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LL Cool J Says He And Q-Tip Are Making An Album For Def Jam
Lizzo Reflects On Her Inspiring Journey: ‘Anything Can Happen In A Decade’
Lizzo is celebrating the new year by reflecting on her past.
The singer/rapper tweeted an inspiring note on Tuesday about her journey over the past 10 years. She revealed that her father died in 2009 — “the year I lived in my car & cried myself to sleep on thanksgiving,” she wrote.
Fast-forward 10 years, and Lizzo’s wild success with music in 2019 included see- ing her hit song “Truth Hurts” rise to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September.
“2019 is the year I told my mama I can buy her a house,” she wrote on New Year’s Eve. “Anything can happen in a decade. Tomorrow is the be- ginning of ur Anything.”
Lizzo, who has been per- forming and releasing music for years, celebrated a num- ber of accomplishments in her career in 2019.
The “Juice” singer scored the most 2020 Grammy nominations of any artist,
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racking up noms in a total of eight categories in Novem- ber. Last month, she was named Time’s 2019 Enter- tainer of the Year. She made her debut on “Saturday Night Live” weeks later.
The 31-year-old was born in Detroit and lived there until her family moved to Houston when she was 10 years old. She left Houston for Minneapolis about 10 years ago.
In an Instagram post in November, Lizzo reflected
on working on her music and touring for eight years before making it big, shutting down the notion that she was an “overnight success.”
“Giving out free tix to my undersold shows, sleepless nights in car, losing my dad & giving up on music, playing shows for free beer & food w/ -$32 in my bank account, constantly writing songs, hearing ‘no’ but always say- ing ‘yes,’” she wrote.
“Glad I never gave up,” she added.
LL Cool J has been prom- ising a new solo album for years, but nothing has ever materialized. His last album, Authentic, was released in 2013 and talk of a follow-up has been ongoing ever since.
According to a recent tweet from the Grammy Award-win- ning MC, he’s been in the stu- dio with A Tribe Called Quest luminary Q-Tip work- ing on a project.
“I just started recording new music produced by my lil bro @QtipTheAbstract,” he wrote.
LL later added in the com- ment section, “I’m putting this new music out on @defjam,”
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the label that started his entire career.
Rising Artist, Granddaughter
Of Roger Troutman, Lexii
Alijai Dead At 21-Years-Old
Rising rapper/singer Lexii Alijai died Jan. 1, 2020.
The rapper's cousin, Raeisah Khan, confirmed the sad news on Facebook: "Your a real Legend. If you know her or heard her music you’d feel chills, wrote Khan. "Rest in paradise you’ll never be forgotten. I’m so lost for words. My beautiful cousin with so much talent & Unique soul. It’s too soon."
It is unclear how the 21- year-old died, but singer Kehlani, who featured the budding artist on her track, "Jealous," also shared the tragic news from her Twitter account.
Dreamville Records MC,
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Bas also mourned the loss of Alijai.
Mariah Carey Becomes First Artist To Hit No. 1 In 4 Separate Decades
Carey has now ranked atop the Hot 100 in the '90s, '00s, '10s & '20s.
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the gift that keeps on giv- ing her historic achieve- ments, as the song makes the superstar the first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 in four decades.
"Christmas" spends a third week atop the latest Hot 100, dated Jan. 4, 2020, having first led the charts dated Dec. 21 and Dec. 28, 2019. The
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song, originally released in
1994, became Carey's 19th No. 1, after she earned 14 leaders in the 1990s and four in the 2000s.
Meanwhile, holiday songs rank in the Hot 100's top four spots simultaneously for the first time in the chart's 61- year history, as, following Carey's carol, at Nos. 2, 3 and 4, respectively, are Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" and Burl Ives' "A Holly Jolly Christmas."
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