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Sekyiwa Shakur, the sister of Tupac Shakur, has filed a lawsuit against the executor of their late mother’s estate for embezzling “millions of dollars” and refusing to return items owned by the family. According to reports, the suit alleged that Tom Whalley, the executor of Afeni Shakur-Davis’ estate, committed “blatant violations” in his position as executor. “He has effectively embezzled millions of dollars for his own benefit,” Sekyiwa accused in the suit. “Whalley has unreasonably enriched himself at the expense of the beneficiaries and in bad faith by taking excessive compensation in a position from which he should properly be barred based on the inherent conflict of interest.” The suit adds that Whalley supposedly made himself the manager of Amaru Entertainment — the record label han...

Last year, Bow Wow announced that he was bidding farewell to his 20-year music career. At the time, he spoke with fans in a Twitter Q&A claiming that he has considered retiring after his next album. However, fans were quick to point out that it had been 11 years since the rapper dropped a studio album. Now, it seems that he is truly taking his final bow with a newfound commitment to his final retirement album. After years of speculation, Bow Wow took to Twitter to reveal that Snoop Dogg has been the one to push him to finish it. In a Tweet he wrote, “Snoop told me no way you can retire before me. You owe us one more. Speak on all the real shit that we wanna know you been going through. Put it song and watch it flourish. – nuff said unc! #lastone.” The announcement follows a recent inte...

Kanye West has earned his first platinum certification for DONDA thanks to the Lil Baby-certified song, “Hurricane.” According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the track’s platinum certification follows its gold achievement from September 2021. In addition, Ye and JAY-Z‘s “Jail” has gone gold while the Cruel Summer remix of Chief Keef’s “Don’t Like,” which West hopped on alongside Jadakiss, Big Sean and Pusha T, went platinum two years after it went gold. It seems like fans can look forward to DONDA 2 as Ye appeared to confirm work on the album in a text message exchange with Moneybagg Yo. “I got to lock in with you on Donda 2[.] Money in front of us[.] Bullshit behind us,” he wrote to the Memphis-born rapper. Take a look at the exchange of messages below and stay t...

The Coachella 2022 lineup has officially been announced. Headlining the three-day event in April are Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Kanye West. Swedish House Mafia is expected to make a comeback to perform at the desert alongside the three, though it is uncertain if they are considered a headliner. Performing on the first day is British singer Styles who recently completed his North American Tour, which has been labeled the largest by any major artist since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020. Styles has not yet released a new album since Fine Line in December 2019, however, there has been buzz about hew music on the horizon. Pop-sensation Billie Eilish first had her breakthrough performance at the festival in 2019 where she became the youngest artist to be performing at Coachella...