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Empire Celebrates Roster BET Awards Nominees with Star-Studded Brunch

June 28, 2023 ItsHipHop Leave a comment

EMPIRE, the renowned independent music powerhouse, hosted an exclusive and star-studded brunch in Los Angeles to celebrate the upcoming BET Awards. The event was held to honor EMPIRE’s own nominees and recent achievements, including Peezy for Video of the Year, King Combs for Best Collaboration, PJ Morton for the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspiration Award, and Asake for Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act.

The brunch, hosted by Ghazi, the Founder and CEO of EMPIRE, gathered a remarkable lineup of artists and friends affiliated with the label. Dreezy, Mozzy, Key Glock, Rotimi, Allstar JR, G Perico, Lil Twist, T-Rell, K Camp, June Freedom, Sauce Walka, Shaboozey, Tyla Yaweh, Yatta Bandz, RMC Mike, and more were in attendance. Notable TV stars such as Shannon Thornton from P-Valley and Masika Kalysha from Love & Hip Hop, along with industry veterans and radio/DJ personalities like Angela Yee, DJ Hed, Swaggy Sie, DJ R-Tistic, and Iesha Irene, also graced the event. The day featured performances by D Smoke and Eric Bellinger, who entertained the guests with their chart-topping hits.

Upon arrival, guests were welcomed with a pink carpet and an elegant ice sculpture before entering a glass room adorned with vibrant floral arrangements in the heart of West Hollywood. The event featured specialty cocktails by Grand Marnier, offering a delightful fusion of cognac and exotic bitter orange liqueur. Attendees could indulge in a customized Grand Marnier cabana photo moment. Other sponsors included luxury bag brand Tote & Carry, refillable and recyclable water brand Pathwater, cannabis brand Don Perico, and Meta, which provided a Photo Booth to capture memorable moments from the event.

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Inayah Shares Her Ode To Real Love In “Most Girlz” Visuals

August 21, 2022 ItsHipHop Leave a comment

Just ahead of her forthcoming sophomore album, Insecure, Inayah shares her ode to real love with her single and accompanying visual, “Most Girlz.”

EMPIRE’s R&B songstress on the rise is known for wearing her heart and soul on her sleeve. The Houston native bears it all on this track honoring reciprocated love from a significant other while embracing inner insecurities.

“I keep putting you in positions that should make you want to leave, but you just keep, you keep lovin’ me harder,” sings Inayah.

The new single/video highlights Inayah in her realest and rawest form and includes a cameo from her real life, love of her life playing opposite of her making for an authentic on screen chemistry.

““Most Girlz” is a story of transparency about how we juggle our deepest insecurities without realizing that there’s someone in our life that will love us through it! Often, we’re so settled into our flaws that the love surrounding us goes unnoticed. ‘Cause “Most Girlz” don’t find love in the city…. a thought that lives in the back of the minds of many who feel unworthy of ever being someone’s “person.” Allowing ourselves to be loved above all of our deeply buried, self critiquing feelings, is a challenge in itself but…. it is one that can be conquered,” shared Inayah.

“Most Girlz” follows the May release of “Always Something.” You can watch and stream it below.

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Quality Control Music, Empire, and Top Dawg Entertainment Enter Investment & Partnership With Social Platform Riff

September 21, 2021 ItsHipHop Leave a comment

If you have yet to tap into it, social platform Riff may need to be on your radar. Three music powerhouses, Quality Control Music, Empire and Top Dawg Entertainment have invested and former a partnership with Riff. In addition, QC’s COO, Kevin “Coack K” Lee, will join Riff’s Board of Directors.

“Riff created an entirely new category – culture media,” said Coach K. “It combines the best of everything we do on social media. It was a no-brainer investment for QC.”

Riff is driven by a rapidly growing and diverse team of 75% women and persons of color with investors including the cream of the crop in Silicon Valley and the biggest artists and musicians in Hip-HOp and Country music. The platform is led CEO and Stanford engineer Kara Katz, CTO and Stanford computer scientist Steve Petersen, and EVP, Morehouse alumni and entertainment executive Brandon “BL” Lewis.

Riff blends voice and video chat with music, allowing room-based interactions between creators, friends and fans. For artists, Riff provides new revenue models and opportunities for any creator where they can live-stream and interact directly with fans, show off talents, host listening parties and drop albums and merch all inside the app.

“Tech innovation and music go hand in hand and Riff is leading the new wave for apps,” said TDE CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith. “I’ve always been about reaching for the next level challenge, so I’m excited for TDE to invest in this breakthrough.”

“The Riff tech is world class,” said EMPIRE CEO / Founder Ghazi Shami. “Riff’s ability to integrate the best facets of social media is next level. EMPIRE is all in to leverage Riff on behalf of our global artist roster.”

You can learn more about Riff here.

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Blackground Records 2.0 Announces ‘More Than A Women – The Aaliyah Experience’ in NYC

September 8, 2021 ItsHipHop Leave a comment

Blackground Records 2.0 is partnering with Aaliyah for the pop-up event “More Than A Woman – The Aaliyah Experience” to honor the late music icon and her legacy.

The influence of Aaliyah has crossed generations and is found in mood boards, fashion collabs, and more. The experience is produced by Six Degrees and will have sponsorship from Pandora. Aaliyah’s career and life will be brought to fans in an immersive New York City multi-set.

The experience will be on Sept. 10 from 11 am to 6 pm. Tickets will be available on Tuesday, 9/7 starting at 9 AM ET on http://morethanawoman.splashthat.com/. The event will be complying with the current New York City indoor requirements. For more information, please visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccines-keytonyc.page.

In August, Blackground Records 2.0 announced its partnership with EMPIRE to bring Aaliyah’s catalog to streaming services worldwide. The partnership was designed upon Blackground’s commitment to introduce Aaliyah and Blackground’s legacy to a new audience, re-engage longtime fans, and educate new fans about Aaliyah and Blackground’s undeniable impact on culture, fashion, visual art, music, and more.

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‘Empire’ Star Bryshere Gray To Do Jail Time After Pleading Guilty in Felony Domestic Violence Case

May 24, 2021 ItsHipHop Leave a comment

Bryshere Gray who is best known for his role as Hakeem Lyon on Empire pleaded guilty to his felony domestic violence case.

TMZ reports that Gray pleaded guilty to “felony aggravated assault and, as part of his plea agreement, he’s been sentenced to 10 days in county jail and 3 years probation.”

Additionally, Gray has been ordered to pay restitution and enroll in a domestic violence offender program.

He will be required to submit a drug test and isn’t allowed to possess any weapons or firearm during his probation period.

Gray must also check in with his probation officer 72 hours after being contacted by law enforcement and receive written approval before interacting with anyone with a criminal record.

Back in July Bryshere Gray was accused of domestic violence by his wife and had a standoff with SWAT outside of his Phoenix home.

“The woman had flagged down a citizen for help moments earlier at another nearby gas station stating that she had been assaulted at her Goodyear home for the last several hours by her husband,” the Goodyear police statement reads. “The citizen then drove the victim to the Circle K and called 911. The victim told police her husband was Bryshere Gray, an actor on the TV series ‘Empire.’”

After speaking with Gray’s wife, police went to the home but Gray would not come out leading to a barricade situation that required SWAT and Crisis Negotiation teams.

Gray would surrender at 7 a.m. on July 13. He was booked into Maricopa County Jail on charges of aggravated assault (strangulation), assault (domestic violence), and disorderly conduct.

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Terrence Howard Reportedly Sends Cease and Desist To Producers of His Most Recent Film ‘Triumph’

May 19, 2021 ItsHipHop Leave a comment

Terrence Howard is unhappy about the release of his most recent film, Triumph, and threatened to sue the producers.

TMZ reports that Howard sent a cease and desist letter to employees at Cinemark, Digital Ignition Entertainment, Argonaut Entertainment Partners and others, alleging that his name, image, and likeliness has been used without his permission.

The Empire actor’s involvement in the film was “conditioned upon the satisfaction of material monetary and non-monetary promises made by the producers, which never happened.”

Howard’s attorney says that the producers acknowledged that he didn’t provide a release form as recently as April. However, he’s still featured heavily in the promotion, portraying a wrestling coach.

Digital Ignition Entertainment tells the outlet, “The producers made this film with a mission to help advance awareness of Cerebral Palsy and to do our part to promote inclusion in film. We couldn’t be more proud of the job our cast and crew did to highlight the remarkable accomplishments of the writer of the film, who has Cerebral Palsy, and the lead actor of the film, RJ Mitte, who is also diagnosed with cerebral palsy.”

Triumph stars Terrence Howard and Breaking Bad’s RJ Mitte, who portrays a High School wrestler with cerebral palsy.

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Lee Daniels & Juicy Smolliét aka Jussie Smollett Allegedly Stopped Speaking Because Of R. Kelly

April 10, 2020 ItsHipHop Leave a comment

Jussie Smollett Stopped Speaking With Lee Daniels Because of R.Kelly

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Empire’s final season set to end early and Juicy Smolliét came out from hiding all because of the Rona, Page Six is reporting the actor/singer is no longer talking to his old boss Lee Daniels and it has nothing to do with getting fired.

According to the publication, Smollett, and Daniels not being on good speaking terms happened way before Jussie allegedly hired brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo to throw a noose around his neck in staged racists homophobic attack. The real issue was the Empire creator wanted Jussie to work with the king of R&Pee, R.Kelly, on creating songs for his character on the show as well as his music career. Smollett was totally against the idea.

Per Page Six:

One point of contention, we’re told, was that Daniels wanted now-disgraced musician Kelly to write songs for Smollett’s “Empire” character — and even suggested that Kelly work on the actor’s own album.

But we’re told Smollett wanted nothing to do with Kelly, who already had a bad reputation in the music industry. Smollett “put his foot down,” the source said. (A Fox rep denied Kelly ever wrote for the show or that Daniels asked him to do so.)

Page Six was also told that Smollett would complain about Daniels to Fox Execs quite often. The insider detailed Lee Daniels frustration with the way how Jussie moved stating:

“It was things like that that did not sit well with Lee,” said the insider. “He [was frustrated by] Jussie because he was constantly going over his head to Fox about their creative differences.”

Welp.

Daniels refutes Page Six’s reporting and in statement claims:

“The information regarding my relationship with Jussie prior to his departure from ‘Empire’ is false.” And “I have no personal or professional relationship with R. Kelly. I never have.”

Meanwhile, Juicy is still in hot water with the city of Chicago. Back in March, he lost his court battle to have the new charges levied against him thrown out.

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