Chicago rapper KTS Dre was shot dead in a hail of bullets while exiting from a jail facility. Born Londre Sylvester, the 31-year-old rapper was just released from jail Saturday evening. A 60-year-old woman accompanied Sylvester at the time of exiting the facility. The woman got shot as well as …
Read More »Bow Wow Says Being A Rapper Is Too Stressful For Him
Bow Wow took to Instagram on Tuesday to let the world know that being a rapper is too stressful for him. “I was soooo stressed putting this show together in 4 days for VERZUZ!!” he captioned the post. “What ya’ll don’t know is our hard drive CRASHED 6 mins before we went …
Read More »Lil Jon Will Star In A Home Renovation Show On HGTV
Atlanta Rapper Lil Jon and Anitra Macadon will star in “Lil Jon Wants To Do What?” on HGTV. The show will follow him as he “offers skeptical homeowners startingly unconventional renovation ideas that seem impossible to execute.” “His undaunted team can take Lil Jon’s creative vision – to maximize features …
Read More »Mariah Carey Responds To Up And Coming Rapper Who Sampled ‘Shake It Off’
Mariah Carey threw shade on Twitter Saturday at an up-and-coming rapper who remixed one of her songs by referring him to her attorneys. But, apparently, the singer was really just joking. On Friday, rapper YTK released his song “Let It Off,” which contained an uncleared sample of Carey’s hit “Shake It Off.” A …
Read More »Snoop Dogg Will Host Weedmaps “Even Higher Together” Virtual 4/20 Event
Weedmaps is taking us all higher this year for their second virtual 4/20 event “Even Higher Together.” The event will be hosted by everyone’s favorite smoking buddy, Snoop Dogg. “Weedmaps virtual 4/20 event is going to be phenomenal,” Snoop Dogg. “Anything celebrating cannabis and the culture around it, you know I …
Read More »Nickelodeon Announces New Comedy Series Starring Lay Lay
Alaya High, known as Lay Lay, has a new comedy series coming out on Nickelodeon. “That Girl Lay Lay” will consist of 13 episodes. “We’re so excited to have That Girl Lay Lay star in a series that just as fierce and funny as she is,” Zach Olin, senior vice …
Read More »Ludacris Goes Viral After Video Shows Him Steering Plane
Ludacris got his pilot license, apparently, and the internet is loving it. What’s that? It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Well, it is a plane, and Ludacris is flying it. In a new video posted online, the 43-year-old is seen cruising through the skies steering his private jet. The rapper …
Read More »‘Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)’ Rapper Silento Charged with Murdering His Cousin In ATL
Viral dance craze rapper Silento, whose real name is Richard Hawk, who had the hit single”‘Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” has been arrested and charged for the murder of his cousin. The 23-year-old rapper is charged with killing his cousin, 34-year-old, Frederick Rooks in Atlanta’s suburbs. Rooks was pronounced dead at …
Read More »Rapper “Baby CEO” Protégé of Fredo Santana Dies at 20
Baby CEO, A rapper who first made headlines at the age of 14, is officially dead at 20. Amid social media tributes, no official cause of death has been declared, and his death remains unconfirmed at this time, According to the Sun. News of the young rapper’s presumed death was first …
Read More »Brooklyn Rapper Rowdy Rebel Released From Prison
Rapper Rowdy Rebel, also known as Chad Marshall, was released from prison after spending nearly four years behind bars for weapon charges. In 2014, Marshall was arrested alongside Bobby Smurda and the GS9 crew members on murder, drugs, and weapons charges. According to Complex, Marshall and Bobby Smurda were sentenced to …
Read More »Rapper Lil Uzi Vert Eyeing Retirement After Two More Albums
Twenty-six-year-old rapper Lil Uzi Vert could be hanging up his paper and pen after a few more albums. After releasing the joint project Pluto x Baby Pluto with rapper Future on Friday, Lil Uzi took to Twitter to reveal his plans to stop making music, reports stated. In a now-deleted …
Read More »2 Chainz Speaks On Kanye West And Lil Wayne’s Support For Donald Trump: ‘They’re Not My Partners For Based On Their Political Preference’
Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz opens up about his feelings toward Kanye West and Lil Wayne’s support for Donald Trump. During an appearance with the Breakfast Club, 2 Chainz shared details about his upcoming project So Help Me God, and he also gave his opinion on his two “partners” Yeezy and …
Read More »Rapper and Social Media Influencer Brax Dead at 21
Rising rapper and social media influencer, Braxton Baker, known as Brax, has died at 21. Letricia Loftin Russell, Brax’s mother, shared the news on social media. The cause of death is unknown. “At the time of her ascendance, she laid in sacred form. There were no scratches, there were no …
Read More »Court Documents Reveal Why Rapper Bobby Shmurda Was Denied Early Release From Prison
A month after reports revealed that rapper Bobby Shmurda was denied release during his parole hearing, court documents are now revealing why. In September, TMZ stated that the rapper’s release was denied by board members after mentioning that he’s had “multiple” offenses in jail, including possessing a shank, fighting, and …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion Talks Black Women: Our Rich History, Society’s Dismissal And Our Lack Of Protection
In a New York Times open letter entitled “Megan Thee Stallion: Why I Speak Up for Black. Women,” Megan Thee Stallion shares details about her tragic night with Tory Lanez and how the negative reactions to her shooting perfectly display the long-standing dismissal of Black women’s pain. She raps, she …
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