Month: January 2022

Kanye West has been out in public these last few months exponentially more than he had been in recent years. Coming off of his momentous studio album Donda and the hysteria surrounding it, Kanye has headlined a joint concert with Drake, gave eye-catching quotes to the hosts of Drink Champs in a wild episode, was brought out by Future at Rolling Loud and more.

To cap off this eventful second half of the year and push forward into 2022, Ye met up with some of his closest rapper friends for a night of fun. Going into last night, he and Future had planned a private party together with an assumed dual performance in Miami. 

Ye started the day by hitting the Balenciaga store and cleaning it out, seen leaving with multiple bags of merchandise. 

Later in the night, West made his way to Game Changer Lounge in Miami Beach, greeted by hip-hop royalty like Diddy, Busta Rhymes, Quavo, Future, French Montana and many more. While it is unclear if this was the party he was throwing with Justin Laboy and Future, it sure seems like he was living it up while he was there.

As he looked on in the crowded section of the club, songs like his “Praise God” and Future’s “Thought It Was A Drought” played loudly over the speakers.

For 2022, Kanye has already been scheming by making new music with Scarface and strategizing his plans for the new year with J. Prince and Shyne. 

Check out some videos of Kanye partying last night below.

Ice-T revealed his secret to a successful marriage on Twitter, Friday, after celebrating his 21st anniversary with Coco. The rapper says that its all about choosing the right partner.

“Marriage is like Casting for a Movie,” he wrote, when asked for his secret by a fan. “You gotta pick the ONE who’s ready for ALL the scenes…”

Ice-T and Coco were married in 2002 and renewed their wedding vows on June 4, 2011. The couple welcomed their first child in 2015, a daughter named Chanel. They also starred in their own reality TV series, Ice Loves Coco, for three seasons.

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“Can you believe we been together for 21 years!!” Coco wrote on Twitter. “Today is our Anniversary! Its been a great Adventure with you honey. The love is indescribable. Cheers to a lifetime with you! I love you my boo boo.”

“Yep.. Today’s our Anniversary.. Love is Love,” replied Ice-T.

Ice-T currently stars in Law & Order: SVU as Odofin “Fin” Tutuola, a sergeant in the Special Victims Unit of the New York Police Department, and is also working on a new album for his group Body Count titled, Merciless.

Check out Ice-T’s advice on Twitter below.

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Legendary NFL head coach and former running back Dan Reeves died, Saturday, at the age of 77 from complications from dementia. Reeves is best-known for having guided both the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons to the Super Bowl.

“The Denver Broncos are deeply saddened by the loss of legendary Head Coach Dan Reeves,” the Broncos said in a statement. “… One of the winningest coaches in NFL history, Coach Reeves set the foundation for the Broncos’ decade of dominance in the 1980s and championship tradition for years to come.”

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Reeves finished his NFL coaching career with a record of 201-174-2. This makes him one of only 10 coaches to have won at least 190 regular-season games. 

Reeves’ former quarterback with the Atlanta Falcons, Mike Vick, wrote about his late coach on Twitter, Saturday: “I’m saddened to hear about the passing of my beloved Coach Dan Reeves. He was a great husband, father and mentor to so many. I loved him like a father and he will truly be missed. My prayers are with his family during this time. Love you, Coach.”

Reeves was inducted into the Broncos’ Ring of Fame in 2014.

He is survived by his wife, Pam, 3 children, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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Gunna has revealed that his long-awaited project, Drip Season 4, will be released on January 7 in a teaser video on Instagram, Saturday. The video features more of Gunna’s collaboration with Future and Young Thug from the upcoming project. The last time the three rappers connected was in 2019 on “Unicorn Purp,” off of Future’s The Wizrd.

Similar to his last video, the new teaser sees Gunna socializing and sharing drinks with friends.

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The comment section is loaded with excitement for the follow-up to 2018’s Drip Season 3.

“THANK U THANK U THANK U,” reads one popular comment.

Another fan writes: “Yea it’s a happy new year fashoooooo.”

It’s unclear who will be joining Young Thug and Future as guests on Gunna’s newest album. For his 2020 project, Wunna, Gunna tapped Nechie, Lil Baby, Roddy Ricch, Travis Scott, and more.

In December, Metro Boomin announced on Instagram that he provided Gunna with “1 of the hardest beats I ever made,” and that the rapper “wrote a smash to it.” He added “#DS4.”

Drip Season 4 comes at a special time for Gunna, as he surpassed 10 Billion streams on Spotify, earlier this week, according to Young Stoner Life.

Check out Gunna’s Drip Season 4 announcement below.

Kid Cudi’s 2021 was less geared towards music, and more focused on outside endeavors. Along with releasing a documentary about his career on Amazon Prime and walking in Virgil Abloh’s posthumous Louis Vuitton showcase, Cudi also starred in Adam McKay’s newest blockbuster Netflix film Don’t Look Up, also featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and more.

When Director Adam McKay spoke about working with Kid Cudi, he showed nothing but praise: “I knew who @KidCudi was, but in meeting Scott Mescudi, I was completely taken aback. He can really act. He was immediately natural on set and such a humble guy. Scott was incredibly open and collaborative.”

The movie released on Dec. 5 and is one of the most celebrated films of the year. After ending 2021 on a high note like this, Kid Cudi looks forward to a jam-packed year in 2022 which could see him release two studio albums and new animated show titled Entergalactic. When the clock struck midnight to kick off the new year, Cudi wished his fans a happy new year on Twitter: “HAPPY NEW YEAR WORLD!!! PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL!! MAY THIS YEAR BRING U NOTHING BUT LIGHT AND HAPPINESS!!! – Scott Mescudi.”

Along with this, Cudi took to Instagram to further usher in the new year with a saucy shirtless photo. As he posted the photo of is bare torso, he explained this new year’s energy was infectious: “I usually don’t do this but I felt sexy and I wanna start the New Year off right. can I have my moment please?”

Check out Kid Cudi’s racy picture below.

Uncle Murda dissed Lil Nas X on his newest track, “Rap Up 2021,” saying that the Montero rapper is going to “catch AIDS and die.” Murda also compared himself to DaBaby and spoke about being canceled.

“Lil Nas X gon’ catch AIDS and die like Eazy-E/Hope the LGBTQ don’t cancel me,” Murda raps. “Like they tried to stop DaBaby from getting paid, when he was talking about how they be giving each other AIDS.”

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Murda is referencing DaBaby’s infamous comments on Rolling Loud in Miami in 2021 when he spoke about HIV and said his gay fans don’t have it because they’re not “nasty gay n****s.” In response, he was dropped from several festivals that didn’t want to associate with the rapper.

Earlier this month, DaBaby was invited back to Rolling Loud, this time in Los Angeles, and was not met with a warm welcome from fans. He was pelted with drinks during his set.

Murda goes on to rap about Drake and Kanye’s “fake” beef, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s relationship, and more.

Of Will and Jada, he raps: “But don’t got to Instagram or get the cops in it/If he kill her, she gon’ go to Heaven and let Pac hit it.”

Check out the track below.

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Omarion has responded to the ongoing jokes comparing his name to the new COVID-19 variant, omicron. The R&B singer played into the memes on TikTok, Saturday.

“Hi everybody, this is Omarion. I am an artist, not a variant,” he says in a video. “So please be aware that if you just so happen to run into me on the street, you don’t have to isolate for five days, nor do you have to have a negative test result in order to dance to my music. So please, be safe, be healthy, happy new year.”

It isn’t the first time the “Touch” singer has played into the joke. Over the holidays, he shared memes on social media accusing him of “ruining Christmas for everybody.”

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Around Christmas, omicron overtook delta to become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that it was responsible for 60% of all variants by Christmas. 

Experts have told CNN that omicron is expected to reach its peak by the end of January.

“I think it’s likely that we’ll see this wave come and go and that the spring and summer will look a lot better than right now looks to us,” Dr. Ofer Levy recently told the outlet.

Check out Omarion’s new TikTok below.

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