You know, some of these rappers are a different kind of dumb. This may sound cold and callous, but it needs to be said and it needs to be said in a frank and honest way. We are doing too much stupid stuff, especially on social media for all to see.
Social media has totally gotten the game twisted. There have always been killers in Hip-Hop and there are more now than there were back in the day. I think that the bigger issue is that people are more willing to put all of their foolishness on front street. So, maybe they are just more out in the open now than then.
A young rapper put on social media that he was going home and that if anybody has smoke he invited them to his house. He specifically gave them the timeframe in which he would be there. He said in five minutes he will be at his house. And they pulled up. “A lot of these n***as [know] where I live at fr. I sleep in peace. If a n***a want smoke I’m at my crib in 5 mins,” he said.
Unfortunately, for Rollie Bands…they were following him closely. He was shot and killed outside of his apartments a mere moments after that invitation. He truly made a big mistake. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reportedly responded to the shooting of the Tampa, FL artist getting gunned down. His friends or people near took him to a hospital before the cops arrived. Sadly, Rollie Bands died in the hospital.
I don’t know anything about this young dude. And I wish him a safe passage to heaven. However, it really feels like he’s made a critical mistake in judgment and it resulted in his death. I hope that at some point in the near future, young rappers will understand that these are trying times and people will kill you.
Snoop Dogg’s accuser has re-filed her sexual assault lawsuit against him three months after dismissing the case, and the rapper is ready to fight.
A spokesperson for the “Gin and Juice” rapper said the updated lawsuit was “meritless” and “riddled with and predicated upon falsehoods and inaccuracies” and said he was looking forward to disproving the allegations.
“It follows Jane Doe’s attorney’s voluntarily dismissing just a few months ago her previous complaint on the alleged matter. He also dismissed an earlier complaint – this is the third try. Snoop Dogg looks forward to proving the falsity of these allegations,” a rep for the rapper told Radar.
In April, she dropped the case “without prejudice,” meaning she could re-file it later, and she did so earlier this week by re-filing the lawsuit in a Los Angeles federal court.
“We have obtained new information which we believe adds significant credibility and corroboration to the alleged scheme of Defendants and the alleged acts they took against my client and others,” Doe’s attorney, Matt E.O. Finkelberg, told the Los Angeles Times via email on Thursday.
“We believe that this new information stated in the complaint, which includes details of what allegedly happened to other alleged victims, including an alleged attempted rape against an alleged victim by Defendant Snoop Dogg, is important and demonstrates how serious our claims are,” Finkelberg said.
The updated filing includes the sexual assault, sexual battery, and sex-trafficking claims from the original and new allegations of defamation, infliction of emotional distress, and unlawful retaliation in violation of California labor codes.
Lizzo is determined not to become the “token big girl” in the fashion world.
In an interview for ELLE U.K.’s September 2022 issue, the ‘About Damn Time” hitmaker discussed her work as a body image activist.
But while Lizzo, real name Melissa Jefferson, is making waves in the clothing industry with her size-inclusive shapewear line, Yitty, she believes there is still a long way to go when it comes to diversity and inclusivity in fashion.
“I’ve had a lot of shoots with people making outfits from scratch for me. And I’m not mad at it. Thank you. But what about the millions of people who are my size or bigger who can’t get access to chic and glamorous clothing?” she asked. “I don’t want to be the token big girl for the fashion world. I want to open the door. I want this for everybody.”
And even though Lizzo could have created a fashion collection, she had a reason for starting her venture into the industry with shapewear and underwear.
“More than any piece of clothing, shapewear can make people feel ways about their bodies and, most of the time, it’s bad. I want to revolutionize shapewear. I want to change how people think when they hear the word ‘snatched.’ I don’t want people to ever have to deal with a girdle again in their lives,” the 34-year-old added.
LaGrange, Georgia rapper Junt Sosa doesn’t pretend to be anything he’s not.
Recently Rap fans got a new single from Georgia-based rapper Junt Sosa titled, “Empty.” Hailing from La Grange, Georgia nestled between Atlanta and Birmingham, Alabama Junt Sosa brings a raw and authentic Southern-style that shows his music is about way more than the typical recount of life in the streets.
Building his buzz out of the self-described Trap County, Junt Sosa has been making music since high school and continued his pursuit of rap throughout his time behind bars. But ever since his release from prison he’s had a new reformed message for fans that doesn’t attack how they’re living, because he’s been there too.
“I did 39 months in prison, I came back just like Gucci with a whole other mindset. Look different. Think different. Move different. Be different. I saw the next man and it didn’t really look good on him. He wasn’t as strong as I was. I just be trying to save the next lil bro from going to do some sh*t that I went through. But I’m still that same n####. LIke ain’t nothing changed but the mindset and the way I want s### to go for my people,” JuntSosa said.
A rejuvenated Junt Sosa is led by his new single “Empty” which is approaching 100k plays in just a month’s time and has been connecting deep down with fans that attempt to tackle their own personal challenges in life.
“The song Empty means a lot to me. I wrote that song when I was in a space where I was feeling alone by myself. It’s a lot of times when I’m feeling like I’m by myself, but I have help and I have supporters, I have people who are really there for me. But it’s like even though they’re there for me, it’s like my role is empty because things in my life ain’t as complete as I want them to be,” Junt Sosa said.
Southern California Latino rap artist, songwriter, and entrepreneur Genaro Bautista aka Koyote TheKonnection, formally known as (Aka Coyote), was signed to HiPower Entertainment (Mr. Capones record label) back in the early 2000s. While under Capones Label Koyote Collaborated with legendary Multiplatinum recording artists such as Lil Rob, Goldie Loc from The Eastsidaz, Kid Frost, DTTX from the Latin hip-hop duo Lighter Shade of Brown and More.
After leaving Hipower Entertainment in 2009, Koyote decided to go independent. During that period, he collaborated with Quino, the Lead singer from Big Mountain Band, on an unreleased record titled “Turn I Loose,” which is to drop winter of 2022.
Sueltate by Koyote The Konnection is the newest single released under Kryptic Reign Music(Koyote’s New Label) which dropped this past week on July 15th, 2022. Kryptic Reign Music is an independent record label founded by Juan Carlos Fajardo Jr, aka Rapper and songwriter Xpression. Koyote and Xpression are brainstorming ideas for the upcoming music video for Sueltate set to film in August of 2022. Sueltate is a Latin urban reggaeton club banger with a Los Cangris feel for the ladies to turn up, get loose and shake it.
Soulja Boy addressed it in a video on Instagram Live by first declaring that he didn’t want “no smoke with none of you n#####.”
“If I knew you were going to get on the Internet … talk all this gangster s### … all this crazy s### … and then reach in your girl purse and start spraying pepper spray in the air and then start running,” he would have never entertained the beef, the rapper declared.
According to the Atlanta native, who addressed the incident to his followers in back of a few stacks of money, White was “scary as hell.”
Allegedly, after being approached by Soulja and around ten of his friends, White grabbed the mace out of his girlfriend’s purse and started running.
About 6,200 people tuned in to hear another fantastical account from one of the best storytellers in the world: Big Draco.
He dramatically demonstrated White running “like it was a trail,” denying that he had 10 to 12 men with him when he approached.
Seemingly unfazed, Soulja Boy promoted his new album dropping on July 28th, the same day as his birthday.
Ice-T was shocked to discover everything on a music video set was “fake” as a young rapper.
During an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” actor recalled how he was stunned by the amount of deception when he started making videos following the release of his second album Power.
“The biggest thing that surprised me about music was you could lie. I mean, I was watching music videos, I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s their house. That’s their car. That’s their girl.’ Then when I got in there, like, ‘Oh, you can rent a car.’ ‘MTV Cribs,’ ‘You don’t have to have this house, we’ll put you in a house that’s not yours.’ I’m like, ‘This is all fake, you know.’ And I didn’t know that. And when I got in there, you know, I always had to use my own cars.”
Ice-T, real name Tracy Marrow, used the cover of his 1988 album Power as an example of how naïve he was about the industry.
He posed with his girlfriend at the time, Darlene Ortiz, and his own guns.
“That’s my son’s mom, Darlene, those are my guns, and that was my life at that time, you know? And, hey, I didn’t know you could lie. I was like, what?” the star recalled. “(On other music video sets) they’ll come and put jewelry on you for the video, and then take it back. Or you got all the girls in the jacuzzi, and their boyfriends are sitting right out of frame, waiting on them, like… So, I was coming from a real world, Steve. I didn’t know about this. Show business is so fake.”
Spice is turning up all summer long. Dubbed the Queen of Dancehall and a legend in her own right, the Jamaican recording artist returns today with her newest single and visual for “Clap Clap.” Per the title, this release serves as an official call to action: to act up, get your dance on, and spread the good vibrations.
Written by the Grammy-nominated artist herself, “Clap Clap” is paired with a cinematic visual, enlisting dancers dressed as flight attendants to turn up in front of the private jet. Directed by Honest Mykel, the three and a half minute music video sees Spice bringing the record to life with her standout green hair and baby pink fit. Of course, expect some ass throwing and twerking to accentuate the showstopping choreography.
“Clap Clap” arrives on the heels of Spice’s recent performance, shutting down Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The song also holds fans over until the release of Spice’s highly-anticipated new album titled Emancipated, arriving sometime in August via a newly formed independent partnership with Stealth Music Group/UnitedMasters.
Spice states, “I’m super elated for this new chapter in my life with Stealth / United Masters. I’m celebrating my first release being free after 10 years. My fans have been asking for new music and I’m so excited for them to enjoy ‘Clap Clap’. The song is full of life and energy and that’s what my fans need right now after being quarantined for so long.”
Also, Spice recently received a shoutout from the one and only Cardi B during an interview with Lip Service.
Rolling Loud, one of the hottest festivals in the nation, started on Friday night in Miami, Florida, and was packed with all kinds of surprises.
One of the biggest surprises was when an unscheduled Kanye West took the stage during Lil Durk’s set. One of the biggest letdowns was the headliner— who was just selected a few days ago.
Rap music was in full swing as Chicago rapper G Herbo rocked the crowd, even at one point jumping into the audience to feel his fans’ love up close.
During the night, he and Playboi Carti performed together. The “Magnolia” hitmaker, dressed in all black and black eye make-up, also brought the house down, giving an electrifying show.
Singer/ Rapper Don Toliver added melody to the Hip-Hop fueled night, adding to the lineup in one of the most spectacular ways.
While most of the performances were great, the evening did have a low moment during the Kid Cudi show. Someone from the audience hit him in the face with a water bottle.
Feeling disrespected, he said,
“I will f###### leave. If I get hit with one more f###### thing — if I see one more f###### thing on this f–ing stage, I’m leaving,” he barked at the crowd. “Don’t f### with me.”
Kid Cudi was hit again. To add insult, the fans started to yell “Kanye” from the audience.
Cudi dropped the mic and left the stage, understandably emotional.
Lil Durk brought Ye out after Kid Cudi left the stage. No one was expecting Kanye West to be there. Originally, he was supposed to be the headliner but dropped off the line up little under a week ago.
Ye was later replaced by Kid Cudi — an artist that has been on the outs with Yeezy since the beginning of the year.
During his performance, he did a little of “Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1” from his The Life of Pablo, a song that featured Cudi’s voice.
H.E.R. will headline ABC’s upcoming “Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration” special.
Executives at the network announced on Wednesday that the R&B singer, real name Gabriella Wilson, will take on the lead role of Belle in the production.
Jon M. Chu will executive produce the special, with Hamish Hamilton set to direct.
H.E.R.’s casting marks the first time a woman with Filipino and African-American heritage will play the role of Belle onscreen.
“I can’t believe I get to be a part of the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ legacy. The world will see a Black and Filipino Belle!” the 25-year-old exclaimed. “I have always wanted to be a Disney princess, and I get to work with two wonderful directors Hamish Hamilton and my favorite, Jon M. Chu. It is very surreal and I couldn’t be more grateful.”
The two-hour reimagining of the classic story will be taped in front of a live audience and will air on December 15th. Further cast members will be announced at a later date.
“With her obvious extraordinary talent and stage presence, H.E.R. is the perfect embodiment of our Belle and we are thrilled for audiences to see her in this celebration of creativity,” added Chu. “We were both influenced as storytellers by the original animated movie, so it’s very exciting to collaborate together to honor the artistry of that timeless classic while also inspiring a whole new generation of creators.”
This year marks the 30th anniversary of when Disney’s version of “Beauty and the Beast” became the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
The film went on to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, while the theme song won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1992.
Kelly Rowland is still upset over a video showing two young Black girls being ignored by a character at a Sesame Street theme park and isn’t buying the park’s apology.
Kelly shared her shock and anger on her Instagram Stories, then doubled down with her rage while walking the red carpet at the “Nope” premiere in Los Angeles.
“I’m still upset,” Kelly told Entertainment Tonight. “I was livid. And I know, me personally, I would’ve burned the place down. I’ve said it before, and I really mean it.”
“Did you see that ridiculous apology that they had?” she added of the statement released by the park. “When I saw this, and it was an extension of what I grew up learning and loving about Sesame Street and Sesame Place, I don’t know what place this is that I saw. It made two beautiful little girls feel like they were just not there. I wasn’t trying to give it any more attention. I really wasn’t, but those little girls, they deserve an apology.”
In the apology, a park representative explained the employee “did not intentionally ignore the girls and is devastated about the misunderstanding.”
They added that the costumes could sometimes make it difficult for performers to see at lower levels.
Actor Wendell Pierce and actress Yvette Nicole Brown were among the other stars to speak out about the incident.
And now, it seems worse for Sesame Place since another new version of the video went viral yesterday (July 22nd).
‘Rosita’ ignoring black children while showing love to the white ones. #SesamePlace put out a p### poor PR letter claiming the character simply didn’t see the children due to the costume making it hard to see at a lower level. Umm who tf do they think is their target audience? pic.twitter.com/ZGPFVkkeeu
Jordan Peele has shut down the suggestion he’s the best horror director of all time.
The comedian made his feature directorial debut with the Oscar-winning horror “Get Out” in 2017 and followed it up with two more movies in the genre – the doppelgänger story “Us” in 2019 and his new UFO tale “Nope.”
Comic book creator Adam Ellis shared the Rotten Tomatoes ratings for all three of Peele’s movies – ranging from 88 percent fresh to 98 percent – and wondered if any other horror director had achieved such a feat.
“I know this is a hot take but at what point do we declare Jordan Peele the best horror director of all time? Can you think of another horror director that had 3 great films, let alone 3 in a row? I can’t,” he tweeted.
The message caught the attention of Jordan Peele, who shut down the claim and insisted that the title belonged to John Carpenter.
“Sir, please put the phone down I beg you,” Peele replied. “Sorry. I love your enthusiasm but I will just not tolerate any John Carpenter slander!”
Sorry. I love your enthusiasm but, I will just not tolerate any John Carpenter slander!!! pic.twitter.com/71sVfXAu7S
New Jersey rapper-turned-politician Dupré “Doitall” Kelly from the Hip-Hop group Lords of the Underground recently became the first platinum-selling artist to be elected to public office after winning a seat in Newark’s city council this year.
On Friday, July 1st, he had his inauguration ceremony.
The “Chief Rocka” said this day was long-coming and reminded him of a conversation he had with Tupac before his premature death.
“I had a conversation with Tupac Shakur about this day. I wish he could be here to see me this day,” Councilman Kelly shared.
“Over 25 years ago, he and I had a conversation in an Orlando hotel room, and he said that we shouldn’t move from our cities, dude. He said, ‘We should come back and create nonprofits and create youth initiatives and youth programs. We might also need to do some things that we may not want, and that means running for office.'”
Councilman Kelly won the West Ward council seat by a margin of 1,858 to 1,312 — 58.6% to 41.4% — over Chigozie Onyema, 35, a lawyer and former state official.
A proud Shaw University alum, member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc, and the founder of 211 Community Inc., the newly elected official is not hanging up his mic.
He has plans to release new music.
Doitall’s new album will be called the album Brenda’s Son, and he is currently starring in the feature film Respect The Jux, executive produced by Pusha T, starring Tony Sirico, Vado, Ciera Payton, and Tobias Truvillion.
Nicki Minaj fans rejoiced when she announced the release date for her new single and the return of Queen Radio on Friday (July 22).
The diamond-selling rapper revealed Queen Radio is coming back on August 11. She also informed fans about her song “Freaky Girl” dropping on August 12.
Nicki Minaj hyped up her upcoming single with several posts on Twitter. She referred to herself as Nick James since “Freaky Girl” samples Rick James’ “Super Freak.”
“#NickJames is coming to do what the girls SHOULD’VE done,” she wrote. “#NickJames is coming to show the girls why they should’ve just sat there & ate their foods. #NickJames is coming to show the boys how to REALLY gag the girls. Pauz #NickJames is coming to restore hope in mankind.”
Nicki Minaj then teased fans with a cryptic message regarding Queen Radio.
“I’ll be choosing 10 ppl,” she wrote. “I’ll announce who you are on #QueenRadio on 8.11. No, I’m not telling HOW I’m choosing. No, I’m not telling WHY either. #FreakyGirl #NickJames 8.12. I love you. Always have. Always will.”
Loyal Barbz celebrated after Nicki Minaj shared her plans on social media.
According to the Detroit News, the nonprofit Detroit Hives is building a bee sanctuary where Eminem used to live. Slim Shady’s old stomping grounds will become the Dresden Pollinator Habitat.
“The new home will be built just like a beehive,” Detroit Hives co-founder Timothy Paule Jackson said. “We have to create a colony.”
Jackson and his fiancé Nicole Lindsey acquired the site of Eminem’s old home and two other lots for $3,000. The Detroit Hives directors made the purchases with aid from the Detroit Black Farmerland Fund.
The couple’s nonprofit seeks to transform vacant lots into urban bee farms.
“We have extra hives at several locations that we can relocate a colony and have those boxes ready (at Dresden) by middle of October,” Jackson said. “Most residents want to see flowers, a place kids can go up and down safe and free from trash and blight, and that’s what we want too.”
Eminem’s childhood home was featured on the cover of his 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP. It was also used for the cover of his 2013 sequel The Marshall Mathers LP 2.
The State of Michigan demolished the house due to fire damage in 2013.
Peter $un calls himself the “Scumbaby” to remind audiences worldwide to embrace their imperfections and strive for truth and happiness.
Peter $un is equipped with the underdog mentality. The rising star expresses himself through his music and art, drawing influences from various greats, from Pusha T to D’Angelo to Pharrell.
Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Peter $un prides himself in formulating a sound that’s unlike any other, fusing the genres of hip-hop, jazz, R&B/soul, and even electronica. Beyond the music, it’s his positivity and desire to help others that don’t go unnoticed.
Fast forward to today, Peter $un is excited to be releasing his new EP titled “Phone Calls Gimme Anxiety,” coinciding with the release of his new music video for “Metamorphosis (Butterfly).”
AllHipHop spoke with Peter $un to discuss his new project, mental health, and more!
AllHipHop: You’re about to drop your new EP “Phone Calls Gimme Anxiety.” How does it compare to your last release, “Scumbaby,” and what influenced this evolution of your sound?
Peter $un: I think “Phone Calls Gimme Anxiety” is definitely a maturation of “Scumbaby.” It’s more of an update of what happened in my life and where my thoughts were at that period of time. When I started writing the music for this project, I wanted to make sure I was the most honest I’ve been, but that I also stayed true to myself and what I stand for. That’s what influenced the evolution most though, me pushing myself to be more vulnerable than I’ve been in the past and getting more live instrumentation in that b####
AllHipHop: Tell us about how the project came together. Did you work with any special producers or collaborators? How did you choose the title?
Peter $un: I started the project with Blue Rondo, who’s a close collaborator of mine. He’s produced a majority of my music since 2018, we were just making songs and “Butterfly” was one of the first songs that I started writing about 5 to 6 months after my brother passed. I knew what I wanted the theme to be and what the project would look like and I wanted to push the sound a little further.
Then Tim Suby came into the picture and added more color to the project as well as Austin Brown, and Ranen. I wrote every song and co-produced “Pay Me No Mind” and “Butterfly,” so everything was in house with the same producers I worked with for my last 2 projects. I feel most comfortable with them, we’re creating this “New Psychedelic Soul” type s### at this point. The title came from the phone call I got about my brothers passing though, that’s what made it stick. I hate phone calls as it is and they always make me anxious. I turn my phone off a lot just to not even hear bad news or be distracted so the title came from there.
AllHipHop: I’m sorry to hear about your brother’s passing. Pouring that experience into your work must have been difficult, what was that like for you?
Peter $un: It wasn’t as difficult as I expected, it just came out like it was therapy. I definitely think it was something I needed to do to close out a chapter for me because I don’t really do well with processing grief sometimes. I move on and try to stay busy or work through things, but before I began to really form the idea for this project I took time to be with family and feel those emotions and I think it helped me to sit down and feel comfortable expressing my feelings through the music.
AllHipHop: You wanted to release this project during Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, why was that important to you and what inspired you to use your platform to bring awareness to the issue of mental health?
Peter $un: Because it’s something I and a lot of family/friends deal with, so I’m very passionate about mental health. In the black community especially, mental health is not something we really speak on often, and sometimes don’t even know we’re truly dealing with it, so I do think it’s important to bring awareness and let people know that it’s ok to get help or talk to someone about what’s going on or how you feel. I’m lucky enough to have the ability to express myself through my art but some people haven’t found their outlet yet. I could still use therapy. Everyone deserves a personal therapist fasho.
AllHipHop: Your song “I Need 2 Smoke” is about calming your stress with cannabis, what are your thoughts on weed as medicine for mental health. How else do you take care of your own mental wellness?
Peter $un: I love cannabis for medicine! I definitely encourage smoking weed for mental health. I look at it as a part of self-care. I don’t always agree with the abuse or just smoking to smoke. I also love micro dosing shrooms for anxiety/ADHD that s### helps a lot with keeping me focused and present. I have a habit of not staying still lol.
Peter $un: “Things Can’t Stay the Same,” has been my favorite song, but it changes at times. Between that song and “Butterfly” because it’s very honest to who I am and the situation I was going through at the time. I was having a little trouble with staying sober and my anxiety was crazy at the time. I made “Things Can’t Stay The Same” which was the last song we recorded and it’s just wholeheartedly honest. Me battling with myself and knowing I’m going to be better because things don’t stay the same forever.
AllHipHop: Anything else you’d like to add?
Peter $un: Spread love, legalize psychedelics for medical use, stop f###### with women’s rights.
Conway the Machine and Funkmaster Flex connected for a new freestyle to put an end to their feud.
Funk Flex released Conway the Machine’s “RIP Steve Smith Freestyle” on Thursday (July 21). The two linked up for the track after trading insults earlier this month.
“LAST WEEK ME AND CONWAY HAD SOME WORDS!” Funk Flex wrote on YouTube. “I SENT HIM A TRACK… HE ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE AND HERE WE ARE! FUNK FLEX / CONWAY THE MACHINE “RIP STEVE SMITH” FREESTYLE!”
He continued, “REST IN PEACE TO STEVE SMITH! I THOUGHT IT WAS RIGHT TO NAME IT THAT SINCE STEVE SMITH WAS THE CREATOR OF THE ALL DAY HIP HOP FORMAT AND THIS FREESTYLE IS HIP HOP!”
Conway the Machine previously criticized Funk Flex, labeling the DJ as a gatekeeper in an Instagram Live rant.
“New York, in my opinion, man, you gotta get them old n##### up out the way like Flex and them n##### man,” he said. “Them gatekeepers that you got up there man that’s trying to dictate like who … Good thing I don’t need y’all n##### ‘cause if I needed y’all n#####, y’all n##### would be fake stifling my groove. Y’all don’t play my s###.”
Funk Flex mocked Conway the Machine in response. The longtime radio personality also clashed with Pete Rock, who blasted the Hot 97 host.
But less than two weeks later, Funk Flex and Conway the Machine managed to move past their issues. The beef concluded with a freestyle over Biz Markie’s classic “Nobody Beats the Biz.”
Doja Cat and Baz Luhrmann have paid tribute to Elvis actress Shonka Dukureh following her death.
Dukureh, who made her movie debut as blues singer Big Mama Thornton in Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic, was found dead at her home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday at 44.
The actress made a notable appearance in the film, singing Thornton’s biggest hit “Hound Dog” – which Presley later recorded – and her rendition of the song was sampled on Doja’s single “Vegas,” taken from the Elvis soundtrack.
Reacting to Dukureh’s death, Doja Cat wrote on her Instagram Stories: “Rest in peace Shonka – an incredible talent taken from us too soon. Was a true honor getting to know her and I am so grateful to her for lending her incredible vocals to ‘Vegas.’ Her amazing performance in Elvis amongst her other artistry lives on. Sending my deepest condolences to her loved ones.”
Meanwhile, Baz Luhrmann shared photos of Dukureh, including one of him kissing her on the forehead on the set, on Instagram and wrote a lengthy tribute.
“A special light went out today and all of the Elvis movie family are heartbroken by the loss of Shonka Dukureh,” he wrote. “From the moment she came into our world, Shonka brought joy, spirit and of course her voice and her music. Whenever she was on set, on stage or even just in the room, everyone always felt uplifted.
“Shonka was just starting to find a larger audience for her tremendous talent, and I got to see her uplift whole crowds of people at Coachella and beyond. A favorite word of Shonka’s, in daily use, was ‘blessings,’ and I, along with the entire Elvis cast, crew and musical collaborators, feel truly blessed to have had time with her. We send all our love and support to Shonka’s children and family at this time.”
Dukureh was found unresponsive by one of her two young children, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a statement.
They suspect no foul play, and an autopsy will be carried out to establish the cause of death.
The suspect accused of shooting and attempting to rob Bronx rapper Lil TJay and one of his friends in Edgewater, NJ, has been arrested by Bergen County law officials, according to Daily Voice.
While law enforcement has locked in on the shooter, the artist is healing from his injuries, including damage to the thoracic cavity and the area around his rib cage that contains the heart, lungs, esophagus, and more.
Lil Tjay is now breathing independently after doctors removed a tube to help him. His health is said to be improving at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was airlifted after the shooting.
Mohamed Konate, an ex-con who was also wounded in a shootout, is locked up after NYPD extradited him for the June shooting.
Konate thought the three were easy marks, an investigation revealed, until someone in the car started blasting back at him.
Lil TJay, whose real name is Tione Jayden Merritt, and his friend Antoine Boyd were wounded.
But so was Konate.
An injured Konate escaped with the help of another man in a BMW after the shooting and was taken to Lennox Hill Hospital on East 77th Street off Park Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side left.
NYPD detectives arrested Konate at the hospital on June 24th and took him to Riker’s Island. His associate remains unidentified and is said to be cooperating with investigators.
Reports say Lil Tjay is not all the way cleared health-wise but can now talk to his friends, family, and close associates.
Israeli-born rap and recording artist Yolo Breezy has had his fair share of globetrotting. Born Michal Oliver to Jewish parents, Breezy found himself traveling back and forth between the holy country and United States in the midst of a budding music career. After finding a temporary residence in Miami, Florida, Breezy has continued to cement his stance on not only a local scale but also internationally.
Florida has always been a musician-friendly city, welcoming artists from different genres. It is a special place for popular artists as well as rising stars who have started making their mark on the industry. The city is the hub of fearless musicians who are true to their craft and dare to experiment with the unconventional rather than following the traditional. Musician Yolo Breezy is one such example. He has been storming the Florida music scene for quite a few years now.
Yolo Breezy is a seasoned musician with experience spanning over 15 years. He is known for his crazy popularity on Spotify and is a sought-after artist in Florida and Tel Aviv. Coming from a low-income family, Yolo Breezy saw the harsh realities of the world much earlier in life. He recalls the days when his mother badly needed surgery to overcome a health disorder, but his father was jobless and had no money. He desperately wanted to earn money to save his mother.
In middle school, Yolo Breezydiscovered his passion for music, but he never thought of pursuing it as a career, given his focus on earning good money. He knew the struggles of a new artist in the industry. At 19, Breezy began studying SEO, a marketing strategy that was setting the internet on fire. In less than a year, Yolo Breezy managed to start his own SEO Company. At 20, his company was already earning millions in revenue, giving Breezy the creative and artistic freedom he’s always wanted.
