Benny The Butcher and 38 Spesh first connected on the word of the late DJ Shay, the producer who Benny and many other members of Buffalo, New York’s Griselda movement called a mentor. Shay’s Parkside Studios was a hub for upstate rappers where Benny recorded most of his early work. …
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After her turn as a Colombian drug lord in the Netflix miniseries, Griselda, Sofia Vergara has said she would reprise her role as Modern Family‘s hilarious trophy wife. But that’s only as long as her TV husband, Jay (Ed O’Neill), doesn’t die. In a new Variety cover story, Vergara said …
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Most remember Griselda Blanco as the “Black Widow,” a ruthless Colombian drug lord whose network flooded Miami with cocaine, brought in $80 million a month nationally, and who’s been personally implicated in a rumored 200 murders. Michael Corleone Blanco, her youngest son raised at the height of her drug-trafficking empire, …
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It’s a celebration for Benny the Butcher in New York’s Def Jam offices. I got to speak with the Griselda rapper in late December, the same day that the Buffalo MC and members of his team came down for a Def Jam-sponsored event ahead of his debut album with the …
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Karol G entered her acting era with Griselda — and she’s slaying in it. In a new interview with TheWrap, Griselda director Andrés Baiz revealed that the singer was so good in her part as Carla — Griselda’s confidante and a sex worker who helped the drug lord smuggle product …
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The only surviving son of notorious “Cocaine Godmother” Griselda Blanco is suing to block the upcoming premiere of the Netflixlimited seriesGriselda on the grounds that it relies on his “private narratives” without permission. Plaintiff Michael Sepulveda Blanco alleges in paperwork filed Friday that Netflix, Sofia Vergara and other producers behind …
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Sofia Vergara transforms into notorious “Cocaine Godmother” Griselda Blanco in the first trailer for the upcoming Netflix limited series Griselda, which also features Karol G in her acting debut. Already the subject of countless documentaries, the “queenpin” drug lord gets the Scarface treatment — right down to the Debbie Harry …
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Brooklyn-based MC Rome Streetz is handling business on a brisk fall Friday before he heads off to Vienna, Austria to begin his international Noise Kandy 5 tour. Clad in a sleek Sergio Tachinni sweatsuit, the Griselda signee visits the Rolling Stone offices for an interview where he says that the …
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On a recent Spring day, in the back room at lower Manhattan’s Astor Club, Conway The Machine’s team is busy gearing up for the release of Side A of his third studio album, Won’t He Do It. Two of his people are conferring on the side about his album release …
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“I’ve always been an ill dude,” rapper, producer, and multi-hyphenate Westside Gunn reflects during our FaceTime Audio session. “I didn’t know I was ill enough to have 50 grown men with my face [tattooed] on them.” When we spoke, the Buffalo-born artist was in Germany, prepping for a flight back …
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