Month: January 2020

By KYLE EUSTICE

Willie D Wishes Charles Barkley Would’ve Died Instead Of Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant passed away  in a helicopter crash on Sunday (January 26) alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianni and seven other people.

Willie d is one of the thousands of fans who are mourning their deaths. But on Monday (January 27), the Geto Boys MC ignited controversy when he suggested Bryant’s fellow NBA superstar Charles Barkley should’ve perished instead.

“It’s OK to question God,” he said on Instagram Live. “In the wake of the late, great Kobe Bryant dying tragically, suddenly, young, a lot of people are in pain all over the world. Some people are saying it feels like the loss of a family member.

“I agree. Kobe was a good dude. So much so that some people are questioning God. I got a question for God too. Why Kobe? How come you didn’t take Charles Barkley? No more talk.”

Willie D’s comment section lit up with hundreds of reactions to his video. Many pointed out Barkley has a family as well and wishing death upon anyone is extremely disrespectful and tactless.

“U gotta stop downing other black men in this occasion!” one commenter wrote. “You can’t wish death on a man and not receive karma! Question god all you want but u playing games willie.”

The Houston rap vet’s beef with Barkley stretches back years. In 2016, he ridiculed Barkley in a song called ” Coon” in which he accuses the famous athlete of speaking down on his race.

“Blacks been free since Lincoln got wasted,” he raps. “But some of these niggas still on the plantation/Listen up Charles Barkley/You light skin but still calling you a darky/The only reason that they put the mic in your face/Is so you can do they dirt and talk down on your race/TNT made you big put you on a wig/Now you’re acting like you never had trouble with pigs.”

He followed up with “Coon 2” took aim at Michael Jordan, Steve Harvey, Ted Cruz and more.

By JUSTIN IVEY

Slum Village member T-3 has released Mr. Fantastic, an eight-track EP produced entirely by Teeko and Ruckazoid. The veteran MC’s new solo project includes collaborations with Frank Nitt, Illa J and the late Baatin, among others.

“Working with Teeko and Ruckazoid was amazing,” T3 said in a press release. “It was like when I first heard their production I felt like it was tailor-made for me in a sense. Songs came together quickly. When me and Ruck talked later I found out that he had previously worked with Baatin. Imagine the odds. Some guys I found on the internet randomly … almost seems like it was meant to be.”

By KYLE EUSTICE

Legendary Hip Hop producer Pete Rock shared a video to his Instagram account that makes his feelings about Oprah Winfrey crystal clear. The billionaire talk show host mogul made headlines earlier this month when she stepped down from her executive producer role on a documentary about one of Russell Simmons’ sexual assault accusers, Drew Dixon.

The Def Jam Recordings co-founder public called out Oprah via Instagram for signing up for the role in the first place. Oprah has since denied the public pressure had anything to do with her decision.

The video, which Rock posted to both Facebook and Instagram, features several video snippets of Oprah. In one, she appears to defend disgraced Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein whose been accused of multiple sexual assaults by dozens of women, including Ashley Judd, Gwyneth Paltrow and Rose McGowen.

“If we make this just about Harvey Weinstein, then we will have lost this moment,” she says.

Elsewhere in the video, an Entertainment Tonight story about the singer Seal, who called out Oprah in a 2018 Instagram post and accused her of knowing about Weinstein’s predatory behavior, pops up on the screen.

“Oh I forgot, that’s right…..you’d heard the rumours but you had no idea he was actually serially assaulting young starry-eyed actresses who in turn had no idea what they were getting into,” the post reads. “My bad.”

The text is written across a photo of Oprah kissing Weinstein’s cheek and reads, “When you have been part of the problem for decades, but suddenly they all think you are the solution.”

That clip is then followed by a snippet of Oprah’s recent interview on Good Morning of America, where she was adamant she couldn’t be silenced by Simmons, which is coupled with a story about Weinstein’s alleged sexual misconduct involving actress Lupita Nyong’o.

At the end of the video, the words, “We will expose this agenda of TARGETING the BLACK MAN.. OPRAH. And EXCUSING the System of WHITE SUPREMACY” is written across the screen, a sentiment Rock apparently supports.