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Melvin Van Peebles,
Netflix Drops Trailer For $30M Kanye West Documentary 'jeen-yuhs'
KANYE WEST
Kanye West’s life will be chronicled by a pair of award- winning directors in the up- coming documentary “jeen-yuhs.”
A new $30 million docu- mentary is set to land on Net- flix chronicling the “genius” of rap star Kanye West.
The streaming giant un- veiled a first look of the trailer for the doc, which is titled “jeen-yuhs,” during their streaming event “TUDUM: A Netflix Global Fan Event.”
Nas Receives Key To Queens And His Own Day
NAS
Preeminent Queens, New York City native, Nas has been given the key to his borough and his own official day on Sept. 23.
The honor was bestowed upon him last weekend, with Nas taking to Instagram to share the news, thanking Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. “Queens Stand up!” Nas wrote. The rap- per had just performed at the Concert to Feed NYC for the food rescue organization, City Harvest. The event went down at Forest Hill Stadium.
Richards and his Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor, Franck D. Joseph both cele- brated Nas’ moment on social media, as well. “Nothing but love for this son of #Queens who never forgot where he came from,” Richards wrote.
Jason Derulo Reveals He Split From Baby Mama Jena Frumes
Godfather Of Black
Jason Derulo an- nounced he's split from his baby mama Jena Frumes, days after the couple were seen looking loved-up on a date.
Jason, 32, made the news public on Twitter, shocking fans just one day after Jena shared a glowing birthday message for the singer.
The Talk Dirty hitmaker wrote on Twitter: "Jena and I have decided to part ways. She is an amazing mother but we feel being apart at this time will allow us to be the best ver- sions of ourselves and the best parents we could be. Pls re- spect our privacy in this time."
The couple welcomed a son, four-month-old Jason King, in May.
Jena has now deleted her gushing birthday Instagram
Cinema, Dies At 89
Melvin Van Peebles, the pioneering African American auteur behind the 1970s films Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, has died. He was 89.
Van Peebles, the father of actor-director Mario Van Peebles, died Tuesday night at his home in Manhattan. His family, The Criterion Collec- tion and Janus Films an- nounced his death in a statement.
“In an unparalleled career distinguished by relentless in- novation, boundless curiosity and spiritual empathy, Melvin Van Peebles made an indelible mark on the inter- national cultural landscape through his films, novels, plays and music,” the state- ment read. “His work contin- ues to be essential and is being celebrated at the New York Film Festival this weekend with a 50th anniversary screening of his landmark film Sweet Sweetback’s
MELVIN VAN PEEBLES
Baadasssss Song; a Criterion Collection box set, Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films, next week; and a revival of his play Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natu- ral Death, slated for a return to Broadway next year.”
Considered by many to be the godfather of modern Black cinema, Van Peebles was an influential link to a younger generation of African Ameri- can filmmakers that includes Spike Lee and John Single- ton. The Chicago native also was a novelist, theater impre- sario, songwriter, musician and painter.
JASON DERULO AND JENA FRUMES
message which read: "Happy birthday @jasonderulo ! Blessed to share the same day of birth with my lover. You are the most handsome, hard- working, talented, silly, loving human ever."
"I know I’m a tough cookie but you make me soft and ac- ceptmeforwhoIamandI'm forever grateful for that. Cheers to another year! I love you so much, forever."
T. I. Challenges 50 Cent To ‘Verzuz’ Battle During ‘BMF’ Premiere Event
Drake Tells J. Cole He’s ‘One Of The Greatest Rappers To Ever Touch A Mic
DRAKE AND J. COLE
T.I. won’t give up.
While performing at the premiere event for Black Fam- ily Mafia, Tip took a moment to issue another challenge to 50 Cent.
“Hey 50, we got to do this Verzuz, man,” he said as the DJ began playing “Whatever You Like.” He continued, “Give them what the people want to see, man!”
T.I. has previously ex- pressed interest in going head- to-head with Fif on the Verzuz stage, insisting he has a much “doper” catalog than the G- Unit boss. During a July 2020
T. I. AND 50 CENT appearance on Ebro in the
Morning, T.I. told the hosts he and 50 would be a solid match-up, as 50’s ego was “big enough to withstand my bravado.”
Drake wasn’t going to “Pipe Down” when he hit the stage with J. Cole Friday night in Miami.
During the opening stop of Cole’s The Off-Season Tour, the rapper invited Drizzy and Future on stage with him for a performance of their No. 1 hit “Way 2 Sexy.” Afterwards, Drake took the moment to give Cole his flowers.
“I gotta say this ’cause I don’t always wanna have a heartfelt moment when we’re on stage together,” Drake says around the 3:30-mark of the clip above. “You know, you did that ‘Pipe Down’ freestyle the other day. You was sayin’ in the freestyle that they gave you the bronze or whatever, me and Kendrick...I just want you
to understand something. You are genuinely, without a doubt, one of the greatest rappers to ever touch a mic.”
And as Drake puts it, not everyone out there places Cole in the third spot.
“I just want to let you know, there’s way too many people in the world that think and know that Cole is in the top position,” “I love you with all my heart, you’re my brother, one of my favorite artists. Always appreciate you having me out here.”
Drake was of course re- ferring to last week’s “Heaven’s EP” freestyle, where Cole rapped that, “Some people say that I’m running third, they threw the bronze at me/Behind Drake and Dot, yeah, them n***as is superstars to me.”
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