Massachusetts-bred emcee Joyner Lucas and Georgia-raised rapper Lil Baby joined forces for a new single titled “Ramen & OJ.” The record hit DSPs on April 30. A music video for the track also landed on YouTube the same day.
The duo’s “Ramen & OJ” was created via the Tully platform and released via Joyner Lucas’s independent record label Twenty Nine Music Group. Tully was co-founded by Lucas and manager/technology entrepreneur Dhruv Joshi.
“I wanted to have all the power of a label and artist management company in my hands wherever I was and whatever I was doing because my focus needs to be on creating,” says Lucas.
He continues, “With Tully, I can see what everyone on my team and on a project is doing and that gives me the confidence to stay on track with what I’ve got to do because I need to know that they’ve got my back.”
Lucas is looking to inspire other independent musicians to establish themselves as artists and build their brand with a DIY mentality. The Tully app is now available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play.
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“Joyner’s creativity and collaboration with Lil Baby on ‘Ramen & OJ’ was amazing to watch because he was free to concentrate on what matters most,” states Tully co-founder Dhruv Joshi. “And I was right there with him because we built Tully to empower us to be able to succeed on our own terms.”
Lil Baby continues on his impressive run as one of the leading rap stars of the current decade. In 2021, the Quality Control Music representative worked with Russ, Lil Durk, Drake, Young Thug, Gunna, DJ Khaled, Megan Thee Stallion, and more. These latest collaborations came after Lil Baby found mainstream commercial success with 2020’s My Turn studio LP.
Earlier this week, news broke that Jeffrey “Ja Rule” Atkins was being sued by the Internal Revenue Service for an unpaid tax debt of $3,139,237.76. Ja Rule’s longtime nemesis, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, took the opportunity to make fun of his fellow Queens native’s financial situation.
50 Cent posted a screenshot of a headline about Ja Rule and his wife’s reported issues with the IRS for unpaid taxes between 2005-2010 and 2012-2017. The recording artist-turned-television producer wrote in his Instagram caption, “👀you gotta pay your taxes fool,😆😆.”
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Previously, Ja Rule was accused of evading paying taxes for over $3 million in earnings between 2004 and 2006. The former Def Jam artist was sentenced to 28 months in federal prison in 2011 which he served concurrently with a weapons conviction in New York state.
Ja Rule and 50 Cent have been beefing online and in real life for over two decades. Their respective camps – Ja’s Murder Inc. and 50’s G-Unit – were involved in several violent interactions over the years.
Both rappers also released multiple diss tracks directed at the other. The animosity between the 2000s-era chart-toppers led to some fans hoping for a Verzuz battle involving the “Wanksta” spitter and the “Loose Change” rhymer.
In response, 50 Cent wrote on Instagram, “Who want to battle, and here’s a moment of silence for the still sick and suffering. LOL.” Ja Rule then fired back on Twitter, “N##### know to stay out the cage when the lions are feeding…”
50 Cent’s latest round of attack against Murder Inc. affiliates did not stop with his takedown of Ja Rule. He also blasted Murder Inc. Records co-founder Irv Gotti for publicly commenting on DMX’s alleged cause of death.
The Get Rich or Die Tryin’ album creator posted on Instagram, “This guy [Irv Gotti] is [an] idiot, 👀Did he just say DMX died from smoking crack and fentanyl! 🤷🏽♂️Why would he say that?”
Once again DJ Khaled recruited a stacked lineup of guests for his 12th studio LP Khaled Khaled which dropped today (April 30). With a “who’s who” array of talent on the project, Cardi B’s contribution with “Big Paper” has generated the most chatter on Twitter.
Cardi became one of the top trending topics on the social media platform after Khaled Khaled dropped on Friday morning. Most of the online reactions to her latest track were positive.
One Twitter user questioned who wrote Cardi’s lyrics on the record while suggesting the flow sounded new. She replied, “ME!!! It’s actually not. ‘Red Barz’ and ‘Hectic’ exist. [three faces with tears of joy emojis]. I can go New York when I want [to].”
ME !!! It’s actually not Red Barz and Hectic exist 😂😂😂I can go New York when I want too https://t.co/4ShMWYuaTP
“Big Paper” is Cardi B’s first solo release since “Up” arrived in February. That single went onto become the Grammy winner’s record-extending fifth #1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, the most all-time for a female rapper.
According to Khaled, “Big Paper” made the Khaled Khaled tracklist at the last minute. The music business executive/media personality posted a video on Thursday afternoon announcing the “Cardi B vocals is in.”
CARDI B VOCALS IS IN!! 101%%% JAMIE UPDATE THE TRACKLIST NOW!!!!#KHALEDKHALED TONIGHT MIDNIGHT!!!
Khaled Khaled also features Lil Wayne, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, H.E.R., Migos, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Justin Bieber, 21 Savage, Bryson Tiller, Roddy Ricch, Drake, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Big Sean, Rick Ross, Puff Daddy, Justin Timberlake, Meek Mill, and more.
Plus, Hip Hop legends Jay-Z and Nas reunited for “Sorry Not Sorry” along with singer-songwriter James Fauntleroy. A music video for the collaboration hit YouTube this morning. It is the only official visual from DJ Khaled’s Khaled Khaled album so far.
Now if Cardi do more of that…. she not only gonna gain a new fan… she very well may lose a few enemies. Best Female Rapper in the game at the moment, it’s not even close. She’s miles above the others at the moment.
Drake’s luxury car, a customized 2020 Rolls Royce Cullinan Chrome Hearts, will be showcased at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami, Florida.
From May 1 and May 15, fans can go to see one of the cars from the “God’s Plan” $8 million car collection. This particular car was packaged by Mansory, custom-ly designed Chrome Hearts, and was featured in his new video for “What’s Next,” released in March 2021.
Also displayed in the video, according to Authoevolution.com, is a snow-drifting Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster, a private jet, and his very own Patek Philippe Nautilus by Virgil
Abloh.”
The “What’s Next” video is a love letter to his hometown of Toronto and allows fans to see just how good the rapper’s life is.
But did fans need to see the video to know that the Champagne Papi is loaded? At 34, Drake is worth almost a quarter billion dollars.
Reports say that his house is 50,000 square feet. One of the mattresses (one of them) cost about $400K (it is a Grand Vividus, not Sealy). He has more entries in the Billboard Hot 100 than anybody in the history of the world (208).
In 2020, he was ranked the 25th highest-paid celebrity in the world. He has more Top 10 hits than The Beatles, Prince, and Michael Jackson. He also put up $100,000 for the winner of the Ultimate Rap League’s Ultimate Madness tournament on Caffeine.tv, as an incentive to inspire the most elite battle rappers in the culture to participate.
It’s the biggest Ultimate Madness Tournament ever, I ’m putting up $100k to the winner so someone go get that. Starts this Saturday at 12p PT / 3p ET the first round of #UltimateMadness3 for free on @caffeinepic.twitter.com/aY4lizGqTv
Let’s talk about this baller. If fans are interested in seeing the 2020 Cullinan by Mansory x Chrome Hearts they have to make an appointment with the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Despite debuting in the midst of a pandemic, P1Harmony is already making strides within the industry and continues to feed their fans with nothing short of bangers.
FNC Entertainment formed the group in 2019 and began teasing their debut in February 2020. With the release of their first EP Disharmony: Stand Out and a movie, P1Harmony has catapulted into the spotlight.
Best known for their performance prowess and ability to dominate a stage, these rookies have been focused on creating a new R&B sound. The group released their highly anticipated second EP Disharmony: Break Out now.
Their title track “Scared” has all the right vibes standing strong as an anthemic banger that blends their soulful singing and hardline rap verses over a glitchy soundscape of punchy beats, lush R&B harmonies, and trippy melody lines.
AllHipHop: As for each member, who is the first R&B artist you looked up to?*
AllHipHop: For each member, which R&B and hip-hop artists most heavily influenced this EP, and your life?
KEEHO: I get a lot of my inspiration from SZA, Frank Ocean, and Daniel Caesar. I’ve been really into the way they write and create music.
JIUNG: Post Malone, Justin Bieber, & 24kGoldn.
INTAK: A$AP Rocky, EK.
JONGSEOB: J.Cole, Joey Bada$$.
AllHipHop: What sets your guy’s music apart from the rest
KEEHO: I don’t think there’s a specific difference, but we try to add songs that were written or composed by all six members into our albums. There’s a song called “That’s It” from our first debut EP, which was co-written and composed by all of us, and from this new album, we have a song called “If You Call Me,” which was also co-written and composed by all the members as well. I think through this process, we are able to deliver and express the kind of message we want more clearly.
THEO: I personally think what sets us apart is that we have and know the precise message we want to deliver through our music.
JIUNG: I think the way we keep reinterpreting or finding new ways to deliver our message (which has been consistent since the very beginning) is our key appeal.
INTAK: I think what makes us a bit more different is that we are striving to harmonize the world.
SOUL: I think it’s our harmonious, vocal tones and choreography! I think we have a distinct dance style.
JONGSEOB: I think we all have a different way of expressing our thoughts and opinions even if the message or the subject we want to relay is the same. I also think our personal characteristics are strong and different and we also like and listen to different genres of music and that’s what makes us unique.
AllHipHop: Why did you choose the title ‘Disharmony: Break Out’?
KEEHO: It’s a continuation from our first album, which was titled DISHARMONY: STAND OUT. Our message is still based on the idea of ‘disharmony,’ but this time, we wanted to share our message, which is to ‘break out’ from the things that hold us back, our fears, and injustices and be confident enough to create a life that we want, while achieving our goals and dreams.
JIUNG: I think ‘break out’ is the best description of our album’s main theme, which is to ‘break out’ of all the things that you’re tied down to, from people’s judgments, and our fears.
JONGSEOB: Our first album, DISHARMONY: STAND OUT posed questions and pointed out problems, while DISHARMONY: BREAK OUT is about acknowledging these problems, and finding a way to resolve these issues, which is to be confident, ‘break out,’ and become a better person.
AllHipHop: What does it mean to give back to your country through the arts?*
KEEHO: I am so honored and grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this global movement that K-pop is becoming. But then again, to be honest, I also feel a lot of pressure and responsibility. I want to reach out to as many people as I can by making good music and want to show our performances to our fans all across the globe.
THEO: I think it’s a great honor, and I am super proud of it.
JIUNG: I am also proud of K-pop and am grateful for all the support we have been getting. This makes me want to work harder to become an exceptional artist.
INTAK: Being a K-pop artist with the opportunity to help expand K-pop is such an honor, and I am filled with gratitude that I was given this opportunity by my company and all the staff members who are helping us.
SOUL: I am also very proud, and I feel like I was destined to become a K-pop artist [Laughs].
JONGSEOB: I am doing what I’m doing because I wanted to be onstage to perform and write/make music, but it’s so amazing that K-pop is headed towards such a positive direction.
AllHipHop: How did you guys come together?
KEEHO: We were put together for how well we worked together as trainees and for the harmony we created as a team. I think that is also the reason why we are all so close to each other.
AllHipHop: How tight-knit are you guys?
KEEHO: Yes! We are super close. We spend so much time together; we train and see each other every day so I think that’s why we are so close. But above all, we communicate a lot and are like family. I think we are lucky and fortunate that we all get along so well.
THEO: We are REALLY close.
JIUNG: We are SUPER tight-knit
INTAK: We are like family.
SOUL: I think of them as my family in Korea, that’s how close we are.
JONGSEOB: We are close enough to share everything.
AllHipHop: How has debuting in the middle of a pandemic been for you?
KEEHO: Honestly, we didn’t have that much trouble or difficulties. We spent more time training and working on our music since we couldn’t go out. The only thing that was kind of unfavorable was the fact that we didn’t get to see other people and experience things that could have inspired us for our music.
THEO: It was difficult because we couldn’t meet our fans in person.
JIUNG: We didn’t have many difficulties when we were preparing for our debut. The only difficult thing was that we couldn’t perform in front of people.
INTAK: I didn’t experience difficulties
SOUL: I think the pandemic is difficult, but what’s more difficult for me personally is the language barrier!
JONGSEOB: The only thing that is hard to deal with is that we don’t get to see our fans during TV music program shoots or when we are onstage.
AllHipHop: What’s the hardest thing to adjust now that you’re gaining more recognition?
KEEHO: I don’t think there is anything to really adjust right now, and I don’t think I will need to adjust to getting recognized more [Laughs]. I like people and attention! I’m assuming later in our careers; it might get hard when our personal lives diminish, but that too, I don’t think it will be hard for me to adjust. I am very good at adapting!
THEO: I’m OK with getting recognized more, but it’s difficult when they want to see my cutesy stuff in person.
JIUNG: I am a bit worried that I’m not going to have much of a personal life.
INTAK: I don’t have any problems. I think I have already adjusted to this lifestyle! [Laughs].
SOUL: I agree with Intak
JONGSEOB: I have none.
AllHipHop: What can we expect next from the group?
KEEHO: Please continue to show us love and support as we will be releasing a lot of new contents, music, as well as holding more performances.
THEO: I hope to become more at ease when I’m onstage and hope we can grow as one of the more charismatic groups.
JIUNG: I want our fans and everyone to anticipate the amount of energy we will have when we are onstage performing in front of an actual audience.
INTAK: Please look forward to what kind of messages we will be delivering with our music.
SOUL: Please look forward to our future promotional activities with a lot of love and interest!
JONGSEOB: We will become a group that is continuously evolving and excelling in every facet so please look forward to our every move, and we will also continue to release our new message and worldviews.
During the episode that Mac Donald said she believes that rap music and the culture around it is one of Black people’s biggest hurdles in getting ahead – not systemic racism.
Mac Donald claimed that “it all happened in the ‘80s,” as she references the birth of Hip-Hop. She continued, “This steamroller of hatred towards greatness and it has never slowed down.”
The Thomas W. Smith Fellow continued on by stating that this era basically rejects white maleness.
“It came from a narcissism of the failed … it’s a hatred of a civilization deemed too white and male. There it grew out of this tragic pendulum swing within the Black civil rights movement that was, for so long, striving for the ideals that America was itself violating.”
Mac Donald even suggested that Black people like Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington lived up to the American expectation and were dignified in a way that Black Gen X’ers, Millennials, and Gen Z’ers have not.
“And then, it all swung past and you got the oppositional culture of the ghetto and hip-hop that came up, that now — now, all that striving for bourgeois normalcy is gone, and you have the glorification of gangster culture, which is tragic,” Mac Donald said.
She continued: “But, I think the Black radicalism drove a lot of this, and the growth of racial preferences, the dismantling of single standards of evaluations began in the 60s with preferences for admission. Then the females glommed on to that, you know, with feminism and their marginalization of males, and since then, the glorification of victimhood.”
So let’s get this right … Black radicalism of the 1960s and Hip-Hoppers dismantled the American standards, marginalized white males, and have the African-American community constantly glorifying being victims!
Today H-Town artist JimmyBoltdropped the visual to his lively new track “YEX.” Making a play on the word “sex” Jimmy has fun with his crew while “yexy” women bounce around a yacht and turn out a vacation in the tropics. Featuring “YEX” merchandise throughout, JimmyBoltproves why the spotlight is on him as he makes a run for next up in Houston’s competitive rap scene.
“Yex is going crazy – it all started when my friends and I were joking around and started a dictionary of Y words. So like sex, we said change the sex to yex. So we just branded everything, we got the shirts, the hats, the socks and the condoms. I always have some bad females around me so it’s just a vibe. The yock star vibe, the girls, the cars, the money. Yock star lifestyle, might not make it,” he joked.
In the music video JimmyBoltlives up to his name as hiselectric personality and non-stop energy fly off the screen. One look at this video and it’s clear this 3rd Coast artist draws energy the music pulsating through his veins.
“For one, I draw energy from life and my passion and love for music itself, so I always try to translate that love to the songs and to the records. Lighting bolts and bolts that’s just that whole vibe, and it’s what fuels me to turn up as an artist,” JimmyBolt explained. “But secondly my family, my pops, they are the ones that fully give me just that energy to keep going. Truthfully that’s why I have that get up and go get it mentality everyday – I stay ready. You never have to get ready if you always stay ready.”
Originally the visual started off as a behind the scenes vlog, but the episode became so epic during the filming Jimmy decided to turn the footage into an actual video. While the visual looks like it’s all fun and games, at one point during filming things got so crazy JimmyBolthad to keep the peace between dueling ladies fighting for camera time. Needless to say viewers are in for a mini royal rumble cat fight that takes this visual to new levels. And, although things got crazy in the tropics, no video vixens were harmed during the filming of this raucous music video.
“A few females had got into a little argument and the one girl just walked up to the other and hit her. I was like, ‘Hell naw’ because they were both bad, but I was like, ‘Yall ladies not gonna be fighting here!’ So I tried to break it up but one of them girls was strong as hell. They broke my Chrome Hearts frames, my glasses, I was p#####, things got crazy!”
Raised in a musical family, JimmyBoltis a natural when it comes to creating and visualizing the feel to his music and the industry has taken notice after his collaborations with Lil Keed, SSG Splurge and co-signs from OG Louie the XIII, Rubi Rose, Gunna, Lil Baby, Trippie Redd and more.
“Music was just something that I was always around and heard. My pops was in music, he was a band instructor, so I always heard all types of music from Jazz to Pop, to Rap to Rock. So I’ve always been around it and had an ear for it. Around four or five years ago I just started doing it, so it went up from there”
Coupled with a physique that’s molded by a crazy workout each day, JimmyBolt has the music and look to back his growing fan base that’s spread outward from Houston and to the surrounding areas.
“We call our fans the Yang – not the gang – but Yang. It’s a whole fan club and the whole lit crowd of people that are always gonna tee-up and wear the merch and just catch the full vibe,” JimmyBolt said. “Get ready Yang, this is our year, we gonna drop this crazy s### and show y’all something that you’ve never seen before. Real life yock star ish, on Yod.”
Big Sean and his mom Myra Anderson are launching a new video series to help the rap star’s fans deal with mental health issues.
The Detroit rapper, who admits he struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts in the past, is dropping a new video every Saturday during the month of May, to recognize Mental Health Awareness Month.
“Sean and I wanted to share some of the no or low-cost techniques that we have used over the years to help us attain and maintain emotional balance. In the future, we may do a deeper dive into some of these techniques and other tools that we use,” says Myra Anderson.
Every Saturday, Big Sean will have a 10-15 minute conversation with his mother Myra, where they will talk about issues ranging from meditation to diet and exercise, as well as the “emotional freedom technique.”
“I feel that Mental Health Awareness Month is the perfect time to talk with my mom about some of the things I have learned from her that have helped me along the way, and I hope will help others,” Big Sean explained.
The video series will start dropping on Big Sean’s IGTV account and his website, for the Sean Anderson Foundation, on May 1st, starting at 12:00 pm EST.
Rapper 40 Cal is calling upon the hip-hop community to help him find his missing daughter.
The Harlem, New York-bred rapper took to his social media accounts to alert his fans about the crisis.
“My daughter Saniyya is missing out of Buffalo University …. anyone with any helpful info hit my dm, any other matters respectfully don’t contact me!” the rapper said.
A variety of rappers, ranging from JR Writer and Westside Gunn to TSU Surf rallied around the battle rapper’s Call for help by alerting their sizable followings, asking everyone to keep their eyes open for Saniyya.
40 Cal, a former member of Dipset is also offering up a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to the safe return of Saniyya.
Boxing champ Mike Tyson has lured Lennox Lewis out of retirement for a rematch of their 2002 battle.
Tyson returned to the ring last year for an exhibition fight with Roy Jones, Jr., which ended in a tie.
Now he’s attempting to get revenge on British star Lewis, who knocked out the American in the eighth round almost two decades ago.
According to the 54-year-old, he’s lined up a big fight against Lewis, 55, later this year.
“I’m gonna fight Lennox Lewis,” Tyson told TMZ as he left an eatery in Los Angeles.
He didn’t furnish many other details, other than that the fight will take place in “September.” Lewis departed from boxing in 2004, but in 2019 acknowledged he would contemplate stepping back into the ring to take on Tyson – but only for a $100 million purse.
He has yet to react to Tyson’s statements, which emerge a month after “The Hangover” star affirmed his planned fight with Evander Holyfield was a go – even though his adversary’s manager had already indicated talks between the pair had “fallen apart.”
Tyson infamously bit off a piece of Holyfield’s ear when they met in the ring in 1997.
Inspiration comes from a lot of things people say; for William Rodda it was saving a child from a fire. He originally wrote pop tracks, but after this tragic event he began writing child friendly lofi tracks. Not your typical hip hop rapper, but a great person nonetheless.
The lofi industry has certainly changed a lot in recent years, with the introduction of modern day lofi rappers. William works in both newer style lofi tracks and older. William was raised in Brisbane, Australia brought up to manage his parents properties. His musical taste started at a young age, and actively grew as he got older, he picked up a guitar at 8, and studied for about a year.
After that he lacked interest in the instrument. He picked up guitar again at 15, and after the incident at 16, he was back on track to be a preschool teacher and lofi writer. The music doesn’t stop there for him either, while working as a part time producer in his home studio at Brisbane, he has made many connections and many friends along the way, William will also be working for the foreseeable future as his father just retired.
His home studio will stay though, and his music as well. He quotes “Music is for everyone, and some kids don’t have the ability to listen on the fly. My goal is to make it possible for them.” He is a great guy and we all have a thing or two to learn from him.
A 52-year-old man will be considered a senior citizen when he is released from prison for posing as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan and pretending to be an employee of Roc Nation, to run a nationwide scam.
Walker Washington, 53, of Augusta, Georgia, is heading to prison for more than 8 years (100 months) in prison, 19 businesses out of more than $300,000.
They ran the scam from at least September 2019 until November of 2019.
The scam fell apart after an eagle-eyed staff member at the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Augusta became skeptical of the pair and contacted the FBI.
Both men have admitted to they pretended to be members of the Wu, and acted as though they were employees of Roc Nation.
“These two scammers will have plenty of time to figure out if their few weeks of unearned fame was worth several years in prison,” said Chris Hacker, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta. “With this sentence, law enforcement and the victims of their scam, have spoken loudly that we won’t tolerate anyone who takes anything they do not earn or deserve.”
King Von was a loyal companion who would do anything for his homies, even when he achieved breakthrough success.
He declared this in his latest video, “Mine Too.”
An aspirational anthem, “Mine Too” rises in intensity as Von declares he’ll do anything for his homies he and his Only The Family associates plot world domination from a mansion, before they go for a joyride in a Rolls Royce.
“Mine Too” is the third video to be released from Welcome To O-Block since King Von tragically passed in November.
Earlier this year, Von’s estate shared “Armed & Dangerous,” which calls back to Von’s experiences in prison and shows how the lessons he learned inside shaped his worldview, and in late 2020, the estate shared the video for “Wayne’s Story,” which was Von’s favorite of his music videos.
King Von appeared posthumously on several tracks on Loyal Bros, a new compilation tape by Only The Family, the label started by Von’s close friend Lil Durk.
In today’s episode of plastic surgery goes wrong, troubled rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine’s daughter’s mother has experienced some trauma while getting her body done up in South America.
Sara Molina went to Colombia to have 360 liposuction and a Brazilian butt lift.
During the two surgeries, which took up five hours to complete, her Multiple Sclerosis was triggered, and later after the procedure her body basically started to spazz out.
The lead physician, a man named Dr. Humberto Peña, and his team tried to help her during the flare-up by giving her “nausea medicine.”
At the same time, they removed the pain medicine that was being pumped through her abdomen through a tube placed under her skin.
It is reported that she is not able to lay down flatly and has had to get a special recliner in a fancy-schmancy facility called Llux Recovery in the tropical paradise.
She’ll be there until the middle of May recuperating. Despite the MS trauma, she is very pleased with the results.
So much so, she took to social media to promote Llux Recovery and the doctors.
Sara Molina
After deleting all other posts, she wrote:
“I’d like to begin by saying thank you so much to Junito @lluxerecovery for making sure my experience has been going smooth. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YALL BOOK WITH HIM. From consultation, to a doctor recommendation, & making sure we had a sfe flight. An amazing experience all around, especially at the recovery home. The staff has been taking AMAZING care of us here since we have landed. I honestly have no complaints. We love it here & I really do mean it 🥺💕••A special thank you to the most lit doctor out here 🥵💪🏼 @drpena_cirujanoplastico I’m so happy, words can’t describe it. I can proudly say I’m a Muñeca de Peña. 🤷🏻♀He made sure that everything was set in stone as I wanted before moving forward. I’m so in love with my end result. I love my new new body Kanye Voice ••If anyone is looking to book with them, please consult with @lluxerecovery. Please understand, as we all have different bodies, not everything and everyone will work the same for us. I was recommended to Dr.Peña due to my body type and shape. It is very important to consult before booking any
doctor!”
Perhaps, she doesn’t really know Kanye’s voice … the one that was crying when his mother died from plastic surgery (liposuction, a tummy tuck, and a breast reduction) gone wrong in 2007.
North Carolina’s Saint Augustine’s University is set to give music executive Kevin “Coach K” Lee and civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump honorary doctorate degrees during the institution’s 2021 commencement ceremony.
To be held on Saturday, May 1, this graduation will be for both the Classes of 2020 and 2021, held in person at the George Williams Athletic Complex, have Raleigh City Manager Marchell Adams David serving as the keynote speaker and will be the university’s 90th baccalaureate exercise in its 154-year history.
The combined-class graduation is a result of all of 2020’s scholastic activities being interrupted and postponed due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
Perhaps that’s why the HBCU, founded in 1867 by Episcopal clergy to educate recently freed enslaved Africans, wanted to make this occasion super special.
After all, Ben Crump is perhaps one of the most foremost figures in America’s current wave of social justice advocacy.
Over the last decade, this member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. has come to represent and fight for the families of people wronged by systemic racism like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, as well as the residents of Flint, Michigan.
He also represented 9 of the 13 Black women rape and victimized by the Holtzclaw Oklahoma City Police rape in 2015 and contributed to the 2008 “precedent-setting” U.S. Supreme Court Robbie Tolan case that centered around extreme police-involved violence and their use of force.
The Quality Control founder, Coach K, is just as impressive.
Just consider that some of your favorite artists he discovered, groomed, and put on. Shout out to Migos, Lil Baby, City Girls, and Lil Yachty.
But what is most extraordinary is that in addition to him receiving his honorary doctorate, he is also receiving his Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Management from the school.
Back in 1992, he was admitted to SAU as a basketball student-athlete. A tragic injury stopped his matriculation temporarily.
Thanks to the SAU’s Gateway Program for adult learners, he completed his degree and will walk with the 2020 class.
Congrats to the Class of 2020 (including Coach K), Class of 2021, the university, and everyone celebrating this great achievement (virtually or in-person).
It appears as if all of the parties involved were involved in a love triangle, although police have not confirmed a motive for the shooting.
Lil Yase was in a relationship with Angel Butler, who shares a child with Williams.
On Tuesday, local police took Williams and Butler into custody and booked them both with first-degree murder. Butler was also booked on conspiracy to commit a crime, for her role in the slaying.
Both suspects are slated to be arraigned today (April 29th).
Singer/actress Willow Smith would be open to having a romance with two partners at once.
The “Whip My Hair” hitmaker, the daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, is fascinated by the idea of polyamory because of the independence it gives people to establish their norms.
Examining the topic on the latest episode of Red Table Talk, which she co-hosts with her mom and grandmother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow said, “With polyamory, I feel like the main foundation is the freedom to be able to create a relationship style that works for you and not just stepping into monogamy because that’s what everyone around you says is the right thing to do.
“So I was like, how can I structure the way that I approach relationships with that in mind? Also, doing research into polyamory, the main reasons why monogamous relationships – or why marriage – why divorces happen is infidelity. I honestly couldn’t see myself going past two outside of myself (sic).”
And the 20-year-old star argued being polyamorous doesn’t always mean having more sex.
“I mean, I’ll give you an example,” Willow shared. “Let’s say you haven’t always been the kind of person that wanted to have sex all the time. But your partner is. Are you gonna be the person to say, you know, ‘Just because I don’t have these needs, you can’t have them either?’ And so that’s kind of one of the reasons why I was interested in poly because I was introduced to it through kind of a nonsexual lens…
“In my friend group, I’m the only polyamorous person, and I have the least sex out of all of my friends.”
“Without Remorse” is an action-thriller based on the popular 1993 novel by famed author Tom Clancy. The film stars Michael B. Jordan in the lead role of “John Kelly”, a character previously played by actors Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber in other notable Tom Clancy based films, “Clear and Present Danger” & “The Sum of All Fears”. This film is directed by Stefano Sollima (“Sicaro: Day of the Soldado”) and also features a talented cast of actors including Guy Pierce, Jody Turner-Smith, Jaime Bell and Laura London. (For full transparency, I’ve never read the Tom Clancy novel so I couldn’t tell you how the events of the film match up to the novel. My thoughts are solely based on what I thought of the film as presented in this medium.)
The film introduces us to “John Kelly”, a Navy Seals Operative, leading a team of Seals in Syria on a Special Ops mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA official. Following the rocky mission, the Seal team returns to America but their locations are identified by Russian Assassins. Eventually, these hitmen take out members of Kelly’s team one by one in retaliation for their rescue mission. They look to do the same to Kelly by invading his home and murder his pregnant wife. While Kelly is shot and severely injured during the attack, he also manages to eliminate all but one of the Russian Assassins. As he receives urgent hospital care, Kelly eventually heals from his injuries, but remains driven by the thought of retaliation and will stop at nothing to get it.
At this point, Kelly is depicted as a man with nothing to lose who risks it all to find answers that lead him to his wife’s assassins. While on his path of revenge, Kelly also begins to uncover a deep conspiracy that could have huge implications and result in all-out war between the US and Russia. From there, the story unfolds into an intriguing mystery that takes Kelly from prison to Russia which results in a insanely action-packed finale.
Michael B. Jordan carries the emotional and action beats of the film well and excels within the confines of the material. Over the years, Jordan has proven he has the range to tackle roles which involve dramatic acting as well as physicality. In “Without Remorse”, he is able to utilize both of these talents in his repertoire as we witness the turbulent character arc of “John Kelly” on display. Playing a character who is grieving and fueled by revenge, Jordan sells the emotional moments of the film in such a way to make viewers feel for the character’s plight and understand his motives. Jordan also has shares great chemistry with supporting actors Lauren London who portrays his wife (“Pam Kelly”) and Jody Turner-Smith who portrays his commanding officer (“Karen Greer”). Last seen in 2019’s “Queen & Slim”, Turner-Smith gives a solid performance and handles the drama and action elements well.
As proven in his previous roles portraying “Erik Killmonger” in Black Panther or “Adonis Creed” in Creed I & II, Jordan exudes authenticity, believability in the dynamic aspects a film calls for. In “Without Remorse”, this is no different as MBJ rises to the occasion and delivers as John Kelly. In this film, Jordan displays this gritty character with a sense of authenticity you would believe is synonymous with a trained Military Operative. The action in the film, while tactical and compact, is amazing to watch, intense, involves crisp fighting choreography, weapons fire-fights, and one particularly impressive sequence involving a 747 aircraft. The combat on display comes off realistic and is filmed in a such a manner that the viewer can clearly discern everything that is transpiring. Director Stefano Sollima wisely chooses to let the scenes breathe while the action tells the story without the overuse of shaky cam or jump cut edits in the sequences.
While the performances and thrilling action sequences all deliver, “Without Remorse” isn’t without a few criticisms. As you watch the film, you’ll begin to recognize many familiar plot devices which have been seen in similar revenge-driven films of this nature. The film has it’s fair amount of twists and turns as the film unfolds, but many experienced eyes will see them coming way before their final execution in the film.
With that said, while certain elements of the story can be deemed predictable or formulaic, you never get the feeling that the actors are phoning it in or not treating the material seriously. I would also say that for whatever the story may be lacking in originality, it is made up for with the strong performances throughout. Lastly, there are moments in the movie where you get a sense that the film’s budgetary restraints hold it back from truly delivering on its full potential as a bigger action spectacle for the intense material at hand.
While not flawless, overall I found “Without Remorse” to be a thrilling film which features another powerful performance by Michael B. Jordan. The film acts as action-thriller with themes of political espionage and double crosses throughout. From my understanding, Jordan (who was a producer on this film) is looking to turn this into another starring franchise for himself with more films to follow as this character. The film’s final moments certainly set this up even going as far as including a post-credit scene teasing what’s possibly to come.
Generic themes aside, “Without Remorse” still entertains, in the theater and the small screen. Michael B. Jordan continues to grow as a talent and roles like this push him as one of Hollywood’s bankable actors. “Without Remorse” debuts this Friday and can be streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime Video
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