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Kodak Black Celebrates
Is Dr. Dre Working On Detox Album Again Following Brain Aneurysm?
Prison Release With New
Song ‘Last Day In’
After being hospitalized due to suffering a brain aneurysm earlier this month, Dr. Dre is apparently back home and in the studio. He may also be working on his long-awaited Detox album.
After recovering in the hos- pital for nearly two weeks, Dre was recently released and is home getting back into the swing of things, which seem- ingly included having a big stu- dio session. On Saturday night (Jan. 16), several of Dre's fre- quent collaborating producers and engineers started sharing photos of themselves in the studio with the N.W.A co- founder.
It was big news in the Hip- Hop world earlier this week when it was announced that Donald Trump had par- doned both Lil Wayne and Kodak Black on his way out of the office.
Kodak thanked Trump on Thursday through a tweet for letting him go. “I Want To Thank The President @Real- DonaldTrump For His Com- mitment To Justice Reform And Shortening My Sentence. I Also Want To Thank Every- one For Their Support And Love,” Black posted. “It Means More Than You Will Ever Know. I Want To Continue
DR. DRE IN THE STUDIO
KODAK BLACK
Giving Back, Learning And Growing.”
One post in particular raised eyebrows about the possibility that Detox might finally come into fruition this year. Pro- ducer Dem Jointz, who worked closely on Dre's last album, Compton, captioned his Instagram photo, "And We
Back!! #Detox21."
Along with some of Dre's
in-house engineers, other pro- ducers in the building who worked closely on Dre's last project include Focus... and Trevor Lawrence Jr., The D.O.C. was also present.
Jermaine Dupri And Rick Ross Join Tampa Rapper LaTheGoat On ‘8 Bands’ Remix
Wesley Snipes Has The Most Popular Movie On Netflix
Wesley Snipes has had a rollercoaster of a career. He hit the highest of highs during the 90s when he became a bona fide action star and even parlayed that into a popular comic book character on screen. But the re- cent years for the actor haven’t drawn quite the same type of success when it comes to the box office. For even a dip in popu- larity, he can put a feather in his viewership cap. Right now Wesley Snipes has one of the most popular movies on Netflix.
WESLEY SNIPES
Wesley Snipes and Cut Throat City are currently mov- ing back and forth between the first and second slot in the Net- flix ratings. On Friday they were number one, just dropping to number two on Saturday behind Jason Statham’s Homefront which just took over the top spot. Anthony Mackie’s Out- side the Wire is sitting at three making action movies reign supreme on the streaming plat- form.
LATHEGOAT
Jermaine Dupri has signed a new artist to his So So Def label, in partnership with Def Jam.
Tampa rapper LaTheGoat caught some buzz with his song ‘8 Bands’ and Jermaine
RICK ROSS
Dupri discovered him after he saw one of his freestyles over ‘Money Aint A Thang’. Now that he’s got a major deal in place, he has the assistance from JD and Rick Ross on the official remix of his song.
James Of James And Bobby
Purify (‘I’m Your Puppet’)
Dead At 76 From COVID-19
Unfortunately we have sad news to report about one-half of the legendary R&B duo, James and Bobby Purify. James Purify died in Pen- sacola on Friday from compli- cations due to COVID-19, reports WEAR-TV.
Old school heads will no doubt recall that James Pu- rify and his brother Bobby were popular in the 1960s for their single, “I’m Your Pup- pet.”
The single reached #5 on the
JAMES PURIFY
US R&B chart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966.
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