(AllHipHop News) Jailed R&B star R. Kelly was forced to miss a court date this week due to hernia surgery.
The troubled singer was allowed to leave his jail cell in a Chicago, Illinois penitentiary for the procedure at a nearby hospital.
It’s not clear how long Kelly’s surgery was, but he was back behind bars on Thursday evening.
The star’s hernia issues have been a problem for some time – his lawyer filed documents in September, listing his client’s medical woes, which included much-needed surgery.
(AllHipHop News) One of Delonte West’s former teammates has admitted the former NBA star’s teammates saw signs of mental instability long before his shocking fall from grace.
Earl Watson was a guest on Tamron Hall’s show earlier this week and he weighed in on the shocking video of West being attacked on a California freeway.
According to reports, Delonte admitted he was bi-polar in 2015, was once a star player for the Detroit Pistons. Now, the 38-year-old is homeless and addicted to drugs.
“The NBA is a lot different than the NFL – our locker room is 12 people so you intimately get to know each other as you practice, as you travel, as you go through emotional exchanges in the game…it’s a lot of time to spend together…so we saw the signs. ” Earl Watson said.
Watson admitted he and his teammates saw signs of instability in Delonte West back then, but no one really did anything about it.
“If you played physically hurt you obviously played mentally hurt and that’s the conversation we need to have,” Watson said.
Every team & teammate Delonte has ever had failed him! I admit I was one of them because we all knew! Therapy, mental health or life coaching, however you phrase it, is ok & acceptable! Let’s show our strength by owning our weaknesses. Mental health is a community issue! All in!
Earl Watson also added that players need a “safe place” they can turn to express their mental struggles without ruining their bottom line.
“How can players go into a safe place to express their mental challenges not to a coach, not to a GM because that impacts your contract and your playing time but a safe place where it’s neutral where you can get the resources you need,” Earl Watson added.
“I not only fear the reprisals affiliated with my religion but what would also come through the fans of the Defendants if my name were disclosed,” Jane Doe said.
Judge Ungaro didn’t buy Jane Doe’s argument and ruled the psychological harm and reputational damage described by Jane Doe did not warrant anonymity.
But Jane Doe seems bent on shielding herself from the public as she pursues her complaint against Trey Songz.
Jane Doe’s lawyer Andrew Williams is planning to appeal Judge Ungaro’s ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
(AllHipHop News) Queens rap legend LL Cool J is launching a brand new clothing line centered around one of his best-known hits.
According to WWD, LL is prepping to expand his Rock The Bells brand with a new limited run of apparel.
LL Cool J worked with his in-house design team to create the new Rock The Bells merch, which is inspired by the fashion sensibilities of artists like Slick Rick, Kurtis Blow, and Big Daddy Kane.
“We’re staying true to where the culture came from, but reimagined for now,” LL Cool J of the line, which is also named after his 1986 hit song featured on his groundbreaking album Radio.
And, LL tapped legendary artist Shepard Fairey to design the logo for his Rock The Bells clothing line, which will officially debut on January 28th.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper YG was arrested in Los Angeles early this morning as part of an ongoing investigation according to cops.
The rap star was officially charged with suspicion of robbery. He’s currently being held in the Men’s Central jail on a $250,000 bond.
Police have not released any more info about the 29-year-old’s arrest or the ongoing investigation.
“This arrest is one that caught YG completely off guard because there is no truth to them,’ YG’s lawyer Joe Tacopina said in a statement. “YG has no idea what investigators are talking about and we have not been provided with any details … we are learning about this case through the media.”
Last month, the police turned to the public to get help in solving a murder case involving a vehicle belonging to rapper YG.
The rapper’s arrest comes just days before he was supposed to hit the stage at the Grammy’s to take part in an all-star tribute to late rapper Nipsey Hussle.
(AllHipHop News) R. Kelly’s girlfriend Joycelyn Savage was confronted by her estranged mother outside a Chicago, Illinois courthouse on Thursday (January 23rd) after pleading not guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge.
Savage officially entered her not guilty plea in a hearing on Thursday, but drama followed the court appearance as her relatives took advantage of her public outing to try and make her see sense.
In video footage, Joycelyn Savage is seen talking on her cell phone while leaving the building, as two younger girls, said to be her sisters, attempt to catch her attention.
Savage ignores the pair and continues to make her way to a waiting car with her lawyer before her mother runs up from behind and demands a moment to speak to her daughter.
“Mama needs to talk to you!” she repeatedly shouts at Savage, who dodges her parent and jumps into the vehicle with her legal representative, as her sisters urge Savage to “look at the documentary” – an apparent reference to the “Surviving R. Kelly” docuseries, in which a string of his alleged victims detail the sexual misconduct they suffered at the hands of the veteran musician.
“He’s been lying!” the girls add.
The family’s attorney, Gerald Griggs, reveals Savage’s parents are desperate to simply speak to their daughter as they continue to worry about her well-being, claiming she’s been “completely different from the Joycelyn they have known her entire life” since she began dating Kelly in 2016.
Funeral will be the first official batch of music from Wayne as a solo artist since the release of his delayed album Tha Carter V.
Tha Carter V was held up for almost four years as the rap star battled his former label Cash Money Records in a $51 million lawsuit over his career and the holdup of the album.
(AllHipHop News) Throughout his decade-long career, Wale dealt with a lot of personal and professional issues. The 35-year-old emcee has been very open about his battles with depression and anxiety.
Despite those setbacks, Wale continued to progress as a recording artist. His Jeremih-assisted single “On Chill” peaked at #22 on the Hot 100 chart in 2019, and the record earned the Rick Ross protégé another platinum plaque.
Last October, the DC-raised performer spoke with local CBS affiliate WUSA9 backstage at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland. The news outlet recently published the interview which includes Wale talking about family, fame, and his mental health.
“Having a daughter, having my album not perform well, being in legal battles over my finances all at the same time, it was tough for me,” admitted Wale to WUSA9 reporter Mikea Turner.
He continued, “I didn’t know if I could bounce back. Obviously, I’m going to work like it. I’m not going to put it in my mind. But in retrospect, I didn’t know. That sh*t was hard.”
The Grammy-nominated rapper was able to bounce back with 2019’s Wow… That’s Crazy. The project was Wale’s fourth Top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart. He enlisted Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Jeremih, Kelly Price, 6LACK, Bryson Tiller, Ari Lennox, Boogie, Lil Durk, Mannywellz, and Pink Sweat$ for the LP.
(AllHipHop News) Jessie Reyez announced her forthcoming debut studio album Before Love Came To Kill Us will arrive on March 27. As a precursor to the LP, the Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter dropped a new record and video titled “Love In The Dark.”
“I wrote this during a really sad time in my life, I remember crying. I hope people understand how vulnerable it is,” states Reyez about her latest single.
Mad Ruk Entertainment’s Se Oh directed the visuals for “Love In The Dark” which feature Jessie submerged in purple-tinted water under a purple-starred sky. The Before I Love Came To Kill Us trackfollowsReyez’s collaborations with Eminem, 6LACK, Kehlani, Normani, Daniel Caesar, and more.
The Toronto-born Juno Award winner released the Kiddo EP in 2017. She received a Best Urban Contemporary Album Grammy nomination for 2018’s Being Human in Public EP. Jessie Reyez is also scheduled to perform at the 2020 Coachella Festival.
(AllHipHop News) The AMC network is set to begin airing the new anthology Dispatches from Elsewhere as a two-night premiere event on March 1 and March 2. Executive producer Jason Segal (Freaks and Geeks, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) stars on the show.
Additionally, the cast of Dispatches from Elsewhere includes Oscar and Emmy winner Sally Field, Academy Award nominee Richard E. Grant, and rising actress Eve Lindley. Grammy winner André “3000” Benjamin is part of the mystical drama as well.
AMC highlighted Benjamin’s “Fredwynn” character in a 30-second teaser video. In the clip, the OutKast member tells the camera, “I know you think that I’m crazy and perhaps that is not untrue. But I’m also right.”
Dispatches from Elsewhere is aten-hour series centered around “ordinary people who feel there’s something missing in their lives, but they can’t quite put their finger on what it is.” The foursome stumbled onto a “puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life” before discovering that the mystery is much deeper than they imagined.
(AllHipHop News) There was a recent discussion happening in Hip Hop about which rap collective ruled 2019. Buffalo-bred Griselda was among the crews to get mentioned in that conversation.
Benny The Butcher, Westside Gunn, and Conway The Machine garnered a lot of attention last year with the WWCD album. This week, the three New Yorkers displayed their talents to a national television audience.
Griselda stopped by NBC’s late-night program The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday. Westside Gunn, Conway, and Benny ran through the WWCD track “Dr. Bird’s.”
WWCD(What Would Chine Gun Do?) was dedicated to Benny The Butcher’s half-brother and Westside Gunn’s first cousin Chine Gunn. The man also known as Machine Gunn Black was murdered in Buffalo during the group’s early days.
(AllHipHop Rumors) Without question Disney once again proved why it is the happiest place on earth as it brought Kylie and Travis together again…Like they never left.
The couple took their daughter to Disney World in Orlando on Wednesday and looked like one big, happy family. This wouldn’t be the first time we saw the two together after they broke up so I’m not surprised at their family getaway.
According to rumors, the couple are simply trying to do what’s best for their daughter and are no closer to getting back together.
But of course they aren’t going to publicly announce their breakup. They kept their pregnancy with Stormi silent and don’t seem to like the public scrutiny when it comes to their personal life.
(AllHipHop News) Once again, Eminem became the “King of Controversy” with the release of his new album Music To Be Murdered By. Some people took issue with the content presented on the project.
Eminem responded to the backlash with a post on Twitter. He addressed the message to “gentle listener” before warning that Music To Be Murdered By may not be for the “easily offended or unnerved at the screams of bloody murder.”
The Shady Records head wrote:
In today’s wonderful world murder has become so commonplace that we are a society obsessed and fascinated by it. I thought why not make a sport of it, and murder over beats? So before you jump the gun, please allow me to explain.
This album was not made for the squeamish. If you are easily offended or unnerved at the screams of bloody murder, this may not be the collection for you. Certain selections have been designed to shock the conscience, which may cause positive action. Unfortunately, darkness has truly fallen upon us.
So you see, murder in this instance isn’t always literal, nor pleasant. These bars are only meant for the sharpest knives in the drawer. For the victims of this album, may you rest peacefully. For the rest of you, please listen more closely next time. Goodnight!
(AllHipHop News) Megan Thee Stallion returned today with a new single titled “B.I.T.C.H.” The track samples Bootsy Collin’s “I’d Rather Be With You” as well as Tupac Shakur’s “Ratha Be Ya N*gga.”
The leader of the Hotties spoke about the song with Zane Lowe for New Music Daily on Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio. While speaking with Lowe, Meg explained how 2Pac inspired her to create the “B.I.T.C.H.” record.
“I had to respect the legends,” said Thee Stallion. “I had just finished doing a show. I cannot remember what state I was in, but I had left my show and I was about to take a shower. I had hit my A&R and I’m like, ‘I wanna remake “N.I.G.G.A.” by Tupac.'”
She added, “I wrote a little bit of it on the plane, and then I wrote the rest of it in my next hotel room in the next state. And boom, I literally just went to record it, in Vegas like the next week after that. And here we go.”
Megan went on to talk about how she is currently working on her debut studio album. The 300 Entertainment recording artist confirmed she worked with Pharrell Williams. There will also be a Juicy J-produced song featuring SZA on the LP.
Fresh off his Canada Tour International Hip-Hop Artist and Delaware native Amillion The Poet delivers his 1st Single of 2020 entitled, Canada Flow.
The heart felt Joey Breeze production and soulful hook by Canadian Singer, Jnè is coupled with’s witty lyricism.
Bars that pay tribute to his father’s cancer battle, the death of his assistant’s mother and the Delaware high school football champion Troy Haynes, who’s battle with cancer went viral after his passing last year.
Many quotables like instead of buying Amazon we should be saving em/ instead of pouring Bahamas mamas should be praying for them to Life ain’t sweet/ R.I.P. Juice World can also be found in this inspirational song.
You can find more music from @AmillionThePoet on his latest music project #1NATour available on all streaming platforms and www.AmillionThePoet.com.
Juvahn is a rising singer who hails from Sydney, Australia, and the 24-year-old has created a one-of-a-kind career.
Growing up singing in the choir, Juvahn wasn’t raised in the most stable home. She used the negative environment and music as the gas to fuel her move to the United States.
Once Juvahn landed in the U.S., she went to work and linked up with producer Divy and learned how to write songs properly.
Her soul knew then, that she was made for music.
Juvahn was approved by the American Federation of Music, and began performing locally, eventually earning a coveted spot performing at Coachella.
With no vocal coach, or classical music training Juvahn has gained a fan base of over 100,000 fans around the globe.
.The release of her single, “That’s What I Thought” is an empowerment piece that Juvahn crafted after removing herself from a tough relationship.
“This is a song about pain from expectations that weren’t met. I was young and naive fresh out of high school, and I fell in love. The story didn’t end how I wanted it to,” Juvahn said of her new song.
Backed by some of the biggest producers and songwriters, Juvahn is becoming a force to be reckoned with as her star rises in the music industry.
After her performance at Coachella, fans and industry execs raved about the song-writer. Music Connection.com stated: ..she holds abundant confidence and ambition within her music.”
A judge in New Jersey signed off on the divorce on Tuesday, with the accompanying documents detailing how many of the former couple’s assets would be split.
Williams and Hunter will apparently split the money from the sale of their house in Livingston, New Jersey, while she keeps their house in Florida where her mother lives, and he keeps the proceeds from another house he sold in Morristown, New Jersey.
Despite Williams and Hunter being equal owners of their production company, he is said to be selling his share to the presenter.
This will make her the sole owner, but in order to have that title, she will have to pay him a lump sum and a severance package. Details of these payments have been kept confidential.
In addition, Williams will keep all of the former’s couple’s furniture, apart from one sculpture, while Hunter will reportedly be allowed to keep his Ferrari and Rolls-Royce cars.
(AllHipHop News) Rap star Kodak Black has been transferred from a Miami prison, after complaining the guards at the facility were abusing him.
Kodak Black has been shipped off to Kentucky, where he’s expected to serve out the rest of his two-year sentence for lying on a Federal gun application to buy guns.
Since that altercation on October 29th, 2019, Kodak Black says he’s been targeted by the C.O’s, who have allegedly denied the rap star his food, screwed with his outbound mail and denied him of his visitation rights.
(AllHipHop News) Jailed R&B star R. Kelly has been hit by accusations he married 15-year-old Aaliyah to prevent her from testifying against him in court.
According to new documents, prosecutors hoping to put the singer behind bars for life on multiple sex assault and misconduct charges have revealed fresh details about R. Kelly’s illegal marriage to the late singer, who died in 2001.
According to a marriage certificate, the then-27-year-old wed the teenager in Rosemont, Illinois on August, 31st, 1994. The union was later annulled by her parents.
In the prosecution’s latest documents, one lawyer argues Kelly wed his teenage girlfriend after realizing his relationship with her could prove troublesome if she testified in court about the nature of their romance.
“As early as 1994, the defendant took steps to prevent law enforcement from discovering and investigating his crimes,” the complaint reads.
“As alleged in the EDNY (Eastern District of New York) indictment, in August 1994, the defendant and others bribed a government employee to create false identification for Jane Doe #1. Witnesses have advised the government that the defendant engaged in this bribery scheme to obtain a marriage license so he could quickly and secretly marry Jane Doe #1 to avoid criminal charges for engaging in a sexual relationship with Jane Doe #1, who was a minor at the time.
“Specifically, the defendant believed that his marriage to Jane Doe #1 would prevent her from being able to testify against him in the event he were prosecuted for his criminal sexual relationship with her.”
