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Donald Glover, known in Hip Hop circles as Childish Gambino, will appear in the 2017 reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, according to Dead- line.
The details of Glover's character haven't been revealed yet, which is causing many fans to speculate that he may be reprising the role of Miles Morales, the black/Hispanic Spider-Man character he voiced in the Ultimate Spider- Man animated series (though Morales is much younger than the 32-year-old Glover).
Glover was actually a fan fa- vorite to be picked to play Spi- der-Man in Sony's 2012 reboot of the franchise, a role that eventually went to Andrew Garfield.
Because The Internet rapper is well-known for his acting, appearing as a main character on NBC sitcom "Community" between 2009 and 2014, and generating some buzz for the upcoming series "Atlanta," where he is lead actor, writer,
Chance The Rapper Could Win A Grammy
Chance The Rapper
Many Hip Hop fans consider Chance the Rapper one of the best in the game. His debut mixtape, Acid Rap, is a modern classic and his recent Coloring Book release made history by becoming the first project to hit Billboard's Top 200 albums chart without any sales. Chance's third tape is widely regarded as one of the best proj- ects of the year so far.
Despite all this hype, because his projects were not commer- cially released, the Chicago rap- per never had a chance at winning a Grammy or receiving official recognition from The Recording Academy ... until now.
The Academy announced Thursday (June 16) that stream- only projects will be in consid- eration for the Grammy Awards, effective immediately.
"The GRAMMYs aren't just peer-awarded, they're peer-dri- ven," Bill Freimuth, Senior Vice President of Awards for The Recording Academy says in a press release.
Rapper Xzibit Will Be Major Character On Season 3 Of Empire
XZIBIT
Fans of Fox’s Hip-Hop dra- matic series “Empire” should expect to see a lot more of rap- per Xzibit in Season 3.
The rapper made his debut in Season 2’s finale as Shyne Johnson, a former prison as- sociate turned adversary of Lu- cious Lyon.
“Shyne,” will be causing major problems for Lucious and the Lyon family.
In the finale, the table was set for a challenge to Empire and the Lyon family that will al- legedly be the framework for the whole of Season 3. With a “God- father” style opus of crime and hip hop that has Lucious bat- tling back this federal investiga- tionledbyamanwitha personal grievance. Also the thug rappers who helped him to build his Empire and are now coming back for their pound of flesh
Season 3 of “Empire” is slated to air on Wednesday, Septem- ber 21.
K Michelle Teams Up With Nigerian Artist Mr. Jeje
K Michelle and Mr. Jeje
Childish Gambino To Appear In Spider-Man Reboot
Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino.
and co-executive producer. The show with 10 episodes pre- mieres on FX in September.
Spider-Man: Homecoming is a co-production between Sony and Marvel directed by Jon Watts.
Marisa Tomei will play Aunt May and Robert Downey Jr. will reprise his role as Tony Stark/Iron Man. Disney Channel star Zendaya and Michael Keaton have also been linked to the movie.
Nigeria-based artist Mr. Jeje aka Seyi Sodimu has a hit song over in his home country with the song “Love Me Jeje.”
The song caught the atten- tion of K. Michelle, who reached out to Mr. Jeje to in- vite him to Atlanta to record a
remix and video for the song
“Love Me Jeje.”
Mr. Jeje is currently work- ing on his fourth album which will be set to drop later on this year under his Goodlife Enter- tainment label.
PARTYNEXTDOOR And Jeremih Plan Album Together
Trailer For Tupac Biopic ‘All Eyez On Me’ Released On His Birthday
Tupac and Snoop Dogg in Oakland.
Jeremih has revealed that he has a new collaborative album on the way with PAR- TYNEXTDOOR.
The Chicago singer-song- writer called into Real 92.3 last night (June 15) to make the announcement.
“Can I tell everybody some- thing? For all my fans that’s in L.A. right now that’s listening
A day after his release from the hospital, Lil Wayne shows fans how well he's doing with a surprise performance at the Samsung booth at E3 Expo 2016 in support of his mobile skateboarding game Sqvad Up.
Despite reps previously con- firming with HipHopDX that he would not make it to E3, the Young Money boss performed a medley of 15 songs at the gaming expo including "Truf- fle Butter," "I'm Going In" and Grammy Award-winning song "Lollipop." The crowed sang along to Weezy F. Baby's hits as six skateboarders per- formed tricks behind the New Orleans rapper while demoing Samsung's latest technology.
On Monday (June 13), Tunechi's private jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Omaha after the 33-
to [Real] 92.3, new album is coming out with me [and] PARTYNEXTDOOR called ‘Late Night Party.’”
Jeremih went on to reveal that after the aforementioned project with PND is released, he plans to drop the final in- stallment of his “Late Nights” series, Later That Night.
Weeks after filming for the All Eyez On Me biopic on Tupac Shakur wrapped in Las Vegas, a trailer for the film has been released. Although brief, the trailer shows 'Pac as a youth and at the peak of his career.
The trailer is narrated by Danai Gurira who plays the role of Afeni Shakur in the biopic.
The release of the trailer for All Eyez On Me, which is di- rected by Benny Boom, comes on Tupac's 45th birth- day, June 16th.
Instead of a set release date, the one-minute trailer con- cludes with the words "coming soon."
The trailer for All Eyez On Me, which stars Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira, and Jamal Woolard.
City Of Oakland De- clared June 16th Tupac
Shakur Day
In honor of what would be Tupac's 45th birthday, the City of Oakland declared June 16th "Tupac Shakur Day."
Okayplayer received the con-
Demetrius Shipp, Jr., por- trays Tupac Shakur in the biopic, ‘All Eyez On Me’.
firmation from city officials yesterday that June 16 will of- ficially be a day to honor the West Coast legend. Mayor Libby Schaaf made the offi- cial declaration.
The All Eyez on Me rapper was a member of Oakland's Digital Underground before his solo career blossomed. In interviews and his lyrics, he frequently expressed his admi- ration for the Bay Area city.
Tupac died September 13, 1996 at the age of 25 from in- juries sustained when he was shot in Las Vegas.
LIL WAYNE
year-old reportedly experi- enced two seizures. He was taken to CHI-Creighton where he received medical treatment. He was released on Tuesday (June 14) and used Twitter to thank his fans for the love and support.
PARTYNEXTDOOR And Jeremih
Lil Wayne Back Onstage A Day After Leaving Hospital
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