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Chance The Rapper Countersues Former Manager For Incompetence, Lost Opportunities
Source: WENN.com / WENN Chance The Rapper kept himself busy on the music front with features and activism in 2020, but he’s also combating a legal issue with a former manager. The Chicago star countersued the manager after facing a lawsuit for a breach of contract himself. The Chicago Tribune recently reported on the legal happenings in a Wednesday (Feb. 24) article which laid out the details of the new missive from Chance. The 27-year-old rapper born Chancellor Bennett is suing Pat Corcoran for taking away business opportunities from Chance to benefit his own uses and tarnishing Chance’s image for allegedly demanding payment from outside vendors to pad his pockets. The outlet adds that the lawsuit was filed last week in Cook County and comes just months after Corcoran’s company sued Chanc...
‘YO! MTV Raps,’ ‘Unplugged,’ ‘Behind The Music’ & More Coming To Paramount Plus Streaming Network
Source: Nicholas Hunt / Getty ViacomCBS hopes reboots of popular MTV shows plus some new original series will lure you over to Paramount Plus. Wednesday (Feb.24), ViacomCBS announced that CBS All Access will become Paramount Plus. The rebranded streaming network will combine all of the assets from both Viacom and CBS, a product of the 2019 merger that brought the two companies together. When Paramount Plus launches next week, users can look forward to having access to over 20,000 episodes from shows from various networks like CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central, and Paramount Pictures. Paramount Plus will feature new content like the Halo series that was originally supposed to air on Showtime, new original series based on Criminal Minds, The Godfather, a new Spongebob Squarepants ca...
Jayda Cheaves Sold Custom Jeep Ex Lil Baby Copped For Her Birthday
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Lil Baby and Jayda Cheaves seemed like a durable couple able to withstand the airing out of personal business and cheating scandals, but it apparently hit a breaking point. Although it would be safe to assume that Jayda sold her custom Jeep from the rapper due to those aforementioned concerns, she insists that personal safety is the true motivation. Last September, happier times were abound for the exes after Baby gave Cheaves the head-turning Jeep as a show of his love and her style as one of the top influencers and young businesswomen across social media. Jayda posted the vehicle on her Instagram via a now-deleted Story post that was essentially styled as an ad for the Jeep, including a video showing off the interior. The Shade Room captured the video and ...
‘Hello Beautiful’ Highlights Lil Kim’s Legendary Impact In ‘Anatomy Of An Icon’ Issue
Source: Hello Beautiful / iOne One the culture’s most influential performers is getting heavy respect put on her name. A leading Black women’s publication has chronicled her rise to stardom. One online media outlet is giving Lil Kim her flowers now and by the dozens. In Hello Beautiful’s new digital issue titled “Anatomy Of An Icon”, the staff highlights the Brooklyn diva’s indelible fingerprint in today’s generation of Hip-Hop and in fashion alike. The feature details her career of more than 25 years and all the moments that changed the game. Penned by Deputy Editor Shamika Sanders, the piece not only gets insights from style influencers and her peers, but none other than the Queen B*tch herself. Clover Hope, long-time Rap journalist and author of The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made ...
After Successfully Trolling Fans, Title For Third Sony/Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man Film Finally Revealed
Source: Theo Wargo / Getty Finally, the title of Peter Parker’s third cinematic adventure in the Marvel Studios Cinematic Universe has been revealed. True believers rejoice. The next installment in the Spider-Man movie franchise will be Spider-Man: No Way Home. As with anything Marvel, there has to be some theatrics. Wednesday (Feb.24), comic book nerds lost their minds when Tom Holland shared on Instagram that the movie would be called Spider-Man: Phone Home along with the still photo from the film. As expected, the MCU sirens went off with everyone believing that the next film’s title was until Jacob Batalon, who plays his best friend Ned in the films, dropped another title, Spider-Man: Home-Wrecker, with a different photo from the film. Fans immediately knew something was up and instant...
Dr. Dre Has Requested A Trial To Decide If His Prenup Is Valid
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz The Dr. Dre divorce continues to get more complicated by the week. He is now asking a magistrate to verify if his marriage contract holds up in a court of law. As spotted on TMZ the legendary producer is still going through it when it comes to legally separating from his wife Nicole Young. In the latest turn of events, the good doctor is now asking a judge to verify that the prenuptial agreement the couple signed prior to jumping the broom is still enforceable. His lawyer Laura Wasser has filed legal documentation requesting a five-day trial to discuss the matter. The origins and current whereabouts of the document makes the legal battle even more complicated. According to Nicole she indeed signed the papers prior to their holy union but she all...
D’USSE Cognac and JAY-Z to Auction Off A Limited-Edition Bottle At Sotheby’s
Source: Sotheby’s / Sotheby’s Jay-Z is giving back to the people yet again but this time is using one of his brands to do so. The Brooklyn MC will be selling off a rare expression from his personal collection. The Shawn Carter Foundation will debut “Bottle No. 1” of the new D’USSÉ 1969 Anniversaire Limited Edition at Sotheby’s, the world’s largest, most trusted and dynamic marketplace for art and luxury. The auction will reveal the first bottle of D’USSÉ’s small collection of ultra-rare Grande Champagne Cognac from a single barrel, which has aged for decades at one of the oldest and most storied Cognac houses in France—the Château de Cognac. All 285 bottles in the covetable collection are numbered with an inscription on the topper to showcase their place in the batch, and feature a 12-cut ...
Bobby Shmurda Was Booked And Busy On His First Day Out Of Prison
Source: Bennett Raglin/BET / Getty After six years of time served in prison, Bobby Shmurda is finally a free man. The Brooklyn rapper swiftly exited the corrections facility on February 23 on a conditional release of parole supervision until 2026. It’s a long-awaited victory that has kept family and friends patiently waiting to see him reclaim the promising career he left behind. Fans and well-wishers on social media were showering the “Hot N*gga” rapper with love and praise, which eventually translated to a whopping 3 million new followers on Instagram. They were on Shmurda watch awaiting the first image or video to surface that chronicles his first moments fresh out the bink. Biggz Locain, a friend and alleged GS9 gang affiliate, picked up Shmurda from prison where he w...
Claudia Jordan Remembers Meek Mill Embarrassing Nicki Minaj At A Restaurant
Source: Prince Williams / Getty For a minute there Meek Mill was the darling of the Hip-Hop culture due to his bars and a biased “justice” system that threw him into prison for poppin’ a wheelie. Then after Jay-Z helped spring the Philadelphia rapper from jail and get him back home, it was all downhill from there. From having a bunch of water-selling kids split a $20 bill to more recently throwing out an offensive Kobe Bryant metaphor, Meek’s reminded everyone why they began clowning him in the first place. Now Claudia Jordan is recalling the time when Meek caused a scene while he was dating Nicki Minaj. On a recent episode of Out Loud With Claudia Jordan on Fox Soul, CJ remembered the time she ran into Meek Mill and Nicki Minaj at a restaurant in Manhattan “back in the day.” ““It was a Ja...
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Charlamagne Tha God Says Actor LaKeith Standfield Needs Medical Help [Video]
Source: Tom Williams / Getty One of the culture’s biggest voices is in a tit for tat with another celebrity. This time Charlamagne Tha God is at it with LaKeith Stanfield. As spotted on Hot New Hip Hop the media personality is now embroiled in a war of pettiness with the actor. Years back the Monk’s Corner, South Carolina native had addressed him directly in 2019 when the thespian had made some very direct comments regarding Black media where he specifically called out outlets liike The Breakfast Club, Worldstar, and Lipstick Alley. “It’s a fact that a lot of these platforms are usually or tend to be feeding grounds for negative reinforcement toward BLACK ‘nonconformists,’” he posted on Instagram. “They bolster faux vanity and hold a white supremacists scope over black men and wo...
Meek Mill Claims He Apologized To Vanessa Bryant Privately After She Checked Him For Kobe Lyric
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Monday (Feb.22), Vanessa Bryant let Meek Mill know that she wasn’t feeling his lame Kobe verse, and now Meek is saying he’s sorry for it. After taking another beating on Twitter for the nut ass Kobe bar where he rapped Yeah, and if I ever lack, I’m goin’ out with my chopper, it be another Kobe. Shit, I could tell that they ain’t never know me/’Cause if they knew me they would’ve never showed me,” Meek Mill revealed that he did apologize to the late Lakers’ superstar’s wife. The apology for the ill-timed verse came 24 hours after she called him out for it. Using his Twitter fingers, the Philly rapper wrote in a tweet, “I apologized to her in private earlier today not to the public. Nothing I say on my page directed to a internet viral moment or the ...
Madlib & KAYTRANADA Connect On Double Single For Innovative Lexus IS Wax Edition
Source: Lexus / Pitchfork Madlib and KAYTRANADA individually have achieved worldwide fanfare in their respective lanes as producers and sound providers. With the pair collaborating on a new double-single, the exclusive vinyl and its creation is part of an effort featuring Lexus and their innovative IS Wax Edition model. Pitchfork produced and filmed the connection between the two musical giants, both of whom admire the other’s work. In fact, KAYTRANADA, the younger of the two, was especially humbled by the moment but the Oxford, Calif. native made sure to gently brush aside the accolades to praise his Canadian counterpart for being nominated for a trio of Grammy Awards. Partnering with Lexus, the first video of the two-part Driven By Sound documentary series follows Madlib and KAYTRANADA’s...
