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Blacc Zacc and Renni Rucci have shared a music video for a collaborative single following news of the Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star’s pregnancy.
The track, “Nola,” also features Big Lex and was originally released in 2023 on Zacc’s 48 Hours project. The video premiered on Wednesday (April 17).
In the clip, the Columbia, SC native spits alongside scantily clad women eager to show off their assets.
Check out the visual below.
The video arrived on the same day that the duo announced that they’re expecting a child.
Rucci took to Instagram to share the news via a video that showed Polaroid photos of her pregnant, alongside a white cake.
Renni captioned the post: “Junior,
“Hi, it’s your mom and I can’t wait till the day we finally meet. To finally see the love that I’ve been feeling manifested into something as tangible as YOU! You are a product of a beautiful bond and you are so loved already. These past few months have been so hard trying to keep you to ourselves.
“Now, not only are we waiting for you everyone else is too. (I know you were tired of me sucking in lol) You have a big family ready to spoil you rotten. We can’t wait to see your little face!!!
“Love,
Your Mom”
Fans may remember that Rucci used to be engaged to Foogiano, and she stayed with him while he began serving a five-year prison sentence for a parole violation.
The Georgia rapper was so appreciative of his partner’s commitment that he took to Instagram to share a photo of his fiancée alongside a caption that acknowledged just how much she was holding him down.
“Everyone left but you , you don’t get the praise you deserve !” he wrote. “Not even from me . I love you more than I know how to explain . There are no others ,its just me and you and I’m fine with that. They talk but they don’t know. My Queen ! My Fiancee! Thank you for the patience and the love . I’m with you 4 Life & After @rennirucci_.”
Renni Rucci added in the comments, “I love you soooo much and I miss tf out you! these comments are hilarious.”
Though details of their breakup never emerged, the fellow Columbia, SC rapper confirmed the news when she Tweeted: “You can’t cheat when you single [winking face emoji].”
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Steve Albini‘s bands Shellac and Big Black now have their catalogues available for listening on Spotify.
Albini passed away aged 61 earlier this month due to a heart attack. He was well known for being the producer of major albums such as Nirvana’s ‘In Utero‘, Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’, PJ Harvey’s ‘Rid of Me’, Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’ and more.
Back in 2022, the late producer took his music off the streaming platform. He had previously criticised the company for platforming anti-vaxxers such as Joe Rogan, and tweeted later that they were a “terrible company”, adding: “I don’t want to be part of their business”.
He later told Attack Magazine that Spotify was “one of the few places outside of record stores where recorded music can earn anything at all, and for bands [with] more generous, honest relationships with independent labels not part of the ownership trust, then the payments from Spotify, though meager per-play, can add up to a viable income stream. Nobody’s getting rich, but it could pay for the groceries.”
Now, it appears that Albini’s work with his bands Shellac and Big Black are now available to stream on Spotify. This include’s Shellac’s final album ‘To All Trains’, which was announced shortly before Albini’s death and was released last Friday (May 17).
Tributes have poured in for the legendary producer since the announcement of his death. Our NME obituary hailed him as “a lone voice of anti-industry punk scene ethics, even as he worked with major labels on some of the biggest names in alternative rock.”
Meanwhile, Foo Fighters dedicated a rendition of ‘My Hero’ to the late producer in Charlotte, North Carolina last week.
“Tonight I’d like to dedicate this song to a friend that we lost the other day, who I’ve known a long, long time,” Foos frontman Dave Grohl told the crowd. “He left us much too soon. He’s touched all of your lives, I’m sure. I’m talking about Steve Albini. For those of you who know, you know. For those of you who don’t know, just remember that name: Steve Albini. Let’s sing this one for him.”
PJ Harvey also said he “changed the course of my life” during sessions for her 1993 LP ‘Rid Of Me’., and Joanna Newsom dedicated a version of her song ‘Cosmia’ to him, who engineered her 2006 album ‘Ys’. See further tributes here.
Elsewhere, Yourcodenameis:milo spoke to NME about how the 20th anniversary of their LP ‘All Roads To Fault’ was made all the more profound by the passing of Albini, who engineered the album.
Remembering their time with the punk and production legend, Lockey said: “We paid attention, saw everything he did, asked questions that he would gladly spend ages answering”.
“He once stopped the session and proceeded to give us a lecture on how the peanut built America. He schooled us in billiards, then showed us his favourite cooking shows that he’d recorded. It was all so natural and encouraging, we could do what the fuck we wanted and he’d capture it. That’s the deal, and we fucking loved it.”
