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Lil Durk Cancels Upcoming Tour Dates Due To Health Concerns

Lil Durk Tour Dates Cancelled Due To Health Concerns
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Lil Durk has canceled a few of his upcoming tour dates for his Sorry For Draught Tour. The rapper also backed out of his Rolling Loud Miami performance that was set for this Friday, Jul. 21. As of today (Jul. 18), 24 dates had been marked as canceled, with five shows remaining unaffected. Two of the shows will take place in his hometown Chicago’s United Center.

DJ Akademiks Issues Statement

DJ Akademiks took to Instagram to say that he got a statement from Durk about the cancellations. “Since I’m still awaiting to get full clearance from my doctors to travel and perform again, I have no other choice but to cancel my headlining Rolling Loud performance. While I’m home resting, I am looking forward to my two homecoming shows on the 11th & 12th in Chicago. For the rest of the country, I’ll be announcing new dates soon. #StillHealing”

 

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The Aug. 11 show is part of the headlining tour, while the Aug. 12 show is 107.5 WGCI’s Summer Jam, where Durk is still scheduled to perform alongside Kodak Black, NLE Choppa, and DD Osama. The non-canceled shows include Jul. 28 in Tampa, Florida, Aug. 13 in Indiana, and Aug. 21 in Houston, TX.

Kodak Black, NLE Choppa, and DD Osama were set to join Durk on the tour, but there is no word on if they will still play the scheduled shows.

Lil Durk’s Health Scare

Durk was hospitalized last week after suffering severe dehydration and exhaustion. He made a statement to TMZ, saying, “My fans mean everything to me; you’re the reason why I do this.” Lil Durk continues, “I was looking forward to touching all of my European fans, performing this week(end), attending the ESPYs, and more but after performing and traveling daily, I’ve become severely dehydrated and advised by my doctors not to travel due to exhaustion. Once I get my full energy back, it’s back to business which I’m looking forward to. #StillHealing”

Aside from tours, Lil Durk also released his eighth studio album, “Almost Healed,” on May 26. The 21-track LP debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop album chart. It includes the hit single “All My Life” featuring J.Cole, which reached the number two spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

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More Details Emerge From Nashville School Shooting

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Children from the Covenant School in Nashville hold hands as they’re taken to a church to reunite with their parents.(Jonathan Mattise / Associated Press)

After the horrific shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, that occurred on Monday at the Covenant School, a private elementary school on the grounds of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood. More details on the shooting have since been revealed.

Body Footage Is Released From Shooting

The shooter has been identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who was a former student of the school. Hale legally bought seven firearms from different stores, three of which she then used in the attack. Hale entered the school by shooting a glass door and crawling through it. The police received a call at 10:13 am local time, reporting an active shooter was at the school.

Body camera footage was released Tuesday from Officer Rex Engelbert, who was first seen grabbing a weapon from his vehicle. He then approached a woman in the building who seemed to be a staff member. She tells him that most of the kids were safe, but two of them were nowhere to be found. After Englebert and the other officers check the first two floors of the school, they encounter the shooter standing near a window. Engelbert fires four times, and the shooter falls to the ground.

Additional body footage from Officer Michael Collazo was also revealed. Collazo is also seen on the first floor with the other officers. Once they reached the atrium, Collazo was behind Englebert and proceeded to shoot Hale four times. Hale was killed at 10:27 am local time, 14 minutes after the initial call to the police.

The Victims

Three adults and three children were killed during the shooting. The children were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, who were all nine years old. The school’s janitor Mike Hill (61), substitute teacher Cynthia Peak (61), and Katherine Koonce, the head of the school, were the victims of the shooting. Koonce was 60 years old.

To date, there have been 130 mass school shootings in the US this year alone.

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Lil Uzi Vert Says Being Sober Helped His Creative Process

Sobriety Helped Lil Uzi Vert's Creative Process
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With his much anticipated new album “The Pink Tape” releasing soon, Lil Uzi Vert is opening up about the creative process of the LP. The rapper said that sobriety this time helped Lil Uzi think clearer when working on the album.

Sober Uzi Vert Vs. Not Sober Uzi Vert

The reporter asked the rapper what it was like making the new album sober compared to not being sober. “It was challenging at first, but after a month, I got used to it,” he says. Uzi continued, “I thought that my creative process wasn’t the same because I wasn’t on drugs no more, but it was even better.”

When asked why it was better, Lil Uzi Vert explained that sobriety helped him think more clearly and “instead of my words slurring, everything made sense.” The artist also noted that he had recorded over 680 songs.

The release date for “The Pink Tape” is to reveal later.

The New Track

The “Money Longer” singer recently performed at the Rolling Loud Festival in Los Angeles. During the set, Uzi previewed a new song that will also be on the upcoming album.

The song’s lyric, “I make a City Girl believe in Satan,” caused significant backlash from musicians and fans. Summer Walker spoke about the verse on her Instagram story, saying she was “genuinely curious” about the lyric. Summer also later added that is “really nothing funny or cute about” it.

Uzi then responded to the backlash by telling everyone to “just chill a little bit.” The lyric is a metaphor for Satan, which Uzi explained in an interview. “Not actually Satan, but basically, I make a girl do what I say so,” he said to TMZ.

Uzi then faced questions about JT of City Girls’ thoughts on the song. He says she was with them when making the song. She “didn’t really think too much of it” because she “knows what I really mean.”

Uzi is set to play at The Roots Picnic Festival in June alongside Ms. Lauryn Hill, Busta Rhymes, GloRilla, Eve, and many more. Passes are on sale now.

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Drake Regrets Name Dropping Ex-Girlfriends In Music

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After speaking about the L’s and W’s Drake has taken in love, the rapper is now getting candid about talking about it in his music. He recently sat down with Lil Yachty in an interview, he expresses that the power of his lyrics could affect their lives. “I think that and sometimes when I’ve said girls’ names in songs, maybe those are the two things that I look back on and I’m like, ‘Maybe I coulda done without, like, s***ting on people for age or disrupting somebody’s life.’ The lyrics are never with ill intent, but I had somebody tell me one time, ‘You know, it’s not necessarily what you’re saying about me, it’s the fact that you said it.’”

Drake Reflects On His Lyrics

He continued to elaborate that a particular ex-girlfriend of his had a conversation with him about his lyrics. “Just in the sense like, ‘You don’t know what it does to me. You don’t know who my boyfriend is at the time or you don’t know what my family knows or doesn’t know. And if you express any form of discontent for me and call me by name in a song, then all of a sudden I’m left to pick up the pieces of my own life that I’ve tried to build up for myself.’ So I’ve tried my best to stop doing that. But I like to be honest in music too, so that one’s a push and pull.”

In the same interview, Drake hinted at a “graceful exit” from music but that may not be the case. Yachty referenced Drizzy’s song “Western Road Flows” where he says that he plans to retire at 35. “I hate hearing that s**t,” he said. At the time of writing the song, he was 26 and believed 35 years old was old enough to retire.

Last August, Drake was a guest on Nicki Minaj’s Queen Radio where he further addressed his retirement.“I’m not at that point where I even consider that being an option.”

In February, Drake won his first Grammy in over four years for his collaboration with Future and Tems for their song “Wait For U.”

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Drake Wins First Grammy In Four Years

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Despite having a longstanding beef with The Grammys, Drake won a Grammy this year.  The rapper won for Best Melodic Rap Performance category with his feature on Future‘s “Wait For U,” alongside Tems. Kendrick Lamar’s “Die Hard,” DJ Khaled’s “Beautiful,” Jack Harlow’s “First Class” and Latto’s “Big Energy (Live) were among the nominees in the same category. This was one out of three nominations of the night.

Drake’s Other Grammy Nominations

Along with “Wait For U,” Drizzy was nominated for his feature in Jack Harlow’s “Churchill Downs” for Best Rap Song. Kendrick Lamar’s “The Heart Part 5” took home the trophy. He was also listed as a co-writer for Beyonce’s song “Heated” from Renaissance. It went on to win the award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording.

Drake last won a Grammy in 2019 for Best Rap Song for his song “God’s Plan” He now has a total of five grammy wins. Take Care won Best Rap Album in 2013 and “Hotline Bling” won both Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Performance in 2017. Shortly after this win, he spoke with DJ Semetex on OVO Sound Radio, saying he felt “weird” after winning. “Even though ‘Hotline Bling’ is not a rap song…the only category they can manage to fit me in is a rap category,” he said. He added, “Maybe because I’ve rapped in the past or because I’m black, I can’t figure out why.”

Drake’s Beef With The Recording Academy

In 2021, Drake and former labelmate The Weeknd decided to no longer submit their music to the organization for consideration. The Weeknd was heavily snubbed after he received no nominations for his critically and commercially successful album After Hours. Last year, he pulled his music from consideration after receiving nominations for Certified Lover Boy and “Way 2 Sexy.” The Weeknd did not submit to any categories for his 2022 album Dawn FM.

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SZA Ties Whitney Houston’s Record With SOS Album

SZA has taken 2023 by storm with her commercially and critically successful album SOS. The album has topped the Billboard 200 chart for seven weeks, which makes it the first  R&B album to spend its first seven weeks at No. 1 since Whitney Houston’s Whitney in 1987. The album earned 111,000 album-equivalent units this past week.

SZA Continues To Break Records

Since SOS’ release in December, the album has generated 1.4 billion streams and an equivalent of 1.1 million sales. It is the first album to stay seven weeks on top of the Billboard 200 since Taylor Swifts Folklore in 2020, which has a total of eight non-consecutive weeks. The album is also the first to have its first seven weeks at the top of the chart following Adele’s 25 in 2016. On the album’s release date, it sold a total of 308,000 units. In its first week, the album garnered 404.58 million on-demand official streams, breaking the record for the biggest streaming week ever for an R&B album and becoming the second biggest streaming week for an album by a female artist. Metacritic named it the fifth-best album of 2022. “SZA is still herself, but with a twist… SZA 2.0, who amplifies her sexuality and inner gangster,” FMHipHop writes.

SOS contains 23, pen-game strong songs with features from Don Toliver, Pheobe Bridgers, Travis Scott and an Ol’ Dirty Bastard sample. It follows the singer’s incomparable 2016 album CTRL

“I think this album was partially inspired by love lost, but mostly inspired by my departure from attempting to be a nice girl,” she said in a Rolling Stone interview. “I’ve tried to be a nice girl for so long and it’s just not who I am, inherently.”

SZA will be kicking off the sold-out SOS tour on February 21 in Columbus, OH with stops in Chicago, Washington D.C., two nights at the Madison Square Garden and Seattle. The Grammy-nominated Omar Apollo will be joining SZA as the opener for the duration of the tour.

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T.I. And DaBaby Set To Release New Song “Fear”

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T.I. has teased fans that a new song featuring DaBaby is releasing soon. TMZ Hip Hop confirms that the track will be named “Fear,” the same title as the upcoming film that T.I. stars. Both T.I. and DaBaby were at an event in Los Angeles to support the film. T.I. introduced DaBaby at the event, where he then performed “Suge.”

Along with T.I. and DaBaby, the soundtrack has some great features. Sean Garrett is set to executive produce the album, with E-40 and Freddie Gibbs featured on some songs. The soundtrack for will be released on January 27 alongside the film. Fear stars Joseph Sikora, Annie Ilonzeh, Terrence J, King Bach. With T.I. back in the studio, he is also set to be releasing a joint album with Boosie Badazz.

T.I. and Boosie Badazz Joint Album

In an appearance at B High TV radio last year, Boosie confirmed the news about the album.  Me and T.I. got an album on the way,” the rapper said. He then added “We sendin’ ’em back and forth, and we gonna get it in for the last rodeo and knock out our last five.” The release date for the project is still unknown. 

DaBaby released his last song last year called “Boogeyman.” In the song, he reveals he had an intimate relationship with the Gammy-Award-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion.  “You play with me that sh!t was childish… The day before she said that Tory Lanez shot her, I was fu*kin on Megan Thee Stallion!,” he raps.

She responded to the claims at a concert she did shortly after the song was released . “So, look. I don’t know about y’all,” Megan began, “but I love my body. I do what I want to with my body, when I want to with my body, with who I want to with my body.”

“Cause’ it’s who?” she asked the crowd before answering, “My body…oh okay. If you love your body, let me hear you make some noise.”

The two have a song together called “Cry Baby” that if featured on Megan Thee Stallion’s debut album Good News

 

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Cardi B Gets Second Chance At Completing Community Service

Cardi B Community Service Still To Complete
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Cardi B now has a second chance to complete her community service. According to TMZ, the judge gave Cardi until Mar 1 to complete her sentence, which includes 15 days of community service.

A District Attorney also told the news outlet that the female rapper was to have her community service hours done by Jan 17 but has yet to complete any of them.

The Plea Deal

Cardi B’s community service is part of a plea deal. The “Shake It” artist pleaded guilty to a 3rd-degree assault charge with reckless endangerment. She allegedly got her posse together to attack two strip club bartenders, Jade and Baddie Gi, in 2018. Both bartenders got severe injuries, with chairs and bottles thrown at them. This led them both to file a formal investigation. Jade later claimed that Cardi’s been threatening her for months. Jade was allegedly sleeping with Cardi’s husband, Offset. With the incident happening over five years ago, Cardi and Offset have continued showing their love.

Cardi B And Offset Stronger Than Ever

Cardi recently sat down with Jason Lee on his podcast show, where she opened up about her and Offset’s love. After initially filing for divorce in 2020, the Grammy winner spoke about Offset’s full-scale change. “The main thing that I wanted him to stop and everything, he stopped, and he changed, and it showed me that he wanted to change for me.” 

In the same interview, Cardi also speaks about how she and Offset discovered the tragic news of Takeoff’s death. She notes that Offset received numerous phone calls and was screaming, shouting, and throwing things. “I smacked him, and I said, ‘Don’t say that. Like, don’t say that!’ And then he [was] just screaming and just throwing things, throwing up, running all over, and I was so scared,” she said. “I was just crying so much. It was terrible.”

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Fred White Of Earth, Wind And Fire Passes Away At 67

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Fred White of the legendary band Earth, Wind and Fire tragically passed away on Sunday. The drummer’s brother Verdine White confirmed the news on Instagram.”Our family is saddened today with the loss of an amazing and talented family member, our beloved brother Frederick Eugene ‘Freddie’ White,” he wrote.”But more than that,” Verdine White continued, “at home and beyond he was the wonderful bro that was always entertaining and delightfully mischievous!” Freddie was 67. The cause of his death is still unknown.

Earth, Wind And Fire Release Statment

In honor of White, Earth, Wind and Fire also took to Instagram to post a memorial tribute to White, sharing a clip of a drum solo during the band’s tour at Rockpalast in Essen, Germany in 1979. “In memoriam: Fred White, 1955-2022
Seen here soloing during our performance of Runnin’, during our Tour of the World in 1979, at Rockpalast in Essen, Germany. Rest in love ❤️,” the band captioned the heartfelt post.


The group’s lead singer Phillip Bailey also posted a picture on Instagram of the band. “Ralph Johnson and I, with Fred White in the middle… doing what we love. The best of times. We will miss you, Freddie,” Bailey wrote.

Shortly before joining the band, White played the drums on Donny Hathaway’s Live album at 16 years old.  He then joined the band in 1974, shortly after the band’s fifth album Open In Our Eyes was released. Since joining, the band has won six Grammy Awards. They were also inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. White has worked with many musicians, including Diana Ross, Jennifer Holiday, The Emotions and Deniece Williams to name a few.

In his 2016 memoir, White’s half-brother Maurice spoke about him. “Fred was the brick wall,” Maurice wrote. “He provided a rock-solid tempo and a rock-solid feel, priceless qualities in a drummer. He was one of the best things going for us.”

White’s legacy will continue to live on as one of the best-selling groups of all time.

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Megan Thee Stallion’s Bodyguard Is Not Officially Missing

Megan Thee Stallion Bodyguard Officially Not Gone
Megan Thee Stallion and her bodyguard Justin Edison. Image source: Instagram.

Megan Thee Stallion’s bodyguard has technically not gone missing. The LAPD spoke with TMZ to report that there is no open case set for the rapper’s bodyguard. His real name is Justin Edison, and his alleged disappearance has yet to get to the point where the police would classify Edison as missing.

Her attorney Alex Spiro tweeted earlier that Edison had disappeared right before he was to head into court to testify. “We recently learned that Justin Edison went missing right before he was scheduled to appear in court,” Spiro tweeted. “The LAPD is currently looking into his disappearance and welcomes any information about his whereabouts.”

There are also reports that Edison’s attorney has yet to hear from Megan Thee Stallion’s bodyguard since the incident, as he potentially has valuable information.

Justin Edison Might Have Valuable Information

According to The Shade Room, Megan’s former best friend Kelsey Harris texted Edison “Help” shortly after the incident. According to testimony, Harris also let Edison know that Tory “shot” Megan. The report also claims that Edison allegedly admitted that Tory apologized to him for shooting Megan. Edison has not been active on social media since his disappearance.

Megan’s Bestie, Kelsey Harris, Speaks Out

Megan Thee Stallion’s now former best friend Kelsey Harris testified last Thursday and backtracked her initial story from her a few months ago. In an interview in September, Harris stated that Tory Lanez did shoot her that night. Months later, Harris testified that “her team told me she stepped on glass.” 

Harris has denied all claims that Lanez had paid her before her appearance. The reports claim Lanez had offered Harris a million dollars to not tell authorities he had shot her.

The trial on the July 2020 incident began on December 12. Tory Lanez, real name Daystar Peterson, is currently on trial for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot after an argument broke between the two.

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