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ICYMI: Kanye West Bring Miami to the ‘DONDA 2 Experience’

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Kanye West held his DONDA 2 Experience in Miami on Tuesday night. The superstar and billionaire’s experience featured the likes of The Game, Migos, DaBaby, Future, Pusha T, Baby Keem, Travis Scott, Jack Harlow, Alicia Keys, Fivio Foreign, and more.

The experience was creative directed by Niklas Bildstein Zaar and featured a burning house in the middle of the stadium. The intro to the experience for those watching the live stream was YE’s real-time heartbeat. The stem player, which holds the currently released songs, and those forthcoming, is available online.

Alongside the event, YE released merch, including two looks from the upcoming YZY Gap Balenciaga collection.

The images from the night and the tracklist for DONDA 2 are available below.

DONDA 2 TRACKLIST:
SECURITY
LIFT ME UP (FEAT. VORY) 
GET LOST
PABLO (FEAT. FUTURE & TRAVIS SCOTT)
TRUE LOVE (FEAT. XXXTENTACION)
KEEP IT BURNIN’
BROKEN ROAD (FEAT. DON TOLIVER)
TOO EASY/ I’M FINNA LOVE ME
SCI-FI
WE DID IT KID (FEAT. MIGOS)
FLOWERS
MAINTENANCE 530
MR. MIYAGI (FEAT. FUTURE & PLAYBOI CARTI)
FIRST TIME IN A LONG
TIME (FEAT. SOULJA BOY)
LOUIS BAG (FEAT. JACK HARLOW)

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ICYMI: Da Brat and Her Bae Judy Dupart Wed on 2/22/22

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Da Brat and her fiancee Jessica “Judy” Depart officially tied the knot on 2/22/22. According to PEOPLE, the two chose the special date for their Georgia-based event.

The wedding was held at the Horse Mansion in Fairburn, GA, with 100 guests attending, including Jermaine Dupri, Lisa Ray McCoy, Eva Marcille, Rickey Smiley, and more.

After the ceremony, Da Brat told PEOPLE that she was thrilled to call Dupart her wife while revealing before the wedding the tandem had “so many things going on, and so many decisions to make.”

“Everything about her made me want her to be mine forever,” Da Brat said. “And I felt like I knew it not much longer than from the day we met.”

You can head over to PEOPLE to see the full run of exclusive pictures here.

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DaBrat Pens Heartfelt Message to Lisa Raye At Wedding Celebration

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February 22nd was a magical day, to say the least. Aside from gaining new music from Kanye West, DaBrat and Jessica Dupart have officially tied the knot! The date consisted of all two’s is believed to hold spiritual value and is best to affirm. The couple celebrated their bondage with family and friends surrounding them, including several familiar faces in the industry such as Jermaine Dupri, Eva Marcille, Rickey Smiley, Porsha Williams, and more.

“We’ve been calling each other twin flames for a while. So this date, 2/22/22, is a significant event. We just didn’t want to miss it because it comes once in a lifetime. It’s relevant. It’s just real significant to our relationship. It signifies angel numbers, and it also is reminiscent of twin flames,” Dupart told People.

In a message to Instagram, the founder of Kaleidoscope hair products penned a heartfelt message to her soon-to-be wife at the time. “I’m blessed to be able to marry my best friend today. I’ve never been so cherished and appreciated and look forward to spoiling my bish for the rest of our lives….cus the way she spoils me is indescribable.”

Long time friend of DaBrat, Jermaine Dupri, is said to have been the groomsmen while the sister of DaBrat, Lisa Raye is said to have been the bridesmaid at the wedding. Many have seen DaBrat and Lisa Raye’s relationship blossom over time, so it was great to see DaBrat pen a tearful message to her older sister following the ceremony.

“Its not too many people or occasions that she doesn’t wear white for, but on my special day it was whatever I needed from her,” Da Brat began. “This pic right here doesn’t even need a caption. It says ‘big sis lil sis’ in every way possible. My sister’s keeper. Me and my punk. @therealraye1 I love you Pizzy and I appreciate you being all you are and have been to me my whole life. We have experienced a lifetime of love. From dem Zanzibar offices to Helen’s to you whoppin me for skippin school to us whoopin asses lol. From Chicago to wherever we are in the world, we always got each other no matter what. Its dat unfuckittable love,” she penned before adding the hashtag “so so blessed.”

Congratulations to the Harris-Dupart family! We love to see DaBrat showing her sister love on her special day. Check out photos from the wedding below.

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Jazmine Sullivan Cancels Shows Due To Testing Positive for COVID-19

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If you are a fan of Jazmine Sullivan and had plans to go and see the singer perform live during her upcoming Tour, then you may be sad to hear the news that the Grammy Award-winning artist is canceling certain show dates due to her contracting COVID-19.

“My doctor confirmed today that I’m positive with Covid,” she penned. “I am taking every precaution to isolate myself. I’m truly sad to have to cancel more shows but health and safety come first for myself, my team, and all of you. LA’s show tomorrow will, unfortunately, be cancelled and we are likely cancelling shows for the next week based on my condition and the condition of my crew.”

“We will let you know when the tour will resume once we have made that decision. As soon as we have more information in regards to tickets and rescheduling, ticket holders will be notified via email,” she added.

“Thank you so much for your understanding and support and I’ll be seeing you very soon.”

We wish Jazmine Sullivan a speedy recovery and hope to be well. The Heaux Tales Tour is scheduled from February 14th to March 30th with special guest Tiana Major9.

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Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Deal Will Not Include Dr. Dre Or 2Pac Albums

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After the entire Hip Hop world and beyond were ecstatic for Snoop Dogg’s acquirement of his former label Death Row Records, but now according to a report from Billboard, the Dogg’s deal will bot include the most revered projects to be put out by “the world’s most dangerous label.”

The Billboard report states that Tupac is no langer a Death Row Records signee, which makes All Eyez On Me and The Don Killuminati: 7 Day Theory exempt from the Death Row deal. Dr. Dre’s multi-platinum album The Chronic is not included but will make it to the Death Row catalog next year.

The Death Row catalog remains under MNRK Music and Blackstone’s ownership as the negotiation for the music is still in the air. Snoop’s Bacc On Death Row album was the first to be released post-signing.

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Today in Hip-Hop History: Boogie Down Productions Dropped Their ‘Sex And Violence’ Album 29 Years Ago

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On this date in 1993, KRS-One and the rest of the Boogie Down Productions crew dropped the Sex And Violence album, which was the fifth and last album put out by the pioneering Bronx-based Hip Hop collective.

The album produced less than lackluster sales, partially, according to KRS, because of his incident where he threw PM Dawn rapper Prince B off the stage during one of their performances. Kris also used this album to address his beef with X-Clan because of KRS’ proclamation of humanism rather than embracing X-Clan’s aggressive form of Afrocentricity.

This album touched on many of the social issues of the time, including the rape trial of Mike Tyson on “Say Gal,” “Build And Destroy,” where he addressed his humanist views and “13 And Good,” where Kris talks about the commonality of statutory rape.

Salute to “The Teacher” and the rest of BDP including Prince Paul, Heather B and Kenny Parker for making this album an underground classic!

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Jay-Z Awarded Over $4 Million In Royalties In Perfume Company Lawsuit

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Jay-Z has just closed a six-year-long legal battle with Parlux, the perfume company that claimed he had stepped out on contractual obligations to promote his now-defunct fragrance.

Parlux was seeking nearly $68 million from Jay-Z. In November, a Manhattan jury found that Jay-Z was not liable in the $67.6 million in requested damages, but also found that Parlux did not have to pay Hov the $6 million in requested royalties after Jay-Z countersued. However, the appellate court ruled in favor of Jay, awarding Hov $4.5 million in royalties from past sales which he had requested during the trial last year.

“The record is clear: Parlux sold licensed products after July 31, 2015, but failed to pay royalties on those sales,” Justice John Higgitt wrote.

“Parlux invested $29 million into that venture – it upheld its end of the bargain – the defendants didn’t uphold their end of the bargain,” Parlux attorney Anthony Viola said in his closing arguments. “If the defendants had fulfilled the contract, if they have upheld their end of the bargain, Parlux would have had a runaway success. We would have netter $67.6 million in net profits.”

Alex Spiro, who represented Jay-Z, said that his client never wanted the product to fail, had a year’s time to make up for the appearances, and was never mandated to show up to the product’s launch event.

Parlux first sued Jay-Z in January of 2016. They claimed that Hov breached his contract and cost the company millions by not showing up to promotional events to promote the “Gold Jay-Z” cologne.

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Snoop Dogg Reveals Queen Elizabeth II Kept Him From Being Exiled From The U.K.

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Snoop Dogg might just be the most famous rapper alive. You’ve seen him on TV with Martha Stewart, at the Super Bowl, on beer commercials, and even has ties to the Royal Family. His ties to Buckingham Palace were revealed in an interview with DJ Whoo Kid where snoop revealed that Queen Elizabeth II kept Snoop from being exiled out of the U.K.

“You got to embrace this shit because you used to be a young n*gga,” Snoop Dogg began. “N*ggas didn’t understand us when I was 17. Look at all of the footage of me when I was a young n*gga. They was trying to — they kicked me out the U.K.!”

Snoop was referring to how multiple U.K. tabloids ran stories that pushed for his exile during his first tour in 1994 due to his infamous murder trial that happened the year before where he was acquitted.

“Kick this evil bastard out,” he said, reading the headline from the tabloid. “Look at me, It’s a headline n*gga. That shit is documented. They had a picture of me on the front, I had a handcuff on one of my hands — this a picture I took. I got a handcuff on one of my hands — and the other one was off. I had my hands up like this and they didn’t like it. They was like, ‘Kick this evil bastard out.”

Snoop went on to say how Prince Harry and Prince William had apparently loved his music and convinced their grandmother to let him in the country.

“But guess who came to my defense? The Queen n*gga. The Queen said ‘This man has done nothing in our country he can come.’ The Queen n*gga, bow down. When The Queen speaks bow down.”

“That’s Harry and William’s grandmother you dig. You think you think they weren’t there saying ‘Grandma please let him in grandma he’s OK, we love his music.’ ‘You know Harry, I’ll let him in for you he’s not so bad after all and he’s quite cute.”

Snoop ended the clip by giving a shoutout to the Queen, who recently tested positive for COVID and was subject to rumors being spread about her death.

You can watch the clip below.

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Los Angeles D.A. Says There’s Substantial Evidence to Convict Tory Lanez Of Felony Assault In Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Case

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This week there has been a lot of misinformation spread about the Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion shooting case. DJ Akademiks caught heat earlier this week for sharing a false report that said that none of Tory’s DNA was found on the gun used to shoot Megan. Megan, along with reporters from the New York Post and Rolling Stone, responded to Ak saying that DNA hadn’t even been introduced during the hearing.

To clear things up, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office sent a statement to HipHopDX regarding the case, saying that they believe there is strong evidence that supports the charges against Lanez.

“Although we are legally prohibited from commenting on the evidence and will continue to abide by that obligation, our office is under an ethical duty to only proceed on charges which we believe can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt and which have already been upheld by a judge after presentation of evidence at the preliminary hearing,” the statement read. “We believe the evidence substantially supports the charges and allegations and that evidence will be borne out in court.”

Earlier this week, Megan revealed text messages that Tory Lanez sent her following the shooting, apologizing for what he did. However, Lanez still maintains his innocence and says that he was apologizing for sleeping with Megan’s best friend Kelsey.

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Rae Sremmurd’s Slim Jxmmi Battery Case Dropped

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Slim Jxmmi is clear from battery charges. TMZ reported Wednesday that the “Black Beatles” rapper’s battery case was dropped after his girlfriend, Kiara, recanted her story.

According to police, Kiara walked back on her allegations and would no longer cooperate with authorities. As a result, prosecutors in Florida say they don’t have a good faith basis to file any battery charges against the 30-year-old rapper.

READ MORE: Rae Sremmurd’s Slim Jxmmi announces $50K scholarship.

The news comes after Slim Jxmmi was arrested in Miami back in January after allegedly attacking Kiara who is also the mother of his one-year-old son.

Slim Jxmmi’s team was reached for comment on the new arrest but no word at press time.

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