Gucci Mane’s incarceration saga may officially be over. In a story posted to his Snapchat, Gucci can be seen dramatically cutting off the ankle monitor he’s been wearing ever since he was released from prison back in May. This would seem to indicate that the house arrest portion of his incarceration is over. His girlfriend Keyshia Ka’ior can be heard in the background saying, “It’s over with. Yay!”
If this is the true end of his house arrest, it would represent a major legal victory for Gucci Mane, who has been confined to his home since May. He served about three years in prison for gun charges before being released to house arrest. Since then, he’s been a busy man. He threw a homecoming concert, recorded and released his album Everybody Looking, as well as numerous guest features, and is already planning his follow-up Woptober.
Since his release, he’s become rap’s latest Snapchat personality as well, broadcasting his love for Game of Thrones and kicking it in his lavish home in Atlanta. He’s been very public about his recovery from drug addiction, and has spoken at length about how he wishes to inspire others to get their lives on track.
Now, with the apparent end of his home incarceration, it seems he’s taking the latest steps towards fully rejoining society. Big congratulations to Gucci Mane for the achievement.
Fans of Chance the Rapper that didn’t get to score a ticket to his upcoming Magnificent Coloring Day Festival are in luck. Tuesday afternoon, Tidal announced that the streaming service will be livestreaming the entire event. This means anyone with a Tidal subscription can catch every act, from Chance to Young Thug to Lil Wayne to Lil Uzi Vert. Considering how quickly tickets went for the show, there’s sure to be some pent-up demand for alternate ways to view it, and clearly Tidal is ready to capitalize on that.
The Magnificent Coloring Day Festival will take place at the home of the Chicago White Sox, U.S. Cellular Field, on Sat. Sept 24. The livestream is set to go up shortly before the festival begins, and will run through every performance. The festival’s lineup is as follows.
Chance The Rapper
Skrillex
Lil Wayne
Tyler, The Creator
Young Thug
Lil Uzi Vert
Alicia Keys
John Legend
2 Chainz
Francis and the Lights
This represents just the latest live-concert move from Tidal, which has been offering subscribers exclusive access to a number of concerts over the past year. This has included a 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne show, Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 3 fashion event at Madison Square garden, and more.
Subscribers can check out the livestream when it goes live on Saturday, while non-subscribers will still be able to see a two-minute preview of the concert. For fans who couldn’t score tickets or make it out to Chicago, this is definitely something to check out.
Rapper and songwriter Quentin Miller, best known for that time his reference track for Drake landed him in the center of Drizzy’s beef with Meek Mill, has revealed publicly for the first time that he has had his foot amputated.
A picture Miller put on Instagram on Friday shows that his leg below the the calf is replaced by a prosthetic. In the caption, he compared himself to Falco Lombardi of the Star Fox video game series, whose legs are made of metal.
Though Miller did not say when the injury that led to the amputation happened, his manager Cam Singletary, aka Coach Cambut, confirmed the rumors that it was the result of a recent car accident.
YG took his Donald Trump hatred to a new level recently when he invited fans on stage to beat a piñata in the shape of the Republican presidential candidate. In a video captured by fans at the show, YG and several of his fans can be seen hitting a Trump shaped piñata with sticks, exploding the paper mache likeness and then throwing it into the crowd. YG follows this action with a cry of “Fuck Donald Trump,” and then launches into his song of the same name.
This is hardly the first time that YG has made his displeasure of Donald Trump known. His song “FDT (Fuck Donald Trump)” has become a political anthem during this election season for those angry about the actions and rhetoric of Mr. Trump. Back in April, YG even noted that Secret Service had been in contact with him over the song. “Secret Service hollering at the label,” he said. “They asked to see the lyrics on my album to see if I’m talking about [Trump] on my album, because if I’m talking about him on my album they’re going to try and take it off the shelves.”
His album Still Brazy eventually made it to stores, but the interaction seemingly hasn’t dissuaded YG from continuing to forcefully speak out about Trump. It’s certainly hard to imagine those on the left being cool with someone beating a likeness of Hillary Clinton, so we’ll have to see what the reaction is from those who have previously praised YG for his outspoken political voice.
@YG invites people on stage to beat a Donald Trump Piñata shit was too brazy pic.twitter.com/rnCIFMvjV2
— Jacob Flakoll (@JFlakoll) September 19, 2016
Lil Wayne and Birdman’s seemingly never-ending drama continues on Monday with new reports that Tyga was released from his contract without Lil Wayne’s input. TMZ claims that Birdman allowed Tyga out of his contract with YMCMB without consulting Wayne on the decision. Since Cash Money owns 51% of Wayne’s Young Money label, technically Birdman doesn’t have to consult with Wayne about any decisions he makes for the label. Still, the move allowed Tyga to leave and get snatched up by Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music without Wayne’s involvement at all. According to the report, this was yet another one of the reasons behind Wayne and Birdman’s very public falling out.
Alicia Keys has decided to put her own spin on Desiigner’s “Tiimmy Turner” and it’s one you won’t soon forget.
In a clip posted to Instagram, she lays into piano keys with those haunting first new chords before singing Desiigner’s lyrics, seamlessly adding her own twist by replacing “Tiimmy” with “Tina.” “Havin’ some fun…. #desiigner #tiimmyturner #tinaturner ” she captioned the video.
Keys has made a triumphant return to the spotlight this past year, dropping new music like her song “In Common,” which Kanye West and Travi$ Scott decided to turn up even more with a remix. She has also been busy as one of two new judges to join the The Voice’s latest panel for the 11th season of the singing reality show.
A judge has ruled Nick Gordon as “legally responsible” for Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death after he failed to appear in court for a hearing on Friday, according to 11 Alive news. Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford said Gordon has failed to appear twice and therefore, anything alleged by the plaintiff, Bobbi Kristina’s conservator, is admitted through omission by not showing up to court.
The conservator of Brown’s estate filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against Gordon in 2015, a couple of months after she passed away, accusing the former boyfriend of Brown of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and transferring money from Brown’s account into his own without authorization.
“In court today, we finally finished a long journey for justice for Bobbi Kristina Brown,” R. David Ware, a lawyer for Brown’s conservator, said following the judge’s decision. “The court agrees with us, by striking Mr. Gordon’s answer that he is legally responsible for her death. The only thing left to prove is the value of her life. We intend to do that. Bobbi Brown, the father represented by Craig Terry. Mr. Gordon will not put on any evidence in contradiction of that.”
A jury will determine the amount of damages to be awarded to Brown’s conservator. No criminal charges have been filed against Gordon. You can watch the lawyer for Bobbi Kristina Brown’s conservator give his full statement following the judge’s ruling below.
Lil B is for the people and he proved it once again by taking a moment to talk with a homeless family in Los Angeles.
The rapper met the three kids and their mother in downtown L.A. and gave each of the kids $100 and hugs. “We had a good laugh the struggle is good when its solid people around but i dont trust the streets and children and god knows low income children need protection equally,” Lil B captioned his photo of the family on his Instagram.
The encounter seemed to have a huge affect on Lil B who went on to write an emotional note about the youth. “This hurts my heart because its so many fake people and i need to help but i am and im doing it personally and ima keep blessing people,” he professed before signing off with a final message to his thousands of followers. “I love yall and please protect the children…Do your part and protect and educate the youth and our black youth number one and all youth number one black lives matter !”
You can read Lil B’s full note about the family below.
The beautiful struggle im not gon stand for this no more or let my people struggle! I found 3 homeless black children and a beautiful mother in downtown LA!!! ! I gave all the kids 100 dollars and hugs and we had a good laugh the struggle is good when its solid people around but i dont trust the streets and children and god knows low income children need protection equally this hurts my heart becuase its so many fake people and i need to help but i am and im doing it personally and ima keep blessing people also women and men watch the folks that are using they job or housing for evil! I love yall and please protect the children and i swear to god im tired to seeing young black children born into the struggle ! Do your part and protect and educate the youth and our black youth number one and all youth number one black lives matter ! And so does yours ! But i must admit nobody is born into the struggle in america but black people fuck that and please wake up yall and watch who u letting around ur damn kids and the photos u posting of ur family dont nobody wanna or need to see that shit protect the children and world i love yall – Lil B
A video posted by LIL B “THE BASEDGOD” OFFICIAL (@lilbisgod) on Sep 15, 2016 at 10:00pm PDT
The beautiful struggle im not gon stand for this no more or let my people struggle! I found 3 homeless black children and a beautiful mother in downtown LA!!! ! I gave all the kids 100 dollars and hugs and we had a good laugh the struggle is good when its solid people around but i dont trust the streets and children and god knows low income children need protection equally this hurts my heart becuase its so many fake people and i need to help but i am and im doing it personally and ima keep blessing people also women and men watch the folks that are using they job or housing for evil! I love yall and please protect the children and i swear to god im tired to seeing young black children born into the struggle ! Do your part and protect and educate the youth and our black youth number one and all youth number one black lives matter ! And so does yours ! But i must admit nobody is born into the struggle in america but black people fuck that and please wake up yall and watch who u letting around ur damn kids and the photos u posting of ur family dont nobody wanna or need to see that shit protect the children and world i love yall – Lil B
A video posted by LIL B “THE BASEDGOD” OFFICIAL (@lilbisgod) on Sep 15, 2016 at 10:10pm PDT
French Montana confirmed some exciting news for Max B on Instagram: He’s going to be released from prison very soon.
French shared a screenshot of a conversation that says Max B could be released as early as two years. Max B, whose real name is Charly Wingate, is currently incarcerated for charges related to robbery, kidnapping, aggravated assault, and murder.
I had dream about this I told my bro this when he lost hope ??can’t wait for you to get home ??trust me when I tell you God is the greatest ?? #bossdon #cokewave
A photo posted by French Montana (@frenchmontana) on Sep 16, 2016 at 2:19pm PDT
French also posted a video message explaining he just got off a call with Max.
“I want you to never take God for granted. I just got a special news, my brother just called me. And it’s official. Max B will be coming home in two years,” he says. “Shout out to my brother Max, can’t wait for you to get home. When my dog told me he had 75 and he felt hopeless, he thought he was going to own his coffin after he died. I was like, ‘Believe in God. God is the greatest, God is the biggest.’ Look at it now…if you don’t believe, you better believe.”
Jay Z and Beyoncé are reportedly throwing a massive Tidal charity concert this fall in collaboration with the Robin Hood Foundation, which fights poverty and funds educational programs in New York’s poorest areas.
According to Page Six, Queen Bey and Jay Z will be on hand to perform along with a stacked lineup of their friends including Nicki Minaj, Lauryn Hill, and Lil Wayne, at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The whole thing will be streamed on Tidal.
The event will raise money for Robin Hood, education for children in Jay’s hometown of New York City, and for charities nominated by the artists. Tickets for the charity concert will reportedly start at $50 and will range in price up to $100,000 for some VIP packages.