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Tidal 2.0?: Meek Mill Teaming Up With Lil Durk, Lil Baby & 21 Savage To Start Their Own Music Platform
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Hmmmmm, where have we heard this idea before? Meek Mill’s Twitter fingers have been active during the Christmas holiday weekend, but this time it hasn’t gotten the Philly rapper in trouble. In a series of tweets, he raised his 10.5 million followers’ eyebrows. After one particular announcement, he made via his Twitter account. The Dreams & Nightmares and crafter revealed that he is teaming up with Lil Baby, Lil Durk, and 21 Savage to start their own music platform and essentially put out the bat signal for some help from Silicon Valley. “Me lil baby Durkio tryna get somebody in Silicon Valley to build us our own music platform we can be majority owner in! We will pay!! We need top Silicon Valley steppers please!” “21 gone link in too we need some...
Iggy Effect: Playboi Carti Shares Pics & Videos Of His Son, Onyx
Source: Matt Jelonek / Getty Depending on who you ask, Playboi Carti seems like a loving and caring father. After a very public social media squabble with his baby mama, Iggy Azalea, Playboi Carti looked to dispel the notion that he’s a “deadbeat” dad and over the weekend took to social media to show that he’s indeed spending time with his mini-me. Posting a video and selfie of himself with his baby boy, Onyx, the “Woke Up Like This” rapper is trying to show the world that he’s very much involved in the life of his son and even has his seed already working in the studio alongside him. 💋 stUDio > bABY mE pic.twitter.com/bMSteOpQrP — 💋🧛🏿♀️ (@playboicarti) December 28, 2020 No Sl33p pic.twitter.com/4KsMrN2VrK — 💋🧛Ἷ...
Donald Trump Fully Pardons Snoop Dogg’s Former Producer Of Drug Charges
Source: Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com / WENN Even though his time in office is ticking down the current POTUS is feeling generous with his power. He has now given one of Snoop Dogg’s associate a get out of jail free pass. Digital Music News is reporting that the West Coast legend’s former producer has been fully pardoned by none other than Donald Trump. On Tuesday, December 22 the reality television turned politician signed off on papers that let Weldon Angelos be a free man. In 2004 the Los Angeles native was arrested for attempting to sell $350 dollars worth of marijuana to an undercover police officer. The lawmen also found a pistol on his person. He was hit with 13 charges including drug possession, money laundering and unauthorized firearm violations. In 2004, Angelos was sentenced to 5...
HHW Gaming: Ex-Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé Details Meeting With Kanye West
Source: Neil Mockford / Getty Kanye West and Nintendo? Ex-Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé detailed a discussion about a possible collaboration that took place. Nintendo Life reports that in a recent Talking Games With Reggie and Harold podcast, Fils-Aimé detailed a meeting with the “free-thinking” rapper plus Super Mario Bros and Legend of Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto at an E3 show several years ago. The former president and COO of Nintendo of America would eventually end up at West’s fashion business office where the rapper tried to sell him on a piece of video game content he was working on, and he ultimately told West that the idea of Nintendo working on a Kanye collaboration “just wasn’t there.” Per Nintendo Life: “Part of it was talking about what he was up to. He was ...
Combs Cartel: Diddy Gifts His Mom $1M For Her 80th Birthday
Source: Leon Bennett / Getty You haven’t been to a party if you haven’t been to a Diddy bash. He recently did the most for the most important woman in his life. As spotted on Page Six the media mogul hosted his mother’s 80th birthday celebration this week. In attendance were friends, family and close colleagues. For this once in a lifetime occasion Janice Combs was treated to an affair that would be hard to match. For starters her grandson Justin gave her a diamond necklace with a “Mimi” name pendant. Then Brother Love gifted her with a check for one million dollars. Naturally the over the top gesture stunned her and everyone in the room. Things got even more lavish when the Bad Boy Entertainment CEO told her that she had another gift waiting for her outside. She was greeted to a new...
Donate Mode: Travis Scott Hosts Holiday Toy Drive In Houston
Source: Crayton Gerst / Cactus Jack Foundation The holidays are about giving and one rapper is making sure his hometown feels all the love. Travis Scott showed H-Town his good will in a big way. As spotted on TMZ the “Highest In The Room” rapper hosted a toy drive for the people on Tuesday, December 22. The initiative, which was powered by his Cactus Jack Foundation, took place in Sunnyside Park in Houston. According to the report his good will event provided 2,000 toys to 1,000 elementary school children. Additionally he and his team also distributed food, blankets, PPE supplies, clothing and even Christmas trees. Given that Covid-19 is still very much a real danger the event stayed low touch. all the attendees were mandated to actually stay in their vehicles and the staff provided t...
Houston Rockets Season Opener Cancelled After Players Test Positive For COVID-19
Source: Carmen Mandato / Getty The NBA season for the Houston Rockets hasn’t even gotten underway yet and the squad has gotten off to a rocky start. Just days after disgruntled James Harden threw a basketball at a teammate, allegedly, seemingly in an effort to fast track a trade out of Houston, the NBA has already canceled their season opener as a few players tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Huffpost, the Rockets season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder was pulled from the schedule after the team couldn’t put out a league minimum of 8 players on the court. After three players tested positive or inconclusive (lowkey positive) for the Coronavirus, some contact tracing led to four other players getting quarantined for exposure to the virus. James Harden meanwhile had brok...
Receipts: Dr. Dre’s Ex-Wife Did Sign A Prenup, Only Entitled To Spousal Support
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Once again we are reminded that the pen is mightier than the sword in Hip-Hop. Dr. Dre’s wife might need to lower her expectations when it comes to their separation. As spotted on TMZ the Compton icon made it clear he deals with receipts. This week his legal team provided the courts the original prenuptial document that his estranged lover originally signed in 1996 but has denied since their split. According to the documents Nicole Young is only entitled to financial support from the founding N.W.A. member. This may land her a nice bag for her exit package but will be far less than what she has filed for in their divorce negations. In essence her signature has put a hard line in between her and their property. The language in the prenup specific...
On To The Next One?: Square Is Reportedly Trying To Cop Tidal From JAY-Z
Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Is JAY-Z’s time as the owner of Tidal coming to an end? Bloomberg reports that Square, the payments company ran by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is reportedly trying to buy Tidal from JAY-Z, who acquired the music streaming service from Aspiro, a Norwegian-based company, back in 2015 for $56 million. According to a source who requested not to be named because the talks have been private and that the deal has not been guaranteed, Dorsey has been discussing with Jigga to purchase Tidal to diversify Square’s business. This news is intriguing because Tidal has been “struggling” to compete with direct competitors like Spotify and Apple Music. The company hasn’t been forthright when it comes to sharing subscription numbers, so it remains a mystery about exactly how w...
Meek Mill Gifted Toys, Clothes & Electronics To Philly Families Hurt By The Criminal Justice System
Source: Prince Williams / Getty It’s been a struggle end to the year for Meek Mill due to, well, his ways and actions, but still the Philadelphia rapper isn’t letting it all dampen his Christmas spirit and has taken to the streets to spread some of that brotherly love Philly is known for. Complex is reporting that the “What’s Free” rapper and his Dreamchasers label got their Kris Kringle on and delivered toys, clothes, and even XBOX’s to 35 families in Philadelphia who’ve been impacted by it’s struggle criminal justice system. Though he didn’t personally deliver the goods himself, the man was able to facetime with the families who got their Christmas presents a few days early. In partnership with the REFORM Alliance, Puma, GoPuff, and DocuVault, Meek helped arrange the deliveries, which sa...
Culture Vulture Cover: AR-Ab Denies His VladTV Interview Got Him Pinched By The Feds
Source: @Justinmyview / Radio-One At this point Hip-Hop is half cancel culture and conspiracy culture. One rapper clears up the notion that a platform but him behind bars. As spotted on HipHopDX AR-Ab has done his first interview since getting arrested on federal drug charges. In an over the phone conversation with the Flip Da Script podcast he touched on several points regarding his current situation. Naturally the topic of DJ Vlad came up as over the years several rappers have attempted to put a snitch jacket on the Russian media mogul. About three years ago the former associate of Cassidy conducted a sit down with the journalist. While he touched on a bevy of topics regarding his story it was his admissions of running a drug ring that went viral. In his discussion with QueenzFlip a...
Is A$AP Rocky Doing Too Much With His AWGE x Marine Serre Capsule Collection?
Source: AWGE x Marine Serre / AWGE x Marine Serre Once again A$AP Rocky is pushing the boundaries in the fashion game. His newest project has all the Zoolander vibes. As spotted on Hype Beast the Harlem native is about to drop a new collection under his AWGE brand. The capsule is a collaboration with French design house Marine Serre. They released an announcement via their Instagram account on Monday, December 21. “We are excited to introduce our latest creative project with AWGE. Common interests, genuine conversations, and a strong sense of community have led to the creation of a limited capsule collection composed of versatile silhouettes. Each piece is rare and unique, realized through adopting our regenerating practices” the caption read. Source: AWGE x Marine Serre / A...
