New Hip Hop News

For some of us, it feels as if we just finished celebrating New Year’s Eve. It’s unbelievable that it’s already June 1, and with the turn of a new month, the United States officially begins celebrating Pride Month. June is packed with events from coast to coast as people attend shows, festivals, marches, and the like, and we’re already seeing LGBTQIA+ Hip Hop artists and allies displaying their support.

Many people are using Pride Month as an opportunity to officially “come out,” including DreamDoll who shared her sexuality with the public.

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“Happy Pride Month,” the rapper wrote alongside rainbow emojis. “I’m proud to announce that im Bisexual [double heart emoji].” DreamDoll received a swarm of support in her comments, including a playful jab from Dreezy. “Sis we knew,” Dreezy said with a crying laughing emoji.

Back in 2018, DreamDoll sat down for an interview with DJ Smallz where she spoke about being heterosexual…sort of. “I love bad b*tches and beautiful women and big butts and beautiful faces, but for the most part, I can only see myself dating a guy,” she said at the time. “No, I’m not bisexual, but I like beautiful women, like, you know.”

Check out DreamDoll’s post and her previous interview with DJ Smallz below.

In a way to interact with fans, celebrities are often advised to pose random questions that engage their social media followers. They’re usually about pop culture or relationships as the public never ceases on sharing opinions about either topic, but Damson Idris found himself on the receiving end of troll behavior when he recently delivered a tweet.

The Snowfall star wrote, “Question. Ladies if a guy keeps texting you to meet up but you know you will NEVER want to why don’t you just tell him?”

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It was innocent enough, but soon, Damson’s timeline was flooded with people teasing him because they assumed he was speaking about a personal experience. However, the actor returned to clarify. “Chill I don’t get curved lol,” the actor stated in a follow-up tweet. ‘I just ask the questions men want to hear. Why be on twitter if we can’t have stimulating conversations. But more importantly, if I’m ever ‘corny’ to you then your not my type anyway.”

Damnson’s fans applauded him for his response to the negativity, but he eventually took a short break and deactivated his Twitter account. The actor returned shortly after, only to post a GIF of Donald Glover on Community. Check it out below.

A ruthless Sicilian Mafia crime boss who has been to several gruesome murders, including the killing of a famous anti-Mafia prosecutor, has been released from prison after serving 25 years, CBS reports.

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Brusca is being released after serving a 25-year sentence after becoming an informant for officials to help take down other members of the mob. On Monday, he was released from Rebibbia prison in Rome and is set to serve four years on probation. 

Giovanni Brusca, known to many as the “People Slayer,” played a pivotal role in the Cosa Nostra, serving under Salvatore “Toto” Riina.” Brusca reportedly admitted to hundreds of murders including the bomb that killed prosecutor Giovanni Falcone in 1992. The infamous murder took place after Falcone’s efforts to take down the mob. Along with Falcone, his wife and three bodyguards also died in the explosion.

News of Brusca’s release has been met with pushback. The wife of one of the bodyguards described Brusca’s release as a slap in the face. “The state is against us – after 29 years we still don’t know the truth about the massacre and Giovanni Brusca, the man who destroyed my family, is free,” Tina Montinaro,” told Republica.

Brusca is also notoriously known for the murder of the 12-year-old son of Giuseppe Di Matteo, a mafia member who cooperated with authorities. Brusca reportedly strangled the child and threw him into acid — an act that authorities called “one of the most heinous crimes in the history of the Cosa Nostra.”

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J. Cole began the rollout of his highly-anticipated sixth studio album The Off-Season way back in July of 2020 with its lead single “The Climb Back.” He followed up with “Interlude” this month a week before debuting the project. Proving to be another instant success for Cole, the project became his sixth consecutive number-one album in the country.

Additionally, he earned the largest streaming week of 2021, accumulating over 325.5 million streams while selling 282,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. With such a colossal opening week, it’s no surprise the North Carolina native earned nearly $2 million from song revenue after just one week. 

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According to newly published chart revenue via Hip Hop Numbers, Cole collectively earned $1,727,000 from all of the song’s on The Off-Season in its first week. “My Life,” “Amari,” “Pride is the Devil” and “95 South” lead the pack with revenues of $214k, $193k, $185k, and $180k respectively. 

“Applying Pressure,” “100 Mil’,” “Interlude,” “Let Go My Hand,” “Punchin’ the Clock,” and “The Climb Back” each earned the Grammy winner over $100k each, while “Hunger on Hillside” and “Close” each raked in over $90k for Cole. 

While these figures are nearly unheard of with most new musical releases, the chart success of each song on the album paints a clear image of how he was able to accomplish it. While four songs from the album debuted in the top ten region of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, each song on the album charted within the top forty. 

To put it simply, J. Cole is unstoppable.