Month: June 2022

Kevin Durant took some very obvious shots at Stephen A. Smith recently following Smith’s comments on Michael Jordan. Essentially, Smith said that Michael Jordan ushered in an era of NBA basketball that made the sport worse. Durant countered by saying that it is the analysts who make the game worse and that Smith is out of pocket for this.

“My theory is that guys like steve, skip and Shannon have changed the game for the worse. Playas like Stephen and Michael can only push the game forward,” Durant said.

Today on First Take, Smith made sure to get in the last word as he came out and said that people like himself are not going anywhere, and KD will just have to deal with that. Smith is very serious about his profession, and he doesn’t appreciate it being slandered in such a way.

“The Stephen A. Smith’s of the world are not going anywhere,” Smith said. “I’m here now, and there will be hundreds, if not thousands who follow… we’re here and we’re gonna be here. Get over it, because we’re not going anywhere.”

This is a feud that truly never dies. Let us know who you think is in the right, in the comments down below.

With the trend of celebrities teaming up with fast food restaurants going strong, Jack Harlow is next up. The rapper’s newly-announced collaboration with Kentucky Fried Chicken is set to drop on June 6th. The partnership will feature items hand-picked off the KFC menu by Harlow himself in addition to limited-edition merchandise. 

“Missionary Jack,” who is fresh off the release of Come Home the Kids Miss You, has been spending quite a bit of time at the KFC headquarters in his home state of Kentucky where he has reportedly been tasting the entire menu, in order to determine his favorites. Harlow eventually narrowed it down to the KFC Chicken Sandwich, Secret Recipe Fries, Mac and Cheese, lemonade, and a side of ranch. 

“From releasing Come Home the Kids Miss You and now launching my own meal at KFC, I’m having a super blessed summer,” Harlow said in a press statement. “When KFC asked me to create my own meal, I knew it couldn’t be just any meal. My meal brings together my childhood favorites from growing up in Louisville, the KFC Mac & Cheese, with my new go-to Spicy Chicken Sandwich (with plenty of ranch), Secret Recipe Fries, and lemonade – it doesn’t get much better.”

To celebrate the release of the Jack Harlow Meal, KFC will be transforming one of their Atlanta locations into a “Jack’s Meal HQ” on Saturday, June, 4. This will give Atlanta residents early access to the meal while getting to listen to some of the star’s most recent music on a giant KFC bucket speaker. 

Being very vocal about his Kentucky roots, the collaboration is a match made in heaven which is why the Chief Managing Officer of KFC U.S. Nick Chavez, is so excited about the partnership.

“Jack has long been vocal about his passion for his home state of Kentucky, which is why this partnership is so finger lickin’ good,” Chavez said. “Jack Harlow fans, don’t miss out on this meal handpicked by Jack himself.” 

The collaboration was announced via a commercial that also features Harlow – check it out below.

Let us know if you’ll be heading to KFC specifically to cop the Jack Harlow Meal.

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Earlier this year, Russ and his childhood friend, Bugus, announced the launch of their very own record label named after their collective, DIEMON. The label promises to give artists ownership over their masters, with a focus on developing artists they genuinely believe in. 

In 2017, Russ infamously signed a 3-year multi-million dollar deal with Columbia Records. Russ is no longer with the label but recently reflected on the pros and cons of being part of the big machine during an interview with TMZ. 

“Just giving other people money for things that I know I could do myself — that was the worst part,” Russ said of being signed to a major label.

“But it just got to this point where it was like, I’m pulling all the weight doing everything, I’m the digital marketing, so why am I giving y’all 50 percent of the profits when y’all are not putting up 50 percent of the work? It just didn’t make sense anymore,” he continued.

The Atlanta rapper went on to say that he believes that major labels will soon be obsolete. 

“I do think at some point [major labels] will become obsolete, just because the juice isn’t worth the squeeze. You don’t need them; they’re not doing anything for you that you can’t do for yourself. I just think that some artists are not very business-minded and they kinda just want to be the artist, so that’s why they go the label approach so that they have a team that does everything for them.”

Russ explained how artists can now market and create an online presence for themselves without the help of a label. He also seems to be more than confident in his own label being able to foster artists’ growth rather than exploit them.

“I don’t think I’m great for their future,” Russ continued in speaking to the path forward when it comes to major labels. “I think they have an opportunity to extremely change their business model and their deals to make it more artist-friendly, but I think that a lot of times they just don’t care. They’re greedy and they know there are some artists who will still take the bait, so unfortunately they’ll be around for a little bit longer, I think.”

Check Russ’s interview with TMZ below.