According to a familiar cliché, a picture is worth a thousand words. Your favorite celebrities—including rappers—are doing less and less press, but luckily their thumbs and smartphones still work. Instagram has provided a way for them to document their lives and/or thoroughly embarrass themselves for our collective enjoyment. The beauty of it all is that you don’t even need to join Instagram, as most rappers are perfectly fine leaving their feeds open for public viewing. And if you’d rather avoid the IG life altogether, we’ve filtered through the top rapper’s pictures and videos and consolidated all the week’s events into one convenient feed.
This week, Puff Daddy decides he wants to be back behind the boards, and Schoolboy Q plays principle at a Baltimore High School.
Birdman Replaces “YMCMB” with “CMBRG”
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It’s every successful person’s right of passage. A relationship that once sseemed unbreakable begans to stutter and smoke. And it doesn’t mean that what you accomplished together means any less, but when things go left it illuminates the situation in interesting ways. Caption: “500million sold real nigga Rich shit in middle of tha ocean kant see dry land lifestyle Bitch so far ahead Blatt CMBRG”
Obama Participates In 50th anniversary Of Selma
March 7 marked the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday March in Selma, Alabama, joined by a number of artists. Fabolous was in attendance to this historic march, along with Obama, John Legend, and Russell Simmons. You can find the President’s speech on Youtube. Caption: “I only respect the GENERALS who have been in the field with the SOLDIERS #Selma50 #TheObamas #Leader Follow”
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Kendrick Lamar Names Album “To Pimp A Butterfly”
With some deep questions leading into it, the Compton rapper reveals the title of his upcoming album To Pimp A Butterfly. His IG is now poppin! with a total of 2 posts. The project is slated to be released March 23. Caption: “”Don’t all dogs go to heaven? Don’t Gangsta’s boogie? Do owl shit stank? Lions, Tigers & Bears. But TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY. Its the American dream nigga….” – lil Homie.”
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Big Sean Announces Upcoming Spring Tour
With his debut album Dark Sky Paradise hitting #1 on the Billboard 200 under his belt, Big Sean just announced an upcoming tour taking place in the spring. The tour will stop in 25 cities, including a performance at the upcoming MTV Woodie Awards. The first leg includes a two-day stint in Tokyo and caps off with an appearance at Soundset in May. Caption: “1st run of shows I’m doing before the summer. Tickets available at uknowbigsean.com/tour More dates to come!”
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Eminem To Release “The Vinyl LPs”
Eminem announced via IG that The Vinyl LPs will be released on Thursday, March 12. The Official Eminem Box Set has a list price of $259.98 on Amazon, and includes all 10 of Em’s studio releases. The post gives us 360 degree visuals of the item. Caption: “Thursday.”
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Waka Flocka Flame Cancels Show Due To Racism
Waka Flocka Flame canceled his upcoming show at the University of Oklahoma due to the release of a video featuring the university’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity taking part in a racist chant. The video has the fraternity brothers chanting “There will never be a ni**er in S-A-E”, leading to the closing of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the university. Caption: “SMFH.. I know for a fact the whole school and SAE don’t agree with those kids actions so know that I’m not madd at the whole #SAE just those disgusting kids!!!!!! #WFF We can’t change history but we damn sure can create our own future #DeathToRacism”
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Diddy Returns To Producing
Posted with Pusha T, Diddy announces his return to music, as a producer. However, he puts a time limit on this endeavor, claiming he will only be producing for a year. Pusha posts the same photo on his page, calling Diddy the G.O.A.T- greatest of all time. Caption: “Yes the rumors are true. It’s been a long time since I had been really focused on producing music. My first love. Is the type of love that Will never go away! So I’ve come back for 12 months only ! So I’m working on Kanye West LOS GIZZLE THE LOX @kingpush @asapferg @cassie @abelxo and many more announcements to come! I’m back behind this BOARD B!!!!!!!!! Real niggas and real music are back in style!”
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