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Entertainment
Toronto Raptors To Host ‘Drake Night’This Month
Drake is the global ambassa- dor for the Raptors.
Ever since Drake took over as the global ambassador for the Toronto Raptors in 2013, there has been an annual “Drake Night” at the Air Canada Cen- tre. This year, “Drake Night” will be on
Nov. 25th, according to a Drizzy IG post.
The Raptors will face off with Lebron James and the Cleve- land Cavaliers that night.
During “Drake Night” last year, fans were given a limited edition “Drake Night” t-shirt. No word on what fans will be treated to this year. Maybe a Hotline Bling Christmas sweater?
Will Smith and his friend, DJ Jazzy Jeff
NBC Releases Trailer Of ‘The Wiz’ Set To Air Live On Dec. 3rd
Rapper/actor Will Smith says he and DJ Jazzy Jeff are going on tour in the summer of 2016 because they never got a chance to do so back in the 1980’s. Smith, who is now 47 years old, made the announce- ment recently on the Ellen De- Generes Show. Smith said, “We never actually had a chance to go out and do a full tour... we released our first record in 1986 ... Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble was our first record, but by 1990 I was already on The Fresh Prince. So, in that time, we just we
were getting started and I never actually had a chance to go on tour.”
He adds, “So I really want to get out there and do it for real.” He also told De- Generes that the upcoming tour will feature a combination of old hits and new music. “I keep a stash,” he said.
Meanwhile, Jazzy Jeff (who is now 50 years old) told Entertainment Weekly, “Will has been my partner for 30- something years. I’ve been waiting for him just to say, ‘Let’s go.'”
Cast of ‘The Wiz’
Will Smith And DJ Jazzy Jeff Going On Tour; Bad Boys 3 In Production
After months of building anticipation, NBC finally re- leased the trailer for the live rendition of the popular musi- cal “The Wiz” which is due to air on December 3 at 8 p.m. EST.
In the 40-second clip, we get to see a sneak peek of the set, the music, and the all-star cast in costume: Ne-Yo as the Tin Man, David Alan Grier as The Cowardly Lion and Elijah Kelley as The Scarecrow, “Glee” star Amber Riley as Ad- daperle, the Good Witch of the North, Common as Emerald City’s Bouncer,
Orange is the New Black” star UzoAduba as Glinda the Good Witch, Stephanie Mills as Auntie Em, Queen Latifah as The Wizard and newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy. How- ever, Mary J. Blige as the Wicked Witch of the West isn’t shown. Also, NBC re- leased video for fans to wit- ness the upcoming magic as cast members Shanice Williams, David Alan Grier, Elijah Kelley, Ne- Yo, Amber Riley and Stephanie Mills perform "Ease on Down the Road."
Lil Wayne Concert Canceled After Fake Promoter Scams Alabama State University
Only days after Lil Wayne was announced to perform at Alabama State University, the college has issued a release stating that the rapper will not be appearing tonight.
In a press release on Tues- day evening, Alabama State University said it was the vic- tim of fraud after falsely book- ing Lil Wayne through a third party promoter. The rap- per was intended to be the headliner for the school's an- nual Homecoming concert tonight.
Lil Wayne's manager, Cortez Bryant, was the first to address the falsity of the concert through a post on the rapper's Facebook page on Tuesday. Bryant said he was in contact with Alabama State University and aims to help with the college's investigation of the incident however he can.
"It saddens me to say but this concert is fraudulent," said Bryant in the
LIL WAYNE
post.”Wayne was never booked for this show. Gradu- ating from an HBCU myself I hate that one of our schools was victimized. Fake promot- ers are the lowest of people on this earth because they are damaging the integrity of artist and most important hurting the fans who are ex- pecting to see their favorite artist."
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