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YG Launching Clothing Line
JAY-Z Invests In Billion Dollar Financial Platform
YG (real name Keenon Jackson) is hopping into the fashion business, according to the JasmineBrand.
Last month, the 27-year-old rapper filed to register a trade- mark ‘Love Out Loud’. He filed
to obtain the right to use the name “Love Out Loud” for use in selling everything from clothing, jackets, coats, shirts, undershirts, boxer short, un- derwear, pajamas, socks, headbands and even footwear.
YG has registered a trademark for ‘Love Out Loud’ clothing.
Jay-Z has invested his money into a new billion dollar financial platform.
The rap star's venture capital fund, Arrive has invested an undisclosed amount in Robin- hood, which teaches its users how to play the stock market.
The company, which was founded by entrepreneurs Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, al- ready has a $1.3 billion-dollar valuation, along with 3 million users and counting.
Jay-Z launched Arrive back in March, with the intention helping various stage companies grow their businesses.
Robinhood is Arrive's third investment.
In addition to Arrive and companies like Roc Nation and Tidal, Jay-Z also holds invest-
Man Who Shot Up Lil Wayne’s Bus Appeals Sentence
Jimmy "Peewee Ros- coe" Winfrey was convicted of firing at Lil Wayne's tour bus in April 2015. After plead- ing guilty to six charges, the as- sociate of Birdman and Young Thug was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Jimmy Winfrey is serving a 10-year sentence for shooting up Lil Wayne’s bus.
Winfrey appealed the sen- tence and conviction by claim- ing his original judge was too involved in his plea negotia- tions making that plea agree- ment “involuntary." The AJC reports the case is now headed to the Georgia Supreme Court.
JAY-Z is continuing to ex- pand his brand.
ments in Armand de Brignac champagne, Jetsmarter, 40/40 Club, The Spotted Pig, and a stake in Steve Stoute's Transla- tion Marketing.
Nicki Minaj Fans Launch Campaign To Find Her
Keyshia Cole Leaving Love & Hip Hop Hollywood
Keyshia Cole made limited appearances on LHH Hollywood, and the reunion ended with her singing one of her new songs.
After what seemed like an eventful 2017, Nicki Minaj has seemingly fallen silent on social media and hasn’t been in attendance to any major industry events this year.
Her absence has report- edly started to worry her Barbs so much that they’ve launched a campaign on so- cial media to track her down.
According to Minaj’s of- ficial Twitter and Instagram accounts, the rapper has not
Nicki Minaj has been absent from social media since De- cember.
been active since late Dec. 2017. Her last post on Twit- ter dates back to Dec. 26, while her final Instagram post was on Dec. 30.
While some are con- cerned, others seem to be- lieve the “MotorSport” artist is up to something big. Minaj obviously hasn’t commented on fans suspi- cions, but it wouldn’t be too much of a surprise if the rap- per was cooking up some- thing major.
Keyshia Cole is officially done with reality TV – at least for now. Sources say the singer will not return to Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood.
She joined the show to pro- mote her new album and ex- pand her fan base.
Last year both Keyshia Cole and Daniel Gibson ap- peared on a season of Love
and Hip Hop. They took part in the VH1 franchises Holly- wood division of the series.
In other Love and Hip Hop news, R&B singer K. Michelle is said to be return- ing to the franchise this sea- son. K. Michelle is currently on tour and filming episodes of "Love and Hip Hop: Holly- wood.”
‘The Four’ Back For Season 2; Evvie McKinney Wins Season 1
Judges Sean ‘Diddy Combs, DJ Khaled and Meghan Trainor are likely to return to season 2 of ‘The Four’. Memphis singer, Evvie McKinney wins Season 1.
Kelis is looking to get Nas for more money in child sup- port, claiming the rapper now makes more money than when the court document was filed in 2012.
The rapper now pays $8,000 per month in support, but the singer seeks a modifi- cation increase monies to their child Knight.
Kelis has not determined exactly what Nas is making now, but expects an account- ant to figure out what the rap- per makes presently. The court document was filed on Wednesday.
The singer also has re- quested that the rapper pay for child care expenses and at
Nas and Kelis have an 8- year-old son, Knight.
least half of the healthcare for the child.
Nas and Kelis are ex- pected to appear in court on April 4. They were separated on April 20, 2009.
Kelis Wants More Child Support Money From Nas
Just hours before the Sea- son 1 finale of The Four: Bat- tle For Stardom, Fox announced that the singing competition show will be back for a second season.
Season 2 contracts for judges Sean Combs, DJ Khaled and Meghan
Trainor have not been inked, however, all three are ex- pected to be back next season as a replacement for Charlie Walk (dropped because of harassment allegations) is sought.
The winner of season 1 was Memphis soul singer Evvie
McKinney.
McKinney, 20, beat
out Candice Boyd of Rancho Cucamonga in the night’s final one-on-one battle. The show’s other finalists, Vincint Can- nady and Zhavia, were elim- inated earlier in the two-hour finale.
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