“’Cause goddamn it, that’s right I shake the world I heard it’s some s–t that’s bound To go down when you got A billion dollars on the elevator Well, of course some s–t was bound to go down When you tangled up with the world’s favorite”
“Tangled up” references the infamous entanglement moment, which Pinkett Smith called her romance with Alsina.
Following Chris Rock being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars, August Alsina hit Instagram with a special message. The R&B singer shared a selfie with the message of choosing peace.
“choose peace, trusting that life’s intricate puzzle peices are all forming together for the greater good and mastering of the seasonally sometime chaotic nature of your lifes art piece that’s being formed and painted by birthing life to your internal masterpiece, grown through external chaos-metamorphosing alchemy, dark turned 2 light and beauty within, Then turned Master.”
Sometimes all you have to do to win the woman of your dreams is be her peace. Kim Kardashian spoke with ABC journalist Robin Roberts about her forthcoming family show on Hulu, The Kardashians.
While chatting with Roberts, Kim dived into her new romance with Pete Davidson, citing the affair is real, and she planned to spend a lot of time with the comedian.
“I wouldn’t be with someone if I didn’t plan on spending a lot of my time with them,” Kardashian said. “Obviously, I want to take my time, but I’m very happy and very content. And, it’s such a good feeling to be at peace.”
Kanye West was scheduled to perform at Coachella starting next weekend. After he pulled out, The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia will now headline the Sunday sets.
On Thursday, announcers revealed the two acts. According to Page Six, The Weeknd demanded to be paid the same that West was. Reports state Kanye was being paid $8 million for the two performances and would also receive a $500,000 production budget.
Page Six notes Phil Anschutz, the owner of Coachella, wanted to pay The Weeknd far less. After announcing The Weeknd as a replacement, The Weeknd threatened to pull out if he didn’t get the same deal. Anschutz and his company agreed to pay the same money.
The Weekend just dropped the music video for “Out Of Time,” the latest single from his critically praised album DAWN FM, a few days ago. Cliqua directed the video, which starred Jim Carrey, who is also featured in the song, and South Korean model and actress HoYeon Jung.
The Weeknd’s earlier songs “Blinding Lights” and “Starboy” were also certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). With these certifications, The Weeknd becomes only the sixth solo artist to get three diamond digital single awards.
Kanye West has decided to not host the Grammys, leaving organizers with a void to fill. With his decision, YE is walking away from an $8 million payday.
TMZ provided another update on YE’s decision and revealed the $8 mil he was supposed to be paid for the performances on April 17 and April 24. In addition, YE had a $500,000 production fee.
With less than two weeks to go before he was set to stage, Kanye West pulled out of Coachella. In response, Coachella organizers reveal they had no clue YE would pull out, but state they are not upset.
According to TMZ, Coachella planners have not found a replacement for the DONDA creator but also have no anger toward West’s decision to drop out. Instead, the organizers have expressed that they want YE to get better.
In an insane plot twist, Coachella organizers found out YE was pulling out via TMZ like the general public. A formal reason for YE’s withdrawal was not given.
Kanye West was to join Billie Eilish and Harry STyles as headliners.
TMZ notes Travis Scott was scheduled to join Ye on stage during the performance, which is also believed to be called off.
Travis Scott was scheduled to participate in the 2022 festival but was pulled after the Astroworld Tragedy that claimed the lives of 10 people and injured over 300 others.
With his new single “Neck & Wrist” featuring JAY-Z dominating social media, Pusha T has announced the title for his forthcoming album. The new album will be titled It’s Almost Dry. It will be King Push’s fourth solo studio album.
Pusha also announces the It’s Almost Dry Tour, which will go off on May 29th in Seattle, Washington. The tour’s first leg concludes on June 23 in Philadelphia. The It’s Almost Dry Tour tickets go on sale this Friday. Visit kingpush.com/tour for additional information.
The tour will touch Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Boston, and more for the first run. You can see the tour dates below.
Summer Smash Festival has announced the full music lineup for this year’s three-day music festival, which will take place in Chicago, Illinois, from Friday, June 17 to Sunday, June 19. Headliners for this year’s edition include Post Malone, Young Thug, Gunna, and Playboi Carti.
Summer Smash Festival, founded by two Chicago-based music powerhouses – concert promoter SPKRBX and next-gen media business Lyrical Lemonade – has evolved into one of the country’s largest independent music events, with 90,000 attendance last summer. Summer Smash will shortly return to its regular dates in mid-June, bringing the festival’s most stacked lineup to date, packed to the brim with today’s biggest hip-hop names.
The festivities will begin on Friday with a headlining performance by Grammy Award-winning rap pioneer Young Thug, who will be joined by fellow YSL Records labelmate Gunna for the Atlanta-based rap duo’s first-ever full-set collaborative performance; and will conclude on Saturday night with a performance by singer/songwriter Post Malone, who is one of the highest-selling music artists of the past quarter-century and is preparing to release his next album later this year. Following his recent “Album of the Year” nomination at the 2022 Grammy Awards in recognition of his efforts to Kanye West’s critically praised project Donda, enigmatic emcee Playboi Carti will help finish out the three-day festival on Sunday night.
Additional weekend performances include cloud rap, southern hip-hop, trap, drill, West Coast, and more, with first-time Summer Smash appearances from Wiz Khalifa, Polo G, Rico Nasty, Oliver Tree, 2 Chainz, and Ohgeesy, as well as the Chicago debut of emerging rap artist Yeat. Other notable artists include Trippie Redd, Ski Mask The Slump God, Lil Tecca, and $not, among many others, who are helping to complete the 2022 schedule.
“Today marks an exciting milestone for Summer Smash as we unveil our biggest music lineup to date. It’s been incredible to witness our fest grow into one of the largest annual music events in the country in only four short years”, said Summer Smash Festival Director and SPKRBX Founder Berto Solorio. “Our team is always striving to improve and elevate the festival experience, so we can’t wait to show our fans what we have in store this summer including bigger music acts performing on bigger stages, plus more food trucks, improved amenities, and more art installations than ever before. We’ve leveled up the entire experience.”
Tickets for the three-day GA and VIP events will go on sale this Friday, April 8, at 10:00 a.m. CST at www.TheSummerSmash.com.
Lil Durk’s poignant ballad “What Happened To Virgil” ft. Gunna is having a massive moment on TikTok, fresh off the release of his Billboard 200 chart-topping album 7220.
The song is tearing at the emotions of TikTok fans, with over 34.7K creations, since the title refers to the passing of prominent fashion designer and entrepreneur Virgil Abloh. “Oh my God, what happened to Virgil?” is a popular lyric from the song that has inspired both sorrowful and lighthearted responses from folks who reflect on Virgil’s death, can’t believe their former classmates are having children, and wonder why their buddies can’t contain their drinking.
On their respective accounts, Lil Durk and Gunna have been interacting with the sound, with Durk promising to release the song’s video after the sound reaches 10,000 creations.
Rowdy Rebel paid a visit to Funk Flex at Hot 97. During his time with the legendary DJ, Rebel delivered a freestyle to JAY-Z’s “You, Me, Him and Her.” Tap in below.
Just yesterday, Rowdy Rebel was loud and clear to DJ Akademiks about his friend Tekashi 6ix9ine. Appearing on the Off The Record podcast, Rebel blasted the rainbow-haired rapper, claiming he knew that he would rat on his GS9 gang members and associates.
The conversation started after Ak would point out how the NYC rap fan was stalled for a while. Rebel flipped it on the controversial host and called him out for aligning with 6ix9ine. Rebel would then lay into 6ix9ine for telling on the stand.
“That pussy had a great run, son,” said Rowdy. “I seen the toughest niggas fold under pressure in that room. He wasn’t even half as tough.”
Ak wanted Rebel to provide more details which Rebel had no problem with, “He was never outside! He ain’t have no morals.”
He added, “Niggas was posting shit saying he was gonna tell. Stop playin’ with me. Niggas thought he was gonna fucking rat like some fucking pussies.”
Fivio Foreign has released a documentary detailing his preparation and process leading up to the release of his debut album B.I.B.L.E, which was executive produced by Ye. The never-before-seen clip shows the rapper surrounded by his family, friends, other musicians, and industry leaders. The documentary is available below.
Fivio Foreign has announced his first-ever headlining tour, just days after revealing his debut album, which will be released on Friday, April 8th. The Fivio Foreign Tour takes off on May 6th in Salt Lake City before going to the West Coast for a highly anticipated hometown event at Irving Plaza. Fans can look forward to seeing B.I.B.L.E singles live for the first time.
“I’ve never been on tour, so this is mad exciting for me. I’m excited to go to places I’ve never been and see the reaction from my fans in real life,” Fivio Foreign said of the tour.
You can see the dates below and buy your tickets here.
Fivio Foreign: The Fivio Foreign Tour May 6th – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex (The Grand) May 8th – Denver, CO – Cervantes May 10th – Chicago, IL – Avondale Music Hall May 11th – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall May 13th – Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theater May 14th – Boston, MA – Big Night Live May 17th – Philadelphia, PA – TLA May 18th – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore May 20th – Rochester, NY – Water Street Music Hall May 22nd – New York, NY – Irving Plaza May 23rd – New York, NY – Irving Plaza May 25th – Atlanta, GA – Believe Music Hall May 27th – Houston, TX – House of Blues May 29th – Dallas, TX – House of Blues June 1st – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre June 3rd – San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom June 4th – San Diego, CA – House of Blues June 6th – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
West Coast/G-Funk legend Warren G sat down with Talib Kweli for his ‘Peoples Party’ podcast, where the production pioneer talked about being affiliated with Death Row Records, but not actually signing to the label.
Warren explained how things got heated when Suge found out that Warren warned the label’s premiere artist Snoop Dogg not to sign the Death Row contract without getting it reviewed by an attorney.
He said, “I told Snoop ‘No, don’t sign that. You don’t know what you’re signing. You gotta get a lawyer to look at that stuff.’ And I was a young buck saying this!”
Warren said when Suge came for him, “He was like, ‘Aye, blood! Where Warren G at?!’ And I was like, ‘Sh*t, what’s up?’ He said, ‘Aye, blood. You told them not to sign that contract?!’ I took off! But the only way you could get down was the elevator, so I’m at the elevator like [hurriedly pressing the button]. He grabbed me and pushed me up against the wall and was like, ‘You told them not to sign that contract, blood?!’”
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