Monday, July 11, 2016

Drake Shares Eulogy For Megan Flores, The Young Cancer Patient To Whom "VIEWS" Is Dedicated

Drake and Rihanna pay tribute to their devoted young fan Megan Flores, who recently lost her battle with cancer. Yesterday (July 10), Drake revealed that Megan Flores, the adolescent girl to whom he dedicated his latest album, VIEWS, had lost her battle with cancer. Megan, known to fellow fans as OVO Megan, considered herself to be Drake's biggest admirer, and earlier this year, the Make-A-Wish Foundation set up a meeting between Drake and Megan in the Miami hospital in which she was being treated. Drake had been in Miami as a special guest on Rihanna's "ANTI" tour, and Rihanna also came to the hospital to meet Megan and pose for pictures with her and Drake. Rihanna, too, paid tribute to Megan on social media upon hearing of her death.

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Dwyane Wade Has Informed The Chicago Bulls He Is Going To Sign With Them

D-Wade is going back to his hometown. After 13 seasons with the Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade is moving on. Wade has informed the Chicago Bulls that he will be signing with them, despite the fact that Miami (and Denver) had more money to offer. Early reports suggest the deal with Chicago is for 2-years, $47 million. In order to pull off this move, the Bulls will need to unload some contracts and they're working to complete deals to trade Jose Calderon and Mike Dunleavy to help clear space for D-Wade. Even at 34 years old, Wade averaged 19 points, 4.6 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game for the Heat last season and now he'll get to play alongside one of the best two-way guards in the game, Jimmy Butler. And Rajon Rondo. The 13-year vet grew up in Chicago but has played his professional entire career in Miami, making 12 All-Star games and winning three NBA titles.

Ray J Might Be The First Person To Sue Kanye West Over “Famous” Video

Ray J might be taking up Kanye's dare to sue him. It appears Kanye’s “wish” to be sued over the controversial “Famous” video may actually come true. According to reports & the latest edition of Heat Magazine, Ray J & his manager, David Weintraub, are considering taking legal action against the G.O.O.D. Music CEO for his naked inclusion in the latest video off The Life Of Pablo. "We’re talking about potentially doing something," Weintraub told Heat. "There’s too many times Kanye has done this. You can’t really continue to use people’s likenesses without either compensation or clearance. It seems to be becoming an issue—this is like the fourth time in six months he’s done this. We haven’t really worked anything out. There were kind of discussions but it’s getting old, so our legal team is working out what we want to do with everything." Last week, Entertainment Tonight spoke with Ray J, who apparently isn’t happy about the mess the controversial video has caused not only for himself, but for his fiancĂ© Princess as well. Ray J says “I'm engaged. My marriage is all messed up 'cause of craziness. I'm not part of nothing crazy. I walk down a good path. My fiancee tripping. It's all bad in my world, and that ain't cool. Don't put me part of nothing that's weird, that don't make no sense. Can I grow up?” Whether or not Ray & his team will follow through with a lawsuit is another story, but it sounds like they want to. We’ll continue to keep you posted if any more on this story develops however.

Drake & Kanye West React To The Death Of Alton Sterling

Drake pens a letter to his followers about the senseless death of Alton Sterling. Following the death of 37-year old Alton Sterling, who was senselessly gunned down by ANOTHER police officer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana this week, the hip-hop community has once again expressed their incredible outrage & disbelief on the matter. Everyone from Meek Mill, The Game, Talib Kweli, Chuck D & more went to social media to express their emotions following the video that surfaced Tuesday night of Sterling getting shot in the back. And hours later, Drake & Kanye West decided to chime in on the situation as well. Kanye took to twitter to post an IG link of the video footage that had the hashtags #RIPAltonSterling, #StandForSomethingOrFallForAnything. Whereas Drake on the other hand took the actual time out of his day to pen a letter to his followers expressing his concerns & emotions on the situation.

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Frank Ocean & Young Thug To Appear In Calvin Klein Campaign

Could this mean Frank's album is indeed on the way? Frank Ocean has essentially been in hiding over the last couple of years, so when he popped up on Calvin Klein's Snapchat, it was a surprise to say the least. The brand announced the stars of its new campaign through the app, revealing that Young Thug would be a part of the ads as well, joining models like Kate Moss and Grace Coddington. Seeing that Frank recently hinted that his album would be out this month, this is certainly a good sign that he's ready to make his comeback.

Sean Kingston Sues LA Nightclub For Alleged Assault & Stolen Chain

Sean Kingston is suing Penthouse Nightclub in LA for last week's assault & chain heist. Sean Kingston was on the wrong end of a reported jewelry heist last week at LA’s Penthouse Nightclub, when two men allegedly assaulted him & jacked his $300K chain. However, it appears Kingston isn’t trying to find out the names of those two men, but rather instead he’s putting the blame on the actual nightclub. According to TMZ, Kingston has filed a lawsuit against Penthouse Nightclub, insisting they helped orchestrate the assault and robbery altogether. The lawsuit states that Kingston claims he was in the VIP area of the club when a security guard informed him that another VIP guest wanted to speak to him. Kingston says that when he went over to talk to the “guest”, he was cornered by two men who punched him, hit him with a champagne bottle, and eventually stole his chain right off his neck. As a result, Kingston is suing the nightclub for more than $900,000 worth in property & damages. Whether he gets that amount or not remains unknown, but we’ll keep you posted if anymore on this story develops.

Big K.R.I.T. Announces Departure From Def Jam Records

Big K.R.I.T. is no longer a member of the Def Jam family. Following today’s unique rollout strategy from Big K.R.I.T., which saw him dropping a new freestyle every hour leading up to midnight, the Mississippi artist decided to end the evening with a major announcement. Taking to his twitter account after his last freestyle, Krit decided to announce that he is no longer a member of Def Jam Records, and that he’ll presumably being taking the independent route. Thanking his fans & peers along the way, Krizzle had the following message to say… “I want to thank each and every one of you for following & supporting me through out my career up until this moment. And at this moment right now, I want to share with you, that I am no longer with Def Jam. It's officially MULTI til the Sun die.” During his run under Def Jam, Krit released two studio albums, Live from the Underground in 2012 and Cadillactica in 2014, but both received criticism from fans for the lack of label support during the roll out.