Monday, July 1, 2024

Weekly Entertainment News

 


RICK ROSS ATTACKED BY DRAKE GOONS AFTER PLAYING KENDRICK LAMAR DISS AT CANADA SHOW

Rick Ross‘s beef with Drake has turned physical as he was attacked by OVO goons after playing Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” at a show in Canada.

Rozay was performing at Ignite Music Festival in Vancouver on Sunday (June 30) when he played Kendrick’s chart-topping diss track, which contains accusations that Drizzy is a pedophile.

After coming off stage, with the song still playing, Rozay was confronted by a group of men who were seemingly angered by him playing the track on Drake’s home soil.

The two parties then exchanged words before one of the men sucker punched Ross in the face, leading to an all-out brawl that last for several minutes.

Team OVO appeared the clear winners in the fight, which saw several of Ross’ entourage beat up and knocked to the floor. The rapper himself largely avoided the scuffle after being initally punched.

At the end of the melee, one of the MMG mogul’s team was left lying unconscious on the grass and had to be carried away.



SHAQ APOLOGIZES TO DRAKE FOR SHARING ‘BBL DRIZZY’ MEME: ‘I’M NOT TROLLING’

Shaquille’ O’Neal recently shared a Drake meme on his social media profile, and he has now made it clear that he wasn’t making fun of the rapper.

During an episode of The Big Podcast With Shaq that went live on Friday (June 28), the NBA legend took a moment to set the record clear regarding something he posted on his Instagram Stories earlier this week.

Soundtracked by a rendition of the “BBL Drizzy” jab popularized by Metro Boomin, the image featured the retired athlete holding a woman wearing a bikini — her face, however, had been edited and swapped with that of the 6 God.

“Let me apologize right quick,” the 52-year-old began. “The mistake I made was I should’ve said ‘Who did this?’ […] Listen, Drake has a great sense of humor, so I thought it was funny that they did it.

“Like I saw ‘Shaq’s Trolling’ — no, I’m not trolling. I didn’t Photoshop it; somebody Photoshopped […] I thought it was funny and, hopefully, [Drake] thought it was funny too. But once it went viral, I definitely took it down.”



Kanye West Co. Sued Over 'New Slaves' Allegations, Bianca Allegedly Sent Porn to Staff

Kanye West created an app to promote his rap music, fostering a racist environment with brutal work conditions – while his wife, Bianca Censori, sent porn videos to staff which were accessible by minors, according to a new lawsuit.

The bombshell suit, filed in a U.S. District Court, named Ye and his former chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, as defendants.

The suit alleges Kanye and co. engaged in "forced labor and cruel inhuman, or degrading treatment."

The two were accused of making false promises to pay their adult and minor employees and forcing them to work insanely long hours as they were openly mocked with racist jabs and called "new slaves."

It all started in the Spring of 2024 when Ye decided to launch the YZYVSN streaming service app to rival Tidal, Spotify and Apple Music. The suit says Ye wanted to avoid paying those companies to promote his new albums, "Vultures" and "Vultures 2."

So, he and Milo allegedly hired an international developer group comprised of several Black members, which also included underage teens as young as 14.

The docs say the employees mostly worked remotely, staying in constant communication with Ye, Milo and their team by using digital and online communication applications such as Discord, Zoom and Slack.

In April 2024, the docs say, Milo promised to pay $120,000 to the developer group after they completed the app if they agreed to the work conditions and didn't complain.

But things quickly went downhill ... the suit says Ye ordered all employees to sign non-disclosure agreements, threatening to fire the minors and refusing to pay them if they didn't. Minor developers were also required to sign “volunteer” agreements.

Then Ye's white managers who oversaw the foreign and minority workers allegedly used disparaging language to create a hostile work environment.

In group chats, the Caucasian managers used harassing language toward the underlings in regards to their age, race, gender, sexual orientation and national origin. Some team members were called "slaves" while others were referred to as "new slaves."

The docs say Milo once sent a chat message with a Black/brown skin emoji to an African American team member, while calling a younger worker a school shooter. The employees were also bullied into working long hours through the night without pay or sleep.

Then, in late April, Ye announced he was launching an adult film biz called "Yeezy Porn," with his wife Bianca sending one worker a file-sharing link containing hardcore sexual activity, according to the docs. The minors were not shielded from viewing the smut videos as they developed Ye's porn app. Bianca is not named as a defendant.



Megan Thee Stallion Claps At Nicki Minaj On 'Rattle' Diss Track

Megan Thee Stallion is spinning the block on Nicki Minaj with her newly released diss track ... and even uses TMZ as a punch line to get her point across!!!

On Friday, Meg dropped her new self-titled album, which opens with her previously released No. 1 track "Hiss," and adds a new snake-bite diss track in "Rattle."

Meg gloats on the song's chorus ... "Ain't got no tea on me, this ho think she TMZ" -- and later takes a dig at Nicki's home life with husband Kenneth Petty and their 3-year-old son.

Meg thinks Nicki has too much time on her hands and snapped back, "Damn, bitch, it's been four years/ Worry 'bout your man and your kid/ Your life must be borin' as f**k if you still reminiscing 'bout s**t that we did!!!

The "tea" lyrics were a direct response to Nicki's threats on the closing of her MTS diss track "Big Foot" earlier this year, where she warned, "You know I got a lotta tea I went easy on you."



Drake Loses $500K Bet On Oilers After Game 7 Stanley Cup Finals Defeat

Drake's summer vibes aren't high right now ... and they certainly didn't get any better on Monday, as he lost a massive $500k bet after Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final!

The Toronto-based rapper put down a $500,000 wager on the Edmonton Oilers (vs. Florida Panthers) to win the country's first Stanley Cup since the Montreal Canadians did it back in 1993. Unfortunately for Drake and our friends up north, the wait will continue. The Panthers took game seven by a final score of 2-1 ... handing Drake an L.



FUGEES REPORTEDLY WORKING ON NEW ALBUM FOLLOWING TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

The Fugees are reportedly working on their first album since 1996 following news of a reunion tour.

The trio of Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel and Lauryn Hill are supposedly in the studio cooking up their first project since their seven times platinum smashThe Score, according to a story from The New York Post that ran on Friday (June 28).

The news was shared with the newspaper by an anonymous inside source.

The Post also mentioned that Wyclef teased a potential new album back in November, noting that, as he put it in an old song: “Anything can happen.”

It was earlier this week that Lauryn Hill announced she would be bringing her son YG Marley along for her tour with The Fugees.

The New Jersey legend announced the ‘The Celebration Continues Tour’ in an Instagram post, which will extend last year’s 25-year anniversary celebration of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

Set to kick off on August 9 in Tampa, Florida, the 22-date trek will make its way through the United States before heading to Europe in October, where it will conclude in Amsterdam.


Lil Wayne names his Top 5 best rappers of all time

Kendrick Lamar may have been deemed by many to have defeated Drake in their recent feud, but it wasn’t enough for him to surpass the 6 God — in the eyes of Lil Wayne, at least.

In a new interview, the New Orleans native was asked who is Top 5 rappers of all time are, and he didn’t hesistate to put Drizzy up there with some notable Hip Hop heavyweights.

“My Top 5 rappers of all time are JAY-Z, Missy Elliott, Eminem, ummm… The Notorious B.I.G. — oh, and this is no specific order right here — and Drizzy.”

Weezy has previously named the likes of Goodie Mob and UGK in his list of favorite rap acts.


Lil Wayne names his Top 5 best rappers of all time (in no order):

• EMINEM
• Jay-Z
• Missy Elliot
• Notorious B.I.G
• Drake 


Keefe D will remain in police custody

Keefe D (real name Duane Davis) will remain in police custody as he waits for the 2Pac murder trial to commence in November.

After the former gang member was unable to prove that he gathered his bail money through legitimate means, Judge Carli Kierny denied his release on Wednesday (June 26).

During an appearance in court this week, Wack 100 (real name Cash Jones) said he put up 15% of the $750,000 bond as a “gift” to help the suspect. Even though he claimed that the gesture wasn’t premised on any business dealings, prosecutors dug up a VladTV interview from early June in which the record executive talked about capitalizing on Davis’ story.

“It’s only $75,000,” he said in the clip. “I’ve been thinking about going to get him with the stipulations that I’ll do the series on it.”

In his defense, the 44-year old told the Clark County court: “That’s what I said to Vlad, but Keefe D is already involved with somebody. I have no contracts with him. Before you go on Vlad, you have a discussion about what you’re going to talk about and what needs to be said to draw up views. There’s nothing about Vlad and nothing about YouTube that says that we’re being truthful about what we’re saying for entertainment.”