Author: Kershaw St. Jawnson
It was get together central at fashionable West Hollywood nightspot the Peppermint Membership final evening (Aug. 18) as hosts Tank and Jamie Foxx welcomed friends together with singer-actress LeToya Luckett, producer/A&R govt Hitmaka and singer-songwriter Eric Bellinger to the R&B Cash Jam Present. The one-night solely occasion — costume code: “black and gold” — celebrated the discharge of Tank’s tenth and ultimate album R&B Cash on Friday (Aug. 19; R&B Cash/Atlantic Data). For some, “ultimate’ is perhaps a troublesome idea to embrace. Nonetheless, Tank tells hiphop exclusives he “feels good” about his profession’s subsequent chapter that was triggered partially by lack of listening to in his proper ear in 2021. “Earlier…
Fat Joe is taking his skills to the theater. This fall, the Bronx legend will star in a one-man stand-up present in New York Metropolis, the place he’ll spotlight the peaks and valleys of his profession. Comic Dave Chappelle will begin the present with a particular introduction, whereas Chris Robinson serves because the present’s director. Magic Lemonade and Roc Nation are co-producing the occasion. “The world shall be getting Fat Joe at his most genuine, weak, and comedic self on that stage,” Fat Joe mentioned in a press launch. “I’m not holding something again. I’ve all the time taken delight in my…
Offset enjoys all of the rides within the video for his first solo single of 2022, “54321.” The Child Keem co-produced burner dropped on Friday (Aug. 19) and it finds the Migos member counting down all of the ways in which his life is shining over a spare, ominous beat and funhouse keyboards. Within the accompanying video, Offset visits an amusement park, the place he takes spins on all of the stomach-churning rides, dances and moonwalks down the halfway, enjoys some tremendous salty/sugary snacks and boasts about gathering closets stuffed with sneakers he by no means even wears. “Postin’ these racks however I…
Kid Cudi has been linked to Kanye West for many of his profession. The “Day ‘N’ Nite” rapper received an early co-sign from the MC who now goes by Ye, and so they’ve appeared on one another’s albums through the years. However their relationship has taken a darkish flip recently, and in a brand new Esquire cowl story, Cudi reveals that he has come to peace with slicing ties and transferring on from what he describes as a poisonous, largely one-sided relationship. “I’ve been on each certainly one of that man’s albums. He’s solely been on two of mine. That ought to inform you one…
Armani White recollects a life-altering afternoon six years in the past throughout his hometown tour cease. “Me and my dad had been at odds — it wasn’t something huge, however we weren’t speaking,” White explains. “I used to be like, ‘Let’s put all of it behind us, I’m gonna pull up on him and invite him to my present.’” Because the then-19-year-old rapper slowed down at a stoplight, he seen a frail, bald man sitting on the entrance porch of his father’s house. “My dad was a muscular man, [and] sooner or later, it hit me — that was my dad. He…