Source: TUNECORE / Radio One Join TuneCore at the A3C Festival & Conference in Downtown Atlanta from Wednesday, October 4th through Friday, October 6th. TuneCore helps independent musicians distribute their music to over 150 digital stores and streaming services around the world, including iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more. And the best part is, they never take a cut of your income. TuneCore artists have earned nearly one billion dollars in download and streaming revenue alone, since 2006. No label, no catch, no barriers to selling your music worldwide. Head to the TuneCore suite at Loudermilk Conference Center in Downtown Atlanta from 11 AM until 8 PM Wednesday, October 4th through Friday, October 6th for TuneCore’s ‘Music Made Me’ talks with music industry experts plus come through for a chance to get your TuneCore swag bag by signing up for a free TuneCore account. Enjoy live sounds by Hot 107.9 FM’s own DJ Jay T on Thursday, October 5th and a special conversation with our Vice President of Programming and Operations, Hurricane Dave on Friday, October 6th. Click here for more information on tuneCORE
Source: Prince Williams / Getty The ladies of Xscape are making their press rounds and stopped by The Wendy Williams Show to discuss their first arena tour and spill the deets on their upcoming reality TV show. In case you missed it, Xscape dropped the trailer for Still Kickin’ It , revealing the tension still looms between the group. It didn’t take Wendy long to hit Kandi with the questions we all wanted to know about, ie: why they broke up and if her fling with Jermaine Dupri was the cause of it. But don’t get it twisted, Kandi wrapped Wendy up real quick. Wendy shifted gears when she started talking about marriage and asked Tiny is she and T.I. were still married. Check out their performance: RELATED STORIES: WATCH: Kandi Burruss Goes Off On Jermaine Dupri & LaTocha Scott In Xscape Reality Show Trailer The Highlights: Teyana Taylor, Lil Kim, Xscape, Missy Elliott & More Tribute The 90s At VH1’s ‘Hip Hop Honors’
Source: Gregg DeGuire / Getty Yaaaas Ayesha! Ayesha is clearly not your average basketball wife and she just made a major move and became the newest Covergirl! Oh yea and she did it without looking crazy on a reality show. We love it! Check out her announcement: My first makeup memory was running down the beauty aisles with my mom getting to pick my very own lipstick. It was a COVERGIRL pink glittery lipstick that made me feel so good about myself – even though it probably wasn’t my shade . Well, I am so excited to share that now I get to take my baby girls down those same aisles, and they get to see their mama as a #COVERGIRL! I am so honored and thrilled to join the iconic women of the #COVERGIRL family and be a part of a brand that empowers women to embrace their originality. Follow @covergirl to learn more! #COVERGIRLMADE A post shared by Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) on Sep 20, 2017 at 6:02am PDT Covergirl sent their own welcome post for Ayesha and her daughters. Told you we had something cookin’ COVERGIRLS… So happy we don’t have to keep our lids on it anymore!
Source: FOX / Getty The new season of EMPIRE returns at a new time Wednesday, 8:00pm on Fox Sept. 27th . The season is sure to be filled with twists, turns, and endless drama. We also think a main character has to go before the end of the season. So we want to know who you think will die before the season 4 finale of Empire. Take our poll below… The Latest Music, Celebrities and Interviews: Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit
Source: John Shearer/Hand in Hand / Getty The Georgia woman who’s suing Usher for $20 million for allegedly giving her genital herpes is finally coming out publicly. According to TMZ , her name is Laura Helm and she says in new legal documents that she had two sexual encounters with Usher. The docs say the “Confessions” singer behaved very oddly in their encounters. Helm states in the docs that Usher ran to the bathroom before they finished first having sex. The second time, she says he did not wear a condom and a few days after Helm says she noticed an unusual bump on the inside of her cheek. A few days passed and Helm says she noticed another bump the size of a green pea on her vagina. Helm says Usher set the mood the second time by putting on some jazz music and performing oral sex on her. Helm insists her and Usher started off as platonic friends but then she was wooed by the singer when he told her of his humanitarian efforts in Africa. You can check out a picture of Helm here. We’ll keep you updated as the story continues to unfold.
Source: Robin Marchant / Getty Cardi B has had a whirlwind of year and she shows no signs of stopping the fun anytime soon. Just a day after being the belle of Rihanna ‘s Diamond Ball event in NYC, the rapper stopped by Power 105.1’s Breakfast Club and dished on all things new with Cardi B. What fans want to hear most from the BX beauty is details about her now public relationship with Offset of Migos. Host Angela Yee delve right into Cardi and Offset’s love affair by asking the “Bodak Yellow” rapper if she feels competitive around her boyfriend, using their BET nominations as an example. Cardi gushed, “I think he would want me to win, to be honest with you.” Charlamagne Tha God couldn’t let the relationship talk die without asking the former Love & Hip Hop star if she’s in love, to which she answered, “Why you gotta use the L word for? You know I’m too gangsta to use those types of words, you know what I’m sayin’.” Since Cardi wouldn’t budge when it came to talking about her relationship, the hosts moved on to another hot topic that involved popular personality this summer — her rumored beef with Nicki Minaj . Cardi said of the alleged squabble, “We just conversated man. And that’s it. People don’t understand though, that I got like beef with like ten bitches in the hood, and I still be in the hood.” As for her highly anticipated album, Cardi revealed that the October released date has unfortunately been pushed back. She added, “I wanted to drop next month. Every single time I think, ‘I got all the 10 songs,’ I’m like, ‘I’m buggin’. These ain’t it.’ It’s just like, ‘Damn! I’m competing with myself. I’m competing with the goddamn No. 2 record and stuff.’” Sounds fishy. Despite the pint sized fake drama, Cardi B’s glow up is real! Congrats on all your success. Check out the full interview above. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://globalgrind.cassiuslife.com” id=”4212059″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Scott Legato / Getty Iggy Azalea ‘s career could be likened to a celestial comet: nice to look at, only comes around every years and if you blink, you could miss it. Back in 2010, when Nicki Minaj was starting her tenure as reigning queen of rap, all anyone could talk about was he Australian-bred rapper being the hottest thing to hit hip hop in a long time. The fact that she’s not American and White added to her appeal, but what lead to her demise? Jezebel recently did an article entitled “The Making and Unmaking of Iggy Azalea” and touched on important points in her career that were pivotal to her success. The article points out that Polow Da Don was interested in Iggy ever since he met her in Atlanta in 2010 when she was just dropping mixtapes. The producer said of his first encounter with Iggy, “She just looked exotic. She looked like a star. If she was in entertainment, I wanted to work with her. If she wasn’t, I wanted to talk to her, try to take her out on a date or something.” Source: Kevin Mazur/AMA2014 / Getty After bouncing around from mentor to mentor, who tried to make her go pop, Polow says, “I told her, ‘Nobody’s gonna buy you being hood.’” Due to their creative differences, Iggy and Polow parted ways — then she moved on to another Atlanta great, T.I. Before officially working with Grand Hustle, Iggy continued to grind her way to hit records, and finally landed one by the end of 2014. “Fancy” set the charts on fire and became 2015’s summer anthem. From there, she took her talents to features and hopped on tracks with everyone from Ariana Grande to Britney Spea r s . She was basically the pop world’s go to rapper at the time. Iggy was so popular that she even landed a modeling contract with Wilhelmina. Then, according to Jezebel, “Iggy became a punchline and went from being hailed as a white rap savior to, three years later, being a digital-era Vanilla Ice.” Her social media beefs with everyone from Azelia Banks to Q-Tip, plus her tumultuous relationship with Nick Young, started to overshadow the music. In a June interview with The Guardian, singer Halsey , who is also White, summarized Iggy’s career in a nutshell, saying “She had a complete disregard for Black culture. F***ing moron. I watched her career dissolve and it fascinated me.” Halsey isn’t the only one who noticed her disregard for the culture, hip hop as a whole was demanding for her to stop mocking the art of hip hop. Last year and 2017 were ice-cold years for Iggy professionally, but her personal life has overshadowed her music — hence the reason she posted more about her five-minute long relationship with French Montana than she did her sophomore album. Iggy Azalea Would Totally Yes’ If French Montana Proposed She … : https://t.co/W5gpie9iX2 …. pic.twitter.com/4xa9BYemHz — BINGBING Cocktail (@BINGBING_CKTAIL) February 19, 2017 Bottom line, after seven years in the game, we still haven’t gotten to the heart of who Iggy Azalea is besides a rapper from Australia. Maybe 2018 will see the rebirth of Iggy Iggs on the music charts? Check out the full Jezebel article here . [ione_media_gallery src=”https://globalgrind.cassiuslife.com” id=”4015610″ overlay=”true”]
Your browser does not support iframes. Fans were allegedly upset with Nicki Minaj when she held up her show in order to get Popeyes chicken. Before her performance at Philipp Plein’s Fashion Week after-show party, Nicki’s production team had to send someone out to get her some chicken, a process that apparently held up the show for an hour. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit While some people might immediately consider this disrespectful, it’s more likely that Nicki just had to eat before exerting herself onstage. Click on the audio player to hear more in this exclusive clip from Gary’s Tea on “ The Rickey Smiley Morning Show .” Listen to “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” LIVE every weekday from 6/5am C. RELATED: How Nicki Minaj Sparked Debate About Rap’s Devotion To High-End Designers [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Why Nicki Minaj Should Hop On A Track With Cardi B [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Hip-Hop Spot: How Remy Ma Used Summer Jam To Take Shots At Nicki Minaj [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1790013″ overlay=”true”]
Your browser does not support iframes. Fans were allegedly upset with Nicki Minaj when she held up her show in order to get Popeyes chicken. Before her performance at Philipp Plein’s Fashion Week after-show party, Nicki’s production team had to send someone out to get her some chicken, a process that apparently held up the show for an hour. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit While some people might immediately consider this disrespectful, it’s more likely that Nicki just had to eat before exerting herself onstage. Click on the audio player to hear more in this exclusive clip from Gary’s Tea on “ The Rickey Smiley Morning Show .” Listen to “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” LIVE every weekday from 6/5am C. RELATED: How Nicki Minaj Sparked Debate About Rap’s Devotion To High-End Designers [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Why Nicki Minaj Should Hop On A Track With Cardi B [EXCLUSIVE] RELATED: Hip-Hop Spot: How Remy Ma Used Summer Jam To Take Shots At Nicki Minaj [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1790013″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Mike McGinnis / Getty Kevin Hart will always be the first one to tell you he’s not perfect man. Now that he’s found himself in a particularly sticky situation, the comedian an actor is getting ahead of an alleged sex tape scandal by apologizing in advance to his pregnant wife and children for what he calls a lapse in judgement. Taking to Instagram, Hart confesses, “I made a bad error and judgment and put myself in an environment where only bad things can happen and they did and in doing that I know that I’m going to hurt the people closest to me.” He goes on to say that becoming a megastar has put a “target on his back” and knowing that, he should have made better decisions. “It’s a sh-tty moment when you know you’re wrong and there’s no excuses for your wrong behavior. At the end of the day, I simply have to do better. But I’m also not going to allow someone to have financial gain over my mistakes and in this particular situation that’s what was attempted.” According to TMZ , someone reached out to Kevin Hart’s team with a video showing the comedian getting hot and heavy with another woman. The video allegedly cuts to a bedroom where two people are having sex, but apparently you don’t see Kevin’s face. The gossip site claims the owner of said video demanded a multi-million dollar payment in exchange for not leaking the video, however Hart chose to come clean instead. The FBI is currently investigating the case, since the alleged recordings happened without his consent. SOURCE: TMZ | IMAGE CREDIT: Getty
