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The Notorious B.I.G NFT Collection To Drop This Summer

Notorious B.I.G NFT
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The Notorious B.I.G NFT Collection is on the mouth of many hip-hop lovers. Christopher George Latore Wallace, often known as Biggie Smalls or Notorious B.I.G., had a profound influence on the hip-hop community. His bars and fluid rapping comprise the anthems of many hip-hop heads. Unfortunately though, he died of gunshot wounds in 1997 at age 24 from a drive by shooting in Los Angeles, causing a premature end to his life and career. His legacy remains as undoubtedly one of the top 5 hip-hop legends.

Biggie’s hometown of New York City turned out full force in May to celebrate his 50th birthday. His official page on Twitter announced the birthday with a tweet that reads, “Happy 50th Birthday B.I.G.!!” It further reveals a forthcoming launch of “The Biggie Avatar,” available on a Hyperrealistic Metaverse experience called “The Brook,” which promises a “REAL” user experience. This means fans can now own a unique part of the rapper’s career using the cryptocurrency platform OneOf, a new Green NFT platform built specifically for the music.

The Notorious B.I.G. Collection

Skies the Limit: The Notorious B.I.G. NFT Collection is the first generative NFT collection to feature the legendary rapper. The collection, comprising unique 3-D artwork influenced by Biggie’s life and music. This will be available starting July 2 on OneOf’s website.

A special bonus awaits anyone who purchases the NFT. Buyers of the NFT will also receive an audio license for Biggie’s previously unreleased Fulton Street Freestyle, which the rapper performed at age 17 on a Bed-Stuy Street Corner. Complex reports that a percentage of the money raised will be donated to the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation.

In an Instagram post from June 22, OneOf gave followers a sneak peek at the collection and urged them to sign up to reserve their spot in line and receive a free King of New York token.

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Lil Wayne Denied Entry Into The U.K. to Perform at Strawberries & Creem Festival

Lil Wayne Denied Entry Into The U.K. to Perform at Strawberries & Creem Festival
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The festival season will end with fans of Lil Wayne not getting to see him rock the stage in the U.K. after waiting fourteen years to see this happen. The Strawberries & Creem festival had the Young Money Rapper as their headliner this Saturday. But things didn’t work out eventually. The United Kingdom’s Home Office, according to Hotnewhiphop, denied Lil Wayne entry into Britain in a last-minute decision. 

According to a statement provided to Rolling Stone, Home Office travel policy requires them to refuse the visa application of any individual with a custodial sentence of 12 months or more. 

Strawberries & Creem Response

Strawberries & Creem also expressed disappointment in the sudden development and adverse ruling. Their statement reads,

“We have received very minimal notice, and the timing of the decision is, of course, upsetting for all involved—including Lil Wayne’s fans, as well as the festival team. Across the weekend, we still have an incredible array of artists joining us.”

Lil Wayne Denied Entry, Not The First Time

Lil Wayne seems to be experiencing travel issues recently. Sadly, this is the second festival couldn’t attend. Scheduled to hit the stage at the Governor’s Ball in New York City last weekend, the festival later announced his nonappearance because of a flight disruption. And A$AP Ferg, who was already replacing the Migos who dropped out, had to take his spot. Wayne has had no problems with the law this year. But the problem may be due to his felony gun charges from an incident in December 2020.  

Also, the five-time Grammy Award winner had pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon resulting from weapons charges in 2007. He was facing a potentially heavy jail time of up to 10 years. But former President Trump had extended a presidential pardon to the rapper on his last full day in office in January 2021.

 

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Beyoncé Announces her new Album ‘Renaissance’ in Grand Style

Beyoncé Returns In Grand Style after Announcing her new Album 'Renaissance'
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It’s been a while since Beyoncé’s last album, “The Lion King: The Gift,” dropped. And since 2019, her fans seem to be craving more releases from her. Her fans discovered on Thursday that she had deleted her profile photo from all her social media platforms, leaving an empty avatar. The stunt created a panic for the BeyHives. Since then, fans have been baffled as to what was going on. Following her profile picture removal, she began to trend on Twitter with over 140k tweets in the first 3 hours.

What’s In With The Chaos

With all of the chaos, BeyHive had no idea that Queen B had a plan to invade their playlist with her new album. First, TIDAL gave fans the update they had long been expecting with the announcement captioned “Beyoncé Renaissance July 29”. Across other social media platforms, she put up a caption on her bio that reads, “act i RENAISSANCE 7.29”. This move was a welcoming one for BeyHives. At least they get to quench their thirst all the while they have been waiting. The album has a release date of July 29.

‘Renaissance’ appears to be a traditional Beyoncé solo album. It might also be considered the first of a several-part release. It will be her seventh overall and the follow-up to ‘Lemonade,’ which she released in 2016. Since then, in 2018, she’s released two albums: Everything Is Love, a joint album with Jay-Z, and The Lion King: The Gift, the soundtrack she created for Disney’s photorealistic remake of The Lion King, in 2019. In November 2021, she released a single called Be Alive for the soundtrack of the film King Richard.

At the moment, all BeyHives are counting down the days till July 29th arrives. So they can add Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance to their playlist. The album will have 16 tracks available on all streaming platforms.