Duane Prokop/Getty Images News broke out Monday night that the legendary Aretha Franklin is extremely ill as word got out that she’s battling cancer at the age of 76. Franklin is surrounded by her family and friends in Detroit where she told Free Press in 201, “My roots are there. The church is there. My…
Leon Bennett/Getty Images It looks like YG and American Airlines are no longer on good terms. YG, is one of the latest rappers to be having to deal with being kicked off not just any airline but with American Airlines. This past Monday night, YG went to his social media account to go on a…
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Nicki Minaj recently dropped her new album Queen this last Friday and one of the standout tracks off the album is a track titled ‘Barbie Dreams.’ The track takes some playful jabs at many artists from the likes of Drake, DJ Khaled and Lil Uzi Vert. I created a new version of…
photo credit: Kevin Winter l Getty Images Astroworld demands all the respect Travis Scott deserves. The newest album from the Houston rapper has just dethroned Drake’s five-week charting topping Scorpion album, racking in more than 537,000 equivalent album units for its debut. According to Billboard and Nielsen Music, 270,000 of those units are traditional album…
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photo credit: Youtube l Nicki Minaj Just three days after her Queen album official release, Nicki Minaj has delivered a visual for her album’s opener “Ganja Burns.” Bringing to life the album’s artwork, “Ganja Burns” opens with three messages detailing a mythical tale of a ruling Queen rising from defeat of her enemies to reclaim…
Leon Bennett / Getty Images Nicki Minaj made a bold statement about one of her new tracks on her album Queen! During her Queen Radio show on Beats 1 radio last Friday, Nicki walked fans through the album in in its entirety track by track. She has history of her and rapper Eminem profession their…
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Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images Nas hinted this secret release by commenting on Nicki’s “Queen” insta pic “QGTM” along with the fist emoji. Nicki responded, “so mad they can’t hear our song babe.” “QGTM” allegedly stands for “Queens Get The Money.” The song was supposed to come out on the “Queen” album but did…
Robin Marchant / Getty Images Police attempted to arrest Vic Mensa during the Bud Billiken parade in Chicago. This parade is the “largest African American parade in the United States,” that celebrates the back-to-school season, and offers “back to school needs, job opportunities, workforce development, and of course food & fun,” according to the parades…
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images At 76 years old, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin has fallen ‘gravely ill’, and her family are asking for prayers from her fans for her health battles. Aretha has struggled with obesity and other medical issues her entire life, but has become very ill at this point in time. Ronald Martin,…
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photo credit: Getty Images This week in hip-hop so much went down that it might have been hard to keep up with all the trending news, so Bryhana breaks down all you need to know, in our Power 106 Perrier® & Juice Studios. Spilling the tea at the top of Power On, Bryhana explains what happened between…