Vixen Erica Mena doesn’t need social media therapists. The “Love & Hip Hop” star went online to air out those trying to give her relationship advice regarding her current situation with New York rapper and husband Safaree Samuels, who she’s been married to since October 2019. Erica Mena Has Had Enough Online Advice Erica Mena […]
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In just a few days, people will be able to see Pop Smoke in his posthumous acting debut in Boogie, a basketball film directed by Eddie Huang. The movie is a coming-of-age story about a Chinese high school basketball player, portrayed by actor Taylor Takahashi, which finds Pop playing his rival, Alfred “Boogie” Chin. During a recent interview with High Snobiety, Huang spoke about the upcoming film and working with Pop.
“We just became fast friends,” Huang said. “And when it came time for the audition, Pop knew his line, but I could tell he got nervous for one second. It’s the only time I’ve ever seen him nervous, he kept holding his phone real tight. He kept looking down at it and putting it in his pocket and taking it out again. And I said to him ‘Yo, just put it in your pocket, bro. Don’t worry about it. You know these lines.’ And he was like, ‘Are you sure?’ I was like, ‘You know these lines, bro. Just be the character. It’s not about the work. It’s about being the person.’ And he’s like, ‘Oh, I got you.’”
Huang also shared what he believed was Pop’s “special” quality as an actor:
We had a lot of first-time actors, but Pop just had it. And what is special about him that’s different from a lot of actors, is that Pop has no fear. He’s been through a lot in his life. Zero fear. You never get the same take with Pop, but you get something spicier and something different. On days that he was there, I would tell everybody, ‘Just get ready. It’s showtime. Catch this lightning in a bottle. I don’t care if he’s not on his mark. I don’t care if we’ve got to throw three cameras at it. But he’s going to do stuff.
You can revisit the trailer for Boogie here.
Rap icon Sister Souljah has spent much of her recent years out of the booth, but her literary efforts have been worthy of praise. Early on in her music career, Souljah collaborated with Public Enemy before adding her name to their permanent roster of members following Professor Griff’s exit. She only released one album, 360 Degrees of Power, but she’s hailed as a legend who deserves the same respect as any artist with an extensive catalog.
Sister Souljah recently visited The Breakfast Club where she spoke about her long-awaited sequel to Coldest Winter Ever titled Life After Death, and she mentioned her nieces having women in Rap that they can look up to, including artists like Young M.A. Charlamagne Tha God stressed that Souljah needed to tap into the stylings of Rapsody. The Eve artist may have been snubbed by the Grammys for her powerful, women-centered album, but Rapsody’s talents cannot be ignored, even if they are by The Recording Academy.
“I think you would really like Rapsody Sister Souljah,” said Charlamagne, adding that Rapsody has read Sister Souljah’s book. “She’s from North Carolina. I think you would really dig it. She’s a huge fan of the Coldest Winter Ever. True lyricist. I think she’s the best rapper out. Period.” Watch Sister Souljah’s interview with The Breakfast Club below and let us know if you agree with Charlamange’s take on Rapsody’s skills.
Right around the corner from WrestleMania, rappers and pro wrestlers seem to be beefing every day. Add Soulja Boy to the list alongside Bow Wow, Bad Bunny and Cardi B (you can also throw Shaq in there), after some WWE stars unloaded on Big Soulja for calling wrestling “fake.” Soulja Boy’s Twitter Fingers Set It […]
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As one of the most beloved singers in the R&B and Hip Hop scene, SZA, for the most part, remains relatively unproblematic. She’s Top Dawg Entertainment’s “love & light” energy, but on Tuesday (March 2), one of SZA’s fans called her out for allegedly spreading a few untruths. Not only did the fan claim that SZA has regularly fibbed throughout her career, but the fan also created a Twitter thread where they detailed several inconsistencies.
First, the person brought up SZA recently asking the public for television recommendations because she’s never owned one. The fan posted a photo of SZA sitting in front of a TV. Then, there was the fact that SZA allegedly said she’s “not a cake or pie person” but was enjoying a birthday cake, and the person also mentioned that SZA claimed her freckles were natural but the fan alleges they were “fake” and “badly drawn.”
The fan mentioned SZA’s claims that her hair is real before addressing the rumors about Drake. “Rumors came out that Drake messed with Sza when she was minor,” the person wrote. “She had to come out and clear up some things so people wouldn’t think she was a minor but all this did was reveal she’s been lying about her age. She claimed to be born in 1991 but her EP has her birth year [1989].”
There were also some mentions about SZA’s diet, as the singer stated she can’t go vegan because she’s allergic to “most fruits and vegetables.” SZA also faces accusations that she lied about obtaining a degree in marine biology from an Ivy League school, but the fan wrote SZA “went to Delaware State and flunked out [crying face emoji] she didn’t graduate… Whole time… she was just a stripper studying marine biology in school [crying face emoji].” Check it all out below.
Brooklyn singer and poet Yaya Bey first came to our attention with the release of 2020’s The Madison Tapes, an intimate and relatable body of work broken down into a side-a and side-b. It’s been on steady rotation since its release last June but thankfully, we won’t be waiting a full year to receive its follow-up.
Last week, Yaya Bey released her latest song, “fxck it then” which serves as the lead single off of her forthcoming project, The Things I Can’t Take With Me, due out on April 9th. It’s a jazzy effort, largely due to the infectious horns, and will probably fuel plenty of future Instagram captions to read, “Fuck being good, now I’m a bad bitch.”
“I wrote fxck it then in 5 minutes. I was so angry. My heartache had finally gotten to that boiling point where it went from sadness to fuck it then. And that feeling sort of carried me out of the grief into a more empowered place,” she said in a statement to HNHH.
Check her latest single below.
Quotable Lyrics
Nothing you could do to me
That won’t make me rich
I write beautifully
Watch how I flip the script
We’re still waiting for Westside Boogie’s next album, but at least he’s making it as enjoyable as possible. The rapper has spent much of 2021 blessing listeners with great freestyles. On Wednesday, he returned with another. He chose fellow rapper CJ’s viral track “Whoopty” as the foundation, flinging off lines like, “If you ain’t lеt me hit then you really shouldn’t carе If I get at your friend / The more I get curved, the thicker my skin.”
Aight this my last week being a hood rat fr pic.twitter.com/2xuJlvkFI3
— WESTSIDE BOOGIE (@WS_Boogie) March 3, 2021
Westside shared the track on Twitter, hinting that it may be his last for the time being. “Aight this my last week being a hood rat fr,” he wrote in the video’s caption. The latest freestyle is the rapper’s fourth of 2021. He kept things cocky at the start of the year with “Joe Exotic Freestyle,” whose video found him and some friends also adding some more bars to Moneybagg Yo’s track “Said Sum“. He also did one over Tupac Shakur’s “Do For Love.”
Prior to his freestyle run, Westside joined Reason, Joey Badass, Denzel Curry, and Jack Harlow to remix “Extinct” and later connected with Badass again for their collaboration “Outside.”
CJ is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
A little walk down Memory Lane for her autobiography has caused Mariah Carey to face legal issues. In 2020, Carey released her The Meaning of Mariah Carey bestseller, and prior to it hitting bookshelves, the singer made the press rounds where she spoke extensively about her childhood. Carey spoke about being biracial and how her home environment shaped her identity, and she also dropped a few unbelievable stories regarding her alleged experiences with her estranged siblings.
On Wednesday (March 3), TMZ reported that Mariah is facing a new lawsuit set by her estranged brother, Morgan Carey, over a passage about him in her book that details an alleged violent encounter between Morgan and their parents. “It took twelve cops to pull my brother and father apart,” the singer wrote in The Meaning of Mariah Carey.
“The big bodies of men, all entangled like a swirling hurricane, crashed loudly into the living room,” she added. “I was a little girl with very few memories of a big brother who protected me. More often, I felt I had to protect myself from him, and sometimes I would find myself protecting my mother from him too.” Another passage reads, “Suddenly there was a loud, sharp noise, like an actual gunshot. My brother had pushed my mother with such force that her body slammed into the wall, making a loud cracking sound.”
Morgan reportedly claims that her depiction of him as a violent person has smeared his name. He stated any fights that he may have had with their father didn’t occur when the singer was a child and Morgan refutes her claim that twelve officers responded to a domestic violence call. He further states that Mariah also mentioned in her book that their mother said, “Morgan is the only one I love,” and added that there are plenty of witnesses who can attest to the “deep affection” that he and his mother have for each other.
It’s unclear how much he seeking in damages, but he’s filed a lawsuit for “defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.” Mariah’s estranged sister Alison Carey is also suing the singer for $1.5 million over the autobiography, as well, after the singer stated that Alison attempted to sell her to a pimp when she was a child.
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It’s been an eventful few days for Soulja Boy. No one really expected that the rapper would be engulfed in some sort of feud with the WWE but still, he found himself at the receiving end of a scathing diss from Randy Orton and others. Soulja Boy insists that he can defeat all of them in the ring and we’re all waiting to see that happen.
Thankfully, the latest in Soulja Boy’s internet antics actually arrived with some new music. The rapper uploaded a brand new banger to Soundcloud called, “Whip It.” It treads familiar ground for any Soulja Boy track, discussing money, drug trafficking, and of course, Dracos. It’s a short record running for 1:40 minutes. Check it out below and off in the comments with your thoughts.
Quotable Lyrics
Bitch, I’m ready to kick down your door
Boom, boom, n***a, get on the floor
Get the Pontiac lit, n***a I gotta go
Air that bitch out if a n***a want smoke
The ladies that have emerged from the South in the past few years have had a strong grip on the rap game. City Girls and Megan Thee Stallion are running things but Renni Rucci is ready to be the next-up. The South Carolina rapper’s been climbing up the ranks with projects like QuickTape and 2019’s Big Renni.
It seems like a follow-up could be arriving in the months ahead now that she’s blessed us with her first official offering of 2021, “Can’t Be.” Breezy guitar loops and bouncy 808s bring out a laidback, auto-tuned hook out of Renni who reps for the independent ladies out there.
Check out the latest single from Renni Rucci below. How are you feeling about her new single, “Can’t Be?” Sound off in the comments.
Quotable Lyrics
You be really trying to wife a b*tch
I be trying to slide down the pipin’ it
Independent, I don’t need no partnership
