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‘Get Out’ Is Officially The Most Profitable Movie Of 2017
The movie, ‘Get Out’, was the most profitable movie of 2017 was written and directed by Jordan Peele.
Kidd Creole Being Held Without Bail In Fatal Stabbing
Rap veteran Kidd Creole has been held without bail fol- lowing his arraignment on a second-degree murder charge.
The Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five star, real name Nathaniel Glover, was arrested on Wednesday in connection to the fatal stabbing of homeless John Jolly, a reg- istered sex offender, in New York City.
He appeared before a Man- hattan criminal court judge on Thursday, when Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Mark Dahl claimed Glover had become “infuriated” because he thought the vagrant was gay and making a move on him.
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five star, Kidd Creole is being held for murder.
The 57-year-old reportedly feared Jolly would try and rob him, so he pulled out a steak knife he had strapped to his arm and attacked the man.
It seems as if Jordan Peele is in the business of winning, and business is good. It’s just been announced that Peele’s indie horror flick Get Out is now offi- cially the most profitable film of 2017.
According to The Wrap, Get Out made $217 million in profits along with a 630 percent return on investment. Get Out earned $250 million worldwide. Peele’s
film about being a Black man in America cost $4.5 million to make with an estimated $30 mil- lion in marketing. Peele walked away earning a smooth $217 mil- lion.
Get Out also still boasts a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, along with having the honor of being the highest grossing original screen- play, a title which formally be- longed to The Blair Witch Project.
Kevin Gates affiliate rapper Yung Mazi was shot and killed on Sunday night in Atlanta.
Details about the grue- some killing of Yung Mazi are still coming in. However, according to reports, cops re- sponded to a 911 call at. 8:55 p.m. on Sunday. When cops arrived near the intersection of Oakview Road and Hosea L. Williams Drive, they found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was later pronounced dead.
Friends and family have identified the victim as rapper Yung Mazi. Mazi who re- cently referred to himself as bulletproof after getting shot on December 27, 2016, at a Waffle House in Buckhead.
Yung Mazi is signed to Kevin Gates label. He also previously worked with local Atlanta rappers like Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan. In a recent interview, he claimed that he has been shot at least 10 times and was at one point suffering from a serious brain damage from a gunshot wound to his head.
Quincy Jones Launches First Jazz On Demand TV
J. Cole’s Visit With Lifers At San Quentin Prison Will Influence Next Album?
J. Cole took time out his hugely successful “4 Your Eyez Only Tour” to visit inmates where he hopes to gain some inspiration for his next album.
Music icon Quincy Jones has teamed with television producer Reza Ackbaraly to launch the first-ever video- on-demand service dedicated to jazz music and jazz-in- spired music forms.
Shadow and Act notes that subscribers will be able to choose when and where to watch a “personalized selec- tion of exclusive, original con- tent including concerts, documentaries, interviews and archival footage on their mobile devices and comput- ers in HD or 4K for a monthly fee starting at $7.49.”
A Kickstarter campaign will launch September, and people can get “pre-launch
Music icon Quincy Jones has developed Jazz on demand TV by subscription.
subscriptions.”
“The dream of Qwest TV is
to let jazz and music lovers everywhere experience these incredibly rich and diverse musical traditions in a whole new way.
Last week, J. Cole visited the San Quentin State Prison in San Francisco where he met and spoke with inmates inside the prison.
Sources say that he is using the powerful experience as an inspiration for his upcoming body of work.
According to sources, work has already begun on his next album, which means it could come later this year.
J. Cole says that meeting with some of the inmates who will never see the outside again was a life changing ex- perience.
According to a media re- port, a serious medical emer- gency went down while Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” was taping.
The emergency involved Gregg Leakes, the fastidious husband of “RHOA” star, NeNe Leakes. He apparently suffered a stroke.
Gregg had what his doc- tors believe was a stroke,” a production insider told RadarOnline. “The RHOA cameras filmed the entire or- deal for the show — including his visit to the emergency room and the aftermath. Gregg’s health serves as a major storyline for NeNe on season 10.”
And even though a rep for the show denied that the inci- dent happened, NeNe Leakes spoke to RadarOnline about her husband’s health.
“My husband Gregg, as you guys know, he’s my every-
NeNe and Gregg Leakes have returned for the 10th season of RHOA. During this season Gregg suffers a stroke, accord- ing to reports.
thing. We have been together for 20 years,” she said. “We’re dealing with a little bit of a health issue right now, but prayers are going up and fin- gers are crossed that he’s going to be just fine.”
Meanwhile, another “RHOA” cast member, Kim Zolciak, took to Instagram recently to speak on her stroke and the signs to look for.
Atlanta Rapper Yung Mazi Found Shot
To Death
NeNe Leakes’ Husband Suffers Stroke While Filming RHOA
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