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Eminem’s 'Godzilla' Joins Spotify Billion Streams Club
‘Assault On Precinct 13’ Actor
Eminem has once again joined Spotify’s Billions Club, this time for his 2020 track “Godzilla.”
The Juice WRLD-as- sisted track recorded a billion streams on the streaming service on Monday (October 10), which marks the Detroit rapper’s sixth song to surpass this mark.
Eminem’s latest achieve- ment comes shortly after his
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Rihanna collab “Love The Way You Lie” hit the mile- stone in July, which followed “The Real Slim Shady” soar- ing past a billion streams in June. “Without Me” hit the mark in January.
“Godzilla” is also the late Juice WRLD’s fourth song to enter the Billions Club, fol- lowing “Lucid Dreams,” “All Girls are the Same” and “Robbery.”
The star of John Carpen- ter’s original Assault on Precinct 13 back in 1976, we’ve learned the sad news today that prolific actor Austin Stoker has passed away at the age of 92.
Rob Zombie, who recently directed Austin Stoker in 3 from Hell, writes on Insta- gram: “Just heard of the pass- ing of Austin Stoker. Was always a fan of his movies from Assault on Precinct 13 to Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Obviously I was thrilled to have him be part of 3 From Hell. His time on set was brief but fun.”
Austin Stoker’s acting ca- reer began back in 1969 with an appearance on “The Mod Squad,” and from there he racked up credits throughout the 1970s in shows and movies including Battle for the Planet
Kanye West’s Appearance On LeBron James’ ‘The Shop’ Pulled Due To ‘Hate Speech’
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of the Apes, Horror High, “Kojak,” Airport 1975, Abby, “Return to the Planet of the Apes,” Assault on Precinct 13, “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “Roots.”
Kanye West‘s appearance on LeBron James’ The Shop has been scrapped due to him spouting “more hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes” while recording the episode.
Maverick Carter, who runs LeBron’s SpringHill En- tertainment production com- pany, issued a statement about the decision to Andscape on Tuesday (October 11), reveal- ing the episode was taped on Monday (October 10) after being booked weeks in ad- vance.
“Yesterday we taped an episode of The Shop with Kanye West,” he said. “Kanye was booked weeks ago and, after talking to Kanye di-
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rectly the day before we taped, I believed he was capable of a respectful discussion and he
was ready to address all his re- cent comments. Unfortu- nately, he used The Shop to reiterate more hate speech and extremely dangerous stereo- types.
“We have made the decision not to air this episode or any of Kanye’s remarks. While The Shop embraces thoughtful dis- course and differing opinions, we have zero tolerance for hate speech of any kind and will never allow our channels to be used to promote hate.”
Carter added: “I take full re- sponsibility for believing Kanye wanted a different con- versation and apologize to our guests and crew. Hate speech should never have an audi- ence.”
Austin Stoker Has Passed Away
Ma$e Seemingly Accuses Diddy Of Canceling His Tour Dates With Cam’ron And Jadakiss
Ma$e has seemingly ac- cused Diddy of being behind the cancelation of his upcom- ing tour dates with Cam’ron and Jadakiss.
The Harlem rapper took to Instagram on Tuesday (Octo- ber 11) to react to a number of dates on the trio’s 3 Headed Monster Tour being axed.
Ticketmaster’s website re- veals concerts in Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania; Long Island, New York; and Sun- rise, Florida that were sched- uled to take place this month are no longer going ahead.
In his Instagram caption, Ma$e appeared to point the
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finger at Diddy by claiming he has a “#1 hater [behind the scenes]” trying to sabotage his career.
“It’s Time To Show People What Fearless Looks Like,” he wrote. “‘No Matter What
Happens, I’m Not Stopping Nothing That I’m Doing!’ So Y’all Can Cancel All of The Dates I will not apologize for what’s right! EITHER WAY I WILL BE PERFORMING SOMEWHERE!!!
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