How Nipsey Hussle Was Remembered

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Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside of his own store by the shooter, Eric Holder. Hussle was shot and killed in his own neighborhood and someone paid the Holder to kill him. He was about drop a documentary with Dr. Sebi’s on how to cure AIDS and different diseases for the black community. Unfortunately, they were unable to make that happen due to black on black crime; however Nick Cannon decided to pick up where Hussle left off in the process of making this documentary film. Hussle was a humanitarian, hair seller, rapper, businessman, and Muslim mainly telling black people to buy property and invest in neighborhoods such as his own. Many fans remember him as a great advocate for the black community and showing nothing but love  around the world. Hussle also created a STEM lab in order to promote black arts and culture for the people to use. He wanted to stop gang violence and shootings to make a better environment in Los Angeles and spread hope to the world as well. Due to his death his album “Victory Lap” was nominated for a Grammy for the best rap album and number #4 on the Billboard chart. Many rap artists paid tribute to Nipsey Hussle’s death and the black community grew stronger after this dreadful incident. People tried to also pay homage at his store but some unknown people began shooting at the crowd and could not celebrate Nipsey’s life in peace. He gave the black community a wake up call to tell them that we need to create unity within the black culture and killing will get us nowhere. He was a very successful rapper in the rap game helping the education system, promoting his own business, and keeping kids off the streets for a better cause. His legacy as an artist will never be forgotten to many rap artists in the industry. He showed people how to invest their money and went to business meeting on ways to bring programs to the kids and giveaways to show support to kids in need of school supplies and such. He never had any altercations with anyone in Los Angeles and turned a new leaf to tell black people to help each other grow as a whole rather than individually. Many fans were sad about the lost of Hussle and morn till this day about this incident.  

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Lil Uzi Unable To Drop Eternal Atake

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DJ Drama and Don Cannon will not let Lil Uzi Vert drop his album Eternal Atake due to label reasons. Apparently, Uzi was supposed to drop his album in December and Atlantic Records refused that he could drop any music. Instagrammers were commenting some very vulgar post about him not letting Uzi drop any of his songs. Uzi decided to go on Instagram and post “Free Uzi” on his story because the label would not let him drop anything and he could not say too much on social media. He was supposed to be on NAV’s album but Don Cannon and DJ Drama would not let him clear his verse. He had other songs that he was featured on and his label still said no to Uzi. He had to explain to his followers that the label is basically holding his tracks and not letting drop anything and it has been a while since he has dropped an album. Uzi began to lose hope and wanted to quit rap because they would not let him drop a single track. Throughout continuous months of Uzi’s hiatus in the rap game he finally got confirmation that he could drop his album Eternal Atake any day now. Uzi still wanted out on his deal with Atlantic Records and Roc Nation helped him get out of his deal and he instantly began creating music again. Thanks to Jay-Z’s record label, Uzi is now able to record tracks and do as he pleases as far as the album goes. He recently dropped a track called “Free Uzi” that released on SoundCloud and Youtube; no other platforms did not receive this new Uzi song. That was his breakthrough as far as dropping music and he was glad to be able to do that again thanks to Jay-Z’s record label. After “Free Uzi” dropped then he released his new hit single “Sanguine Paradise” to follow up with that song. When he dropped “Sanguine Paradise” he began to talk about the money that he was getting after “Free Uzi” dropped! Throughout the success of his two newest songs keeping releasing more and more songs throughout the past two months he has been keeping his audience interested in his music. He dropped his song “That’s A Rack” to hype his fans up telling them that Uzi is back and better. He is doing well and traveling buying more jewelry every other day.

https://www.thefader.com/2019/03/21/nav-lil-uzi-verse-unable-to-clear-don-cannon-dj-drama

https://www.complex.com/music/2019/03/nav-says-dj-drama-don-cannon-refused-to-clear-lil-uzi-vert-verse-on-new-album

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Big Sean Elaborates on Anxiety and Depression

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Big Sean discussed his anxiety and depression on Instagram live mentioning that he hasn’t felt the same in awhile and he had to back away from his music in order to seek help. Big Sean learns throughout his life he deserves clarity and wants to instill that into his live. He has inspired fans that it is ok to get mental help. He discusses how he does not talk to his mother as often as he should but he did it to fix his conscious. He felt a sudden change throughout his birthday and something felt quite eerie within his soul. He could not shake the uneasy feeling trying to figure out what seem to be the problem he discovered the problem. It mentioned how social media took a toll on him as an artist and he had to step away from the scene as an artist to make sure he was mentally fine. He has taken one step at a time by praying more and staying healthy in order to live a better live for himself. He fully realized that he is currently elevated at a higher level mentally and creating music in a safe environment again. Throughout his depression and anxiety he began practicing meditation at the age 17, but in order to find a peaceful state of mind. He began to expand his thoughts and do things he has never done before in order to empty his mind. He was like Big Sean was going into freedom and embarking a new journey on life. He learned how to nurture the relationships that were dear to him and fix them in order for them to become better. He begins to create music again talking about the depression and anxiety that he has dealt with after I Decided he showed a sneak peek of him and ASAP Rocky working on a new song together. He has found a great therapist to help him find his clarity into order for his mental health to be fine. He held onto those toxic relationship through previous relationships and dramas that went on in the past of his career. Big Sean fought those problems by himself rather than seek mental help and eventually went to get that help. He continuous shows clarity within his posts of social media to show that he is alive and well and ready to get back on stage again.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8504057/big-sean-mental-health-birthday

https://www.complex.com/music/2019/03/big-sean-opens-up-about-mental-heath

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Old Town Road

Billboard reviewed the song “Old Town Road” and said that the song was not country enough and it was immediately removed off the charts. Lil Nas X’s hit song went viral and the original was removed and Billy Ray Cyrus featured on the remix of “Old Town Road”. Billy Ray Cyrus was questioning what make the song not a country song after listening to the hit song. It became a song that everyone made dance videos to on Tik-Tok and different social media apps by promoting. Publication did not believe that it did not have the qualities of being a country song. It caused plenty of debates on whether if it was a country song or not as far as the instrumental. It had a hip hop style to it, but it also had a country twist to it technically making it a country song to others. After releasing the remix, it is currently sitting at Number #15 on the BillBoard charts. Rumor has it that he could potentially be working on a song with Beyonce via tweet saying “ready to tell them”. This song is currently going viral at the moment stating that this is only the beginning for Lil Nas X and his music career. Country songs rarely hit the top 10 on the Billboard charts ever.  “Old Town Road” began to climb to the charts on Spotify within the top 50 and in March ended up getting a record deal with Columbia. It is currently a sensation and a breakthrough for Lil Nas X after his song went viral. Lil Nas X has gone through many depressions throughout his music as far as being an artist. The “Old Town Road” rapper was dealing with family issues and also dropped out of school six months ago to create a rap career of his own. Throughout the song “Old Town Road” the artist talks about how he did not wish to continue school and had to keep pushing his music in order to get any recognition. He was mentioning that he wanted to “ride till he can’t no more” trying to make a breakthrough within the music industry. He was happy being on the Billboards alone because that was such an accomplishment for him. He started getting attention by putting music in funny memes and the cowboy challenge to promote his music. Lil Nas X is a new country hip-hop artist known to the world now and continues to do what he does best.

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