Eminem Tops All RIAA Awards

 

With 73.5 million new certifications, Eminem is now the number one awarded musician in RIAA’s history with 227.5 million in total.

Among the total includes 61.5 million in album certifications and 166 million in singles certifications.

Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West to Headline Rolling Loud Miami 2022

 

Shortly after Future linked up with Kanye West to executive produce Donda 2 and Kendrick Lamar performed alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Mary J. Blige at the Super Bowl halftime show, the three rap giants are now set to headline this year’s Rolling Loud Miami.

Will R. Kelly's New Lawyer Get Him Acquitted?

 

R. Kelly’s new lawyer asked for an acquittal in his sex crimes case on Thursday, February 17, arguing that prosecutors were influenced by the Me Too movement in bringing charges that didn’t fit the allegations against him. Prosecutors were “invigorated by an influential social movement determined to punish centuries of male misbehavior through symbolic prosecutions of high-profile men,” Jennifer Bonjean, who successfully appealed Bill Cosby’s conviction, wrote in court filings. 

Jennifer Lopez Set To Receive Icon Award

 

LL Cool J is getting ready to step into a new role -- awards show host! The music artist and actor has been tapped to host the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards.

iHeartMedia and FOX Entertainment announced on Thursday that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will helm the event, which will be held at the The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 22.

Jay-Z And Yo Gotti Team Up With A&E

 

A&E Networks announced that they had greenlit an upcoming four-part docu-series titled Exposing Parchman. The series will follow JAY-Z and Yo Gotti and Roc Nation’s philanthropic branch Team Roc after they spearheaded a civil rights lawsuit alongside the 29 inmates of Mississippi’s notorious Parchman Prison. 

Jay-Z Wins $4.5M In Royalties

 

Parlux had sued Jay in 2016, claiming he failed to hold up his end of the promotional bargain when they teamed up to launch his cologne, Gold Jay-Z. The company said the whole deal was a stinking disaster because the rapper refused to do media and public appearances to pump up sales when the fragrance dropped in 2013. Parlux wanted $18 million from Hov but now he's effectively turned the financial tables on Parlux. 

Will Beyoncé And Jay-Z Compete Against One Another At The Oscars?

 

The nominations for the 2022 Academy Awards are expected to be announced in a few days on February 8, and anticipation is, as always, incredibly high. Looking at the Best Original Song category, it seems like the ninety-fourth Oscars will be chock full of pop stars vying for one of the most coveted prizes in the entertainment industry, which isn’t always the case. Two of the biggest artists in the business who are definitely in the running know each other very, very well, and they might end up competing against one another very soon.

Rihanna’s raises $125M with a Abu Dhabi-based investment firm

 

An Abu Dhabi-based investment firm linked to a top security official in the United Arab Emirates said Thursday it has invested $25 million in Savage X Fenty, the lingerie company co-founded by megastar and business mogul Rihanna.

Savage X Fenty also raised new investment from the Abu Dhabi Growth Fund, owned by the Abu Dhabi government.

Jay-Z & Kanye West Highest-Paid Rappers of 2021

 

Jay-Z and Kanye West are in elite company as a pair of the 10 highest-paid musicians of 2021. But both rappers and businessmen ain’t bringing in as much bank as Bruce Springsteen, though.

Rolling Stone compiled the list, written by author Zach O’Malley Greenburg, who noted that selling copyrights is what brought in the most dollars for the big bank artists.

YNW Melly Trial Set For March

 

YNW Melly's manager, 100K Track, recently announced that the Florida rapper will be home in two months.

Following the release of 100K Track's new song, "Rings," the former manager to King Von responded to questions about him becoming a full-time rapper. While he did not deny becoming a rapper, full-time, he did reveal an update in YNW Melly's case.

Nas Buys $3.5 Million Calabasas Mansion

 

Nas recently bought a mansion on the outskirts of Calabasas for a cool $3.5 million. Pictures Inside!

Jay-Z Is Now the Most-Nominated Artist in Grammys History

 

Jay-Z is still making history by the numbers. Jay-Z made Grammys history with his three nominations on Tuesday, becoming the most-nominated artist ever with a grand total of 83 nominations and solidifying his and Beyonce’s status as music royalty.

Kendrick Lamar Has A New Manager

 

A few days ahead of his headlining performance at Day N Vegas this weekend, it has been announced that rapper Kendrick Lamar has a new business manager. The pgLang co-founder is working with Anthony Saleh, who is well-respected in the music industry as the longtime manager of Nas.

Jay-Z Inducted Into Rock Hall Of Fame

 

An emotional Jay-Z joked that the tributes at the ceremony were “trying to make me cry in front of all these white people."

“Brooklyn’s finest,” Jay-Z, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on Saturday night among a class that included The Go-Go’s, Carole King, Tina Turner, Todd Rundgren, and Foo Fighters.

Flavor Flav Arrested On Battery Charges

 

Flavor Flav added to his long history of legal troubles earlier this month when he was arrested for a domestic violence incident, according to TMZ.

The Public Enemy legend was taken into police custody and booked on a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery in Henderson, Nevada on October 5 after cops responded to a domestic disturbance.

Jay-Z & Beyoncé Selling Their New Orleans Home

 

It looks like Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s time in the Crescent City is coming to an end, for now. The Hip-Hop power couple is reportedly selling their New Orleans home.

It’s a mansion actually, and the same crib that unfortunately caught fire a few months ago.

Jay-Z Takeover Of Marijuana Business Continues

 

Jay-Z and two venture firms have invested $19 million into the Denver-based cannabis tech company Flowhub. Flowhub received a $19 million investment from Jay-Z and the venture firms Headline and Poseidon.

Jay-Z And Team Roc Raises $1 Million

 

Jay-Z’s continues to fight for social justice and reforms. Towards the end of last year, his Team Roc group covered the legal fees for protestors in Wisconsin. His and Meek Mill’s REFORM Alliance helped bring forth a new California bill that limits probation sentences to one year for misdemeanors and two for felonies. Now Jay-Z and Team Roc helped raise $1 million to investigate wrongful convictions in a Kansas county.

NBA YoungBoy Makes Hip Hop Music History

YoungBoy Never Broke Again is making history as he becomes the first Hip Hop artist to release a no. 1 album in three consecutive years.  The 137,000 first-week units for Sincerely, Kentrell was good enough to edge out Drake’s Certified Love Boy, which slipped to no. 2, bringing in 135,000 units in its fourth week.

R. Kelly's Music Sales Soar over 500%

 

The posthumous effect is a known phenomenon in music and entertainment. When an artist or athlete dies, their output is hyper-valued, and sales associated with the person see a considerable increase. Suppose we accept incarceration as being its own form of death, social death, in particular. In that case, it could explain the 500% increase R. Kelly has seen in sales since being convicted on sex trafficking charges.