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Tyga Signs Massive New Record Deal With Columbia Records
Eddie Murphy Credits Barack Obama For Luring Him Back In To The World Of Stand-Up Comedy
Murphy recalled the time he received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2015, and Obama asked him two questions that ignited his return to movies and stand- up comedy.
Obama’s two questions were: “What kind of hair rinse I was using? and ‘When are you doing comedy again? I was like, ‘That’s your ques- tion?’ When you go into the Oval Office, and the president asks when are you doing stand-up, it’s time to do some jokes,” Murphy said, per Celebrity Insider.
We previously reported... Murphy’s return to the big screen is coming via Netflix in
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a biopic about the 1970s blax- ploitation icon and “Godfa- ther of rap,” Rudy Ray Moore, and his rise in the entertainment industry.
Tyga's resurgent career, a source of ambivalence in the hip-hop community, just got a big boost: on Tuesday, the rapper announced a new multi-million dollar record deal with Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music.
Not too long ago, Tyga was relegated to a rap punchline, known more for his con- tentious relationships with label Cash Money Records and ex-girlfriend Kylie Jen- ner than for his string of for- gettable releases. Then, something changed in 2018: not long after his album Kyoto bombed, Tyga dropped the Offset-featuring single "Taste." The song
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peaked at No. 8 on the Bill-
board Hot 100, and has been streamed nearly a billion times on YouTube. The song became the catalyst for Tyga's resurrected career, a leap in status so undeniable that it even became a meme thanks to Soulja Boy.
Tyga's last album Leg- endary was released inde- pendently via his label Last Kings and EMPIRE. "We’ve beenabletodoalotina year," Tyga said of his rela- tionship with EMPIRE. "“It was a do-it-yourself motto — learning how to get from point A to point B. Now doing a deal through Columbia, it’s like I already know the ropes.”
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