Industry News
Questlove’s Film To Premiere At Sundance 2021
Article By: ShortyDooWop
Questlove has made a documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival and it will be premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie is called ‘Black Woodstock’ and it’s his debut as a director. Lets support and watch it when it comes out January 28th through February 3rd at the festival and you can get your…
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Roc Nation Will Be Publishing Books From Hip-Hop Artists
Article By: ShortyDooWop
It seems Roc Nation is dabbling into a little bit of everything. They have now launched …Roc Lit 101 which will be providing publishing deals for books around music, sports, pop culture, activism, and art. Some of the artists in the works with book deals are Lil Uzi vert, Meek Mill, Fat Joe, and Yo
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Young Buck Talks About Leaving Cash Money
Article By: ShortyDooWop
If you can remember, Young Buck was around Cash Money for 4 years even though he was never signed to the label. He explained… he felt he was getting lost and he was in the shadows and is the reason he left. He feels Baby didn’t have the time to establish a new artist like
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Bow Wow Seeks Higher Position at BET
Article By: ShortyDooWop
Bow Wow tweeted about his interest in taking over BET. He mentions how he could give the network what they are missing. He wants to bring 106 & Park to Atlanta for some new energy. Do you think he can make this happen?…
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DaBaby Lets McDonald’s Employee Rap For Him
Article By: ShortyDooWop
DaBaby shared a video of a McDonald’s employee shooting his shot rapping in the drive-through. The employee spit a freestyle for DaBaby and he tagged the rapper on his Instagram. Now his @therealmouf Instagram handle keeps growing. DaBaby didn’t say anything about signing him but people are now definitely watching.…
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SoundClouds’s Top 2020 Artist Is Pop Smoke
Article By: ShortyDooWop
Pop Smoke has had an amazing year even after death with his music. Soundcloud revealed in their year-Review that Pop Smoke was the most streamed artists on their platform for 2020. Congratulations to him, may he continue to rest in peace.…
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Michael Rubin & Meek Mill Create $2M Scholarship
Article By: ShortyDooWop
Another win for Philadelphia thanks to 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin and Meek Mill. Together they created a $2 million scholarship… fund that will assist underprivileged kids in Philly. It will be used for things like tuition and provide much needed technology.
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E-40 Verzuz Too Short
Article By: ShortyDooWop
The fans were let down when Ashanti tested positive for covid-19 which caused the rescheduling of the Ashanti and Keyshia Cole Verzuz. It seems Timbaland and Swizz Beatz had a quick solution with the announcement of a E-40 and Too Short Verzuz battle instead. This battle will be on Saturday, December 19th… at 8pmEST.
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MC Lyte Says ‘Freedom’ Is The Major Difference With Todays Female Rappers
Article By: ShortyDooWop
MC Lyte is a pioneer in the female hip-hop game. She was one of the baddest emcees since the 1980s. She explains the major difference between then and now is that today the females have more freedom. Back then, she explains, they had to hold back on their lyrics, not like today.…
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Actor Tommy “Tiny” Lister Passes Away
Article By: ShortyDooWop
Actor Tommy “Tiny” Lister has passed away and the fans are heartbroken. 2020 has been a crazy year losing great people like Chadwick Boseman. Now we add the legendary Deebo character from the movie Friday… to the list. During the holiday season it just hurts even more. Many celebrities posted their condolences on their social
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“Woman of the Year” Billboard Award Presented To Cardi B By Breonna Taylor’s Mom
Article By: ShortyDooWop
As we reported earlier, Cardi B received Billboard’s “Woman Of The Year” award and it was presented to her by Breonna Taylor’s mother. When presented she recognized Cardi B for using her platform to bring awareness to the Breonna Taylor’s incident.…
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$50 Hand-Rolled Joints Sold By Jay-Z’s Marijuana Company
Article By: ShortyDooWop
Jay-Z, as we all know, is a successful businessman which includes ownership in a marijuana company. The name of the company is called Monogram…, and one of the popular items people are raving about is the hand-rolled joint. This joint is called the “OG Handroll” and is only $50. Would you buy one?
