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‘Shazam!’ Remains Victorious As ‘Little’ Beats ‘Hellboy’
Ludacris Hits The Studio With Timbaland For 10th Album
Warner Bros.’ superhero ad- venture “Shazam!” took a vic- tory lap at the domestic box office, retaining the No. 1 spot for the second weekend in a row.
“Shazam!” added another $25 million in its sophomore outing, bringing its North American haul to $94 million. That sum was easily enough to top a crop of newcomers in- cluding Universal’s comedy “Little,” Lionsgate’s remake of “Hellboy,” and Laika’s stop- motion animation “Missing Link.”
“Little” pulled in a mostly older female audience, with women accounting for 65% of ticket buyers and 56% over the age of 25. African Americans made up 43% of crowds, while 28% were Caucasian and 21% were Hispanic. Will Packer, known for his work on “Girls Trip,” “Night School,” and the “Ride Along” franchise, pro- duced the PG-13 comedy, which was directed by Tina Gordon. Martin, who came up with the premise of the movie, serves as the youngest executive producer of all time.
Ludacris is back in the stu- dio with acclaimed producer Timbaland, who helped him craft hits such as “Rollout (My Business).” The two are work- ing on Luda’s 10th solo album, which prompted the veteran rapper/actor to reflect on his career in a video posted on In- stagram.
“It’s the 20th year anniver- sary for Back For The First Time next year,” Luda said. “Back For The First Time came out in October of 2000. So, this will be album number 10 for me and year number 20. That’s really the inspiration of kinda going where not too many
LUDACRIS
artists have gone before. Being in the elite number of individ- uals that just have even gotten to double digits in albums is out of this world.
‘LITTLE’
R. Kelly’s Bank Account
Suge Knight Compares Nipsey Hussle To Tupac And Himself
Hits Negative Amid Sexual
SAN DIEGO, CA – Cren- shaw’s fallen hometown hero Nipsey Hussle was just help- ing out a friend freshly re- leased from prison when he was gunned down and pro- nounced dead at 33 on March 31.
Suge Knight, who is cur- rently incarcerated at the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, believes the Grammy Award-nominated recording artist’s dedication to his environment is what caused his life.
“A lot of artists like Nipsey have the same problem that I had,” the disgraced mogul told TMZ in an exclusive interview. “We are too loyal to our neigh-
SUGE KNIGHT AND TUPAC
One of R. Kelly’s bank ac- counts has been left in the red after $150,000 was seized from his Wintrust Bank account, ac- cording to court documents ob- tained by The Blast.
Wintrust Bank alerted the dis- graced R&B superstar’s former landlord that Kelly had a nega- tive $13 balance.
The 52-year-old artist, who could face up to 70 years in prison for sexual abuse charges, has two other accounts with Bank of America. At the time of judgment, one reportedly held $44,595.58 and the other con- tained $110,056.64, totaling $154,527.22.
However, most of it was seized to satisfy the debt owed to his former landlord, leaving Kelly with $625.
The multi-platinum selling artist, who currently resides at the Trump International Hotel in Chicago, owes his former landlord a total of $173,000.
R. KELLY
The landlord served subpoenas to Kelly’s banks as well as Sony Music and ASCAP.
ASCAP claims they don’t owe Kelly any money, so his former landlord is seeking $50,000 from Sony.
During Kelly’s dramatic in- terview with CBS This Morn- ing’s Gayle King, he said he had $350,000 in his bank ac- count at the time.
borhood. Even though you have enough money to move, you want to stay on the block because when you go around Hollywood it’s all watered down.”
The Death Row co-founder elaborated on his favorite
ghetto past times. Knight said that he loves going back to his hood to “get chili cheese fries and strawberries” and to chop it up with his little homies, but said he would also need those same little homies for protec- tion.
Abuse Allegations
Lauren London Immortalizes Nipsey Hussle With Portrait Tattoo
LOS ANGELES, CA – Lau- ren London commemorated Nipsey Hussle with ink after giving a tearful speech at his memorial service.
The actress posted a photo of her newly tattoed arm on In- stagram with a caption read- ing: “Real Love Never Dies,” followed by the epiphany, “When you see me, you will al- ways see him #LoveYouHussle #TMC”
The portrait shows Hus- sle’s face along with the text “God will rise,” which he had tattooed on his face next to his right eye.
Thousands gathered for the late rap star’s public memorial
Shooting Pops Off During Waka Flocka Flame Recording Session
NIPSEY HUSSLE AND LAUREN LONDON.
ATLANTA, GA – Three unidentified men opened fire at an Atlanta recording studio during Waka Flocka Flame‘s recording session on April 4, Billboard reports.
According to the Atlanta Po- lice Department, one man named Timothy Nickson was injured amongst a reported dozen people. The Bricksquad boss got away without harm.
Police arrived at ZAC Record- ing studio, where the alleged shooting occurred, at approxi- mately 2:09 a.m. EST and two men had their guns drawn. Au- thorities took the two men into custody, though they explained to cops it was to protect the stu- dio.
They were later released. Several witnesses informed
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME
police that the three men let off several shots and Nickson was struck in his right arm. An am- bulance transported him to At- lanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital.
One other victim is listed on the report along with one per- son who was cited for posses- sion of cannabis.
service Thursday (April 11),
where London shared a text
message she’d once sent to boyfriend.
HER TATTOO Hussle and remembered him
as a loving father and
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