YoungBoy Never Broke Again scored his fourth career #1 album on the Billboard 200. Sincerely, Kentrell debuted atop this week’s chart.
The 137,000 first-week units for Sincerely, Kentrell were enough to edge out Drake’s Certified Lover Boy which slipped to #2. CLB brought in 135,000 units in its fourth week.
Not only did NBA YoungBoy add another chart-topper to his résumé, the rap star born Kentrell Gaulden cemented his name in the record books. He became the first Hip Hop artist and second overall act with a No. 1 album in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
YoungBoy Never Broke Again is the first hip-hop artist with a No. 1 album in each of the past three years (2019, 2020, 2021).
The only other act with a No. 1 album in 2019, 2020 and 2021 is @taylorswift13.
2019’s AI YoungBoy 2, 2020’s 38 Baby 2, 2020’s Top, and 2021’s Sincerely, Kentrell each reached the pinnacle of the Billboard 200. Youngboy also has seven total Top 10 entries.
Kentrell Gaulden is currently incarcerated in Louisiana’s St. Martin Parish Correctional Center awaiting trial for drug and weapon charges. The “Life Support” performer joins 2Pac and Lil Wayne as the only rappers to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 while behind bars.
Elsewhere on the current Billboard 200 rankings, Lil Nas X’s Montero fell one position to #3. Kanye West’s Donda (#4), Doja Cat’s Planet Her (#6), and The Kid LAROI’s F*ck Love (#8) remained in the Top 10.
Additionally, Summer Walker took part in an #AskSummersHardDrive Q&A on Twitter. The social media interactions included Walker confirming Still Over It will have more than16 tracksand a single will drop before the album.
The Atlanta-raised vocalist also let her 1.4 million followers know that album-related merchandise will be available as well. However, Summer Walker did not directly answer a question about female rappers possibly showing up on Still Over It.
2019’s Over It featured Bryson Tiller, Usher, 6lack, PartyNextDoor, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, and Jhené Aiko. The LVRN/Interscope release peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart.
what’s up y’all it’s @SummersHDxx (Summer’s Hard Drive)!! Summer left her phone around me so I’m taking over. What y’all wanna know before she gets back? HURRY #AskSummersHardDrive 🛸💕
Boosie Badazz constantly complained for months about his account being removed from Instagram for violating the terms of service. The Baton Rouge rapper had more to say about the social media platform.
In September, Boosie expressed his anger over his IG page being removed while he was promoting his My Struggle movie. That Twitter rant included Boosie insulting Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri’s wife.
According to reports, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram were offline for six hours yesterday. The global outage started around noon ET on Monday.
Boosie used Twitter to offer his thoughts on Instagram and the other Facebook-owned companies being temporarily shut down. The 38-year-old southerner suggested the outage was an act of God.
THEY TOOK MY INSTAGRAM ND THEN EVERYTHING GOT SHUT DOWN!! #gods#annointed
“THEY TOOK MY INSTAGRAM [AND] THEN EVERYTHING GOT SHUT DOWN!! #gods #annointed,” tweeted Boosie Badazz on Tuesday night.
This is not the first time Boosie invoked the Almighty when discussing certain issues. He also said “God is doing backflips” over LGBTQ representation on television and in the media.
In addition to Boosie Badazz, additional Hip Hop stars addressed users having trouble accessing Instagram. Soulja Boy even referenced the “Wipe Me Down” rhymer when he tweeted, “Boosie somewhere rubbing his hands like Birdman 🤣.”
Snoop Dogg and Shaquille O’Neal joined forces for a good cause this weekend, sharing the stage to perform a Hip-Hop classic.
Shaq’s “Shaquille O’Neal Foundation” held their inaugural charity bash, “‘The Event’ Presented by Pepsi Stronger Together” Saturday night (October 2) in Las Vegas. The night was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and included performances from Justin Bieber, Kelly Clarkson, and Snoop.
It was during the California icon’s set that Shaq made his surprise performance. Giving the NBA legend his flowers, Snoop introduced him to the stage: “I wanna do something real special right now,” he told the crowd. “I wanna bring out somebody that means a lot to me. One of my dear friends who I feel like we got in at the same time. We been doing the same things lately and he’s the man of the night. So if you don’t mind, we gon’ do something special for y’all. Never before, never seen, Snoop Dogg and Shaq. Let’s go.”
The pair then launched into a rendition of Dr. Dre‘s The Chronic single “Nuthin But A G Thang” to the delight of the Vegas audience. Shaq got in his rapper bag, like he has many times before, delivering his bars flawlessly. Shaq is comfortable spitting bars having previously collaborated with artists including The Notorious B.I.G, Twista, Method Man, DJ Quik, and more.
Kwende Ried is the Detroit, Michigan creative carving a historic legacy in the film and music industry. With his experiences through life, his mind mixed with his passion has given rise to an artistic genius. After his Streetlordz rap group was involved in a 40-million-dollar marijuana drug conspiracy, he took on the alias Streetlord Rook as he embarked on his journey to greatness.
His ambition led to the launch of his Chedda Boy Films company with the mission to revolutionize the digital media entertainment industry platforms with quality production services and futuristic ingenuity. In 2000, Streetlord Rook’s company would release its first film “Envy” starring Ray J, LisaRaye Mcoy, and Maia Campbell. What followed were 3 other well-received indie movies that ultimately brought him to his most recent film, “One More Flip” starring Sada Baby, Royce da 5’9, Payroll Giovanni and Mena Monroe. The film premiered on March 20th surpassing turnout numbers at the Emagine Royal Oak for previous premiers like AVENGERS: END GAME. Its story navigates through the organized crime scene and opioid crisis rooted in the Detroit hip hop gang landscape.
Made available exclusively on Amazon Prime on October 1st, the film will be accompanied by the first-of-its-kind NFT for film and soundtrack hosted on blockchain technology Streetlord Rook wants to make accessible to other artists. “One More Flip” debuts with its lead soundtrack single and trap banger “Don’t Trust These Hoes” featuring Sada Baby and Payroll Giovanni. Streetlord Rook deserves every praise coming his way. Check out his new film “One More Flip” to see why.
Dr. Dre’s very public divorce continues to be plastered across the headlines, and now filings from an associated case allege not only that the rapper has been unfaithful, but that a child has allegedly come from the union.
According to reports the allegations have emerged from Dre’s prenup dispute with his estranged wife, Nicole Young. Young’s legal team is seeking to have three women deposed, Jillian Speer, Kili Anderson, and Crystal Rogers. They say the women are Dr. Dre’s mistresses.
Rumors of an affair between Dre and one of the women, Killi Anderson, have been around since 2013. Tabloids have reported the whispers that Anderson and Dre have a child together, something Dre has denied.
The rumors have reached the courtroom via a labor dispute between Anderson and her company “Body Bakery” and a former employee. It is reported that Dr. Dre’s name comes up in court papers filed in 2019 in the Superior Court of California.
Amongst the alleged fireable offenses committed by former tanning salon employee Brian Zerba, the papers claim: “Additionally, the owner of the tanning salon Kili Anderson, is said to have been in a relationship with the famous rapper Dr. Dre, with whom she had a child, and therefore she required all at will employees to sign a confidentiality agreement that they would not pry into her life and would keep all things that they learned about her life private.”
Anderson’s legal team alleges that Plaintiff constantly asked other employees about “Ms. Anderson, her child, and what was the nature of her relationship with Dr. Dre,” continually violating the terms of his employment.
Anderson’s lawyers are also claiming that she’s being sued in a shakedown,” and, “Plaintiff believes that defendant has money because she is involved in a relationship with a celebrity/artist.”
The three alleged mistresses were all fined $2,500 last April for “resisting” efforts to subpoena them although their lawyer claimed none of them had “relevant” information in Dre’s divorce case. The judge disagreed.
Dr. Dre was recently announced as one of the superstar performers for the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Also on the bill are Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, and Eminem.
The “Set It Off” rapper was unable to perform at his scheduled show or other venues in Baltimore and Greensboro, N.C, because of the reputation he’s garnering for attracting trouble wherever he goes.
BALTIMORE IM N DA CITY BEEN HERE SINCE 10am THEY NOT LETTING ME PERFORM AT THE ARENA BUT I WILL BE AT THE AFTERPARTY Lit🔥 pic.twitter.com/yZz56Udttm
However, Boosie still wanted to attend the post-show celebrations during “Championship Sundays” at the Euphoria Nightclub, which is where, according to local news reports, the shooting took place in the early hours of Monday morning (October 4.)
Police say a 27 y/o man is in critical condition after being shot multiple times in upper body and head after a fight broke out at Euphoria Nightclub, which was hosting an after party event with Boosie pic.twitter.com/zH2ooon024
Law enforcement says the shooting began around 1:38 a.m. local time after a fight broke out inside the club. Police patrolling the local area heard the gunfire and soon located a bullet-ridden vehicle with a shattered window.
An unidentified man checked into a local hospital suffering several gunshot wounds. According to reports, the victim was shot in the head and upper body and is currently in critical condition. No reports have been made of Boosie being involved.
According to Boosie, fans who wanted to see him on the tour are having problems arranging refunds. He took to Twitter to shout, “THIS IS THE MOVE THEY PULLING OFF ON THE TOUR SO U CANT GET REFUNDS, READ IT CLEAR LOL LIKE PEOPLE GO READ A SIDE DOOR LOL S### OUT TO ALL MY BALTIMORE FANS. LOVE YALL”
THIS IS THE MOVE THEY PULLING OFF ON THE TOUR SO U CANT GET REFUNDS ,READ IT CLEAR LOL LIKE PEOPLE GO READ A SIDE DOOR LOL S### OUT TO ALL MY BALTIMORE FANS ‼️LOVE YALL pic.twitter.com/8QFJDXYKgx
Boosie has had some very public disputes with Instagram over the social media giant shutting down his account for continued rule violations. Today, at Instagram’s darkest hour, Boosie took to Twitter for a spot of trolling.
THEY TOOK MY INSTAGRAM ND THEN EVERYTHING GOT SHUT DOWN!! #gods#annointed
Jay-Z continues to make huge moves in the Cannabis market this time with the recent acquisition of “Coastal Dispensary.”
Back in June, Hov’s holding company in the cannabis space bought 85% of “Calma,” A West-Hollywood dispensary. This deal is for 100% of the equity in dispensary and delivery company “Coastal Holding Co. LLC,” for $16.2 million in cash and $40 million in shares. It includes four dispensary locations across California with a fifth currently under construction. The five stores will be visited by about a thousand people a day. A further $9 million could be added to the deal with the addition of equity in other stores.
As well as the rapid expansion of his Cannabis business, Jay-Z is also continuing his work in social justice reform currently advocating on behalf of one of his fans who is currently in prison serving 20 years on a marijuana charge. Valon Vailes reached out to HOV via letter pleading for “help with the intent to campaign for my clemency.” Highlighting the hypocrisy of the system under which he is currently imprisoned he wrote “13 and a half years is a long time to be still incarcerated over a substance that has become the ultimate green rush.” The case is ongoing with Jay-Z’s “Monogram” continuing their efforts.
In 2019 Roc Nation’s own Jim Jones linked up with celebrity jeweler Alex Todd to form cannabis brand “Saucey Farms and Extracts.” In May they signed a distribution partnership with “The Parent Company” allowing them to expand their brand to many more dispensaries.
“Jay is a smart individual. I mean, whenever he steps into something, we all know it’s going to be at the top tier of what can be done, as far as the power of his structure,” Jones said. “He’s created like an Amazon inside of this marijuana business, especially for people like ourselves, who’ve come up under the culture, now pushing marijuana as a business. He knows where to get in when it comes to business.”
Speaking on the opportunities Jay-Z has been able to create for others Jones continued, “As opposed to him just coming in with his own marijuana brand and just getting into dispensaries and make it a big thing, he actually made it a platform for other people to come eat with him, and help other people off the platform to enter the marijuana business so that it can be lucrative.”
Netflix has partnered with Howard University to establish a $5.4 million scholarship in honor of the late Chadwick Boseman.
The Chadwick A. Boseman Memorial Scholarship covers four years of tuition for Howard students in the College of Fine Arts. The first four scholarships have been awarded to a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior.
“It is with immense pleasure and deep gratitude that we announce the creation of an endowed scholarship in honor of alumnus Chadwick Boseman, whose life and contributions to the arts continue to inspire,” Howard University president Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick said in a statement. “This scholarship embodies Chadwick’s love for Howard, his passion for storytelling, and his willingness to support future generations of Howard students. I am thankful for the continuous support and partnership of Chadwick’s wife, Mrs. Simone Ledward-Boseman, and to Netflix for this important gift.”
Netflix’s co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos added, “It is with enormous pride that we announce our endowment of the Chadwick A. Boseman Memorial Scholarship. While he was taken from us too soon, his spirit is with us always in his work and the good that he has inspired. He always spoke of his time at Howard and the positive way it shaped his life and career. Now, we will have the opportunity to give many future superheroes a chance to experience the same.”
Going forward, the scholarship will be given to an incoming freshman on an annual basis. The recipients will be students who have “exceptional skills” in the arts and a financial need.
“Many exemplary artists are not afforded the opportunity to pursue higher learning,” the late actor’s widow Simone Ledward-Boseman said. “We hope to support as many students as possible by removing the financial barrier to education. This endowment represents Chad’s devotion to the craft, his compassion for others and his desire to support future storytellers.”
Chadwick Boseman passed away in August 2020 after privately battling colon cancer. He was 43.
Lute has released his Gold Mouf LP, which is being billed as his debut album.
The Dreamville/Interscope Records artist enlisted the help of Little Brother for the project. Rapper Big Pooh served as the album’s executive producer while Phonte handled the sequencing.
“We worked on Lute’s Gold Mouf album for a little over two years, total,” Rapper Big Pooh tweeted. “I appreciate and thank you @lute_west9 for trusting me with your debut album. Couldn’t have done it without @iamJsmash @RichBoogieNC and my brother @phontigallo with the masterful sequence.”
Phonte added, “I watched my brother @RapperBigPooh EP this album for two years while also recording and touring with @LittleBrotherNC. Salute to him and to @lute_west9 for a beautifully introspective record. Sequenced by yours truly. #Goldmouf.”
Lute’s new album includes collaborations with Little Brother, J.I.D, Westside Boogie, Saba, Blakk Soul, DEVN and BJ The Chicago Kid. It also features fellow Dreamville artists Ari Lennox and Cozz.
Dreamville founder J. Cole celebrated the release of Lute’s debut in a Twitter post.
“GOLD MOUF !!!!!!” he wrote. “LUTE JUST DROPPED!!! new album by @lute_west9 out now!!! IG being down can’t stop you n####!!! ‘n##### want more music.. I ain’t right within..’ potent!”
Jack Harlow supported his hometown by making donations to local organizations in Louisville.
The Atlantic Records artist donated to AMPED, the Center for Women and Families, Grace James Academy, and the Louisville Urban League and Metro United Way.
These organizations include a music program, a support system for victims of rape and domestic violence, an all-girls school, and a nonprofit aimed at economic development for underserved urban communities.
“I took some counsel from my mom, she has always had a giving heart, and she’s no stranger to a lot of these organizations,” Harlow told PEOPLE magazine. “Aside from that, I really wanted to dive in and figure out what hit home for me.”
After consulting with his mother, Jack Harlow decided to donate to multiple organizations.
“It was impossible for me to just choose one,” he explained to PEOPLE. “All of these organizations resonated with me and I wanted to make sure there was some range and breadth to the love I was spreading,”
Jack Harlow is no stranger to giving back. He previously donated $500,000 to Kentucky State University and Simmons College of Kentucky. But for his latest donations, he wanted to specifically focus on his hometown.
“It means everything,” Harlow said of Louisville. “It’s my foundation. It’s part of my DNA. People joke about how often I reference my home, but it’s a huge part of my identity and I want you to think of Louisville when you think of me. My career feels like a mission that’s bigger than me.”
South Bronx rapper (by way of Casablanca, Morocco) French Montana is extending his brand outside of music.
The “All The Way Up” chart-topper has recently announced that he will be partnering with Kilian Hennessy to design the bottles for their products.
Kilian is a member of the historic Hennessy family, responsible for most of the Cognac in the world.
In an interview with WWD, he revealed that he “always wore Kilian scents.”
“Kilian is one of the finest luxury brands in the world with an exquisite level of taste, so it only made sense that we came together to make history.”
This partnership will allow French Montana to flex his muscle as a designer and collaborator.
He will not only be a celebrity endorser, but the rapper will also be lending his name and likeness to various promotions. His first project is working on a new bottle for the fragrance Angels’ Share.
“It’s been a journey selecting different molds for the bottle, and we’ve landed on a unique design that stands out,” he shared. “I really didn’t understand the level of how involved Kilian is with his incredible brand. From start to finish, he has guided me through his process and the way he runs his team.”
The limited-edition Angels’ Share by Kilian and French Montana will have a bottle featuring a gold-colored disk on the cap, engraved chains.
So what does it smell like?
He told WWD that the scent can be described as being “sophisticated” “fresh” “clean,” and “complex.”
French continued, “It is the right scent for a night on the town or stepping onto the red carpet.”
Killian says that this is a natural collaboration, right in line with his family’s association with rap musicians since the dawn of the culture, “My family name Hennessy has always been very, very intertwined with the U.S. Hip-Hop culture.”
According to the Whiskey Exchange, Hennessy as a brand is older than the United States of America. The spirit company was founded in 1765 by Richard Hennessy and is currently the largest Cognac producer in the world.
Lil Durk’s “Top 50 Rappers Of All Time” list is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen in my entire life. Now that I got that out, let me backtrack a little bit and we can all have a little laugh. First of all, what world does this young man live in and who are his parents? Second of all who are his friends? Thirdly, does he really believe this or is this just a ploy to drum up attention to the tour? I know Durk and Lil Baby are touring in an effort to get it lit all across the country. In young worlds, there’s quite a bit of conversation around this..not sure of rap scholars will even pay it any mind.
Now that I have gotten my first initial thoughts out, I looked at the list. I see true legends in Hip-Hop like J. Cole, Future, Gucci Mane, Nipsey Hussle, Drake, and even Meek Mill. There are quite a few others definitely warrant a nod in the modern era, but the list generally speaks volumes to Durk’s youth. He clearly has no OG‘s in his life to give him some education on the total scope of rap. Durk is 28. He looks young but he’s not THAT young. I think he could have mentioned a few OGs (Jay-Z, Kanye West?) unless this was some sort of press/attention ploy. I dunno. 🤷🏾♂️
It’s clearly weird since…some are really, really wack. Wack Wack.
Social media chaos erupted when Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all went down on Monday.
The three platforms, which are owned by Facebook, began experiencing outages in the middle of the day. Facebook had to use Twitter to address the problem publicly.
“We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products,” the company said on Twitter. “We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.”
According to CNN, the outage is a Domain Name System (DNS) failure. While social media users are unable to use Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, the company’s employees have been even more hamstrung.
Facebook’s internal systems stopped working, including the company’s internal communications platform. The New York Times reported some employees couldn’t even get into buildings and conference rooms because their digital badges weren’t functioning. Engineers were also struggling to even assess the issues as they were unable to access server areas.
The outage came on the heels of a Facebook whistleblower revealing her identity in an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday. Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, recently leaked thousands of pages of internal research and documents that increased scrutiny of the company.
Haugen accused Facebook of hiding its myriad of issues from investors. She said the company prioritized profits over any efforts to stop misinformation and hate speech as well as Instagram-facilitated harm to children and teens.
Facebook, Instagram and WhatApp going down prompted lots of chatter from rappers and other Hip Hop figures on Twitter. Some delighted in the social media platforms being rendered useless while others wondered if something sinister was at play. Quite a few turned the whole situation into an opportunity for jokes.
Check out some of the notable reactions from the Hip Hop community below.
Crazy s### is y’all really thought boosie was gone let them folks play with him. Man done beat the feds & cancer u thought IG was gone defeat bruh. 🌚
nah, but deadass, facebook literally yeeting themselves and IG off the internet makes sense. they have so much to hide. they probably never expected for an employee to out them bc they’re forced into anonymity via NDAs.
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On October 8th Rakim, Kool Moe Dee, Pete Rock, Nice & Smooth, and DJ Kid Capri will be inducted into The Hip-Hop Museum of DC.
The event will be hosted by world-renown comedian and Hip-Hop aficionado Russell Peters who says, “even as a Canadian kid, Hip-Hop raised me, and it’s the lens thru which I’ve seen the world.”
As a part of the Gala, Peters will sit down with the inductees as his guests for a special taping of his podcast “Culturally Cancelled.”
The Grand Induction Gala will also feature The Hip-Hop Museum’s Executive Director, Master Gee, a founding member of The Sugarhill Gang.
There will be many VIP Hip-Hop Legends in the building for the Grand Gala, including Chiefrocker Busy Bee, who was the 1st solo MC signed to Sugarhill Records.
Krazy Drayz of DAS EFX will be showing off his new Cannabis Strain “Googley Goo.” Plus, super-producer Domingo will be co-hosting the podcast, and Hip-Hop Historian Jay Quan will deliver the induction speeches.
This week on AllHipHop.com Presents The Library with Tim Einenkel, Tim is joined by the legendary Smooth B.
The Nice & Smooth founding member discusses the significance of being inducted and the impact each of his fellow inductees has had on him as an artist.
The Hip Hop Junkie also talks about the origins of Nice & Smooth, seeing his first Grandmaster Flash jam as an 11-year-old, going from breaking to MCing, and what role Bobby Brown and Sleeping Bag Records played in his career.
The Bronx MC also shares stories of how he cleared samples by Tracy Chapman, Sir Elton John, and the late, great Prince, in addition to working with DJ Premier, legitimacy of white MCs in hip hop, and so much more.
If you’re not familiar with The Savagez prepare to fall in love. With female artists taking over the rap game, this best friend duo is here to declare their place in the music industry, once and for all.
With Jet hailing from South Carolina and Kellye from Dallas, Texas, both ladies draw from their Southern roots with a West Coast influence, deeming their unique sound as “Southern Trap meets West Coast Bounce.”
Upon meeting in Los Angeles, their synergy was unmatched, quickly realizing their own potential as a musical duo. In describing themselves, they state, “We got that Southern charm mixed with LA vibes. That makes us different as a group because we know how to mix the trap beats with the West Coast beats. We’ve been taking over.”
Most recently, they unleashed their new single “RICH BTCH SHT,” pairing with a cinematic visual full of cash, twerking, and flat out debauchery. This arrives on the heels of their previous single “On Read’ produced by DJ Chose. The song itself went all the way up on TikTok, with users posting videos of themselves leaving people on read.
The Savagez are the next up out of the Artistry Records, the same label that discovered, developed and signed Saweetie; lead by music visionary and guru Max Gousse.
AllHipHop: Talk about your roots in the South, how does that influence you?
Jet: Definitely we come from small country towns so when we came to LA, it was definitely a big change for us. But it’s something we always wanted to do. We had always done music back home, but we never really had the opportunity to do it on this type of platform. Coming to LA, it’s all about entertainment. There’s so many people to network with so that’s how we got started.
Kellye: With me being from South Carolina and her being from Dallas, we both love Gucci Mane. Gucci’s in a lot of our music. Even though we’ve been out here for a while, over 5 plus years, the Southern music is still really what I listen to. Gucci Mane, Lil Baby, we love their vibe. But we got some West Coast vibes too. Jet’s-half Colombian so we’ve got some Latin records coming out. We have a whole bunch of stuff.
Jet: A major catalog.
AllHipHop: What do you both bring to the table?
Kellye: We’re different with our sounds as well, that’s why I think we’re different. Jet is good, she can sing a little bit. She’s more melodic, but she still raps like she’s from the South. Me, I like to rhyme more like Gucci Mane.
Jet: She’s swaggy.
Kellye: I’m swaggy. If you listen to our music, you can definitely tell the difference. We’re night and day. I like to be up in the morning, she’s a night owl. We really compliment each other.
AllHipHop: How do you guys record with your time difference? [Laughs]
Kellye: We usually either do it in the afternoon or evening, that’s when we’re both up.
Jet: I pre-record, that’s the time. That’s the perfect time. She’s up and I’m already going.
AllHipHop: How early do you get up?
Jet: I be up at 5am girl, because the sun be waking me up. I have a big window. I literally brought curtains, but now my body wakes up at 5am.
Kellye: I don’t wake up until 11am so she knows not to hit me until after 12pm.
AllHipHop: How did y’all meet though?
Jet: We met through mutual friends. We used to shoot skits at the Sketch house in LA about 4 or 5 years ago. We used to create our own content but we were always doing stuff for other people. Me and her got together like “we need to shoot content for us and get our followers up.” That’s how we started The Savagez.
AllHipHop: How did you guys come up with that name?
Kellye: We had a group chat, it was me, Jet, and our other homegirl. We were talking about savage stuff with dudes. We said “you know what, we’re some savagez.” Before we were rapping together or any of that, our group chat was named The Savagez. It really stuck with us when we started doing our YouTube videos, we really became a group and started promoting on social media. Everybody loved The Savagez, they’d say “y’all are so pretty, but y’all Savagez.” So we love it, yes.
AllHipHop: Is there any meaning behind the “Z”?
Jet: We wanted to be different because to be savage, you see it everywhere. But we wanted something that’s going to stick out, that’s why we went with the Z. Even when you say the name The Savagez, it sounds like it has a Z at the end anyways.
AllHipHop: “Rich Btch Sht” out now! Bring us back to when you guys created the record.
Kellye: It was lit because the beat is more of a main beat. We really love high BPMs, fast bounce music. With her being from Dallas, she has a lot of New Orleans influences so it was really easy for us to record it. We’re always trying to make music for girls to shake their ass to.
Jet: Yeah, we definitely wanted a twerk song.
Kellye: Uh huh, for girls to get lit to. We always be out with our friends: posting, promoting. They played it at brunch the other day and when this song came on, everybody went crazy.
Jet: Oh my gosh, they were dancing with their mimosas! But yaw’ll gotta see the Behind The Scenes too, it was so dope, shout to the squad.
AllHipHop: How was it shooting the music video?
Jet: It was fun, this was one of the biggest music videos we’ve done. We were looking fine getting our hair and makeup done, channelling our inner “Rich Btch Sht.” It was fun, it was a lot of people who were involved. We really got to see how working behind-the-scenes with the team is. It was awesome, it came out good so y’all got to tune in. Go to Youtube.
Kellye: Yes, you got to check out the video. We’ve got dancers in there who were really cutting up, we just love it.
AllHipHop: What is your favorite “Rich B*tch S###” activity?
Jet: Shopping! [laughs]
Kellye: We love shopping. Gotta get that drip!
Jet: We like designer now. Got to get that Fendi, Gucci, Louie, but we own businesses too. We promote small businesses and we both have boutiques. You can still be a rich b####. You don’t have to have on designer to be a rich b####.
Kellye: We love DJ Chose. We worked with him before on our first project. We met him a couple years ago in LA, he had produced a record for us. When we did “On Read,” we went down to Houston because he said “we need to get the real feel of Houston.” We were always working in LA, and it’s cool to work in LA but sometimes you need a different vibe when you travel somewhere else. We gotta go to the South where we’re from and get that Southern beat. When we did the record with him, it was perfect. It meshed together.
Jet: We knew that day it was going to be something special. We put it out, it started going up on YouTube and TikTok before we knew it. After two TikToks, we looked up it was at 200, 500, and then 1,000. We knew we had something special. Chose is our friend, so it was all natural.
AllHipHop: How often are you on TikTok? Talk about the challenges.
Jet: We’re on TikTok a lot. The #OnRead challenge when we dropped that, and the “RBS Challenge.”
Kellye: That’s the new one.
Jet: You can leave anyone on read so dudes were doing it, females. They were doing the memes. Leaving their boo’s on read, leaving their bosses on read.
Kellye: They were getting real creative, from dancers to memes to anything. It was real interesting. We’ve seen some crazy ones. We’ve seen one TikTok with a girl and a snake. A snake?” Then she puts lashes on the snake. What is going on?
Jet: She got a lot of views on that.
Kellye: She did.
AllHipHop: What can we expect from your new EP, Girls With Attitude?
Jet: You’re going to have a variety of different songs, I’m super excited. We’re very versatile, you’re going to really see that on our project. But we’re still making your turn up music because we like to have fun.
AllHipHop: When can we expect the project?
Kellye: Soon, we’re gonna keep y’all posted.
Jet: We’re pushing this single right now so that’s our focus, but right after that, the EP’s dropping.
AllHipHop: How did you guys link with your manager, Max Gousse?
Jet: It’s crazy because I met him a long time ago.
Kellye: She was manifesting this.
Jet: I knew he had worked with some girls in the industry. I said “we need Max” because a lot of people that were trying to work with us wanted to change us. We really wanted to be authentic and be ourselves, he really lets us do that. It’s really a blessing to work with him and the team.
AllHipHop: Jet, you were doing music beforehand right?
Jet: Before, I was a solo artist before I joined the group. Coming in doing the group thing, I had some experience. I’m not going to lie, it’s so much fun working with someone else that has the same drive as you. It’s hard being a woman in the industry, especially working with men. We were always together getting things done. It’s really a blessing, I’m happy to be a Savage!
Kellye: I used to go to all her shows, and I used to be in all her videos. If you look on her on YouTube page, I was the background dancer. It’s crazy, we were always together.
AllHipHop: How does it feel to now be doing this? That’s tight.
Kellye: At first it was weird, because I was always coming to her videos, but I got to see how it was done so I really caught on fast. At first, she said “Kellye, you can’t rap!. Da da da.” [laughs] When I spit for her, after we did our first song together, we knew we had something special. It was a wrap.
Jet: Yeah, I was surprised. Everybody liked us together. If it’s meant to be a group, then let’s do it. I’m not going to hate, two heads is better than one.
AllHipHop: 3 things you guys need in the studio at all times?
Both: Red Bull.
Kellye: Some snacks, some chocolate. We love chocolate. And some tequila!
Jet: Casamigos!
AllHipHop: What would you guys be doing if you weren’t doing music?
Kellye: We’re already entrepreneurs. We were doing YouTube, we both were into acting. We want to be moguls, we have businesses. We’re always grinding, hustling, making money. We’re going to do that regardless. We’re taking over the music industry. We’re going to be doing acting, clothes and building our business and our brand. Everyone across the globe is going to know about The Savagez.
Jet: Exactly!
AllHipHop: Goals for yourself at this point in your career?
Jet: We want to be on billboard, #1. We ain’t stopping until we get there.
Kellye: We’re trying to be great.
AllHipHop: Anything else you want to let the people know?
Jet: Check out “RBS,” stream it. It’s on all platforms and we’re looking forward to seeing those TikToks. Trying to get a viral dance poppin’.
Kellye: We’ll repost you, tag us. If you want to do a video of the song or rap the song on TikTok, we’re posting everybody.
Cuban-American rapper Pitbull has an issue with anyone who has any problems with the United States.
During a recent concert, the “On The Floor” rapper said that people with issues with the country should go to his parents’ native land. But did he forget that he once said that Christ “couldn’t save America” and that if a certain Republican became president he would move to D.R.?
A viral video showing the Latinx chart-topper lambasting American critics with the rawest expletives has taken over social media and is being celebrated by the political right.
The first-generation American said, “To whoever the f### doesn’t like the United States of America, may God bless you, but f### you at the same time.”
“If you don’t like the United States of America, go back to the countries that we the f### from, and you’ll see how much you appreciate the United States of America,” he continued.
While the video popped up on Twitter last week, no one is clear on which concert it was taped at.
This is also not the first time he has gone on record to talk about how important the nation is and how much he values being American. In 2015, according to Fox News, he spoke about his parents being immigrants and how they came to the country legally.
He said, “They knew what this country had to offer is that you could control your own destiny. You had opportunity. And you had the number one thing which was and which is freedom.”
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His parents came to the nation in the 1960s. His mother was the first to come to the country. She left Cuba through a program called Operation Peter Pan. The two-year program sponsored by the Catholic church and ran between 1960 and 1962, was a “clandestine mass exodus of over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minors ages 6 to 18 to the United States.”
According to PedroPan.org, “From December 1960 to October 1962, more than fourteen thousand Cuban youths arrived alone in the United States. What is now known as Operation Pedro Pan was the largest recorded exodus of unaccompanied minors in the Western Hemisphere.”
The parents sent them with the church and kept the secret for 30 years, only revealing it to the public in the late 80s. The kids were called the Cuban Refugee Children’s Program and once arriving in the United States were placed in Miami’s shelters and were later relocated throughout the nation in 30 different states.
Pitbull’s dad came to the U.S. via a visa lottery.
However, the Miami superstar has been critical of America himself. Back in 2011, he told The Guardian, “The United States was built by immigrants, so it’s very sad. I know everything in life has to have boundaries, rules, and regulations. I agree with that. I don’t agree when the USA, that lives by a constitution, says, ‘OK, just because you look this way, we’re going to ask you for your documentation, or you gotta go back to your country.’”
In fact, in an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com, he also threatened to leave the United States to go to a smaller island company if Republican John McCain was elected president in 2008.
He said 13 years ago, “I’m definitely a fan of Barack Obama. I think he’s young, sharp, motivational, inspirational. He makes you want to be American again; he makes you proud to be American. McCain is pulling some nice stuff, especially with the Vice President pick with Palin. It’s like Palin done took over all the media. It was a good move on the Republican side to snatch the media away from Barack Obama. But I’m hoping he will prevail. Because if John McCain gets in office it looks like I’ll be moving to the Dominican Republic.”
He continued, “I don’t think Jesus Christ could come down and fix the state of America right now.”
By now, everyone knows that Facebook is — at the very least — down.
But is there a possibility that it may have a new owner altogether?
During the Great Facebook Extinction Event, a tweet began circulating on Twitter that alleged that facebook.com (the domain name itself) is up for sale.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, sensing an opportunity, only had one question:
CNN noted that the social giant’s disappearance has rather strange timing. It comes less than 24 hours after the 60 Minutes interview with the so-called “whistleblower,” Frances Haugen, “claimed the company is aware of how its platforms are used to spread hate, violence, and misinformation, and that [the company] has tried to hide that evidence.”
Naturally, the company denied the claims.
Also, according to another report from Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg lost more than $6 billion in personal wealth in just a few hours. (That’s gotta hurt.)
In addition to Facebook, itself, being down, its sister apps Whatsapp and Instagram are also not working. That’s caused a huge influx of users to rush to Twitter — though, as of this writing, the “Fail Whale” has not yet made its grand return.
Omilio Sparks of State Property has a son named Forrest Reigns that is catching a buzz!!!
Check out this new video from Philly’s Forrest Reigns as he unleashes the new single, “Stuck.” There aren’t many artists in Hip Hop these days that are willing to take risks and set a new tone. That isn’t a problem for the Chester, PA prodigy Forrest Reigns who’s latest single is a mix of commercial melodies with heartfelt lyrics.
Ironically the Philadelphia rapper is the son of Omillio Sparks. Although he has been creating a buzz of his own, Hip-Hop fans might remember Omilio Sparks had a run with rap collective State Property which was led by Beanie Sigel and signed to Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records.
Despite his father’s place in Hip-Hop history, his unique style sets him apart from his PA contemporaries and the new EP “Embrace” that will be dropping this Fall has already piqued many musical enthusiasts’ interest with powerful releases like “Knock” which features Reese Youngn. Others see signs of Hip Hop royalty and the pedigree to be a storyteller with his creativity on songs like “Superior.”
“I wrote the song Stuck because of my ‘on again, off again’ relationship with an ex-jawn,” Forrest said. “My upcoming EP will be a very musically diverse project”.
