Source: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Getty Nicki Minaj Drops Two New Freestyles Nicki Minaj returned to Queen Radio this week with some new music to feed her rabid and raucously reactionary fanbase. Here’s the first one. It’s a remake of Meek Mill and Drake’s “Going Bad” Thoughts? Flip the page to hear how Onika sounds over Gunna and Lil’ Baby’s “Drip Too Hard”
Source: Live Nation / Radio One Atlanta, GA (Feb. 4, 2019) – On Sunday, Big Boi joined Maroon 5 and Travis Scott for a seismic Super Bowl performance, blurring the lines between genres and styles and delivering a blockbuster moment for the culture. During the performance, Big debuted the exclusive Atlien jackets available at OUTKAST.com now. On the heels of the release of his new tracks “Doin’ It” [feat. Sleepy Brown] and “Return of the Dope Boi” [feat. Killer Mike & Backbone] Big Boi unveils the music video for “Doin’ It [feat. Sleepy Brown].” The video magnifies the artist’s world in vivid widescreen complete with old school Cadillacs, fur coats, owls, and other surprises. Click HERE to view! Both tracks are available HERE via HITCO. Additionally, he will embark on the Dungeon Family Tour 2019 with a bill stacked with Atlanta luminaries and members of the Dungeon Family, including Goodie Mob, Sleepy Brown, Organized Noize, and KP The Great. Tickets go on-sale February 8th. It kicks off on Saturday April 14 in Chicago, IL at House of Blues, rolls through major markets on the East Coast and in the South, and concludes Friday April 27 at Salvage Station in Asheville, NC. Check out the full confirmed itinerary below & get more information here: http://dudgeonfailytour.com This is just the beginning for a massive 2019 for the GRAMMY® Award-winning diamond selling artist, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, and philanthropist. Big Boi takes hip-hop to another dimension once again. TOUR DATES: April 14 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues April 16 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works April 17 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore New Orleans April 18 – Dallas, TX – Bomb Factory April 20 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theater April 22 – Washington, DC – The Howard Theater April 23 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 April 24 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore April 25 – Boston, MA – House of Blues April 27 – Asheville, NC – Salvage Station About Big Boi: Atlanta indisputably set the pace for modern hip-hop. However, Big Boi set the pace for Atlanta, and by proxy, the culture at large. If the genre of hip-hop ever gets its own “Rap Mount Rushmore,” a legacy as the region’s foremost wordsmith, funkiest gentleman, and resident ATLien certainly guarantees a place for the diamond selling artist, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, philanthropist born Antwan André Patton. Big made history as the preeminent spitter of the Dungeon Family and one-half of OutKast. The legendary duo sold 25 million albums and garnered seven GRAMMY® Awards, becoming the first and only hip-hop artist in history to win the GRAMMY® for “Album of the Year” upon release of their 2003 RIAA Diamond-certified Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Big Boi made his proper introduction as a solo artist in 2010 with Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. A modern classic, it captured #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and landed on Pitchfork’s “100 Best Albums of the Decade ‘So Far’.” Following a succession of high-profile album releases, Big Boi released his latest album Boomiverse in 2017. The smash single “All Night” sound tracked a high-profile Apple Animoji commercial, blew up radio, and clocked 40 million streams within a year. The song also hit Top 30 on the pop chart and Top 10 at Rhythmic. Follow Big Boi: Twitter Instagram Facebook For more information, please contact: Carleen Donovan, carleen@donovanpublicrelations.com/ 212-677-0014 Chloe Snyder, chloe@donovanpublicrelations.com Tickets will go on-sale this Friday at 10am at FoxTheatre.org Watch Big Boi’s Performance from Super Bowl LIII
Gladys Knight took the field before the players in Sunday’s Super Bowl LIII, performing a powerful rendition of the National Anthem. The set also featured performance artist and deaf activist Aarron Loggins, who signed the anthem in honor of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD). The “Empress of Soul’s” appearance in her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia follows the footsteps of artists including Cher, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Billy Joel and P!nk who performed last year. Source: Rolling Stone
Gladys Knight took the field before the players in Sunday’s Super Bowl LIII, performing a powerful rendition of the National Anthem. The set also featured performance artist and deaf activist Aarron Loggins, who signed the anthem in honor of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD). The “Empress of Soul’s” appearance in her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia follows the footsteps of artists including Cher, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Billy Joel and P!nk who performed last year. Source: Rolling Stone
Jussie Smollett took to the stage on Saturday night for the first time since he was savagely assaulted just days before . And he had something to say before launching into his set. “I am not fully healed yet, but I’m going to, and I’m gonna stand strong with ya’ll,” the actor/singer said during a concert at the Troubadour club on the Sunset Strip. Referencing the heinous attack, Smollett added: “I had to be here tonight, y’all. I couldn’t let those motherf-ckers win. So I will always stand for love. “I will never stand for anything other than that. Regardless of what anyone else says, I will only stand for love and I hope that you all stand with me.” Smollett was taken by surprise by two assailants around 2 a.m. last Tuesday on his way back from Subway. These attackers tied a rope around his neck and poured bleach all over him, committing an obvious hate crime against someone who is African-American and openly gay. Speaking to the audience last night, Smollett actually clarified a few details around the incident. He said that he was driven to see a doctor but was not hospitalized… suffered bruises but did not break any ribs…and was cleared by his physicians to perform this weekend. “And above all, I fought the f-ck back,” he said, drawing loud cheers. “I’m the gay Tupac.” Folks all over Hollywood have sent Smollett their best wishes, while President Donald Trump did not address the alleged fact that the suspects screamed to Smollett that he’s in “MAGA country.” But the Commander-in-Chief did say the following about the attack on the Empire star: “That I can tell you is horrible. I’ve seen it. Last night. It’s horrible. Doesn’t get worse.” View Slideshow: Jussie Smollett Attacked: Everything We Know So Far Before Smollett began his set yesterday, his siblings Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Jazz Smollett, Jake Smollett, Jocqui Smollett and the eldest, Joel Smollett Jr., took the stage. Said Joel to the crowd: “Jussie is a true artist, that’s how he breathes. “But above all else, above all else, he is the epitome of love. “So on behalf of the Smollett family, we are so proud of our brother and we are here tonight with all of you to give him confidence, the highest praise and unyielding support as he shares his music, his soul and his love to make this world a better place and not to concede to hate.” Jussie then came out and hugged his relatives. The day before Smollett broke his silence about the hate crime . He said via statement: My body is strong but my soul is stronger. More importantly I want to say thank you. The outpouring of love and support from my village has meant more than I will ever be able to truly put into words. Despite my frustrations and deep concern with certain inaccuracies and misrepresentations that have been spread, I still believe that justice will be served. I am not and should not be looked upon as an isolated incident. We will talk soon and I will address all details of this horrific incident, but I need a moment to process. Most importantly, during times of trauma, grief and pain, there is still a responsibility to lead with love. It’s all I know. And that can’t be kicked out of me. View Slideshow: Jussie Smollett Receives Outpouring of Love After Hate Crime Assault
Jussie Smollett took to the stage on Saturday night for the first time since he was savagely assaulted just days before . And he had something to say before launching into his set. “I am not fully healed yet, but I’m going to, and I’m gonna stand strong with ya’ll,” the actor/singer said during a concert at the Troubadour club on the Sunset Strip. Referencing the heinous attack, Smollett added: “I had to be here tonight, y’all. I couldn’t let those motherf-ckers win. So I will always stand for love. “I will never stand for anything other than that. Regardless of what anyone else says, I will only stand for love and I hope that you all stand with me.” Smollett was taken by surprise by two assailants around 2 a.m. last Tuesday on his way back from Subway. These attackers tied a rope around his neck and poured bleach all over him, committing an obvious hate crime against someone who is African-American and openly gay. Speaking to the audience last night, Smollett actually clarified a few details around the incident. He said that he was driven to see a doctor but was not hospitalized… suffered bruises but did not break any ribs…and was cleared by his physicians to perform this weekend. “And above all, I fought the f-ck back,” he said, drawing loud cheers. “I’m the gay Tupac.” Folks all over Hollywood have sent Smollett their best wishes, while President Donald Trump did not address the alleged fact that the suspects screamed to Smollett that he’s in “MAGA country.” But the Commander-in-Chief did say the following about the attack on the Empire star: “That I can tell you is horrible. I’ve seen it. Last night. It’s horrible. Doesn’t get worse.” View Slideshow: Jussie Smollett Attacked: Everything We Know So Far Before Smollett began his set yesterday, his siblings Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Jazz Smollett, Jake Smollett, Jocqui Smollett and the eldest, Joel Smollett Jr., took the stage. Said Joel to the crowd: “Jussie is a true artist, that’s how he breathes. “But above all else, above all else, he is the epitome of love. “So on behalf of the Smollett family, we are so proud of our brother and we are here tonight with all of you to give him confidence, the highest praise and unyielding support as he shares his music, his soul and his love to make this world a better place and not to concede to hate.” Jussie then came out and hugged his relatives. The day before Smollett broke his silence about the hate crime . He said via statement: My body is strong but my soul is stronger. More importantly I want to say thank you. The outpouring of love and support from my village has meant more than I will ever be able to truly put into words. Despite my frustrations and deep concern with certain inaccuracies and misrepresentations that have been spread, I still believe that justice will be served. I am not and should not be looked upon as an isolated incident. We will talk soon and I will address all details of this horrific incident, but I need a moment to process. Most importantly, during times of trauma, grief and pain, there is still a responsibility to lead with love. It’s all I know. And that can’t be kicked out of me. View Slideshow: Jussie Smollett Receives Outpouring of Love After Hate Crime Assault
Source: Prince Williams / Getty BlackInkCHI Sneak Peek: Charmaine And Junior Hash Things Out Junior appears at the convention and clears up his situation from Jamaica . Previously the crew thought the artist physically assaulted a former employee named Reese while they were away in Jamaica. Later, camera footage proved that Junior didn’t touch her. Do you think he deserves to be back amongst the 9Mag crew?
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Gunna New Music Video “One Call” Gunna is one of Atlanta’s brightest new stars and the MC is preparing to release his new album Drip Or Drown 2 very soon, but for now, take a look at his new video/single “One Call” Drip is WAY too hard.
Nicki Minaj just released a brand new music video and according to her fans, she’s definitely TRASHING fellow rapper, Drake. The video for her Queen track ‘Hard White’ dropped today on February 1 and naturally, her fans aren’t wasting any time to decode and dissect every possible savage moment. At one point in the visual, a scorpion appears and then dies as it fractures into a ton of tiny pieces. Scorpion was the name of Drake’s full-length album in 2018 and of course, fans are connecting the imagery as a hidden nod to the artist. The Barbies took to Twitter to express their feelings about the so-called diss, according to Hollywood Life. Nicki Minaj – Hard White “Just killed another career, it’s a mild day. #hardwhite #endeddrake” a fan tweeted after watching the video. Another fan said, “Did Nicki really say f**k Drake like that like that?” While some fans had no sympathy saying “finish him.” Fans also thought her song ‘Barbie Dreams’ was a diss at Drake when she rapped “Drake worth a hundred milli, always buying me shit/but I don’t know if the p***y wet though or if he crying and s**t” Minaj clarified saying “with ‘Barbie Dreams’, you guys do know that is not a diss, right? You do know people I said on ‘Barbie Dreams’… I said things about people who I know can take a joke and who I know can’t be emotional with it.” So, maybe killing the scorpion symbol is just a harsh joke, or maybe it has no connection at all. OR maybe the Barbz are actually on to something here. Minaj also seems to throw some shade at the Grammys. “I’m the trophy of the game, everybody tryna win me,” she raps as she holds a gramophone. According to E! Queen missed the eligibility period, so Minaj will not be considered at this year’s ceremony. Despite the Grammy snub, the album did go platinum earlier this month. But anyway, back to more ‘important’ news: Whether you think Nicki is making a dig at Drake or just thought a scorpion was a cool idea you should still check out the video. The haunting visuals show the A-list rapper dressed in a long sleeve gown with an elaborate headdress. And then she is seen in a futuristic silver mini dress while sitting atop a throne with burning torches on both sides. The Queen is ready for war. Drake, are you? View Slideshow: Cardi B and Nicki Minaj Feud: Twitter and The Maury Show Pick Sides!