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R.I.P. Saint Dog, Founding Member of Kottonmouth Kings Dies at 44
Kottonmouth Kings founding member Steven Thompson, a.k.a. Saint Dog Kottonmouth Kings founding member Steven Thompson, a.k.a. Saint Dog, has died at the age of 44. TMZ reports that the Southern California rapper was found dead early Wednesday (October 14th) at a friend’s home in Victorville, California. Police found no obvious signs of foul play and are awaiting the results of an autopsy and toxicology report to determine his cause of death. A founding member of Kottonmouth Kings alongside D-Loc and Johnny Richter, Thompson appeared on the group’s first four releases, Stoners Reeking Havoc, Royal Highness, Stash Box, and Hidden Stash. He departed the Kings in 1999 to pursue a career with his brother. After guesting on 2012’s Mile High, Thompson rejoined Kottonmouth Kings in a full-tim...
Post Malone Forgets How to Lip-Sync During Billboard Music Awards: Watch
Post Malone led the 2020 Billboard Music Awards with 16 nominations across 15 categories. The Hollywood’s Bleeding rapper also performed during the telecast, appearing remotely from a Los Angeles refinery, where he was joined by Tyla Yaweh. Unsurprisingly given the location, the “performance” was clearly lip-synched — and not terribly well. Posty started from atop the industrial structure, barely keeping himself timed to the playback of “Circles”. As he walked down to join Yaweh, fireworks started shooting off around them… silently, because again, none of the audio was live. The pair “delivered” their collaborative single “Tommy Lee”, gamely trying to sing along but coming off more as a pantomime of a rap performance. Frankly, the entirety of the pandemic-era 2020 Billboard Music Awar...
Killer Mike Accepts First-Ever Change Maker Award at Billboard Music Awards: Watch
Killer Mike is one of the best rappers in the game — and perhaps the most socially active. His passion could be heard when he gave a speech to Atlanta protesters after the murder of George Floyd, or when he subsequently appeared on Colbert. His careful consideration and belief in Americans’ rights could be read in his op-ed supporting Black gun ownership. And he literally put his money where his mouth is earlier this week when he announced the launch of his Black-owned digital bank, Greenwood. Honestly, the Run the Jewels rapper’s credentials pretty much speak for themselves, but a little recognition never hurt anyone. At Wednesday night’s Billboard Music Awards, Killer Mike was honored with the first-ever Change Maker Award. “Killer Mike’s dedication to equality, social justice and financ...
Ice Cube Working with Trump Admin to “Platinum Plan” for Black Americans
Ice Cube, who once famously shouted “Fuck Tha Police” as a member of N.W.A., is currently working with the Trump Administration to develop a proposed “Platinum Plan” for the Black community in America. The news first broke early on October 14th when Trump senior advisor Katrina Pierson tweeted, “Shoutout to @icecube for his willingness to step up and work with @realDonaldTrump Administration to help develop the #PlatinumPlan. Leaders gonna lead, haters gonna hate. Thank you for leading!” According to Ice Cube’s representative (Rolling Stone), the rapper was interested in meeting with both the Trump and Biden campaigns to discuss an “agenda for black Americans” and support for his Contract With Black America, which “strikes at the heart of racism and presents a blueprint to achiev...
Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Don’t Stop’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Triller Charts
The song’s No. 1 debut is concurrent with its No. 30 start on the Billboard Hot 100. After three weeks at No. 1, Dixie D’Amelio’s “Be Happy” relents the top spot on Billboard’s Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts to Megan Thee Stallion’s “Don’t Stop,” featuring Young Thug, which debuts atop both lists dated Oct. 17. The Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts highlight the biggest songs on Triller based on a formula blending the amount of views of videos containing a respective song, the level of engagement with those videos and the raw total of videos uploaded featuring each song, according to Triller. Data for the charts is represented on a Friday-Thursday tracking week, with the latest period running Oct. 2-8. “Don’t Stop” was released Oct. 2 and a day later rece...
Hipgnosis Buys L.A. Reid’s Music Catalog
“It’s a great pleasure to welcome L.A. Reid and his incredible set of songs to the Hipgnosis family.” Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “I can’t imagine a better home for my lifetime of music and songs than Hipgnosis,” notes Reid. “Merck and his dream team truly value artists and their creative vision, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with them for this exciting new chapter.” A giant of the U.S. record industry, Reid’s songwriting and production successes include Boyz II Men’s two-time Grammy winning smash “End of the Road,” plus hits with Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown and many more. Reid’s songwriting and producing credits include The Whispers’ “Rock Steady,” Sheena Easton’s “The Lover In Me,” Karyn W...
Kanye West Tweets Out False Kentucky Election Results, New Campaign Theme Song
The problem with West’s excited announcement is that the presidential election is still 19 days away, which is why Lex 18 News apologized a short time later for the erroneous post. “Someone discovered a cached web link that we used during June’s primary election to post Associated Press election results,” the station explained in a tweet. “The old link was still populating current AP data and showed test results, which is part of the preparation the AP does in advance of elections.” The tweet continued, “The results were not valid. The were simply part of a test. We regret the discovery of the cached web link and have removed the data from that page. We apologize for any confusion.” A Lex 18 reporter, Nancy Cox, further explained, tweeting, &...
Megan Thee Stallion Slams ‘Dumb Comment’ Criticizing Her ‘Protect Black Women’ Essay: ‘This Is Sad’
“I was recently the victim of an act of violence by a man. After a party, I was shot twice as I walked away from him,” Megan wrote for the NYT, in reference to the July incident in which Tory Lanez is accused of shooting her in the foot from outside his vehicle after an argument. “We were not in a relationship. Truthfully, I was shocked that I ended up in that place. My initial silence about what happened was out of fear for myself and my friends. Even as a victim, I have been met with skepticism and judgment. The way people have publicly questioned and debated whether I played a role in my own violent assault proves that my fears about discussing what happened were, unfortunately, warranted.” Despite the trolls, Megan also received an overwhelmi...
Stevie Wonder Launches His Own Record Label, Releases Two New Songs: Stream
Even as he enters his seventh decade on this planet, Stevie Wonder continues to reinvent himself. The legendary singer-pianist has launched his own record label, So What’s the Fuss Music, which he’s christening today with the release of two new songs. After spending his entire career with Motown Records, Wonder launched So What’s the Fuss Music in partnership with Republic Records. The label takes its name from Wonder’s 2005 collaboration with Prince. For the label’s inaugural release, Wonder has dropped a two-song single. The first, “Can’t Put It in the Hands of Fate”, features contributions Rapsody, Cordae, Chika, and Busta Rhymes. The second, “Where Is Our Love Song”, is a collaboration with Gary Clark Jr. Both songs were made with the hope of providing “instruction and inspiration...
Here Are All the Performers For the 2020 BBMAs
Post Malone — who will also perform during the evening — leads this year’s pack of nominees with a grand total of 16 nods in 15 separate categories including top artist (alongside Billie Eilish, Jonas Brothers, Khalid and Taylor Swift), top Billboard 200 album (for Hollywood’s Bleeding), top streaming song (for “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” with Swae Lee) and more. The 2020 BBMAs will air Wednesday (Oct. 14) at 8 p.m. ET/PT exclusively on NBC, live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Check out the complete list of performers below. PerformersAlicia KeysBad BunnyBrandy featuring Ty Dolla SignBTSDemi LovatoDoja CatEn VogueGarth BrooksKane Brown, Swae Lee & KhalidLuke CombsPost MaloneSaint JhnSia You Deserve to Make Money Even When ...
Megan Thee Stallion Flaunts Her ‘Hot Girl S—‘ in Mesh Catsuit for Cardi B’s Birthday Bash
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Fabolous & Girlfriend Emily Bustamante Welcome Third Child Together
The happy new addition to the family comes more than two years after Fabolous was charged with aggravated assault and terrorist threats after he allegedly punched Emily seven times in the face, and threatened her father and brother. Fabolous struck a plea deal in March 2019 and did not spend time in jail, according to TMZ. The rapper then had to take part in a “pretrial intervention program” for a year and have a monthly check in with the court. “I apologize for coming across in the light I wouldn’t want to be represented in,” he said in an interview with HOT 97’s Ebro in the Morning in December. “I don’t know anything else to really [say]. People make their opinions. It’s hard to, after the fact, change somebod...
