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Heartbreaking news…Carl “Chucky” Thompson passed away. He was most known for being the Notorious B.I.G and Mary J. Blige’s producer. Chucky was also a in-house member of Bad Boy. He produced Biggie's "Big Poppa" and Nas' "One Mic."No official cause of death as been released. Story developing….https://www.instagram.com/p/CSXItlfL4Zg/?utm_medium=copy_link

Biggie & Mary J. Blige Producer Carl 'Chucky' Thompson Died At 53

Beyoncé and Rihanna

During a recent interview with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/color-purple-stars-interview-oprah-fantasia-taraji-henson-danielle-brooks-1235738115/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, Oprah revealed that there was a lot of pressure to cast Beyonc&eacute;&nbsp;or&nbsp;Rihanna for The Color Purple.
&ldquo;To be completely honest about it, if you were doing this film for $30 or $40 million, the interest in the cast would be very different. Once the film moved to $90 to $100 million, then everybody wants us to bring <a href="https://www.hot97.com/hot-news/beyonce-celebrates-renaissance-a-film-going-number-one-sends-heartfelt">Beyonc&eacute;</a>,&rdquo; the TV host said. &ldquo;&lsquo;Can you get Beyonc&eacute; or can you get Rihanna?&rsquo; So we&rsquo;re sitting in a room saying, &lsquo;Listen, we love Beyonc&eacute;. We love Rihanna, but there are other actors who can do this job.&rsquo;&rdquo;
Oprah serves as the producer of The Color Purple, alongside Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones. The musical drama film is set to be released in theaters on Monday, Dec. 25.

Oprah Admits There Was Pressure To Cast Beyoncé Or Rihanna In ‘The Color Purple’

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Katt Williams has a hilarious reply after Nicki Minaj invites him to open up for her on tour.&nbsp;
Nicki Minaj is currently on her <a href="https://www.hot97.com/hot-news/nicki-minaj-wants-to-hire-katt-williams-to-be-apart-of-the-pink-friday-2">Pink Friday 2</a> world tour. Ahead of the tour, the rapper asked her fans,&nbsp;&ldquo;I want to know, now I know that this is the busiest man in show business, I know that he&rsquo;s rich.&nbsp; And I know that he&rsquo;s the funniest man in show business. Can ya&rsquo;ll hit up Katt Williams and ask him, what would be his price, to be a part of the Pink Friday 2: Gag City tour.
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Katt, who is also on his own <a href="https://hot97.com/hot-news/katt-williams-vs-ludacris-katt-drops-response-freestyle-on-suge-knights">Dark Matter</a> tour, addressed Nicki's offer. He says, "Nicki Minaj said she wanted me on her tour and she told so many people a million people hit my phone at the same time," he told the crowd. "It scared me and Jesus. He shut all of AT&amp;T down so my phone could cool off on the charger."
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The invite comes following Katt Williams' infamous interview with <a href="https://www.hot97.com/hot-news/kevin-harts-ex-wife-reveals-shes-going-on-tour-with-katt-williams">Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay</a>- however, it looks like fans won't see Williams and Minaj hitting the stage together at the moment. Instead, Monica has joined Minaj on the Pink Friday 2 tour.
Minaj announced the addition to her tour via Instagram. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve said many times, this woman has been one of my biggest inspirations since I was in Junior H.S. [pink bow emoji] The iconic, trendsetting, Miss Thang herself- hits on hits on hits.&rdquo; The captioned continued, "QUEEN <a href="https://www.instagram.com/monicadenise/">@monicadenise</a> will be one of the incredible artists accompanying me on the US dates of the<a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/pinkfriday2/">#PinkFriday2 </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gagcity/">#GagCity</a> Tour.&rdquo;
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