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“Free Bobby Shmurda” is finally backwards. The beloved Brooklyn rapper is home today, ready to re-embark on a music career halted by a six-year prison bid. His return is a long time coming for his fans, especially those who hollered “Free Bobby Shmurda” throughout his incarceration. “Free so and so” has become a knee-jerk response […]
After emerging last year with a quick blast of releases, NYC-based Houis (aka Gabriel King Houis) is back with “Daydreamin’”, a collaboration with Melbourne singer-songwriter Blush’ko, who incidentally also appeared on Houis’ debut single, “Pretend Goodbye”. It’s barely been a year, but already things have changed for Houis; the new track, as he explains below, marks […]
A petition was launched Monday to get a street in New York named “KMD-MF DOOM Way” in honor of the late rapper and producer. The KMD-MF DOOM Way Committee is requesting that the Long Beach City Council consider renaming the block on East Hudson Street between Riverside Boulevard and Long Beach Road, and has already received over 150 […]
The 6ix might be in for an eSports makeover as plans to build a 7,000-seat arena and hotel complex in downtown Toronto at $550 million were announced on Monday. The arena, which in renderings resembles a gigantic spaceship, will mainly be used for entertainment shows and hosting live eSports matches. The project was announced by Populous, a […]
Fans can finally retire their #FreeBobbyShmurda tags now. The rapper known as Bobby Shmurda is reportedly returning home from the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York after serving a seven-year sentence for conspiracy to murder, weapons possession, and reckless endangerment charges. “Thank you for remaining loyal and for riding this six year sentence out with me,” he wrote on […]
In a new interview with The Coda Collection, Lupe Fiasco recalled a time in which L.A. Reid advised Kanye West to stay behind the scenes as a producer instead of segueing from that position into rapping. Consider this one of those alternate reality scenarios. In the interview, which was conduced by Andrew Barber of Fake […]
Vanessa Bryant took to Instagram to call out Meek Mill over a line that many viewed as being disrespectful to late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. The lyrics in question caught the attention of the internet last week after surfacing online. “Yeah, and if I ever lack, I’m goin’ out with my chopper, it be another […]
Deadline can confirm that Kevin Michael Richardson will be replacing Harry Shearer as the voice of Dr. Hibbert on The Simpsons. Shearer’s last turn as the character occurred this past Sunday, making way for Richardson to begin on Feb. 28. The move follows through with an announcement from the show’s producers last June stating white actors will no longer voice non-white characters. The […]
Police have dropped a charge against a Black teen from Plano, Texas, after said teen was arrested last week for walking in the middle of the street when the state was freezing over. Local police chief Ed Drain told KDFW-TV that a charge against 18-year-old Rodney Reese is being dropped. Reese had spent a night […]
An independent investigation released on on Monday found that Aurora police officers had no legal basis to stop, frisk, or physically restrain Elijah McClain during the 2019 incident that resulted in his death, The Denver Post reports. The probe determined that the officers, who were responding to a call about a suspicious person, approached McClain without accusing him of committing […]
