#WhatsHappening for August 4, 2016

Hey, ho kids.

It's almost Friday, and I'm good with that. 

Dear Chili's-

I've never visited one of your restaurants because I'm not keen on the chain-style menu you offer. Even if I did though, the retro-douchery of your commercial pretty much guarantees I won't be darkening your doors. Even if the music in the spot is cool.

Byron Williams, former bodyguard for Eminem, told interviewers on the "Murder Master Show" that Suge Knight had put a hit on the the rapper. 

Williams says the supposed hit was to take place at the Source Awards, where, Williams said, "historically…someone always got shot." 

"That was our first encounter with Suge Knight and his henchman. Em was going to his seat. The way they had the seating was all messed up and the bodyguards couldn’t sit with the artists. I think that was by design ’cause I think they really wanted the artists to be able to network with each other, but it also gives people who got beef with other artists to get at them."

Williams said the rapper was "beefing with all these guys in red shirts [indicating that they were affiliated with the Bloods, like Knight]…I had to bust through the middle man and snatch him up. Like, 'Hey man what the hell’s going on up here?' This is exactly what they said, 'Death Row, motherfucker, Death Row.'"

Williams says he "took control" of the situation, thanks in part to Eminem collaborator Dr. Dre, and his bodyguards. "We were in beast mode the whole time," says Williams. 

Billboard headline: "Panic! at the Disco Shares 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Cover From 'Suicide Squad' Soundtrack"

Because I needed another reason not to see the movie.

Business Insider reports that social music site Crowdmix has been sold to its top investor, Nick Candy- despite the fact that the company never released the actual app it was supposed to be developing. and it reportedly had trouble paying its employees.

Crowdmix describes itself as a place that "gets people together around the stuff they love" where they can join or create "crowds" for sharing music, videos and photos. The App is supposed to feature a feed of posts from both users, artists, and streaming music through third-party services like Spotify.

Lauryn Hill is hitting the road with The MLH Carvan: A Diaspora Calling! tour. A press release for the tour says each show will include guest performances by artists "from throughout the African diaspora."

"The MLH Caravan allows me to continue the theme of unity and celebration of the many facets of cultural and artistic beauty throughout the African diaspora while on tour this summer and fall," Hill said in a statement. "In these days of tension, tumult and transition, an exchange of this kind can yield direction, expression, understanding and empowerment as well as connection, self Love and appreciation that hopefully overflows into our respective communities."

The tour kicks off later this month in Philadelphia and includes a September stop at Chastain. 

Birthdays today include: Marques Houston of Immature; Paul Reynolds of A Flock Of Seagulls; Ian Broudie of Lightning Seeds; Maire Ni Bhraonian of Clannad; Paul Layton of the New Seekers; Klaus Schultze of Tangerine Dream. Today is also the 115th anniversary of the birth of the great Louis Armstrong. #MusicalBirthdays