Making the announcement on Instagram, Tyler Perry kept being interrupted by Madea herself, who made sure to get her two cents in before the camera turned off. “This is Tyler Perry saying– this is Madea speaking and I’m coming back on Netflix,” said the actor.
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According to a press release, the media mogul will release the twelfth installment of the series, A Madea Homecoming, on Netflix in 2022. The film will be shot entirely at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.
The news has been celebrated on social media with fans of the franchise excitedly reacting to Madea’s return. It was believed that the character’s final screen appearance happened in 2019’s A Madea Family Funeral. While Tyler Perry has publicly stated a few times how much he dislikes wearing the Madea wig and portraying her, he noted that the world is in need of some laughter right now. Madea has never failed to make us giggle and her return couldn’t come at a better time.
Are you excited about Madea’s arrival on Netflix in 2022?
Ahead of the release of Slime Language 2, the entire Young Stoner Life crew stopped by for an episode of Million Dollaz Worth of Game, answering questions from Gillie Da Kid and Wallo267. Being the main man behind the label’s success, Young Thug was the loudest voice in the room, speaking candidly during the interview, which came as a surprise to his fans.
“You know how you buy a Jeep and then you start seeing Jeeps? You will never see that car until you buy it?” asked the rapper to set up his story. “It’s like, once I finally heard DMX’s music, I started seeing dogs. It’s like, oh damn, there really is a lot of dogs.”
Right after Thug made the comment, Gillie looked dumbfounded, as though he had no clue how to respond to the story.
DMX’s brand was influenced by dogs, as he explained during his appearance on Drink Champs this year. “A dog doesn’t know how to lie to you,” said the legendary rapper. “A dog doesn’t know how to be fake, it is what it is.”
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While Thug’s comments make sense in context, people have been laughing at the way he told the story. Even his close friend and collaborator Chris Brown shared the clip on his page and joked. “Yeah twin,” he seemingly wrote sarcastically with plenty of laughing emojis.
Check out the video below, as well as the full interview underneath.
A$AP Rocky graces the streets of a re-opened New York while teasing upcoming music in a new advertisement for Klarna. After starting off as an investor in the company, which specializes in financial technology and allows users to make post-purchase payments in online shopping, he took on the role of CEO for a day last week, speaking praises of its commitment to making fashion accessible to everyone. The streetwear icon took to Instagram today to post the ad, which has his AWGE-branded creative fingerprints all over it.
The Harlem rapper is hard at work on his upcoming All Smiles record, and has been tapped to perform in a slew of festival lineups as live performances begin to slowly make a return to the music world. In the brief advertisement, Rocky sneaks in a preview of new music that might appear on the album, to match the tone of the ad’s narrative, which follows a post-lockdown Rocky through the streets of New York in search of a new and fashionable fit. He interacts with citizens who comment on his lackluster lockdown garb, convincing him to get some new attire.
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In the snippet, Rocky raps “Roll my blunt, fill my cup… They don’t know nun’,” all comfortable topics for the Testing rapper. At the end of the ad, UK grime legend Skepta steps into the New York bodega ready to get out of his lockdown robes, a short and sweet cameo for a friend of Rocky and his “Praise The Lord (Da Shine)” collaborator.
During his day-long stint as Klarna’s CEO, the A$AP Mob leader vowed to “renounce (the) global fashion hibernation” that took place in 2020 and sought to push people toward rediscovering “the joy of getting dressed” once again. Rocky is not foreign to the fashion world, making his sense of style a core component of his musical identity and garnering much deserved attention in both high fashion and streetwear realms, merging the two worlds together at many points.
With a recent GQ cover story, an album on the way, festival dates planned and the new ad giving fans a taste of upcominng music, A$AP Rocky is primed for an eventful second half of 2021.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have filed for divorce after six years of marriage, but the two don’t hold any bad blood for one another. As Kanye celebrates his forty-fourth birthday today, for which he officially launched the first item from his YEEZY x GAP collection, his estranged wife has shared a message for his birthday, telling him that she’ll always love him.
Posting photos of her beautiful family, including children North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm, Kim made sure to wish the love of her life a happy birthday. “Happy Birthday Love U for Life!” she wrote as her caption on Instagram.
Kim also posted a childhood photo of Kanye on Twitter, which was seemingly taken in 1987, adding a singular balloon emoji as her caption.
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Her message comes just days after it was reported that she was “doing great” amid her split from Kanye. On a recent episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, the sisters spoke about their divorce. “I just honestly can’t do this anymore,” she said through tears. “Why am I still in this place where I’m stuck for years? He goes and moves to a different state every year. I have to be, like, together so I can raise the kids. I think he deserves someone that can go support his every move and go follow him all over the place and move to Wyoming. I can’t do that. He should have a wife that supports his every move and travels with him and does everything, and I can’t.”
Check out her birthday posts for Kanye below. Happy birthday, Mr. West!
Houston rapper Travis Scott has nothing but love for the almighty G-Unit. The hip-hop star has caught the attention of group member Lloyd Banks after showing his new The Course of the Inevitable album ample attention. Travis Scott Turns Up To Lloyd Banks The Punchline King went to his Instagram page to share a clip […]
Wedding Crashers, starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn and quickly became a cult classic– that is, after it already grossed a mild $300 million internationally when it first hit theatres back in 2005. The film still gets referenced to this day, almost two decades later. A sequel to the iconic film has been rumored for some time now, in fact, we have some reports that go as far back as 2016, and as recently as2020. However, right now it’s the closest it’s ever been to actually become a reality.
Last week Production Weekly (via @Jasonosia) posted a screengrab of a listing that states David Dobkin, the director of the original Wedding Crashers, has been brought on, with a script written by Evan Susser, Van Robichaux, and Rob McKittrick, and that production is projected to start in August, in Puerto Rico. The listing also states the film will be produced for HBO Max.
However, New Line Cinema has not green-lit the project yet, and there reportedly aren’t any actual contracts signed with the actors mentioned above. It is reported that Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are in talks to reprise their roles, however, Rachel McAdams and Isla Fisher likely won’t be locked until both Vaughn and Wilson are a done deal, and that obviously will not be a cheap task. That being said, we’re still excited to hear about the possibility of a sequel happening, and we’ll be curious as to how the story will play out. Stay tuned.
2021 has been the biggest year of Freddie Gibbs’s career so far. Coming off of the success of Alfredo that earned him and The Alchemist a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album, the Gary, IN native has been steadily teasing the release of his forthcoming album,SSS. Though no release date has been set, it appears that he has even bigger plans outside of music this year.
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Gangsta Gibbs revealed that he would be making his acting debut in the upcoming film Down With The King, directed by Diego Ongaro. The rapper takes on the leading role of Money Merc, a rapper seeking to make his departure from the music industry. Merc is sent to the Berkshires to record his next album when he forms a bond with a neighbor who leads him towards farming.
Down With The King will be making its world premiere later at this year’s Cannes Film Festival as part of the ACID (Association For Independent Cinema and its Distribution) section.
“Freddie Gibbs and I worked intimately together to craft Mercury’s character and backstory; some of it pulled from Freddie’s experiences and values, much of it invented,” Ongaro told Complex earlier this year. “It was an absolute thrill working with someone as sharp and multi-talented as Freddie in this collaborative way.”
We’ll keep you posted on more details surrounding Down With The King. Cannes Film Festival takes place from July 6th to 17th.
Television and media personality Kim Kardashian and rapper-mogul Kanye West are in the midst of a dramatic divorce. Regardless, Khloe Kardashian sent her soon-to-be ex-brother-in-law well wishes for his 44th birthday on June 8th. Based on the post, it looks like the divorce has not severed the bond between West and the Kardashian family member, as she refers to him as her “brother for life.”
The Revenge Body star’s post included a throwback picture of herself along, with her older sister Kim, Kanye, and former partner Tristan Thompson, enjoying a day in the ocean. The reality TV star captioned the post: “Happy birthday to my brother for life!!! Have the best birthday Ye! Sending you love and endless blessings!!”
Check out Khloe’s birthday tribute to Ye below. In related news, in tandem with his birthday, the rapper finally unveiled a first peak at his upcoming YEEZY collection with the Gap, check that out here.
An app that aims to bring fans inside the creative process is now available. Blast Radio — or simply Blast — is an audio-based app where artists of all kinds can broadcast whatever they like, whenever they like, for a more intimate fan experience. The goal is to provide an outlet for artists to share the music, sessions — and potentially behind-the-scenes content — that they wouldn’t necessarily record or publish otherwise.
“Over the last 15 years, I noticed that reality has no place on visual social media platforms,” said Yousef Ali, Blast’s Founder and CEO. “People have been reduced to doctored selfies and public displays of perfection. This is especially challenging for musicians where sound is their secret weapon. Blast gives artists an easy way to reach fans with their actual talents and to do so in an environment that’s not meant to be curated and perfect. It’s a space for artists, to be heard, and to highlight their work, not their appearance.”
The element of spontaneity is reinforced by a built-in time limit: Blast broadcasts are only accessible for 24 hours. Recordings are made using a small attachment called a Blast Box that attaches to the artist’s audio equipment through an RCA wire. The Blast Box (which can be pre-ordered now) pairs the artist’s device with their Blast Radio profile through Bluetooth. The artist can then manually press “publish” to upload the broadcast onto the Blast app.
Blast users get notifications when any artists that they follow have new broadcasts. They may then listen in real-time, or check out the broadcast for the next 24 hours, as well as comment, share the broadcasts, and give a “like” (Blast calls them “Vibes.”)
Right now, more than 150 musicians are posting performances, weekly radio programs, album release previews, and live broadcasts from venues on the app. Some of these early adopters include Ghostly International founder Matthew Dear, Grammy-nominated composer and Detroit DJ Carl Craig, artist and owner of Klakson and Dolly imprint Steffi, Brooklyn-based DJ and producer The Juan MacLean, and acclaimed chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound.
“I’m always searching for ways to connect with fans. Whether I’m jamming in the studio or playing a DJ set, I need an effortless way to broadcast my music, instantly. Blast has now made that process extremely simple. I just did my first broadcast from Detroit and listened back to the set afterward. I can’t wait to share more live music soon,” said avant-pop artist Matthew Dear.
Detroit producer Carl Craig added: “Performing live at shows is great, but there’s a ton of music that I love that I can’t play because there’s just too much to share on one tour. On Blast, I can broadcast what I care about right now, and do so in an environment built for high-resolution audio — where it sounds great, isn’t restricted by low-res algorithms, and isn’t competing against a world of curated selfies and cat videos.”
Artists can pre-order a Blast Box here and listeners can download the Blast App in the App Store or the Google Play Store.
Although the pandemic forced the cancelation of numerous concerts, festivals, and tours, as live entertainment returns, fans who missed out on last year’s festivities are getting some consolation. One of the festivals that was canceled, the Dreamville Festival, is sort of coming back in a smaller capacity as Dreamville On The Rocks, a one-day mini-fest featuring nearly the entire roster at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. The label’s social accounts posted a motion flyer providing the details and revealing the lineup and date: October 23, 2021.
Although team captain J. Cole is notably absent — perhaps he’ll be participating in some NBA team’s fall training camp, hoping to continue his professional basketball career — all of the label’s other roster mainstays are accounted for. Ari Lennox, Bas, Cozz, Earthgang, JID, Lute, and Omen are all listed, which could also be a good sign for expected releases from each after a year of relative inactivity (although Earthgang and JID both participated in the Spillage Village album Spilligion in 2020).
Dreamville On The Rocks doesn’t appear to be as big of an event as the original Dreamville Festival was planned to be with no announced guests from outside the label and only one day, but perhaps the crew is using it as a dry-run to shake off the rust before announcing a larger event down the line. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 am. You can find more information at Dreamville.com.
