by WILL SCHUBE
Eminem‘s new album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) is set to make a big splash on the Billboard charts, judging by its first-week sales projections.
HITS Daily Double reported on Monday (July 15) that the project is expected to earn between 270,000 and 290,000 album-equivalent units in its opening week.
This would secure Em a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200, dethroning Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department after a dominant 12 consecutive weeks atop the chart.
It would also mark the Detroit rap legend’s 11th No. 1 album,......
by MARISA MENDEZ
Irv Gotti is being sued in a Miami court for alleged sexual assault and abuse that occurred over the course of two years.
According to a complaint viewed by HipHopDX, a woman identified only as Jane Doe filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade on July 11 accusing Gotti (real name Irving Domingo Lorenzo) of sexually assaulting and abusing her on several occasions from 2020 to 2022 in Saint Martin, Miami and Atlanta.
The suit seeks a trial by jury.
Among the accusations, Doe alleges Gotti coerced her into having sex with him as soon as they arrived to Saint Martin in 2020 – a......
by JOE WALKER
UGK and OutKast‘s “International Players Anthem (I Choose You)” may be a certified Hip Hop classic, but the song didn’t come together without a little friction between Pimp C and André 3000.
While appearing on LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s The Shop series, 3 Stacks reflected on the late Texas rapper being “really mad” at him when he submitted his verse for the 2007 hit.
“Rest in peace Pimp [C], but I got a [funny] story about that,” André said when co-host Paul Rivera asked him about his verse on the......
by SAM MOORE
Sexyy Red has claimed that major concert promoters are attempting to sabotage her upcoming tour.
The “Pound Town” rapper made the accusation on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday (July 8) in response to a post claiming that her Sexyy Red 4 President Tour was on the verge of being canceled due to low ticket sales.
Denying the report, she said: “My fans are buying tickets we’re doin just fine we not cancelling no tour dis cancelling sht all cap.”
The St. Louis native then claimed that her decision to use an independent Black-owned tour......
by KARAN SINGH
The Game is on the verge of losing his property as part of a $7.1 million judgement against him in 2016 for sexual battery.
According to court documents obtained and published by AllHipHop on Monday (June 8), Priscilla Rainey has served the Compton rapper as she seeks to seize his residence in Calabasas, California to cover the aforementioned amount.
Additionally, she has accused the 44-year-old MC of transferring the home’s deed to his manager Wack 100 in an attempt to block the move.
Rainey first filed the case in August 2015, seeking $10 million......
by KARAN SINGH
E-40 isn’t amused by those who confuse him for his contemporaries as he expects fans of Hip Hop to brush up on their general knowledge of the culture.
On Saturday (July 6), an unidentified person approached the Bay Area legend with his smartphone camera on and addressed him as Fat Joe.
“Fat Joe? Yeah, I was just with him,” the 56-year-old MC responded, most likely in reference to sharing the stage with his peer at a Joe Biden rally in North Carolina last month.
When the hyphy pioneer realized that the individual talking to him had......
by WILL SCHUBE
LUCKI has criticized XXL over its Freshman freestyles, accusing the magazine of setting up its annual class of rookies to “fail.”
The Chicago rapper aired his grievances in a voice note shared on X (formerly Twitter) after XXL claimed that one of its 2024 Freshmen bailed on their customary freestyle.
“The fact that XXL could get mad that somebody don’t wanna do their freestyle […] Bruh, it’s 2024. The fact that they still got the format the same as it was in 2013, that’s how you know XXL is in it just for the engagement......
by WILL SCHUBE
Boosie Badazz has celebrated federal gun charges against him being terminated by cutting off his own ankle monitor.
Boosie’s affiliate NightLyfeDtone took to Instagram on Monday (June 24) to celebrate his partner officially beating his charges and being free from house arrest.
In the clip, the Baton Rouge, LA native stood triumphantly on a rock collection above a swimming pool, rocking a bathing suit and no shirt before announcing that he’d beaten the charges.
He then proceeded to clip the ankle monitor off, throw it in the pool and dive in.
NightLyfe captioned his......
by MARISA MENDEZ
One of Young Dolph‘s three alleged killers has been arrested – but not on charges related to the Memphis rapper’s death.
Forty-four-year-old Hernandez Govan, who allegedly hired Justin Johnson and Cornelius Smith to shoot and kill Dolph, has been charged with stalking, repeatedly following, harassing or making threats, driving with a suspended license and having an improperly mounted license tag in a new arrest.
WREG reports he was released from jail in Tennessee’s Shelby County on Monday (June 24) on a $2,250 bond.
Govan has a court date on......
by SHAWN SETARO
Keefe D will have to wait a bit longer to learn if he will be able to be released on bond after being accused of 2Pac‘s murder.
According to a report from the AP, Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny decided at a hearing on Tuesday (June 25) that she will delay the decision about whether to approve Keefe’s $750,000 bond, which the accused killer said late last week that he’d gathered the resources to pay.
Kendrick Lamar's 'Alright" Music Video Costs School $100K For This Reason
Kendrick Lamar's 'Alright" Music Video Costs School $100K For This......
