tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29357675878394831742024-03-05T11:22:07.083-08:00Texas HeatBlog from Garvey Prospects MediaGarvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.comBlogger2784125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-82740458217434053472021-09-23T14:51:00.004-07:002021-09-23T14:51:15.392-07:00DRAKE SEALS FATE OF MIAMI RAPPER APOLLO LOFTON WHO WAITED 2 HOURS TO PLAY HIS MUSIC<p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span class="location" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;">MIAMI, FL – </span>Every aspiring rapper is waiting on their big break no matter how that might come. Miami rapper <a href="https://www.instagram.com/apollolofton/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Apollo Lofton</a> heard <a href="https://hiphopdx.com/artist/drake" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Drake</a> was in town earlier this week and paying a visit to a store nearby and the neophyte rhymer tracked the 6 God down and waited outside for two hours just to play Drake his freestyle to “No Friends in the Industry.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“I just hopped on it, I had to do it,” Lofton can be heard saying to Drake as Drizzy gives him a salute of acknowledgment before getting in his black SUV. “It was too hot. Love you.”</span></p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="844" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUDn9fLrxTn/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64728%2Ftitle.drake-seals-fate-of-miami-rapper-apollo-lofton-who-waited-2-hours-to-play-his-music#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1131.3999999761581%2C%22ls%22%3A787.1999999880791%2C%22le%22%3A788.5%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Apollo Lofton joined Power 96 for an interview and expanded on the interaction saying Drake actually called him over to play more of the song after the cameras cut out. He backed up his claims by showing how Drizzy actually shot him a follow for his efforts on Instagram.</span></p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="53640" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="53640" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.60688/title.aspiring-rapper-takes-his-chances-spitting-for-youngboy-never-broke-agains-mother" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/01/210103-youngboy-never-broke-again-getty-2.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;">ASPIRING RAPPER TAKES HIS CHANCES SPITTING FOR YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE AGAIN’S — MOTHER!</h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">FEBRUARY 19, 2021</p></div></div></div></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“The whole thing was as soon as he walked out I’m pressing play on that muthafucka,” he explained. “He called me to his car and that’s when we had the conversation. He pulled the window down but I didn’t get in the car with him. He’s like, ‘I’m rocking with it, what’s your IG? Where you from?'”</span></p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" frameborder="0" height="1022" id="instagram-embed-1" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUGEEZMFoDw/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64728%2Ftitle.drake-seals-fate-of-miami-rapper-apollo-lofton-who-waited-2-hours-to-play-his-music#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A1136.199999988079%2C%22ls%22%3A787.1999999880791%2C%22le%22%3A788.5%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Moral of the story, never be afraid to shoot your shot. Listen to Apollo Lofton’s “No Friends in the Industry” remix below.</span></p><div class="article-advertisement article-body article-news" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="body-copy js-entry-text" itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.27px; line-height: 26px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="252" scrolling="no" src="https://audiomack.com/embed/song/apollo-lofton-1/no-friends-in-the-industry?background=1" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 640px;" width="100%"></iframe></p></div></div>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-14349637598667319082021-09-23T14:48:00.003-07:002021-09-23T14:48:53.852-07:00SHEFF G UNLEASHES GREAT JOHN-PRODUCED 'DRUM DRUMMY' VIDEO IN SPITE OF INCARCERATION<p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Even while behind bars, <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.60358/title.brooklyn-drill-boss-sheff-gs-melodic-bars-has-earned-a-hiphopdx-rising-star-2021-slot" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sheff G</a> is blessing his fans with new music on Thursday (September 23) which also happens to be his 23rd birthday. The drill music Sargeant returned with the pensive “Drum Dummy” and an accompanying animated visual.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Brooklyn native rides the somber Great John production and ruminates about his wins and losses throughout his life’s journey.</span></p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="626" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUK6FUcAc-7/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64727%2Ftitle.sheff-g-unleashes-great-john-produced-drum-drummy-video-in-spite-of-incarceration#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1255.5%2C%22ls%22%3A867.3000000119209%2C%22le%22%3A868.8000000119209%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Yeah they left me, the same ones, they turnin’ back now/Love to see my family happy, shit we blessed now/Yeah we blessed now, remember we was stressed out/Hundred K just for this necklace, this bitch two-toned, n-gga/She just pull up, get to neckin’, shit we too grown for this/Took some losses, I’m still winnin’, I’ma keep on winning,” he raps.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Sheff G — born Michael Williams — was <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.63259/title.sheff-g-arrested-in-new-york-city-for-2nd-degree-felony-according-to-akademiks" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">arrested on July 17</a> for illegal gun possession, which is a second-degree felony in New York City. The <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.60358/title.brooklyn-drill-boss-sheff-gs-melodic-bars-has-earned-a-hiphopdx-rising-star-2021-slot" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2021 HipHopDX Rising Star</a> was denied bail and remains locked up at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center in East Elmhurst, New York.</span></p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="106487" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="106487" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.60358/title.brooklyn-drill-boss-sheff-gs-melodic-bars-has-earned-a-hiphopdx-rising-star-2021-slot" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/02/Sheff-G-GIF-downsized_large.gif" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;">BROOKLYN DRILL BOSS SHEFF G'S MELODIC BARS HAS EARNED A HIPHOPDX RISING STAR 2021 SLOT!</h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">FEBRUARY 2, 2021</p></div></div></div></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Winners Circle rapper was already in trouble with the law earlier in 2021 when he was arrested in January on three counts of illegal gun possession after he was allegedly found with a .45 caliber handgun during a traffic stop.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Watch the video below.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><div class="fluidvids" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 359.675px; position: relative; width: 640px;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" class="fluidvids-item" data-fluidvids="loaded" frameborder="0" height="281" id="widget2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fwoi4106eRU?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https:%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 359.675px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;" width="500"></iframe></div><p></p><p> </p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-13736372235857863322021-09-23T14:45:00.007-07:002021-09-23T14:45:54.409-07:00NAS USING 'KING DISEASE 2' SONGS TO FEED MILLIONS and Millions OF NYC RESIDENTS<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGsK4PVDKJZIrn88pqSQZCWTp8MxW0f4I2uD7zCyyBANByUjBU98qEWsmH4BX6RGO0WrJq8xzof13QSAcVkhPmSeFNZGdOXLhL1KjykO0AMGtsXfTRL_cJOxn46OoSH68bMlOG90rmIg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1548" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGsK4PVDKJZIrn88pqSQZCWTp8MxW0f4I2uD7zCyyBANByUjBU98qEWsmH4BX6RGO0WrJq8xzof13QSAcVkhPmSeFNZGdOXLhL1KjykO0AMGtsXfTRL_cJOxn46OoSH68bMlOG90rmIg/" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span class="location" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;">NEW YORK, NY – </span>As a native New Yorker, Nas deeply cares about his community and is proud of the city he comes from — he’s made it evident on songs such as “N.Y. State of Mind” and “A Queens Story.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">On Thursday (September 23), the Queensbridge legend will headline the Concert To Feed NYC at the historic Forest Hills Stadium in an effort to satiate millions of New Yorkers who are experiencing record food shortages. According to<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> QNS,</em> all proceeds will go to City Harvest, New York City’s first and largest food rescue organization, while the costs of the venue have been donated.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The show will mark Nas’ first performance in his hometown in over three years, and he’s greatly anticipating the event, saying, ”I am looking forward to returning to the stage for a performance in my hometown — especially since it supports a cause I care deeply about.”</span></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="1022" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUJNO_jrdDM/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64729%2Ftitle.nas-using-king-disease-2-songs-to-feed-millions-of-nyc-residents#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1091.5999999642372%2C%22ls%22%3A917.1999999880791%2C%22le%22%3A918.6999999880791%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestnyc/?hl=en" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">City Harvest</a> is as equally thrilled about the show but more so about the chance to give back. The need for food has skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, soaring to 41 percent among all New Yorkers and 53 percent among children.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As City Harvest CEO Jilly Stephens explains, “The Concert to Feed NYC will help us rescue and deliver more food for the many New Yorkers who are struggling to put meals on their tables because of the pandemic, many for the first time.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“We are so grateful to have a dedicated and passionate friend in Nas who will create such a special evening to support our work. Together, we can feed our city.”</span></p><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/04/GettyImages-1160566234-e1618459166826.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">NAS 'KING'S DISEASE II' NABS TOP 3 DEBUT ON BILLBOARD 200 CHART</span></h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">AUGUST 15, 2021</span></p></div></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Concert To Feed NYC is an exclusive event for 4,000 people featuring Speakeasy suites, mini-lounges and lounge-style seating. City Harvest is also bringing high-end culinary experiences for select ticket buyers in partnership with local restaurants such as Butcher Bar, COTE Korean Steakhouse, Dhamaka, Les Trois Chevaux, Melba’s and the Nas-owned Sweet Chick.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Nas fans will get to hear material from the Hip Hop vet’s extensive catalog, including <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.63912/title.nas-kings-disease-ii-nabs-top-3-debut-on-billboard-200-chart" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">King’s Disease II. </em></a>Arriving in August, the project served as the follow-up to the 2020 Grammy Award-winning original and featured Eminem, EPMD and others.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The album<a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.63912/title.nas-kings-disease-ii-nabs-top-3-debut-on-billboard-200-chart" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> landed at No. 3 on Billboard 200 chart</a> with over 56,000 total album-equivalent units earned in its inaugural week. It marked Nas’ highest charting album since 2012’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Life Is Good,</em> which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with over 149,000 copies sold.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Revisit it below and find more information about The Concert To Feed NYC <a href="https://foresthillsstadium.com/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">here.</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="47088" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="47088" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.63912/title.nas-kings-disease-ii-nabs-top-3-debut-on-billboard-200-chart" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6CM5qhYBvpgYNek5kYwuOJ?theme=0" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 640px;" width="100%"></iframe></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-89160383091053466992021-09-22T21:09:00.004-07:002021-09-22T21:09:32.747-07:00BABY KEEM ADDS BRENT FAIYAZ COLLAB TO 'THE MELODIC BLUE' ALBUM - PLUS 2 EXTRA SONGS<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AuDBGNVLihmaUxIAWppu6_gvmtNl2aAaZj_dLffGrxkkJoAGFtrDcBjiH8KJLZk_yleXTpRRn0ZePOES9ktEcYUOtNhDrWmcDgz_HCQr3KP6i3sTd6VVfwQCx2f2SVyCipGbWuGlQsE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="400" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AuDBGNVLihmaUxIAWppu6_gvmtNl2aAaZj_dLffGrxkkJoAGFtrDcBjiH8KJLZk_yleXTpRRn0ZePOES9ktEcYUOtNhDrWmcDgz_HCQr3KP6i3sTd6VVfwQCx2f2SVyCipGbWuGlQsE/" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64390/title.kendrick-lamar-earns-biggest-hit-in-3-years-thanks-to-baby-keem-family-ties" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Baby Keem</a> has taken a page out of Kanye West’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Life of Pablo</em> playbook and updated his recently-released <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64395/title.baby-keem-taps-kendrick-lamar-travis-scott-don-toliver-for-the-melodic-blue-tracklist" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Melodic Blue</a></em> album after the fact.</span></p><div class="innerAdHatch" inserted="shortcode" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 10px 0px 11px -10px; text-align: center;"><div class="adUnits" id="contentUnit200" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Following Kanye’s example of making <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.37840/title.kanye-west-is-still-finalizing-the-life-of-pablo" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">post-release revisions</a> to his “living breathing changing creative expression” from 2016, the pgLang rapper has gone back and tinkered with his debut LP, which originally arrived on September 10.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">On Tuesday (September 21), Baby Keem took to Instagram to announce, “i added Brent Faiyaz to the album.” He also let fans know, “(hooligan and no sense) also added.”</span></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="791" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUF51DVvIy1/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64688%2Ftitle.baby-keem-adds-brent-faiyaz-collab-to-the-melodic-blue-album-plus-2-extra-songs#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A991.7999999821186%2C%22ls%22%3A946%2C%22le%22%3A947.0999999940395%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A rising R&B singer from Maryland, <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.54450/title.brent-faiyaz-returns-with-fuck-the-world-lp" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Brent Faiyaz</a> appears on a new version of “Lost Souls,” which sees him lending his distinctly airy vocals and ladies’ man swagger to the bright, bouncy bop.</span></p><div class="innerAdHatch" inserted="shortcode" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 10px 0px 11px -10px; text-align: center;"><div class="adUnits" id="contentUnit300" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Sixteen missed calls/Sorry, I was busy, but I missed ya/If you see me ballin’ then my bitch ball/All my n-ggas ballin’ like I’m Rich Paul,” Brent croons.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><div class="fluidvids" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 335px; position: relative; width: 640px;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" class="fluidvids-item" data-fluidvids="loaded" frameborder="0" height="335" id="widget2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sa9p3OnbThQ?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 335px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">According to <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://genius.com/Baby-keem-lost-souls-remix-lyrics" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Genius</a></em>, Brent Faiyaz submitted his “Lost Souls” verse at the last minute, which Baby Keem played during the livestream of his <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Melodic Blue</em> listening party in New York City earlier this month.</span></p><div class="innerAdHatch" inserted="shortcode" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 10px 0px 11px -10px; text-align: center;"><div class="adUnits" id="contentUnit400" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Brent Faiyaz previously linked up with pgLang — the <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.54869/title.kendrick-lamar-links-up-with-nas-following-pglang-launch" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">company founded by Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free</a> — for their <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.60055/title.kendrick-lamars-pglang-teams-up-with-calvin-klein-for-new-campaign" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Calvin Klein campaign</a> at the start of this year. His biggest collaboration, however, came this summer when he joined forces with Drake and The Neptunes on “<a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.62964/title.brent-faiyaz-drake-the-neptunes-link-for-wasting-time-single" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wasting Time</a>.”</span></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" frameborder="0" height="686" id="instagram-embed-1" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUHB7NbrFbg/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64688%2Ftitle.baby-keem-adds-brent-faiyaz-collab-to-the-melodic-blue-album-plus-2-extra-songs#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A995.5999999940395%2C%22ls%22%3A946%2C%22le%22%3A947.0999999940395%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“<a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.57964/title.kendrick-lamar-dave-frees-pglang-releases-new-music-from-baby-keem" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Hooligan</a>” and “<a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.61234/title.baby-keem-drops-no-sense-video-under-kendrick-lamar-dave-frees-tutelage" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">No Sense</a>,” meanwhile, arrived earlier this year as appetizers for Baby Keem’s debut album. All three songs are listed under “Disc 2” of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Melodic Blue</em> on streaming services, essentially making them deluxe edition bonus joints.</span></p><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-23-at-6.35.58-PM-e1629758206700.png" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">BABY KEEM DEFENDS KENDRICK LAMAR’S 'TOP OF DA MORNING' BABBLE: 'RAP WAS BORING'</span></h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">SEPTEMBER 9, 2021</span></p></div></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Originally featuring appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott and Don Toliver, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Melodic Blue</em> <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64629/title.baby-keem-earns-1st-billboard-200-top-5-album-as-drake-extends-his-reign" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200</a> after selling 53,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, including 70.1 million on-demand streams. Baby Keem celebrated the success of his debut album by <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64512/title.baby-keem-is-the-pglang-polo-g-buys-grandma-a-home-in-first-order-of-business-video" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">buying his grandmother a house</a>.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Stream the updated version of Baby Keem’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Melodic Blue</em> (which may or may not get tweaked further) below.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="94926" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="94926" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64433/title.baby-keem-defends-kendrick-lamars-top-of-da-morning-babble-rap-was-boring" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" height="380" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/7n23fjZTviIUnHyvZGQjni" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 640px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-60095128396497024472021-09-22T20:54:00.005-07:002021-09-22T20:54:53.852-07:00SAWEETIE TAPPED TO HOST NETFLIX 'SEX: UNZIPPED' COMEDY SPECIAL<p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64143/title.saweetie-calls-cap-on-spending-quality-time-with-quavo" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Saweetie</a> wants to teach you everything she knows about sex. The ICY GRL has been enlisted by Netflix to play host on their upcoming<a href="https://www.vulture.com/2021/09/saweetie-to-host-netflixs-sex-unzipped-comedy-special.html" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Sex: Unzipped</em></a> comedy special.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">On the heels of releasing the third season of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sex Education </em>earlier in September, Netflix’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sex: Unzipped</em> special will focus on sex positivity when it premieres globally on the popular streaming platform on October 26.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1440699099548839942" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1440699099548839942&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.64699%2Ftitle.saweetie-tapped-to-host-netflix-sex-unzipped-comedy-special&sessionId=09eaea368433ab7974469481becdd8781257d827&siteScreenName=hiphopdx&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=500px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 524px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Saweetie and a group of “sex-positive puppets” will do their part in helping debunk several myths and misconceptions about sex while using their own experiences to address the matters. The “Best Friend” rapper is also on board as a producer on the project.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1440719008664227848" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1440719008664227848&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.64699%2Ftitle.saweetie-tapped-to-host-netflix-sex-unzipped-comedy-special&sessionId=09eaea368433ab7974469481becdd8781257d827&siteScreenName=hiphopdx&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=500px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 687px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Outside of Saweetie, Netflix has invited a cast of talking heads and “sex experts” that includes Dominique Jackson, Ian Karmel, Joel Kim Booster, Katherine Ryan, London Hughes, Mae Martin, Michelle Buteau, Nikki Glaser, Romesh Ranganathan, Sam Jay, Trixie Mattel, Alexander Cheves, Emily Morse, Oloni, Stella Anna Sonnenbaum and special guest Dr. Ruth Westheimer.</span></p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="4402" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="4402" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64478/title.saweetie-finishes-her-mcdonalds-meal-becomes-mac-cosmetics-brand-ambassador" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/09/BC2F3084-38E9-4D4C-9C7C-DFD2AAD1D27D-e1631468736317.jpeg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;">SAWEETIE FINISHES HER MCDONALD’S MEAL - & BECOMES MAC COSMETICS BRAND AMBASSADOR</h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SEPTEMBER 12, 2021</p></div></div></div></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Bay Area native has been racking up the wins outside music as she preps for the release of her <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pretty Bitch Music</em> debut album. Saweetie was recently named a<a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64478/title.saweetie-finishes-her-mcdonalds-meal-becomes-mac-cosmetics-brand-ambassador" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> global ambassador for MAC Cosmetics</a> and earned her own celebrity Saweetie Meal with McDonald’s.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Tune into <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sex: Unzipped</em> on Netflix on October 26.</span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-40926257110387186862021-09-22T20:52:00.003-07:002021-09-22T20:53:23.900-07:00J. COLE SPOTTED HOOPING WITH NBA’S ORLANDO MAGIC FOLLOWING PRO BASKETBALL SKIT<p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSoqZCIGcNriLQpERCcSnvlR3XCCiB2DGjKwXDZCDzXZAvSebxtS4_a7lSe9sZDPW8LgqlGPFzDmpZXu20oCkQbicF0rGoGJaV_lukEAvubj9AYXTkJEMXAWccjHPvMT-cHNp3oBZB6v4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSoqZCIGcNriLQpERCcSnvlR3XCCiB2DGjKwXDZCDzXZAvSebxtS4_a7lSe9sZDPW8LgqlGPFzDmpZXu20oCkQbicF0rGoGJaV_lukEAvubj9AYXTkJEMXAWccjHPvMT-cHNp3oBZB6v4/" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span class="location" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;">ORLANDO, FL – </span>Following his three-game stint with the<a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.62330/title.j-coles-pro-basketball-stint-is-over-see-his-final-stat-line" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"> Rwanda Patriots BBC</a> in May, <a href="https://hiphopdx.com/artist/j-cole" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">J. Cole</a> got some run on the basketball court during an off-season workout with the Orlando Magic this week.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Orlando Magic took to their Twitter account to post a couple of photos of Cole working out in a scrimmage with the team as a special guest ahead of their official training camp opening next week for the 2021-2022 NBA season.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1440705625273421844" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1440705625273421844&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.64702%2Ftitle.j-cole-spotted-hooping-with-nbas-orlando-magic-following-pro-basketball-skit&sessionId=b6cd3e324fe0cb8180ee39c32bc47c987b1432d2&siteScreenName=hiphopdx&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=500px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 501px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Magic big man Mo Wagner can be seen pointing to Cole as if he’s saying he’s going to be picking him up on the defensive end while New York native Cole Anthony pushes the ball up the floor behind the Dreamville leader as the team’s point guard.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Even at 36 years old, J. Cole isn’t giving up on his hoop dreams. The Detroit Pistons reportedly gave Cole a tryout prior to last season and the Puma ambassador suited up in the Basketball Africa League in May.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><div class="fluidvids" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 359.675px; position: relative; width: 640px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" class="fluidvids-item" data-fluidvids="loaded" frameborder="0" height="281" id="widget2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h0mKFHoblfo?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https:%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 359.675px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;" width="500"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">It also isn’t a surprise to see J. Cole hooping with NBA players as he’s often spotted playing with the best the league has to offer in the off-season when he’s in NYC.</span></p><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-26-at-2.59.15-PM-e1622055591456.png" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">J. COLE FOLLOWING 3-GAME PRO BASKETBALL EXIT: ‘I PLAN TO GET BETTER’</span></h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">MAY 28, 2021</span></p></div></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">During his three-game stint with the Rwanda Patriots, the North Carolina native finished with a stat line of five points, three assists and five rebounds in 45 minutes coming off the bench.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Thank you to @thebal and to @patriotsbbc for the opportunity,” he wrote after departing from the team. “Thank you to my teammates, the coaches and staff for treating me like family. I learned so much in the few weeks we were together.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="211443" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="211443" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.62378/title.j-cole-following-3-game-pro-basketball-exit-i-plan-to-get-better" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"></a><span face="Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="989" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPZZElwl95F/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64702%2Ftitle.j-cole-spotted-hooping-with-nbas-orlando-magic-following-pro-basketball-skit#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A596%2C%22ls%22%3A590.8000000119209%2C%22le%22%3A591.7000000178814%7D" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a href="https://hiphopdx.com/artist/j-cole" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">J. Cole</a> returned to the music scene on Tuesday night (September 21) with the <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64685/title.j-cole-concedes-greatness-of-drake-kendrick-lamar-as-a-fan-in-heavens-ep-video" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">release of his “Heaven’s EP,”</a> which finds him ruminating over the instrumental to <a href="https://hiphopdx.com/artist/drake" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Drake’s</a> “Pipe Down.”</span></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.27px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Listen to it below.</span></p> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YHwUmMl1crE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-35843476700240127662021-09-22T20:50:00.009-07:002021-09-22T20:50:42.565-07:00RIHANNA & TRAVIS SCOTT ACCUSED BY PORN STAR HARLEY DEAN OF SPREADING STDS IN DETAILED ACCOUNT TO ALMIGHTY JAY<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;">Rapp</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;">er </span>Almighty Jay<span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;">sat there with a horrified look on his face as porn actress Harley Dean </span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;">made some wild accusations about</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;"> </span><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64522/title.frank-ocean-asap-rocky-rihanna-met-gala-2021-photos" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Rihanna.</a></div></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">After Jay told Dean people say she looks like the Barbadian singer, she replied, “She hates me … because I worked with her a few years ago right before she launched her [Clara Lionel] foundation back in 2015, her White Gala [Diamond Ball].</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“I helped fundraise her gala here in Hollywood while she was fucking my boss and gave my boss chlamydia. And here I am, the hoe, alleged hoe, yeah I am a hoe, but everyone thought that I was the one fucking my boss and in all reality, it was this bitch. It came out that she got him sick — ’cause he was married, he’s a king or a prince in Africa — and he came out here back in 2013.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">She added, “Right before they were fucking around — I don’t know if it was Travis. I don’t know who Rihanna was fucking — but she got dirty and got him dirty, and it was a whole thing.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">When Dean said she tried to get into the 2016 gala, they stopped her at the door and said, “Sorry Harley, but Rihanna said you can’t get in.” She then insisted she wasn’t lying.</span></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="1022" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUFuF72gH7f/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64701%2Ftitle.rihanna-travis-scott-accused-by-porn-star-harley-dean-of-spreading-stds-in-detailed-account-to-almighty-jay#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A508.40000000596046%2C%22ls%22%3A497.59999999403954%2C%22le%22%3A498.2000000178814%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64031/title.travis-scott-kylie-jenner-expecting-baby-no-2" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Travis Scott</a> and Rihanna’s relationship stretches back to at least 2015 when they were an item. After roughly a year, they split up amid claims she was embarrassed to be seen with him. Since then, Scott has moved on with Kylie Jenner and the couple is currently expecting their second child.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Meanwhile, Rihanna is still going strong with <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64522/title.frank-ocean-asap-rocky-rihanna-met-gala-2021-photos" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">A$AP Rocky </a>since confirming the romance in May. Most recently, the A-list couple stepped out at the 2021 Met Gala in New York City.</span></p><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2020/11/201101-Rihanna-e1628706579467.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">RIHANNA FLEXES BILLIONAIRE STATUS AFTER 1ST FENTY PERFUME SELLS OUT IN HOURS</span></h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">AUGUST 11, 2021</span></p></div></div></div><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="72411" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="72411" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.63833/title.rihanna-flexes-billionaire-status-after-1st-fenty-perfume-sells-out-in-hours" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.63833/title.rihanna-flexes-billionaire-status-after-1st-fenty-perfume-sells-out-in-hours" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Rihanna</a> has had several high-profile relationships over the years, including Chris Brown (who was arrested for the infamous 2009 assault on RiRi), Drake, professional baseball player Matt Kemp and billionaire Hassan Jameel.</span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-36809894676249385862021-09-22T20:35:00.002-07:002021-09-22T20:37:33.656-07:00PRODUCER HITMAKA DROPS NEW TY DOLLA $IGN + QUEEN NAJIA COLLAB AS NEW EMPIRE VICE PRESIDENT<div class="content with-sidebars" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 20px 20px; width: 680px;"><div class="article-advertisement article-body article-news" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="body-copy js-entry-text" itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.27px; line-height: 26px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Nine billion streams into his decorated career, <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.62732/title.soulja-boy-drags-hitmaka-f-k-a-yung-berg-for-filth-stick-to-stealing-beats" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Hitmaka</a> continues to level up. Formerly known as Yung Berg, Hitmaka will be tapping into his executive side in a new partnership deal with EMPIRE, which named him Vice President of A&R at the distribution company/record label on Wednesday (September 22).</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">For his first move with EMPIRE’s backing, Hitmaka unleashed a sultry collaboration between Ty Dolla $ign and Queen Naija titled “Quickie.” The Hakeem-directed accompanying visual finds Hitmaka wooing a waitress and bringing her home for a steamy night.</span></p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="879" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUImUSBvidt/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64704%2Ftitle.producer-hitmaka-drops-new-ty-dolla-ign-queen-najia-collab-as-new-empire-vice-president#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A790%2C%22ls%22%3A643.4000000059605%2C%22le%22%3A644.3000000119209%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“The song came together organically. Me and my partner Chrishan cooked up the demo and were in Miami with Ty Dolla $ign,” Hitmaka explained of the track in a statement. “Shortly after we sent it to Queen Naija, and it really came together. It’s about wanting to be with someone but not having all the time needed so let’s make the best of these moments.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">EMPIRE CEO Ghazi is ecstatic to bring Hitmaka’s expertise into the fold as part of the team.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Hitmaka is one of the best in the game,” Ghazi added. “We’re lucky to have him on the home team at EMPIRE – inspiring and creating with our artists and delivering top quality music of his own. We’re already off to the races with several of Hit’s records charting and have more on the way.”</span></p><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="48412" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="48412" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.63572/title.24-rapper-money-man-gets-1st-of-platinum-selling-empire-chains" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-30-at-4.25.45-PM-e1627676783756.png" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;">’24’ RAPPER MONEY MAN GETS 1ST OF PLATINUM-SELLING EMPIRE CHAINS</h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">JULY 30, 2021</p></div></span></div></div></a><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hitmaka also launched his label imprint Makasound under EMPIRE’s umbrella. He’s already had successful records at the San Francisco-based company while producing Yung Bleu’s “Baddest” featuring 2 Chainz and Chris Brown, which remains a staple at urban radio.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Watch the “Quickie” video below.</span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" class="fluidvids-item" data-fluidvids="loaded" frameborder="0" height="281" id="widget2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8SWyBLnOiv8?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https:%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 359.675px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;" width="500"></iframe></p></div></div></div>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-88411628281889404592021-09-22T20:33:00.003-07:002021-09-22T20:33:22.479-07:00Jay Holly X Prime - Free Smoke (Prod. Vitto_Himself) Official Video<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/feNN6sISE_s" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;"> <span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out the Official Music Video By Jay Holly X Prime Prod. Vitto_Himself Performing "Free Smoke"</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> @2020 Nowornever and Vhmedia </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/jayholly" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#JayHolly</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/nyc" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#NYC</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/jamaicaqueens" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#JamaicaQueens</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/bigqueens" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#BigQueens</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/gohardseason" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#GoHardSeason</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/hiphop" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#HipHop</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/art" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Art</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/culture" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Culture</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/queens" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Queens</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/prime" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Prime</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/vitto_himself" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Vitto_Himself</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/gritty" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Gritty</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/subway" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Subway</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/grind" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Grind</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/nowornever" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#NowOrNever</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/grimey" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Grimey</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/boombap" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#BoomBap</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/ftrain" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#FTrain</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/underground" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Underground</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/thiswhatnysoundlike" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#ThisWhatNYSoundLike</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/goldenera" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#GoldenEra</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/livefromthetrenches" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#LiveFromTheTrenches</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/soundsoftheunderground" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#SoundsOfTheUnderground</a></span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-46664697579007300312021-09-22T20:28:00.007-07:002021-09-22T20:29:08.829-07:002021 HIPHOPDX RISING STAR BLXST RE-PLEDGES HIS ALLEGIANCE TO DAY ONE RECORD LABEL<p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a href="https://hiphopdx.com/artist/blxst" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">HipHopDX Rising Star Blxst</a> is having a hell of a run in 2021, and he’s it even better by partnering up with his label in a major way. On Wednesday (September 22), Red Bull Records announced that Blxst has signed a worldwide partnership deal.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The deal allows Red Bull Records to release new music from Blxst, and in return, the label will work with Blxst’s company Evgle to facilitate new artist signings and develop rising talent. The deal will also see Red Bull Records drop Blxst’s <a href="https://hiphopdx.com/release-dates" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">highly anticipated full-length album</a> slated to arrive in 2022.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Everything we’re building at Evgle centers around innovation, family, and community,” Blxst said in a statement. “As I enter the next phase of my career as an Artist and Business Owner, I’m excited to continue our partnership with Red Bull Records, a company that has supported my vision.”</span></p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="966" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CR9-Z9gpsRY/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=675&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64703%2Ftitle.2021-hiphopdx-rising-star-blxst-re-pledges-his-allegiance-to-day-one-record-label#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A870.5999999940395%2C%22ls%22%3A699.6999999880791%2C%22le%22%3A701%7D" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></span><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Blxst first teamed up with Red Bull Records to release his solo debut EP <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.62881/title.blxst-left-speechless-after-no-love-lost-tour-sells-out" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">No Love Lost</em></a>. The deluxe edition produced the hit single “Chosen” featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Tyga, which grabbed over 150 million streams in less than a year.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Blxst has established himself as a groundbreaking international artist through his visionary sound and an unrivaled dedication to his craft, and we look forward to amplifying this next chapter of his career alongside Evgle,” Greg Hammer, Red Bull Records’ Managing Director, said. “Our SVP / Head of A&R, Kenny Salcido, and our VP of A&R, Charles Burks III, were passionately involved in the project from the beginning, and have been instrumental in the continuation of this partnership.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Evgle’s president and Blxst’s manager, Victor Burnett, said, “Evgle is a company that is vertically integrated from the ground floor and built for the long run. Our fully staffed team has the ability to create, design, process, and operationalize at a high level, and with this extended partnership, we’re excited to take our operations to new heights in the music business and beyond.”</span></p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="91745" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="91745" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.59378/title.backed-by-ty-dolla-ign-dom-kennedy-features-heres-how-blxst-became-one-of-l-a-s-go-to-collaborators" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2020/12/IMG_2552-e1607132762605.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;">BACKED BY TY DOLLA $IGN & DOM KENNEDY FEATURES, HERE'S HOW BLXST BECAME ONE OF L.A.'S GO-TO COLLABORATORS</h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">DECEMBER 4, 2020</p></div></div></div></a><span face="Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Blxst signed to Red Bull Records in 2020, and in that year, he became one of the hottest young artists in the game. He was named a 2021 HipHopDX Rising Star in February 2021 and was nominated for Best New Hip Hop Artist at the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards. He also dropped the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Just For Clarity</em> two-pack and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sixtape 2</em> with Bino Rideaux to hold fans over until the album.</span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-55101306931619107952021-09-22T20:24:00.008-07:002021-09-22T20:25:55.949-07:00Official Music Video By Jay Holly X Prime Prod. Vitto_Himself Performing "Business"<div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E6RGvqRLIgE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Check out the visuals from the homie Jay Holly!!!!</span></div><div><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); border: 0px; color: white; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Official Music Video By Jay Holly X Prime Prod. Vitto_Himself Performing "Business" @2021 Nowornever and Vhmedia </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/jayholly" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#JayHolly</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/nyc" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#NYC</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/jamaicaqueens" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#JamaicaQueens</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/bigqueens" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#BigQueens</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/gohardseason" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#GoHardSeason</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/hiphop" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#HipHop</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/art" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Art</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/culture" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Culture</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/queens" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Queens</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/prime" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Prime</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/vitto_himself" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Vitto_Himself</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/gritty" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Gritty</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/grind" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Grind</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/nowornever" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#NowOrNever</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/smooth" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Smooth</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/busniess" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Busniess</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/boombap" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#BoomBap</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/underground" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Underground</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/thiswhatnysoundlike" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#ThisWhatNYSoundLike</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/goldenera" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#GoldenEra</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/realness" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#Realness</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/soundsoftheunderground" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display, inline-block); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap, none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break, none);">#SoundsOfTheUnderground</a></span></div><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-24698302168871086002021-09-22T20:21:00.004-07:002021-09-22T20:21:37.060-07:00DR. DRE ORDERED TO FORK OVER EVEN MORE MILLIONS TO ESTRANGED WIFE IN SPIRALING DIVORCE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlk_-oisG32sO1p214hwCvXsY1B8xW9ZTr2yTz09dNVLHCyVzSA-XWBogYfydWzqowVXTz-IPaejaBBAsBS35-PHsgJHvPldrFk5JOnjtnbcIZ7xzRh3gvPyTKYUGF8_XNnrmCp7-Sgog/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlk_-oisG32sO1p214hwCvXsY1B8xW9ZTr2yTz09dNVLHCyVzSA-XWBogYfydWzqowVXTz-IPaejaBBAsBS35-PHsgJHvPldrFk5JOnjtnbcIZ7xzRh3gvPyTKYUGF8_XNnrmCp7-Sgog/" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span class="location" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;">LOS ANGELES, CA – </span><a href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/artist/dr-dre" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dr. Dre</a> and <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.63592/title.dr-dre-spotted-with-another-mystery-woman-following-nicole-young-split" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Nicole Young</a> were married for 24 years before she officially pulled the plug last June amid “irreconcilable differences.” But the divorce proceedings have been anything but simple. The former couple is currently entangled in a contentious battle over a prenuptial agreement Young believes should be deemed null and void, while Dr. Dre wants it to remain intact.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As the fight for Dre’s estimated $800 million fortune continues, the lauded Hip Hop producer is reportedly being ordered to dole out even more money to his estranged wife. According to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2021/09/21/dr-dre-ordered-to-pay-another-1-million-in-legal-fees-to-nicole-young/?_ga=2.117865792.895454220.1632156405-1962489352.1597264285" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Page Six,</em> </a>a judge ordered Dr. Dre to pay Young another $1.55 million in legal fees and costs this week in addition to the $2 million he’s already covered.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><div class="fluidvids" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 359.675px; position: relative; width: 640px;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" class="fluidvids-item" data-fluidvids="loaded" frameborder="0" height="281" id="widget2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E8w_6evlbtA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https:%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 359.675px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;" width="500"></iframe></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The judge estimated Young’s “reasonable legal fees in the case” total around $3 million plus costs so far. Subsequently, Dre will now have to pay $1 million toward the balance of her fees, plus another $550,000 in costs associated with the case. Celebrity attorney Samantha Spector, who represents Young, charges around $1,110 an hour, so the staggering bill isn’t exactly a shocker.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Dr. Dre also must cough up $293,306 in monthly temporary spousal support as well as pay for household costs such as security, insurance, gardening, taxes, repairs and maintenance. The latest ruling said Young and Dre must confer on any added expenses Dre owes her on the household costs by next month.</span></p><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/07/210721-Dr.-Dre.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">DR. DRE SUING EX-WIFE NICOLE YOUNG OVER $350K RAP STUDIO BUDGET CAPER</span></h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">SEPTEMBER 4, 2021</span></p></div></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Young is <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64322/title.dr-dre-suing-ex-wife-nicole-young-over-350k-rap-studio-budget-caper" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">facing a lawsuit</a> from her former husband as well. Earlier this month, Dr. Dre sued Young for allegedly “stealing” money from Recording One Studio in Sherman Oaks, California.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Legal documents explained she and Dre were listed on the business to be involved in “maintenance and control” of its assets, while Young was given the authority to draw checks and transfer funds for the business.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="49965" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="49965" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64322/title.dr-dre-suing-ex-wife-nicole-young-over-350k-rap-studio-budget-caper" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Recording One said Young “decimated” the company’s bank account not long after she filed for divorce, withdrawing $353,571.85. The company added Young “egregiously” breached her fiduciary duties by “embezzling and stealing money from (the company’s) bank account, and using the money for her own, personal obligations,” something she strongly denied. In fact, Young said she promptly returned the money to the account.</span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-65903154158810106512021-09-22T20:20:00.003-07:002021-09-22T20:20:19.197-07:00KIM KARDASHIAN TO HOST ‘SNL’ DESPITE KANYE WEST’S RECENT ‘ANTI-BLACK’ COMMENTS<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eIMOvzQ6f7V4KUdjCRb669wFTqQpX75e8Y94g7tQCmsihy26Gp3ldVF_JfeMFcSAjLxNQiQ9Be5U8dl5P_bslODfXzX6azjx2mmhsvFk33a1_Y5eosW_P3Pd2wSYk7mA_M0kQTTMeBg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1451" data-original-width="2048" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eIMOvzQ6f7V4KUdjCRb669wFTqQpX75e8Y94g7tQCmsihy26Gp3ldVF_JfeMFcSAjLxNQiQ9Be5U8dl5P_bslODfXzX6azjx2mmhsvFk33a1_Y5eosW_P3Pd2wSYk7mA_M0kQTTMeBg/" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span class="location" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;">NEW YORK, N.Y. – </span>Kim Kardashian is heading to <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saturday Night Live</em>. Without <a href="https://hiphopdx.com/artist/kanye-west" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Kanye West</a> by her side, Kim K. has been tapped to play host on the October 9 episode of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">SNL</em> as part of Season 47.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="box-sizing: border-box;">“OMFG no turning back now!!!! LOL I’m hosting SNL!!!!!! </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="box-sizing: border-box;">@nbcsnl,” KKW excitedly wrote to Twitter.</span></span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1440760806828752904" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1440760806828752904&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.64706%2Ftitle.kim-kardashian-to-host-snl-despite-kanye-wests-recent-anti-black-comments&sessionId=34778eadf6a1ab6bcc284967e1669df20b7c3cde&siteScreenName=hiphopdx&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=500px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 727px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span class="r-18u37iz" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white;">Kim Kardashian will be the first of the Kardashian clan to earn hosting duties. Kanye has never hosted SNL but has appeared as a musical guest on numerous occasions as <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.48640/title.kanye-west-continues-pro-trump-speech-after-snl-goes-off-the-air" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">recently as September 2018</a>. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Kardashian’s appearance has long been rumored in recent months with celebrity gossip Instagram account <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Deuxmoi</em> hinting at the reality star’s upcoming gig.<a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/22/kim-kardashian-hosting-snl-saturday-night-live-upcoming-season/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">TMZ</em></a> also reported that Kris Jenner and her daughter met with<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> SNL</em> boss Lorne Michaels in August at the Beverly Hills Polo Lounge.</span></p><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/06/210626-kid-cudi-kanye-west.jpeg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">KID CUDI TALKS KANYE WEST'S FASHION OPINION ON HIS ‘SNL’ DRESS</span></h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">JUNE 26, 2021</span></p></div></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">During Kim Kardashian’s October 9 appearance, Halsey has been tapped as the musical guest. The singer previously hosted <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saturday Night Live</em> in 2019.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Kanye has been critical of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">SNL</em> in the past and in 2020 claimed the late-night live television series “uses Black people to hold other Black people back.” Yeezy’s criticism came when the night’s host Issa Rae dissed his chances of becoming president.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><div class="fluidvids" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 359.675px; position: relative; width: 640px;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" class="fluidvids-item" data-fluidvids="loaded" frameborder="0" height="281" id="widget2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3AdArivRqXI?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https:%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 359.675px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;" width="500"></iframe></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“I’ve always said SNL uses black people to hold other black people back My heart goes out to Issa Rae I’m praying for her and her family I know that the twenty years of service that I’ve paid in the entertainment field has furthered our ability to be more successful,” he wrote last October.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1317819037036941313" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1317819037036941313&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.64706%2Ftitle.kim-kardashian-to-host-snl-despite-kanye-wests-recent-anti-black-comments&sessionId=34778eadf6a1ab6bcc284967e1669df20b7c3cde&siteScreenName=hiphopdx&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=500px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 823px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="43393" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="43393" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.62879/title.kid-cudi-talks-kanye-west-fashion-opinion-on-his-snl-dress" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As for other episodes announced, Young Thug will be the only rapper represented at the October 16 airing. Thugger’s appearance will come on the heels of his anticipated <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.63504/title.young-thug-ushers-in-punk-era-with-npr-tiny-desk-concert" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Punk</em> album</a>, which is <a href="http://hiphopdx.com/release-dates" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">set to arrive a day prior</a> on October 15.</span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-78317144262373511522021-09-22T20:18:00.008-07:002021-09-22T20:18:55.344-07:00LIL NAS X TO MISS OUT ON FIRST NO. 1 ALBUM - THANKS TO DRAKE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;">Lil Nas X released his debut album </span><em style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;">MONTERO</em><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;"> on Friday (September 17), and the project is on pace for a big opening week on the Billboard 200 — but likely not big enough to top the chart.</span></div><div class="innerAdHatch" inserted="shortcode" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 10px 0px 11px -10px; text-align: center;"><div class="adUnits" id="contentUnit200" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Judging by early sales projections, Lil Nas X is set to lose out on scoring his first No. 1 album thanks to <a href="https://hiphopdx.com/artist/drake" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Drake</a>‘s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3780/title.drake-certified-lover-boy-album-review" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Certified Lover Boy</a></em>, which is set to hold on to the top spot for a third consecutive week.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">According to <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=328358&title=TOP-20%253A-DRAKE%2527S-THREEPEAT%252C-LIL-NAS%252C-MORE" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HITS Daily Double</a></em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">CLB</em> is set to reign supreme atop the Billboard 200 with an additional 156,000 total album-equivalent units, while <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">MONTERO</em> is on track to sell over 125,000 total album-equivalent units in its first week, good for the No. 2 spot.</span></span></p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="934" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUIPAjVrYGa/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64693%2Ftitle.lil-nas-x-to-miss-out-on-first-no-1-album-thanks-to-drake#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A789.5%2C%22ls%22%3A599.1999999880791%2C%22le%22%3A624.8000000119209%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Previously, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Certified Lover Boy</em> <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64481/title.drakes-certified-lover-boy-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart-with-biggest-1st-week-of-2021" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">shifted over 613,000 total album-equivalent units</a> in its first week — the biggest sales week of 2021 by far — before <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64629/title.baby-keem-earns-1st-billboard-200-top-5-album-as-drake-extends-his-reign" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">adding around 236,000 sales</a> to that sum in its second week.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">If <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">HITS Daily Double</em>‘s latest projections are accurate, Drake’s total <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Certified Lover Boy</em> sales will pass the one million-mark by its third week, making it eligible for platinum certification.</span></span></p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="98289" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="98289" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64211/title.lil-nas-x-flips-drake-clb-cover-art-for-his-gay-version-montero-cover-art" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/03/210304-Lil-Nas-X-e1628699268385.jpeg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;">LIL NAS X FLIPS DRAKE'S ‘CLB’ COVER ART FOR HIS GAY VERSION ‘MONTERO’ COVER ART</h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">AUGUST 30, 2021</p></div></div></div></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span></span><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">A No. 1 album isn’t the only thing Drake has denied Lil Nas X. The “Industry Baby” rapper recently revealed in a <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Breakfast Club</em> interview he <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64597/title.lil-nas-x-drake-nicki-minaj-montero-album" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">tried to secure features from Drake and Nicki Minaj</a> on <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">MONTERO </em>but was unsuccessful.</span></span></p><div class="innerAdHatch" inserted="shortcode" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 10px 0px 11px -10px; text-align: center;"><div class="adUnits" id="contentUnit300" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">“Drake replied ’cause you know Gee Roberson’s my manager,” he explained. “He was still working on <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Certified Lover Boy</em> and whatnot and he was 100 percent focused on that. This was like a few weeks ago and I understood completely, and he said he’s down to do something but [it was] just not the right time. He was trying to get his own shit together.”</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><div class="fluidvids" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 335px; position: relative; width: 640px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="fluidvids-item" data-fluidvids="loaded" frameborder="0" height="335" id="widget2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/elAW3o_BFU8?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 335px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Nevertheless, Lil Nas X still managed to assemble a <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64255/title.lil-nas-x-celebrates-montero-star-studded-tracklist-suicide-prevention-advocate-honor" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">star-studded supporting cast</a> for <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">MONTERO</em>, which boasts appearances from Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, Jack Harlow, Miley Cyrus and Sir Elton John. It appears a deluxe edition is on the way with possible cameos from <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64278/title.kid-cudi-joins-lil-nas-x-montero-deluxe-after-tracklist-called-out-for-lack-of-black-male-guests" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Kid Cudi</a> and <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64667/title.lil-nas-x-adds-city-girls-to-his-collaboration-wish-list-alongside-kid-cudi" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">City Girls</a>.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">MONTERO</em>‘s projected Billboard 200 debut will match Lil Nas X’s last project — 2019’s <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3447/title.review-lil-nas-x-debut-ep-7-makes-the-case-for-his-longevity" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">7</em> EP</a> — which also peaked at No. 2. The EP sold approximately 77,000 first-week total album-equivalent units and was nominated for the prestigious Album of the Year award at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.</span></span></p><div class="innerAdHatch" inserted="shortcode" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 10px 0px 11px -10px; text-align: center;"><div class="adUnits" id="contentUnit400" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Elsewhere on the Billboard 200, Kanye West’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Donda</em>, which previously <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64337/title.kanye-west-lands-9th-consecutive-billboard-200-no-1-album-with-donda" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">earned Mr. West his ninth No. 1 album</a>, is set to fall from No. 2 to No. 3 behind, while Doja Cat’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Planet Her</em> is expected to hold firm at No. 6.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Listen to Lil Nas X’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">MONTERO</em> below.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" height="380" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6pOiDiuDQqrmo5DbG0ZubR" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 640px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-44155568355018859912021-09-21T19:25:00.003-07:002021-09-21T19:25:12.778-07:001833 bringing Chicago shows from Kevin Gates & IDK this fall<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUD4fRyRaLztpeakEkz3OVRmT713GlLEloUgJ5DNYbZsbw1Oh-RDSbDlr1sJ_BweSsyU6soSb9lsIn6mzi6vJEGf-yXaoa0JhgiPGt3fUPVu-H6nSnSe2N8jBWFuBqWdmU7CGAQiLCKfk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1325" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUD4fRyRaLztpeakEkz3OVRmT713GlLEloUgJ5DNYbZsbw1Oh-RDSbDlr1sJ_BweSsyU6soSb9lsIn6mzi6vJEGf-yXaoa0JhgiPGt3fUPVu-H6nSnSe2N8jBWFuBqWdmU7CGAQiLCKfk/" width="155" /></a></div><p></p><article class="post-129290 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-chicago" id="post-129290" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Live music is back this Fall, as our friends at <a href="https://1833.fm/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;">1833</a> are bringing us a number of exciting concerts across the city. On October 6th, they’re bringing the pride of Louisiana to the new venue Radius. And on November 11th, IDK will be live at Bottom Lounge.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">On top of these two shows, the team at <a href="https://1833.fm/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;">1833</a> are bringing us shows from Jack Harlow, BLXST, Duckwrth, Stefan Ponce, Gashi and many more.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://1833.fm/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Tickets for any and all shows can be found over on their website. Grab them now before they’re gone!</span></a></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div></div></article>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-38983144705761810032021-09-21T15:49:00.001-07:002021-09-21T15:49:12.952-07:00LIL TECCA GRABBING BKTHERULA, BABY SANTANA + MORE FOR NATIONWIDE TOUR<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjf-aflhhvtkpbgcvEhbbK7xTgLa8shujgrLuCVgC5hZDYY-9Orr9OXtmuzn4Zk8xUJW4_7NHV37ZqpzJ5Sqt05NkiApJ08PAnpfvi0xZ_E3JHTtE5q3bac2ONudaXb3TDRIfoSgDBLy8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjf-aflhhvtkpbgcvEhbbK7xTgLa8shujgrLuCVgC5hZDYY-9Orr9OXtmuzn4Zk8xUJW4_7NHV37ZqpzJ5Sqt05NkiApJ08PAnpfvi0xZ_E3JHTtE5q3bac2ONudaXb3TDRIfoSgDBLy8/" width="240" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64115/title.lil-tecca-taps-gunna-trippie-redd-chief-keef-more-for-we-love-you-tecca-2" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Lil Tecca</a> will be hitting the road in 2022 for the first time in three years. On the heels of<a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64115/title.lil-tecca-taps-gunna-trippie-redd-chief-keef-more-for-we-love-you-tecca-2" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> We Love You Tecca 2</em>‘s</a> release, the “Ransom” rapper announced plans for the Tecca Loves You Tour on Tuesday (September 21).</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The North American adoration airway is set to fittingly kick off in Boston on Valentine’s Day 2022. Other stops on the tour include Toronto, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Seattle, San Diego, Orlando, Miami, Philadelphia, Nashville and more before wrapping up at NYC’s Terminal 5 on April 8.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Tecca isn’t doing it all alone as he’s set to bring “Tweakin’ Together” rapper Bktherula, BabySantana and yvngxhris along for the ride with him. Tickets for the lovefest are set to go on sale starting on Friday (September 24) at 10 a.m. local time.</span></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="916" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUFywVhFt1v/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64680%2Ftitle.lil-tecca-grabbing-bktherula-baby-santana-more-for-nationwide-tour#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A738.0999999940395%2C%22ls%22%3A457.70000000298023%2C%22le%22%3A459%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Lil Tecca delivered his <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64155/title.new-music-friday-new-albums-from-belly-westside-gunn-ohgeesy-curreny-more" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">We Love You Tecca 2</em> sequel</a> in late August with features from Iann Dior, Gunna, Lil Yachty, Chief Keef, Trippie Redd and more. The project cracked the Billboard 200’s Top 10 with 30,000 total album-equivalent units sold in the first week.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The 19-year-old addressed the haters on Twitter Tuesday and let his fans know he’s going to keep moving how he wants no matter what the critics may have to say.</span></p><p></p><div class="css-1dbjc4n" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-1s2bzr4" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-vrz42v r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="id__itbph036n5f" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white;">“You gon make em mad regardless why not do it now,” he wrote.</span></span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1440338898224234504" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1440338898224234504&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.64680%2Ftitle.lil-tecca-grabbing-bktherula-baby-santana-more-for-nationwide-tour&sessionId=f96f4f6c7e017f690442a04511486922bbb04c73&siteScreenName=hiphopdx&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=500px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 250px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Find all of the tour dates below.</span></p><figure class="alignnone" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; width: 640px; zoom: 1;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-562469" height="659" sizes="(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px" src="https://app.hiphopdx.com/app/uploads/2021/09/image003-2.jpg" srcset="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/09/image003-2.jpg 661w, https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/09/image003-2-239x300.jpg 239w, https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/09/image003-2-113x142.jpg 113w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; vertical-align: middle; width: 640px;" width="526" /></span></figure></div></div></div>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-16948315650111998532021-09-21T13:57:00.005-07:002021-09-21T13:58:28.564-07:00JEEZY & WIFE JEANNIE MAI EXPECTING 1ST CHILD - 5 MONTHS AFTER TYING THE KNOT<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgHrq7QywRJvfIDTvc_lVF6ltzRgipw4rSoR6BWKm8HHfItKnMlYMcyU8N8ICLqntS_9rxIKev33klUWYJD2Fdn2lGdQnaugIcMFEso7GT6XenyEObmpJBOs6AzbVw9ZCDlrBko6g2Nk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1695" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgHrq7QywRJvfIDTvc_lVF6ltzRgipw4rSoR6BWKm8HHfItKnMlYMcyU8N8ICLqntS_9rxIKev33klUWYJD2Fdn2lGdQnaugIcMFEso7GT6XenyEObmpJBOs6AzbVw9ZCDlrBko6g2Nk/" width="203" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">eezy and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Real</em> co-host Jeannie Mai quietly<a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.61340/title.jeezy-fiancee-jeannie-mai-reportedly-apply-for-marriage-license-as-they-eye-wedding-date" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> tied the knot </a>during a private Atlanta ceremony in April. Five months later, the couple is expecting their first child.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Mai made the announcement during Monday’s (September 20) episode of her talk show and admitted they’d been keeping it under wraps since they got married.</span></p><div class="unruly_in_article_placement" data-unruly-ad-type="horizontal" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: initial; font-size: initial; letter-spacing: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 16px 0px 0px; max-height: 410px; min-height: initial; min-width: initial; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transition: max-height 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.445, 0.05, 0.55, 0.95) 0.2s;"><div class="unruly_ia_bottombar" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: initial; font-size: initial; height: 20px; letter-spacing: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: initial; min-width: initial; padding: 0px;"><div class="unruly_ia_progressbar" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: initial; font-size: initial; height: 2px; letter-spacing: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: initial; min-width: initial; padding: 0px; position: relative; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s; width: 168.95px;"></div><img class="unruly_ia_volume" src="https://video.unrulymedia.com/native/images/svg/unmiss-sound-button-muted-e74d67a0c85c3548f07d7564782a269c.svg" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) !important; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: initial; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; float: right; font-size: initial; height: 20px; letter-spacing: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: initial; min-width: initial; opacity: 0.25; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.445, 0.05, 0.55, 0.95) 0s; vertical-align: middle; width: 20px; z-index: 100;" /><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;">“Jeezy and I have been kind of saving this and hiding this for five months,” she said. “So, we’re relieved to finally share the news.”</span></div></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1440021699282358276" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1440021699282358276&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.64643%2Ftitle.jeezy-wife-jeannie-mai-expecting-1st-child-5-months-after-tying-the-knot&sessionId=971c2e80d1fe4407c0493f8054c0b84039ea782d&siteScreenName=hiphopdx&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=500px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 563px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Jeannie Mai didn’t always intend to have children. In fact, not wanting kids was a major factor in her 2018 divorce from Freddy Harteis. But she said on <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Real,</em> “Love can really change you.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">She added, “And falling in love with Jeezy, meeting someone who also didn’t feel safe in their life, we began to really create a place where our happiness spelled out what safe looked like around us. So, as soon as you feel safe, in a healthy relationship, all of a sudden you start having visions and dreams and for both of us at the same time, it would be becoming parents, having kids.”</span></p><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/03/210320-Jeezy-.jpeg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">JEEZY & 'THE REAL' HOST JEANNIE MAI QUIETLY MARRY IN PRIVATE CEREMONY AT THEIR ATLANTA HOME</span></h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">APRIL 1, 2021</span></p></div></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Mai and Harteis were together for 10 years before they split. During an episode of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Real</em> in October 2018, she said she’d always been transparent with her ex about her unwillingness to have a baby.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“When we were dating, I was always very vocal — because I’ll never lead a man on when I know I don’t want to have children,” Mai said at the time. “So, I was always honest about that. I think we were both so young — it was like 14 years ago — I think he also thought, ‘You know what, we’re so in love I don’t want that either.’ He could have been happy not having children with me.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">She added, “When you physically see how a man is with a child, and if the man really desires to be a father, and you know that you are that block between that happening, you just don’t feel right about yourself every single day.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">But apparently, Mai changed her mind after meeting Jeezy and is willing to have a baby Snowman.</span></p><p><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="44524" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="44524" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.61340/title.jeezy-fiancee-jeannie-mai-reportedly-apply-for-marriage-license-as-they-eye-wedding-date" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"></a><span face="Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"> </p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-63078166321542076172021-09-21T13:51:00.001-07:002021-09-21T13:51:05.504-07:00WACK 100 CLAIMS HE SPOKE TO KANYE WEST - & WILL BE SENDING HIM ALLEGED SEX TAPE<p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;">Wack 100</span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"> made headlines when claiming to be in possession of</span><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64613/title.wack-100-offers-kanye-west-new-sex-tape-angles-of-kim-kardashian-ray-j" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-decoration-line: none;"> part 2 to the infamous Kim Kardashian and Ray J sex tape</a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"> from the early 2000s prior to her meteoric rise to fame.</span></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">After a back-and-forth with <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64622/title.kanye-west-kim-kardashian-attorney-fires-back-at-wack-100-ray-j-sex-tape-claim" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Kardashian’s lawyer</a>, Wack 100 is claiming to have the entire mess cleaned up following a conversation with <a href="https://hiphopdx.com/artist/kanye-west" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Kanye West</a> which will involve Wack allegedly handing over <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CT9KVP_pnb-/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=16117c05-060a-4173-b6d0-31e6f7f520c2" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">the tape</a> to Yeezy.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Great convo my word is good I’ll get it right to you bro like I said I would. I appreciate ya call good hearing from ya,” Wack wrote alongside a photo of Kanye at one of his <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Donda</em> listening parties.</span></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="747" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUF6WmCvvpf/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64679%2Ftitle.wack-100-claims-he-spoke-to-kanye-west-will-be-sending-him-alleged-sex-tape#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A815.0999999940395%2C%22ls%22%3A635.2000000029802%2C%22le%22%3A636.2000000029802%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Known for his share of publicity stunts, followers flooded Wack 100’s comment section calling him out for either lying about the conversation with Kanye West or having no reason to bring the drama to Instagram instead of keeping it behind closed doors.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Cap, you know you ain’t have no conversation with this man,” a fan wrote. “You wanted clout even bringing it to the internet.”</span></p><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2018/12/kevin-hart-oscars-2019-e1543976939931.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">KEVIN HART REPORTEDLY DENIES LEAKING HIS SEX TAPE</span></h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">SEPTEMBER 18, 2019</span></p></div></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">With Ray J’s relationship with Kim Kardashian ending over 15 years ago, he just wants to move on and leave all of this drama completely in the past.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“This ain’t cool,” Ray J said. “I been staying off the Raydar – Just staying focused and being humble and thankful for all the blessings I’m receiving. How can I show off growth and maturity if this kinda of stuff keeps happening? I’m a father now and my job is to be a great parent and put them first. This is not the message I want to send out – smh.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="724957" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="724957" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.44677/title.mystery-woman-in-alleged-kevin-hart-sex-tape-revealed" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" frameborder="0" height="791" id="instagram-embed-1" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUBGNpQAYNT/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64679%2Ftitle.wack-100-claims-he-spoke-to-kanye-west-will-be-sending-him-alleged-sex-tape#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A817.7999999970198%2C%22ls%22%3A635.2000000029802%2C%22le%22%3A636.2000000029802%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-56373962730750623602021-09-21T13:47:00.004-07:002021-09-21T13:48:04.017-07:00SPOTEMGOTTEM'S LAWYER OFFERS SHOOTING DETAILS AS 'BEAT BOX' RAPPER'S RECOVERY CONTINUES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64304/title.spotemgottem-attorney-plans-to-beat-box-dallas-pd-in-court-over-murder-connection" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">SpotemGottem</a> was involved in a scary situation last week (September 17) when he was the victim of a drive-by shooting in Miami, Florida. Unconfirmed reports claimed the young rapper was shot five times in his car and in critical condition at the hospital.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/17/rapper-spotemgottem-shot-in-miami-road-rage/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">TMZ</em></a> reported SpotemGotemm was shot in both his legs while the driver of the vehicle was struck in the hip, but that turned out to be misinformation. On Monday (September 20), the <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article254320303.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami Herald</em></a> clarified the situation with SpotemGotemm’s incident, saying he was actually shot in the hip while his passenger was hit in both legs, according to Florida Highway Patrol.</span></p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="1001" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTcjM66H9b7/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=675&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64677%2Ftitle.spotemgottems-lawyer-offers-shooting-details-as-beat-box-rappers-recovery-continues#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A889.8999999910593%2C%22ls%22%3A629.8999999910593%2C%22le%22%3A632.7999999970198%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Fortunately, SpotemGotemm avoided life-threatening injuries and maybe even death after Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Alejandro Camacho explained the <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.60237/title.beat-box-rapper-spotemgottem-proves-tiktoks-power-by-crashing-billboard-hot-100" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">“Beat Box”</a> rapper’s car was riddled with over 22 bullet holes. Spotem’s laywer, Raven Liberty, told the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami Herald</em> her client had surgery and was in stable condition.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“He is alive, most importantly,” she said before adding, “This was not a shootout. He was a victim of a drive-by shooting.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">SpotemGotemm was driving south on I-95 at about 3:19 a.m. ET when a car pulled up beside his and let off a hail of shots from an automatic weapon. The FHP lieutenant said Spotemm pulled over and called law enforcement, where he and the passenger were then taken to Aventura Hospital.</span></p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="532281" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="532281" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64605/title.spotemgottem-victim-of-drive-by-shooting" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/09/spotemgottem.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;">SPOTEMGOTTEM VICTIM OF DRIVE-BY SHOOTING</h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SEPTEMBER 17, 2021</p></div></div></div></a><span face="Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">SpotemGottem — born Nehemiah Harden — was <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.63220/title.beat-box-rapper-spotemgottem-arrested-by-u-s-marshals-who-say-he-had-the-draco-on-him" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">arrested by U.S. Marshals in his hotel room with an Ak-47 by his side</a> this summer. As a result, he was hit with charges for aggravated assault with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and accessory after the fact to a felony. He quickly posted an $18,500 bond.</span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-18034662371612648352021-09-21T13:36:00.000-07:002021-09-21T13:36:01.935-07:00TDE & QUALITY CONTROL AMONG INVESTORS IN MUSIC SOCIAL PLATFORM RIFF<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidli5o2i-6WOJfGeJIbDbW6AI2RlIzsMDVChjfJ8jY77Qg13gwGe_E02JkygTgeDOOGpbvG6FxSC67d3hliJ3cP63zKoYwvT5QHIzfgEHY93qT1IHD59VnEC-YWWeLtUZ_cU4QZOdlJGI/" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="670" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidli5o2i-6WOJfGeJIbDbW6AI2RlIzsMDVChjfJ8jY77Qg13gwGe_E02JkygTgeDOOGpbvG6FxSC67d3hliJ3cP63zKoYwvT5QHIzfgEHY93qT1IHD59VnEC-YWWeLtUZ_cU4QZOdlJGI/" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">With platforms such as Clubhouse and Spotify Greenroom allowing artists to connect with their fans in virtual open forums, there’s another app in the pipeline looking to take up the market share. <a href="https://www.joinriff.com/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Riff</a> is being bolstered by investments from a trio of label titans in Quality Control, Top Dawg Entertainment and distribution company EMPIRE.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Quality Control executive Kevin “Coach K” Lee will <a href="https://thesource.com/2021/09/21/quality-control-music-empire-and-top-dawg-entertainment-enter-investment-partnership-with-social-platform-riff/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">reportedly</a> join Riff’s board of directors team as part of the investment deal.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">“Riff created an entirely new category — culture media,” he said. “It combines the best of everything we do on social media. It was a no-brainer investment for QC.”</span></span></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="844" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRdYvllh1M/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64672%2Ftitle.tde-quality-control-among-investors-in-music-social-platform-riff#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A624.2000000029802%2C%22ls%22%3A325.20000000298023%2C%22le%22%3A326.3999999910593%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">QC is riding high with the<a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64468/title.quality-control-music-signs-new-orelans-saints-rb-alvin-kamara-to-sports-agency" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"> launch of their sports agency</a> and the addition of New Orleans Saints superstar running back Alvin Kamara, who joins a roster that already hosts the Migos, Lil Yachty, City Girls and more.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Riff specializes in voice chat along with a video feature to create rooms that essentially combine Instagram Live sessions with a Zoom call and Clubhouse room for one big party.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Artists have the freedom to monetize how they see fit with VIP rooms and other special features for certain members and have the freedom to play music, sell merch or even drop an album if they see fit. NLE Choppa was one of the early co-signers of Riff and is already one of the most popular users on the platform.</span></span></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" frameborder="0" height="838" id="instagram-embed-1" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQe3H46FyPH/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64672%2Ftitle.tde-quality-control-among-investors-in-music-social-platform-riff#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A629.2000000029802%2C%22ls%22%3A325.20000000298023%2C%22le%22%3A326.3999999910593%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">“Tech innovation and music go hand in hand and Riff is leading the new wave for apps,” said TDE CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith. “I’ve always been about reaching for the next level challenge, so I’m excited for TDE to invest in this breakthrough.”</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">TDE is searching for its next chapter with Kendrick Lamar’s departure from the label on the horizon. Top Dawg Entertainment recently inked <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64127/title.tde-introduces-long-beach-rapper-ray-vaughn-drops-debut-ep-peer-pressure" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">rapper Ray Vaughn</a> to a deal making the Long Beach native the newest TDE signee.</span></span></p><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/02/210212-Nas--e1614874658572.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></span></span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">NAS CONDEMNS ALL THE SNITCHING DONE ON CLUBHOUSE, INSTAGRAM, APPLE, GOOGLE, ETC.</span></span></h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">FEBRUARY 12, 2021</span></span></p></div></div></div><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="464013" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="464013" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.60553/title.nas-condemns-all-the-snitching-done-on-clubhouse-instagram-apple-google-etc" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The London-based Riff is led by CEO Kara Katz and launched officially earlier this year after <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/20/riff-raises-1-5m-seed-led-by-balderton-for-its-voice-first-chat-tool-for-remote-working/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">raising over $1.5 million</a> in seed funding in 2020.</span></span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-46668471324401393872021-09-21T13:24:00.004-07:002021-09-21T13:24:20.908-07:00ATLANTA RAPPER PASTOR TROY SAYS HIS CLASSIC MASTER P DISS GOT HIM KICKED OFF HOMETOWN SHOW<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Pastor Troy</span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;">attempted to shake up the south’s Hip Hop hierarchy at the turn of the century with his 1999 “No Mo Play in G.A.” track which saw him diss</span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;"> </span><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64469/title.yg-calls-mozzy-the-new-2pac-as-master-p-recalls-outworking-late-rap-legend" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Master P</a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;">. The Atlanta native is still hearing about it to this day and was recently asked by</span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;">VladTV</em><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-align: left;">about the No Limit Records boss having him removed as a headliner at the ATL Birthday Bash concert shortly after its release.</span></div></span></span></div><p></p><div class="content with-sidebars" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 20px 20px; width: 680px;"><div class="article-advertisement article-body article-news" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="body-copy js-entry-text" itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.27px; line-height: 26px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Master P went to the radio station and had me removed off the show and he was placed on the show,” he claimed. “It just wasn’t a good move down here in Atlanta. Everybody was representing for the home team and he had a very difficult concert that night.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"></p><div class="fluidvids" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 359.675px; position: relative; width: 640px;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" class="fluidvids-item" data-fluidvids="loaded" frameborder="0" height="281" id="widget2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uz_C0XPLgWc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https:%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 359.675px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;" width="500"></iframe></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64502/title.2-chainz-goodie-mobs-big-gipp-raise-awareness-for-growing-fentanyl-epidemic-in-atlanta" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Goodie Mob</a> actually stepped in and invited P. Troy to roll with them to the show. They ended up bringing the Down South Georgia Boyz rapper out to perform “No Mo Play in G.A.” during their set that night, much to the delight of the hometown crowd.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“The Goodie Mob gave me a call like, ‘We want you to perform on our set! Can’t nobody take you off no show,'” he recalled. “We can hear the crowd screaming, ‘We ready’ from the car. Goodie Mob gets on the stage and they stop their set and bring me out.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“I can hear CeeLo saying, ‘ATL, one thing about us, we stick together. With that being said, come on Troy.’ When ‘No Mo Play in G.A.’ came on at that Lakewood Amphitheatre, I was viral before viral.”</span></p><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="399593" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="399592" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.50225/title.pastor-troy-calls-out-t-i-ludacris-jeezy-for-equal-atl-king-respect" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2019/02/Pastor-Troy.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;">PASTOR TROY CALLS OUT T.I., LUDACRIS & JEEZY FOR EQUAL ATL KING RESPECT</h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">FEBRUARY 7, 2019</p></div></span></div></div></a><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Pastor Troy believes that to be a seminal moment in Atlanta Hip Hop history when defending its own turf and led to him rocking the World Heavyweight Championship belt everywhere he goes.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Listen to the anthem once again below.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/76qw4ilmGDS7DAHsXBh9FJ" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 640px;" width="100%"></iframe></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"></p></div></div></div><br /><p></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-84110573826512527562021-09-21T13:19:00.003-07:002021-09-21T13:19:36.214-07:00JERMAINE DUPRI FLEXES THE ONE THING DIDDY CAN'T BUY AS VERZUZ DEBATE CONTINUES<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XW7yMFB3TeUOIAiDNuabo88_f4UP-UeYaZw2WAiKu81kh5yUlbix88W-u5AjHWPp_U1tn0d9Zoiihur8ejL5pl4vDOSK7Y-bIq6nEPlvHF3e7gnu1VIS5eulfCgBn40na3SgUMZw87Q/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XW7yMFB3TeUOIAiDNuabo88_f4UP-UeYaZw2WAiKu81kh5yUlbix88W-u5AjHWPp_U1tn0d9Zoiihur8ejL5pl4vDOSK7Y-bIq6nEPlvHF3e7gnu1VIS5eulfCgBn40na3SgUMZw87Q/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: black;"> <a href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/artist/diddy" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Diddy</a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;">and</span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"> </span><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64551/title.t-i-compares-diddy-to-50-cent-in-verzuz" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jermaine Dupri</a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;">engaged in a war of words after the Bad Boy Records mogul said his</span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"> </span><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64540/title.diddy-crashes-ja-rule-fat-joe-verzuz-to-declare-dr-dre-is-his-only-worthy-opponent" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">only worthy Verzuz opponent was Dr. Dre</a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;">during the Fat Joe and Ja Rule event earlier this month. Dupri offered to step in the arena instead, but</span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"> </span><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64612/title.diddy-jermaine-dupri-scream-at-each-other-on-fat-joe-instagram-live-then-bow-wow-enters-the-chat" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Diddy scoffed at the notion,</a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;">saying, “Your arms are too short to box with God.”</span></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">But the So So Def founder insists he has the one thing Diddy can’t buy. During a recent interview with <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">V-103</em> in Atlanta, he reminded everyone he’s a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, which makes him more than a suitable match for Mr. Puff Daddy.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">“Let me say this to y’all, everybody, be clear,” Dupri said before telling the hosts to stop the music. “I just want to make sure everybody understands this. I am in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. I am in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Puff Daddy’s not in the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. Steve Stoute and the Trackmasters are not in the Hall of Fame.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">He added, “Me, Dallas Austin, JAY-Z and Missy Elliott—when it comes to songwriting—I am in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. I shouldn’t have to play nothing. .. I am in a seat that Puff Daddy can’t pay for. You have to write songs, and as far as I’m concerned, as far as I’m concerned, I don’t know if he’ll ever get in that club.”</span></p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="1127" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUEGSj8gj52/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64673%2Ftitle.jermaine-dupri-flexes-the-one-thing-diddy-cant-buy-as-verzuz-debate-continues#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A653.2000000029802%2C%22ls%22%3A466.40000000596046%2C%22le%22%3A467.29999999701977%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">Jermaine Dupri was inducted into the<a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.45895/title.jermaine-dupri-loses-it-after-hes-named-2018-songwriters-hall-of-fame-inductee" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018. </a>The North Carolina-born, Atlanta-raised artist’s first hit came in 1992 with Kriss Kross’ “Jump.” Over the last 30 years, he’s penned numerous chart-topping singles, including Usher’s “My Boo” featuring Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey’s “Don’t Forget About Us” and Monica’s “The First Night.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">Dupri’s induction marked only the second time a Hip Hop artist has been given the honor. Shortly after the inductees were announced, he shared a Twitter video with the caption, “I can’t fucking believe this!!”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">He added in the clip, “Man, look at god, look at god, look at god. Yo I was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. I don’t know what else to say, but ahhhhhh!”</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="960910529626820608" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=960910529626820608&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.64673%2Ftitle.jermaine-dupri-flexes-the-one-thing-diddy-cant-buy-as-verzuz-debate-continues&sessionId=396d1127eea96cdee25decc3d349ac28f974276d&siteScreenName=hiphopdx&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=500px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 704px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/artist/diddy" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Diddy</a> remains defiant. During a conversation with <a href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/artist/fat-joe" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Fat Joe</a> and <a href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/artist/snoop-dogg" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Snoop Dogg</a> last week, Diddy and Dupri playfully argued about who would emerge victorious if they were to go head-to-head.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">“I’m not here to play,” Diddy said. “You amnesia having muthafuckas. I done gave ya’ll life for 20 years of music. You know what I’m saying? Anything I touched, anything I breathed on, executive produced, anything I thought up, anything I fuckin’ did whatever. You hear me? Don’t play with me boy.”</span></p><span style="background-color: black;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="226185" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="226185" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64612/title.diddy-jermaine-dupri-scream-at-each-other-on-fat-joe-instagram-live-then-bow-wow-enters-the-chat" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/09/210918-Diddy-Jermaine-Dupri.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #838383; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"> NEWS</span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #dc3d31; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;">DIDDY + JERMAINE DUPRI SCREAM AT EACH OTHER ON FAT JOE'S INSTAGRAM LIVE - THEN BOW WOW ENTERS THE CHAT</h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #838383; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SEPTEMBER 18, 2021</p></div></div></div></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">Diddy then proceeded to play snippets some of his biggest hits, including “Who Shot Ya?” by The Notorious B.I.G. and “Real Love” by Mary J. Blige.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">But Dupri, however, wouldn’t fire back with any of his own. Instead, he told Diddy, “Sign the paperwork. Fuck what you’re doing in the backyard.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">So far, Verzuz co-founders Swizz Beatz and Timbaland haven’t made anything official — at least not yet.</span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-85593500950354600032021-09-21T13:10:00.003-07:002021-09-21T13:10:38.528-07:00GUNNA OPENS FREE GROCERY & CLOTHING STORE AT HIS OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4apOTprdgol9JFwUEEBiCHMMWSLYQqR8Jp3X-HP1XQnKsf1nf_FIfFxoudaGv33FbD4uVsA66hCEqMSURhb1VquGYq5h38HvPH_gz4fxs6JO7wZc0Ua2iwW2qROUx33Okdq7Gc4NXkQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4apOTprdgol9JFwUEEBiCHMMWSLYQqR8Jp3X-HP1XQnKsf1nf_FIfFxoudaGv33FbD4uVsA66hCEqMSURhb1VquGYq5h38HvPH_gz4fxs6JO7wZc0Ua2iwW2qROUx33Okdq7Gc4NXkQ/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64407/title.joe-budden-declares-his-fashion-sense-untouchable-after-sharing-gunnas-wacky-outfit" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Gunna</a> is one of the more popular rappers hailing from Atlanta, Georgia and his city loves him, especially when he does good deeds by giving back as he did last weekend.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">The <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">WUNNA</em> rapper visited his old stomping grounds, <a href="https://www.fultonschools.org/mcnairms" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; text-decoration-line: none;">Ronald McNair Middle School</a>, on Thursday (September 17) to surprise students with a marvelous gift to get them through the post-COVID school year. In a partnership with Atlanta-based non-profit organization Goodr, Gunna opened <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Gunna’s Drip Closet and Goodr Grocery Store</em>. The store allows students to grab food, toiletries, shoes and clothes for free.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">“These are things I said I was gonna do when I got in a position to do it so I just gotta follow that,” Gunna said told <a href="https://www.theatlantavoice.com/articles/gunna-south-fulton-grocery-store/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; text-decoration-line: none;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Atlanta Voice</em></a>. “I want them to learn that you can be anyone you want to be, you can be anything you want to be because look at me. I did what I wanted to do and I went to the same school that they went to.”</span></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="866" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUDyIBRvrWt/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=675&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64671%2Ftitle.gunna-opens-free-grocery-store-for-kids-at-atlanta-school#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A832.1000000089407%2C%22ls%22%3A585.6000000089407%2C%22le%22%3A586.5%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">Goodr is a social impact startup aiming to reduce food waste and end hunger through technology. They also aim to provide support in combating food insecurity during the <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64567/title.nas-covid-19-battle" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">COVID-19 pandemic</a> for senior citizens and low-income students who rely on subsidized school meals.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">While opening up his new store that day, Gunna was <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64598/title.gunna-day-south-fulton-georgia" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">also awarded his own day</a> in South Fulton, Georgia, by the city’s mayor, William “Bill” Edwards. In a special ceremony, the mayor handed Gunna a declaration recognizing his accomplishments.</span></p><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/09/gunna.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #838383; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: black;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"> NEWS</span></span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #dc3d31; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><span style="background-color: black;">GUNNA HONORED WITH HIS OWN DAY IN SOUTH FULTON, GEORGIA</span></h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #838383; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;">SEPTEMBER 17, 2021</span></p></div></div></div><p><span style="background-color: black;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="134748" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="134748" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64598/title.gunna-day-south-fulton-georgia" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">“Just like the Phoenix, rising above the ashes of adversity, Gunna is committed to giving back to the community that raised him, buffered him, sheltered him and supported him by creating Gunna’s Drip Closet and Goodr Grocery Store which is set to provide students of McNair Middle School with access to free meals, clothing and toiletries for years to come,” the declaration reads.</span></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935767587839483174.post-3415228323073214132021-09-21T13:07:00.002-07:002021-09-21T13:07:09.621-07:00ICE CUBE, VINCE STAPLES + MORE REACT TO 'FRIDAY' ACTOR ANTHONY JOHNSON'S DEATH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8cQu5dRrh3EPwEXkzwaAOEWD1aT4Cz1F3iIlXkEzPpUH0zPuSMKJeUEt4GJCqAdeJwLar_6hQbmkHm4SFXJbTxJLgJ-Ml2yTD037av7eXxaG2XiPW4qQn84Y9PZIZ2sugGCjAvcFSmQ/" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1400" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8cQu5dRrh3EPwEXkzwaAOEWD1aT4Cz1F3iIlXkEzPpUH0zPuSMKJeUEt4GJCqAdeJwLar_6hQbmkHm4SFXJbTxJLgJ-Ml2yTD037av7eXxaG2XiPW4qQn84Y9PZIZ2sugGCjAvcFSmQ/" width="320" /></a></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">News of<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Friday</em> star <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64638/title.friday-actor-anthony-johnson-dead-at-55" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Anthony “AJ” Johnson’s death</a> was confirmed on Monday (September 20) at 55 years old. Via Johnson’s nephew, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/20/anthony-johnson-friday-star-dead-at-55/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">TMZ</em></a> reported that the actor passed away earlier in September after being found unresponsive in a Los Angeles store.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">The actor’s death also shook the Hip Hop community with an outpouring of support and tributes coming from a range of rappers who enjoyed Anthony Johnson’s work playing the role of crackhead Ezal in <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Friday</em> along with starring in movies such as his acting debut <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">House Party</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Players Club</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Menace II Society</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lethal Weapon 3</em> and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Got The Hook Up.</em></span></p><div class="unruly_in_article_placement" data-unruly-ad-type="horizontal" style="border: 0px !important; 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background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 50% !important; border: 0px !important; box-sizing: initial !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline-block !important; float: right !important; font-size: initial !important; height: 20px !important; letter-spacing: initial !important; line-height: normal !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: initial !important; min-width: initial !important; opacity: 0.25 !important; padding: 0px !important; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.445, 0.05, 0.55, 0.95) 0s !important; vertical-align: middle; width: 20px !important; z-index: 100 !important;" /></div></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">While paying his condolences, his <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Friday</em> co-star <a href="https://hiphopdx.com/artist/ice-cube" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; text-decoration-line: none;">Ice Cube</a> apologized for not being able to bring Johnson back into the fold to reprise his role as Ezal in the forthcoming <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Last Friday</em> movie, which is yet to begin shooting.</span></p><span style="background-color: black;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="265697" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="265697" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.62995/title.ice-cube-warner-bros-last-friday-beef-gives-film-release-date-of-neveruary-31st" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0093ff; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-03-at-8.15.17-AM-e1625325466450.png" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #838383; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"> NEWS</span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #dc3d31; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;">ICE CUBE & WARNER BROS. 'LAST FRIDAY' BEEF GIVES FILM RELEASE DATE OF NEVERUARY 31ST</h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #838383; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">JULY 3, 2021</p></div></div></div></a><span style="font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">“Sad to wake up to the news about AJ Johnson passing away,” he wrote. “Naturally funny dude who was straight outta Compton at the same time. Sorry I couldn’t bring your character Ezal back to the big screen in <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Last Friday</em>.”</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1439970020109393921" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1439970020109393921&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.64642%2Ftitle.ice-cube-vince-staples-more-react-to-friday-actor-anthony-johnsons-death&sessionId=1e7ca0c60b8703d8a9952c85f76f603ba8e663fd&siteScreenName=hiphopdx&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=500px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 712px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">Johnson spoke to <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">VladTV</em> in 2018 about being cut out of the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Friday</em> franchise following his appearance in the original. He claims his role was replaced by a cheaper option after he agreed to join <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Next Friday</em>‘s cast.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black;">“We came to a number that I was getting and we shook hands,” the comedian explained. “Three weeks later, I get a phone call about them shooting <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Next Friday.</em> ‘How they shooting? I’m in it!’ I get in my car and I go down there and I try to go on the set to talk to Cube but he already had me barred off the set.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><div class="fluidvids" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 359.675px; position: relative; width: 640px;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" class="fluidvids-item" data-fluidvids="loaded" frameborder="0" height="281" id="widget2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K-8Uowbadl0?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https:%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 359.675px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;" width="500"></iframe></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Phonte Coleman and Rapper Big Pooh — collectively known as the North Carolina Hip Hop duo Little Brother — thrilled their fans when they resurfaced with a <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.52647/title.interview-little-brother-explains-why-they-kept-may-the-lord-watch-a-secret" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">reunion album</a> in 2019 called <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">May The Lord Watch, </em>their first joint effort since 2010’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Leftback.</em></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The album harkened back to an era where the skits were plentiful and rhymes were dense, temporarily whetting the palates of Hip Hop purists everywhere. Over two years later, Little Brother hasn’t released any follow-up material, but that doesn’t mean other people aren’t trying to capitalize off their work.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">On Tuesday (September 21), Rapper Big Pooh revealed ABB Records re-issued Little Brother’s 2005 effort,<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> The Minstrel Show,</em> without their permission. He also accused the label of not properly compensating them for the project and not paying them for their 2003 debut, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Listening.</em> Subsequently, he’s asking Little Brother fans not to purchase the album.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“I see ABB Records has decided to put up a repress of The Minstrel Show on vinyl instead of answering for 16 years of non payment on TMS or answering for 18 years of non payment for The Listening,” he wrote. “Humbly asking that you not support bad business practices. Thank you for listening.”</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1440355908106670080" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd192ZGxfY2hpcnBfMTI3OTQiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoidmRsX29ubHkiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjozfX0%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1440355908106670080&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fid.64676%2Ftitle.little-brother-ask-fans-not-to-buy-minstrel-show-reissue-because-they-havent-been-paid&sessionId=a0ea583c4e0a80c3d2cbdd8d2a3013f15911434b&siteScreenName=hiphopdx&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=500px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 346px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Phonte unsurprisingly echoed <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.51502/title.phonte-rapper-big-pooh-are-returning-as-little-brother" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Rapper Big Pooh’s</a> sentiments on Instagram and explained he wasn’t upset with record store Fat Beats for selling the project but did take issue with ABB Records.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“I have no smoke with @fatbeats, but @abbrecords can get the entire fuck outta here,” he wrote in the caption. “Either way, my brother @rapperbigpooh and I are asking that you don’t support any LB vinyl represses and stop running The Listening on all streaming platforms until Ben Nickleberry Jr. aka Beni B. of @abbrecords honors his fucking word and pays us what we’re owed. Thank you for listening. #LBbizness.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="996" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUF8HLtllcb/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=13&wp=625&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Fid.64676%2Ftitle.little-brother-ask-fans-not-to-buy-minstrel-show-reissue-because-they-havent-been-paid#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1312.7999999970198%2C%22ls%22%3A1013%2C%22le%22%3A1090.3999999910593%7D" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box;">Little Brother’s</span> initial release of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Minstrel Show</em> was originally met with controversy. In August 2005, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Source</em>‘s former Editor-in-Chief, Joshua “Fahiym” Ratcliffe, announced his retirement after his original album review rating of 4.5 was reduced to 4 by ex-Chief Brand Executive Benzino and CEO Dave Mays. Once they refused to change the rating back, he stepped down. Benzino later admitted he hadn’t listened to the album for himself and claimed he had “no problem” with Ratcliffe’s original rating.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Then, BET reportedly refused to play Little Brother’s video for “Lovin’ It” after they allegedly decided it was “too intelligent.” Publicist and program director for BET Michael Lewellen responded at the time, “It’s not true, not in that context. BET reserves the right to show or not to show music videos of any type based on the network’s own standards and decision-making processes.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></p><div class="fluidvids" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 480px; position: relative; width: 640px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" class="fluidvids-item" data-fluidvids="loaded" frameborder="0" height="375" id="widget2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vLReIhRgVS8?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https:%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 480px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;" width="500"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Whatever the case, Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh are adamant about their request. The two MCs have been firmly on the same page since reuniting for<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> May The Lord Watch. </em>In <a class="underline-link" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.52647/title.interview-little-brother-explains-why-they-kept-may-the-lord-watch-a-secret" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 147, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">an interview with <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">HipHopDX</em>,</a> Phonte admitted it was the first time they’d really become friends in the 20-plus years as a group.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“So much of our earlier work was driven by just trying to make it,” he said. “We were just trying to figure out, ‘All right, let’s do this tour and do this record and the mixtape and album and tour and mixtape and tour.’ We were just really just grinding it out. It felt like we were just stuck in this thing together.But this album, it really felt like we chose to do it together and we really made it a point to really get to know each other.</span></p><div class="related-article" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-template-rows: 1fr 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="related-article--top" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 20% 80%; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img src="https://static.hiphopdx.com/2019/08/190819-little-brother-IG.jpg" style="border-radius: 3%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; opacity: 0.9; vertical-align: middle; width: 128px;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 10px;"><p class="related-article--tagline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">RELATED<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> NEWS</span></span></p><h3 class="related-article--title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">INTERVIEW: LITTLE BROTHER ON NOSTALGIA'S COMPLEXITIES & HOW THEIR REUNION WAS "RIGHT ON TIME"</span></h3><p class="related-article--meta-information" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">SEPTEMBER 2, 2019</span></p></div></div></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“There were some days when he would come to my house and record. There were some days we didn’t even record nothing. We’d just sit and talk, have dinner, chop it up or watch TV together. We were just kicking it, and we wasn’t even recording music. But yet I feel like this is the first time that I really got to know Pooh as a person, and we really got to have that time together. And this is probably the closest experience I would say to the first album, because we recorded this in that security.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Revisit <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">May The Lord Watch</em> below (NOT <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Listening</em>)!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="related-article--container" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1563591_97="71193" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1563591_97="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-1563591_97="71193" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1563591_97="100" href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.52672/title.interview-little-brother-on-nostalgias-complexities-how-their-reunion-was-right-on-time" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; margin: 1.5rem auto; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" target="_blank"></a><span face="Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "PT Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.27px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" height="380" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/5uyW47qYkSkjoh6WT6I89k?theme=0" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 640px;" width="100%"></iframe></p>Garvey Prospects Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531054720962794614noreply@blogger.com0