It’s Wednesday June 23, and here are your top music news stories, presented by The Filter.
T-Pain took to social media Tuesday to defend Usher after he came under fire for sparking T-Pain’s “four-year depression.”
In the “Auto-Tune” episode of the Canadian series This Is Pop, which aired in March on CTV, T-Pain recalled being taken aside on an airplane by Usher in 2013.
“He was like, ‘I want to tell you something, man’ … He sounded real concerned. He was like, ‘Man, you kinda f’ ed up music.’ I didn’t understand. Usher was my friend,” T-Pain shared. “He was like, ‘Nah, man, you really f’ d up music for real singers.’
“Literally at that point, I couldn’t listen. Is he right? Did I f up music? That is the very moment – and I don’t think I realized that for a long time – that’s the very moment that started a four-year depression for me.”
After the episode streamed in the U.S., many fans slammed Usher on social media.
On Tuesday, T-Pain said he still loves and respects Usher. “Telling that story was in no way meant to disrespect that man,” he tweeted. “Ppl talk about me 24/7 but when it comes from someone you truly respect it hits very different.”
Trick Daddy’s restaurant in Miami Gardens, Florida is taking a lickin’ this week after the rapper criticized Beyoncé’s vocal talent.
The 46-year-old, whose real name is Maurice Young, said during a Clubhouse session that “Beyoncé don’t write music and barely can sing”
Fans of Beyonce are responding by posting negative reviews of Sunday’s Eatery, a restaurant Trick Daddy opened in 2019.
“It was so nasty. I had such high expectations,” reads one Google review. “There was so much hair in my meal and the staff member told me to get over it.” Another reads: “A maggot crawled out of my mashed potatoes, a roach landed on my steak and a caterpillar came out of my asparagus.”
Trick Daddy’s supporters are countering with five-star reviews. “All y’all need to quit lyin like this man food nasty,” wrote one person.
Meanwhile, Trick Daddy is not backing down.
“What I said was, I don’t think Beyoncé can sing,” he told a Miami radio station, “and that Beyoncé is to R&B what Jay-Z is to the state of hip hop in New York at the time, when Jay-Z … considered himself as the king of hip-hop, the dope of rap.”
Trick Daddy said he has a right to express an opinion. “Beyoncé ain’t Stephanie Mills. She ain’t Patti LaBelle. She ain’t Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey."
Why Don’t We member Jonah Marais is asking for fans’ help to recover his personal journal, which was stolen on Sunday.
In an Instagram Story on Tuesday, the 23-year-old singer said the journal “containing song lyrics and my thoughts from the last 6 months” was in a backpack taken from the Hotel Via in San Francisco while he was attending a baseball game.
Marais shared several images from security cameras showing a man walking away with his backpack as well as two bags of camera gear and clothing owned by his friend, music video director Jason Koenig.
“Maybe this man needs our stuff more than we do, but some of it is irreplaceable,” Marais wrote. “I’d love my journal back.”
The singer added that he and Koenig, whose camera gear is reportedly valued at more than $50,000, filed a police report but are hoping his 2.1 million Instagram followers can help identify the suspect.
“I know it’s a long shot but maybe you guys can help.”
Chris Brown is under investigation for an alleged assault on a woman in his home last Friday.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded to a report of an argument at the 32-year-old singer’s house. TMZ reported that an unidentified woman alleged that Brown hit her in the head. No injuries were reported and no arrest was made.
Thanks to John R. Kennedy for today’s stories - You can check out all of these stories and more at iheartradio.ca, and make sure to subscribe to iHeartRadio Presents: The Filter on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.
Today's Stories:
https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/t-pain-defends-usher-following-auto-tune-diss-1.15478199
https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/beyhive-swarms-trick-daddy-s-restaurant-with-bad-reviews-1.15478344
https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/why-don-t-we-s-jonah-marais-seeking-stolen-journal-1.15474820
https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/chris-brown-accused-of-assault-1.15475515
