DOJA CAT SAYS SHE WILL RETIRE AFTER SHE FINISHES HER COMMITMENTS: Doja Cat has doubled down that she still plans to retire but she will finish all of her upcoming commitments. She said, “For those who are seeing me at the after hours tour, I’m not bailing. But me not bailing doesn’t mean my a– isn’t gonna disappear right after. I still got s— I gotta do. and a lot of y’all think cuz I post a f—in picture it means I’m not out. Pic doesn’t = music GOOFY.” She added, “So yes that still means I got videos to film I got performances to do and I got content to drop so I’m pooping it out and dippin. I ain’t gone yet.”
LATTO SAYS HER RECORD LABEL TRIED TO SILENCE HER FROM RESPONDING TO SOCIAL MEDIA CRITICISM: In an interview with Joe Budden, Latto revealed that her record label has tried to silence her from clapping back online. She said, “There's just so much stuff that I'm going through right now that I just didn't know that people do. It's the business stuff that just like — it's frustrating you because you can't speak on certain stuff. They tell you to shut the f*ck up but it's like this is what I'm going through. B*tch, I don't want to shut the f*ck up.” She continued, “On the label side, they're like, 'You're on the Shade Room too much. Shut the f*ck up.' And the fans like, 'shut the f*ck up. You clout chasing.' Or, I'm like, I'm venting? I keep saying 'Be Beyoncé to these b*tches.' I be like, 'What would Beyonce do?' Beyoncé ain't going back and forth with a fake page.”
OL' DIRTY BASTARD DOCUMENTARY COMING TO A&E: Reports say that a biography on the life of Ol' Dirty Bastard is coming to A&E. Biography: Ol' Dirty Bastard will become the first official documentary about the Wu-Tang icon. A press release said, “With exclusive rights to a never-before-seen personal archive shot by his wife, Icelene Jones, and access to his closest friends and family, this culture-defining special humanizes ODB as a man, a father, and a husband like never before. This definitive documentary is co-directed by Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Director Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI, Black Art: In The Absence of Light) alongside his son Jason Pollard (Get Me Roger Stone, B*tchin’ The Sound and Fury of Rick James) providing an intimate picture of ODB’s life and reflecting on his lasting impact on music and culture.” Icelene said in a statement, “I am thrilled to tell the full story of my husband. With this documentary the world will learn about the son, the husband, the father, and the artist. I’m proud of the team that we built, including Pulse, my producing partners Nicole Beckett and Messiah Jacobs at Four Screens, and our directing team, the Pollards.”
