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Issa Rae Addresses Pregnancy Rumors With Explicit Tweet To Fans

March 31, 2022 by newhiphopnews

It’s just a food baby — for your information.

After ending her acclaimed HBO series Insecure last year, Issa Rae, actress-turned-mogul, has been flourishing in both her personal and professional life. On Wednesday (Mar 30), she cleared up rumors circulating on social media of the possibility of her being pregnant with a raw and uncut response.

I am not pregnant, fuckyouverymuch.

LET A BITCH EAT DRINK AND BE MERRY.

— Issa Rae (@IssaRae) March 30, 2022

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“I am not pregnant, fuckyouverymuch,” she tweets. “LET A BITCH EAT DRINK AND BE MERRY.”

Rae, 37, has always been private with her personal life. She married her husband, Louis Diame, last year in a private ceremony in the South of France. In September 2021, she opened up about her marriage in a cover story for Self Magazine.

“I’m extremely happy [being married],” Rae said. “[But] I like my life, I like this selfishness, and I know that I have a window. I’ve always felt that way, that women, Black women especially—unless you’re Viola Davis or Angela Bassett—you have a window when people are going to want to continue to see you and see what you can do. Then there are so many limitations placed upon you, and that does keep me up.”

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In the midst of the rumors, Issa took the opportunity to promote her friend’s podcast. Sharing the link to the Amy Aniobi and Grace Edwards-hosted podcast, “The Antidote,” with the tweet: “O shit this blowing up, listen to my friends (@amyaniobi + @gracyact) new podcast that dropped today.”

o shit this blowing up, listen to my friends (@amyaniobi + @gracyact) new podcast that dropped today:https://t.co/Dx3nUoWOan pic.twitter.com/HLiLvsVW8x

— Issa Rae (@IssaRae) March 30, 2022

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Russ and Bugus Team to Launch DIEMON Record Label Focused on Putting the Artist First

March 31, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Russ and Bugus have teamed up for the new record label DIEMON. The two independent acts started DIEMON as a collective in Atlanta in 2010. Now that Russ is no longer signed to Columbia Records, he partnered with Bugus for the label, in which the name is an acronym for “Do It Everyday Music or Nothing,” Variety reports. Most recently, Russ released his Chomp 2 album as an independent artist.

“Everyone owns their masters; everyone owns their publishing. We don’t eat on your merch or your tours, and everything’s a profit split deal,” Russ said. “We’re not looking to invest in an artist just to change their music. If we like an artist enough to sign them, it’s because we like what they’re doing. It’s just a super artist-friendly situation, where we’re here to provide resources and mentorship to artists that we believe in.”

“We don’t want to have to chase you around and beg you to come to the studio. We want the kind of artist that we need to pull out of the studio and be like, ‘All right bro, you’ve done five songs tonight, take a break,’” Bugus added. “There’s a lot of rappers who have a label but it’s all rap, or R&B artists have a label and it’s all R&B. We want to be more like the big labels in that sense, where they have Garth Brooks and Lil Wayne and Wizkid from Africa.”

The first signee to DIEMON is LaRussell, a hip-hop star form Vallejo, California. “If you look at what he’s doing with his music, he’s putting out a bunch of content all the time — dropping albums here, dropping songs there. With him I was like, ‘Man, do whatever you wanna do. Whenever you need me, hit me,’” Russ says of LaRussell.

The label is expected to operate with laid-back deadlines and financial transparency. Signed artists will be able to sign into their distribution platform to track their earnins in real time. With the start of his new label, the two hope to spark change across the music industry.

“I hope that artists recognize that they’re the nucleus. They have more power than they realize and there’s alternative ways to win, you don’t have to go the major label way. You don’t have to give up your masters and do all of these really exploitative things,” Russ said.

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Will Smith Reportedly Refused To Leave The Oscars Following Chris Rock Slap

March 31, 2022 by newhiphopnews

The Academy issued a letter on Wednesday (March 30), announcing their Board of Governors has begun disciplinary proceedings.

Curren$y Puts His JAY-Z & Ma$e Collab Dreams In The Air

March 31, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Spitta wants to add to his Mobb Deep, Snoop Dogg and Raekwon collaborations.

Joe Rogan threatens to leave Spotify over censorship concerns

March 31, 2022 by newhiphopnews

He may be one of the highest podcast hosts in the world, but Joe Rogan is also one of the most controversial. This week, he doubled down on his right to free and uncensored speech when he told his listeners that he would rather walk away from his lucrative $200 million Spotify deal than acquiesce to censorship.

Rogan’s issues stem from the controversial comments that he has made on his popular podcast in the past, specifically with regard to hot button social issues and Covid-19 vaccination misinformation (Rogan has expressed skepticism about the vaccine and criticized vaccine requirements). Rogan’s presence on Spotify caused several high-profile artists such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell to pull their content from the streaming platform. Earlier this year, a group of 270 doctors and scientists sent an open letter to Spotify in which they accused Rogan of peddling misinformation, calling him a ‘menace to public health.’ This led Spotify to add a disclaimer to Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience.

Rogan has also made many other controversial comments regarding transgender and racial issues, even using the n-word in the past, although he has expressed remorse, describing it as ‘the most regretful and shameful thing I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.’

On Tuesday, Rogan addressed his relationship with Spotify during an interview with MMA fighter Josh Barnett, saying “‘If I become something different because it grew bigger, I will quit. If it gets to a point that I can’t do it anymore, where I have to do it in some sort of weird way where I walk on eggshells and mind my p’s and q’s, f*** that!”

The conversation stemmed from Rogan’s musing that his critics would “go through every single one of his statements with a fine-tooth comb” in order to look for something to be offended about.

As of Wednesday evening, Spotify had not publicly addressed Rogan’s statements.

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10 Nepali Rappers To Check Out Right Now

March 31, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Find out how these rappers are redefining hip hop in Nepal

J. Cole & Dreamville Announce ‘Gangsta Grillz’ Mixtape With DJ Drama

March 31, 2022 by newhiphopnews

The project drops Thursday (March 31) — just in time for this weekend’s Dreamville Festival.

Exclusive: Lil Baby Embraces Having an Impact on the Youth, Provides Update on New Music

March 31, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Hip-Hop and basketball are synonymous with each other. Over the eras, both arenas had key figures who stood at the forefront of this cultural partnership. Examining the landscape today, one of rap’s most influential representatives is Lil Baby. The friendship of the My Turn rapper and James Harden is chronicled throughout the media, and Baby’s love for hoops has bled into his philanthropic efforts. In December, Lil Baby teamed with another basketball lover in Hip-Hop, Meek Mill, to give back to the youth of Philadelphia in partnership with the 76ers. As fate would have it, Harden would soon join the ball club in one of league history’s biggest trade deadline deals.

Fast forward to March, and Lil Baby finds himself once again around basketball. This time with the stars of tomorrow. The superstar is in Chicago, pulling the double duty of being the halftime performer of the McDonald’s All American Game and spending time with the future of hoops like Amari Bailey, Dariq Whitehead, and Mark Mitchell on the hardwood of Wintrust Arena before the big game. Speaking with The Source ahead of his halftime performance, the positive impact of his presence is not lost on Lil Baby.

“They make me go harder,” Lil Baby said. “You have the want to go hard and get to a certain level of money. Then it’s like another feeling that can make you go hard too. It’s not about the money. It’s about the future. They look up to me. I could guide the future.”

Once it’s his time to perform, you see the importance of Lil Baby to Hip-Hop culture. Draped in an oversized coat, dripped in dancing diamonds, Lil Baby’s stroll onto the halftime floor is deafening. The players, who have spent the last week under the spotlight, immediately turn into fans. As Lil Baby moves across the court to service areas of the crowd with verses from “We Paid,” “Drip Too Hard,” and more, the entire Boys and Girls teams follow him, nearly embodying a new wave of security. Fans from courtside to the top row are enamored with every word he raps. A sign that his forthcoming music will have, at minimum, the same rate of success as his last album.

Lil Baby knows he broke a 60-year-old Billboard record on that last album, but that’s not what his concern is. “I seen that somewhere,” he said. “I seen it the other day. That’s hard, but I’m not the type to get into that.”

Lil Baby’s focus is on what next. Weeks back, he put Hip-Hop on alert. His version of JAY-Z telling the game, “Y’all got less than two months to get y’all thing together” at the end of “Show Me What You Got” in 2006. Lil Baby kept it coy when asked for an update, “You’ll see in the summer. It’s definitely coming, though.” After some prodding, he became a bit more lenient.

“I gotta start out early. So the whole summer could be up. It ain’t gonna be late summer.”

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SOURCE SPORTS: McDonald’s All American Games and Jam Session Hit Chicago

March 31, 2022 by newhiphopnews

The McDonald’s All-American game made its return to Chicago. The game highlighting the best girls and boys high school basketball players around the world set up a two-night residency at the Wintrust Arena.

The POWERADE® Jam Fest shook Wintrust Arena on Monday, March 28 as part of the 45th year of the McDonald’s All American Games, as the best high school basketball players in the country showcased their skills in front of an electrifying crowd. The annual all-star event, which included a skills competition, 3-point shooting contest, and slam contest, gave spectators a preview of what to expect at the McDonald’s All American Games.

The Skills Competition was won by Indya Nivar for the girls and Mark Mitchell for the boys. Nivar is committed to Stanford, Mitchell to Duke. In the 3-Point Contest, Duke commit Ashlon Jackson represented the women, while Keyonte George who is headed to Baylor won for the men. In the dunk contest, which featured boys and girls, Ashlyn Watkins won. Watkins, who is set to head to South Carolina in the fall, is the second girl in a row to win the All-American dunk contest. During her performance, she put on Candace Parker’s Chicago Sky jersey to deliver the same dunk that the area legend did to win her dunk contest.

The dunk contest judges included G Herbo and DJ Oreo.

For the All American Game, Duke’s Dariq Whithead won the All American Game MVP award, powering the East team to a 105-81 win behind a 13 point, seven-rebound and seven assist game. Cam Whitmore hit the big stage and dropped off 19 to assist in the win. For the West, Mark Mitchell added 19 points. He was joined by Anthony Black, who verbally committed to Arkansas at the jam session.

During the women’s game, KiKi Rice led the East with a 17 point and five assist effort. Rice is headed to UCLA and faced off against Gabriela Jaquez who will join her as a Lady BRuin. Jaquez also finished with 17 points.

“We just focused on our defensive intensity,” Rice said after the win. “We came out hard and focused and having a good start. I think we did a good job of executing our game plan.”

You can see images from the game below.