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Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Hit With Furloughs, Pay Cuts Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Kanye West Is Officially Hip-Hop’s Second Billionaire, Says Forbes
Uh oh, things apparently aren’t going well at RocNation, the multifaceted management- label-publishing company es- tablished as a partnership between Jay-Z and Live Na- tion.
The company was hit with multiple furloughs and pay cuts last month that extend across as much as half the company, according to Vari- ety.
The entertainment news site
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says the furloughs and pay cuts cover all departments and the streaming service, Tidal. The cuts, by the way, are in the 10 – 20 percent range across the board. The company made the moves last month when it be- came clear that the coron- avirus and its effects on business and life, in general, would adversely affect opera- tions such as music and tour- ing.
Kanye West can finally have some sigh of relief because Forbes has now acknowledged that he’s a billionaire, the sec- ond Hip-Hop act to reach that status.
According to a report by Forbes, the money centric publi- cation known for calculating the net worth of celebrities, the rap- per and fashion mogul has pro- vided documents proving he is worth over $1 billion. Kanye agreed to supply paperwork through his staff and after studying them, Forbes came to a figure of $1.3 billion. This is about $300 million more than
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his 22-year-old sister-in-law Kylie Jenner who has been hailed as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire for second time in a row in 2020.
Tyler Perry Slams ‘Wicked And Evil’ Scammers, Warns Fans ‘Don’t Fall For This!’
Kodak Black Requests Meeting With Pres. Trump To Discuss 'Brilliant Idea'
Tyler Perry is calling out the “wicked” and “evil” scam- mers attempting to make come up during the COVID-19 pan- demic by using his name.
The Hollywood mogul posted a video on his social media accounts in which he warns fans about the fake web- sites and online posts that claim to be raising money on his behalf, The YBF reports.
“I hate to come on and say this, but I’m pretty annoyed,” he says in the video. “You know, people out there are so
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wicked and so evil and to think that they’re setting up all of
these fake sites asking you to send them money because I’m giving away thousands of dol- lars is just downright evil. Downright wrong.”
Perry also hopes social media platforms step it up when it comes to taking action to reduce scammers.
“Please, please please — es- pecially those who have sup- ported me for all these years, you know, times are hard. They’re tight right now. People are really, really struggling. Don’t fall for this.”
In what would appear to be an extreme case of shooting your shot, Kodak Black, who is cur- rentlyincarcerated, asked for a meeting with President Trump on Instagram, for the purpose of passing along a "bril- liant idea." He said that this chat would have nothing to do with his "wrongful conviction," and that he'll sport a mask to protect all parties involved from COVID-19 if and when such a get-together takes place.
To try and get this done, he sent a bizarre message to his lawyer Bradford Cohen through social media, along with the added condition that Trump can kill him if the meet-
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ing isn't worth his time. "@lawronin, tell Donald
Trump to pull-up on me, i got a brilliant idea," the rapper wrote on Sunday.
Brandy’s Daughter Sy’rai Debuts New Single That Samples An Aaliyah Classic
Sy’rai Smith, Brandy Norwood’s daughter, is get- ting into the family business.
The 17-year-old has re- leased a new single on Satur- day (April 18). The track, produced by Brandy’s nephew Aaron Smith, is called “At Your Best” and is a tribute to Aaliyah’s 1994 sin- gle “At Your Best (You Are Love).”
SY’RAI AND BRANDY
Brandy showed support for her little girl’s talent via In- stagram. She posted a snippet of Sy’rai’s latest and the cap- tion, “Please check out my baby girl @syraismith ‘s new song #atyourbest produced by my nephew @avgaaron link in my bio. God Bless you all on this great Friday. Angelic voice. Mama loves you.”
Travis Scott And Kid Cudi Form Group, Debut New No.1 Song ‘The Scotts’ On Fortnite
The Fortnite craze might have died down a little re- cently, but it’s still a platform that reaches millions world- wide and people are well aware of it. A few days ago, it was an- nounced that a Travis Scott concert event would take place in-game.
You might remember that Travis played the game along with Drake and Ninja a cou- ple of years ago.
TRAVIS SCOTT AND KID CUDI
The event just took place and it turns out it was a collab- oration between Travis and Cudi called ‘The Scotts’ which is produced by Daytrip, Dot Da Genius, Plain Pat and Mike Dean. Stream it below. Additionally, Kid Cudi and Travis and an- nounced that they have formed a group named The Scotts. You can buy the single both digitally and on vinyl.
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