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Entertainment
Actor Who Portrays Tupac
T-Pain Nails National
Wanted To Make Sure Fans
Really 50 Cent?
Anthem At Dodgers Game
Got A Clear Portrayal
Sing it! Rapper T-Pain may be known for using auto-tune in chart-topping songs such as “Buy You a Drank” and “5 O’Clock,” but he certainly did- n’t need the pitch-correction tool when he sang the National Anthem at the Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants’ game in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 31.
The Grammy-winning star, dressed in a Dodgers jersey, showcased his naturally beau- tiful voice before the first pitch. The video of his per- formance has since gone viral,
Marcc Rose took on the task of portraying one of the most iconic figures in Hip Hop history. The 23-year-old actor was tapped by director F. Gary Gray to play Tupac Shakur in the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, and Rose has also been working with John Singleton on a movie about Pac’s life.
“It got put on hold. There were too many hands in the pot. Honestly, they were trying to push it in the direction of the Aaliyah biopic,” Rose told Ebro In The Morning. “No diss to the Aaliyah biopic, but they didn’t have the rights. The music wasn’t in there. We’re just trying to make sure [the 2Pac biopic] is done right. At that moment it wasn’t. It was put on pause.”
The Lifetime produced
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
was universally panned by professional critics, fans, and associates of the late R&B
Actor Marcc Rose and direc- tor John Singleton.
singer.
Rose seems to understand
the potential blow-back from creating a poorly received image of 2Pac. He was asked about feeling any pressure from acting as the legend in Straight Outta Compton.
“I got to make sure how I portray him is realistic. I don’t want it to be a character of Pac. I want his fans to be able to see him in me”, Rose con- cluded.
T-Pain didn’t need Auto- Tune to sing the National An- them.
and fans are surprised by the 30-year-old’s amazing voice.
EA Sports Taps Jidenna, Kendrick Lamar And Busta
Two R&B divas will break out their dancing shoes to join sea- son 21 of “Dancing With The Stars” this fall: Tamar Brax- ton and Chaka Khan.
Tamar’s pro-dancing partner is Val Chmerkovskiy and Chaka Khan will partner up with Keo Motsepe.
The announcement of the new cast was revealed on “Good Morning America.”
Watch on Monday Sept. 14
Tamar Braxton and Chaka Khan
on ABC to witness Tamar and Chaka bust a move.
50 Cent and his son.
As you know 50 Cent is the King of petty and Drake is the Prince. 50 Cent is always on In- stagram starting social media beef, promoting a brand, and showing love to his youngest son only. Recently he posted on his Instagram page a picture of his son with a caption that said,
“Hey my dad said it’s okay that I’m light skinned because Drake’s making light skinned ni66as cool again.”
Cole’s Album Certified Platinum
J. COLE
J.Cole has just earned his first platinum album. His third album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive has been certified platinum with over one million copies sold according to reports.
2014 Forest Hills Drive de- buted at the no. 1 spot with 371,000 copies sold and streamed its first week after being released in December 2014 with short notice to his fans. The album has outsold Cole’s first two albums, Cole World: The Sideline Story and Born Sinner, which have both been certified gold. Cole World sold 218,00o its debut week while Born Sinner sold 297,000 copies its first week.
Tamar and Chaka Join Season 21 Of ‘Dancing With the Stars’
Rhymes For NBA Live 16
NBA Live Sports
EA SPORTS launched the official 2016 edition of its NBA LIVE Spotify profile. This year’s soundtrack was once again curated by MICK, and the list features mainstream rap stars and buzzing Hip Hop talent.
“Every year, we try to top the soundtrack from the previous year, and this year’s lineup is great,” says MICK. “We touch all regions, all sounds, and all aspects of dope new music in this game. From eclectic trap icons like Travis Scott, Young Thug, and Future to soulful and smooth emcees like Oddisee, Illa J and Phony Ppl; from lyricists like Fashawn, Shirt, King Los
and Vince Staples to classic melodies by Jidenna and Jamie xx. And of course, we have some legends on the soundtrack as well: Kendrick Lamar, Large Professor and Busta Rhymes. I’m re- ally pleased with the track list we put together this year.”
The NBA LIVE 16 in-game soundtrack will debut new tracks from Kill The Noise & Madsonik, Your Old Droog, OverDoz., R. City, and Shirt. The full soundtrack list will be available on the free Live 16 demo debuting on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live on September 15 as well as the full game on September 29.
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