Nicki Minaj recently sat down with Joe Budden for an exclusive interview where she talked about her career, the status of female rap, and the industry in general. She also revealed that Future once told her that he’s a lightweight with drugs, despite much of his lyrical content being focused around them.
Nicki revealed what Future told her during her discussion with Joe Budden about the role that rappers and entertainers play in the lives of the youth.
“I remember I had a conversation with Future in the studio one time and he said something I’ll never forget, and he laughed while he said it,” Nicki said. “He was like, ‘Yeah, you know, people be thinking I’m really doing a lot of drugs because I rap about it all the time but they don’t even be knowing I’m a lightweight.’ I said, ‘Errr?’ in my head because there are a lot of people that are huge Future fans, for instance. And that’s how they’re going to feel closer to him because they’re doing what they’re hearing him rap about not knowing that he’s not like that.”
You can watch the clip below.
Future don’t even be doing drugs like that he just rap about it according to Nicki Minaj pic.twitter.com/CfHRU7cDlO
OneOf, the Green Web3 company built for music, sports and lifestyle, is honored to commemorate iconic rapper Biggie Smalls’ legendary hip hop career with exclusive NFTs. As we embark on the auspicious 25th Anniversary of the death of The Notorious B.I.G. and the release of his iconic album Life After Death, OneOf celebrates his life in partnership with The Christopher Wallace Estate, and will be minting the first-ever official The Notorious B.I.G. NFT collection.
A portion of the proceeds of the NFTs will go to The Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation, Inc. Additional details on the NFT collection will be announced in the coming weeks. Go to https://OneOf.com/Biggie for more information.
“We are excited about our partnership with OneOf and their expertise to memorialize my son Christopher with this first official NFT drop to give his fans an opportunity to participate in and honor their love of him and his music,” said The Notorious B.I.G.’sMother Voletta Wallace.
“We’re honored to work with The Christopher Wallace Estate to celebrate the incredible legacy of Biggie Smalls,” said Josh James, COO & Co-Founder of OneOf. “Using NFT technology, Biggie’s legacy and his outsized impact on music and culture will be forever cemented on blockchain, to be honored and shared with fans around the world and for generations to come.”
The Notorious B.I.G. NFT collection will be minted by OneOf on the environmentally responsible proof-of-stake blockchain Tezos, preferred by music artists for using up to 2 million times less energy than proof-of-work networks.
The unique concept of the NFT was created by Elliot Osagie of Willingie, Inc and Wayne Barrow, Manager of Voletta Wallace. The Christopher Wallace Estate is represented by Phil Sandhaus of WME Legends.
OneOf, the preferred NFT platform of the music industry backed by Quincy Jones, has recently announced major partnerships with The Recording Academy to celebrate the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards, Warner Music Group, and the top-rated syndicated morning radio show “The Breakfast Club.” OneOf’s recent Whitney Houston Collection made headlines when a never-before-heard Whitney Houston song made when she was 17 was sold at auction on OneOf for $1 million. OneOf recently expanded into sports and lifestyle with Sports Illustrated legendary athletes series including Muhammad Ali, Shaquille O’Neal, Jerry Rice and more, and iconic teams including Duke Basketball.
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Back in January, Chris Brown was being sued for $20 million by a woman who stated he raped her on a yacht that was posted at the home of Diddy. According to TMZ, the boat was docked at the Bad Boy mogul’s Star Island home. In a recent update to Radar Online, Miami police have received text messages between Brown and the woman who accused him, showing the unidentified woman flirting with Brown, wanting to engage with the singer again, and sharing naked selfies following the sexual encounter.
In the screenshots of the messages, Brown did not answer two messages, leading to a new phone number by the accuser, in which she sent a new message. In a thread of the following messages, the accuser agrees to connect again and ask for “E,” which is presumed to be ecstasy. Other messages show the woman asking for clarity in her and Brown’s relationship and a stream of additional messages with attempts to hook up that Brown never answered.
In this past January, over a year after the incident, the woman filed her suit. Chris Brown is currently cooperating with Miami PD and will pursue legal action against the woman for her claims. Representatives for the unidentified woman have not responded to requests for comments.
Popular Australian Youtuber Lil Bo Weep has unfortunately passed away. The news of the 22-year old’s passing was confirmed by her father, Matthew Schofield, just two days ago. Schofield shared that Lil Bo Weep, whose real name was Winona Brooks, had a battle with depression.
“This weekend we lost the fight for my daughter’s life against depression, trauma, PTSD and drug addiction that we have been fighting since we got her back from America through emergency repatriation DFAT but broken,” Schofield wrote.
“She fought hard against her demons as we all did side by side next to her and picking up the broken pieces over and over again but she could not fight any more and we lost her. As her dad I am proud of her beyond words as she is my hero, my daughter, and my best friend that I love so so much. She is no longer hurting now with the universe wanting their angel back,” he continued.
“A big part of me is lost at the moment but I ask respectfully that my close friends try not to ring me until I get someway through this,” he concluded.
Brooks has a massive following on most social platforms. She began her journey with music in 2015 on Soundcloud. Brooks was an inspiration to many of her fans. Some of Brooks’ most notable singles are I wrote this song for you, Sorry, and Cannot fight away my Hell.” Our hearts and prayers go out to the family of Lil Bo Weep at this challenging time.
Chief Keef will perform his debut album “Finally Rich” at the Smokers Club Fest. On Saturday, April 30, 2022, the Smoker’s Club Fest will take over Glen Helen Amphitheater.
The festival features Kid Cudi, A$AP Rocky, Playboi Carti, Schoolboy Q, Wiz Khalifa, A&AP Ferg, 2 Chainz, Dom Kennedy, Lupe Fiasco, Joey Bada$$, Flatbush Zombies, Yung Lean, Wale, Curren$y, Danny Brown, Rico Nasty, Earl Sweatshirt, Sofaygo, Pierre Bourne, Sahbabii, and more. The festival celebrates cannabis culture becoming mainstream. You can see the full lineup below and cop tickets here.
Music icon Morris Day is currently in a legal and social media standoff with Comerica Bank, the Personal Representatives of The Prince Estate. Morris Day and Prince met in their early teens, leading to their careers in a band called Grand Central. Prince’s longtime friend and collaborator are presently seeking the ability to continue using the name “the Time” in future career efforts without payment for the name created and legally trademarked by Prince.
According to Yahoo! News, Morris Day’s use of “the Time” is currently restricted as an attorney representing Comerica Bank claims ownership of the rights to the name, noting a 1982 contract between Day and the late singer. D y, however, stated by a representative that Prince never provided hurdles to his use of the name called out the estate, while a representative shared a letter from the attorney asking for Day to pay a fee.
“I’ve given 40 years of my life building up a name and legacy that Prince and I came up with. A name that while he was alive, he had no problem with me using,” Day wrote on Instagram. ” literally put my blood, sweat, and tears into bringing value to that name. In fact, he booked me on several tours, and many jam packed nights at Paisley Park, under the name Morris Day & The Time. N t once ever saying to me that I couldn’t use that name configuration.”
“However, now that Prince is no longer with us – suddenly, the people who control his multi million dollar estate, want to rewrite history by taking my name away from me, this impacting how i feed my family.”
Prince’s estate is moving from Comerica Bank to three of Prince’s six heirs and other Interested Parties including L. Londell McMillan (owner of The Source), Charles Spicer, and Primary Wave, which acquired the interest of most of the other three heirs not represented by McMillan. Currently aware of the name issue, McMillan and Primary Wave has indicated that they will support the continued use of “the Time” by Morris Day when the opportunity arises.
On Day’s Instagram post calling out the actions of Comerica, McMillian openly supported Morris Day. “Comerica and their advisors currently run the Prince estate,” he wrote. ” think this is horrible. I support Morris Day 100%. W cannot wait to take over the estate from those in charge. Hopefully soon…. #LetMorrisDayUseName.”
Speaking with Variety, McMillan said, “In terms of the license, I wish to communicate directly with Morris (we are not strangers) and we will determine what is best for the use of the Time’s name together. W are not solely looking to charge him for the name. W need to all collaboratively discuss how to do what is best, period. W love Morris and we love Prince whom we have a duty to his legacy.”
Current representation for the Comerica Bank has not provided details or a statement on the matter. However, if the rights of “the Time” were awarded to Morris Day, other properties and naming rights of acts Prince founded, such as Sheila E. and The Revolution, would similarly demand and have a case for receiving naming rights owned by Prince.
McMillan has had his disputes and legal issues with Comerica Bank despite having initially served as the expert entertainment advisor to the Prince Estate and serving as Prince’s attorney and manager for over a decade in the late 1990s and early 2000s. All the heirs, along with McMillan, Spicer, and Primary Wave, seek to have the Prince Estate transitioned to them as soon as possible to make the business and legacy decisions in the future. U til such Time, this is the “sign of the times” with the Prince Estate, and the transition will result in a new form of emancipation.
Since his NFL catastrophe, Super Bowl receiver Antonio Brown has found a new passion in music. He signed a $5 million deal to face the new TuneCore-backed streaming service Fwaygo Music. He’s been seen in the studio with Kanye West, and now he’s shooting a music video with Young Thug.
The two was spotted in the studio earlier this week, and fan can now expect a video from the Super Bowl champ and AB.
Besides being seen with Kanye and making a track with Young Thug, AB has been in the company of numerous artists. Brown has been in public with Moneybagg Yo, The Game, and more. Kanye has also made Antonio Brown the president of Donda Sports.
Brown is serious about his music career. Last month the superstar receiver dropped a new single, “Pit Not The Palace.” Get ready for his new joint with Thugger Thugger.
This isn’t AB’s first stint at music, either. In 2020 Brown dropped an album Himmothy. The 16 track album lead single “Whole Lotta Money” featured Miami native Rick Ross.
Also, Brown will be performing at the Miami Rolling Loud festival.
Photographer Al Pereira isn’t getting any sympathy from Snoop Dogg. The photographer recently filed a lawsuit against Nas after the Illmatic artist posted a picture that Pereira took of him and the late 2Pac on his Instagram.
On Tuesday, March 8, Snoop came shared his thoughts on the situation on Instagram and slammed Pereira for suing Nas over the picture. “How is a muthafucka suing Nas for a picture he in?” Snoop asks. “You fuckin’ photographers done lost y’all rabbit ass minds muthafucka. When you take a picture of a n*gga, that picture ain’t yours. That’s some near likeness situation. You’re borrowing my likeness.”
Snoop continued, saying that laws need to be put in place to protect artists because there are a lot of photographers selling pictures of him and he’s not able to profit off of it. “How you gonna sue Nas for a picture that he in? We need some new laws to help us as artists, man, because there’s a bunch of muthafuckas selling pictures with my face on it and I don’t get shit ’cause they took the picture.”
He ends the clip, asking “Can anybody help me with that? Just a basic question.”
Snoop dogg speak on the Photographer that’s suing Nas for posting the picture of him & 2pac.. pic.twitter.com/UTJG4QNJqS
According to Radar, Pereira filed a lawsuit against Nas in February Court documents state that Pereira registered a copyright for the picture in 2017, and in 2020 Nas shared the picture of himself, Redman, and 2Pac on his Instagram without permission or licensing the picture. Pereira claims that the worth of the photo diminished after Nas shared it, and is suing Nas for damages plus an injunction against the hip hop artist for using his work.
50 Cent has been known as of late for giving out of work actors jobs. Most notably he found Geoffery Owens a role in Power Book II: Ghost after pictures surfaced of the former Cosby Show actor working at Trader Joe’s. Now, Fif is calling for the Black film community to start casting Mo’Nique again after she was blackballed following her Academy Award-winning performance in Precious.
Fif took to Instagram to call for Mo’Nique’s “uncancellation” in the industry. “I went to see @therealmoworldwide stand-up show [during] Super Bowl weekend. Oh shit! Was so good, she had my ass in a trance,” he told his followers over the weekend. “You gotta go check her out the shit was [fire].”
Okay now!! It looks like 50 Cent is putting it out there that he’s trying to work with Mo’Nique next!! Roommates, would y’all be here for it? pic.twitter.com/VxOHRAnPgr
Fif shared in another post that he has to get Mo’Nique back acting again, maybe in one of his shows. “I gotta get @therealmoworldwide back in pocket,” he said. “We only [supposed] to cancel shit that ain’t good for the culture. We need you to WIN again now MO’NIQUE.”
In his last post, 50 wrote “All in favour of @therealmoworldwide being back on top, say make it happen 50! STOP F*CKING AROUND.”
For those that don’t know, Mo’Nique was blackballed from the film industry following her Best Supporting Actress win at the Academy Awards for Precious. In a recent interview, Mo’Nique explained that Lee Daniels, Tyler Perry, and Oprah blackballed her and labeled her “difficult to work with” after she refused to do press for Precious without being compensated for it. She even told a story of how Tyler Perry and Oprah called her early one morning and told her to pack her bags and do press for the film without any prior notice.
Maybe we’ll see Mo’Nique hit the small screen soon in the Power universe.
When it was announced that Antonio Brown would be the head of Donda Sports, many were unsure about what would come of a partnership between Ye and the former Buccaneers wide receiver. Now it looks like the two have their eyes set on being owners of the Denver Broncos, and Brown wants people to know that they are extremely serious about doing such.
TMZ caught up with Brown who doubled down on he and Ye’s wish to buy the Broncos. Brown had tweeted about it last month.
“Tell Roger [Goodell] call me, we working on it,” he said. The interviewer then asked if he and Ye were serious about buying the team. “We are extremely serious about it. We working towards it to get it done,” Brown replied.
If the two were to buy the team, they would need to put down $4 billion and would be the first Black people to own an NFL team.
Last month, after being appointed a position at Donda Sports, Brown and Ye began discussing the possibility of buying the Denver Broncos. Brown even tweeted “Donda Sports want to buy @Broncos who with me!”
Donda Sports want to buy the @Broncos who with me !
News of this comes after the Broncos and Seahawks finalized a deal to trade veteran QB, Russell Wilson, to the mile-high city. Wilson even asked throughout the 2020 and 2021 seasons for the Seahawks to sign AB to the team. After his dramatic exit from the Buccaneers, AB is now a free agent, but seems to be focusing on other things.
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