Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections Robert Kelly is hanging on to his self proclaimed title of being King of R&B; even from the bing. He has rereleased a tune for 2021. As spotted on Page Six the Chicago native celebrated his 54th birthday in the best way he could considering he is behind bars. On Friday, January 8 he posted a song called “Shut Up” to his social media channels. The 2014 track reminds his haters, doubters and naysayers to mind their business when it comes to laundry list of accusations that he defiled several underaged women. “After 22 years of a blessed career/ Had me lying in my hospital bed crying mad tears/ But just as I have many people hatingme, Had so many people loving me/ And let’s not forget the hood ...
Source: Drew Angerer / Getty While it will be just over a week before President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn into office, the political horizon in Washington looks like scorched land. After the horrific act of domestic terrorism at the U.S. Capitol building, GOP leadership warns that the Democrats’ desire to impeach Donald Trump a second time is bad business but AOC isn’t having that. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a guest on ABC’s This Week program just days after the so-called insurrection at the Capitol building on Jan. 6. AOC, as she’s often called in the media, has earned a reputation as a tough-talking congresswoman while staying true to her strong political convictions. In a letter addressed to President-elect Biden supported by some of the...
Source: NurPhoto / Getty Donald Trump has been effectively silenced. After years of gaslighting and racism, the final straw was Donald Trump inciting a coup on the U.S. Capitol for social media companies to say enough is enough. Following the failed act of insurrection, Twitter first suspended Trump’s Twitter account for 12 hours and removed Tweets, including a video in which he continued to push the lie that the election was stolen from him. Mark Zuckerberg took things even further, announcing that Facebook and Instagram banned the liar-in-chief indefinitely. Subsequently, following an open letter from our forever First Lady Michelle Obama calling for all social media companies to take action and give Trump the boot from their services, Jack and his company did it and permanently banned T...
Source: Probal Rashid / Getty Among the many shocking images of destruction and wanton folly to emerge from the invasion of the U.S. Capitol by mostly white domestic terrorists, one was especially jarring. A U.S. Capitol police, Eugene Goodman, was seen on video taking on the violent mob by himself while leading them away from the Senate chambers, earning him a nod as a hero to many. The image of Goodman bravely shoving one of the protestors while seemingly retreating was revealed to be a diversionary tactic by CNN reporter Kristin Wilson. Officer Goodman was deliberately drawing the crowd of rioters away from the Senate chambers, which was undergoing the certification of the Electoral College votes in favor of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Goodman’s her...
Source: pinellas county sheriff’s office / pinellas county sheriff’s office Arrests have been piling up in connection to the brazen display of mostly-white domestic terrorists who descended upon the U.S. Capitol this past Wednesday (Jan. 6). During the so-called “Stop The Steal” rally, one man who was suspected of parading around with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern has been arrested. Local outlet Tampa Bay Times was one of several Florida outlets who reported on the arrest of Adam Johnson of Parrish, a community of Manatee County in the state. The 36-year-old Johnson was arrested Friday night (Jan.8) and is currently being held on a warrant. Johnson joins two other men who were charged Saturday (Jan. 9) in a Washington, D.C. federal court as a result of their alleged actions in the f...
Source: @liltunechi / Twitter It seems the President is going out with a proverbial bang during his final days in office. Rumors say he will be giving several of his favorites a get out of jail free card. As spotted on Bloomberg, Donald Trump allegedly has his sights of making the most of his remaining chief executive powers. The report states that he is looking to forgive a long list of people within his immediate circle. Included are some of his family members namely his daughter Ivanka, her husband Jared Kushner and Don’s legal eagle Rudolph Giuliani. As with most of his plans there is a polarizing twist. According to the hearsay he will attempt to pardon himself for his offenses during his last four years. While this play could potentially further besmirch his already tanking public pe...
Source: Monogram / MONOGRAM Last month Jay-Z introduced his brand new cannabis brand dubbed “Monogram,” and with Jigga once again delving back into the world of hustling them thangs (legally this time though), you knew he was gonna use his connects to help push his latest product. Kicking off a new series on his Monogram Company website dubbed High Tales, the first celebrity guest to speak on his own weed enhanced experience is non other than J-To-The-Muah himself, Jadakiss. In this episode the raspy voiced MC talks about the time he and Snoop Dogg exchanged some east coast/west coast weed (only to find out it was all the same) and the time he found himself in a celebrity cipher at a Prince after party. Expect to see more of your favorite artists speak about their crazy experiences smoking...
Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty Salute to Griselda x Fashion Rebels, and of course the Black Soprano Family for continuing to push the culture forward. The sprawling collective is set to unleash a new film Conflicted and Friday, fans were blessed with the soundtrack for the feature. Across 15 tracks, Griselda and BSF are heavily represented with the not-retiring Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher, Armani Caesar, Boldy James, Heem, Jonesy (or Jonezy), and Rick Hyde. They’re joined by the likes of Flee Lord, Eto, Ransom, Elcamino, Chase Fetti, Billy V, Smoke DZA, Dave East, Ranson, YN Billy, and Lloyd Banks. The album is strong work from all the aforementioned, most especially Banks, who has kept away from the spotlight in recent times but hasn’t lost one bit of his ability as a world-class lyr...
Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Tracy Chapman’s lawyer game is clearly proper. The beloved folk singer is getting a cool $450,000 from Nicki Minaj because of her copyright lawsuit against the Queens rapper. The Hollywood Reporter reports that instead of going to trial, Minaj will fork over the cash for sampling Chapman’s “Baby Can I Hold You” for a song called “Sorry” without proper permission Reportedly, on Thursday (Jan. 7), docs were made public that revealed Chapman accepted Minaj’s offer to settle. A trial was set for later this year. Interestingly, Minaj’s song never even got a proper release. But Chapman wasn’t having it when the song leaked, initially getting played by Funkmaster Flex on NYC radio station Hot 97. Chapman filed her suit in October 2018. Apparently, Chapman is also f...
Source: C Brandon / Getty Fans are still waving the Daniel Dumile flag weeks after his untimely death was confirmed. Two radio pioneers celebrated the late great MC’s career with a thoughtful and in-depth program. Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito The Barber reunited on one of the biggest digital streaming platforms to host a memorable MF Doom tribute show. On Thursday, January 7 the legendary on air duo broadcasted for two hours in honor of their comrade. Garcia specifically played a large role in the Super Villain’s early years by signing him in the 1990’s to his now defunct Fondle ‘Em Records. The result was several single releases that help defined Metal Face’s iconic persona. “DOOM’s style, at times, was very basement demo-esque, and that was deliberate, and it was brilliant,” Bobbito exp...
Source: Vamp Life / EMPIRE For every Lil Wayne and Kanye West that supports Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, there’s a Busta Rhymes and Jim Jones that resist and call out the Racist-In-Chief’s white nationalist rhetoric. Continuing to amp up the resistance, Jim Jones links up with Juelz Santana and Marc Scibilia for his visuals to “Election” where they speak out about the times we’re living in and let everyone know they’re ready to get it popping should we go into a Purge era forreal forreal. Elsewhere Tyla Yaweh links up with Gunna and Wiz Khalifa get on some cinematic ish for their clip to “All The Smoke” and rob a bank before getting their Fast & Furious on. Looks like fun till you realize Vin Disel isn’t quarterbacking everything. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work fro...
Source: Prince Williams / Getty It appears that Drake and Meek Mill are kicking off 2021 with another collaboration. According to DJ Akademiks, Drizzy and Meek are in the Bahamas filming a music video for an upcoming project. While Akademiks stopped short of revealing further information, he did tweet that the project was “coming soon.” “I heard Drake and Meek in Bahamas shooting a music video…hmmm,” the former Everyday Struggle host tweeted. “Heard that content will soon fwd.” I heard Drake and Meek in Bahamas shooting a music video…hmmm. Heard that content will soon fwd. — DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) January 6, 2021 While neither Drake nor Meek have confirmed the report, Drake did fuel speculation when he posted a photo from an undisclosed tropical location. Just days earlier, he was photo...