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Pop Smoke’s Brother & King Von’s Ex Asian Doll Open Up About Grief After Rappers’ Deaths
Pop Smoke was killed in February 2020 at age 20 during a home invasion robbery in the Hollywood Hills. “I’m a firm believer that Black man should be vulnerable,” Jackson said of the grieving process. Asian Doll shared an equally heartbreaking account of losing her “soulmate” King Von, and the moment she found out. “Actually when he had passed away, when they said he was in critical condition, he had already passed away,” she explained. “Somebody from the hospital got in contact with me, one of the nurse’s daughters, and she was just was crying on the phone. She was like, ‘Asian I’m so sorry…my grandma works at the hospital, he passed away, they put an X on his bag.’ So, once they said he was dead on social media I already knew.”...
Michigan Passes Prison Reform Laws Supported by Meek Mill & Jay-Z’s REFORM Alliance
“It’s encouraging to watch bipartisan leaders from different states recognize the need for fair and rational legislation focused on creating second chances for those in the criminal justice system,” Rubin said in a press statement. “We’re incredibly thankful for Governor Whitmer for signing these bills into law and for the coalition of groups that supported us throughout this process. This is a tremendous victory for REFORM and a strong way to start 2021.” “This bipartisan legislation will bring meaningful change and opportunity to thousands of individuals and families across the state of Michigan,” REFORM CEO Van Jones added. “We thank Governor Whitmer for her fearless commitment and leadership to bolstering her state’s criminal justice system in a fair and balan...
3 Grammy Nominees for Best Children’s Music Album Ask to Withdraw Nods Due to Lack of Diversity
This year’s two other nominees in that category, Justin Roberts and Joanie Leeds, didn’t sign the letter asking to be removed as nominees, but made it clear that they support the other nominees’ aims. It’s unclear, though, if the Academy will honor the artists’ request to not to be nominated. As of Monday (Jan. 4), the last day of voting for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, the Academy had not removed the three artists’ names from their online list of nominees. Billboard reached out to the Academy to find out why the artists’ names still appear, and whether the Academy allows artists to decline nominations, but hadn’t heard back by the time of publication. Moock, the Okee Dokee Brothers and Dog on Fleas say that it is “not an aberration” that there is so little diversity in the category this...
Larry King, Hospitalized With COVID, Moved Out of ICU
Veteran talk show host Larry King, suffering from COVID-19, has been moved out of the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital and is breathing on his own, a spokesman said on Monday. King was moved to the ICU on New Year’s Eve and was receiving oxygen but is now breathing on his own, said David Theall, a spokesman for Ora Media, a production company formed by King. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Flying Lotus Says EP With MF DOOM Was In The Works
Source: PYMCA / Getty With the news of MF DOOM‘s passing still rocking the core of his fans around the world, there might be some hope that new music will surface down the line. Flying Lotus confirmed to a fan that he was working on an EP with the late, legendary wordsmith via Twitter. As the world attempted to process the death of MF DOOM, real name Daniel Dumile, fans on social media shared their favorite verses, and those who knew or worked with DOOM personally also shared factoids. However, an exchange between a fan hopeful for some new collaborations between FlyLo and the Supervillain led to the revelation that has everyone stoked to hear more. After sharing the track “Lunch Break” from the FlyLo FM playlist from Grand Theft Auto V playlist, a fan dreamed aloud of a full-length projec...
Save Your Clubhouse Invites Because Quavo Doesn’t Want Them
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Not everyone is willing to jump on the Clubhouse bandwagon. Clubhouse right now is the place to be for insightful information and ridiculous takes that get you dragged on Twitter. Meek Mill knows all about that. The Migos’ member, Quavo, isn’t looking to join the rest of the Hip-Hop community on the app that is basically a Roc Nation Brunch toast turned into an app. On Sunday (Jan.3), the “WORKIN ME” crafter announced on Twitter that he has no plans of joining the latest social media craze. “I’m not doing clubhouse. I don’t want to be on a 54 way.” I’m not doing clubhouse… I don’t want to be on a 54 way 📞 — QuavoYRN (@QuavoStuntin) January 3, 2021 Outside of being on a rather large group call, the rapper didn’t further elaborate on why h...
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Yasiin Bey, Lupe Fiasco Pay Tribute To MF DOOM With Freestyles [Listen]
Source: PYMCA / Getty Last week it was revealed Hip-Hop had lost one of the most unique talents to ever grab a microphone, months ago. Two of his peers have saluted in the most fitting way. Ufortunately, tt was reported MF DOOM is no longer with us in the physical. The loss took the culture by surprise as his wife announced his passing almost two months after he left us. Naturally an outpouring of respect has been put on the late great’s name since via social media posts, playlists, editorials and more. As spotted on Hypebeast a pair of MC’s are giving his flowers via some tribute bars. Chicago lyricist Lupe Fiasco to Twitter to express his gratitude and proposed a new idea for all DOOM fans. “Thanx DOOM…I learned so much from you about the art of rapping. Studied and analyzed you for...
The Feds Deny Kodak Black’s Request To Have His Sentenced Reduced
Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) It seems Kodak Black will have to do his time as it was assigned. He was recently was told good luck with that regarding his request to shave his sentence down. As spotted on HipHopDX the Florida native got some bad news regarding his current bid. Last year the rapper had asked that he get an early release on his 46-month sentence that he got hit with due to possessing a firearm. Well a federal committee has reached their decision and they declined the plea; respectfully. Their reasoning is that he nor his legal team have cited a strong case for the reduction. “(Kodak Black) has not presented ‘extraordinary and compelling reasons’ supporting his request for release,” wrote Assistant U.S. Attorney Bruce O. Br...
What So Not Announces New Music Releasing This Week
After a very quiet 2020 on the music production front, What So Not isn’t wasting any time in 2021. The trap and future bass titan has announced that new music is finally on the way. He took to Twitter to share the news of “something new” dropping this week—presumably a new song—while also unveiling a fresh new press shot (and haircut). Check out What So Not’s January 3rd tweet below. Back in February 2020, What So Not announced that he was taking a step back from the EDM scene. “I want to pull myself out of the ‘routine’ of it all and make sure everything I do is 110%,” he wrote at the time. He then resurfaced out of the blue on October 7th, when he shared an Instagram video teasing an unreleased remix for Run The Jewels,...
Armin van Buuren is Highlighting the Top 1,000 ASOT Tracks in Weeklong Stream
On New Year’s Eve, Armin van Buuren sent off 2020 with the 997th episode of his illustrious A State of Trance radio show. Not long before that, he treated fans to an end-of-the-year mix, highlighting some of his favorite releases of the year. To keep the celebration alive for trance addicts, in preparation of the show’s jaw-dropping 1,000th episode, van Buuren will be counting down the top 1,000 A State of Trance tracks in a weeklong streaming event. Considering the show has been running for nearly twenty years, choosing 1,000 songs might be too great of a task for one man. As detailed in the embedded announcement tweet below, the Dutch trance icon asked fans for help in selecting tracks that will make up the all-time list. Armin van Buuren’s special A State of ...
Travis Scott Teases An Unreleased “Cactus Jack” Air Jordan 1 Low
Source: Prince Williams / Getty We don’t know why Nike and Travis Scott love to make us sneakerheads suffer, but they do and all we can do is suck it up and go about our lives. Over the weekend pics of Travis Scott in a pair of unreleased Air Jordan 1 “Cactus Jack”‘ lows surfaced and hype beasts across social media immediately began to drool and pound their keyboards as no one knows whether or not these will see a general release. The white and light blue North Carolina inspired colorway low’s feature Scott’s signature backward swoosh and even though it’s not visible due to its white color, heads still wanna get their feet in these as anything Travis Scott touches is gold. 👀 @trvisXX h/t @MrUnloved1s pic.twitter.com/AQ5z8AQLwM — J23 iPhone App (@J23app) January 2, 2021 These joints...
Kim Hill Reacts To will.i.am Wondering Why Black People Stopped Checking For Black Eyed Peas
Source: Gie Knaeps / Getty Recently, will.i.am publicly pondered why Black people aren’t really checking for Black Eyed Peas despite their international success. The answer is quite obvious, and former BEP singer explained it quite clearly after hearing about his concern. [embedded content] Speaking on Wyclef Jean’s Run That Back podcast, will.i.am discussed his disappointment with the Black Eyed Peas not being celebrated as “a Black group” and examined why that possibly isn’t widely accepted., will.i.am wondered out loud why Black Eyed Peas has been forsaken be the Black community, despite being artists of color (for the most part) and having been discovered by the late Eazy-E of N.W.A fame. “In 2004, Black Eyed Peas we, we were just trying to get on. When you think of…like, I’m a Black d...
