What looks to be a rare Kanye West beat tape from 1997 has apparently surfaced online Monday morning. The beat tape includes eight instrumentals and was uploaded to SoundCloud by an unknown user that goes by the name Trilly Madison. As of now, it’s currently unclear how the songs ended up online, but the first track does include a very old Kanye producer tag from way back in the day.
Of course, everyone already knows that Kanye started off in rap as a producer, which makes it not that surprising that he had a beat tape like this floating around. Naturally, with anything that takes place with Kanye on the Internet, the forum site KanyeToThe has already discovered the origins of a few of the songs, and where the beats were used. As the site pointed out, two of the beats were used on songs for the artists Infamous Syndicate and Grav, respectively.
When the news broke about Soulja Boys $400 million deal with World Poker Fund Holdings, a lot of people had the same reaction: “There’s no way that’s true.” Soulja Boy took to social media to trumpet the figure while taunting large companies like Fox and CBS for failing to meet his monetary requirements. Many laughed, and that was about it. Then the company supposedly behind the deal sent out a press release that confirmed it was indeed real, and the laughter stopped. According to the official statement from World Poker Fund Holdings, they had taken on Soulja Boy as a brand ambassador in the same way that Effen Vodka had with 50 Cent in order to boost their profile with potential users. And as for the figure that Soulja Boy threw out into the public? It was entirely true: $400 million broken up over a five-year deal.
Blac Chyna showed off the first ultrasound photo of her new baby on Instagram on Monday night, marking the latest development in her pregnancy saga. In her IG caption, she reflected on her journey to motherhood and revealed her excitement about bringing another child into the world. Chyna is already the mother of 3-year-old King Cairo, the son she has with Tyga.
“For a long time I felt like King was going to be an only child,” she wrote. “That he was my greatest blessing and we were gonna live happily ever after together Just the 2 of us, I was no longer looking for love because I thought I had all that I needed. We needed.”
She went on to explain how her relationship with Rob Kardashian has given her new life and a new reason to become a mother again. “But look at God ! Here I am Engaged to be married to one of the greatest men I know who loves King & I unconditionally AND having another bundle of joy!” she wrote. “I just want to say Never give up & ALWAYS have faith because fairytales DO come True #LookAtOurLittleNugget #KingsGoingToBeABigBrother.”
Rob opened up to E! News about fatherhood earlier this month. “I mean it’s my first time, so everything is exciting, literally,” he said. “I’m happy and I just like to keep it, you know, keep it private…as private as can be.”
Since revealing her pregnancy in early May, Chyna has been forced to shut down body shamers who have tried to call her out for gaining weight. Thankfully, it looks like she has a good support system in place as the Kardashian clan continues to grow. You can check out her Instagram post below.
Bill Cosby, who on Tuesday is attending a preliminary hearing in Philadelphia that will determine whether or not he will stand trial for sexual assault allegations, admitted to having sex with teenagers in a deposition from nearly 10 years ago that has only just been released to the public. The Associated Press published excerpts from depositions Cosby gave in 2005 and 2006 regarding allegations from Andrea Constand, who was one of the first of Cosby’s alleged victims to go public with complaints against the actor.
Just three days after news broke of GS9 affiliate Rashid “Rasha” Derissant was served with a 98 1/3 years to life, another member has been hit with a substantial sentence.
Alex Crandon, the 22-year-old GS9 member known as “A-Rod,” was sentenced to 53 2/3 years in prison on Friday. According to a report by the New York Daily News, Crandon was involved in a murder, shootings, and other violent crimes in East Flatbush over a two-year period.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Abraham Clott dismissed Crandon’s plea to be set free so he can be a productive citizen and raise his daughter. Clott reasoned that Crandon’s request for a do-over would jeopardize the safety of East Flatbush.
Clott was convicted of conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, and other charges during trial this week. His convictions come alongside Rasha, who was found guilty of murder, attempted, and conspiracy in April.
The long and winding road that is (was?) the Kylie Jenner and Tyga romance has continued to surprise us with seemingly impossible plot twists. But what did Kim Kardashian think of all the Hitchcockian developments? The recent Webby winner finally opened up about the romance in a new episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, confirming the awkwardness was just as palpable as we all assumed.
On Tuesday, unfounded rumors abounded that Kylie Jenner has moved on from Tyga to an artist more talented/closer to her in age: PARTYNEXTDOOR. If the gossip rags are to be believed, the OVO R&B singer is glo’ing up on what’s already been his most illuminated year yet—he penned Rihanna’s eight-week consecutive No. 1 hit, “Work”—by leveling up into the rarefied Kardashian/Jenner celebrity royal family.
E! Online jumped all the way out of the window—with what were surely the best of intentions—and produced a primer on PARTY. From the headline, which called him a rapper, things were off to a bumpy start. Representative head-scratcher: “PartyNextDoor (we know what you’re wondering and, no, that is not his real name).”
Just weeks after Soulja Boy announced he had inked a $400 million deal, World Poker Fund Holdings has come forth to confirm the blockbuster agreement that everyone was wondering about.
Kanye West is reportedly facing another lawsuit over sampling.
According to TMZ, Hungarian composer Gabor Presser is going after ‘Ye for featuring one of his songs at the end of Yeezus’ “New Slaves.” He told the outlet he gave West permission to use “Gyöngyhajú lány?,” assuming a formal deal would be presented; however, Presser claims all he received was a $10,000 check, which he never cashed
The release of Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters is nearing closer, with just a couple months before its anticipated release. To celebrate the reboot of the beloved film, French boutique colette has teamed up with rapper Nas and five different brands to do their take on Ghostbusters-inspired designs.
Most importantly, Colette tapped Nas to help with the collaborations. The rapper, who is a big fan of the film, also contributed some Ghostbusters apparel from his clothing label HSTRY, which he relaunched back in 2014 to reflect his personal journey.
“My side is the clothes and that’s HSTRY and HSTRY deals with everything that’s movies, war, love, politics, people, places, and things, we do all of that,” Nas told The Source about the collection. “This movie is a part of my history.”
The new HSTRY pieces include a series of tees with imagery from the classic movie. Styles include a T-shirt emblazoned with the movie’s theme song’s catch phrase “Who you gonna call” and the iconic Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, alongside tees with the HSTRY and colette logos across the front. Several of the graphics also feature the year 1984 as a tribute to the original movie’s release.