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Snoop Dogg Gives Speech
Bruno Mars Tops Chart At #1; Kendrick Lamar #2
BRUNO MARS Bruno Mars is carrying
momentum from 2016 well into this year with his single “That’s What I Like” landing back at the #1 spot for the sec- ond week in a row for the Dig- ital Genre R&B/Hip-Hop sales chart ending March 30, 2017.
TDE’s Kendrick Lamar made an epic statement with the hyped release of his loosie “The Heart Part 4,” which de- buted at # 2, while The Weeknd continues to hold strong at third.
WE Reveals Cast Of ‘Growing Up Hip Hop ATL’
Bow Wow, Ayana Fite, Reginae Carter, Zonnique Pullins, Sha- niah Mauldin, Brandon Barnes.
Honoring The Late Tupac’s
Induction Into Rock And
Roll Hall Of Fame
Tupac is officially a mem- ber of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as of Friday (April 7) after he was posthumously in- ducted during the ceremony held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
Snoop Dogg handled the honor and reflected on his friendship with the West Coast icon as he delivered his speech. From their first meeting to the day Tupac died, The Dogg- father expressed the impor- tance of remembering his humane side.
“While many remember him now as some kind of thugged out superhero, Tupac really was only good and he repre- sented through his music like no one before,” he said. “It’s the fact that he never shied away from it. He wore it like a badge of honor. With an un- apologetic voice, Pac em- braced those contradictions that proved we ain’t just a character out of someone else’s story book. To be human is to be many things at once. Strong
Beyonce’s Lemonade Finalist For Peabody Award
The Growing Up Hip Hop
franchise is heading to the ATL.
After presenting two seasons of the original GUHH program, WE tv has announced the cast for the new Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta.
The Georgia version of the series will feature former child
rap star Shad “Bow Wow” Moss, Lil Wayne’s daughter Reginae Carter, Jermaine Dupri’s daughter Shaniah Mauldin, The Beastie Boys affiliate DJ Hurricane’s daughter Ayana Fite, Waka Flocka’s brother Brandon Barnes, and T.I. and Tiny’s daughter Zonnique Pullins.
Snoop Dogg inducts Tupac into Hall of Fame.
and bold. Hard headed and in- tellectual. Courageous and afraid. Loving and vengeful.
He also paid tribute to Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur, who comforted him after Tupac’s death in 1996 at the age of 25. Ms. Shakur passed away in May of last year, but her son forever im- mortalized her in his song “Dear Mama.”
Martin Lawrence Gets Engaged To Longtime Girlfriend
Martin Lawrence and fiancee, Roberta Moradfar.
Jamie Foxx
Producing
And Hosting
As we all wait patiently for Bad Boys 3 to make its way into theaters, some heart- warming news about our fa- vorite comic hit the Internet. It was announced Martin Lawrence popped the ques- tion to his girlfriend Roberta Moradfar, and of course, she said yes!
Sources connected to the
couple say Martin worked for months with Iconic Jewels Beverly Hills to create the custom 5 carat emerald cut engagement ring. He added another carat for the band alone, which has Martin and Roberta's initials spelled out in diamonds. Roberta is a nurse practitioner.
This will be his third mar- riage.
Game Show
Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’ is finalist for prestigious award.
Soulja Boy Gets Deal; Promises Not To Touch Guns Again
Beyonce’s visual album, Lemonade, has received tons of accolades to date, and there’s another prestigious submission to add to the list.
Lemonade’ is among the 60 finalists competing for this year’s 76th annual Peabody Awards, which selects the best in electronic storytelling across genre and platform.
The documentary will com- pete against other films like the Netflix hit ‘Stranger Things,’ the Oscar-winning documentary ‘O.J.: Made in America,’ and Netflix’s ’13th.’
The 60 finalists were se- lected from 1,200 entries in
film, TV, radio, and the inter- net. 30 programs will be se- lected as winners, with the announcements made by cate- gory: Individual/Institutional on April 12; Documentary on April 18; Entertainment on April 20; and News/Radio/Public Serv- ice/Web/Education program- ming on April 25.
The ceremony will take place in New York on May 20th, and will air on June 2nd on PBS and Fusion at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Rashida Jones, who won a Peabody Award for her work on Parks and Recre- ation, will host the awards.
JAMIE FOXX
The popular, convenient music-identifying app Shazam is getting a game show hosted by Jamie Foxx.
Premiering on May 25th, the game show “Beat Shazam” will air on the FOX network, a game where teams compete against each other to identify songs before the Shazam app does. The high prize? One mil- lion dollars.
Foxx is also an executive producer on the show.
Soulja Boy copped a deal in his weapons case where he promises not to touch any guns. And that includes toy guns.
The “Crank That” rapper pleaded no contest to charges of felony gun possession after initially pleading not guilty back in January. He was sen- tenced to five years probation and 240 days of community labor.
Part of the deal is he cannot make any threats or touch a gun, real or otherwise. He will be allowed to travel outside of the country for work pur-
Soulja Boy strikes deal.
poses as long as he clears it with his probation officer.
Soulja was arrested in De- cember after police report- edly found a gun in his Los Angeles home.
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