Taking one step forward in the music world is a versatile singer and musician Haig Bakhtiarian after giving back-to-back hits he is ready to shake the music world with his new solos in 2022.
Haig Bakhtiarian we all know is a versatile personality. Due to his gifted talent, he remains in the news for multiple reasons. Every time one reason remains common is his singing and music sense as a music producer. Till now he has given more than 4 big hits last year and this year he is doing exceptionally well.
Now Haig Bakhtiarian is all set with his new solos. News is that this versatile musician is also collaborating with some of the biggest names of the music industry. If this is true then we will see a track that will be remembered and played the entire year in 2022.
Music is an important part of Haig’s life. He works a lot on his tunes and also sees what’s running in the music industry. You will never see him coming with the song which is not loved by all ages people. His every song is made with one mission, all age people should relate to his songs.
His research and passion for music helped him find a way in the top list of music artists last year and this year too he will be joining the list of top artists around. Due to his ongoing good work in the music industry, people now take him and his work seriously. Now he is no more a beginner.
All of his solos in the past are sung by him and produced by him. Due to his gutsy attempt, he got the most desirable fantastic results. He took the challenge by himself, and without wasting any time, he sang and produced songs that are working well on Spotify and on other music platforms.
All his songs like far away, love me, right here, take under control, did a fantastic job. Now he is all set for one more hit in 2022.
The new song will demonstrate his integrity as a music producer. The song – Faraway breaks the success record of millions of listeners and continues to do better.
Music lovers have appreciated his music and people are loving his voice texture too.
The great success of his recent solos has given him more confidence and courage to produce more gems for music lovers in 2022.
Something went left! I am not sure what happened but something went left! Royce Aa 5′ 9″ and Lupe Fiasco are friends and even have a podcast together. I am not sure if this is some kind of free promotion for the podcast, but somehow they got into it on Instagram, about Hip Hop! I truly don’t know exactly how it started but after doing a bit of googling there seems to be some breadcrumbs.
Where I jumped in is when it got heated, and Royce even went so far as to call Lupe a b#tch! Now that is where the line gets drawn, but it seems like Lupe somehow got under Royce his skin. Now remember, this is all about Rap. These guys are friends and they are not about to start fighting each other! It seems like they are about to fight, but they aren’t even I they talk about getting in the “ring.” However, it seems like the tones between the two of them were a little too strong and began to manifest negatively.
That said it seems like they are setting the stage for a major rap battle between two of the best. However, these guys are not your average battle rappers – they are established artist from the recording industry side of things. And that is not to disparage any battle rappers, but just to say that these guys have albums and writing credits and a pretty lengthy history. A battle between Lupe Fiasco and Royce Da 5′ 9″ will be nothing less than epic! There’s a lot of new ones here but it seems like Royce is definitely down to battle. It seems like Lupe Fiasco is down to battle as well, but he seems slightly more distant. He left the argument heated! I could be misunderstanding the nuances here but it just seems like he’s off on his own. Meanwhile, Mickey Factz, Royce, Loaded Lux, and others debated the merits of the battle. Hell, Young Guru and Factz even put 10K on it! I need to start rapping! I am not positive this is going to happen. BUT if it doesn’t awesome!
Here is some vid after the departure of Lupe Fiasco!
Hmmmm Lupe impersonating Royce?
And then…he went off on I a 9-min rap off the top.
By the way…I don’t think this is fake. Mickey Factz is out.
Texas native Iceman Mike is widely known for his accomplishments in the jewelry world, supplying pieces to some of the biggest names in the world of sports, music, and entertainment.
Though his entrepreneurial pursuits have afforded him an ideal lifestyle and fruitful relationships, Iceman Mike has opted to shift gears a bit and revisit his first love of music.
Having been producing music on his own since a child, his passion has turned into a profession with the release of new material he has been quietly working on.
He now unveils his latest single titled “Watch Out,” which is an ode to keeping your grass cut and on guard from snakes.
Buzzing young rapper SpotemGottem is cooling his heels in jail in Florida.
The Jacksonville native was staying at a hotel in Aventura when Federal Marshals raided the rap star’s hotel room.
The Marshals had an arrest warrant for the 19-year-old rapper, born Nehemiah Harden, who was wanted for aggravated assault with a firearm.
When the Marshals entered SpotemGottem’s hotel room, he was reportedly laying in bed with an AK-47 on his lap.
The “Beatbox” rapper was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
SpotemGottem is currently being held without bond.
The arrest could jeopardize his appearance at the Rolling Loud Festival in Miami next weekend at the Hard Rock Stadium.
SpotemGottem went viral after the release of “Beatbox,” which ended up gaining more legs when Pooh Shiesty hopped on “Beatbox 2,” a remix to the track.
In another video posted three weeks ago, SpotemGottem can be seen in a video flaunting tens-of-thousands of dollars in cash, along with a handgun tucked into the front of his sagging jeans.
VH1 announced the new series, My True Crime Story, will be hosted by Bronx rapper Reminisce “Remy Ma” Mackie. The eight-episode program will premiere Monday, August 2 at 10 pm ET.
My True Crime Story will feature first-person accounts from people involved in headline-grabbing crimes. Viewers can expect Remy Ma to help tell stories about cases of international smuggling, million-dollar jewelry heists, bank robberies, and drug trafficking.
Remy Ma is returning to VH1 for My True Crime Story. The Grammy-nominated recording artist appeared on the network’s reality series Love & Hip Hop: New York and Remy & Papoose: Meet the Mackies. She was also a panelist on the Revolt talk show State of the Culture.
Besides being a television star, Remy Ma is a veteran Hip Hop recording artist as well. She released 2006’s There’s Something About Remy: Based on a True Story studio album. In 2017, she teamed with Fat Joe for the collaborative project Plata O Plomo which contained the Top 40 hit “All the Way Up” featuring French Montana.
My True Crime Story is produced for VH1 by Hot Snakes Media. The show is executive produced by Eric Evangelista, Shannon Evangelista, and David Erickson with VH1 Internal executive producers Todd Radnitz, Melissa Tallerine, and Jubba Seyyid.
Pusha T is known to make declarations about the best Hip Hop album of any particular year. On his searing Drake diss track “The Story of Adidon,” King Push christened his own Daytona as the best rap project of 2018.
The Virginia-bred emcee is back to make more proclamations about the race for the Album Of The Year title in 2021. Pusha T is one of the guests on Pop Smoke’s second posthumous LP Faith, and the G.O.O.D. Music executive used the song to state his opinion about the current AOTY conversation.
“Tyler got the album of the year, for now. But Pop about to drop, I see the Platinum in the clouds. Now Push about to drop, so real trappers stick around. The crown is only for the king, they tryna place it on a clown,” rapped Pusha T on Pop Smoke’s “Tell The Vision” track.
In June, Tyler, The Creator let loose his sixth studio album Call Me If You Get Lost to widespread critical acclaim. CMIYGLdebuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 169,000 first-week units, giving Tyler his second consecutive chart-topping LP following 2019’s Igor.
There was plenty of speculation online over who Pusha T was referring to with the “they tryna place [the crown] on a clown” bar. Social media users questioned if the line was a subliminal diss directed at Tyler, The Creator, Push’s longtime rival Drake, internet troll-turned-government witness 6ix9ine, or possibly another rapper.
Additionally, “Tell The Vision” features Pusha T’s G.O.O.D. Music comrade Kanye West, the billionaire recording artist who happens to have a frenemy-type feud with Drake as well. Pop Smoke’s Faith also hosts contributions by Rick Ross, 42 Dugg, 21 Savage, Takeoff, Lil Tjay, Swae Lee, Future, Chris Brown, Dua Lipa, Pharrell Williams, Kid Cudi, Quavo, Kodak Black, and more.
Faith follows 2020’s Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon which arrived five months after Pop Smoke was murdered in Los Angeles on February 19. The rising Brooklyn-raised rhymer was 20 years old at the time of his death. Shoot for the Starsopened at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 251,000 first-week units and went on to earn 2x-Platinum certification from the RIAA.
Seven years ago, Iggy Azalea was one of the hottest music acts in America thanks to the success of the #1 single “Fancy” featuring Charli XCX. The Australian went on to release the studio LPs The New Classic in 2014 and In My Defense in 2020.
Iggy Azalea is preparing to drop another project titled End Of An Era later this year. According to the 31-year-old rapper, the release of that album will mark her move away from the music industry.
“End of an Era is so special to me because after I drop my album next month. I am going to take a few years to focus on other creative projects and things I’m feeling passionate and inspired by, beyond music. I’m excited for you guys to see different sides to me in the future,” tweeted Iggy Azalea on Thursday afternoon.
She added, “Shifting my energy and focus to what I’m most excited about is what is right for me and I hope you’ll continue to support whatever creative projects I’m out here doing! I really love this album and I just want my fans to enjoy this with me. I hope I see so many of you on tour!”
Iggy Azalea’s rap career has consisted of notable highs and lows. The “I Am the Stripclub” performer scored three Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and collected four Grammy Award nominations. Plus, The New Classic is certified Platinum in the United States.
However, Iggy Azalea was also tied up in several controversial moments throughout her run. She was involved in an infamous longstanding feud with fellow female rapper Azealia Banks over accusations that Iggy was culturally appropriating Black culture.
Two of the biggest Nigerian singer-songwriters are set to close out a new music festival calledLost in Riddim. Wizkid and Burna Boy will headline the two-day event that focuses on the Afrobeats genre.
The Lost in Riddim lineup also includes Nigerian-American actor/singer Rotimi (Power). Rema, Fireboy DML, Tems, Oxlade, Ladipoe, Projexx, Mr Eazi, Tiwa Savage, Koffee, Shenseea, Joeboy, Johnny Drill, Sho Madjozi, Enis, and WSTRN are listed as performers as well.
“We created this event to not only showcase some of the most popular international music artists in the entire world, many of whom continued to be overlooked by major U.S. music festivals, but also create a unique celebration about the beauty of African culture,” said Lost in Riddim co-founders Fornati Kumeh and Jehu “Manny” Hunter in a joint statement. “The team can’t wait to soon debut a completely unique festival-going experience in Sacramento this fall.”
Kumeh and Hunter added, “Throwing Lost In Riddim in Sacramento was also a no-brainer because not only is this our hometown, but our other festival Sol Blume has ultimately helped to lay the groundwork for us to expand locally and launch a second concept this fall.”
Earlier this year, WizKid won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video as a featured artist on Beyoncé’s “Brown Skin Girl” track. The RCA recording artist released his Made in Lagos album in 2020 which contained appearances by Burna Boy, Skepta, Damian Marley, H.E.R., Ella Mai, and more.
Burna Boy’s Twice as Tall was named Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in March. The 30-year-old African was also nominated in the same category the year before for his African Giant studio LP. He also collaborated with Justin Beiber for the Pop superstar’s “Loved by You” off the Justice album.
The Lost in Riddim festival is scheduled for October 2 and October 3 in Sacramento, California at the Cesar Chavez Plaza. For more information, visit www.lostinriddim.com.
Normani made her musical comeback overnight when the R&B star dropped “Wild Side” featuring Cardi B. The single arrived with a Tanu Muino-directed music video.
“Treat me like a watch, bust me down. On the kitchen floor, right on that towel. It’s my dick and I want it now. Tell me how you want it. Put me on my back or my stomach. Baby, let me blow it like a trumpet,” raps Cardi B on the song.
Apparently, Cardi B recorded another verse for “Wild Side.” The Invasion of Privacy album creator took to Twitter to inform her 18.4 million followers about how the eventual sex-driven bars for the new track came together.
“Sooo like I did a verse and Normani team said they wanted nastier, sooo I was like alright… your wish is my command,” tweeted Cardi B on Friday morning. Over 5,000 Twitter users liked that tweet.
Normani’s name is currently the #1 trending topic on Twitter in the United States. “Wild Side” has already climbed into the Top 5 of the iTunes chart. The music video amassed 500,000 views in under five hours.
Previously, Normani dropped the duets “Love Lies” with Khalid, “Waves” with 6lack, “Dancing with a Stranger” with Sam Smith, and “Diamonds” with Megan Thee Stallion. In 2019, the former Fifth Harmony singer broke the internet with the solo record “Motivation.”
Cardi B has collaborations such as “Bartier Cardi” with 21 Savage, “I Like It” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin, “Girls Like You” with Maroon 5, “Finesse (Remix)” with Bruno Mars, “Clout” with Offset, “WAP” with Megan Thee Stallion, and “Type S###” with Migos. She has five total Number Ones on the Hot 100 chart.
The Members introduced a resolution to move the initiative forward, stating that it wanted to recognize Shock G, whose real name was Gregory Edwards, “for his achievements and contributions to the global arts community, particularly in Oakland for bringing global attention to Oakland arts and entertainment.”
The resolution further stated biographical information about his illustrious career.
It stated, “Shock G continually helped to develop emerging musical talent, including now-legendary local artists such as Tupac Shakur, Raw Fusion (Money B and DJ Fuze), Saafir the Saucee Nomad, The Luniz, Mystic, Cleetis Mack, Pee Wee and many others.”
It continued, “Despite all the other talent in the mix, Shock G was the leader and mainstay of the group, delighting crowds with his wild outfits, great music and cool stage personas. The latter are even listed in the purposed legislation, referencing the characters ‘Humpty Hump’, Edward Ellington Humphries III, MC Blowfish, Rackadelic, The Piano Man (and) Peanut Hakeem Anafu Washington.”
“Shock G showed great versatility as a bandleader, rapper, producer, and musician, whether playing Classical piano over funk loops, sampling Stevie Wonder and Jimi Hendrix, or making ‘a dollar out of fifteen cents.’”
The resolution concluded, “Shock G’s creative vision and artistic brilliance was instrumental to Digital Underground’s success and an essential part of the historic legacy of Oakland hip-hop, which has achieved national and global significance. August 25th shall henceforth be known as ‘Digital Underground Day’ in the City of Oakland, California, and Shock G shall be paid tribute on this day in 2021.”
Rap producer Nigel Talley posted over a quarter million dollars to get a man named Kevon Lawless out of jail, despite the fact that he was rotting in a Louisville cell for fatally shooting Brandon Waddles and his three-year-old daughter Trinity Randolph.
Kevon Lawless was arrested for the two murders and his bond was first set for $1 million.
Records show that he killed both father and daughter, while he was still on parole for 10-year sentence from a 2017 conviction of attempted murder.
Where did Tally get that much money in cash from? Talley is the Vice President of A&R Alamo Records and has been working in the industry for some time.
According to Billboard’s 2020 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players list, Talley is one of the most accredited producers in Black music.
He has worked with chart-topper Yo Gotti, a local Louisville rapper named EST Gee and others.
The family of Waddles and Little Trinity are devastated. They learned about his release after seeing something on Instagram (not from the courts).
Lawless is supposedly locked on house incarceration. However, he will have to be monitored, on his last dance with the law he was twice charged with “escaping home incarceration.”
No one can find Talley to ask him why he paid the bail … and people are asking WTF.
“@alamorecords and Nigel talley!! Little Trinity’s life mattered! As did her father’s.”
🖕🖕🖕🖕@alamorecords and Nigel talley!! Little Trinity's life mattered! As did her father's.
SK8 is the definition of a music-lover, here to bless the music industry with his undeniable talents as a recording artist while displaying his vibrant, out-of-this-world personality for the world to see.
Blending the worlds of hip-hop, alternative and punk rock, the Omaha, Nebraska native has been writing his own lyrics since he was a teenager, wearing his heart on his sleeve with each release.
In 2015, SK8 exploded onto the scene with his collaborative single “Like That” alongside social media stars Jack & Jack.
With his boy-next-door charm and down-to-earth persona, SK8 began to build his own fanbase and following, exuding nothing short of positive and good energy.
Fast forward to today, SK8 has relocated to sunny Los Angeles and joins the revered Taylor Gang family lead by Wiz Khalifa.
Boasting his own imprint titled Alignment and teaming up with Atlantic Records, SK8 continues to put in the work to become one of the greats.
His most recent releases include “Girl Next Door,” “Famous” featuring Tyla Yaweh and “Caught In The Middle,” holding fans over until the release of his forthcoming project.
On the latest episode of Shirley’s Temple, SK8 discusses how he met Wiz Khalifa, starting his own label, collaborating with Tyla Yaweh on “Famous,” working with Diablo & Lil Xan, opening for Lil Wayne, and more!
AllHipHop: How is it smoking with Wiz Khalifa?
SK8: His weed gets you high, that KK s### is different. It really is different bro. It keeps you up too, you can work off that s### all night. To be honest, I really like smoking Wonderbrett’s Pink Picasso. I like any type of OG. What’s my other favorite? Mochis, s### like that.
AllHipHop: How did you end up linking with Wiz in the first place?
SK8: The Wiz link up is crazy. You know Ricky P, he’s a producer for Taylor Gang. We were in the studio, he said “Wiz is finna pull up.” It was 4am, we’ve been working since 8pm. Yo, Wiz is about to pull up at 4am? S### alright, I guess we gotta keep going. Ricky said “yeah, he just woke up.” Boom, we get in the studio. He’s listening to the s###, he said “this is dope. You want to make some s###?” Hell yeah I want to make some s###! It clicked. After that, I was trying to find a manager because I already had my label in place.
AllHipHop: What’s your label?
SK8: I started my own label, that’s one of my goals. I started that with my partner James McMillan. I started my label with him called Alignment Records, we did the JV underneath Atlantic. That’s how I got tapped in there, but I was looking for a manager at the time. Will was coming into sessions, I was still recording with Wiz. I was talking to some other people, but I felt they understood how I move, what I want to do and my goals. We had a lot of conversations, that’s how I became part of Taylor Gang. I’m not technically signed to the label, but I’m signed to management.
AllHipHop: Shout out to Will!
SK8: Shout out Will, that’s the man. Shoutout Wiz, shoutout Chevy really for real. Chevy introduced me first too. I did a song with Chevy in 2016 on my mixtape called Skaterade, before I did a headlining tour. This was when I was independent. He came out on stage in Pittsburgh at Mr. Smalls with me, which is crazy. It’s always been a linkup. It’s crazy man.
AllHipHop: Is that when you were poppin’ on Vine?
SK8: That’s when I was really poppin’ on social media. The people I was around were mad poppin’ on Vine. They were stupid poppin’, but I was always known for my music. Opening up for people, I was always doing music. Boom, social media really helped me stay independent, deadass tour and sell tickets. I didn’t really need a label at the time.
I didn’t feel like I needed them. I’d been spending a lot of my own money on my own videos and a lot of s###. To be honest, I see it like this. If we look at it from a basketball standpoint, I didn’t put all this work and time in the gym to not go to the NBA. I’m trying to be with the big dawgs and all the big dawgs are signed. There’s some independent people, but I’m here to win. Independently if that’s what you want to do — that’s the thing, you can do whatever you want. However you want to live your life, you can live it that way. If you want to live independently and tour, do 500 to 1000 or 1500 shows, you can live and be good and great. Curren$y does 5,000 seaters, he’s indie and cool. But I always seen myself in arenas.
AllHipHop: Do you miss performing?
SK8: Hell yeah, a lot.
AllHipHop: I actually interviewed JVCK J, was that the poppin’ Vine stars you were talking about?
SK8: Yeah, JACK & JACK. He’s awesome, great soul. They got mad poppin’ on Vine when that s### was hella cracking, it was like TikTok. They were in the top 10 Viners. We weren’t really friends at the time because I transferred my senior year to a different school, but I went to the school before. They knew me because my sophomore year, I was always passing out CDs. Always doing music. When they got cracking, they wanted to do music. They said “yo, let’s make a song.” We made one song. We buy the beat, cheap as f###. We go Gold and that’s before streaming, all real downloads. That was my first “oh s###, this is crazy independent.” We really had some power.
AllHipHop: Jack & Jack split up, right?
SK8: They split up, but they still do s### together. They wanted to do a little solo career, you know how everybody wants to do their thing. It’d be tough being in a group. That s### must be hard, that’s why you see rock bands always breaking up. A lot of rock bands be breaking up, at least they’ll lose a drummer or a lead guitar. There’s a lot of politics going on with the business.
AllHipHop: How do you navigate that?
SK8: I try to stay up out of it, that’s why I got my best friend Will. He f###### runs the sticks behind-the-scenes, he’s really tapped in.
AllHipHop: Are you spiritual?
SK8: I’m spiritual for sure, definitely spiritual. I believe in God. It’s more I believe in a higher power that created us. Obviously you know the book has been changed a lot so you can’t really believe everything that’s in the textbook. Something definitely way greater than human form created us. We didn’t create us. Something that’s bigger than us created us.
AllHipHop: “Caught In The Middle” out now, how are you feeling?
SK8: It feels good. We’ve been working on this project for so long, really 8 months to a year. I dropped sk8sounds my last project last January on my birthday, so it’s definitely been a year and some change working on this. It’s cool. It was cool to get the first single out: “Famous” with Tyla Yaweh. He’s one of my good friends. He’s a rockstar, we killed a whole bottle to ourselves that day. We took the whole 42 to the head.
AllHipHop: Ya’ll were hanging off cars in the video!
SK8: We were so f###### drunk. Daniel [Kelly] directed that s###, shout out Daniel. Daniel’s going crazy on my videos. He’s in the studio with me all the time, he’s seeing how I make my music. What’s the vibes? What’s the energy of it? Sometimes we might even talk about some s### like “oh s### bro! If I said this, we could shoot some da-da-da.” There’s no reason why he shouldn’t be directing the videos. He’s already a huge part of it and he’s dope in the camera.
AllHipHop: Is there a deeper meaning behind “Famous”?
SK8: The meaning is easy: girls trying to be famous.
AllHipHop: How are those DMs?
SK8: My DMs are good. I’m good, I’m solid. My DMs are a poppin’, but I got a new a…
AllHipHop: You got a bae?
SK8: Nah, hell nah. I got a few baes, but not like that. I can’t, I was in a relationship for 3 years. That was a long time for me. It was good, I was in love. That s### was fun, I was having a great time.
AllHipHop: This is why you don’t have your dog anymore!
SK8: We were just talking about that, my ex got my dog. That means she still wants a piece of me. She wants to keep a little SK8 not gonna lie.
AllHipHop: So what happened?
SK8: Really, it was nothing. We really didn’t go out with no b#######, we still sometimes talk. It’s tough in the business. We’re both in the same scene so there’s certain things that come our way. We gotta do things that might upset each other and I didn’t want that to affect both of us, she didn’t want it to either. Respectfully, we gotta take care of ourselves first and be our highest form, then we can do what we need to do. That’s what it was.
AllHipHop: What’s your highest form?
SK8: I want to take care of my family, I want to put my older brother in charge. I want to really build something that’s real, then I can say “okay, now I have time to give you my time.” Time’s so valuable, especially right now. S### gets real!
AllHipHop: How was collaborating with Diablo and Lil Xan?
SK8: Yes, that s###’s crazy. We made a song, it’s hot. It’s a hard ass song. I can’t really say if it’s going to be on the album or not, but it’s fire. Rook played the drums on it. Rook played the drums on most of my album. Also a guy named Colin Britain, he’s cold.
AllHipHop: How’d you link with Rook?
SK8: I linked with Rook through a mutual friend, my boy Taylor introduced me cause he was real tight with Machine Gun Kelly and the whole crew. I started kicking it with Rook. Rook was trying to get in the studio man, he’s a studio rat like me. He loves playing them drums. I don’t know if you seen he got in an accident, a couple days ago he already said “yo SK8, can I pull up to the studio?” Because I was in the studio still, he said “I gotta pull up.” He’s playing with his left foot because he can’t play with this foot, and he had a little fractured bone. He was going nuts! He’s a studio rat like me so we cliqued up and started making this crazy music.
AllHipHop: That’s a gamechanger to have real drums.
SK8: We got really dope guitar players that were able to play some dope s###. Shout out my dude Dom, he did all the bass. He’s from Kansas City, we linked up in my hometown Omaha. The album’s crazy. The first two are a little drive, then the rest of the project is really really dope. It’s my best work for sure.
AllHipHop: What is it about SK8 that fans love?
SK8: They can relate to my music and relate to who I am. I’m not trying to be nothing I’m not, that’s the most important. I’m here to really inspire people to do what I do, so people can feel that. Yeah it’s cool to get money and have money, but once you find something bigger than that and can inspire people, that’s what I’m here to do. Because I was inspired to do this by certain people: Wiz, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne. A lot of people that inspired me so I gotta do that same thing.
AllHipHop: What’s your favorite Wiz song? I’m obsessed with Kush & OJ.
SK8: Really it’s gotta be Kush & Orange Juice, that whole thing. That s### was legendary, one of the hardest mixtapes ever. We got a cypher we did: me, Wiz, Chevy, Rapsody, Problem (he snapped), Fedd Da God, then Alchemist was DJing. Legendary s###, it was so old. The illest s### I’ve ever been a part of. Berner was there too, Berner rapped too. It was with Weedmaps, we shot it at Diamond the skatepark. They had the skaters skating by us as we spit bars.
Funny story, we all got the beat. Some of us think we can do s### like the day before. We’re supposed to be shooting in an hour, we’re all in the dressing room listening back to the beat. Spitting to this beat, trying to memorize this s###. We said “yo, we gotta get the teleprompter bro.” The teleprompter saved us. Imagine, I wrote that s### 24 hours prior. I had a 24, Wiz wrote a 40. He wrote his way later than I wrote mine, so he had less time. We’re trying to memorize this s###. I maybe could’ve, but I would’ve f##### it up a little bit. That s### was really cool, we had a good time.
AllHipHop: Do you forget your lyrics ever?
SK8: Not my songs, but if I just wrote a cypher to a beat where it’s straight rapping, my brain hurt at the end of the day. It was 24 hours of straight memorization.
AllHipHop: Did you have advance notice to work on it?
SK8: I ain’t gon’ say, but I definitely procrastinated. Killed that s###, two takes! Two take Jake, two take SK8.
AllHipHop: How did “OMME” with Wiz Khalifa come about?
SK8: OMME is “on me,” s### let me just create a word. That was on sk8sounds, me and Wiz got so much music so it’d be so hard to choose. For mixtapes, we’re working on certain s###. He’s always working on his Taylor Gang stuff, we’re all involved in that. When it comes to our own projects, we usually take our own s### serious, get into our zones. I can go to Wiz, I went to him and said “yo, I need you on this one.” I’ve been looking through all my songs, this is the one!” He says “alright gotchu, boom.” Usually that’s how it works when we work. We definitely have a lot of s### that needs to go out.
AllHipHop: Enough for a project?
SK8: We have so many projects, the gang in general. Me, Chevy, Wiz, Dejy, 24HRS, Ty$, a lot of people under Taylor Gang like Fedd Da God. Narissa, she’s a cool artist. The gang’s good.
AllHipHop: I had Chanel West Coast on Shirley’s Temple earlier, she had opened for Lil Wayne. How was your experience opening for Weezy?
SK8: I opened up for Wayne on 2 shows. I opened up for Wayne on his only show he’s ever done in LSU, in his hometown at Louisiana State. That s### was f###### crazy, it was me, him, and Rich Homie Quan. It was up. It was that show, then we did Florida State University. We did both colleges, both arenas sold out. At least 10 thousand people.
AllHipHop: Were you nervous?
SK8: Yeah, you get nervous if you care about s###. Once you get in it, it’s more getting the nerves calmed down. Damn near gotta meditate. Sometimes weed gets you going a little bit too much. You gotta calm down, you gotta drink something. Weed really takes your heartrate up.
AllHipHop: How hard does SK8 party?
SK8: Oh I get down. I party like s### we can’t talk about s###. I just Wu-Tanged a blunt for the first time today, on some stupid s### for the video. I put it on TikTok, that’ll probably get taken off.
AllHipHop: What are you most excited for with the release of “Girl Next Door”?
SK8: To be able to release music to the masses is already a blessing in disguise. The best part is the feeling of not knowing what type of impact your song will have on the world.
Rap star Lil Durk and his fiance India Royale were victimized over the weekend during a home invasion.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking for suspects who broke into his home on Sunday around 5:00 a.m. in the morning.
According to TMZ, unidentified assailants barged into the “Back in Blood” rapper’s home in the Chateau Elan neighborhood of Braselto in Georgia.
Apparently, Lil Durk and India were ready for the perpetrators, because they both let off shots, and a huge shootout erupted in the ritzy neighborhood.
As of press time, the police have no suspects in the home invasion.
The home invasion and subsequent shootout is the latest in a string of violent incidents involving Lil Durk.
The rapper, born Durk Derrick Banks, is currently out on a $250,000 bond.
Durk is facing a littnay of charges including attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Pittsburgh rap star Wiz Khalifa revealed he is sick and has come down the coronavirus and is currently in self-imposed isolation to make sure he does not spread the virus!
Pittsburg rapper Wiz Khalifa revealed that he has contracted the coronavirus.
The “Black and Yellow” chart-topper took to social media to share the news with his fans, assuring them that he will be self-isolating until he is better.
Wiz Khalifa went on Twitter and share with his over 36 million followers, “Okay loved ones….sooo…..Ya boy got covid. No symptoms. Just stay away from me for a lil while”
Okay loved ones….sooo…..Ya boy got covid. No symptoms. Just stay away from me for a lil while
— Taylor Gang World Leader (@wizkhalifa) July 15, 2021
Wiz Khalifa just kicked off his The Decent Exposure Tour on July 9th in Atlanta, Georgia that was supposed to skate clear through until the fall.
His social media shows that a couple of days ago he was on stage performing.
— Taylor Gang World Leader (@wizkhalifa) July 14, 2021
… but Vivid Seats, a popular ticketing site, says that his show with Snoop Dogg at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant, MI was rescheduled from July 15 to September 26.
No doubt, the cancelation is due to his sickness.
According to USA Today, the virus infections are on a rise in at least 48 out of 50 states. The rate of infection is reportedly striking over 1,000 new cases every hour.
Wiz is one in the number.
He also shared with his fans that he would not be quarantining idly.
He tweeted, “While im in the house I’ll be givin y’all new content, planning raves, and readying this new project.”
While im in the house I’ll be givin y’all new content, planning raves, and readying this new project
— Taylor Gang World Leader (@wizkhalifa) July 15, 2021
Pop Smoke’s second posthumous album’s title and tracklist have been revealed.
Faith, a title that reflects so much of his actual life, includes some of pop music’s biggest stars and possibly will be one of the biggest projects of the year.
Slated to drop on Friday (July 16), the album will include the following luminaries: Kanye West, Pusha T, Dua Lipa, Kid Cudi, Pharrell, Lil Tjay, Future, 21 Savage, Quavo and Takeoff of Migos, Swae Lee of Rae Sremmurd, 42 Dugg, and Bizzy Banks.
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Kanye is on Pop Smoke’s album which is released tonight.
Last year, Victor Victor and The Estate released the first posthumous titled Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, which had 50 Cent as its executive producer.
Both projects came after his 2020 murder.
The then 20-year-old rapper was killed by burglars that broke into a Hollywood Hills rental two weeks after celebrating the successful release of his second mixtape, Meet the Woo 2.
It is believed that the teens and one adult involved in the killing of Brooklyn rapper, whose real name is Bashar Jackson, saw his address on a social media post, broke into the house through the back balcony window, shot him, kicked him, and stole his diamond-encrusted Rolex, and sold it for only $2,000.
The adult, Corey Walker (who is now 20), will not face the death penalty for the fatal home invasion.
Instead, if convicted, he may get a maximum of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
In honor of Pop Smoke’s memory, sure fans are encouraged to download the music, but should also check for his foundation, Shoot for the Stars.
Earlier this week, AllHipHop.com reported that a deranged white woman, now referred to as the Victoria’s Secret Karen, attacked a Nigerian-American Muslim woman named Ijeoma Ukenta in the Short Hills Mall.
Several videos recorded by Ukenta have since gone viral, identifying this attacker as Abigail Elphick and showcasing an apparent race-based bias from the responding officers from the Short Hills Mall security and Millburn Police Department. So egregious was this act, that even the popular lingerie company released a statement.
Associate and Customer safety is our top priority, and we are committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment for all. pic.twitter.com/vREtLvC2o0
— Victoria's Secret (@VictoriasSecret) July 13, 2021
Ukenta also released a statement. Hers was through a GoFundMe campaign that a) detailed the ordeal, b) mentions how she was treated by law enforcement and c) her plans to take action against the obvious discrimination she experienced from those who were supposed to protect her.
In less than three days, the GoFundMe has raised over $100,000 and continues to rise.
She was at one point asking for people to recommend to her an attorney, but it is not known yet if she has secured one.
What is known is that she has a case.
According to USAttorneys.com, she can sue for “emotional distress through a negligent act.”
The site states, “Victims can successfully sue police officers for emotional distress when an officer has caused emotional distress through a negligent act, or intentionally acted in a way that directly caused the emotional injury. Emotional distress is severe when a reasonable person in the same position as the victim would be unable to manage or tolerate it, and the victim’s reaction is not unusual for that circumstance. Courts consider intensity and duration of a negative encounter when determining severe distress.”
To succeed in this pursuit, she must prove that the police’s actions were extreme and outrageous and that they stripped away aspects of her dignity. She might be able to achieve this through this one caveat: Negligence inflicted emotional distress.
“Victims might also sue police officers when negligent acts caused emotional distress, rather than those that are intentional or reckless. The extent of emotional harm required for a successful lawsuit depends on the jurisdiction, but in negligence, the officer must owe a “duty of care” to the victim such as a special relationship with the plaintiff that distinguishes it from general police responsibility to the public.”
Do you think her videos prove this? How much do you think she might get? Forget the GoFundMe, because they didn’t respond to her, she might own her own franchise of Victoria’s Secret.
Kapone and Indian Red Boy, who are both Bloods from Inglewood, were reportedly involved in the vandalization of a mural dedicated to Nipsey Hussle.
The police are investigating the motive for the murder, including the theory that Indian Red Boy’s slaying may have been retaliation for defacing the mural of Nip, who was a member of the Rollin 60’s Crips.
Game became involved in the deadly drama, over a verse he dropped shortly after Indian Red Boy’s brutal murder.
Game, who was a close affiliate of Nipsey Hussle despite being from a rival gang, offended a variety of Inglewood Blood sets when he rapped on IG live:
We got more Drake’s (Draco guns) than the Billboard/Disrespecting Nip/The type of s### you n##### get killed for/We not gon’ stand for the disrespect/Get this .45 pressed against your neck
Game, who is an admitted member of the Piru Bloods, apologized to the sets in Inglewood, saying the verse was pre-written and he meant no disrespect.
To prove his loyalty to the Bloods, and to de-escalate the situation, Game decided to step up and donate $5,000 to a GoFundMe to cover Indian Red Boy’s funeral costs.
“Holla’d at the family & got it done as promised with my family… Don’t talk about it, be about it,” he said.”Rest In Peace @indianredboy…hope it
helps you guys send him off the way he deserves to be.. & from my loved ones to y’all, we send our condolences.
Game’s manager Wack 100 said he went through the rapper’s phone and confirmed the bars that were deemed disrespectful had been written over two months ago.
Wack 100 also put up $1,000 to make sure Indian Red Boy received a proper burial.
In the words of Armon Wiggins, “I know you lying!”
Ice Cream brand Van Leeuwen has just released its new ice cream flavor, Kraft Mac ‘N’ Cheese … and you know what? Ice cream fans are not jacking it.
The New York-based creamery has partnered with The Kraft Heinz Company to bring the boxed version of the Black grandma classic (that nobody’s granny was ever trying to let you eat).
According to Eater.com, the brand that is used to having more upper-scaled French flavors like Royal Wedding (elderflower and lemon) and Earl Grey has incorporated the “cheese powder” into the ice cream. This powder makes the dessert the same Donald Trump-orange color that one might find if they whip up a pot of the quick boil side.
Kraft ice cream (Promo)
Food critic Amy McCarthy tried the ice cream and gave her review.
She said, “The seemingly weird combination of cheese powder and ice cream works because its ingredients are really not all that different from what you’d typically pair Kraft’s cheese powder with. Macaroni and cheese is already made with milk and cream, and many recipes for the dish call for a little bit of sugar — a tablespoon or so — to balance out all that tangy dairy. Salty-sweet is an unbeatable flavor combination, and that’s exactly what’s going on here. The only thing that’s absent is the noodles, and they are absolutely not missed.”
Twitter seems to have mixed reviews on what it might taste like, but most fans ain’t wit it.
“I think this sounds disgusting, but you may not. Would you try the new Van Leeuwen Kraft Mac n cheese ice cream? Let your voice be heard and VOTE! Let’s share it and get it to go viral! #icecream #macncheese #kraft #thursdayvibes #new #vanneeuwen #cheese #foodie #food”
“My son who lives for Kraft mac and cheese and loves ice cream said “why would you put those together” when he heard about this on NPR this morning. If you can’t get a 7 year old behind something, you’re doing it wrong.”
To be fair, most of the people who said they weren’t checking for the ice cream have not tasted it and will probably never try it. And all the reviews online … encourage folk to run and get a scoop.
“White twinks on this app are weird,” Cardi B wrote. “You don’t dictate people’s action.
“I said what I said and I’m not taking it back!!! Ya love to hide behind Black female artist peoples on your avi and be the ones saying the most disrespectful s### about women and dictating their moves and start war between female artist fans ALWAYS!”
I said what I said and I’m not taking it back!!! Ya love to hide behind black female artist pictures on your avi and be the ones saying the most disrespectful s### about women & dictating their moves and start wars between female artist fans ALWAYS!
Cardi B demanded that the white twinks wave a white flag and and their disrespectful shenanigans.
“Now let’s be nice shall we? Let’s experience greatness and gagging sessions in peace,” Cardi said.
The root of Cardi B’s attack on white twinks on Twitter has yet to be discovered, but she may have been aggravated since she admitted she had diarrhea.
“When your kid want ice cream for dinner do you give them ice cream for dinner? My baby is overly spoiled with toys & super educated. If mommy & daddy fly then so is my kids. F### I look like being fly a####### and my kid not.”
NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service will be home to a brand new talk show hosted by A-list comedian/actor Kevin Hart. Three episodes of Hart To Heart are scheduled to debut on Thursday, August 5.
According toDeadline, each additional one-hour installment of Hart To Heart will come out every Thursday. Kevin Hart will invite fellow celebrities on the program for conversations at his virtual wine cellar.
“Welcome to my first-ever talk show. I know what you’re thinking. You’re like, ‘Oh, Kevin, it’s just a talk show. No big deal.’ Wrong, people. We’re going to get to know one another. We drink wine here. We’re going to have a Hart to heart,” says Kevin Hart in a teaser video for the upcoming Hart To Heart.
It has been a memorable week for Kevin Hart. The star of Real Husbands of Hollywood, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and Fatherhood found out his turn in Quibi’s Die Hart earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series.
Die Hart picked up two more Emmy nominations as well. The Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series category also includes a nomination for John Travolta (Grease, Pulp Fiction). Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones, F9) was nominated for Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series. The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards will take place on September 19.
Kevin Hart wrote on Instagram:
Exciting day for the team. Die Hart garnered 3 Emmy Nominations! Congrats to my co-stars John Travolta on their Nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series and to Nathalie Emmanuel for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. One of my favorite productions to date. A phenomenal team in front of and behind the camera. Our team is just getting started. Congrats to all nominees!
