LIL KIM TO RELEASE 'THE QUEEN BEE' MEMOIR THIS FALL: Lil Kim is set to release her first memoir The Queen Bee this fall. According to People, the rap icon announced that the book will arrive via Hachette Books on November 2nd. She said in a statement, “I’m excited to finally get to tell my story after all this time. Many people have thought they knew the story of Lil’ Kim, but they have no idea.” The book is written by Kim and author Kathy Iandoli and it will detail the rapper's life and career.
IS KENDRICK LAMAR RELEASING NEW MUSIC NEXT WEEK?: Rumors are circulating that Kendrick Lamar will be releasing new music next week. Yesterday (April 28th), Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith sent out a cryptic message onto his Instagram page, suggesting that a wait is coming to an end on May 7th, 2021. He captioned the post, “THE WAIT IS OVAH!!!! #TDE pic.twitter.com/MVjWIO7o7L.”
KODAK BLACK PLEADS GUILTY TO SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A TEEN GIRL: Kodak Black has pleaded guilty in connection to a criminal sexual conduct charge. According to The Post and Courier, during a hearing in Florence, South Carolina yesterday (April 28th) Kodak was sentenced to 18 months probation for first degree assault and battery. As part of the conditions of his sentence, he must apologize to the victim, take full accountability for what happened, and enroll in counseling. He issued an apology in court, telling the victim, “I apologize this happened. I’m hopeful we can all move forward. I wish her the best in her life.” Kodak's attorney said in a statement, “Today Bill Kapri took a plea to the legal charge of assault, a non-sex offense, and received 18 months probation. This was a change of charge from the original charge. Having consistently denied these 5-year-old allegations, he entered this plea in order to resolve the matter.” He later tweeted, “5 yrs later … both us just wanted to get this shit over wit AND I ain’t have to come off no money 🤷🏻.”
JA RULE AND HIS WIFE SUED BY IRS OVER ALLEGED $3 MILLION TAX DEBT: According to RadarOnline, Ja Rule and his wife Aisha are being sued for refusing to pay $3 million in back taxes. According to court docs, the suit claims that the money is owed for the years 2005-2010 and 2012-2017. The government says the two owe a total of $3,139,237.76. The IRS claims they have demanded the payment several times, but Ja hasn't responded.
