Music is food for the soul. So, making music tasteful, wholesome, and appealing is the aim of any good artist in any part of the world. Though, there are very few artists who actually succeed in translating their artistic impulses into an understandable medium, Franchise TYG has achieved this goal as a musician.
Music, being so easily available and just a click away, has become one big cause of sprouting the music inspiration in every nook and corner of the globe. Music is readily available, but it has become so hard to find quality music. Franchise TYG has become the one to follow for those that do not actually have a bone for it.
Creating music is a work that requires an artist to make a commitment to stay faithful to it, in its making and in its propagation. However, Franchise TYG is an emerging name in the music industry that is definitely coming up to the mark! Ever since he released ‘Ice on Me’, the fans are going gaga.
Seeing people love the music Franchise TYG is making, we decided to talk to him a bit so that we can tell people about his future plans. When our sources reached out to him, they were quite enthralled to see his prevailing efforts to create substantial art that is chill in its vibe and truest in its essence.
Franchise TYG told us that he dropped his project “TYG” this week, which seems like the best news for all of us. Talking to us, he stated that “I have been creating music all my life, and I work best when I am alone as far as writing goes. I like working when I have control of the environment and terms”. No wonder why TYG is known to be highly versatile in his talents and hobbies. He further shared that he is planning to navigate the world of ‘business’ in the next five years.
TYG has made final edits of his project, which definitely excites us as we all are looking forward to listening more to him. It is seen that Franchise TYG is one of those unprecedented entities that have won the hearts of music-lovers in no time. It is a rare success that by listening to his ‘Ice on Me Remix’, fans have identified a true art in his songs and are actually eagerly waiting for him to create more. This is undoubtedly the power of universality of real art.
We are really looking forward to seeing how much more exhilaration Franchise TYG’s music will cause amongst his fans. He is definitely an icon that is gaining more and more recognition in hip hop music. We believe that he will soon cut across the popularity of many modern musicians as he keeps on making such fantastic music.
Stream and download the new album, ‘TYG’. It is available on Spotify, iTunes, and more.
“Judas and The Black Messiah,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “One Night in Miami” are among the films nominated for screenplay prizes at the Writers Guild Awards.
Shaka King and Will Berson’s historical movie, about Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton, and Aaron Sorkin’s legal drama, “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” will compete for the Original Screenplay honor, alongside Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman,” “Palm Springs” by Andy Siara, and “Sound of Metal,” penned by Darius Marder and Abraham Marder.
Meanwhile, Regina King’s “One Night in Miami” by playwright Kemp Powers, is up for the prize of Adapted Screenplay, facing off with Ma Rainey’s “Black Bottom,” written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Paul Greengrass, and Luke Davies’ “News of the World,” Ramin Bahrani’s adaptation of “The White Tiger,” and Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”
The nominees for the documentary category were also announced on Tuesday, with voter suppression film “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” written by Jack Youngelson, “Herb Alpert Is…” by John Scheinfeld, Alex Gibney’s “Totally Under Control,” “The Dissident” by Mark Monroe and Bryan Fogel, and “Red Penguins” by Gabe Polsky all in the running for the title.
The winners will be unveiled during a virtual Writers Guild of America ceremony on March 21st.
Devin The Dude is a legend in hip-hop, one of the leading pioneers for the stoner rap movement. Exploding onto the scene with his unique rapping style and love for marijuana, it was his 2002 hit singles “Lacville ’79” and “Doobie Ashtray” that reached the masses all around the world.
The Houston-bred recording artist was signed to Rap-A-Lot Records as part of Odd Squad, later joining Scarface’s Facemob group before embarking on his solo artistry journey. On top of the 10 albums he’s released in his 3 decade-long career, his feature game carries weight in itself:
Offering verses on Dr. Dre’s “F### You,” De La Soul’s “Baby Phat,” Slim Thug’s “I’m Back,” Gucci Mane’s “Kush Is My Cologne,” and many more.
Fast forward to 2021, Devin hasn’t let his foot off the gas pedal in the slightest. When he’s not racing RC cars, he’s locked in the studio doing what he loves best: creating music. Now, he gifts fans with his highly-anticipated new project titled Soulful Distance, speaking volumes to these current times while standing out from the rest of the bunch.
AllHipHop: How are you holding up?
Devin The Dude: I’m fine, coolin’. Enjoying this day. The album released today so I’m excited, but also nervous about that.
AllHipHop: Why you nervous?!
Devin The Dude: On every release date for me, you try to work hard on something then try to get appreciated. You check out the response to get a general idea on what’s going down, how people feel about your sound.
AllHipHop: Soulful Distance is out now. How are you feeling?
Devin The Dude: I’m excited! I’m more excited than I am nervous. I want to see the response on it man, it’s been a couple of years since I did my last album. I wanted to make sure I’m still on point and everything’s cool.
AllHipHop: Why did you name it, Soulful Distance?
Devin The Dude: Going through what we’re going through right now, that’s the big topic. It’s hard to even try to think about a lot of other stuff that’s the norm when we’re going through this. We got to still make sense of it all, hope for the best, and continue to live. I was summing it up on Soulful Distance. It’s a double meaning, keeping a certain style of music from the rest.
AllHipHop: How has COVID affected you, your life, your artistry?
Devin The Dude: Other than not traveling as much, going on the road and the nightlife, which I don’t really do a whole bunch of nightlife stuff anyway, everything’s regular. It gives you time to think, clean up the crib or whatever you need to do. Make the best of your time during this type of situation here. Family’s important, everything that’s important really makes sense during these times. You don’t really get a chance to absorb everything or stay tuned. Now, you’re at home most of the time with immediate family. You can go on the phone, Facebook. You’re talking to your people a lot more than you would if we weren’t in this current condition.
AllHipHop: Shout out to Grouchy Greg from AllHipHop, he said #RapALotforlife.
Devin The Dude: Oh yeah, nothing like Rap-A-Lot man. They laid that foundation of the independent rap label and a lot of people followed after them. It was real cool, Rap-A-Lot had a definite stamp on hip-hop so I’m happy to be a part of that.
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AllHipHop: What were your fondest memories?
Devin The Dude: A lot of them. I remember being at the studio. Hippie House or another studio called Knock Hard, seeing a lot of different artists come through over a period of time. Get the chance to meet them and sometimes work with them, sharing ideas and sharing influences. That happened over periods of time too. All of them are grand, it’s a pleasure to be a part of that. All the different artists from Big Mello all the way down to Face. Bushwick gave us a lot of game, a very knowledgeable cat. The Convicts, Too Much Trouble, 5th Ward Boyz, on and on. It’s a long list. Dana Dane, he was about to sign with Rap-A-Lot for a while. I got a chance to work with him. I wrote quite a bit of the album, but that never came out. It was fire, I wish we would’ve had the chance to put that Dana Dane album out.
AllHipHop: Dang, what happened?
Devin The Dude: I don’t know. Next thing I know, it was a few months later. I don’t know what kind of deal they had, I never asked. I didn’t care, I was glad to be a part of the project. A few months later, he moved out to LA.
AllHipHop: How do you view today’s rap game compared to back then? We’re in the streaming social media era.
Devin The Dude: It’s lucrative now. You can make a lot of money back in the day. Now if you’re on top of knowing what you’re doing independently, it’s an outlet for a lot of artists to be in the game. You can now do a studio in your bathroom if you want to, it doesn’t take that much room. You can promote yourself. You do a lot of things hands-on on your own and learn as you go, versus learning the hard way back in the day. Making it back in the day, it seems like a lot of people had a lot of money. A few of them did but for the most part, a lot of labels were getting the bulk of it.
AllHipHop: How did you meet Snoop back in the day?
Devin The Dude: We just had a relationship man. Since 3-2 and Big Mike from the Convicts, they went out there in early 90’s. It was gonna be Convicts on Death Row, creating a bridge with Rap-A-Lot. They’re introducing our music, some of the unheard Rap-A-Lot stuff to them and vice versa. They’re sharing music and ideas. Dr. Dre and Snoop liked a couple of our Odd Squad songs. I got word they’re really diggin’ a couple of our songs, I got excited. Ever since then, we’re searching for each other and hoping to run into each other. A few years later, we got a chance to work on The Chronic album.
AllHipHop: How was it working with Dr. Dre?
Devin The Dude: It was incredible man! You learn a lot working with him, especially production-wise. If you’re into production and you want to know how to build from the ground up, that’s a really good lesson to take. To observe him along with a lot of different musicians, the way they lay the skeleton down, how they put the meat, skin, and hair on it, making a cool body of work. [laughs]
AllHipHop: Can we get a Devin, Short, and Face Mob compilation album?
Devin The Dude: That’d be nice! We did a few songs together already. I’d love to work with Face and Short again on any other project. We always have good chemistry in the studio and the vibe’s real down-to-earth. Not so serious, but serious. Crack jokes and trip out but when it comes down to working, we start working.
Are you guys blowing tree? I know you always are.
Devin The Dude: Yes ma’am. Right now, I’m about to have a race tonight. I race RC cars so I can’t get too zooted right now. I can’t drink or smoke too much, I gotta get ready. These are my babies right here.
AllHipHop: I had to look up RC cars.
Devin The Dude: Remote control cars. That’s a ⅛ scale Buggy and a Truggy. I compete in those and I race. We have a race tonight.
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AllHipHop: How good are you?
Devin The Dude: Go to my Instagram and take a look: @devindude420. There’s a bunch of pictures. It’s hard for me to drive and film. Maybe tonight I’ll get somebody to film me actually driving, but I got pictures of me winning.
AllHipHop: How did you get into that?
Devin The Dude: Man, something like this. An interview 10 to 15 years ago, when a young lady was doing this interview on me. She’s asking me questions like “well, what do you like to do?” Shill, drink, smoke, and hang out. She said “no no, other than drinking or smoking. What do you like to do?” I chill with my family, we like to watch movies and listen to music. She said “no no, not your family. Not your friends smoking and drinking, what do you like to do? What do you like?” I said “I told you! I smoke, drink, and chill. Can you move on please to the next question?” I was upset with myself.
AllHipHop: Oh my gosh!
Devin The Dude: I was upset with myself, because I didn’t have s### to do other than that. I had to ask myself: damn, what do you like to do? Any hobbies? I started thinking, she might be right. I gotta find something to do other than what I’m doing with music and chillin’. I thought about me and my brother back in the day, we always used to have remote control cars and race tracks, football games. A lot of things dealing with remote controls. I was fascinated about race car tracks. You look under the bottom, you see the rubber and magnet, the different pieces you can exchange to make it faster. I was excited as a kid back then. What can I do to help bring some excitement? Like I had when I was a kid. Hmmm… remote control.
At the time, it was remote control helicopters out. It was before drones, they turned quad copters into drones to make it sound more scary. When it came to drones, it made a lot of people more weary about having them around. They think all of them are taking pictures, but the first drones didn’t even have cameras on them. Helicopters got my attention. What if I had a small helicopter bringing me a Swisher Sweets cigar from one side of the room to the other side of the room? I wanted to have it pick up stuff and bring it to me, tie something to the base level of it somewhere and maneuver it over to me. I started getting infatuated to the point where I had a whole bunch of helicopters laying around the house.
AllHipHop: Wow!
Devin The Dude: It was furniture and helicopters. After the helicopters, I started racing RC cars, basking the Traxxas brand before I started getting introduced into other brands of RC cars. The Traxxas brand was the most reliable and the fastest one out at the time. I collected those, then I went to the actual race vehicles. These are the ones you race on a small-scaled motocross track. I started racing on the weekends, really getting in tune with it. Learning how to not only fix them, but to build them and make them faster. Every car had its own personality so every car drove a little different. One was laidback or one was stylish, the other one was really quick. That had my attention for a while, still does right now.
AllHipHop: What’s the top speed for those?
Devin The Dude: My top speed one goes 137 miles per hour. The average ones I have are tuned down. They’re tuned down to go slower because the straightaway on the track, you can’t go more than 50 to 60 mph. There’s no need to put more battery power or throttle in it because over a period of time, you got a race 10 minutes straight around this lap. You don’t want nothing to burn up and overheat, you gotta tune it down. I can make these go 75 mph, but I got it to 60 right now.
AllHipHop: You’re one of the pioneers of stoner rap, how does that feel?
Devin The Dude: It feels wonderful now. It wasn’t so cool back in the day, getting kicked off stage from the Odd Squad era. Now it’s more common to smoke or to talk about weed in rap. You can even talk about it on the radio now. Back then it wasn’t an easy task, but it’s a part of my life so it’s going to be a part of my rap or conversation.
AllHipHop: How much of an influence did marijuana have on your music?
Devin The Dude: It’s a part of my everyday. I smoked a lot. Before I started rapping, I was breakdancing. It’s always been there but when I started rapping, I rapped about what we did and that’s one of the things. Not necessarily saying it was an influence, but it was a part of my life or my rap. Rap was a conversation to somebody else. In our conversations, we normally talk about weed. No matter what the situation may be, weed’s going to be in there. Happy or sad situation: every song, no matter how or what way it’s going, you add weed in there somehow and someway.
AllHipHop: How much is Devin the Dude smoking in a day?
Devin The Dude: If I’m trying to prove a point, I could probably smoke an ounce. To myself, I could do about half and still be able to function.
AllHipHop: First thing you do when you wake up?
Devin The Dude: I make some coffee, roll up and smoke. I pray, get my coffee, go on Youtube and look at some crazy s###. Funny stuff.
AllHipHop: “Doobie Ashtray” was a moment, what was Devin like then?
Devin The Dude: Pretty much the same way I am now man, really trying to hold onto all my doobies. Trying to make sure I’m straight when I come back to the crib, fire one up. I’m the same. I used to do a lot of extravagant stuff, but now I’m more low pro. I like to hangout and chill. Ain’t nothing really changed since then, just the time.
AllHipHop: What’s your favorite weed strain?
Devin The Dude: Mine, it’s called Lacville79. It’s really, really good. The best I’ve ever smoked was back in the day around 2007, the White Widow. White Widow was a hit back then. I don’t know how it’s grown now but it used to be real, real sticky and crystally. I could stick it on the refrigerator and it’d stay there. So potent, you had to put it out. You couldn’t really smoke the whole suite in one take. But LacVille 79 is some good s###.
AllHipHop: Why did you name it LacVille 79?
Devin The Dude: Well, I didn’t name it. It was guys at The Bakery out in LA, much love. They’re going over some strains and a few plants. I don’t know how they counted, but they had 115 different plants or something. The 79th one was the one they went with: “oh yeah, this is it.” One of the guys working there said “hey, what about getting in touch with Devin and call it Lacville 79?” Ring! They reached out to me, I said “let me see how it tastes. Let me see what it is first.”
My manager was telling me they had everything in line, ready to go. All we had to do was do merch and okay it. I said “Well I can’t okay anything I haven’t smoked.” I can’t sign any paperwork. He said they got the paperwork ready and everything ready to go, I had to at least taste. It just so happened he had some, brought it to me right then. I smoked some of that and said “s###, do you have the paperwork with you?”
AllHipHop: Really?
Devin The Dude: Yeah, it was purple and dense. Everything I like about weed is in that strain right there.
AllHipHop: You also have your own beer, Devin the Dude’s Brew.
Devin The Dude: It originated out there in Sweden by Omnipollo, the name of the brewery out there. They specialize in craft beers. When I was out there, they asked me if I’d mind growing a beer out there. Well, I don’t really do any of that fruity stuff. I don’t drink the flavored fruity beers. They said “well, we’ll do a Pilsner for you.” Okay, you’d do that for me? So they came up with it. They went to Ethiopia, they grew it out in Ethiopia somewhere but the recipe was in Sweden for quite a while. It was doing pretty cool but it was hard getting it shipped here. The airports, you need to wear a helmet if you want to buy from overseas like that. They gon’ hit you over the head with the price. We finally got a chance to have it here, start growing it in Austin. This summer, anybody can have the Dude’s Brew out here in America man. We should be able to ship it to you.
AllHipHop: How are you liking social media, and this IG Live?
Devin The Dude: I’m just now getting into the swing of things. This is my third Live ever.
AllHipHop: Your fans have nothing but positive things to say about you, it’s really beautiful to be honest.
Devin The Dude: Man, it’s a blessing to be still part of the game right now. Being appreciated because that’s the only reason why I stepped into the game. Cadillacs and a record contract, all those things are accomplished so everything else is gravy.
AllHipHop: What inspired “To Each His Own”?
Devin The Dude: The beat, going back to some old school way of writing back in the day. What I used to like about rappers and rhyming, everybody’s the originator. They big up themselves and talk about how people copy their style, it popped off like that. It was really no certain instance or person or anything that got me into that mood of writing. That beat and the first word that came to mind was “sloppily, they copy me.” I thought that was cool. [laughs] I wrote a couple of bars with the same words rhyming, hmmm let me keep on rhyming these words. I did the whole two verses rhyming with the same syllables.
AllHipHop: How do you pick your beats or producers? I know you like to work with Rob Quest.
Devin The Dude: Rob Quest baby, yes sir! Blind Rob in the Odd Squad! Our chemistry and what we have in the studio since ‘89, ‘90. We know each other’s vibe. He can produce for anybody, he got a wide range of music because he listens to everything. He plays drums, plays keyboards, bass, whatever you put in front of him. If he don’t know how to play it, he’ll learn. He’s real cool, there’s nothing like Rob’s beats to me. Rob’s my favorite producer. There’s a lot of other producers I work with too that are really fire, hopefully I’ll get the chance to do some more on the Coffee Brothers album. Last 3 albums were mostly Rob Quest, a cool state of mind. Positive state of mind.
AllHipHop: What do you want fans to get from Soulful Distance?
Devin The Dude: A positive state of mind. Cool state of being, living and enjoying your life. Not saying to disregard what’s going on, but don’t have that affect your life so much that it puts a damper on how you want to live.
AllHipHop: Are we going to get a part two of Lil Duval and your movie Hillbilly Highway?
Devin The Dude: I’d love to. It’ll be my pleasure, man. I love working with Lil Duval, Coke Daniels, Eddie Griffin, Tiny was in there man. Oh man, Gary Owens. The whole cast was cool, Eric Estrada was in there. I was starstruck walking around there. I was blessed to be in a movie and have a part like that. Ask Coke Daniels man, he directed that so hopefully we do that again.
AllHipHop: RIP Tiny, who was in Hillbilly Highway. Any memories?
Devin The Dude: That’s my first time meeting him, but he was a cool brother to me. He was just cool. He didn’t seem like he was a star. He didn’t act like a superstar. He was very down-to-earth and easy to talk to. I appreciate him even talking to me, being so laid back and cool. He didn’t even know me at all.
AllHipHop: Does Devin play Call of Duty?
Devin The Dude: No, I don’t play Call of Duty. I wouldn’t mind it, but it’s a lot. A lot of people online, a lot of kids playing. You got to get on there and talk, they be cussing each other out. I do play, I like GTA. I like basketball, I play basketball. I like Red Dead Redemption, that’s pretty cool. Lately, I haven’t been playing a lot.
AllHipHop: What is your favorite album to record, besides the new one?
Devin The Dude: I think The Dude album was a lot of fun. My first album in ‘98, that was a lot of fun. Features on there and just the excitement of just getting into the water to swim, by myself. Face being the overnight production coordinator. He was doing beats, getting people featured for me. KB, my home boy from ATL represented Odd Squad. Represented DJ Domo. I got a lot of help, it was cool. My solo album felt like a group project anyway.
AllHipHop: What’s your favorite food?
Devin The Dude: My mama’s meatloaf! Meatloaf with rice and some cream corn smothered over in rice, some good sweet cornbread. I might do a meatloaf tonight, you making me hungry now!
AllHipHop: Any last words you want to let the people know?
Devin The Dude: Much love to all my fans and everybody out there supporting me and showing me love. That’s why I’m doing this. I’m doing it for you guys. I appreciate that love, it’s always appreciated. I’ll be putting out some more music!
Rapper Lil Uzi Vert had his $24 million diamond pierced into his forehead because he was paranoid he’d lose it.
The “Nuyork Nights at 21” hitmaker stunned fans earlier this month when he revealed his new look, complete with a pink diamond implanted in his face, and now he’s opening up about his bizarre bling decision.
“I’m Lil Uzi. I’m turnt up,” he told fellow rapper Fat Joe during an IGTV interview. “So $24 million on a ring is the stupidest idea because I’m gonna look down and that ring ain’t gon’ be there… I know me.
“I wake up in odd places and different sceneries.”
Lil Uzi also revealed he picked up the 10-carat diamond in 2017 and only recently finished paying for it.
He recently addressed criticism suggesting his forehead diamond is an example of cultural appropriation, with some followers accusing him of taking the Hindu faith’s traditional bindi, worn on the center of the forehead, too far.
“Hey glad to see you sharing your thoughts and knowledge,” Vert responded in a tweet. “But I’m not mimicking anything I know about a lot and love different forms of art…”
Don Kevo, best known for his work with BK rap act Ken Rebel, handles production duties for Hampton, Virginia native El Jubo‘s, Zaytoven-assisted track “Paper.”
The Star Lights Records’ poster boy’s latest commercial release finds him effortlessly riding the beat, leading up to a one of a kind co-sign from the Grammy Award winning instrumentalist.
Speaking on his creative process El Jubo states:
“When people ask me how I make music I never really know what to say because I don’t have a defined process. I just dive into the music and let the beat speak to me then through me. How I feel in the moment really influences the vibe I’m on.”
Listen to “Paper” on your DSP of choice, and expect more content to be released from him soon!
Cardi B has insisted she’s entitled to “brag” about her success.
The chart-topping rap star has hit back at her critics on social media, insisting she’ll continue to boast about her achievements online as she keeps proving people wrong.
Cardi – who released her new single, “Up,” earlier this month – explained: “Naaaa naaaa Let me talk my big cash s### f### outta hereeeeee !!!Last Monday when I announced my single ya was in here clockin and talkin s### about my twitter likes as in I’m not most hated on this app.Now that I prove m############ wrong imma brag on it on GANG !”
Naaaa naaaa Let me talk my big cash s### f### outta hereeeeee !!!Last Monday when I announced my single ya was in here clockin and talkin s### bout my twitter likes as in I’m not most hated on this https://t.co/UHM9QWmwtH that I prove m############ wrong imma brag on it on GANG !
Cardi, 28, thinks she’s earned the right to talk-up her career achievements.
The rap star also revealed she’s already looking forward to her next project.
She wrote on the micro-blogging platform: “Let us talk our s### and brag for a day ,WE DESERVE It ! When it comes to Cardi it’s always something we work hard .We humble we deserve to get big cocky for at least a day .I’m sooo happy!!! I can’t wait for my next project !”
Cardi has been accused of obsessing about the performance of her singles in the music charts.
However, the outspoken star insisted she’s the victim of a double standard.
She said: “It’s obsessive when I do it but not when other people brag about it right ? When I win it’s a problem but when other artist discount their s### and do hundred things to debut high it’s not chart obsessed.Artist should be happy a####### when they debut high ALL OF THEM !”
Alamo Recordsrecording artist Lil GotIt joins HTX native Billyracxx for Producergrind’s audio debut “Loaded.”Produced by jMyth, who landed the placement after winning a contest hosted in conjunction with the community based platform, the genre-bending track finds the pair detailing life’s perpetual ups and down.Founded by CEODylan, Producergrind helps instrumentalists take their professional career to the next level by offering beat kits, loops, sample packs and vetted advice via their podcast; which has featured noteworthy guests like !LLMIND, DJ Toomp, CashMoneyAP, Honorable C.N.O.T.E., JetsonMade, and Ryan Leslie. Dylan on how the record came together:
“It started off as a contest on our platform where we gave our fans a link to download a Billyracxx acapella. They were given the task of making the beat behind the acapella as well as mixing the vocals (and given less than 48 hours to do it.) We had over 400 submissions that we listened to and judged on what we felt was going to be the best record. Then, through a relationship, we decided to get Lil Gotit on the record to make this a dream come true for the winning producer. This will be the first single release under Producergrind Records LLC.”
Stream “Loaded” on your DSP of choice after the jump and expect more collaborative heat from Producergrind to be released later this year!Take a listen to “Loaded” above!
Nicki Minaj’s family will get Justice after the tragic death of her father. Her dad was killed in a hit and run accident in Mineola New York, around 6:00 p.m. last Friday (February 12th.)
According to reports, a 70-year-old man named Charles Polevich turned himself to face some serious charges for his role in the accident.
The cops say Polevich was driving a 1992 Volvo that plowed into Robert. Polevich exited his vehicle, and asked Robert if he was “okay” and then fled the scene.
Polevich attempted to evade authorities by hiding his car inside of a detached garage at his residence. Prosecutors accuse Polevich of leaving the scene of an accident involving death, and tampering with evidence.
Robert Polevich it’s currently being held on $250,000 bail.
Rihanna has struck gold with her Savage X Fenty lingerie brand after it was valued at $1 billion.
The Diamonds hitmaker, real name Robyn Rihanna Fenty, recently secured an additional $115 million in a second round of investment funding, with one financial supporter identified as private equity firm L Catterton, in which bosses at luxury goods group LVMH have a stake.
Revenue figures have not been released, but in a press release, company chiefs claim sales increased 200% in 2020, while its subscription-based service grew by 150%.
“Lingerie is about celebrating your body and that’s what Savage is all about,” the star explained. “Savage… is a representation of all and a validation that everyone is beautiful no matter what.”
The news emerges days after Rihanna and LVMH executives confirmed they were shuttering the ready-to-wear Fenty high fashion line after less than two years in production.
The Young Boss N##### collective went from friends over the internet to label-backed recording artists. YBN: The Mixtape dropped in 2018, and the crew appeared to be set to break out as a top Hip Hop act with YBN Nahmir as the frontman.
Nahmir was a recent guest on the No Jumper podcast, and he was asked about his “in the gutter” comments from last year. The “Opp Stoppa” rapper explained that he still sees YBN as a brotherhood that sometimes has family squabbles.
“It be hella s### in the background, but at the end of the day, we all brothers,” said Nahmir. “We all gonna say something that’s gonna f### up the image of this s###. We all gonna f### around, slip up, and do something that’ll f### up the image of this s###. It’s always gonna be something with a group.”
YBN Nahmir also admitted that his “in the gutter” tweet was probably poorly received from other YBN representatives at the time. He told No Jumper‘s Adam22, “I f##### up by saying that sh*t too. I know that hurt their feelings by saying that.”
The Atlantic Records signee went on to admit YBN were not around each other as much as they were in the past. Nahmir also talked about how he wanted the members to move as individuals but also carry the YBN flag with them. There appeared to be some sort of outside interference that affected the crew’s dynamics as well.
“But the old n##### in the background, you gotta remember, it’s always somebody that’ll come around and fill your head up and f### it over. That’s what happened,” said Nahmir. “It’ll be old people or somebody else that’ll tell you, ‘You better than them. They don’t give a f### about you.’ All that s###. And that filled up all our heads. Not just me, not just Jay, not Cordae, but other YBN members too.”
The 21-year-old product of Birmingham added, “That’s how you take advantage of a young kid. He’s 17, 18, you’re not really thinking. We just came out of nothing, from b#######. When you know how to speak and when you got money, you know how to do some s### and you’re old as f###, you know how to take advantage of somebody, you know how to manipulate a kid. That’s what they did to all of us.”
Travis Scott is not the only Hip Hop representative to ink a deal with McDonald’s in recent months. The fast-food giant collaborated with music producer Tay Keith for a limited-edition Crispy Chicken Sandwich capsule.
The bundle also features a never-before-heard track created by Tay Keith on 7” vinyl. “Crispyjuicytender” hoodies, with a waveform design of Keith’s original track on one sleeve, are part of the capsule too.
Since his rise as one of the leading music production minds in Hip Hop, Tay Keith has worked with Drake, Travis Scott, Eminem, Meek Mill, Future, Lil Baby, Beyoncé, and more artists. The Memphis native earned a Best Rap Song Grammy nomination for Scott’s “Sicko Mode.”
Beginning February 18 at noon ET, consumers will have early access to the secure a Crispy Chicken Sandwich capsule via CHKNDrop.com. The Crispy Chicken Sandwich will be widely available for purchase at local participating McDonald’s restaurants starting February 23.
Bay Area representative Kehlani graces the front of Playboy‘s second-ever digital cover. The 25-year-old songstress spoke to the magazine about gender, songwriting during the COVID-19 pandemic, the sexiness of motherhood, and more.
At one point, Playboy culture writer Gerrick Kennedy asked the It Was Good Until It Wasn’t album creator to reveal something she has never spoken about in an interview before. Kehlani decided to share that she has a goal of providing support to women as they are giving birth and how she defines herself as a musician.
“I guess that I’m currently looking for a doula certification program. The one I’m waiting for is closed for now until the spring. I’m just really anxious to take it,” said Kehlani. “And then I’m trying to really figure out how to navigate wanting to become a full-spectrum doula, at the same time being an R&B singer – or a singer in general. I should stop limiting myself to the word ‘R&B.’ I guess I’ve also never revealed that I don’t consider myself an R&B artist.”
While “R&B artist” may not be the preferred way she would like to be defined, Kehlani seems to fully embrace the label of “mom.” When asked, as part of the “20 Questions” series, how it feels to be a sex symbol, the “Can I” performer pivoted to talking about the connection between motherhood and a newfound appreciation for her own body.
“I hope that people know that being a mom doesn’t make you less [sexy]. I think being a mom is the sexiest thing ever. I literally think something happened to me when I became a mom. I just became sexier,” explained Kehlani. “I don’t know. I think I was this little quirky person before, just this little quirky, not super in touch with themselves, super tomboy person before. And then I became this mom. And all of a sudden, I got these mom hips.”
She continued, “And I got this mom sensuality and grown woman attitude, and just this in-touch-ness with my body that I had never had before. Because you really f###### get to know your body when you birth. And when you get pregnant, you become a f###### universe and a portal. So I think motherhood has made me this insane sex symbol even to myself.”
Judas And The Black Messiah hit select theaters and HBO Max on February 12. The critically-acclaimed motion picture about the FBI’s infiltration of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and the assassination of the chapter’s 21-year-old chairman Fred Hampton.
The movie was accompanied by a star-studded soundtrack which was executive produced by Hit-Boy, Ryan Coogler, Dash Sherrod, and Archie Davis. Hip Hop stars like Nas, Black Thought, Nipsey Hussle, Jay-Z, Rakim, A$AP Rocky, G Herbo, Bump J, Lil Durk, J.I.D, Rapsody, and Polo G were featured on tracks for the album.
Apple Music’s Ebro Darden recently caught up with Coogler, Hit-Boy, and Nas to talk about the music inspired by Director Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah film. The four men also discussed the role Black women play in social justice movements and in their particular lives.
“Seeing Kamala Harris up there now, there are people that look at her past or this or that. And we have to look at historically what her journey was, how intelligent, how much heart she has, and her accomplishments,” said Nas. “Being the vice president, the first woman vice president in this country, it just says so many things. It opens doors. My daughter is proud of that. My nieces – I’m proud of it. We’re nothing without our women.”
Hit-Boy also spoke to Darden about being impacted by the Black women in his own life. The music producer/recording artist then reflected on his successful career over the last decade and being able to work on a compilation like Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album.
“I mean, just starting with my grandma and my mom. Just being there for me to lock in. They always wanted me to do something that meant something. So for me to work on music for this long and really be able to focus, I don’t even know how I became a part of this, it’s just unreal. To have records with Nas, records with G Herbo, Bump J. It’s just, it’s unbelievable.”
Belcalis “Cardi B” Almánzar scored yet another Top 10 hit this week. The New York City-bred rapper’s “Up” opened at #2 on Billboard’s current Hot 100 chart, giving the Atlantic recording artist her 9th record to make it into the Top 10 region.
Cardi already holds the female-rapper record for most career #1 songs with four – “Bodak Yellow,” “I Like It” featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin, “Girls Like You” with Maroon 5, and “WAP” with Megan Thee Stallion. She was the first woman in rap to have multiple Number Ones and still the only one to have more than two chart-toppers.
Besides cracking the Top 3 on the Hot 100, the former Love & Hip Hop star’s latest release also hit #1 on the Streaming Songs (31.2 million streams), Digital Song Sales, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and Hot Rap Songs charts. Over on Billboard‘s Global 200 chart, “Up” starts off at #4.
“Just landed and my wifi back poppin. I want to say thank you to all my fans and supporters this is BIG for me. I wanted to beat my last solo single number and I over succeeded. First time a female rapper debut top 5 since [Lauryn Hill]. This is Pop girl s### but I’m not Pop,” tweeted Cardi on Monday evening.
The 28-year-old entertainer later added, “At the beginning of last week I was crying because one single post put my confidence down. ‘She needs promo, she’s a flop, she needs help.’ Erasing the fact I been constantly winning. I had to brush it off, remind myself I beat records [with] my last record and now boom. Chart too high.”
Congrats to @iamcardib as #UP is now the highest debuting solo track by a female rapper on the Hot 100 this century, since Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing) ⚜️
Just landed and my wifi back poppin .I want to say thank you to all my fans and supporters this is BIG for me .I wanted to beat my last solo single number & I over succeeded.First time a female rapper debut top 5 since Lauren.This is pop girl s### but I’m not pop . pic.twitter.com/VSdT60mvUX
At the beginning of last week I was crying because one single post put my confidence down.She needs promo , she’s a flop, she needs help erasing the fact I been constantly winning.I had to brush it off remind myself I beat records wit my last record & now boom .Chart too high.
I want to thank my fans with the bottom & top of my heart .Ya remind of me .The https://t.co/9yNmyAmQHx underestimated but show the f### out when it’s time .I really can’t believe this .I told a couple of yall I don’t care about a number 1 a top 5 is a big win for me
I was talkin my hot s### earlier but on some real s### THANK YOU EVERYONE .BARDIgang , GP ,music listeners ,people who listen on their stories ,tiktokers ,artist ,blogs, YouTubers EVERYONE who help my record go #2 billboard .I appreciate it more then ya ever think !
After this past weekend, several entertainment news outlets ran headlines praising Michael B. Jordan for his romantic rendezvous with girlfriend Lori Harvey for Valentine’s Day. However, it looks like Boosie Badazz is not as impressed with the celebrity couple’s love affair.
“I think we need to stop giving the woman the power with situations like this,” said Boosie when asked about Lori Harvey’s “body count” in an interview with VladTV. “Girls keep saying it’s ‘goals’ but this is not goals. We gotta start giving the bachelors, the men, who are running through a beautiful woman like this the credit, who not housing her, running through her.”
He added, “A lot of rappers want her because a lot of big dogs want her on their wish list. You gotta start giving the bachelors credit. People act like they falling, but nobody’s stuck. You only gonna stuck cause once you been ran through like that, you’re only gonna catch a simp, you ain’t gonna catch no street.”
The Baton Rouge native also suggested that he would have sex with Harvey but he would only want to marry a “good girl.” Boosie quickly found himself on the wrong side of Twitter backlash as social media users began calling Boosie misogynistic and hypocritical for what he said about the 24-year-old daughter of Steve Harvey.
Several people pointed out that Boosie Badazz is unmarried with multiple children by multiple women. Other users brought up Boosie admitting that he enlisted a grown woman to have oral sex with his underage male relatives at the age of 12 and 13. DJ Vlad was also slammed for randomly asking the 38-year-old rapper about Harvey and Jordan.
As part of their special Valentine’s Day celebration, Michael B. Jordan surprised Lori Harvey by renting out an aquarium for a private tour and candle-lit meal. The two stars publicly confirmed they were in a relationship by making it Instagram official in January.
Mista Bless’ credits include work with industry legends such as 50 Cent, Dead Prez, Oscar De La Hoya, Roc Nation, Fila, Maino, Carmelo Anthony, Reebok, and more.
Think about your favorite rapper and one of their projects for a minute. Can you name anyone involved in the project besides the artists who had verses and maybe a producer or two? It takes a whole team to put out projects, and those teams put in a lot of work behind the scenes.
One of those people putting in that work behind the scenes is Elijah Torres, known as “Mista Bless.” His credits include work with industry legends such as 50 Cent, Dead Prez, Oscar De La Hoya, Roc Nation, Fila, Maino, Carmelo Anthony, Reebok, and more.
Torres himself got his start in the industry as a rapper. He was rapping with a Wu-Tang affiliate and then became interested in production, going on to produce mixtapes for some of New York’s most notable rappers, such as Tru Life, Saigon, and Dead Prez, before realizing he had other talents that would make him a valuable asset in the industry. He quickly figured out he had an affinity for networking and possessed marketing savvy.
He used his networking skills to create career opportunities around his passion for boxing, serving as the executive producer of the sports section for rap legend 50 Cent’s popular This Is Fifty website. He is the executive producer of The Sweet Scientists, a boxing show on DAZN USA, which is a subscription combat sports streaming service. Guests who have appeared on his show include titled fighters such as Anthony Joshua, Terence Crawford, Canelo Alvarez, and Oscar De La Hoya.
His networking game and ability to bring people together and broker deals have served him and his clients well in many other opportunities as well. One of the biggest accomplishments of his career is brokering a successful sneaker collab between platinum hip hop artist Maino and the iconic legacy brand Fila that sold out within hours. He’s also set up some other successful pairings, including pairing Olympian Samyr Laine with GNC, and Mob Wives star Karen Gravano with bookstore giant Barnes & Noble.
Torres recognizes that he is blessed and lives up to his name as “Mista Bless” by choosing to give back to his community, dedicating a large portion of his time to philanthropy. He’s been donating over 900 winter coats yearly from Macy’s to those in need throughout Brooklyn since 2011. When his friend and frequent collaborator DJ Pretty Lou was stricken with cancer, Torres executive produced a benefit bash in Lou’s honor. The Pretty Lou Benefit Concert at Irving Plaza was streamed live on TIDAL, and included performances by Fat Joe, Papoose & Remy Ma, Raekwon & Ghostface, The Lox, Bone Thugs, A-Boogie, Lil Dirk, Jim Jones, Maino. and more. All proceeds went to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for Cancer Research. Torres received numerous nods for his charity work, including a New York State Citation from the New York Assembly in 2019, a citation award from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in 2016, a Certificate of Merit from New York State Assemblyman Felix W. Ortiz in 2014, and President Obama’s Volunteer Service Award in 2013.
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Pop Smoke’s parents have connected with the Brooklyn Borough President and the Entertainers For Education Alliance – I WILL GRADUATE organization to present a new public service announcement.
The PSA, called, “Gun Violence Destroys Families,” is being promoted to mark first anniversary of the beloved rap star’s death.
Words can’t express the trauma that Min. Audrey and Mr. Greg Jackson have had to face as parents of the late “Enter the Woo” chart-topper.
But within the 60 seconds allotted for the PSA, the Brooklyn couple heartbreakingly draws attention to gun violence and how it took their son, Bashar Barakah Jackson from them.
His mother’s voice cracks as she shares memories and moments selfishly snatched from her.
She says, “On February 19th, at 4:00 AM, a gun was used to take my son from me. You know him as Pop Smoke, we called him ‘Shar.’ Because of gun violence, I’ll never see my son run up the front of our steps, taking them two at a time; he won’t ever take my hands again and dance with me; he won’t come into my room and muscle pose in the mirror. Gun violence destroys families. It must stop.”
Like the campaign says, “gun violence destroys families.”
One way, as there is no clear answer, to deter gun violence is to create community programming for young people — to shift them from gang culture to life culture.
Entertainers for Education Alliance Program believes that more youth development programs in our communities are the first step. Support organizations so that no more parents will have to appear in another commercial like this.
Plexoboy Pesh has been behind bars… but he’s not letting that stop him from creating music. The original Brooklyn Demon has been viewed as the hardest working music artist currently locked up, injecting nonstop blood, sweat, tears into his newest offering: debut EP titled “GrimeyGates 441.” The 5-track project sees Pesh reflecting on his old ways, while paying homage to the hood that made him the man he is today.
In the midst of the Brooklyn drill movement, Pesh arrives as one of the originators, using classic hip-hop beats to tell his story which includes 8 plus years of consecutive prison bids.
Plexoboy exploded onto the scene with his debut single titled “Thicker Than Water,” showcasing his talents as an independent artist with impeccable New York lyricism. The record paid homage to the classic 50 Cent and G Unit record, “Follow Me Gangster.”
When it comes to his name, he states, “I’m an artist from Brooklyn, Gates and Nostrand (N.A. Rock) to be exact. On my block is the duplex part of the projects. I ended up calling the duplex part the Plexoz, so I ended up being Plexoboy Pesh.”
AllHipHop: What was the household like growing up in Brooklyn?
Plexoboy Pesh: It was gritty. I love my hood, I don’t want to be from nowhere else. I learned a lot out there. It’s loving at times, it’s fun and it’s rough at times. Most of the times, it’s rough. At the end of the day, it made me who I am today. Wouldn’t have it no other way.
AllHipHop: Biggest influences coming up?
Plexoboy Pesh: It was the OGs around me, like my uncles, my step pops, it was all getting money dudes, they was getting a lot of money out there in them streets and that’s what I idolized. I got a line in one of my tracks where I say “I neva wanted to be Big Meech, I’m from N.A. Rock – I think I’m Big Kieth. Big Keith is my cousin’s pops. I looked up to dudes like that: all the jewelry and the money, the girls, the fly, latest cars. That’s what I looked up to, the OGs from my hood.
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AllHipHop: When did you realize the music thing was real?
Plexoboy Pesh: 2012 probably, when I was locked up. I was on my way from coming home. When I had came home from doing that bid, I wanted to do it for a living. Before that, I was rapping for a hobby. I’ve always liked rapping, the people around me like my music so I did it for the love. That’s when I really thought “yeah, I can get money doing this. I could really do something with this.”
AllHipHop: What was the creative process behind your new EP, GrimeyGates 441?
Plexoboy Pesh: Going in the booth and venting, telling my stories. I got a lot of stories so I be talking about how I feel when I create music. Whatever I’m going through or whatever I went through, it comes out sporadically as I am doing my music. Sometimes I might be talking about current issues or some things that happened in the past, that’s how I vent. That’s how I created all my songs. I also got a lot of feedback from my Dj, Fat Fingaz. He’s a heavy hitter dj. He started checking for me sometime after I laced A&R Mondays, eOne Urban’s IG Live Showcase with Ivy Rivera. He put Thicker Than Water and Aiming For The Crown in heavy rotation on his show The City on Dash Radio, so a lot of Face Time pause with the homie and letting him listen fresh out the booth.
AllHipHop: How does it feel to put out music from behind bars?
Plexoboy Pesh: I don’t feel too good about it because I’m here and I’m not out there really interacting with people that’s been waiting for this music, so it’s difficult. I love the fact I’m able to still make some moves while I’m behind bars, but I don’t like it.
AllHipHop: What do you want fans to get from the project?
Plexoboy Pesh: I want them to get knowledge and know these things can happen, this is real life. Some people don’t go through stuff or are on the verge of going through something and might need advice. I hope the people can relate, have something to hold and lean on to.
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AllHipHop: What can we expect from “Demon Time” remix?
Plexoboy Pesh:That’s going to be really big. “Demon Time” is going to be one of the biggest projects that I’ve done so far from all of the projects. The remix line-up include: Young Cordy, that’s my little man. He’s from my block, he’s from Gates where I was born and raised. He always looked up to me coming up. Stunna Dior, she’s a new female lyricist. It’s been good working with her. Me and her met since I been in prison, I spoke to her a few times and she loved the track as soon as she heard it. She’s cool, she’s gorgeous and I like her vibe. Her verse came out fire. My other two little mans are from the other side of Brooklyn from Canarsie, they from Breukelen Projects. That’s the other side, they love me over there, it’s my second home – Blazer and Ziggy. They doing what they do and they’re fire. The “Demon Time” remix is going to be something special for the people.
AllHipHop: Biggest lesson from being behind bars?
Plexoboy Pesh: Time is nothing to play with, you can’t get it back. This is a waste of time over here, there’s so much more to life than being behind bars. I wasn’t planning to be back in here, but somebody had it otherwise for me and here I am. You can’t do but so much from behind here. I’m missing out on time with my kids, things I’m supposed to do with the project, a lot. Ain’t nothing good coming from being here right now.
AllHipHop: How much do you have left?
Plexoboy Pesh: I find out when I go back to court, waiting for them to get me a court date. Hopefully, it’s nothing crazy. Right now, I’m not sure.
AllHipHop: You found out your best friend was recently murdered, while incarcerated.
Plexoboy Pesh: That was crazy. I mourned a little bit, but I didn’t really get to mourn yet because I’m still behind bars. I wasn’t there to really see it. It’s still a blur to me right now, I can’t really believe it. It really didn’t hit me yet. When I get out of here and I get home, I know I’ma really feel it feel it. The other day, I lost another one of my homies. He got shot in his head, they hit him 10 more times through his body. This s### crazy. That’s my second one, I lost two homies in the last month. Crazy.
AllHipHop: What do you do to stay grounded?
Plexoboy Pesh:I keep in my mind that everything happens for a reason. There’s a bigger reason I’m in the can. I read, i’m reading Oahspe right now. I write music. For the most part I’m the same person here as I am in the streets. I be coolin’, I be falling back. I get through the days. I got a good support team: Lukey, Neillyyon, G, Mel Watts, my family and all of the homies from both my hoods. I can always call and I’m eating good.
AllHipHop: How was it coming up with Maino back in the day?
Plexoboy Pesh: It felt good. My older big homies that were around, grew up with Maine. When he was on his way coming home, we were already in the hood poppin’ on some music s###. He wanted to do the music thing when he came home. I used to talk to him on the phone all the time during his last year incarcerated before he came home. When he got out, he linked right up with us, it was takeover from there. He showed us different things, had us going out around stars. It definitely felt good. I had fun, I learned a few things during that process.
AllHipHop: When Maino had beef with Lil Cease, you were the one who jacked his chain?
Plexoboy Pesh: Cease did some things he wasn’t supposed to be doing, he had to deal with some consequences you heard? That’s all I gotta say about that. Shout out to Biggie, Lil Kim and them.
AllHipHop: Talk about how you made more money hustling than what rap was able to bring in at the time.
Plexoboy Pesh: We’re doing music but first and foremost, we’re out there getting money outside. Always on the block getting money. I wasn’t really on the business side of the music thing, so there’s a lot of things I didn’t know. So I put a lot of trust in Maine thinking “alright, we’re going to pop on some industry s###. We’re going to get a deal.” We were following his footsteps and trying to learn through the way, but still hustling and doing our street thing. Things didn’t go the way expected, I caught my first charge, ended up in the can, and did some time. I came home, I got back with Kenya again, my longtime manager and friend. She really started schooling me and letting me know what was going on with the business side and was like alright, we’re going to do this s### for real this time. We’re going to give this one last good shot, we’re going all the way with it. That’s why I’m here talking to you today.
AllHipHop: You have 6 children, what does it mean to be a father?
Plexoboy Pesh: It means everything to be a father, the biggest responsibility in the world. I got 4 little girls, 2 boys. It’s a lot on my shoulders. I gotta do the right thing, that’s why I’m really going hard with the music. Being in the streets isn’t going to get me nowhere but here, or even worse. I gotta do something. I know I got the talent, I know I can do something big to leave a legacy for my children. I’m putting all my energy into the music, hopefully it pans out the right way so I can be with my kids. They can be proud of me like “yo, that’s my dad right there.”
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AllHipHop: Why is it important for you to give back to the community? You lent your time and efforts to at-risk youth for an organization called TAZAQ.
Plexoboy Pesh: I always gave back to the community, always. No matter what I was doing, whether it was legal or illegal, I was working with a non-profit program called TAZAQ for the kids who didn’t have much. We do a concert series called Pause The Violence, where kids from the hood can have a outlet to perform and speak in front of an audience they probably wouldn’t usually have access to. I’ve always been big on giving back. I’m a good-hearted person, and I always give, that’s never been a problem and I don’t think I’ll ever not help people.
AllHipHop: What are you excited for in the new year?
Plexoboy Pesh: You can expect some good music. You can expect to hear real stories and to see something different. See the real Brooklyn, I’m really real Brooklyn. We’re about to takeover, hold it down for a little minute. You’re about to see something real special and different from what you’ve been seeing for the last couple of years. I been drill rapping, the labels and dj’s use to say I was too hard, but I always kept it real and lyrical. Now I fit right in with the foul raps they spittin, remaining true lyricist through it all and I learned to experiment with my sound and have fun with it. I’m working on another EP, I got an upcoming producer named SayquanD on it and it’s Executive Produced by Sleep Deez from the left coast. He been winning big on the pop scene with BTS, he did a track called My Time that’s killing it. But im getting him back in the rap loop where he belong! Lastly, we getting my merch together. I got PlexoBoy smoke kits coming, I heard you a super smoker – sending you a kit when they’re ready.
AllHipHop: Who’s in your Top 5?
Plexoboy Pesh:Hov is always always up there. You got Jay Z, Biggie, Jadakiss, Beanie Sigel and Fab.
AllHipHop: Favorite Hov song?
Plexoboy Pesh: “Streets Is Watching.” When the song first come on and the beat drops, it gives me some type of ill feeling. I get a different feeling when that song comes on, that beat’s crazy. Hov was talking that s###! He’s from Marcy, I’m from Marcy but not the projects. Gates & Marcy a couple blocks down – I’m from Gates bet. Marcy & Nostrand, I’m from Marcy son ain’t nothin nice!
AllHipHop: Anything else you want to let us know?
Plexoboy Pesh: This is just the beginning, get ready. We’re slowly taking little steps, but we’re about to leap on them. We’re about to get crazy for them, promise you that.
Blac Chyna has praised Rob Kardashian and Tyga for doing their “best” with co-parenting.
The model has reiterated that she doesn’t receive any child support from her exes, with whom she has Dream, four, and King, eight, respectively, but insisted the pair do their “part” and that is “perfectly fine.”
When asked by host Wendy Williams on “The Wendy Williams Show” if Rob pays child support, Blac replied: “No not all. Yeah, I don’t get any child support from neither one of my children’s father … I feel like if they’re doing their part on their end, and I’m doing mine, that’s perfectly fine and the best co-parenting…
“I work every day, and I bust my tail to make sure my kids are good, stable, a roof over their heads, activities of course and just everything.”
Last year, Blac and Rob, 33, agreed to divide physical custody of their daughter.
The warring exes decided to equally split their time with their little girl and share vacation and holiday times, whilst also agreeing to alternate weeks with one another.
The former couple – who welcomed Dream in November 2016 – managed to reach an agreement “without court intervention”.
Prior to that, it had been explained that the former couple had reached a “final custody agreement” with the help of their attorneys and a retired private judge.
Michael B. Jordan wants to be seen for who he really is.
The “Black Panther” star doesn’t want to just be known as a “Black actor” and wants to “set an example” to other actors and actresses who might feel the same.
Speaking as part of Coach Conversations, he said: “It doesn’t have to be this line in the sand of being like, ‘Oh, you’re the black actor.’ You know what I’m saying? Why can’t I just be an actor? That can’t happen unless you walk through it, unapologetically in who you are, and not scared to walk your truth on a daily basis … It’s like, ‘You’re going to see me for what I am and who I am, not what you think I am.’ I think that’s something we have to continue to do because we definitely set an example.”
Meanwhile, the 34-year-old actor, who is dating socialite Lori Harvey, recently revealed he wants to inspire future generations to battle racial injustice and wants to “lay down a solid foundation” to help with this.
He shared: “This year has been so revealing and enlightening in so many different ways. It’s like I’m standing on the past generation’s shoulders, I want this next generation to stand on top of mine. I want them to be a little bit taller, see further, speak louder, be better. So in the position I’m in, I’m just trying to lay down a solid foundation for them to stand on.”
And Michael also revealed that he has learned “to rely more on his instincts and intuition” more.
He added: “I would give that advice to people coming up and the next generation, to use your voice and to speak out on things that you truly believe in. Because win, lose or draw, you can go to bed at night knowing that you lived your truth.”
