LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper BlocBoy JB has become the latest to sue “Fortnite,” saying the popular video game is using his “Shoot” dance without permission or compensation. The Memphis, Tennessee-based rapper, real name James Baker, filed a lawsuit against “Fortnite” maker Epic Games in federal court Wednesday. Baker says the “Fortnite” ”Hype” dance, one […]
From mixtapes, to guest verses with hot acts, to releasing his own hit albums, to being a business owner, Slim Thug knows what it takes to be large (he is 6’6″) and in charge. Now he is using his nose for business by giving back to his Houston community. The rapper along with his company Boss Life Construction, […]
Twenty-two years ago today hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur passed away after he was shot multiple times while at a red light in Las Vegas. Shakur was 25-years-old when he died. READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM
ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Rapper Kamaiyah has pleaded guilty to creating a public disturbance at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport in May when police say she went on a profanity-laced tirade against security officers. The artist from Oakland, California, will be required to pay a fine of $50. The Hartford Courant reports that her attorney said […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston rapper Big T, known for singing the hook on Lil’ Troy’s 1999 hit “Wanna Be a Baller,” has died. He was 52. Big T, whose name was Terence Prejean, died on Monday at a hospital in Houston, according to Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences spokeswoman Tricia Bentley. His official cause […]
Rapper Ice T and Russ Parr go way back in the day. All the way to the days of early Hip Hop and it’s take over in Los Angeles. The two reminisce about those times. “You were there. Russ, you were there,” exclaimed Ice T. “You saw the birth of NWA, you saw the whole […]
Rappers 2 Chainz, YG and Offset chose to use their highly anticipated video for “Proud” to honor their mothers. The visual features all three rappers’ moms as the stars. 2 Chainz’s mother, decked in her son’s gold “Truu” necklace and gold-tinted Tom Ford Oliver shades, handles the opening verse with as much energy as […]
The Tom Joyner Morning Show remembers legend Hip Hop rapper Craig Mack. He got his start in the Hip Hop world after free-styling to a Mary J. Blige song for Diddy. Diddy signed him onto his record label Bad Boys Entertainment along. In 1994, he released his summer hit Flava In Ya Ear. Mack died of heart failure […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Big Boi has never taken an acting class, but he’s still finding ways to land roles thanks to his upbringing. “From uncles and aunties, hustlers, pimps and pushers, I’ve sucked up game since a tender age,” he said in a recent interview. “I tried to mimic and absorb how they were. I […]
Rapper Craig Mack, known for being the start of Diddy’s Bad Boy Entertainment label, has died at the age of 46. The Daily News reports that Mack suffered heart failure at a hospital near his home in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, March 12. Mack was known for his 1994 summer hit Flava In Ya Ear that […]
1/16/18- Our Seriously Ignorant News correspondent Damon Williams reports about a wannabe rapper robber who tries to wing it and a man who received a package with 9.4 pounds of weed! READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: GET THE HOTTEST STORIES STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX:
ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper T.I. spent Christmas Eve spreading holiday cheer among some single mothers, helping them with their last-minute shopping for gifts. In a video T.I. posted on social media, the Grammy-winning artist entered an Atlanta-area Target on Sunday and called for all single mothers present to follow him. He strolled through the store […]
