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Nick Cannon Challenges Rappers To $100K Battle
RHOA’s Cynthia Bailey Announces She And Hubby Are Separated
Nick Cannon has put out a challenge to all rappers out there to battle him next month at the BET Experience.
The catch? The opponent would have to match the mogul and entertainer by put- ting up $100,000.
Cannon took to Twitter last week to issue the challenge. As reported by the good folks at Hip Hop DX,
Cannon’s challenge would be a traditional rap battle to take place during the weekend event that occurs during the 2016 BET Awards.
Although the battle hasn’t
Grammy Award Winning singer and songwriter Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins of the pop music girl group, TLC has started her own production company, ATLA.
T-Boz was an Executive Producer on the 2006 cult classic, “ATL” (Warner Bros. Pictures) and also an Execu- tive Producer on the VH1 TV movie, “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story.”
ATLA’s first project is an urban teen musical film titled “What About Your Friends?” from writer/producer Carl- ton Jordan (creator of the web series “Love Handles” and producer on reality shows #TheWestbrooks and Big Freedia: Queen Of Bounce).
The film explores what hap-
Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy did a little spring cleaning on the label front, when he an- nounced that all of the artists signed to his SODMG label have been dropped.
Soulja, who recently re- vealed that he signed a $400 million deal with World Poker Fund Holdings, made the an- nouncement in a handful of messages sent on Twitter, Monday.
Soulja Boy was resurrected in a sense on Love & Hip Hop Hollywood. Soulja and 80s singer/songwriter Teddy Riley’s daughter were on cam- era as a couple. But, what many may not know is Soulja was working like a soldier for his money and could get a Grammy.
When Beyoncé says, "I hop up out the bed and get my swag on / I look in the mirror, say, "What's up?" on her hit song, "Hold Up" there could clearly and obviously only be one man she's quoting. And so boom, just like that DeAndre Way aka Soulja Boy has a writing credit on what could quite pos- sibly prove to be the biggest
Real Housewives of Atlanta
star Cynthia Bailey has con- firmed that she and her hus- band Peter Thomas have separated. Bailey told Bravo’s The Daily Dish on Tuesday, “Peter and I are separated. He lives in Charlotte, and I live in Atlanta.”
The news comes on the heels of a tumultuous season 8 for
the couple. Camera’s caught the two trying to work out their marriage after video surfaced of Thomas flirting with a woman in a night club back in June 2015.
Bailey, who admitted on the show that she wanted some time apart, also said she and Thomas are trying to figure out what’s next for their rela-
Real Housewives of Atl’s Cynthia Bailey and Peter Thomas.
tionship.
TLC’s T-Boz To Executive Produce Urban Teen Musical
NICK CANNON
been named as an official por- tion of the 2016 BET Awards, this could end up being one of the can’t-miss moments of the weekend should it come to pass.
Soulja Boy Drops All Of His Artists From Label; May Get Grammy
TLC’s T-Boz has produced nu- merous films. She will now pro- duce a urban teen musical.
pens when a national talent contest comes to a small Southern town. The project is currently in development and aims to cast a new generation of talented African American “it” girls – who can sing, dance and act.
Atlanta based rapper, DeAn- dre Way aka Soulja Boy.
album of the year.
Beyond his name in the
album credits, that means he gets a cut of the publishing money on the album. If "Hold Up"endsupinamovieora commercial, which could easily happen considering Be- yoncé's star power, he gets paid. And furthermore, it also makes him eligible for a song- writing GRAMMY, which again considering Beyoncé's history - she's the second most awarded female artist of all- time with 20 GRAMMYs - and this album's obvious impact, could easily happen.
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