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HOUSTON, TX - Bun B has already established himself as one of Houston''s finest MCs and he''s about to make even bigger waves in the city''s culinary department thanks to his tasty Trill Burgers.On Wednesday (June 7), the UGK legend finally opened the doors of his inaugural brick-and-mortar location in Houston. The 3,236-square-foot outlet will be the brand''s home for the next six months while the owners find a permanent spot for it.ADVERTISEMENT"It''s been a dream for us, and it''s actually coming true," the rapper said. "It''s been our sole goal to open up an establishment where we can serve you guys Trill Burgers consistently at a high level on a daily basis. And now we''re ready to do it. We are now officially open for business, ready to serve you."Located in the Montrose neighborhood of Houston, the newly opened restaurant features a drive-thru and was formerly home to one of Houston''s longest-running James Coney Island locations. You can find the restaurant at: 3607 S Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77098Launched in Houston in 2021 with a series of pop-ups, Trill Burgers was crowned "best burger in America" by Good Morning America last summer. It''s also received celebrity co-signs among the likes of James Harden, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss and more - with the latter noting that the burgers are "like a Dr. Dre beat."Bun B has been active in the Hip Hop community for over three decades now, but his love for food only came to light recently. In an interview with HipHopDX last year, the lifelong food enthusiast explained how he ended up in the burger business

Tyler, The Creator has spoken highly about NBA YoungBoy, describing his experience working with the Baton Rouge rapper on "WUSYANAME" as nothing but pleasant.Tyler joined the Rap Radar Podcast, where he dished on his interactions with YoungBoy and described him as a "sweetheart" - which may come as a surprise to some given the menacing persona he portrays in his music. "Man, he's so nice. He's such a sweetheart," Tyler said. "He's really a sweetheart. People think he's like ... Dude, we got ice cream, he wanted to go vintage car shopping. He sent me that verse within a day. I asked him like, 'Yo, I got this idea. Want to do this?'"Not only did he deliver it for me and sounded great, he asked me, 'Is this okay? Is it good?' I'm like, 'Yeah!' And he stayed on topic. You get a lot of these guys now who just punch in and can't stay on fucking topic of a song."He added: "When I made that, I just knew I wanted that Louisiana drawl, tone, that accent over that loop. He sounds great."While some were surprised to see the worlds of Tyler and YoungBoy collide, the former Odd Future frontman went on to remind people that he's a producer at his core with a vast knowledge of and keen ear for all types of music."It's always funny to me when people are super surprised. People forget that I am a producer first," he said. "When you're a producer, you just know like, 'Aye, n-gga. Do that, put that.'"With my musical knowledge and how much I love it, if you take a step back, it's not that shocking. But at surface level, I guess people wouldn't expect someone like me to even wanna associate with a YoungBoy, but I love that shit. He's a sweetheart, man.""WUSYANAME" landed on Tyler, The Creator's sixth studio album CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, which dropped in June 2021. The song also featured Ty Dolla $ign and was built around a sample of H-Town's 1994 hit "Back Seat (Wit No Sheets)."RELATED NEWSTYLER, THE CREATOR RIPS APART 'TOP 5 RAPPERS' LISTS: 'WHO GIVES A F-CK?'JUNE 7, 2023It not only became the highest-charting track off the project, peaking at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, but it was nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance at the 2022 Grammy Awards.The song lost out to Kanye West, The Weeknd and Lil Baby's "Hurricane," but Tyler didn't go home empty-handed as CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST won the award for Best Rap Album.Revisit "WUSYANAME" below

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Shaquille O'Neal has one of the most extensive resum s in entertainment, and he's all set to add another skill set to his repertoire: music production.In a TikTok video posted yesterday (June 6), the NBA champion gave beatmakers and studio chefs a warning about his arrival in their domain. He can be seen cooking up his own tracks on an airplane with his headphones on, which suggests that he's already in the process of learning the craft.Whereas Shaq expressed his appreciation for the work producers do and even acknowledged that it requires a great deal of talent, he seems ready to take on the challenge. But it doesn't stop there - the big man wants to be the very best in the field.The TikTok caption reads as follows: "Learning production has made me realize just how talented yall really are damn.. but im learning a lil everyday and im coming for that throne.

Fabolous had quite the mouthful for Shiggy during a recent exchange regarding a visit to a strip club.In a video that surfaced online on Tuesday (June 6), Fab confronted the IG comedian in front of an audience about the incident. Apparently, the two, along with the rapper's entourage, visited a strip club hours before.Shiggy, who was spotted on camera, had allegedly picked up a bunch of money off the floor, and to make matters worse, he put it in the most conspicuous bag - a light green see-through bag filled with cash and champagne.Despite appearing slightly embarrassed that he had been caught red-handed, Shiggy seemed to take the jokes in stride. "Stealing ones with a see-through bag is crazy," Fab said while continuously zooming in on Shiggy's bag.However, when some of Fab's friends asked the viral sensation to throw some of the money, he didn't seem too inclined to oblige them.Check out the footage below:In other related news, Fabolous recently shared a heartwarming but funny story about the late Kobe Bryant and the time he pulled up to Fab's "Trade It All" video shoot.Over the weekend, the Brooklyn rapper sat down with The Starting Five podcast, where he fondly remembered the NBA great as the host talked about basketball fashion in Hip Hop - specifically, the sporting of basketball jerseys.RELATED NEWSDIDDY DECLARES NEW SINGLE WITH CITY GIRLS & FABOLOUS 'SONG OF THE SUMMER'MAY 25, 2023"Kobe came to the video," Fabolous said. "It was in Venice Beach, CA. I don't think the scene that he came in, I was wearing the jersey - but he came, though."The funniest part of him coming to the shoot was, you know, everybody's excited, Kobe's coming to the set. So [DJ] Clue was like, 'Yo, ask him if he wants to jump in and be in a cameo in the video.' I said, 'I ain't askin Kobe that. You ask him.'"He continued: "So, he went over there to ask him, Kobe, and Kobe said, 'Naw,' you know? 'I just came to show some love to Fab.' Clue, I think, was having a good moment and he wanted to turn it into a great moment. Shoot for the stars. But it was cool, man. I wore his jersey.

Nicki Minaj's legal woes seem to keep piling up, with the Pinkprint rapper now being hit with a lawsuit from a West Hollywood jeweler over some alleged jewelry damage.According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the jeweler claims that after he loaned out some jewelry to Minaj, several of the pieces came back damaged. The lawsuit claims that Nicki's stylist Brett Alan Nelson entered into a contract with the Roseark jewelry store to loan the rapper some jewelry for a public appearance.Per the court documents, the store claims Nelson had been informed about the possibility of incurring fees if the jewelry is damaged under his watch.The jeweler claims that Nelson failed to return 66 pieces of jewelry by the agreed-upon deadline, and when he did finally return, there had been noticeable damage to a set of earrings and a leaf ring.The stylist had apparently also been sent invoices regarding the damage - which totaled around $26,239.50 plus interest - but didn't appear to respond.This was enough for Roseark jewelry store to move forward with suing both Nicki and her stylist. However, Minaj's attorneys disagree and declare not only is she not responsible but that the jeweler is just using her for publicity.A source close to the situation told TMZ that "everything was returned on time as promised," and issues were only raised after the alleged "damaged" items had been back in the jeweler's possession for some time."We have not been presented with any evidence that any of the jewelry at issue was damaged by Nicki," her attorney, Jordan Siev, told TMZ. "This lawsuit appears to be nothing more than an ordinary insurance claim by the jeweler designed to generate publicity for itself and extract a payment to which it is not entitled. We will defend the lawsuit vigorously."RELATED NEWSNICKI MINAJ ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR FIRST ALBUM SINCE 2018'S 'QUEEN'JUNE 5, 2023This isn't the only pending legal situation Minaj is facing. The rapper is currently embroiled in a $75,000 lawsuit against a blogger who claimed she was a "cokehead."Her husband, Kenneth Petty, is also facing his own legal troubles. After allegedly refusing to obey a judge's order to settle his sexual assault lawsuit by Jennifer Hough; his alleged victim is demanding a legal intervention.Court documents obtained by HipHopDX reveal that despite the previous demands of Judge James R. Cho for both parties to reach a settlement, Petty has reportedly refused to cooperate. As a result, Hough - through her attorney, Tyrone Blackburn - has demanded a scheduling order."We are counsel to Plaintiff Jennifer Hough in the above-referenced matter. I write jointly with counsel for Defendant Kenneth Petty," Mr. Blackburn wrote in his letter to Judge Cho. "As you know, the Court provided the parties with an opportunity to engage in private mediation. The parties participated in private mediation, but unfortunately, we were unable to reach a settlement. We would like to have a scheduling conference with the court to set a scheduling order."

Members of the legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan expressed a great desire to visit and revisit (in some cases) Trinidad and Tobago, while also paying homage to West Indian culture and creativity as a whole.Speaking with Overtime Media Director, Nigel Telesford (aka Uncle Wu of the Vox Magazine) at the CaliRoots Music Festival in Monterey, California last weekend, Wu-Tang member Corey "Raekwon" Woods admitted that the group had been heavily influenced by West Indian culture."West Indian culture has played a major role in Hip-Hop since Hip-Hop started man! Since Hip-Hop started! I''''m a real hip-hop dude so I''''ma tell you something that''''s real and like Rza told you earlier: where we grew up, we grew up around West Indians - they showed us how to survive, showed us how to eat even when we couldn''''t go out there and get real jobs and all that shit - they showed us how to make a business outta yuhself! They stand for something... Trinidad represent good food man and the women is bananas, you know that!"Wu-Tang visionary and producer Raheem "RZA" Diggs saluted the festival for bridging the gap between Reggae and Hip-Hop."We love Cali but the thing about this right here is its the CaliRoots Festival, which is a reggae festival and we grew up Brooklyn, Staten Island, Park Hill - we call it Shaolin - but we grew up around reggae and around West Indian culture all the time," he said."We were introduced to Reggae at a young age, but we represent Hip-Hop and its a beautiful thing to see as music evolved and the popularity of all the artists evolved to where you can get Wu-Tang and Cypress Hill along with some of the top Reggae acts - its a beautiful thing, yuhknowwhatImean."All the foundation members of the group were present and performed at the four-day festival except for Clifford "Method Man" Smith, who is currently engaged in filming episodes of the hit Power television series on the East Coast."It''''s a beautiful thing to see," added RZA, "when you get on the plane and the whole of the first class section is taken up with the Wu. We call it that long flight life."Paying further tribute to the West Indian community, Raekwon admitted that the two-toned wallabee Clarks himself and "Ghostface Killa" made famous in their raps and fashion photoshoots were inspired by West Indians also. "We first saw West Indians rocking those wallabee Clarks and that became me and Ghost''''s trademark, but we got it from y''''all and I want to say that and give y''''all your props man."The iconic group performed to a massive audience of over 10,000 patrons for just under two hours and delivered their classic hit songs alongside a live band and their DJ and Producer, Ronald "Mathematics" Bean, who is also responsible for designing the world-famous Wu-Tang symbol.Asked about the vision that has led to their nearly 30-year career in the industry, the RZA responded metaphorically as he often does, saying: "Well it started from a seed... and once it gets the chance to be nurtured it will grow into the beautiful tree you see today, then it produces more fruit and from there it keeps growing into an orchard and it just keeps growing. We started from a seed and now we''''re reaping what we''''ve sown."The group admitted they have many friends, relatives, and associates with West Indian and Trinidadian heritage and backgrounds, and Raekwon shared a chilling story about his recent visit to Trinidad in 2016."It was my birthday and I told my brother who''''s Trinidadian that I wanted to go to Trinidad for my birthday right. So I came through with my jewellery on and we stayed at a nice hotel and everything, but then they took us to one of the hoods - I don''''t remember the name, but the roads were dusty and there were lots of people outside drinking and chilling and s**t," he recalled with passion."Now I''''ve been to places all around the world and I never tuck my chain in but that part of Trinidad right there , made me feel like I was back in Brooklyn in 86 or something. We was safe, but I seen the look in some of those cats eyes like I was fresh meat or something and I''''m telling you God, I NEVER tuck my chain but that time in Trinidad there - I tucked my chain under my jersey man. People don''''t know how real it is in Trinidad, so shout outs to Trinidad and all the hoods and those real ngz out there."In This Story: Raekwon, 

Mary J. Blige has revisited the unpaid tax nightmare that consumed her back in 2016, and admitted that at the time she "owed hundreds of millions of dollars."Blige returned to Atlanta over the weekend to speak at her 2nd annual Strength Of A Woman Festival, which also featured appearances from Summer Walker, Ciara DJ Drama and others.During her panel, Blige reflected back on that harrowing time in which the Internal Revenue Service accused the multi-platinum-selling singer of owing $1,198,161 in back taxes. However, Blige said the situation was far worse than anyone imagined, and said it just demonstrated the importance of financial literacy."Speaking of taxes, I owed so much money I never thought I'd ever get out of debt," Mary J. Blige explained. "I'm out of debt now, but I mean I owed hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. Now I have the wisdom, now I look at my payroll that's not my money. My taxes are not my money ... so I'm like, 'Pay my payroll, pay my taxes, pay my ties, all of that money I don't even wanna see it because it doesn't belong to me."She continued: "And that's how I was moving period. I was moving like that period but no one listened to me. When I was married I was like, 'Pay my taxes, pay my ties,' but they didn't listen to me. He was in control of everything."Take a look at Mary's comments below:
Blige was likely referring to her contentious divorce from her husband and manager Martin "Kendu" Isaacs back in 2016. In an interview with The Breakfast Club last year, the singer admitted her Good Morning Gorgeous track "Rent Money" was partially inspired by Isaacs's irresponsible spending of her income which led to her going into debt."I had to pay all this alimony [when I got divorced] and I had no money to pay it. I had to go on tour to pay it," she said at the eight-minute mark. "I had to go on tour to pay the rent 'cause he had spent all the money. By the time I got to the deposition and saw everything that he did, I didn't have a dollar left. He spent everything, and he knew he spent everything but he was still asking me for more money."RELATED NEWSMARY J. BLIGE CELEBRATES BLACK WOMEN WITH LAUNCH OF NEW HBCU SCHOLARSHIPMAY 4, 2023The comments come after it was recently announced that Mary J. Blige has inspired two more original movies in the works based on her music catalog.Lifetime announced it would be collaborating with Blige for two films based off Blige's biggest hits, "Real Love" and "Strength of a Woman." The movies will air on back-to-back Saturdays, beginning June 10 at 8 p.m. Blige will serve as an executive producer on both under her production banner, Blue Butterfly, with co-producers Ashaunna Ayars and Nicole Jackson.Mary J. Blige herself is no stranger to getting in front of the camera and is currently starring as Monet Tejada in Power Book II: Ghost. 

Boosie Badazz can turn the most monotone conversations into an animated debate with ease and he did it again while recalling a recent McDonald's drive-thru encounter.Boosie stopped by The Breakfast Club last week where DJ Envy brought up the McDonald's jelly debacle days prior and the Baton Rouge personality immediately turned disdainful."You know what them fucking people be doing. They did it to you too. Fucking sauces bitches they give you one jelly," he began. I'm not doing it, bro. That pissed me off that day because I've been going to McDonald's forever, bro. I get in my feelings with certain shit and it happened in the airport before that."I'm like, 'Can I get a couple more jellies?' She said, 'You got one biscuit.' I like my shit sloppy you know I like my shit hanging off when you squeeze that bitch. I feel like they're not being paid extra to not give you jelly."He continued: "If you was getting paid an extra fucking fee by me - man, throw two more fucking in the jelly thing this big. You can't throw three [or] four more jellies? You love your job too fucking much you gon' be working there a long time, bitch!  The incident went down late last month when the rapper rolled through the golden arches drive-thru for some breakfast while on IG Live. Despite confirming with the employee that the jelly he'd asked for was in the bag, Boosie was quite perturbed to learn that he only got two of the four he'd requested."Damn you stingy wit the jelly," he said to the camera as he drove off. "Hate when they act like that wit the fuckin jelly. You is not getting no fucking raise to get no fucking jelly."Fucking two-pack? I should go back. Stupid ass. Told her four jellies. She gave me two. I hate when they act like that with fucking jelly." He continued: "That is not your fucking jelly. Fucking jelly. They got so much of that shit in there. Acting like that with the jelly. You ain't gon' get no raise for not giving a n-gga no jelly."Meanwhile, Boosie Badazz, who has made it very clear on numerous occasions that he has no tolerance when it comes to snitching, recently shutdown the possibility of collaborating with Gunna - even if there was a big bag attached to it.In the Baton Rouge rapper's opinion, no amount of money is good enough for him to work with Gunna, who he dubbed a "rat" - not even $1billion. "I don't wanna talk about a rat," he said.Boosie did his best to tread lightly but made it clear he didn't want to "incriminate" himself by mentioning what he would do if allowed to do business with a rat for a billion dollars

A SPECIAL CELEBRATION TONIGHT FOR A TREASURE COAST FAMILY. TAKE A LOOK. TWO SISTERS AND THEIR BROTHER IN LAW ALL GRADUATING COLLEGE TOGETHER NOW PROUD GRADUATES OF KEISER UNIVERSITY RECEIVING THEIR DIPLOMAS AT THE PORT SAINT LUCIE CAMPUS. IT'S HUMBLING AND EXCITING AT THE SAME TIME. LIKE, I KNOW MY MOM IS LOOKING FROM ABOVE SAYING YES, YES, GIRL, YES. WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GIVE UP WHEN SHE PASSED ON, WE PRESSED ON. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WE WANT TO SEND A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THREE NEW GRA