A New York-based tech start up is suing Lil Durk and his business manager for millions of dollars in a fraud case.
On Thursday (December 7), Exceed Talent Capital filed a complaint with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging that Durk, his manager, Andrew Bonsu, and his Only The Family (OTF) record label attempted to sell the rights to his single “Bedtime” despite already being committed to an exclusive contract with Alamo records via Sony Music Entertainment.
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According to the complaint, Exceed Talent Capital, which offers “qualified investors” direct opportunities to “participate in the talent and creator economy” acquired the rights to “Bedtime” for $600,000 in order to sell shares of the song via their “fractional investing infrastructure.”
When the company announced the partnership with Lil Durk, which included NFT-like rewards such as exclusive access to shares of “Bedtime,” lifetime access to a private Grand Theft Auto online role playing server created by OTF and more, there were over 15,000 fans on a wait list in October 2022.
However, in the complaint, Exceed Talent Capital claims they received a demand May 2023 that stated Lil Durk was “signed to an exclusive recording agreement” with Alamo and that Durk, Bonsu and Empire didn’t have “any right” to “assign any interest in the revenue streams generated” by the single.
Though Exceed Talent Capital claims it paid $450,000 of the total amount guaranteed in the contract when they receive the demand letter, the company claims it has sustained at least 12 million in damages since Durk’s and Bonsu allegedly “utterly ignored Exceed’s entreaties and refused to refund to Exceed any portion of the [money] it had already paid.”
The Harris family continues to keep the internet’s attention. T.I., his wife Tiny, and their son King Harris recently created headline-grabbing moments.
Over a week after the filmed incident at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Tiny wrote about King Harris on her Instagram page. The Xscape member acknowledged her son’s past behavior. She also credited him and his older brother, Domani, for following in their famous parents’ musical footsteps.
“Man, this lil dude [King Harris] has always been my sweetheart but a terror at the same time. Nah he ain’t [from] the hood but unlike any of his siblings, he stayed in trouble fighting all the damn time & for slap boxing in school every day like it was a sport!!” Tiny posted.
The Grammy Award winner continued, “But every parent with multi children know it’s always that 1!! I’m truly blessed for mine!! My two sons telling their story in their music. #FatherLikeSons @domani support our Kings!!!”
After many social media users criticized King for supposedly wanting to present a fake lifestyle, the self-described New King of the South addressed his haters. An Instagram Story post read, “N#### betta mind dey business and stay out da mix.”
Sauce Walka returned to Harris County jail after posting a $15,000 bond and getting released from custody earlier this week. A Texas judge revoked his bond at a court hearing on Friday (December 8).
The judge increased the Houston-bred rapper’s bond to $35,000 at Friday’s hearing. Sauce Walka assured fans he would not remain in jail for long.
“I’ll be HOME Soon till then we just dropped #KIRBY with my brother @yslnoslime out now on #SauceDatTv,” he wrote on Instagram.
Sauce Walka, whose real name is Albert Mondane, was arrested for leading police on a high-speed chase on Wednesday (December 6). He allegedly sped up to more than 130 mph in a two-mile chase, which ended in him wrecking his vehicle.
The Sauce Factory founder was charged with evading arrest. Sauce Walka showed off the damage to his vehicle in a video posted on social media.
“I don’t know how I do it every time, but I come out untouched, unscathed, unblemished,” he said in the video. “It’s the god I am. I want to say thank you to the universe, thank you to the stars, thank to you everything in the universe that brought me out through this situation safe because I could’ve lost my life.”
He added, “I been living wild for a long-ass time. I’ma try to calm down ‘cause I know I’m a role model and people look up to me and follow me … I definitely could’ve lost my life.”
Sauce Walka said he thought he was being profiled, which led to the police chase. He avoided any serious injuries in the crash and was able to perform at the Rod Wave’s concert in Houston on Thursday night (December 7).
The rapper will not be allowed to drive while his case is open. His bond was increased because he allegedly ran a red light and endangered other drivers.
Tupac Shakur’s biological father, Billy Garland, reacted to the arrest of Keefe D in an interview with the Art of Dialogue. Garland said Keefe D’s arrest brought no closure to the 2Pac murder case.
“It’s very clear he’s just a tool,” Garland said of Keefe D. “He’s always been a tool. And [it’s] just time that they used him for what they wanted to use him. Because you couldn’t say it was the government, [the] justice department, the LAPD, the Las Vegas Police Department and several other entities.”
Shakur’s dad believed Keefe D was a patsy used to muddle the real story behind the 1996 murder. Garland claimed Keefe D and others tried to neatly pin the murder on the late Orlando Anderson, who was suspected of being the shooter. Whatever the truth may be, Garland still had no sympathy for Keefe D.
“I’m just as empty by the loss of my son as the rest of the world is,” Garland said. “Everybody can see through this thin veil of deceit. It was ridiculous. They didn’t believe it when he was on YouTube and Vlad [TV] every week talking that stupid—he’s just not an intelligent individual. And the people they use to fabricate their story, their belief, are not usually intelligent.”
He continued, “I don’t feel bad that, in fact, he got arrested. But I don’t think it’s closure. I think it’s still open to debate. But I don’t think we’ll ever find out who really did the shooting. But we know it wasn’t no one individual … He might’ve been involved in it, Keefe D, but he was a pawn. He was being used. Maybe by the government, maybe by Death Row. But Death Row and the government is one in the same at this particular time.”
Las Vegas police arrested Keefe D, whose real name is Duane Davis, for his alleged role in Tupac Shakur’s death in September. Davis pleaded not guilty to murder in November.
Yo! We’ve got some wild updates on the FBG Duck case, and trust me, this is the kind of stuff you don’t want to miss. I know most people are not going to read this, but it warrants it! So, listen up because I am diving deep into courtroom drama mixed with some street stuff.
First off, there’s this whole thing about OTF Muwop, one of the alleged killers of FBG Duck. The Feds were all about placing Muwop at this car dealership where a car used in the murder was returned. But here’s the twist – the car salesman who was there didn’t even see Muwop. The plot thickens, right?
Now, about the car used in Duck’s murder. It’s all tangled up with this dude named Los, who’s also wrapped up in this case. Los bought the car from this dealership, but after Duck’s death, he knew he had to return it because it was caught on camera during the crime. The car salesman said that Los was planning to return the car anyway, even before Duck’s death. What a coincidence!
This car salesman gets on the stand, and tells it all. He sold the car to Los, but later found out there was some shady stuff with Los’s application – wrong job info and all that sort of stuff. The dealership calls Los, asking him to return the car. Just like but, but we already know that is no how it goes down. Los reportedly said he’s not just gonna hand it over. He said had put money into that car, tinted the windows and other enhancements. So, he strikes a deal – he’ll return it if he gets his money back for the tints and his deposit.
On the day Duck died, Los reportedly returns the car. The salesman said he remembers seeing Los’s baby mama in the car that picked up Los, but insists he didn’t see Muwop (the alleged killer of Duck). The Feds say they got footage of Muwop at the dealership, but if the salesman didn’t see him, what does that mean for the video evidence? Are they just seeing shadows?
The courtroom drama doesn’t stop there. Los’s baby mama was supposed to testify, but there was a whole commotion about whether she should be allowed on the stand. The defense was trying to block her, saying she’s a key witness and shouldn’t have been in the courtroom hearing all the case details.
Meanwhile, FBG Butta, another key figure in the case, already took the stand. The street say he is snitching. I guess this really is not new. But, he stuck to his story, not backing down from his earlier statements.
FBG Butta’s revelations in court have raised eyebrows, with some wondering if his testimony borders on snitching. He’s been providing detailed information on the perpetrators behind multiple murders, a move that has significant implications for those involved.
One of the most notable aspects of this trial is the frequent mention of rapper Lil Durk. Despite his name coming up multiple times, Durk’s lack of direct ties to O Block seems to be his saving grace, keeping him clear of any legal repercussions in this case. This trial could mark a pivotal moment in the city’s fight against organized crime. I don’t know. And then there is the rumor that Von, put the money up to take out Duck. But, Von is dead. The plot thickens. There’s plenty tension among the players, and it’s all playing out in the courtroom now.
Another thing. I am hearing some of the bloggers is got kicked out of the courtroom. Now, I can’t confirm all of that, but it makes sense. They are not typically journalists.
So, that’s the latest from the FBG Duck case – a mix of mystery, confusion, and courtroom drama. Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more updates, ’cause this story is far from over.
A judge sentenced NLE Choppa to a year of probation in the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Friday (December 8). According to the Miami Herald, the 21-year-old rapper avoided jail by pleading no contest to two misdemeanor charges after striking a deal with prosecutors.
NLE Choppa was arrested for burglary, carrying a concealed firearm and drug possession in 2021. Prosecutors dropped the drug charge and reduced the remaining two charges to misdemeanors in the plea deal.
Police said NLE Choppa and other masked men jumped over the fence of a tow yard before entering a silver Ford Expedition located in the lot in March 2021. Cops conducted a traffic stop at the lot and found a fully loaded Glock 27 and AK-47 Draco pistol in the vehicle. Police also discovered marijuana and Xanax pills in a backpack.
NLE Choppa, whose real name is Bryson Potts, told police he jumped over the fence to recover a watch from a car in the tow yard. He admitted the backpack, which allegedly contained drugs, was his but insisted he did not know about the guns in the vehicle.
The Warner Records artist claimed cops planted drugs on him following his arrest. NLE Choppa believed he was targeted because he stood for “something deep” and helped change people’s lives.
“During this arrest, I was setup,” he wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) in 2021. “Substances were planted on me that I don’t consume/use/own, my name was lied upon, and I was even mistreated in the process … This case will be beat and I will walk a free man, remember it’s innocent until proven guilty not guilty until proven innocent.”
NLE Choppa must complete 40 hours of community service and a firearm safety course per the terms of his sentence. He will be allowed to travel in the U.S. and internationally while on probation.
Babs Bunny, a battle rap legend, brings her latest from Queen of the Ring: QOTR PRESENTS PANIC ROOM 7. The event takes place on Saturday (December 9), live on Caffeine.
AllHipHop’s Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur and DJ Thoro talked to the Brooklyn native and got her to run down the details of the event. Also, she gave her hot take on wack r appers and their place in Hip-Hop.
“Wack rappers are good to the person that likes it. And they are able to get (what they like),” She said from WonWorld Studios. “There are things that I thought was wack. I didn’t really like Vanilla Ice. It was people that was wack yeah but people liked him. He sold albums people actually bought. They went to his shows and was there for people – keep it 100. It was people who didn’t think MC Hammer was hot They thought he was wack, right?
The conversation was a part of a larger podcast interview that is forthcoming from AllHipHop.
Babs, the face of QOTR, is bringing back their bar-heavy battle series, Panic Room 7. This event is not just a battle; it’s a high-octane experience focusing on the women of Hip-Hop.
Babs Bunny said this battle is in honor of the 50 years of Hip-Hop. The live event takes place in New York City, Brooklyn to be specific.
“Yeah, live in Brooklyn, New York, and streaming on pay-per-view on the Caffeine app. Main Event: 40 B.A.R.S. versus Coffee Brown, a battle that was supposed to happen at Panic Room 6 but didn’t,” she told the AllHipHop Podcast. “Coffee showed up pregnant, which was a surprise to everyone, but 40 didn’t show. Now we’re here at Panic Room 7, 40’s confirmed she’ll be there, and Coffee had the baby. She’s ready to go.”
Babs Bunny is a star in the battle rap realm, but she got her name after being a part of MTV’s Making the Band, which was helmed by Sean “Diddy” Combs. “Da Band” season aired 20 years ago and the artists were signed to Bad Boy Records, deals which ultimately fell apart. Babs continued to make music, but helped transform the landscape of female battle rap with Queen of the Ring.
Donald Glover heads back to the small screen for a new series. The 40-year-old actor/musician (also known as Childish Gambino) plays a lead role in Prime Video’s upcoming Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
The spy comedy is based on the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Maya Erskine (Betas, Obi-Wan Kenobi) joins Donald Glover for the reimagined version of the story.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith featuring Glover and Erskine premieres on Prime Video on February 2, 2024. An official 103-second teaser for the remake hit the internet on Thursday (December 7).
A description for Mr. & Mrs. Smith reads:
Two lonely strangers land a job working for a mysterious spy agency that offers them a glorious life of espionage, wealth, world travels and a dream brownstone in Manhattan. The catch: new identities in an arranged marriage as Mr. & Mrs. John and Jane Smith. Now hitched, John and Jane navigate a high risk mission every week while also facing a new relationship milestone. Their complex cover story becomes even more complicated when they catch real feelings for each other. What’s riskier, espionage or marriage?
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In addition to having a part in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Donald Glover serves as co-creator for the series with Francesca Sloane. He adds the show to a television executive producer résumé that already contains the award-winning Atlanta.
Glover also worked with Amazon Studios to produce the satirical thriller Swarm. His 2019 musical film Guava Island premiered on Prime Video as well. The cast of that Hiro Murai-directed movie included Rihanna and Letitia Wright.
The original Mr. & Mrs. Smith made $186 million at the domestic box office and $487 million at the worldwide box office. Director Doug Liman’s action comedy became one of the highest-grossing motion pictures for both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
Multiple other women also named Simmons as a sexual abuser. More than a dozen different alleged victims accused the Def Jam Recordings co-founder of various forms of sexual misconduct.
Simmons has now spoken about about the allegations. A recent episode of In Depth with Graham Bensinger featured a conversation with the 66-year-old entrepreneur from his Bali, Indonesia residence.
“I took nine lie detector tests, people don’t know that,” Simmons revealed. “Nine separate—seven from the chairman of the Polygraph Association. One for each of the serious accusations. When someone said, for instance, ‘I was violent.’ One person said that. I’ve never been violent. Took that. And one said I apologized. I never apologized about assaulting anyone. But if two people say it, because one said it, and #MeToo, and the second person said it, then I took a test for it.”
Simmons went on to admit being “insensitive” in his past relationships but denies ever being “forceful.” He also insisted the culture and conversation about sexual conduct have changed over the last four decades.
“I think to judge 40 years ago as if it was today, we get in trouble,” Simmons said. “We have to accept where we were and move on and be somewhere else in the future if we don’t like where we were. And I think that we’re doing that now. I think that’s the good that comes from #MeToo.”
The #MeToo movement brought global awareness to sexual abuse, sexual harassment and rape culture. In addition to Simmons, other celebrities such as Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Woody Allen, R. Kelly and, most recently, Diddy came under fire for alleged abusive behavior in the wake of #MeToo.
Albert “Sauce Walka” Mondane appears grateful that he survived a car crash and for being released on a $15,000 bond. The Houston-raised rapper still has to face possible legal ramifications from his alleged high-speed police chase.
Sauce Walka has now addressed the situation. In a video shared on social media, The Sauce Factory frontman even showed off the apparent vehicle from the accident and offered thanks.
“I’m blessed highly favored and highly flavored,” Walka declared. “I don’t know how I do it every time but I come out untouched, unscathed, unblemished. That’s the god I am.”
He also added, “I want to say thank you to the universe, thank you to the stars, thank you to everything in this universe that brought me through this situation safely because I could’ve lost my life.”
The Sauce Ghetto Gospel 3 mixtape creator admitted that he has been “living wild” for a long time. Sauce Walka then said, “I’m going to try to calm down ’cause I know I’m a role model and people look up to me and follow me.”
Part of Sauce Walka’s “wild” past includes a deadly conduct conviction for a gun-related incident in 2009 as well as an alleged connection to gang activity. His first court appearance for the evading arrest with a vehicle charge is scheduled for today (December 8).
The beef between Cam’ron and Melyssa Ford is not over. A future round in the fight could include courtroom drama. Ford ignited the bad blood after criticizing Cam’ron for comments he and Ma$e made on the It Is What It Is sports show. Cam and Ma$e retold a story about “gang-banging” sex workers in the early 1990s.
Ford later publicly apologized to Cam and Ma$e. The popular ex-video model from Canada eventually admitted, “I apologize. I should never have made that insinuation.”
Cam’ron fired back at Melyssa Ford on It Is What It Is and on Instagram. His IG post included a photo with Ford. The caption read, “I told the b#### ‘don’t touch me’ when we took this pic. F### you and ya apology!!”
Apparently, Cam still holds some animosity towards Melyssa Ford. The Purple Haze album creator returned to social media to deliver another message for the former Blood, Sweat & Heels cast member.
Later in the Instagram Live session, Cam claimed his earlier Instagram post about Ford caused the platform to ban him from live-streaming for two days. He then seemingly threatened to file a lawsuit against Melyssa Ford and possibly The Joe Budden Podcast.
“I was going to leave it alone but then she said sorry which the sorry wasn’t even genuine. That s### was fake,” Cam’ron stated. “I don’t know who even convinced her to do the s###. But whoever did that was smart ’cause now if I sue n##### for defamation of character, I’m a sucker, right?”
The Dipset leader continued, “Now if I sue y’all n##### for defamation of character, I’m a sucker. Well, I might be a sucker, I just might be. I don’t know yet. I’m thinking about it, pause.”
Blac Chyna has undergone some major changes over the past 18 months, ditching her old image and lifestyle and replacing it with one more aligned with her newfound thinking.
The reality TV star and entrepreneur has transformed her life. Blac Chyna got baptized, disabled her highly lucrative OnlyFans profile and drastically altered her looks. She restored her natural appearance during an extensive eight-hour procedure. The op reversed the effects of her facial fillers, breast enhancements and buttock injections.
Since then, Blac Chyna has hit the gym hard, and she took to Instagram Thursday (December 7) to show off the results. She posted a before and after video of her working the gym ropes to show her unbelievable transformation while promoting her new partnership.
“Where I started VS,” she penned in the caption. “Where I am now. Progression.” Check out the inspiring video below.
Earlier this month, Blac Chyna launched her new deal with no-nudity subscription-based platform Passes. She shared her excitement at unlocking a “whole different level” of communication with her supporters.
Other platforms don’t really give me the opportunity to showcase everything,” she explained In a video announcing the partnership. Fans can connect with Blac Chyna to “explore fitness, cooking, fashion, podcasts, advice, relationships, family and business tips.”
Snoop Dogg is continuing to rail against the lack of transparency on streaming platforms, sharing what he made after racking up a billion Spotify streams.
Earlier this year, the Death Row Records honcho questioned why music-streaming services paid artists so little. He went viral following an “off-script” rant during a discussion about AI at The Milken Institute’s 2023 Global Conference in Beverly Hills in May.
Snoop Dogg asked, “Can someone explain to me how you can get a billion streams and not get a million dollars? That s### don’t make sense to me.
“I don’t know who the f### is running the streaming industry if you in here or not? But you need to give us some information on how to f###### track this money down,” he added, calling out the music executives in the room. “Because one plus one ain’t adding up to two.”
Snoop Dogg went off the script and went in on streaming, AI and the writers strike 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/7vfl5Cpw1C
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) May 8, 2023
Snoop Dogg continued expressing his frustration over artist payouts during a recent interview. While appearing on the Business Untitled podcast, he recalled a conversation with his publisher about streaming payouts.
“They just sent me some s### from Spotify where I got a billion streams,” Snoop Dogg recalled. “My publisher hit me. I said, ‘Break that down. How much money is that?’ That s### wasn’t even $45,000.”
Snoop Dogg On Releasing Music As NFTs
He went on to explain what drew him and his son Cordell Broadus into putting out music as NFTs.
“So that was the part where me and my son was winning with the NFT metaverses. We were giving people the opportunity to say, “Give me your music. We going to take our split, but you get yours and you got your own wallet and every time it sells it shows you, so it ain’t no secrets.’ Ain’t no, ‘You got to get a billion streams to get $45,000.’ Nah, you sell a hundred, and if you selling it for $10 you do the math.”
Check out the clip below and watch the interview at the end of the page.
Snoop Dogg received a $45K check for reaching 1 billion streams on Spotify.
Nicki Minaj had fans in a chokehold after finally sharing Pink Friday 2, her first full-length offering in five years.
The NYC icon’s 22-track featured packed project arrived at midnight Friday (December 8), and listeners were lapping it up. Naturally, Nicki Minaj quickly became the No. 1 trending topic in the country.
However, one Pink Friday 2 song in particular, “Falling 4 U,” gathered much of the attention, with social media users highlighting a perceived diss to Latto on the track.
“SHE JUST DISSED LATTO AND SAID HER NAME….disrespectful Nicki ain’t holding s### back omg!” wrote one Nicki Minaj fan.
SHE JUST DISSED LATTO AND SAID HER NAME….disrespectful Nicki ain’t holding s### back omg! pic.twitter.com/S0NxaO47MH
The “Falling 4 You” lyric in question was highly debated on the timeline.
In the third verse, Nicki raps: “Picture not listenin’ when I said that you would dread that.” The alleged shot at Latto comes in the next line, where Nicki Minaj says something that sounds like: “I mean Latto, you-you’s a chop ho.”
However, others pointed out Nicki was continuing the “dread” wordplay, saying, “I mean loc’d hoe”
Listen to “Falling 4 U” at the end of the page and check out some of the reactions below.
Nicki Minaj and Latto engaged in a highly-publicized feud last year that began as a dispute over Grammy nominations but quickly turned heated. The insults flew back and forth, and the beef continued to simmer.
Latto discussed the perceived beef among female rappers during an XXL interview last month.
“I think it really don’t be a problem until we let fans, Stans, whatever you want to call them, like the outsiders once they get in the mix. I think that’s what stirs the pot,” she explained. “Because it’s like, we will all be fans of each other and commenting and following each other, whatever, but then once they get to comparing, they will turn us against each other, which is very weak-minded of us as female rappers.”
Nicki Minaj has returned with her first full body of work in over five years, Pink Friday 2.
The highly anticipated and much-delayed project arrived 13 years after the original on Friday, December 8. Less than an hour before release, Nicki Minaj shared a visual teasing the Pink Friday 2 tracklist, finally giving The Barbz a glimpse of the stars appearing on her fifth studio LP.
The 22-track project clocks in at 70 minutes and includes features from the likes of Drake, Lil Wayne, J. Cole, Lil Uzi Vert, Future, Skillibeng, Skeng. Stream Pink Friday 2 at the end of the page.
An emotional Nicki Minaj took to social media Thursday evening (December 7) to express her gratitude to one of her collaborators, Finneas. The eight-time Grammy winner, who also happens to be Billie Eilish’s brother, co-wrote the Pink Friday 2 intro.
“Welp that did it for me…crying in less than 25 seconds of the intro,” she wrote on X. “Again. Finneas, if this finds you in #GagCity, God bless you I haven’t even been able to tell you about ALL the geniuses on this project.”
Welp that did it for me…crying in less than 25 seconds of the intro. Again. Finneas, if this finds you in #GagCity, God bless you
I haven’t even been able to tell you about ALL the geniuses on this project. Ppl I really love. Ppl who love music. Ppl who inspire me to be better
During a recent interview with Vogue, Nicki Minaj explained that she took a different approach on Pink Friday 2. “When I look back at a lot of my music, I’m like, Oh, my God, where was the me in it?” she shared. “So, for this album, I went back to the old game plan.”
A trustee found a buyer for Young Buck’s music catalog in his bankruptcy case. According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, trustee Erica R. Johnson will sell the rapper’s catalog for $730,000 barring any objections.
“The Trustee proposes to sell all of her right, title and interest in the Catalogs to Middleton Open Season Partners I LLC (the ‘Buyer’) in consideration of payment from the Buyer to the bankruptcy estate in the amount of Seven Hundred Thirty Thousand U.S. Dollars (U.S. $730,000.00),” Johnson wrote. “The closing of the sale shall occur when the Order approving this Motion is final and non-appealable (the ‘Closing Date’). Such funds shall be paid to the Trustee within fifteen (15) days of the Closing Date.”
Johnson added, “The Trustee believes that the sales price is fair and reasonable considering the valuation of the Catalogs given by the Broker.”
Young Buck’s ASCAP, Select-O-Hits, SoundExchange and Universal Music Publishing catalogs will be sold to Middleton in the deal. Johnson secured a buyer for the catalog with the help of a royalty analyst.
“The Trustee previously obtained court approval to employ Ben Stauffer, a Royalty Analyst with RoyaltyTraders LLC dba SongVest (the ‘Broker’), to assist the Trustee in selling the Catalogs,” Johnson wrote. “See Order Authorizing Employment of Broker to Sell Catalogs entered June 28, 2023. The Broker solicited offers from its network of approximately thirty (30) investors and ultimately found a party interested in purchasing the Catalogs.”
As of Thursday (December 7), the trustee held a $193,920 deposit in Young Buck’s bankruptcy estate. The pending influx of money will help pay several creditors, including thousands of dollars owed in child support.
Young Buck filed for bankruptcy in 2020. The rapper faced intense pressure from 50 Cent, who tried to collect a $250,000 debt from the former G-Unit member.
Jay Fizzle’s latest project, “F#ck Being Famous,” has just hit the scene, delivering a raw and unfiltered flow, coupled with a blend of street bravado and social media shenanigans. As the most enduring artist under the Paper Route Empire banner, there’s no sign of him easing up on the gas pedal. It’s worth noting that he also happens to be Young Dolph’s cousin, adding a distinctive dimension to his representation of PRE. AllHipHop recently caught up with Fizzle during his promotional tour for the new album, and he proved to be as engaging and entertaining as any rapper could hope to be.
In an emotionally charged interview, the Memphis-based rapper candidly shared his ambition to father a whopping 50 children, a number that currently stands at 22. (He’s rumored to have earned envy from none other than Nick Cannon.) Amidst the laughter and anecdotes, Fizzle also delved into the profound pain of losing his beloved King Dolph, offering a glimpse into the personal stories and unique perspectives that shape his life and unconventional existence in Memphis.
AllHipHop: So let me ask you something. Who’s your favorite rapper?
AllHipHop: Okay. Would you like to do a song with BG?
Jay Fizzle: For sure, for sure. I did some growing up.
AllHipHop: Hopefully, we can make this happen with you, because that’ll be very dope. Since you just said Young Dolph, it sounds like you looked up to him when you was younger as a-
Jay Fizzle: He my family. They proud and the only person I probably listen to. He is the reason I’m doing it, for sure. And the paper.
AllHipHop: Okay, so also we know that you’re from Memphis. So could you tell us about the crime in Memphis?
Jay Fizzle: They racist. I mean, crazy like. Y’all heard about it. It ain’t no secret. Probably the highest rate. If we ain’t, we up there for sure, for sure.
AllHipHop: I mean, I’ve been to Memphis before. I went to the Waffle House in Memphis.
Jay Fizzle: You know what I’m saying, you ain’t been down parts of Memphis, though.
AllHipHop: I mean, it went down in the Waffle House. As soon as I walked in there, they was already fighting.
Jay Fizzle: You know what I’m saying. It goes down, down there. That was some little stuff. I can’t believe they was just fighting.
AllHipHop: You went viral for this. I am not going to talk on it long, but I want to know, are you in a relationship with all 14 of your kids’ moms?
Jay Fizzle: I got more than that right now. But no. No.
AllHipHop: You got more than that?
Jay Fizzle: After we have kids, it’s probably going to be over with, because I don’t want to have two.
AllHipHop: You want to have two more kids?
Jay Fizzle: No, I’m saying I don’t want to have two by the same person. That’s why I dip.
AllHipHop: Okay, so you single, then?
Jay Fizzle: Yeah. You got to be ready for a baby, too.
AllHipHop: Oh, my goodness. I don’t know. So let’s talk about your album,F#ck Being Famous. So how did you come up with that title?
Jay Fizzle: That how I feel. That what mode I was in. You feel me? I ain’t tripping about the find. Like I said, I’m in this for the paper. That’s all I really want. You feel me?
AllHipHop: So being that you was the first artist signed to PRE, let’s talk about that. Let’s elaborate a little on being the first artist signed to PRE and how it was at that time, being that you was the first artist Dolph put on.
Jay Fizzle: I wasn’t really taking rap this serious, you feel me? ‘Cause bro was going so crazy, you feel me? I was just really enjoying it, you feel me? Cause it was different. We was going around the world and traveling. I wasn’t really even taking it that seriously. I ain’t started taking rap really seriously until bro died. So other than that, I don’t know.
AllHipHop: So also, do you have any memorable moments that you would like the fans to know about Young Dolph?
Jay Fizzle: Man, go get the money, man. Y’all know he preached, man. Go get the money and take care of your family, man. You feel me?
No, for real, for real. I be bumping them now, you feel? For sure, for sure.
AllHipHop: So let’s talk about investments. Do you have anything that you would like to invest in?
Jay Fizzle: I already got investments.
AllHipHop: Okay, let’s talk about it. What are you invested in?
Jay Fizzle: I got a business, I got a lot of kids, so you know I got a business. I got to have a generational wealth.
AllHipHop: Okay, I like that. So how has it been a parent, especially to 22 kids?
Jay Fizzle: It’s fun. My kids, I got most of my kids living with me. It’s fun. I act like a big ass kid, so you feel me? Everybody want to be with their daddy, you feel me? All the kids want to be over daddy house, so you feel me? Got a big house, got my kids, you feel me? It’s chill. We living, having a business, we having fun over there.
AllHipHop: So how do you juggle being a parent and a rapper?
Jay Fizzle: It ain’t really that hard. Like fool be making a scene, man, you hear me? You guys got to stand on business. It ain’t even really that hard. Especially if you being the person you’re supposed to be. If you being a father like you supposed to be. If you in your kids’ life, ain’t even that hard. Everybody be making it seem like it’s hard. I got 20 some kids. Ain’t even hard. I ain’t have no problems at all. S### cool. I ain’t growing gray hair or nothing, and my kids stay with me.
AllHipHop: So are you able to get your kids ready and bringing them to school and stuff like that? Because you got a lot of kids.
Jay Fizzle: My kids be getting up theyself going to school. They like going to school. Their daddy famous. They can’t wait to go to school. They probably popular. Ain’t no telling what they doing. They like going to school. I ain’t going to lie. I don’t even got to get up and get my kids ready to school. My kids already get up theyself. I don’t even know how they do it, because I ain’t used to do it when I was young, but they get theyself up and go to school.
AllHipHop: So do some of your kids look up to you like they want to rap as well?
Jay Fizzle: Yes. All my kids. All my kids. All my boys.
AllHipHop: So all 22 of them are finna be rappers as well.
Jay Fizzle: They act like they want to be. Especially my boys. My girls, they just be under me. My boys all act just like me.
AllHipHop: Do you could see yourself in your 50s rapping?
Jay Fizzle: No, no, no. I mean, if some money coming in, yeah. If it’s the bank keep coming, yeah. Anything to get the money. But nah, I’m trying to be somewhere ducked off in a big old cabin with all my kids. I’m just going to retire and s###.
AllHipHop: So what age do you think you will be retiring?
Kanye West has sparked an online debate about the origins of his latest alleged merch designs promoting his “Vultures” single featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Bump J and Lil Durk (kind of).
Images of Yeezy rocking what appear to be new t-shirt and hoodie designs featuring a logo that reads “Vultures” and iconography reminiscent of a double-headed eagle in a crest format have been spotted online. Kanye West was recently labeled an “unrepentant antisemite” for his lyrics on the single which include the controversial bars, “How I’m anti-semitic?/I just f#### a Jewish b####.” Now it appears there’s a growing outcry online that the new logo design was adopted from the same two-headed eagle that was used by Nazi Germany as its coat of arms during WWII.
However, it should also be noted that the Albanian flag also features a two headed eagle motif as the prominent design feature. Additionally, fans have pointed out that Yeezy‘s rival. Drake also recently wore a shirt with a similar to hidden eagle design in the visual for “Polar Opposites”
This isn’t the first time Kanye West has utilized iconography associated with countercultures and/or other banned motifs. One Twitter (X) user pointed out how Ye experimented with implementing the Confederate flag in his merch designs during his YEEZUS album era circa 2013-2014.
“Sign of the times … shoulda been there when he put the confederate flag on a jacket during yeezus rollout… the explosion back then should have been basically the same but ..,” the user wrote on X.
Check out images of the alleged merch designs as modeled by Yeezy himself below.
DJ Mustard insinuated his ex-wife Chanel Thierry is obsessed with him, which provoked a fiery response from the mother of his children. Thierry denied any desire to reconcile with her ex-husband and criticized the producer in a series of Threads posts on Thursday (December 7).
“I may not have millions to my name or a PR staff but I serve a mighty God,” she wrote. “Thy rod and thy staff comfort me. Acting like I actually care about you is a joke. Deflecting trying to make it seem like I can’t move on!? Is a joke. You’re upset I’m airing you out. I would never associate myself with a low vibrational soul like u ever again. I will give you ANYTHING to post [receipts] of me begging to be with you. The door locks from the inside not the out.”
She continued, “You only get b###### cause you got money. Let’s be f###### fr now wide back. Every time I scream out how wrong you are doing me with my kids you try to get the public to think I care about you moving on. I don’t. I truly wish y’all the best. Just stop playing with my kids man.”
Thierry lashed out on social media after DJ Mustard expressed frustration with her on Instagram Stories. He complained about her repeatedly bothering him in reaction to her airing out their divorce drama on her Instagram and Threads accounts.
“It’s been a year and a half man,” he wrote. “Everybody stop sending me these lives man. Shop Sleep Ova for all your PJ needs. It won’t stop.”
DJ Mustard filed for divorce in May 2022. He cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split.
The former couple dated for many years before getting married in 2020. They share three children.
Women’s advocacy group UltraViolet urged the Grammys to rescind Diddy’s Best Progressive R&B Album nomination on Thursday (December 7). UltraViolet asked the Recording Academy to ban him from the 2024 Grammy Awards after a fourth woman accused him of sexual assault.
“We are deeply disturbed and concerned by the recent allegations of sexual abuse, sex trafficking of a minor and domestic violence made against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs over the past three weeks,” the group said in a statement. “The gravity of the allegations against Combs underscore the ongoing need for accountability — and that the #MeToo movement is relevant and badly needed more than ever.”
UltraViolet continued, “Not surprisingly, almost all of Combs’ brands have dropped him for his abusive and inexcusable behavior. But last month, the Grammys awarded Combs with his first-ever nomination as a lead artist in one of the two R&B album categories. We are calling on the Grammys to stop enabling abusers and to immediately rescind Combs’ nomination and invitation. Survivors don’t need to see that.”
Several women sued Diddy for sexual assault over the past month. His ex-girlfriend Cassie was the first to file a lawsuit against him, accusing the Hip-Hop mogul of rape and years of abuse. The former couple settled the lawsuit out of court.
Two women named Joi Dickerson-Neal and Liza Gardner filed their lawsuits against Diddy following his settlement with Cassie. They claimed the Bad Boy Records founder sexually assaulted them in the early ‘90s.
Another woman, identified as Jane Doe, sued Diddy in December. She accused him of gang rape and sex trafficking. According to the lawsuit, Diddy and his associates raped the alleged victim when she was 17 years old in 2003.
Diddy denied the various allegations in a statement released on Wednesday.
“Enough is enough,” he said. “For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy. Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.”
Last month, Diddy stepped down as the chairman of REVOLT in wake of the sexual assault lawsuits. He co-founded the television network in 2013.