(AllHipHop News) Young Thug has the top-selling album in the country. So Much Fun collected 131,000 first-week equivalent units.
This gives Thugger his first #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Previously, the Atlanta-raised rapper made it into the Top 10 with Super Slimey (#2), Beautiful Thugger Girls (#8), Jeffery (#8) and Slime Season 3(#7).
So Much Fun earned the second-largest streaming week for a Hip Hop release in 2019 (167.9 million). The project features J. Cole, Travis Scott, Future, Gunna, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, 21 Savage, Quavo, Juice WRLD, and other artists.
Quality Control: Control the Streets, Volume 2 compilation debutsat #3 with 63,000 units. Control the Streets, Volume 1 peaked at #5 in 2017.
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West took his weekly Sunday Service gospel event to Dayton, Ohio over the weekend to honor the victims of the city’s recent mass shooting.
Nine people were killed and dozens more injured when a gunman opened fire in the Oregon shopping district on August 4.
Three weeks after the tragedy, the rapper decided to bring a little spiritual aid to the community affected, as part of Dave Chappelle’s Gem City Shine benefit.
“We’ve come to love you and we’ve come to share the love of Jesus Christ with you all today,” Kanye West told the crowd at RiverScape Metropark during the 90-minute service, where he was joined by guests like Chappelle, Chris Rock, his wife Kim Kardashian and their kids.
Dave Chappelle took to the stage at one point and told the crowd, “There’s been tornadoes. There’s been shootings. There’s been Klan rallies. But we’re still here. We’re still strong.
“The best way that we can honor our fallen is by getting up better than we were before. We cannot let those people die in vain. They are heroes, they are martyrs.”
Fans who attended the event watched and listened as the Sunday Service choir performed Kanye tracks “Ultralight Beam” and “Jesus Walks,” as well as renditions of Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing.”
The Sunday Service also featured a birthday tribute to Chappelle, who turned 46 on Saturday.
(AllHipHop News) Dr. Dre has been making some big moves in the real estate business lately.
The producer is responsible for the careers of blockbuster artists like Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and Kendrick Lamar to name a few.
And now Dr. Dre’s long-term bet on a piece of property in Los Angeles has finally paid off. According to reports, Dr. Dre has finally sold his lavish Woodland Hills mansion for $4.5 million.
The closing was almost $1 million less than the asking price the Death Row Records founder was seeking in July when the house came on the market.
But it’s still another come up for Dr. Dre, who scooped up the home a little over $2 million over 20 years ago.
The lucky buyer snagged a piece of property that includes eight bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, as well as amenities like a recording studio, a movie theater, an Olympic-sized pool, a huge 150-gallon fish tank.
According to Architectural Digest, the closing price of $4.5 million also set a record for home sales in the Woodland Hills area.
Dre, who has a net worth of over $800 million also bought up some waterfront property in Pacific Palisades for almost $3 million. He copped another mansion in Calabasas for $4.9 million in April.
Now, the “GUMMO” rapper is preparing to go to court and testify against his former crew, the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.
In regards to the upcoming trial, prosecutors against the New York rapper and his co-defendants from the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods are looking to ask potential jurors if they care that 6ix9ine is a snitch.
The Blast obtained documents from federal prosecutors with a list of questions they’re planning to ask during jury selection.
The loaded questions are intended to gauge if people on the jury can be fair. A section of the questioning will involve federal investigators and cops who are handling “confidential informants” similar to Tekashi.
One of the questions asks: “Do you have any strong feelings about confidential informants that would affect your ability to be fair and impartial in this case?”
Another question reads: “You may hear testimony in this case from cooperating witnesses, that is, witnesses who at one time were involved in illegal activity, but who have now pled guilty to crimes and are testifying on behalf of the Government in the hope of receiving a lower sentence.”
(AllHipHop News) Detroit rappers Tee Grizzley and Sada Baby are publicly mourning the loss of their manager, who was killed during a shooting in Detroit earlier this week.
Tee Grizzley’s manager Jobina “JB” Brown also handled the career of Sada Baby and the pair had just dropped their new single “Next Up.”
The loss is having a major impact on Tee Grizzley. “Since I was 12 We been going everywhere together how you gone go to heaven without me???? Idek what to say JB I just wanted to show the world yo smile I love you so much
Sada Baby, who is an artist on Tee Grizzley’s Grizzly Gang record label, also eulogized Jobina Brown.
He credited his late 41-year-old manager for helping him turn his life around.
“Nobody ever in life has done as much for my career and well being as you aunty. You know how hurt I am n I wouldn’t and couldn’t post anything new until I showed you some love, you gone be wit me forever. I love you until I can tell you i love you again and then I’ll love you some more TT. I miss you JB,” Sada Baby said.
Cardi B has maintained the suit isn’t worth her time, but now she has to face it head-on after U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney rejected her motion to dismiss.
The judge has ruled Brophy has a plausible claim for the use of his likeness without consent.
“Defendants argue that Plaintiff’s claim fails because he fails to allege that his face was visible or his name was used,” Carney writes. “Defendants, however, cite no authority for the proposition that a commercial misappropriation claim requires the use of the plaintiff’s face or name. Plaintiff here alleges that his tattoo is part of his likeness because it is unique and distinctive. People, in fact, purportedly instantly recognize Plaintiff by his tiger snake tattoo.”
He adds, “Whether the Gangsta B##ch cover is sufficiently transformative to obtain First Amendment protection is a question of fact.”
“I’m really upset because I really have to be with my kid,” she raged. “All because of some bulls##t trying to get money and then $5 million. Are you f##king kidding me? That mixtape didn’t even make, not even a million dollars. I got real lawsuits with real s##t, and I got to deal with this bulls##t. This is four hours long taking away from my time, my job, my motherhood.”
Chappelle, who lives in a village 20 miles from Dayton, will host the free bash called Gem City Shine, which aims to “reclaim the community’s favorite places to shop, dine and enjoy time with family and friends,” according to an event description on Facebook.
(AllHipHop News) Legendary R&B artist Mary J. Blige is about to turn her efforts into the small screen.
On top of her accolades in music, which includes nine Grammy wins, the Bronx native has received three Golden Globe Award nominations and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song.
According to Variety, the 48-year-old will be executive producing a new drama series on USA Network titled “Philly Reign.”
The series is based on the real-life of Thelma Wright, who ran an international drug operation that clocked $400,000 a month in “profits.”
Wright claims she cashed in from selling lethal amounts of heroin and cocaine to communities in Philadelphia and as far away as Los Angeles.
Thelma Wright insists she left the drug game unscathed in 1991, just as an epidemic of drug violence was coming back to haunt her and her criminal associates, who were eventually gunned down in the trade.
Mary J. Blige launched a new production company called Blue Butterfly to serve as executive producer of the series, along with “Empire’s” JaNeika and JaSheika James.
(AllHipHop News) “Power” is back for its sixth season, and things are juicer than ever. Season 6 of “Power” picks up where Season 5 left off, with Ghost (Omari Hardwick” still hell-bent on revenge to get even with everyone who has crossed him.
This includes Ghost’s former drug partner Tommy Egan, portrayed by actor Joseph Sikora.
“Bodies are going to drop more than anybody will ever expect and the characters you don’t expect going, are maybe going, and ones that you think are definitely going to die that people have not been able to catch or get to, they just might make it all the way out,” Joseph Sikora told AllHipHop.com.
If this is indeed the case, viewers can expect an even bloodier season of “Power.” According to reports, during Season 5 of “Power,” 32 characters were killed off. From season 1-5, 50 Cent’s character Kanan Stark was responsible for 19 deaths, while Ghost clocked in at 18.
And now there’s no doubt more bloodshed is planned for the final season of the crime drama.
Actor Larenz Tate, who plays Councilman Rashad Tate on the Starz series, also spoke to AllHipHop.com as fans anxiously await the show’s premiere tomorrow (August 25).
Larenz Tate said the final season of 50 Cent’s#### show will provide fans with some mind-blowing plot twists.
“Understand this y’all. Y’all gonna be upset,” Larenz Tate told AllHipHop.com. ‘(But) at the end of the day, you will be pleased with the twists and turns. It’s amazing,” Larenz Tate promised. “I want to say thank you all to the ‘Power’ fans, the ‘Power’ family. This y’all always supporting us in. You won’t be disappointed.”
(AllHipHop News) Taylor Swift fans are convinced the star’s track “I Forgot You Existed” is a dig at her longtime rival Kanye West.
The pair have been locked in a bitter feud since the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when the Yeezy mogul jumped on stage to interrupt the “Shake It Of” hitmaker’s Best Music Video acceptance speech.
And now fans think the star is reigniting the feud with the new song, taken from her album Lover.
In the track, Taylor sings about being on the negative end of public perception in a feud, crooning: “Lived in the shade you were throwin’ / ‘Til all of my sunshine was gone, gone, gone.”
Taylor name-checks Drake’s “In My Feelings on the song and her fans swear it’s a reference to the “Gold Digger” musician’s feud with the star.
The caption reads, “Me and @future Had Columbia High All Da Way Charged Up Today Salute To The Students and Staff and @lilbankhead945 For Gettin Us Out There. #ITSUP #FBG #YFBG ”
The teens had no idea the Freebandz team would be popping up, as they were blessed with a performance of 4 to 5 songs.
T-shirts were designed in their school colors and thrown into the crowds. The school was also gifted with a check worth $10K on behalf of Future’s foundation
FreeWishes, a public charity that services the metro Atlanta area.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Juice Wrld was forced to scrap his appearance at England’s Reading Festival due to “flight issues.”
Fans had already gathered for his scheduled main stage performance on Friday evening and crew members were setting up his stage, when it became clear he’d be a no-show.
Huw Stephens took to the stage to tell the crowd, “Juice WRLD will not be able to perform today due to a flight issue.”
It’s not clear if Juice WRLD will make it to the U.K. to perform at Reading’s sister Leeds Festival this weekend.
King Princess also canceled her performance at both the Reading and Leeds Festivals due to illness.
(AllHipHop News) It’s not every day someone eats weed to try to hide the drug from the cops.
Recently, Kodak Black’s protege Jackboy was pulled over and apparently, he felt the need to go the extra length to consume his marijuana.
He was busted in Pompano Beach, Florida for tinted windows on his BMW sedan — which apparently reeked of weed.
When the officer approached the rapper, he noticed Jackboy was chewing something in his mouth.
When authorities ordered him to get out of the vehicle, they also asked him to open his mouth.
To their dismay, his mouth was filled with ganja. After proceeding to spit out the saliva-covered bud, police arrested him for possession and tampering with physical evidence.
While marijuana is legal in multiple states including California and Colorado, Florida is not as lenient.
Most recently, his mentor Kodak Black also plead guilty to lying on federal gun applications.
(AllHipHop News) Usher Raymond and Adam Lambert are among a string of stars who have reportedly fallen victim to open house burglaries.
The musicians, as well as “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Dorit Kemsley and former football star Shaun Phillips were robbed by Beverly Hills realtor Jason Emil Yaselli and his alleged accomplice, Benjamin Ackerman.
The pair have been accused of various crimes between December 2016 and August 2018, including first-degree residential burglary, identity theft, conspiracy to commit burglary and money laundering.
One allegation claims they pocketed more than $500,000 through fraud and embezzlement.
The complaint says Yaselli would encourage his accomplice to steal luxury items from 14 homes, and sell them to make payments on his credit card.
Yaselli was arrested on Wednesday and prosecutors have recommended a bail of $1.7 million for the realtor. Ackerman pled not guilty and his bail was set at $1.2 million.
Ackerman’s attorneys told the publication: “The District Attorney’s press release, by specifically naming Usher and Adam Lambert as alleged victims, only emphasizes what we have believed from day one, that this is a publicity driven prosecution.
“The People’s case is no better today than it was a year ago. Unlike a fine wine, this case does not get better with age. Mr. Ackerman is not just presumed to be innocent, he is in fact innocent.”
If convicted, the two men face up to 31 years in jail.
Abdulkadir Handule and teen who was 16-years-old at the time of Smoke’s murder, are accused of opening fire on the trio outside of Cube Nightclub around 8:00 PM on June 30.
Handule made his initial appearance in court earlier this week, where police revealed his unidentified teenaged accomplice is still on the loose.
Smoke Dawg, born he suspects gunning down Smoke Dawg, born Jahvante Smart, was just about to blow up following the success of his 2015 single “Trap House” featuring French Montana.
He was also an opening act on the European leg of Drake’s “Boy Meets World” in 2017 before his untimely death. After he died, hit producer Murda Beatz dropped a posthumous track featuring Smoke Dawg titled “No Discussion.”
“All these gifts and blessed souls and inner lights being extinguished lately is devastating” Drake lamented during a tribute post to Smoke Dawg. “I wish peace would wash over our city. So much talent and so many stories we never get to see play out. Rest up Smoke.”
Black Ink Crew: Compton makes its mark on the West Coast as the VH1 show makes it debut on national television. Of course, when you think of Compton you think Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, YG, Kendrick Lamar, the list goes on. But now, IAMCompton (the name of the tattoo shop) finds its home in the city.
Spearheaded by famed tattoo artist and visionary KP, the self-proclaimed “Prince of Compton” has collected the best group of artists to bring their own creative juices into the community, specifically through body art.
KP: KP is Danny Kirkpatrick. [chuckles] My aka is IAmCompton, IamCompton is Ink Art Music. Compton is a struggle, put ‘em together, now we have the first tattoo shop ever.
AllHipHop: That’s wild! What took so long?
KP: Timing, good things you’re not supposed to rush. Timing, alignment, and finding the best artists in LA to be a part of that.
AllHipHop: What do you see in Nessie?
KP: She’s one of the best artists. You can’t be around me if you ain’t the best or don’t believe in yourself. You gotta believe in you enough, the I Am is within you. You gotta believe in yourself enough so that if you’re out here by yourself, you gon’ hold it down. You won’t have nobody looking like “hold up, what should I do?” You hold it down, I need them type of people around me.
AllHipHop: Define the best artist
KP: That confidence. They care about what they’re doing, their work, their passion. It’s that type of stuff I in myself that I look for in artists. If they’re passionate and care about what they’re doing, not just doing it to do it.
Nessie: I just wanted to be a part of something that’s going down in history. It’s the first tattoo shop ever in Compton. Came a long way. I was working out of my living room back in the suburbs of Philly until this happened. Since I got here, I’ve been taking private clients off of Instagram and Facebook to keep myself afloat so when this opportunity came along, I’m like “this is it.” It was the right timing.
AllHipHop: How did you find each other?
KP: Well, that’s on the show. You have to tune in, no spoilers.
AllHipHop: Bring us back to when you both first fell in love with tattooing.
KP: It was a decade ago, once I realized my story and my life was already written. I’ve been drawing since 1st grade/elementary. I didn’t realize the gift I was given and how much of a blessing it was to be able to draw. I had no options, I had to figure out what to do with my life or go to jail. I picked up the tattoo gun, a real one. It’s like hold up, I had this talent all along and never even used it. I’m over here looking at everybody else like “I want to do that, I want to do that,” and this whole time I already was blessed with a purpose.
Nessie: I started tattooing 7 or 8 years ago, since 2012. My uncle introduced me to it. I think it’s the trust that got me in love. People come to you to get the most important things in their lives to be tattooed, the stories behind it. That honor, you trust me to create that for you? Then you wear it for the rest of your life. They’re walking billboards, every single person you tattoo. It’s a blessing in itself.
AllHipHop: What does it mean to have the show air in your hometown?
KP: I’m still trying to bottle up that feeling. Right now, everything is a blur. I’m more of a one day at a time type person. Dealing with all the interviews, the family members hitting me, all of that, I’m still like “alright, we still gotta get through the first year.” I look far before I get excited. We in the championship yet? Nah. We in the playoffs? Okay, focus!
AllHipHop: What are your family members hitting you about?
KP: They so proud! It’s crazy. I know they’ve been proud of me since day one with everything I do, but now it’s different — when you have a disconnect because everybody gets older, go their separate ways, take care of their family. They wish you luck, pray for you, reach out when they can. Certain reunions, certain holidays you can see people and stay in touch, but this is forcing people to be a family member and reach out. “I’ve always been proud of you!,” this and that. You get to hear that. That’s the cool part about it, to hear how they feel and to hear the love while you’re here.
AllHipHop: What were you seeing growing up?
KP: A little bit of everything. There’s nothing I haven’t seen growing up in Compton. You grow up fast. Walking those streets, you become fearless. It’s a jungle, you adapt.
AllHipHop: How does body art help those who are struggling in the neighborhoods?
KP: It’s a lot of expression in the art. The tattoo does something to you. You feel a way when you get a tattoo. When you see it, it calms you down. Even with the gang culture back in the day, they used to do certain things then get tattooed. They have a realization that “dang I really did this, am I really finna ride this out for the rest of my life?” They either do it or they say “hold up, I don’t know.” It’s an eye-opener ‘cause you realize this is on me forever. I gotta wake up and see this. It comes “alright, what do I wanna see on me?” That’s where I come in, people are like “I need this covered up! I don’t wanna see this no more.”
AllHipHop: Nessie, how’s entering just the aura of Compton?
Nessie: It’s real different. I’ve been through some stuff in Compton already. I’ve been in shootouts out there. Gotten robbed in broad daylight, chased them down and got my s##t back. You just gotta move forward. And he called me a b##ch, I’m like “you just snatched my purse off my arm bro.” Which probably wasn’t smart because who knows what he could’ve had, but I’m like “I can’t just get robbed out here.” Nah.
AllHipHop: What’s been the craziest memory filming the show?
KP: If I tell you that, I’ma give away some scenes. We all took a trip as a crew. We took a vacation.
AllHipHop: Where’d y’all go?
KP: See, that’s too much information.
AllHipHop: Was there any tattooing on the trip?
KP: We wanted to! That’s part of the story too.
AllHipHop: What’s the best episode?
KP: All of them, s##t! I got an idea of the first 3, the rest were a blur. But the first 3, you’re definitely gonna wanna stay tuned in. Because I wanna tune in, ‘cause I don’t remember all the s##t that happened. I want to see so I can remember, then I want to watch.
AllHipHop: Is it hard having cameras at all times?
KP: I’m just at that point in my life where I’m numb to a lot of stuff. There’s so much camera phones and all that nowadays to where if you see someone who’s a fan of your work or you know, it’s naturally just being cool. Everybody’s normal, just do selfies with somebody they look up to.
Nessie: If you’re comfortable with yourself, the cameras are nothing. As long as you’re you, you don’t change up.
AllHipHop: What do you both specialize in?
KP: Mine’s linework, but sometimes coverups. I’m always getting challenged. When I get challenged, I’m like “oh, I guess I’m nice at that too.” [chuckles]
AllHipHop: Talk about getting that Nipsey Hussle portrait on your arm.
Nessie: My homie Jim did this. Right after I got the opportunity to work with KP, he told me he wanted to give this to me for free because I was doing a whole bunch of Nipsey murals around the city for people. He’s like “come through the shop, I won’t charge you.” He named it Prolific so that was dope. He told me “I want to offer you a job here, I won’t take a cut from you or nothing. I’ve been watching hustle” I said, “damn that’s love, but I got something else lined up…”
KP: [laughs]
Nessie: He’s like “stop by whenever you want, you know you’re family.”
AllHipHop: What did Nipsey mean to you?
Nessie: Everything man! He was the example we all been waiting for. Really just did it his way and never compromised. I do music too, he’s one of the only artists who didn’t try to change up and be what everybody wanted for streams or for popularity. He made music for people who wanted to listen to it, that’s how I want to be. I just want to influence and inspire. I’m not trying to cater to any certain demographic.
AllHipHop: Have you tatted any big names in the rap game?
KP: For the generation now, I’ll say Lil Uzi and Travis Scott. I always pull up on them. There’s too many people: Puff, Taraji, Kelly Rowland, Jeremih.
AllHipHop: What sets your shop apart from the rest? KP: It’s Compton! [chuckles] That right there is legendary. Nothing’s like Compton. It’s a privilege to be in Compton, be able to run a successful business and spread love.
(AllHipHop News) A member of Cardi B.’s security team is sitting in jail after he was allegedly caught with a huge amount of crack cocaine.
The cops nabbed Jeffrey Bush last night in Brooklyn after an investigation and he was denied bail because of Cardi B.
According to police, they found over $12,000 worth of crack inside of his apartment when they raided his residence. They also found pills, some weed and $15,000 in suspected drug proceeds.
“Based on the defendant’s profit from just the crack sales … as well as the celebrity connection with [Cardi B], he has myriad means at his disposal to enable his flight,” according to investigators.
Police say Bush is a member of the 5-9 Brims Bloods and during their investigation, they witnessed him sell over 280 grams of crack.
He even brought his kid along to one of his drug deals, according to police.
Cardi’s friends are accused of beating up the sisters and throwing hookah pipes and bottles at them, after rumors spread that one of them was sleeping with the rapper’s husband, Migos group member Offset.
Jeffery Bush will be locked up until at least September 9, when he will go in front of a judge again after he pleaded not guilty to a slew of felony drug charges which could send him to jail for life.
Cardi’s crew seems to have been in the NYPD’s crosshairs for at least the past few weeks.
“I just find that s##t so f##ked up. And f##k you and motherf##king suck a fart and suffocate on it. F##k you!”
Shortly after that incident, Cardi B. dissed the NYPD for blocking A Boogie wit da Hoodie and her sister Hennessy Carolina’s back-to-school drive in the Bronx on August 21.
“The NYPD decided to shut it down, supposedly due to safety issues/safety concerns which I don’t understand,” Cardi B. claimed. “This week I went to two different hoods, I went to two different projects and everybody was out. It was no smoke, there were no issues, there was no beef. It was straight positive vibes only. So I don’t understand how this, today, would be an issue. You wanna know something? I’m not even gonna say how I feel because it always comes back to bite me in the ass.”
