Latto

Retired Musician Teyana Taylor Revealed As Latto’s Creative Director

by

Latto and Teyana

Rapper Latto has hired Teyana Taylor as her creative director. Taylor, known for her work as a dancer, singer, and actress, has also been behind the vision of Latto’s recent performances, including her set at Coachella 2023. After facing criticism about alleged photoshopping at Coachella 2023, rapper Latto is back in the news for hiring […]

The post Retired Musician Teyana Taylor Revealed As Latto’s Creative Director appeared first on SOHH.com.

Why Hasn’t Nicki Minaj Received A Grammy? 

by

Nicki Minaj is known as the queen of rap. The superstar has sold millions of records and was even recently the first female rapper since Lauryn Hill to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. In addition, Nicki Minaj has inspired a generation of artists of all genders. Despite her success and invaluable influence, she has never won music’s highest honor, a Grammy.

Minaj has released countless songs that should have won her a Grammy award. She arguably has some of the best bars of all time, making her a superior lyricist. Nicki not winning a Grammy has caused many fans to lose trust in the award ceremony. Unfortunately, there is one big reason from music history that most believe is why she has never, and maybe will never, win. In fact, Nicki’s beef with the Grammys continues as the rapper called them out just last year for the category she was to be considered for.

The strife between Nicki Minaj and the Grammys is legendary. She has spoken openly about being blackballed from the ceremony, and The Recording Academy has not refuted her claims. Nicki is super talented and influential, but there is one main reason she has never won a Grammy.

That Infamous 2012 Performance

Of course, there’s no real way to be sure it’s why Nicki Minaj has never won a Grammy. However, most who were around for the fallout of her 2012 Grammy performance would say it’s the cause. The prolific rapper took the stage at the 54th annual ceremony and performed her song “Roman Holiday.” Though a fan favorite, the display ruffled feathers as it depicted an exorcism. For context, this was just days after the late great Whitney Houston passed away.

Nicki said Grammy producers wanted her to cancel the performance. They wanted this partly due to Whitney’s untimely passing and the controversy it would cause. In particular, it was Ken Erhlich who wanted her to cancel. As history shows, the performance did bring a great deal of controversy. The Catholic League issued a statement, the show drew disgruntled comments from some viewers, and the Washington Post questioned if Nicki had ruined her career. In discussing Minaj’s performance, Grammy producers used the word “disappointment” to describe it.

Nicki Minaj Has Publicly Addressed The Backlash

Nicki Minaj stayed quiet about the situation with the Grammys for quite a while. However, she decided years later that it was time to shed light on the issue. This came after labelmate Ariana Grande experienced issues with the same Grammy producer and decided to call him out.

First, Nicki responded to a fan on Twitter who wondered why she had never won a Grammy. Then, the multi-talented rapper addressed it on an episode of Queen Radio. Nicki went on to say that she was bullied by the Grammys and by Ken in particular. She also explained why she didn’t want to call off the Grammy performance. Minaj reportedly stated she worked so hard for that moment, and her fans were excited. Nicki didn’t want to disappoint her fans by canceling the performance last minute.

Recent Grammy Drama

Nicki Minaj has been nominated for several trophies despite never winning a Grammy. Unfortunately, her beef with the award ceremony was reignited in 2022 over the category her song was submitted for. Nicki released “Super Freaky Girl” in the summer of 2022, and it quickly shot to No. 1 on the Billboard charts. However, when it was revealed that the song would compete in the pop category and not rap, Nicki once again called out the organization. She also cited Latto’s song “Big Energy” being considered for rap categories as proof they were rigged.

Nicki mentioning Latto caused drama with the up-and-coming rapper. Latto said she couldn’t enjoy her success because of the drama. In the end, despite being No. 1 for multiple weeks, “Super Freaky Girl” received no Grammy nominations for the 2023 ceremony. However, Latto received nods for Best New Artist and Best Melodic Rap Performance for “Big Energy.”

There is hope that Nicki will one day take home music’s highest honor. However, she has accomplished a great deal, so winning a Grammy may not be the most important thing for her anymore. Still, it would be sad if such an important figure in music didn’t get a single Grammy before it’s all said and done. Fans should know that Ken Ehrlich is no longer associated with the Grammys.

[Via]

Latto’s Coachella Set Was Directed By Teyana Taylor, Who Is Now The Rapper’s New Creative Director

by
latto coachella
Getty Image

Latto “brought all the energy” for her first-weekend Coachella set at the Sahara tent, as observed by Uproxx, bringing out Lola Brooke and Saweetie. She didn’t disappoint for Weekend 2, either — squashing beef (or just a misunderstanding?) with Coi Leray while performing her new single, “Put It On Da Floor.”

“More special guests, choreo, stamina, ass & abs today at Coachella on the Sahara Stage at 5:05pm,” Latto tweeted on Sunday, April 23.

Yung Miami wasn’t able to join as planned due to traffic:

But Latto still had a special guest behind the scenes. Teyana Taylor and her The Aunties Productions handled the creative direction of Latto’s set.

“The Aunties are not just regular creative directors, we’re cool creative directors @theauntiesinc,” Taylor captioned an Instagram compilation video of how Latto’s Coachella set came together, beginning the morning of April 16.

“I am truly a proud AUNTEYYYYYYYYYYYYY @latto777 you did ya big one both weekends,” Taylor continued. “I’m so proud of your growth, willingness to be a student to better your craft and your dedication! I’m so excited for the journey ahead with you as your CD. 4 shows down together and a lot more to goooooooo! Let’s goooooo!”

Latto posted from the Special 2our, kicking off on Friday, April 21 — Lizzo’s second North American leg of her 2022 Special Tour, which Latto has opened for in its entirety. The second photo in the Instagram carousel is of Latto backstage with Taylor.

Latto and Taylor have been developing their creative rapport for a while, as Vibe pointed out in June 2021 that Taylor served as the creative director for Latto’s debut PrettyLittleThing campaign.

Lizzo is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group

Latto Shouted Out Coi Leray During Her Final Coachella Set, Ending Their ‘Beef’ For Good

by
latto
Getty Image

Anyone who wanted to see what a rap beef between Latto and Coi Leray would look like will be disappointed after this weekend. During her final Coachella set, Latto gave an appreciative shout-out to the other rapper, finally clearing the air after Coi’s reaction to her new song “Put It On Da Floor.”

“Aye, Coi,” Latto said on stage, knowing that even if the New Jersey rapper wasn’t watching, she’d get the news. “By the way, I love your body, baby.” Coi herself acknowledged the moment, retweeting a clip from a fan account and writing, “It was the diss record with my name on it that confused me. Much love to Latto! Appreciate the compliment.”

The diss record in question is “Put It On Da Floor,” which Latto released on Friday after teasing it during her week one Coachella performance. The song has been interpreted by some fans as a diss directed toward Nicki Minaj, with whom Latto has had some friction recently, but it does make mention of Coi, who took issue with her name coming up in the song.

The line that caused all the drama goes: “Smokin’ on that gas, blunt big as Coi Leray.” On Twitter, Coi went off, writing, “Latto bye . 😴 here you go taking about my body. Please do not come on here and talk about nobody BODY.” However, after fans pointed out the figurative nature of the line, Coi reconsidered, reeling in her annoyance with an admission that:

“Maybe I over reacted idk. End of the day. Don’t say my name for clicks and likes. Specially if we don’t speak or communicate. I’m not a big blunt small blunt. Don’t compare me to nada. Mention bitches you actually beef with. Put it on the floor but leave me out of the bs.”

So, Coi and Latto are officially cool now, but we’ve yet to hear back from Nicki Minaj, the alleged target of the diss. She’s been known to keep her feuds simmering for years at a time, so we’ll probably hear from her soon enough.

Latto Addresses Rumored Coi Leray Beef At Coachella

by

Latto killed any speculations about her rumored feud with Coi Leray during Coachella. After releasing “Put It On Da Floor” on Friday, the Queen Of The Souf rapper delivered her first performance of the record during Coachella weekend 2. Delivering her opening bars a capella, she clarified her reference to Coi Leray before jumping into the song. “Aye, Coi, by the way, I love yo body, baby,” she said. It didn’t take long for the clip to return to the Trendsetter artist who simply quoted the video on Twitter with a “100” emoji.

Ultimately, it all boiled down to a simple misunderstanding between the two artists, which Coi admitted afterward. “It was the diss record with my name on it that confused me. Much love to Latto! Appreciate the compliment,” she wrote on Twitter. She previously expressed a similar statement a day prior when she acknowledged that she may have overreacted. “Maybe I overreacted idk,” she wrote. “I’m not a big blunt small blunt. Don’t compare me to nada.”

Latto & Coi Leray Make Up

The line in question lands on the second verse of Latto’s “Put It On Da Floor,” which led to the internet debating whether or not it was shade. “Smokin’ on that gas, blunt big as Coi Leray/ B*tches like to run to mouths but I’m the type to run the fade,” she raps. Immediately afterward, Coi went off on Twitter, claiming that Latto simply wanted to engage in some sort of rap beef with her. Afterward, she suggested that there were tensions behind closed doors between the two. Some felt like it may have surrounded the leak of Latto’s reference track for “Blick Blick.”

Unfortunately, in Coi Leray’s attempt to deflect the beef, she got caught up in her own fib. At one point, she suggested that she “don’t know none of you bitches in real life.” As expected, fans thought that was a dig toward Latto, though it didn’t take long for receipts to surface. Coi Leray, in fact, appeared in Latto’s 2020 music video for “On God” as an extra. Regardless, Coi Leray and Latto have put their feud behind them, Perhaps, we can expect a collaboration in the near future. 

Coi’s Response

Latto Reacts To Troll Criticizing Her “Implants”: “Just A BBL Mid-Clap”

by

No matter how hard haters try to stop Latto’s shine with their nasty commentary and shady subtweets, she simply won’t let them. The 24-year-old has been near-constantly slammed by critics in recent months, whether they called her out for refusing to work with them despite being a self-proclaimed “girl’s girl,” or simply slammed her for wearing the same underwear in thirst traps taken months apart from each other. Most recently, the “Wheelie” hitmaker has internet trolls throwing shade at her body – particularly her behind, which she previously had cosmetically enhanced.

In response to a photo dump posted on Twitter by Latto on Saturday (April 22), one person commented specifically on an image that finds her bodacious booty in the middle of a twerking session. “First pic 🤣🤣🤣,” they wrote. “The implants are so visible.” Despite what the critic had to say, the Atlanta-based artist made it abundantly clear that she paid for a different procedure to give her the figure of her dreams. “Just a BBL mid-clap,” she responded last night, earning nearly 4K likes from followers.

Twitter Trolls Come for Latto

Of course, the distasteful comments about her body didn’t stop there. “Then why it still lumpy when you standing sis? Is that mid-clap too or?” one person asked while providing a photo of Latto on stage in assless pants, her famous bottom fully on display. Others questioned why the reality starlet even gives attention to those bringing negativity into her life. “No, but sis he got five likes on that, and no one know him,” someone pointed out. “Why are you paying ANY MIND to him? 😭✋🏽.”

Aside from clapping back at those haters yesterday, the 777 starlet also found herself in hot water with another rap diva this weekend. After sharing her “Put It On Da Floor” single on Friday (April 21), Coi Leray called Latto out for seemingly body-shaming her, though she’s since admitted to potentially overreacting about the situation. Read more about the two lyricist’s recent internet spat here, and check back later for more hip-hop news updates from all your favourite artists..

777 Starlet Hits Back

[Via]

Coi Leray’s Claim She’s Never Met Latto Debunked

by

The beef between Coi Leray and Latto is hot right now. It all started when Leray objected to being disrespectfully name-dropped in Latto’s “Blick Blick”. While Leray has since walked back some of her vitriol about being body-shamed, fans are trying to keep the beef alive. This is all in spite of Latto not actually having responded to Leray’s call out.

Regardless, the good old Internet sleuths have honed in one on a particular comment from Leray. On April 21, Leray tweeted “If you don’t like me , support me or fwm don’t mention my name. Period. Shit don’t make sense. I don’t know none of you bitches in real life. Stay in y’all lane and leave me outta the bullshit. I be minding my business and showing real love offline.” This tweet has since sent fans into a wild rabbit hole.

Coi Leray Literally Appeared In A Latto Video

It was Leray’s “I don’t know none of you bitches in real life,” comment that had the detectives digging. While unclear if it was directed at Latto or internet spectators, fans took it as the former. Thus, it was interpreted as a claim that Coi Leray had never met Latto. That paints the beef as Latto taking shots at Leray, a well-known industry figure, for no other reason than she can. But the other question is, why not? Why is Leray starting beef over a nearly 3-year-old song?

However, as one Twitter user pointed out, Leray literally appears in the video for Latto’s 2020 single On God. That would mean that Leray had absolutely met Latto previously. What’s more, the revelation adds a whole new layer to the beef. Leray definitely phrased her objections like she was catching strays from a random rapper she had never interacted with before. However, if they had appeared in a video together, then that completely changes the situation. Is there a deeper layer to this beef that we don’t know about? This leads to additional questions about the history between Latto and Leray. Did something happen between the two of them? And will this bombshell finally prompt Latto to speak out about the incident?

[via]