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Cali Reggae Band Stick Figure Ends Bob Marley Reign On Billboard Chart

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California Reggae Band Stick Figure is now the no. 1 album on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, dethroning Bob Marley, who has been in the top spot for more than two years.

Bob Marley’s Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers was the No. 1 album on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart for two and a half years. The album has been in the top ten despite several other notable projects shifting it to No. 1 from time to time.

However, there are new reactions to Marley’s project being usurped by a California Reggae Group called Stick Figure. The group’s album Wisdom was released over a week ago before climbing the chart.

According to biographical information shared by Stick Figure, the American reggae and dub band came together in 2006 and has released seven full-length albums and one instrumental album. Based out of Southern California, the group consists of members, producer, and guitarist Scott Woodruff, keyboardist Kevin Bong, drummer Kevin Offitzer, bassist Tommy Suliman and keyboardist, backup vocalist and guitarist Johnny Cosmic, and a dog named Cocoa.

The group’s album is also the No. 1 album on the iTunes Reggae Albums chart. This is not the first successful album for the group, as four of their previous albums were among the top 10 albums on iTunes- World on Fire, Set in Stone, and Burial Ground.

Stick Figure shared gratitude to their fans for supporting their album on Monday (Sept 19).

“Thank you to everyone who’s been listening to Wisdom! It’s been a week since the release and the feedback has been incredible. It’s the best feeling in the world to release new music, and I really appreciate all the love and support from everyone.”

The latest win for Stick Figure has drawn mixed reactions from industry people as well as reggae fans who expressed fear that the genre was being overtaken by non-Jamaicans.

These fears were echoed earlier this year when another California band, Soja, was awarded a Grammy for Best Reggae Album, something that Jamaicans have always dominated but also regarded as the standard since the genre was developed by Jamaicans.

The No. 1 spot for reggae albums is mainly based on album sales or equivalent streams. According to MRC Data, Stick Figure has pure album sales totaling 9,672.

Marley’s album, however, has continually been a staple for fans throughout the year, with several of his albums remaining on the top 10 reggae albums chart despite being momentarily displaced by others.

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Tory Lanez Being Investigated By DA For August Alsina Assault, Kicked Off Tour

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The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office says that it is investigating the reports that Canadian rapper Tory Lanez allegedly assaulted August Alsina.

On Monday afternoon, the D.A’s office told Complex that Tory Lanez is being investigated over the alleged assault. The involvement of the D.A could spell more legal trouble for the rapper, whose real name is Daystar Peterson.

Peterson is currently out on bond for allegedly shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. The trial for that case was scheduled to begin on Sept 16 but was later pushed back to later in the year.

The D.A said on Monday that the case was being investigated but did not say whether a report was made by August. “We are aware of the allegations that the defendant attacked artist August Alsina and are investigating these claims,” the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said to the press on Monday night. “The allegations are serious and will be thoroughly examined.”

On Saturday night, Tory Lanez was asked by an Instagram blog about a rumor that he knocked out the R&B singer. The rapper had liked the comment but later backtracked after the blog claimed that he admitted to the incident. Lanez later shared a post on his Instagram story that he was in the studio and didn’t know anything about the rumor.

Shortly after though, August posted a lengthy claim on Instagram where he shared a photo of his bloodied mouth and claimed that Tory Lanez, whom he name-dropped, assaulted him because he didn’t “dap” him. The singer later posted several more photos showing the world the injuries he received during the assault incident.

August Alsina also added that he was not going to speak on the incident, but he shared his side because Tory had leaked information to the blog “to look for a moment.”

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Ciara and Summer Walker Teases New Collab “Better Thangs”

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Summer Walker and Ciara are making magic again as they teased a new collaboration on the way. The artists came together on Walker’s award-winning album Still Over It on the single “Ciara’s Prayer.”

On Sunday, Ciara shared a tweet that left fans excited. “I’m so excited for my feature on #BetterThangs. Can you guess who it is?” she asked. The tweet was shared with a blurred photo of what looks like two women on the flatbed of a truck. The photo showed two women, but they couldn’t be recognized.

Fans were busy trying to figure out who the person was, with some naming Megan Thee Stallion, Normani, Latto, and even Cardi B as viable options. While Ciara did not confirm the news, Summer had the secret in a hashtag. On her Instagram account, she posted a throwback photo sporting a freshly styled hairdo and had the hashtag, “#betterthangs.”

Fans immediately became aware of the clue but felt convinced that she was the one after Ciara also posted a photo of her bright orange hair and a similar outfit to Walker’s. It could be that the women had been dolled up for their shoot with the same looks. In a caption, Ciara wrote, “Where my twin at??:) #BetterThangs.”

On Monday, a snippet from the track was also shared showing Ciara and Summer wearing matching dresses that looked like gold-toned tape in an abstract design on their body. The video might be dated as it does not show Summer pregnant. The singer’s last pregnancy posts were in mid-August, showing off her burgeoning stomach.

In the meantime, fans also reacted with excitement at the news. “Are we really ready for this VIDEO tho?,” one fan asked.

“Ciara enlisting Summer Walker for her new single is such a smart + right choice. She’s trying to make this one COUNT. I see you, CiCi!,” another wrote.

The track will be featured on Ciara’s upcoming eighth studio album.

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The Game Use Ghostwriter For Eminem Diss Track, Says D12’s Bizarre

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The Game is no stranger to rap beef. In fact, he seems to crave lyrical battles to hone his skills as a rapper. His latest attempt at stirring up trouble was his diss track aimed at Eminem called “The Black Slim Shady.“

That was back in August, and to date, there’s been no response from Eminem, but a member of D12 has an interesting theory behind the origin of the song. According to Bizarre, the track was not even written by The Game but by his former Shady Records labelmate Stat Quo.

Bizarre made the provocative suggestion during a recent appearance on The Bootleg Kev Podcast. Of course, he doesn’t have any solid evidence to support his claim, but he said since he’s very familiar with Eminem’s work, he felt like he heard the “Rap God” rapper’s voice. To add fuel to the fire, Bizarre said that he believed that The Game has much better rapping skills than what was put out on that track.

“I feel like that was a nice little cute intro. He never got out of that, though. He stayed in Marshall’s body for the whole 10 minutes. When we gonna get Game? We know he can do it, so what happened?” he added.

He went on to say that he still firmly believed that either Stat Quo or Game could have done much better than what was offered. Even when Bootleg Kev persisted with the line of questions, the “Under the Influence” rapper maintained his position but did add that he had respect for The Game and that Stat Quo was his friend and an amazing writer.

However, Kev shut down his theory as he explained that he was in the studio with the “Home Invasion” rapper, and he never really saw any ghostwriting happening.

The Game has also spoken about why he did the diss track while being interviewed on The Rap Radar Podcast. He said that the track wasn’t personal, even though he said that his beef with Eminem started when he was at war with 50 Cent.

“I always f***ed with Em [Eminem]. And then the whole Aftermath and the Shady thing and he was on The Documentary,” Game further explained.

The Game revealed that when he started warring with 50, he felt that Eminem had no choice but to pick a side. The Compton native also said that at the time, he had surpassed Eminem. He did admit that he chose to beef with the two rap titans because he felt like hip-hop was getting boring and needed to shake up to keep it interesting.

“Hip Hop’s gotta be interesting. These n-ggas these days are so god damn boring or every time somebody wanna beef, somebody gotta die. Sometimes, ladies and gentleman, it’s just Hip Hop and you can leave it at that,” he said at the time.

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Lil Fizz and Omarion Not On Speaking Terms Amid New B2K Revelations

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Lil Fizz and Omarion are not on speaking terms amid some new revelations inside the B2K camp. Some sources close to the group are now calling their relationship irreparable.

The drama swarming B2K continues with Lil Fizz adding another layer to it as he explains the real reason that the group stopped going on tour and eventually went solo. The members of of the 2000s boy group have been beefing since July after Omarion’s Verzuz with Mario. Since then, Omarion has been against other members of B2K, with many back and forths between them.

Lil Fizz is also adding his voice to the drama as he recently appeared on Drink Champs, where he shared insight on the real reason Omarion went solo. According to Fizz, the group was already at odds around the time when tensions arose between him and Omarion and others as O was close to the group’s management. He also went behind the group’s back and did things like recording his first solo song with Jermaine Dupri.

Fizz said that the group was on tour, and at some point, it was revealed that he (Fizz) had been sleeping with a woman throughout the entire tour.

“I was smashing ole girl the whole tour,” he said as he re-enacted Omarion’s reaction as he grabbed his stomach and appeared to have difficulty breathing before rushing off to the bathroom.

He also mimicked Omarion’s reaction, where he said he really liked the girl. “I’m like, ‘Bro that’s not your girl. What’s up? You cool?” he stated with a confused look on his face.

Fizz did not go into disclosing the identity of the woman, only saying that she was a “regular chick.”

“This was a random that was on the road with us,” he said as he ignored DJ EFN asking if she was a dancer.This is the second woman Lil and Omarion seemed to be at odds over. The two previously had issues after Fizz became involved with Apryl Jones, with whom Omarion has two children.

His relationship with Jones led to the men not being on speaking terms, and to this day, they are still at odds. Fizz did issue an apology last year, but Omarion has not acknowledged him. On the other hand, Omarion recently released his new book and has been minding his business on social media, minus the occasional shady post at other members of B2K.

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Popcaan Previews New Song and Meets Naomi Campbell In Paris

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Popcaan previews a new banger and links with supermodel Naomi Campbell in Paris.

After touching the streets of London, Popcaan jetted to Paris ahead of Paris Fashion Week. The Unruly Boss is currently touring and living his best life in the process. Last weekend he made headlines for his kind gesture of treating some young fans in Malta to a shopping spree. The Jamaican artist performed in front a sold-out crowd at Dream Weekend before flying to London for another show while linking up some famous friends in the UK.

On Thursday, Popcaan shared a hilarious clip of himself trying on a new pair of kicks. It’s unclear what brand show it was, but it’s clear the dancehall deejay was cutting up about the looks. “A this name feet,” Poppy said. Fans have been asking him for more photos wearing the boots, but it seems the artist is saving them for a big occasion.

“Killy outside in Paris,” he wrote.

Popcaan also shared several photos of himself in Paris meeting supermodel Naomi Campbell and also hanging with rapper Bamby and some members of his Unruly outfit, including Cobe Unruly. Of course, you can’t be in the fashion capital of the world and not show off your own gears, so Poppy dropped a promo clip showing off hoodies from his Unruly shop.

In that promo clip, Popcaan previews an unreleased song. “Prada and Fendi, likkle more me dress in a fully Unruly, Bend it over right de so fi me Trudy, kill me haters them and get away smoothly, Prada me Prada, Gucci Me Gucci, gal see me and waan run the coochie, shot in a yo mouth from yo talk ya so loosely, lawd me cologne a kill like Bruce Lee… money longer than Hope Road,” Popcaan deejay.

On the musical front, the dancehall star recently landed a collaboration with rapper Post Malone. The collab will add to Popcaan’s international credits after previously working with artists like Drake, Gorillaz, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Jorja Smith, Burna Boy, Davido, Jamie xx, Megan Thee Stallion, and more.

The St. Thomas deejay is also working on his new album, tentatively titled Great Is He. A release date for the project is not yet available, but fans can expect it to hit streaming services later this year or early next year.

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Chloe Bailey Shares Halle Bailer’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Trailer Made Her Cry

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Chloe Bailey is giving her sister Halle Bailey her flowers after the release of the first trailer for The Little Mermaid.

The first teaser trailer for the Disney film was released this week at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, as fans got to see Halle, who plays Ariel performing “Part of Your World” from the movie. On Saturday, Chloe reacted to the trailer where she spoke about being proud of Halle as a model of representation for millions of black children across the world.

“I just need to say how proud I am as a sister, I know it came out a couple days ago but guys when I saw the trailer I cried,” Choe said in an Instagram Live video.

She added that the fairy-tale, which is a fictional story about a mermaid who lived under the sea but traded her fins for legs, will, for the first time offer children of color a representative figure never before seen in Disney movies which always had light-hued people as the main characters.

“I cried and what my sister is doing for the younger generation of all of the beautiful black boys and girls… it’s just so incredible and even seeing all the videos of them like oh ‘she’s black like me, black Ariel,’ things like that, just knowing that my baby sister is making boys and girls across the world more confident in themselves, you don’t know how proud I am!” Chloe said.

Halle’s trailer has gone viral, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive from fans of her and Disney fans. Still, there are some trolls who share racist memes about the trailer on social media. Nevertheless, that didn’t take away from the success of the trailer launch.

The younger Bailey sister has not responded to the backlash. She was initially cast for the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid in 2019. The movie will be released in 2023.

In a recent interview with E! News, Halle Bailey spoke about the pressure she feels to deliver her best performance for this film because she is also a huge fan growing up.

“I definitely think that because I love this movie so much, and I’ve treasured it since I was a little girl, I did put a bit of pressure on myself,” Halle said. “Just because I want to deliver all of the feels that I saw when I was a little girl… Knowing that gave it my all and gave 110 percent into everything of this film, I am really proud of myself.”

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Blueface Message To Chrisean Rock’s Father Punching Him: ‘I’m Her Daddy Now’

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Chrisean Rock’s father was allegedly knocked out by Blueface in a fight on Friday afternoon.

On Friday, a video surfaced of two persons fighting. An observer who took the video showed someone being laid out flat on the ground as he narrated that Blueface knocked the person out. In the video, there are cameramen with professional cameras running toward the men. In an Instagram story, Chrisean Rock explained that her father and the West Coast rapper got into an altercation.

“So my boyfriend knocked my dad out. Da family stuff didn’t go well. Ion even know what’s going on [red heart emoji],” she said as he hinted that they were in her home state to meet her family.

Chrisean Rock is a cast member on the show Baddies South produced by Natalie Nunn, but there are reports that the incident on Friday was being filmed for a new show.

The incident with Chrisean’s father took place at the Four Seasons hotel in Baltimore, where the couple was filming a meet and greet with her family for their own spin-off show on Zeus.

Blueface has been in physical altercations with his girlfriend Chrisean Rock several times over the past couple of months, and it seems her family is not a fan.

Meanwhile, a member of Chrisean’s family named Destiny was not pleased with how things went down. She fired off a message telling the reality star to come and fight her. “Y’all really played with my muscle. It’s forever f*** y’all [middle finger emoji],” Destiny said in another Instagram Story.

Destiny proceeded to add another Story post of her with a middle finger up. Meanwhile, Chrisean Rock responded on Twitter to the melee noting, “What hurts da most [is I don’t] have nothing to do [with] this sh*t forreal]. I was doing it for my family.”

Blueface also added a comment reacting to the video on his IG, “I’m her daddy now [laughing crying face emoji].”

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Despite Chrisean being upset about Blueface knocking her father out in earlier posts, she seemed to have changed her mind later on Friday night.

“That same Dad tht got knocked out was the same guy that tied my mom up in da woods just to beat her cuz she screem so loud in the house wen he beated her in front of us so he went out his way to Damage my whole family that same dad I met wen I was 7,” she said. “Somebody was been supposed to knock that n***ga out a long time ago.”

Sources say the matter was not reported to the police.

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Post Malone Rushed To Hospital After Painful Fall On Stage St. Louis Show

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Post Malone reportedly hurt his ribs after falling accidentally in an opening on a stage in St. Louis where he performed on Saturday night.

The artist was performing his song “Circles” when the incident occurred. Videos online showed him walking the stage to touch fans at the front of the stage, and as he walked on a narrower stage, he was seen falling into an opening.’

According to reports, the opening had been used to lower his guitar earlier in the show. In the video shared on Twitter, the singer can be seen rolling in excruciating pain.

The artist was eventually helped off the stage but told his fans that he would return. After about 15 minutes, he came back to the stage where he thanked fans and performed a shortened set with his songs “Rockstar,” “Cooped Up” featuring Roddy Ricch, “Sunflower,” and “White Iverson” before rushing off to the hospital.

Before performing the set, the artist is seen holding his ribs and visibly wincing as he addresses fans. “St. Louis, I’m so f***ing sorry I ruined the show tonight, ladies and gentlemen,” he said to fans who screamed ‘no’ in disagreement.

Fans also started chanting ‘Posty’ as the artist appeared to tear up and sip from a cup of beer a fan offered him.

“I promise next time I come around, I won’t fucking wreck y’alls night, I’m sorry for that. That being said, f***… That being said, I want to thank you for your patience and I’m sorry,” he said.

“There was a bigass hole in the middle of the stage that I busted my a$$ on,” he continued. “I want to say thank you to everybody for hanging in there and thank you to everybody for… I got the best fucking fans in the world.”

While sitting in a car before rushing off to the doctor’s, the artist was asked how he was, and he responded, “I don’t know, we’re gonna go find out right now.”

The rapper is scheduled to perform in Columbus, Ohio, but it’s unclear whether he will be performing. There was no update on his medical condition up to Sunday morning, but there are reports he cracked three ribs.

Post Malone is currently working on new music including an upcoming collaboration with Jamaican dancehall star Popcaan. His manager recently confirmed the collab after the two link up in the UK.

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A$AP Rocky Calls Former Friend Relli’s Lawsuit Over Shooting ‘Extortion’

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A$AP Rocky has responded to his former friend’s lawsuit where he accuses him of being jealous and trying to extort him over his shooting claims.

According to legal docs, Rocky’s lawyer Joe Tacopina says that the artist is a “failed shakedown” attempt by A$AP Relli, whom they accuse of fabricating the shooting allegation because he is jealous of his former friend. A$AP Rocky, born Rakim Mayers, is separately facing criminal charges for the alleged shooting that took place in November 2021 in Hollywood. Relli is separately suing the rapper for damages for assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress using boilerplate language.

“Rocky didn’t shoot him by any stretch,” Tacopina was quoted by Rolling Stone as he referred to the criminal case as “just a plain and blatant classic attempt at extortion.”

According to Tacopina, Relli, whose real name is Terell Ephron, allegedly physically attacked Rocky at a face-to-face meeting. The lawyer claims that the two men were at odds with Relli “badgering” Rocky for money before the incident. The lawyer says that Relli’s lawsuit is based on a fabricated shooting claim even though police say that they have CCTV footage showing Rocky during the incident and running away after.

A$AP Rocky’s legal team filed their defense on Thursday as they responded to the civil suit where he denied all of Relli’s claims.

“Answering defendant generally denies each and every allegation of the complaint, and specifically denies that plaintiff has been damaged in any amount or in any way as a result of any act or omission of answering defendant,” the reply filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court read.

A$AP Rocky’s reply outlines several defenses in tort that he relies on, including contributory negligence, where he says that Relli’s injuries “were caused solely, directly and proximately by the negligent and/or intentional acts or omissions” of others and that Relli himself “failed to exercise reasonable care to avoid the consequences of harm.”

ASAP Rocky’s response contradicts what Relli’s lawsuit claims which is that Rocky had asked him to meet up at the Hollywood location on November 6, 2021, and he started the verbal altercation before Rocky allegedly pulled out a semiautomatic handgun and fired several shots in Relli’s direction. Relli is represented by attorneys Jamal Tooson and Brian Hurwitz.

In the meantime, Rocky pleaded not guilty plea to two counts of using a semiautomatic firearm to assault Relli. He is currently out on a $550,000 bond. If convicted of the criminal offense, he may face up to nine years in prison.

At the time of the “Fashion Filla” rapper’s arrest back in May this year, he was awaiting the birth of his baby boy, whom he shares with billionaire businesswoman Rihanna.

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