In 1988, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, Kool Moe Dee, and Biz Markie were in the middle of the Dope Jam Tour when an altercation broke out during a stop at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Concertgoer Julio Fuentes, 19, was stabbed once in the chest amid an apparent robbery attempt mere minutes after he entered the venue. He died 30 minutes later at Nassau County Medical Center. Coupled with the murder of DJ Scott La Rock—a founding member of Boogie Down Productions who’d been fatally shot while attempting to break up an…
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Aca-dorable!On her first Mother’s Day as a mom, Rebel Wilson shared the most prominent photos yet of her first child, daughter Royce Lillian Elizabeth Wilson. In her May 14 post, the Pitch Perfect actress included a pic of herself and fiancée Ramona Agruma—who is wearing a pink baseball cap bearing the word “Mama,” sitting together with the baby, who is 6 months old. Royce sports a cream woolen bunny bonnet, a pastel pink cardigan, grey sweatpants and white and pink fuzzy socks. Another image shows Rebel holding the little girl up as she stands with her on the deck of a large boat. Royce is…
Tim McGraw was one of the biggest stars on Curb Records, the label where he first made his career. But things turned sour between the label and the star, ending up in court in 2011.On May 13, 2011 — 12 years ago today — Curb sued the superstar for breach of contract, claiming that McGraw delivered his Emotional Traffic album too soon, in violation of a contract clause that obliged him to space his albums 18 months apart. Curb refused to release the album, and McGraw took the position that delivering Emotional Traffic fulfilled his last contractual obligation to the label.McGraw countersued,…
Fans of developer Spytihněv’s Quake-inspired throwback shooter HROT (pronounced “hu-rot”) have been waiting a long while for a full release of the game since it hit Early Access on Steam back in 2021. That day will finally be arriving this week, as HROT will be getting its 1.0 release on May 16. The full release of HROT will include three full episodes consisting of 26 levels, as well as four endless arenas for you fans of horde mode. Wearing its 90s shooter inspirations on its sleeve, HROT takes place in 1986 in a small socialist country neighbouring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia)…
The Cure has been my favorite band since I was about 14. This was not too long after Wish came out, and while I enjoyed “Friday I’m in Love,” it was pretty far on the light side of pop for my 8th grade punk-grunge taste; I liked it, but I listened to Nirvana and the Ramones, so it was more of a “Thursday doesn’t even start.” But once I started listening to their back catalog, I was in love every day of the week. By 1996, I was such a big fan that my boss gave me his Kissing Tour…
Queen Drop Rapper filmed the clip while in her native Trinidad and Tobago Nicki Minaj has dropped the video for “Red Ruby Da Sleeze.” The song, which is her first solo single of the year and arrived in March, debuted at Number 13 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. “There’s now a full #RedRubyDaSleeze video on YOUTUBE!!!! It’ll be everywhere else next week. Happy early MOTHER’S DAY,” she wrote on Instagram on Saturday. [embedded content] The visual finds the rapper in her native Trinidad and Tobago for Carnival 2023. In the clip, she drops fiery rhymes as she frolics in a robe and…
On top of that, Ray and Cusimano were doing a major renovation of a property in Tuscany that, let’s just say, he was initially less-than-thrilled she had purchased.”The buildings that I turned into what is now our home there, they had nothing,” she remembered. “They had mulch, animal carcasses, no running water, no electricity. And my husband’s like, ‘Couldn’t we get somethin’ with a toilet?’ It was a hard, hard sell on the hubby.” Because of the pandemic, Ray and Cusimano couldn’t visit the Italian property for years, resulting in them again doing a large portion of the renovations on Zoom. However,…
Jimmie Allen won’t be booked for any jobs for the foreseeable future. United Talent Agency (UTA) has suspended the singer after a lawsuit was filed accusing him of assault and sexual abuse.The move follows a suspension by his record label and removal from next month’s CMA Fest in Nashville. Allen had stayed remarkably busy over the last several years with projects in television, reality television, management, several genres of music and even professional bowling.Related: Jimmie Allen Accused of Rape, Sued for Sexual Battery, Assault + MoreVariety shared a statement from a UTA spokesperson:We have suspended our representation of Jimmie Allen due to…
The cast for Radio Silence‘s (V/H/S, Southbound, Scream, Scream VI) mysterious “Untitled Monster Thriller” for Universal is shaping up to be monstrous in size and talent. Hot on the heels of announcing Dan Stevens among the lineup, Deadline reports that Kevin Durand (Tragedy Girls, “The Strain”) has joined the cast as well. While details of course remain under lock and key for this project, Durand is no stranger to the realm of horror, especially when it comes to playing villains or morally dubious characters. The actor was more recently seen in Netflix’s “Locke & Key” and the James Wan-produced “Swamp Thing”…
Photography courtesy of Fendi Plus, a collaboration between Roots and Alder. By Sarah Mariotti Date May 12, 2023 Facebook Twitter Fendi by Marc Jacobs officially launches Photography courtesy of Fendi Fendi has had some major designer collaborations in recent years (think: Versace, Tiffany & Co. and Skims), but its new partnership with Marc Jacobs is an undeniable highlight. As part of the Fendi Baguette’s 25th-anniversary celebrations, the Italian luxury house enlisted the talents of the American designer to reinvent the iconic bag and other Fendi staples. The result is a marriage of uptown chic and downtown cool that adds new…
Jamey Johnson, Chapel Hart, Jake Owen, Exile, and Randy Travis will all appear at June Jam 2023, Alabama’s long-running charity concert benefiting disaster relief in Alabama. Set for June 3 in Fort Payne, Alabama, it marks the revival of the festival, first held in 1982. Along with Alabama’s Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, June Jam includes the Oak Ridge Boys, the Nineties country collective known as the Frontmen, bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent, vocal group Home Free, the Isaacs, and Dee Jee Silver. Alabama retired in 2004, but reunited in 2011 on the strength of a collaboration with Brad Paisley,…
That month, she, A$AP and RZA appeared together on the cover of British Vogue. Rihanna, who occasionally also shares pics of the child on her Instagram, offered the magazine some insight into her and A$AP’s relationship and life as parents.”We’re best friends with a baby,” she said. “We have to be on the same page, but we’ve always kind of had that in our relationship. Everything changes when you have a baby but I wouldn’t say it’s done anything but made us closer.” She also talked about her son’s close connection with his dad. ”I’m just sitting on the sidelines when they’re…
Kelly Clarkson is speaking out after a blockbuster report alleged that the work environment on her daily talk show, the Kelly Clarkson Show, is toxic and “traumatizing.”In a statement she posted to social media on Friday evening (May 12), the singing superstar and television personality says she has always “led with my heart and what I believed to be right … And to find out that anyone is feeling unheard and or disrespected on this show is unacceptable.”Rolling Stone published an expose on Friday in which ten former staffers and one current employee of Clarkson’s show open up about what…
The cast for Radio Silence‘s (V/H/S, Southbound, Scream, Scream VI) mysterious “Untitled Monster Thriller” for Universal is shaping up to be monstrous in size and talent. Hot on the heels of announcing Dan Stevens among the lineup, Deadline reports that Kevin Durand (Tragedy Girls, “The Strain”) has joined the cast. While details of course remain under lock and key for this project, Durand is no stranger to the realm of horror, especially when it comes to playing villains or morally dubious characters. The actor was more recently seen in Netflix’s “Locke & Key” and the James Wan-produced “Swamp Thing” series. Durand…