In the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis law-enforcement officer, protests broke out in at least 17 cities across the United States, and artists including Lil Yachty, J. Cole, Halsey, Nick Cannon and more took to the streets with protesters.
2 Chainz’s Escobar Restaurant was ordered to close by Georgia authorities after throwing a raucous party for Memorial Day. Georgia State Police shut the restaurant down after noticing “the location was rather loud, busy, and occupied to be operating as a restaurant at that time of night.” The restaurant’s Instagram account features videos showing that it was packed to capacity with a line out front, as attendees to its Memorial Day Weekend party danced, smoked hookah, and ordered bottle service. The police spoke to the manager, advising them that the restaurant was “violating executive orders regarding protocol issued due to COVID-19.”
Megan Thee Stallion has earned her first-ever No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with her “Savage” remix featuring Beyoncé. Savage is Beyoncé’s seventh No. 1, according to Billboard.
Major Lazer previewed a new collaboration with Nicki Minaj during their latest live-stream. The new collaboration sees them join forces with Mr Eazi. The two artists have worked together before, teaming up on Major Lazer’s 2017 single ‘Run Up,’ which also featured PARTYNEXTDOOR. Diplo and the rest of Major Lazer played a snippet of the collaboration during their newest live stream on YouTube which you can view: here.
G-Eazy took to Instagram to officially announce his brand new solo project Everything’s Strange Here, marking his first studio release since 2017’s The Beautiful & Damned. T
