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Eminem's 'Rap God' Hits 1 Billion YouTube Views
Dr. Dre Produces Kobe Bryant NBA All-Star Tribute
Released in November 2013, Eminem’s 80s-style animated “Rap God” video was heavily instrumental in allowing the awareness of his Marshall Mathers LP 2 album achieve multi-platinum sta- tus.
Now the popular visual has hit an exclusive milestone on YouTube: a billion views.
Eminem recently set up a special website www.rap- god.eminem.com armed with a timer to countdown the pre- cious plays. After the Rich Lee-directed video hit its tar- get a special message — “‘Rap God’ hit 1 billion views. Thank you” — appeared with instruc- tions on how to relive the zany
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clip, which parodies 80s char- acter Max Headroom.
Remarkably enough, “Rap God” marks Eminem’s third
video with over a billion views. As of press time, 2010’s “Not Afraid” is sitting at 1.3 billion views and his Ri- hanna-featured “Love the Way You Lie” probably needs its own website for it’s just 100,000 views shy of hitting two billion.
Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” is the only other rap song in the billion YouTube views club with 4.4 billion.
It’s been a stellar year for Slim Shady already, having released his eleventh studio album, Music to Be Murdered By, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, giving him the record of most consecutive No. 1 albums with 10.
RZA-Directed, T.I., Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes-Featured ‘Cut Throat City’ Gets New Trailer
The official 2020 trailer for Cut Throat City is out. Di- rected by Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, the upcoming heist ac- tion drama features T.I., Terence Howard, Wesley Snipes, Shameik Moore and Ethan Hawke, among others.
Moore’s character’s cousin – a gangster played by T.I. – who helps them rob a casino.
In a 2018 interview with HipHopDX’s Kyle Eustice, RZA talked about the film, drawing comparisons from the characters’ experiences to his own in Staten Island.
Set in New Orleans in the
aftermath of Hurricane Kat-
rina, the film follows four
childhood friends from the
lower ninth ward struggling togetby.Inabidtogetpaid, RZA the group turns to Shameik
“I felt like what these four guys was going through was similar to what we go through in my neighborhood,” he told DX. “Just being men who, based on environment and unfortunate conditions, sometimes is pushed to do acts of desperation.
CHICAGO, IL – In honor of Kobe Bryant, the NBA re- cruited the services of Los An- geles’ very own Dr. Dre (with assistance from Gibson Haz- ard and Jack Bannon) to score a thrilling instrumental spliced onto dozens of high- lights from his storied career. Hip Hop fans will notice the tail end of the track flips to Joe Cocker’s “Woman to Woman,” which Dre made fa- mous more than 20 years ago alongside Tupac via the clas- sic record, “California Love.”
The range of emotions stemming from the death of Kobe Bryant and the other eight passengers in the Janu- ary 26 Calabasas helicopter crash have been at unprece- dented high this 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend.
In fact, the entire 2020 NBA All-Star Game yesterday
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Sunday (February 16) was re- worked to honor the late bas- ketball legend. According to an NBA announcement, the first three quarters will now have a reset score with win- ners earning charity dollars Chicago-based community or- ganizations. For the fourth quarter, the time clock will be turned off and a Final Target Score will be determined by
taking the winning team’s total score through three quarters and adding 24 points (in honor of Bryant’s jersey) to take the game. ‘
The NBA All-Star MVP Award was renamed to the Kobe Bryant MVP Award. During a media day on Satur- day (February 15), league commissioner Adam Silver stated, No one embodied All- Star more than Kobe Bryant,” which is far from hyperbole, give Bryan was a 18-time All-Star and a 4-time MVP winner.
A memorial event “Celebra- tion of Life for Kobe and Gi- anna Bryant” at the Staples Center is planned for Febru- ary 24 with ticket prices rang- ing from $24.02 to $224. Proceeds will benefit the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation.
Los Angeles Clippers Star Lou Williams Drops 'Syx Piece' EP
Los Angeles Clippers star Lou Williams is balling this year, averaging 19.5 points — off the bench! However, even while helping his team boast a 37-18 record going into the 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend, the three-time 6th Man of the Year found time to grind in the studio and the end result is his Syx Piece EP.
The six-song project owes
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its clever titling to the newest member of his household: a baby boy. One track, “Under- ground Goat,” features vo- cals from fellow NBA player Evan Turner while another, “24,” is a self-explanatory Kobe Bryant tribute.
“I just wanted to write an open letter to a dear friend of mine,” he told Complex about the emotional record.
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