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Eminem Producing Battle Rap Comedy Movie
Aretha Franklin’s Weight Loss Is Extreme
Kendrick Lamar Leads Seahawks’ Team Huddle In Surprise Visit To Camp
Eminem will forever be connected to his battle rap roots. Whether he’s paying homage to the 90s under- ground scene that made him a legend (as portrayed in the semi-autobiographical block- buster 8 Mile), his music, or signing little known, yet top- tier lyricists to his Shady Records imprint, the Hip Hop icon is giving the battle rap scene another a new look on the big screen.
According to The Tracking Board, music video impresario Joseph Kahn and Eminem
Eminem in a scene from his movie ‘8 Mile’.
are set to release a battle rap satire film Bodied later this year. The movie’s premise is to explore race relations. The film will be premiered next month.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar was the surprise guest during a practice session for the Seattle Seahawks Monday, (July 31).
According to reports, the rapper showed up on the sec- ond day of the NFL team’s practice, in support of his good friend and Seattle Seahawks linebacker, Bobby Wagner.
Kendrick, who led the team’s huddle, is also shooting a documentary and the footage with the Seahawks is expected to make the cut.
Kendrick was in Washing-
Kendrick Lamar and his friend, LB Bobby Wagner at the Seattle Seahawks practice camp.
ton for his tour, and stopped by.
A California property Tupac Shakur used to call home has hit the market for $2.66 million.
The rap icon moved into the Woodland Hills pad in 1995 following a stint behind bars, and stayed there until his shooting death in September, 1996.
The luxury six-bedroom, five-bathroom house, which Shakur had reportedly been in the process of purchasing at the time of his passing, was then picked up by former Limp Bizkit and House of
Tupac called the Woodland Hills house home until his death in 1996.
Pain star DJ Lethal for $1.28 million in 2003, before selling it to the current homeowners.
50 Cent Upset With Starz Network Over ‘Power’
The Last House Tupac Lived In Is Up For Sale
50 Cent lashed out on In- stagram Monday over what he claims is inadequate treatment by Starz, following Sunday night’s explosive new episode.
The rapper, who executive produces the series and stars as Kanan, said he feels “a little different about ‘Power'” and threatened to leave the show, which is one of Starz’s highest- rated series and is currently in its fourth season.
Last Sunday’s episode, which saw the deaths of two major characters played by Anika Noni Rose and J.R. Ramirez, was originally planned to be a two-parter to include some additional story- lines.
However, according to showrunner Courtney Kemp, Starz didn’t agree to
50 Cent is the executive pro- ducer and star of ‘Power’.
extend the episode order, re- sulting in just one packed episode. Kemp said that as a result, the episode lost some story elements.
Low Ticket Sales Force R. Kelly To Cancel Shows; Hiring Of Crisis Team
Aretha Franklin in 2008, 2015 and now.
After an explosive report last month alleged that R. Kelly is controlling the women around him in a manner reminiscent to a “cult,” the R&B singer has had to cancel multiple tour dates, reportedly due to low ticket sales. And he has hired a crisis team to fight the claims, which, sources tell the New York Post, have some truth to them.
Last month, BuzzFeed pub- lished an extensive investiga- tion into allegations that Kelly is running something of a “cult” and cutting the women around him off from their families.
At his first show in Virginia Beach after the report, atten- dance was sparse. Reviews of the show on Ticketmaster were also highly negative..
Kelly’s message to his fans about the report that he is al- legedly holding women in a “sex cult” is: “It’s a bunch of
R. Kelly has hired a crisis team to handle the newest sex and cult scandal.
crap”.
Kelly was responding to
multiple families’ claims that he is housing their daughters in Chicago and Atlanta, where he brainwashes them and “records” them in sexual en- counters.
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is half the woman she used to be.
The Respect and Say A Little Prayer singer, 75, looked slim- mer than ever in a new back- stage picture that emerged on Instagram this week.
Franklin is currently mid- way through what she says will be her final concert tour, having battled undisclosed health prob- lems in recent years.
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