Apr 29

Tekashi 6ix9ine Cut From $5M Headphones Deal Over Shooting

Tekashi 6ix9ine likely won’t be bragging about this on social media. On Saturday (April 28), TMZ reported the polarizing rainbow-haired rapper has been dropped from his $4.9 million deal with TUNES Audio.

According to a TUNES Audio rep, 6ix9ine’s close affiliation to a recent shooting cost him the contract.

“At this time it is in the best interest of our company to move on,” the rep said. “We wish him well, he’s a great artist.”

Earlier this month, the DAY69 rapper and his crew were allegedly involved in a shooting at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center during the Adrian Broner vs. Jessie Vargas fight. 6ix9ine’s manager Tr3yway is now a person of interest and police are currently investigating the alleged incident.

Broner and 6ix9ine traded verbal blows on Instagram following the event.

As a result, the 21-year-old sensation has also been cut from the Soulfrito Fest 2018 at the Barclays Center where he was scheduled to perform on June 8.

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A post shared by Adrien AB Broner (@adrienbroner) on Apr 16, 2018 at 12:16pm PDT

Tr3yway was present for 6ix9ine’s infamous Breakfast Club interview where he defended 6ix9ine’s online behavior and championed his client’s seemingly violent persona, imploring his haters to “understand him.”

Revisit the clip below.

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Apr 29

Cardi B Surprises Fans With Cameo Performance At Drai’s Vegas

Las Vegas, NV – Last night (April 27), mom-to-be Cardi B joined fiancé Offset — and the Migos — for an impromptu performance at Las Vegas hot spot Drai’s Nightclub, much to the surprise of the sold-out crowd.

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Also joined on stage by Denver Broncos defensive end Von Miller and Sacramento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein, Cardi took the audience by complete surprise, grabbing a mic and erupting on stage to perform her verse for “MotorSport.” Afterward, she and the Migos partied the night away in stageside VIP.

?Last night was movie at Drai’s Nightclub with resident artists @Migos taking the stage, and a SPECIAL performance from the one and only @IamCardiB! • #Vegas #DraisNightclub #CardiB #Migos

A post shared by Drai’s Beachclub • Nightclub (@draislv) on Apr 28, 2018 at 1:33pm PDT

Next stop for Cardi and Migos is DC, where they — along with Miguel — are headlining the 2018 Broccoli City Festival. The show, taking place today, will be Cardi’s final performance until September, when she joins Bruno Mars for his 24K Tour.

Cardi may have announced that she would be canceling all her summer dates, but she was quick to reassure fans that she’s still be putting in work.

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Apr 28

XXXTENTACION Announces New Album "Skins" Coming Soon

Miami, FL – XXXTENTACION abandoned the idea of “retiring” long ago and is back with another album announcement.

On Saturday (April 28), the Broward County native hit his Instagram page with a photo of yellow construction tape. The caption read, “skins ‘the album’ coming soon. But in true X fashion, he’s already deleted the post after over 560,000 people “liked” it.

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The project serves as the follow-up to his sophomore album, ?, which was released a mere four weeks ago. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of over 131,000 total album equivalent units. It also marked the 18-year-old’s first chart-topping album.

X’s rise to notoriety has been shrouded in controversy. He’s currently fighting a 2016 domestic abuse case and was on house arrest for three months before a judge took him off in March to promote ?. 

As part of his release conditions, the “Look At Me!” artist must submit to monthly drug tests and check in when traveling.

X faces charges of aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment and witness-tampering.

Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46649/title.xxxtentacion-announces-new-album-skins-coming-soon

Apr 28

Kanye West Floats Idea Of Using Jan Adams’ Photo For Album Cover

Kanye West hasn’t back down from his Twitter rampage. After dropping two new singles —  the troll-fastic “Lift Yourself” and “Ye Vs. The People” with T.I. — Kanye has returned with ideas for his solo album’s cover art.

On Saturday (April 28), Ye shared a text exchange with someone named Wes — presumed to be artist and longtime collaborator Wes Lang — that included a photo of plastic surgeon Jan Adams. Adams performed an elective cosmetic surgery on Ye’s mother Donda West that led to her 2007 death.

“This is my album cover,” he wrote. “This is plastic surgeon Jan Adams. The person who performed my moms final surgery. Do you have any title ideas? I want to forgive and stop hating.”

The conversation led to a revelation about love and forgiveness.

“I think it’s exactly what you should use,” Wes continued. “Love love love love. I’m so tired of saying and thinking the word hate. It’s wild man. After the night I came by your house and talked I’ve been forgetting and forgiving and only thinking about loving people. That was an important talk for me.”

Kanye replied, “I love you bro. I love Gabe … I love the world. I’m gonna cross out my Fuck The World tattoo and put Love The World.” In fact, a few hours later, he did.

Whether Yeezy is serious about using Adams’ photo for the cover art remains to be seen but the follow-up to 2016’s The Life Of Pablo is expected to arrive on June 1.

Ye’s return to Twitter hasn’t been all weird, esoteric and pro-Trump tweets. Ye also announced several impending release dates for upcoming projects, including Pusha T’s King Pusha on May 25, Ye’s collaborative project with Kid Cudi, Kids See Ghost, on June 8 and Nas’ album on June 15.

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Apr 28

Hip Hop Loves Kanye West’s "Scoopity Poop" Bars

The Hip Hop community uttered a collective “WTF” when Kanye West delivered “Lift Yourself” on Friday night (April 27).

As the track begins, it sounds like it’s about to be another straightforward Yeezy production but when he starts to speak, things (unsurprisingly) get wonky.

Although Ye initially promises the next verse is going to be explosive, instead we get the Chi-Town native rapping, “Poopy-di scoop/Scoop-diddy-whoop/Whoop-di-scoop-di-poop/Poop-di-scoopty.”

Naturally, the internet was set ablaze with reactions to Kanye’s bizarre “song” and people were quick to chime in with their colorful opinions.

T-Pain tweeted, “When ye said ‘Scoopdity poop’ I felt that,’” while Your Old Droog joked that “Scoopity poop” would be better than “your next album.”

Ye followed up with “Ye Vs. The People” featuring T.I. on Saturday morning (April 28), which found the two Hip Hop vets debating Donald Trump, their political stances and how Ye’s actions can have profound consequences on his career.

Meanwhile, Kanye is preparing to release his next solo album on June 1 and currently toying with the idea of using the face of Jan Adams — his late mother’s plastic surgeon — as the cover art.

Check out more reactions to “Scoopity Poop”  — or whoops — “Lift Yourself” below and check out the song here. 

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