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Master P Unveils His Own Brand Of Ramen Noodles Called 'Rap Noodles'
Trippie Redd Earns First Billboard No. 1 Album With 'A Love Letter To You 4'
A Love Letter to You 4
marks the first time that Trippie Redd has taken the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart. In its debut week, Trippie's latest proj- ect earned just below 104,000 equivalent album units with a majority of its numbers being comprised of streaming, where 88,000 SEA units amounted to 125.9 million on-demand audio streams.
ALLTY 4's release was aided by the announcement of the upcoming Love Me
TRIPPIE REDD
More World Tour which starts in January.
Master P announced via Instagram that he will be try- ing his hand at the ramen noo- dles game with "Rap Noodles." Flavors will include Creamy Chicken Gumbo, Hot N Spicy Cajun Shrimp, Spicy Picante Chicken, and Sirloin Steak Beefy.
"Chef-Boy-Ar-P. I grew up on noodles now I created my own brand," Master P wrote in the caption. "Start small and build. Get you some product if you want to be successful. It's nothing like this New Orleans flavor creamy chicken and gumbo. You can cook it on the stove or you can put it in the microwave."
MASTER P
Ramen noodles will not be Master P’s first foray into the snack industry. Rap Snacks, which he co-founded with James "Fly" Lindsay, fea-
tures a number of potato chip flavors that are each tied to a specific artist. Honey Jalapeño is for Fetty Wap, Fabolous is repping for the New York Deli Cheddar, Lil Boosie has Louisiana Heat, and so on.
Earlier this year, Master P appeared on The Breakfast Club to bring attention to an- other one of his hustles — Moneyatti Brand shoes. His argument for launching the sneaker company was to create a company that could use the money earned from the sales of his kicks and put it back into the community, specifically, towards inner-city children’s education.
Rihanna’s ‘ANTI’ Is First Album From Black Female Artist To Spend 200 Weeks On Chart
Rihanna has now spent more than 200 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart with her last studio record, 2016's ANTI. As Chart Data and Rihanna fans on Twitter pointed out, she is the first black woman in the chart's 61- year history to reach the mile- stone. Additionally, she was ranked the seventh most- streamed female artist on Spo- tify for the month of November even though she hasn't dropped an album in almost
RIHANNA
four years.
Despite recieving platinum
certification just two days after its release due to a deal with Samsung, ANTI initially de- buted at No. 27. It topped the chart in its second week, and as a result represented the biggest jump on the chart in eight years at the time. Proving to have impressive legs, ANTI—which marked Rih's longest gap between albums— became the first multi-plat- inum release of 2016 and the third most-streamed album that year.
Lil Wayne Launches Cannabis Brand GKUA Ultra Premium
Joining the slew of other celebrities making the most of states legalizing recreational marijuana, Lil Wayne has announced his own weed brand. Clearly a huge fan of the plant, Wayne will be entering the same marketplace as Snoop Dogg, Whoopi Goldberg, Willie Nelson, and Wiz Khalifa.
"I used to just want to get high, now I smoke to get in- spired," said Lil Wayne of the launch of the brand. "With GKUA, I'm sharing a feeling
LIL WAYNE
that I love."
GKUA boasts products with
some of the "highest natural levels of THC available," which
they added is sourced from growers specializing in limited and potent strains.
To coincide with the launch of the brand, GKUA will offer customers the chance to win tickets to the GKUA VIP Party, featuring a performance from Tunechi himself. The brand's products will be available at select Los Angeles dispen- saries starting in 2020, with more locations expected to fol- low. At launch GKUA will offer THC vape carts, concentrates, and more.
Manhattan Prosecutors Drop All Charges Against Rapper Remy Ma
Manhattan prosecutors dropped their case against rap- per Remy Ma on Monday.
Ma, 39, whose real name is Reminisce Smith, faced as- sault and other related charges for allegedly punching her VH- 1 “Love & Hip Hop” co-star Brittney Taylor, 30, at a benefit concert at Irving Plaza in April.
Prosecutors said conflicting evidence in the case and ac-
Remy Ma leaves Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday after charges against her were dropped.
counts of the night’s events provided by witnesses unaffili- ated with Smith or Taylor raised one question too many and made their case impossi- ble to prove.
“After a thorough, months- long investigation, the people are moving to dismiss this case,” said Assistant District Attorney Juan Maldonado. “We cannot prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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