TooBusy enlists Billy Danze (M.O.P.) for “Married to the Blues” single/video. As of late, Danze has been leading a mission to bridge the generational gap in Hip-Hop, which is evident throughout the track. The respected OG is recognized as the bad mother*cker he is, who paved lanes and gave everything to the game. Now he’s leading future generations of lyrical warriors down his signature, yet evolved lane.
Soulful, jazzy undertones from the sax weave through knocking bass to heighten the incomparable wordplay spewed from Danze. This is a tough record sure to have ageless Hip-Hop heads stuck on repeat.
B. Smith, one of the country’s first high-profile black models who went on to become an author, restaurateur and lifestyle maven, has died after a seven-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 70.
Dan Gasby, Smith’s husband and caretaker, confirmed to USA TODAY that she died Saturday at home in Long Island, New York, in a statement provided by representative Jennifer Maguire.
“It is with great sadness that my daughter Dana and I announce the passing of my wife, Barbara Elaine Smith,” Gasby wrote, thanking doctors, caretakers, friends and fans who “helped us make B. comfortable in her final days. … Heaven is shining even brighter now that it is graced with B.’s dazzling and unforgettable smile.”
Smith began her career as a model before going on to host the syndicated television show “B. Smith With Style,” a half-hour show about home decorating and cooking. She owned three restaurants, all called “B. Smith,” wrote three cookbooks and launched several lines of home goods, including lines at Bed Bath & Beyond, La-Z-Boy and Walmart. Following a 2013 Alzheimer’s diagnosis, which she revealed in 2014, the lifestyle guru’s world grew more private, though she opened up about living with the disease in a 2016 book, “Before I Forget: Love, Hope, Help, And Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer’s.”
“I’m still myself. I just can’t remember things as well as I once did,” she wrote in the book co-authored by husband Dan Gasby and Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Shnayerson.
Smith and Gasby used the platform to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s, particularly within the black community.
“Alzheimer’s is a 21st-century civil rights issue,” Gasby told USA TODAY in 2016 in a video Skype interview with Smith at his side. “Two out of three people with Alzheimer’s disease are women. Blacks are two to three times more likely to have Alzheimer’s. … And it drives people into poverty, in many cases taking away the gains that a sizable and growing portion of people in the African-American community have made.”
Controversy ensued in Smith’s later years, when Gasby sparked outrage over acknowledging his relationship with another woman as he served as his wife’s caregiver.
Gasby said his wife of nearly three decades encouraged him to move on with his life after she learned of her diagnosis during a 2019 appearance on “The View.”
“When we got the diagnosis at Mount Sinai … she stopped me, put her hand on my arm and … she said to me, ‘I want you to go on,’ ” Gasby said at the time. “I’m not doing anything we didn’t discuss. … I could have easily placed her into a facility and I would not do that. This notion of vows, I’m keeping my vows. … Vows are to protect, to care for.”
Contributing: Cydney Henderson and Kim Painter, USA TODAY
Welcome to another week of dope ass releases to check out!!! I must say rest in peace to drill rapper, Pop Smoke. I still can not believe that I was just posting his new album release last week to be posting about his murder smh. We must do better people!
While we patiently wait for those income tax refunds to be deposited…you and your crew can vibe out to these dope releases that I am sure will have you ready to partake in a lituation. LOL
After almost 4 years I present to you my project “ Got It Made “ 2•21•20 the wait is over we going up and this mutha fucka slap 💁🏾♀️ flood my comments with ☂️’s and I’ll drop a song tonight 👀 Presave link in my bio pic.twitter.com/gMVaJ3nW8f
Up-and-coming rapper and leader in the Brooklyn drill movement, Pop Smoke, was killed Wednesday morning, his record label confirmed to the New York Times. The rapper, born Bashar Jackson, was in a Hollywood Hills home owned by Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave and her husband around 4:30 a.m. when an unknown number of men reportedly wearing masks and hoodies broke into the house. Per the Times, the men shot and critically wounded Pop Smoke. He was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a few hours later, according to a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department. The suspects have not been caught or identified. It’s unclear if Pop Smoke knew who they were. He was 20 years old.
“We are devastated by the unexpected and tragic loss of Pop Smoke,” Joseph Carozza, an executive vice-president at Republic Records, said. “Our prayers and thoughts go out to his family, friends, and fans as we mourn this loss together.”
Teddi Mellencamp extended her condolences on Instagram, confirming that the incident took place at her home. “Early this am we were informed by a 3rd party leasing and management company overseeing a rental home we own in Los Angeles that a shooting had taken place at the property,” she wrote in the caption. “Foremost, we would like to extend our prayers and condolences to the family and loved ones affected by this tragic loss of life.”
Pop Smoke’s hit “Welcome to the Party,” from his debut album Meet the Woo, achieved major success and was remixed twice with Nicki Minaj and grime artist Skepta. The Canarsie, Brooklyn native was one of the rappers on the forefront of the Brooklyn drill movement, a new version of the Chicago and London drill styles that came before it. His collaborations with U.K.-based producer 808Melo have earned praise from Nicki Minaj, Rico Nasty, and many more. Love from his collaborators, fans, and friends has already starting pouring in on social media.
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DENT Damage Entertainment Netwerk Television is a digital TV network created by David Indikator Fuller of Damage Entertainment, LLC. Damage TV began as an outlet to promote his flagship tv show, Enter The Zone, which premiered in August 2005. Since that time, as technology evolved, so did the goal and mission. In January 2015 Damage TV went live and featured Enter The Zone TV, as well as video shows, Island Flavors and Street Sounds Video, both produced by Mike Braxton of Get Money Filmz.
Other shows on the network include The Business, where the entrepreneurs are the stars, Real Education Television (R.Ed.TV) where education and classroom instruction is the focus and is hosted and executively produced by Dr. R. A. Slaughter PhD and Bookstore TV, a TV show for authors and writers hosted and executively produced by Dr. R.A. Slaughter and David Indikator Fuller. That show was inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner, Charles Fuller.
There is also a movie channel that features independent film shorts as well as other programming. The network and its shows have been featured on Comcast, Verizon, Dish, DirecTV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Prime, as well as television stations including WWJT TV, WMCN 44 and WACP TV4. “We are looking to add other content creators and shows to the network this year and can be contacted via social media links as well as DENTDamage.TV@gmail.com.”
Hon. Ronald Savage, the former member of the New York State Democratic Committee, Civil Rights Advocate, and owner of the Hip Hop Movement, announces opportunities to join the movement. The Hip-Hop pioneer is looking for like-minded purists to join the movement to grow its streaming channel on ROKU TV, which is currently buzzing worldwide.
“Hip Hop Movement streaming channel on Roku TV does not cater to the mainstream, it is a platform for indie artists striving to preserve the culture. The Hip Hop Movement is owned by a true pioneer, Ron “Bee-Stinger” Savage is in the building.”
Available positions, on an intern level, include choosing videos to post, marketing, establishing advertisers, along with hosts for the weekly Saturday video show streamed on ROKU TV.
For further details, or anyone interested in the positions, or looking to advertise on Hip Hop Movement contact Ron Savage directly at hiphopmovement.rokutv@gmail.com.
Enjoy a fat stash of draft beer from SweetWater’s cellar, a boatload of specialty brews, and the weirdest and wildest from The Woodlands barrel aging facility.
Be the first to try just-released 420 Strain: Insane OG Mexican Lager (a collab with B-Real) and 420 Strain: Trainwreck IIPA, and the 23rd Anniversary Ale, a foeder-aged sour IPA.
SweetWater’s brand spankin new Taproom will be open with a special Anniversary Party-perfect menu, plus a bevy of food trucks with tasty options.
With dates across the country paired with a stacked roster of performers, the Midwest/East Coast leg of the Slap Frost Revue is shaping up to be their most ambitious effort in their six year history. Rather than each artist performing on his own, the show has been transformed into a 75-minute combined set with an all-new, revue-style performance by Michael Marshall, Z-Man, DJ True Justice, Vocab Slick, and Equipto.
There will be plenty of merch available at each tour stop, along with ticket giveaways. All you have to do to enter is follow The Heart & Soul Of The Bay playlist on Spotify for a chance to win. This also gives fans and newcomers alike an opportunity to get more familiar with the entire lineup.
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