Next week will mark the unfortunate anniversary of Christopher Wallace’s, AKA Biggie Smalls, murder. The late star would have been turned 49 this year, but sadly didn’t live past 24.

Netflix have marked the occasion with a documentary of his life and career; we take a look into his childhood summers spent in Jamaica to his brief time as a drug dealer on Brooklyn streets to the rise of his rap career. The short film progresses from his early life and draws to a close to the morning of March 9^th 1997, when he was shot in a drive by shooting in LA. His death is still unresolved and has sparked huge debates between his an Tupac’s death by a drive by shooting six months earlier. The doc has been directed by Emmett Malloy who has contributed to many of his music videos. It’s also executively produced by his mother Voletta Wallace, who contributes heavily to interviews and gives a familiar and comforting commentary throughout.

Much of the footage was shot by friend Damion “D-Roc” Butler whilst Smalls was on tour as an early 20s star. Other famous faces have been interviewed throughout, such as Diddy and Combs (the biggest player in Biggie’s career behind the scenes).

On Friday last week, Drake released a new EP Scary Hours 2 ,consisting of 3 new tracks, “What’s Next”, “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” and “Wants and Needs” and it will come as no surprise they were automatic hits. This follows his Scary Hours EP that was released back in 2018 which included the global successes “God’s Plan” and “Diplomatic Immunity”.

“Wants and Needs” features Lil Baby and on “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” Drake has drafted in Rick Ross to take control of the first half of the track. The Canadian rapper has teased us with this drop, as he’s set to release a new album Certified Lover Boy at some point this year. Drake commented saying he doesn’t, “have an exact date, but it’s in the pot and it’s coming soon” after a knee injury postponed its release from January this year.

Fans haven’t delayed their positive response to the new music either; the fresh songs are going to dominate the charts this week both in the UK and globally. Currently, the 3 tunes are in the top 5 singles in the UK but “What’s Next” is on path to take the Number 1 spot. If the rumours are true, this would be the rapper’s 24^th, 25^th and 26^th Top 10 singles in the UK- a pretty impressive achievement!

You may have seen Lady Gaga’s recent Instagram post circling social media which at first glimpse looks like a Gucci campaign. This is our first peak at the new thriller film House of Gucci which tells the store of the murder of Maurizio Gucci by his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani.

Reggiani, nicknamed the “Black Widow”, is accused and convicted for paying a hitman £260,000 to kill her ex-husband, Gucci, in March 1995 after he left her for another woman. Reggiani went on to serve 16 years and although she always plead her innocence, when asked by a reported why she hired a hitman instead of shooting herself, she replies “My eyesight is not so good, I didn’t want to miss.”.

This isn’t the first time Gaga has taken to the screen for powerful protagonist roles. This film will follow her award-winning performance in A Star is Born, and this time she is joined by Adam Driver who plays Gucci. Faces such as Jared Leto, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Camille Cottin we can also expect to see during the movie.

The film is directed by Ridley Scott and is based on Sara Gay Forden’s novel by the same name. Filming began a month ago in Rome, but this is the public’s first insight to the thriller. We still have a while to wait, however, as the film is set to be released on November 24^th.

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