TEEN ACCUSES DIDDY OF STEALING HIS APP IDEA: Drixxon Kyser, a teen entrepreneuer from Newark, has accused Diddy of stealing his idea for an app called Circulate. The teen said that he has been working on the idea for the Circulate app for a year. Diddy announced last week that he was launching a project called Shop Circulate, set to appear in Fall 2021. The app's premise is to push forward Black businesses by selling goods “exclusively created and sold by Black entrepreneurs.” Kyser said in a video, “Have you ever had your heart ripped out of your chest?” Kyser went on to say, “For the past year, I’ve been building, developing, and promoting my Black business discover app called Circulate. This past Wednesday, P. Diddy announced he’s creating a black business discovery platform called Shop Circulate. This is what the Black entrepreneur faces all the time. We go underfunded, can’t get loans, don’t have a network to get resources from.”
T.I. RELEASES 'WHAT IT'S COME TO' VIDEO. ANNOUNCES FINAL ALBUM 'KILL THE KING': T.I. has opened up about the sexual assault allegations against himself and his wife Tiny in his new song and visual “What It's Come To.” He raps on the song, “In the fire, I reside like the money do/N*ggas tried wearing wires at the randevu. Don’t nothing kill a n*gga like needing money do/For nothing, peel n*ggas you sweet as honeydew. … Extortion, is that what you got your mind on shorty?” Tip also announced that he is gearing up to release his new album Kill The King, which he announced is his final album.
POOH SHIESTY ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING SECURITY GUARD: According to TMZ, rapper Pooh Shiesty was arrested yesterday (June 8th) and charged with aggravate battery with a deadly weapon. According to the police report, on May 30th, security was escorting Pooh out of the building when an altercation ensued between Pooh and the security staff over money that had reportedly fallen out of Pooh’s pants. The rapper allegedly pulled out a gun and fired off a round toward the ground. One of the security guards was hit in the right ankle and taken to a hospital. When cops arrived, Pooh had left the scene.
FETTY WAP CLAIMS 'TRAP QUEEN' IS THE REASON RAPPERS STARTED SOUNDCLOUD PAGES: Fetty Wap has claiemd that his song “Trap Queen” started SoundCloud rap. Fetty Wap chimed in on a conversation about who belongs on the Soundcloud rap Mount Rushmore. He said, “Soundcloud day was lit, 2015 I think I kick this sh*t off fr. I’m really the Soundcloud goat .. y’all n***as trippin … maybe y’all forgot… ‘Trap Queen’ the reason n***as started a Soundcloud.”
N.O.R.E. AND WIFE NERI TO APPEAR ON 'MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP': Reports say that rapper and podcast host N.O.R.E. and his wife Neri are set to appear on the upcoming season of Marriage Boot Camp. No word on when the season will air.
PHARRELL WILLIAMS TO OPEN PRIVATE SCHOOLS FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN VIRGINIA: Reports say that Pharrell Williams is set to open private schools for low income families in Virginia. According to The Virginia Pilot, the first school, Yellowhab, is set to open in Norkfolk's Ghent neighborhood in the fall. The location was selected after multiple families were displaced because of housing segregation and the upcoming redevelopment of three local public housing areas. The school will cater to children in third grade through fifth grade, and focus heavily on STEAM — science, technology, engineering, art, and math courses. Students won’t have to pay tuition for the first year. Pharrell Williams said in a statement, “If the system is fixed and unfair, then it needs to be broken. We don’t want lockstep learning where so many kids fall behind; we want bespoke learning designed for each child, where the things that make a child different are the same things that will make a child rise up and take flight.”
