Federal prosecutors have gathered a pretty convincing case against Kodak Black. They say that back in February, Kodak bought 3 weapons and over a 100 rounds of ammo in Florida, after previously lying on a January gun application.
He then allegedly rented a Porsche and drove over to Pompano Beach, and open fired on a house of a rival rapper. The rival was apparently not in the house, but his family was, though thankfully nobody was hurt.
When police arrived on the scene, they found Kodak’s fingerprints on one of the guns he purchased in February, as well as another gun that was jammed. Prosecutors say they found the Kodak’s rented Porsche abandoned 14 miles from the scene, with the GPS history confirming that the car had been in the Pompano Beach neighborhood.
Also, there are apparently witnesses that saw Kodak at the scene, but nevertheless the investigation continues. For the record, Kodak’s attorney has claimed that the feds are all talk with no bite. Let’s hope so, unless of course Kodak is as guilty as the prosecutors claim.
The final season of Game of Thrones has certainly been far the shakiest, agreed upon by both the critics and masses. Not only are the ratings very low, but I’d bet that if you are a Game of Thrones fan, there is a big chance that either you or someone you know disliked the final season. For example, the Rotten Tomatoes ratings reflect this, as critical ratings started to plunge after the second episode. Episode 3, “The Long Night”, got a 75% rating which was actually one of the lowest of the entire series up to that point. It then got progressively worse with 58%, 47%, and 56% for the final three episodes. Sure the writers aren’t aided by George R.R. Martin’s source material, and sure the writers are allowed to slip up and maybe even have a few bad episodes, but the blunder is unacceptable when the episodes are the most important of the entire series.
For these reasons, after Episode 4: “The Last of the Stark”, there was made an online petition on Change.org to remake the entire final season with “competent writers” and it has garnered over a million signatures so far. The petition officially reads: ““David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have proven themselves to be woefully incompetent writers when they have no source material (i.e. the books) to fall back on. This series deserves a final season that makes sense.” Though it is unlikely that HBO will spend tens of millions of dollars to remake the six episodes, this petition is at least a testament to the overall negative reception of the final season.
Tyler the Creator has just dropped his most recent album Igor. There are a bunch of features on the album including Kanye West, Lil Uzi Vert, Al Green, Playboi Carti, and Charlie Wilson. It has 12 tracks an appropriately starts with “Igor’s Theme”.
Tyler had a few words of advice for people to shape their expectations and listening habits. When Igor was released, Tyler tweeted a photo with these words: “Igor. This is not Bastard. This is not Goblin. This is not Wolf. This is not Cherry Bomb. This is not Flower Boy. This is Igor. Don’t go into this expecting a rap album. Don’t go into this expecting any album.” He’s right; this album is very different than previous albums. Much of it’s focus is on sonic texture and instrumental melodies, and Tyler doesn’t even rap until halfway through the third song. The piano is featured heavily on this album, often being the centerpiece of multiple songs on this album.
Later on in the same note, Tyler writes: ““Front to back. No distractions either. No checking your phone no watching tv no holding convo, full attn. towards the sounds where you can form your own opinions and feelings towards the album. Some go on walks, some drive, some lay in bed and sponge it all up. Whatever it is you choose, fully indulge. With volume.” You need to fully focus to truly enjoy this album. The beauty is in the details. Personally, my ideal mode of listening is the car, as the constant drone and direction of the drive usually amplifies my listening experience. I took the car out for a spin last night after this album dropped, and drove on some back-roads to absorb it.
Old Town Road is so revolutionary, it skipped right over having a music video and instead has a music movie. It starts in 1889 with Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus taking shelter after their last successful bank robbery. When they’re chased off by a cowboy, Lil Nas X accidentally dives down a wormhole and arrives in 2019. Confused by modern day streets, Lil Nas X eventually joins up with Chris Rock and Billy Ray Cyrus and they go to a Western-themed bingo hall.
The 5-minute movie is every bit as fun as the song, and really brings the latter to life. In a similar fashion to the movie, when Lil Nas X originally uploaded the song, he set the song to footage of his character in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Cardi B has been sued $1 million by blogger Latasha K for alleged defamation charges. According to The Blast, the blogger, who has 500,000 YouTube subscribers, received death threats after Cardi B told “lies” about her on social media.
The site obtained court documents in which Latasha K admits to making a video with fellow blogger Starmarie Ebony Jones accusing Cardi B of using drugs and contracting sexual transmitted infections.
After the video got popular, Cardi asked K to take the video down, but K refused and asked Cardi to appear in an interview. The Grammy award winning rapper declined the invitation, and sued Latasha K for defamation. According to TMZ, Cardi accused the blogger of saying that her baby Kulture would be born with “intellectual disabilities” because of Cardi’s drug use during her pregnancy.
K said: “Cardi B began to publicly defame Ms. Kebe, referring to her as ‘this blogger lady, by stating that Ms. Kebe makes up fake stories; harasses all of Cardi B’s friends; constantly stalks Cardi B; falsely claims that she has legitimate sources giving her information about Cardi B; uses Cardi B’s name for ‘click bait’; and many other false accusations.”
K began receiving threats from gangs, and a lot of harassment both online and in person. We’ll see who’s right and who’s wrong in this case, and if Cardi has really been overstepping the fine line, she should be punished.
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