Tiffany Haddish is on the hottest of hot streaks.

Last summer saw her ordained the definitive breakout star of comedy smash ‘Girls Trip’ and she’s not looked back since.

Indeed, in a mere year she’s earned an Emmy, wracked up a growing list of endorsements, and added several new titles to her filmography.

The latest is dark comedy ‘The Oath,’ which hits theatres on October 12th.

Haddish takes on the role of Kari, the wife of Chris – who is played by the film’s writer and director Ike Barinholtz.

Set against the backdrop of Thanksgiving in a politically split America, the movie chronicles a man’s struggles to make it through the holidays without destroying his own family.

Juxtaposed with the hilarity is the  number of tough topics and questions.

So, when That Grape Juice met with Haddish and Barinholtz it was only fitting that we left no stone unturned.

Chatting to our Patrick, the pair spilled on the film, hit back at critics (hello Katt Williams), and opened up about Colin Kaepernick’s Nike campaign.

Perhaps most notable, though, was the solving of the long-standing mystery surrounding #WhoBitBeyonce.

What are you waiting for? Hit ‘PLAY’ to watch our EXCLUSIVE interview.

 

Your thoughts?

A racism scandal which has erupted at Atlanta’s Philips Arena has lifted the lid on how some of Pop’s grandest acts are treated by security staff behind the scenes at live music venues.

A former Atlanta Seahawks security manager, who doubled as the head of event security at Philips claims that its owners go to great lengths to discriminate against black artists while bowing to the requests of their white peers.

Sam Hayes says that he was fired after revealing that he was aware that his white bosses (employed by the Hawks) were forcing black artists to face intense and time-consuming security checks while placing the safety of attendees in danger by allowing white acts to pass through its halls sans the same precautions.

Which acts were denied access to the venue if they refused to walk through a metal detector?

Kanye West — DENIED

The Comedy Get Down World Tour (Cedric the Entertainer, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley) — DENIED

DRAKE- DENIED

2 Chainz, Jeezy, The Dream — DENIED

Old School Hip Hop Fest — DENIED

Migos — DENIED

Tyler Perry — DENIED

Katt Williams — DENIED

Amy Schumer — GRANTED

Adele — GRANTED

Ariana Grande — GRANTED (Hayes says she “doesn’t like people looking at her”).

WWE Live Tour — GRANTED

Bon Jovi — GRANTED

Ringling Brothers — GRANTED

 

Interesting.

The Hawks deny Hayes’ claims and claim he was given the boot because of his “poor performance.”

Billing his claims are baseless, the team’s leaders have vowed to defend themselves against them “vigorously.”

Your thoughts?

“You don’t know, my town is the truth. Welcome To Brooklyn”

Today, From The Vault travels back to 2005 when a certain Kimberly Jones released one of her most acclaimed singles. Our pick is ‘Lighters Up’ by Lil’ Kim.

Produced by former close collaborator Scott Storch, the Island-flavored number – which samples Damian Marley’s ‘Welcome To Jamrock‘ – was the first single from Queen Bee’s fourth album ‘The Naked Truth‘. An ode to the artist’s native neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, the cut was a Urban hit in the US where it reached #31 on the Hot 100 and the 9th position of the Hot Hip-Hop/R&B charts.

Serving ghetto-fab aplenty, the accompanying Kirk Fraser video is set in various parts of Brooklyn and includes a special cameo by fellow royal Mary J. Blige, as well as comedian Katt Williams. With its documentary feel, the clip was shot a few months before the rapper’s incarceration and uses album track ‘Shut Up B*tch‘ as its introduction.

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Although the last decade has seen Ms. Jones trying to re-establish herself as a chart force, it can be noted that ‘Lighters Up’ stands as Kim’s latest chart success and quite frankly nothing she has released since this song and its parent album has been anything on-par with her classic catalog.

Over the years, we’ve stated how much we’d love to see the pint-sized diva win and we firmly believe that armed with a single akin to this one she could be on the brink of the comeback that has been eluding her for so long.

Until then, Notorious Kim, we salute you!

Your thoughts?

If you there’s a chance you have yet to receive your fill of scary movie spoofs, well Charlie Sheen and the gang are rearing up the once popular movie series up again just for you.

Indeed, filled with a host of guest appearances from Katt Williams and actresses Lindsay Lohan, Heather Locklear, ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’s’ Sheree Whitfield, and more, it seems Sheen is back at it – spoofing the hottest in scary movie films since their latest parody trek ‘Scary Movie 4’.

Before the film hits theatres on April 19, 2013, see above for your first look:

Kelis At 'First Sunday Premiere' Kelis At 'First Sunday' Premiere
Singer Kelis made an appearance at the movie premiere for ‘First Sunday’ (starring Ice Cube and Katt Williams) yesterday. Ms. Jones was looking good. On a side note, I’m hoping she gets snapped up by another label soon (having parted ways with Jive late last year); the industry needs artists like her.

What do you think of the pics?

Check out the trailer for Ice Cube’s new movie ‘First Sunday’ which also stars Tracy Morgan and Katt Williams:

This actually looks pretty good. After a series of terrible flicks including the sleep-inducing ‘Are We There Yet’, Ice Cube may be onto a hit with this one. Look for a release early 2008.

Will you be checking for ‘First Sunday’?

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