Croozey: 2016

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Burberry Perry Changes Name To TheGoodPerry Amid Burberry Lawsuit

Burberry Perry is no more, the upcoming rapper-producer says in the midst of news that British fashion brand Burberry sued him over his name and use of their logos for the cover art of his self-titled EP. He traded the stage name for TheGoodPerry, he announced via Twitter with the release of his new single, “Blueberry.”

In addition to serving as executive producer for Netflix’s The Get Down, Nas also took on the gargantuan task of writing all the raps that appear in the series.

Given the heaviness of such a task, the Queensbridge lyricist was asked what the most challenging part of writing such a variety of rhymes was, during an interview with Rolling Stone.

Gucci Mane is set to have his highest-charting album yet with Everybody Looking as Billboardsays the LP is projected to land at #2 on the publication’s Top 200 album sales chart when the official Nielson numbers are released Monday.

The project, which was Guwop’s first full-length release after being freed from prison, is set to sell 50,000-60,000 album equivalent units. Everybody Looking was released through Gucci’s 1017 Brick Squad and Atlantic Records and had a marketing push from Genius, who asked fans what the world would be like without the Trap King in the “#IfItWasntForGucci” campaign.

YG serves as one of a seemingly infinite number of rappers who have taken an anti-Donald Trump stance in the current presidential election.

While speaking with i-D, the Los Angeles lyricist spoke on why he became anti-Trump in a state that has historically voted Democratic in the presidential election. As a rapper, YG revealed that he can either say something or stand for nothing, and added that being null was not an option he was willing to take.

Over the last few weeks, music leaks have ran rampant, with artists expressing their frustration with the unknown culprits.

Most recently, following news of the leaks of songs from Future and Chance The Rapper, a song from the Suicide Squad soundtrack managed to find its way online. The song, titled “Heathens,” was created by the music duo, Twenty One Pilots.

Nigeria's Dream team are presently in Atlanta, USA training ahead of Rio 2016. More photos after the cut.

A seven-year-old school girl recently died at a zoo in Morocco after being struck on the head by a huge rock hurled at her by an elephant. The girl's dad had lifted her up on his shoulders outside the elephant enclosure so her mum could take a snap of the two of them with their back to the animals when she was struck.

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has dropped out of the list of top 100 richest people in the world. This is largely due to the devaluation of the Naira. Dangote who owns the second largest sugar-refinery in the world, remains richer than American billionaires, Donald Trump, and Oprah Winfrey who ranks as the second richest black woman in the world.

The singer stepped out in style in Prague yesterday after performing in the Czech capital the night before.

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Travis Scott Announces "Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight" Release Date

After teasing that he has a project coming soon, Travis Scott finally announced the official drop date for Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight yesterday during a performance at Ford Amphitheater on Coney Island Boardwalk.

Among the list of names 50 Cent trolls on the regular is Puff Daddy, his Vodka-brand nemesis.

50 threw some more shots at the Bad Boy Entertainment mogul during an appearance at a club in Scottsdale, Arizona.

“Name the last Puffy single,” 50 says to the crowd from the DJ booth in a clip uploaded to Instagram. “Do anybody in here know what the last Puffy single was?”

A few people nearby pull out their phones to look it up after he asks the crowd to “Google that shit.”

Leading the 2016 MTV VMA nominees is Beyoncé, who’s up for 11 awards. Followed by Adele, who has a total of 8 nominations, seven of which are for her iconic “Hello” visual. The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards will take place in Madison Square Garden, New York on Sunday, August 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. See the list of all nominees after the cut...

Mariah Carey, 46, and her billionaire fiance, James Parker hit the dancefloor at the Vv Night Club in Capri, Italy on Sunday and James couldn't keep his hands off his woman. He was papped getting very hands on as Mariah danced to the music. See more photos after the cut...

Cristiano Ronaldo currently on holiday in Beverly Hills hooked up with Hollywood actor Jason Statham. The excited football star, shared the photo with the caption; ''Look who I found!'

Metro police put UK churches on terror alert after ISIS warn that London and Washington D.C 'next to be attacked'

Terrorist organization ISIS, responsible for most of the terror attacks on European and American soil in the last 2 years has warned that London and Washington D.C will be the next attack targets after a catholic priest in France was forced to kneel in church, before his throat was slit by ISIS Knife men on Tuesday morning.

Pep Guardiola, who has succeeded Manuel Pellegrini as manager at Man City following three seasons in charge of Bayern Munich, has imposed a strict fitness regime at Manchester City that includes players being forced to train away from the first-team if they are overweight. Pep has also banned his players from eating pizza and high calorie juices too.

The Game’s generous spirit is still going strong. The Compton, California rapper’s latest campaign is a fundraiser for Isaiah Cooper, a 16-year-old who just finished a solo trip across the United States, becoming the youngest Black pilot to do so.

Now, Cooper has his sights on becoming the youngest pilot to perform a solo mission around the world when he turns 18. The Game donated $1,000 to a GoFundMe campaign whose final goal is $45,000 for the teenager’s trip. Cooper hails from Compton as well and, in the description for the crowd-source page, explains how training at Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum in the city helped him get out of a life of trouble.

Just like the rest of the Hip Hop world, Drake is enjoying the Joe Budden memes.

Budden took a break from chasing Drake on Sunday, instead chasing down some of the OVO boss’s fans. The kids first ran up on him with cameras in hand as he was getting out of his car outside of his home. He then hunted them down in a car chase and confronted them, threatening them with a handful of rocks. Video clips of the encounter were immortalized online.

T.I. has been outspoken against Donald Trump‘s presidential run and his sentiments toward the mogul continue as TMZ asks him if he thinks Trump believes that Black lives matter.

“Absolutely not. I don’t believe any lives matter to him except for the ones that look, act and operate like his,” the Atlanta rapper says after first asking if the question was a joke.

TIP also takes jabs at Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

The sad news broke today that Miss Cleo died from cancer at the age of 53, according to TMZ. The television psychic had been battling cancer in the hospital and was recently moved to hospice, where she passed surrounded by family and friends.

The psychic, born Youree Harris, was famous for her “Call me now!” tagline and she would take phone calls from viewers to share their fortunes.

The proverbial tumbleweeds on Method Man’s social media accounts have already begun to rustle along his timeline.

For more than 20 years, the separation between M-E-T-H-O-D Man and Clifford Smith has been clear: the former is weed-loving, lyrical Shaolin sword-wielding, part-time actor, party guy and the latter half is largely reserved with few details about his personal life being readily available to the public.

Waka Flocka Flame is claiming all the wins on his latest mixtape, LeBron Flocka James 4 with production from Southside aka Sizzle.

The Brick Squad rapper pays tribute to the now three-time NBA Champion with 15 tracks where he raps about his presidential campaign, getting money and his relationship withGucci Mane.

Nelly’s debut album, Country Grammar, has become just the eighth Hip Hop album to reach diamond certification, the RIAA have announced.

The organization presented Nelly with a diamond plaque at a Musicians On Call event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last night (July 25).

A lot has happened between Chris Brown and Kevin McCall since the success of C-Breezy’s “Deuces” single, which popped off in 2010.

In the public arena, McCall took to Twitter in March to ask for a business meeting with Brown and request off his label, but things went sour.

McCall appears on “Hollywood Unlocked” to share his side of the story and how he ended up in a bad deal with Chris Brown Entertainment. He admits he “took the business too personal,” but doesn’t let the Virginia singer off the hook.

OG Maco Recovering From Serious Injuries

OG Maco was in a serious accident over the weekend and is scheduled to have multiple surgeries in the upcoming weeks, he says on his Twitter page. One of his posts references Kanye West’s “Through the Wire” lyric, “Thank God I ain’t too cool for that safe belt,” possibly implying he was in a car crash.

A month after releasing his OG Maco 2 mixtape, the 24-year-old posted a picture Sunday of himself on a gurney with a neck brace, a black eye and a middle finger to the camera.

“#PrayForMaco,” he writes for the caption.

Vic Mensa released his There’s Alot Going On EP last month, his first full-length project since his breakout project Innanetape in 2013. The Roc Nation signee was working on his debut album, Traffic, but after working on the deeply personal EP, he says he has scrapped most of the original content and title for his first LP.

In an interview with AllHipHop, Mensa explains why he felt the need for a fresh start and shares exactly how far along he is on the new album.

Ok, now it’s starting to feel like déjà vu (all over again).

Over the weekend, Joe Budden released another song attacking Drake (the fourth, if you’ve lost count), maybe in response to the Toronto rapper clowning him on stage during his “Summer Sixteen” tour stop in Dallas, or possibly, in accordance with the song’s title, just because We’ve already collected reactions for all the previous tracks here, here, here. There’s no point in stopping now.

Chance The Rapper is making the Chicago stop of his “Magnificent Coloring World Tour” extra special. The Coloring Book rapper will perform at U.S. Cellular Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox, at an event called “Magnificent Coloring Day” on September 24.

Chance has enlisted an all-star lineup to perform with him, including John Legend, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Skrillex, Alicia Keys, Tyler The Creator, Young Thug and Lil Uzi Vert.

“Magnificent Coloring World Tour” is scheduled to start September 15 in San Diego and travel through North America and Europe until the end of November.

Many know Michael Jordan as potentially the greatest basketball player of all time, but he has never been known as an outspoken advocate on social issues that affect the Black community.

Now, in a statement released to The Undefeated, the former Chicago Bulls star and current owner of the Charlotte Hornets speaks out against the recent events of violence.

“As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of violence, and a black man, I have been deeply troubled by the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement and angered by the cowardly and hateful targeting and killing of police officers,” Jordan writes. “I grieve with the families who have lost loved ones, as I know their pain all too well.”

Aspiring rapper Kasper Knight took matters into his own hands when he was unable to find a music video director willing to film him shooting himself in the face.

Instead, he filmed the grisly scene on his own and uploaded it to Facebook.

In a description for the video, Knight revealed that he has been shot several times before, and added that the shot he took to the face “was really nothing.”

It was no surprise when Michael B. Jordan was named to be in the upcoming Black Panther movie. He has worked with the film’s director, Ryan Coogler, for multiple projects including Fruitvale Station and last year’s Creed.

Jordan’s role in the Marvel film was revealed at San Diego’s Comic-Con over the weekend. He will play Erik Killmonger, Black Panther’s nemesis, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Chadwick Boseman is to continue his role as Black Panther, who is also known as King T’Challa, after the character appeared in Captain America: Civil War.

Dr. Dre got into it with a motorcyclist outside his home today in Malibu, California when the biker pulled in front of his home and cussed out the West Coast legend when he was asked to leave,

Netflix and Baz Lurhmann’s upcoming original series, The Get Down is already making noise ahead of its August 12th rollout date.

Earlier today (July 25), HipHopDX premiered the official trailer, which showcases 1970s New York in an era when disco was prevalent on the music scene and Hip Hop was on the cusp to take the reigns for good.

Cast members include Justice Smith (as “Ezekiel”), Shameik Moore (as “Shaolin Fantastic”), Skylan Brooks (as “Ra Ra”), Tremaine Brown, Jr. (as “Boo Boo”), Herizen Guardiola (“Mylene Cruz”), Yahya Abdul-Mateen (“Cadillac”), Mamoudou Athie (“Grandmaster Flash”), Jimmy Smits (“Francisco Cruz” aka “Papa Fuerte”) and Jaden Smith (Marcus “Dizzee” Kipling) Over the weekend, held a private screening in the Bronx at The Universal Hip Hop Museum at the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse hosted by Lurhmann (who serves as the series creator and executive producer) and legendary DJ Grandmaster Flash (who is on board as associate producer).

Tech N9ne pointed to Scarface’s Deeply Rooted project while on the topic of best albums during a recent conversation with Unique Access Entertainment.

The Kansas City rapper applauded Scarface’s 2015 LP for its ability to showcase Face’s range of music.

“I know what he did on ‘Deeply Rooted’ let the world know that he can do any style of music,” Tech N9ne says. “He can drop knowledge [and] game. Everything is in there, man. Life lessons, everything. If the youngsters would just listen to ‘Deeply Rooted,’ man — maybe everything [on there] doesn’t apply to you if you’ve never been to jail or you’ve never been through anything with a relationship. Or if you’ve never been discrimated against or whatever, if none of that applies to you then you won’t get why I say Deeply Rooted is something.”

Kanye West and supermodel Joan Smalls have been selected as the stars of Balmain’s Fall 2016 campaign.

The fashion house’s creative director Olivier Rousteing shared the dramatic black-and-white photo featuring the pair on his Instagram today (July 25), captioning it “MUSIC MEETS FASHION.”

Tally another week at #1 for Drake. VIEWS has now spent 11 weeks at the top of Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart. Logic’s Bobby Tarantino project saw a surge in sales this week and ScHoolboy Q remains in the Top 10, but experienced a significant drop. We are still witnessing Kanye West and Chance The Rapper make history as both chart in the Top 30 strictly off streaming.

Drake’s “VIEWS” Remain From The Top

Drake has his 11th week at #1 with VIEWS. This ties Taylor Swift’s 1989, which spent the same amount of time at the top spot between the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015, according to Billboard. The Frozen soundtrack reigned for 13 weeks in 2014.

Lil Wayne decided he’d had enough after performing four songs at the High Times Medical Concentrates Cup in San Bernardino, California on Saturday (July 23).

As the Saturday night headliner, Wayne was scheduled to play for an hour, but left the stage abruptly after performing for around 10 minutes saying, “Don’t you ever, ever, ever ask me to do this shit again.”

Rihanna will retake the role of one of the most famous murder victims in film history.

With a video announcement at Comic-Con in San Diego on Friday (July 22), the pop singer revealed that she will be playing Marion Crane in the upcoming final fifth season of “Bates Motel,” the A&E prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film Psycho.

“I’m about to check into the Bates Motel very soon and guess what else? Guess who’s playing Marion?” she said in a short clip.

Joe Budden has said that part of the reason he’s been going at Drake with diss tracks and on social media is to inspire him through the spirit of competition, and it seems that the fire he’s been lighting under him has started to catch. But the sparks from that fire are catching in other places too.

Since dropping “Making A Murderer (Part 1)” in June, battle rappers Daylyt and Hollow Da Don have responded with tracks of their own, and now Mickey Factz is jumping into the mix.

Factz, like Budden, tried his hand in the modern era of battle rap (against Danja Zone in 2013) and his track, titled “Eye Witness,” sounds more like the opening round of a competitive battle rather than a vicious attack.

ATLANTA, GA – Gucci Mane knows how to celebrate and he put on quite a show for his Everybody Looking release party yesterday (July 22). The performance, called “Gucci Mane and Friends” commemorated his freedom and the album, as it was his first since being released from prison in May.

Guwop had an all-star crew supporting him in his hometown of Atlanta. He brought out Future, Drake, Fetty Wap and 2 Chainz. Producers Mike WiLL Made-It and Zaytoven and Gucci’s girlfriend, Keyshia Ka’oir, were all in attendance as well.

Of course, the whole thing was documented on Snapchat and the Trap King had his own filter.

For those who couldn’t attend, Revolt live-streamed the show, so everybody really was looking.

Check out videos and photos from the epic event below:

Iggy Azalea steps out in a sheer outfit to Vegas club event, spotted leaving with French Montana

Rapper Iggy Azalea announced her split from her NBA player fiance Nick Young back in June after she caught him cheating on her with other women at their home while she was away. After their split, it was also revealed that Nick was expecting another child with his baby mama. However, it seems Iggy Azalea has put the past behind her. She stepped out to party at the Jewel Nightclub event in Las Vegas and if reports are to believed, she's having a fling with Khloe's ex, French Montana.

This afternoon, Rob Kardashian deleted all photos on his IG page except a throwback photo of himself. He also unfollowed Blac Chyna. Now MediaTakeOut is claiming that he broke up with his pregnant fiancee Blac Chyna after he found a 'suspicious text' on his phone. Read their report below...

"Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna have officially broken up – as of last night. The details surrounding their break up is not entirely clear. But MediaTakeOut.com can tell you this – the two filmed a scene for Keeping Up With The Kardashian’s earlier in the day, and the drama unfolded on camera.

President Buhari on Monday received Mr Gianni Infantino, the President of football’s world governing body (FIFA) and Secretary-General, Fatma Samoura at the State House, Abuja. Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung and NFF President, Amaju Pinnick were present during the courtesy visit. More photos after the cut.

It all began when 16 year old Nia Green posted a photo of herself and her boyfriend, wearing nothing but a towel on her Facebook page. The mum got to see it and decided her daughter deserved to be taught a lesson she would never forget. She live streamed herself beating her as punishment.

She first took over Nia's Facebook page and started a live video stream. Then with after more than 4,000 viewers, she started beating her with a piece o f plywood and her bare hands.

The video started with the mother saying:

The Full List Of BET Award Winners 2016

Los Angeles was the epicenter of Hip Hop and R&B Sunday night (June 25) as the stars of black entertainment assembled for the 2016 BET Awards.

"Black-ish" stars Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross returned to host the TV event at the Microsoft Theater, with a ceremony that opened with a surprise performance from Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar.

Going into the awards, Drake led the nominations with nine, with Rihanna and Beyoncé tied for second place with five.

Drake won the prize for Best Male Hip Hop Artist, beating out last year's winner Kendrick Lamar, as well as the other nominees Fetty Wap, Future, J. Cole and Kanye West. The Toronto rapper also took home the prize for Best Group for his What A Time To Be Alive mixtape with Future, and Best Collaboration with Rihanna, for their track "Work."

The man behind that video, Toronto's Director X, took home the honor of Video Director Of The Year.

Beyoncé was voted Best Female R&B/Pop Artist, and her video for "Formation" won for Video Of The Year, the Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award, and the Centric Award.

Nicki Minaj continued her dominance in the Female Hip Hop Artist category, taking home the trophy for the seventh straight year.

Two prizes were pre-announced for the show: a Lifetime Achievement Award that went to actor Samuel L. Jackson for his body of work in film, and a Humanitarian Award that went to "Grey's Anatomy" star Jesse Williams for his contributions to the Black Lives Matter movement.

BROOKLYN, NY - 2016 has been a breakout year for Brooklyn's own Desiigner. Not only is his debut single "Panda" a platinum chart dominator, but Kanye West gave him a legitimate co-sign after signing him to GOOD Music and placing him on Life of Pablo track "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 2."

Future comparisons aside, the big question was whether or not he could deliver a project. Now after weeks of building up anticipation and catching a spot on the Freshmen 10 List, Desiigner has dropped his debut mixtape New English exclusively on Tidal.

The 14-track project was originally posted on Audiomack before being taken down. New English only features two guest appearances, with GOOD Music president Pusha T and fellow Brooklynite King Savage contributing.

Check out the cover and tracklisting below:

Intro
Caliber
Make It Out
Shooters
Monsters & Villians
Interlude
Talk Regardless
Roll Wit Me
Interlude
Da Day
Jet (featuring Pusha T)
Overnight
Zombie Walk (featuring King Savage)
Panda

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Drake’s “VIEWS” Remain From The Top

Monday, July 25, 2016

Monday, June 27, 2016