News broke this weekend thai Troy Ave was shot in East Flatbush, Brooklyn on Christmas Day while sitting in a vehicle with his girlfriend. Reports say that an unidentified gunman walked up to the red Maserati that the couple was sitting in when he fired off twice into the vehicle. Ave was able to survive being hit in both the back, as well as his head, leading him to go to the hospital. Fortunately, he was put into stable condition, and even received a visit shortly later from rapper friend, 50 Cent. Now, the MC has reportedly been released, but apparently took a souvenir from the incident with him. While speaking with the NY Daily News, Troy Ave’s lawyer John Stella stated, “He is very sore. The doctors told the family that he came dangerously close to having a spinal cord injury – but it looks like there’s no lasting damage from the wound track.” All of this has happened with Troy is out on $500,000 bail over his pending case from the fatal Irving Plaza shooting that occurred back in May. Following a backstage altercation that led to guns being drawn inside of the venue, the rapper’s bodyguard, Ronald McPhatter, was shot and killed, while three others, including Troy Ave, were injured. Stella told the site that he believes the gunfire in this latest incident is connected to the Irving Plaza incident. “My guess is probably it was related. There clearly was animosity in the green room incident, but he’s never had a long list of enemies,” he said.
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UFC fighter Ronda Rousey is getting ready for her comeback match against Amanda Nunes, G-Eazy teamed up with Toronto-based artist Dana for the "Vengeance On My Mind" music promo. Written and produced by Jingle Punks' president and CCO Jared Gutstadt along with Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Poo Bear, the black-and-white visual teases Rousey’s highly anticipated return, featuring clips of the fighter in the ring. "The partnership between one of fastest growing sport brands in the world and the hottest hip-hop artist in the game represents the passion and drive you need to be able to achieve greatness,” said Gutstadt in a statement to Billboard. "This kick-ass track sets the tone for one of the most anticipated fights of the year." Rousey will face Nunes at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for UFC 207 on Dec. 30. Watch the promo and a behind-the-scenes clip here:
Run the Jewels just dropped their anticipated third album, Run The Jewels 3, three weeks early. The album comes just ahead of the inauguration for Donald Trump, making it even more timely and necessary.
“We couldn’t help ourselves,” Mike and El-P explained on Instagram last night. “It just feels right. The album is 15-tracks long and clocks in at just under an hour. Danny Brown, Trina, Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio and acclaimed saxophonist Kamasi Washington are featured on the project, which is led by the singles “Talk to Me” and “Legend Has It,” which is produced by El-P, Wilder Zoby and Little Shalimar. Singer Joi also shows up on the album opener, “Down.” “We return from the depths of the badland/With a gun and a knife in our waistband/Went to war with the devil and shaytan/He wore a bad toupee and a spray tan,” Mike spits on “Talk to Me” in an album full of socio-politically charged verses. El-P and Killer Mike are set to go the “Run The World” tour starting in January in support of the album as well. The 33-city tour kicks off in January 2017 in Philadelphia before hitting D.C., Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Atlanta among other stops. The tour wraps stateside on Feb. 25 in New York. Gaslamp Killer, Spark Master Tape, and Cuz will also be featured on the bill.
A couple of weeks ago Lupe Fiasco announced his retirement and said he was done with music.
But now he recently gave a release date for his album DROGAS, now called DOGAS Light and it’ll be out on February 10, 2017. The way it appears, Lupe renamed the album, because he didn’t want to put the original version out on Atlantic Records, his label. “He said he could never fully give himself to an album while with Atlantic, so the real ‘DROGAS’ will be released after light version with Atlantic,” wrote a fan on Reddit, who attended a concert of Lupe’s in Cleveland. There is no word from Lupe on whether he plans to put out a non-light version of the LP, or if he’ll stick to his guns and continue to battle it out with his label.
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01. DOPAMINE LIT 02. NGL (FEAT. TY DOLLA $IGN) 03. PROMISE 04. MADE IN THE USA (FEAT. BIANCA SINGS) 05. JUMP (FEAT. GIZZLE) 06. CITY OF THE YEAR (FEAT. RONDO) 07. HIGH (FEAT. SIMON SAYZ) 08. TRANQUILLO (FEAT. RICK ROSS & BIG K.R.I.T.) 09. KILL (FEAT. TY DOLLA $IGN & VICTORIA MONÉT) 10. LAW (FEAT. SIMON SAYZ) 11. PICK UP THE PHONE 12. IT’S NOT DESIGN (FEAT. SALIM) 13. WILD CHILD (FEAT. JAKE TORREY) 14. MORE THAN MY HEART (FEAT. RXMN & SALIM) Avril Lavigne took to social media on Christmas Day to thank her fans for standing by her during her battle with Lyme Disease and promised an “amazing” 2017 ahead, including a new album release! “I wanted to first thank my fans for your patience & support during my time away throughout my battle with Lyme Disease over the past 2 years,” she wrote in the caption of an Instagram photo. “It hasn’t just been a hard battle but it’s also been enlightening and will reflect in my new music, artistry, life, and personally.” She continues: “I will always continue to make it a priority to fight and raise awareness about Lyme Disease with the Avril Lavigne foundation.” “I’m really happy to announce that I am now working on new music and I will be releasing a new album in 2017. I can’t wait to open up and share my heart with you! I’m excited for you guys to hear the new songs. It’s going to be an amazing 2017!” It’s been over three years since her fifth studio album, Avril Lavigne, was released. Since then, Lavigne has been mostly away from the music scene as she announced in 2015 that she was bedridden for five months as a result of a Lyme Disease diagnosis. Troy Ave nearly became the latest celebrity victim of 2016 when he was shot multiple times Sunday evening. According to early reports, Troy Ave, real name Roland Collins, was shot twice while on his way to see his family in Brooklyn for Christmas. A lawyer for the rapper says his injuries are not life-threatening and that he drove himself to an area hospital for immediate treatment. A tweet from the New York City Alerts account reports Troy was shot in the arm and grazed in the head while driving his Maserati in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn around 5 PM tonight. This is Troy Ave’s second brush with death this year. The rapper was at the center of the now infamous Irving Plaza concert shooting in May that saw one person dead and several injured. Troy reportedly shot himself in the leg during all the chaos and was charged with one count of attempted second-degree murder and four counts of criminal possession of a weapon. The case is still ongoing. BREAKING TOUR BUZZEarlier this year on April Fools, Aaron Carter Dropped Fools Gold which was considered by most to be a comeback single, the song appeared on Carter's fifth studio album, LØVË. While the song gained widespread media attention Aaron hit the road to promote the song and his journey back into the spotlight that has been almost 14 years in the making. Without label suppor the "'The ‘LøVë’ album and ‘Fool’s Gold’ has had Aaron grinding by himself. "Everything from the production, songwriting, mixing, photoshoots, music videos, packaging and distribution have been a collective involvement from a team I like to call ‘Team Fool’s Gold,’” Carter told Billboard in an interview earlier this year. “The rest of the team is Jon Asher, Melanie Fontana, Michel (Lindgren) Schulz, Taylor (Lakestreet Louis) Helgeson.” LøVë was released on Carter’s own label Rakkaus Records and now his eyes are set to 2017 when he will spread the "LOVE" to adoring fans young and old! For pop music lovers and fanatics, when Fifth Harmony revealed on social media that Camila Cabello was leaving the group, were reminiscent of a heartbreaking day last year: March 25, 2015, also known as the day Zayn Malik left One Direction. Two huge, beloved groups were broken by the desire of one member wishing to move on to solo endeavors -- but while there was a similar feeling of sadness in both situations, the effect on their respective fan bases felt peculiarly different. As much as Directioners refused to believe it, Malik was hinting at a departure for months before he pulled the trigger. At least personally, I noticed that Malik became increasingly less enthusiastic and engaged during performances. He also seemed to begin steering away from the modelesque pretty boy facade and taking on a scruffy, long-haired look -- which didn't look entirely out of place, thanks to Harry Styles' own man bun. And after Malik skipped out on the group's big Today show gig in support of Four, those who weren't previously catching on to the signs certainly had more of an inkling -- at the very least -- that Malik wasn't doing so well. When it came to Cabello, there were also signs, including her team-up with Shawn Mendes on "I Know What You Did Last Summer" in November 2015, which hinted that there was a solo career looming. But with Fifth Harmony insisting that they were closer than ever and they wouldn't be disbanding anytime soon, it was easy to think that the song was simply a side project. Cabello added to the speculation with her Machine Gun Kelly duet "Bad Things" about a year later -- which hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 just last week -- but she deflected any rumors that she was another step closer to going full-on solo by performing with her bandmates at Jingle Ball stops around the country and engaging in group interviews the same way she had from the start, much different than Malik's indiscreet slip away. No matter if there was any notion of an exit for either Malik or Cabello, though, neither fan base could've been fully prepared when it came time for the bomb to drop in either situation. Those metaphorical bombs had as big of an impact on the fans as they did on the groups, and not just from a future-of-the-group standpoint. In Malik's case, the One Direction guys broke the news on their official Facebook page, announcing that Zayn had decided to leave One Direction. This was clearly not a surprise to the rest of the group, as the post featured cordial comments from everyone involved: Zayn, the four other lads and even 1D mastermind Simon Cowell. Despite some hostility from both Zayn and his former band members in subsequent interviews, there seemed to be an overall sense of letting the free bird fly -- at least when it came to what was seen and said in the public eye. Cabello and Fifth Harmony, on the other hand, didn't have things go over so easily. In a bit of a "they said, she said" battle over social media posts, the remaining 5H girls and Cabello left Harmonizers with a lot to process. The initial announcement read that Cabello had broken the news to her (soon to be former) bandmates via her representatives. Cabello was quick to defend herself, claiming that this was "simply not true" and that she had communicated her feelings to the other girls and "did not intend to end things with Fifth Harmony this way." Hours later, another statement was posted on Fifth Harmony's Facebook, setting the record straight that while Cabello's solo desires were made clear, she never gave them the final chance they wanted as a group. At the end of the post, 5H ultimately declared they were done engaging in the back-and-forth dispute with their former bandmate. As a fan of both of these groups, the initial impact of Malik's departure felt more emotional, while Cabello's was almost instantly portrayed as dramatic over anything else. Because Malik's leaving seemingly wasn't bitter initially, the response was almost as if he was being memorialized -- like the fans would never see him again. But with Cabello -- from the way things sound, anyway -- the initial devastation quickly turned to a feeling that's almost uncomfortable, like a "Which side do we take?" ordeal. On the flip side, as a woman, I hate assessing drama to the girl group -- especially when there was certainly still an element of sadness over her exit. And as mentioned, both One Direction and Malik have hinted that their parting wasn't 100 percent amicable. But when something so substantial (in terms of pop music) happens for the second time within two years, avoiding comparison is nearly impossible -- and with these two, one was definitely more publicly acrimonious than the other. What is interesting, though, is that in the months after Zayn left One Direction, the bitterness surfaced as he established himself as a solo artist. This resulted in the same conflict that 5H fans are feeling now: the confusion over who to support or if it's even acceptable to continue being a fan of both. Although there's serious drama on the forefront of the Fifth Harmony situation now, perhaps the girls are getting this all out of the way and they really will be able to carry on as a foursome while Camila pursues her solo career, all (public) drama aside. With all that has occurred in Malik and One Direction's case, as well as Fifth Harmony's with Cabello, it's hard to not be curious about what will ensue in the coming months for the girl group. Will Cabello turn on her former bandmates and shamelessly rip on them the way Malik did in his interviews? Will she go on to win awards on her own like Malik's best new artist American Music Award (and throw some more jabs in her acceptance speech)? Will the other girls really not engage with Cabello, even if she engages in Malik-like behavior in her post-5H days? After feeling similar devastation over losing Cabello as losing Malik, fans anxiously await those answers -- all the while dealing with the decision of where they stand in fandom. And with Cabello's departure rehashing those Zayn days, the loyalty struggle may be prevalent for both simultaneously. Kelsea Ballerini's new video for "Yeah Boy" brings out the pop side of the country singer. "We wanted this video to capture the essence of the song, which is just bright," Ballerini explained in a behind-the-scenes clip from the shoot. "So we're playing with a lot of lights and a lot of bright colors, which I haven't gotten to do in a video yet." "Yeah Boy" was directed by Kristin Barlowe, who also worked with the singer on her "Peter Pan" and "Love Me Like You Mean It" videos. "Keeping up with her energy is my biggest job," Barlowe said. A&E got betrayed and embarrassed by releasing a report that none of the subjects in the KKK documentary got paid, when they actually did. The network cancelled "Generation KKK," after producers revealed they slipped money to some KKK members to "facilitate access." In other words, they were paid. A&E reported no one was paid because it's against network policies for documentaries and also network officials gave assurances to the Anti-Defamation League no one would like the pockets of the hate group. Thee subjects of the documentary wanted to sell the idea they were not a hate group but rather a "hate preservation group." |
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