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Tyga Sued By Rapper For Allegedly Stealing "Swap Meet" Single
Boots Riley Signs
New Film Deal With
Annapurna Pictures
After almost 30 years in the rap game, Boots Riley is gaining respected as a film di- rector upon his new deal with Annapurna Pictures.
The Coup’s founding member and lead MC landed a blind script deal to produce his second film for Riley’s 2018 directorial debut for critically acclaimed film Sorry To Bother You, according to The Wrap.
Sorry To Bother You fea- tured actors Danny Glover and Lakeith Stansfield, Terry Crews and Tessa Thompson. The film is the same title of The Coup’s album released in 2012.
Annapurna is responsible for films including The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, and Phan-
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tom Thread, and the Academy Award-nominated If Beale Street Could Talk.
Cardi B Headed To 'Vegas!
Residency At Palms
Casino Resort Announced
Look out Sin City, Twerk Mama, Cardi B, is headed your way! .
If you haven’t heard, On Wednesday, the Palms Casino Resort announced that Cardi will kick off her first residency this spring at KAOS, a dayclub and nightclub said to boast an “amphitheater-style complex,” which is slated to open in April, according to the Associ- ated Press.
Cardi, 26, will be the com- pany of other rappers like G- Eazy, Kaskade and Skrillex, among other per- formers, who will have resi- dencies at KAOS. The venue also reportedly features a ro- tating 360-degree DJ booth.
The new year looks bright for Cardi, who scored five Grammy nominations, includ-
CARDI B
ing album of the year for “In- vasion of Privacy.”By the way, will also perform on music’s biggest night, Sunday, Feb. 10 at the Grammys in Los Ange- les.
No stranger to lawsuits, Tyga is currently being dragged into court by New Or- leans rapper Pretty Maw for allegedly using parts of her song “17th” for his recent sin- gle “Swap Meet” without pay- ing her, TMZ reports.
Maw states Tyga agreed to
pay her a fixed amount includ-
ing royalties but was never
paid. She says Tyga convinced
her to allow for him to use her
likeness in the video and she
even made an appearance at
the end, which currently sits at TYGA
over seven million views on YouTube.
Though Maw hasn’t named the similarities between “17th” and “Swap Meet,” she main- tains Tyga “heavily” sampled her work. Now, Pretty Maw is asking for the “Taste” rapper to pay up.
In 2016, the former Young Money artist was sued by a previous landlord for default- ing on his rent and again last year for skipping out on a scheduled show in Dubai after pocketing the money.
Nas’ Company Sells Pluto TV To Viacom For $340M
Despite some messy child custody drama that will see Nas and Kelis back in court this April, it appears that Nas is starting 2019 off on a high financial note.
On Tuesday (January 22), Viacom purchased Pluto TV streaming service — a com- pany that Nas invested in back in 2014 via his Queens- bridge Venture Partners firm — for $340 million, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The platform, with its nu- merous partnerships, offers users more than 100 stream- able live TV channels and on- demand programming for free, with the capability to take the streams on the road via iOS or Android for a monthly fee.
When it comes to invest-
NAS
Chris Brown has officially returned to the United States after filing a defamation law- suit against the anonymous woman who claims he al- legedly raped her in his Paris hotel room suite. The singer arrived at the Van Nuys air- port on Jan. 26, under a week after he was released from his detainment.
We reported earlier how Chris is taking legal action against the woman who ac- cused him. Following his re- lease, Brown’s legal team has since pursued a civil and crim- inal case against her. Since
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then, two lawyers have spoken to reporters about how if she
did lie, Chris’ legal footing could be strong. Darren T. Kavinoky, California crimi- nal defense attorney, TV host and legal expert, told us, “There’s a huge difference be- tween what happens in the court of public opinion, versus what happens in a court of law. And let’s remember that the court of law we are talking about is in Paris, where the rules are very different. Gener- ally, as much as the French jealously guard their privacy, their defamation law is re- garded as more defendant- friendly.”
ing, Nas keeps on winning. Since launching in 2014, his firm has made sizable invest- ments (and seen hefty ROI) with brands like Lyft, Drop- box, Coinbase, and even LANDR — an online platform for mastering music for in-
credibly reasonable rates. Most notably, home secu- rity start-up Ring and online pharmacy PillPack — both of which QVP invested millions into in 2014 — were purchased by Amazon for a $1 billion
each.
Chris Brown Returns To USA After Paris Rape Case Release
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