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    Dream Street Get Together to Sing 'It Happens Every Time' in Memory of Chris Trousdale

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    Jesse McCartney, Greg Raposo, Matt Ballinger and Frankie Galasso reunite online a little over a week after their former bandmate passed away from complications related to Covid-19.
    Jun 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The remaining members of Dream Street reunited recently to pay tribute to their late bandmate Chris Trousdale with a heartfelt rendition of “It Happens Every Time”.
    Jesse McCartney shared the Zoom performance on his social media pages, writing alongside it: “In Loving Memory of our friend Chris Trousdale. 6.11.85-6.2.20.”
    As well as the video showing Jesse, Greg Raposo, Matt Ballinger and Frankie Galasso belting out the song, it also featured clips of Chris performing with the band prior to his tragic death from complications related to Covid-19 earlier this month.

    Following his death, Chris’ Dream Street bandmates all paid tribute to their pal in heartbreaking posts, with Jesse remembering him as an “explosively charming” man.
    “It pains me to say that an old friend, Chris Trousdale, from my early days in the music industry has passed away due to complications from Covid-19,” he wrote. “Chris had an explosively charming personality with boundless amounts of talent.”

    Even though the group disbanded in 2002 after just three years together, Jesse added that it “felt like a lifetime” and the bandmates “built a real brotherhood” during their time in the industry.
    “In later years, we would grow apart as our lives would take different turns, but I would often reflect on our early days together and think about how exciting it all was,” Jesse added.

    Meanwhile, Frankie concluded the tribute posts, writing on his Instagram: “His passing weighs heavy on my heart, but I will always have the memories, of those years with him, to look back on fondly. I can’t begin to imagine the heartbreak his family is going through today, and I send my deepest condolences. You were taken too soon, but I know you are in a better place. Rest in peace brother.”

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    6ix9ine Accused of Fraud and Defamation by Promoters Over Canceled 2018 Concert

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    Benhur Tesfalidet and Anton Alexander, who took issue with the ‘TROLLZ’ rapper for bailing out on a Washington D.C. gig, plans to re-file a $5.3 million lawsuit against him before the end of June.
    Jun 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Tekashi 6ix9ine is facing a $5.3 million (£4.2 million) lawsuit from two promoters who allege he bailed on a concert and then defamed them.
    Promoters Benhur Tesfalidet and Anton Alexander, are accusing 6ix9ine of fraud, breach of contract and defamation, claiming that in 2018, the “Gummo” rapper cancelled a concert in Washington D.C. without notice before playing a gig at another venue on the same night.
    They claim he pocketed $58,470 (£46, 500) in advance fees and then defamed them on social media by accusing them of failing to pay him and calling them “corrupt” and “scamming”.
    According to editors at Complex, who have obtained a copy of the lawsuit, a version of the complaint was originally filed in Washington D.C. District Court in late 2018, but was withdrawn six months later at the request of the plaintiffs.
    Sources tell Complex, that a completed new complaint will be re-filed before the end of June and state that in the new version of the lawsuit, 6ix9ine will be charged with breach of contract, fraud, and defamation.
    Also named in the suit as defendants are his former manager Kifano ‘Shotti’ Jordan, the firm MTA Booking, another booker, Will Cornish, and the hip-hop star’s original manager Christian Ehigiator. iHeartMedia, a defendant in the original suit, is no longer named.
    On the date of the abandoned concert at D.C. club Echostage, 6ix9ine appeared at Power 105.1’s Powerhouse concert in New Jersey. The promoters allege he did not give any notice and failed to appear.
    After the dispute in 2018 the musician, real name Daniel Hernandez, was arrested on gang-related charges and was sentenced to two years in prison. He was granted early release in April due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will serve the rest of his term under house arrest.

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    Teyana Taylor Bares Her Baby Bump in New Music Video

    The ‘3 Way’ singer has confirmed the pregnancy rumors and showed off her growing belly in a newly-premiered music video for her new single ‘Wake Up Love’.
    Jun 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Singer and actress Teyana Taylor found a novel way to reveal her pregnancy – in her latest music video.
    The 29 year old dropped the bombshell news in the promo for “Wake Up Love”, which hit the Internet on Friday, June 12, 2020.
    In the video, Teyana shows off her growing baby bump alongside her husband, Iman Shumpert, and their four-year-old daughter, Iman Tayla.
    The singer is either covered up or hiding her belly in the video until she bares her baby bump as she lays next to Shumpert in bed and their daughter kisses and caresses mum’s stomach.
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    She has yet to speak about her second stint at motherhood, but the baby is due later this summer.

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    Gucci Mane Accuses Atlantic Records of 'Polite' Racism as He Leaves the Label

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    The ‘Trap House’ rapper announces his departure from Atlantic Records and calls the label bosses a group of ‘polite’ racists in a scathing post on social media.
    Jun 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Gucci Mane has accused his Atlantic Records chiefs of “polite” racism and announced he is leaving the label.
    The star sent out the tweet claiming he is off Atlantic’s roster as of next month, July 2020 on Thursday, June 11, 2020 before deleting it – but continued retweeting fans and journalists who quoted the original post.
    His original tweet read, “Leaving #AtlanticRecords July 3rd these crackers polite racist #SoIcySummer,” and also featured a black-coloured heart emoji, a pair of black praying hands and an emoji of a blue face frosted over with icicles.
    In another strange tweet, which remained on his profile, he seemingly made a similar accusation about his namesake luxury brand Gucci, calling them the “the most polite racist ever” and adding, “I pray y’all die of corona virus (sic).”
    The rapper, real name Radric Delantic Davis, also deleted another tweet, calling for artists to go on strike to protest “racist” record labels as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.
    In the tweet, he added, “All artists let’s go on strike f*ck these racist a*s labels burn them down too #BlackLivesMatter #BlackExecMatter f**k these crackers????”
    The “I Get the Bag” hitmaker has had a long but fraught relationship with Atlantic, as in 2013, he used Twitter to slam label representatives and his manager and was dropped from their roster. He subsequently apologised for the tweets, claiming to have been on codeine at the time and rejoined Atlantic again in 2016.
    Last year 2019, Atlantic Records’ U.K. president Ben Cook stepped down after it was rumoured he attended a party in blackface while dressed as a member of Run DMC.
    Gucci’s representatives at Atlantic did not respond to a request for comment.

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    Nicki Minaj Defends 6ix9ine as He Trolls Meek Mill Over 'Rat' Accusations

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    During the Live session, Tekashi also shades Nicki’s ex Meek for calling him a “rat” for snitching on his former gang member Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, telling him that he’s nobody without Nicki.
    Jun 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Nicki Minaj hopped on an Instagram Live with her “Trollz” collaborator 6ix9ine (Tekashi69) on Thursday, June 11, not long after they released their new song. While some fans were excited for the new song, some others blasted Nicki for working with Tekashi following his snitching scandal.
    During the livestream session, the Trinidadian star revealed no once, including fellow rappers, didn’t have the right to call out her collaborator. “Street n****s have every right to feel how they wanna feel about snitchin’ because they live that life,” Nicki Minaj said. “I feel rappers need to play it easy because everybody mingles and integrates with everybody and if a top executive rat called one of you unsigned rappers right now to sign y’all, y’all signing.”
    “We not gon’-if a rat executive call y’all to sign, y’all signing. So, let’s be clear when we talk about rappers versus street n****s. It’s rappers that put guns they ain’t never bust a day in they life in the music all the motherf***ing time so we’re not talking about rappers,” the “Anaconda” hitmaker added. “I feel street n****s have a right to feel how they wanna motherf***in’ feel because they in the field and you know, I’m not on the block with 6ix9ine.”
    Of her husband’s reaction to her collaboration with the “FEFE” rapper, Nicki explained, “My husband doesn’t f**k with the snitch culture. My husband is just like, ‘You know, I can’t f**k with that.’ And I respect him because he’s lived a different life. Y’all wanna make it rap one minute and streets the next minute.” She added, “Y’all wanna talk about people not writing they raps one minute, and then do songs with people that don’t write raps the next minute. But if somebody talk about the integrity of hip hop it’s a problem, but y’all can talk about the integrity of these streets and not snitching. We not on the block. None of you n****s is on the block!”

    During the Live session, Tekashi also shaded Nicki’s ex Meek Mill for calling him a “rat” for snitching on his former gang member Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. “Meek Mill, you can’t pick and choose who you want to call rats… Ever since Nicki left you, you are a nobody… Listen, Nicki took you on tour… You were her opener,” 6ix9ine ranted. “”Nicki made you, you n***a. No b***h wanted to f**k you, n***a. Did you forget who you was?”

    “Listen. I forgot what Drake said. What did Drake say? Some s**t like that, is that your tour or your girl’s tour. That was never your tour, homie. Listen, you was put on by Nicki Minaj. And you rollin’ with rats now but you know what? Nobody knows. Nobody knows. Nobody is gonna be like… You’re with a rat every day. You’re with a rat. Your prison reform. Your bail reform is with a rat. ‘Oh no, she wasn’t street.’ She was sellin’ kilos of cocaine. You don’t want nobody to know?”

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    Post Malone Collaborates With Tyla Yaweh to Create 'Tommy Lee' Single

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    The musical tribute to the Motley Crue drummer, which is set to be released on June 12, is described by the ‘Drugs and Pain’ rapper as a song about ‘living life and spreading positive energy.’
    Jun 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Post Malone and Tyla Yaweh have teamed up to record a musical tribute to Motley Crue star Tommy Lee.
    “Tommy Lee”, which the two rappers wrote and recorded in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, will be released on Friday, June 12.
    Yaweh, who became friends with Malone while touring with him, tells NME.com the new track is about “living life and spreading positive energy”, adding, “Tommy Lee just doesn’t give a f**k and I love that.”

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    6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj Unleash Playful, Colorful Music Video for 'TROLLZ'

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    A portion of the proceeds from the second collaboration of the ‘GOOBA’ rapper and the ‘Anaconda’ hitmaker will go to the Bail Project which supports those working on the front lines of social justice.
    Jun 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – 6ix9ine is bringing playfulness and a heavy dose of colors to his second collaboration with Nicki Minaj. A little over one month after releasing his first music video post his release from prison, the “GOOBA” rapper unleashed a brand new visual for “TROLLZ”, his second joint effort with the “Anaconda” hitmaker.
    Three and a half minutes long, the video sees the 24-year-old MC showing off his house arrest ankle monitor at some point. His collaborator, in the meantime, goes seductive, and displays a lot of skin. One of her colorful costumes presents her in nothing but multicolored pasties covering only her nipples.
    “TROLLZ” itself hears the rapper duo individually challenging their haters. “I know you don’t like me, you wanna fight me/ You don’t want no problems at your party? Don’t invite me/ I don’t worry ’bout you n****s, please stop talking ’bout me/ Always talkin’ bout me ’cause you looking for the clouty,” he spits.
    The “Barbie Dreams” raptress, in the meantime, rhymes in her part, “They get nervous when it’s Nicki on the roster/ Somebody ushered this n***a into a clinic/ My flow’s still sick, I ain’t talkin’ a pandemic/ I write my own lyrics, a lot of these b***hes gimmicks/ They study Nicki style, now all of them want to mimic.”
    This song, which reunited the two rappers after their 2018 track “FEFE”, was originally planned to be released on June 5. 6ix9ine, however, decided to push it back out of respect for the Black Lives Matter protests that broke out across the country following the tragic death of George Floyd.
    On Wednesday, June 10, Minaj announced that they will be using the song to support the fight against racial injustice. “A portion of the proceeds from #Trollz including merch items, will be going directly to The Bail Project Inc. [@bailproject]. The fund provides free bail assistance to low-income individuals who can’t afford to pay bail while awaiting their trial,” she wrote in an Instagram post.
    The 37-year-old continued, “We want to protect and support the thousands of brave people working on the front lines of social justice, using their voices to demand AN END to the targeting and killing of Black Americans by the police. #BlackLivesMatter.”

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    'Embarrassed' Lady Antebellum Changes Name Due to Slavery Connections

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    Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood say they are ‘regretful and embarrassed’ at ignoring previous criticisms about their use of their moniker and vow to do better.
    Jun 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Country stars Lady Antebellum are shortening their moniker after recognising the negative connotations associated with the latter half of the group name.
    Bandmates Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood took to social media on Thursday, June 11, 2020 to announce they will now be known as Lady A, the shortened version long used by fans.
    In the detailed message, the musicians explain the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and renewed discussions about racial injustice and inequality have prompted them to reflect on the links the word “antebellum” has to aspects of the pre-Civil War South, including slavery.
    “We’ve watched and listened more than ever these last few weeks, and our hearts have been stirred with conviction, our eyes opened wide to the injustices, inequality and biases black women and men have always faced and continue to face every day,” they wrote. “Now, blind spots we didn’t even known existed have been revealed.”
    “After much personal reflection, band discussion, prayer and many honest conversations with some of our closest black friends and colleagues, we have decided to drop the word ‘antebellum’ from our name and move forward as Lady A, the nickname our fans gave us almost from the start.”
    The “Need You Now” hitmakers admit they are “regretful and embarrassed” at having ignored previous criticisms about their use of the word, which they adopted after taking their first promotional photos in front of an antebellum-style home, used to represent the influence Southern music had had on the trio.
    “We can make no excuse for our lateness to this realization,” the stars confessed. “What we can do is acknowledge it, turn from it, and take action.”
    Lady A insist they “want to do better” and to underscore their commitment to the cause, they will be donating to the non-profit Equal Justice Initiative, via their own LadyAID charity.
    They concluded, “Our prayer is that if we lead by example…with humility, love, empathy and action…we can be better allies to those suffering from spoken and unspoken injustices, while influencing our children & generations to come.”

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