Rapper iLoveMakonnen comes out the closet. Mainstream rapper/singer announced he's gay on social media.
Atlanta rapper/singer iLoveMakonnen comes out as gay. The rapper joins a growing list of entertainers in the hip-hop industry making waves in the LGBT community. And on top of that, he's getting mad props for doing so.
The rapper took a moment away from music to focus on acting. But it didn't leave him off the social media to announce to his fans that he's now happy in his skin.
And since y'all love breaking news, here's some old news to break, I'm gay. And now I've told u about my life, maybe u can go life yours❤
Joe Budden is a part of the Slaughterhouse rap group.
ILoveMakonnen was briefly signed to Drake's OVO Sound. He had the smash hit Tuesday and it had a feature from Drizzy himself. He also had released an EP with features from Gucci Mane, Wiz Khalifa and production from Metro Boomin', Sonny Digital , Southside Sizzle, TM88 and Dun Deal.
Rappers who are mainstream who are bisexual or gay.
Nicki Minaj
DJ Mister Cee
Frank Ocean
Queen Latifah
Azealia Banks
Young M.A.
Keith Murray
Fergie
Queen Penn
Let's pay tribute to iLoveMakonnen by playing his hit single "Tuesday" with Drake.
Legendary status for the late rapper Tupac Amuru Shakur.
He will be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, becoming the sixth hip-hop artist to be inducted to the museum of music legends.
Run D.M.C., Public Enemy, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and N.W.A. have sealed the deal.
The organization released in 2017 the list on Tuesday saying that Tupac Shakur, Joan Baez, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey, Pearl Jam and Yes will join the legends of music.
In April, the induction ceremony.
This was Tupac's first year of eligibility to be inducted. In order to be eligible, artists and bands, "must have released its first single or album at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination."
Tupac Shakur died in September 1996 after he and Marion "Big Suge" Knight were ambushed in Las Vegas after leaving a Mike Tyson boxing match.
Rapper/singer Cee-Lo Green got rattled over the weekend when his Samsung Galaxy phone blew up on him while he was in the recording studio.
A video surfaced over the past hour showing that the Goodie Mob/Gnarls Barkley frontman and former co-host of The Voice speaking on his phone in the studio when the phone explodes against his face.
Cee Lo instantly falls out of his chair and lies on the ground before the video cuts out.
Cee Lo made his last social media post last night.
Some rapper named Philly Chase obtained the video and it's being shared across the internet.
When Haitian American rapper/singer Wyclef Jean said to the junk food media he envisions rapper Young Thug as Tupac Shakur, I was totally shocked. I am surprised that the Atlanta rapper was given the mantle of being associated with 'Pac.
Young Thug is a rising talent, no question. He's affiliated with the domestic terrorist group The Bloods.
He's made his big break by releasing the hit singles "Stoner", "Danny Glover" and "Loaded" off the mixtape titled Stoner. He collaborates with Gucci Mane, Future, T.I., Young Dolph, Usher and Rae Sremmurd. He's an in demand rapper.
But he's no Tupac...
NOPE. NADA. NO WAY.
Young Thug's mixtape Jeffery is out and the rapper wanted to get a reggae influence. Jean appears on the album's final song. Speaking to Pigeons & Planes, the 46-year old rapper says he's found new respect for Thugger.
The rapper will appear on Wyclef Jean's album J'ouvert.
Thugger shows some love to the Haitians. Thugger named his child after the impoverished country.
"Sometimes you don't realize who you are affecting," explained Wyclef. "But he's from a project, I'm from a similar background. And he has natural love for Haiti, understanding the history of Haiti. Haiti is the first Black republic. He reminds me of a modern Tupac, in a sense---- in a revolutionary sense."
That drew a lot of attention.
People were pissed that a former rival of the late rapper would dare compare a newcomer to a complex but prolific rapper such as Tupac Shakur.
Any thoughts to the matter?
Does Young Thug have 'Pac in him?
Mind you that rapper Ja Rule was roundly mocked by 50 Cent and Eminem for trying to create himself as the legendary rapper.
Listen to the full mixtape. Purchase No my name is, Jeffrey on iTunes or your local record retailer.
Watch the video of The Breakfast Club give their thoughts.
It's about to get wavy in here! The former DipSet/Byrd Gang capo Max B might be able to cop a plea.
The hip-hop community is hungry for Max B. He's about to be released from the iron college after a 2009 conviction. He was sent up the creek for conspiracy and murder charges. He copped a pleas and he will be released from the iron college in a few years. He was about to get 3 quarters in the bars.
Escaping a 75 year bid is wavy!
Max B thanks his supporters and of course French Montana.
French Montana is an artist signed to Bad Boy and Maybach Music Group. He's the founder of Coke Boys Music. Montana promises to sign Max B to the label once he comes out.
"I would like to take the time to humbly express my gratitude to the Bergen County Courts. The Honorable James J. Guida, and Mr. Grewal of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office for looking into my Post-Conviction Relief. This proceeding was not a question of my guilt or innocence, but about the bad advice, poor judgement, and overall ineffectiveness of my trial attorney. I would also like to thank my legal team at The Law Offices of Bruno & Ferraro; my wonderful attorneys John Bruno, John Bruno, Jr., John Lotorocca and Linda Peterson did an outstanding on my case and fighting for me.
I wanna thank The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy and Angela Yee. I wanna give a special thanks to my friend and partner Frank Babar and Phase One Network, William Cosgrove, Corey Whitaker and The Playbook Agency. Without the support of Phase One team, I wouldn't have made it this far. I want to thank my boy Masar, Alpac, and my brother from another mother, French Montana, aka Mac with The Cheese.---I love you bro! Wave Gods till we die!!!! To all my fans that been holding it down for me all these years, still banging my music and still keeping it wavy. I love you all and Stay Wavy. Last, but certainly not least, my lovely and wonderful mother Mamveli, I love you!"
Max B.
The Harlem rapper known as Charly Wingate could be out of the iron college in 2025.
He had collaborated with Cam'Ron and Jim Jones, the founders of the Diplomats (Dip-Set). He also is known as the father of the "Wavy".
Max B made news earlier when Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa reignited their feud over the West's album Waves.
"Please don't take the Wave," said Wiz Khalifa on social media. He believes Max B deserves the right to be crowned the King of the Wave. Yeezy changed the album to The Life of Pablo.
The world is waiting on Max B, the king of the wave.
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.
Wiz and Snoop had to cancel a Philadelphia concert after fans got injured.
So who's going to get the blame for this incident in Camden, New Jersey?
Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg performed a concert at BB&T Pavilion yesterday. There were fans who got to close to the railing and it collapsed. About 42 people were injured in this event.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, a railing that separated the lawn section from the seating area of the amphitheater collapsed shortly after 10pm from pressure of people surging forward to see the entertainers perform.
Once the people fell down, Snoop Dogg waves for security to handle this. He could be heard saying, "That's enough of that" - and the announcer told the audience to remain calm while the law was to take care of the injured.
The remainder of the concert was canceled following the incident.
One of the victims got hurt badly and is being treated at a local hospital.
The King of Everything and the Boss of Doggs touring together and plan on releasing Mac & Devin Going to College, a sequel to the Mac & Devin Go To High School.
Snoop Dogg released his CoolAid album this year. Wiz Khalifa released his Khalifa album and The TGOD Mafia's Rude Awakening collaboration album with Juicy J and TM88 of 808 Mafia this year.
Rolling Papers 2 is scheduled for a release in Winter 2015-16.
Wiz Khalifa doesn't forgive or forget. After this year's dust up between celebrity agitator Kanye West, the King of Everything said that things aren't KK with Yeezus!
Wiz Khalifa was the target of a Kanye social media rant. When Wiz posted on Twitter he wanted to get a high on some KK (Khalifa Kush marijuana), Kanye thought he was talking about banging his wife Kim Kardashian.
Kanye said that Wiz Khalifa was a mediocre rapper. He said that his ex-girl Amber Rose tasted more than the bud. He also launched an attack on their son Sebastian Thomaz. He said that his son was a product of Kanye's greatness.
The attack on his son sparked this feud. The rapper said it on record, "Don't mess with my girl or my son". It was a jab at Kanye and Machine Gun Kelly who previously dated Amber Rose.
Wiz Khalifa is still pissed about Kanye's diss on his son.
Amber Rose stepped in and slammed Kanye for going after their son. She said that Kanye likes to get his salad tossed and he played around with didlos. Kanye quickly scrubbed his social media and took a break from it for a moment. He apologized to Amber Rose for going after their son and said that it was a misunderstanding.
Wiz didn't buy the apology. He said that the attack on his son was below the line. Wiz believes that Kanye still holds some grudge against him for being with Amber Rose. Kanye dated Amber for four years before Wiz came into the picture.
Wiz and Amber were married for a couple of years. They had finalized a divorce in 2015.
Kardashian is the country's most notorious celebrity agitator.
Wiz Khalifa released his album Khalifa and the TGOT Mafia presents Rude Awakening with Juicy J this year.
Kanye West released his album The Life of Pablo this year and the Cruel Winter album is coming in July.
Looks like DJ Khaled got "another one" on the deck. It's a surprise collaboration on deck and it's gonna be a banger. Jay-Z and Future are going to be on a single together.
What?
Future getting into the studio with Jay-Z. It's the end of the world as we know it.
Atlanta's codeine obsessed trap rapper is working with the Jiggaman.
Future's producer Southside (Sizzle) of 808 Mafia spilled the beans on Shade45 over the weekend.
In an interview with DJ Whoo Kid of the Whoolywood Shuffle, Southside said that Khaled tapped him, Jake One and G-Coup to produce the "untitled" single. It will be released on Apple Music soon.
We the best...!
Khaled has a history of bringing huge names together, so the fact that he is involved makes the Future-Jay-Z pairing more believable. As does the fact that Jay-Z is now Khaled’s manager. This is not the first time Southside has offered a juicy bit of insider information re: Future. In November, he mentioned that Future was sitting on six albums and three mixtapes. (Fewtch has blessed the streets with one album and one mixtape since then.)
Southside mentions the Future-Jay-Z-Khaled single at the 3:30 mark below. The whole 20-minute interview is worth a listen — the Atlanta producer discusses his role in Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo, how he and Waka Flocka changed the sonic landscape of hip hop, the time Kanye told him he was the future of music, and more.
Once again, if you are to get any singles or videos from Drake, Future, DJ Khaled, Eminem, Young Thug, Dr. Dre, and Wiz Khalifa you might have to purchase the singles from APPLE Music.
And of course if you get singles or videos from Jay-Z, Rihanna, Beyonce, Kanye West and Lil' Wayne you might have to purchase the singles from TIDAL.
Snoop Dogg isn't going to sell his soul to the money! Remember he's a lion and not a pawn.
Well he did participate in Girls Gone Wild (Doggystyle). He did also participate on MTV with Doggy Dizzle Televizzle. And how can't you not foget Soul Plane. And that great comedy with Wiz Khalifa called Mac and Devin Go To High School. That's just entertainment. It's not selling out!
His "nephew" T.I. will be in the series. He will be known as Cyrus.
The remake of Roots is becoming a trending topic. The remake of the groundbreaking television series is set for a return this summer. The History Channel revival is a four part and eight hour series.
Snoop Dogg said that he's not down with the series.
Snoop Dogg isn't watching Roots.
"I'm sick of this shit. How the fuck are they going to put Roots on Memorial Day? They going to just keep beating this shit into our heads about how they did us, huh?"
Big Snoop said that he's not watching this shit because it rekindles the notion that Black people deserved to be enslaved. He said that the rise of Donald Trump could bring racism out in the open again.
"I ain't watching that shit, and I advise you motherfuckers as real niggas like myself; fuck them television shows. Let's create our own shit based on today, how we live and how we inspire people today. Black is what's real.Fuck that old shit."
Alex Haley got awarded praise for his groundbreaking novel. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work.
Celebrity agitator Kylie Jenner is reportedly dating PartyNextDoor. Former boyfriend Tyga is feuding with PartyNextDoor who is affiliated with Drake.
So freaking confusing.
First things first, Kanye West is the rapper/producer who married reality turd Kim Kardashian. Kim Kardashian has dated numerous men notably washed up singer Ray J and former NFL star Reggie Bush. Kanye West who was signed to Jay-Z rap label Roc-A-Fella/Roc Nation is the most controversial rapper in hip-hop. He has two children with her.
Kim Kardashian is the daughter of Robert Kardashian, the famed attorney who helped O.J. Simpson beat the murder charges against Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.
Kim Kardashian's mom Kris is dating a 36 year old bodyguard Corey Gamble who faces allegations of having an affair with Kourtney Kardashian. She and her husband Scott Disick divorced a few years back. Khloe Kardashian is estranged from former NBA star Lamar Odom. Odom had nearly died after having a sex orgy with unregulated sex pills.
Her step-father Bruce Jenner came out as transgender and had transitioned into a woman named Caitlyn. During filming of the their E! Entertainment show, Caitlyn told the family about the transition and kept it in the dark until telling Diane Sawyer and the world. Jenner was a former gold medal athlete and once sexist man in People Magazine. He supports the controversial billionaire Donald Trump for president.
Let's get this straight, Tyga is officially broken up with Kylie Jenner, the half sister of Rob Kardashian, the expecting father of Blac Chyna's baby. Blac Chyna is the mother of Tyga's son, Cario. Tyga was feuding with Drake who were both signed to Young Money/Cash Money Records.
PartyNextDoor, a Canadian rapper/singer is signed to Drake's OVO Sound Music and is currently dating Kylie Jenner. Tyga started Last Kings Entertainment and used the Death Row Records logo as his label moniker. He is dating Demi Rose, a rival to Kylie and Kim.
Blac Chyna is pregnant with Rob Kardashian's child. Chyna is friends with Kim and Amber Rose.
Amber Rose is the ex-wife of Wiz Khalifa. Wiz was rolling in smoke with Kanye after the rapper mocked Wiz's son. Amber Rose stepped in and embarrassed Kanye by saying he gets pleasure having a person place their fingers in his butt. Wiz warned Kanye to stop trashing his ex-wife and son or face a lump of knuckle kush. Kanye backed down and delayed his album away from Wiz's.
Kanye released this album The Life of Pablo and it has a song that has a rapper named Desiigner who sounds so much like Atlanta's codeine obsessed player's card carrying rapper Future.
Desiigner is openly dissing Future and promises to have Ciara on a single. Ciara is feuding with Future over his alleged cheating and not paying child support for their son. Kanye worked with Future and Drake over the past year. Drake had Kanye and Jay-Z on the remix of Pop Style. They called themselves The Throne.
At one time, Drake was feuding with The Throne but it's since ended.
Damn this stuff is weird. Let's get back to the subject.
Tyga got on Kylie Jenner's nerves. He cheated one too many times on her.
Tyga and Kylie Jenner are officially broken up (for good). Kylie was spotted with another man and he's a rival of Tyga's.
Kylie Jenner and PartyNextDoor were spotted in the area. He's been trolling Kylie for some time. He was openly mocking Tyga on the set of his music video and having Kylie give him a dap.
PartyNextDoor was peeping Kylie since she showed up on the set of his video. This is before Tyga started his infamous civil war with Cash Money. Tyga aimed at Drake for being fake and a "weirdo".
Drake served him a side of beef and made him a vegan. He also gave Meek Mill a helping of beef after he started popping off. Drake said that the only weirdo here is a rapper who finds interest in dating a 17-year old girl. Kylie was hurting Tyga financially. Tyga missed a handful of bills and had some of his fortunes confiscated.
Meek Mill is dating Young Money/Cash Money's Nicki Minaj and has dissed Tyga on Fat Joe's summer banger All The Way Up. Meek Mill's career fizzled after Drake served him two helpings and the rapper struggled to respond out the gate.
What's confuses me is the fact that I know this without even watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
US Weekly has spilled the beans on the relationship between the 18 year old celebrity agitator is dating the 22 year old rapper and singer.
Tamar Braxton fired out the cannon over at The Real. There's backlash!
I think it's Tamera Housley behind the apparent cannon firing of reality star and singer Tamar Braxton from daytime agitation show The Real.
Word on the street that the singer and reality television star was bounced from Season Three after allegations of her being truly a "bawse" on the set. Some say that she is extremely difficult to work with.
Tamera Mowry-Housley and Tamar Braxton (known legally as Tamar Herbert) pitched the idea of The Real to Fox and the CW executives and they greenlighted the deal and gave them along with Loni Love, Adrienne Bailon and Jeannie Mai the opportunity to compete with The View and The Talk.
The Real is pretty damn good. The women discuss the junk food media like it's nothing.
But the four ladies remained quiet on the rumors of infighting between Braxton and her old crew.
Braxton who released an album this year is rebooting her singing career and stressed that the music and her family is what keeps her going.
Loni Love, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Tamar Braxton, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Bailon are the hosts of The Real. The ladies are mum on the cannon firing of Tamar Braxton.
Many point fingers at Tamera Housley, their executive producer and higher ups.
Tamera Housely (formerly Mowry) is the twin sister of Tia Hardict (formerly Mowry) and sister of Taj Mowry. The three are well known actors and celebrity agitators.
Tamera married Fox News entertainment reporter/conservative agitator Adam Housley and have two children together. Tamera makes it no secret that she doesn't like Tamar's behavior and warned her that the cannon could come soon.
Tamar on her part could not get along with Tamera and Jeannie because they support Donald Trump.
You're in for a rude awakening! Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J releasing a collaboration album.
Rejoice TGOD fans, the Taylors are working on a collaboration album. Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J have confirmed that there's an album in the works and they will rely on 808 Mafia's TM88 and Southside (known as rapper Sizzla) to give them the bangers.
The collaboration is a first for the two.
Juicy J also signaled that he will produce a handful of tracks for their album.
TGOD Mafia presents Rude Awakening will be released on Taylor Gang Music through iTunes. The tentative date for release is June 3.
Wiz Khalifa's second album in a year. The Khalifa album was released in February. Juicy J released his mixtapes Blue Dream & Lean 2, 100% Juice and O to the Oscars late last year.
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.
I am sadden by the news of Prince passing away today. The junk food media confirms the news that the legendary entertainer passed away at his home in Paisley Park, Minnesota.
I am still reeling over the news of two major celebrities dying at the same time. We just learned that former WWE wrestler Chyna (Joanie Laurer) passed away at the age of 45. The news of her death was really shocking. I was a huge fan. She was an iconic model, actress and wrestling superstar.
Now the news of Prince passing away will overshadow everything.
TMZ broke the news about 30 minutes ago. Prince known legally as Prince Rogers Nelson -- had a medical emergency on April 15th that forced his private jet to make an emergency landing in Illinois. But he appeared at a concert the next day to assure his fans he was okay. His people told TMZ he was battling the flu.
He was 57 year old. He canceled his shows after complaining about an illness.
The news is traveling across the world.
As expected, President Barack Obama, Minnesota Governor Jonathan Dayton, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) will be notified.
I know on a personal level that Prince was what I grew up on. I am an 80s baby. I am certainly amazed that I lived to hear such an iconic voice in our generation.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of this legend of rock, R&B, pop, and funk.
Heaven has a Prince. We will certainly miss him. His name will forever be etched in stone as one of the gods of music.
Canada is looking forward to the future. It's going green. The country is considering legalizing marijuana and it's winning praise in the U.S.
Our neighbor to the north trying to rid itself of the awful legacy of the former conservative prime minister Stephen Harper. The progressives are taking over. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is working overtime and is build bridges with President Barack Obama.
Trudeau said that legislation is well on the way. He said that recreational marijuana could be a reality in the Commonwealth.
Trudeau smoked weed back in his younger days. He's hoping that Parliament will pass a law assuring that any Canadian would not face prison time for smoking the sticky icky.
Washington, Colorado, Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia have legalized the weed.
President Barack Obama and some of his staff will meet with marijuana legalization advocates.
They have petition heavily for support of legalization of recreational marijuana. Many other states are pushing for legalization.
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.
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.
You hang with winners, you become a winner. Future releases EVOL on iTunes.
Another album release coming out. Besides Wiz Khalifa who drops Khalifa on Friday, here comes Atlanta's codeine obsessed trap rapper, Future. He releases on iTunes the follow-up to DS2, called EVOL.
It will be released at 11:59pm.
The album comes fresh off his collaboration with Drake (What A Time To Be Alive) and the Purple Reign mixtape that was released earlier this year.
Future also took a potshot at fellow trap rapper Young Thug. Thug was pissed that Future released his album around the time he releases Slim Season 3.
EVOL is Love.
This was a sleeper feud but it's boiling to the surface again. Young Thugger was pissed that Metro Boomin' (Future's long time producer) scrapped a few songs off the canceled Tha Carter VI mixtape.
The song "I Mean" was Young Thug. The song from Drake & Future "Live from the Gutter" had the same beat that Metro produced.
Thugger was none too happy that Metro took flat shots at him for releasing Slime Season 1 and 2 last year. Metro and Thugger went into a Twitter finger fight and Future stuck up for Metro.
Ever since, Future and Thug been trading insults subliminal on their mixtapes.
Now, Future had teamed up with Apple to have his music released on Beats Radio, a division of Apple Music. Future has been treating fans with a lot of new music lately. The 32-year-old rapper released three mixtapes in 2015, including "Beast Mode," "56 Nights," and "What A Time To Be Alive."
The rapper premiered In Abundance and Fly Shit Only. The album tracks will be released on DJ Khaled's radio show.
Future will be able to perform some of the new songs off "EVOL" on his upcoming tour with Ty Dolla $ign. On Feb. 17, Future's "Purple Reign" tour will kick off in Madison, Wisconsin, and will run through March 19.
The rapper is following the tradition that was started by Jay-Z. Jay-Z the founder of rival Tidal, released Magna Carta Holly Grail on RocNation through Tidal. And everyone took the task of doing such.
Hip-hop acts such as Beyonce, Eminem, Drake, Dr. Dre, Lil' Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna and of course Future have unexpectedly released albums without little hints.
Wiz Khalifa confirms that feud with Kanye West is over.
Wiz Khalifa still despises Kanye West but confirms that the feud between them is over. Last month, Kanye West launched into a Twitter meltdown dogging on Wiz after the rapper accused him of dissing his wife Kim Kardashian. Wiz was saying the actual meaning for KK is Khalifa kush.
In his rant, West managed to dog on Amber Rose and their son Sebastian.
Amber Rose clapped back and told her social media followers that Kim K. and Kanye do butt traffic and finger play. That set the junk food media ablaze. But after a few weeks of verbal snapping, it seems like the two ladies managed to work it like moms.
It's been told that Kim and Amber worked it out through their publicists. Kim actually called up Amber to directly squash the feud.
On Amber Rose's social media she poses with Kim Kardashian signalling a truce.
I am clearly a huge fan of Wiz Khalifa. He normally is a smoker not a fighter. He doesn't have many rap beefs with anyone. I know Kanye was kind of pissed Amber hooked up with Wiz, but he's now with Kim. Kim's antics turned him out.
Kanye's behavior was tolerable for some time. I remember the George Bush doesn't care about Black people remark. I also loathe his antics when he stole the spotlight from pop singer Taylor Swift.
Kanye West is a rapper, producer, songwriter, and media mogul. He is the founder of G.O.O.D. Music (Gettin' Out Our Dreams). He signed rap acts, Pusha T, Q-Tip, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Big Sean and singer John Legend to his label. West is signed through Def Jam with contractual association ROC Nation/Roc-A-Fella Records. He is married to Kim Kardashian and has two children with her.
Ego Trippin' .
Wiz Khalifa is a rapper, singer, songwriter and actor. He's the founder of Taylor Gang Records. LLC. He hails from Pittsburgh. He came to fame when he released his hit single "Black & Yellow" which would become the Pittsburgh Steelers "unofficial" anthem. He is signed to Atlantic Records and Rostrum Entertainment.
Taylor Gang Records is ran by former Three Six Mafia rapper Juicy J and Wiz.
Juicy J along with his brother Project Pat, Chevy Woods, Ty Dolla $ign and Berner record music along with Wiz Khalifa.
Amber Rose is a professional model, actress, video vixen and author. Legal name is Amber Levonchuck (formerly Thomaz). She was married to Wiz (Cameron Thomaz) for a few years before they had a divorce. They still remain friends and raise their son.
