Swae Lee decided to be a source of healing for the world through the art of music. On Friday (June 5th), as protests against police brutality and systemic racism persist across the country and around the globe, Swae shared a 2-minute clip to Instagram to acknowledge the events going in the world right now.
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“Hey, what’s up you guys,” he begins in the video. “I’ve just been tuning in, paying attention to everything going on around us in the media, in our communities, right outside our front doorstep. So, I just wanted to use my voice to do something positive. Imma sing a little tune for y’all. Vibe wit’ it." He proceeds to perform a tribute cover of Diddy, Faith Evans, and 112's 1997 song, "I'll Be Missing You," originally written in memory of the late Notorious B.I.G. Swae dedicated the beautiful tune and its powerful message to "the loved ones we lost and everyone joining this fight pushing forward."
View this post on InstagramDedicated to the loved ones we lost and everyone joining this fight pushing forward
Earlier this week, Swae partook in one of the demonstrations occurring in Miami to fight these horrible injustices done by police. “The voices of humanity are being heard now more than ever !!!!” he wrote on a post from the protest. “Feel the power of unity we have always been stronger as one …putting our differences aside is the biggest step for mankind. One love everyone stay safe and remember the right thing to do is the right thing."
Rick Ross Has Discovered Marble On his Property
Rick Ross bought Evander Hollyfield's 109 room Georgia mansion for $5.8 million in 2014 after the bank foreclosed on Holyfield.
The heavyweight champ owed $14 million on the property at the time and claimed it was costing him a million dollars a year to run on top of the mortgage.
What Holyfield didn't know, and Ross just found out, is that there is valuable marble under the grounds of the 235-acre estate.
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"We chopping trees down and I heard I have marble on my land. I have marble under the ground," Ross explained, and was then showed the recrystallized rock. "All you marble distributors, holla at Rozay."
Marble wholesales at around eight bucks a pound. So it's going to take a lot of weight to pay for that house.
Machine Gun Kelly Sings Rihanna After Marilyn Manson’s Odd Request
Machine Gun Kelly celebrates his birthday by getting on FaceTime with Marilyn Manson and covering a Rihanna song.
Machine Gun Kelly has been keeping all of his fans busy with new music every single day during the quarantine. The rapper has been locked down for twenty-one days and, unfortunately, he has to celebrate his birthday right now. While we're sure he would have been pulling some crazy ragers in Las Vegas this weekend had the circumstances been different, MGK is making the most of his big day under quarantine.
Continuing his plan to drop new vibes every day, Kellz hopped on a FaceTime call with none other than Marilyn Manson to field requests. The suggestion that came out of the rockstar's mouth is incredibly surprising.
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images"I'm doing these covers for fun. I need a song request, what are you thinking?" asked Machine Gun Kelly on the phone. "Rihanna, Love On The Brain," replied Marilyn Manson without thinking twice about it. Uhh... alright. Is anyone else wildly surprised that Marilyn Manson, of all people, is listening to Rihanna's Anti?
Well, MGK delivered. He grabbed his guitar, set up the microphone, and came through with yet another inventive cover of a song that many would consider being way out of his range.
Listen to the brand new cover below!
View this post on Instagramand a guitar solo for my birthday. ?#LockdownSessions Day 21
Summer Walker Covers Drake’s "Summer’s Over Interlude"
Summer Walker debuts a rough cover of Drake’s “Summer’s Over Interlude.”
Summer Walker has definitely been keeping us entertained, whether it be on her personal IG account or her alternative (alter-ego?) account. It’s the latter account, @galactawhore if you’re not following it yet, that we’re highlighting today.
Summer’s secondary account is home to much of her fun-having posts and meme-inspired posts. Whether it’s herself, debuting her latest ratchet self-isolation look or sharing a funny meme, she is constantly updating @galactawhore. In between semi-naked photos of herself, Summer has sidled in a brief acoustic cover of a Drake interlude. Despite it’s brevity, the fans were watering at the mouth for her to release more. Of course, Drake and Summer have a history together, after Drizzy co-signed the then-up and coming signer by remixing her song “Girls Need Love.”
The cover finds Summer strumming her acoustic guitar and signing along. The original interlude spans only 1 minute and 50 seconds. Take a quick listen to her cover below and let us know what you think. Will she use her downtime to get back into doing acoustic covers? It’s one of the ways she kicked off her career initially.
Recently, Summer celebrated her 24th birthday in quarantine. Check out how she celebrated while remaining in isolation here.
Megan Thee Stallion Speaks On Mother’s Impact For Marie Claire Cover
Megan Thee Stallion reminisced about how her mom helped shape her career while gracing the cover of Marie Claire.
Megan Thee Stallion has been one of the hottest names in hip-hop over the last year thanks to a plethora of big singles and mixtapes. Her latest effort, Suga, came after some highly-publicized issues with her label. Despite this, she has been able to push forward and continue to raise her profile in the industry. In light of her recent project, Meg has been doing quite a bit of press and some magazine covers thrown into the mix.
Most recently, Meg landed on the cover of Marie Claire where she spoke about a wide range of topics, including her mother, Holly Thomas, who passed away a year ago, in March. Of course, Meg was extremely close to her mother who had a musical background. Thomas helped shape Meg’s career and in this interview, the artist delved deeper into that.
“I would see her fit in writing after work and before work,” Meg said when asked about work ethic. “I’m used to seeing that work ethic.”
Meg went on to say that she also learned how to defend herself thanks to her mom. She recounted a time in which she needed to confront a bully and her mother gave her the confidence to do it. “I went to school the next day and cussed the bitch out,” Meg said. “After that, she definitely left me the fuck alone.”
Needless to say, it is easy to see why Meg is the woman she is today.
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Machine Gun Kelly & Travis Barker Annihilate Paramore’s "Misery Business"
Machine Gun Kelly tapped his buddy and fellow rocker, Travis Barker, to perform Paramore’s 2007 hit, “Misery Business,” as part of MGK’s #LockDownSessions.
Machine Gun Kelly came through with the latest instalment of his special quarantine #LockDownSessions, this time with some help from his pal, Blink 182’s Travis Barker. The two rockers decided to take on Paramore’s pop punk banger, “Misery Business” from ’07, and the results are almost as good as the original.
Filming each of their parts in their individual homes, MGK and Travis kill their performance while still respecting the rules of social distancing. MGK launched the #LockDownSessions on March 16th, promising to cover a new song practically every day until the coronavirus quarantine is over. Although he’s only been doing these #LockDownSessions for less than two weeks now, it appears that he is already recycling material. He and his friend, Omer Fedi, already delivered an acoustic rendition of “Misery Business” for the very first #LockDownSessions instalment, but I guess we’ll let it slide in the name of isolation entertainment.
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Along with his two different covers of the Paramore hit, MGK has also taken on Childish Gambino‘s “Redbone,” Kid Cudi‘s “Pursuit of Happiness,” Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” The Beatles’ “Here Comes The Sun,” and more. Visit Machine Gun Kelly’s Youtube channel for more of his #LockDownSessions and stay safe!
Zack Fox, Eric Andre & More Parody Celebrity "Imagine" Cover With "Slob On My Nob"
Zack Fox parodies the viral celebrity "Imagine" cover by tapping Eric Andre, 6lack, Thundercat and more for a take on Three 6 Mafia's "Slob On My Knob."
The onset of self-isolation has brought out some of the best in celebrities, such as Rihanna's $5 million donation to coronavirus relief efforts, and some of the worst in celebrities, such as the highly criticized, tone-deaf "Imagine" cover posted by Gal Gadot. Comedian Zack Fox has now released a celebrity-filled parody of the celebrity-filled cover, as noted by HipHopDX.
View this post on InstagramThe original cover features Gal Gadot, Zöe Kravitz, Will Farrell, Kristin Wiig, Sarah Silverman, Natalie Portman, Amy Adams, Maya Rudolph and Mark Ruffalo and more singing parts of John Lennon's "Imagine" to form a whole song. The video was immediately met with backlash from social media and subsequently went viral.
While the economy withers to the ground, unemployment rises to new levels, and thousands die, we've been gifted a cute video of celebrities singing along in the comfort of their million-dollar homes to save us.
Zack Fox posted a video on Instagram, Friday, saying "There’s a song from my childhood that would always help me out when I would feel that way, and I wanna share it with y’all, and hopefully just help out a little bit. It goes a little something like this.” Fox then precedes to comedically sing Three 6 Mafia’s classic “Slob On My Nob.” Eric Andre, Thundercat, Quinta Brunson, Guapdad 4000, Cool Kids’ Chuck Inglish, Langston Kerman, Jak Knight, Sam Jay, 6lack, Teddy Ray and TisaKorean all join in.
View this post on InstagramThis is the type of content that will help us survive the coming weeks.
Dolly Parton Wants To Recreate Playboy Cover For 75th Birthday
Dolly Parton revealed that she's dying to recreate her iconic Playboy cover from 1978 to celebrate her 75th birthday next year.
Dolly Parton is itching to bust out the bunny ears and recreate her iconic 1978 Playboy cover in honour of her 75th birthday next year. The country music icon paid a visit to Australia's 60 Minutes this week, where she was asked what she'd like to do once she reaches that 3/4-century milestone. Her answer? “I plan to be on the cover of Playboy magazine again!” she exclaimed. “I thought it would be such a hoot. If they’ll go for it. I don’t know if they will.” Dolly became the first country singer to grace the cover of the legendary magazine 42 years ago, when she rocked some of the brand's signature bunny ears and a busty black corset on the October 1978 issue.
She'd even like to wear that same outfit, if she can help it. “I could probably use it," she admits. "Maybe. Boobs are still the same! I have my own look. I’m kind of cartoonish and cartoons don’t really age that much. When I’m 90, I’ll probably look about the same way. Just thicker makeup, bigger hair!” If Playboy does grant Dolly's wish, it would make her the oldest woman to be featured on the cover of the print publication, beating Jane Seymour, who appeared on the cover in 2018 at age 67, by 8 years. Watch Dolly's full interview below:
Young Nudy Reveals Dope "Anyways" Album Cover
Young Nudy is gearing up to deliver his first solo album of the new year, “Anyways.”
Known for his breezy approach to off-the-dome street bars and ear for whimsical beat selection, Young Nudy has developed a loyal cult following. The Atlanta rapper is gearing up to drop off his first album of the year in Anyways, set to be released on Monday, February 24th. Unconventional to be sure, but such has always been Nudy’s way. In anticipation of the big drop, Nudy took to Instagram to share a peek at the album cover, abstract and the perfect hint of ominous.
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“#I #Make #The #Bad #Sound #So #Good #Y’all #READY,” writes Nudy, an unofficial caption of sorts. Though we have yet to receive a tracklist or information surrounding Pi’erre Bourne’s involvement in the effort, we have heard Anyways lead single “No Go,” a promising glimpse into the futuristic Atlanta trap music that awaits us.
With four more days before release, all signs point to Anyways being another strong chapter in Nudy’s growing catalog. Last year, we saw plenty of growth from the mischevious rapper, who might sooner crack a smile than crack a jaw — though he will make an exception if provoked. Between Sli’merre and Faded In The Booth, some might say that Nudy had one of the most impressive campaigns of 2019. Can he continue the pace?
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Reveals Cover Art For Upcoming "Artist 2.0" Album
Fans speculate that “Artist 2.0” will drop on Valentine’s Day.
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie took to Instagram on Wednesday to reveal the cover art for his upcoming album, Artist 2.0. The rapper shared a photo of the artwork and assured his fans that the album is on the way, apologizing for the wait.
“ART?,” Boogie wrote in the caption of the post. “The expression of creative skill and imagination, producing work to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power… Album on the way! Sorry for the wait????????” The cover was designed by illustrator Cosmic Sepctrum, who “specializes in character design/comics/illustration,” according to their Instagram bio. The image shows Boogie in animated form standing in front of a frosted window. He is holding up what appears to be a heart-shaped guitar with a knife piercing through it, as pixie-sized women flit about. Many fans in the comments expressed their excitement for the project to drop, some speculating that the album will be arriving on Valentine’s Day next week.
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In November, A Boogie noted that he might be taking a break from music once Artist 2.0 officially drops. “This might be my last project for a while,” he revealed. “There’s a lot of things I want to do in life and it’s just moving too fast for me to focus on everything at once. But I will never let my fans down. When you need me most, I’ll be there.”
