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Birdman Is Changing His Name In 2023

Birdman Is Changing His Name In 2023

Birdman will be Birdman no more he says in 2023 he is changing his name. “In February 2023, I won’t be Williams no more. I’ll be Bryan Christopher Brooks,” he explained. “He a Patterson, I’m a Williams. 2023 I’m changing my name. “I was born Bryan Brooks. My momma died and my daddy came and got…

Snoop Dogg Talks About When Nipsey Hussle Turned Down The Straight Outta Compton Role

Snoop Dogg Talks About When Nipsey Hussle Turned Down The Straight Outta Compton Role

Straight Outta Compton is one of the greatest music biopics ever made. Much thought was put into the movie’s characters and who played them. The film has appearances of other famous rappers, such as 2Pac and Snoop Dogg, played by Lakeith Stanfield. But before Stanfield was up for the role, producers wanted to cast Nipsey Hussle. Snoop…

Mayweather Gives 5 Kids An Early Christmas Gift Of $1,000 Each

Mayweather Gives 5 Kids An Early Christmas Gift Of $1,000 Each

Mayweather was in the holiday spirit this week, the money man was in Los Angeles at the crypto.com arena center watching the Clippers play the Boston Celtics. While there, he hooked up five kids with an early Christmas gift. Mayweather was talking to five kids who refer to him as “Uncle Floyd.” and Mayweather gives…

Missy Speaks About The Pressure She Felt When Working With Timbaland

Missy Speaks About The Pressure She Felt When Working With Timbaland

Missy reflected on five of her albums from Supa Dupa Fly in 1997 to This Is Not a Test in 2003 on Twitter.  “My 1st album was stress-free because I didn’t have any expectations. My label told me they would give me my own label if I did 1 album so me & @timbaland completed this album in 2 weeks not…

Oakland Legend Too $hort Is Getting A Huge Honor

Oakland Legend Too $hort Is Getting A Huge Honor

Oakland rapper Too $hort is getting a street named after him. Foothill Boulevard between High Street and 47th Avenue will be better known as “Too $Hort Way,” this is all made possible because of a recommendation from Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Councilmember Noel Gallo “There’s an understanding that we should recognize him, based not only on his…

Snoop Dogg Launches Members-Only Death Row Inmate Program.

Snoop Dogg Launches Members-Only Death Row Inmate Program.

 The Death Row rapper is yet again changing up the game. Snoop Dogg just announced a members-only Death Row Inmate Program (D.R.I.P.) exclusively on eBay. D.R.I.P. lets fans pick between three annual membership tiers for exclusive merch and perks: the first tier is only $49 annually and is the base membership level. This includes a black dog tag and chain, access…

Shaquille O’Neal Calls Out Kanye West: ‘Narcissist’

Shaquille O’Neal Calls Out Kanye West: ‘Narcissist’

Kayne West has had something to say about everyone lately, now he’s calling out celebrities for not “canceling” Balenciaga after their most recent advertisements. According to Ye, the culture has double standards because of controversies with Kyrie Irving saying  “All celebrities are controlled,” he stated. Shaq spoke up though he commented on a recent post and called out…

Nas Now Has An Action Figure With Customizable Pieces

Nas Now Has An Action Figure With Customizable Pieces

Celebrating hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, toy designer Steven Cartoccio has collaborated with Mass Appeal and Hip Hop 50 to create the limited edition collectible action figure of NAS.  Included with the collectible will be different removable accessories that pay homage to some of Nas’ iconic album covers, including the orange cap from Stillmatic and the Egyptian pharaoh mask from I Am “Nas. Truly…

Kanye West Announced He’s Running For President In 2024

Kanye West Announced He’s Running For President In 2024

The rapper Kanye West confirmed his presidential bid for 2024.  In a recent run-in with a paparazzi, Ye was asked are you running  “Yes,” Ye answers with a laugh. “It’s simple ’cause ain’t nobody can tell me, you know, ‘You should say this, you shouldn’t say that,’ you know? It’s just we’re moving towards the…

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