To everyone who was saying that Step Bros ain't dropping this year... Nov 19th is the day. @rhymesayers #LordSteppington
— Evidence. (@Evidence) July 28, 2013
If you didn’t believe Evidence, now you know.
Toni Braxton Loses The Rights To Her Own Songs During Bankruptcy Settlement
From TMZ:
Toni Braxton may still have a song in her heart after filing for bankruptcy, but she just lost more than 2 dozen tunes that made her famous — because some dude bought them right out from under her … TMZ has learned.
TMZ broke the story … Braxton struck a deal in her bankruptcy case, in which she settled with her various debtors. Part of the deal — Toni could buy back 27 songs from her music catalog for $20K — with one BIG string attached … she could be outbid.
Enter a guy named Ross M. Klein, who doubled Toni’s price and nabbed the tunes.
Among the 27 are a few hits, including “You’re Making Me High,” “How Many Ways,” and “Always.”
“Un-Break My Heart” is not among the 27, and we don’t know its fate … although it looks like it’s still hers.
ARTWORK/TRACKLISTING: A$AP Ferg – Trap Lord
Trap Lord drops August 20th. You can check out the tracklisting below.
1. Let It Go
2. Shabba (ft. A$AP Rocky)
3. Lord (ft. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
4. Hood Pope
5. Fergivicious
6. 4:02
7. Dump Dump
8. Work (Remix) (ft. A$AP Rocky, French Montana, Trinidad James & Schoolboy Q)
9. Didn’t Wanna Do That
10. Murda Something (ft. Waka Flocka Flame)
11. Make A Scene
12. Fuck Out My Face (ft. D-Real, Onyx & Aston Matthews)
13. Cocaine Castle
Footage Of DMX Passing Out In Cop Car During DUI Arrest
It’s not just the fact that he was falling in and out of sleep that makes this so damning, either. From TMZ:
[DMX] was popped in South Carolina around 3AM Friday after police determined he had been driving under the influence.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether X was busted for alcohol or some other substance — but based on the dash cam footage, it appears to have been for alcohol … and not just because X was a little sleepy.
In the footage, the cop asks X if he’s been boozing, and X says he had one drink — but later it sounds like he admits to drinking “4 or 5” (the audio is pretty bad). Despite the drinks, X insists he’s not too drunk to drive. The cop doesn’t buy it.
X was booked for DUI and hauled to a nearby station. He was released from custody roughly an hour later.
ARTWORK: The Weeknd – Love In The sky
The Weeknd’s next single is set to drop this week (July 30th)…..Kiss Land will be arriving September 10th.
Video Vixens Sue Tyga For 10 Million….For Keeping Their Nipples In His Video
If you’ve been hiding under a rock and haven’t seen the video, you can head here. From TMZ:
A couple of Tyga’s video vixens believe their exposed boobies in his “Make it Nasty” video are worth $10 million (per set) … because that’s the price they just named in their ongoing lawsuit.
TMZ broke the story … Elizabeth Velasquez and Azia Davies sued Tyga last year, claiming shots of their nipples ended up in his music video … without their permission. They say they were promised NO nudity.
Now, the ladies have decided on a dollar amount for the alleged xxx-up … they filed new legal docs in July asking for $10 MILLION EACH (that’s $5 MILLION per boob) in punitive damages.
Westboro Baptist Church Sets Its Sights On Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars is currently on a world tour that will be making its stop in Kansas City, MO….and so will the hickory-smoked group Westboro Baptist Church. According to the above message, they’ll be hitting up the Sprint Centre to picket Mars for their usual fair of Clayton Bigsby-style hate-mongering….check it out for yourself.
Solange Cancels International Tour
Solange has announced that she will be canceling all of the international dates on her tour so that she can prepare for both the process of her upcoming new album as well as her sons upcoming school year:
“I am completely devastated to announce that I will be canceling my international festival dates for the Summer. I wish I could put in words how much of a difficult decision this was…but between moving part time to a new city, starting my son in a new school, and writing/ recording my new record…I really had to make the best decision for my mental/physical health and provide some stability for my family. I am so so sooooo sorry if I’ve disappointed…… and really hope to make it out to those special cities soon enough!”
She is still keeping her American dates, which are below.
08-24 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest
08-31 Philadelphia, PA – Made In America Festival
09-07 Boston, MA – Boston Calling
09-14 Rochester Hills, MI – Laneway Festival
09-20 Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center *
Driver Arrested In Spain After 80 Killed In Train Crash (Video)
You can see CCTV footage of the crash as it happened on the next page. From Reuters:
The driver of a Spanish train that derailed, killing at least 80 people, was under police guard in hospital on Thursday after the dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by excessive speed.
The eight-carriage train came off the tracks, hit a wall and caught fire just outside the pilgrimage destination Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night. It was one of Europe’s worst rail disasters.
The source had knowledge of the official investigation into a crash which brought misery to Santiago on Thursday, the day when it should have celebrated one of Europe’s biggest Christian festivals. Authorities canceled festivities as the city went into mourning.
The Galicia regional supreme court said in a statement the judge investigating the accident had ordered police to take a statement from the driver.
He was being formally investigated and under police guard but not under arrest, the court said. He was in hospital but it was not clear what kind of injuries he had suffered.
Several Killed, More Injured As Egypt Security Forces Clash With Morsi Supporters In Cairo
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
From NBC News, where you can read the full story:
At least 100 people were killed early Saturday when riot police fired on protesters supporting deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, activists said.
The Anti-Coup Alliance, an umbrella coalition of Morsi supporters, also said at least 5,000 people were injured near the clash in the Nasr City neighborhood of the capital.
Many of the bodies of those killed were still at a field hospital near the pro-Morsi protest site and were not officially registered with health officials. The official death toll was based only on bodies tallied at government morgues, so that figure was only at 21.
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in rival political rallies in various Egyptian cities on Friday and the violence continued into the night.
Both supporters of the army and Morsi backers had announced they would be protesting Friday and warned there could be bloodshed. Army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged Egyptians earlier in the week to hold rallies to give the military a “mandate” to confront weeks of violence caused by his July 3 overthrow of Morsi, Reuters reported.
SNEAK PEEK: Danity Kane Back In The Studio
Am I the only one that’s just waiting for the moment that Diddy steps in and shuts this whole thing down? Knowing him, he’ll probably wait until they’ve put in all that hard work and finish the album. I bet that’s exactly what D. Woods is thinking.
UPDATE: Lil’ Mama, Keke Palmer & Drew Sidora As TLC
[imagebrowser id=127]
UPDATE: Additional pics included into the above gallery.
****************************************
Today, we get to see the first official pictures of the “group” as will be seen in VH1′s Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story, which should premiere sometime toward the end of the year. Check it out above.
Lil’ Mama To Join The Original Members Of TLC On Stage To Perform As Left Eye
These two legends are really reviving this woman’s career!
Being that Lil’ Mama will be playing the role of Left Eye in the upcoming TLC biopic on VH1, the real Chilli and T-Boz held a recent press conference announce that Mama will also be performing as their fallen group member as well, during the Mixtape Festival in Hershey Park, PA. You can check out a couple of pictures from the conference below.
ARTWORK/TRACKLISTING: The Foreign Exchange – Love In Flying Colors
A new Foreign Exchange album? Absolutely fantastic…..Love In Flying Colors will be released on September 24th through their +FE Music imprint. You can check out the tracklisting below.
1. If I Knew Then
2. Right After Midnight
3. Better
4. On A Day Like Today
5. Listen To The Rain
6. Call It Home
7. The Moment
8. Can’t Turn Around
9. Dreams Are Made For Two
10. When I Feel Love
UPDATE: DMX Arrested For DUI; Rep For DMX Responds To Allegations
UPDATE: From MTV:
DMX was arrested early Friday morning (July 26), but the rapper insists that the press has it all wrong.
“Allegations about DMX being arrested for drunk driving are false. He was arrested early this morning but quickly released. X was given a breathalyzer test and easily passed it,” the MC’s rep told MTV News in a written statement, adding that the rapper was charged with driving without a license.
MTV News reached out to the Greenville Police Department in South Carolina for confirmation, but had not heard back at press time.
“He is back at his home in South Carolina and we are continuing our focus on his upcoming album and acting roles,” his rep told MTV News.
****************************************
Damn. From USA Today:
The South Carolina Highway Patrol has confirmed that DMX was charged with driving under the influence.
Earlier Friday, DMX’s publicist, Domenick Nati, had denied the charge. “Allegations about DMX being arrested for drunk driving are false,” Nati’s statement read. “He was arrested early this morning but quickly released. X was given a breathalyzer test and easily passed it.”
Nati told USA TODAY that the rapper was pulled over because he wasn’t wearing a seat belt.
The rapper was seen driving “erratically” Thursday night at about 11:30 p.m. when he was pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to Sgt. Bob Beres of the South Carolina Highway Patrol’s media relations department.
After failing a field sobriety test, he was transported to the Greenville Detention Center and charged with driving under the influence, not having a driver’s license and not wearing a seat belt, Beres says.
Frank Ocean Cancels Australian Tour Due To Torn Vocal Chord
Ouch. You can check out a clip from the first and only show on that tour above (I’ve added an additional clip below as well). From Billboard:
Frank Ocean has canceled his sold-out Australian tour after suffering with throat problems on opening night. A trip to the doctors has revealed he has a tear to one of his vocal chords.
The rising R&B star had launched his inaugural tour Down Under with a concert Thursday night at Melbourne’s Festival Hall. But he didn’t pull up well.
Ocean’s Friday night show at the same venue has been shelved, and two shows next week (July 29 and July 30) at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion have also been axed, tour promoter Live Nation said today. His planned performance at Splendour in the Grass this Sunday now won’t go ahead.
“After last night’s concert… it was necessary to seek medical advice due to vocal issues Frank Ocean experienced during the show,” the promoter comments in a statement. “It has subsequently been confirmed that Frank has suffered a small tear to one of his vocal cords and has received medical advice that he must rest his voice.”
ARTWORK: Big Sean – Hall Of Fame
The artwork for Big Sean’s upcoming album Hall Of Fame was designed by Kanye West’s DONDA group. The album drops August 27th; the Deluxe Edition cover is below (as well as some Instagram commentary from Big Sean himself).
ARTWORK: Lil’ Kim – Hard Core: Back 2 Da Streetz
I’m down for a new project from Lil’ Kim, with a couple of reservations:
- She’s got big cahones calling any of her present day music a sequel to the classic Hard Core; and
- If she pulls a stunt like a mail-order bullshit from before she is officially excommunicated from Hip-Hop.
With that said, I’m interested to hear what she has to offer with her latest.
KiD CuDi To Reunite With Plain Pat & Emile For ‘Man On The Moon 3’
“@UnofficialRVRB: @ducidni CuDi, any chance of doing MOTM 3 with Plain Pat & Emile?” Def happening! The Real Broski's Of Manhattan return!
— Scott Mescudi (@ducidni) July 25, 2013
Definitely the right formula that made the original Man On The Moon a future classic. I definitely can’t wait for the 3rd in the series now….especially since, Pat & Emile hopefully won’t let Cudi produce the whole thing a la Indicud. I’m not saying that it was necessarily bad; I definitely want to hear his steadily progressive production on the project as well.
Man Charged With Stabbing 19-Year-Old British Tourist In Crete
From The Guardian:
Greek police investigating the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old British tourist on Crete have charged a man with the killing.
Myles Litchmore-Dunbar,19, has been charged with the murder of Tyrell Matthews-Burton as well as possession of a weapon.
Police attributed the murder to gang violence between rival groups in Britain. As 19 other Britons arrested in connection with the crime appeared before a public prosecutor on Wednesday, police said they had begun to assemble a picture of two gangs “bent on destroying one another”.
“They had scores to settle long before they arrived here,” said a police officer, Yannis Phillipakis, in Heraklion, the island’s capital. “Unofficially, what we are hearing is that they brought their gang warfare to Crete.”
The murder on Tuesday of Matthews-Burton, a shop assistant, in the island resort of Malia sent shockwaves through Greece.
The young Londoner, described by neighbours as a “little gentleman”, was stabbed in the back and chest as a drunken row quickly turned into a brawl with other British holidaymakers. The ferocity of the attack caused the local coroner, Manolis Michalodimitrakis, who examined the body, to liken the assault to an execution.
With his lung and heart punctured by knife wounds, Matthews-Burton would have died within minutes, he said. The Briton was celebrating his 19th birthday at the time.
“From all the evidence, we have a prime suspect,” said Hara Didaki, another police officer on the island. “And it seems that he knew the victim.”
Another Briton also allegedly confessed on Wednesdayto participating in the killing, deepening speculation that two knives were used in the attack and prompting the public prosecutor to order that he appear before an investigating magistrate before all 19 are formally charged on Friday.”He is a member of the chief suspect’s gang,” said another police source.
Britons, after Germans, are the most frequent visitors to Greece, with party destinations such as Malia depending on young revellers.
Until the stabbing, officials had managed, with reinforced policing and help from Scotland Yard, to rein in the bad behaviour of British youngsters often travelling abroad for the first time.
“From what I am told by other tourists, these kids were at war,” sighed Giorgos Xedakis, a local shopkeeper. “It was just a matter of time before one of them died. And, in the end, it happened here.”
SNEAK PEEK: Usher To Play Sugar Ray Leonard In Upcoming Film
[imagebrowser id=126]
Hands of Stone is an upcoming film that focuses mainly on Panamanian boxer Robert Duran; Usher Raymond, a sometimes-actor in his own right, will be playing the role of Sugar Ray Leonard. The movie should be arriving sometime this year….in the meantime, you can see the above snapshots of the singer at work.
Kid Cudi In Flaunt Magazine
[imagebrowser id=125]
Mr. Indicud gets the big feature in the latest issue of Flaunt Magazine (pictures from the spread are above), where he speaks on what he’s up to in music and film…..you can check out the editorial here. Below is a behind the scenes clip.
Janelle Monáe Covers BUST
[imagebrowser id=124]
You can check out Janelle Monae’s feature in the latest issue of BUST here. Pics from the issue is above.
Frank Ocean Reveals Lyrics To ‘Versace’ Freestyle
I really did’t know why Frank Ocean would drop the lyrics to an upcoming freestyle instead of the actual track until I realized that he might be speaking on his past issues with Chris Brown….you can read it for yourself above.