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American rappers Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa visited Judgment yard and paid homage to Sizzla Kalonji while visiting the island to plan their Black Star Line Festival in 2024.

The rapper shared a video showing Sizzla and himself interacting and the latter collecting the information for Sizzla and his team, presumably to keep in touch to plan the upcoming Black Star Line Festival that seeks to unite African Americans and the black diaspora. The inaugural show was held in Accra, Ghana, back in January (2023) and saw overwhelming support from Americans traveling to the Motherland while Ghanaians also turned out in the thousands.

Chance The Rapper, who has shown himself to be a conscious rapper and who knows and understands the influence and power of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, a Jamaican Pan-Africanist and Civil Rights figure that fought for the rights of black people, shared how surreal the experience was meeting up with Sizzla, a religious Rastafarian.

“We out here Jah bless. This is actually crazy. Crazy thing, I can’t believe that we’re here. Thank you so much for letting us into the space. We’re with some real Rastafari brothers right now. Black Star Line Fest we out here. Thank you Dadda,” Chance says on the video.

Sizzla also shared equal sentiment telling the camera, “They’re structuring their Black Star Line Fest. That’s where it started, started with Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

Marcus Garvey is a revered figure in Jamaica, and he was one of the founding fathers of the Rastafari movement that promoted Rastafarianism as a religion for black people versus Anglo-Saxon Christianity foisted on slaves and which was adopted for generations among black folks in Jamaica and around the world.

Garvey is known for his powerful speeches promoting the black race and calling for unity and for all black people to travel home back to their motherland- Africa. Many Jamaicans believe he should be named a National Hero.

In the meantime, the two rappers were welcomed and paid a courtesy call on Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett at his Kingston office on Tuesday. The rappers were spotted taking photos with the Minister and other high-level officials.

Chance The Rapper and Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett

The event is likely to be beneficial to Jamaica which depends on tourism earnings to support the local economy, especially from the United States, one of its largest markets.

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French Montana and Rubi Rose are now an item.

The pair were spotted on a dinner date in Beverly Hills and were not shy about showing some affection as they left Mr. Chow. Rubi Rose recently revealed she was single and even got into a public spat with her ex-boyfriend DDG. The rapper/model appears to be now moving on from that fiasco with Bad Boy rapper French Montana.

French Montana is notorious for dating women in rap, including Trina and Iggy Azalea, and bagging Rubi Rose is just his latest conquest. As a result, some fans are skeptical that the relationship will be long-term. The “Unforgettable” rapper and Rose were beaming with smiles as they left Mr. Chow, one of the most famous eateries in Beverly Hills. The Moroccan-American rapper then wrapped his arm around his date as they headed to an unknown location.

According to TMZ sources, the pair are one hundred percent dating, but it’s unclear when they started being an item. Judging from the video, they are now very comfortable with each other, which means they past the awkward phase for a long time.

Rubi Rose

Rubi Rose previously dated rappers Takeoff, DDG and Lil Tjay, who she had an embarrassing falling out with after he refused to book her a flight back home after she went to visit him in New York. On the other hand, French Montana was previously married to Deen Kharbouch, and the pair has a son named Kruz Kharbouch. The couple got divorced in 2014. The “No Stylist” rapper also previously dated Evelyn Lozada, Khloe Kardashian, Rosa Acosta, Alexis Skyy, Trina, Iggy Azalea, Sanaa Lathan, Amber Rose, and Draya Michele.

French Montana recently became the most streamed African-born artist in history after securing dozens of new Gold, Platinum, and Diamond certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA. His song with Swae Lee, “Unforgettable,” is now certified 11X platinum.

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Nicki Minaj gave fans a teaser of her upcoming music video for “Red Ruby Da Sleeze.”

Urban Islandz first reported that Nicki Minaj shot a music video in Trinidad with dancehall artist Skeng. However, the 6-second clip that the Trinidadian rapper shared on her Instagram Story shows her stunting in her pink Rolls-Royce with red interior. The clip also shows her kneeling on the hood of the luxury ride while Skeng stands next to her, smoking and drinking something from a red cup. This means that perhaps a portion of the video was shot at her home in Los Angeles.

Nicki was on the island for Carnival and also took time out to link up with Machel Montano, Patrice Robers, and Destra Garcia, who she worked with last year on the “Fine 9” single.

Nicki Minaj took Skeng under her wings after collaborating with him last year on “Little Miss (Remix)” and recently signed the dancehall artist to her newly launched record label. She also flew the young Jamaican dancehall star out to Los Angeles earlier this month when she made a surprise performance at Rolling Loud Music Festival during Lil Wayne’s set. Skeng also got a chance to meet Weezy for the first time, an artist he is a huge fan of.

In the meantime, “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” debuted this week at No. 1 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, which means Nicki Minaj now equals Drake’s record of 13 songs at the top of that chart. The song also debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart continuing Nicki’s impressive run on that chart.

Nicki recently revealed that she is plotting her next album, which will be released sometime this year, and will also embark on a major world tour this year. Since dropping the new song, the Queen of Rap has been getting a lot of praise from her fans and celebrities alike, including Ice Spice, who says the song is fire. Speaking of Ice Spice, Nicki recently called her “the people’s princess” of rap and followed her on Instagram.

Nicki Minaj is now in full music mode, but it’s unclear how much of her album she has already recorded.

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Kabaka Pyramid is not a fan of Valiant’s new song, “Rasta.”

The Grammy-winning reggae singer has never been shy about expressing his feelings in his music or on social media. Over the weekend, Kabaka Pyramid shared his thoughts on Valiant’s new song “Rasta,” which the young dancehall star released a music video for with an actual Rastafarian singing some of the lyrics. “Man a live like Rasta, no beef no passa,” the artist sings.

Kabaka Pyramid says the song is taking Rastafarianism for a joke. “When we seh we wah inspire di next generation, dis is NOT what we meant,” the singer tweeted. “Rasta a joke ting a Jamaica now apparently. Aright.”

It didn’t take long for the song’s producer, Countree Hype, to respond to Pyramid’s tweet triggering other reactions from fans.

“Its Simple Grammy Kid No Beef no Passa is making references to Some Rasta Who Believe in peace and unity But The Other Parts Of The Song Is Clearly not for Rasta,” Countree Hype tweeted. “Look how many things me see Rasta a do ? And Unuh nah talk on that ,we respect you G but this never have to post maybe a you PR post it still anyway blessing No Beef! No Passa!”

Kabaka Pyramid also responds to another tweet from Preki, who stated that “Valiant get the rasta artiste dem cross which is expected.” The tweet also seemingly suggests that the new crop of Rastafarian artists are soft or not as hardcore as the older generation, like Sizzla Kalonji, Capleton, or even Bob Marley. Kabaka was not in agreement with the tweet and swiftly pushed back.

“U a real disappointment bredda,” the singer clap back. “U a dash roun words like “militancy” an “commercial” wid no sense of reality. I muss bun out everything i see publicly an then do have no career to feed my people dem. What militant mean? Me fi a shoot ppl an not do music videos or win Grammys?”

ZJ Sparks shared screenshots of the comments on her Instagram, which triggered a heated debate among fans. Konshens also dropped a comment weighing in on the post.

Konshens responds to Kabaka Pyramid calling out Valiant

“Naah, respectfully I dont think being a Jamaican means u have a responsibility to preserve rasta integrity, especially if u nuh believe inna rasta faith,” Konshens wrote. “Actual rastas been doing alot more to [poop emoji] pan rasta culture than any gimmick valiant can pull. Mi nuh like dah loud up yah fi di singer.”

Interestingly, Kabaka Pyramid also commented on the post.

“When a man wid actual talent haffi sing bout Dunce an Sciance fi get anybody attention, dat tell u more bout SOCIETY dan di artist himself,” Kabaka wrote. “Unnu need fi check unnu mental health. Di DJ dem weh get him conscious song dem, unnu play dem? Me neva hear bout him, why is that?? A my fault mi neva hear bout him? Look how much conscious artist a try a ting an nah get heard. An di one artist weh stay conscious right tru an neva run down commercial song unnu a diss ya now. Mi love unnu same way. An me a gwaan shell dem show ya pon tour.”

Some fans also called him out for what they call alignment with Koffee, who recently received criticism for her collaboration with Sam Smith.

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