Pharrell Williams and Helen Lasichanh welcome triplets to the family.
Mega producer and reality television star Pharrell Williams and his wife welcome triplets to the family. The couple have a son, Rocket who is eight years old.
Helen Lasichanh had given Pharrell the best gift in the world. The former "The Voice" coach confirms to Vanity Fair that he and Helen are "happy and healthy!"
Pharrell and Helen got married in October 2013. In September 2016, the couple confirmed a pregnancy when she stepped out showing a baby bump.
Right now, Pharrell is up for an Academy Award for his "Hidden Figures" soundtrack. He was nominated previously for "Happy".
Drizzy is sticking it to Diddy. It seems like Jenny from the Block caught a buzz from the 6 God.
The 47 year old actress/singer/model/media mogul got the net buzzing with a candid shot of her and the 6 God.
Jennifer Lopez who recently broke up with her longtime boyfriend Casper Smart was spotted with Drake making out.
Drake is 30 years old. He has dated notable celebrities. His list includes the likes of Rihanna, Serena Williams, Tyra Banks, Taylor Swift and Tika Sumpter. And to have J-Lo on the list means that he's truly a god when it comes to women.
The two are admitting that they're together but "they aren't serious just yet."
Lopez was previously married to Latin pop singer Marc Anthony and has two children with him.
Another day in court for troubled pop singer Chris Brown.
Chris Brown is a troubled pop singer. He once again is seeing bars in his future. The LAPD paid him a visit after a woman reported him acting a fool at his home. He grabbed his side piece and pointed it at her head.
He will be charged with assault with a deadly weapon. This charge could land him in the iron college for up to 25 years in the state of California. He is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The call came in at 3am and it had a woman screaming for the law to come to the pop singer's residence. The allegations of the woman is that she saw something shiny and it was dedicate to Brown.
Brown, a notorious hot head got to threatening her and grabbed his glock and shoved it into her breast and head.
The law arrived at the residence. Brown decided to shut the lights off and head to bed. Of course, the law warned him that he better surrender or get dragged out by force.
Brown has been a lighting rod for trouble. His most notable arrest took place in 2009 for assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna following a pre-Grammy party.
He pleaded guilty to felony assault and was sentenced that year to five years' in-house, a year-long domestic violence class and six months of community labor. He had issues complying with the terms of probation in that case, but completed that probation in Los Angeles County early last year.
Since then, he has also dealt with a fraud complaint against him in the Philippines last summer for allegedly canceling a New Year's Eve concert and was the subject of a potential battery investigation against a model in Las Vegas in January. She claimed that he hit her and took her cellphone, but police never pursued charges.
Me thinks the victim could be Karrueche Tan, Chris Brown's ex-girlfriend and mother of his daughter Royalty.
Beyonce managed to win the night at the MTV VMA's. Her performance was praised by the fans and the media critics.
She even brought the "Mothers of the Movement" to the VMAs.
Queen Bey walked the red carpet with several of the women featured in the "Lemonade" visual album -- mothers of gun violence victims among them. Midway through the show, Serena Williams introduced Beyoncé for an unexpected performance of several of her "Lemonade" hits. The album scored Beyoncé eight Moon Man trophies -- including Video of the Year for "Formation."
Of course her performance was criticized by that dirtbag Rudy Giuliani.
Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and failed presidential candidate is a resident critic of Jay-Z, and Beyonce. He believes they're pandering anti-White and anti-cop rhetoric.
Giuliani is a former drag queen and three time divorced politico/pundit.
The daytime drama continues. Tamar Braxton is still angry over the cannon firing from The Real. As the show goes into another season, Braxton threw some not so nice shots at her former co-hosts.
Of course, The Real got real with Braxton.
Inquisitr is covering the ongoing feud between Tamar and The Real.
There a video that is surfacing online showing Tamar being a diva. And there were outtakes where she was acting a fool around the staff and co-hosts.
OK! Magazine says that Tamera Mowry-Housley is dissing her subliminally. She went to social media to throw shade at Tamar for her spiral. And people are starting to see the feud finally surface.
Tamar is currently involved in a domestic dispute with her husband Vince Herbert. Her husband of eight years have tensions on air and off. But somehow the law was called to their Atlanta home.
According to reports from Bossip, Tamar was looking real rough. The eyewitness who was not named in the report said that Tamar and Vince have allegedly "had multiple domestic abuse issues in the past" but admitted that "this time there's evidence" because of others seeing this event going down.
Tamera went to Instagram to show her love for husband, Fox News agitator Adam Housley.
The fans believe that picture alludes to Tamar Braxton's problems at home. Fans were calling out Tamera for being a "bitch". Tamera denies any coincidence between the social media and problems with Tamar.
Tamar Braxton has went to war with her co-hosts. She said that Adrienne Bailon and Tamera were being disingenuous to her. They attended Tamar's son's birthday party. She said that they were "trying to their asses".
Tamar blamed Tamera, Loni Love and Jeannie Mai for getting her fired from the show. The show producers said that Tamar was difficult to work with. They said that if she keeps up these attacks, they will leak the video of her acting out on set.
Tamar was disinvited from Adrienne Bailon's engagement party.
Tamar was dropped from Epic Records after her album tanked.
Tamar is hoping to get back into the daytime television business. She teamed up with Steve Harvey and is working on having her own show.
Today would mark the 15 years since the world lost a R&B singer Aaliyah.
On August 25, 2001, the hip-hop community lost an iconic R&B singer. Aaliyah Dana Haughton was killed in a fatal plane crash. After finishing a music video shoot her single "Rock The Boat", the singer, her publicist, two members of Blackground Records, and her body man passed away in a ill-fated flight leaving the Bahamas.
Aaliyah's death came unexpected. She released her self-titled album that year and was promoting her movie Romeo Must Die. She was heading back to Los Angeles for a role for the horror Queen of the Damned.
Aaliyah released her first album at the age of 16. Age Ain't Nothing But A Number was produced by R. Kelly, the controversial R&B singer who had an alleged relationship with her at the age of 15.
R. Kelly produced her album and helped her gain mainstream success. R. Kelly had married Aaliyah for a brief moment but it was annulled after allegations of the singer's history.
Aaliyah teamed up with Virginia producer Timbaland and began a great working relationship.
One in a Million became a classic. With Timbaland and Missy Elliott on the album, they produced six singles and gave Aaliyah a four quadruple platinum album.
It also helped her gain success a model, actress and cultural icon.
Her death came unexpected. I mean a few weeks later we would have the worst tragedy to ever happen in our country.
Rocko is mocking Future by calling him "Meathead". Future previously known as Meathead the Future. The Dungeon Family signed Future as a member of the group Da Connect. Rocko (right) stands with LA Reid (center) and Future (left).
Atlanta's codeine obsessed trap rapper is feuding with his old rhyming partna, Rocko da Don.
Rocko is suing Future and Epic Records over missed royalties and breach of contract. Rocko is asking for $13 million in damages. Future recorded four albums under Epic Records and one through Cash Money Records/Universal Republic with Drake.
Future is a signed act on A1 Records, the label that Rocko created. Future is signed under contract to make six albums. He is working on his fifth album slated for Winter release.
Future is laughing off the lawsuit. He believe that Rocko's light dims every time he opens his mouth.
Rocko decides embarrass Future by recapping his old rap name. Back in the day, Future was known as Meathead the Future and was rocking with the Dungeon Family. He was rhyming with Da Connect, a group that often worked with OutKast and the Goodie Mob. Future wasn't as big back in the 2000s. When he met Rocko, he learned the game and used it well.
When Rocko signed a deal with LA Reid and Jermaine Dupri during their reign on Def Jam, Future was there with him. Rocko left Def Jam and signed on to Epic Records to disturb his label A1 Entertainment. Rocko signed Future to the label.
Future denies ever getting help and said that ankle biting from Rocko hasn't helped much in sales.
Rocko is giving ammunition to Future's rival Desiigner. Future is engaged in a serious feud with New York rapper Desiigner after the single Panda took off. The rapper sounds very similar to Future and it's gotten some junk food media coverage.
Rocko said that he helped "Meathead" since 2006. He said that if it wasn't for him, "Meathead" wouldn't have the deals, the collaborations with Drake, Gucci Mane, and the hookup with Ciara.
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Future is getting his Freebandz Records together. He teamed up with Black Migo Gang leader Young Scooter to make the label. The label is starting to sign acts and Rocko is not a part of that.
Rocko had gave Future his break and I guess the rapper gave him the finger.
Future is the hottest act in hip-hop. He's turned up and blasting off. But that "Meathead" label might stick around a bit. Assured that rappers who feud with Future will now refer to him as that god awful name.
Note: Future is the father of five children. One of the children comes from my second cousin who met him when he wasn't famous.
Jay-Z steps out of semi-retirement to rap a verse on Fat Joe and Remy Ma's smash hit All The Way Up. He does a subliminal shot at his wifey Queen Bey.
The jigga man is back in the studio and he's responding to the rumors of alleged cheating. He was singled out in the Lemonade album from his wife Beyonce (Queen Bey).
Jay-Z goes into the studio and rips a verse on Fat Joe's All The Way Up.
On the song, Jay-Z raps "You know you made it when the fact your marriage made it is worth millions/Lemonade is a popular drink and it still is/Survival of the lit-est/ N****s who really up vs. n****s up in your business."
Jay-Z also pays homage to the late superstar Prince who, prior to his death, had a deal with the music mogul to stream his music on TIDAL.
"Prince left his masters where they safe and sound/We never gonna let the elevator take him down," Jay-Z raps.
The remix to All The Way Up is exclusively on TIDAL. You will have register with the website in order to see videos or singles from Jay-Z, Lil' Wayne, Beyonce, Fabolous, Rihanna and Big Sean.
The single All The Way is by Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Infared and French Montana. The remix features Jay-Z.
Joey Crack's second summer smash... The last hit of the summer was Lean Back. Fat Joe and Remy Ma created a hit in 2004 and people were "lean back, lean back". Now they're together again and they're "all the way up!"
Drake released the highly anticipated album VIEWS (formerly Views from the 6). The release on Universal Republic Records is the most talked about album this week.
Drake released it through APPLE Music and it's expected to go platinum as well. The album has 20 tracks and it has features from Jay-Z, Kanye West, PartyNEXTDoor, the late Pimp C and long time collaborator Future.
Drake announced another tour with Future. Could there be a sophomore to What a Time to Be Alive?
On the album cover, you see Drake sitting on Toronto's CN Tower.
The album came out at 11:59pm Thursday and many fans went and cop it. The songs were previewed on OVO Radio throughout the day.
Drake teamed up with APPLE Music to have his music exclusively released.
Another thing that is noted about the album. There is no members of Young Money or Cash Money on this album.
So in other words, get the VIEWS.
Expect his album to go platinum.
Here's one of the singles from VIEWS that Apple released to YouTube. You might have to go to iTunes or APPLE Music to view videos posted by Drake and Future.
Many tabloids are speculating that the famed singer was diagnosis with the HIV-virus. They claim that due to the singer's beliefs in medicine, he let it progress into AIDS.
According to sources close to Prince, they said that he was in bad shape. They said that doctors were telling Prince that his blood count was extremely low and his body temperature was dropping below normal.
He was out of place and disoriented. They said when he wanted to eat, he would throw it back up.
When the junk food media captured Prince in the Walgreen's parking lot pacing around, some thought that he looked like he was lost and out of place.
The source claims that Prince attracted the virus in the 1990s and kept the illness private out of fear of rejection.
Prince was a devout Jehovah's Witness and he often would not discuss issues that are negative.
He left no will. Now his family is battling with the record label over how his money and vault of music is going to be distributed. He was cremated on Saturday.
Prince died last Thursday shocking the junk food media.
The National Enquirer has often dished out dirt on many celebrities. It broke the stories of Jesse Jackson, Bill Cosby and John Edwards having illegitimate children.
It broke the story of Ted Cruz having numerous affairs on staffers and people who supported him.
And now Prince with AIDS. I am not surprised that everyone speculates things. But until the bag 'em ups says otherwise, I won't jump to conclusions.
No disrespect to Chris Rock, I choose to not watch the 88th Academy Awards show. I am not interested in that stuff. I don't find no interest in watching entertainers show off their dresses, their new relationships, their new baby bumps or the social media buzzing about what happened.
I tend to be very reclusive when it comes to the social media and what people do. I get jealous of people bragging about their successes. Hollywood is a part of that.
Many others who struggle to get acting roles are often shunned because of their race, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, political and disability. Some say it's the talent that judges you!
But given that some of the most critically acclaimed movies being shunned, I figured that I wouldn't watch this regardless. Even if a Black comic who addresses racial issues hosted it, I find no interest in awards shows. I just going to summarize it and give an honest take to what happened.
The country's most notorious racial agitator splashed this on his conservative Criagslist today.
Chris Rock's performance at the Academy Awards was good. I mean it was brutally honest. It opened up a discussion to why no person of color being nominated for an Oscar for a second time in a row.
The comedian's monologue and skits were so funny and yes really straight to the point.
The junk food media was talking about it all morning. They were picking apart every skit. They had praised Rock for being upfront about the Academy Awards being inclusive.
He took on #OscarsSoWhite.
He took jabs at fellow comedians such as Kevin Hart.
He took jabs at Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. The Smiths were boycotting the event after Jada took to the internet to protest the nomination. She and Spike Lee became the most visible faces of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy.
Leonardo DiCaprio won an Academy Award for the first time.
"What happened this year? People went nuts. Spike [Lee] got mad. Jada went mad. Will [Smith] went mad. Everyone went mad!" Rock said about all the celebs wanting to protest the Oscars. "Jada said she's not coming. I was like, ‘isn't she on TV show?' Jada's gonna boycott the Oscars? Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna's panties. I wasn't invited!"
People gasped and laughed at the joke. But when Rock when back to monologue, he sympathizes with Jada and Spike Lee's grievance.
"Her man Will was not nominated for Concussion. I get it. You get mad. It's not fair that Will was this good and didn't get nominated. You're right," he said. "It's also not fair that Will was paid $20 million for Wild Wild West!"
Chris opened his monologue with a jab at the montage that played at the beginning of the show, featuring all the movies the Academy is celebrating during the show.
"I counted at least 15 black people in that montage!" he laughed. "Well, I'm here at the Academy Awards, otherwise known as the White Peoples Choice Awards."
"You realize if they nominated hosts, I wouldn't even get this job. Y'all be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now….I thought about quitting. I thought about it real hard. But I realized, they're going to have the Oscars anyway. They're not going to cancel the Oscars because I quit," Rock reasoned. "And the last thing I need is to lose another job to Kevin Hart!"
Rock was also quick to point out that a lack of diversity among nominees has always been a problem, long before this year's Oscars.
"Why this Oscars? It's the 88th Academy Awards, which means this whole 'no black nominee' has happened like 71 other times. You gotta figure it happened in the ‘50s, in the ‘60s...and black people didn't protest. You know why? Because black people had real things to protest at the time. Too busy being raped and lynched to care about who won Best Cinematographer. You know, when your grandmother is swinging from a tree, it's hard to care about Best Documentary Foreign Short."
"This year, things are going to be a little different at the Oscars," he promised. "This year in the In Memoriam package, it's just going to be black people who were shot by the cops on their way to the movies."
He also had a pretty easy solution for getting more nominations for black actors.
"If you want black people every year at the Oscars, just have black categories, like 'Best Black Friend.' And the winner for the 18th year in a row is Wanda Sykes!" Rock quipped, before finally turning serious. "What I'm trying to say is, it's not about boycotting. We want opportunity. We want the black actors to get the same opportunities as white actors. That's it! Not just once."
Chris Rock brought on Girl Scouts to sell cookies to some of the entertainers. That drew high the biggest applause of the night.
Well I heard that Leonard DeCaprio finally got his Oscar for the performance in The Reverent. From the days of being a teen actor, Leo has dreamed that day would come. He was nominated over five times and never earned an Oscar for them. Today, he is finally an award winner.
Leo's is a devoted environmentalist who believes that the time is now to get things done about climate change. And yes, he devoted his Oscar to those who struggled for this opportunity.
Vice President Joe Biden was there in attendance. He had an opportunity to introduce Grammy award winning/Oscar nominated singer/actress Lady Gaga.
Vice President Joe Biden gives message to America about sexual abuse.
Biden was pressing the audience to address sexual abuse on college campuses. This was a prime issue among the vice president and President Barack Obama.
“Despite significant progress over the last few years, too many woman and men on and off college campuses are still victims of sexual abuse,” the Veep told industry power players and the tens of millions watching on TV. “Tonight, I’m asking you to join millions of Americans including me, President Obama, the thousands of students I’ve met on college campuses and the artists here tonight to take the pledge.”
“The pledge says I will intervene in situations where consent has not or can not be given,” Biden said. “Let’s change the culture, we must and we can change the culture.”
Lady Gaga’s performance of the performance of Best Original Song nominee “Til It Happens To You” from the documentary The Hunting Ground.
Whoopi Goldberg was mistaken for Oprah Winfrey by Total Beauty.
She performed the song with victims of sexual and child abuse.
Total Beauty did the digital dash. Of course, they couldn't tell the difference between Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey.
Goldberg is an Oscar award winning actress who is the host of The View. The beauty brand company noticed that Whoopi is heavily tattooed. They expressed surprise that the person who they thought was in the photo, talk show host and actress Oprah Winfrey, had tattoos.
They said: “We had no idea @Oprah was #tatted and we love it.”
Social media went brutal on Total Beauty. The Independent reports that the hashtag “ThatsNotOprah” quickly went viral.
The mix-up prompted anger and frustration on twitter, with one user saying: “Are you fucking kidding me?!? The ONE black woman at the #Oscars and you fuck it up.”
Many people also took to social media to jokingly post pictures of white actors and deliberately name them incorrectly.
Total Beauty quickly went to social media to apologize for the error.
We’d like to apologize to Oprah and Whoopi, as well as everyone we’ve offended. It was our error, and there are no excuses. We’re sorry.
Goldberg will likely address this controversy on The View as well as her former friend who turned into a conservative agitator.
Washed up actress Stacey Dash puts her two cents into the Chris Rock performance. The actress who is also political commentator came onto stage shocking many in the audience. People didn't even recognize her. She was a part of the Rock skit for "minority outreach".
"I cannot wait to help my people out," Dash announced to a baffled audience. "Happy Black History Month!"
The reaction, both in the live audience where even Oscar nominated/Grammy award winning singer The Weeknd was like "What the fuck!"
While many panned her for even showing up, Dash basically laughed it off. "When they added ME to increase the diversity, I'm sure many Black people rolled their eyes. I'm not 'Black enough', they say. But guess what? I've heard that all my life. I would rather be a free thinking Black than a cookie cutter Black who thinks and votes---just like all my friends".
Well here's a clue for the "Clueless". Dash, you're the cookie cutter and you're baked!
Anyway when the Nielsen ratings come out, we'll find out if the viewership is high or low!
Pop singer Kesha feuding with longtime producer Dr. Luke. They duke it out in court.
Kesha is a signed act to RCA records and Kemosabe Records, Inc. Łukasz Gottwald (aka Dr. Luke) is the founder of the label. The label has acts such as Kesha, Juicy J, Becky G, and Lil' Bibby.
Dr. Luke and Kesha were close during her rise. After all, she released her debut album Animal with the hit singles, "Tik Tok", "Your Love Is My Drug" and "Take It Off".
She also scored major hits with "We R Who We R", "Sleazy", and "Blow" off the Cannibal EP.
Then her follow up album Warrior which produced the hits "Die Young", "C'mon" and the Pitbull single "Timber".
She scored worldwide fame as an iconic pop singer. Now five years later, the pop singer is feuding with the label and Dr. Luke. She wants to get off the label, but the U.S. federal court said, no!
Kesha sued producer Dr. Luke for alleged sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, gender violence, emotional abuse, and violation of California business practices over their 10 years of working together.
She claimed that Dr. Luke repeatedly drugged her, with and without her consent, and that his abuse caused her eating disorder. Kesha asked the court to break her contract with Dr. Luke as well.
In response, Dr. Luke filed a countersuit against Kesha for defamation, accusing her, her mother, and her management of fabricating the abuse claims to break her contract with him.
In November, Dr. Luke asked the judge to dismiss Kesha's allegations of sexually abusing her.
In early December, Dr. Luke filed a defamation lawsuit against Kesha's lawyer, Mark Geragos, accusing him of implications that Luke had raped Lady Gaga. Gaga's team denied any such incident.
Later in December, Luke's defamation lawsuit took a new turn. His lawyers amended the official complaint which now included a handwritten birthday card from Kesha back in 2009. Luke's attorney claimed the card is several years after Kesha alleges he started abusing her. Other additions included several emails between Luke and Kesha's mother, where the latter wrote to him 'You are part of our family'. Dr. Luke further accused Jack Rovner, president of Vector Management of "longstanding antipathy" towards him, alleging Rovner wants more money and control of Kesha's career.
In 2015, during New York Fashion Week, Kesha wore a Discount Universe dress with the words "You Will Never Own Me" on the front of the garment, which has been speculated as an obvious jab at Dr. Luke amid Kesha's recovery.
During the year, Kesha amended her complaint against Dr. Luke and added a suit against Sony Music Entertainment, with Kesha's lawyer claiming "Dr. Luke's proclivity for abusive conduct was open and obvious to [Sony Music Entertainment] executives, who either knew of the conduct and turned a blind eye, failed to investigate Dr. Luke's conduct, failed to take any corrective action, or actively concealed Dr. Luke's abuse."
Kesha sought an injunction with Sony against working and releasing music with Dr Luke and for greater artistic freedom. Kesha's lawyer, Mark Gregaros, responded about the injunction saying "She cannot work with music producers, publishers, or record labels to release new music. With no new music to perform, Kesha cannot tour. Off the radio and stage and out of the spotlight, Kesha cannot sell merchandise, receive sponsorships, or get media attention. Her brand value has fallen, and unless the Court issues this injunction, Kesha will suffer irreparable harm, plummeting her career past the point of no return." Without the injunction, her career could be effectively over.
Since then, a new petition has been started by Austin Dean, in hopes of gaining awareness to Kesha's situation and support for her injunction. The petition currently has more than 120,000 signatures.
Kesha in the courtroom visibly upset over the court ruling. Her mom is to the left.
Kesha is still under contract with Dr. Luke and has to finish up the albums owed before she can bolt from the label. Kesha wasn't going for that. So this month, she took it to federal court.
New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich ruled against Kesha's request for a preliminary injunction that would release her from her contract with Kemosabe Records.
The decision was made after the judge told her lawyer, Mark Geragos, that he was essentially "asking the court to decimate a contract that was heavily negotiated and typical for the industry".
According to the defense, Dr. Luke had already invested $60 million in her career and also offered to allow the singer to fulfill her contract and record without his involvement. The judge also cited what she felt was vagueness in Kesha's counterclaims, referring to the lack of documentation or hospital records supporting the alleged attack.
Before her legal battle against Dr. Luke, in 2011, Kesha had previously sworn under oath that the producer had never assaulted or drugged her in a deposition for a lawsuit against her former managers at DAS Communications, a key piece of evidence that played a role in the court ruling in favor of the defense.
The verdict sparked protests outside the courtroom by Kesha's supporters, and started the "#FreeKesha" movement online.
The Life of Pablo will likely score the number one spot. The album was released on Sunday by the controversial celebrity agitator/rapper/producer Kanye West.
Kanye who already celebrating his platinum selling album is getting hammered by the junk food media for his diss on rival Taylor Swift. At the Grammy's Taylor fired back at Kanye after he said on his album that this "bitch owed her career to him". Kanye's album must be in-demand because people are taking advantage of buying the album. It may be one of the best albums of the year.
It took over three years of work and retooling. The album received praise and criticism.
It also attracted some major bootlegging.
The downloading torrents have already premiered the release. And many of Yeezy's fans already copped it offline instead of through his exclusively signed deal through Tidal.
Apparently not everyone is interested in paying $9.99 a month just to get access to The Life of Pablo, because TorrentFreak reports that an estimated half-million people had already illegally downloaded a copy of the album via BitTorrent within a day of its release. And that's not counting those who grabbed the album via "various direct download services and hosting sites," TorrentFreak notes. At the time of its posting Tuesday, TorrentFreak saw nearly 10,000 people sharing one of the most popular Pablo torrents simultaneously, "something we haven't seen with a music release before."
Ego drives success!
Many others, who did sign up for Tidal, apparently struggled to actually obtain the album; TorrentFreak says Tidal's support desk was "flooded with complaints." The site estimates that Tidal probably got "tens of thousands of new subscribers" thanks to West's limited release, and Business Insider notes that Tidal "shot ... to the top of the app download charts" after the album's release, so it's difficult to say whether that cancels out the illegal downloads. Google searches for both Tidal and "Kanye torrent" got a huge boost after West announced his release plans for the album, Wired reports. The International Business Times notes that West also sold the album on his website, but only for a few hours Saturday.
Also the ego driven celebrity agitator said that he doesn't want White people reviewing his music.
Kanye told music publications like Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and other "white publications" not to cover him and other black artists. In a follow up tweet to that original statement, Kanye expressed how much he loved white people, but argued that white music journalists couldn’t understand "what it means to be the great grandson of ex slaves and make it this far."
You want to hear music from Kanye West, Beyonce, Lil' Wayne, Rihanna or Jay-Z. You might have to find their new stuff only on Tidal.
Congratulations to Kendrick Lamar on snatching five Grammy's. Also he took home the best rap album at the 58th Grammy Awards.
To Pimp a Butterfly is the best rap album. No question.
It received a nomination for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album at the 58th Grammy Awards. Its singles "i" and "Alright" both won Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.
The song "Alright" earned nominations for Song of the Year, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song, its visuals for Best Music Video and "These Walls" received a nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
To Pimp a Butterfly was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
By January 2016, the album had sold 788,000 copies in the United States.
Performing Bad Blood from 1989 album.
Congratulations to Taylor Swift for winning the night as well. And also managing to fry the ego maniacal rapper/rap producer/celebrity agitator Kanye West.
She scored a huge win for her album 1989.
Taylor Swift won the Best Album of the Year award and she clapped back at Kanye West after he went into his diva mode. West made the remarks that he created Taylor's career. He promoted that line in his Life of Pablo album. The album was released last week. The two are back feuding again.
I managed to catch the last few minutes of the Grammy Awards. I normally hate watching award shows because I believe these things are boring.
Also Meghan Trainor, The Weeknd, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, D'Angelo and many others took home a Grammy. Also former president Jimmy Carter took home a Grammy as well.
Congratulations to them all for their hard work.
World News Today also send our condolences to the family of DJ Big Kap. The rap pioneer passed away on February 3rd, 2016. I just found out about his death.
Rihanna releases the eighth album ANTI on the Roc Nation and her Westbury Road label. This would be her first album since she left the Def Jam/Motown label early 2014.
Rihanna spent a couple of years preparing the fans for a masterpiece.
The record was made available for free digital download on January 28 through Tidal; it was released to online music stores for paid purchase on January 29 and is scheduled to be released to physical retailers on February 5.
Superstar in action. Rihanna is cashing in on success.
As executive producer, Rihanna collaborated with producers including Jeff Bhasker, Boi-1da, DJ Mustard, Hit-Boy, Brian Kennedy, Timbaland and No I.D. to achieve her desired sound. Their efforts resulted in a primarily R&B record; it features guest vocals from longtime collaborator Drake and new partner SZA. "Work" was released as the lead single from the record on January 27, 2016. The album will be promoted with the upcoming Anti World Tour, scheduled to begin in February 2016.
This album already was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The album has only Drake and Top Dawg Entertainment artist SZA.
Rihanna also decided to promote the album on tour. In February, she will have Travis $cott, Big Sean, and Oscar nominated singer The Weeknd join her.
Junk food media reports Janet Jackson suffered a cancer scare.
The famed pop singer is denouncing rumors that she may have cancer. But some form of illness forced her to scrap the tour for her recent release Unbreakable.
The singer's publicist went to social media to disspell rumors.
On her social media account, Janet released a video saying that she's recovering from the illness but gave no further word about the situation. Janet canceled North America tours and had been on a hiatus.
Her announcement came less than two weeks after she said that she was postponing her tour to have an unspecific surgical procedure. Janet was going to a performance in Denver. She is scheduled to perform in Europe. She was cleared by her doctors to head overseas.
Janet hasn't really spoken to the junk food media about her health, her marriage to Qatar business mogul Wissam Al Mana and her brother Michael's tragic death.
The Unbreakable album is the first album release from the entertainer in nearly ten years.
It's been long road to recovery for the entertainer. She struggled from depression. Janet felt the sting of the junk food media when she and Justin Timberlake performed at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. Timberlake ripped the plate off Janet's wardrobe and exposed her right breast. The iconic term "wardrobe malfunction" became symbolic with Janet.
The NFL, CBS and the entertainers had to personally apologize for the incident. Many in the junk food media called the incident a point where Janet could never recover from.
Chris Brown once again under the spotlight for the negative things. He is being investigated in Las Vegas for an alleged aggravated assault of a fan. The fan claims that she tried to catch him in a private moment and his bodyguards personally came up to her and grabbed the phone. Chris Brown took the phone and gave her a knuckle hp.
Brown and his management team deny that ever happened.
Brown says that she's a crazy bitch....ask Jason Derulo!
TMZ is reporting that the alleged victim Liziane Gutierrez went after entertainers after they spurn her.
The embattled entertainer is doing community control for a nickel post Rihanna. He's been granted shared custody of his daughter from Nia Guzman.
He may lose the custody rights if they charge him with aggravated assault.
Brown released the collaboration album Fan of a Fan (with Tyga), a mixtape Before The Party and his album Royalty (dedication to his daughter by the same name) last year.
The news broke that R&B legend Natalie Cole passed away,
The entertainment industry lost a legend. Natalie Cole, the daughter of Nat "King" Cole passed away yesterday. Her family confirmed this news today. She helped her dad score a hit. The song "Unforgetable" was a smash hit from the singer.
She passed away at the age of 65 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.
Her family said that she was battling health issues. During the 1980s and 1990s, Natalie struggled with heroin and crack addiction. She went into rehab after almost losing her young son Robert.
"Natalie fought a fierce, courageous battle, dying how she lived....with dignity, strength, and honor. Our beloved mother, sister will be greatly missed and remain UNFORGETTABLE in our hearts forever." This was coming from her son Robert Yancy and her sisters Timolin and Casey Cole.
Cole had battled drugs and hepatitits that forced her to undergo a transplant of her kidneys.
Natalie lost her sister Carol who they named "Cookie" when she received a transplant. The brother Nat Kelly died in 1995.
Natalie was inspired by the music of her father. She got into the family business at age 11. She was 15 when her dad died of lung cancer.
She took a road to R&B and smooth jazz. She released her album, "Unforgettable.... With Love" which she dedicated to her dad. She took advantage of some of Nat's lost singles and made them into hits.
Besides "Unforgettable" she also hat "That Sunday That Summer", "Too Young" and "Mona Lisa".
She won six Grammys and sold over 14 million units from that album.
Natalie also took advantage of her acting skills. She appeared as a guest star in Shondra Rhines's Grey's Anatomy. Natalie was a resident of Los Angeles.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Natalie Cole.
Gucci Mane is currently in federal time out in Terre Haute, Indiana. While he's in federal time out, his management company releases music. The most recent release is East Atlanta Santa 2: The Night GuWop Stole X-Mas.
Those in the hip-hop community are relying on releasing mixtapes to stay relevant.
This month alone brought a slew of hip-hop releases.
DatPiff.com is the leading mixtape website. They get the exclusive releases from many known and soon to be known acts.
Fabolous, Lil' Wayne, Chris Brown, Project Pat, Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Rick Ross, 50 Cent, Young Buck, Young Thug, Yo Gotti, Busta Rhymes, Bankroll Fresh, Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, Timbaland, and Trey Songz dropped a mixtape this month.
Canadian rapper/singer Tory Lanez is rising in popularity. He released two mixtapes at the same time this month. He's becoming a buzz on the hip-hop community.
So far this year has been a great year for Kendrick Lamar. The Compton rapper has been nominated for 11 Grammy nominations. His album To Pimp a Butterfly.
Atlanta's king of the trap is Radric Davis (known as the Gucci Mane). Gucci Mane while serving time in ADX Terre Haute has released his 18th mixtape/album. He has been the most active rapper so far this year.
The East Atlanta Santa 2 mixtape was released yesterday.
Famed pop singer Usher married his longtime manager Grace Miguel.
Looks like he's off the market again, ladies. The famed pop singer Usher Raymond married his longtime girlfriend Grace Miguel. Miguel is the manager of the 37-year old singer.
The couple were engaged in January 2015 after working together for a three years.
"I have an incredible partner and manager", Usher said to Billboard. "She has helped me though some of the hardest times in my life and career."
Added, Usher shared his experience with his new wife. "One thing that has come from having a great partner like Grace is being able to cherish the places that I've gone," he said. "We see the monumental sites, go to the museums, eat in the best restaurants. I'm that guy now! In the past I'd do what I have to do and get on the bus to the next city. Life has become a vacation."
Usher got out of an ugly marriage with Tameka Foster. Foster is the mother of two of his sons.
His sons 8-year-old Usher Raymond V and 6-year-old Naviyd Ely Raymond are in his custody. A few years back, Usher V nearly drowned in his ex-wife's home.
The couple spent their honeymoon in Cuba.
World News Today wishes the couple well on their journey.
