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Frank Ocean Finessed New Album To Be Release Under Independent Label
Birdman Order To Pay Millions To Songwriters
Rihanna’s Fenty Puma Wear To Be Released September 6
That Frank Ocean, he’s crafty. Reportedly the Odd Future singer fulfilled his recording contract with Def Jam with the release of his Endless video album—thus making Blonde an independ- ent release.
With that said, Blonde will be probably be no. 1 on the Billboard charts this week, sans a Def Jam logo.
According to Forbes, Blonde, which is an Apple Music exclu- sive, is independently released via Ocean’s Boys Don’t Cry label.
Universal Music Group, which owns Def Jam, has al- ready reacted. Its CEO Lu- cian Grainge announced it would no longer be providing exclusive releases to streaming services like Apple Music and TIDAL.
Considering the album is one of the year’s most antici- pated projects, the “Nikes”
Frank Ocean’s project was pushed back to fulfill his 1 album deal with Def Jam.
singer hit the jackpot. What’s certain, Frank Ocean’s lawyer is a finesse legend and Def Jam is certainly none too happy.
Rihanna in her Puma hoodie.
Last week Rihanna finally got to meet the massive head- less statue of herself in Berlin, and on Monday morning she got to drop some big fashion news.
The singer took to Twitter to share that her Fenty Puma col- lection would be released on September 6. The post con- tained a photo with Rihanna sporting a Puma hoodie and the logo showing Fenty with the puma cat logo by Rihanna.
Birdman and his Cash Money imprint are soon to be out of millions of dollars.
According to reports, Lil Wayne and Cash Money sam- pled a handful of songs from veteran songwriters. They are now looking for financial com- pensation for use of those tracks to the tune of $3.3 mil- lion.
Unfortunately for Birdman and affiliates, this isn’t the only legal battle Cash Money is fighting. The label is wading through several lawsuits, in- cluding a $51 million suit brought forward by Wayne, who claims Birdman shorted him millions of dollars in roy- alty payments. He’s also seek- ing to untangle his Young Money label from Cash Money.
Buys Toni Braxton $250,000 Bentley SUV
Even with all his legal trou- ble Birdman sure does love him some Toni Braxton. The Cash Money CEO recently
Birdman must pay.
gave the chanteuse a 2017 Bentley Bentayga, according to reports.
The luxury SUV from the British automaker reportedly costs $250,000. It’s named for the Roque Bentayga, an iconic peak in the Atlantic Canary Is- lands.
Black Wall Street TV Project In The Works Thanks To John Legend
Men of Black Wall Street In Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Black America’s most thriv- ing, prominent community built from the ground up post- Civil War came and went with the blink of an eye. In less than two days, the once lively area in Tulsa, Oklahoma that stretched for miles ran by Black business owners burned to the ground.
The 1921 Tulsa riots are known as the largest, bloodiest race riot in American history with more than 300 people murdered. The bloodshed caused by envious whites was hidden away from the history books.
A first-ever TV project about Black Wall Street is in the works.
Thanks to an ongoing col- laboration between WGN America and Get Lifted Film Co., a Black Wall Street project is in early development. The
production company fronted by John Legend is known for the critically acclaimed drama, Underground which is cur- rently in production for its sec- ond season.
Deadline first released the news on Monday, noting that the Black Wall Street project is slated to debut in 2018 if it is picked up as a series.
Actress-producer Tika Sumpter will serve as the project’s executive producer.
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