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R&B And Gospel Songwriter Travis Malloy Releases His Own Music
Travis Malloy is striking out singing his own songs for the first time.
Independent R&B artist and accomplished songwriter Travis Malloy delivers his debut project, Love Lan- guages. The 8-songs project, headed by the sultry single “Best Friend,” was written and produced by Malloy.
Along with being a solo artist, Malloy is known for his contributions to albums by in- dustry legends in the genres of both gospel and R&B writing for Charlie Wilson, Dorinda Clark Cole, Fred Hammond and more.
Angela Bassett To Star In Marvel Film ‘Black Panther’
Prince, NWA And Jackson 5 Among Grammy ‘Hall Of Fame’ Inductees
Kodak Black Extradicted To South Carolina For Sexual Battery
Kodak Black isn’t getting out of the bing anytime soon. The Florida rapper has been transferred from the St. Lucie County jail he’s been sitting in over to South Carolina, where he is facing sexual battery charges.
Per the Sun Sentinel, Kodak Black, born Dieu- son Octave, appeared at an extradition hearing on Nov. 21, and a judge approved his transfer. The “Skrt” rapper has been charged with criminal sexual conduct in Florence, South Carolina.
Kodak was set to be re- leased back in August when he was sentenced to house arrest on the condition that he stay out of trouble and continue his rap career.
However, just before his re- lease, authorities discovered a
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pair of outstanding warrants, which included the charge in South Carolina.
He is accused of sexual bat- tery at a hotel in Florence in February 2016.
If convicted, Kodak could be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison.
JACKSON 5, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, PRINCE AND NWA.
The Grammy’s Hall of Fame inductees were announced Monday (Nov. 28), and Prince, N.W.A, and the Jackson 5 made the cut, Bill- board reports.
The legendary artists join the award ceremony’s class of 2017 list ahead of the show’s February air date.
The Hall of Fame committee requires that the songs be at least 25 years old. N.W.A’s
“Straight Outta Compton” was among the songs inducted, along with Prince’s 1987 track “Sign O’ The Times” and The Jackson 5’s 1970 hit, “ABC.”
The list also included the late David Bowie’s “Changes,” “Lady Sings The Blues” by Billie Holiday, and songs from Elvis Presley and Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra.
St. Petersburg native, Angela Bassett to star in Marvel film, Black Panther.
Marvel's "Black Panther" is about to be released soon, and as intriguing as it may seem, the movie adaptation of "Black Panther" is confirmed to be based on a true story.
Fans are no less than excited about the release of the movie and his powerful cast including the Academy Award winner Angela Basset who is famous for her previous role in "Amer- ican Horror Stories".
Bassett will portray Ra- mona, Black Panther’s (played by Chadwick Bose- man) mother.
Michael B. Jordan, For- est Whitaker, Lupita Ny- ong’o and “The Walking Dead’s” Danai Gurira are also part of the ensemble cast. “Creed” helmer Ryan Coogler will direct.
Boseman will play T’Challa, the prince of the African nation of Wakanda, who must take over the throne after his father’s murder. Mar- vel unveiled the character in “Captain America: Civil War” last May and his standalone film hits theaters on Feb. 16, 2018.
Beyonce Drops New Christmas Merchandise
Some of Beyonce’s Christmas merchandise on sale now.
With the holiday season here, Queen Bey is giving her fans an opportunity to spread holiday cheer with festive mer- chandise.
The singer and crafty busi- nesswoman dropped sweaters, wrapping paper and more on her site Tuesday morning (Nov. 29). Blending her most favorite lyrics (“I came to
slay,” “boy bye”) with the tides of the holiday season, green and red sweatshirts read, “I came to sleigh.” Her wrapping paper also features lemons and the singer in her signature all black look from her visuals to “Formation.”
Bey’s release is just one of many holiday rollouts for the season.
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