Alicia Keys's Marriage, Family, & Sexuality Attacked By Singer Jaguar Wright
Another day, another set of blistering insults being thrown about by Jaguar Wright. We’ve heard quite a bit from the singer over the last few months, and none of it has been related to new music from the artist. Instead, she’s hurled accusations at some of her former collaborators including The Roots, who she said were aware of R. Kelly’s alleged interactions with underage girls, and Common, who she claims sexually assaulted her many years ago. Mary J. Blige and Summer Walker have also felt Jaguar’s wrath and doesn’t look as if Wright is finished verbalizing her issues now that she’s shifted her attention to Alicia Keys.
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Alicia Keys isn’t the type of artist who is known to cause controversy, but years ago there were rumors that she had an affair with Swizz Beatz while he was married to Mashonda Tifrere. That gossip has been laid to rest, but Jaguar Wright has come forward to share her version of events and why she isn’t a fan of the beloved artist.
“That woman invited you up in her house thinking that you was an artist and you was coming in to steal her husband Alicia Keys, you f*cking goofy b*tch,” Jaguar Wright said in her expletive-laced video. It’s unclear why Wright has specifically targeted Keys, but it seems as if Jaguar believes that something Keys posted was directed at her.
Then, Wright goes on to talk about a man that both she and Alicia Keys both allegedly dated who told Wright intimate details about Keys. She claims that this ex of Keys’s found her sleeping with someone else during a surprise visit and was so devastated that he stopped trusting people. Wright went on to attack Key’s marriage with scathing words about Keys only marrying and having children to mask her sexuality. It’s a lot to take in, but you can press play below and check it out for yourself.
Bad Bunny x Crocs Glow-In-The-Dark Kicks Sells Out In 16 Minutes
For the Bad Bunny fans hoping to snag their coveted pair of glow-in-the-dark, special edition Crocs, we hope you were one of the few who were able to make a purchase from the sold-out collection. International superstar Bad Bunny partnered with Crocs to release a limited edition shoe. These types of deals prove lucrative for brands—we just need to look to McDonald’s and their Cactus Jack collaboration with Travis Scott—and Bad Bunny’s fanbase came through to make sure his footwear deal was well worth it. Considering that it only took 16 minutes for Crocs to sell-out of the shoes priced at $59.99, it’s clear that the collab was a brilliant move.
“We appreciate everyone SHOWING UP today and congrats to those that scored a pair. For those who didn’t, stay tuned for many more surprises to come in Croctober 🔥 P.S. We don’t like bots either, which is why we use a combination of a queuing system and other fraud protection measures to protect against them. @badbunnypr,” Crocs wrote on their Instagram page.
Michelle Poole, the president of Crocs, also praised the Crocs-Bad Bunny collaboration. “He’s got a very daring style, a very unapologetic attitude and he’s also someone who loves Crocs,” she told the New York Times. “He’s been spotted wearing Crocs in live performances and in music videos.” Would you rock these?
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Zendaya Rumored To Star As The Ronnettes Singer Ronnie Spector In Biopic
Fresh off of her Emmy win, Zendaya has new roles already lined up. The accomplished Euphoria actress was already one of the most coveted entertainers in today’s culture, and at 24-years-old, she’s taken Hollywood by storm. After winning her first Emmy—an award that also placed her as the youngest person to take home Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Zendaya doesn’t have time to mull about. It’s reported that she is in talks to star as Ronnie Spector, the lead singer of one of the most popular girl groups from the 1960s: The Ronnettes.
Ronnie Spector, who is now 77-years-old, penned her memoir Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts And Madness back in 1990 and it’s reported by Deadline that the legendary singer’s life rights have been purchased by a production company. “The film will be produced by Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Mark Itkin, Tom Shelly and Zendaya. Jonathan Greenfield and Spector will be the exec producers,” reports Deadline.
The Ronnettes were known for their hits “Be My Baby” and “(The Best Part of) Breakin’ Up,” but after they disbanded, Ronnie went on to have a solo career that included the release of five studio albums. By her photos alone, it’s clear that Spector lived a life filled with music memories that need to be captured cinematically. It’s also reported that Ronnie Spector specifically requested Zendaya to portray her in her younger years. It’s unclear when production will begin, but they’re still shopping for a screenwriter.
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PAST/TENSE has “Gold Standards”
Emerging emcee PAST/TENSE taps into his life experiences to bring forth the reflective single titled “Gold Standards.”
He makes use of a somewhat solemn backdrop to paint his pictures filled with dreams, hopes, and fears. He doesn’t hold back his thoughts and acknowledges the ups and downs while pushing forward. He also keeps it relatable with his raw unfiltered honesty.
Get it on Apple Music//Deezer//Soundcloud
Keep up with PAST/TENSE | Soundcloud: Spotify: Instagram
PAST/TENSE has “Gold Standards”
Emerging emcee PAST/TENSE taps into his life experiences to bring forth the reflective single titled “Gold Standards.”
He makes use of a somewhat solemn backdrop to paint his pictures filled with dreams, hopes, and fears. He doesn’t hold back his thoughts and acknowledges the ups and downs while pushing forward. He also keeps it relatable with his raw unfiltered honesty.
Get it on Apple Music//Deezer//Soundcloud
Keep up with PAST/TENSE | Soundcloud: Spotify: Instagram
PAST/TENSE has “Gold Standards”
Emerging emcee PAST/TENSE taps into his life experiences to bring forth the reflective single titled “Gold Standards.”
He makes use of a somewhat solemn backdrop to paint his pictures filled with dreams, hopes, and fears. He doesn’t hold back his thoughts and acknowledges the ups and downs while pushing forward. He also keeps it relatable with his raw unfiltered honesty.
Get it on Apple Music//Deezer//Soundcloud
Keep up with PAST/TENSE | Soundcloud: Spotify: Instagram
2nd Round Q&A With Rising Oakland Rapper HeiR
HeiR! Thanks for the consistent body of work you’ve been putting out for the past year. Before getting into the new EP, for the readers who don’t know, how long have you been making music?
I been doing this since middle school when I wrote my first rhyme. Like 20 years ago lol.
We have seen a major growth in your music since the last time we did a Q&A! In your opinion, what are some major improvements in your music?
I feel like my songs became a lot more structured since my last releases. It’s hard for me to describe my sound, I would have to say I’m always pushing to do something creative, and I always want to have something to say.
How are you coping with this whole Covid 19 situation? Has it delayed any new music production by any chance?
It was hard finding a open studio but when I did I locked in. Covid is teaching me to be more self sufficient.
We have to ask, with all this social discourse and revolt, protesting and rioting, exposed police brutality toward blacks and BLM, how do you feel about this? We would love your perspective on the climate we are living in right now.
I went thru a real traumatic experience with law enforcement when I was 18 where I almost died. It’s amazing to me how no one protested or rioted when that happened to me. A cop also shot and killed the babydaddy of a girl we knew. Nobody organized a protest or nothing. Police are known for being rough where I come from in alameda, CA but nobody ever started a movement and spoke up. Now everybody wants to riot and spark up protests and try to be a part of the change that needs to happen. I feel like it only matters to people now because it’s a trend soon they’ll forget about it and stop fighting when others stop.
Being from Oakland, have you witnessed any rioting, looting etc due to the BLM protests?
Yea I saw all that shit right in the heat of it. Bank atms hanging out the wall all busted up. 7 eleven ransacked with windows busted and people running in and out. A line of police with gear on and automatic weapons standing outside of Best Buy… shit was nuts.
Are you voting this year? If so, who are you voting for?
Nope. I don’t feel like who I vote for matters anymore. I feel like it never did. Change for me happens in my own pursuit of happiness and helping my family.
Please breakdown the creative process of your new EP “The Everybody’z.Poor”. And tell us a little about the album cover concept! Also who produced this project?
I had been sitting down and really looking at the insane reality of the rich only being 1% and with the middle class disappearing there is only rich and poor now. Gentrification is some real shit and it’s happening everywhere. I felt like I wanted to diagnose this reality in my music and so I sat down and wrote my ideas on the pursuit of financial stability and all that comes with it. When I was done writing it felt like a project and so I decided to make a ep.
I had been surfing Instagram and found this producer in the sponsored ads who had an amazing sound. It was that unique sound that I liked and it carried the qualities of a movie soundtrack, like the background music of a movie or anime scene. So I hit him up and found out his name was @0teska on Instagram and was able to get some beats to put behind the lyrics. The cover concept came together when I found this singer from Queens, New York @phoenixjoans who just started releasing her music and had a unique voice that was similar to Macy gray with the lyrical ability of jhene aiko. Since I decided to name the project The Everybody’s.Poor EP I wanted the cover to reflect the poverty that’s existed in where both of our families come from even before our conception by showing our face on their country’s currency. The blood symbolizes the blood of our ancestors spilled on the soil.
Your honest opinion, out of all the songs on the project, which is the one song you feel stands out the most!?
I feel like “Noel” is a big shock to a lot of people that don’t know me or thought they knew me lol.
If it came down to 1 ALBUM only, what underground Hip Hop album would you consider THE BEST OF ALL TIME!!!???……One 1 album you can choose.
Illmatic off top.
Any new music we can expect for the rest of 2020?
I’m working on a new project now that has a few moving parts to it so to complete the whole thing it will take longer than the few months left in this year. I may put up some a teaser from it or some unreleased music it depends.
Has your definition of “underground hip hop” changed since the last time we asked?
Nope. The underground will always the raw unfiltered and unfucked wit, that will never change.
Where can people find you on the web? Drop all the vital links.
Instagram: @thealmightygenius
Twitter: @goldchainz88
SoundCloud: SoundCloud.com/kwamode
Cashapp: $kwamode
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Quakers team up with The Koreatown Oddity for the insightful “Double Jointed” [video]
Eight years after their self-titled debut on Stones Throw, Quakers are back with a new single “Double Jointed” featuring The Koreatown Oddity. Quakers are made up of Supa K (fka Katalyst), 7STU7, and Fuzzface aka Geoff Barrow who are pushing the envelope in terms of alternative hip-hop with their off-kilter soundscapes and themes.
“Double Jointed” is a very visceral and thought-provoking single that is ripe with cinematic and somewhat ominous textures. It sure strays far from the norm and lends its strengths to The Koreatown Oddity’s passionate rap performance and unapologetic lyrics. Lines like “Sometimes praying bibles ain’t enough for the dark-skinned niggaz that don’t hide from the sun/Take the life from your son and everyone you love” shows how years of oppression and religious conformity shaped the current state. He goes forth to add “This ain’t no spray tan or reverse Vitiligo/It’s my permanent skin that I didn’t decide on” as he reflects on his own being and how he can’t help being who he is. The video was created by Koreatown Oddity and Mark Bijasa with illustrations by Aaron Douglass and other artists from Alain Locke’s anthology The New Negro (1925)
“Double Jointed” is taken from Quakers’ upcoming project II: The Next Wave. You can Preorder it here
Quakers – II: The Next Wave Tracklist
- Electrify
- Start It Like This (feat. Phat Kat)
- One Of A Kind (feat. Guilty Simpson)
- Sell Your Soul
- Bare Essentials (feat. The Niyat)
- A Myth (feat. Sageinfinite)
- This Station (feat. Jeremiah Jae)
- Alive
- Heat On It (feat. Grandmilly)
- Double Jointed (feat. The Koreatown Oddity)
- Who Dat (feat. Chester Watson)
- Radiola (feat. Radioactivists)
- Gun Control (feat. The Black Opera)
- We Tried
- Duck & Cover (feat. Guilty Simpson, Cysion)
- Morphine (feat. Bob Banner)
- Approach With Caution (feat. Sampa The Great)
- The Streets
- Looking For Love (feat. Denmark Vessey)
- Fa Real (feat. Jeru The Damaja)
- A Quick Fix (feat. Y2, Super Vic)
- Test My Patience (feat. Jonwayne)
- Too Many To Count
- Greatness (feat. Nolan The Ninja)
- Hit List (feat. Cazeaux O.L.S.O)
- Another Kind Of War (feat. Jeremiah Jae)
- Leaflet Drops
- One O’clock
- All Of It (feat. Boog Brown)
- Machine Room (feat. Fat Ray)
- Pain (feat. SavKillz)
- The Line (feat. Cavalier)
- Blocks (feat. Dante Boom)
Get it on Apple Music//Deezer//Spotify
2nd Round Q&A With Rising Oakland Rapper HeiR
HeiR! Thanks for the consistent body of work you’ve been putting out for the past year. Before getting into the new EP, for the readers who don’t know, how long have you been making music?
I been doing this since middle school when I wrote my first rhyme. Like 20 years ago lol.
We have seen a major growth in your music since the last time we did a Q&A! In your opinion, what are some major improvements in your music?
I feel like my songs became a lot more structured since my last releases. It’s hard for me to describe my sound, I would have to say I’m always pushing to do something creative, and I always want to have something to say.
How are you coping with this whole Covid 19 situation? Has it delayed any new music production by any chance?
It was hard finding a open studio but when I did I locked in. Covid is teaching me to be more self sufficient.
We have to ask, with all this social discourse and revolt, protesting and rioting, exposed police brutality toward blacks and BLM, how do you feel about this? We would love your perspective on the climate we are living in right now.
I went thru a real traumatic experience with law enforcement when I was 18 where I almost died. It’s amazing to me how no one protested or rioted when that happened to me. A cop also shot and killed the babydaddy of a girl we knew. Nobody organized a protest or nothing. Police are known for being rough where I come from in alameda, CA but nobody ever started a movement and spoke up. Now everybody wants to riot and spark up protests and try to be a part of the change that needs to happen. I feel like it only matters to people now because it’s a trend soon they’ll forget about it and stop fighting when others stop.
Being from Oakland, have you witnessed any rioting, looting etc due to the BLM protests?
Yea I saw all that shit right in the heat of it. Bank atms hanging out the wall all busted up. 7 eleven ransacked with windows busted and people running in and out. A line of police with gear on and automatic weapons standing outside of Best Buy… shit was nuts.
Are you voting this year? If so, who are you voting for?
Nope. I don’t feel like who I vote for matters anymore. I feel like it never did. Change for me happens in my own pursuit of happiness and helping my family.
Please breakdown the creative process of your new EP “The Everybody’z.Poor”. And tell us a little about the album cover concept! Also who produced this project?
I had been sitting down and really looking at the insane reality of the rich only being 1% and with the middle class disappearing there is only rich and poor now. Gentrification is some real shit and it’s happening everywhere. I felt like I wanted to diagnose this reality in my music and so I sat down and wrote my ideas on the pursuit of financial stability and all that comes with it. When I was done writing it felt like a project and so I decided to make a ep.
I had been surfing Instagram and found this producer in the sponsored ads who had an amazing sound. It was that unique sound that I liked and it carried the qualities of a movie soundtrack, like the background music of a movie or anime scene. So I hit him up and found out his name was @0teska on Instagram and was able to get some beats to put behind the lyrics. The cover concept came together when I found this singer from Queens, New York @phoenixjoans who just started releasing her music and had a unique voice that was similar to Macy gray with the lyrical ability of jhene aiko. Since I decided to name the project The Everybody’s.Poor EP I wanted the cover to reflect the poverty that’s existed in where both of our families come from even before our conception by showing our face on their country’s currency. The blood symbolizes the blood of our ancestors spilled on the soil.
Your honest opinion, out of all the songs on the project, which is the one song you feel stands out the most!?
I feel like “Noel” is a big shock to a lot of people that don’t know me or thought they knew me lol.
If it came down to 1 ALBUM only, what underground Hip Hop album would you consider THE BEST OF ALL TIME!!!???……One 1 album you can choose.
Illmatic off top.
Any new music we can expect for the rest of 2020?
I’m working on a new project now that has a few moving parts to it so to complete the whole thing it will take longer than the few months left in this year. I may put up some a teaser from it or some unreleased music it depends.
Has your definition of “underground hip hop” changed since the last time we asked?
Nope. The underground will always the raw unfiltered and unfucked wit, that will never change.
Where can people find you on the web? Drop all the vital links.
Instagram: @thealmightygenius
Twitter: @goldchainz88
SoundCloud: SoundCloud.com/kwamode
Cashapp: $kwamode
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Girl Talk Enlists Dreamville's Bas For New Single "Fallin'"
Girl Talk and Bas may have first linked up on the song “Outta Pocket” from Revenge of the Dreamers III earlier this year, but their chemistry makes it sound like they’ve been making music together much longer than that.
Girl Talk told Complex that he had been a Bas fan for some time, first encountering his music with 2016’s Too High to Riot. He recalled that he was struck by the rapper’s unique blend of technical skill and melodic sensibility.
“When we linked up, I had a wide variety of beats ready for him. This was the first one that I played, and he was off and running,” said Girl Talk of the making of the new single. “The whole thing came together quickly!”
Over Girl Talk’s ambient production, Bas’ dexterous flow weaves through the sort of pockets that an Andre 3000 or a Smino would find.
His hook is punctuated by Girl Talk’s ghostly plucks, which echo behind him and wrap around his voice as he sings, “fallin’/don’t know how low I be.”
Check out “Fallin'” below. Do you want to hear the duo collaborate on more music? Let us know in the comments below.
Quotable Lyrics
Cut the tension with a Ginsu knife
It get hard to handle but it get you right
Priceless lessons falling to me, perfect blessings
Read intentions clear, I’m never second guessing
I’m ready, born to ball
My chick is ready too
She dressing for the ball
Giuseppe on her shoes
It’s scary where we grew up
Only a few of us privy to life
I used to think that we the ones living it right