50 Cent put some more pressure on Teairra Mari as he attempts to collect a $50,000 debt from her.
According to court documents obtained by Radar Online, 50 Cent hired a private investigator to find Teairra Mari. The P.I. managed to track her down and serve her with legal papers on Monday (April 4).
Teairra Mari wound up with a $50,000 debt after losing a lawsuit to the G-Unit leader over an explicit image he posted online. Earlier this year, 50 Cent asked a judge to hold her in contempt since she’s continued to avoid paying him.
“[Mari] has been the subject of repeated sanctions by this Court but has been seemingly unswayed by such actions and has not paid any money towards the Judgment or sanctions against her, making the increased penalties associated with a finding of contempt necessary,” his legal team said in a recent court filing.
Teairra Mari sued 50 Cent for sharing an explicit image of her on social media. A judge sided with the veteran rapper, awarding him $30,000 to cover attorney fees in 2019.
The debt eventually increased to $50,000 since Teairra Mari kept refusing to pay what she owed.
Three years after the initial judgment, 50 Cent still hasn’t received a penny from Teairra Mari. He wants her to provide financial records to the court so he can finally collect his money.
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Influencer and celebrity baby mom Blac Chyna believes the Kardashian/ Jenner family owes her $300 million in damages for allegedly spreading lies about how she treated Rob during their relationship.
Court documents, according to Radar Online, state that Chyna believes these lies trickled all the way up to E! executives who in turn canceled her reality show, “Rob & Chyna.”
She argues that because the show was canceled, she lost out on the nearly $1 million season paycheck. Chyna also alleges she forfeited many other business deals connected to the show due to the slander.
She said, “When they got my #1 hit show killed back in January 2017, that not only hurt me financially and emotionally, that hurt my beautiful KIDS.”
“I’m taking them to court to stand up for my legal rights and to be an example to my kids that ‘what’s right is right, what’s wrong is wrong.’ And what they did was so wrong.”
In a separate lawsuit where she is alleging she has been wronged, Chyna is suing Rob for posting explicit photos on his social media, where he has a total of 9 million followers. This trial is set to start later in April.
Kim Kardashian, who is a lawyer in her own right, has filed her own motion. She claims Chyna should not be able to get anything, calling her claims “absurd.”
Not only because the astronomical figure is based on allegations regarding two text messages and two private emails, but more fundamentally, because it is entirely unsupported by the documentary evidence concerning [Chyna’s] income,” the Kardashian claim states.
Chyna’s claim breaks down to demanding $36 million from Kim Kardashian for emotional distress, $36 million for injury to reputation and humiliation, $36 million for anxiety and betrayal, $44 million in loss of earnings, $64 million in loss of future earnings.
She also wants $100 million from Kim in punitive damages and $19 million in punitive damages from Kris Jenner, $94 million in punitive damages from Kim and Kylie, and $5 million from Khloé.
The plaintiff, whose real name is Angela Reneé White, further said in her tweet why she is going so hard.
“I am so thankful that a jury will finally listen to what really happened behind closed doors,” she writes. “The lies that were told and the damage that was done.”
“At the end of the trial, I’m going to be able to proudly tell (son) King and (daughter) Dream that I did everything I could to right the wrong that was done to me. And that, in life, it is my hope that they will be able to stand up for themselves when it matters too.”
Blac Chyna shares five-year-old daughter Dream with ex-partner Rob Kardashian and has a nine-year-old old son named King Cairo with Tyga.
With the re-emergence of lyrical talent seeping through underground the past few years, Rome Streetz has been patiently waiting his turn. The MC originally born overseas has been building a catalog at a very fast pace, especially through the pandemic.
“I record at my house so when the pandemic came I just started to see the more I recorded the more money I’d make. He tells AllHipHop’s Slops in this exclusive interview.
Now after seriously grinding for almost 12 years he finally began to make some headway with his “Nose Candy” series. so much so that it led to a deal with the Underground’s Rap biggest conglomerate Griselda. He has taken his talents to others like Conway The Machine, Ransom, and DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill fame.
Now with Westside Gunn‘s cosign Rome is looking to make an even bigger impact on the game.
Ed Sheeran won his “Shape of You” copyright infringement case on Wednesday.
The singer was accused of copying the 2015 song “Oh Why” by grime artist Sami Chokri, also known as Sami Switch, with the “Oh I” phrase in his 2017 chart-topping single.
Following an 11-day trial in March, Judge Antony Zacaroli from London’s High Court ruled that Sheeran had not plagiarized Chokri’s song with “Shape of You.”
According to the BBC, Justice Zacaroli ruled that Sheeran had “neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied” Chokri’s song.
He acknowledged similarities between the one-bar phrase in both tracks but added that “such similarities are only a starting point for a possible infringement” of copyright.
He also noted that there were “differences between the relevant parts” of both songs, providing “compelling evidence” that the “Oh I” phrase in Shape of You “originated from sources other than Oh Why.”
He also addressed the defense’s “speculative” claim that Sheeran had heard “Oh Why” before writing the smash hit, declaring, “I find, as a matter of fact, that he had not heard it.”
Following the ruling, Sheeran and his “Shape of You” co-writers Johnny McDaid and Steve Mac issued a lengthy joint statement detailing the case’s cost on their creativity and mental health.
“It is so painful to hear someone publicly and aggressively challenge your integrity. It is so painful to have to defend yourself against accusations that you have done something that you haven’t done and would never do,” the statement reads, reports Metro.
“While this has been one of the most difficult things we have ever been through in our professional lives, we will continue to stand up against baseless claims, and protect our rights and the integrity of our musical creativity, so we can continue to make music, always… Our message to songwriters everywhere is: Please support each other. Be kind to one another. Let’s continue to cultivate a spirit of community and creativity.”
In addition, the 31-year-old posted a video message about the case on Instagram, stating that “claims like this are way too common now” and are “really damaging to the songwriting industry.”
He noted that “coincidence is bound to happen” when there are a limited number of notes and chords used in pop music.
“I hope with this ruling, it means in the future baseless claims like this can be avoided. This really does have to end… Hopefully, we can all get back to writing songs rather than having to prove that we can write them,” he concluded his message.
FaZe Rain is the proud owner and founder of FaZe Clan, the company who’s here to change the trajectory of what gaming and music can be when fused together, while continuing to provide innovative new ways to push the envelope in both realms. Boasting 11.7 million followers on Instagram alone, the lifestyle and media platforms caters to youth, reeling in gamers and music-lovers from all around the world.
And now, FaZe Clan recently announced yet another exciting moment in their journey, welcoming their first ever in-house recording artist and gamer hybrid FaZe Kaysan. His debut single “Made A Way” featuring Lil Durk and Future, co-produced with WondaGurl, boasts over 14 million combined streams to date.
As we proceed in an era where technology and social media are seen as the most valuable, FaZe Rain takes advantage of his surroundings and lays down the foundation for the forthcoming content to thrive. His Youtube presence alone is admirable, having been on the platform since 2008 and working his way up to now 5.4 million subscribers. Additionally, he’s been part of the Call of Duty community, who’s been around for a long time.
AllHipHop: How was it growing up in Toronto?
FaZe Rain: Cold, that’s why I played video games all day. [laughs]
AllHipHop: Who are your biggest influences?
FaZe Rain: My mom.
AllHipHop: When you were playing video games, did you think you were going to make a career out of it or was it mostly for fun?
FaZe Rain: When I started this, I definitely did not think this would be a career. I started doing this just to show my friends the clips , but there was no one that was making guerillas. I was one of the first people to start making money in this scene, people weren’t making money yet at all. There was no one I could point to like “oh, look at that guy. He’s making money, let me do this.”
AllHipHop: Talk about your journey with FaZe Clan, how did it all begin?
FaZe Rain: It just fell in line with what I was doing, I was already recording clips and putting them online. I saw that FaZe Clan was doing the same thing, they were living in my world but differently. I felt I had to join FaZe Clan because all the other teams were doing something differently, they weren’t doing it the way FaZe was. I knew it was a goal for me to get into FaZe. I was grinding for two years when I finally made it into FaZe.
AllHipHop: What was it about FaZe Clan that drew you?
FaZe Rain: It was mostly the fact that they were trickshotting and doing montages, that’s literally what I was doing at the exact same time. It was only FaZe that was doing it, they were the only team that was doing it, too. Trickshotting montages like Call of Duty highlights, montage with music and editing, this and that. Not many people do it like that.
AllHipHop: When and how did you join?
FaZe Rain: I joined September 19th 2012. The way it worked back then was the community knew who was hitting the most amount of trickshots and had the best episodes. It’s like drafting in the NBA, we just knew who the prospects were and those people eventually made it into FaZe. I don’t know how else to explain it. It was all up to FaZe CBass and FaZe Temperrr at the time, back in the day.
AllHipHop: That’s a decade ago. Did it take a minute to blow up?
FaZe Rain: Depends what you classify as blowing up, right? FaZe was getting a million views on videos a year after it was born, but it wasn’t making that much money. It depends on whether you count that as money or viewers. It took a few years for sure for it to become a business, it took 5, 6, 7 years. But for us to get our name out there in the community, that was actually pretty quick. Because what FaZe was doing was pretty much one of one, nobody else was doing it like that so it was easy to scale.
AllHipHop: You were the first member to start a daily vlog on YouTube. What made you want to flip the camera on yourself?
FaZe Rain: At that time, trickshotting would sometimes take days to hit a single clip, and I realized there’s not much longevity in that. I realized my fans only really cared about me doing trickshots. We moved to a crib together in New York, I wanted to pivot and make new content. I knew there was a demand that people did want to see what our lives were behind-the-scenes of gaming and whatnot. I decided to pivot into a new channel and start vlogging, just so I wouldn’t have to be forced to only be a Call of Duty creator. I didn’t see much longevity in myself in that, and I didn’t feel like trickshotting everyday forever.
AllHipHop: What is trickshotting?
FaZe Rain: It’s the Call of Duty version of skateboard tricks. It’s what people would do at skateparks, but in Call of Duty with a sniper. It looks cool, it does.
AllHipHop: What’s the secret to growing a Youtube following?
FaZe Rain: No, I never had that one video that went viral. Up until after my career took off, I had this vape video that went kind of viral. I had this vape character. I went to a vape convention, which is mad weird, but I went to a convention and made a video about it. I got 30 million views on that, that’s my most viewed video. But before my career, nothing really went viral. Just apart from the community posting every single day. That’s really what it is, you gotta love what you’re doing and stay consistent.
A lot of people come into the scene now just for money or for gaming. If they don’t get it out in 3 months, they get demotivated. That’s why for me, it wasn’t even a big deal. I didn’t make money for 6 years, because I was literally doing it because I loved it. It didn’t matter to me if I was getting paid, I would’ve done it anyways. But a lot of people that come into the scene or music industry just to make money, they get really upset when they don’t make money within the first year or two. Even people like Ninja, he tried for 10 years before he really got big, which is admirable.
AllHipHop: You have a huge fanbase. What is it about you fans love the most?
FaZe Rain: One of my biggest slogans is keep it real, I’ve always been saying that my whole career. I saw that so many Youtubers and people in the industry would lie about stuff, they sell out on certain stuff. I always made it a mission for myself to never be that way, and always be as authentic and transparent with my community as possible. As a human, you gravitate towards people that are like that. You’re more trusting of people like that, so that’s my foundation with my fanbase. I always wanted to be as upfront with them as possible, so they know I’m never up to no shady s###.
AllHipHop: Last year you signed FaZe Kaysan, the org’s first in house music artist, how did that come about?
FaZe Rain: I didn’t know about it at first, he’s always been one of our homies. I think Tommy (FaZe Temperrr) and Banks (FaZe Banks) were the ones who originally were talking to him. Our CSO Kai Henry was talking to him and he felt like that was his wave. It’s really cool too because we get to work with as many artists as we want to, through Kaysan. Him being the producer, DJ versus the artist, we’re not only limited to just his sound but also have access to every person that he wants to work with. That’s a huge benefit with signing Kaysan.
AllHipHop: Why did FaZe Clan want to get into music and why lead with Kaysan?
FaZe Rain: We’ve always been tied to music. Even with Logic, Macklemore, Hoodie Allen, people like that, we’ve always used music in our videos from early on when they were super underground –before they had a following or before they even made it. Music and FaZe Clan have always been correlated because we’ve always had to use music for our montages. We’ve always been super interested. We decided to go with Kaysan because he was close to us and he was an inspiring DJ. We thought let’s just put 2 and 2 together.
AllHipHop: Kaysan’s debut single “Made A Way” features Lil Durk & Future, co-produced with WondaGurl. That’s a hell of a collab!
FaZe Rain: I helped where I could. I didn’t obviously produce it or choose who was going to be on it or anything like that, but I helped where I could. Marketing the song, helping strategize the song, all that.
AllHipHop: Those are two of the biggest names in Hip Hop!
FaZe Rain: It showed all of our fans that we’re moving into music and getting into that industry, a lot of our fans are super excited about that. It was a way for us to break the ice in the music world with that song. We got a lot of big things coming with music with Kaysan.
AllHipHop: What’s your own love for music?
FaZe Rain: I love music. First thing I do when I wake up, I have to play music. It sets the vibe for the day. That’s what honestly in a weird way dictates my mood. That’s why I gotta chill with sad music, I start getting sad for no reason.
AllHipHop: Talk about using songs from Juice Wrld, Macklemore, Logic in your ILLCAMS video.
FaZe Rain: ILLCAMS is the series name of the trickshotting montages. We always use different artists. That’s why FaZe and music have always been correlated because we needed music for our montages, which was ILLCAMS.
AllHipHop: Why ILLCAMS?
FaZe Rain: It’s crazy, I don’t even know who came up with that. It’s such an OG term. I think it’s Tommy (FaZe Temperrr), definitely because he loves the word ill. The montages were made out of Killcams. But because they looked ill, we called them ILLCAMS. Tommy did, but you know.
AllHipHop: Where do you see FaZe Clan heading in the future?
FaZe Rain: That’s really hard to say. If you asked me 10 years ago, I wouldn’t say here. So it’s up to where we want to be. It could be anything, we could be an airline for all we know. We could be one of the biggest entertainment companies in the world. We could be anything we choose to be. That’s the cool part of FaZe Clan: our fans help us achieve anything we want to do and be. We really could go wherever we feel like FaZe needs to and should go.
AllHipHop: How has your role within FaZe Clan evolved over the last decade?
FaZe Rain: Originally of course, it started as me just being a Youtuber. Literally I was getting trickshotting clips in the beginning, then I pivoted. Started making more lifestyle videos and more videos showcasing my personality. I became a co-leader of FaZe, started calling shots of who was joining FaZe and how we’re doing things alongside Apex, CBass, and Temperrr.
As of the last few years, I’ve been hurt. Especially this year, I got hurt so I haven’t been making videos of anything. I’ve been working more on FaZe: helping with strategy, recruiting, marketing, everything. Pretty much everything and anything FaZe. I know the brand inside and out, I helped build this brand…I was a key part of that so I know everything about the brand, about our fans, what they like and want to see. I’m helping the brand stay alive with what our community wants and making sure that we do everything we can by our fans.
FaZe Rain: I mean, everyday. It’s crazy when I think about it now, I don’t remember loving it everyday as much because I was stressed having to make 3 videos a day. Now I look back at it, it seems like the golden days. The craziest memory was when I filled up Apex’s entire room with packing peanuts, damn near to the ceiling. That’s one of my favorite days.
AllHipHop: What was his reaction?
FaZe Rain: [laughs] It was crazy cause he was supposed to come home at 9PM but then his flight got delayed so he ended up coming in at 6AM. He was so tired and just wanted to sleep, he was so over it, it was so funny. He opened his door and saw all the packing peanuts come rushing out, gave me the dirtiest looks, went downstairs and went to bed.
AllHipHop: Goals yourself as an artist at this point of your career?
Tee Grizzley joined forces with gaming organization XSET to help former inmates.
The 300 Entertainment artist announced the partnership on his Grand Theft Autoserver, which has become one of the most popular GTA V servers worldwide. Tee Grizzley teamed up with XSET to introduce ex-inmates to gaming opportunities, allowing them to find legal ways to make money.
“I’m excited to join XSET and take Grizzley Gang Gaming to the next level,” Tee Grizzley said in a press release. “I’ve always loved gaming for fun, but now it’s so much more than that. I’ve seen how this industry can really change lives and I can’t wait to provide more opportunities for people who have faced similar challenges and adversities as I have.”
Tee Grizzley’s partnership with XSET includes three installments of exclusive merchandise. Proceeds from the first drop will be used to donate gaming consoles to ex-inmates.
“XSET is about pushing boundaries and redefining the world of gaming,” its co-founder Clinton Sparks said. “We are excited to welcome Tee Grizzley to the set to help give a second chance to those who need one, as well as continuing to introduce gaming to those unfamiliar with the opportunities it provides. XSET is building the world’s greatest culture club and Tee with his music, gaming and entrepreneurial spirit is an amazing representation of what that means.”
Up-and-coming California rapper Dre Da Macc, whose real name is Dandrae Martin, has been arrested for the mass shooting in Sacramento, CA.
Officials hit him with assault with a firearm and being a prohibited person in possession of firearm charges stemming from his participation in an incident that left 12 people injured.
No homicide charges have yet been attributed to the Sacramento/Phoenix native. His brother, Smiley Martin, 27, and Daviyonne Dawson, 31, have also been taken into custody for the wild shootout.
According to The Sun, Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester commented on the shooting, saying, “We know that a large fight took place just prior to the shooting.”
He continued, “We have confirmed that there are multiple shooters.” The question is whether the 26-year-old shot in the crowd first or was responding to shots.
KCRA released a video showing the fight amongst at least three men around 2 a.m. when the gunfire started. Within 54 seconds, 76 shots were fired into the crowd.
Unlikely witnesses to the violence are former Disney stars turned pop musicians Aly and AJ, who said while they were leaving a performance venue, they were “caught in the crossfire” of the shooting, which made them hide on their tour bus until they were safe.
“Distraught by the mass shooting last night outside the venue in Sacramento,” they shared in a statement. “We have to do something about gun violence in this country.”
Dre Da Macc, a rapper with a litany of domestic violence crimes dating back to 2014 when he was a teenager, has only done two and a half years in jail for his crimes.
Other crimes he has been convicted of are aggravated assault (connected to the domestic violence counts), misdemeanor criminal damage, and a felony marijuana violation.
SZA didn’t know her ankle was broken when she attended the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday.
During the ceremony, the “All the Stars” hitmaker needed to use crutches as she walked to the stage to collect the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Grammy for “Kiss Me More,” her collaboration with Doja Cat.
Posting an update, the singer revealed that her ankle injury was worse than she’d realized.
“Lmao (laughing my ass off) welp it’s confirmed broken… I thought it was just sprained (crying emoji) I was NOT missing that carpet,” she wrote beside a video of her right leg being bandaged.
In her next Instagram Stories post, SZA shared a photo of an X-ray of her ankle and added, “Chipped the corner of my ankle bone right off doing NOTHING.”
Speaking one-on-one with the Grammys in-house press team on Sunday, she explained that she fell out of bed in the middle of the night when she was asleep.
“I fell very, very wrong, and it hurts, and I will be better soon. But I’m clumsy, so it’s okay. It’s like a normal happenstance for me,” the 32-year-old joked. “This morning I woke up and I was like, ‘I can’t walk.’ I was like, ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do.’ I wasn’t sure if I was going to do the carpet but I had to because this (her dress) is vintage Jean Paul Gaultier.”
The Weeknd has been confirmed as the replacement for Kanye West as a headliner at Coachella.
A source told TMZ that the “Blinding Lights” hitmaker finalized negotiations and will take over the “Stronger” rapper’s spot at the upcoming festival in Indio, California after he dropped out earlier this week.
Discussions between organizers and The Weeknd reportedly “stalled” before, but they have now looking confirmed The Weeknd will take to the stage on Sunday, April 17th, with headliners, Swedish House Mafia.
Representatives for The Weeknd have not yet commented on the report.
Editors at TMZ report that the Red Hot Chilli Peppers are another act festival executives are pursuing, as the rock group is gearing up for a summer tour, and the event does not already have a massive rock ‘n’ roll band.
Organizers initially wanted Silk Sonic, but Bruno Mars allegedly declined the offer as he wanted more time to prepare for the show.
Harry Styles and Billie Eilish will headline the other two big nights at Coachella.
“When I saw it, I was devastated, I dropped my phone. My heart dropped into my stomach, I fell over and started crying because I was heartbroken,” she said. “I thought our future had nothing to do with another woman being pregnant. I found out their gender reveal was very last minute, and it just broke my heart.”
Aliyah told the outlet she had just seen Soulja Boy a few days prior to the gender reveal video, and that hairdresser Jackilyn, was aware of their relationship.
“I met the hairdresser maybe once or twice. I knew he was friends with her friends, I knew she did hair. When I came across her, she was very nice to me – she knew I was his girlfriend, we would kiss and be close with each other in front of her,” she continued.
Since the video was uploaded, the 31-year-old has reportedly “bombarded (Aliyah) with texts” and “begged her to continue their relationship.”
3X Grammy Award-winning super producer Hit-Boy celebrated his latest 3 Grammy nominations with a brunch at LAVO Las Vegas during Grammy weekend.
Dusse and VIWONE brought the vibes from signature cocktails to interactive headphone stations.
Last year, Hit-Boy took home a Grammy for Nas’ ‘King’s Disease,’ and this year the hitmaker was nominated for Album of the Year for H.E.R.’s ‘Back of My Mind,’ Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for Nas’ ‘King Disease II’ and ‘Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired’ album soundtrack.
Attendees of the celebratory brunch included Nas, London on the Track, Dreezy, BJ the Chicago Kid, Dom Kennedy, BRE-Z, Paul Pierce, Larry Hoover Jr., OG Parker, Ant Clemons, Tish Hymon, Tunji Balogun, Noah Sheer, Nicki Farag, Charlene Thomas and more.
Kim Kardashian is “very happy” and “at peace” with Pete Davidson.
In a sneak peek of her Good Morning America interview with Robin Roberts, the reality TV personality explained that she wants to “take her time” with the “Saturday Night Live” star.
“I mean, I am a relationship kind of girl, for sure. I wouldn’t be with someone if I didn’t plan on spending a lot of my time with them,” she told the host. “Obviously, I wanna take my time, but I’m very happy and very content, and it’s such a good feeling just to be at peace.”
On March 31, DMV rapper Wale traveled to Dallas for the latest installment of Walemania. His annual Wrestlemania Weekend event featured some big names from professional wrestling and the music industry.
Wale partnered with Spotify for this year’s Walemania in Texas. Former WWE writer Kazeem Famuyide hosted the rap/wrestling crossover event inside the House of Blues. Foot Locker sold merchandise at an onsite pop-up shop.
In addition to Wale being in attendance, Westside Gunn, Smoke DZA, and Yella Beezy also represented the Hip Hop contingent. Numerous figures from different wrestling companies intermingled with the rappers.
AEW’s TBS Champion Jade Cargill joined Wale on stage as the Warner Bros recording artist performed “Lotus Flower Bomb.” Plus, WWE giant Omos rapped Jay-Z’s “Public Service Announcement” for the crowd.
Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins from the WWE tag team known as The Street Profits danced to New Edition’s music. AEW wrestler/Hip Hop artist Swerve Strickland provided his own musical performance as well.
Other WWE main roster superstars, such as Cedric Alexander, could be seen at Walemania. Rising AEW competitors Daniel Garcia, Lee Moriarty, and Shawn Dean showed up in Dallas as well.
Impact Wrestling’s Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Chris Bey, and Tom Hannifan also attended Walemania 2022. NXT 2.0 standouts Carmelo Hayes, Cameron Grimes, Indi Hartwell, and LA Knight were in the building too. Several independent wrestlers were also present.
Hip Hop icon Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus Jr. will present a comedy show for Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival. Snoop Dogg booked several notable comedians.
Fans will get to see Katt Williams, Mike Epps, and Sommore at Snoop Dogg’s F*cn Around Comedy Special. One of the latest additions to the Netflix-backed fest will take place on May 5 at the Hollywood Palladiumin Los Angeles.
Netflix Is A Joke organizers also announced Bill Burr, Neal Brennan, and others as new editions to the lineup. Billy Eichner will host STAND OUT: An LGBTQ+ Celebration as well.
Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Damon Wayans, and David Letterman will also be at the Netflix Is A Joke Festival. Plus, Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Larry David, Marlon Wayans, Pete Davidson, Seth Rogan, and Wanda Sykes are on the lineup.
Comedy Fans Will Get To See Legends And Newcomers At Netflix Is A Joke Festival
“We were so disappointed to postpone the event last spring and our line-up of comedians can’t wait to bring much-needed laughs to audiences in LA and around the world on Netflix,” stated Robbie Praw, Netflix’s Director of Original Standup Comedy Programming.
Robbie Praw added, “Netflix Is A Joke Festival is going to give comedy fans the opportunity to see the greats and discover new voices in one of the greatest cities in the world.”
Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival will feature over 250 live shows at over 30 different venues. The shows run from April 28 to May 8. All new tickets for the general public will go on sale Friday, April 8 at netflixisajokefest.com.
Daystar “Tory Lanez” Peterson is still dealing with a felony assault case in California. Fellow Hip Hop star Megan “Thee Stallion” Pete accused Lanez of shooting her in the feet back in July 2020.
On Tuesday, Tory Lanez attended a court hearing about the matter. Superior Court Judge David Herriford ruled the “Say It” performer violated an order of protection.
Rolling Stone reporter Nancy Dillion posted footage of Lanez being released from custody and entering a vehicle outside the building. When asked how he was feeling, the Daystar album creator responded, “Amazing.”
Tory Lanez just released from custody. He climbed in driver’s seat of waiting Lamborghini and drove off. Said he was feeling “amazing” pic.twitter.com/bKPvjH5Alp
Tory Lanez & Megan Thee Stallion Have Different Accounts About The Alleged Shooting
Law enforcement officials originally arrested Tory Lanez on July 12, 2020. Prosecutors eventually charged Lanez with felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, personal use of a firearm, and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle.
Lanez has repeatedly insisted he is innocent of all charges. If convicted, the 29-year-old rapper/singer faces a possible maximum sentence of 22 years and eight months in state prison.
While Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion continue to give conflicting accounts of the July 12 incident, the criminal case is scheduled to begin this September. Both sides have accused the other of launching smear campaigns in order to sway public opinion about the case.
“It was revealed in court [a] few moments ago that Tory Lanez DNA WAS NOT found on the weapon in the Meg Thee Stallion case,” tweeted Akademiks on February 3. He quickly deleted the post because the DNA test apparently concluded the results were inconclusive.
That one tweet by DJ Akademiks led to multiple back-and-forth exchanges between him and Megan Thee Stallion. During this week’s hearing, the prosecutors in Tory Lanez’s case brought up Ak sharing unreported information with the public.
“Lanez’s lawyer, Shawn Holley, argued that Lanez did not provide DJ Akademiks with any discovery in the case before Akademiks tweeted that ‘Tory Lanez DNA was not found on the weapon in the Meg Thee Stallion case,'” wrote Rolling Stone reporter Nancy Dillon on Twitter.
DJ Akademiks reacted to Nancy Dillon’s tweet by quote-tweeting her and adding his own comment. The controversial Off The Record podcast host simply posted, “I got it from Roc Nation… *shrug*.”
Is DJ Akademiks Telling The Truth About Roc Nation?
Megan Thee Stallion is part of the management roster for Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. Tory Lanez implied there was a conspiratorial campaign against him. Some people online even suggested Roc Nation attempted to smear Lanez by manipulating the media.
DJ Akademik’s claim that Roc Nation leaked favorable court information for Tory Lanez is contradictory to Lanez supporters’ claims that Roc Nation is behind the plot to bring down the Canadian musician. It is very likely Ak’s accusation is more trolling than truth-telling.
Clifford “T.I.” Harris has been trying his hand at stand-up comedy. Some longtime comedians, like Godfrey, took issue with the Hip Hop artist jumping into their field of entertainment.
“Listen, as many times as you joke on that s###, I’m gonna check your m############ ass as long as it takes,” Tip told Knight. “N####, when you stop talking about it and stop playing with me and mine, I’m gonna stop saying something.”
The verbal altercation between T.I. and Lauren Knight went viral on social media. T.I. later went on Instagram to further address the situation.
“When it first became known I was doing comedy, she went up, got on stage, and was talking about some s### about allegations then. And I ain’t say nothing to her, but some people who did say something to her, they were just on some, ‘Why are you tripping? Why are you saying s### like that?'” said Tip.
T.I. added, “All that allegation s###, I ain’t never rape nobody… I ain’t that kind of n####. Dungeons? B###### in my dungeons? You’re telling me I’m keeping somebody beyond their will? I’m holding somebody?”
The 41-year-old rapper/actor continued, “She said all that s###, right? I kept it smooth. Mind you, it’s a whole f###### confession from a politician. Felicia Moore has confessed to the whole plot of all this. And none of y’all are talking about this.”
“She blamed me, Killer Mike, and Isaac Hayes III. She blamed us,” stated T.I. about Felicia Moore during his Instagram Live session. “What she said was, ‘T.I. should’ve got out of politics. And he should’ve learned his lesson by now because last time he said something against me, that’s what got him into it with all them allegations.'”
Mowgs is speaking up for the U.K. drill scene, claiming it’s superior to the sound coming out of New York today.
The rapper from Birmingham, U.K. took to Twitter to air out his grievances against the NYC sound.
“New York drill has nothing on Uk drill,” Mowgs declared. “N##### just out der shouting at the mic and dancing funny.”
While Mowgs received a mixed reaction to his claim, North London rapper RV added fuel to the fire with a hilarious comment. “Theyre so angry and so happy at the same time,” he wrote.
All I hear is ‘AY AY AY GET STURDY’ I hate hearing dat s### in da morning
When somebody claimed that U.K. artists “would be bullied” for rapping like their American counterparts, Mowgs agreed and used Kodak Black for comparison. “Bro imagine if we some one rapping like Kodak in uk imagine what people would say 🤷🏾♂️”
Bro imagine if we some one rapping like Kodak in uk imagine what people would say 🤷🏾♂️ https://t.co/FxB3oS0vqi
Meanwhile, Mowgs displayed his rapping ability in his new song “A Girl From Erdz,” paying homage to his hometown of Erdington. The song follows recent drop “Swerve Off,” featuring fellow Birmingham rapper MIST. Listen to it below.
Mowgs x Mist – Swerve Off
Both songs are from his upcoming highly-anticipated mixtape, The Bare Necessities, which he says is universally “good music.”
“F### the hype! F### the clout!,” Mowgs told Complex U.K. about the new project. “When people hear it, all they’ll be able to say is: “Rah! This is good music.” It’s my life story. We really came up on the bare necessities.
Although Mowgs spoke out on drill, he steered clear of the sound on the upcoming tape. ”I’m doing straight rap,” he said, also ruling out Afroswing. “I’m good at bars and I’m good at verses, but with certain songs, you need a really good hook to catch the people. So I’ve done a few songs with singers, different rappers, people I make music with now. I’ve got Rimzee on there, S1mba, Country Dons, Ard Adz and one or two more…”
R. Kelly blasted his former legal team for their jury vetting in his sex trafficking case, claiming they failed to remove jurors who had seen the Surviving R. Kelly docuseries. The film details accusations of allegations of child sexual abuse against him.
New York Daily News reports the disgraced R&B singer wrote an affidavit to the judge criticizing his former lawyers. He says they failed to include him in the jury selection process and dismissed any of his concerns.
“At certain points during jury selection, I did hear that some jurors may have seen the Surviving R. Kelly docuseries and that concerned me greatly,” he wrote. “I raised my concerns with my attorneys but they shooed me off. I was nothing more than a bystander in the process.”
R. Kelly is currently incarcerated at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, awaiting sentencing. He was found guilty on all counts by the jury following a 25-day trial in Brooklyn Federal Court in September last year. Along with his new lawyer, he argues that two of those jurors saw the docuseries and should have never made the jury.
“There was no strategy involved in choosing the jurors that sat on my jury as far as I could tell,” R. Kelly continued. “At least there was no trial strategy that involved my input.”
Lawyers for the singer argued that the May 4 sentencing on his racketeering conviction in New York is postponed for R. Kelly to face another sex abuse federal trial in Chicago Federal Court in August. However, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly denied his request but did move sentencing to June 16. This is apparently due to a delay in receiving a pre-sentencing report, not in response to Kelly’s request.
