Drake has been dragged into the alleged marriage breakdown of podcaster Bobbi Althoff after wild speculation erupted online following their hilariously awkward viral interview.
Althoff’s notoriety rose to new heights after she snagged Drake for just her fifth podcast episode. Clips of the interview quickly spread across social media, with viewers sharing clips of the comically cringe-worthy conversation.
The podcaster remained in character while attending a recent Drake concert. She posted a video from the show where she stood awkwardly with her arms crossed, between two friends vibing to the music.
However, the first signs of drama began a day after sharing the concert video. Despite garnering over 10 million views on YouTube, the Drake podcast episode mysteriously disappeared. Then, eagle-eyed fans noticed the pair had also unfollowed each other on Instagram.
Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy then drove speculation into overdrive during a recent episode of his BFF’s podcast last week. He revealed that he heard a rumor Bobbi Althoff and Drake slept together, leading her to get a divorce. “I asked her. I DMed Bobbi,” he shared. “She’s like, I’m not commenting on that publicly.” However, what he says next is bleeped, suggesting he said something he shouldn’t have.
“Wait, so you just outed her?” his co-host asked. “You just outed her not-public comment?”
Bobbi Althoff Shuts Down Drake Rumors
Althoff then flat-out denied the rumor in her Instagram Story Wednesday night (August 16). She shared a screenshot of a message exchange between herself and Dave Portnoy.
“I am not commenting publicly but off the record, you’re right that is not true,” she said, responding to Portnoy’s question about hooking up with Drake.
Althoff also added a note to the post, explaining that this is the only time she intends to address the drama.
“I did not want to do this podcast in the first place, and now so much negativity is coming from it. I’m going to leave it alone after this but this is the uncensored dm between Dave and I.”
For his part, Dave Portnoy has now apologized for posting the misleading clip.
We are always amazed and fascinated by how quickly technology is advancing and bringing the fashion and textile industries one step closer to a more innovative and productive future. Designers have countless options to improve and developed production techniques. Not only textile industry is growing in a fast manner, but the jewelry sector is also growing, can buy your special jewelry on the website MoissaniteCo.
In this article, we dig into the world of textile and fashion production and examine amazing technological advancements that are influencing the direction of the sector. Join us on this fascinating trip as we explore how fashion and technology will converge in the future to weave a tapestry of limitless possibilities!
Anti-UV
The creation of vitamin D, bone growth, and human well-being all depend on sunlight. But if done in excess, that can lead to skin cancer. Anti-UV fabric, a technology developed in Australia, was first used by athletes before gaining popularity among non-sportspeople.
This technological fabric offers UPF 50+ UV radiation protection for the skin. To increase the degrees of protection, the fabric-based items also go through a non-hazardous aqueous chemical bath. It’s important to remember that not all materials require this treatment. Sometimes defense is produced by the tissue structure itself.
Green Practices & Sustainable Manufacturing
The textile and apparel sector is adopting sustainability and green practices to lessen their environmental effect and satisfy customer demand for eco-friendly products.
Water Saving:
Water-saving dyeing and finishing methods, such as low-water and waterless procedures, reduce chemical use and water consumption while reducing effluent output.
Renewable electricity
Along with switching to energy-efficient lighting systems like LED lights, many textile and apparel industries are using renewable electricity sources like solar and wind power. Motion detectors are used to regulate the lighting, which saves a lot of electricity.
Eliminate Packaging Waste
To reduce waste, several manufacturers have entirely done away with extra packaging supplies including plastic bags, hand tags, and staple pins. As a result of consumer demand, several companies are also looking into environmentally friendly alternatives like recycled or biodegradable packaging.
Smart Textiles and Functional Wearables:
The emergence of smart textiles and useful wearables has ushered in a new era of innovation as soft robotics and fabrics come together. In addition to delivering greater functionality and a wide range of uses, businesses are also developing fully “connected” clothes that go beyond standard apparel.
Next-Gen Textiles:
To create clothing that can adapt, react, and interact with the environment around the user, smart textiles incorporate soft robotics and electronics into fabrics. These fabrics get intended to be adaptable, light, and comfy, easily integrating technology into daily clothes.
Virtual clothes
They have evolved into more than just a component of movie and video game visual effects. The metaverse is the best illustration of how they are bringing new ideas nowadays. Stylists now design outfits for avatars that may be purchased as NFTs or picture filters. You can also make your jewelry shopping on the website at MoissaniteCo to get more trending and fashionable jewelry on your special occasion.
Smart Clothing:
More and more people are wearing clothing with sensors and connections built in. Smart textiles have various uses, from color-changing vests that react to ambient factors to fitness trackers and heart rate monitors built into shirts.
Digitization in fashion:
“Digital Twin” for the garment sector is not a novel concept.
Every factory aspires to:
(1) lower the percentage of defective garments produced
(2) lower production costs
(3) see shop floor operations run smoothly and be effectively monitored in real-time
(4) increase speed to market
(5) see their equipment and machinery last for a long time
(6) develop a plan that will enable them to sustain their operations over the long term.
All these objectives are possible using Digital Twin.
The idea enables manufacturers to merge the virtual and physical worlds, allowing them to produce a digital representation of a physical thing or even a process in close to real time to catch any flaws in advance.
Additionally, the functions of the Digital Twin focus primarily on “Comparison” and “Collaboration” rather than only “Conceptualization.” Conceptualise product information, contrast virtual and actual, and work together to implement necessary system modifications!
Digital twins may be used to track customer behavior and preferences so products and experiences can be tailored. In 2023, the market will be impacted by the hyper-automation trend brought on by the development of Digital Twins.
Jamie Foxx is finally beginning to feel like his old self following his hospital stay earlier this year for an undisclosed medical complication.
The iconic actor has kept a relatively low profile while on the road to recovery but recently took to social media to express his profound gratitude for all the support he’s received along the way. Foxx also shared some welcome good news, updating fans about his health in an Instagram post Wednesday evening (August 16).
“You’re lookin at a man who is thankful,” Jamie Foxx wrote alongside a series of selfies. “Finally startin to feel like myself.”
He also admitted “it’s been an unexpected dark journey,” but says he can now “see the light.”
Foxx continued, “I’m thankful to everyone that reached out and sent well wishes and prayers… I have a lot of people to thank… u just don’t know how much it meant…”
He signed off with a promise to thank all of his devoted well-wishers before giving glory to God. The Oscar winner also added a hashtag to let fans know he’s back and he’s better. Check out his post below.
While the reason for his emergency hospital stay remains unknown, Jamie Foxx revealed he underwent an arduous ordeal in his first update on July 22. Foxx admitted he “went to hell and back,” explaining he experienced “something that I thought I would never ever go through.”
In a birthday message to his sister earlier this month, Foxx revealed he wouldn’t be here without her. “Had you not made the decisions that you made I would’ve lost my life,” he wrote while paying tribute to his sibling.
It looks like Darius Jackson ain’t holding down that “Boyfriend” title anymore. Keke Palmer’s man can’t stands no more! She collaborated with Usher on that new song “Boyfriend” and it seems like hell is breaking loose as they go viral.
Various sources are buzzing and they say Darius is not going to stand by and let Usher and KeKe clown him. I am sure you remember he made waves back in July when Keke’s cakes got Usher’s attention in Last Vegas? My dude jumped in his feelings and into his baby mom’s comments. And it all went downhill from there.
Bro tweeted, “It’s the outfit tho.. you a mom,” when Keke rocked that sheer dress at Usher’s show. Next thing we knew, he pulled a Houdini and vanished from Twitter (I ain’t calling it “X,” b!). We have not seen Darius and Keke together since. They are parents of a baby. They legit brought a new life into this world, their son Leodis Andrellton. Keke’s been keeping it busy and grinding hard. There is no official word on their relationship, but there is an unofficial word. Darius has reportedly jumped back into his acting career and left the mess behind. And let me tell you, they’re co-parenting champs, even if they are no longer sleeping together.
As for Keke and Usher, they got that “Boyfriend” video out and they are throwing shade at her child’s dad. Lyrics like, “Somebody said that your boyfriend’s looking for me. Oh that’s cool.”
Atlanta area rapper Dopeboy Ra, who was a member of T.I.’s group Hustle Gang, has died. T.I.’s Grand Hustle label mourned the late rapper in an Instagram post on Wednesday (August 16).
Associates of Dopeboy Ra, who was also known as RaRa and Young Capone, became worried about him after he reportedly went missing. Word of his death began to hit social media on Tuesday (August 15). Grand Hustle confirmed his passing in a statement on Wednesday.
“The Grand Hustle family is deeply saddened by the tragic passing of RaRa (formerly known as Young Capone),” the label announced. “We are sending our sincere condolences to his family, children, friends and the Atlanta community. Our Grand Hustle brother will truly be missed for his remarkable presence and effortless talent.”
Former Grand Hustle general manager Hannah Kang said she was “numb” after learning of Dopeboy Ra’s death. She shared a screenshot of their old messages on Instagram.
“Damn @dopeboyra going thru our random silly dms,” she wrote. “RIP … I’m numb. Too many deaths.”
Young Dro, J.I.D and many other members of the Atlanta Hip-Hop scene grieved the loss of Dopeboy Ra, whose real name was Rodriguez Smith. No cause of death has been revealed.
YNW Melly’s lawyers asked a Florida judge to release him from jail while he waits for his retrial in a double murder case. According to NBC Miami, attorneys filed a motion for a bond hearing on Tuesday (August 15).
The rapper’s legal team argued for his release by citing the judge’s decision to grant bond to his co-defendant YNW Bortlen. Lawyers said the judge has the power to grant bond to their client even though he is charged with non-bondable offenses.
YNW Melly, whose real name is Jamell Demons, has remained in jail since his 2019 arrest. Authorities charged him with first-degree murder.
Prosecutors accuse the 24-year-old artist of killing his friends YNW Juvy and YNW Sakchaser in 2018. YNW Melly will be retried for the murders after his first trial ended in a mistrial.
The original trial began in June. Jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict after listening to several weeks of testimony. Judge John Murphy declared a mistrial in July.
YNW Melly’s second trial is scheduled to start on October 9. His alleged accomplice YNW Bortlen will be tried separately.
Prosecutors claim YNW Bortlen helped YNW Melly stage a drive-by shooting to cover up the murders. Both men pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges.
Doja Cat thought about taking a break from music to explore acting or stand-up comedy. The pop star revealed her desire to try different creative outlets in an interview with Angie Martinez for Harper’s Bazaar.
“I would love to do movies that I believe in,” she said. “I would have to stop the music for a minute. But I would be down to immerse myself in acting for a certain period of time. I love comedies and action films. I want to learn martial arts and be in a film like John Wick.”
Doja Cat mentioned clothing and makeup as other potential projects beyond music. She also confirmed her interest in doing stand-up comedy.
“It’s something I’ve definitely considered,” Doja Cat told Martinez. “I actually went onstage recently with Craig Robinson. He’ll get on a piano and just play songs, but he’ll do it in his own Craig Robinson, funny-ass way. I went up onstage and sang with him at a comedy club. It was super low-key. I was there with one of my boyfriends.”
Later this year, Doja Cat plans to release a new album titled Scarlet. She said the project is “more introspective” but features a “nice mixture” of “stories and bops.”
Either Elon Musk has decided to fully lean into the “Big Brother” dystopian tech company stereotype at Twitter (X) full force, or there’s just some suspect new world order s### going on.
Whichever it is, Musk, Twitter (X) and the whole team of feds presumably working over there at Twitter-turned-tyranny, got me all the way f###ed up if they think I’m uploading my government ID directly to a social media app.
While it appears the new ID Verification feature coming to Twitter (X) will allow users to verify their account by uploading photos of their identification to the app, it seems like no one really knows if it’s going to be mandatory to keep your profile or just for verification purposes when applying for a blue check. There’s one rumor circulating though—accounts will apparently receive a special “ID Verified” badge once they have submitted identification.
I can’t lie; this just feels wrong. It’s like when life imitates art, but the art depicts a weird advanced society where the government and major corporations have both the ability to grotesquely infringe on privacy rights and make a profit from the exploitation of the lack of one’s peace. I’m really out here contemplating being on my J Kwon “Tipsy” vibes and hollering “Yo I got a fake ID tho” when the Twitter (X) ID police come knocking on my door.
But let me chill and quit acting like this is a scene from They Cloned Tyrone before the neighborhood lab sends out a fresh clone and the goons to come get me. Until I find out more, I’m gone leave y’all with some words of wisdom from this generation’s oracle—none other than Druski.
Willie D discussed the state of his relationship with fellow Geto Boys member Scarface on the AllHipHop podcast. The veteran rapper admitted he’s still upset with Scarface for doing a solo performance of the Geto Boys song “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” at the 2023 Grammys Awards.
“When Geto Boys have an opportunity to perform at the Grammys and only one-half performs and makes the decision to do it all by himself, then I gotta take exception to that,” Willie D told AllHipHop’s Chuck Creekmur and DJ Thoro. “Especially when I’m the other half.”
He added, “It was a major slap in the face. For all these people that’s running they mouth and saying, ‘Ah, get over it,’ and da-da-da and, ‘Oh but it was still a good look,’ f### you! Real talk, f### you in your ass.”
Scarface performed the Geto Boys classic as part of a Hip-Hop 50 medley at the Grammys. Willie D’s absence led to a heated argument between the two on a February episode of their Geto Boys Reloaded podcast.
Months later, Willie D remained frustrated. He explained why a simple apology cannot fix the situation.
“[Scarface] said [I should’ve been there], but he said it in a condescending manner,” he said. “And it wasn’t sincere. But I’ma tell you the truth bro. Even if he had [apologized], I still wouldn’t have accepted it ‘cause I knew that it was intentional. So, I don’t accept it when it’s intentional.”
Willie D was asked if there was anything Scarface could do to mend their relationship. The answer might worry Geto Boys fans.
“I don’t know right now,” Willie D said. “Time is a good start.”
Check out Willie D on the AllHipHop podcast below.
EST Gee could be the most interesting man in the world, but it’s more likely he’s the most impatient. Fans of the CMG signee certainly found the latter to be true this week after a clip of EST Gee allegedly walking out of a podcast interview went viral. It’s unclear at the moment what triggered the Kentucky native’s silent walk-off. The clip currently circulating appears to show EST Gee becoming visibly frustrated after being bombarded with questions about his past experiences as a star student and athlete.
However, walking down memory lane isn’t what set it off. Apparently, the clip itself was proof that his actions were warranted. EST Gee, who eviscerated the podcast host in an Instagram Story post because he essentially “tried it” with him, alleges the interview wasn’t even filmed less than two hours prior to the clip being released. The 29-year-old also claimed it was useless banter about pornstars and aliens that forced his hand to leave the podcast midway through the conversation.
“@bootlegkev You tryna play it like I walked out cause of football like [I] ain’t did plenty interviews talking about playing and talk about it in my music,” EST Gee wrote. “You asking me if I remembered an old man pornstar. If I believe in aliens and the NFL combine????? WTF do that got to do with my album dropping Friday? And I literally just walked out that interview 2 hours ago you already got a clip up??? You tryna go viral LOL 100. I got real life s### going [on] ask around Ion feel like playing so please don’t play wit me cause I play crazy.”
On the flip side of things, EST Gee reportedly arrived at least 90 minutes late to the interview and was never engaged in the conversation in the first place, according to the host.
And get this, EST Gee’s team reportedly told the host that he was interested in topics such as the Universe and Quantum Physics and didn’t want to do a regular promotional interview focused on his upcoming El Toro 2 project.
About the @ESTGEE thing- I’m a fan of his music & was genuinely excited to talk to him. I was told by his team that he wanted to not have an interview NOT filled with typical stuff where we talk about music this music that etc.
While there’s no telling who’s really right or wrong in this one, EST Gee surely is getting a load of free promo from the entire moment, as is the platform. Everybody eats B—or so to speak.
Gucci Mane wants to add a country artist to his record label’s roster. The 43-year-old rapper expressed interest in signing viral sensation Oliver Anthony to 1017 Global Music on Wednesday (August 16).
“Aye fam I need y’all help on this one I’m trying sign these guys as my first country artists to 1017!!!” Gucci Mane wrote on Instagram. “I need the info asap.”
Gucci Mane posted a screenshot of a link to Anthony’s song “Rich Men North of Richmond,” which dropped on August 11. An acoustic performance of the track racked up more than 15 million views on YouTube as of August 16.
Anthony’s song attracted a conservative audience thanks to many right-wing figures sharing it on their platforms. Anthony claimed he was nonpartisan in a video released on his YouTube channel.
“I sit pretty dead center down the aisle on politics and always have,” Anthony said. “I remember as a kid the conservatives wanting war and me not understanding that. And I remember a lot of the controversies when the left took office, and it seems like both sides serve the same master. And that master is not someone of any good to the people of this country.”
Gucci Mane did not elaborate on why he hoped to sign Anthony as 1017’s first country artist.
Babyfxce E is the newest artist to come out of Flint, Michigan, and he’s ready to make an impact on the rap game once and for all. Equipped with hard-hitting bars and unpredictable melodies, the rising star is a walking testimony of an underdog who makes it out of his city — with Flint arguably being one of the hardest places to break out of.
Babyfxce E states, “Everything you invest in and put your time into is not going to always work how you plan. Just don’t stop grinding because it ain’t over.”
The crazy part is, Babyfxce E only released his first song two years ago. Fast forward to today, he celebrates breaking out, as he continues to create nothing short of bangers for his growing fanbase.
Most recently, Babyfxce E unveiled the official music video to “Charge It To The Game,” which follows the success of his previous single “Today.” Babyfxce has also opened for Glorilla and Luh Tyler, comparing the performances to when he used to hoop on the basketball court.
AllHipHop spoke with BABYFXCE E to discuss his roots in Flint, love for music, his name, new music, signing to a major, favorite Detroit artists, goals, and more!
AllHipHop: How would you describe your sound?
Babyfxce E: I have a variety of sounds. Most of the time, rap, but I like to step in the autotune bag. I like to hop on different beats I’ve never tried before. It’s really the beat. Once I hop on a certain beat, that’ll change my sound, or give me a different sound to go for.
AllHipHop: Being from Flint, what was that like growing up?
Babyfxce E: Flint is different from every other city, because it’s so small. There’s only 70,000 people that live here, so everybody in my age group I really know. You see everybody. It ain’t really too much money flowing through here. The water’s messed up, it’s crazy here. A lot of violence.
AllHipHop: When did you fall in love with music?
Babyfxce E: 2 years ago, right after I made my third song. After my first song, I was really still doing it. Just rapping. I didn’t really have a passion or love for it yet. But after my third song, it was more of a different beat, different melody, everything. That’s when I really fell in love. I want to keep going to the studio, keep going in the booth and making new music.
AllHipHop: Any artists that made you want to rap?
Babyfxce E: Lil Baby, Rio Da Yung OG. Those are my main two, biggest inspirations forreal for rapping.
AllHipHop: How’d it feel to see Rio Da Yung OG blow up in your city? I feel like he paved the way for other artists out of Flint.
Babyfxce E: It’s crazy. When I seen Rio blow up, I didn’t really think nothing about rapping. I didn’t think I was ever going to rap at all. I was really just a listener, but it was crazy seeing him blow up because I ain’t seen nobody from Flint blow up off music. Especially our generation at least. There’s MC Breed and people like that, but we wasn’t around when they were around. It was crazy. It put us on the map forreal.
AllHipHop: When did you realize you could do music for a living?
Babyfxce E: When everybody was telling me I was good at it, and I wasn’t getting no bad reviews. Every person that heard my music said I was good. They were serious though, they weren’t just saying “you good.” They’re like “you’re nice. Ay bro, you might be able to go somewhere” type s###. That’s what really made me lock all the way in and invest all my money into music.
AllHipHop: How’d you get your name?
Babyfxce E: My name was given to me. I was trying to drop a song. I was rushing, trying to find a name. Everybody ended up giving me the name. I was going to go with Lil E, but it’s already a rapper in Flint called Lil E. He goes by GRINDHARD E, but his nickname’s Lil E. So I couldn’t go with that. But everybody always said I had a baby face. Before, they always said that: “you got a baby face.” I didn’t want to use it because of Babyface Ray’s name, but I ended up going with it and putting my own little twist on it. At first, it was with an ‘a’. I changed the ‘a’ to ‘x’.
AllHipHop: You just dropped “Charge It To The Game,” congrats. What inspired this record?
Babyfxce E: I appreciate you. When I recorded “Charge It To The Game,” I was really skipping through beats. Skipping through a lot of beats and freestyling. I was in my basement, on my speaker playing beats. I’d freestyle, load up a song so I can rap. I freestyled that. The first thing that came to my head was the first two lines of that song. As soon as I thought of the first two lines, I loaded the beat up and started rapping on it.
AllHipHop: Do you freestyle everything?
Babyfxce E: Yeah. It don’t be one take, but I don’t have to write. I don’t have nothing prepared when I go to the studio. I just go there and punch in.
AllHipHop: Did you shoot the music video in your hometown?
Babyfxce E: Yeah, I shot it in Flint. It’s a privilege, because you can’t really shoot videos everywhere. Not in Flint at least. It’s cool.
AllHipHop: Bring us back to when you made “Today.”
Babyfxce E: When I did “Today,” I was really in Atlanta doing a lot of shopping for that day. I just got done shopping and I came to the studio in Atlanta. Same as “Charge it To The Game,” I was running through beats, but that’ beat took me a little longer. I was freestyling and I came up with the hook. I’m like, “I think I wanna trip today.” I started mumbling, coming up with the hook.
AllHipHop: What is it you want fans to get from your story?
Babyfxce E: One thing I did that everybody should do, especially if they care about their career, is invest in it. People be scared to invest in something that they really want to do, and that’s what I did. I invested all my money into rapping. I done went broke on it before. Anything that they really want to do, invest into it.
AllHipHop: How were you getting money before the music?
Babyfxce E: A couple different ways, just hustling forreal.
AllHipHop: You’ve only been rapping for what, two years?
Babyfxce E: I dropped my first song two years ago. It’s wild.
AllHipHop: How much of a role did Tik Tok play in your career?
Babyfxce E: It didn’t play a big role, because it didn’t go viral. But it was growing more views than any other TikTok I ever posted before. All my other TikToks get a thousand views or something. I posted it at night, I woke up the next morning, it was 30K views. Later that day, it was at 60K views, then it got deleted. But it gained that traction from TikTok, it damn near became a word of mouth thing.
AllHipHop: How was it opening for Luh Tyler on tour?
Babyfxce E: It was smooth. I was surprised to see everybody who was interacting with me in each state. It was a good experience.
AllHipHop: You actually opened for Glorilla in Flint. How’d that happen?
Babyfxce E: The promoter got Glorilla to come down here, and they set everything up. Other artists from Flint perform also. It was big. It was one of the biggest performances I had, for sure. It was the same narrative. I wasn’t too surprised because it was in Flint, but I was very surprised to see that many people excited to see me there.
AllHipHop: Were you nervous?
Babyfxce E: I was nervous before, but when I got on the stage I wasn’t nervous. Like when I used to play basketball, I used to get nervous before the game. When the game started, I wasn’t really nervous.
AllHipHop: You still hoop?
Babyfxce E: Yeah I be hooping. I don’t play on no team now, but I be going to the gym.
AllHipHop: Who do you listen to in the gym?
Babyfxce E: I listen to a lot of artists. I listen to a lot of mainstream. I listen to people from Detroit. Babyface Ray, he’s hard. Veeze, 42 Dugg. Skilla Baby, Sada Baby. I really like all the Detroit artists. Tay B, Peezy.
AllHipHop: What do you like to do for fun, when you’re not rapping?
Babyfxce E: Basketball, fishing. I like car stuff. I like going out of town. That’s about it.
AllHipHop: Any goals for yourself at this point in your career?
Babyfxce E: Right now, my next project, I really want to sell a lot of copies and chart. That’s my goal.
A woman seemingly over-policing Black culture has gone viral and now, wears the name “Black Karen.”
Alewia Tola Roba, the person behind the camera, came into an Asian-owned boba shop in Colorado and accused them of cultural appropriation and “stealing Black culture” because they used the word “trap” and “plug” as a part of the store’s name and in their logo. Although the video is a few years old, a re-circulated version has more than two million views.
Roba, a Denver resident of Ethiopian descent, was offended and asserted that the Indonesian business was allegedly tricking people into thinking they were Black-owned to get customers.
“Do you think you’re not using Black culture to gain attention?” Roba asks. “Trap Tea? The boba plug? You’re using Black culture to gain customers. This establishment is not Black-owned. You’re stealing Black culture.”
People working behind the camera tried to explain there was no offense, but she shut them down, saying, “You’re thieves! Asian people stealing Black culture once again. It’s OK, you’ll be exposed though. You’re not Black-owned. You’re stealing Black culture.”
Many on social media thought Roba was taking it too far.
“Black people that get mad at other races using our ‘culture’ what do you want? You want it to remain exclusive to Black people only? Are you wanting to unite? Or is the goal to stay divided? I really hate Black people like this because it gives us a bad name,” one person tweeted, while another said, “Imagine gatekeeping the slang word for the location of drugs.”
A Reddit user wrote, “A trap house is a house known for drug dealing (usually old and rundown, where drugs are made/sold). I highly doubt ANY race would claim that as their ‘culture.'”
Roba owns her own company, Alewia’s Hair Care, which she claims is Black-owned and only uses homemade products free of harsh chemicals and sulfate. Another person showed how the Trap Tea owners changed their name and responded to all the attention that Roba had sent their way.
The brand took to Instagram and the wrote in August 2020, “Today has been an interesting day and we have received a ton of exposure. Some good and some bad but at the end of the day we want everyone to know that trap tea is about love and bringing everyone together.”
The company has since changed its name to “Banned Boba Bar.”
T.I. and Kanye West have been collaborating on music since the 2000s. Since that time, both rap stars have dealt with public challenges that nearly marred their respective careers.
Specifically, Kanye West lost deals with billion-dollar corporations after he made several comments deemed to be antisemitic. Ye also angered many of his fans by parroting anti-Black talking points used by white supremacists.
T.I. recently sat down with The Breakfast Club to discuss the 20th anniversary of his second studio album, Trap Muzik. The conversation included Tip reflecting on working with West for the “Doin’ My Job” track.
“Kanye was cool as hell,” the Grand Hustle Records founder told DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God. “I ain’t even gonna cap. Kanye was more conversational. He read the room a lot better. It feels like Ye got to a point where he just stopped reading the room and just gave everything everywhere.”
T.I. went on to recall West’s excitement while playing him records such as “Through the Wire,” “Jesus Walks” and “All Falls Down” for the first time.
Ye produced “Doin’ My Job” off T.I.’s Trap Muzik and other songs by the Atlanta resident. They also provided verses for the posse cut “Swagga Like Us” alongside fellow Hip Hop heavyweights Jay-Z and Lil Wayne. The Grammy-winning “Swagga Like Us” lives on Tip’s 2008 album Paper Trail.
The Atlanta Braves currently have the best record in Major League Baseball (77-42). The NL East Division leaders tapped hometown hitmaker, Quavo, to entertain the crowd at Truist Park on Tuesday.
Quavo performed his “Who Wit Me?” single for the Atlanta fans. The 32-year-old Migos rapper ran through the record as he stood on top of the Braves dugout before the game began.
“Who Wit Me?” will presumably live on the forthcoming solo project from Quavo. Following his Truist Park performance, the former Berkmar High School athlete announced, “Rocket Power, the album, Friday.”
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Rocket Power will join an album discography that already includes 2018’s Quavo Huncho. That 66-minute project peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart.
In addition, Quavo teamed up with Travis Scott for 2017’s Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho. He also joined forces with his nephew/Migos groupmate Takeoff for Only Built for Infinity Links in 2022.
Takeoff was shot and killed in Houston on November 1, 2022. Four years before his passing, Takeoff released The Last Rocket. Quavo’s Rocket Power album title seems to be an ode to his late relative.
The trio known as Migos dropped four studio LPs between 2015 and 2021. Quavo, Takeoff, and Offset reached the top of the Billboard 200 album chart with 2017’s Culture and 2018’s Culture II.
Migos scored a No. 1 hit when “Bad and Boujee” featuring Lil Uzi Vert made it to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Quavo also achieved a Hot 100 chart-topper as one of the guest features on DJ Khaled’s “I’m The One” collaboration.
Taurus “Polo G” Bartlett’s album discography contains three full-length projects. The Chicago-raised rapper plans to add another LP to his catalog in the very near future.
A new album titled HOOD POET will arrive from Polo G on September 15 via Columbia Records. Veteran Hip Hop producer Southside worked closely with the 24-year-old Midwesterner on his latest body of work.
On August 15, Polo made the official announcement for HOOD POET during a 24-hour live stream for his fans. He also began the project’s rollout by dropping a 98-second trailer on YouTube.
HOOD POET serves as an acronym for “He Overcame Obstacles During Pain Or Emotional Trauma.” The forthcoming album is being described as Polo G’s most personal project to date.
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Previously, Polo G presented 2019’s Die a Legend, 2020’s The Goat, and 2021’s Hall of Fame. The RIAA has certified each of those albums as 2x-Platinum. Hall of Fame debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Polo has also led the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “Rapstar” made it to the pinnacle of the weekly rankings in 2021. “Hate The Other Side” with Juice WRLD, Marshmello, and The Kid LAROI peaked in the Top 10 as well.
“Barely Holdin’ On” – the lead single from HOOD POET – will be released on Friday, August 18. Arrad directed Polo G’s “Barely Holdin’ On” music video. He worked as the director for the “Rapstar” visuals as well.
Bravado and pride are common traits of top-performing Hip Hop recording artists. NLE Choppa showed off his self-confidence on social media this week.
On August 14, NLE Choppa took to the X platform to big up himself. The Memphis native’s 2023 run includes achieving commercial success with songs such as “S### Me Out,”“Do It Again” with 2Rare, and “Angel, Pt. 1” with Kodak Black, Jimin, JVKE, and Muni Long.
“I’M THE GREATEST. Y’ALL COUNTED ME OUT, NOW THEY LOST COUNT. I DO THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, HIT AFTER HIT, SONG AFTER SONG. DON’T PLAY WITH ME. BET NOT EVER TRY AGAIN. SHOW EM MY STREAMS MAMAMMMMAAA #ItsGettingHot,” posted NLE Choppa.
IM THE GREATEST YALL COUNTED ME OUT NOW THEY LOST COUNT. I DO THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN HIT AFTER HIT SONG AFTER SONG DONT PLAY WITH ME BET NOT EVER TRY AGAIN SHOW EM MY STREAMS MAMAMMMMAAA #ItsGettingHot
While Choppa’s “It’s Getting Hot” has found moderate success on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (No. 49), one member of The Joe Budden Podcast slammed the song. Lamar “Ice” Burney expressed hatred for the new rendition.
“I hate this,” declared Ice. “I like NLE Choppa, I hate this is what I’m saying. I want everybody involved arrested. From top to bottom, everybody that was involved in this, I want y’all prosecuted… It didn’t do the classic justice.”
Earlier this year, NLE Choppa released his sophomore studio LP, Cottonwood 2. The album hosts “S### Me Out” and “Do It Again” as well as “Champions” and “Ain’t Gonna Answer” with Lil Wayne. Cottonwood 2 became Choppa’s third Top 10 entry on the Top Rap Albums chart.
Sean “Diddy” Combs will present the inaugural Revolt World on September 22-24 in Atlanta, Georgia. The event will feature panels, keynote addresses, and performances from a star-studded lineup.
“Revolt World was created to celebrate the global impact of hip hop and introduce a new live event category that represents the highest level of entertainment, education, and opportunity,” said Diddy in a statement.
The Revolt network founder added, “Our vision was to build on the tremendous success of Revolt Summit and deliver a first-of-its-kind event that reimagined the intersection of culture, community, and connections with the most influential leaders across generations.”
Yung Miami, Moneybagg Yo, Joey Bada$$, G Herbo, Don Toliver, Jeezy, Juvenile, Uncle Waffles, Omarion, Queen Naija, Maiya The Don, and DVSN have been confirmed for this year’s Revolt World.
In addition, Diddy’s Revolt World will host live editions of shows such as Caresha Please, Assets Over Liabilities, Big Facts, The Jason Lee Show, and Drink Champs. Plus, “We Are Hip Hop”-themed conversations will feature Lauren London, Rotimi, Jemele Hill, and others.
“We are thrilled to present this extraordinary lineup of talent at Revolt World who share our mission to provide access, knowledge, and opportunities that amplify our culture’s influence,” stated Detavio Samuels, Revolt CEO.
Samuels continued, “From industry icons to visionary thought leaders, these individuals embody the spirit of creativity, empowerment, and change that Revolt stands for. Together, we will ignite conversations, spark inspiration, and create a lasting impact on a global scale.”
Hip-Hop icons Snoop Dogg and Ice-T are celebrating each other as the world recognizes 50 years of the genre.
The Death Row Records honcho kicked off the praise in a recent interview which has been doing the rounds on social media. In the clip, Snoop Dogg named Ice-T among his Top. 5 best West Coast rappers of all time. Ice Cube, E-40, and Too $hort make up the other places, with Snoop also listing himself.
Ice-T caught wind of the love from his fellow West Coast OG and returned it in kind. He took to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter) to share the praise while giving Snoop Dogg his own flowers while he can still smell them.
“Thanks for the LOVE,” Ice-T wrote alongside the video of Snoop Dogg. “You’re in my opinion the most Famous and Recognizable rapper of all time.”
Meanwhile, Snoop Dogg wants to make sure Southern rap gets the respect it deserves, offering to team up with 2 Live Crew’s Uncle Luke in a celebration of Hip-Hop from the West and South.
The Florida icon recently voiced his dissatisfaction at the “disrespect towards Florida hip-hop” during the Hip-Hop 50 festivities.
“We will continue fighting,” Uncle Luke wrote on Saturday (August 12). “There will be a day this year where we come together and celebrate Florida hip-hop artist from the top of the state to the bottom.”
Snoop Dogg saw the comments and offered to step up.
“I love and respect what u did for me and my hip hop journey uncle Luke on and off the mic,” he replied. “Let’s do a southwest Hip hop celebration so we can get the flowers to you and the other founders who mean so much to this thang called hip hop.”
Freddie Gibbs has added another piece of indelible art to his collection with a huge new leg tattoo featuring portraits of some of his idols.
The Gary, Indiana-bred hitmaker took to social media Tuesday (August 15) to unveil his fresh ink. The tattoo covers half of his leg, from ankle to knee, and features three famous pop culture icons.
A portrait of Samuel L. Jackson in his role as Jules Winnfield in the 1995 cult classic Pulp Fiction covers the lower portion while an inking of Wesley Snipes as the titular character from the Blade movie franchise sits next to Gibbs’s knee. In between the two actors is an image of Mike Tyson holding up stacks of cash.
“Bad Mother F#####,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter, alongside a video of his new tattoo.
While the video garnered some admirers, many of the replies mocked the tattoo, particularly the accuracy of the Tyson portrait. However, Gibbs was able to see the funny side and got in on the jokes.
“That’s 50 Tyson,” read one response, which drew a laugh from Freddie Gibbs.
