Fans of Pharrell, Tyler, the Creator and 21 Savage have a mega collaboration on the way. On Tuesday Super producer/ artist Pharrell revealed to his 10.6 Million Twitter followers a new song featuring Tyler, the Creator and 21 Savage.
The presumed artwork showed an animated version of the three artist standing side-by-side in front of a black background. The upcoming single titled “Cash In Cash Out” is set to arrive on June 10th. This will be the first collaboration between the three.
Check out the tweet below.
“CASH IN CASH OUT 6/10 @tylerthecreator @21savage http://pharrellwilliams.lnk.to/CICO.”
The trial of the suspect in the murder of revered Los Angeles rapper will start Thursday. Nipsey Hussle born Ermias Joseph Asghedom was shot and killed outside of a business he owned in March of 2019.
Eric Holder is the man accused of killing him. The two were said to have had a conversation where Hussle supposedly told Holder he was getting a reputation of being a “snitch” just before the shooting.
Holder, 32, was indicted in May of 2019. He faces one count each of murder and possession of a firearm by a felon and two counts each of attempted murder and assault with a firearm.
Hussle was 33 when he died and had been signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation record label. He won two Grammys almost a year after his murder.
Memorial Day was surgery day for Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. ESPN reports the Philly big man had surgery on the right thumb and his left index finger. He is projected to be ready for training camp.
The thumb injury was sustained during the Sixers’ first-round matchup against the Toronto Raptors. The facial fracture he received during the close-out victory against the Canada team will not require surgery.
The Embiid-led Sixers fell to the Miami HEAT in six games in the second round of the playoffs. Last week, Embiid was nominated to the All-NBA Second Team.
Drai‘s Beachclub, Nightclub, and Drai’s After Hours celebrated Memorial Day Weekend with five days of nonstop partying from Thursday, May 26 to Monday, May 30. Travis Scott, Chance the Rapper, Miguel, O.T. Genasis, Jarell Jackson, James Harden, Anthony Davis, and Odell Beckham Jr. were among the celebrities who turned up for Meek Mill, Lil Wayne, and Lil Baby’s epic Drai’s LIVE concerts, as well as late-night, partying at Drai’s After Hours.
On Sunday, May 29, Scott, Mill, O.T. Genasis, Beckham, Davis, and Harden attended Grammy-award winner Lil Baby’s gig, where he wowed the crowd with tunes including “Right On” and “In a Minute.” Chance the Rapper and Miguel shared a special VIP table at Drai’s After Hours later Sunday night, or early Monday morning, where they partied all night with friends.
Meek Mill played a full-length show at Drai’s Nightclub on Friday, May 27, followed by a daytime performance at Drai’s Beachclub on Saturday, May 28. Throughout the weekend, Mill went to Drai’s to see more performances.
Lil Wayne performed a full-length concert at Drai’s Nightclub on Saturday, May 28, followed by a daytime performance at Drai’s Beachclub on Sunday, May 29. With classics like “6 Foot 7 Foot” and “Mrs. Officer,” he pumped up the crowd.
VORY‘s new single “Daylight,” featuring YE (previously Kanye West), is now available to stream on all platforms courtesy of Dream Chasers Records/Universal Music Group.
“Daylight” is the second single from VORY’s upcoming album, Lost Souls, which will be released on June 3rd. YE, Ojivolta, 88-Keys, and Evan Mast co-produced the new song, which features VORY and YE serenading listeners and delivering deep poetry over an organ-packed groove. VORY released “Do Not Disturb (feat. Yung Bleu and NAV)” in mid-May before announcing the new collaboration.
Sprite Limelight, a new music program produced in conjunction with an amazing and diverse ensemble of international musical talent, will be hosted by James Blake. Sprite’s new global brand narrative, Heat Happens, portrays the brand as the drink that helps you cool down in the face of everyday heated moments, which is supported by the new music program. Sprite Limelight brings together music fans from many cultures and styles, introducing a new way of creating music that honors each person’s original talent.
The central hook and lyric story will be provided by James Blake and will be based on the Limelight concept of keeping life’s heat at bay. Three unique international artists have used that hook to inspire and construct their own wholly original songs. A single musical starting point is reinterpreted through many artistic and cultural lenses.
“The limelight program is a chance for me to collaborate with artists from around the world in a process that’s new to me, to create a unique song with an empowering message that they can carry through each of their beautiful interpretations. It’s been inspiring to see how each artist took this hook and beat and created something that would never have existed any other way”, says James Blake.
Platinum-selling artist Coi Leray, who has quickly made a name for herself with multiple American Music Awards, BET, and iHeartRadio Music Award nominations ahead of her recently released debut album TRENDSETTER; African singer-songwriter social sensation Omah Lay, whose self-produced track ‘Bad Influence’ garnered viral status; and finally, prolific singer Hua Chen, who has been nominated for multiple American Music Awards, BET, and iHeartRadio Music Award nominations
“As an artist I’m constantly pushing myself to raise the bar when it comes to my creativity. Finding new ways to express myself is so much a part of who I am as an artist, that’s why I’m hyped to be partnering with Sprite on their Limelight program. Helping other dope musicians to not only get through the door, but flourish while shining a light on their individuality through music is something I’m happy to be a part of,” says Coi Leray.
The original content will be available as individual tracks as well as in the form of artistic documentary-style music films on YouTube and Spotify. These immersive “Heat Confessionals,” which will feature artist-tailored playlists for their fans as well as artists’ stories about surviving their own moments of heat through their renowned music, will be created on various music streaming platforms around the world.
“Sprite Limelight provides a unique opportunity for fans to experience new music, through one hook reimagined three different ways. It also offers a window into the way they make music, as well as their own personal experiences – connected to our core brand philosophy – of staying cool in those moments when life’s heat feels intense”, says Shrenik Dasani, Sprite Global Brand Director, The Coca-Cola Company. “In bringing very different artists from around the world together around one musical expression based on a shared life experience, it connects music fans across cultures and borders.”
Sprite Limelight was developed in collaboration with Universal Music Group as the primary content developer and the new OpenX agency partnership with WPP as the amplification partner.
CyHi Tha Prynce is known for being one of the best writers and freestylers in the game, having written for Kanye, had one of the best verses on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and having ghostwritten “Sicko Mode” for Travis Scott and Drake. In a new freestyle for Sway’s Universe, CyHi took shots at Joe Budden.
“Joe Budden, why you got so much hate in your heart / They gon let you f*ck around make hating an art,” CyHi rapped.
The freestyle was later taken down, not because of lyrical content but because of a “technical issue.” Sway even confirmed it on his Twitter.
“Peace. To those asking. I decided to take down the @CyhiOfficial Freestyle down because of tech issues that interferes with his performance. It’s rare when it happens & I continue to learn from it when it does. He’s a DOPE MC! We aim to preserve the integrity @SwaysUniverse,” Sway tweeted.
Peace. To those asking. I decided to take down the @CyhiOfficial Freestyle down because of tech issues that interferes with his performance. It’s rare when it happens & I continue to learn from it when it does. He’s a DOPE MC! We aim to preserve the integrity @SwaysUniverse
CyHi later responded to Budden’s tweet, saying that he’s lucky that they messed up his vocals, before calling out Joe Budden for one day praising someone and turning their back on the the next day.
“You’re lucky they fucked my vocals up lol up but you are a hater!!! Cause One day you champion a nigga then you turn around and say some weird shit. So you use my name for views so I just returned the favor!!” CyHi tweeted.
You’re lucky they fucked my vocals up lol up but you are a hater!!! Cause One day you champion a nigga then you turn around and say some weird shit. So you use my name for views so I just returned the favor!! https://t.co/oeDdMNIq2G
It sounds like there’s some tension, or even jealousy, going on in the A$AP Mob. Fashion designer A$AP Bari, called out A$AP Rocky on Instagram on Monday saying that the artist was “burnt out.”
Bari had commented under one of Rocky’s IG post with several pictures of himself while playing a song from Memphis rapper Kingpin Skinny Pimp. While Rocky’s fans were showing love for the new pics, Bari chose violence, commenting “You burnt out…”
Fans quickly came to Rocky’s defense and dragged Bari for the sexual assault allegations made against him a few years ago. This comes after Bari accused a member of the A$AP Mob of snitching on Rocky which landed him in jail in April, just weeks before his baby with Rihanna was born.
“This rat ass n*gga Told on rocky F*cking rat,” he wrote next on a screenshot of a post from A$AP Relli. “@relli_boss why you went to the police,” he added in another story.
Soulja Boy’s ability to reinvent himself should be a case study in hip hop. The rap star has been going strong for over a decade and has always been able to adapt to the current times and keep himself relevant. You could say that Soulja might have some words of wisdom to give to the younger generation, and that’s something that Soulja wishes OG’s did for the younger generation of rappers.
Soulja took to IG live to air out his grievances about the older generation failing to educate the new generation of rappers who walked in their footsteps. Soulja also said he disapproves of OG’s remarks about the new generation.
“Don’t get it fucked up, you gotta work hard, you know what I’m saying? I feel like in a way, the motherf*cking game failed us because they not kickin’ back enough knowledge to the young n*ggas,” Soulja said.
“They not telling the young niggas how to get no money, y’all not tellin’ the young n*ggas how to go out and run up some bands. That’s why my young n*ggas out here going crazy, airing sh*t out, spinning sh*t. ‘Cause I feel like, they failed us in a way, like, all the OGs, y’all supposed to be kickin’ knowledge. Y’all supposed to be kickin’ game to the young n*ggas, so they really runnin’ up a bankroll,” he added.
“And that’s the problem! I’m trying to tell you, bro, like, n*ggas look back and be like, ‘Where did this n*gga go wrong’ or ‘What happened?’ I’m like, y’all not kicking back no knowledge to the young n*ggas.”
It’s a conversation that’s been going on for years, especially now with what seems to be a rise in rappers going to jail and engaging in violent crime. Do you agree with Soulja?
The 2022 Dreamville Festival, which took place in downtown Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park and was curated by North Carolina-raised hip-hop legend J. Cole and his Dreamville team, drew 80,000 people. According to numbers released today by the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau, this year’s celebrations had a direct economic impact of $6.7 million in Wake County.
Tickets were sold in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 20 nations, for the April 2-3 festival, which drew fans worldwide. On the festival’s Saturday night, occupancy in Wake County reached 92 percent. It’s worth noting that the $6.7 million figure is a conservative estimate that excludes local spending and a multiplier for indirect or induced effects. It simply reflects the economic impact of tourism, which is new money entering the local economy.
“My team and I continue to be awed by the overwhelming support we’ve received since closing out the second Dreamville Festival this April. But to now fully realize the festival’s positive impact on the local economy and tourism, it truly is unbelievable,” said Dreamville Partner and Festival President Adam Roy. “We are grateful for our fans who traveled across the U.S. and internationally to attend the fest, as well as for those from the City of Raleigh and Wake County who helped bring this event together. Our Dreamville team looks forward to furthering its investments in the community for years to come, especially as we plan for the festival’s return in spring 2023.”
The Dreamville Festival was rescheduled for the following years due to the COVID-19 pandemic after an initial sold-out event in 2019. The second annual Dreamville Festival returned with a thoughtfully curated, multi-stage music event from J. Cole, allowing him to give back to the home state that shaped him as an artist with a one-of-a-kind celebration of local culture, food, and
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