The late Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom is still a major force in the music business. Nipsey dropped his critically-acclaimed Victory Lap studio LP in 2018, and the album continues to chart to this day.
Victory Lap is currently ranked at #139 on the Billboard 200. This week marks the 100th time Nipsey Hussle’s magnum opus made it onto the list of the top-selling albums in America.
Originally, Victory Lap debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 by moving 53,000 album-equivalent units. It later peaked at #2 in April 2019 following Nipsey Hussle’s death on March 31.
Nipsey Hussle did score a Number One on the Top Rap Albums chart with Victory Lap. The project also topped the Vinyl Albums chart in June 2021. Hussle’s voice was used on the Judas And the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album single “What It Feels Like” featuring Jay-Z.
Victory Lap lost the Best Rap Album honor to Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy at the 61st Grammy Awards. The Bronx-bred entertainer’s debut studio LP is the longest-charting album by a female rapper in history at 169 total weeks on the Billboard 200.
Tyler, The Creator is having a great week on the charts. HisCall Me If You Get Lost is the #1 album in America. He also scored multiple songs on the latest Hot 100.
According to Billboard, 13 songs from Call Me If You Get Lost landed on the Hot 100 rankings. “WusYaName” featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Ty Dolla $ign is the highest-peaking track at #14.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) July 6, 2021
Tyler, The Creator also helped several acts earn their first Hot 100 entry. Fana Hues (“Sweet / I Thought You Wanted to Dance”), Teezo Touchdown (“RunItUp”), Domo Genesis (“Manifesto”), and Daisy World (“Rise!”) saw their names on the chart for the first time.
“N#### really on the Hot 100 this crazy, 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾@tylerthecreator,” tweeted Domo Genesis on Tuesday. Daisy World posted on Twitter, “Don’t make me cry.”
Call Me If You Get Lostopened at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Tyler, The Creator managed to bring in 169,000 equivalent sales units in the album’s first week of release.
The Los Angeles native recently declared that he is one of the best lyricists in Hip Hop today. Tyler stated, “I think a lot of people forget that I’m a rapper because I’m so multifaceted. I just had to remind everyone, ‘Don’t let the wig get it twisted, y’all n##### can’t f### with me.’”
Call Me If You Get Lost is projected to slip from #1 to #7 on next week’s Billboard 200 with 39,000 second-week units. Pop singer Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour is expected to climb back to the top spot.
Tyler, The Creator’s discography also includes the #1 studio LP Igor. That 2019 project won Best Rap Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020. Igor has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The energy is bubbling all across the culture, as many gear up for Rare Breed Entertainment’s Max Out 2 this upcoming weekend, Saturday, July 10th at the Believe Music Hall in Atlanta, GA.
Marketed as one of the biggest nights in the culture, the show might just live up to the hype and even surpass the first MAX Out that set the bar really high.
Some of the battles set up on the card seem unconventional (coming from left field), while others are biblical in proportion (reflecting a Cain and Abel narrative). All the battles promise to be lyrical miracles, showcasing many of the culture’s most elite emcees.
Bigg K vs. X-Factor will be a sleeper as many of the battle rap’s new fans are clueless to how crazy the Detroit native gets busy. One of the things that RBE does well is “serve up plates” to pioneers in the space that have been out of action for a minute. With two years of ring rust on him, the question will be “Is X-Factor ready for the league’s most vicious dog?”
Philly’s Rosenberg Raw, a severely underrated battler, will go up against A-Ward, of the Christian rap crew “The Horsemen.” Raw will move like a tactician and try to break down his opponent. But A-Ward has a gift that can only be called “DIVINE.” He has a pen, and he has a mind-blowing freestyle ability. The two will definitely put on a show.
When Chubby Jab recently popped on the battle rap scene, many didn’t believe that he would be a contender. Sure, he got a reputation battling in LA and NYC’s Fight Klub, but it’s his validation by Cassidy that has reintroduced him to the 2021 fanbase— one that loves him. But you know who else is loved by the fans? Pontiac’s Ill Will. Ill Will, who has been a contender for Jay Blacc’s Champion of the Year for several years, won’t be a breeze for the rapper/singer. He’s a fan favorite for good reason and will pull out all of his bells and whistles to grab the victory. This has the potential to be the battle of the night.
One of the reasons why battle rap is so popular is because it highlights pure lyricism. This battle, between Top Dawg Entertainment artist Daylyt and former Bad Boy rapper/songwriter/ producer King Los, will be a bar fast. The two are supreme thinkers, wizards with words, and alchemists with the golden thoughts that fall from their brains. They are brilliant enough to come up with things that you have never heard before and clever enough to say in a way that will entertain. This Daylyt vs. King Los will be a classic. Few variables can make it anything less.
Another battle that might be a classic is the headliner— Hitman Holla vs. Calicoe.
This is kinda a grudge match … kinda a brothers’ quarrel … kinda a Midwest massacre reloaded. Once friends, the two will put all familiarity to the side to handle issues of disrespect, misunderstanding, and the “playing too much.” Hitman will take time away from his day job, he should be getting ready for the premiere of the 16th season of the hit series Wild ‘N Out a month later on VH1, to do the battle. But this is one he says that he just had to take. Not because of the money, in reality, according to the faceoff RBE compensated him well and even gave him stock in the company. He had to take Calicoe because he felt disrespected. Calicoe on the other hand doesn’t see it this way. He believes that he was trolling for the battle and a bigger bag. It seems that on the 10th, the two will handle the differences.
In addition to the main battles, there will be some undercards. These battles are as follows: Bubba Tung vs. Coach Corleone, Jaskizzal vs. J Geans, and Ladii Tunez vs. Raw Image.
Seems like a full day of battle rap action. The doors open at noon and the live pay-per-view starts at 1 PM. More details can be found at RareBreedEnt.com.
Connecticut Uprising star Kawan drops off a nice uptempo record called “party” with artist Valentine. Kawan said “We’ve been in the house for a whole year since covid -19 now and I thought it was a good time to drop this soon as the world opens back up. People been waiting to party”.
The new project is available to stream on Spotify now. Be sure to follow Kawan and listen to the project below.
Louis posted a video on June 19 to announce the boycott. With the song playing as bed in the background, he flipped up his middle finger as he gave a little bounce and said, “MADE A DANCE TO THIS SONG’.”
He ended the video with “SIKE. THIS APP WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT BLACK PEOPLE.”
He captioned the video, “If y’all do the dance pls tag me. It’s my first dance on Tik Tok and I don’t need nobody stealing/ not crediting.”
It’s true.
The hottest challenges have come from the creative minds of these incredible Black and Brown artists — however, it is the white kids getting invited to dance on late-night talk shows performing routines that they did not create.
Two come to mind immediately: Charli D’Amelio and Addison Rae.
D’Amelio has about 119.4 million and Rae has 81.8 million and many of their followers have no clue as to who are the progenitors of the dance routines they clock and post.
In an interview with the LA Times, he shared the following. “We make the trends… and when we remove ourselves from the equation… it’s nothing left but mediocrity.”
“I can’t tell you how long it’s going to last, but I do want to say that I think this is an indicator of how frustrated the black community is. I feel like this isn’t the last time something like this will happen,” he continued.
“I know for me personally; this is a much wider issue outside of this digital colonizing. TikTok has a really big issue with just black leaders and anti-blackness,” he continued. “What’s kind of flown over people’s heads is this issue concerning the exploitation of labor on the app.”
Nobody is playing with TikTok. Especially when you can get it popping in other places. #ElvisIsAHeroToMost
Rapper G-Eazy is always inspired to be “great” whenever he steps into his home recording studio, thanks to an autographed note and gift from his basketball “hero,” Kobe Bryant.
G-Eazy has opened the doors to his Los Angeles home for Architectural Digest readers, giving them a tour of his 1979 Spanish colonial property, which boasts a custom two-storey recording studio.
The second level of the work area features a lounge and neon lights, where a framed jersey from the late Los Angeles Lakers legend hangs on a wall, alongside an autographed note which reads, “Do the phenomenal.”
“Kobe Bryant was my hero,” he said. “This was a birthday present a couple years ago, before he passed.”
“I’d met him after a game, and the first thing he says to me (was), ‘Yo, young Elvis!’ Then he told me to chase the Beatles and to never give up and to just always want to be great and remember that Mamba mentality,” G-Eazy recalled, referencing Kobe’s alter ego, Black Mamba, inspired by 2003 action film “Kill Bill,” in which the snake was code for a deadly assassin.
“Imagine walking past that everyday you walk into the studio,” the hip-hop star shared of the special gift. “How could you not want to be great?”
G-Eazy spent many months of the 2020 COVID-19 shutdown locked away alone in the studio, working on new material for his upcoming album, These Things Happen Too, but having to tinker with the equipment himself was a big learning curve.
“At first, nobody was seeing anybody, so it was just me down here,” he explained. “I had to reteach myself how to engineer again. I had to reteach myself how to produce most of my music again. So, it’s literally just me down here in this room, sitting at that keyboard, making music from scratch.”
His forthcoming release wasn’t the only project recorded at the home studio – it’s also where he crafted much of his 2017 project, *The Beautiful & Damned.”
Prosecutors are aiming to keep R. Kelly in jail, despite his lawyers’ pleas to release him in the name of justice. The singer, Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, is accused of leading an enterprise to recruit women and girls for sex. He denies any wrongdoing.
Last week, R. Kelly’s defense team filed a motion with the court asking for him to be temporarily released, so he can prepare his defense for his trial on August 9, 2021.
His new lawyers claim they have been unable to see the singer and as a result, they have lost valuable time to prepare his defense in the high-stakes trial, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Their motion cited the terrible conditions in Manhattan’s Metropolitan Detention Center lockup, where R. Kelly is held.
Today (July 6) prosecutors objected to R. Kelly’s latest attempt to get out of jail.
First off, Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, Acting United States Attorney, said R. Kelly has had ample time to prepare for his defense.
She argued that his former lawyer Steven Greenberg met with R. Kelly via FaceTime in 2-hour increments, three times a week when he was locked up at Chicago MCC.
“While housed at the Chicago MCC, the defendant regularly met in person with his attorneys to review discovery and prepare for trial. Moreover, as soon as the defendant is released from quarantine, the defendant will have ample access to his counsel at the Brooklyn MDC,” Kasulis told Judge Ann Donnelly.
Prosecutors also objected to a letter R. Kelly’s lawyer sent asking Judge Donnelly to postpone his trial altogether.
His defense attorney Deveraux Cannick claimed Kells has been under a mandatory quarantine since his transfer from the Chicago MCC.
In a letter to U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly, Cannick revealed he and the team have yet to have their first face-to-face with R. Kelly since this transfer, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Kasulis said Kelly’s quarantine is ending today, and they will have plenty of one-on-one time with him at the MDC. She also cited the need for his alleged victims to receive justice as soon as possible.
Kasulis objected to Cannick’s request, saying: “in these circumstances, an adjournment is particularly inappropriate where, as here, the charges against the defendant involve identified victims who also have an interest in prompt resolution of the charges against the defendant.”
A collective cultural cry was let out as reports emerge that the Los Angeles County deputy district attorney will not pursue the death penalty in the Pop Smoke murder case.
According to the New York Daily News during a morning briefing on Tuesday, July 6, Deputy DA Hillary Williams said, “Our office is not going to be seeking death on this case, but we are going to be asking for a lot.”
There was only one adult, Corey Walker, suspected charged with the Brooklyn rapper’s (whose real name is Bashar Jackson) murder.
The 20-year-old has been asked to return to the court on Wednesday, July 7 after special documents are filed on his behalf regarding this new decision.
He will then enter an updated plea regarding his role in the February 2020 killing.
According to the May preliminary hearing, it was revealed that Walker and three others plotted to rob Pop Smoke when the chart-topping rapper was about to go to sleep in his rented Airbnb mansion in Hollywood Hills.
To add insult to the injury, he kicked him while he lied on the floor bleeding.
Walker was charged with murder with the special circumstance allegation because it happened during the commission of a robbery and a burglary. His lawyer maintains that he was just the driver.
“He’s clearly not an aider and abettor of premeditated murder,” Darden protested. “At most, he’s a principal in a robbery… He’s a driver. He is outside.”
This story is developing … however, people are p##### that they won’t feel the full extent of the law rendered in his sentencing.
His second posthumous album is simply titled Pop Smoke and will be released on July 16.
He talks about the two things that made him hustle hard: Mangos and Roaches.
That’s right. The multi-hyphenate took to social media to share with his Instagram followers to show why he isn’t as special as many think that he is.
But this Diddy’s desire to live well is the motivating factor behind what he does.
The caption to the post says, “One day when I was growing up, I woke up and there was 15 roaches on my face. At that moment I said hell no, I refuse to live like this. Work hard, believe in your crazy dreams… AND NEVER SETTLE! #LOVE
This glimpse of his past poverty was accompanied by a video of the Bad Boy founder in front of an infinity pool that is in front of the beautiful view of the ocean.
As Diddy stuffs his face with sliced fruit he says, “You can do it too. You could be whoever you want. You could be eating mango too with the ocean as your backyard.”
“I ain’t special. I just want it … want it bad. You feel me? And I am not gonna allow myself to not have mango. I hustle hard. Nah, baby,” he continued speaking with the juices from the drupe dripping from his lip.
At 51, Sean “Brother Love aka P. Diddy aka Puff Daddy” Combs is worth, according to Forbes, is worth $51 million.
The credible money mag says that Diddy makes the most of his money through his Circo vodka brand, DeLeón tequila and Aquahydrate alkaline water.
He still can’t stop and won’t stop on the music front as his has recently locked in a deal with Epic Records and has a cable network called Revolt.
According to reports Diddy has a net worth of $900 million.
Drakeo the Ruler just shared a new Wyatt Winfrey directed video for “Exclusive” from his recent mixtape, The Truth Hurts. The flashy music video was shot entirely on 16mm film and features Drakeo the Ruler posted up in his brand new 2021 Rolls-Royce Dawn. Proving it’s bought and paid for, Drakeo the Ruler flashes the pink slip at 1:55 showing this Rolls-Royce is PAID IN FULL!
Beyond this “Exclusive” music video, Drakeo is completely flourishing ever since his release. From the Rolls-Royce to the chains to his homie Desto Dubb’s clothing line, the Stinc Team must be accounted for when you talk about the fastest rising rap crews on the West Coast.
Just a few years ago in the summer of 2019, Drakeo was acquitted of murder, a conspiracy to murder, and five attempted murder charges. He beat the charges but got knocked for possession of a firearm by a felon.
It was reported that the jury could not agree on his criminal street gang charge— or the shooting from a vehicle.
“Drakeo has been put through hell over the last three years,” his attorney said at the time of his release. “After one day of trial, the prosecutors approached us about a time served offer. Drakeo will be home to his family in the next few hours. It is a good day for Drakeo and rap music.”
Theres no question that being locked up and fighting a case against former LA District Attorney Jackie Lacey put a hold on Drakeo’s career, but he’s on the other side of it now and it looks like he can’t be stopped!
For more info on Drakeo, check out his most recent project The Truth Hurts where you can stream it on any of the DSP’s. Until then check out the Rolls-Royce in the visual below:
A Tribe Called Quest co-founder Ali Shaheed Muhammad has shut down reports suggesting the hip-hop icons have sold off royalties for their first five albums as an NFT (non-fungible token).
Recent reports suggested the stars had partnered with officials at Royalty Exchange to cash in on the digital collectibles craze.
A Tribe Called Quest was supposedly offering up a 1.5% share of their earnings from projects including 1991’s The Low End Theory, 1993’s Midnight Marauders, and 1996’s Beats, Rhymes and Life, to the highest bidder.
The sale on the music royalties marketplace closed last week, with a buyer known only as Stephen F paying the equivalent of $84,765 to secure the NFT.
But Ali Shaheed Muhammad has since addressed the claims, insisting none of the surviving group members were involved in the auction.
Instead, he explains the sale was arranged without the knowledge of himself, Q-Tip, Jarobi White, or the estate executors of the late Phife Dawg.
The sale revolved around the tiny share previously held by Ed Chalpin, owner of PPX Enterprises, who had initially helped Muhammad and Q-Tip sign their first label deal with Jive Records chiefs.
In a lengthy post on Instagram, Muhammad called out Billboard reporters for their misleading headline about the NFT sale.
The original story headline read: “Royalty Exchange has partnered with A Tribe Called Quest to auction off 1.5% share of the sound recording royalties from the hip-hop group’s first five studio albums.”
“Not Frigging True…,” he began, as he slammed publication editors for simply using their name as clickbait to drive traffic to their site.
“At the time, Billboard knew those words were not true but worded the story in a way to gain clicks. They have now changed the article. Other ‘journalistic’ publications took the original newsfeed and ran with the misleading headline.”
“No member of A Tribe Called Quest has entered into any partnership with Royalty Exchange. PERIOD!,” he vented.
Muhammad went on to explain how the initial link to PPX Enterprises came about.
Ali recalled how he and Q-Tip originally hired Chalpin as an agent to negotiate their five-album contract with Jive in 1989.
However, unbeknownst to the duo at the time, he allegedly added a clause to the contract securing a percentage of the recording funds for each of Tribe’s five albums.
With the help of Jive bosses, the rappers thought they had managed to make the PPX problem “disappear” – until the news of the NFT was brought to their attention.
Muhammad continues, “It wasn’t until reading this incomplete article by Billboard on June 29, 2021 that I learned PPX Enterprises wasn’t entirely out of our business. Apparently PPX sold their share of a settlement they made with Jive Records to an individual whom entered into a partnership with Royalty Exchange. Be clear that is the NFT that was created and auctioned.
“Had we known this percentage of our art was out there we would have bought it directly from PPX Enterprises as it should have never been sold by Jive Records.”
H.E.R., – real name Gabriella Wilson – teamed up with the former U.S. President and his wife on upcoming Netflix series “We the People,” which explores the importance of educating children through music.
And having the opportunity to join forces with the couple, who have become known for their activism and philanthropic efforts since leaving the White House, was transformative for the 24-year-old.
“It was more exciting more than anything, it made me really want to, you know, kill it just because of them being attached and them being a part of it,” she told Entertainment Tonight.
“It’s like, wow, you know, I am a part of something that the Obamas (did). It’s kind of life-changing, you know?”
H.E.R. added that while the younger generation is dismissed by some, she believes she and her peers have the ability to change the future.
“Sometimes you think, ‘I’m just a kid,’ or, ‘That’s a job for the adults,’ but the youth is really the beginning of the rest of our lives,” she explained. “I would like to believe my generation and younger, we’re going to set the tone for the future and it’s up to us to be informed. I always say, you know, you can’t understand today without understanding yesterday, and so I think kids are going to start being more proactive and not reactive and really take control of our future.
“And we’ll learn from those things that we learned in the past, and make a difference and make a change when they know that they can – that they have the power to – and this project is going to empower people. I mean, it empowered me.”
Rapper Cardi B is forever “thankful” she didn’t act on her teenage desire to get a tattoo on her face.
Cardi B admits she once had her heart set on getting a distinctive inking which would have trailed down one side of her face, but she never went through with the plan.
“Everyday I’m thankful at the fact that (I) ain’t get this face tatt I wanted when I was 16,” she shared on Twitter.
Everyday I’m thankful at the fact that ain’t get this face tatt I wanted when I was 16.
Rapper-turned-actor Ludacris put a stop to his “head to toe” tattoo plans years ago after realizing the body art would affect his experience on movie sets.
He told Men’s Health magazine, “I used to want to get a lot of tattoos, and then I started, humbly speaking, shooting movies, and sometimes they have to cover your tattoos so you gotta sit in the makeup chair for hours while they cover your tattoos, so I stopped getting them at three.”
Among the trio of designs he still has is a large logo of his Disturbing Tha Peace record label on his left bicep.
Ludacris recently shared a video clip of his chat with fans on Instagram, and captioned it, “The REAL reason why I only have 3 of them, cause I definitely wanted to keep going from head to toe.”
The rap star’s decision seems to have paid off. He celebrated “F9″grossing over $500 million since it’s released on June 25 in the United States.
“Half a BILLION in only 11 Days!? WOW! Sincerely Thank You To Every Fan Around The World That Bought A Ticket & Supported This Movie,” Ludacris said in celebration of the milestone.
Did you know there are an estimated 64,000-75,000 Black women and girls are currently missing in the U.S. alone? That staggering number excludes global stats. This has not garnered headlines, flown through social media and has not been a concern of government officials. Some groups like Black and Missing Foundation, Inc. and others have managed to pull CNN away from Trump coverage to momentarily address missing Black people and human trafficking.
This sinister practice, according to the government, is “the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act.” On top of that, both adults and children can be forced into prostitution, forced labor or even as servants. This goes so much deeper and there is a rapper that is attempting to bring light to Hip-Hop. His name is Bigga Dre.
To get help from the National Human Trafficking Hotline:1-888-373-7888or text HELP or INFO toBeFree (233733)
Bigga Dre has taken the cause of missing African American girls and women on his back. His song,Eschatology (Bring Our Girls Back), addresses a startling, stark reality. Tens of thousands of Black women and girls are missing from their homes, families and nobody seems to care. These human tragedies turn innocents into abductees, sex trafficking victims, slaves and underscores American racism, sexism, and poverty along racial lines. Bigga Dre taks about the sordid facts and why this needs to be front and center of our collective consciousness.
Bigga Dre: As a melaninated Black Man that belongs to the community at large, we all have a obligation and responsibility to be the protectors of the Black (melaninated) woman and child it is our culture and culture is the glue that keeps the community (common unity) together.
AllHipHop: In your opinion, why are there so many girls/women missing and why don’t there seem to be headlines about this?
Bigga Dre: A nation can only rise as high as it’s woman and the reason our women are going missing at such a disproportionate rate is because we are still experiencing the social, psychological, and physical effects of the “MAAFA,” which is the global African Holocaust slave-trading of melaninated (Black) people by Europeans, Arabs, and some of our own people who conspired as well from the 1440s to the late 1800s even till this day.
The reason there are little to no headlines of this terrible occurrence is because our community has been targeted by COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) which was designed to discredit, disrupt, and destroy Black Leaders and organizations who have the ability to unify, mobilize, and inspire the present and next generation with correct information. ie: Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. Malachi Z. York, The Black Panther Party just to name a few. “Our people perish for a lack of knowledge” alot of us are unaware that over 75,000 Black (melaninated) women/girls are currently missing! The reason you don’t see too many headlines about this “terrible occurrence” is because the world rarely empathizes with issues that negatively affect our people until it becomes an eye sore or other ethnic groups experience an increase of the same encounters.
Also there are a lack of funds and resources to create our own platforms or even appeal to media outlets with large followings that generally promote props for press and rumors for rates.
AllHipHop: I recently saw a report about missing girls and women from the UK. Do you think there is a connection? If so, what is it?
Bigga Dre: There is definitely a connection and it is global like the pandemic. Human trafficking is based on capitalism as it involves organ transport and harvesting as seen in Philadelphia with the case with 14-year old Katricia “Tree” Africa and 12-year-old Delisha Africa of the “MOVE organization” whose bones were transported for over 30 years and examined by multiple universities without the knowledge or consent of their family. Logisticly there is no limits to Human Trafficking when you factor in incidents like the Biological Resource Center in Phoenix whose owner Stephen Gore, was convicted in 2015 of running an illegal enterprise, for selling body parts.
There are also Pedophile sex trafficking financiers such as the case with 66 year old Billionaire Jeffery Epstein who traveled with under age girls to Paris, London, Slovakia, Mexico, Morocco etc. Epstein owned homes in Palm Beach and New York City not to mention a 70-acre private island in the Caribbean called Little St. James “Island Of Sin”. Lastly we must include the complexity of this issue which directly explores the present day slave trades in Libya, school to prison pipeline in this country, and the prison industrial complex here and abroad!
AllHipHop: Do you think that this music and this effort that you’re pushing will reach the masses? Final Words and Links.
Bigga Dre: YES! Eschatology (Bring Our Girls Back) is available on all digital platforms people around the world will continue to purchase, stream, and support because once they hear the song they automatically connect and feel the conviction which allows them to see with clear vision and automatically respect my intention.
I am asking a few things of those that see this:
First, repost the visual clip throughout social media and online with the HashTag #Eschatology #BringOurGirlsBack and use the theme music from the actual song to create other Reels, Tik Tok, Short Films/Videos, documentaries and so on.
Tips: Never travel alone and if you do always tell a family or friend. Be mindful and cautious of your interactions with others on social media. Keep your eyes open for unmarked cargo vans with no windows .
4. Watch the company you keep whether it be friends, suspicious characters in your neighborhood, even close and distant relatives!
5. Last but certainly not least put on your Armour of God ( The Most High) not in a religious sense but in a practical sense BE SAFE OUT THERE for we are living in the last day and times !
IG @officialbiggadre
To get help from the National Human Trafficking Hotline:1-888-373-7888or text HELP or INFO toBeFree (233733)
Music superstar Post Malone is partnering with German liqueur brand Jägermeister to offer direct micro-funding aid to struggling venue owners. The global campaign is the next phase of Jägermeister’s #SAVETHENIGHT initiative.
“We are thrilled to partner with Post Malone on our shared #SAVETHENIGHT mission – to create the best and most memorable nights now and in the future,” states Chris Peddy, Chief Marketing Officer Mast-Jägermeister US.
Peddy continues, “Post’s dedication to paying tribute to the people who make nightlife possible is a testament to his passion and commitment to our community. We are so proud to partner with him to help make this vision a reality around the world.”
The Post Malone/Jägermeister campaign includes a short film titled Night Lights which pays tribute to the local businesses and communities that were affected over the past year. The COVID-19 pandemic caused many music venues to shut down temporarily or permanently in 2020 and 2021.
Night Lights was shot by Academy Award-nominated director Zachary Heinzerling (Cutie and the Boxer). The presentation features Post Malone reflecting on missing the moments and interactions associated with pre-coronavirus nightlife.
“So many awesome fans and artists have stepped up to support venues and communities that have been struggling. I’m excited to join the party with Jägermeister and celebrate music and nightlife across the world,” says Post Malone.
In addition, Post Malone is scheduled to participate in an exclusive virtual meet-and-greet event via a Meister Drop-in on the #SAVETHENIGHT platform. The “Circles” hitmaker will also share his own nightlife story as part of Jägermeister’s “Our Stages, Our Stories” content series.
For more information on Jägermeister’s #SAVETHENIGHT initiative visit save-the-night.com.
Once again Iggy Azalea was caught up in controversy connected to her race. Some social media users called out the Australian recording artist for allegedly engaging in blackfishing during the filming of her “I Am The Stripclub” music video.
Blackfishing is described as the practice of Caucasians purposely presenting themselves as a Black person online by using makeup, spray tan, and/or a “blaccent.” The term blackfishing is often referred to as modern-day blackface.
Initially, Iggy Azalea reacted to the blackfishing allegations by dismissing her critics’ complaints. The 31-year-old Wicked Lips EP creator began responding to a few of the fans who were supporting her on Twitter.
“I’m the same color as the other white dancer in the room and not anywhere close to the color of the black dancers. People will say ANYthing to try and cancel me and it’s actually kinda funny to watch people so worked up over a black wig and Smokey eye,” tweeted Azalea.
Many Twitter users shared their opinions on the matter throughout the weekend. Iggy Azalea returned to the social media platform on July 4 to offer more thoughts on the people backing her and the people slamming her.
“To everyone showing me love: Thank you for dedicating your day to me & helping me promote, I love you!” tweeted The American Music Award winner. She added, “To everyone showing me hate: Thank you for dedicating your day to me & helping me promote, I love you!”
This is not the first time Iggy Azalea was involved in a public dispute associated with her being a white woman making rap music. Fellow female rapper Azealia Banks famously criticized Iggy for referring to herself as a “runaway slave master” on the 2011 single “D.R.U.G.S.” which eventually led to Iggy apologizing for the lyrics.
That 2014 back-and-forth between Azealia Banks and Iggy Azalea caused Hip Hop legend Q-Tip to tag Iggy in a series of tweets. Q-Tip’s goal was to inform the then T.I.-endorsed act about the history of Hip Hop, racism, and white privilege.
In response to the A Tribe Called Quest member, Iggy tweeted, “I’m also not going to sit on Twitter & play Hip Hop squares with strangers to somehow prove I deserve to be a fan of or influenced by Hip Hop… How you feel about me blending musical genres together doesn’t bother me, no one is making you support or buy pop rap albums.”
Azealia Banks fired back, “How the f### can you address a rap legend like @QtipTheAbstract and refer to ‘Hip Hop’ squares in the same breath??!?!?!!?!?!?! Q-Tip gave you some insight into the culture you’re influenced by and you really sat there and told him he’s Hip Hop squares.”
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Chloe Bailey is commonly a trending topic on social media. One-half of the R&B duo Chloe x Halle garners thousands of likes and retweets for her dance videos and song covers.
The 23-year-old vocalist’s latest clip shows her singing the classic Drake’s single “Marvins Room.” Chloe Bailey’s rendition of the Take Care track has accumulated more than 1.2 million views on Twitter and 1.7 million views on Instagram.
“You told me that there’s someone else. You’re messing with my confidence. How you make me feel unwanted? I’m really trying not to hold a grudge. But you didn’t send me flowers for my birthday and now I’m hurting in the worst way,” belts Bailey.
In May, Chloe Bailey presented a cover of Cardi B’s “Be Careful” off the rapper’s Invasion of Privacy album. Cardi reacted to Bailey’s rendition by tweeting, “This is soo beautiful, got me smiling from ear to ear and blushing maa hard… You see this how I thought I sounded on the track 😩😩.”
Last month, Chloe Bailey received some negative reactions for her performance of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” for ABC’s Juneteenth: Together We Triumph – A ’Soul of a Nation television special. Some viewers deemed Bailey’s sexual dancing as inappropriate and a disrespectful representation of Simone.
However, Nina Simone’s granddaughter came to Chloe Bailey’s defense. RéAnna Simone Kelly wrote on Twitter:
Everyone’s coming at @ChloeBailey for her performance of my grandmother Nina Simone’s song “Feeling Good”. But what y’all don’t understand is that grandma was a free-spirited woman herself!! She would’ve loved that performance as much as I do! Relax. Chloe killed it. #NinaSimone. Grandma was unapologetically herself. She was a muhhhfuckin badass woman who did what she wanted when she wanted. She was a sexual woman and she expressed that. Educate yourselves !! If grandma could she probably would’ve done that performance herself. 😂😂 @ChloeBailey you did your THANG girl!! Period !! Also, watch “What Happened Miss Simone” on Netflix if you want to learn more about grandma 🙂 Happy Juneteenth y’all! #ChloeBailey #NinaSimone