(AllHipHop News) Diddy made a splash early in the reality show/competition movement when he dropped his hit series “Making the Band” on MTV.
While he did not originate the show that gave the world the less than memorable boy band O-Town, he gave us Hip-Hop TV moments that have lasted forever.
Or birthing Babs Bunny, one of the three owners of the Queen of The Ring battle rap league, that is probably the premier portal of female competition emceeing.
To put it mildly, the show was epic.
Now, the Combs Boys —guided by their Yoda-of-a-dad — have set the stage to relaunch the brand on MTV, for a new generation.
Taking to social media, they have created a buzz around the audition process in a way that their dad could not do in the early 2000s, if for no other reason than the technology did not lend to the expansive recruitment that can be done now.
All three of Diddy’s kids (Christian, Justin, and Quincy) have made their own names as influencers bringing social capital to the table to make this just pop like no other talent competition before.
And right when they were about to host auditions in two major cities, Charlotte and NYC, they have been hit with the same scary obstacle that the NBA, NFL, MLB, Disney, Broadway, Facebook, and so many others have been: The Rona!
Due to the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 aka the coronavirus, the in-person audition process has halted.
MTV released a statement on Twitter on canceling the last two auditions:
“As a precautionary measure to ensure the health of our production crew, talent and aspiring artists, all public auditions for MTV’s “Making the Band” in Charlotte, NC on March 13-14 and New York City on March 21-22 have been canceled. Safety remains our utmost priority, and we’re continuing to defer to health officials and the CDC for guidance.”
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, who was set to attend the NYC auditions at MTV Studios, posted on Twitter, “We want to make sure everyone is safe during these times, so we had to make the decision to cancel the in person @MakingTheBand casting events. But at the same time, I want to provide the opportunity to everyone to audition from their homes.
(AllHipHop News) J. Cole’s highly-anticipated Dreamville Festival is the latest victim of the coronavirus.
But thankfully, the show may go on.
According to raps for J. Cole, the festival will be rescheduling the original date of April 4th to this summer, on August 29th.
The Dreamville Festival will still be held at Dorothea Dix Park, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
For those who can’t make the new date, J. Cole and Dreamville Festival are graciously offering refunds.
The news comes on the heels of President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency, to try and stop the spread of the virus.
Take a look at the full statement below:
“Dear Dreamville Family,
We recognize there’s been a lot of questions about the status of Dreamville Festival and in light of recent developments, we are excited to let you know we are moving forward with a new date.
While the State of North Carolina and local health officials continue to work to protect the well being of all in the State, we have worked collaboratively to identify the best possible outcome. We are excited to announce that Dreamville Festival will now take place on August 29, 2020, and will remain at Dorothea Dix Park. All tickets for the April event will be honored for the rescheduled date. For any current ticket-buyers unable to attend the rescheduled event, refunds will be offered.
While this decision has been extremely difficult to make, the safety of our fans, artists, and staff is always our top priority, and nothing will ever take precedence over your well-being. We now encourage everyone to follow the guidelines and various preventive measures put forth by local and national health authorities.
Our team is extremely committed to bringing the event to fruition for all our Dreamville family, and we can’t wait to see everyone in August. We are also very appreciative to the City of Raleigh for helping us find a new date so quickly.
“Originally, we were scheduled to announce the festival lineup this week and are now working around the clock to reconfirm all performers scheduled for the April date. We hope to announce the full music lineup as early as next week. Follow dreamvillefest.com for more updates coming soon.”
(AllHipHop News) Willow Smith’s underwent an image overhaul during her recent performance art piece by having her head shaved
The 19-year-old daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith and rumored love Tyler Cole took part in a 24-hour performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s (MOCA) The Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday, which explored the star’s lifelong struggles with anxiety.
The performance saw the pair transition through eight stages of anxiety while inside a box, with the production split into three-hour blocks exploring different emotions relating to anxiety, including sadness, paranoia and compassion, throughout the silent piece, which she described as “very primal.”
Jada was on hand for the performance, and whipped out her phone to record video of Cole cutting her daughter’s hair, which she shared on her Instagram page.
“@willowsmith at her interactive experience. My baby shaved her head! Again!” Jada penned. “The start of a new beginning.”
Both Smith and Cole wore black boilersuits and boots during the exhibit, which featured them completing various tasks.
After her head was shaved, Smith put on a pair of bunny ears while writing messages on the white walls. She also held up a sign that read, “When you practice patience… you are emulating the very spirit of nature.”
The exhibit, dubbed The Anxiety, is described as, “A personification of the emotional spectrum within the human mind and through performance art.”
(AllHipHop Rumors) Andrew Gillum found himself in a very Marion-Barry-like situation.
And let’s just say that we are going to believe him… and not the police.
According to Gillum, while attending a wedding celebration of a friend, he got drunk and wound up in a hotel with a couple of his homeboys.
Here is what is being reported.
The Miami Beach Fire Rescue crews were called to a hotel at 1100 West Avenue shortly before 1 a.m., to assist in a suspected drug overdose.
There were three men inside of the hotel room, according to the Miami local 10 news, Gillum, Aldo Mejias, 56, and his young buck, Travis Dyson, 30.
Dyson rented the room and apparently, Gillum and Mejias were his guests.
Mejias came to the room later and met Gillum and Dyson there. In Mejias’ opinion, the two of them were pretty f##ked up but didn’t know what they were on.
Dyson kept throwing up and falling on the bed and so Mejias called the cops. When the cops arrived they tried to get a statement from the former Mayor of Miami and former presidential candidate, but he was too wasted to form a cohesive sentence (oh s##t FAMUs best… First Kwame Kilpatrick and now this guy… maybe y’all need to stick to marching bands!).
The police found three small clear bags of some kind of drug that turned out to be crystal meth.
Sounds perfectly normal… bruh… that happens to everyone on a late Miami night after a wedding, right?
Andrew Gillum was forced to make a statement on the controversy.
“I was in Miami last night for a wedding celebration when first responders were called to assist one of my friends,” Gillum said in a statement. “While I had too much to drink, I want to be clear that I have never used methamphetamines. I apologize to the people of Florida for the distraction this has caused our movement.”
“I’m thankful to the incredible Miami Beach EMS team for their efforts. I will spend the next few weeks with my family and appreciate privacy during this time.”
This, as he said, is a distraction. Just like The Rona.
(AllHipHop News) A gangster convicted of kidnapping rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is asking to have his sentencing date pushed back, over two weeks’ worth of drama at the Metropolitan Correction Center in New York.
Anthony “Harv” Ellison is currently being held at the notorious MCC prison, where he is awaiting sentencing for abducting Tekashi 6ix9ine during an internal fight amongst the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, over control of the “FEFE” rapper’s career.
On April 1st, Harv Ellison was supposed to be sentenced to prison, thanks in part to Tekashi 6ix9ine’s testimony provided during a two-week trial.
Now, an attorney for Anthony “Harv” Ellison are asking to reschedule his sentencing date, because they have had zero access to him to discuss his sentencing.
A big obstacle for Harv’s lawyer started on February 27th, when MCC went on total lockdown after a gun was reportedly smuggled into the facility.
Harv’s lawyers have been unable to offer him counsel, because of the lockdown, which was lifted on March 6th, after guards found a loaded gun in an inmate’s cell.
And now an even greater problem: the worldwide havoc the coronavirus is causing has put millions of incarcerated prisoners in the United States at risk of contracting the deadly illness.
Many activists are worried that jails and prisons will become a breeding ground for the next big outbreak of Covid-19 aka the coronavirus.
In fact, infamous lawyer Michael Avenatti, who was convicted of trying to extort Nike, is being housed in the same prison as Harv. Avenatti just filed documents asking to have his sentencing date pushed back too.
Avenatti’s lawyer said his prison cell in MCC is filthy, reeks of urine and is infested with rats. Harv and Aventatti are among the more than 2.2 million people are in jails or prisons in the United States.
But earlier this week, prisons and jails across the country started restricting visits to inmates. In California, Minnesota, and Florida, visits to prisoners have been completely banned according to Rolling Stone.
New York officials have declared a state of emergency, and the Department of Corrections issued new measures to screen any visitors during the outbreak of the coronavirus.
“Visitors will likely experience longer than usual wait times and may be denied entry if they appear ill or pos a rise to the health and safety of the facility based on questionnaire responses,” according to a DOC press release.
As for Anthony “Harv” Ellison, his lawyers are asking for his sentencing date to be pushed back to at least April 27th.
(AllHipHop News) Despite dealing with an ongoing legal fight with her 1501 Certified Entertainment label, Megan Thee Stallion continues to present new content. Her latest release comes in the form of Tyga’s “Freak.”
Tyga linked with the self-described Houston Hottie for his new 3-minute ode to sex. “Freak” features both T-Raww and Thee Stallion rapping about their need for a partner that can satisfy them.
“I need a freak, freak, freak to rub my hair, hair, hair. I need a freak every day of the week. Put her legs in the air. I want a freak, freak, freak who just don’t care, care, care. I need a freak wit a big ass butt, make all the n*ggas stare,” says Tyga on the song’s hook.
2019’s Legendary was Tyga’s most recent full-length project. He worked with Offset, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, J Balvin, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, G-Eazy, Rich The Kid, Swae Lee, YG, and other artists on that effort.
(AllHipHop News) The coronavirus outbreak has become the most important news story in the world at the moment. Over 1,700 people in the United States have tested positive with 41 confirmed deaths in the country so far.
Many Hip Hop artists have used their social media accounts to share their views on the pandemic. Lupe Fiasco took to Instagram to give an update about his concert dates and provide a PSA about coronavirus.
“In the midst of all of this that’s going on, just remember that the coronavirus is you,” Lupe told his IG followers. “What I mean when I say this is, it doesn’t make you panic, it doesn’t drive you crazy, it doesn’t push you to do extreme things.”
He continued, “It makes you sick, but it shouldn’t drive you to panic. It shouldn’t drive you to overreact. It shouldn’t’ drive you to racism. It shouldn’t drive you to bullying. It shouldn’t drive you to profiteering and price-gouging and all these other things that you see. That’s human nature. That’s the nature of humanity coming out. That is the disease in us, as human beings, that never goes away.”
Lupe went on to advise his fans not to take part in those negative actions or automatically believe unfounded rumors about coronavirus. The Chicago native ended his PSA by offering, “Be disciplined. Be good and look out for each other at this point. For those who have, make sure you’re looking out for those that have-not.”
(AllHipHop News) Just one week after Lil Uzi Vert let loose the long-awaited Eternal Atake album, the Philadelphia-bred rapper is back with a deluxe version. Uzi presented brand new tracks with LUV Vs. The World 2.
Chief Keef, 21 Savage, Future, Young Thug, Gunna, Lil Durk, Young Nudy, and NAV make appearances on Uzi’s extended Eternal Atake. The Internet’s Sydremains on the original song “Urgency.”
Eternal Atake was already projected to debut at #1 on the next Billboard 200 album chart with around 290,000 – 320,000 first-week units. If those numbers hold up, Lil Uzi Vert will earn his second Number One after 2017’s Luv Is Rage 2 (135,000 units)
In addition, Uzi has released mixtapes such as Luv Is Rage, Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World, and The Perfect LUV Tape. The latter two projects peaked at #37 and #55 on the Billboard 200, respectively. He also scored 32 career entries on the Hot 100 chart.
🚀🛸 @LILUZIVERT returns with deluxe version of brand new album.
(AllHipHop News) Musician/actress/director Teyana Taylor is a star in her own right. Yet, the R&B songstress loves giving iconic female rappers their flowers while they are still here to receive them.
The song is expected to appear on Teyana Taylor’s upcoming third studio album. Her discography already includes 2014’s VII and 2018’s K.T.S.E. She also contributed to the G.O.O.D. Music compilation Cruel Summer.
(AllHipHop News) Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter’s decision to join forces with the NFL led to significant criticism. Some detractors even accused the legendary emcee of being a “sellout” for making the deal without alleged blackballed player Colin Kaepernick.
Jay-Z actually responded to those critics on Jay Electronica’s new album A Written Testimony. The song “Flux Capacitor” includes bars specifically addressing the Roc Nation/National Football League partnership. He also name-drops NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.
“Why would I sell out? I’m already rich, don’t make no sense. Got more money than Goodell, a whole NFL bench. Did it one-handed like Odell, handcuffed to a jail. I would’ve stayed on the sideline if they could’ve tackled that sh*t themselves,” raps Jay-Z.
A Written Testimony is Jay Electronica’s debut studio album. Jay-Z appears as an uncredited vocalist on eight of the tracks. The long-delayed project also features R&B singer The-Dream and Hip Hop artist Travis Scott.
(AllHipHop News) Last April, Kodak Black was arrested at the U.S.-Canada border. The rapper pleaded guilty on Thursday to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in New York’s Niagara County Court.
The Florida native born Bill Kapri is facing two to seven years in prison. Kodak is scheduled to be sentenced on March 24. He is currently incarcerated for a separate conviction.
In November, a Florida judge sentenced Kodak Black to 46 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to making false statements on a firearms application. According to reports, the New York sentence will serve concurrently with the federal one.
(AllHipHop News) The album is finally here. Jay Electronica has released A Written Testimony, his long-awaited debut album, which features a heavy presence from Jay-Z.
The pair trade bars for the majority of the album that was started late December and recorded for 40 days. Travis Scott and The Dream are also featured on the eccentric album.
Jay Elect first signed to The Roc nearly 10 years ago after a bidding war and has teased fans relentlessly during that period of time. A Written Testimony boasts 10 songs.
The tracklisting for A Written Testimony:
1. “The Overwhelming Event” 2. “Ghost of Soulja Slim” featuring Jay-Z 3. “The Blinding Light” featuring Travis Scott 4. “The Neverending Story” featuring Jay-Z
Louis King is far more than just a rapper, he’s an activist trying to make a difference in this world — specifically prison reform.
The Los Angeles native describes himself as his latest project: De la West Los.
Hailing from the Westside of LA, Louis is here to make music to uplift the people. He states, “To tell a story of a street dude who’s striving to inspire the youth, the people in my community, and around the world… on some G-s##t though.”
His Instagram bio alone reads: hip-hop touring artist, award-winning creative, world-class athlete, and educator. Aside from his own webpage and music, it also includes the link for aim4theheart.org which implements community-based programs in schools and prisons to give at-risk youth an outlet to express themselves through art. AIM is founded by Leila Steinberg who first discovered Tupac Shakur.
Louis was prone to head down the wrong path given his environment, but he also had football to hold on to. Suddenly, he became known as a spitter on campus as he juggled being a National Champion Running Back.
His life experiences overcoming obstacles and hardships in itself is what drives him to record in the studio any chance he can.
Serving as tour manager for Earl Sweatshirt, Louis has traveled to over 20 countries with artists like Anderson .Paak, Thundercat, Erykah Badu, The Outlawz, and Solange. In addition, he releases more music in one year than any other artist in the rap game. Somehow, he still manages to play father figure to his one-year-old daughter (his number one priority).
Regardless, his whole mantra is to encourage the youth to pursue their wildest dreams and work hard until they get there.
AllHipHop: You were raised in Los Angeles correct?
Louis King: I’m from LA, my dad’s from Nigeria. I was born in New York City, then raised out here since I was 2. Being involved in the culture in Los Angeles had a lot to do with it. Growing up with gang violence. I was 11 years old, my house got burnt down. We live near a juvenile detention center off the freeway, so we’ll always have crazy s##t going on. Our house was like a cultural center. We’ll have people escaping from prison jumping over the fence because it’s right by the freeway. People could get onto our house through hopping the fence.
One night, I woke up. We all heard the dogs barking at 4am. Came out, the fire was up the stairs. We live on the second floor, the first floor was all our African drums we’d make. As the fire came up, the dogs saved our lives. We ran downstairs and grabbed whatever we could grab, each other really. When I came downstairs, there’s graffiti on the walls at the top of the backroom courtyard area where it connects to the 10 West freeway (so technically the 10 East side).
That s##t made me understand hip-hop. I identify with hip hop and what was going on because I’m the first one in my family, the first generation in LA to experience this type of s##t. As an African drummer, all the songs come from some place. For me, I needed to make s##t that represented what I come from, what I was growing up in. That s##t got me involved. We were moving around, involved in different street things.
Louis King
AllHipHop: When did the music thing become real for you?
Louis King: It was real for me my whole life because I came into the world with a drum. I’ve been playing in a band. Before I could walk, I was on stage performing. It was something my family did. My dad came to America doing music, that’s how he got here. My mom managed my dad. When the fire happened, I’m like “man, I’m finna rap.” I was listening to Dre, Snoop, whatever was around at the time. This the s##t I’m going through, I had to tell my story.
In high school, we started a riot based on a song we made. This teacher came up to me like “this s##t is pretty good. If y’all actually put your energy into something positive, you can make a big impact.” Literally, everyone on the song got kicked out of school because of the song. They said they didn’t feel safe or some bulls##t. Music was always real to me. I always thought “damn, fools are really getting on.” I didn’t grow up in Nebraska or somewhere random. I grew up in LA, people are on out here. This s##t’s real. This s##t’s a dream, but this is reality. This is what my family does, and I needed to find a way out.
AllHipHop: Talk about your close relationship with Earl The Sweatshirt and working with him.
Louis King: Earl, the man! We went on tour last year. We’ve been on tour all around the world. Going to Scandinavia, went through the US and Canada Fire It Up! Tour. I tour managed for him, it was absolutely a blessing. There’s a beast in every blessing, but it was a blessing. It was a great tour. We didn’t miss any shows. We had a great time. We made some dope music on the tour.
We always joked around. We could be cousins because we have a lot of similarities, both of our fathers come from Africa. They’re both legendary musicians and artists in their own right. It’s a crazy energy when you’re looking at Americans from the African standpoint, because the idea of blackness, black people, African Americans, they look at that s##t differently. But that’s a whole other conversation. We have crazy ass talks. Earl’s an intellectual. Dope artist. Blessing to be on that tour, he even brought me on stage. I opened up the whole West Coast Fired Up! Tour for him. I got love for Earl for real.
AllHipHop: In 2018 alone, you released over 156 songs in a campaign called Beautiful Grind Collection. What’s your work ethic? What are you working towards?
Louis King: Absolutely. A couple years ago, I met E.D.I. Mean, Young Noble, and Fatal from The Outlawz. I started touring with them internationally. The vibe was there. They work so hard because they come from the Pac school. We just meshed together. With the 156 songs, my goal, my message isn’t to tell everyone to make as much music as you can, or try to oversaturate the market or none of that. Do what you do.
For me, I felt I wasn’t doing enough. A couple things here, trying to match whatever standard they got me to do, but I’m a creative creature. I do this s##t for me. I wanted to make a mural. Think of a mural on a big ass building. You’re not thinking how big the building is, you’re just like “damn, that’s art right there.” That’s what I wanted to do when I made 12 songs, through the 12 albums that all connected into each other with matching artwork. The artwork was done live each month by an artist named Vanessa Rivera who went to USC. She’d listen to the music and do the artwork. It’s really a whole, connected art experience.
There’s no record label, there’s no artist that has the data I have as far as algorithms, Spotify, Apple Music, of what happens when you release this type of music. There’s no artist in the internet era who’s released as much music as me in a year.
AllHipHop: Really?
Louis King: I don’t know, is there? [chuckles] I haven’t met anyone in the Guinness Book of World Records. We’re not doing it to try to put a bunch of music out and make that be the thing. The ordeal is not the amount, it’s the music. It’s saying “hey, this is the music I make.” I make all kinds, a lot of music got placed on TV shows, commercials, movies, and documentaries. That was the goal. To do something at all, anything, every single week of a whole year, is a crazy idea.
That attracted certain people who helped me get on tour with Earl, Anderson .Paak, all these other amazing artists. Okay, I’m supposed to be here. We’re working that hard and I’m not trying to slow down. Some people can do some s##t, they get it. It’s easy, it comes to them. But for those of ya’ll it comes hard to… I’m the type to put that energy, go to the gym, get on your Kobe s##t. I’m on that Mamba energy lately.
AllHipHop: Why’d you name your new project, De la West Los?
Louis King: In Spanish, it means “from West Los Angeles.” They call it the West Los. Ater doing this 12 super album, I wanted to put my next foot forward. Only song I really dropped last year was “In the Fire” produced by MIKE, we did that on the tour. But I wanted to do a project that really represented me, to show people who I was.
AllHipHop: Do you speak Spanish?
Louis King: Un poquito. I ain’t no D Smoke now, shouts to my n##ga D Smoke!
AllHipHop: Talk about putting real content in your lyrics.
Louis King: I wanted to make something that represented me, and real content is part of that. You know how Nas made Illmatic sound like Queensbridge? Nipsey sounds like Slauson, like Crenshaw. You feel me? I wanted to make something that sounded really West LA.
AllHipHop: What is the sound of West LA?
Louis King: That’s De la West Los. It’s in the middle right, because it’s in the hood. The Westside of LA, that’s from Crenshaw, Inglewood down to Mid-city up to Santa Monica, Venice. You’re in the hood, but you’re also in Hollywood. You’re in Beverly Hills, you’re in Santa Monica. You’re in all the areas where there wasn’t a rapper who came out to say “oh, I’m from the West.” You got a lot of n##gas from Compton.
When I hear D Smoke, he sounds Inglewood. That’s its own unique sound to show where he’s coming from. You really haven’t had a West Los Angeles rapper come out, so I wanted to produce tracks like “Silhouette” and “Shadows” — that has an EDM feel to it. Still in Hollywood, but that was dark. I wanted vocals. I want them funky, groovy joints! Them Anderson type joints. I wanted to tell stories. I wanted to tell a story with real content.
The TED Talk song, “When TedxTalk,” I’m really going to perform that at a TED talk. It’s really to exemplify emotional literacy in these two characters really needed somewhere to express their trauma. They didn’t get it, so this is the direction they went. I told that story, trying to be in the same realm as any of the great storytellers. “Brenda’s Got A Baby”-esque, all that type of stuff. Education, this is the curriculum. That’s why I made that the first track right off back after the intro. Because a lot of times people look at you with a banger on the second song, but I like giving you something real. Let them know “this the type of s##t you finna hear.”
AllHipHop: What are some goals for yourself as an artist at this point?
Louis King: I want to continue to grow and take this to another notch. Continue touring. It was really cool seeing the Anderson and Earl tour, how the stories of both of them coming up. Eventually, I’m going to be on my own world tour with my own group of artists I’m putting on. The visions I have are even bigger than music. Jay Z moves, feeling the community. Destroying the school to prison pipeline. I want to be in the schools and the prisons.
I want to create opportunities for the youth. I want to create a bridge to Africa and I’m going to say this last because we need to bring our kids to Africa, and we need to bring Africans to America. And that’s what I think is like, my goal in terms of long term. The money’s going to come, all the stuff will fall into place, but I want to make an impact at the end of my legacy.
(AllHipHop News) Kendrick Lamar will join Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift at Glastonbury if festival bosses can avoid a coronavirus cancellation.
The rapper has been added as the event’s third headliner, while Dua Lipa, the Pet Shop Boys, Suzanne Vega, Gilberto Gil, Sinead O’Connor, the Manic Street Preachers, HappyMondays, and Mabel have also been named as performers, who will join the likes of Diana Ross, Supergrass and Lana Del Rey at Worthy Farm in Somerset in June.
Announcing the updated bill for the 50th anniversary of the beloved festival, organizer Emily Eavis revealed she had her “fingers firmly crossed” the event will go ahead.
“As things stand we are still working hard to deliver our 50th anniversary festival in June and we are very proud of the bill that we have put together over the last year or so,” she said.
“No one has a crystal ball to see exactly where we will all be 15 weeks from now, but we are keeping our fingers firmly crossed that it will be here at Worthy Farm for the greatest show on Earth!”
The coronavirus outbreak has already affected several tours and festivals.
The SXSW, Coachella, Stagecoach, and Ultra Music festivals in the U.S. have been scrapped or rescheduled and the same goes for games for the NBA, MLB, NHL and the NCAA.
(AllHipHop News) Amidst the warranted hysteria that the Covid-19 virus has injected into American culture, conference after conference, event after event has been canceled.
The Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards is the most recent annual event to be either delayed or suspended due to the pandemic caused by the coronavirus.
Nickelodeon broke the news via a statement:
“The Kids’ Choice Awards scheduled for March 22, 2020, in Los Angeles is being postponed in consideration of the safety and well-being of every person involved with the show, which is our top priority. We will have further information about a new date in the future.”
The award show was scheduled to be held at the Forum in Inglewood, California and hosted by Grammy winner Chance the Rapper.
According to Deadline, the leading nominees include “Avengers: Endgame with 11,” followed by Taylor Swift with five nominations, “Frozen 2, Henry Danger” and Lil Nas X with four nods.
The cancellation of the awards show follows a list of events that have been scrapped in the past week, including E3, Coachella, SXSW, MIPTV and more.
Many companies have allowed their staffers to work from home or limited face-to-face business meetings and unnecessary travel.
(AllHipHop News) San Francisco city officials banned gatherings of more than 1,000 people due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The city’s mayor, London Breed, announced the two-week ban in a statement on Twitter on Wednesday, with bosses at the Chase Center, which was due to host the gigs, consulting with city officials and agreeing to postpone all concerts until March 21st.
Tame Impala was due to perform at the venue on Friday, with Post due to play next Thursday. A Bell Biv Devoe & Friends concert on March 21 is also affected.
Due to escalating concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, and in consultation with the City and County of SF, all events through March 21, initially, will be cancelled or postponed.
“Due to escalating concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, and in consultation with the City and County of SF, all events through March 21, initially, will be canceled or postponed,” a tweet from Chase Center chiefs reads.
The “Golden State Warriors” basketball team, who are based at the venue, were initially due to play there on Wednesday behind closed doors – but the NBA season has now been suspended after Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for the disease.
San Francisco’s ban will also impact shows at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and the Fillmore Auditorium, with Dutch DJ San Holo already announcing his gig at the former venue is canceled.
Washington state governor Jay Inslee has also announced a similar ban on large gatherings, resulting in the cancellation of shows by NGHTMRE and Brantley Gilbert at the Tacoma Dome, near Seattle.
The governor did not specify an end date for the ban, with shows at the Dome in April from artists including; Billie Eilish, Celine Dion, and Rage Against the Machine, still scheduled to go ahead as things stand.
(AllHipHop News) The Coronavirus continues to disrupt the normalcy of life and the not-so-normal like rapper Jay Electronica. The rapper – after 13 years – releases his debut album, A Written Testimony, in the midst of a worldwide pandemic.
Advanced listening sessions set for tonight (March 12) have all been canceled after being set for New York City, Los Angeles and his hometown of New Orleans.
Tidal issued the following statement:
At TIDAL, the health and wellbeing of our employees, members, and artist-partners is our top priority. Based on the guidance of health officials and the growing impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) around the country, we’ve made the difficult decision to cancel all of tonight’s listening events for Jay Electronica’s “A Written Testimony”. We know the artist and our members were looking forward to this event; we were too, and will be listening to the album along with everyone else once available on TIDAL. Thank you to all our members for their understanding.
The album will hit streaming services tomorrow, Friday, March 13.
The rapper and complementary companies have continued to promote the album.
(AllHipHop News) Documentary after documentary has been produced delving into the deaths of many slain rappers, with Biggie and Tupac being the most popular of the batch.
Now, after only a year after his death, the BBC will take a stab at the tragic murder of Nipsey Hussle.
It will look at Eric Holder, the 29-year-old alleged gang-banger. who allegedly murdered the rapper.
It will talk also to witnesses who testified about Holder, his dispute with Nipsey Hussle in the parking lot and how the two exchanged words before the ultimate confrontation that ended his life.
“The Mysterious Murder of Nipsey” aims to detail the many theories around why Holder even needed two guns to shoot down the rapper.
The documentary will appear on the BBC iPlayer on Thursday, March 26th.
(AllHipHop News) We thought it was Tina Fey. It had to be.
That messy brunette ponytail and those librarian reader glasses that have become synonymous with her sketch of John McCain’s running mate during the 2008 presidential election, gave it away because surely this could not have been the real deal shaking her ass to Sir Mix-A-Lot.
But low and behold, it was.
The former Alaska governor and Vice-President hopeful shocked more than just AllHipHop.com when she guest-starred on the Nick Cannon hosted hilarious TV show, “The Masked Singer” on its latest episode that aired, Wednesday, March 11th.
Dressed in a furry pastel-colored bear costume, Sarah Palin rocked out to Sir Mix-Alot’s “Baby Got Back.”
Probably the most tickled about the unlikely reveal was Cannon.
“This might be the most shocked I’ve ever been on this show,” Nick Cannon said. Shockers like these must be why people watch the show.
Many on Twitter went loopy after seeing the conservative get her bop on, reminding them she is a little more gangster fresh that we could have ever imagined.
“Sarah Palin rapping ‘Baby Got Back’ on ‘The Masked Singer’ with a fade into a Trump coronavirus update is the psychedelic dystopia we’re living in now,” tweeter writer and journalist Ashley Spencer.
@oureric said, “for me that tipping point came at 8:55 Eastern time last night when a pastel-colored Lisa Frankenstein bear took off its head to reveal Sarah Palin rapping “Baby Got Back.”
for me that tipping point came at 8:55 Eastern time last night when a pastel-colored Lisa Frankenstein bear took off its head to reveal Sarah Palin rapping "Baby Got Back." https://t.co/24FSPHXu7U
@joshjackson said, “I thought it was supposed to start with an earthquake, birds and snakes and airplanes, not Sarah Palin rapping in a bear suit. R.E.M. lied to us.
I thought it was supposed to start with an earthquake, birds and snakes and airplanes, not Sarah Palin rapping in a bear suit. R.E.M. lied to us.
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West has dodged a court clash with the bosses of a Japanese fabric firm – they have dismissed a $600,000 lawsuit against the rapper.
The fabric company bosses, who worked with Kanye and his company on the production of Yeezy sneakers, claim he left them high and dry with a huge debt after placing a large order for various materials of fleece fabric in July 2018 – and not covering costs.
Toki Sen-I chiefs asked for a down payment, but they pressed on without one, convinced that Kanye would pay up.
He didn’t.
The rap star fired back, accusing the company of failing to deliver a quality product.
“Plaintiff never delivered the allegedly contracted – for product, and Yeezy Apparel allegedly did not pay the full price for that undelivered product,” his company’s countersuit read. “Despite being a basic business dispute between companies, Plaintiff needlessly inflates this case into a 4-count complaint under both tort and contract theories, baselessly including the celebrity member of Yeezy Apparel (Mr. West).”
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