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Roc Nation Distribution was announced over a year ago as a pathway to provide options to independent artists who want to get their music to the masses. Now, Roc Nation Distribution is upping its offerings to empower independent artists by launching a new dashboard feature.
By way of a press release from Roc Nation’s press team, Roc Nation Distribution announced its new dashboard feature on Monday (November 17) with a breakdown of what’s to come for those who sign up.… Read more
Things have gotten to an unfortunate point between Cardi B and her ex-husband, Offset.
After Bardi and Stefon Diggs welcomed their first child together, her past continues to bubble back up. The ATL rapper posted on his Instagram story, “My kid lol,” days after Cardi B had her fourth child with her new boo. Following that cryptic post was a post of Cardi’s own. Where she got in detail on how the last year of her breakup with Offset has been:
“Y’all be thinking it’s so funny and it’s not…it’s been over a year and I’m still being harassed and threatened to the point that I feel like my life is in danger.… Read more
Tory Lanez was slapped with a $20,000 fine for obstruction in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation case against blogger Milagro Gramz. According to reports, Tory Lanez and his attorney, Crystal Morgan, were hit with the fine due to “obstruction of Plaintiff’s multiple attempts to depose him.”
In a report from Rolling Stone, Tory Lanez and his refusal to work with Megan Thee Stallion’s legal team has led to the court finding the jailed singer in contempt for not answering their inquiries.… Read more
summer Walker finally drops “Finally Over It” to complete the trilogy theme.
The Atlanta R&B artist has been teasing this project for quite a while now. She dropped the first installment of the trilogy, “Over It,” in 2019, which housed some of her biggest tracks like “Playing Games” (the extended version with Bryson Tiller needs to be studied), “Just Might” featuring a vintage PARTYNEXTDOOR verse, and many more.
Fast forward two years, “Still Over It” dropped, continuing that nonchalant energy of being over something or somebody.… Read more
This week, a stalwart of the American economy will no longer be with us as the U.S. Mint pressed the final penny on Wednesday.
According to the Guardian, the U.S. Mint cited the cost, along with the relative uselessness of the penny, as a reason for ending its production. To paraphrase Kendrick Lamar, how much a penny cost?
Believe it or not, it costs 4 cents to produce a penny. While the penny has a better cost-to-value ratio than the nickel, which costs 14 cents to produce, the expense doesn’t match the penny’s usefulness.… Read more
Akon had a little run-in with the law recently that landed him in jail for a hot second.
Konvict Music’s own reportedly had a warrant out for his arrest due to a suspended license, according to TMZ. Back in September, Akon was cruising around Atlanta in his Cybertruck when police found his whip sitting in the middle of the road. He claimed the battery died, which is why it was left there.
Police stated that they called for a tow truck to get the Soul Survivor artist’s car out of the road, and during that process discovered his license was suspended.… Read more
Retail giant Walmart removed a T-shirt and a hooded sweatshirt that depicted a Nazi salute emblazoned on the front, after a multitude of complaints on social media. The T-shirt and hoodie carried the phrase “Paper Beats Rock,” and it showed one hand raised with a flat hand in the upper right corner towering over a raised clenched fist in the lower left corner, holding a rock. The symbolism suggested that fascism would beat Black activism, which prominently uses the raised fist in its protest movements.… Read more
For R&B superstar Mary J. Blige, the losses of her friends and fellow stars D’Angelo and Angie Stone have been weighing heavily on her. She recently admitted to how their deaths have been affecting her in a recent interview, nearly a month after D’Angelo’s death, after a private battle with pancreatic cancer on Oct. 14.
“I worked with him and Angie. I knew Angie very well and I knew D’Angelo very well, and I’m just still shocked and surprised,” Blige said, speaking with People magazine.… Read more
In the wake of the Civil War, Reconstruction resulted in Black people making significant economic and political gains throughout the South. Wilmington, N.C., was seen as an ideal local government, where Black and white people worked together to improve the lives of their residents. This movement was sadly short-lived, as a group of white elites used the media to incite a white supremacist movement that culminated in several Black men being killed, businesses being torched, and the fusionist government being overthrown.… Read more
Salt-N-Pepa celebrated a high honor over the weekend after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joining legends such as Outkast, ’80s icon Cyndi Lauper, and Chubby Checker. During the induction speech, Salt-N-Pepa took a shot at the music industry, as the legendary trio is involved in a legal fight to gain streaming rights to their music.
This past Saturday (November 8), Salt-N-Pepa, which consists of Cheryl “Salt” James, Sandi “Pepa” Denton, and Deidra “Spindarella” Roper, accepted the Music Influence after a moving introduction from Missy Elillott, using the moment to take a bow for what they were able to achieve as the first women in Hip-Hop to hit superstar status.… Read more
