LeBron James is looking to bring another NBA Championship to the Los Angeles Lakers. While he’s been in LA though, he’s done more than ball out. As he pursues acting and production he also seems keen on getting involved in music and it begins with A&Ring 2 Chainz upcoming ‘Rap Or Go to the League’ album.
It is no secret that LeBron is an avid Hip-Hop fan, as he consistently shows support to rappers by posting Instagram videos of himself vibing out to their latest albums. Most recently in October of 2018, he had a stage appearance as he joined Drake and Travis Scott for a performance in Los Angeles.
However, we have seen that Bron is looking to make an impact in the Music industry and has decided to do more than post a 10-second vibe out clip on social media. The NBA Icon has taken his talents to the business side of Hip-Hop as he is the A&R on 2 Chainz highly-anticipated fifth studio album ‘Rap Or Go to the League’, which is set for a March 1st release date.
NBA All-Star weekend has always been big in the culture and it appears this year will be no different as J. Cole and Meek Mill are in the fold to headline the halftime show in Charlotte, North Carolina on February 17th.
Meek will open the game with a performance of his ‘Championships’ album standouts, while J. Cole, a native of North Carolina will perform a medley of his hits at halftime. Charlotte’s own Anthony Hamilton will also sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” before tip-off.
After years of speculation, “Space Jam 2” will finally be coming to a theater near you soon. The film will star new Los Angeles Laker, LeBron James, who will capitalize on his move to Hollywood by also co-produce the film through his Spring Hill Entertainment company.
Bron announced the news the on his Instagram that he will officially be joining the Toon squad with his new teammate, Bugs Bunny.
The original “Space Jam” starred Michael Jordan and grossed over of $90-million in the United
States alone. It went on to garner over $250-million internationally, to this day it is the highest
grossing basketball film of all-time.
For years we’ve had the James versus Jordan debate and now LeBron has the opportunity to get a one-up on the debate with his acting skills.
Will you be tuned into the Toon Squad and the greatest player in the world or tuned out? Let us know in the comments below.
It’s no secret that Travis Scott doesn’t really do much press, but when the best basketball player in the world is the interviewer, there’s no way you can turn it down. Last week LeBron James teased his interview with La Flame and today the exclusive interview was unleashed.
The highlight of the interview was Travis being named the executive producer of the upcoming NBA 2k19 video game or as Bron put it, “the greatest basketball game in the world.” The interview is fitting as the newest Los Angeles Lakers superstar is on the cover of the 20th Anniversary Edition of the 2k game.
“It’s an honor, it’s dope, I always liked a chance of being able to curate music,” said Travis. “2k is a game that people live their lifestyle to.”
Channeling his inner-activist, 21 Savage tackles social issues in the video for his politically-charged single, “Nothin New.” Directed by iNightLyfe, the video begins with clips of Colin Kaepernick and LeBron James speaking up against Donald Trump during a postgame interview.
Kendrick Lamar’s forthcoming ‘DAMN.’ album is set to be released tonight at 8pm PST/11 pm EST. LeBron James gave fans an early preview of what’s to come with a preview of a few tracks off the highly-anticipated album via his Instagram story.
On the posts Bron shows love to Top Dawg for giving him the album early writing, “Uh oh! Appreciate the love KDot and Top Dog! Playoff vibe.”
One of the songs previewed was the fourth track “ELEMENT.” where an aggressive K. Dot goes at his critics with the lyrics, “I don’t do it for the ‘Gram / I do it for Compton / I’m willing to die for this shit, n***a / I’ll take your fuckin’ life for this shit, n***a.” On the same song Dot references 2015’s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ and takes shots at a few artists by rapping, “Last LP, I tried to lift up black artists / But there’s a difference between black artists and wack artists.”
Watch LeBron playing some snippets below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_rKRfh_Xhs
King James has always showed his support for King Kendrick and last year played a pivotal role in the release of ‘untitled unmastered’, by putting the pressure on Top Dawg with tweets asking for the release of the project.
Yo @dangerookipawaa after that @kendricklamar Grammy performance , you have to release those untitled tracks asap!!! What's up? Talk to me
It’s no secret that Rick Ross is a Miami Heat fan. That doesn’t stop The Bawse from paying homage to the reigning NBA Champion, Cleveland Cavaliers’ guard, Kyrie Irving.
On the DP Beats-produced “Kyrie,” Rozay takes a shot a presidential elect, Donald Trump and name drops Beyonce, Steph Curry, and LeBron James in addition to Irving. Listen below.
QUOTABARZ
“I see you fucking up like you were Donald Trump / I cast a vote and get a pussy n***a slumped.”
“Bitches screaming for me like Beyoncé / Jumping out the gym like it’s LeBron James / This other type of money even make me nervous / I’m standing out the roof, jersey Kyrie Irving.”
If you love hip-hop, you got to love Sprite whether dirty or clean.
The latest Sprite commercial features LeBron James and Lil’ Yachty vibing out while they “obey their thirst.”
In the ad James refuses to tell viewers to drink a Sprite as he holds one, while Yachty is seen sporting yellow and green, playing the piano singing a melody about the beverage.
In its first week Drake’s ‘Views’ went certified platinum and with the kind of units it’s moved so far, the album figures to go multiplatinum soon.
According to Drizzy’s label, Republic Records, ‘Views’ sold over a million units and was streamed over 250-million times on Apple Music in ironically, 6ix days.
The success of this album has Drake sitting on a pedestal in the hip-hop game, with numbers that only big Pop stars like Taylor Swift and Adele are able to conquer.
Mainstream songs on the album “One Dance,” “Hotline Bling,” and “Controlla” really helped propel sales and streams for the album.
‘Views’ is officially the most successful urban album of the year thus far. The album tops sales of Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’, Kanye West’s ‘The Life of Pablo’ and Rihanna’s ‘Anti’.
Drizzy will go on to host Saturday Night Live on May 14th. The second time the rapper will do so.
Watch these hilarious skits from the last time he hosted:
FORBES HIP-HOP FIVE LIST
Forbes released their annual “Forbes Five: Hip-Hop’s Wealthiest Artists” list with some familiar names and a new one.
Diddy topped the list with an estimated net worth of $750-million for his stakes in Ciroc vodka, Revolt TV network, Aquahydrate alkaline water and SeanJohn clothing.
Dr. Dre came in at No. 2 with $710-millon much of which came with the sale of his Beats by Dre headphones brand to Apple. Last year’s N.W.A. biopic also reeled in a nice amount of revenue. In addition he also has stocks in Apple and a plethora of real estate in Southern California.
Jay-Z cruised in at No. 3 with $610-millon for his TIDAL streaming service that has over 3-million subscribers and also a slew of other business ventures including D’usse and Ace of Spades champagne.
At No. 4 was Bryan “Birdman” Williams with $110-million for the success of multiplatinum selling artists: Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj. Put some “respeck” on that.
The final and newest member of the list at No. 5 is OVO head-honcho, Drake with $60-million. The music sales definitely helped, but Drizzy owes most of it to touring and partnerships with Jordan, Apple and Sprite.
The combination of the moguls totaled over $2-billion combined.
50 Cent’s recent bankruptcy struggles kept him off the list this year.
Kanye West already has one of the most successful albums of the year with ‘The Life Of Pablo,’ and he is looking to follow the success with a tour.
He teased ‘The Life Of Pablo’ tour on Steve Harvey’s show Tuesday saying he could be hitting the road in September.
“My tour game is unprecedented,” he bragged to Harvey. “So we’re going to go out in September I believe, and we’re just working on some of the ideas right now.”
I’m excited to see the kind of creativity he will exude for the tour, from the merch to the stage design.
The tour is only in the planning stages, so there are no dates out or opening acts on the bill as of now. Although, it is safe to assume he will probably take his artist Desiigner on tour with him after the success “Panda” has had.
FRENCH MONTANA SIGNS TO EPIC RECORDS
Epic Records has been busy adding to their roster lately with the recent signings of DJ Khaled, Rick Ross and Puff Daddy. The label announced this week that French Montana was the newest signee.
The partnership of Puffy’s Bad Boy Records with Epic had a lot of influence in the signing of Montana, being he is also signed to Bad Boy. Take that, take that, take that.
It’s been three year’s since Montana dropped a studio album, in the meantime he’s been supplying the streets with anthems like, “All The Way Up,” and mixtapes.
His next album will have the Epic Records stamp on it.
Several sources have confirmed that Space Jam 2 will be starring LeBron James, but according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst “no deal is in place,” although a deal is expected to be done soon.
The director of Fast & Furious, Justin Lin, was announced Monday as the director for the upcoming sequel.
Space Jam came out in 1996 and raked in $230.4-million worldwide and starred Michael Jordan in a box office monster that has since became a classic.
LBJ looks to be MJ’s successor in the series. Let’s see if James can come close to the success Jordan brought to the film, because he hasn’t been able to match it on the court.
Several sources have confirmed that LeBron James is set to start in the Space Jam sequel, but according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst “no deal is in place,” although a deal is expected to be done soon.
The director of Fast & Furious, Justin Lin, was announced today as the director for the upcoming film.
Space Jam came out in 1996 and raked in $230.4-million worldwide and starred Michael Jordan in a box office monster that has since become a classic.
LBJ will be be MJ’s successor in the series. Let’s see if James can come close to the success Jordan brought.
TMZ released this recording from last summer where LeBron laid down a full verse (dubbed “Kingdom”) over Hov’s hit single. Last year, King James tried his flow over “Niggas In Paris“.
To commemorate his 11th year in the league, Nike spearheads LeBron’s new ad,Training Day, which features a preview of Mike Will Made It’s track with John Legend titled, “My Shoes”.
Mike Will spoke on the collabo saying..
“This collaboration with LeBron James and Nike is all about expanding. I’ve been blessed to have so much success producing singles for other artists, and now, I’m just trying to stay creative, to start working on more diverse and different projects, like scoring commercials and movies, and executive producing albums and game or movie soundtracks. Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz album was the first project I executive produced.”
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