The cops say that shortly after a memorial for KJ Balla in June, one of his associates named Anthony Walker stalked a person of interest in the slaying.
G-Unit rapper Young Buck is lucky to be alive because his girlfriend tried to shoot him yesterday (October 20).
The rapper and his Lucresia Neil were involved in a domestic dispute yesterday at a home in Henderson, Tennessee.
Someone in the neighborhood took a picture of the moment Neil squeezed off a shot at the rapper, who was at the end of a driveway when the gunplay broke out.
Police are searching for Young Buck to question him over the incident, and to see if he was struck, or wounded. Neil was sent to the Sumner County Jail after she was charged with reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon.
As or Young Buck, he seems to be just fine. He returned to his IG a few hours ago, with an inspirational message.
“I have good news. You’re going to get back MORE than what you lost. This chapter is called make room…,” Young Buck’s said quoting an inspirational Instagram account.
In December of 2019, Young Buck, born David Darnell Brown, was jailed for almost 5 months on an outstanding child support warrant.
DJ Khaled has lined up an all-star guest list for his The First One podcast, insisting it’s “greatness only” when it comes to the star’s new show.
Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Rick Ross, and Kelly Rowland are among the stars taking part in Khaled’s new series, produced in association with Amazon Music.
The First One features “icons and great artists” who are either close to or have previously worked with the star.
“We have Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Rick Ross, (Fat) Joe, Kelly Rowland,” he told Billboard. “Tonight we’re doing T.I. We got Bon Jovi. I just got the text right now.
“We got Nas locked in, but I also have some ones that I’m not even going to say that’s already done that I told the team don’t even put it on a trailer or even on a caption.”
Explaining the premise of the series, he continued: “It’s not a regular podcast, I would say because it’s a feeling. I could predict what’s going to happen every conversation. I can tell you this: We’re talking about greatness only. Just greatness.
“Most of the calls, I try to call personally because it means that much to me,” he added. “Most of these icons and great artists that I’m talking to are really my friends or I really worked with them.
“We really have history together and they know that they can trust me to talk about greatness and not waste their time,” explained the Wild Thoughts hitmaker.
He added: “In this time in the world with what’s going on right now, and at anytime, I’ve always promoted love. I’ve always promoted unity. I’ve always wanted to bring the light, especially when it’s hard and dark times. We all need to do this so we have the same greatness.”
The first episode of DJ Khaled Presents: The First One featuring Lil Wayne is available now.
In the latest development of what is turning out to be a bitter divorce battle, Young filed documents accusing her former spouse of “intentionally abusing” the divorce process.
Nicole Young says Dre is mentally abusing her by refusing turn over the prenup – despite the fact the law states he must hand over all relevant financial, business and personal documents.
In her filing, Young – who previously claimed she was pressured into signing the prenup back in 1996 – says that as Dre hasn’t handed over the correct paperwork, she doesn’t know which version of the alleged prenup he’s referring to.
She’s asking the judge to impose a $50,000 sanction against the “Forgot About Dre” star for dragging his heels and is also asking for her ex to be forced to finally turn over the prenup.
According to the cops, the 22-year-old Bogalusa, Louisiana-born rapper was arrested for attacking the woman at their house in East Cobb, Georgia.
East Cobb News reports that the rapper punched the unidentified woman and left visible “marks and scars” on her body. JayDaYoungan was charged with a misdemeanor charge of battery and family violence.
He posted a $1,320 bond on that charge, but he’s being held without bond on another warrant for being a fugitive for a prior arrest this year.
The rapper was caught hiding in an attic with $24,000 in cash, oxycodone, promethazine, and marijuana, while several firearms were seized from the home.
JayDaYoungan is currently awaiting extradition to Harris County, Texas.
Domani has grown up right before our eyes and he has grown into his own as an artist. Now, he drops visuals for “Day Dream,” a love story that has a deceptive undercurrent. All is not what it seems at all. The song is a fraction of the goodies on “Time Will Tell Deluxe,” his new album which is available on all platforms. The song, which features Ruben Vincent, weaves a fresh tale of young, weird, and awkward love that offers a plot twist. Offering a dope mixture of singing and rapping, Ruben and Domani are a good rapping match and the storytelling is flawless.
Off of Domani New “Time Will Tell” Deluxe Album, “Day Dream” tells a Love Story that might not be a Love Story at all.
“Time Will Tell Deluxe” is Available on All Platforms
The LA-based creative agency TheBasement Series has teamed up with Audiomack to present “From TheBasement to the Ballot” event. Actress/comedian Jasmin “Watch Jazzy” Brown will host the livestream that focused on educating Gen Zers and first-time voters about the upcoming Presidential Election on November 3.
“We pride ourselves on helping artists create moments that move their music forward. But in this current climate, it’s all about moving the vote forward,” says Jason Johnson, Audiomack’s VP, of Marketing & Brand Strategy. “We’re excited to partner with TheBasement Series on this initiative to help bring more awareness to this year’s Presidential Election and ensure younger voters have the resources that they need to make their voices heard.”
Chicago-bred rapper G Herbo is set to perform his new “election-charged” single “Demands” for the first time at “From TheBasement to the Ballot.” Rising performers Kaash Paige, Kalan.Frfr, Ambré, and Peter $un were tapped to be part of the lineup as well. DJ Millie will provide the sounds.
Additionally, there will be a “teen summit” style roundtable discussion featuring the artists, TV/Film producer Anthony Rose, AHF Stand Against Hate representatives Lauren Hogan and Theresa Gio, and Yes On Prop 21 representative Rene Moya. Viewers will also get a first look at Puma’s new VOTE t-shirt which was designed by Kyle Kuzma of the Los Angeles Lakers.
“To first create a platform that highlights emerging artists and now to produce a show that encourages artists and creatives to vote and take a stand; the feeling is indescribable!” says TheBasement Series Founder Ericka Coulter. President of TheBasement Series, Zoey Davies, adds, “Not only will TheBasement Series continue to grow as a company and a platform, but we know the purpose for it is so much bigger than us.”
“From TheBasement to the Ballot” will stream live Wednesday, October 21 on Audiomack’s Twitch channel beginning at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT.
Earlier this month, Michael “Killer Mike” Render aligned with former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and Bounce TV founder Ryan Glover to launch the Greenwood banking platform. The online service specifically targets members of the Black and Latinx communities.
This week, Killer Mike appeared on the cable news show MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle to discuss starting Greenwood. He also spoke about the connection between social justice movements such as Black Lives Matter and attaining wealth in America.
“You can’t have social justice without social equality. And in a capitalistic society, if those who capitalism was built on bear the sins of people who been enslaved here and the people who are being used as cheap labor now, if those people don’t get an active role in capitalism or the opportunity to participate, then what are we left with but a permanent underclass? So I believe that part of social justice is making sure that economic justice happens,” explained the Atlanta-raised activist.
When asked to talk about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre that destroyed the Greenwood District, also known as “Black Wall Street,” Killer Mike said, “There have been many tragic stains on American history in relation to the group of people called Blacks in America. And this is one of them that I think is curable and fixable.”
The 45-year-old entrepreneur went on to describe the economically and socially thriving Greenwood community before racist white residents murdered as many as 300 Black residents and burned down millions of dollars worth of property. Mike then made the case that the Black community should organize its money through banking institutions that can provide African-Americans with car loans, home loans, and small-business loans. He pointed to his hometown as a symbol of how collective economics can impact a community.
“I give Atlanta as an example. We don’t have a mayor like Kasim Reed, our last mayor before Keisha Bottoms, we never get to do a land deal that allows Tyler Perry to have one of the biggest studios in the world. That not only kept Black people working but kept all Georgians working as the movie industry seems to be moving to Georgia and Atlanta,” said Killer Mike.
He continued, “If we don’t have Mayor [Maynard] Jackson 40 years ago, who said Blacks have to be 29 and 30% of business contracts of the city, we never get [Herman Russell’s H. J. Russell & Company]. We never get The Columbia Group, which is headed by Noel Khalil, who ended up partnering with T.I. and I to keep a 50-year-old restaurant like Bankhead Seafood open and which employs people and will be employing more. So these things are one hand washes the other and I think they’re necessary. And I think Greenwood is providing a pathway to that.”
21 Savage’s Leading By Example Foundation and the consumer fintech company Chime have announced a partnership to expand the Grammy winner’s Bank Account initiative. The new Bank Account Financial Literacy Campaign provides a certified six-course online program for people looking to learn about managing money. Participants will have access to lessons in banking, budgeting, credit scores, and more.
The courses are open to everyone and available in both English and Spanish. High school students in grades 9-12 will also have the opportunity to submit an essay for a chance to earn a $1000 scholarship. Students who meet the requirements and complete the 6-part playlist before December 4, 2020 will be eligible to win one of the 100 grants.
“I’m happy to team up with Chime to make this year’s Bank Account Campaign bigger than ever with a new national financial literacy and scholarship program,” said Savage. “I’ve been an advocate for financial literacy because I believe it can help free youth to focus on the more important things in life.”
For more information about 21 Savage and Chime’s Bank Account Financial Literacy Campaign and Bank Account Challenge scholarships visit www.chime.com/21savage. The interactive program, powered by EVERFI, is presented in the form of a playlist.
Hip Hop superstar Kanye West was expected to be a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast this week after he teased the sitdown on social media. On October 17, the billionaire mogul tweeted, “Joe Rogan said it’s cool for me to design the set for our podcast this Friday.”
However, that highly-anticipated conversation between the podcaster/comedian and the longshot presidential hopeful, which was apparently set to take place on October 23, was put on hold. Rogan revealed that he had to cancel all of his shows scheduled for this week because a member of his team caught COVID-19.
Rogan wrote on Instagram:
All podcasts are cancelled this week. Young @jamievernon tested positive for COVID-19. I tested negative, and the rest of the staff tested negative but we’re shutting everything down until we get an all clear from our doctor. I was out of town last week and the shows that aired had all been previously recorded, so I haven’t had any contact with Jamie in the past 9 days except for briefly today, but I’m staying away from everyone and being tested every day until I know I’m in the clear. I’ll keep you folks posted as to when the show will resume.
West and Rogan have been discussing a possible interview for several years. Back in 2018, the JRE host tweeted that he would be “happy to talk” to Kanye about the topic of mental health. Earlier this month, Ye mentioned Rogan on Twitter in order to hopefully set up a live podcast involving the two entertainers.
Teyana “Spike Tey” Taylor is back with another self-directed music video. For the “Lose Each Other” visuals, Taylor recruited music icon Elton John to make an appearance.
“‘Lose Each Other’ is such a special record for me, and I wanted the visual to feel just as big,” says Taylor. “I told my team, ‘You know what would be dope? If I could have Elton John open the video on the piano!!’”
She continues, “Not that I thought it could really happen, but just putting it out there in the universe lol. So as we were working through treatment ideas and solidifying logistics for the video, an international phone number calls me…. and for a second I almost didn’t answer, but my intuition spoke, I answered. All I hear is… ‘Hello darling, it’s Elton. I’d LOVE to do your video!’ I FREAKED OUT!”
“Lose Each Other” lives on Taylor’s 2020 studio LP titled The Album. For the video, John shows up playing a grand piano while modern dancers perform as Taylor is seen wearing high fashion outfits.
“When Teyana Taylor released her debut album, I became a huge fan. She was a guest on my Rocket Hour and I fell in love with her original spirit,” states John. “Aside from her brilliant music, Teyana is one of the most visually dazzling artists working in music today. So I jumped at the chance to be in her latest video ‘Lose Each Other.’”
“As a director, I wanted the imagery to be simple, yet powerful, which is why I choose an all-white background and bold looks,” explains Taylor about the “Lose Each Other” aesthetics. “I wanted my audience to understand how love’s hardships can also be beautiful.”
The Def Jam artist adds, “Working with a legend like Elton was pure magic. I feel so honored to have worked with someone of such legendary stature. I am forever grateful to him for doing this for me! Although we physically could not shoot together due to Covid, him and his team were very responsive all the way from London. Y’all couldn’t even imagine how humbled I am, yet I’m feeling just a slight tinge of braggadocio, only a slight tinge though, lol like yeah, ya girl Tee & the legendary Elton John for the culture Pow! Just kidding…But seriously, thank you again, Elton, you are TRULY a GEM!!!”
Once again Tory Lanez addressed the pending court case involving Megan Thee Stallion being shot at in Hollywood Hills, California. After essentially denying being the perpetrator on his Daystar album, the Canadian took to Instagram Live on Tuesday in an attempt to convince the public he’s not guilty while also claiming he is still friends with Meg.
GOING ON IG LIVE TONIGHT …. 8 PM …. ILL SEE U THERE .
“It’s not accurate information. I don’t ever wanna come off like I’m here to bash this girl or I’m here to talk down about this girl or ever be at a place where I’m disrespecting her, because to me, as a person, she’s still my friend,” said Lanez. “No matter what, even if she doesn’t look at me like that, I look at her like she’s still my friend.”
It appears Megan Thee Stallion does not feel the same way about Tory Lanez. The “Don’t Stop” rapper posted a tweet last night that seems to be a response to the 28-year-old singer’s Instagram broadcast. Meg simply tweeted, “This N#### genuinely crazy.”
Previously, Megan publicly named Lanez as the person that allegedly shot at her feet following an argument as the two recording artists, her friend, and his bodyguard were leaving a party at Kylie Jenner’s home. Meg later revealed photos that showed injuries to her feet, and official Cedars-Sinai Medical Center records confirmed shrapnel was found in her heel at the hospital.
In connection with the July 12 shooting, Lanez has been charged with felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, personal use of a firearm, and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. He faces a possible maximum sentence of 22 years and eight months in prison.
Last month (September 23rd) when Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron hosted a press conference about the controversial death of Breonna Taylor, he thought that he had the last word.
Now, lawyers representing some of the jurors from the grand jury hosted a press conference and it is clear that there is more to this story than was originally relayed to the public.
The AG determined, even before a grand jury convened on the case, that two of the officers— Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove — acted in self-defense the morning that she was killed.
According to one of the jurors who has chosen to remain anonymous, was that the grand jury never deliberated on how justifiable homicide charges could be against the three police officers involved in the events that resulted in Breonna Taylor’s death.
“The grand jury was not presented any charges other than the three Wanton Endangerment charges against Detective Brett Hankison,” the grand juror shared according to the Courier-Journal. “The grand jury did not have homicide offenses explained to them. The grand jury never heard anything about those laws.
“Questions were asked about additional charges and the grand jury was told there would be none because the prosecutors didn’t feel they could make them stick.”
The juror was allowed to speak after Jefferson Circuit Judge Annie O’Connell granted the juror the opportunity to speak publicly about the case via a 10-page ruling. The statement was released by the Glogower Law Office.
Cameron had tried to block the jurors from speaking. But a judge shut him down saying that he has made “multiple public statements and characterizations about the grand jury and the resulting indictment” of Hankison.
Candace Owens took to social media to mock Black people and celebrate 50 Cent for his decision to vote for Donald Trump.
In an 8-minute rant, Candace shared that she was late getting the information about the Queens rapper’s decision to support the president, who hails from the same borough.
He posted, “WHAT THE FCK! (VOTE ForTRUMP) IM OUT,” Fif tweeted on Monday. “FCK NEW YORK The KNICKS never win anyway. I don’t care Trump doesn’t like black people 62% are you out of ya f****** mind.”
👀WHAT THE F*CK! (VOTE ForTRUMP) IM OUT, 🏃♂️💨F*CK NEW YORK The KNICKS never win anyway. 🤷🏽♂️I don’t care Trump doesn’t like black people 62% are you out of ya f###### mind. 😤 pic.twitter.com/uZu02k2Dlz
Candace defended 50 because she was “just seeing so much ignorance in his comments from the majority of Black people saying they’re done with him.”
The popular right-wing influencer stated that people were saying that the rapper betrayed his people because he was rich. She said being rich has nothing to do with anything, in her mind, people are angry at Fif because “he’s smart” and they’re not.
“OK and I’m going to explain it to you. Now, what you don’t understand about what he’s saying because tax cuts are not for the rich,” she snarkily revealed. “This is what happens when a school system gets washed of actual education. Instead of learning about taxes and about tax revenue and tax rates and how it works, you guys are learning about Black Lives Matter and white privilege and why you should be sad because you’re Black.”
50 didn’t need her to step in.
On Tuesday, he tweeted a video from Fox News where Katrina Pierson said that 50 Cent didn’t want to become “20 Cent” underneath the Biden plan.
“Yeah, i don’t want to be 20cent. 62% is a very, very, bad idea,” the rapper tweeted. “don’t like it!”
Fashion Nova is looking to sue Rich the Kid for reneging on the promotion of their company in a song, after being compensated by the botched product placement effort.
In a recent lawsuit obtained by TMZ.com, the US-based popular “fast fashion” online retail company contracted the “Plug Walk” star to record a song between October 2018 to December 2018 for $100,000 in advance.
The company notes in the filing that he has not returned the six-figures — dubbing them on all sides.
Fashion Nova notes that it has suffered $2.1 million in damages, after creating a campaign around the song, and they want their money.
Fashion Nova will have to get in line as several folks have taken him to court this year alone.
Earlier this year his former management, Blueprint Artist Management sued the Woodstock, Georgia artist for $3.5 million for not paying fees they are owed.
At the end of May, Rich was ordered to pay over $300,000 to a landlord of a Hollywood Hills mansion he stayed in for bouncing without paying the rent and the damages to the property.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpT4372ngX0/
No word from Rich the Kid’s team. But he did post two cryptic posts on Instagram over the last 24 hours.
“I like making money not making friends 🙅🏾♂️”,” the Big CEO captioned. “I could never hate on the next man tryna feed his family 💯🤷🏽♂️”
Ice Cube is getting a taste of exactly what it’s like to deal with the Trump Administration. The Trumpets met with Ice Cube and some of Ice Cube‘s people a couple of weeks ago and all hell broke loose. The rapper, pushing his Contracts With Black America, entertained the meetings in the effort to improve the condition of Black people in America, so he says.
And it seems like the revolutionary rapper has Black People‘s best interests at heart. However, dealing with a president like Trump and an administration to boot has provided a challenging atmosphere for him. So, today Eric Trump the son of Donald, tweeted a photoshopped picture of both Ice Cube and 50 Cent, who recently endorsed Donald Trump, calling them “courageous Americans.” Never forget: Ice Cube called on to be arrested in 2018.
In the photoshopped picture, both Ice Cube and 50 Cent were wearing Trump hats. Well, the only thing is neither one of them were actually wearing Trump hats. Ice Cube had on a Big 3 hat in the original and 50 Cent had on a New York Yankees hat but somebody decided to put Trump on both of them. Well, that did not go over too well with Ice Cube because he decided to respond on Twitter with “n*gga please.” And then came the comments!
Check out some of the comments from around the Internet space regarding this fiasco.
The other day it was a false claim about Biden owning a home he sold many years ago. Today, Eric Trump shares an obviously photoshopped pic of two rappers in Trump hats. Things will continue to get dumber. pic.twitter.com/EfAW03henG
A lot of us out here love you Cube, including me. I understand what you were trying to do. But Trump doesn't care about Black People….he never did. He just used you for publicity, like all of the others. I still support you, but please beware of Trump and his demons!
Everybody talking about they warned Cube the Trump administration would do this. He himself knew this would happen, just as he suspected the Democrats would do as they've done with Cardi B, Killer Mike, and other black celebrities who are supporting them.
Critically acclaimed British rapper, singer and songwriter Stefflon Don releases the video for her new single “Can’t Let You Go” (Quality Control Music/Motown).
The video, directed by Adriaan Louw (Major Lazer, Mabel), see the “16 Shots” hitmaker and her Dons dancing and making glamour look bad-ass cool.
“For this track, I wanted to lean into my natural singing voice and also experiment with doing some of the melodies in Yoruba. The overall vibe of the track is underpinned by a sultry Afro Beats sound. I always love to fuse all of my cultural influences into my work, because I am very much inspired by different parts of the world.”
“Can’t Let You Go” is Stefflon Don’s second release this year after “Move”, her first new music in 2020. Check out the lyrics:
Let me give you this ting weh you wanting/I could be your girl, sugar dumpling, aye/And if I komole le le le Oya shé mi je je je/You wanna have my body bending over/Anytime and anywhere/Boy, you know you cah waste time/You give me the wickedest whine/Yeah, mi love yuh long, long time/(Yeah, mi love yuh long, long time)/Bentley be di moto joko/You fi mek mi siding pon it ya photo/Mek I switch de tempo mek it go slow/Till I can’t get enough, till I can’t get enough
The teenaged girl at the center of an underaged scandal involving Tekashi 6ix9ine is suing the controversial rapper.
Before 6ix9ine was famous, he appeared in a video with a 13-year-old girl who was filmed “engaging in oral intercourse” with one man, while 6ix9ine was seen thrusting his pelvis behind her, while smacking her bare butt.
In another clip, the naked teen sat on 6ix9ine’s lap as she was groped by another grown man. The girl’s mom alerted police to the existence of the video, which resulted in felony charges against the Brooklyn rap star.
In 2018, 6ix9ine pleaded guilty to the use of a child in a sexual performance. He avoided prison in that case, but he was sentenced to four years probation, as well as 1,000 hours of community service.
The Jane Doe victim filed her lawsuit against 6ix9ine, born Daniel Hernandez, claiming the rapper and his buddy gave her drugs and alcohol before they abused her.
“As an internationally known rap and hip hop artist and performer, defendant Hernandez uploaded [the videos] onto various social media accounts on the internet with the intention and expectation that millions of people would view the videos,” according to the complaint.
Jane Doe says 6ix9ine “severely injured” her, and inflicted “severe emotional and psychological injuries.” 6ix9ine’s lawyer blasted Jane Doe for waiting five years, but the girl is well within her rights under the Child Crimes Act.
This weekend for the first time, an epic battle of the sexes took center stage in battle rap. Oh sure, there have been other cards that featured co-ed battles, but never one as epic as this.
On Saturday, October 17, the highly anticipated card Kings vs. Queens proved to be a crash collision between two of the largest forces in battle rap, the Ultimate Rap League and Queen of the Ring. The organizations had a lot riding on this collaboration. The question that was floating in the culture, “Is the world really ready to embrace co-ed sporting on such a high level?” With the world’s socialized bias that asserts that men are automatically better … The concern was real.
While that might be a concern with physical sports, this is a match of wit and intellect. And fans let it be known that born gender identity has nothing to do with snatching that oh so coveted “W.” In fact, when owners Troy “Smack White” Mitchell and Babs Bunny hopped on the Sway in the Morning show to talk about the historic battle, it was the fan comments that dismissed the notion that gender would determine who would emerge superior.
And Babs, the female emcee who rose to international celebrity as a part of the Bad Boy/MTV curated mega-group Da Band, believed in her squad so much she even challenged fans to put a wager on it — instructing them to go to her DMs to put that bread down on the bet.
The Godfather of Modern Battle Rap didn’t shy away from the smoke either. Instead, in each opportunity to engage the fans, even on their own Wednesday evening show Primetime with Jay Blac, he was a gracious host to the sister league, welcoming them into this particular space of emceeing. He offered them a mat for them to wipe their feet, showed them to their guest room, making the accommodations comfy, and put them up on game: the victory will be hard felt because his roster is the most elite collective of emcees in the world.
GETTING THEM SITUATED WAS THE LEAST THAT HE COULD DO. After all, Caffeine is the house that SMACK built.
QOTR proved to be ready and could care less if people did not believe it. Sometimes, that is the time to watch out and if the guys on the card did not know that before the face-offs truly informed them.
The women won the face-offs (5-2) displaying a level of confidence and security that was not expected. Sure, you thought it was going to be a lot of slick talk. But these chicks came with flames on their lips. Their back and forth and lyrical jousting was the first sign that the weekend was going to be along for those who sleep on the line-up. There were two outstanding performances at the pre-contest stare down: C3 and Tsu Surf.
C3 was bankable as the Queens Get The Money emcee snapped on her opponent Rum Nitty. Nitty remarked about her childhood near-death experience— an attempted suicide that thankful was thwarted by angels that prepared her for such a moment as this. And the freestyle maven quipped back with the energy that no battle rapper ever wants in front of them: “I couldn’t kill myself, so how are you gonna kill me.” He then went to the reality that women across the workforce face, stating that he made more money than she did. Her rebuttal, “Then why are you a bum. Where does the money go? Your colleagues have houses and all you have are gold teeth and bookbags.” He attacked her sexuality since C3 is a proud lesbian and she responded by questioning his— “You should have been with us at Pride!”
There was nothing that Rum could do with C in the face-off.
The best from the guys was Tsu Surf.
Surf poured out the charm that makes him not only a URL favorite but a battle rap sex symbol. There is something about him that makes the women swoon and whatever that potion is … he dosed the world with it. 40 BARRS, his opponent, was already set at the face-off table. Jay Blac was there also. The room was waiting for the “What Changed” rapper to appear. When he did, the game shifted. The last face-off of the night was just appropriate for the heartthrob because the stunt that he pulled no one else could have ever accomplished.
He entered into the space wearing a dress shirt. Not as if he was meeting a woman that might bar his life away, a lady that has made diss tracks about him and lambasted him on every media she could, but as a man ready for a date.
He pulled out a red and white gingham tablecloth, similar to the Lady and the Tramp spaghetti scene, and then placed two glade candles on the table. After setting the lovely table, the prepared cuisine was top-notch chicken head, serving Lunchables with Reese’s Pieces Barefoot wine with no glasses (noting that they could take the drink to the head) and two Capri Suns.
The tough-talking femcee was no longer the mighty woman of battle rap that we have come to know her to be — but a schoolgirl standing in front of her favorite rap star. She blushed, pouted, and sheepishly smiled, stopping short of batting her eyes in front of his massive personality. This secured the guys one clear victory during the face-off.
That was Friday night… Come Saturday, would the tables turn? Not that much. The women matched the men in all attributes: aggression, style, performance, lyrical dexterity, and most of all wit. There were not as many gimmicks as expected, giving evidence that Bab’s slogan is really a declaration that this eight-year journey to respect is finally being met with the recognition that it deserves and finally the people have to “give it up for the ladies.”
Casey Jay and Swamp (Fan Vote: The Lady from Texas with the victory)
Swamp needed to beat Casey Jay and did not. What made this win so important goes beyond her femininity but is locked into a boasting point that purported that he has never lost a battle on URL. Welp, he can’t say that no more! The Bardashian did just what the name suggests: shorty came in and barred his life away. She made the new guy lazy southern drawl, sound like the new guy with stroke-drunk wino … a rapper ill-equipped to tame the Mama Bear … so would really have no chance to rock with his rival Bizzy.
C3 and Rum Nitty (Fan Vote: The EFB Member punches through for the W)
Rum Nitty, one of the greatest punchers in battle rap’s history embodied the spirit of the former welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard in his victory over the Queens rapper, C3. But if it can be said that he is as smooth as the former Dr. Pepper champ, Ceilise Craig, his opponent matched him blow for blow just like the Marvelous Marvin Hagler did in their legendary fight back in 1987 billed as the “The Super Fight.”
Jab after jab, these two stellar lyricists were the first evenly balanced battle of the night.
What IS happening!? @DaRealC3 Round 2 and 3! ☑️🔥🔥 This is amazing! @RumNitty had some hot lines, but we disagree over here!! We got this 2-1 C3! We think you took that 2nd, Queen! We are Nitty fans and feel a little let down by the bars. #caffeinetv#KingsvsQueens
E Hart and K Shine (Fan Vote: Harlem’s hurricane remains triumphant even over the Bronx boxer)
Round for round, K Shine may be the scariest, most talented, and winningest battler in the last four years. And so, E Hart had a tremendous challenge in front of her when she stepped before the NWX founder.
He came in and did what he has been doing for the longest — zipping his opponents up. In this battle, he was like a wrecking ball smashing over one of the premier voices in battle rap.
Viixen and DNA (Fan Vote: The Assassin left DNA all over her kill)
While it seems that the PG Killer didn’t respect the Midwest fire spitter, he didn’t approach the battle like she was going to be a walk in a park. And that was a good thing. Viixen came to the battle dressed like her name and rapping just as deadly also. She outperformed him and at no time brought the masculine energy usually associated with women in male-dominated sports. She simply finest him with a smile, dangling hair tendrils and comedic bars about her alleged entanglements with former URL talent scout and self-proclaimed architect of battle rap, street star Norbes. It is alleged that she slept with him to get on the URL. However, it is important to note that her dynamic debut was facilitated by hard work and her making her name on the QOTR stage.
Vixen The Assassin and @DNA_GTFOH was definitely battle of the night, that was a whole fight right there whew 🔥🙌🏾
Stevie J and Eve. Nicki Minaj and Safaree. Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon. Anyone that has been with Jaguar Wright. Erykah Badu and Andre 3000, Common, The D.O.C., and/or Jay Electronica. The Couture and Charlie Clips drag out gets to live in the realm with those epic falling outs that were hmmm a little bitter but still relatively amicable (well, Jag might not fit there). While the freestyle maniac went up against his ex-girlfriend and the battle unpack their long-term relationships with a blended mixture of humor, personals, and weird un-sexual tension.
O’fficial and Arsonal (Fan Vote: Mr. Grape Street pulled out the big guns for this battle)
Audio engineer and battle rap fan Greg Smith said that this Arsonal is better on the Caffeine stage than anyone who has stepped on it to perform, even better than Daylyt. Whether he is right or wrong, he showed the culture the reason why he has more views on YouTube than any other English speaking battle rapper in history. In his contest against the O’fficial, he proved that she was not gonna just be lyrically tossing him all over the stage like she does many of her opponents (almost all of the other men that she stood before). Instead, he showed up with fire in his belly and fire in his eyes, combined with dope rhymes, performance, disrespect, and a renewed love for the sport. O’fficial did not lose — he just came to the game in his bag with the arsenal that inspired his name.
ARSONAL VS O'FFICIAL could honestly go either way. #KingsvsQueens
— BattleRapStats: bars.battlerapstats.com (@BattleRapStats) October 18, 2020
40 BARRS and Tsu Surf (Fan Vote: The Queen of The Ring remains on the throne)
The headlining battle of the night was between BARRS and Surf, two of the biggest stars of their leagues. 40’s win was sweet as many counted her out from the door. With one of the most elite pens in the game, male or female, she stood in front of the man that charmed her silly the night before and knocked him off his game. Her third round was about his mother, one of the two great loves of his life, and that strategy was not only effective in securing her the victory, but also through her opponent off as he countered with a freestyle in defense of his mom.
Kings vs. Queens is the first official jump off to happen after the unique partnership between the Ultimate Rap League and Queen of The Ring. The merging of these monumental collectives promises to bring the top talent of the culture to stages for free. There, of course, are exceptions to the rule that is when these battles are app exclusives like the two co-ed battles on Born Legacy 9 (the next day after): Yoshi G vs. Bill Collector and Ms. Miami vs. Ill Will.
All battles are now available on the URLtv.tv app.
Teyana Taylor just dropped the visuals for her new single “Lose Each Other” starring none other than Sir Elton John. The video is her latest self-directed video from the #1 R&B release THE ALBUM.
“When Teyana Taylor released her debut album, I became a huge fan. She was a guest on my Rocket Hour and I fell in love with her original spirit,” said Elton John. “Aside from her brilliant music, Teyana is one of the most visually dazzling artists working in music today. So I jumped at the chance to be in her latest video ‘Lose Each Other.’”
“Working with a legend like Elton was pure magic,” Teyana Taylor added. “I feel so honored to have worked with someone of such legendary stature. I am forever grateful to him for doing this for me! Although we physically could not shoot together due to Covid, him and his team were very responsive all the way from London.”
