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Plane Issues Cause Lil Wayne To Cancel Concert Again
Raekwon Honors R&B Icon Marvin Gaye With
The Help Of Ceelo Green
Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ Is Highest Grossing Debut Movie With Original Screenplay
Jordan Peele is first Black writer-director to earn $100M on their first movie.
Raekwon honors R&B icon Marvin Gaye with Ceelo’s help.
On the eve of the anniver- saries for the iconic artists’ birth (April 2) and death (April 1), Raekwon breaks down his heartfelt tribute to Marvin Gaye.
One of the standout tracks from Raekwon’s recently released seventh solo-master- piece, The Wild, is undoubt- edly his heartfelt tribute to Marvin Gaye, simply enti- tled “Marvin” which features Cee-Lo.
With “Marvin,” Raekwon
authors his own audio biogra- phy of the fellow iconic artist, detailing his upbringing, his artistic legacy, his turbulent personal life and his tragic death (at the hands of his own father). As the anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s birth and death both drew near, Raek- won further honored Mar- vin Gaye’s life and his dedication to him by delving into the creative process of the track and where the inspi- ration stemmed from.
Get Out has beaten a nearly 20-year record, becoming the highest-grossing debut for a writer-director, based on an original screenplay.
The psychological horror film has emerged as one of the true stars of 2017, earning a nearly perfect score on Rot- ten Tomatoes and raking in over $150-million in domes- tic sales so far. That puts it past 1999's The Blair Witch Project, which made about $140-million total in the United States.
Jordan Peele has also be- come the first African-Ameri- can writer-director to earn
$100-million on their debut film.
Get Out, which was made on a $4.6-million budget, has been presented as another ex- ample of how successful di- verse stories can be, like Hidden Figures and the Oscar-winning film Moon- light.
In the wake of dismissive comments about how diver- sity turns some people away, like Marvel’s latest debacle, products like Get Out and Ms. Marvel prove that stories about non-white experiences shouldn’t be cast aside over fears of marketability.
Lil Wayne was forced to cancel show.
Lil Wayne was forced to cancel his show at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Min- nesota following "plane is- sues."
This is the second time the show has been postponed after a February snowstorm forced promoters to push the date back one month.
Lil Wayne has offered an explanation for his absence on Instagram, sharing an apology and a letter from the owner and operator of the plane, which explained the technical issues with the plane.
Minnesota I'm sorry I kouldn't make it tonight. Had plane issues that was out of my kontrol. Will make it up to y'all and reskhedule
According to the letter, the that the "flight hydraulics sys- tem started to quickly dimin- ish prior to the flight.' Upon further inspection, "hydraulic fluid" was found leaking from the aircraft.
Ciara Treated To All-White Baby Shower
John Legend Guest Stars As Frederick Douglass On WGN’s ‘Underground’
John Legend is set to guest star as the iconic aboli- tionist Frederick Douglass in a new episode of WGN America’s Underground.
Besides appearing in the historical drama, Legend also serves as executive pro- ducer for the series, and the Grammy-winner co-wrote the original song “In America” for the show’s second season.
Underground‘s main cast includes Jurnee Smollett- Bell, Aldis Hodge, Jessica De Gouw, Amirah Van, and Christopher Meloni.
Last year, Smollett-Bell
John Legend will act in his TV series ‘Underground’.
spoke with AllHipHop.com about Underground.
Ciara and her guests.
Ciara and husband Rus- sell Wilson celebrated the pending birth of their first child together with an extrav- agant baby shower last week- end.
She shared several photos on Instagram of the festive event which saw all guests rocking all-white attire and flower crowns.
The all-white themed bash, held at a private Los Angeles home and coordinated by A- list event planner Mindy Weiss, included attendees like TV personality and ac- tress Lala Anthony and ten- nis star Serena Williams.
According to E! News, guest were treated to deli- cious Shake Shack cheese- burgers while DJ Nabs
Ciara and her husband, star QB Russell Wilson.
provided music for people grooving on the dance floor.
The sex of the child is still unknown, but Ciara has hinted she is expecting a boy. “Blue is one of my favorite colors...” she wrote on social media in February.
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