This emergency is reportedly what caused the band to postpone its San Francisco show yesterday (Thursday, August 6), which was meant to take place alongside Lionel Ritchie at the Chase Center. Per the report, none of the group’s three longtime members were involved, these being Ralph Johnson, Philip Bailey, and Verdine White.

The Chase Center issued a statement about the concert’s postponement. They will announce a new date soon, and they urged ticket-holders to either keep their tickets for the rescheduled performance or seek refunds at their point of purchase.

TMZ also reported that the San Francisco Fire Department sent a fire engine and a private ambulance to respond to a cardiac incident at the venue. Reportedly, authorities transported one individual in critical condition to a local hospital. John Paris’ condition is unknown at press time.

Earth, Wind & Fire has sadly experienced hardship before, and fans are wishing Paris, his family, and his loved ones the best. Admirers continue to send messages of support online as they await more information.

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John Paris’ History With Earth, Wind & Fire

For those unaware, John Paris joined the legendary group in 2001. He performed on their late-era albums such as 2003’s The Promise, 2005’s Illumination, 2013’s Now, Then & Forever and 2014’s Holiday. Paris previously played with artists like Patti LaBelle, Bruce Hornsby, and Kelly Clarkson.

We will see if the band issues a statement or if we get a prompt follow-up on this development. We hope John Paris is able to recover from the medical emergency soon, and send our best wishes to his loved ones.

Earth, Wind & Fire have recently been low-key, enjoying their live shows and connecting with younger fans. Sadly, developments like these get in the way. Depending on how this plays out, we will see when the band will return to the Chase Center. It’s a scary moment, but fans are supporting John Paris and his group.

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This week, Stake announced that to commemorate the milestone anniversary, Drake will be hopping on a livestream to give away $1 million. The rapper will be streaming live for the giveaway, which begins at 9 p.m. EST on August 8th. 

Drake and Stake have been on a roll lately with the giveaways. With the release of ICEMAN and the success of “Janice STFU,” they partnered up to make it up to all the women named Janice who had to deal with the blowback of the song’s title. “Janice Day,” as it was referred to, saw Drake hand out wads of cash to women who got caught in the crossfire of the song’s success.

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Drake’s Giveaway Spree

However, Drake’s also been actively giving away bread on his own accord too. This week, the rapper held his third annual Strong Women, Stronger Drinks event at Toronto’s Casa Loma, where he dropped a big bag for the attendees. He reportedly gave $50,000 to 10 women in attendance and gifted a G-Wagon, too. In addition, all attendees received $1,000 in cash once they made it inside of the venue.

We can imagine that Saturday’s giveaway will also include some surprise guests, whether it’s some of his streamer buddies or OVO affiliates. 

In music-related news, Drake just came through with his first post-ICEMAN drop, a feature on Karol G’s single, “AHÍ.” Make sure you check out the song and rate it here. We’ll keep you posted on any further Drake-related updates. 

We’ll keep you posted on any further updates. 

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Release Date: August 7, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Tracklist for Newdrug2.

1. Encore.
2. Nightgown.
3. PainKillers.
4. Tattoos.
5. NotASong.
6. 808s.

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Release Date: August 7, 2026

Genre: R&B

Tracklist for X

1. How You Say My Name
2. Beautiful
3. Trust and Believe
4. For Me
5. I Wanna Know
6. Brunch
7. Set Fire
8. Down in Your Ways ft. Jozzy
9. Break Ties
10. Do You Get Angry

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As caught by DJ Akademiks on Instagram, Rozay uploaded a video ranting about folks clowning him for his album sales. “I’m a boss keeping it true to the culture,” he remarked. “If I wanted to sell 250K the first week, you think Rozay couldn’t have played that game them n***as play to sell a quarter million the first week? That s**t cheap. Them n***as y’all be talking about can’t even show you a motherf***ing palm tree in they front yard. This a $100 million house.”

Fif allegedly responded to this clip via IG. “HAHAHA This fool at a open house talking about 100 million dollar house, his house is available on air B&B WTF everything FAKE, the f**k outta here,” he reportedly wrote.

Ross had more to say in the video. “These n***as say they can sell 300 gazillion streams in the first week, but where your clothes line at, then?” he expressed. “Why you ain’t selling no shoes? You should be able to sell protein shakes if you sell that many streams. Y’all n***as should be selling peptides. You should be able to sell anything if those numbers weren’t inflated. Now Google all of their other assets outside of music. They spirits business, clothes business, everything else… Out of business.”

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Why Are Rick Ross & 50 Cent Beefing?

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For those unaware, Rick Ross and 50 Cent’s feud stretches back almost two decades ago when the former was becoming a star, stemming from an alleged shady look 50 gave the Maybach Music Group mogul at the 2008 BET Awards. They didn’t like each other from the jump. While there have been some disses on wax here and there, most of their conflict boils down to financial success, business endeavors, and relevance.

Most recently, Ross trolled 50’s new music plans, while the G-Unit mogul continues to mock Set In Stone‘s performance. We’ll see if they ever call a white flag, reconcile, or take things to the booth.

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The Toronto superstar graced his Colombian counterpart with a pre-chorus, harmonized chorus vocals, a brief brigde, and an outro interpolating his lyrics about Karol on MAID OF HONOUR‘s “New Bestie.” Elsewhere on the song, the instrumental is a pretty breezy and watery reggaetón beat pulling from Afrobeats rhythms and tones.

Overall, fans seem pretty happy with this release, even if it might not be up their alley genre-wise. After all, Karol G is a great melodic writer and performer, and matching these skills with The Boy works quite well.

Of couse, some fans will always bring up criticisms whenever he sings in another language, and others won’t be very impressed by the pop-centric and lyrically standard performance. But for the most part, folks are taking this as a summery jam for the party, and that’s not an insult.

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Karol G & Drake’s “Ahí”

Hopefully the two have more collaborations to share in the future. After all, Drake and Karol G are fans of each other, and have made that bond apparent over the years. He recently attended her show in Toronto and had an amazing time. Karol has spoken fondly of their dynamic in previous interviews and statements.

As such, many fans praised the chemistry on display, with others hoping for something a bit more punchy. The OVO mogul and Karol are so versatile, though, that anyone looking for their other sides will definitely find them on No Me Arrepiento De Sentir Tanto. In the former’s case, he just dropped three new albums with very distinct styles, showing off this variety.

Fans React

We will see how fan reception evolves and how this track performs commercially. Elsewhere, Drake might have more new music dropping soon. It’s been a very exciting year for him. It’s shaping up to be a massive one for Karol G as well.

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Per The Breakfast Club‘s cohost’s report on Twitter, the trustee filed documents requesting permission to sell his life rights. This would include the Roc-A-Fella executive’s voice, image, likeness, biography, and identifying characteristics. It also includes the right to portray his life story from childhood through the date of the petition. Legal documents reportedly show these rights could be auctioned and would include exclusive, worldwide rights to commercialize this life story in perpetuity.

Also, the trustee’s last filing reportedly expressed doubt in Dash actually being bankrupt. The trustee reportedly believes Dame Dash is developing a Roc-A-Fella documentary via over 100 hours of video footage, pictures, memorabilia, and more. It points to this alleged archival material as related to his life rights.

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Dame Dash Responds To Loren LoRosa

In a clip caught by 2Cool2Blog on Twitter, Dame called LoRosa out for this reporting. “They said they won’t let me go bankrupt. They don’t believe it,” he expressed. “No one reported that… But what The Breakfast Club did report was when I asked my daughter for some money, and now they’re reporting whatever bulls**t is going with bankruptcy. I just feel like y’all make it too obvious. Why don’t you ever talk about any of the good stuff? Are you guys trying to line me up?”

“Am I broke or am I not broke?” he went on. “Bad people are always going to try to make good people look like they’re not doing the right thing. But why are you the voice of everything bad and nothing good, Loren? You’re a Black woman. Why would you want to amplify bad stuff for Black people but not amplify anything good for this Black man? […] Either way, I’m hustling.”

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It continues the “It’s Old Navy” series that kicked off with Paris Hilton earlier this summer. The full commercial dropped August 4th, shot like a Wild West fever dream with Cardi cruising onto set in a green convertible before hopping into the director’s chair.

The jeans Cardi wears throughout the campaign are the Extra High-Waisted Wide-Leg. It’s part of a lineup that also includes The Arc, the Hi-Rise Wide Leg, and the Low-Rise Baggy.

Old Navy’s site shows several washes already down to just a couple sizes still in stock, with many rows of sizing sold out entirely just days after launch.

Cardi didn’t hold back promoting it either. She posted on X saying finding jeans with a BBL is usually a struggle, but Old Navy has options for everybody. That kind of unscripted promotion is exactly why this partnership is resonating the way it is. Especially compared to more polished, corporate-feeling celebrity campaigns.

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Cardi B’s Old Navy Campaign

Part of what’s making this campaign hit differently is how well it fits Cardi’s actual personality. She’s loud, funny, and always online, which lines up surprisingly well with Old Navy’s own marketing tone over the years. It doesn’t feel like a forced celebrity paycheck moment.

Cardi has also been open about still shopping at Old Navy herself, despite having access to any designer brand she wants. She’s said the store reminds her of her mom shopping there growing up, calling the campaign a full circle moment.

With multiple washes already thinning out in stock just days after launch, Old Navy is clearly seeing real demand off the back of this partnership. For a jeans line starting at $22, that kind of turnover speaks for itself.

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Release Date: August 7, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: N/A

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Some folks focused on some brazen lines on the Memphis MC’s comeback LP, such as “At first you said I was just talking, now all of a sudden you believe in me?” on the track “Reap What You Sow.” Others took note of the “entertainment purposes” disclaimer opening the album up, pointing to other lines that indicate his street prowess and authenticity.

To be clear, the recording and release timeline here makes it impossible to know for sure if certain lines are references to the Gucci situation or just general rap flexes. Still, it hasn’t slowed down the speculation among fans.

That being said, a lot of fans aren’t happy with AEOS, lamenting the full tracklist’s quality in comparison to exciting singles. But it seems like hardcore Shiesty fans found a lot to love.

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When Is Pooh Shiesty’s Trial?

Pooh Shiesty recently broke his incarcerated silence via an audio message to fans ahead of AEOS. “You know this s**t still going on,” he expressed. “We still putting on like cologne, man… This is the one that’s bigger than the program. Ain’t s**t changed but the environment. We got new music on the way. This s**t for the fans, this s**t for everybody who been waiting… I don’t give a f**k about what no n***a got to say, what no n***a think they know what’s going on… I’ma shake back. It ain’t about how you trip up or how you stumble or how you fall. It’s always how you get back up. You know everybody can’t get back up… I’ll be back in a minute… Run this s**t up, get us to number one. We got more s**t in store…”

Pooh Shiesty’s robbery and kidnapping trial will begin in February of 2027, if everything goes according to the current schedule.

Fans React

We’ll see if All Eyes On Shiest sticks around as an LP and how fans’ reception evolves.

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