Benny The Butcher is letting his beef with Freddie Gibbs simmer, gifting the Alfredo creator’s baby mama a BSF chain.
The Griselda rapper and Gibbs have been at odds for some time and even got into a physical altercation in May 2022. Gibbs and his then-girlfriend, who goes by the name Destini Creams, got their chains snatched in the chaos.
However, while his feud with Gibbs remains, Benny has since made up with Gibbs’ baby mama and even returned her chain.
Nonetheless, on Tuesday (March 19), Destini Creams revealed that the Buffalo MC upped the ante and gifted her new chain with a flash BMF pendant. She posted a video featuring Benny placing the diamond-encrusted piece around her neck before posing up a storm together.
“Lost a chain, got a bigger one,” she captioned the video.
Benny The Butcher opened up about his beef with Freddie Gibbs during an interview last year.
He told The Breakfast Club that he returned Destini Creams’ chain because “I’m really a nice guy.” Benny explained that she “was caught in the middle of some s### she had nothing to do with.”
However, he has no intention of patching things up with Gibbs.
“Hell no,” he replied when asked if they would ever make peace. “You don’t do that s### to people you cool with, and that’s just it. I really don’t have no problem with him. He never done nothing to me in life. I have no problem with him. It’s just that I would be goofy. And the people I make my music for would look at me goofy if I would stand next to him.”
Snoop Dogg comically remixed his iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame moment to pay tribute to Dr. Dre as the Hip-Hop mogul received his own coveted star.
On Tuesday (March 19), the Death Row honcho took to the podium to honor Dre and his legacy.
“I wanna thank me,” he began as the audience laughed. “For taking the call from Warren and Dr. Dre in ’91, even though I hung up on Warren a few times ’cause I thought the n#### was lying.”
After joking about being thankful for writing himself into “Deep Cover,” Snoop gave Dre his flowers.
“I wanna thank me for listening to Dre over the years and letting him be my teacher, mentor, brother, guardian, protector, and most importantly a good friend.”
Snoop then playfully gave himself props for “showing up on time at the Super Bowl,” before honoring Dr. Dre with a freestyle tribute.
“Dr. Dre, my brother from another mother, a rock in the sands on the beach he’d soon discover/Now we deep cover, blood brothers on a mission, Dre’s edition,” Snoop rapped. “House with no furniture, studio in the back with a little bit of food in the kitchen/Long Beach to Compton to Calabasas, compositions; pay attention/Quincy had Michael, they rewrote the cycle/So if Dre is Q and Mike is Snoop, we bang G thang, muthafuckin supergroup.”
Watch the rest of his verse below.
Hours after the ceremony, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre joined forces with 50 Cent and Eminem to assist Jimmy Kimmel in a rip-roaring “Dre’s Anatomy” skit.
Nicki Minaj has apologized to her fans for postponing her New Orleans tour stop at the last minute due to illness.
Disgruntled fans, some of whom flew in for the concert on Monday (March 18), called out the NYC rapper for the eleventh-hour cancellation. Others were disappointed that the announcement came from the venue with no word from the artist herself.
However, On Tuesday evening, Nicki Minaj took to Instagram with an apology to New Orleans fans.
“Please accept my sincerest apologies for having to reschedule our date together.
You mean so much to me & I hate that things didn’t go as planned,” she began. “Within the next few days, I hope to update our schedule with a new date that I can give you 100% of myself & nothing less.”
While some said Minaj should have performed even if unwell, the rapper said her fans deserve more.
“You don’t deserve to pay for a tkt to see me up there rapping with the flu. Absolutely NOT,” she added. “Thank you for your patience. Thank you for your well wishes.”
After telling supporters how much she loves and adores them, Minaj explained that she may be unable to reschedule for a while.
“It may have to be in MAY due to the NBA finals, but we won’t complete this tour w/o you,“ she added. “As long as you’ll have me, my team & I will be there.”
Jimmy Kimmel drafted a quartet of Hip-Hop royalty to assist him with an embarrassing medical issue in a hilarious “Grey’s Anatomy” parody.
On Tuesday night (March 19) Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and Eminem joined the talk show host in a skit that saw Kimmel rushed into Dre’s operating theater, where the good doctor made an unfortunate diagnosis.
“This man has no penis,” Dr. Dre declared before asking “Dr. Broadus” for a second opinion. After an examination with a magnifying glass, the duo calls for specialist help.
Dr. Jackson then emerged with a giant telescope, and “Dr. Broadus,” AKA Snoop, made Kimmel “relax” with an oxygen mask dispensing weed smoke.
“Chill, to the next episode,” Snoop advised his patient as Kimmel’s heart rate began to drop. The EKG began beeping as Dre urged, “Turn that up.” The steady beep then transformed into the distinct opening notes of “Still D.R.E.”
The skit closed out with an appearance from Eminem in full surgeon’s get-up. “You only get one shot,” Em said, holding up a massive syringe filled with green goop, as 50 Cent quips, “One shot? I been shot nine times.”
The Hip-Hop heavweights’ appearance on Jimmy Kimmel came hours after Dre received a star on the coveted Hollywood Walk of Fame.
“I’m incredibly grateful for your support throughout the years,” Dr. Dre told the crowd. “Most of us have grown up together. And at nearly 60 years old, you’re still rocking with me, and I really appreciate that. Thank you so much. Which is really good, because I’m nowhere near done. You better believe there’s a lot more coming.”
Chance The Rapper appears to be offering the Black Community his own advice in an unreleased track he recently shared.
On Tuesday (March 19), Chance unleashed the snippet in an Instagram post. In doing so, he provided little information about the official release of the track. However, he did offer his two cents on a possible course of action for Black folks in the verses he briefly showcased. More specifically, the Chicago MC appeared to express his belief that people of color need to take up arms and organize rather than involve themselves in the current democratic election cycle.
“I ain’t telling no n###as go vote/I ain’t telling no n###as go broke/I’m just telling my n###as get guns, I’m just telling my n###as revolt,” he raps in part.
The comment section of the post was flooded with support from artists such as Quavo, Ty Dolla $ign, Quentin Miller and even Chance’s own brother Taylor Bennett whop wrote “SHEEEEEEEESHH” in his comment, accompanied by a fire emoji symbol. Again, while it’s unclear when exactly, or if, the song will be released, the post followed Chance’s recent appearance on NBC’s gameshow Password with Keke Palmer and Jimmy Fallon. Additionally, the snippet arrived on the heels of the his announcement that he’ll be bring #TeamChance to the latest season of The Voice.
Check out the unreleased snippet above in addition to the trailer for season 25 of The Voice competition below.
Donald Trump has given his thoughts on Catherine, Princess of Wales’ photo editing. The former United States president defended Catherine editing her photos and said he had no problem with it.
“That shouldn’t be a big deal because everybody doctors,” Donald Trump, 77, told GB News. “You look at these movie actors and you see a movie actor and you meet him, and you say, ‘Is that the same person in the picture?'”
The controversy began after a photo released by Kensington Palace featuring Catherine, 42, surrounded by her three children, was found to have been substantially edited and issued with a “kill notice” by several leading news photo agencies.
News outlets hold photographs to a higher standard than social media channels, as news outlets are relied on to report and depict the truth.
Donald said he didn’t think Catherine’s photo editing was particularly serious – despite not having seen the original, unedited photograph or photographs.
“I looked at that actually, and it was a very minor doctoring,” he said. “I don’t understand why there could be such a howl over that.”
He added he thought Catherine was going through a “rough” time.
“It’s a rough period,” Donald said. “You know, they’re really – they went after her.”
Young Thug’s latest YSL Rico trial date was briefly knocked off course by a witness summoned by Georgia state prosecutors.
On Tuesday (March 19) a report from Law And Crime detailed how Adrian Bean, one of the state’s witnesses, claimed he was “too high” in the midst of testifying on the stand. At the time, Bean was being questioned about his recollection of the September 2013 fatal shooting incident that prosecutors allege involved Young Thug.
“Man, umm,” Bean said in part before adding, “Can I get a water or something? I’m so high right now, y’all, I’m about to go to sleep on y’all now. I am.”
This may be the most epic moment yet in the Young Thug trial. lmao.
“I’m so high right now y’all I’m about to go to sleep on y’all.”
This isn’t the first time Bean’s drug use has become a notable topic throughout the trial. In fact, at this point it’s nearly common place. In February, he told prosecutors that his memory of the shooting and subsequent car crash, which resulted in the death of Donovan Thomas Jr., was almost “nonexistent” due to his persistent drug use in 2013.
Bean went on top say he was essentially “addicted” the the drug MDMA, more commonly known as Molly, during that time period and couldn’t recall anything from that point in his life. He also seemingly recanted any memory he had of a meeting with Young Thug’s defense attorney Brian Steel in January, which prompted Steel to accuse Bean of being untruthful. Steel then played a recording of the alleged meeting in which Bean appeared to deny Young Thug’s involvement in the incident.
“I’m not gonna lie on a brother,” Bean says in the recording. “You know what I mean? He wasn’t with us. Young Thug was not in the car with us that day. I don’t even know how his name really got mentioned. Maybe there was a lot of hype in the streets.”
Dee-1 pictured a happy ending to his beef with Joe Budden, who called the New Orleans native a clout chaser. The rapper/activist discussed his desire to resolve his issues with Budden during an appearance on Big Loon’s It’s Up There Podcast.
“I’m not gonna get bullied by someone who feels like, ‘Well, I have a bigger platform than you, I am just going to talk down on you,’” he said. “I literally got a book that’s about not getting bullied and how to overcome it. I wrote this for kids! This is a children’s book, bro, that’s teaching them how to interact with one another even though they may have differences. Me and this dude on the cover who used to bully me, all these years later we best friends, bro … So, that’s why I’m looking forward to—dawg, I can’t wait to hug Joe Budden, bro. I can’t wait to dap him off and tell him, bro, my favorite song from you is ‘Follow My Lead’ and da da da.”
Last year, Budden criticized Dee-1 for calling out Meek Mill, Rick Ross and Jim Jones over the content of their music. Budden referred to Dee-1 as a “nasty, clout-chasing Christian” in a rant on the Joe Budden Podcast.
Big Loon questioned why Dee-1 wanted to hug Budden and others who spoke derisively. Dee-1 cited his faith as a major factor.
“If I’m asking for forgiveness from God constantly, then who am I to tell somebody that I can’t forgive them?” he noted. “So, when I see things in the culture that’s contrary to the kingdom culture, I’m just like which one I’m choosing: kingdom culture or rap culture? Man, I love rap culture, but I gotta roll with [kingdom culture] … I have seen myself as a symbol for how other people can handle stuff in a way where it’s like you not gonna bully me, I’m not finna back down. But I’m gonna show you all how we can come full circle to where I do wanna dap Joe Budden off and sit down [with him]. At one time, he thought this is all a ploy so dude could get on my show or whatever. Man, I ain’t gotta come on your show.”
Dee-1 released his latest album From the Hood to Harvard directly to consumers in December 2023. The album hit streaming platforms in February.
In a dramatic showdown reminiscent of a Hollywood thriller, a New York City property owner found herself in handcuffs after a tense stand-off with alleged squatters, who took over her parents’ million-dollar home in Flushing, Queens.
Adele Andaloro, 47, inherited the lavish property from her late parents, only to discover squatters had infiltrated the premises and changed the locks while she attempted to sell the house. Determined to reclaim her rightful ownership, Andaloro confronted the intruders with cameras rolling, uncovering her own belongings being utilized by the alleged illegal tenants. As tensions flared, police were summoned to the scene, leading to a precarious standoff between Andaloro and the squatters, with both parties vying for control of the coveted property.
Andaloro’s emotional plea for justice reverberated through the neighborhood as she brandished the property’s deed, desperately seeking to oust the unwanted occupants. However, the legal intricacies of New York City’s squatters’ rights cast a shadow of uncertainty over the situation, with Andaloro facing the daunting prospect of legal repercussions for her attempts to reclaim her home. The saga took a sinister turn when a man claiming to hold a lease for the property brazenly forced his way into the home, prompting a second intervention by law enforcement.
As chaos ensued and tensions reached a fever pitch, Andaloro found herself on the wrong side of the law, arrested for unlawful eviction in a stunning twist of fate. The unfolding drama sheds light on the murky world of property disputes in the Big Apple, where the line between rightful ownership and unlawful occupation is often blurred. Adaloro’s story is unfortunately one of many, considering yet another couple of the Queens borough, who care for their child with Down syndrome, complain they have been unable to move into their $2 million home because a squatter is currently occupying it.
Andscape, the multimedia platform from Disney and ESPN, announced the new &360 anthology franchise. Director Jesse Washington’s Hip-Hop & The White House will be Andscape’s premiere documentary.
“We feel this is the perfect time to discuss how Hip-Hop has influenced presidential politics, and to ask what we can expect from the culture in this upcoming election season,” Jesse Washington states.
Washington also adds, “&360 provides an incredible opportunity to explore and illuminate important stories that have never been fully told. I’m looking forward to passing the &360 baton to the next storyteller and seeing new visions come to life.”
Hip-Hop & The White House examines the relationship between Hip-Hop culture and the President of the United States. “My President” rapper Jeezy narrates the documentary which begins by covering how presidential policies in the 1970s and 1980s led to the creation of Hip-Hop.
The doc features interviews with Common, YG, KRS-One, Roxanne Shante, Bun B, Curren$y, Waka Flocka Flame, Chika, and more. Political figures such as U.S. Representative Maxine Waters and Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka make appearances as well. Journalists like Farai Chideya and Bakari Kitwana also provided insight into Hip-Hop’s connection to the presidency.
“We are energized by the incredible storytellers working today, and we are thrilled to use our platform to spotlight the work of Black creators,” says Jason Aidoo, VP and head of Andscape. Hip-Hop & The White House debuts on the Hulu streaming service on April 22.
A reunion of epic proportions took place on Tuesday (March 19), when Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent descended on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. The Hip-Hop legends were on deck for Dr. Dre’s long-awaited Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony, which was hosted by radio personality Big Boy and attended by the likes of Jimmy Iovine, Xzibit, Paul Rosenberg, Fred Wreck, DJ Quik, Kurupt, Royce Da 5’9, Top Dawg, DJ Battlecat and Los Angeles City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez.
“I’m incredibly grateful for your support throughout the years,” Dr. Dre told the crowd. “Most of us have grown up together. And at nearly 60 years old, you’re still rocking with me, and I really appreciate that. Thank you so much. Which is really good, because I’m nowhere near done. You better believe there’s a lot more coming.”
He added elsewhere, “Pouring my whole soul and self into my passion for Hip-Hop led me on a pathway to an incredible career, and I’ve been fortunate enough to make a living doing exactly what I love to do,”
Snoop Dogg also took the podium to welcome his “brother from another mother” to the famed sidewalk.
“I want to thank me,” he said, referencing his own song. “I want to thank me for taking the call from Warren and Dr. Dre in 1991. I want to thank me for listening to Dre over the years and letting him be my teacher, mentor, brother, guardian, protector and most importantly a good friend.”
In addition to Dr. Dre’s star, Soto-Martinez officially declared March 19 as Dre Day in the city and presented Dr. Dre with a framed plaque to commemorate the occasion. Dr. Dre is expected to make an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! alongside Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent following the ceremony.
Dr. Dre, a 9x-time Grammy Award winner, began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin’ Cru before co-founding the revolutionary group N.W.A. In 2016, N.W.A became the fifth rap group to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. They were honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award earlier this year. Dr. Dre’s solo career began with the 1992 release The Chronic, which has been certified 3x-platinum by the RIAA, reached the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 and won a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance of “Let Me Ride.”
His career has been far from perfect, however. In 1991, he brutally assaulted Pump It Up! host Dee Barnes over an interview he was upset about. In the 2017 HBO documentary The Defiant Ones, he called the incident a “blemish” on who he is as a man. Dre’s wife of 24 years, Nicole Young, filed for divorce in 2020 citing abuse. Their divorce was finalized in 2021 with Dr. Dre agreeing to pay Young $100 million.
Sexyy Red refuses to tell fans who fathered her second child. The St. Louis native explained why she didn’t want to reveal the man’s identity in a recent interview with Billboard.
“I don’t need everybody in my business,” she said. “Like why y’all want to be so nosy? Mind your f###ing business.”
Sexyy Red’s secrecy led to wild rumors, which had some fans believing Drake was the child’s father. The two played up the rumors by appearing as a couple in the music video for their “Rich Baby Daddy” collaboration with SZA (Drake isn’t the father of the child). Sexyy Red provided a brief glimpse of her kid’s actual father in a maternity photoshoot, blurring the man’s face to maintain his privacy.
The “Rich Baby Daddy” video featured VHS-style footage with Drake portraying the baby daddy. Sexyy Red, who was pregnant during filming, told Billboard she enjoyed working with Drake on the video.
“It was fun,” she said. “I f### with Drake. He a good—he a good person, for real.”
Sexyy Red performed “Rich Baby Daddy” at Rolling Loud California 2024. A clip of the performance went viral due to her struggling to sing SZA’s verse.
“Dis how it be when somebody hear you singing in da shower,” she joked on Twitter (X).
Sexyy Red gave birth to her second child in February. She initially tried to hide her pregnancy while touring in 2023.
“Touring was stressful at first because nobody knew I was pregnant,” she said. “I’d be in the bedroom trying to suck my stomach in or wear clothes to show I wasn’t. It hurt to just be onstage all day holding your stomach. It’s hard to hide it.”
Sexyy Red dropped a new track titled “Get It Sexyy” on March 15. The track was produced by Tay Keith, the producer behind her breakthrough single “Pound Town.”
Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari filed a lawsuit against him in New York on Tuesday (March 19). Jabbari sued Majors for defamation, battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and malicious prosecution.
A jury found Majors guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment in December 2023. The charges stemmed from a March 2023 altercation with Jabbari.
Majors maintained his innocence. Jabbari claimed Majors defamed her with his public response to the guilty verdict. She said he attempted to make people believe she lied about his abuse.
“When publicly confronted with Grace’s numerous allegations of abuse, Majors has called her a liar at every turn and very specifically claimed that he has never put his hands on a woman, with the goal of convincing the world that Grace is not a victim of domestic abuse but instead a crazy liar who should be treated as such,” Jabbari’s lawsuit read.
Jabbari said her ex-boyfriend engaged in “a pattern of pervasive domestic abuse,” which allegedly began in 2021 and continued through 2023. She accused him of physically assaulting her for the first time in 2022.
The lawsuit listed several examples of Majors’ alleged abuse. Jabbari claimed Majors threatened suicide and manipulated her to prevent her from reporting his abuse to authorities.
“It takes true bravery to hold someone with this level of power and acclaim accountable,” Jabbari’s attorney Brittany Henderson said in a press statement. “Bravery that Grace Jabbari has demonstrated at every stage of the legal process. We strongly believe that through this action, truth and transparency will bring Grace the justice that she deserves.”
Majors planned to countersue Jabbari, according to his lawyer Priya Chaudhry.
“This is no surprise,” Chaudhry said. “Mr. Majors is preparing counterclaims against Ms. Jabbari.
Majors awaits sentencing for his assault and harassment conviction. He faces up to one year in prison.
Jennifer Lopez and SZA have been pit against each other in a side-by-side comparison that is anything but flattering for both artists. A user on TikTok under the screen named @photosbyangelita recently went off on Lopez in a viral video rant, in which she accused Lopez of lying about her childhood in the Bronx. In particular, the user took issue with Lopez’s claim she used to cruise around her Bronx neighborhood in the Bronx with messy hair as a teenager.
“I like taking my hair out like this it reminds me like when i was 16 in the Bronx running up and down the block,” Lopez said.
i like taking my hair out like this it reminds me like when i was 16 in the bronx running up and down the block jlo pic.twitter.com/fysQ1CYWAD
Despite Lopez’s rose colored lens on her experience in the Bronx, she received a fair amount of backlash for the comment.
“Guess what, I’m a Puerto Rican woman from the Bronx who went to the same high school as you and you were lying,” the woman started off in her rant. I saw your high school, you did not have hair like that, and we also all attended an all-girls Catholic high school in an Irish and Italian neighborhood, so you weren’t running up and down the block you know damn well you were sitting next to Megan Farley and Christine Marchetti in class.”
As she concluded, she questioned why Lopez was “lying” and proceeded to issue a call-to-action for her to stop using the Bronx and people from the borough to make herself seem human. In a tweet, someone reposted the rant and accused Lopez of attempting to take SZA’s spot as the “top liar.” After the initial post gained traction, multiple users responded seemingly corroborating the user’s claims.
If your memory isn’t nearly as good as is used to be, you may have forgotten some of the “Snooze” singer’s alleged fibs. SZA stirred up controversy in 2019 with claims she was racially profiled at a California Sephora store. In a series of tweets, she alleged that she was accused of stealing and followed by security personnel. However, subsequent investigations by both fans and media outlets revealed inconsistencies in her story, with Sephora issuing a statement denying any involvement in racial profiling. Additionally, surveillance footage from the store failed to corroborate SZA’s account of the incident. While the artist later deleted her tweets and issued an apology, the incident sparked discussions about the importance of verifying claims before jumping to conclusions.
Believe it or not, Twitter users appear to have revealed the TikTok creator who posted the rant was lying herself, revealing she may have gone to the same school as Lopez— but at a different time.
Benzino predictably disagreed with Dr. Dre calling Eminem the best MC ever, continuing a bitter feud with Slim Shady. Benzino said Dr. Dre insulted Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, MC Ren, The D.O.C. and more by championing Eminem.
“You know I think Dr Dre is one of the greatest producers of all time, and notice I didn’t say Hip Hop producers, but this is an insult to Cube, REN, Snoop, Doc and every other rapper who who wrote all those hits,” Benzino wrote. “I mean this is his opinion and I respect it but cmon Dre.”
Dr. Dre praised Eminem on SiriusXM’s This Life of Mine with James Corden. The Hip-Hop mogul explained why his longtime collaborator should be considered the GOAT MC while reflecting on how they first connected.
“His writing and his delivery and his imagination is off the charts and I don’t think anyone would disagree with that,” Dr. Dre told Corden. “I think he’s the best MC ever. Point blank, period. Of course, there are going to be arguments about that because he’s a white guy. I don’t think anyone that’s rapping can touch Eminem on that microphone.”
Benzino complained about Dr. Dre’s opinion after trading disses with Eminem earlier this year. Eminem took shots at Benzino on the song “Doomsday Pt. 2,” which appeared on Lyrical Lemonade’s All Is Yellow compilation. Benzino responded by dropping two diss tracks: “Vulturius” and “Rap Elvis.” Benzino claimed he would go down in history as “the Eminem slayer.”
“I already killed him with ‘Rap Elvis,’” he said in February. “Where’s he at? Where’s the response? I want to battle him face-to-face. I think he’s overrated. I think he sucks as a rapper. And it’s f### anybody that’s with him. I bombed on him. I’m gonna continue to bomb on him. I’m gonna continue to expose him. At the end of the day, people are waking up to his b#######.”
Benzino and Eminem’s beef started in the early 2000s. Their bad blood seemed to calm down over the years before it bubbled up again in 2024.
Kanye West claimed Ice Spice’s team blocked him from releasing a verse she recorded for his song “New Body.” Ye called out her team via Instagram Stories.
“ICE SPICE SENT A VERSE IN FOR NEW BODY,” he wrote. “NOW HER TEAM IS SAYING WE CAN’T USE IT.”
Fans learned about the potential collaboration when YesJulz, a former member of Ye’s team, posted private messages from him on social media. Kanye said he asked Ice Spice and Doja Cat to record verses for “New Body” in a text sent to YesJulz in December 2023.
“Sent New body to Ice Spice & Doja,” he wrote. “Let’s see who sounds best.”
Kanye’s “New Body” was created for his shelved album Yandhi, which was supposed to drop in 2018. Ty Dolla $ign and Nicki Minaj were featured on the track.
“New Body” appeared on the original tracklist for Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign’s albumVultures 1, but the song was missing when the project dropped in February. Nicki refused to let Ye use her verse.
“Now regarding Kanye, that train has left the station, OK?” she said in December 2023. “No disrespect in any way, I just put out a brand new album. Now why would I put out a song that has been out for three years? Come on guys.”
The behind-the-scenes drama involving Ice Spice emerged amid Ye’s dispute with YesJulz. Kanye planned to sue YesJulz, whose real name is Julieanna Goddard, for violating her NDA after she was fired from his team.
“Goddard has repeatedly, intentionally and grossly violated the terms of her Non-Disclosure Agreement with Claimants, including publicly disclosing corporate sales figures, social media strategies, text messages with Ye and management, release plans for the Vultures album and product designs before release,” Ye’s lawyers wrote. “To say Goddard suffers from a lack of impulse control would be to excuse her from responsibility for behavior that is hurtful, hateful and destructive.”
YesJulz dared Kanye to sue her. He sought $8 million in damages.
Megan Thee Stallion is set to headline the Broccoli City Festival this summer, during one of the most anticipated music and culture festivals on the East Coast.
Organizers Broccoli City and Live Nation Urban have unveiled a lineup that features Megan Thee Stallion alongside an array of artists, including Gunna, Lil Yachty, and Concrete Family.
The festival, which will take place on July 27 and 28, promises to blend high-energy performances with innovative, interactive experiences that aim to engage attendees in ways far beyond traditional music events.
In addition to the electrifying headliners, the festival boasts a range of talented performers such as PartyNextDoor, Victoria Monet, Kaytranada, Key Glock, and Sexyy Red, highlighting the diversity and depth of today’s music scene.
However, Broccoli City Festival is setting itself apart by offering more than just music; it introduces a constellation of live experiences and interactive engagements.
Highlights include segments with Issa Rae, a range of comedy acts, immersive karaoke sessions led by Bryson Tiller, and unique showcases such as the Hoe Down featuring Tanner Adell.
“We’re thrilled to unveil this year’s lineup and the move to Audi Field, which reflects our festival’s eclectic tastes and vibrant spirit,” said Brandon McEachern, Co-Founder of Broccoli City Fest. “It’s the perfect time to take another step in our evolution and offer consumers a nontraditional, inclusive, and innovative festival experience where people from all walks of life can come together to celebrate music and culture,” McEachern said, highlighting the festival’s commitment to inclusivity and progress.
Tickets will go on sale on March 22, so fans are encouraged to act quickly to secure their spot at what promises to be one of the summer’s most unforgettable events.
The festival aims to entertain, inspire, and empower communities, setting a new benchmark for what a music festival can achieve.
The legal tussle between entertainment giant AEG and acclaimed Hip-Hop artist Young Thug is starting to intensify.
Despite ongoing criminal proceedings that have seen the artist behind bars without bond since the beginning of his state RICO charges trial, AEG is pressing ahead with a $5 million lawsuit for alleged breach of contract.
Young Thug has been in custody since May 2022 facing state RICO charges. His trial in Fulton County Superior Court, Georgia, commenced with jury selection on January 4, 2023.
The RICO trial has thrown a wrench into the scheduling of the civil lawsuit proceedings between AEG and Young Thug.
The rapper’s unavailability has stalled essential discovery processes, including depositions, and made it challenging for both AEG and Young Thug’s defense to adequately prepare their cases.
With over 400 witnesses expected to be called in Young Thug’s criminal trial and hundreds more on the official witness list, the trial’s duration could extend into 2025.
This timeline has forced AEG and Young Thug to seek postponements of the pretrial and trial dates, now totaling two years of delays.
The dispute centers around a 2017 agreement in which AEG provided YSL with a $5,250,000 loan.
AEG alleges that YSL and Young Thug have breached the terms of a 2017 artist agreement and a related financial note, resulting in substantial unpaid debts.
Under the terms of this agreement, AEG also acquired the exclusive rights to promote live concert performances by Young Thug globally for a stated term.
In return, YSL and Young Thug were to repay the principal sum plus accrued interest and direct a portion of concert revenues — promoted by third-party promoters — to AEG.
However, AEG contends that YSL has failed to fulfill these obligations, leaving a principal balance of $5,000,000 outstanding after accounting for a $250,000 credit, along with accrued interest and $363,700 in unpaid revenue shares from third-party promoted concerts.
AEG claims that, upon their opting out of the artist agreement in August 2019, it became evident that Young Thug and YSL had not only failed to repay the borrowed funds but also lacked the net worth to meet their obligations under the agreement from the outset.
AEG alleges that Young Thug and YSL misrepresented their financial capacities at the time of the agreement and accuses them of not intending to honor their repayment and concert promotion commitments.
Adding a layer to the conflict, AEG asserts it has security interests in certain YSL and Young Thug’s assets, including trademarks and copyrights, pledged as collateral under the 2017 agreements.
Despite AEG’s attempts to recover the owed amounts through legal channels, including a demand for the assembly of all pledged collateral and pertinent documents, YSL and Young Thug have yet to satisfy these demands.
Both parties have pointed out the “good cause and extraordinary circumstances” necessitating the continuance of the civil trial dates, emphasizing that Young Thug’s ongoing legal battles have made it impractical to proceed as originally scheduled.
They anticipate requiring at least six months after the criminal trial to complete discovery, including taking Young Thug’s deposition and preparing for motion filings.
Beyoncé stunned critics when she announced she was releasing a country album. The big reveal followed Super Bowl LVIII in February, when she dropped the lead single, “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM,” along with “16 CARRIAGES.” As the release date inches closer, the megastar singer is opening up about the challenges she faced both before and during the making of Cowboy Carter. ‘
On Tuesday (March 19), Beyoncé shared a photo of the cover art with her 319 million Instagram followers and addressed becoming the first Black woman to top the Hot Country Songs chart.
“Today marks the 10-day countdown until the release of act ii,” she wrote in the caption. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of the supporters of TEXAS HOLD ‘EM and 16 CARRIAGES. I feel honored to be the first Black woman with the number one single on the Hot Country Songs chart. That would not have happened without the outpouring of support from each and every one of you. My hope is that years from now, the mention of an artist’s race, as it relates to releasing genres of music, will be irrelevant.”
Beyoncé also talked about feeling ostracized from the country community and how that only fueled her determination to bring her vision to fruition.
“This album has been over five years in the making. It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed and it was very clear that I wasn’t. But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive.
“It feels good to see how music can unite so many people around the world, while also amplifying the voices of some of the people who have dedicated so much of their lives educating on our musical history. The criticisms I faced when I first entered this genre forced me to propel past the limitations that were put on me. act ii is a result of challenging myself, and taking my time to bend and blend genres together to create this body of work.”
Finally, Beyoncé revealed there are going to be a “few surprises” on the album along with some “brilliant artists.” She concluded, “I hope that you can hear my heart and soul, and all the love and passion that I poured into every detail and every sound. I focused on this album as a continuation of RENAISSANCE…I hope this music is an experience, creating another journey where you can close your eyes, start from the beginning and never stop. This ain’t a Country album. This is a “Beyoncé” album. This is act ii COWBOY CARTER, and I am proud to share it with y’all!”
Check out “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” below. The song is currently in the Top 10 at Spotify Global and No. 16 on the Spotify US chart.
NLE Choppa scored a Top 40 hit record with his “S### Me Out” single. However, another upcoming sex-themed song from the Warner Record-signed artist has caused some raised eyebrows.
“If I was a bad b####, I’d want to f### me too,” rapped Choppa while on stage at Rolling Loud California on Sunday (March 17). Footage of the Memphis native’s performance spread across the internet.
A clip of NLE Choppa’s Rolling Loud California set collected over 2 million views on the X (formerly Twitter) platform. He quote-tweeted that post and added, “S### me out 2, [ON THE WAY] AFTER RAMADAN.”
While the 21-year-old rap star used the viral tweet to promote his forthcoming record, other people reacted to the snippet by questioning his sexuality. Many of the replies to the post suggested that NLE Choppa came out as part of the LGBTQ community.
“I understand the concept but bro this song kinda sus,” one person wrote. Another X account posted, “This a bisexual n#### song.” In addition, someone tweeted, “The crowd was not moved by this gay s### [face with tears of joy emojis].”
In contrast, NLE Choppa also got backing for the track. A supporter stated, “Don’t let them hate on you b. We love the song and the performance. Continue to do your thing. Song is fire!” Another X user shared, “Actually, I’d like this to drop now. Thanks.”
NLE Choppa has identified as heterosexual in the past. In 2022, he tweeted, “First and foremost I love myself and I’m comfortable enough in my skin to show the beauty God blessed me with. Secondly, I LOVE all so I don’t mind attracting both genders, but most importantly my sexual preference is women. Please stop trying to make me something I am not.”
First and foremost I love myself and I’m comfortable enough in my skin to show the beauty God blessed me with. Secondly I LOVE all so I don’t mind attracting both genders, but most importantly my sexual preference is women. Please stop trying to make me something I am not. 🙏
