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Pictures Posted On Instagram: Tupac Biopic In Full Production
Enter Room
Kendrick Lamar Named #1 Rap Genius Of 2015
With production finally un- derway for Tupac’s highly- anticipated biopic All Eyez On Me, details have surfaced little by little on the film’s synopsis. The actor who’ll assume the role of the late rapper has been revealed.
Demetrius Shipp Jr. was named as the person to por- tray Pac on the silver screen, and was asked by producer L.T. Hutton to take on the role because of his similar fea- tures with the “Ghetto Gospel” MC. TMZ reports that Shipp’s father also met the legendary artist during his ca- reer in the music industry. After having a slew of director replacements, (John Single- ton was replaced by Billy ‘Boom and a hefty multi-mil- lion dollar lawsuit—the mak- ing of the highly anticipated film came just in time, due to
6 Of Rihanna’s
Tupac Shakur will be por- trayed by actor, Demetrius Shipp, Jr.
reports surfacing of a previous lawsuit from the late rapper’s mother, Afeni Shakur. The lawsuit claimed that the film could only gain the rights to Pac’s original music if the production took off within the time span of this year.
This will be Shipp’s first major acting job, and he’ll ap- pear alongside Jamal Woodard, the same person who played Biggie Smalls in the biopic Notorious (2009).
Scene from Room 6 video
Last week, Rihanna (sym- bolically) soaked in a tub in Room 5 of her ANTIDiary. What does Room 6 bring? Judging from this clip, more cryptic mes- sages.
Rihanna saunters into this dark “room” as a group of in- trigued, masked men look on. They soon begin to follow be- hind her, pausing at every flash of light. Her child self seems afraid as she looks on from the crowd, still with the crown over her eyes.
Rihanna then reaches a plat- form where she climbs the stairs to look at a screen of her face starring back.
In her ANTIDiary series, each “room” is symbolic of Ri- hanna’s life and era in her music career, from Barbados to her current life as an interna- tional pop star, and has clues for the fans to use to piece together to unlock some answers sur- rounding Rihanna’s upcoming album, ANTI.
KENDRICK LAMAR
2,500 visitors to the website placed Kendrick at #1 on the list of the top ten Hip Hop artists of the year.
ANTIDiary
Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 was one for the history books. The TDE emcee released the critically acclaimed album To Pimp A Butterfly, saw his record “Alright” used as a chant for the Black Lives Mat- ter Movement, picked up 11 Grammy nominations, and dis- covered his track “How Much A Dollar Cost” was named as President Barack Obama’s favorite song of the year.
K. Dot has now picked up another honor. The 28-year- old wordsmith was also voted as the inaugural “Rap Genius” of 2015 by Genius.com. Over
The Daily Show Staffers Decide
That Chris Brown Could Not Appear
On Show Because Of His Past
Slim Thug May Be Reason Rick Ross And His Fiancee Are Beefing
Chris Brown was sched- uled to appear on The Daily Show last Tuesday night, but it looks like his appearance was canceled and he was replaced by Nick Cannon.
On Tuesday, staffers at the show expressed issues with having Brown on because of his past with domestic violence. And it looks like those staffers may have won. Host Trevor Noah, who witnessed his mother being abused, wanted to use Brown’s appearance as an opportunity to discuss do- mestic violence..
Maybe the staffers at The Daily Show should look into
You may have read Rick And Lira are beefing and that may be true.
It seems like Slim Thug may have put several nails in the proverbial coffin. He posted the following picture a couple days ago and all hell broke loose.You may not realize this, but Slim Thug and Rozay had some friction over who is the “Boss” of Hip-Hop. If the photo is in- deed Lira then Thugger dropped a megaton bomb on her ride out relationship.
Slim Thug released a photo recently that suggests Rick Ross’s girl stripped for him.
Sooooooooo...this is how we do in 2015? YEP!
Chris Brown was replaced by Nick Cannon.
the pasts of all their guests, be- cause if they took issue with Brown, I’m sure some skele- tons will fall out of the closets.
Miss Universe Pageant Invites Steve Harvey To
RHOA Kandi Buress Gives Back To Single Mothers
Kandi with her husband Todd and her mother, Joyce present a check to single mom, Alexis Moore.
Come Back Next Year
Steve Harvey made a big mistake during the crowning of the 2015 Miss Universe by calling out the wrong person, however, he will be back to MC the pageant next year.
The Miss Universe folks just put an end to speculation that they’ll never hire Steve Har- vey again after he announced the wrong winner on Sunday.
In an interview on Jim Rome’s CBS Sports Radio Show, Mark Shapiro, chief content officer for “Miss Uni- verse” owners WME | IMG, said the “Family Feud” host was “very remorseful” about the error and that Harvey was “ab- solutely” welcome back to host the 2016 pageant in Belize.
Shapiro said Harvey “did a great job. He was funny, he was informative, he’s high energy, he’s got a great following... I def- initely want him back, and I would hate to see him not come back. He’s going to want a shot to redeem himself.”
Kandi Burruss’ founda- tion, Kandi Cares, “is dedi- cated to providing Education, Empowerment & Enrichment to the lives of single parents, and children who are the prod- uct of single parent homes.”
Last weekend, Kandi Cares presented “A Baby’s First Baby Shower” event for 10 single expecting mothers or mothers with children less than 3 months old.
Burruss partnered with Cakes by Tatyana, Black Celeb Giving, The Mark Venue and Express Smile Atlanta to provide the mothers with bot- tles, diapers, wipes, high chairs and $500.00 cash on
behalf of Kandi Cares. Attendees at the event in-
cluded: Kandi Burruss, and her husband Todd Tucker, Chanita Foster – Director of Kandi Cares, Jasmine Crowe – Black Celeb Giving, Kaela Tucker, DonJuan Clark (General Manager of Kandi Koated Entertainment), Joyce Jones (Kandi’s Mother), DJ Yung Kendro, Tammi Pha and more.
Kandi and her dedicated team provided engaging games, savory food and plenty of emotional moments. She also talked about the impor- tance of her foundation and why she launched it.
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