Gunna failed to secure his release from jail again.
According to multiplereports, Judge Ural Glanville denied bond to Gunna for a third time on Thursday (October 13). The Fulton County judge cited concerns regarding witness intimidation.
“I still have the same concerns that have not been otherwise alleviated,” Glanville said.
Last month, Gunna’s lawyers filed a third motion for bond. They argued against the witness intimidation claims.
“The prosecution has been afforded ample time to develop evidence to support its motion to detain [Gunna],” his attorneys wrote in the filing. “It has not succeeded.”
Gunna, whose real name is Sergio Kitchens, has remained in jail since his May arrest. He and more than two dozen YSL members were indicted in a sweeping racketeering case.
The YSL rapper was charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the RICO Act. He maintained his innocence.
“I am being falsely accused and will never stop fighting to clear my name!” Gunna declared in June.
Gunna and Young Thug were the two biggest names in the YSL indictment. Young Thug was hit with multiple felonies, including drug and weapons offenses, in addition to the RICO charges.
Earlier this month, Young Thug demanded bond and a speedy trial after prosecutors sought to delay the RICO trial. It was tentatively scheduled to begin in January, but the prosecution asked to push it back to March.
Luke Reyvn just released his newest single and visual for “Money Pies,” and this might just be his most powerful and noteworthy release to date.
The rising star straddles the genres of pop, alternative, and R&B, creating his own lane in today’s oversaturated music industry. His music is not only relatable, but it might just have you dancing and turning up in the mosh pit at one of his live shows.
“Money Pies” pays homage to Luke Reyvn’s complicated past, but ends with a moment of triumph that exudes inspiration and hope. From his teenage years, Luke has always struggled with legal run-ins, family issues, mental health, and even dropped out of college.
After making the conscious decision to clean up and turn his life around, he was able to step into his purpose: becoming the superstar musician he always dreamed of being.
AllHipHop spoke with Luke Reyvn about his new release and what it means to him.
AllHipHop: What inspired “Money Pies”? What were you going through recording it?
Luke Reyvn: “Money Pies” is a reflection of where I’m at in life. I wanted a song that felt super energetic and fun while capturing the feeling of accomplishment.
AllHipHop: What do you want fans to take away from the record?
Luke Reyvn: I want to inspire my fans to chase their dreams no matter what other people say, and to celebrate their accomplishments no matter how big or small.
AllHipHop: How toxic are you?
Luke Reyvn: Using the word “toxic” really just represents that sometimes in life you have to put yourself first in order get things done, and that people may think about you a certain way, but don’t understand what it takes to make those hard decisions to find success in your life.
AllHipHop: How would you describe “Money Pies”?
Luke Reyvn: “Money Pies” is a fun term for a huge pile of money. I wanted the lyrics to be simple and fun while representing signs of traditional success in the modern world.
AllHipHop: What was your creative vision with the video?
Luke Reyvn: The video was designed to be super energetic and explosive while also giving off this weird mad scientist vibe. Using the idea that “making money pies” is some kind of crazy experiment.
AllHipHop: Best memory from shooting?
Luke Reyvn: The best part of shooting was while we were filming the scene of me pulling a real pie out of the oven, the camera fell in the icing and my filmer Evan almost had a heart attack. The camera was completely fine, which is what made it so funny!
AllHipHop: What’s one thing fans may not know about you?
Luke Reyvn: A lot of my fans have this idea that I’m this dark and mysterious character, where in reality I’m a super happy go lucky guy. Honestly, I’m super nerdy and spend a lot of my free time playing video games, watching anime, and debating conspiracy theories with my friends!
AllHipHop: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Luke Reyvn: In 10 years, I see myself as an internationally known artist who travels the world putting on massive shows and using my influence and financial success to create businesses and companies to help grow and develop up and coming artists.
He later doubled down on the antisemitic comments by tweeting he was, “going death con 3 (sic) On JEWISH PEOPLE.”
The comments drew widespread condemnation from the likes of Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Legend, and Jack Antonoff, as well as leaders of Jewish community organizations – but the musician is refusing to retract the statements.
Speaking to Page Six as he left the screening of right-wing pal Candace Owens’ new anti-Black Lives Matter documentary in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday night, West said: “Hey, if you call somebody out for bad business, that means you’re being antisemitic. I feel happy to have crossed the line of that idea so we can speak openly about things like getting canceled by a bank.”
West appeared to address executives at JP Morgan Chase with the latter comment. Leaders at the bank have reportedly cut ties with the Jesus Walks musician following the controversy.
But West was apparently interrupted by a passing truck when addressing the bank directly before deciding to talk at a “different time.”
Following the social media controversy, more antisemitic comments from West emerged in a leaked unaired segment of a Fox News interview.
Owens, who rose to fame after supporting U.S. President Donald Trump, and is now a major figure in right-wing media, had previously tweeted an email she claimed showed JP Morgan Chase telling him to take his Yeezy business accounts elsewhere by November.
Earlier this month, The Daily Wire presenter also helped West kick off his latest spate of controversies by joining him in wearing a “White Lives Matter” top during an appearance at Paris Fashion Week.
T.I. is speaking out after YouTube personality and former gang member Charleston White threatened to “Trayvon Martin” his 18-year-old son King. His vile words have been strewn across social media like dirty socks littering a bedroom floor, forcing Tip and his family to field a flood of comments both good and bad.
But the Hustle Gang boss is dumbfounded by the lack of support from people he considered part of his community.
In an interview with AllHipHop, Tip explained he was “distraught” on Tuesday (October 11) when he and White wound up trading shots online.
“I was just in a real dark place—and not at all because of the words of a buffoon,” he says. “Not because of that. It was the silence of the community that really hurt my feelings. For a couple reasons, one, I’m a grown man. I’m a big boy. Whatever somebody says about me, whatever happens to me is fair game. God has blessed me to be able to deal with anything that come my way.
“But it kinda just brought back all of the hurt that came with the first situation when social media was used to attack my family. Not just me. Not just T.I. But to attack my family, and it was weaponized against me for political interests.”
Tip is referring to the controversy surrounding former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance-Bottoms and mayoral candidate Felicia Moore, who lost the election to Andre Dickens last year. He accused Moore of spreading lies about him and his family.
“It was later found out there was a politician behind that ‘cause they wanted to remove me and my voice and my platform from being able to support Keisha Lance-Bottoms,” he explains. “That politician still lost. After that election, that politician came out and unknowingly confessed. Social media was weaponized to attack my family and everybody just sat there and watched and said nothing.
“That’s hurtful because anytime there’s ever a righteous cause, anytime there’s ever some injustice done to the community, anytime I’m able to show up and support a righteous cause through a foundation, I’m always there—whether I’m donating money, whether I’m donating time, whether I’m offering insight, hope, love, support, hospitality—anything I can do, I’m always there. My family has always been there for 20 years. You see me in a position where I’m being attacked and I can’t do nothing for myself, if I can’t protect myself, what will the community do on my behalf? And if that answer is nothing, that hurts me. Because the enemy also sees it and it feel like you being used.”
Tip and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris have weathered a firestorm of allegations over the last couple of years and he’s well aware the effect it had on his reputation, but he says it’s not about that.
“Everybody don’t appreciate T.I. and I understand that,” he admits. “I ain’t everybody’s cup of tea. I get that. It’s the support of what’s right. Every parent should be outraged. I can’t believe it’s being passed around by people who are the first to ask for support for their causes. They’re
laughing, sharing, liking and participating in this nonsense. That’s what I can’t believe. The words of a fool don’t surprise me. The silence of the community is what surprises me.”
As for a solution, Tip says it’s going to take collective action; the community at-large needs to stand up and say, “We are not accepting this.” He continues, “They have to say, ‘We are not in support of this. We will not allow you to do this to a family that’s done too much for too many
He also issued a stern warning to anyone supporting White’s commentary, which goes for publications spreading the video of White’s threats aimed at his son.
“Any platform that gives light to it, I’m asking any platform that gives light to that lunatic, don’t call me for no interviews,” he says matter-of-factly. “If you see me on the red carpet, let me pass you by. Don’t ask me to show up to your event. If that’s the attention you want, that’s the
attention you deserve and you don’t deserve to be in my presence. You don’t deserve for me to be associated with your brand and that goes for anybody standing with it. Anybody sharing, liking, anybody in support of it, when you see me, don’t reach out to slap my hand, don’t ask me
for no picture, don’t call me to come to your event, please don’t fool with me at all.”
Shaun King and Deon Taylor are two of the few who are siding with T.I. As King wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday (October 12): “ Some cowardly man called himself making public death threats against TI’s teenage son, King. He started targeting King and somebody else’s son for clout. I won’t even repeat the vile and violent words this shameful man put out there, but I will say these 3 things: 1. Leave people’s kids alone. You’ve crossed a damn red line when you start attacking people’s kids. Period. You run the risk now of causing some serious trouble for yourself and for others. It’s a line you don’t cross, a code.
“2. The Internet has people so hungry for fame and attention that they will do ANYTHING to get it. It’s shameful. And it’s dangerous. For everybody. 3. Social media companies need to ban people for making death threats and targeting and harassing people’s kids. This ain’t free speech. And we all need to do a better job of having each other’s back.”
While Tip understands the positives and negatives of the internet, he concludes: “It has to start somewhere. It has to start with someone who has standards, morals and principles. The internet celebrates the worst in people. It rewards the worst in people, so people abandon their morals and principles because they know they can be celebrated and get notoriety that goes against humanity.
“It starts with the fundamental foundation of people who stand up and say we ain’t going for that. The buck stops here. Anybody who support me, that’s what I’m on and if you support that, don’t ever contact, call or reach out to me. I’m watching.”
Rapper/actor Fredro Starr is taking the reigns of a new limited talk show for the Impact Network. The Onyx member serves as the host for Behind The Grind.
Fredro Starr speaks with guests such as Hip Hop figures Peter Gunz and Benzino as well as fellow Onyx emcee Sticky Fingaz. Director Royal Jackson and producer Steve Marcano executive produced the series.
“Making Behind the Grind was a passion project for me,” says Fredro Starr. “I can finally check off talk show host from my bucket list with this incredible new show. Get excited as the best new talk show is on its way to Impact on October 29th.”
Behind the Grind is part of Impact’s original block of programming entitled “Super Saturdays” whichbegan on August 3. Bishop Wayne T. Jackson and Royal Jackson run the inspirational television network.
“After the success of Impact’s first original series Soul Food with Tara Wallace, I’m very excited to now launch Behind The Grind with Fredro Starr,” states Royal Jackson.
He continues, “Creatively, I developed and titled this show Behind The Grind, because often our society sees success as ‘ready-made’ and we forget the hardships and journey it takes to actually become successful. This show is not so much about what people have made, but what they’re made of.”
Fredro Starr Looks To Follow In The Footsteps Of Arsenio Hall & Montel Williams
“Bringing Behind the Grind to television with Fredro was really exciting for me,” says Steven Marcano, the program’s co-executive producer.
Marcano adds, “Along with a new show premiering with Jennifer Hudson, and amazing talk show hosts such as Arsenio [Hall] and Montel [Williams] who came before us, this is a really exciting time to be shaking up the talk show industry with Fredro and we can’t wait for all of you to see it.”
Impact Network reaches a reported 80 million homes. The company has distribution deals with DirecTV, Comcast Xfinity, Charter Spectrum, Verizon Fios, Frontier, Cable Bahamas, Cox, and Altice USA.
Fredro Starr released over a dozen projects as part of the New York City-bred rap group Onyx. Additionally, Starr dropped the solo albums Firestarr, Don’t Get Mad Get Money, Made In The Streets, and Firestarr 2.
The 51-year-old entertainer also acted in films such as Strapped, Clockers, Sunset Park, Save the Last Dance, and Kill Box. Starr’s television résumé features appearances in Moesha, NYPD Blue, The Wire, Method & Red, Blade, and CSI: NY.
William Ray Norwood Jr. (aka Ray J) has been in the news a lot over the last several weeks. The “One Wish” singer had many of his fans concerned after expressing suicidal thoughts on social media.
Additionally, Ray J has taken aim at the Kardashian-Jenner family in public. He blatantly accused socialite/businesswoman Kris Jenner of lying about the infamous sex tape involving her daughter Kim Kardashian and Norwood.
With all the personal issues taking place in Ray J’s life at the moment, the College Hill: Celebrity Edition star had to reflect on his past. Dose Of Society caught up with Ray and asked the 41-year-old entertainer what advice he would give to his younger self.
“You don’t gotta be cool, Ray,” stated the industry veteran. “Gangstas and dudes that you think is cool, they wanna see you elevate. So if you do Broadway, you tap, you sing, you dance – just be great. They gonna ride with you. You don’t gotta be cool.”
Ray J continued, “All I was doing was tapping ass, when I could’ve been tap dancing. Instead of tapping ass all day, tap ass a little bit. But if you tap dance, do that the majority of the time.” Dose Of Society posted the video to its Instagram page last week.
Ray J and Kanye West have a complicated connected history. Norwood appeared in the 2007 pornographic film Kim Kardashian, Superstar which displayed the then-couple engaging in sexual intercourse. In 2013, he released a quasi-diss track about Kardashian/West titled “I Hit It First.”
Kanye West later married Kardashian in 2014. The G.O.O.D. Music founder fired back at Ray on the 2016 track “Highlights” where Ye rapped, “He might’ve hit it first, only problem is I’m rich.” According to reports, Kardashian officially filed for divorce from Kanye West in 2021.
Bad Bunny’s “El Último Tour Del Mundo 2022” was the artist’s first tour after the pandemic, selling out arenas and making it the highest-grossing tour by a Latin artist. Opening up this highly entertaining tour was DJ Dynamiq, an artist who has been around the Bad Bunny camp since 2018, has also opened up for him in 2019 in Tijuana, Mexico.
DJ Dynamiq, who is now known as one of the biggest Latin DJs on the West Coast, performed for four dates in San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and San Jose, making him the most frequent opening act DJ for Bad Bunny.
Bad Bunny’s team originally reached out to DJ Dynamiq back in 2018 after noticing his reputation as a significant DJ along the West Coast. In the same year, DJ Dynamiq was brought out as a guest by Bad Bunny at Baja Beach Fest, a year before he headlined for the first time.
“For them to reach out, was an honor for me. He’s one of my favorite artists, and to do concerts and live events after the pandemic has been crazy. For me to be a part of history, it was a blessing,” says DJ Dynamiq.
On top of performing for Bad Bunny, DJ Dynamiq has also headlined various festivals including Baja Beach Fest for three years straight and Chicago’s first-ever Sueños Festival. He serves as the official tour DJ for both Mariah Angeliq and Matt Paris, having performed for audiences in Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In addition, DJ Dynamiq is also the official DJ for the San Francisco 49ers, entering his 7th season.
While his versatility extends to many genres with his DJ career, including Reggaeton, Latin, Hip-Hop, EDM, DJ Dynamiq is also making strides within music production. With the release of one his first singles, “Lotto,” a club banger featuring Quimico Ultra Mega, JaySí, andNFA, DJ Dynamiq is on track to release more tracks soon. Having set the bar high, DJ Dynamiq is now the biggest DJ on the West Coast, and one of the most sought-after DJs in the country. DJ Dynamiq has transformed himself from a local mainstay to a globally recognized artist within the past few years and will continue to collaborate with amazing Latin artists within the industry.
If you remember social media from the 2010s, there are many viral stars one can remember. However, there were only a few you actually saw on Television. Rapper C.KHiD was one of those that made the leap.
After launching the CKHID site and doing a grassroots promotional tour across 12 States in the USA, his video “I Want This World” was immediately picked up by the multinational mass media network, Viacom.
If not familiar, Viacom owned the MTV, BET, and VH1 networks. An unknown figure placed the South Carolina rapper on popular College tv shows across the United States of America. The result of that action, “C.KHiD” went viral.
C.KHiD actually made the television charts of those shows, before going viral. So his fame wasn’t actually sparked by the internet but YouTube carried his career for nearly 7 years after his new ‘tv fans’ converted to YouTube.
Around 2015 however, C.KHiD began to wane from the social media world. He stopped producing content regularly. And by 2016, he released his last official music video — Sad At the Day’s End. A little after that, he even removed his music from streaming platforms.
Today, C.KHID answers questions about his disappearance, thoughts on social media currently, and how ShibArmy’s ‘SHIB Burn’ inspired him to re-add music to streaming platforms.
#1 —
First off, let me say it’s a pleasure to get this interview. I find what you’re doing with Shiba Inu cryptocurrency super creative and I was a fan of your songs “Summer Summa” and “Yeah Yeah.”
And I loved that video “Vegas Atlanta Harlem.” Incredible cinematography by Sage English
C.KHiD’s reply:
Damn, we’re starting this off kind of bad then. Did I die or something? You said ‘was.’ You don’t listen anymore ? [laughing]
#2 —
[laughing in unison] No – no! I’ve listened to your music every year since it was released . Black Box Dreams 3 through Black Box Dreams 6 are in my Amazon music library.
And speaking of streaming companies. Why did you leave them bro? That’s where most musicians’ money comes from today.
C.KHiD’s reply:
YouTube got corrupted. I feel like Lyor Cohen got control of YouTube music and everything sucked after that. It felt like radio payola all over.
And I can’t say it was Lyor Cohen and major labels but that’s what it seemed like to me. You could search my name and still you see rap and R&B artists from major labels, instead of my music.
Try it right now. Search “It is what it is” or “Cash on Deck” or “Wonderful Girl.” These are my biggest songs with millions of views and I still have artists with far fewer views showing up first.
Maybe it’s just a YouTube algorithm though and I’m tripping. I was making music and people reacted. I was never into the analytics and technical mumbo jumbo.
I stopped managing my catalog because major labels took over YouTube and Spotify. They literally have their artists showing up in the search for my artist name and song titles. Even if they have fewer views. It demotivated me.
#3 —
Why would you think Lyor Cohen and YouTube conspired to get rid of independent rap artists?
C.KHiD’s reply:
Well, let’s look at radio and tv programming. Even the billboard charts. All of that’s paid for like a h##### hanging outside the Snooty Fox in LA.
Think about this — Why would they not do it to YouTube once they see artists like me getting millions of views and generating revenue?
They went from dissing artists like me, saying YouTube artists were nobodies to trying to be YouTube rappers.
But I respect their game and their hustle. I couldn’t crack the code to get back showing up in YouTube and chose to do other things. Plus I was interested in the world.
#4 —
You have reason; Give you that.
Why did you never sign to a major label?
C.KHiD’s reply:
I got 2 record label or distribution deal offers. The money wasn’t high enough and they wanted to own my brand “CKHiD,’ down to the website.
To make a deal happen, I needed more money. Nothing beyond that.
#5 —
You also mentioned you were interested in the world. What did you mean by that?
C.KHiD’s reply:
I started traveling; Started seeing international cultures and music. I started exploring my family roots. Changed my whole perspective of life. I couldn’t go back to being a minority in America after I went somewhere, where melanin is normal and everyone treats you like family.
I fell in love with the melanted worlds of the Caribbean and South America.
#6 —
Your background is Latino?
C.KHiD’s reply:
I’m Black but I really don’t know all about my mother’s side. My grandfather and Great-great-grands were a mystery with unique looks.
Then other families have a lot of mixed heritages. I grew up under the roof of my grandmother’s home with family members that were part Puerto Rican and Dominican. I think one cousin was part Filipino.
But either way, we were all Black.
Puedo defenderme en espanol pero soy Negro!
#7 —
Complicated but let’s talk international rap. What music did you discover while abroad?
C.KHiD’s reply:
If we talk about music, I’m learning more and more about the Caribbean, Venezuela, and Colombia.
In rap, I’m rocking with DemBow out of the Dominican Republic. El Alfa, El Lapiz, Rochy RD, BlueMoney, Papa El Secreto, Musicologo, Amenazzy, Chimbala, Quimico Ultramega, La Perversa, and just the whole movement.
In Colombia, it’s the Urban Latino. Ryan Castro, Karol G, Feid, Chocquibtown, and J Balvin a little. Then the costenos that do Salsa choque. I even learned about Bayanato and Salta out there.
Puerto Rico is rap culture to me. I dunno about Reggaeton anymore. Bad Bunny has it locked up, just a fact. “T### Me Pregunto” shuts a club down. Rip to that kid Yeruza — he was bubbling. Joel Y Randy, the legends that brought me Sensacion del bloque.
Venezuela has a really pure rap scene plus I learned a little Tambor from an ex. Venezuelan culture is a whole vibe . I mean, really. If you’re Black, you should visit one time or get to know some people from the barrio in Vzla. My experience made me feel they are really rooted to their african / black ancestry like few other countries in Latin America I’ve seen. My brother, my sister type vibes. That Tambor dance says it all. Look that up and get your 2 steps on.
Is that enough or keep going?
#8 —
You’ve been around a lot bro. Wow. I need to get my passport stamps up.
Let’s break some names for readers. What’s the 3 rap or popular music artists from each country that you think deserve the spotlight in America?
C.KHiD’s reply:
Bad Bunny, Karol G, and J Balvin already have it and so does El Alfa. Have to remove those from that list.
Colombia, Ryan Castro and Feid have some dope songs. Monastery stays in my rotation. And Chocquibtown is a vibe but they mix rap with cultural music. They are huge but Black America should tune in.
From Venezuela Prieto Gang has been putting in work for a long time. Really stuck to putting out a message with every song. But “Nuestro Shorty” is maybe the hottest rapper from VZLA right now.
I only have 2 artists for Venezuela.
In the D-R — a lot of talent here…
I think Rochy RD deserves more light. He’s like Lil Wayne in the ‘Go DJ’ era of Hip-Hop in the Dominican Republic right now. He’s really the hottest artist in the streets on the island right now I think. His songs like “Soy Un Infeliz” and “Coranao” will be in the veins of DR for as long as rap lasts.
Second, I think maybe El Lapiz could shine brighter to Americans; This is DR’s Nasir Jones. The Dominican Nas. He’s a true emcee, lyricist, and all-around Hip-Hop artist.
And last, I would probably say Braulio Fogon. He’s been tearing up the clubs lately.
#9 —
Rochy RD is on fire. I think he’s one of the top streaming artists in Latin music but I’m not sure about in the states. We need to look that up.
And again, referring to streaming platforms, you just put your music back up. Some of it. Will you be releasing all of your music on Spotify, Apple, TikTok, Instagram, and other streaming services ?
Why are you choosing to put your music catalog back on streaming platforms?
C.KHiD’s reply:
SHIBArmy helped me find a new purpose for my music
If SHIBarmy supports my streaming, I know I’m helping those same people get ahead in life. If the coins are burned down far enough, maybe SHIB can create a change in the lives of some average Joes in society.
So money made from streaming, I’ll use 50% minimum to buy SHIB. I’ll burn all those coins. Send it to the dead wallets. And I’ll post streaming results on Instagram for clarity.
#10 — How will this help the Shiba Inu token make millionaires?
C.KHiD’s reply:
A short version of what’s going on with SHIB Burning is that ShibArmy hopes to boost coin prices by lowering the total number of Shiba Inu tokens in circulation.
It worked when Ethreum’s founder burned like $1-billion or more dollars in SHIB tokens. However, it will take multiple people getting involved to burn a number like that again. But with streaming, it’s free for most, so everyone can help create a major amount of coins, at no real cost. Just time
#11 — Well, I hope that works out. I’ll put $100 in SHIB just in case.
Exiting this interview now; here’s the question that I’m sure your fans would like to know.
Is C.KHiD going to release a new rap song anytime soon?
C.KHiD’s reply:
I doubt it. But you never know. I do love making music and music videos but, I don’t know if I have the inspiration.
#12 — Oh wait, one more question before we close out. What’s your most underrated song?
C.KHiD’s reply:
The song “Me” . Shout outs AllHipHop for the interview.
An interview you won’t find on most Hip-Hop sites; it’s our pleasure to continue recognizing Hip-Hop culture’s icons that never needed a record label to gain their respect.
C.KHiD can be followed on instagram (@CKHiD) for flashes of his international lifestyle today. It’s not really focused on ‘rap’ but it’s for anyone with a progressive mindset. The photos of various international locations are quite inspiring.
Subscribe to his official YouTube for new music videos that may be released later this year or early 2023.
Quality Control Music’s current flagship artist, Lil Baby, has become one of the top stars in Hip Hop. For the past five years, the Atlanta native shared his talents with various acts as a featured performer.
Lil Baby appeared on Big Loon’s The Experience podcast. During the hour-long interview, Baby revealed how much he supposedly makes for recording a feature verse.
“I don’t even be doing features no more,” stated Lil Baby when asked about his feature price. The 27-year-old rapper then said, “Like, $300,000… $350,000. But I ain’t been doing features lately.”
Lil Baby then explained that his attention is currently on the upcoming It’s Only Mealbum which drops on Friday, October 14. He also added, “But if I know I ain’t putting out no album, or I ain’t got nothing going on, like, why not?”
Over the course of his music career, Lil Baby has worked with the likes of Gunna, Lil Durk, Yo Gotti, DJ Khaled, Gucci Mane, 21 Savage, Post Malone, Lil Wayne, Future, J. Cole, H.E.R., Ed Sheeran, Chris Brown, and Nicki Minaj.
It’s Only Me will include contributions by Nardo Wick, Young Thug, Fridayy, Future, Rylo Rodriguez, EST Gee, and Pooh Shiesty. Lil Baby’s third studio LP is supported by the “In a Minute” and “Heyy” singles.
Rolling Stone recently published a list titled “50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time.” The long-running music magazine named Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D City at #1 on those rankings.
“The cover promises ‘a short film by Kendrick Lamar,’ and the rapper delivers with a coming-of-age opus, the cinematic scope of which has been rightfully compared to Scorsese and Tarantino,” wrote Mosi Reeves, RollingStone contributor.
Reeves also added, “Its centerpiece, [‘Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst,’] is a complex tale of how Lamar finally manages resist his city’s gangland traps and embrace his Christian faith.”
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City earned Kendrick Lamar five nominations at the 56th Grammy Awards. The TDE/Aftermath/Interscope release top numerous media outlets’ year-end lists of the best 2012 albums.
In addition, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City has spent 519 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart. Lamar’s critically-acclaimed body of work is the longest-charting Hip Hop studio LP of all time.
The Top 5 of Rolling Stone‘s “50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time” also includes The Who’s Tommy (#5), Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… (#4), Pink Floyd’s The Wall (#3), and Green Day’s American Idiot (#2).
The tumultuous relationship between Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his son has played out in the public for years. Recently, Marquise Jackson addressed his estranged father on social media.
Marquise Jackson claimed the $6,700/month child support payments from 50 Cent were not enough to sustain his lifestyle in New York City. Then, the younger Jackson responded to the backlash over his comments in an Instagram post.
“Since y’all think $6,700 is sooo much money someone tell my pops I will pay him $6,700 for just 24hr of his time so we can do everything I ever wanted to do with him as a kid 🚦Red Yellow Green whatever color he like 😭,” Marquise wrote on IG.
TMZ caught up with Marquise Jackson to ask him about the feud with his father. The 26-year-old Dope Fiend actor discussed possibly meeting with 50 Cent face-to-face.
“I don’t even know if a sit-down can actually restore the situation. It’s more so an olive branch,” said Marquise Jackson. “If you’re up for it, I’m up for it.”
He continued, “I’m definitely willing to sit down with him and hear his perspective and gain a little bit of understanding. We’re both men at the end of the day. We should be able to agree and disagree and it not be a problem.”
Marquise Jackson went on to say that he believes 50 Cent sees his oldest son as “entitled.” The former St John’s Military Academy student added, “That’s not the case. It’s never been about the money for me. It’s more so the relationship.”
When Stormzy made his return to social media after a two-year hiatus earlier this week (Oct. 12), fans felt sure it could only mean one thing, new music on the way.
The South London legend made fans wait nearly three years for his comeback single, “Mel Made Me Do It,” released last month. However, Stormzy rewarded their patience with an iconic track and accompanying video, setting levels for his peers in the process.
Then, on Thursday evening, Stormzy announced the arrival of his third studio album, This Is What I Mean, due to arrive next month.
Stormzy Announces New Album
He shared the artwork for his upcoming project on Instagram, the lone post on his account. The album’s cover depicts a letter sitting on a doorstep with the name of the album printed on it. Check out the tracklist below.
A press statement describes the project as “an intimate love letter to music” created at a “Stormzy music camp” in Osea Island, off the east coast of England.
“When you hear about music camps they always sound intense and sombre,” Stormzy explained of making the new album, as per NME. “People saying: ‘We need to make an album.’ ‘We need to make some hit records.’ But this felt beautifully free. We’re all musicians but we weren’t always doing music. Some days we played football or walked around taking pictures. And the bi-product to that was very beautiful music.”
Stormzy continued, “Because when you marry that ethos with world class musicians and the best producers, writers and artists in the world, and we’re in one space, that’s a recipe for something that no one can really imagine. You can’t even calculate what that’s going to come up with. And it came up with a big chunk of this album.”
This Is What I Mean follows Stormzy’s U.K. No.1 album, 2019’s Heavy Is The Head, and is due for release on Nov. 25 via 0207 Def Jam. Click here to pre-order.
Despite more than one public brawl with other rappers this year, Freddie Gibbs says not one of his peers has ever put a hand on him.
The “Too Much” rapper claimed that while he enjoys a punch-up, he never goes out looking for trouble. Freddie Gibbs addressed his run-ins with Jim Jones and Benny the Butcher during his recent interview with The Breakfast Club.
“All the incidents you see, I was just eating with my girl. I don’t go out trying to start nothing with nobody… I like to fight,” the Indiana native admitted. “Either time could’ve been bad, but everybody naming these rappers and stuff but ain’t no rapper ever hit me.”
“I’ve been in way worse situations than that,” Freddie Gibbs explained. “I can’t control if you bring 30 people to a restaurant with a camera crew to humiliate me but you end up losing.”
When DJ Envy asked, “What happened with Jim?” Gibbs replied, “I let street s### stay in the streets and I don’t got a problem with anyone doing better than me.”
Back in December, Freddie Gibbs and Jim Jones ran into each other while eating out in Miami. The pair and their respective crews also allegedly clashed. “It was some furniture moving, but it was a food fight or something like that,” he said. It wasn’t nothing crazy like that. Nobody got f##### up to that point.” Watch the episode at the end of the page.
While his beef with the Griselda rapper rumbles on, Freddie Gibbs buried the hatchet with Jeezy earlier this month.
“I love U bro,” he penned on Instagram, ending their longstanding feud. “I apologize. But really U brought a different beast out of me and motivated me to get to this point so I gotta thank U at the same time. Love. @jeezy.”
Despite the intense backlash, Kanye West is not backing down or retracting his recent antisemitic remarks.
The rapper-turned-fashion designer addressed the controversy while attending the screening of Candace Owen’s new documentary, “The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM,” on Wednesday night (Oct. 12.)
Also in attendance was Ray J, who flicked it up with Kanye West and the controversial conservative commentator. The pair remained civil for the cameras after clashing earlier this year over Kim Kardashian and Ray J’s sex tape. UFC fighter Colby Covington who came under fire for his anti-BLM stance also joined them.
As he was leaving the event, Ye addressed the brands that recently disassociated themselves from him over his recent antics, according to Page Six.
“Hey, if you call somebody out for bad business, that means you’re being antisemitic. I feel happy to have crossed the line of that idea so we can speak openly about things like getting canceled by a bank,” Kanye shared before calling himself “the richest Black man in American history.”
Before heading out to the screening, Candace Owens revealed that JP Morgan Chase is the latest company to sever ties with Kanye West. She took to Twitter revealing the bank sent him an official letter of termination “with no official reason given.”
She stated the letter confirms “that he has until late November to find another place for the Yeezy empire to bank.”
Owens shared a photo of the letter which began: “Dear Ye, We are sending this letter to confirm our recent discussion with [redacted name] that JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (The Bank) has decided to end its banking relationship with Yeezy LLC and its affiliated entities.”
Earlier today I learned that @kanyewest was officially kicked out of JP Morgan Chase bank. I was told there was no official reason given, but they sent this letter as well to confirm that he has until late November to find another place for the Yeezy empire to bank. pic.twitter.com/FUskokb6fP
In addition, leaked portions of Kanye’s recent Fox News interview with Tucker Carlson surfaced earlier this week. The outlet chose not to air the antisemitic remarks and bizarre conspiracy theories.
Meanwhile, Van Lathan claimed TMZ also cut a portion of the infamous 2018 “slavery was a choice” interview. According to the former TMZ staffer, Kanye West claimed he “loved Hitler and Nazis,” but those comments were left on the cutting room floor.
Cardi B celebrated her 30th birthday with a cabaret-themed extravaganza attended by her family and celebrity friends.
The dress code was burlesque, and the guests and the entertainers did not disappoint. They filled the nightclub and cocktail lounge Poppy in Los Angeles, California, with sequins and feathers for “Cardi’s Dirty Thirty Cabaret.”
The Bronx rapper was stunning in a busty red bejeweled corset and huge showgirl-style feathered headdress. Her husband, Offset, matched her perfectly in a white suit with red accessories.
Cardi B partied the night away with a slew of celebrity pals. YG, Chance The Rapper, Tyga, Chloe and Halle Bailey, DDG, Karrueche Tran, and Ice Spice all celebrated with the birthday girl.
Offset gifted Cardi B a rare Richard Mille watch while at the birthday bash. Then at home, he decked out their mansion with red rose floral arrangements.
“I will never drink Hennessy again!!!!” Cardi tweeted the morning after.
Last month, the “Big 14” hitmaker revealed his struggle at sourcing presents for the woman who has everything.
“First off, she has everything,” Offset told E! News last month ahead of Cardi B’s birthday. “Second off, she doesn’t want anything. Third off, I’m gonna get her something because she deserves it. It’s getting harder and harder.”
However, now he prefers to buy gifts that are investments in their family’s future. “That’s why I bought her a home last year,” he explained. “Made a lot of money from the houses we’ve got now, and it’s like, I’m trying to stay at that angle.”
In addition to celebrating another year around the sun on Tuesday (Oct. 11), Cardi B also picked up another historic accolade. The Recording Industry Association of America confirmed Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” and “I Like It” with J Balvin and Bad Bunny passed the 11x-Platinum milestone.
The achievement means Cardi B is the first and only female rapper to have multiple songs exceed Diamond status (10 million units).
Many Kanye West fans were surprised by the rapper’s recent antisemitic remarks; however, Van Lathan says he knew it was coming.
“I’ve already heard him say that stuff before,” Van Lathan said during the latest episode of his Higher Learning podcast.
The former TMZ staffer famously challenged the DONDA hitmaker over his “slavery was a choice” comments during his viral visit to the outlet in 2018. Van Lathan recalled the encounter, revealing he mentioned the Holocaust while rebutting Ye’s slavery comments. Kanye allegedly said he “loved Hitler and the Nazis,” in response, but TMZ edited out that portion of the conversation.
“I mean, I was taken aback because that type of anti-Semitic talk is disgusting,” he told his co-host, Rachel Lindsay. “But as far as him, I knew that that was in him because when came to TMZ, he said that stuff and they took it out of the interview.”
“If you look at what I said at TMZ, it goes from me saying like, ‘Hey Kanye, there’s real-life, real-world implication to everything that you just said there.’ What I say after that — if I can remember, it’s been a long time — was, ’12 million people actually died because of Nazism and Hitler and all of that stuff,’ and then I move on to talk about what he said about slavery.”
‘I love Hitler, I love Nazis.’ Something to that effect.”
He continued: “The reason they took it out is because it wouldn’t have made sense unless they kept in Kanye saying he loved Hitler and the Nazis, which he said when he was at TMZ. He said something like, ‘I love Hitler, I love Nazis.’ Something to that effect.”
Because of this experience, Van Lathan wasn’t at all shocked to see Kanye’s recent social media posts. “When I saw this, I was like, ‘Oh, I knew that this was eventually coming.’ As a matter of fact, I had anticipated it coming,” he said, before adding, “like, way earlier than this.” Watch the episode at the end of the page.
However, unedited footage leaked with Kanye making outlandish claims and suggesting conspiracy theories. LeBron James’s The Shopscrapped their entire interview with the rapper turned fashion designer. According to LeBron’s co-host, the rapper continued to “reiterate more hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes.”
There was a time when the future for brothers Larry and Kenny appeared bleak and hopeless.
The early days of Hip-Hop and New York City collided in an unlikely, but game-changing way. In his new book, “My Brother’s Name Is Kenny: The Greatest True Hip-Hop Story Ever Told,” the DJ for Boogie Down Productions chronicles his life coming up well before the Golden Era of Hip-Hop. His pathway is a wild ride and it happens to include another legend, one of the greatest living lyricists KRS-One. Despite growing up impoverished, these two brother’s managed to overcome the odds of homelessness, violence, drugs and more.
Parker is a college graduate that went in a totally different direction than his older brother, KRS-One. Now, Author Kenny Parker talks to Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur about this amazing new book in frank, honest ways that product numerous revelations. Take a look at the interview and go to school in an unique reality in Hip-Hop’s ever-expanding multiverse.
Lil Peep’s mother Liza Womack reached a settlement in her wrongful death lawsuit against his management team.
According to multiplereports, attorneys for both sides told a judge the case had been resolved “in principle.” Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed.
Womack sued First Access Entertainment over her son’s death in 2019. She accused FAE and Lil Peep’s former manager Brian “Chase” Ortega of wrongful death, negligence and breach of contract.
Lil Peep, whose real name was Gustav Ahr, passed away from a drug overdose in 2017. Womack claimed FAE, tour manager Belinda Mercer and others encouraged and enabled his drug use. She accused the defendants of providing him with drugs and pushing him to perform when he wasn’t well.
FAE denied any wrongdoing in a statement issued in 2019.
“Lil Peep’s death from an accidental drug overdose was a terrible tragedy,” FAE said. “However, the claim that First Access Entertainment, any of its employees, or Chase Ortega, or anyone else under our auspices was somehow responsible for, complicit in, or contributed to his death is categorically untrue.”
Womack spoke to Pitchfork about the case in 2021. She explained why she filed the lawsuit and what she hoped to accomplish.
“If people are held accountable for their actions, I will feel that justice has been done,” she said. “You learn to live with the pain, and you’re a different person, because when your child dies, the person that you were dies, too. But I will be glad, and I hope to feel satisfaction.”
50 Cent and iHeartMedia set a premiere date for the new podcastSurviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down a Drug Lord.
The show, which is hosted by 50 Cent and journalist Charlie Webster, debuts on October 19. The podcast tells the story of Jay and Peter Flores, who worked for drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and became government informants.
“This one is so crazy,” 50 Cent wrote on Instagram. “You gotta hear this Podcast Surviving EL CHAPO GLG GreenLightGang.”
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The Flores twins speak publicly for the first time on Surviving El Chapo. The podcast details their journey from dealing $2 billion worth of drugs across the country to flipping on El Chapo and the consequences of their actions.
50 Cent’s G-Unit Audio produces Surviving El Chapo with Lionsgate Sound, the recently established podcast wing of Lionsgate Entertainment.
“We look forward to entering the rapidly expanding podcast market as a great source of exciting new properties as well as an opportunity to feed the growing demand for audio content with our films, television series, Starz original programming, and library titles,” Lionsgate’s Joe Drake and Kevin Beggs said in August. “This initiative demonstrates Lionsgate’s 360-degree approach to content, creating an opportunity for us to continue onscreen stories and make companion podcasts to serve fans of our IP while scaling the audience base for new projects.”
Check out the trailer for 50 Cent’s Surviving El Chapo below.
