As of this writing, it has been over two days since Future and Metro Boomin dropped their first full-length collaboration, We Don’t Trust You, and it has almost been completely overshadowed by a Kendrick Lamar cameo. The track on which he appears, “Like That,” prominently features Rodney O and Joe Cooley’s 1987 single “Everlasting Bass,” and Metro uses it like Three 6 Mafia did throughout their discography, from “Where Da Bud At” to “Who the Crunkest.” Thanks in part to the Mafia, “Everlasting Bass” has become an avatar of Jheri-curled hardness,...
- 3/25/2024
- by Mosi Reeves
- Rollingstone.com
Grammy-winning rapper and producer Dr. Dre has been in the music game for over three decades. Throughout that time, he’s solidified his spot in hip-hop history as a rapper, producer, and record executive, working with artists from Eminem and 50 Cent to Mary J. Blige and Alicia Keys. But before the global fame, he was a young person with big dreams growing up in southern California.
Dr. Dre | Theo Wargo/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Dr. Dre debuted as a rapper with N.W.A.
Dr. Dre grew up in Compton, California at a time when more and more hip-hop artists began emerging on the scene and exploring the fledgling music genre.
Dre first started performing with a group called the World Class Wreckin’ Cru in 1985. Among the group’s members were DJ Yella, whom Dre would later recruit for a new group called N.W.
Dr. Dre | Theo Wargo/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Dr. Dre debuted as a rapper with N.W.A.
Dr. Dre grew up in Compton, California at a time when more and more hip-hop artists began emerging on the scene and exploring the fledgling music genre.
Dre first started performing with a group called the World Class Wreckin’ Cru in 1985. Among the group’s members were DJ Yella, whom Dre would later recruit for a new group called N.W.
- 2/5/2023
- by Chris Malone
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Hip-hop took center stage at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday as Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Dr. Dre, and 50 Cent all made history together. Not only did six performers grace the stage for the first time in Super Bowl halftime history - only five were originally billed to perform - but it also marked the first time we've seen a full hip-hop lineup headline the show.
As a fan, it was surreal to see the genre get a national spotlight with its legends at the helm and receive so much praise. In all honesty, hip-hop deserved this moment: it's long overdue. From the nostalgic West Coast hits that blasted through SoFi Stadium to the field of dancers doing a choreographed crip walk on live TV, it was both exciting and scary as hell to see hip-hop be consumed by such a wide audience. Hip-hop...
As a fan, it was surreal to see the genre get a national spotlight with its legends at the helm and receive so much praise. In all honesty, hip-hop deserved this moment: it's long overdue. From the nostalgic West Coast hits that blasted through SoFi Stadium to the field of dancers doing a choreographed crip walk on live TV, it was both exciting and scary as hell to see hip-hop be consumed by such a wide audience. Hip-hop...
- 2/15/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
After 30 years in the music business, Snoop Dogg has acquired ownership of Death Row Records, the label that launched his career. Founded by Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, the D.O.C., and Dick Griffey in 1992, the label also helped launch the music careers of several other artists like Tupac Shakur, Michel'le, and The Dogg Pound. Snoop, who was previously known as Snoop Doggy Dogg, released his first album, "Doggystyle," in 1993. Following his initial success, the hip-hop icon went on to sign with No Limit Records before moving onto Interscope, Capitol, Geffen, Priority Records, and Def Jam over the course of his career.
"It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members," Snoop said in an interview with "THR." "This is an extremely meaningful moment for me. I would like to personally thank the teams at Blackstone,...
"It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members," Snoop said in an interview with "THR." "This is an extremely meaningful moment for me. I would like to personally thank the teams at Blackstone,...
- 2/10/2022
- by Chanel Vargas
- Popsugar.com
Exclusive: Lifetime has upped Tia Maggini to SVP, Scripted Programming for the network, from her VP role.
Based in Los Angeles, Maggini oversees the development and production of original scripted content for Lifetime.
“Tia’s commitment to her work is only surpassed by her passion to make films the very best they can be,” said Tanya Lopez, Executive Vice President, Scripted Programming, Lifetime & Lmn to whom Maggini reports. “I value her skills and her partnership every day.”
Maggini joined the networks in 2014 as Vice President, responsible for developing and managing Lifetime movies, miniseries, limited series and back-door pilots. She has been charged with shepherding the network’s big budget, talent-driven feature films and additionally supervises creative development for a ten-person team.
During her more than six years with Lifetime, Maggini has been the programming executive for some of its highest rated movies, including the buzzy film, Wendy Williams: The Movie,...
Based in Los Angeles, Maggini oversees the development and production of original scripted content for Lifetime.
“Tia’s commitment to her work is only surpassed by her passion to make films the very best they can be,” said Tanya Lopez, Executive Vice President, Scripted Programming, Lifetime & Lmn to whom Maggini reports. “I value her skills and her partnership every day.”
Maggini joined the networks in 2014 as Vice President, responsible for developing and managing Lifetime movies, miniseries, limited series and back-door pilots. She has been charged with shepherding the network’s big budget, talent-driven feature films and additionally supervises creative development for a ten-person team.
During her more than six years with Lifetime, Maggini has been the programming executive for some of its highest rated movies, including the buzzy film, Wendy Williams: The Movie,...
- 6/10/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Krystal Joy Brown and Curtis Hamilton will lead independent feature, A Christmas Retreat from producers Autumn Federici and Jake Helgren under their production banner, The Ninth House. Helgren will also write and direct.
The story follows Mikaela Leighton (Brown) a beautiful, successful writer of a witty, single-girl-in-the-city series Maya Takes The Town. Mikaela’s late mother was also a famous author, known for hosting an intimate writer’s retreat with a handful of burgeoning writers. This year, Mikaela is knee-deep in the throes of her famous series’ very last book-but having a tough time finding the proper ending, she decides the inspiration she needs is to revive her mother’s renowned writer’s retreat at her father, Irving Leighton’s (James Black) snowy chalet.
Amongst the handful of quirky writers to attend is handsome Levi Mcguire (Hamilton) who is not only a fan of Mikaela’s mother, but who...
The story follows Mikaela Leighton (Brown) a beautiful, successful writer of a witty, single-girl-in-the-city series Maya Takes The Town. Mikaela’s late mother was also a famous author, known for hosting an intimate writer’s retreat with a handful of burgeoning writers. This year, Mikaela is knee-deep in the throes of her famous series’ very last book-but having a tough time finding the proper ending, she decides the inspiration she needs is to revive her mother’s renowned writer’s retreat at her father, Irving Leighton’s (James Black) snowy chalet.
Amongst the handful of quirky writers to attend is handsome Levi Mcguire (Hamilton) who is not only a fan of Mikaela’s mother, but who...
- 5/20/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: U.S. producer Joanne Rubino (Hatfields & McCoys), former President of Production at ThinkFactory Media, is launching Los Angeles-based Be Brave Media, with a slate of projects including a biopic of “Chocolate King” Milton Hershey.
Be Brave will develop, package and produce between three to six projects a year. Budget ranges of the films and TV series will vary.
Hershey will chart how Hershey’s journey began as a teenager in rural Pennsylvania and went on to see him found and run one of the world’s top confectioners and become a leading businessman and philanthropist. The M.S. Hershey Foundation, the Hershey Company and the Hershey Trust Company have granted the producing team access to the Hershey Community Archives, including images, documents and other private material.
Rubino is producing with frequent collaborator and partner Darla Marasco of Marasco Media. Rubino also co-wrote the script with Sam Juergens and David Juergens,...
Be Brave will develop, package and produce between three to six projects a year. Budget ranges of the films and TV series will vary.
Hershey will chart how Hershey’s journey began as a teenager in rural Pennsylvania and went on to see him found and run one of the world’s top confectioners and become a leading businessman and philanthropist. The M.S. Hershey Foundation, the Hershey Company and the Hershey Trust Company have granted the producing team access to the Hershey Community Archives, including images, documents and other private material.
Rubino is producing with frequent collaborator and partner Darla Marasco of Marasco Media. Rubino also co-wrote the script with Sam Juergens and David Juergens,...
- 10/13/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Michel’le and Stew have continued to struggle on this season of Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition. In tonight’s episode, we see that she’s still feeling insecure about the relationship. So when the subject comes up again, Michel’le seems defeated when she claims that Stew is never going to marry her. Is Stew in it for the long haul? Stew...
- 3/19/2020
- by Shaunee Flowers
- Monsters and Critics
Michel’le and her boyfriend Stew are just one of the couples featured on this season of Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition, and they aren’t even the most shocking of the group. So when Michel’le makes a confession during the upcoming episode, everyone is surprised. At the very beginning of the latest Marriage Boot Camp sneak peek, Michel’le makes a […]...
- 2/12/2020
- by Shaunee Flowers
- Monsters and Critics
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