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Young Scooter Talks Fatherhood, Working With Future, Young Thug And Upcoming Album “Streets Krazy”

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Young Scooter has cemented himself as a force to be reckoned with in the rap game, someone who overcame the reality of his environment and turned his obstacles into triumphs. Currently signed to Freebandz, real name Kenneth Bailey is best known for his close friendship with Future, whom they grew up together as kids. 

Exploding onto the scene during the mixtape days back in 2012, Young Scooter made his mark with the release of Street Lottery, which even achieved Gold status on DatPiff. To date, Young Scooter has worked with all the elites, including Gucci Mane, Future, Waka Flocka Flame, Young Thug, Chief Keef, and many more. 

When asked to describe himself, Young Scooter states, “I’m a street artist. I’ve got my own lane of music. It’s hustler music, jugg music. Money-making music.”

Fast forward to today, Young Scooter returns with a string of new releases, including “Trap It Out” and “Hard To Handle” featuring Future. Both hold fans over until the release of his highly-anticipated project titled Streets Krazy, slated to be released in September. The project also serves as his first release since 2020, reeling in all-star features from Future, NoCap, Money Man, Young Nudy, EST Gee, and more.

Read below as we discuss Young Scooter’s relationship with Future, new music, his new project, convos with Young Thug, his love for Kobe Bryant, and more!

AllHipHop: Hip Hop celebrates 50 years this year, what does Hip Hop mean to you?

Young Scooter: Hip Hop means a lot, it’s timeless music. I like Hip Hop. Music is everything. People use music to get through the day. 

AllHipHop: Do you remember the moment you fell in love with Hip Hop?

Young Scooter: I’m not even gon’ say I’m in love with it. I’m not really in love with it, I do five or six other things besides music. Music is just one of them for me.

AllHipHop: What are the five or six other things?

Young Scooter: [laughs] One of them is helping get kids to the next level, like sports. I do motivation and sponsor young athletes.

AllHipHop: You’re not in love with music?!

Young Scooter: I mean I love it, but I’m not in love with it. At the end of the day, you gotta think: it’s all entertainment.

AllHipHop: Do you look at it as a hustle?

Young Scooter: Yeah exactly.

AllHipHop: What was the Young Scooter like growing up in Atlanta?

Young Scooter: There’s a lot of ups and downs. It’s a big city, especially to get your music poppin’. If you get your music poppin’ in Atlanta, you can make it anywhere. Because it’s hard to get somebody to like your music. 

AllHipHop: What gave you the confidence to rap?

Young Scooter: Just how close me and Future is, being right there gave me confidence to make the music. Seeing his success and how that went, we’re from the same neighborhood.

AllHipHop: What was it like seeing his career take off?

Young Scooter: I love it. Because that’s the person I grew up with and I seen it all from day one. Day zero.

AllHipHop: How’d you get your name?

Young Scooter: I don’t really know. [laughs] I know it came from my mama or somebody, but I don’t really know. My name always been Scooter, so I just chose to use it for rap.

AllHipHop: You just dropped “Trap It Out,” what inspired this record?

Young Scooter: The streets really inspired it. The life I had to live inspired it. Shot the video in the hood. Get money and save it.

AllHipHop: Your new single is “Hard to Handle“ featuring Future, talk about the making of that.

It was mainly Future’s idea, and I just went off of him. We were in the studio in Atlanta. You know, we don’t write the music, so everything really be quick. If you’re not a quick punch in artist or not writing your music, you don’t need to work with Future because that’s how it is. We punching in. 

AllHipHop: Are you always with Future when he records?

Young Scooter: Yeah fasho. I’m with him when he records all the time.

AllHipHop: I know he has a crazy recording process, is that inspiring at all?

Young Scooter: Oh yeah fasho. To be real, that’s how I started punching him. Watching him punch in, I’m like damn. I really took notes off that, then punching in.

AllHipHop: What can we expect from “Hard To Handle”?

Young Scooter: Just a lot of energy. A lot of people wanting to make some money. We’re dropping the video too, more some hood vibes. I like it, especially where you come from.

AllHipHop: Talk about linking with EST Gee on “Come Eat With Us.”

Young Scooter: I felt that was a song I really wanted for my own, for my tape. I wanted that to be one of the first songs I wanted to drop, so that’s why I dropped it first. We just linked up, because his music’s moving good in the streets right now too. 

AllHipHop: What can we expect from Streets Krazy?

Young Scooter: I feel like it’s going to be one of my classics. It’s a lot of good songs on Streets Krazy. The features, I got Money Man on there. Future, Peewee Longway, EST Gee, Young Nudy, and NoCap.

AllHipHop: NoCap is one of my favorite artists, how’d y’all link?

Young Scooter: I’ve been knowing Cap forever. Cap cool, I like his music too.

AllHipHop: How easy is it for you to hit up your homies and get these features?

Young Scooter: It’s easy for me. I don’t really have no problems with nobody in the hood. You gotta have a good name out here man.

AllHipHop: 3 things you need in the studio at all times?

Young Scooter: Weed, girls, and money. You need money to get in the studio.

AllHipHop: Best encounter with a fan?

Young Scooter: This dude I met one time, before he’ did seven years, he told me listened to my Married To The Streets mixtape. He said “man, it got me through my whole time.” When he got out of jail, he had his people book a private [session]. I thought I had to do a show, but he really wanted to just talk to me. I didn’t even know. I thought I was doing a show, but he really wanted to talk to me with all his family there.

AllHipHop: Have you talked to Young Thug?

Young Scooter: Every day. He’s good, he’s just following the process. It’s just a process at that point.

AllHipHop: Your Instagram pic is Kobe Bryant and Gigi, what is Kobe’s influence on you?

Young Scooter: Man I love Kobe. I ain’t ever going to take it off my Instagram. I had Kobe and Gigi on my Instagram since the day he died, I ain’t ever take it off. Mamba mentality, he’s just one of the GOATS. He played hard, he got a lot of passion and love for the game.

AllHipHop: What’s your biggest passion, if it isn’t music?

Young Scooter: My kids. I got four.

AllHipHop: How’s fatherhood?

Young Scooter: Man, don’t you hear them in the background? They crazy as hell. [laughs] They going crazy in the car.

AllHipHop: Any goals for yourself?

Young Scooter: Yeah, be a billionaire. That’s my only goal.

AllHipHop: What’s it gonna take to get there?

Young Scooter: I’ma figure it out. [laughs]

AllHipHop: Anything else you want to let the people know?

Young Scooter: Streets Krazy on the way man. It’s finna be a classic so pay attention and tune in.

Meek Mill Seeks Help For Sick Aunt Who “Can’t Breathe”—On Social Media

By: Kyle Eustice Updated Category: News
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Meek Mill‘s heart was presumably in the right place, but perhaps he didn’t think this one through. On Tuesday (August 29), the Dream Chasers Records rapper fired off a desperate plea for his sick aunt on the Instagram platform Threads. He wrote, “My aunt just called my crying saying she can’t breathe from complications and she not even that old… she need treatment in university of penn her name Tanika Nicholas help her please if you can!!! Til we get her help.”

Within minutes, Meek Mill was back to posting about rap with no mention of what is happening with his aunt. Only one person seemed to find the post bizarre, writing, “If she can’t breath, how did she talk to you, do you have any first aid training?” Meek has yet to reply.

Of course, Meek Mill has been the butt of internet jokes numerous times. In July, Meek went viral after sharing a photo from his Reform Alliance partner Micheal Rubin’s annual Fourth of July white party. After what was apparently a heavy night partying with his friends, Meek posted a photo of himself bent over the toilet bowl with the caption, “Too much liquor smh.” Screenshots of the image were widely shared on social media.

Meek attracted more heat when he randomly shouted out “free Tory Lanez” during his performance at Rolling Loud Portugal earlier this summer. Critics accused Meek of supporting violence against women. But, he quickly defended himself online, writing, “I say free Young Thug… free [YFN Lucci]… free [YNW Melly]. I don’t even know why y’all start dealing with us if yall gone try to smear us… That’s why I stick to the trenches.

“Narrative control starts every Monday lol. Nobody gives a f### what these people talking, [we’re] making real-life change out here every day! If I said free [Mumia Abu-Jamal] a. [I’m] gonna be shamed! He’s allegedly guilty for killing a few male [cops]! I grew up to the Black nation screaming that! Why do y’all think y’all can control us? We got millions and real man influence, not internet tricks!”

The Alchemist Is Apparently Responsible For Sauce Walka’s Daringer Collab Project

By: Devon Jefferson Updated Category: Rumors
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Yes, a Sauce Walka album helmed by Daringer of Griselda Records exists and yes, The Alchemist has something to do with it, as does Earl Sweatshirt.

Long story short, Earl is a huge fan of TSF Bidnezz label—more specifically, Sauce Walka is allegedly his favorite rapper. Well, that’s based on what Sauce Walka said in a recent interview about what The Alchemist told him when they linked up earlier this year.

“The Alchemist walked up to me and the first thing I’m asking him, ‘Bruh when we going to get some work in, I do a album with you’,” Sauce Walka said in part.

Apparently, The Alchemist went on to tell Sauce Walka that not only was he a fan of his music, but so were his close collaborators, Earl Sweatshirt and Action Bronson.

“He was like, ‘Man we gone do an album, trust me,’” Sauce Walka said as he recanted The Alchemist’s reply before adding, “Me, Action Bronson, Earl Sweatshirt—you Earl Sweatshirt’s favorite rapper,’ this what The Alchemist telling me and I ended up meeting Earl Sweatshirt later.”

Sauce Walka continued, remarking on how The Alchemist obliged his collab request—but on one condition only.

“‘We listen to you everyday at the studio or whatever whoop-whoop-whoop, but the way you and Darringer sound together we are just stuck on that—so please give me an album of that and then after you give me a whole album of this, then me and you can do an album,’” Sauce Walka said of his conversation with The Alchemist.

For frame of reference, Sauce Walka’s “Without” collaboration with Darringer was apparently the source on inspiration for The Alchemist’s upcoming collaboration with the TSF general and Earl.

While there’s no telling when the recording process will begin for The Alchemist and Sauce Walka’s collab album, his new album, Dat Boy Den, dropped on August 25 and includes features from Peezy, BIG30, Peso Peso and more. Sauce Walka also alluded to an upcoming collaboration with Swizz Beatz during the interview as well.

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EXCLUSIVE: Run-DMC Pioneer DMC Denies He’s Running For President

By: Kyle Eustice Updated Category: Exclusives
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Run-DMC legend Darryl “DMC” McDaniels watched Lionel Messi make his Major League Soccer debut against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday (August 26). At some point during the game, DMC spoke to reporters about Messi’s ability to unify all walks of life through sports. In an effort to make a point, he said he was “running for president starting today,” but he now believes his words were taken out of context. OutKick, described as an “American right-wing and conservative sports news website,” ran wild with the quote and took it as fact.

Speaking to AllHipHop, DMC laughed at the thought and emphatically denied he was doing anything of the sort. As he explained, “That’s so funny [laughs]! That’s why media today is a joke. They just run with anything before even confirming it. I would never run for president. I get more done as a representative of all people. The point I was trying to make is the arts succeed where politics and religion fails.

“The real world is when people who are from different races and cultures can come together at concerts, museums, plays, sporting events, restaurants and comic cons. This shows the unique diverse but universally connected world we live in. Politics and religion are used divisively, but events with art and performance bring us together.”

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DMC has already had a busy month. After Run-DMC performed at LL COOL J’s Rock The Bells Festival on August, they reunited again for the “Hip-Hop 50 Live” concert at Yankee Stadium the following week to celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th birthday. Billed as “The Ninth Inning…The Walk Off,” the performance served as Run-DMC’s last. DMC is now focused on his upcoming solo album, America, which will feature some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop and rock.

“So far, I got Joan Jett, Sammy Hagar [Van Halen], Blacktop Mojo, Mick Mars from Mötley Crew, Duff McKagan from Guns N’ Roses, Travis Barker [blink-182] on drums, Sebastian Bach from Skid Row, my own band DMC & The Hell Raisers, Chuck D and Ice-T,” DMC told Rock The Bells in May. “It’s gonna be sick.”

Vivek Ramaswamy Posts Old Clip Of Himself With Al Sharpton Following Eminem Cease & Desist

By: Kershaw St. Jawnson Updated Category: News
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As Republicans continued to mock millennial presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for being young and inexperienced, he kept finding new ways to show that experience isn’t as important as people think.

On August 28, Ramaswamy took to Twitter (X) and posted an old clip of himself talking to Rev. Al Sharpton when he ran for president in 2004.

“I’ll give the 18-year-old version of myself a pat-on-the-back for eliciting the most sensible words ever to come from that man’s mouth,” he posted. “20 years later, it’s funny how the tables have turned.”

Ramaswamy asked the civil rights leader why he should vote for the Democratic candidate who had “the least experience.” Sharpton responded that he indeed had the “most experience.”

Ramaswamy is the youngest candidate running in the 2024 presidential election.

As previously reported, the candidate has been using Eminem’s song, “Lose Yourself” while he’s on the campaign trail. Consequently, Eminem’s legal team fired off a cease and desist to prevent Ramaswamy from using it again.

50 Cent Cancels Phoenix Show Over Outrageous Heat

By: AllHipHop Staff Updated Category: News
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50 Cent has been forced to postpone his Phoenix show due to extreme heat.

The 48-year-old rapper took to Twitter, also known as X, on Monday night to announce that he has postponed tonight’s concert in Phoenix, Arizona, due to an excessive heat warning.

“Due to extreme heat, the show tomorrow in Phoenix, AZ is being postponed,” 50, real name Curtis Jackson III, wrote.

The “In Da Club” rapper added, “For anyone who would like a refund, please go to point of purchase for instructions. I’ll be back in Arizona soon! 116 degrees is dangerous for everyone.”

A number of Twitter/X users took to the comments section to praise the performer for considering the health of his fans.

One fan wrote, “This man cares about his fans,” while another wrote, “Smart move. The risk is way too high.”

Last week, 16 people were hospitalized for heat-related illnesses during a Snoop Dogg concert in Houston, Arizona, where temperatures reached 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

50 is in the middle of his “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” 20th anniversary tour. The U.S. and Canada leg of the tour began on July 21 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and will wrap up on September 22 in Toronto, Ontario. 

He will then begin the European leg of the tour on September 28 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

MC Sha-Rock Calls For Corporations Capitalizing On Hip-Hop To “Give Back”

By: Kyle Eustice Updated Category: Exclusives
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The Hip-Hop 50 celebrations are still in full swing. New York City, in particular, erupted with events aimed at celebrating the culture the weekend of August 11, the same day in 1973 when DJ Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell threw their iconic “Back To School” jam at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx.

Hip-Hop’s designated birthplace also hosted Live Nation x Mass Appeal’s ambitious Hip Hop 50 Live concert at Yankee Stadium. Meanwhile, the site of the Universal Hip-Hop Museum (UHHM) was flooded with legendary rap figures, including Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Flavor Flav, Melle Mel and Scorpio of the Furious Five, Def Jam Recordings’ first president Bill Stephney, MC Shan, famed fashion designer April Walker and iconic photographers Martha Cooper, Glen E. Friedman, Vikki Tobak and Ernie Paniccioli.

On deck for the UHHM celebration was MC Sha-Rock, the first female MC and member of the Funky 4+1. As someone who helped shape the culture, MC Sha-Rock has witnessed Hip-Hop’s evolution from what many suspected would be “just a fad” to the billion dollar business it is today. But, like many of her peers and predecessors, she sees something fundamentally wrong with how the architects are being treated.

“I would like for all corporations around the world who have benefited monetarily from the the foundational elements of Hip-Hop culture to give back to its founding members as well as provide safe places and programs that will uplift the youths in underprivileged communities,” she tells AllHipHop.com. “The culture of Hip-Hop and its core elements has saved me and others from going down the wrong path.

“It was and still remains as an outlet for many of us in cities, states and countries. Hip-Hop culture has brought us together globally, unlike any genre of music and culture. Peace, unity and fun is what it was built on. Respect to all.”

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MC Sha-Rock expounded on her thoughts in an Instagram post uploaded on Monday (August 27). She not only called for a sit-down with the politicians who’ve used Hip-Hop culture as a “footnote,” she also  emphasized how important it is to give back to underprivileged communities.

“Since this is the #50thanniversaryofhiphopculture 1970 circa and a founding member of the mc/rap culture I @iammcsharock #thefirstfemalemcofhiphopstreetculture is going to #washingtondc The culture of Hip-Hop was built on peace unity and fun, which became a global phenomenon. I’m requesting to have a meeting with all of the senators, congressmen and all other representatives who uses #HipHopCulture as their footnote. And to all, who says that they respect the contributions of the founding members of this billion dollar business we call #HipHop.”

“Not only are my concerns for all who have contributed to the Culture of Hip Hop and it’s core elements, but to all of you whom have contributed throughout the years by way of your voices, that have echoed throughout the 50th years that were and are still rocking on the radio. Something has got to change. If I, we or all don’t stand for something, we’ll continue to fall for anything. The culture of Hip-Hop is not for sale, it was always inclusive.”

MC Sha-Rock ended her caption with a call-to-action, asking Hip-Hop enthusiasts who are “down for the cause” to contact her. She says “everyone has always been invited to have a seat at the table. No one should be left behind. If money can trickle down to other facets of areas throughout the world, then we would like to see where it has trickle back into our communities. I’m sending my Global respects to all of you.”

She concluded, “Respect to all media outlets and magazines who have interviewed me or covered me throughout the years.”

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Detroit Pistons Presents Big Sean With An Emmy Award For “Different by Design” Campaign

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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Sean Anderson, professionally known as Big Sean, received his flowers from his hometown NBA squad.

The Detroit Pistons named Anderson as a central figure in the success of the franchise’s 2022-23 “Different by Design” campaign. He was recognized with an Emmy Award during his Detroit’s On Now (DON) Weekend.

Footage of the presentation by the Pistons made its way to the internet. Big Sean reposted the 21-second video to his own 13.8 million followers on the X social media platform.

Big Sean currently serves as the Creative Director of Innovation for the Detroit Pistons. In addition, the Hip-Hop recording artist also teamed up with the Nike brand to create special edition NBA jerseys.

The Hall of Fame album creator also partnered with the Pistons to launch the “TikTok Resumes” program in 2021. The initiative worked to discover career opportunities with the Michigan-based team, Chipotle, Target, WWE, and other companies.

Hall of Fame celebrated its 10-year anniversary on August 27. Big Sean’s label, Def Jam Recordings, commemorated the occasion by acknowledging the project’s accolades like earning Gold certification from the RIAA.

“Yes, what a time in my life! ‘Beware,’ ‘Guap,’ ‘Nothing Is Stopping You,’ etc. Thank you,” wrote Sean on his Instagram Story. The RIAA certified the “Beware” single featuring Lil Wayne and Jhené Aiko as 3x-Platinum.

Big Sean’s Hall of Fame peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. The 35-year-old entertainer made it to the top of the Billboard 200 with 2015’s Dark Sky Paradise, 2017’s I Decided, and 2020’s Detroit 2.

TDE Prez Punch Debates Fans Over “Demonic Influence” In Music Industry

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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Top Dawg Entertainment president Terrence “Punch” Henderson ignited a heated conversation online earlier this month. His comments about the music industry generated a lot of feedback and blowback.

“Where is the inspiration?” he began. “Where are the [artists]?? This thing is shifting. It’s a dark cloud looming over the business. Who is the last artist that really spoke to you??”

Ten days later, Punch returned to Twitter (X) to add, “The demonic influence is getting more and more blatant in this thing. The gradualism was numbing, now it’s just out loud.”

That August 27 post sparked responses from other social media users. One person suggested that many Hip-Hop songs glorify violence and addiction. Punch responded, “This whole system is wicked.”

Someone else argued that former TDE star Kendrick Lamar wearing a crown of thorns, à la Jesus Christ, was “demonic.” Punch replied, “I’m not here to speak on what anyone should or shouldn’t be doing. Everyone [has] their personal beliefs and so do I.”

Other users expressed Punch’s attention should be less on demons or spirits and more on capitalism or anti-Blackness. He offered, “You think any of those things you mentioned aren’t of demonic influence??????? The way I see it, capitalism is a result of human imperfection. And that doesn’t get better. Sheesh I sound morbid.”

Punch Directly Responds To Posts About Doja Cat & DMX

Certain imagery presented by recording artists like Doja Cat and the late DMX came up as well.

“[People] are upset with Doja? And nah, I personally wasn’t into what X was doing with that,” Punch admitted in response to a tweet about DMX’s classic 1998 album, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot.

“Nah, not singling out her or anyone but just in general. And also I’ve read her next joint is called ‘Demon,’ right?” he said about Doja Cat’s upcoming single.

In addition, a Twitter user named Nate Miller posted, “Looking forward to the day that Christianity doesn’t have this grip on the Black community.” Punch then asked, “Well, what is it that [has] a grip on you, my brother Nate?”

After several back-and-forth exchanges with other people on the app, Punch conceded that artists likely engage in “demonic” imagery as a way to trigger people like himself. That outrage can possibly lead to social media engagement and mainstream attention.

Furthermore, Punch addressed the topic by posting, “Wait… is demonic like one of them words you can’t say? I didn’t know that was off the table for discussion. My fault.” He also expressed, “It’s more than the music business. It’s everywhere.”

As president of Top Dawg Entertainment, Terrence “Punch” Henderson played a role in the careers of Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Isaiah Rashad, Doechii, Reason and others. Henderson is also a member of the aroomfullofmirrors collective.

Nicki Minaj Prepares To Drop New Single “Last Time I Saw You”

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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After joining forces with Ice Spice on a couple of Top 10 hits, Nicki Minaj is ready to release her next effort. Her followers will not have to wait long to hear what the New Yorker created.

“Last Time I Saw You” will arrive on DSPs this Friday (September 1). Last night, Nicki Minaj excited her über-loyal Barbz fanbase by simply tweeting, “9/1/23.”

Moments later, Minaj also posted a pre-save link for the forthcoming “Last Time I Saw You” song. She also shared the record’s official audio on her TikTok page.

“Last Time I Saw You” will be Nicki Minaj’s first official solo single since “Red Ruby da Sleeze” came out in March. That track peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Minaj then broke into the Hot 100’s Top 10 with “Princess Diana” (No. 4) and “Barbie World” (No. 7). Fellow New York City-bred female rapper Ice Spice appears on both of those collaborations.

“Last Time I Saw You” could likely live on the forthcoming Pink Friday 2 album. The fifth studio LP by Nicki Minaj currently has a release date of November 17, 2023.

Pink Friday 2 serves as the sequel to Minaj’s debut album, 2010’s Pink Friday. She also released Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded in 2012. Pink Friday and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded peaked at No. 1.

Nick Minaj also scored two No. 2 projects with The Pinkprint in 2014 and Queen in 2018. In addition, the Lil Wayne protégé presented the greatest hits compilation Queen Radio: Volume 1 in 2022.

Miguel Shares Photo Of His Wounded Body After Hanging By Hooks In His Back

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R&B recording artist Miguel experienced a musical comeback in 2023, mostly due to his 2010 single “Sure Thing” becoming a trendy sound on TikTok.

Miguel took things to another level during a concert in Los Angeles last week. As he performed the new song “Rope,” the 37-year-old vocalist hung from the ceiling by hooks inserted into his body.

“Initially it was a bit of, ‘What is the most extreme way to push outside of what’s expected?’” explained Miguel in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.

He also added, “How far can I go in demonstrating how far I’m willing to go for art, for conversation? I couldn’t have known how committed I was to the real purpose of this s### until I had hooks in my back.”

Miguel’s Back With Photos Of His Bloody Back

After images and footage of the body suspension spread across the internet, people reacted to the stunt. Some social media users claimed Miguel just needed a viral moment to promote his upcoming Viscera album.

Miguel has now shown the aftermath of his performance at LA’s Sony Studios. The music industry veteran uploaded a photo of his pierced back on his Instagram page. Additionally, he took a picture of a bloody white tank top.

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Fans Express Confusion About The Body Suspension

“What is your relationship to pain? What is your relationship to change?” wrote Miguel in the Instagram carousel’s caption. Many of the commenters shared negative responses to the post.

One person pleaded, “We just want the R&B music, Miguel.” Someone else asked, “Blood rituals. Why do celebrities do devil s###?” Another individual joked, “Oh, ok… Imma just keep listening to Kaleidoscope and mind my business 😂.”

Miguel’s album discography includes 2012’s critically acclaimed Kaleidoscope Dream. That project hosted “Adorn” which became a Top 20 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “Sure Thing” peaked at No. 11 in June of this year.

HBO Cancels The Weeknd’s “The Idol” After One Season—And Nobody Is Surprised

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The Idol, HBO’s controversial drama series co-created by R&B/pop star The Weeknd, will not return to the network for a second season.

According to Deadline, HBO decided to cancel The Idol. Many entertainment industry insiders expected that move to happen after the overwhelmingly negative reactions to the show.

The Weeknd and co-creator Sam Levinson announced The Idol to widespread fanfare. However, many critics and viewers quickly turned on the program after it debuted on the Max streaming service in June.

The Idol premiered its first two episodes at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in May. At the time, reports suggested behind-the-scenes turmoil hampered the production throughout filming.

As the controversy surrounding The Idol grew, the buzz for the series also helped generate good viewership numbers for the premiere episode. The Idol featured The Weeknd playing a nightclub owner/cult leader, while Lily-Rose Depp portrayed the titular music star.

“Can we create somebody who is trying to find themselves, using my experiences, using his experiences, using Lily’s experiences on creating something special, daring and exciting, and fun that will make people laugh and p### some people off?” The Weeknd said at the Cannes Film Festival.

Sam Levinson also stated, “We know we’re making a show that is provocative. It’s not lost on us.” The son of Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson previously worked with HBO to produce the hit series Euphoria.

Plies Lusts Over New Britney Spears Video: “My Lil Hot Cheeto” 

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Although he can’t decide whether she is his “white Diamond,” or a “lil hot Cheeto,” one thing is certain, Plies loves him some Britney Spears. 

The Florida-bred rapper has recently been gushing over the newly separated pop star’s dance videos, and her latest one was no exception. On Monday (August 28), Plies shared a video of himself going crazy over the new Britney Spears clip. 

In the video, Spears, dressed in a cheetah print bodysuit with exposed bra and knee-high white boots, performs some racy choreography to Kelis’s#### song, “Milkshake.” Her outfit inspired a new moniker, with Plies branding Britney Spears after a popular snack.  

“There she go! She got them ta-tas out,” Plies declared in his reaction video. “Look at my little cheetah, look at my lil hot Cheeto.”  

He continued to giggle and squeal while losing his mind to the video. “She made it jiggle!” He added. “I went and got a milkshake to watch this s###!” Check out the clip below.  

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“At this point, I’m convinced she’s doing this just for Plies,” one person wrote in the comments section. “I just want y’all to meet at this point,” added another. 

This isn’t the first time Plies has lusted over Britney Spears and her dance moves. Earlier this month, the 47-year-old rapper shared his reaction to the singer’s pole dancing. “My White Diamond Bih,” he wrote in the caption, referring to a character from the iconic 1998 movie The Players Club.  

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While Britney Spears hasn’t responded to Plies, she did recently share a thirst trap to Kanye West’s “Fade,” alongside a message to Ye.  

“Me and Kanye!!!” she wrote in the caption before deleting the post a short while later.  

Lil Wayne Reveals He Wrote New “Undisputed” Theme Song To “Impress” Skip Bayless 

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Lil Wayne has fans praising his latest musical effort, but the Hip-Hop icon revealed his only mission was to impress Skip Bayless with his new version of the Undisputed theme song. 

The revamped intro debuted on Monday’s episode (August 28), which also featured Lil Wayne in his new slot alongside co-host Skip Bayless. After unveiling the song, which replaces “No Mercy,” Weezy revealed he’d been considering a remake for a couple of years.  

Bayless admitted he was initially against the idea, branding Wayne’s original song “one of the best things,” he ever recorded. However, after hearing the remake, he branded “Good Morning” as “true greatness.” Check out the track below. 

 “What I love about this is you get me as well, maybe even better than anyone gets me and you just nail these lyrics,” Skip Bayless told Lil Wayne during the show. “And I hear ’em and I say, ‘That’s it.’ That’s the essence of Undisputed.” 

The Young Money Records founder revealed that he treated the song like a test he had to ace.  

“I would hope so, I try to make everything I do better than the last thing I did,” Lil Wayne continued. “Just to impress you just because I know how much you love ‘No Mercy.’ Just to capitalize on what you done. It’s not complicated. It’s not hard. I love the challenge of it anyway. I attacked it like an SAT exam, like if I don’t pass this, I can’t get in.” 

He also gushed over his co-host, revealing their mutual love of sports made the songwriting process a breeze. 

“The lyrics are so natural because our relationship, because our love for sports and because the love you have for this. It’s so easy to talk about a great person. It’s too easy,” he added. 

Nicki Minaj Reflects On Justin Combs Sweet 16 Date: “Puffy And Misa Was So Mad At Me” 

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Nicki Minaj took a walk down memory lane with Diddy’s son Justin “Prince” Combs, reminiscing about the time the Hip-Hop superstar was his sweet 16 date. 

The “Pound Town 2” hitmaker was chatting with fans on Instagram Live Monday (August 28) about her upcoming single when Combs appeared in the comments. “I went to your sweet 16 with you,” she recalled. While Combs recalled, “it was a movie,” Nicki Minaj revealed the date left his parents heated because she turned up so late. 

“I know I was mad late,” she said. “I just knew that Puffy and Misa was so mad at me. Like, I really could feel it.” 

However, Nicki Minaj added that she was “so mad at myself,” explaining her lateness was down to her outfits.  

“All of the dresses that I had been trying on that day, I hated every single one,” she said. “I felt horrible y’all, I felt really horrible.” 

Not only was she his date, but Nicki Minaj also performed at Justin Comb’s 16th birthday in New York back in 2010. The “Prince of New York”-themed bash was filmed for MTV’s “My Super Sweet 16” and also featured Lil Kim, Trey Songz, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, Fabolous and other celebs. 

“I had a great time,” Minaj added. “He was so fun and funny and very cute too, you know what I’m saying.”  

She also questioned who Combs’ girlfriend was and what she made of their date.“I know she probably was really mad. Why he do that?” she asked. “Why he ain’t take her on his sweet 16? That’s a memorable time.” 

Nicki Minaj Previews New Single

Elsewhere on Monday (August 28), Nicki Minaj announced a release date for her new single “Last Time I Saw You.” The highly anticipated song arrives on Friday, September 1. Listen to a snippet below. 

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Kanye West & Bianca Censori Caught In Risqué Position On Boat In Italy 

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Kanye West and wife Bianca Censori have continued to ruffle feathers amid their adventures in Italy.  While Censori’s risqué outfits have caused complaints amongst conservative locals, this time it was the Hip-Hop star who was accused of indecency. Censori has worn a range of nude catsuits during their outings in the country, angering some Italians who called for her arrest for indecent exposure.

However, a recent boat trip in Venice had locals calling for both of them to be reprimanded. On Monday (August 28), photos surfaced of the couple during their canal excursion, with West exposing his bare behind while cradling Censori’s head in full view of onlookers.  

A video from the incident shows Kanye West getting up from his seat to enter the cabin, exposing his entire bare behind to passing tourists.  

 The suggestive footage led to some online accusing them of “public indecency,” per the Daily Mail.

“Italian authorities need to arrest them for indecency doing that lewd and disgusting behaviour in public. There are clearly crowds, kids probably saw,” one person reportedly wrote. 

Another added, ”I wish the police would arrest these two for their ignorant behaviour. They are making a mockery of the country.”  

Other social media users complained the couple’s antics are “disrespectful” to conservative Catholic citizens. 

Kanye West is reportedly working on the follow-up to 2022’s DONDA 2 while in Italy. Sources claim he’s been in the studio and “new music is imminent.” 

Boosie Badazz Reveals Why He Ended Up In The Hospital

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Boosie Badazz has thanked medical professionals for helping him deal with a recent health scare. The Baton Rouge native landed in a hospital but said it wasn’t due to COVID-19 or diabetic ketoacidosis.

“SHO[U]T OUT TO THE NURSES N DOCTORS AT BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR GETTING MY BLOOD SUGARS DOWN N GETTING ME N OUT!” he wrote in an Instagram post dated Monday (August 28). “NO COVID, NO DKA, JUST HAD TO GET SOME BAGS OF FLUIDS (BEEN TO 6 STATES N 4 DAYS) DOC SAY I NEED REST I AGREE. HEADED BACK HOME THANKS TO THIS BIG ASS BED N I HEARD ITS GO BE RAINING N THE a #goodsleep.”

Boosie didn’t seem willing to rest for too long even though he agreed with the doctor’s advice. Hours later, the rapper was promoting a topless pool party scheduled for Friday (September 1).

The past few months have been hectic for Boosie, who faces gun charges in San Diego. Police arrested him following a traffic stop in May. He was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Boosie’s state gun case was dismissed in mid-June, but federal agents arrested him on the same charge after his court hearing in San Diego. Prosecutors tried to convince a judge to keep him in jail. He was eventually released on a $100,000 bond in late June.

Earlier this month, a judge rejected Boosie’s request to dismiss his federal gun charge. He remains free on bond.

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Future Defeats Lawsuit Accusing Him Of Ripping Off Virginia Rapper’s Song

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Future secured a victory in a legal battle over his song “When I Think About It.” An Illinois judge granted the rapper’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing of him copying Virginia rapper Gutta’s track “When U Think About It.”

Gutta, whose real name is DaQuan Robinson, sued for copyright infringement in 2021. Robinson claimed “When I Think About” ripped off his song, which he sent to Future’s artist Doe Boy and producer Zaytoven in 2017.

Future released the Zaytoven-produced “When I Think About” in 2018. The track appeared on the Beast Mode 2 mixtape.

Judge Martha Pacold acknowledged some similarities between Future and Robinson’s songs. But the judge determined the elements were too commonplace to fall under copyright protection.

“The similarities identified do not constitute a plausible allegation of substantial similarity,” Judge Pacold wrote in her decision.

Judge Pacold said the phrases “when I think about it” and “when you think about it” to be “commonplace and ubiquitous.” The judge also rejected the notion of Future stealing thematic content from Robinson. She cited the works of Wu-Tang Clan, Kanye West and The Notorious B.I.G. as examples of music with similar themes.

The judge dismissed Robinson’s case with prejudice. The decision prevents him from refiling his complaint against Future.

Pharrell Williams Tells Tyler, The Creator New N.E.R.D Music Is In The Works

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Pharrell Williams has revealed he’s working on new N.E.R.D music. Speaking to Tyler, The Creator for an interview with GQ, the “Happy” singer shared he has been working on “12 N.E.R.D records” while in Paris.

“They’re big choruses, but you know, out of nowhere, I’ll just come out of nowhere with the three-bar, crazy-nuts chords that go three-bar to four-bar to eight-bar,” he told Tyler. “It’s good bro, it’s good.

“This is like that feeling that I felt when we made In Search Of… I won’t sit here and tell you that they were hits. I knew it was different, and I knew there won’t be nothing out there like this. But I’m talking about the feeling. I wanted to do everything. I wanted feelings. I wanted the motherf##kin’ great composition.”

Williams also noted that recording the new N.E.R.D material has seen him experimenting with “chords I never used before.”

N.E.R.D was originally formed in 1999 and has three members: Pharrell, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley. The band released their latest studio album, No One Ever Really Dies. in 2017.

Williams has not confirmed a release date for the new collection of N.E.R.D music.

Eminem Slaps Republican Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy With Cease And Desist

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Eminem stopped a Republican presidential candidate from using his music on the campaign trail. The Shady Records boss contacted BMI to remove his songs from the music rights organization’s deal with GOP hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, who once rapped under the stage name “Da Vek.”

Earlier this month, Ramaswamy infamously performed Slim Shady’s song “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair. According to a letter obtained by the Daily Mail U.K, BMI sent a cease and desist to Ramaswamy on August 23.

“BMI has received a communication from Marshall B. Mathers III, professionally known as Eminem, objecting to the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign’s use of Eminem’s musical compositions and requesting that BMI remove all Eminem Works from the agreement,” a BMI lawyer informed Ramaswamy’s campaign. “This letter serves as notice that the Eminem Works are excluded from the agreement effectively immediately.”

The letter continued, “BMI will consider any performance of the Eminem Works by the Vivek 2024 campaign from this date forward to be a material breach of the agreement for which BMI reserves all rights and remedies with respect thereto.”

Eminem shut down Ramaswamy a few weeks after adding a new rapper to the Shady Records roster. The diamond-selling artist signed Ez Mil as part of a joint deal with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment.

Check out AllHipHop’s interview with Ez Mil below.