Being the child of a man who was in the Military, Walter French has lived all throughout the U.S., with that being said, much of his musical inspiration has come from his variety of experiences: “My dad was in the military so we were living in California, Oceanside and when I was here I would miss my family [in Atlanta] and then when I was there I missed my family here,” He said. “I just always felt that I was far from home.”
Common has been getting great work with his acting with roles in Selma, Hell on Wheels, and Run All Night. He will also be in upcoming movies Barbershop 3, Suicide Squad, and The Wiz but it is now come to people attention that Common will be in John Wick 2 playing the villian opposite Keanu Reeves. The first movie was an amazing hit and the second is on track to be equally great or better so keep it locked for updates.
Action Bronson has been hospitalized after he was in Alaska and ate raw bowhead whale, beluga whale and blubber. Though those meals are not directly connected with why he was in the hospital it can be assumed those dishes might have something to do with it. It is being reported that he had to have emergency surgery but no further details. Keep it locked for any updates on Bronson’s situation.
Rihanna’s last movie she did was “Battleship” way back in 2012 which just wasn’t very good at all. Now she will be making a return to the big screen for a sci-fi movie called “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”. The director of the film, Luc Besson, made the announcement on his Instagram account saying that Rihanna is in the movie and has a big part. The movie will start filming in France in January and will be hitting theaters on July 21, 2017 so we got a ways to go before we can see it but hopefully it is good.
As we all know Blac Chyna just got a tattoo of futures name on her hand after they have only been seeing each other for about a month. This lead everyone to believe the two were dating but Future made it very clear that he is single and not dating Blac Chyna taking to twitter to post “Single & focusing on what makes me happy”. This is pretty embarrassing on Chyna’s side but we’ll see if things stay this way in the future.
The Bulloch County Superior Court Judge named John R. Turner has decided to rule against granting Offset, of the popular rap trio Migos, bail for the third time. Offset was in court on October 9th trying to argue his release saying that they had wrongly labeled the rapper a gang member because of a tattoo that he has that says “Black Migo Gang”. Turner reviewed this case but at the end of the day he denied Offset bail again previously denying him back in both May and June. Offset has been locked up for six whole months now which definitely is not helping his career.
ScHoolboy Q has a highly anticipated album on the way and he decided to tease his fans on his Instagram. On his Instagram for his birthday Q let his fans know that he was listening to his brand new album to celebrate the special occasion. The photo he posted shows Q smoking and chilling in the studio which is a great indication that he has been hard at work on his newest album though we still have little information on it. TDE never seems to not have an artist ready to drop a new project so we now have ScHoolboy Q’s album and Isaiah Rashads album right around the corner and fans of the collective couldn’t be happier.
Today T-Wayne is not in a good place because he is being investigated for the rape of woman. TMZ is reporting that a 22-year old woman from Dallas is saying that she had met T-Wayne on Instagram and he flew her out to Houston in July. She says that they went to the Cheesecake factory together and then when back to her hotel room where T-Wayne started to get aggressive and came after her for sex. Then she says when she refused he held her down and forced her to do it. The woman has now filed a police report and it is being investigated and her reasoning for waiting five weeks to report it is she says she was in shock from the whole thing. Keep it right here for updates on this developing situation.
Kid Cudi has taken to twitter to announce the release date for his next album “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven”. Fans did not seem really into Cudi changing the “to” in the title into the number two but people will eventually get over those small things if the music is amazing. The album will be dropping on December 4th 2015 so it is right around the corner.
Jas Prince is the man who had introduced Drake to Lil Wayne and demanded the hefty sum of $11 million in royalties earned from his new hit song “Hotline Bling” from Cash Money. It is now being reported that the case has been settled but the amount of money it settled on was not disclosed. All of this legal drama has got to be a hassle for such a successful artist and It could sway Drake to leave Cash Money eventually.
Blac Chyna has been dating Future for about a month now and has already committed to getting “Future tattooed on her body. Chyna took to her Instagram account to share with her fans the brand new tattoo that is on the side of her hand. The good thing about this tattoo is that it really isn’t too specific so if the two don’t work out she can easily have it reference something else.
Drakes 29th birthday was a few days ago and he actually got birthday wishes from Birdman which most would find odd because of the legal situation Young Money and Cash Money are in. Drake is a very successful artist and of course Birdman still wants to be cool with him because he probably makes the most money out of everyone in the label. Something interesting to note though is that Drakes last project with Future, “What a Time to Be Alive”, was actually credited to both Cash Money and Epic Records.
Chris Brown is a very successful artist in this day and age but Nick Cannon just gave him a huge compliment that many will not agree with. In an Instagram post Nick said that Chris Brown is what you get when you add Michael Jackson and Tupac Shakur together. “Think about how much everyone attacked MJ and 2Pac while they were alive… I don’t think I have ever witnessed someone more gifted, who has overcome so much and still growing and learning daily,” Nick Cannon said in his post. Now we all know Chris Brown has a great legacy but is it really anywhere near those two legends yet? I don’t Know.
Rappers all over America have admired NWA’s Straight Outta Compton, everyone wants their story to be told to the world and that is exactly what rapper Ja Rule has been working on. “It’s a great project, and we’re telling the Murda Inc story in-depth,” he said. “It’s going to be a drama series, and we got Paramount as a partner. It’s gotta be raw and uncut.”
Wacka Flocka Flame isn’t the only rapper who has had their issues with Atlantic Records, recently rapper Saigon has detailed the issues he has come across with the record label himself. “The label was like no, no, no. I’m like, ‘What you mean no?’ My people need this this is why I’m here,” he explained when asked about the Atlantic situation. “They were like, ‘No, we won’t support this.’ I’m like what do you mean? Trey Songz is a superstar this shit is hot, etc. They wouldn’t support it and that’s when I realized I was at war.”
