The run of stellar albums from Nas and Hit-Boy are coming to a close. Nas hit Instagram and revealed that Magic 3 is on the way, which will close his collection with Hit-Boy and celebrate his 50th birthday.
I want to thank everyone for taking this ride with @hitboy & I.
It’s been nothing short of Magical! The Album Drops On My Birthday. THURSDAY 9•14 at 9PM
Nelly has made it official official. Nelly pulled up on Rasheeda and Kirk Frost and revealed he and Ashanti are officially an item again.
“We cool again,” Nelly said. “It surprised both of us. It wasn’t anything planned. We both were doing what we do. Sometimes being seperate, you understand somebody more. We can all be defensive in our relationships.”
He added, “It’s no pressure. Before I felt we were doing what we were doing career-wise. When you got so many people in the middle, it could be tough.”
Nelly and Ashanti showed off their joint singing skills, tackling Usher’s “Nice & Slow.” Nelly uploaded a video of him and bae in unison, hitting all the notes of the My Way classic.
Nelly got his bae back. After being seen together at the Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia fight earlier this year, Nelly and Ashanti appeared to be an item once again. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, a source stated they are elated about their reunion.
“Both of them are very happy,” a source said. Another added that they are “enjoying their time together.”
If you are a student of Georgia State University’s College of Law, you can learn more about Rick Ross this semester. The University will expand it’s Legal Life of… series with a new course offering, The Legal Life of Rick Ross.
“During the 50th year anniversary of Hip-Hop, I couldn’t think of a better subject than Rick Ross, the boss of multiple businesses and a generational wealth builder who is an example of success in music, business, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, discipline and how to make big moves,” Ivory wrote on IG. “I can’t wait for my students to meet Ross in person.”
The NFL reigns supreme. Week one is in the books and the league posted hisotric numbers for their major primetime games.
The Thursday night season kickoff between the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs averaged 27.5 million viewers. It was the largest kickoff audience since 2015 and up 24% from the previous year.
According to Deadline, the NFL primetime games ran it up. The Sunday Night Football matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants brought in 21.8 million viewers, while Monday Night Football brought in 22.64 million.
This week, the Minnesota Vikings will visit the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night. The Sunday night matchup will have the Miami Dolphons bringing their high flying offense to Gillette Stadium for a matchup with the New England Patriots. On Monday night, there will be a doubleheader as the New Orleans Saints will travel to the Carolina Panthers and the Cleveland Browns will visit the home of the terrible towels and battle the Pittsburgh Steelers.
On September 13, 1994, Notorious B.I.G., alongside producers Easy Mo Bee, DJ Premier, Poke of the Trackmasters, and none other than “Puffy” (as Diddy was called then) as the executive producer, released the Hip Hop masterpiece known as Ready To Die.
As Big’s debut album, this highly anticipated release shows the lyrical prowess of the Bed-Stuy big man, and besides Method Man’s assistance on the epic “The What?” track, Mr. Wallace made it happen all by himself. Other than Nas’ Illmatic, no other solo emcee accomplished that feat during that era on the East Coast. Recognized as “The King Of New York” and as seen on a vintage 1995 Source Magazine cover, Big’s legacy was etched in stone with this LP.
Timeless classics from that four and a half mic-er include the DJ Premier produced “Unbelievable,” the back and forth storytelling adventures of “Warning” and “Gimme The Loot,” and the eerie title track itself were just a few of the highlights of this legendary project. That’s not to forget the mainstream success of singles such as “One More Chance,” the Brooklynplayalistic sound of “Big Poppa,” and of course the hood inspirational, Mtume-based “Juicy.”
We only had the chance to get one more album(prophetically named Life After Death) out of one of the game’s greatest lyricists before he was prematurely killed in Los Angeles in 1997. Still, this album will always remind us that B.I.G. was “Ready to Die” because his talent was and will always be larger than life.
Salute to Big (RIP), Premier, Easy, Poke, Lord Finesse, Diddy, Lil’ Kim, and the entire Wallace family for this classic masterpiece!
Kevin Liles hit Gunna‘s Barclays show over the weekend. In an Instagram post, Kevin Liles celebrated the performance while continuing to support the movement to free Young Thug.
“What a night with the fam at Barclays!” Liles wrote. “@Gunna’s Wun Night Only was everything we needed and more. #SayLessDoMore #FreeJeffery #ProtectBlackArt“
Gunna returned to the stage, his first headlining performance in two years. Taking over the Barclays Center, Gunna presented The Gift Show. The album carries part of the A Gift & A Curse album, which dropped in July and hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
During his time on the stage, Gunna had Free Jeffrey illuminated on the giant screens in the arena. You can see the visual below.
During a June 2022 hearing, Kevin Liles, CEO of 300 Entertainment, took the stand and testified that Thug, who is signed to his label, is “like a son,” and he was willing to put up his own wealth and business to secure his bond. Machine Gun Kelly also provided character testimony on Thug’s behalf.
Legendary music executive Kevin Liles testifies on behalf of Young Thug during bond hearing pic.twitter.com/GK5zuog2Mw
Chrisean Rock and her journey as a mother continue to receive reactions and messages of support across Hip-Hop. This time, Cardi B chimes in. Speaking in the streets of New York City, Cardi B delivered a message about postpartum conditions.
“What I would advise is that whenever you start feeling like emotional — you might not think it’s postpartum but it’s postpartum,” Cardi said to TMZ. “So when that happens, go outside, take a breath. When you’re a new mom, the new schedule overwhelms you. Just do something that calms you down.”
Chrisean Rock has released the first picture of her baby boy who carries the same name. “1day old,” Rock wrote. “Heavensent you healthy and so handsome beyond grateful. My baby boy so blessed. Thank you Jesus.”
Chrisean Rock says she didn’t invite Blueface to the birth of their child. Blueface was rumored to be with his other baby’s mother during the delivery. Hitting Instagram, Rock revealed Blueface wasn’t present by her choice.
“I simply ain’t invite him I went to my city to have my child,” Rock wrote. “None of you weird ass ppl ain’t finna be around my son I’m all he got I’ma do everything I can to protect him from hate and jealousy or anything.”
Chrisean Rock captured her childbirth during an Instagram Live session for all her fans to watch. The newborn is a boy, and Rock was with her family and friends during the delivery.
Cultural icon Tupac Shakur was then taken to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada hospital after being shot several times in a drive-by on a Las Vegas strip on September 7, 1996, and was under a medically induced coma for six days before dying from internal bleeding on September 13, 1996.
After several failed attempts by doctors to revive 2Pac, his mother Afeni Shakur requested for his life support machine to be turned off. What were the events that transpired the days before the September 7th shooting that caused his early demise and why has the mystery of his death never been solved? These are the questions that remain 19 years later. Chris Carroll, a retired Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department sergeant, told Vegas Seven Magazine in an interview last year that we may never know;
“Shakur’s murder is still considered an unsolved homicide and an unsolved homicide case is technically never closed. But nothing more is ever going to happen with it.“
After all the documentaries that have been put out pertaining to Pac’s death, most fans attempt to put the clues together and create their own hypothesis yet without hard evidence it’s still just an educated guess as to what really happened the night of September 7, 1996.
The only real evidence police have are the witness accounts from Outlaw member E.D.I Mean, who claimed to have seen all four men in the vehicle and Yaki Kadafi, who was involved in a scuffle with officers two days following the shooting after they pulled over a driver he was with and he protested. Officers did not try to locate Kadafi, who was later gunned down in Irving, NJ two months after the shooting.
Compton investigators assembled mug shots of several gang members, which included Orlando Anderson, the Crip that Tupac attacked in the MGM Grand lobby hours before the shooting. Anderson is the suspect said to have fired the fatal shots that killed Pac. Las Vegas police later discounted Anderson as a suspect and interviewed him only once. He was later killed in an unrelated gang shooting.
‘Pac’s killer has yet to be found or even suspected, but the fight to bring his killer(s) to justice icontinual and highly publicized, which will hopefully bring the truth about his untimely death to light.
B.G. has something to say. The rapper is fresh out of prison but already planning his return to his rap career. On a phone call, B.G. linked with 2 Chainz, who shared a clip of the NOLA legend disclosing his career plans.
“I should be back on the road by November, December,” B.G. said. “I’m looking forward to it, but I’m about to get in this lab and do 7 or 8 albums. I got too much shit.”
2 Chainz told B.G. that he needed between 30-45 days to “get calibrated.” B.G. agreed, stating he wants to get with kids and be celebrated by real love.
B.G. was officially released from prison last week. Birdman hit Instagram to share an Instagram Live where he greets the former Cash Money rapper. You can see the special moment below.
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