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Hip-Hop Lives Here
Earlier this week, Lil Nas X dropped a teaser for what fans presume to be his upcoming album, DREAMBOY. He did so by announcing his new single, "Light Again," which is set to arrive this week. He dropped a promotional photo for the track, but unfortunately, not everyone was feeling it. In response to the announcement, dance artist Sega Bodega to X to accuse Lil Nas X of stealing his vision.
According to Sega Bodega, Lil Nas' promo photo looks eerily similar to the artwork for his own 2021 single, “Angel on My Shoulder.” Lil Nas shared the artwork for Bodega's single on his Instagram Story, calling it a “ref,” which the Bodega feels was not adequate. "Not even trying to put a spin on it is where I’m like yeesh," Bodega wrote in response to the image. "‘Look he did credit you in a photo that will disappear in 24 hours forever and no name whatsoever of artist or photographer! Be grateful! You lot sound ins*ne."
At the time of writing, Lil Nas X has yet to address Bodega's tweets. Upon first sharing the promotional image he inspired, however, he wrote a heartfelt message about how thankful he is for all of his supporters. "It just dawned on me how lucky i am to have all of you that still f*ck with me," it begins. "Bc i know it isn’t always easy! dreamboy isn’t just an album, it’s me coping with the loss of what once was and fighting for a new world. im so excited to bring you on the journey."
Lil Nas X teased his upcoming single back in March and expressed his eagerness to finally release it. "I don’t know how long I’m going to be able to have this s**t up, or I don’t know what my CEO thinks right now, or whatever," he said. "[…] Bro, these last couple years have been cr*zy, ’cause I’ve made so much music and I just want to release music. I just want to release music, but expectations are just, like… ins*ne."
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It's been over two years since PnB Rock was fatally shot at a Los Angeles Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles, and his death continues to weigh heavily on the hip-hop community. Earlier this week, True Crime News ran a report about the tragedy and unveiled never-before-seen-footage related to it. This includes a heartbreaking clip of his fiancée, Stephanie Sibounheuang, learning that he passed away.
In the clip, Sibounheuang fills out an incident report and asks for an update on PnB Rock. "My text messages, everybody is saying sorry for your loss," she explained. "What is the media saying? Is he OK?" Shortly after, police let her know that he passed away, leaving her in shock. Eventually, she broke down in tears over the devastating news. "He was all I had," she said. Ahead of the shooting, Sibounheuang shared a photo of her meal on her Instagram Story and tagged her location. This led to theories that her post could have helped PnB Rock's killers find him.
This theory appears to have been debunked by more new surveillance footage, however, which shows a restaurant employee placing a phone call shortly after PnB Rock walked in. Eventually, the gunman entered and shot him without any hesitation, which appears to contradict reports of a robbery gone wrong. Following the murder, Sibounheuang was falsely blamed by many including Kodak Black and Nicki Minaj, despite making it clear that she was struggling with the loss.
“I am 100% not ok,” she wrote on social media at the time. “If I wasn’t spiritual I could kill my self (but then I’ll go to hell and my man not there) My man saved my life, Throwing me under that table. I’m not supposed to be here but bc of him. I am. No one would be able to handle this. TBH, I can’t even handle this."
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