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Queen’s ‘Greatest Hit’ Notches U.K. Chart Milestone
Long live Queen. The legendary rock outfit’s Greatest Hits (Virgin) album chalks up an impressive milestone by passing 900 weeks on the Official Albums Chart Top 100, and is just the third album to do so. Released in 1981, the career retrospective is behind just Bob Marley & The Wailers‘ 1984 hits album Legend (933 weeks) and ABBA’s Gold compilation, the longest-running U.K. Top 100 album ever, with 949 weeks, according to the Official Charts Company. There’s one category in which Queen’s Greatest Hits reigns supreme. It’s the best-selling album in British recorded music history with more than six million copies sold, the OCC reports. The 900-week-plus accomplishment comes at roughly the same time the band celebrates 50 years since their first London gig, on July 18, ...
Nick Cannon Apologizes for Anti-Semitic Comments: ‘I Feel Ashamed’
Nick Cannon posted an apology message via Twitter on Wednesday after he received criticism for anti-Semitic language used in a recent podcast episode. He was dropped by ViacomCBS earlier this week after the podcast surfaced and received wide visibility. “First and foremost I extend my deepest and most sincere apologies to my Jewish sisters and brothers for the hurtful and divisive words that came out of my mouth during my interview with Richard Griffin,” Cannon wrote. “They reinforced the worst stereotypes of a proud and magnificent people and I feel ashamed of the uninformed and naïve place that these words came from. The video of this interview has since been removed.” Cannon will also remain as host of Fox’s hit The Masked Singer, the network said Wednesday...
The Butcher Comin’: Benny The Butcher Aligns With DJ Drama For Black Soprano Family Gangsta Grillz Mixtape
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Benny The Butcher has already proven that he’s potent with the pen as a member of the celebrated Griselda crew, but now he’s emerging with his own outfit of talented spitters. Linking with DJ Drama, the Buffalo, N.Y. star will release a new mixtape featuring his Black Soprano Family crew at the top of the month as part of the Gangster Grillz series. Coming at the end of the month, The Respected Sopranos is the name of the project featuring the Butcher’s BSF team of Ricky Hyde, Loveboat Luciano, Jonesy, and Heem. Via a tweet, Benny promises that 2020 is his for the taking, echoing the sentiments of his Griselda crew and their typically powerful output. “Y’all got less than 3 weeks and I’m startin my rest of the year take over … I waited my whole life for this sh...
HHW Gaming: Sony Ramping Up PS5 Production To Meet Gaming Demand This Fall
Source: Sony / PlayStation If you were worried there wouldn’t be enough PS5’s to go around when it the console drops, this news should definitely ease your mind. Back in April, Bloomberg reported that the PS5 would be released this year in “limited” quantities due to the due to Sony’s dilemma with pricing due to how technically advance the PlayStation 5 is to its predecessor. Now the publication, along with Nikkei, is reporting that the tech company will be ramping up production to meet the demand for its next-generation console due to “the prolonged effects of the COVID-19 pandemic boosting demand for gaming,” sources close to the situation revealed to Bloomberg. Per Bloomberg: “The electronics giant has informed assembly partners and suppliers it’s radically increasing orders for its nex...
Tech CEO Found Decapitated & Dismembered In NYC Apartment
Source: Mona Makela Photography / Getty We’re not sure if it’s the sudden removal of NYPD’s plainclothes cops, the unemployment situation or the Coronavirus pandemic, but crime in New York City has erupted in the past few weeks. A grisly discovery in Manhattan’s Lower East Side seems to show that it’s only going to be getting wilder as the summer of 2020 chugs along. According to the New York Post, police discovered the dismembered body of tech CEO Fahim Saleh on Tuesday (July 14) after they received a welfare check call from his cousin. When officers showed up at his East Houston Street apartment what they found was a scene straight out of a Saw movie. Saleh’s body was deconstructed as his head, arms and legs had been removed with his body parts found in bags around the apartment. “This i...
French Montana ft. Tory Lanez “Cold,” Freddie Gibbs ft. Rick Ross “Scottie Beam” & More | Daily Visuals 7.15.20
Is French Montana and 50 Cent still beefing or did the COVID-19 pandemic make the two men rethink their priorities? Regardless of what happened with that unnecessary drama, it seems like Montana done moved on from that f*ckery and returned to making music visuals instead of IG videos. For his latest joint to “Cold” the Bronx rapper links up with the Canadian crooner, Tory Lanez to entertain some attractive young women from the rain forest to the frozen igloo-ish club where everything is made of ice. Elsewhere Freddie Gibbs hits the road with his ride or die where he catches a body with a badge before getting a Magic assist from Rick Ross in his clip to “Scottie Beam.” Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Lil Gotit, J.T.L., and more. FRENCH MONTANA FT. TORY LANZE – “COLD”...
Oh God Kanye Is Really on the Ballot in Oklahoma
Just when you think he was out, he pulls you back in. Despite the report from the Intelligencer that Kanye West was done with his presidential campaign, it turns out that was wrong. The AP reports that West has filed and will be on the Oklahoma presidential ballot. It was the first state where he’s qualified to be on the ballot. A rep for the rapper-turned-presidential candidate paid the $35,000 filing on the last day he was eligible to file. West joins concert pianist Jade Simmons and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Brock Pierce as the independent candidates to pay the filing fee. Earlier in the week, the first national poll with West’s inclusion had him 2% of the vote, which isn’t getting him elected because math. Interestingly, when he was included in that poll, West took vot...
The Chainsmokers Score First Film Soundtrack with “Words on Bathroom Walls”
Over the past few years, Grammy Award-winning duo The Chainsmokers have blossomed into formidable figures in the world of film and television. They kicked things off with the release of their documentary Memories, then announced the launch of Kick The Habit Productions for the purposes of producing a movie titled Paris and a new music drama show called Demo for the Freeform Network. While these are still in works, they’ve somehow found the time to produce their debut score for the upcoming film Words on Bathroom Walls. The film, directed by Thor Freudenthal, is due for release on July 31st and will feature Charlie Plummer, AnnaSophia Robb, Taylor Russell, and Academy Award nominee Andy García. It’s the film adaptation of Julia Walton‘s YA novel ...
Nick Cannon Says ViacomCBS Finessed Him Out Of ‘Wild ‘N Out’ Ownership, Diddy Offers Lifeline
Source: LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 27: Nick Cannon attends the VMA after party hosted by Republic Records and Cadillac at TAO restaurant at the Dream Hotel on August 27, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Republic Records) In case you haven’t heard, Nick Cannon got himself fired from ViacomCBS after he dropped some anti-Semitic commentary during his Cannon Class series. To add insult to the struggle, the mogul revealed that he isn’t even the owner of the Wild ‘N Out franchise he created. How? According to Cannon, Viacom told him one thing, but ultimately kept the rights to the money-earning franchise all to themselves. In a statement addressing his firing that he shared on Facebook, Cannon revealed that he had been essentially “swindled.” ” I created a b...
Drake Goes To Barbados To Shoot Some Hoops, Rihanna Still Not Impressed
Source: Rick Madonik / Getty We know Drake might still be trying to woo Rihanna back in his life but going all the way to her home country just to play basketball is ridiculous. Okay, maybe that wasn’t his true intention but his presence at the Caribbean island caused quite a stir as he and a few of his friends balled out on the basketball court. TMZ is reporting that the 6 God took a private jumbo jet down to Riri’s neck of the woods where he shot some hoops and even posed with some of the fans in attendance once they began clamoring for his love. Champagne Papi slipped on some Nike gear — sneakers, socks, shorts, jersey, headband — and showed off his sweet jump shot … but as the crowd continued growing, Drake paused the game and donned a face mask while snapping pics with locals. We’re n...
“Cakeaholic” Dame Dash Hit With Default Judgement After Failing To Respond To Lawyer’s Federal Defamation Case
Source: Stefanie Keenan / Getty Cakeaholic and former music mogul Dame Dash is probably regretting he ignored this case. BOSSIP is exclusively reporting that a judge slapped Dash with a default judgment after ignoring and failing to respond to a lawyer’s defamation case against him. Per BOSSIP: “Last week, the federal court in Massachusetts issued a default judgment against Dash in attorney Christopher Brown in his assault, libel, and slander case against the Poppington CEO. Brown alleged Dash and his companies defamed him in multiple states.” Dash, who co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records with his former buddy JAY-Z has made numerous public claims about Brown, including how bad his breath is, his taste in clothing, and accusing Brown of conspiring against him to “rob him.” Brown also just happe...
Tef Poe Talks Black Men Build, Activism, Becoming Better Partners Of Black Women, & More
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty Tef Poe might be best known to the masses as a passionate and devoted activist in the wake of the Ferguson protests just outside his native St. Louis. The rapper, activist, and educator is one of the founding members of Black Men Build, a new initiative that aims to challenge Black men to use their collective power for the betterment of their communities via tangible, less performative means. Tef Poe, along with co-founders Phillip Agnew and Steven Pargett, formed Black Men Build to address the severe rift between Black men across the nation and to galvanize them under a firm banner that will fortify existing and like-minded ideological shifts. In our brief chat with Poe, we learned that he and his colleagues are framing BMB as a ground-up organization that w...
