Month: June 2022

Meek Mill is using his platform on social media to call for the release of Young Thug, Meek Mill, and the rest of the 28 total members of YSL recently named in a massive indictment. Mill, whose long been an advocate for prison reform, posted about the case on Twitter, Wednesday morning.

“Free thug … free gunna … free ysl … everybody deserves a bail!” Mill wrote in his tweet.

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The 56-count indictment was filed against the members of the record label, last month. Thug was initially charged with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and participation in criminal street gang activity; however, after a raid on his house, he was hit with several additional charges. Gunna has been charged with one count of conspiring to violate RICO.

Mill isn’t the only rapper to come out in support of YSL. Just earlier in the day, Cordae shared multiple tweets criticizing the prosection’s intended use of rap lyrics as evidence in the case.

“Free the Whole YSL Family! They showed me more genuine love than damn near anybody!” Cordae wrote in his first post.

He followed that up: “Protect Black Art! Also Using Lyrics against someone on trial is nuts! It’s a form of self expression that shouldn’t be used in a literal sense especially in a court of law!!!”

The indictment lists several songs by Young Thug and Gunna including YSL’s 2020 compilation album, Slime Language 2, which features “Take it to Trial,” “Ski,” and “Slatty.”

Check out Mill’s tweet regarding YSL below.

Skip Bayless is one of the biggest names in the entire sports world, at least as far as broadcasting is concerned. Despite his absurd hot takes, he is still a legend in the game, and fans can’t help but tune in every time he looks to talk about LeBron James or someone else that he isn’t particularly fond of.

For those who may not know, his wife Ernestine authored a book a couple of years ago about dating men who are obsessed with sports. Ernestine used her relationship with Skip as the blueprint for the book, and now, it appears as though it is going to be turned into a movie.

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During an episode of his show, Skip spoke about the prospect of this movie and how he feels about it all. He was specifically asked about which actors he would want in the movie. While Skip realizes it probably isn’t viable, he notes that he would want Ernestine to be played by Sarah Jessica Parker, and he would want himself to be played by the legendary Kevin Costner.

Skip uses the term “pie in the sky” during this segment and he is certainly correct with that assessment. Regardless, you can’t help but admire his ambition to make his wife’s film as good as possible.

Let us know who you think should play Bayless, in the comments below.

Kanye West is a man with plenty of ideas in his head. The multi-hyphenate has dominated the music industry, the fashion industry, and pop culture at large throughout his career. However, he’s always expressed a desire to take his ideas and apply them to other products. One of them seems to be a potential theme park under the name of his sixth studio album.

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Attorney Josh Gerben discovered a heap of new trademark filings made by Kanye West under his imprint, Mascotte Holdings. Gerben found 17 trademark filings under the imprint, including trademarks for Yeezus Amusement Parks. It’s unclear if there are plans in place to launch the theme park but it’s just one of the many items that he filed to trademark. Additionally, Ye also intends to use the trademark for NFTs, toys, campaign buttons, clothing, cosmetics, and household items. Interestingly enough, Ye made it clear that he had no interest in jumping on the NFT bandwagon earlier this year.

Ye’s plans to launch an amusement park shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. This is the same guy that compared himself to Walt Disney in the past.

“What I want to do post-Grammys is I want to work on cities, I want to work on amusement parks, I want to change entertainment experiences,” Ye told GQ during a 2012 interview. “[It’s] something like if McQueen or Tarsem [Singh] was to meet the entertainment value of a Cirque du Soleil or a Walt Disney.”

What are your thoughts on Yeezus Amusement Park?

Since 2019, Lil Nas X has emerged as one of the biggest stars of this generation. It’s a fact that can’t be ignored. He defied expectations that he’d be a  one-hit-wonder after topping the charts again and again. And while organizations like the Grammys have celebrated his efforts, it seems that he doesn’t feel that same energy coming from BET.

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This morning, the BET Awards revealed their list of nominations and Lil Nas X didn’t land in any of the categories. It’s surprising given how much of an inescapable force he’s been over the past 12 months but he clearly feels slighted that the BET Awards aren’t giving him any recognition for his efforts.

“Thank you BET Awards. An outstanding zero nominations again. Black excellence,” he tweeted along with prayer hands and a white heart. “I try to be humble so bad but it’s really fuck you to a lot of you n***as.”

He added, “I will be selling fish plates outside of the BET Awards this year.”

It seems like there are plenty of people who also feel Lil Nas X was slighted this year but it seems that some were even more perplexed that Jack Harlow was being recognized before he was. Jack is nominated for Best Male Artist alongside Drake, Future, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West and Lil Baby.

Check out a few of the reactions below.