As the end of 2020 draws closer, Lil Wayne hits us with the 3rd installment in his legendary mixtape series No Ceilings. Today we’re blessed with the No Celings 3 mixtape. A follow up to previous release which was back in 2015.

“The mixtape game seemed to be a dying art and since I’m one of the pioneers of the craft, and it played such a big part in my career, I felt it was only right to resurrect it,” Wayne said. “Also, it’s a lot of songs out here I wanted to kill my way!”

This time around the mixtape is hosted by DJ Khaled and boasts 20 tracks, with features from the likes of Drake, Young Thug, Jay Jones, Cory Gunz, and more.

Drake just recently announced his appearance on the tape via his Instagram account. The track is called “BB King Freestyle” and hearing Drake with that type of flow is reminiscent of that old Drizzy Drake and Weezy chemistry that remember from the early Young Money days.

How time flies.

Stream and download the new No Ceilings 3 mixtape.

The topic of blackface has been beaten into the ground, it was just 2 weeks ago, the internet decided that it was time to cancel Iron Man Robert Downey Jr.

The reason being is that he played a white character that was wearing blackface in Tropic Thunder over a decade ago. The outrage was silly and didn’t warrant the attention it received.

They’re plenty of racially charged blackface things to be mad about and 2 weeks later we have something.

Just when you thought you’ve seen all there is to see when it comes to blackface… Think again…

Maryland police believe a white man robbed a PNC Bank on Tuesday (Jan. 28) instead of a black male despite the description the teller gave to police.

“We interviewed the teller, and the teller gave us a description of a black male, five-seven, five-eight, 180 pounds,” Perryville Police Chief Allen W. Miller said.

At the time, they had no reason to doubt the description and sent out an alert for the robber who left the bank in a Ford Focus getaway car.

But when police checked the surveillance footage, everything changed.

“They found out by looking at the glove area, between the glove area and the jacket, this was actually a white male we’re looking for. So initially, the call out was for a black male. It turned out to be a white male in a black face.”

Needless to say, this has gone viral, the robber is still at large but the police department has been receiving numerous calls regarding the suspect.

“To cover his face, you know, the blackface and to not cover his hands—not a very smart character, but it’s not a matter of ‘if’ we’re going to catch him. It’s a matter of ‘when’. He’s by no means the smartest bank robber out there.”

No details were given by the police about how much the Blackface bank robber made off with from the bank.

He passed a note to the teller, she gave him the money in her drawer and he escaped.

Police believe he is a white male, around 5-foot-five and in his late 20s or early 30s.

There have been several other incidences of white criminals using blackface to commit crimes.

Global music icon and entertainer Chris Brown has released his deluxe album, INDIGO (EXTENDED), via RCA Records.  

Following the massive success of Brown’s RIAA-certified Gold INDIGO, the deluxe album includes 10 new tracks featuring Tory Lanez, Davido, Rich The Kid, Sage the Gemini and DaniLeigh.

Stream the Indigo Extended album.

The album is a special thank you from Brown to his fans for supporting INDIGO, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

The album has spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B album chart and has amassed nearly 50 million total album streams worldwide.

Additionally, Brown’s RIAA-certified platinum smash hit, “No Guidance” feat. Drake, recently peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Brown is also in the midst of his epic INDIGOAT Tour, where he’s wowing fans across the country with his extraordinary stage presence alongside some of the hottest names in hip-hop, including Tory Lanez, Ty Dolla $ign, Joyner Lucas and Yella Beezy. 

Tickets for the remaining shows can be purchased on LiveNation.com

The full track listing for INDIGO (EXTENDED) can be found below:

1. Lower Body feat. Davido     
2. Overtime    
3. Under The Influence        
4. Outy When I Drive feat. Rich The Kid / Blamed feat. Sage The Gemini & Rich The Kid 
5. Nose Dive feat. DaniLeigh                       
6. Flashbacks           
7. Problem With You          
8. Going At It          
9. Technology                   
10. Tell Me How You Feel feat. Tory Lanez     
11. Indigo                                
12. Back To Love                                            
13. Come Together feat. H.E.R.
14. Temporary Lover feat. Lil Jon       
15. Emerald feat. Juvenile & Juicy J / Burgundy 
16. Red                        
17. All I Want Is feat. Tyga                               
18. Wobble Up feat. Nicki Minaj & G-Eazy
19. Need A Stack feat. Lil Wayne & Joyner Lucas
20. Heat feat. Gunna                 
21. No Guidance feat. Drake
22. Girl Of My Dreams            
23. Natural Disaster / Aura               
24. Don’t Check On Me feat. Justin Bieber & Ink
25. Sorry Enough                    
26. Juice         
27. You Like That                   
28. Troubled Waters
29. Take A Risk           
30. Lurkin’ feat. Tory Lanez      
31. Trust Issues / Act In
32. Cheetah    
33. Undecided 
34. BP / No Judgement          
35. Side Ni**a             
36. Throw It Back       
37. All On Me              
38. Sexy feat. Trey Songz          
39. Early 2K feat. Tank 
40. Dear God                            
41. Part Of The Plan               
42. Play Catch Up  

Twenty-sixteen was the year Post Malone released his debut album, Stoney, that itself, went triple platinum.

From the album, the very special track Congratulations went 9 times platinum and received special treatment from the illustrious Alicia Keys this past Saturday at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.

Alicia pulled out her rapping skills, and piano, as she flipped the Post Malone, hit with her band. (Congratulations) tells the story of having drive and dedication where others can only see the result of the hard work.

Alicia knows about hard work as a 15 time Grammy winner, and also performed live for the first time her Miguel duet, Show Me Love, along with Girl on Fire, and Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart at the T-Mobile Arena. The vibe was electric, so get a look at the performance below, and stay tuned for more news on Alicia’s TBA forthcoming album.

The driver denied eating Lizzo’s meal.

A Postmates driver Lizzo accused of food theft said that her world has been “turned upside down” after the “Truth Hurts” artist shared her name and profile picture on social media.

The incident occurred on September 16, when Lizzo tweeted that a woman by the name of Tiffany W. “stole my food.” In the since-deleted tweet, Lizzo had also shared a screenshot of Tiffany’s profile photo. On September 17, Lizzo issued an apology on Twitter, writing:

I apologize for putting that girl on blast. I understand I have a large following and that there were so many variables that could’ve put her in danger. Imma really be more responsible with my use of social media and check my petty and my pride at the door.

Still, Tiffany has claimed that the days since the artist shared her profile picture on Twitter “have been the worst of her life,” and that she feels “humiliated” and is “terrified” from the incident.

Speaking to TMZ, Tiffany told the outlet that “She’s afraid to leave her home and even go to work, for fear someone might harm her or even worse.”

The report also goes on to explain the delivery incident and how Tiffany tried to deliver the food, which was supposed to go to a Boston hotel. However, there was no room number listed on the order, and no one was answering the phone linked to the account. After going to the lobby of the hotel to try and deliver the food, Tiffany left after 10 minutes. (Postmates drivers are required to wait for five minutes before they continue on.)

Tiffany also denied eating the order because it was seafood, which she doesn’t eat.

Source: TMZ

UTA has announced its representation of Chance the Rapper in all areas and for worldwide bookings outside the US and Canada.

UTA will work with Chance across his entire business, focusing on global touring, brand partnerships, acting, producing, licensing and synchronization, speaking engagements, books, charity work and more.

Chance is a rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, producer, philanthropist and activist.

He released his debut studio album The Big Day in July 2019 which launched at No.2 on the Billboard 200.

Three singles from the album, Hot Shower featuring MadeinTYO & DaBaby, All Day Long featuring John Legend, and Do You Remember featuring Death Cab for Cutie, all broke into the Billboard Top 100 singles chart.

With his three new hits, Chance has charted 12 Hot 100 singles throughout his career.

Prior to The Big Day, Chance won three Grammy awards in 2017 for his third mixtape Coloring Book, including Best Rap Album, Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance for his single No Problem.

The mixtape made history as the first time a streaming-only record won a Grammy.

In the same year, he became the first unsigned artist to ever host and perform on Saturday Night Live.

Chance first broke into the music industry in 2012 with his debut mixtape 10 Day and gained mainstream recognition in 2013 with the Acid Rap mixtape.

Throughout his career, he has collaborated with a diverse range of artists including Childish Gambino, Nicki Minaj, Erykah Badu, Justin Bieber, Megan Thee Stallion, Action Bronson, Madonna and Shawn Mendes, among others.

Chance has headlined Lollapalooza (Chicago and South America), Life is Beautiful, Sasquatch, LoveBox, and Summer Sonic. In 2016, he also produced his own festival Magnificent Coloring Day in his native Chicago. The sold-out festival, which took place at the White Sox’s Cellular One Field, set an attendance record at the park with over 47,000 attendees.

The all-star lineup included performances by Kanye West and Legend as well as Alicia Keys, Common, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Skrillex, Tyler, The Creator, Lil Uzi Vert and Francis and the Lights. Global tour dates for 2020 are forthcoming.

Outside of music, he recently voiced a character in the 2019 live-action reboot of The Lion King. Other acting credits include the crime comedy Slice; the Cartoon Network movie Steven Universe: The Movie, which he also executive produced; and several short films.

Additionally, he served as an executive producer on the basketball documentary Shot in the Dark alongside NBA superstar Dwayne Wade. Next up, he will serve as a judge and executive producer on the unscripted Netflix series Rhythm + Flow, also starring Cardi B and T.I.

Chance is also a humanitarian in his hometown of Chicago. He founded SocialWorks, a charity aiming to create programs to empower and educate youth. Its focus on education, mental health, homelessness, and performing and literary arts directly affects thousands of youth yearly. Chance has donated two million dollars to Chicago Public Schools and mental wellness access, and through SocialWorks has raised over seven million dollars for Chicago’s Youth.Music Business Worldwide

Well, it’s about time.

If you go back to the earliest time you ever saw Meek Mill, I’m talking about the street DVD days with a young Meek with the dirty braids battling in Philly (Circa Youtube 2006).

Even then, Meek was on probation.

That’s over 12 years ago, which is unheard of. Nonetheless, despite having to continuously be in court and being arrested repeatedly, he managed to be one of the top rappers of his generation and still has a thriving career.

Things are now looking up for Meek.

He’s been granted a new trial by a three-judge appeals court panel in Pennsylvania. The only witness who testified against Meek was a police officer who was later found to have committed theft.

“The Commonwealth concedes a new trial is required, We conclude the after-discovered evidence is of such a strong nature and character that a different verdict will likely result at a retrial”

Pennsylvania Commonwealth

They admitted that the lower court should’ve granted Meek’s petition for a new trial.

“I’d like to thank the Pennsylvania Superior Court for overturning my conviction and granting me a new trial. The past 11 years have been mentally and emotionally challenging, but I’m glad that justice prevailed and my clean record has been restored. “

Meek Mill

Just 2 weeks ago we applauded black billionaire Robert Smith when he pledged to pay off the $40 million student loan debt of 390 graduates from Morehouse college.

He went viral on social media and lead many of us to ask who is Robert Smith and how did he become a billionaire?

For me, it when even further, now I wanted to know, how many black billionaires are there.

The 14th black billionaire

Well, of the 2,153 people who made it to the 2019 FORBES list of the World’s Billionaires, only 13 of them are black, up from 11 a year ago.

And one of them was Jamaican which I was happy to see as that’s my country.

Fast forward 2 weeks later, And now we have a 14th addition to the list of black billionaires.

To no surprise to anyone, it’s no other than The God MC, Hov, Jay Z aka Sean Carter. It was always going to be Jay or Diddy, or maybe Dr. Dre.

Nonetheless, it’s still amazing to see.

Even the 3rd richest man in the world had the foresight to see where Hov was headed almost 10 years ago.

How did Jay Z make his money?

1. Armand de Brignac ($310 million)
2. Cash & Investments ($220 million)
3. D’Ussé ($100 million)
4. Tidal ($100 million)
5. Roc Nation ($75 million)
6. Music catalog ($70 million)
7. Art collection ($70 million)
8. Real estate ($50 million)

The biggest takeaway from this list is how small of a contribution his music catalog is to his overall wealth.

Going by that list alone, the numbers would have you believe music isn’t worth that much but it’s actually the most valuable thing on the list.

Hip Hop was the gateway that gave Sean Carter the leverage he needed to capitalize on all his other ventures.

Hip Hop was the vehicle, everything else were destinations.

Congratulations Sean Carter, and thank you for the inspiration and motivation.

So many have mourned the passing of the late great Nipsey Hussle, even now as you scroll through your social media timelines, every few posts, you’ll see something Nipsey related.

Big Sean paid ode to Nipsey Hussle at Dreamville Festival in North Carolina on Saturday by adding a touching verse to a song.

During his set, Big Sean dedicated a heartfelt verse to the late rapper over piano keys.

Was f*cked up what happened to Nipsey / The sh*t is sickening / Texting each other like we gon’ get up soon / Tell me how the f*ck I feel now knowing we didn’t / And taught me next time I think we got all the time in the world / Sh*t just know really it isn’t / You died the same age as Jesus / Both God’s children.

Yesterday CBS reported that Eric Holder was taken into custody after being caught in Bellflower, California.

Today, Eric Holder has been formally charged for the murder of Nipsey Hussle, as well as shooting and injuring two other men during the incident, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s has announced.

Holder is charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

He faces a possible maximum sentence of life in prison and is currently being held without bail.