This week, Drake released Summer Sixteen, the lead single off his upcoming album, Views From The 6. Throughout the track, the Young Money artist name-drops a string of rappers and fires off a slew of jabs at long-standing rival Meek Mill. Following the premiere of the track last Saturday (January 30), Meek Mill dropped War Pain.
Meek Mill Fires Back At Drake With War Pain
Shortly after the premiere of Drakes Summer Sixteen, Meek Mill hit back with a new release of his own in the form of War Pain. The track, which is produced by Ben Billions and Danny Boy Styles, features Omelly whos currently signed to Meek Mills Dream Chasers Records.
Drake Releases Summer Sixteen Off Views From The 6
Drake premiered Summer Sixteen via his OVOSOUND RADIO show on Apple Musics Beats 1 last Saturday (January 30). The track acts as the lead single to the Toronto rappers highly anticipated, upcoming album, Views From The 6. Throughout the cut, Drizzy takes aim at Meek Mill and fellow Toronto rapper-singer-songwriter,Tory Lanez.
Amber Rose & Kim Kardashian Appear To Hash It Out Following Kanye & Wiz Feud
Amber Rose and Kim Kardashian were pictured together at the Ace of Diamonds Gentlemens Club in Los Angeles earlier this week. The picture, which both Rose and Kardashian posted to their Instagram accounts, raised the eyebrows of many as Kardashians husband,Kanye West, and Roses estranged husband, Wiz Khalifa, exchanged a series of disses at one another over Twitter late last month.In a short video published this past Tuesday (February 2), HipHopDXs Brooke Morre gave a brief rundown of the picture that had everybody talking.
This weeks Top 10 is as follows:
Meek Mill f. Omelly War Pain
Drake Summer Sixteen
Amber Rose & Kim Kardashian Hash Out at Strip Club [Video]
Future f. Nas March Madness (Remix)
Quentin Miller Mentions
Future Fly s**t Only
Scott Storch Talks Drake, Jay Z, Dr Dre & Hip Hop Industry [Video]
Future In Abundance
Noah 40 Shebib On The Smokebox
DX Daily Martin Shkreli: I"ll Smack Ghostface Killah [Video]
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Singers Maurice White (left) and Philip Bailey of the band Earth, Wind and Fire perform during the inaugural Grammy Jam Fest at the Wiltern Theatre December 11, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. (Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)
After decades crafting funk, soul and disco hits with the seminal R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White died in his sleep on Thursday, according to his brother. He was 74.
White revealed hed been living with Parkinsons disease in 2000, the same year Earth, Wind & Fire joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ten years later, White was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, along with several of his bandmates.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) Rap star and Philadelphia native Meek Mill was sentenced Friday for violating his probation for a fourth time since a 2009 conviction.
Judge Genece Brinkley gave rap star Meek Mill whose real name is Robert Williams 90 days house arrest, starting March 1st, for violating probation on 2009 drug and gun charges. Williams defense attorney brought several character witnesses to testify about changing his life path for the better. Assistant District Attorney Noel Ann DeSantis has been with the case from the beginning.
I think it is a very fair decision, and I hope the defendant takes the excellent opportunity that the judge has given him, and proves her correct in her vision of his career.
Williams superstar girlfriend, Nicki Minaj was in the courtroom during sentencing, and Judge Brinkley asked her if she would be there to help him continue on the right path, to which Minaj smiled and nodded. During his sentence, Williams will only be allowed to leave the house for community service approved by the judge.
Wiz Khalifa Talks Potentially Working With Kanye West Watch Wiz Khalifa & The Roots perform "Bake Sale" sans Travi$ Scott.
Wiz Khalifa is currently in NYC pimping his new albumKhalifa.Amber Rose made an appearance at the officialKhalifalistening party Wednesday night to show support for Sebastian"s dad. Thursday night he stopped by 30 Rock to perform "Bake Sale"on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Travi$ Scott was not present to reprise his role, but Wiz held it down, thanks in large part to his colorful cardigan... that thing is outstanding. Having The Roots around didn"t hurt either.
After you watch Wiz" performance be sure to check out his brand new albumKhalifa, which features bangers aplenty.
Lip kit mania! Kylie Jenner gave fans a sneak peek at her latest Lip Kit color and it isn"t a sepia tone!
PHOTOS: Kylie Jenner"s Style Evolution
As part of a livestream on her website, Thekyliejenner.com, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 18, introduced a brand-new berry shade of matte gloss and liner much different than the nudes and browns of her first line. The new Kylie Lip Kits will be added online in February.
PHOTOS: Inside Kylie"s Dream Home
"I"m going to show you guys my new color for Valentine"s Day," she starts out on the stream, as she paints a swatch of the raspberry hue on her hand. "It is so pretty."
Kylie Jenner Courtesy TheKylieJenner.com
Jenner then proceeds to try out the shade on her lips. "Creamy," she notes. She says that the newest edition feels better than the originals, thanks to a brand-new "exclusive formula."
Another hue, which her friend Jordyn calls "Cocoa" in the background, is referenced in the video, but we"ll have to wait to see this one. "You guys can"t see this color, "cause it"s a secret, Jenner teases.
Kylie Jenner Courtesy TheKylieJenner.com
Jenner assures fans who were left empty handed after the kits sold out online that she"ll be more prepared this time around. "I"m sorry, you guys are just so amazing and you keep buying them," she says. "But I"m making a whole lot more so that I can always be stocked up!"
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Transcript for Bernie Madoff: After the Fall Part 3
Reporter: High in his penthouse apartment under house arrest, Bernie Madoff was barricaded from the press and isolated. Both his sons cut off contact with their father, as Stephanie told us in 2011. He was so furious with Bernie that he didn"t want to talk to him ever again. Reporter: And when Ruth decided to stick by her husband, that loyalty was a betrayal to mark. He was very conflicted when it came to his mom. He couldn"t bring himself to see her, because he couldn"t understand how she could -- continuously stand by this man who ruined so many lives. Reporter: His bewilderment only grew when a bizarre gift arrived. A large envelope addressed by Ruth with no return address. He just puts his head down, and he just starts to cry. He"s like, "They"re all my father"s watches." And in the envelope were about 11 to 13 of Bernie"s super-fancy watches. And then, he said, look what you got. And it"s this five-foot long diamond chain necklace. Reporter: The package contained over $1 million in jewelry sent, uninsured, by regular mail. They immediately turned it over to the authorities. Again, Bernie and Ruth were putting us in jeopardy. Reporter: On the day Bernie got sentenced, mark refused to watch the news. Mark said, you know, that"s what he should get. He destroyed, you know, our family. He should go to jail for the rest of his life. Reporter: Even behind bars, he was still filled with bravado, writing to Stephanie about his life in prison. As you can imagine, I am quite the celebrity, and am treated like a mafia don. They call me either uncle Bernie or Mr. Madoff. I can"t walk anywhere without someone shouting their greetings and encouragement, to keep my spirit up. Reporter: When Stephanie read that letter, she was outraged by his hubris. Smoking p****d, and sick to my stomach. Reporter: As for mark, he was trying to find work, but the Madoff name was toxic on wall Street. Nobody wanted any part of him, and that was very hurtful to him, because these were guys who had looked up to him and respected him. Reporter: After months of struggling with anxiety and depression, he tried to commit suicide, leaving these bitter words for his father -- Now you know how you have destroyed the lives of your sons by your life of deceit. Reporter: That failed suicide attempt was a turning point for mark and Stephanie. We made a commitment to each other again. This was not going to rule our lives anymore. Reporter: For awhile, it seemed that life was slowly going back to Normal. Stephanie, now a mother of two, was studying to become a family counselor. Mark got a job working for a real estate newsletter. He would come home from work every day happy. And I -- you know, it was the mark I knew. I was getting him back, you know? He wasn"t being brought down by all this c**p that had been thrown his way. Reporter: But on the second anniversary of the arrest, a devastating turn. Stephanie was on a trip with her mother and 4-year-old daughter. I got a text from mark saying that the trustee had just sued my 4 and1/2-year-old daughter for $11,000 that Bernie and Ruth had gifted her. And I just, I was furious for that moment being ruined again for me yet again by what Bernie Madoff had done. Reporter: Mark was completely unhinged by the lawsuit. I saw my husband fall down that same rabbit hole again. I texted him, enough, like, enough of this. You have to stop letting them beat you up. I can"t take this anymore. Reporter: Neither could mark. And when she woke up the next morning, he had sent her two cryptic e-mails during the night. The first one was, in the subject line, said, "Help." In all caps. And the contents said, "Please send someone to cake of nick." The next one said in the subject line, "I love you." I just knew in my gut that something was wrong, something was very, very wrong. Reporter: The shame of being a Madoff had finally overcome his will to live. With his 2-year-old son, nick, in the next room, he hanged himself from a beam in the apartment. I had such rage. I had such anger, in that moment, such anger at Bernie Madoff. Such anger at Ruth Madoff. And such anger at my husband, at that time, for leaving me. Reporter: Mark left no farewell note for his parents. My husband felt very abandoned by his mom. And he just never got over the fact that she chose Bernie Madoff over her son. Reporter: After mark"s death, Bernie wrote to Stephanie, saying, "I blame myself for everything that has happened and nothing will ever change this." P.s. Stephanie, Ruth has little to live for other than our family. It was very difficult to give me up after a life of 55 years together, which she now has done. I hope you can share each other"s love. So narcissistic. Reporter: The life once brimming with promise on her wedding day was now replaced by bittersweet memories and questions. All those same people out there who think my house was part of his father"s crimes, you know, claim that he killed himself because he must have known something and that couldn"t be further from the truth. My husband"s death was only proof of his pain. Reporter: To protect her children, she changed their family name. Today, Stephanie is no longer a Madoff. I feel sad for him, about all the things he"s missing with nick and Audrey. Every day, they do something that I know he would find hilarious. I will never let it define my two children for the rest of their lives. Have I forgiven yet? No. I hate Bernie Madoff. If I saw Bernie Madoff right now, I would tell him that I hold him fully responsible for killing my husband. And I"d spit in his face.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
How Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick Survived Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme
February 4, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Richard Dreyfuss On Life And Bernie Madoff
Actor Richard Dreyfuss joins us on his new role as Ponzi scheme villain Bernie Madoff and a career of being Dreyfuss.
Richard Dreyfuss as financier and Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff in a scene from the ABC mini-series Madoff,.Eva Kaminsky/ABC)
Bernie Madoff was the biggest swindler with the biggest Ponzi scheme in American history. Now hes in prison but back in the public eye in a new made-for-TV drama, played by one of the longest-running marquee names in Hollywood. Actor Richard Dreyfuss made his name as the star of Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Hollands Opus and more. Now hes Madoff. And with us. This hour On Point, actor Richard Dreyfuss on a life in film, and the Bernie Madoff story.
Tom Ashbrook
Guests
Keri Geiger, reporter on the financial investigations team at Bloomberg News. (@GeigerWire)
Richard Dreyfuss, Oscar-winning film and television actor. He stas in the new ABC mini-series, Madoff. Known for his roles in Jaws, American Graffiti, Mr. Hollands Opus, The Goodbye Girl and many more. (@richarddreyfuss)
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NPR News:Richard Dreyfuss: Like It Or Not, Theres A Bit Of Bernie Madoff In All Of Us If you know the story, you cant really pull for him. If you dont know the whole story, youre taken by his charm. He has to be a guy who you really like or else he wouldnt have been successful, you know, taking your money. Everyone liked him until they hated him.
New York Times:In Madoff, What He Was Thinking What the production lacks in moral dimension or psychological acuity it occasionally makes up for in entertainment value. The first night, especially, offers some snappy comedy as it delineates how Mr. Madoff and a few trusted employees carried out their titanic fraud under the noses of the rest of his firms employees, including his two sons.
The Atlantic:ABCs Madoff Is a Bad Investment Madoff keeps things oddly light-hearted, considering the weight of the ex-financiers crimes. To be sure, Dreyfuss excels at disguising Bernies worst traits beneath an avuncular, if tetchy, public persona. But the show is overlong at four hours, and only really at its best when its focusing on the mechanics of the biggest financial fraud in American history.
