA Aug 31 Oakland, CA Sept 01 Oakland, CA Sept 06 San Diego, CA Sept 07 Anaheim, CA Sept 09 Las Vegas, NV Sept 10 Phoenix, AZ Sept 14 Los Angeles, CA Sept 15 Los Angeles, CA
It’s Friday the 13th so you know some foolishness has to happen. Recently Gillie The King was interviewed by Rock Topics aka Raquel Harper. And of course they had to talk about Lil Wayne. I didn’t see it until there was controversy. You know how I do it!
Anyway, Gillie talked about a recent encounter with the Young Money general at Jackson State University in which insinuated that Wayne left his presence abruptly. I don’t want to sprinkle my two cents but it almost sounded like there was a fear factor.
But that could be an interpretation that was erroneous. Either way, Mac Maine who is STILL the president of Young Money quickly refuted it and basically made Gillie look like he exaggerated. All of this played out on the Internet of course, but it is what it is. The thing is, Mack did not talk about it, he brought the video.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdewzMdOYMl/
A lot of people are going in on Gillie right now because the video evidence BUCKS his interpretation. All they did was shake hands. It’s a simple as that. Anything more is not being forthcoming.
That said, there are decades-old rumors about Gillie ghost writing for Wayne. However, nobody cares about that anymore that’s a long time ago. So hopefully this chapter is closed.
Philly Gillie is fully established on his own. Lil Wayne is a legend without a few peers and everybody’s happy!
Kendrick Lamar has become a father for the second time.
The rapper surprised the world with the cover art for his fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,which was released today (May 13th).
The image, which Renell Medrano photographed, depicts Kendrick wearing a crown of thorns while holding his eldest daughter.
His fiancée Whitney Alford cradles a baby in the background.
Kendrick Lamar drops lyrics revealing his son’s biblical name on the album’s third song, “Worldwide Steppers.”
Playing “Baby Shark” with my daughter/Watchin’ for sharks outside at the same time/Life as a protective father/I’d kill for her/My son Enoch is the part two/When I expire, my children will make higher valleys
The thoughtful track, which features Kodak Black on the intro, talks about Kendrick’s five years out of the public eye and how his children have helped keep him grounded despite his fame and fortune.
Neither Kendrick Lamar nor his representatives have yet to discuss his new child.
Kendrick and Whitney reportedly welcomed their first child, a daughter, in July 2019. The pair were engaged in 2015.
