So, the relationship between Ye and Kim K continues to begrudgingly transform itself. Of course, the focus is shifting from romance to co-parenting. As of late, Hollywood Life shockingly alludes that Kanye West yearns to take his kids to space.
Thus far, these two have spawned a litany of acrimonious interactions. So, it seems as though anything is possible. Generally speaking, the Jeenn-Yuhs MC may go to great lengths to protect his children’s safety.
By all means, the drama is real. As a a matter of fact, there have been instances of a claymation decapacitation and the conjuring of a clone. On the whole, as more time passes, Yeezy’s divorce is becoming more contentious.
The Backstory
However, Mr. West appears to be fully invested into fortifying the well-being of his children. This is where things get interesting. The Jeenn-Yuhs MC has allegedly contemplated his personal “out-of-this-world experience.” The gossip rag shares that Space’X’s Elon Musk an the revolutionary rapper have had many discussions.
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“Kanye and Elon have talked about taking a space flight together — but there has not been discussions on an exact date or exact time to do it,” reveals a confidential informant. “They are friends and talk about everything but they don’t have set plans to go together although the discussion has been had.”
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However, the avant-garde artist is in no way trying to isolate his children. Moreover, he views the space travel as a way to uniquely demonstrate his creativity. “If and when Elon invites him on a trip, he’d want to do something on top of it just being a trip, he’d want to perform or do something completely out of the box and make a certain statement with it rather than it just being him going into space,” claims the strategic snitch.
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Furthermore, the idea of conducting a “listening party in space” reportedly resonates with legendary lyricist. “He also would like to add his kids to the potential trip,” says the source. “He wants to make it as unique as possible and not have it just be a ten-minute flight. “
Ultimately, Kanye West seems interested in taking his kids to space. This is only for a quick 10-minute flight.
Latto recently made headlines after she revealed one of the reasons it was hard to finalize her upcoming 777 album. According to the Atlanta-raised rapper, a male artist wanted sex in exchange for a guest feature.
“I’m clearing my album right now and it’s been difficult to deal with these men,” said Latto on the Big Boy’s Neighborhood radio show. “I’m just keeping it 100. It’s a feature on my album that it was difficult to clear, and they like trying to drop their nuts on me because I won’t respond to a DM.”
The 777 album creator went on to say she felt “bullied.” She also accused her label of not stepping up to help her in the situation. The RCA recording artist stated, “They say, ‘You know, don’t do that. It’s bad business.’ Man, these folks be trying to drop nuts on female rappers. I’m not gonna shut up about it.”
Kodak Black On Collaborating With Female Artists: “I Gotta Bust ‘Em”
However, Kodak Black took to Twitter to shut down the rumors. He tweeted, “That Mulatto Girl IS NOT Talkin Bout Me Homie. 🤣 I See Y’all Steady Reachin Lol… Shawty Ain’t Even Say A N#### Name On Dat S###. Ion Know Why Tf Y’all Tryna Make A N#### Wear Dat Jacket. I’m Too Fly Fa Dat S### Homie.”
Latto revealed the 777 tracklist on Monday. The studio LP does include an appearance by Kodak Black. The Pompano Beach native contributed to a track titled “Bussdown.”
Latto’s 777 will hit DSPs on March 25. The album follows 2020’s Queen of Da Souf which peaked at #44 on the Billboard 200 chart. A year earlier saw the arrival of the Big Latto and Hit the Latto EPs.
Central Cee has given the visual treatment to one of the most popular songs on his sophomore album, 23.
The West London rapper teased fans on Monday (Mar. 21), revealing he was “in the mood to drop something.” A few hours later, he delivered on his promise, dropping the video for “Ungrateful,” which racked up over half a million views on YouTube in the first 12 hours of release.
Central Cee goes introspective on the drill cut, getting some things off his chest while burning sage and playing ball in the video. Check out the visuals below.
Central Cee “Ungrateful”
The follow-up to 2021’s Wild West, 23 is achieving both chart success and critical acclaim. Central Cee surpassed the accomplishments of Wild West which peaked at No. 2 in the U.K. charts, this time debuting at the top spot, achieving his first ever U.K. No. 1 album. He also has a string of other gold and platinum plaques to his name and delivered GRM’s highest-charting Daily Duppy freestyle.
However, during an interview last month, Central Cee revealed the accolades mean less to him than feeding his family and delivering music that fans can appreciate.
“All that stuff, that information, is invalid,” he said, referring to his streaming numbers. “It’s good for maybe Bello to know, or my distribution team to know. I know it, obviously, I’m well aware of it, but it’s nothing to keep on my shoulders. Like, I don’t walk around with it on my head. I don’t remind myself when I wake up in the morning that I’m the biggest UK rapper or nottin’. I don’t care.”
Central Cee continued, noting that his job satisfaction has little to do with numbers. “Being able to f###### feed my family and that,” really makes him feel good. “I like it when fans pay attention to detail in my videos, or really listen to what I’m saying,” he added. “That’s the stuff that would touch me.”
Megan Thee Stallion unleashed online on Monday (Mar. 21) following the news that 1501 Certified Entertainment, led by Carl Crawford, filed a countersuit against her in their ongoing legal dispute.
The Houston native vented on Twitter in a series of tweets calling out the “greedy men” responsible for her beef with the label.
Meanwhile, in response, Carl Crawford accused Megan Thee Stallion of “playing the victim,” and hiding behind Roc nation.
“Stop playing the victim @theestallion,” he wrote on Instagram. “U haven’t paid for 1 show since 2019 🤬 hiding behind #Rocnation .. U can keep that b####### ass mix tape and send over that straight drop whenever u ready🤘🏾”
Megan Thee Stallion Says Crawford Is Hiding Behind J Prince
Megan pulled no punches, responding with, “Carl I don’t wanna be signed to yo pill popping ass! You talking abt I ain’t paid for a show and you sound slow,” she wrote. “Im the artist I don’t pay you directly maybe fight with THE MAN YOU SIGNED TO AND YOU MIGHT SEE SOME MONEY YOU F###### POWDER HEAD! You hiding behind JPRINCE.”
As to the Roc nation remarks, Megan remained unimpressed. “People love bringing up roc nation 😂” she wrote. “Like hell yeah my team is great am I supposed to have a bad one?… and what abt it b####”
After being called a drug abuser, Crawford then made allegations of his own via his Instagram Stories.
“Aye y’all believe that B####### all y’all want to …ion got Twitter fingers so I’m not bout to type s### all day..but I promise everything said about me about that matter is a lie,” he wrote. “The truth will be out soon enough.” He added, “Defamation claim in the way,” before following that up with a bold claim about Megan Thee Stallion.
“This all Coming from a Bonafide Alcoholic who f##### the whole industry including her best friend n*gga [facepalm emoji].”
However, by this time, Megan said she was done responding.
50 Cent has fed Power fans with a continuous stream of content since the Starz flagship show ended. Despite the success of the spinoffs and his BMF series, the TV mogul said things are going to change.
“I have 4 more episodes of FORCE, then I don’t have anything airing on STARZ for six months so y’all know the vibes,” he wrote on Instagram. Many fans had wrongly assumed the series, which is almost at the end of the first season, would be immediately followed by Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 2.
50 Cent then clarified the delay in a follow-up post after receiving some backlash. He says Starz is to blame for taking too long to “green light” the series renewal.
“FORCE is the highest rated [premiere] of any show on the network,” Fiddy noted. “When they take too long to green light it, it pushes the production time line back. after tonight’s episode there are 3 left, April 10 it’s a wrap. Then 6 months till i have anything new.”
“I’m sorry they messed up the flow,” 50 Cent later added in another Instagram post.
Earlier this month, 50 Cent pushed back against the network for their delays in renewing the popular show, Starz’s most-watched premiere ever.
“This is me packing my stuff, STARZ,” he wrote on Instagram prior to the renewal. “Sucks, my deal is up over here I’m out. They Renewed High town and FORCE is the highest rated show they have it sitting in limbo. If I told you how much dumb s### I deal with over here.”
While 50 Cent remained silent on the return of Raising Kanan, season 2 is nearing completion.
“We had to push part of the season because of COVID,” Kemp continued. “The Omicron surge made us have to delay the beginning of [‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Season 3] and take a break in the middle of ‘Raising Kanan’ Season 2. It’s going to be on a little later as a result, but like a tiny bit. And I think it’s actually more going to affect the second half of the season, but not that much.”
Florida hip-hop artist Myammee hops on the radar with her new single “This What It Look Like”. In the 3 minute song, Myammee raps on topics from perseverance to stress management, ultimately pointing listeners back to her driving message, sanctification. Her love for the lord and ability to express it through art has made her a notable figure in the Christian rap world.
Myammee’s path to salvation wasn’t a quick and easy journey. She first got her start outside of the gospel, and music altogether, when she was part of the cast of the VH1 reality hit series “Flavor Of Love”. It was there on the show, prompted by Flavor Flav himself, where Myammee ironically gained the name that eventually would help her spread the word of God.
On her newest single “This What It Look Like”, she shared the song of love alongside bars full of clever phrases and biblical references. Her strongest skill is her ability to invite her audience to worship with her without feeling like they’re being preached to. With singles releasing at a rapid rate, Myammee isn’t holding back her faith for anyone on this earth.
Follow Myammee on Spotify and Instagram to stay in the loop with new music.
Cardi B will join forces with R&B songstresses Summer Walker and SZA on the remix of the hit song” No Love,” due this Friday.
Cardi B shared the cover art on Instagram, confirming how anxious she is over the song’s release. The New York rapper is trying something new but said she’s in love with the sound.
“Ommmmmggg I’m soooo excited and nervous!!!” she wrote in the caption. “I have never sounded the way I do on this record 😆but I love it ! Hope you guys love it too ♥️♥️♥️♥️FRIDAY!!! No love (extended).”
Cardi B then took to Twitter to add a few more details about her feature. “If you’re going through a break up, but you still low key want the dick you going to relate to this verse,” she wrote. The “Up” hitmaker also shared her pride in challenging herself artistically. “I’m so proud of myself I stepped out my element,” she added.
If you’re going through a break up, but you still low key want the dick you going to relate to this verse ….. I’m so proud of myself I stepped out my element.
After teasing an additional “No Love” feature, Summer Walker confirmed that Cardi B would indeed be on “No Love” along with SZA.
“Yall guessed it, my girl @IamcardiB jumped on “No Love” with me & @Sza,” she tweeted. “We’re going live at 10pmET tonight to celebrate.” She also announced that the single will come with accompanying visuals. “I can’t wait for y’all to see the video Friday! 😍” she wrote.
Cardi B & Summer Walker Celebrate On IG Live
Later, during the live Summer Walker revealed that she argued with her label about “No Love” and thanked Cardi B for being “so down to earth” in making the song.
Meanwhile, Cardi B shared her anxiety over appearing on her “favorite song,” and feared turning people off. She also teased fans, noting that “the video is very horny.” She added, “It’s so beautiful, I love it. Y’all look good.”
Megan Thee Stallion clapped back at a Twitter user demanding to see proof that she was shot in the foot by Tory Lanez.
“At this point Megan Thee Stallion is going to have to show us the bullet wound or something..” a user wrote on Monday evening (Mar. 21), referring to the July 2020 incident when the Houston native alleged she was shot by her then-boyfriend, Tory Lanez.
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However, Megan Thee Stallion responded to the tweet, suggesting people do their research. “B###### like this have ACTUAL C## FOR BRAINS. Dick eating ass b######. My hospital records are public record the DA has made a statement… yall choosing to be dumb at this point.”
She concluded, urging people to believe survivors. “You better hope a man never assaults you and nobody especially women believe you!” she tweeted.
Tory Lanez Urges “Protect Black Men”
Meanwhile, Tory Lanez, currently awaiting trial for assaulting Megan Thee Stallion, also took to Twitter on Monday, insisting Black men need safeguarding. “Protect black men,” he penned a little over an hour after Megan’s tweet referring to her medical records.
He continued, “I don’t care what y’all have to say …. WE ARE BLACK MEN … AND WE MATTER …don’t wait till we are all lynched , lied on and character assassinated to realize they have removed all of our legends and role models from the conversation.”
“Only party that we know is next door,” Tory Lanez rapped before firing at Pardi a few lines later. “He would say something back, but he need Cardi B for that.”
While he failed to mention Megan or Pardi directly, he later clarified name-checking Cardi B. “Before my new song #CAP even drops TONIGHT … there’s one thing in the song I don’t want no one getting confused,” he tweeted. “I am not dissing @OffsetYRN or @iamcardib. That’s family.”
Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez are scheduled to return to court for a pre-trial hearing in April.
This week, Tim talks to the Nappy Roots about the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Watermelon, Chicken and Gritz, their Hip-Hop journey from Kentucky to touring around the world, the business side of music, what makes a great beer, and their brewery.
“I didn’t put myself in any box. Country boys on the rise from Kentucky, college students; we got put in that box a lot. We just wanted to bring lyrics with good hooks over dope ass beats. Whatever category the listeners put us into, that was kind of on y’all,” Skinny DeVille told Tim.
Too often we hear the music industry described as “oversaturated.” We hear that most of today’s music is “overrated and sounds the same.” We also hear horror stories of up-and-coming artists struggling to promote their music or signing shady deals with labels that leave their music not only inaccessible to the public but held hostage by labels for years to come.
Enter Dwight Discourse (Stage Name: Hotbox The Guu): a rapper, engineer, and future hip hop mogul who aspires to revolutionize not only the hip hop sound but the way we engage with local underground artists as we know it. This Union, New Jersey native has been an audio engineer and has worked with the likes of Mr. Chicken, DJ Drewski, J Klassic, Jimmy Cozier, and others. 2 years ago, Hotbox decided to turn his ear for good music inward to begin creating music for himself, which so far has spawned 2 singles, all currently doing numbers on Youtube. His newest single titled “Insecure” is all set to release on April first on all platforms.
As a trailblazer in the industry, Hotbox hopes to follow in the footsteps of his idols, the legendary Dr. Dre and RZA, and innovate in the music industry through his website TheGuuLabel.com and accompanying app The Guu Label (currently only available for iOS). This site serves as both a hosting site and a portal for the public to find hot, new local artists, categorized by region of origin. He hopes that this site can serve as a springboard for many artists to get their music out there and be easier to find.
We are certainly looking forward for what the next 5 years will bring Hotbox, and will certainly be here to update you all with the latest!
You can reach out to Hotbox The Guu about The Guu Label, his music, and other inquiries through Instagram at: https://Instagram.com/hotbox_gooey
The Griselda crew is hitting the road for their first tour together since 2020.
Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher and Conway The Machine announced a run of 10 shows on Monday (March 21). The Griselda group will begin their tour in Chicago in May.
The trio will stop in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Denver, New York, Los Angeles and more. Westside Gunn, Benny and Conway will be joined by Doe Boy.
Prior to the tour, Griselda will perform at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April. They will be featured on a lineup that includes Kanye West, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, 21 Savage and Run The Jewels, among others.
Griselda’s upcoming tour follows two major releases by Benny and Conway. In February, Conway dropped his long-awaited God Don’t Make Mistakes album. The next month, Benny unleashed his Tana Talk 4 LP.
Check out all of the Griselda tour dates below.
5/10/2022 — Chicago, IL — Radius 5/14/2022 — Rochester, NY — Armory 5/15/2022 — Boston, MA — Roadrunner 5/18/2022 — New York, NY — T5 5/19/2022 — Washington, DC — Echo Stage 5/21/2022 — -Atlanta, GA — Coca Cola Roxy 5/26/2022 — -Dallas, TX — The Factory 5/29/2022 — Denver, CO — Mission Ballroom 6/2/2022 — San Francisco, CA — Warfield 6/3/2022 — Los Angeles, CA — Shrine Expo Hall
The population of Asian-American musicians doing full-time music is disproportionately slim. ZeZe is a Chinese-born musician who is tearing down walls of Asian hate in the music industry. ZeZe started his early music life at the age of 4 years old through the influence of his mother. He was later admitted to the Royal Academy of Music in London, in which he studied music compositions along with orchestral arrangements. Born in China, he strongly believes that his Chinese culture is being undervalued and underrated. In a recent interview, he claimed “People need to know that we have good music and immense talents in China, just like we have here in America. We are also people that value, respect, loyalty, and love”.
Holding this belief, Zeze is looking to combine his experience and studies of Chinese instruments and orchestra arrangements with the modern-day electronica and Hip Hop genres to further promote his culture and deep values. He has recently passed Juice Wrld on the top 40 Itunes chart for his collaboration track with award-winning producer Jun5.
Zeze is now one of the most established managers in the music industry. On top of his achievement in music, he is also an international entrepreneur who owns a multi-million dollar exotic car dealership – APMG. Zeze’s day is always fully booked by his customers, artists, producers, and various types of investors coming from all over the world. With his many accomplishments, ZeZe wants one thing to be clear: Asians have a tremendous place in the music industry.
Later, U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee agreed with Lizzo’s claim that “a joint author of one copyrightable work does not automatically gain ownership of a derivative work in which the joint author had no hand in creating.”
Judge Gee added that the Raisens and Rothman themselves admitted ‘Healthy’ is a “standalone” song and not a demo for “Truth Hurts.”
On Friday, attorneys from both parties stated they had reached a settlement. The attorneys asked for “dismissal of the entire action without prejudice” according to Rolling Stone.
Both sides will be required to pay their own legal fees. Other details of the settlement have not been revealed.
Megan Thee Stallion blasted Carl Crawford and 1501 Certified Entertainment for countersuing her in a series of Twitter posts.
The Billboard chart-topping rapper lashed out after Crawford and 1501 filed a lawsuit against her on Monday (March 21). Megan Thee Stallion vented about her beef with the label, criticizing Crawford’s actions in particular.
“First the man over my label said I don’t make him any money,” she wrote. “now he counter suing trying to keep me on his label because he wants to make more money lol if I ain’t making you no money why not just drop me?”
Last month, Megan Thee Stallion sued 1501 after the label refused to acknowledge her Something For Thee Hotties project as an album. In a countersuit, 1501 claimed her release failed to meet the contractual requirements to be considered an album.
1501 says Megan Thee Stallion still owes the label two albums. She contends Something For Thee Hotties is an album, which means she’d fulfill her contract once she releases another project with a runtime of at least 45 minutes.
Megan Thee Stallion and 1501 have been at odds for the past two years. She’s previously accused Crawford of being a bully and suggested he doesn’t know what’s going on with his business. She called out his behavior again in her latest Twitter tirade about the label.
“My lawyers asked him for an expense report(money 1501 supposedly has spent on ME),” she wrote. “why this grown ass man put his jewelry and chains on there… lord free me from this joke ass label.”
She added, “I choose not to say nothing back abt court and address s### online but im getting tired of being painted the BAD GUY 2/47 the last girl on 1501 mad at this man too !”
Pusha T teamed up with Arby’s for a diss track aimed at McDonald’s. Yes, you read that correctly.
Arby’s released a Pusha T song trashing McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish on Monday (March 21). The unexpected diss serves as an ad campaign for Arby’s new spicy fish sandwich.
“I’m the reason the whole world love it, now I gotta crush it/Filet-O-Fish is s###, and you should be disgusted/How dare you sell a square fish asking us to trust it?/A half slice of cheese, Mickey D’s on a budget?/Arby’s crispy fish is simply it/With lines ’round the corner, we might need a guest list,” Pusha T raps.
Pusha T famously takes credit for creating the McDonald’s “I’m Lovin’ It” jingle, which he references in his diss. Although his claims have been disputed, the renowned rapper still insists he’s “solely responsible” for the jingle.
“I did it at a very young age at a very young time in my career where I wasn’t asking for as much money and ownership,” he told Rolling Stone in a new interview. “It’s something that’s always dug at me later in life like, ‘D#####, I was a part of this and I should have more stake.’ It was like half a million or a million dollars for me and my brother — but that’s peanuts for as long as that’s been running.”
Pusha T added, “I had to get that energy off me, and this [ad] was the perfect way to get that energy like, ‘You know what? I’m over it.’”
Mason & Julez just released their newest single “Passion,” and we can’t stop listening!
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, the brother duo pride themselves in being musicians, encompassing everything from singing to songwriting to producing.
With Mason being 17 years old and Julez being 15 years old, the two conjoin forces to create the most heartfelt music possible, as they continue to gain fans on the daily.
With Mason handling more of the vocals, and Julez being more of the wordplay expert, the duo are excited as ever to be living in sunny Los Angeles. First exploding onto the scene from posting covers on Youtube to doing pop-up performances at their high school, both teenagers prove they’re far more than just TikTokers, they’re recording artists in their own right.
“Passion” serves as one of the singles from the boys’ forthcoming album titled Going on 21, in which they wrote and produced each record.
AllHipHop: Being from Melbourne, Australia, what was that like growing up?
Mason: Very different to the US. Very different from LA.
Julez: Very different, it’s cool.
Mason: We drive on the different side of the road. It has a lot of differences. LA’s very big compared to what we’re used to.
AllHipHop: You guys came to LA for music. How long have you been here?
Mason: Couple of years now, probably 2.5 maybe. We were going back and forth before that, but start of the pandemic officially.
AllHipHop: Talk about who your biggest influences were. What made you guys fall in love with music?
Mason: We’re always listening to a different variety of music. I like people from Kanye to Jay-Z and Lil Wayne. I like Musiq Soulchild. I like John Mayer and Ed Sheeran, people like that too. It’s a bunch of different people.
Julez: I like Lil Wayne, Drake, Jay Z, and Eminem.
AllHipHop: When did you realize you could do music for a living?
Mason: My brother had played the guitar. We were in Australia and he taught me when I was young, when I was only 10. He taught me to play the guitar and I started to sing a little bit more. It was nothing serious, I was just singing for fun for the family, because we’re the two youngest of 5 kids.
Julez: We were always dancing around. We always wanted to be the center of attention so we were always putting on a show: singing, dancing around, doing whatever. It just became a thing that we’d do every so often. I started doing videos and singing covers of people’s songs. We’d post them to show our family and friends, then a couple of them started going off. We’re like “Alright, let’s keep doing this.” Eventually, it just progressed.
AllHipHop: What was the first cover that went viral?
Mason: There was one that I did ages ago, a song called “18” by Ed Sheeran. Actually, one time we were busking. We went around Europe. We went to Ireland and were asking around the streets with one of our friends Allie Sherlock. We didn’t even realize, but someone filmed it from the crowd and must’ve sent it in. It ended up getting on this page, a vocal page, for 11, 12 million views. That was our first big hit on there. We’re like “Oh my God, how the hell is that…?” [laughs]
Julez: I didn’t even know who took the video.
AllHipHop: What’d you guys do after that?
Mason: Well in the meantime, we were writing songs and just learning more. But after that, we were so motivated like let’s keep going. Let’s write more music, let’s work with different people. That’s what really kicked us off to be like alright, let’s do this for real.
AllHipHop: You guys are only 15 and 17. Are you guys still in school?
Both: Yeah.
Julez: We’re just doing it online.
Mason: After Covid and all that, we’re doing it online. Before that, we were in high school. I did a little bit over here just before, but it was cool. I like school.
AllHipHop: Talk about your presence on TikTok. How did that happen?
Mason: Good question. [laughs] I have no idea. I just posted a bunch of random videos and I’d put in some singing videos, a couple of them randomly popped off. I’d do random stuff and had fun posting the videos.One of them ended up getting 30 million views, another one of them got almost 40. Really random and weird.
Julez: Yeah. [laughs]
Mason: It’s hard to track down.
AllHipHop: Musically, what do each of you bring to the table?
Mason: I’m the better one, the pretty one. [laughs] I sing, he raps. I’m more the heartfelt one probably, and he’s more the player I’d say. When we’re creating music in the creative process, I’m more of the music man and he’s the word man. We do a bit of both.
Julez: We produced and wrote the whole album too.
Mason: Yeah, but it’s a bit of both for everything.
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AllHipHop: “Passion” is your newest single, what inspired this record?
Mason: “Passion” came out a couple weeks ago for Valentine’s Day, it’s been great. We made that song about 6 months before that, so a little while. Usually when you play songs, you get used to it. After a while, you’re like “alright, I’m sick of hearing this song.” But it still feels fresh everytime I play it, so it’s a cool vibe.
Julez: It puts you in a cool vibe, a cool mood type thing. It’s relaxing. It was officially the Valentine’s Day single, so it’s a love song.
Mason: It’s a love song, love story kind of thing. Just setting the scene. I like the vibe of what’s going on in the moment and what’s going on around you.
AllHipHop: Did a certain female inspire it?
Mason: Yeah. I’m not gonna say who, [laughs] but yeah. It did come from experience. It was setting the scene and describing what it was feeling in that moment. Because sometimes when you write a song, people tend to jump straight to what’s happening, who you are, things like that. But no one discusses what’s happening right in that moment.
AllHipHop: What inspired the video? Where was that shot?
Both: That was shot in LA.
Mason: Me and Julez wrote the treatment for it. It’s on the reverse vibe, everything’s reversed in the video.
Julez: It’s a love story in reverse kind of.
Mason: It’s that theme because when I produced the song, I reversed a lot of the stuff. When you hear it, it has that vibe. Everything’s going backwards and it’s very spacy, so I wanted the video to reflect the same way. It’s a love story that’s in reverse, going backwards. You can see me driving the car in reverse, all things like that. I think it’s really cool. It came out really cool, overall a fun experience.
AllHipHop: What was the best memory?
Julez: The car was pretty fun, Mason was driving.
Mason: The car was really fun. I was driving, Julez was in the passenger seat. What was it? A Ford Mustang 1965. It was really cool.
Julez: It was just us two. Mason was pressing the gas and it was going fast. It was cool.
AllHipHop: You mentioned your forthcoming album, Going on 21. What’s the meaning in the title?
Mason: You can expect a lot of different things.
Julez: Different vibes of music.
Mason: This is our first time putting out a full body of work. It’s 13 songs, it’s almost like a playlist full of different vibes, songs, and different memories. It’s like a playlist and a journal in the same way. I don’t know if that makes sense or not, but that’s reflective on the writing and the music of it. Going on 21 is the way we are, we’re 15 and 17 out here in LA. It’s a pretty crazy life to live out in LA at such a young age. People are all around you and all these people are in music. You see celebrities walk by and all these other things. The way we do music and all the people around us, it’s almost we’re going on 21.
Julez: It was written in 2021 too, so it’s a bit of both.
AllHipHop: Talk about your new single coming called “Playlist.”
Mason: Yes. Before the album, we have a single called “Playlist” coming out on March 18th
Julez: Next Friday with the music video
Mason: With the music video we just shot last week, so we’ve got a lot of stuff cooking.
AllHipHop: What can we expect from the video?
Julez: A lot of good vibes, dancing. Infectious dancing.
Mason: [laughs] You’re going to start dancing if you hear it. It’s a cool vibe. We had a lot of fun making it, especially the video too. We had a lot of friends in it, so it was really cool.
AllHipHop: Writing and producing the project during the pandemic, Did that encourage you guys to lock in?
Both: Yeah!
Mason: That honestly was the best for us, making that album during that process it gave us a lot of time to lock it in and no distractions, things like that. We learned a lot through that too, then from other people we learned from them too. It’s a very different album to other things, especially cause it’s not all on one theme. It’s a bit in every kind of lane they have.
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AllHipHop: 3 things you need in the studio to record at all times?
Mason: Food. [laughs] Maybe some nice lights, it’s a good atmosphere setting.
Yeah, some nice lights to give good vibes. Some of these were written not in the studio. It was one of them on the album that we wrote in the car, then when we got home we recorded the whole thing. Just put it down as soon as we could.
Julez: It doesn’t really matter where you are, as long as… we need the right vibe
Mason: You need energy, and you need food and water. That’s about it.
Julez: Your surroundings, good people around you, and that. I mean, you could do a song in a really fancy studio and it might not turn out as good as the one you did in the car. It’s all about the vibe and that.
AllHipHop: What do you guys like to do when you’re not doing music?
Julez: Music. [laughs] Basketball, go to the beach.
Mason: I like to play basketball, surf a little bit. See friends, family.
Julez: Footy, play some footy. That’s about it, then make music.
Mason: We do a lot of music. We do music every single day, make 2 to 3 songs a day. Especially over the last couple of years, I’ve looked on my computer and we’ve had 3 songs to last every single day for the last year.
Julez: Yeah, two years at least.
Mason: I didn’t realize it, it just happens.
AllHipHop: What artists do you listen to the most?
Mason: I love Musiq Soulchild, John Mayer, and Ed Sheeran. I have a bunch.
Julez: Lil Wayne, Beyonce, Jay Z, Rihanna.
Mason: Yeah Beyonce, I love Beyonce. A bunch of different singers.
Julez: A bunch of different varieties of different music. We listen to everything: Chainsmokers, DJs
Mason: Avicii. Just a bunch of different things really.
AllHipHop: Any goals for yourself at this point in your career?
Mason: I want to get a lot more music out, which especially helps with the album coming out. Go touring.
Julez: Go touring, yeah. Do some shows on the road. My ultimate goal is to sell out Madison Square Garden.
AllHipHop: Anything else you want to let the people know?
Julez: Stay ready for a lot more music!
Mason: Stay ready for a lot of music, yeah. The whole album’s coming out on April…
Julez: April 29thh, then “Playlist” next Friday and the music video. I also want to say thanks to all our fans, for the love on our recent single “Passion” and the video too. I’m excited!
Megan Thee Stallion’s dispute with 1501 Certified Entertainment heated up as her label filed a countersuit against her.
According to TMZ, Carl Crawford’s 1501 Certified Ent. sued the multi-platinum selling rapper over her Something For Thee Hotties project. The label insists her latest release isn’t an album and demands new recordings to fulfill her contract.
Last month, Megan Thee Stallion sued 1501 for not counting Something For Thee Hotties as an album under the terms of her contract. She claimed the project met the criteria of an album per their agreement, which allegedly stipulates a 45-minute runtime for such classification.
Something For Thee Hotties mostly features previously released songs. The label contends the project only includes 29 minutes of new Megan Thee Stallion material, so it shouldn’t be considered an album under their deal.
1501 proclaims her projects must contain at least 12 “new master recordings of studio performances” to count as an album in her contract. The label also says it needs to approve the tracks, which didn’t happen with the release of Something For Thee Hotties.
Megan Thee Stallion previously asked for a non-monetary declaratory judgment to determine Something For Thee Hotties is an album. 1501 wants the court to rule against her, which would mean the Texas native owes the label two more albums.
In addition to settling the album dispute, 1501 seeks a full accounting of Megan Thee Stallion’s revenue. The label believes it deserves a cut, which could exceed $1 million.
On Monday, Kylie uploaded a video titled “To Our Son” to her YouTube page. The almost 10-minute clip began with her displaying a positive pregnancy test and revealing the happy news to Travis.
The make-up mogul documented an ultrasound appointment, various photoshoots, and her baby shower late last year.
Interspersed with the footage were clips of Kylie’s famous siblings offering her congratulatory messages.
“I just want you to know we love you so much, we’ve got you for life, we’re family for life. I pray you love the family you are born into because we’re very special. We love you, and we can’t wait to meet you,” said Kim Kardashian.
Kendall Jenner added: “Ky, you inspire me so much with being a mom. I’m not a mom yet myself, and I look up to you so much with how you raise Stormi and how you’re going to raise your new baby. I’m so excited, and I already love the baby so much.”
Elsewhere, Khloe Kardashian joked that she is “everyone’s favorite aunt.”
The video concluded with footage showing the 24-year-old in labor in a hospital bed with Travis, 30, and her mother, Kris Jenner, by her side.
The screen then cut to black, though Kylie Jenner and Travis’s voices could be heard in the moments that they welcomed their little boy into the world.
The Mayor of Austin, Texas, has issued a statement after four people were shot and injured at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival this weekend on Sixth Street.
According to KVUE, the ABC affiliate in Austin, Mayor Steve Adler said that there was “an abundance of officers” hired for the festival but stressed that the issue is really around gun control.
“At the end of the day, what was our most significant challenge, I understand, is we just have so many people carrying guns,” the mayor remarked.
“Used to be when you had two groups that were fighting – which is, apparently, what happened this weekend, wasn’t [a] random shooting, the public generally wasn’t in danger – was these two groups, when they, in the past times when they would get into arguments, they would get into fistfights.”
He continued saying, “Now, under state law where they’re allowed to carry guns when a fight like that breaks out, somebody is pulling out a gun.”
Around 2 A.M. on Sunday, Mar. 20th, the Austin Police Department was notified of a shooting on the 400 block of East Sixth Street.
The shooting injured four people. However, their injuries were minor and not expected to be life-threatening.
Few details have been released other than a dispute between two groups, and the gunplay was not a random act.
An Atlanta community activist says the death of Young Thug’s child’s mother, LaKevia Jackson, was connected to gang retaliation.
Journalist Georgia Chidi says that the 31-year-old’s death will most likely spark more violence, saying to FOX 5 News, “I’m really concerned this will be a catalyst for an even larger reprisal.”
“I didn’t know that was going to be the last time I talked to my baby,” LeKevia’s mother Sherina Jackson said shortly after the shooting.
“I could hear her over the phone crying and screaming, then her best friend said she’s not breathing! I lost my baby all over a bowling ball,” Jackson said.
However, Chidi does not believe that story.
Chidi said that after he went through the court documents and did his interview with friends of the victim, he was convinced that something else had happened.
Whatever it was is connected to the gang rivalry in Atlanta between “YFN” vs. “YSN.”
Young Thug and his crew are allegedly affiliated with YSN, while incarcerated rapper YFN Lucci is affiliated with the YFN gang.
“Friends of hers that were present say she was not actively involved in the argument at all which leads me to wonder why she was killed because it looked like it was a targeted killing,” he said. “I think someone was going after Young Thug in any way they can get to him.”
“It’s not just gangsters getting killed. Anyone close to them are at risk,” he stated.
Authorities have not commented on his theory. Jackson leaves behind a 14-year-old son with Young Thug.
