27Delly is the golden child of Harlem. Coming off the heels of his Cash Cobain-assisted track “Super Bizzy,” he is coming back with more heat. Delly’s hard-hitting new single “No Complaints” is perfect for the summer. The bass is heavy, and the flex is present throughout. The jiggy rapper knows how to make a song that everyone can love. He knows that men and women will be blasting “No Complaints” throughout every borough. This track is his second single ahead of his upcoming full-length effort. -Stream HERE
Many fans have heard 27Delly’s music on HBO’s Insecure & FX’s#### show Atlanta, but his discography spans way further than his sync placements. The new single “No Complaints” shows his ability to make playlist-friendly records while still proving he is a state ahead of the pack lyrically.
After yet another successful slew of events in the community during his Juneteenth4eva Weekend experience, he is ready to put the focus back on his art. 27Delly is busy as ever these days. His recent partnership with Converse caught a lot of steam on social media, and he will be in attendance for Paris Fashion Week in the coming days.
27Delly is a unique figure. He’s well-rounded and versatile, making him digestible to the masses. He’s admired in his neighborhood due to his humbleness. He comes from a family of winners. His upcoming project will prove why he is one of the most well-respected voices in NYC.
For now, press play on his second single, “No Complaints,” here today!
On Wednesday (Jun. 8), Missy shared a video of the pair and explained, “Y’all don’t have a friend like I’ve got.”
Missy Elliott then took to the caption to let her followers know just how much Janet Jackson means to her.
“For the last 2 years I’m sure like for many it was really emotionally draining,” Missy Elliott admitted. “Going from being outside to being isolated from family & friends. Well the other day @janetjackson & I was chopping it up on the phone & I spoke about how I missed everyone & how this year I wanted to make sure I see her & she casually said I’ll fly to where you are on the 5th. Well honestly I didn’t think much of it just because she is my friend for 24 years she is still Ms. Jackson if you NASTY & stay BOOKED & BUSY since 7 years old be VERY CLEAR😩😆😂”
She continued to give Janet Jackson her flowers. “But sure enough the 5th came & she text me & said I’m here😭 I began to tear up because she flew all the way from LONDON & spent two days with me & we cut up & laughed for 2 days straight! I sure needed that just to laugh & feel at peace🙏🏾Jj I Love you til Earth is No More! You don’t have to sell another album you will always be THE ICONIC THE LEGENDARY THE FASHIONISTA MOTHA to me👑🍷💜 Thank you for being a Freeeeeeen🤗💜,” added Missy. Check it out below.
Yung Miami teamed up with Diddy’s network REVOLT to launch a new series titled Caresha Please.
The City Girls member’s talk show premieres on Thursday (June 9). Diddy, who’s been romantically linked to Yung Miami, will be her first guest.
“Be ready to be entertained,” she said in a press release. “You never know who may pop up, all things go on Caresha Please. Nothing is off limits.”
Diddy added, “REVOLT is about giving a platform to the most authentic and disruptive voices in Hip Hop that move the culture. Yung Miami is not only a superstar artist, she’s also unapologetically herself and brings a perspective women around the world can relate to, which is why I’m excited to bring her podcast to life.”
Yung Miami announced her partnership with Diddy’s network a few weeks after clashing with another woman over him. The Quality Control Music rapper exchanged social media insults with a model named Gina Huynh, who posted a photo of Diddy kissing her.
Caresha Please will air on REVOLT and its app. It will also be available on major podcast platforms. Yung Miami and Diddy both serve as executive producers for the series.
Eminem gave fans a preview of a new documentary about The D.O.C. on Tuesday (June 8).
Slim Shady shared a clip of his interview for the film on social media. The video showed Eminem marveling over the craftsmanship of The D.O.C.’s song “Mind Blowin.”
“He was doing things that nobody else had done yet,” Eminem said. “Like, just lyrically.”
Eminem started to recite the second verse from “Mind Blowin” before suddenly stopping. He asked The D.O.C. himself to clarify the lyrics of a tongue-twisting section of the song.
“I gotta ask him what he said on this part,” Eminem said. “On this one part, I never understood it. I couldn’t make out exactly what it was.”
The D.O.C. joined Eminem on camera and nodded in approval as Em recited the verse again. The Hip Hop legend then confirmed what he said on “Mind Blowin.”
“Never a segment is negative because I’m employing whatchu been missing,” The D.O.C. told Slim Shady.
Eminem wondered aloud, “How the f### did you say that s###? G#######.”
The D.O.C. responded, “I don’t know. S### just came out.”
Director Dave Caplan’s documentary about The D.O.C. premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday (June 10). The film explores the rapper’s life and legacy decades after he lost his voice in a car crash.
A candlelight vigil will be held for the late Trouble on Thursday (June 9).
The event is being staged at Coan Park in Atlanta. The vigil begins at 6:45 p.m.
Trouble, whose real name was Mariel Orr, was shot and killed on Sunday (June 5). He was 34.
Authorities accuse Jamichael Jones of murdering Trouble. The 33-year-old suspect surrendered to deputies in Georgia on Tuesday (June 7).
Jones was charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, home invasion and battery. He allegedly shot Trouble at the Lake St. James Apartments in Conyers, Georgia.
Trouble visited an unidentified woman at her apartment when Jones allegedly breached the residence and started firing shots. Officials say Jones and the Def Jam rapper didn’t know each other.
“What we know and what I can tell you is that Mr. Mariel Orr was visiting a female friend at the apartment complex, and Mr. Jamichael Jones did know the female and it was a domestic situation,” Rockdale County Public Information Officer Jedidia Canty said. “I know there are a lot of people that are really upset right now about the situation.”
Police discovered Trouble suffering from a gunshot wound at the scene. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Bay Area rapper Mac Minister seeks to overturn his conviction for a double homicide.
According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, Mac Minister will get a new hearing based on a witness recanting his testimony against the rapper. Antione Mouton, also known as Antione Cantrell, now insists he lied when speaking to law enforcement and testifying at the trial.
Mac Minister, whose real name is Andre Dow, has spent 16 years behind bars for allegedly killing Anthony “Fat Tone” Watkins and Jermaine “Cowboy” Akins in Las Vegas.
Dow was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in July 2008. He was sentenced to life in prison.
Prosecutors say Mac Minister murdered Watkins and Akins in retaliation for the 2004 killing of Bay Area Hip Hop legend Mac Dre. But Dow’s legal team believes he was convicted in large part due to the fabricated testimony of Mouton a.k.a. Cantrell, who has changed his story years later.
“My statements to law enforcement and testimony at Mr. Dow’s trial was false,” Mouton says. “And I made the statements against Mr. Dow because I wanted to receive favorable treatment as a result of my other criminal cases. I believe I was approached by law enforcement in California after the death of Lee De’Nae Laursen because I knew Ms. Laursen and I believe that they may have located my contact information in her phone. After I was approached by law enforcement that is when I began to make the false statements against Mr. Dow.”
Mouton says he didn’t talk to Mac Minister in 2005 or 2006 as he originally testified. He admits he was incarcerated in Georgia on December 5, 2005, which is a specific day he previously claimed they spoke.
The key witness also concedes he didn’t know Mac Minister as well as his testimony suggested.
“I recant my testimony and statements that I am from the Fillmore neighborhood,” Mouton notes. “I did not grow up with Andre Dow as a testified. I am from the Hunter’s Point neighborhood and did not grow up with Mr. Dow. I only knew who Mr. Dow was from his popularity in the music industry.”
He adds, “I also specifically recant my testimony that Mr. Dow told me ‘I don’t give a f### about the punk m############ that’s telling on me ‘cause around here m############ would come up missing, like that b####, that b#### n##### that did that s### to Dre’ or that ‘he didn’t give a f### about people that was telling on him or the dumb ass police that was looking for him.’ I made up those statements and that testimony was false.”
Mouton’s sworn statement includes an explanation for why he’s revealing his alleged lies.
“I am coming forward with this information now because it has been on my conscious and I deeply regret making the false testimony and statements against Mr. Dow,” he says.
A hearing for Mac Minister’s case is scheduled to take place on Friday (June 10).
Trapland Pat is the hottest new artist on the scene, and he’s here to showcase his talents to the rest of the world and beyond. Hailing from Deerfield, Florida, the rising star boasts his own swag, sound, look, and undeniable bars, priding himself in his versatility over anything else.
Being born as a first-generation American to Haitian immigrants comes with its own battles, but Trapland Pat wears his heritage on his back loud and proud. It was during his college years where he was able to play football as a wide receiver on a scholarship, but after getting in some trouble, he fell back on his first true love: music.
As always, work ethic is everything, and Pat took his time to study the greats and perfect his craft in the studio. With buzzing singles under his belt — such as “Overdose” featuring Spotemgottem,” New Jam Freestyle,” and “Make It Home” featuring Kid Trunks — Pat went on to sign to Fredo Bang’s Bang Biz Entertainment imprint under Alamo Records.
Now, fresh off the heels of his newest visuals “D.O.A” featuring BIG30 and “Astronaut Status” featuring Fredo Bang, Pat is excited as ever to be unleashing his newest project titled Trapnificent, which he reveals is the first body of work in a year for his fans. The name itself describes Trapland Pat to the tee, the cross section between trap and magnificent.
AllHipHop: How would you describe yourself, for someone who doesn’t know?
Trapland Pat: I’m from South Florida, Broward County. Haitian, African American, Black. I got an athletic build and I got a funny personality. Nothing too crazy.
AllHipHop: You used to play football. Were you good?
Trapland Pat: Yeah I was good. I was in college and everything. You know, something happened and I lost the scholarship.
AllHipHop: What happened?
Trapland Pat: I caught a charge. I caught a couple charges, then a n*gga got a chance to transition. So I went to music. Ever since then, it’s been green lights.
AllHipHop: When you were playing football, were you still doing music?
Trapland Pat: Yeah, but I wasn’t putting my all into it. It was more of a hobby, instead of making it the primary. Now, it’s the primary. Back then, it was something you do when you want to have fun.
AllHipHop: Do you remember when you fell in love with music?
Trapland Pat: Yeah, I remember. It was 9th or 10th grade. When I went to my first studio session, paid for my first studio session. Ever since then, I knew it was something I wanted to do forreal forreal.
AllHipHop: How much did you have to pay for that studio session?
Trapland Pat: Back then, it was a little small studio in the garage. It was $25 an hour, but that was a lot for me. I was still in high school, I used to struggle sometimes to pay that. [laughs]
AllHipHop: When you decided to commit, what did you do differently?
Trapland Pat: When I decided to commit, I realized I gotta get better. That s### wasn’t going to come overnight. I knew I had to be in the studio more. Practice, freestyle, read more, build more vocabulary and stuff like that.
AllHipHop: Did you study specific artists?
Trapland Pat: Oh yeah, I used to study a lot of artists. I be watching them. I learned from every artist that’s out here. I’m not the type of person that will hear something and be like “turn that thing off man.” I’m trying to see what he got to say or how he says stuff.
AllHipHop: You got a Top 5?
Trapland Pat: Lil Wayne, Drake, Future, Kodak Black, and Fabolous. Ain’t gonna lie, I like Freddie Gibbs too. It’s a lot of people.
AllHipHop: How would you describe your sound?
Trapland Pat: I think it’s a unique type of sound. It’s my own flow, I’m not copying nobody. It’s unique. Other people won’t think that, but that’s how I feel about it.
AllHipHop: Being from Deerfield, Florida, what was that like growing up?
Trapland Pat: It was alright. It’s isolated from all the other cities because we’re so close to Palm Beach, the borderline. It’s Palm Beach and Broward County, but it’s regular. Everybody was either playing sports or trying to make money in the streets in some way. It’s either or, you’re doing either or. Either you playing sports or you hustling, that’s how it was over there.
AllHipHop: Did you get deep in the streets before the music?
Trapland Pat: S###, not really though. But I was right there. I was playing sports, so I was one foot in one foot out. You gon’ people saying “man you don’t have to do the streets, the other route kinda quicker.” So I always kept that in mind. But when I lost the scholarship, s### I’m in the streets now. [laughs] Forreal, that’s how I looked at it.
AllHipHop: How’d you get your name?
Trapland Pat: My neighborhood is called Trapland. They always called me Pat, so I said Trapland Pat. My name used to be C-Land Pat, but I thought Trapland sounds more presentable. So I went the Trapland way. My real name is Pat.
AllHipHop: Let’s talk about your new single,.” DOA” featuring Big30.
Trapland Pat: You see I got DOA tatted on my neck?
AllHipHop: Them neck tats be painfu!
Trapland Pat: Yeah them neck tats serious. I mean, I didn’t think about it. Man, I’m just trying to get it done. An hour and 30 minutes, I just sat still. If you could stand still, just go as fast as he can. It took a toll on me after though, I felt crazy. My body got very cold, I had to go to sleep. You know when you go to sleep, you under the sheets but you still cold? That’s how I was feeling, I’m like damn. Maybe he shouldn’t have went so fast. [laughs]
AllHipHop: Did you get it when you dropped the single or what happened?
Trapland Pat: No, I got it like two days ago. I been was going to get it, but I was hesitating. I woke up like “damn what you doing? You need more tattoos.” [laughs] I told my mom, me and my mom was debating on what to put. It was either PM or DOA, I got DOA.
AllHipHop: What’s PM?
Trapland Pat: It’s this abbreviation that everybody in my family got. So I could have got that, but I’m a just put that on the back.
AllHipHop: Are you all tatted up otherwise?
Trapland Pat: Got my stomach and my chest, my forearm, that’s it. Still got a lot of work to do.
AllHipHop: Talk about how that collab with Big30 came about.
Trapland Pat: Him and Fredo are really close. I just talked to him yesterday about the single, how he felt about the single. It wasn’t nothing for him to reach out. It was nothing about money or whatever. He just felt like s###, what if he go down one day? Somebody could help him up. That’s how it was, he just wanted to do the favor.
AllHipHop: That’s fire.
Trapland Pat: Yeah, that’s fire for real. That’s the first artist — no, he’s not the first one. We won’t talk about the next one. He reached out, it was a nice collab. The song’s doing pretty good.
AllHipHop: Did you make the song with him in mind or how did that happen?
Trapland Pat: I had a lot of songs playing. I played that song for him earlier, he’s like “man.” I played it again and it was just something about that cha cha. He said “man, this the one. I gotta get on this one.” I recorded a whole other song with him. He said “let’s do another song.” Because you know sometimes, you’ll be in the studio. You’ll do a little song with somebody, you’re like “nah, let’s do another song,” because you feel like that ain’t the one. So that’s what it was, it was another song and he got on it.
AllHipHop: Best memory from the music video? Where was that shot?
Trapland Pat: It was in my neighborhood in Deerfield Beach, off Exit 41. This place called the Doom City. They got other artists over there too, but that was a nice place to put it at because that’s where mostly a lot of patients from Deerfield really came from. That apartment right there is very active, a dangerous place over there. It was a nice place to do it.
AllHipHop: Do you have a memory from that place growing up?
Trapland Pat: It was crazy forreal! It was very crazy. I got a little memory, I ain’t gon’ lie. I forgot what somebody did, but I guess it was wrong place wrong time. It was middle school, somebody just hit him. His whole jaw was broken, off one hit. It didn’t make no sense to me. This whole jaw had to be wired shut, I’m like what? To that point., it was crazy. Middle school, and seeing that type of stuff happen? He had to get arrested because it was that serious. When you’re a minor, you get past it. That s### was crazy.
AllHipHop: What we can expect from your new project, Trapnificent?
Trapland Pat: You can expect a lot of flows. My flows sharpened up a lot more. My delivery’s better. Beat choices are still good, but it’s worth the wait. I waited a long time, I haven’t dropped in over a year. I dropped last year in May, a year and a month. I wasn’t paying attention that I didn’t dropping that much. That’s my fault, but I’m finna start dropping. I know they’re waiting, they’ve been waiting forreal. I know they’re waiting.
AllHipHop: You’ve been locked in or…?
Trapland Pat: I’ve been locked in. I got a lot of songs though, just haven’t been dropping. But I got a lot of songs. .
AllHipHop: Why Trapnificent?
Trapland Pat: Trapnificent, he just do it so good. I was so high one day, I just came up with that. It sounds professional, but at the same time it sounds like some trap s###. That’s some Trapnificent s### right there.
AllHipHop: Any collabs we can expect?
Trapland Pat: Oh yeah, I got a song with Eli Frost. He’s from New York, from Brooklyn. I got a song with Mozzy, Big30. Fredo Bang gonna appear on that too, like two or three times on the project. People been waiting on us to collab, but we been collabed. We just haven’t released, but we’re gonna release.
AllHipHop: What’s your guys’ relationship? How did you guys tap in originally?
Trapland Pat: Yeah, we’re good. Me and Fredo, it was somebody from his team reached out. We ran into each other before, but he didn’t know I do music and I never came up to him on the music tip. I just took the picture with him. When somebody from his team brought it to his attention that this guy might have some talent, he brought me to him. We came to the conclusion on how we can get to the next level, try to get some s### done. Ever since then, we just been working on the business tip. Big Biz!
AllHipHop: How did it feel to see him and his career take off?
Trapland Pat: It’s good to see that happen because a lot of people be in the shadows for so long and they be working. Social media makes it seem like if you’re not viral, you’re not working. It’s good to see when s### pays off for people because you never know what they were going through. Waiting on their time to shine.
AllHipHop: Does Fredo give you any advice?
Trapland Pat: Oh yeah, he do. You gotta be consistent. You gotta know what to drop at the right time. You gotta be able to read the room to be able to get the best results out of certain situations. That’s what he been teaching me. I’m still learning though, I didn’t perfect it yet. I’m still learning.
AllHipHop: Is it fun though? Are you having fun?
Trapland Pat: Yeah I’m having fun! I’m enjoying myself fasho.
AllHipHop: 3 things you need in the studio at all times?
Trapland Pat: Water, a charger, and quiet. Sometimes, it all depends. Most of the time, you want it to be quiet.
AllHipHop: How does cannabis improve your life?
Trapland Pat: It could help boost my creativity, if I got writer’s block. But I don’t always go to it because it makes your throat dry when you’re in the studio. If I’m having writer’s block, let me just smoke outside real quick. Come up with the next line quick. But I don’t want to go to it automatic, just to make music.
AllHipHop: What is it you want fans to get from your story?
Trapland Pat: That anybody could do it. I’m nothing special. Everybody’s human, everybody got opportunities. We all don’t got the same route, that’s what I be trying to rap about most of the time.
AllHipHop: You also released “Make It Home” featuring Kid Trunks?
Trapland Pat: Yeah, that’s a very good song. It’s crazy how that song came about, it was a freestyle. Me and him was in the booth at the same time recording. He’d say “Let me go.” I’d say “Nah, let me go.” S### like that, that song was so fast. It came out so good. I haven’t heard from him in a while. He was going through stuff.
AllHipHop: Yeah, I saw that little viral stuff.
Trapland Pat: Yeah, crazy.
AllHipHop: What do you think about social media and people being in the headlines for whatever reason? Obviously, you need it for your drug.
Trapland Pat: It’s a drug. You gotta be careful, it’s a drug. That’s how I look at it. A lot of people done got lost into it, but it’s realizing when you’re getting too deep into it and you gotta back up right quick. You can feel like you’re not doing enough, that’s just not the case. Because nobody posts their flaws on social media.
AllHipHop: How excited are you for Rolling Loud?
Trapland Pat: Oh yeah, I’m excited. I’ve been working. I’m excited, it don’t feel too real yet though. To live that s###, that s### crazy.
AllHipHop: Any goals for yourself at this point In your career?
Trapland Pat: Yeah, I want to hit the Billboard. I want a plaque. I want to just stay consistent, those are my 3 goals right there. Staying consistent, going #1.
AllHipHop: Anything else you want to let the people know?
Trapland Pat: Yeah, I’m finna remix the “Big Business” on the Trapnificent project. Stay tuned.
Pyro Musikk releases a new album entitled Ghetto Rockstar featuring leading singles “SRT”, and “Pusha Man”! The Carolina native released the project recently ushering in major support and positive feedback on every track. Christopher Devon Burris aka Pyro Musikk, was born on July 3rd in Gastonia, NC, and raised in Clover, SC. He’s been doing music for about 9 years. Currently being the father of 3 kids, a son, and 2 daughters, Pyro speaks on why the grind and commitment are so real and serious for him as an artist.
Pyro fell in love with music from growing up around a musically inclined family and looking at the constant energy and inspiration as motivation to make it a career. Besides just the music Pyro speaks about having high energy all the time because his mindset and mental focus always keep him positive and in a positive mood.
“SRT” is the definition of an uptempo and fast-paced energy-driven banger! Known for making listeners catch the energy of turning up in their cars for the ride, or forgetting the ride isn’t a sports car to be tested, the song welcomes you to the catalog of a Ghetto Rockstar. Follow: @yce_entertainment & @pyromusikk
DreamRich DreMo is one of Atlanta’s best artist prospects, and he’s not here to declare his place in the music industry once and for all. Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina but raised in Columbia, South Carolina, DreMo is an artist, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur with a hunger and passion that declares success.
Most recently, DreamRick DreMo unleashed a new music video for “Made Me,” featuring Gucci Mane’s artist Foogiano and TimmyTechnicolor. Produced by Zey Antonio, the single serves as a follow-up toDreMo’s recent track called “Walk” featuring Bri Biase.
DreamRick DreMo, Foogiano, and TimmyTechnicolor’s charisma and craft display what is in store for the future of hip hop. The “Made Me” visual features a version of DreamRick DreMo’s creative, as he continues to inspire others by leading by example. Some tips he’d love to share with upcoming and striving artists are to be authentic, follow your heart and intuition, practice faith daily, and always believe in yourself.
DreMo has no plans in stopping and enjoys every minute of his musical journey.
AllHipHop: You’re raised in Columbia, SC. How was it growing up there?
DreamRich DreMo: It was hard. My mom started off struggling and we didn’t always have basics, electricity, water, and car repossessed. At 14, I lied about my age and got a job at a fast food place to help out. I’ve been working ever since, often like my mom, having more than one job.
AllHipHop: When did you fall in love with music?
DreamRich DreMo: I fell in love with music at an early age. I’m a fan of all music, all genres. Not just hip hop. My grandpa was actually best friends with David Ruffin from The Temptations. David Ruffin is also my Aunt Toi’s Grandfather. When I was 10 years old, my Bow Wow career was starting… that was the point when I realized I wanted and could do music: at age 10. I did music with a few partners in high school. But in 2018, that’s when I started taking it seriously.
AllHipHop: Was there a turning point when you realized you could do it for a living?
DreamRich DreMo: I have seen other artists making a living, I knew I could too. My passion was strong, everyone around me told me how talented I was. I had the support of my best friend and my mom to follow my dreams, and not work a 9-5 that I had no interest in.
AllHipHop: You just released a music video for “Made Me,” who or what inspired this record?
DreamRich DreMo: TimmyTechnicolor and I were in the studio listening to beats and fess typing to them. We eventually came across the “Made Me” beat. TimmyTechnicolor started coming up with the hook, and it was a wrap.
AllHipHop: How did you, Foogiano, and TimmyTechnicolor meet for your new single?
DreamRich DreMo: After the record was finished, I was riding around listening to it. I was thinking it was missing something, and I knew what it was. I reached out to Foo and sent him the record. We linked up at Loud House Studios, and the rest was history.
AllHipHop: What’s the best memory from the video shoot for “Made Me”?
DreamRich DreMo: The best memory for me was just simply creating memories with my team. Every time we get together it’s a movie, and if you have seen the video you already know. Good vibes only.
AllHipHop: What is it you want fans to get from the record?
DreamRich DreMo: To know that you can have your own style, and you don’t have to follow the masses to be successful. Be true to yourself and you can be great.
AllHipHop: What about your story?
DreamRich DreMo: Passion is everything in all you do. My mom made a lot of sacrifices for me and us. I now have the opportunity to show her that her support “Made Me.”
AllHipHop: 3 things you need in the studio?
DreamRich DreMo: I need a dope engineer, some weed, and a glass of champagne wouldn’t hurt haha. I love being in the studio, I love creating. If the vibes are right, I’m there.
Stay connected with DreamRich DreMo: Instagram: @dreamrichdremo
Rapper Kanye West is taking time away from music so he can battle “his own s###,” one of his young collaborators said. After a tumultuous year, the “DONDA” rapper is taking a much-needed break from the public’s eye.
This news comes thanks to 24-year-old rapper Vory, a featured emcee on his DONDA album, who dropped his new project, Lost Souls, on Friday, June 3rd, on Meek Mill’s Dream Chasers Records.
Kanye, who turned 45 today (June 8th), was featured on Vory’s project. Vory said Kanye decided to skip his release party and told him through a liaison.
The Houston-born rapper said, “I was just talking to [Kanye] today. We’ve been talking through my best friend who’s also his assistant, because he hasn’t been wanting to talk to anybody,” Vory told People.
“He’s taking a year off, and he was like, ‘Damn, you think Vory is going to be mad at me if I don’t go to his release party?’ And I was like, ‘Nah, you’re straight, bro’,” Vory continued.
The Meek Mill protégé said, “He’s battling his own s###. That’s my dog, I learned a lot from him.”
The young rapper is excited that “Daylight” saw the light of day since several of his other collabs with Ye were shelved.
“I was originally featured on Donda five times,” he admitted. “And [Kanye] was just like, ‘Bruh, we damn near got an EP on this thing.’ So, I guess his team decided that three times was enough.”
A high-profile criminal case involving Hip Hop artists and their lyrics is playing out in Fulton County, Georgia at the moment. Jeffery “Young Thug” Williams and Sergio “Gunna” Kitchens both face racketeering charges in the state.
Authorities indicted Young Thug on Conspiracy to Violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and Participation in Criminal Street Gang Activity. The YSL leader also faces weapons and drug charges. Prosecutors hit Gunna with one count of a RICO violation.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis plans to use songs by Young Thug and Gunna as evidence against the defendants. Willis claims lyrics by the YSL recording artists back up the prosecution’s belief that both rappers took part in gang activity.
“I believe in the First Amendment, it’s one of our most precious rights,” said Fani Willis at a press conference in May. “However, the First Amendment does not protect people from prosecutors using it as evidence if it is such. In this case, we put it as overt and predicate acts within the RICO count, because we believe that’s exactly what it is.”
Ari Melber Addresses The Racial Disparities When It Comes To Lyrics Used As Evidence
MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber covered Young Thug and Gunna’s case during an episode of The Beat. Melber also focused on how the court system treats African-American musicians and Caucasian musicians when it comes to “fictional evidence.”
“Prosecutors do not typically treat white people’s art in America as criminal evidence. It didn’t happen to Johnny Cash who was arrested seven times,” stated Melber. He continued, “It didn’t happen to Jack Sparrow, government-name Johnny Depp, in a case that was about violence. It didn’t happen to Eric Clapton who was arrested for drugs.”
The 42-year-old lawyer/journalist added, “No, when many of these white artists ran into the law, past or recent, their artistic fiction is treated as fiction. While right now, prosecutors are treating fiction by prominent Black artists as if it were fact.”
“Rap Music On Trial” Has Become A Political Issue
Prosecutors across the nation have attempted to use rappers’ lyrical content in court for years. Cases involving Kidd Kidd, Drakeo the Ruler, and Tay-K became national news. The New York State Senate recently passed the “Rap Music on Trial” bill. Hip Hop stars like Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter assisted in that effort.
“One would not presume that Bob Marley, who wrote the well-known song ‘I Shot the Sheriff,’ actually shot a sheriff, or that Edgar Allan Poe buried a man beneath his floorboards, as depicted in his short story ‘The Tell-Tale Heart,’ simply because of their respective artistic endeavors on those subjects. The Court reasons that defendant’s lyrics should receive no different treatment,” wrote Justice Jaynee LaVecchia.
Remy Ma is unstoppable. The Queen of New York City is back with another one of her Chrome 23 battles, the “Ladies and Gentlemen” edition. This second installment of the newly-minted battle features an inter-gender battle will feature both male and female rappers. Battlers include Young Gattas, Rum Nitty, Pristavia, Viixen, Ave, Hustle, and J2 are going bar-for-bar in a series of explosive match-ups.
It all goes down Saturday, June 11th at Amazura at 91-12 144th PL Queens, NY 11435. More than that, Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur and Rem talk about everything from her relationship with Big Pun, to the secret to a successful relationship to how to maintain that “glow” for 20 years like she has.
Is she creating a safe space for the ladies in battle rap? Why wasn’t Tay Roc in Chrome 23, when he and Ms. Hustle wanted to duke it out? Can we ever get Jaz The Rapper on a Chrome 23 card? Is J2 the greatest gay emcee of all time? These questions and more answered here!
On August 12, Netflix will begin streaming a new vampire movie titled Day Shift. Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx (Ray, Django Unchained) takes on the lead role in the forthcoming action flick.
Tuesday saw the arrival of a “Geeked Week Inside Look” teaser highlighting Day Shift. The nearly two-minute clip shows behind-the-scene moments from the motion picture.
“You are not prepared for Day Shift,” says Jamie Foxx in the video. “This is gonna be like something you’ve never seen before. This movie has what I call ‘eating popcorn moments.'”
J.J. Perry directed Day Shift. Previously, Perry worked as a stunt coordinator for films such as The Fate of the Furious and Gemini Man. He also performed stunts on Django Unchained, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and John Wick.
“We’re making something that you’ve never seen before. It’s fun, and the stunts that you see are amazing and it’s practical,” adds Jamie Foxx. “The way J.J. uses all of his stuntwomen and men is brilliant. So I cannot wait for people to get a dose of this and find out how to kill vampires, right here on Day Shift.”
In addition to Foxx, the cast of Day Shift includes Hip Hop legend Snoop Dogg (Baby Boy, Soul Plane). Dave Franco, Karla Souza, Meagan Good, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, and Oliver Masucci appear in the movie as well.
Following the success ofhis seventhstudio LP, Lil Durk announced “The 7220 Tour” and “The 7220 Deluxe Tour” which both hit various cities across the country. The Chicago rapper will also make his way to Los Angeles for a special event.
The Apple Music platform will live stream an exclusive Lil Durk performance as part of the Apple Music Live series. Viewers from 165 countries can watch Durk’s L.A. show on Wednesday, June 29 at 7 pm PT.
“Apple Music has been a big partner in my growth as an artist these last few years,” said Lil Durk. “I appreciate them giving me a platform to share my live show to the world. I’m ready to turn up with the fans in L.A. later this month.”
Future, Gunna, Summer Walker, and Morgan Wallen made appearances on7220. The project brought in the second-biggest first-week Apple Music streams for a rap album in 2022. A deluxe version of 7220 will land on DSPs on June 17.
Made In America returns to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for its ten-year anniversary. The 2022 edition of the festival will feature headliners Tyler, The Creator and Bad Bunny.
The full event’s lineup also includes Lil Uzi Vert, Jazmine Sullivan, Burna Boy, Snoh Aalegra, Kodak Black, Pusha T, Lil Tjay, Toro Y Moi, Babyface Ray, Key Glock, Victoria Monét, and more.
Tyler, the Creator released his most recent studio album, Call Me If You Get Lost, in June 2021. The project debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and won Best Rap Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.
Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti arrived on May 6, 2022. The Reggaeton recording artist’s fourth solo studio album became his second Number One on the Billboard 200.
Made In America 2022 will take place on Saturday, September 3 and Sunday, September 4 at Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Tickets go on sale at madeinamerica.frontgatetickets.com.
“The priest situation. That was the hardest thing to talk about because I had written about it but I had never publicly talked about it,” said Bobby Brown. “It was something that I didn’t know was that big a weight on me, that was really bothering me.”
The 53-year-old Boston native continued, “I didn’t know it was bothering me to the point where I couldn’t stop drinking, I couldn’t stop beating myself up. So getting it out, it really took a toll on me.”
Additionally, Tamron Hall and Bobby Brown spoke about the singer preparing himself to talk about the deaths of his family members on Biography. He lost his ex-wife Whitney Houston, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, and son Bobby Brown Jr. over the last ten years.
“A lot of therapy. I talked to my therapists a lot, at least twice a week. I think I was on the phone or Zoom a little bit more than twice a week getting ready to talk about it,” stated Brown.
He added, “I really had no fear because it was therapeutic for me. It was something that needed to come out. It was something that needed to be lifted from me, you know? I bottled so many things down, so many feelings down that it started to bother me but with prayer, therapy, anything is possible.”
A&E is also running a 12-episode docuseriestitled Bobby Brown: Every Little Step. The show premiered on May 31. Brown’s current wife, Alicia Etheredge-Brown, and their children appear on the program.
Stefflon Don just dropped another banger linking up with Jamaican Dancehall artist Masicka, taken from his 2021 project 438, “Moments.”
The pair both put on a sensual show with suggestive and explicit lyrics. The Jamaican-British singer looks sensational as she croons in patois during her verse. Check it out below.
Stefflon Don recently shared her sorrow following the death of former collaborator Punjabi rapper turned Politician Sidhu Moose Wala. He was shot and killed in India on May 29.
She later took to Twitter to reflect on her future and her desire to pay it forward.
“I thank God every day for making me the woman I am,” she wrote. “All I do is work, take care of my family, keep it real with anyone that comes my way and give back to people in need. My true dream is to help as many people as I can before my time is up.”
Last month, Stefflon Don announced a new song and alluded to it being a diss at ex-boyfriend Nigerian artist Burna Boy. Many thought the self-styled African Giant’s latest single, “Last Last,” was directed at Stefflon Don and that she was returning fire.
“First of all,’” she penned, noting the song’s title before adding, “my side of the story.”
This is you guys 😭 I hope yall got yall popcorn ready. Dem dead
“So I just wanted to gather everybody here today to say it is now time to mind your business,” she said in the song’s intro.
However, while the TikTok reaction videos remain up, the London rapper’s version was met with copyright restrictions. The track has since been removed from YouTube due to a copyright claim by Universal Music Group; the publisher of Burna Boy’s music.
Azealia Banks is making the most of her Twitter platform following numerous suspensions after returning once Elon Musk took over the micro-blogging site earlier this year.
She took to Twitter on Tuesday (Jun. 7) to discuss Cardi B, branding her an industry plant. However, she gave Cardi her flowers, showing some love first and later suggesting it was a compliment.
“Yo Bodak Yellow is really still a TOP TIER female rap record,” Azealia Banks wrote. “It’s so f###### NEW YORK.”
“it’s one of the best female rap records of all time,” she added. And conceited by Remy Ma , no matter what they say by lil kim.”
When a fan questioned her motivations, pointing out she has “dragged” Cardi for years, Azealia clapped back.
“It’s mad funny how fans be thinking they know what goes on behind the scenes. Or think artists care about what y’all think about industry we work in. I’ve always thought bodak yellow was fire. Plus cardi b’s personal, mental and cultural glow up is solid,” she added.
Nonetheless, when another fan pointed out she’s “basically calling cardi an industry plant,” Azealia Banks agreed.
“She was an industry plant lmao,” she replied. “But sis took advantage of the opportunity and rode that b#### the f### out, assembled the right team, seized the moment and made herself a cultural mainstay. U have to respect it.”
“It’s one of the best female rap records of all time,” Azealia Banks said of Cardi’s breakthrough hit. “And conceited by Remy Ma , no matter what they say by lil kim.”
Azealia Banks Drags Iggy Azalea
Yet another fan challenged the outspoken rapper suggesting she is being hypocritical, when it comes to her opinion of Iggy Azalea.
“Sis really was supposed to use T.I for whatever he was worth,” she began. “Drop the blaccent – give fancy and a slew of other kesha type joints, then give fashion mogul Victoria Beckham K###. But she’s giving the single mom thing she really thought whiteness would shield her from.”
Despite taking a vow of celibacy last year, Nick Cannon says to expect more babies from him this year than ever before.
The Masked Singer host made some startling admissions during a recent appearance. He joined Angela Yee on the Lip Service podcast and alluded to the arrival of several more additions to his growing brood of 8 children, with another on the way.
Nick Cannons Says Wait Until 2022!
When Angela asked if there’s any truth to rumors that he has three more children on the way, Nick Cannon laughed. “When you say on the way,” he replied. “Well yea, the stork is on the way,” Nick added. “If you thought the numbers I put in 2021 were bad, wait til [2022],” he declared.
In 2001, Nick Cannon welcomed three children with two different women just months apart. He tragically lost his son Zen in December to a brain tumor shortly after birth. He also began a celibacy journey after his therapist recommended it. However, he says that while he tried his best to stick to it, he fell into a depression following the loss of his son.
“I was supposed to make it to the top of the year,” Nick Cannon explained. “I got depressed with the loss of my son and stuff so in December … everybody saw I was so down so everybody was like ‘imma just give him a little v#####’”
He then added, “I fell victim to it cause I was in a weak state. Right before Christmas I started f###### like crazy.”
The hosts then began doing the math and speculated that October could be a bumper month for the entertainer. “Y’all are pretty good at math,” Nick Cannon said while nodding his head in agreement. Watch a snippet and check out the whole episode below.
The Game opened up about his relationship with Kim Kardashian after claiming the pair dated before her marriage to Kanye West.
The West Coast rapper also spoke on how he and Ye addressed the issue during a new interview with Complex.
“Anytime I’ve ever needed Ye, he’s always been there for me,” The Game explained to Chris “Speedy” Morman. “And this is after I’ve disrespected, you know, his marriage at times by saying what me and Kim used to be and all of this stuff.”
Back in 2019, The Game rapped, “I should apologize cause Ye my folks, n####” on a song titled ‘Kim Kardashian*” In it, he explicitly rapped about having sex with the famous reality T.V. star and entrepreneur. He also later rapped about making Kylie Jenner “Frosted Flakes” when she woke up.
The Game says he used to make Kylie Jenner “Frosted Flakes” when she woke up. 💀💀💀💀. pic.twitter.com/1Bp1aI2eVH
Nonetheless, The Game says Kanye never let it come between them and was good-natured about it. “Even Ye would joke about it,” Game said. “I sit with Ye, and he’s like, ‘oh s###. Well damn, you f##### with Kim first,’ and I’ll be like, ‘n#### we in a room for of people’,” he said.
When asked “Is that awkward for you when that happens?” The Game recalled it was initially. “The first time, the first two times, it was kind of awkward,” he said. However, “now it’s just like Ye being honest and it’s all good,” he added.
The Game then explained there’s a high likelihood of encountering people in the industry with similar dating histories.
“Everybody that you date, if you go outside and meet a girl today, she has a history,” The Game said. “She dated somebody. If I seen you with a girl I used to date, the next time I see you, I be like, ‘Yo, Speedy, she like it from the side.’ You feel me? I want to make sure it’s good, that you last in there, you know what I’m sayin’?”
“My brother could date a girl that I used to be with and I would be just fine with it,” he added.
