Jay Electronica is not the most active person on social media. However, the elusive emcee did hop on Twitter this week to shout out fellow Hip Hop artist Kanye West.
“@kanyewest from afar, seems like Almighty God is putting His final touches on His Mighty Sword (you). I would imagine the pain is intense. After this though, you unstoppable. Flame on King! And as for the rest of em, my mom would just say ‘well Son, fuckem,'” tweeted Electronica.
The A Written Testimony album creator also added, “@kanyewest I literally CAN’T WAIT so see your next Beautiful moves and offerings. Thank you for all of the Beautiful ones you’ve given us thus far.”
It is not clear exactly what inspired Jay Elect to post so positively about Ye. Both rappers are protégés of Jay-Z. Electronica is signed to Jay’s Roc Nation record label. West used to be managed by Roc Nation.
Republic Records artist Coi Leray now has her own digital series. The “No More Parties” rapper’s Coi Vs is streaming on Team Whistle’s YouTube channel which has over 2 million subscribers.
“Our audience is always looking for the next cool, relatable artist, athlete, or viral content and they come to our platform for shows with talent they won’t find anywhere else,” says Noah Weissman, SVP, Content at Team Whistle.
Weissman adds, “We’re excited to combine our creative concepts with Republic Records – the hottest label in the game – and their incredible roster to introduce fans to a new generation of emerging talent in the show formats they love best on social and digital.”
Coi Vs follows Leray as she competes in obstacle courses and pie-eating competitions against other celebrities. The first episode features an appearance by online basketball personality Famous Los.
In addition to the partnership with Coi Leray, Team Whistle and Republic Records are looking to work together in other capacities. Fans can expect to see more Republic artists presented in unexpected and relatable ways on the channel.
“We’re always on the lookout for new avenues to spotlight our talent, and Team Whistle’s built-in network and creativity presents a great opportunity for new fans to get to know our emerging artists,” said Chris Blackwell, SVP, Creative Content at Republic Records.
The multi-hyphenate influencer Romeo was born into Hip-Hop royalty and probably has rubbed elbows with some of the world’s most elite moneymakers and celebrities.
The son of Master P, he has by his relationship to his dad, been afforded a charmed life — far away from the day-to-day stress of the ghetto.
But despite that, the now The Mix talk show host shared that his money doesn’t exempt him from being racially profiled by police.
On the recent episode, he not only talks about the trauma of being pulled over — but revealed something that KRS-One told us a long time ago. Black cops are sometimes worse than white ones.
He shared a story with his co-hosts a story about the most recent time he was profiled at UCLA.
He said, “ At UCLA, If you’re late and you get pulled over, over there, you gotta have that camera recording. ‘Cause they don’t play no games.”
“The guy pulled me over at gunpoint, a Black cop,” he continued. “He was like ‘Is this a stolen vehicle?’ I’m like ‘Bro, relax. Just come check out my registration and get my driver license.’”
The former Growing Up Hip-Hop star says that the police officer asked him, “Is this a stolen vehicle?”
Noting that when he noticed that it was the celebrity, Romeo Miller, the cop he fell back.
Romeo shared that the cop then said, “Oh, Romeo Miller! You good. I thought she was just some random Black dude.”
While he was relieved because it could have gotten ugly, he also was furious because his brothers Hercy and Mercy, who are over 6 feet tall and are not as famous (yet), could have also been hemmed up by the cops.
He finished by saying that this has happened too many times, “It is sad that were looked at threat because of the color of our skin.”
The Mix is a millennial-based series that airs on Fox Soul and is produced by Tameka “Tiny” Harris.
“Godzilla vs Kong” is the latest film in the “Monsterverse” franchise that finally places these massively iconic characters against one another in a modern day, Heavyweight Showdown for the ages! This entry is the follow up to the three previous films in this franchise: 2014’s “Godzilla”, 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island” and 2019’s “Godzilla: King of Monsters”. While those films resulted in divided opinions overall, it feels like this particular entry takes the best attributes of each, combined those aspects with the advancements in VFX technology and delivered a satisfyingly fun & entertaining Monster showdown that delivers.
In terms of the plot, the film finds Kong being secured in a free-roaming dome on “Skull Island” by the Monarch organization and watched over by “Dr. Illene Andrews” (Rebecca Hall) & her adopted daughter “Jia” (Katie Hottle). Jia, who was adopted by Dr. Andrews, is deaf but has the ability to communicate via with Kong via sign language. As we witness Kong in this constructed habitat, we begin to see that he has been growing increasingly irate at being enclosed in despite the vast size of the dome created to protect & keep him safe.
Elsewhere in Florida, Godzilla suddenly appears after a long absence and engages in a seemingly unprovoked attack on the Apex Cybernetics Facility. This attack by Godzilla seems out of character by many who have now come to view him as a protector and not an enemy. From there, the character of “Madison Russell” (Millie Bobbie Brown) returns from the last film and joins forces with a friend named “Josh” (Julian Dennison) as well as a popular conspiracy theorist podcaster named “Bernie” (Brian Tyree Henry) to investigate the attack.
After the unexpected attack, the CEO of Apex Industries reaches out to a Monarch scientist named “Nathan Lind” (Alexander Skarsgard) to formulate a plan with Dr. Andrews in order to obtain a powerful and hidden energy source from the earth with the help of Kong. Once obtained, this untapped energy source will yield enough power to stop Godzilla before he potentially goes on another unprovoked attack. From there, additional plot elements ensue that I won’t spoil here but they ultimately lead these two Heavyweight Titans to engage in some violent but beautiful Monster vs. Monster action!
Director Adam Wingard, who has a background in directing Horror, does a fine job helming this big budget, CGI-Laden feature and clearly seems to be a fan of the material. Not only that, but in watching this film, it seems like Wingard and his crew are aware of the criticisms that were levied against the previous installments in regards to the story & visual aspects that didn’t work. With that, it appears they did their best to cut the fat so to speak to give these creatures more screen-time and eventually get to the throwdown(s) that everyone came to see. Clocking in at just under 2 hours, the movie moves at a fast pace and doesn’t waste a lot of time in getting these Monsters on screen together to deliver the goods as advertised.
While usually the weaker aspect of the films in this franchise, I would say the Human Element in “GvK” is at least decent if not overly engaging. The actors here serve the plot by essentially providing exposition & narration to the backgrounds, mythos and course of action taken by Godzilla and Kong. On the Kong side specifically, the film’s director utilizes the actors (particularly the character of “Jia”) to help humanize Kong in order to add an emotional element to the film. While the film’s human characters and overall plot feel a bit underdeveloped, I would say they are serviceable enough in moving us toward what we really came to see: The Action!
In terms of said action, “Godzilla vs. Kong” delivers in providing an entertaining spectacle feauturing sharp visual effects full of vibrant colors that is stunning to witness. The film stages thrilling scenes of Monster action on both land and sea as well as a surprise location that adds a brand new Sci-Fi element to this franchise. When Godzilla and Kong go to war in the film (more than once!), they are brawling in a rage, slugging it out with their various fighting styles, slashing into each other, and smashing each other into the nearest objects all while trying to obtain dominance as the last one standing.
Director Adam Wingard stages the action in creative & inventive ways and fortunately does so in a manner that us as viewers can clearly see what’s taking place. During certain sequences, there are even one take fight scenes with no cutaways so that we not only see the massive brawl ensuing, but also see the chaos and ruin they cause around them. Very Impressive! Although we get to see the strengths and weaknesses of each with both obtaining the upper hand at times, this showdown does end with a true, definitive winner. However, a lone winner and loser in this battle doesn’t quite conclude the movie as the film introduces one last element that is dangerous enough to call upon a unique form of synergy to address it.
“Godzilla vs. Kong” does its job and delivers on the promise of some awesome Monster action and epic throwdowns between these two as the title implies. The movie is well directed, contains the best VFX we’ve seen in the franchise thus far, has a great score by Junkie XL, and at under two hours, doesn’t overstay its welcome at all. This feels like a film that very self-aware in the sense that it knows exactly what it’s supposed to be and what it’s supposed to deliver. While the movie may have its share of nitpicks, uninteresting characters and contrived plot elements, these aspects honestly did nothing to take away from the overall entertainment value of this entry in the Monsterverse.
Ultimately, if you’ve been a fan of the previous films in the franchise, you should know what to expect here: The Monster action is worth the price of admission alone and we get to see it carried out using the best cutting edge VFX currently available to the Filmakers. At its core, “Godzilla vs Kong” doesn’t set out to be the smartest or most emotional Sci-Fi Film out there. However, it’s simply an entertaining, fun-filled action film that delivers on the promise of destruction and mayhem that you would expect in seeing these massive titans collide.
“Godzilla vs Kong” is now playing in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.
Cardi B has hit out at “one-sided” history lessons taught in U.S. schools.
The “WAP” star – who is the daughter of a Dominican father and Trinidadian mother – has taken to Twitter to educate Americans about the history of her ancestors.
One more thing I want to make clear to Americans.Colonization did not just happened in the USA .Actually the first diaspora boat and slaves arrive in The Dominican Republic.Our Haitian & DR brothers & sisters were put against each other by their colonizers Spain & France .
“One more thing I want to make clear to Americans,” she wrote. “Colonization did not just happened in the USA .Actually the first diaspora boat and slaves arrive in The Dominican Republic.Our Haitian & DR brothers & sisters were put against each other by their colonizers Spain & France.”
The hitmaker then bemoaned the U.S. education system, suggesting the population isn’t sufficiently well-informed about important historical events.
“I wish I can speak more about history and the one sided history these school be giving us,” she continues. “Besides this whole ‘Latin lesson’ that I’m giving ya there is soo much I have learn that if I speak on it I feel like the government will OFF me .I’ll just talk to myself about it tho. (sic)”
Cardi is no stranger to speaking her mind on social media, and previously insisted she will continue to do so.
Vanessa Bryant told her daughter Natalia that her late dad Kobe would be “so proud” of her as the 18-year-old celebrated getting accepted into the University Of Southern California on Tuesday (March 30th.)
In an Instagram video, Natalia is seen wearing a USC top as she jumps up and down, shouting: “I got in!”
Captioning the clip, Vanessa wrote on Instagram: “Tears of joy. I’m SO happy for you Nani! I know daddy is so PROUD OF YOU. I am so PROUD OF YOU!!
“Your hard work and dedication was so worth it. You pushed through the most excruciating pain imaginable and you succeeded. I wish Daddy and Gigi were physically here to celebrate but I know they’re here in spirit. We love you so much! #USC #Trojan #FightOn.”
When Vanessa feels overcome with her loss she thinks of her departed loved ones and her three children, Natalia, Bianka, four, and 20-month-old Capri, to give her strength.
“I guess the best way to describe it is that Kobe and Gigi motivate me to keep going,” she previously explained. “They inspire me to try harder and be better every day.
“Their love is unconditional and they motivate me in so many different ways.”
Lil Nas X has thanked FKA Twigs for informing him of the similarities between his video for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” and the visual for her track “Cellophane.”
Upon the release of Nas’s new video, fans were quick to point out the likenesses between the two videos, with some accusing him of ripping off Twigs’ concept.
However, the “Old Town Road” star insisted in a post on Instagram on Tuesday (March 30th) that he was “unaware” of the similarities between the two videos until he received a phone call from Twigs herself.
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“i want to show love to @fkatwigs & (Cellophane video director) @andrewthomashuang ! the cellophane visual is a masterpiece. i was not aware that the visual would serve as a major inspiration for those who worked on the effects of my video
“i want to say thank u to twigs for calling me and informing me about the similarities between the two videos, as i was not aware they were so close. was only excited for the video to come out. i understand how hard you worked to bring this visual to life. you deserve so much more love and praise.”
Following his comment, Twigs was quick to praise him for his honesty about the situation, writing: “thank you @lilnasx for our gentle honest conversations and for acknowledging the inspiration cellophane gave you and your creative team in creating your iconic video!
“i think what you have done is amazing and i fully support your expression and bravery in pushing culture forward for the queer community. legend status.”
The casual pop culture cutey might assume that all the women love Drake but surprisingly that doesn’t seem to be true.
A woman popped up at the “God’s Plan” rapper’s Toronto mansion with a weapon, trying to break into the residence.
There are a lot of rumors and not a lot of biographical information about the woman, her actions, and her intention for “Drizzy.”
But what is known is that she assaulted one of Drake’s security guards with a pipe, and is currently in police custody.
Canadian law enforcement has released a statement saying, “A female adult that was carrying a knife has been arrested. She did not gain any kind of entry into the property, and there were no injuries.”
The cops responded to the report of this incident at 5 pm EST on March 30th. It is reported that the Young Money moneymaker was not at his $100 million estate when she tried to gain entry.
This is a little like Déjà vu. Almost four years ago, another woman tried to break into his home, that time the Los Angeles estate.
She actually got in and took the liberty of drinking from his private stash of beverages. She too was arrested and released on $100,000 bail.
Drake is hotter than fish grease right now.
A few weeks ago he had the top three songs on the Billboard charts and produced a successful battle rap event with the Ultimate Rap League and Caffeine.tv.
Nowadays more than ever, the Detroit hip-hop scene has been making its way into the music industry.
Detroit natives Payroll Giovanni, and famed producer CardoGotWings teamed up for their newest project titled Another Day Another Dollar. Clocking in at 10 tracks, the raw and uncut album serves as their 3rd project together, with features from Larry June, Tamara Jewel, and Smitty Soul.
Following their previous collaborative tapes, Big Bossin’ Vol. 1 and Big Bossin’ Vol. 2, it appears Payroll and Cardo are the dynamic duo. With Cardo producing Gold and Platinum singles such as Drake’s “God’s Plan,” Travis Scott’s “Goosebumps,” and ScHoolboy Q’s “That Part,” his ability to make beats specific to the artist is unmatched.
With Payroll not letting up in the slightest with his relentless bars, witty punchlines, and vivid storytelling, the new release has fans in a frenzy.
Read below as we discuss how Payroll Giovanni and CardoGotWings initially linked, their love for each other’s craft, the making of Another Day Another Dollar, their creative process, studio essentials, and more!
AllHipHop: How did you guys meet initially and when was it?
Payroll: Cardo reached out to me online, was it through email?
Cardo: Yeah it was email. Remember I got your number from Carbon, and you didn’t believe it was me.
AllHipHop: Why didn’t you believe it was him?
Payroll: I know dude works. I’m like “this ain’t Cardo, who is this?” I gave him my number to a phone I didn’t really care about, he ended up hitting me up. It was him. He sent me a beat pack, rest was history.
AllHipHop: Detroit has a nice little wave right now. Cardo, what did you like about Payroll that made you want to work with him?
Cardo: I like Payroll’s style. He’s unique with wordplay. His storytelling was vivid, you could see what he’s trying to present. It made me gravitate more towards his music and getting to know who he was. Man, I gotta work with this kid. Carbon put it together. He thought it was a random dude trying to hit him up with some s###, trying to scam him. [laughs] Fast forward to within 30 days, we’re in Atlanta working on me, him, YG, and Young Jeezy’s tape which was called Paid in Full, produced mostly entirely by me, DJ Quik, Dez.
Payroll: Warren G was on there.
Cardo: Warren G was on it! It was a groovy ass tape man. We’re so excited because it was different. Somebody lost the harddrive and the rest was history from then. We said “f### it, what we doing then?” A week after we left, he said “man, let’s keep it going.” Because we had found a bounce.
Payroll: We found our pocket with the music, it took a minute.
AllHipHop: Why did it take a minute?
Payroll: I’ll be honest, I was used to rapping off the Detroit beats. The fast, uptempo, gritty type beats. Cardo was really coming with that industry, polished sound. I didn’t feel natural on them type of beats but once we did the West Coast, G-funk type beats, we hit it off right there. G-funk and Detroit have similar sounds, a lot of sounds with Detroit and the Bay are real similar.
AllHipHop: What sets you apart from the other Detroit artists?
Payroll: I stick to myself. I stay true to myself, do what I know how to do. I stay in my lane. I don’t really jump on no waves or nothing. I really ain’t got a formula, it’s really however I feel.
AllHipHop: How long have you been grinding for? You’re independent, right?
Payroll: Yeah, independent. I’ve been messing with the music seriously since about 2010. I love it. If you stay true to yourself and do what you do, over time it’s going to catch on. It really took us a minute to even get noticed outside of Detroit. We didn’t start getting noticed until 4 or 5 years in the game. Thing is if you keep it going and do you, it’s gon’ work.
Cardo: Really us keeping the sound alive that we’ve been doing, that we’ve been presenting. Coming from me and him, people expect me to give him the usual stuff I give the Drake’s and Kendrick’s, because I give them specific beats to them specific artists. When I work with Payroll, I give him a specific sound I know that’s his sound, that he molded. We try to keep that sound going, but we elevate every time we put something together. It’s always something fly we do or something elegant. We try to reach them levels. This one of them projects that shows the elevation of the sound, where we’re going and the bounce of it. We keeping it alive, it’s a little bit more of a swing into it. Gio can tell you more than I can ’cause he’s the actual artist.
Payroll: For me, I be saying stuff on there that I want people to hear. I want us to see what’s going to be the reaction to this. I’m giving little gems here and there to change people’s mindset on certain things. I like to see the way they receive it, and the lines that stand out. That’s the benefit for me.
AllHipHop: Who came up with the title?
Payroll: We both did.
Cardo: We both did ’cause we had a song originally called “Another Day Another Dollar.” We’re plotting like “what could we call this next project?” We kept on going through titles back and forth. It’s what we usually do when we try to figure something out, like the concept of a project. He sent me the song, I’m like “that’s what we call it. We call it Another
Day Another Dollar.” He said “yeah!” It stuck from there.
Payroll: It was perfect.
AllHipHop: How was it creating? Was there any COVID restrictions?
Cardo: It was all done over the internet. From Big Bossin’, Vol. 1 to Vol. 2, we’ve done most of it basically via email. Me and Payroll been in the studio a lot before, but we be in there talking. We do a couple ideas. The end of Big Bossin’ Vol. 2, we ended up finishing together. Most of the project was done through the email. It’s something we know, we adjusted to. We already knew how to do it, how to move when the quarantine stuff hit. We already knew how to make it shake.
Payroll: We looked up and had 10 songs, a complete body of work. Oh, this is it right here!
Cardo: Yeah ’cause I was sending him beats, something I like that’s him. We like to put out good Spring, Summertime, even Fall — we always have the Fall stuff ready, but we felt like Spring and Summer was the most important part of presenting the sound. Especially with this music that me and Payroll do, you know, it motivates you to get up and hustle, get that car or whatever it is that you’re trying to accomplish. Whatever girl you trying to get.
Payroll: Need a good soundtrack to shine.
Cardo: You definitely do. Gotta get your shine on, word to Big Tymers.
AllHipHop: What’s the story behind “Always Hustling”?
Payroll: I had a banging hangover when I made that song. I did it and sent it to Cardo. I didn’t hear back from Cardo, I thought “oh it must be trash, I don’t even care about it.”
Cardo: Nah the way he goes in, it was so cold. Damn, made me want to throw on some silk. That sound we be trying to do, we be trying to make it feel like how we grew up listening to music, our favorite artists. The whole Sick Wid’ It to everything going on in the Detroit music scene, we try to blend all that in and make it all in one so we can feel the same we felt when we’re younger. That’s all it is: feel-good, hustling, motivation music. You can’t deny it, not at all.
That’s one of my favorite beats, my boy J Franks produced that one with me out in Mississippi. It’s one of them sounds. If people listen to Mr. Mike and the whole Suave House days, all the 8Ball and MJG, the new mix and all that, they’ll understand that sound. That sound was Mob sound, near to the Bay and Detroit. Same thing with “Mob $hit,” we had to get our good brother Larry June on there to do some numbers with us. That’s somebody we always been f###### with. We put out the Game Related project early last year.
Payroll: Larry sent that verse back immediately. Larry sent that back quick.
Cardo: Yeah ’cause it was necessary. Soon as you hear that s###: “ahhh, eh eh, eh.” [Larry June voice] It makes you feel good, makes you want to eat an orange and hustle. We want to provide feel-good music. That’s the beauty of it, it makes you feel some kind of way.
AllHipHop: Cardo, I know you do all of Larry June’s s###, I’m from the Bay!
Cardo: Yadidamean, I be thizzing out here. [laughs] Come on man, rest in peace Mac Dre.
AllHipHop: What songs mean the most to you guys and why?
Cardo: Me, I like “Forever Flow.” I love when Gio be talking his s###. I tell him “man you gotta talk yo s###. Rap yo s### man, do what you do. Do what Gio knows best, give them that hustle music.” He’ll go in, he’ll excelerate every time. Every time!
Payroll: “Forever Flow” for me too. That’s my favorite.
Cardo: I’m telling you, that s### heartfelt. You feel that s###: the beat, everything.
Payroll: My grandma out on there.
Cardo: That’s rare! Thanks Grandma.
AllHipHop: Cardo how’d you get your producer tag: “Cardo got Wannnggsss”?
Cardo: My boy Johnny Juliano, one of my closest friends and business partners, he used to do tags. I asked “yo, can you make me a tag?” He said “yeah.” He sent it right back to me: “Cardo got Wannnggsss.” Yup, that’s it. Ever since then, I started using it. I stopped using it, I’ll bring it back out then I’ll stop. I have my periods where I use my tags. Sometimes, I like to move mysteriously where people ask, “you produced that?!”
AllHipHop: How did “Laugh Now Cry Later” came about?
Cardo: Man, I was working with the boy for some time. Right around when quarantine started, we started working on his project, going back and forth with ideas. Around July, he sent me the idea first. He said “man, can we make this bounce?” Alright bet. Me and my cousin Yung Exclusive, we made it bounce. Did what we did, sent it back to him. Next two weeks, it came right out. Just like that, so quick. Damn, alright cool.” I get the message, that boy don’t stop. He don’t play. Shout out to the n*gga Drake man.
AllHipHop: 3 things you guys need in the studio at all times?
Payroll: I need water. I like for it to be me and the engineer, I don’t like a crowd of people. Clear it out, I don’t like people in and out of the studio. Water, clear space, I’m straight. [laughs]
Cardo: 100 %. Me, I need water, fruit…
Payroll: Good fruit. [laughs]
Cardo: Good fresh fruit. We talking about red, sparkling red. Them strawberries just grew today, they picked them m############ out today. Fresh fresh fruit. That and a good good choice of food, restaurants too. That’s a requirement. Runners, they’ll bring a menu for some wings s###. Man, that ain’t gonna do it for me. Other than that, I have to have Mary Jane. That’s it.
AllHipHop: When y’all come to LA, I got weed for you guys.
Cardo: We good. Gio don’t smoke. Gio doesn’t believe in smoking, he’s just “I just drink champagne!” Both: [laughs]
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AllHipHop: How do you guys plan on Bossin’ Up in 2021?
Cardo: With Volume 3.
Payroll: Volume 3!
Cardo: I had to Gio, he thought I was bullshitting. The pressure’s on brother.
Payroll: Big Bossin’ Vol. 3. We bringing 3.
Cardo: Me and Gio, we’re inseparable. That’s my brother, I always try to keep him in the mix of things and keep him afloat. I know he’s a businessman. He’s a big time tycoon, entrepreneur out here doing his thing. I be honestly trying to bring back down to earth with his music. It’s a beautiful thing every time we do something music-wise alone. People feel the impact of what we present and that right there, we wouldn’t trade that the world. It’s lovely to see the fans react to the music we do. The testimonials and the hardships about everything, you feel that effect. Damn, my music’s really inspiring y’all to get it together, do this or do that.
I be telling Payroll everytime, they deadass serious. They really follow our music like it’s guidelines to this s###, to hustling. It really is. Payroll, he’s a motivational speaker. He ain’t no rapper, he’s a motivational speaker. He’ll tell you some s###, it’ll make you really think and get your s### together. This n#### taught me about willpower. My own homeboy teaching about willpower, I’ll learn the most about that from him. Once I learned that, everything got better. I stacked my bread up even more, started to get my priorities together ’cause I was listening to my brother. I listen to everything he gon say. Everything he preaches about, he practices all that s###. That’s real talk. To me, my own personal preference, he’s the Jay-Z of Detroit to me. He’s the voice out there. Shout out to everybody doing their thing: Ray, Dez, Kid, all them, the whole 26. Payroll’s my brother so I’m not saying it because I’m biased. For real, that’s what he is to Detroit. That’s my personal preference, that’s it.
Payroll: Appreciate it my brother.
Cardo: Come on man, you know I’m going to war about you.
AllHipHop: Payroll, what you got to say about Cardo?
Cardo: “Cardo man? This n*gga crazy.” [laughs]
Payroll: Cardo the GOAT man. I watched dude put in a hella work, It feels good to see it pay off. That s### was unreal. Grammy nominated with Drake! I was just in the raggedy-ass studio with him. Damn, we be in the small studio together.
Cardo: On God, just a year before that in a s##### ass studio. They did us dirty bro, but now we bossed up from that. That was a lesson lesson, we ain’t ever gonna go through that b####### no more. Came away with that, straight up.
Payroll: Cardo motivation man, he keeps me going. He’ll hit me up like “where you at? Let’s make some music, come on.”
Cardo: On God, I’ll bug his ass too.
Payroll: I get right back to it. Sometimes, I’ll be needing to hear that.
Cardo: Bro what’re you doing? I know you living life. N*gga be on the yacht, in the backyard sipping wine with all these wine testers. Man, I get it. You living life like it’s golden, like Jill Scott. I understand my man. Bruh, come on! Let’s make some music too bro. I know you like golfing, getting your feet in the sand, in the water. Come on bro, I ain’t stupid. I know.
Payroll: On God, this us every day though.
AllHipHop: Payroll, how’d it feel to have Nipsey Hussle shout you out on “Deep Reverence”?
Payroll: It was dope to hear him shout me out, it’s an honor to be one of the artists out of Detroit he rocked with. We had a smooth relationship. Whenever he hit Detroit, he’d hit me up and ask about different places to shop. I linked with him at a show he had in the city, we all popped Dom P and had an epic time. It’s one of my favorite moments.
Believe it or not, but it has been two years since Nipsey Hussle was murdered in front of his retail store, The Marathon.
His music has been nominated for GRAMMYs, his songs have become chart-toppers and now he is a household name, but the ache of his tragic death still reverberates throughout the world.
On this anniversary, many have paid their respects remembering his legacy. His big brother Snoop was one of the first to reflect, showing his love through a series of posts.
He even posted an interview about when he and Nip found out that they were no match for the DC hero, Superman.
Rihanna posted on Twitter a collage of flix from early in the slain rapper’s career, captioning it “Rip goat #NipseyHussle with blue hearts. Bay area rapper G-Eazy also shouted him out writing: “Nipsey Hussle. Forever Great.”
Rick Ross went live to give his regards and it was captured by 2Cool2Blog, while Swizz Beatz also took to Instagram with his message, “We miss you King @nipseyhussle.” Baller Isaiah Thomas weighed in too with a tribute to Nip.
But no one’s tribute was as heart-wrenching as his beloved, Lauren London.
“The Day Of Ermias’ transition changed the course of my life forever. 2 years, and it feels like yesterday and eternity all at the same time. Grief and Healing have been constant companions on this journey.
In Honor of His life and demonstration… May all of Heaven exalt Your name for all You did on Earth and beyond.
Brave and Beloved Soul, Ermias. You are missed deeply. You are loved immensely. You will forever be.
I love you eternally. Your Boogie💙,” Lauren London wrote.
NFTs are taking over the art world, but bet you didn’t know that the new collector’s medium is also one of the fasting rising merch items in sports.
And a brand called NBA Top Shot has some of the music iconic athletes in the history of humanity hopping on the wave.
Since launching last fall, Dapper Labs, the company behind creating the Flow blockchain NBA Top Shot non-fungible tokens, has been steadily tapping potential investors into this new company.
Folk like 2 Chainz, Will Smith, Michael Jordan, and Kevin Durant are just a few of the deep pockets that have invested a total of $305 million in their most recent funding round.
Through a press release, Durant shared about his involvement in the company, “NBA Top Shot is one of the best demonstrations we’ve seen of how quickly new technology can change the landscape for media and sports fans.”
“We’re excited to follow the progress with everything happening on Flow blockchain and use our platform with the Boardroom to connect with fans in a new way,” he continued.
NBA Top Shot is killing the game by accumulating 800,000 accounts in just six months. About 42% of them currently hold an NFT. What does that mean? Someone is caking as they have made over $500 million in sales.
The company, which is closely associated with the NBA Players’ Association, is reportedly valued at $2.6 billion, USA Today notes. And the association is receiving an undisclosed amount as a revenue share.
I don’t generally give a crap about this but I’m gonna talk about it anyway. Joe Budden Podcast Crew has broken up. Allegedly that is, Joe Biden has dismissed Rory and Mal his two cohosts!! I don’t generally give a crap about this but I’m gonna talk about it anyway
I have to admit I am not an avid podcast listener, but it seem like these guys had a strong force and were able to captivate audiences. In a lot of ways, Joe Budden pioneered the space. But, what is to happen to the podcast without the other two guys. I am not sure to be honest, but I am positive that the show will go on. The question is, will it go on in a way that carries the audience with the show. Or will they splinter off?
The people that have been following this are really into it! They really want these guys to stay together and continue on to great success. However, people like Charlamagne, DJ AK and others have wedged in the middle of them at various periods. This video says a LOT.
I tried to listen to this and it was not for me.
The internets have said that the artwork on the podcast has changed too, but I am not vested in looking. I take ya’ll word for it.
Despite the former president referring to his family’s native country as a “ sh*thole” and sparking a civil war in this nation on January 6th, Haitian rapper Kodak Black says that Donald Trump is legit.
In the quick tease, he also talked about making music (having 200 songs including a jam for Beyoncé and Justin Bieber), talking about planning for his future and he that refers to his lawyer as “Pops.”
The Florida chart-topper, whose real name is Bill K. Kapri was sentenced to prison in 2019 for falsifying information while purchasing firearms. President Trump pardoned him on his last day in office.
While Kodak Black was doting over America’s scourge of an Executive, Haitians on the island are protesting in the streets — stopping another Trumpian leader, Président Jovenel Moïse, from violating their constitution.
The “Zeze“ rapper revealed that his birthday is on June 11th and Trump’s is June 14th, a few days apart — making them Gemini’s.
True Cardi B fans know that she is a hair-a-nista.
For years she has dipped into her Latin/Caribbean roots to make her own hair care remedies. Now, Cardi B is taking her love for hair care and making it into a business.
She took to social media and posted about the new venture.
“This year I will be coming out with a hairline that I been working on at home for my hair and my daughters.”
In addition to the new line announcement, she also dropped a little PSA about diversity within the Latinx culture.
“I think I’m going to a video of different Hispanic people or Latin people or w.e terms is the correct way to say it now a days cause people be thinking every Hispanic is Mexican or something & must have the same hair texture, color, and features.”
I think I’m going to a video of different Hispanic people or Latin people or w.e terms is the correct way to say it now a days cause people be thinking every Hispanic is Mexican or something & must have the same hair texture,color and features 😫
“Hair texture def don’t make you a race however I am Afro Latina. Being Afro Latina don’t mean you have to amara la Negra color My grandmother from my mom side is not Latina at all & her father is light @ss f### so my mommy is light but her sibling are dark.”
Hair texture def don’t make you a race however I am Afro Latina .Being Afro Latina don’t mean you have to amara la Negra color https://t.co/Y3ygkak7sW grandmother from my mom side is not Latina at all & her father is light a####### so my mommy is light but her sibling are dark https://t.co/kOROVPt2pO
Some YouTube employees are enraged at the company executives who have decided to allow YG’s song “Meet the Flockers “ to remain up, despite having language that can be perceived as anti-Asian rhetoric.
But is this a case of allowing race-based hate to thrive or are they protecting the artist’s right to free speech?
“’First, you find a house and scope it out. Find a Chinese neighborhood, cause they don’t believe in bank accounts. Second, you find a crew and a driver, someone ring the doorbell … And someone that ain’t scared to do what it do. Third, you pull up at the spot. Park, watch, ring the doorbell, and knock. Four, make sure nobody is home. They gone, okay it’s on.”
According to Bloomberg, the YouTube employees requested that the Trust & Safety team remove the video down, but to no avail.
The official statement given to them on March 22nd noted that the executives thought that YG’s song was “highly offensive and understand it is painful for many to watch, including many in Trust & Safety.”
“While we debated this decision at length amongst our policy experts, we made the difficult decision to leave the video up to enforce our policy consistently and avoid setting a precedent that may lead to us having to remove a lot of other music on YouTube.”
“In this case, this video receives an EDSA exception as a musical performance. While EDSA is not a free pass for any content, there are likely thousands of music videos that would otherwise violate policies including Sex & Nudity, Violent or Graphic Content, and Hate Speech were it not for these sorts of EDSA exception.”
The EDSA is the acronym for Educational, Documentary, Scientific, or Artistic and this particular category is allowed to rock.
“As a result, removing this video would have far-reaching implications for other musical content containing similarly violent or offensive lyrics, in genres ranging from rap to rock.”
The employees are outraged at the company’s decision not to stand with them as statistics regarding violent crimes against Asians and Pacific Americans are on a rise.
Nearly, 3,800 hate crimes have been reported between March 2020 and February 2021 to organizations like Stop AAPI Hate.
Kanye West is an artist. The world knows this … But collector Vinoda Basnayake knows this fact a little intimately than the rest of the world.
He knows this because he actually owns an original copy of four of Yeezy’s childhood renderings.
Basnayke purchased the pieces from the Jesus is King rapper’s cousin, Stephan Scoggins, and his husband Damien Dziepak.
The couple acquired the collection after the artist’s mother, Donda West, died in 2007. He researched and located them and begged them if they would sell them to him.
But the journey took some time for the DC native to get to ownership of art.
According to the Washingtonian, he saw the collection in 2020 on the hit of PBS series Antiques Roadshow.
Somehow, he linked up with the show’s appraiser Laura Woolley and ran into a brick wall. He says that she had a “policy not to take down the contact information of their guests.” So he did the next best thing and went to the private investigator, Sir Google, to locate the couple.
After finding them he said that “they had multiple offers after the show, but I was the most consistent and they appreciated my sincere interest in Kanye.”
He went to pick up the pieces in California personally, taking the cross-country trip himself. So how much did he pay?
That’s not being disclosed (Basnayake had to sign an NDA with the purchase) but when it was appraised on the show the four pieces of art ranged between $16,000 to $23,000 in value.
But we can guess that since Kim Kardashian posted the art on her social media in February, right after sharing her talented daughter North West’s art, that it cost a pretty penny.
He and an ex-girlfriend are at war! Chet is claiming that he was attacked violently by his gal Kiana Parker on January 8 at Chet Burger’s Texas home. Chet started to record at the tail end of a fight and she seemingly swiped at him as he holds a pot. He alleges she pulled a knife on him. She denies it. Kiana says he’s lying.
According to TMZ, she already secured a restraining order against Chet in January, where she claimed he put hands on her in October 2020 and January 2021. Now, here is the part you have been waiting for.
Chet Haze, his rapper name, was also a feature on “Your Honor,” a show I liked when it was running on Showtime. Kiana said he put his hands on her wrists and arms and tossed her around to stop her from leaving their hotel room for food. He denies it.
She alleges he tossed a bottle at her and chased her down the hallway in his boxers! He also alleges that he called her “just a ghetto Black b####” and that nobody would believe her because he is “Chet Hanks.” OH REALLY?
Chet has already filed a lawsuit against Kiana and they have broken up. He also says she stole from him, charging thousands on his card. Chetty is suing her for assault and battery, theft and return of the money. Chet says she pulled up on him with several dudes, one of which allegedly had a gun.
Kiana says her boys helped her move. How she gonna move her own stuff. And if she has a Chet The Alleged Threat in front of her, she is definitely going to have her tribe to hold her down. Now, remember Chet The Alleged Threat recently said that this is going to be a “white boy summer,” which is ridiculous. We own the summer, boy!
Suspect Chet The Alleged Threat fetishizes Black women! He has a baby with a Black woman ,Tiffany and says he loves them.
When are we going to learn? Some of these people can be in your home and hate you all the same.
For every Uzi Vert putting multi-million dollar diamonds in their forehead, you have at least 50 thugs on a mic — ready to show you why the City of Brotherly Love has a legion of Philadelphians ready to do someone dirty.
Proof positive is the most recent news surrounding Original Block Hustlaz AR-Ab’s case.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Dark Lo, whose real name is Charles Salley, pleaded guilty to witness intimidation in a 2018 drug conspiracy case linked to the “Goon Story” rapper.
He said what he said and stood on it.
The one count of witness intimidation was connected to threats the lyricist made once he found out who the “rat” was that snitched on his ole head.
He also made a song called “Allegations” where he said that he “can’t wait to see” whomever it was that ran their mouth to the police.
The Feds are watching … songs … social media … the streets … As a result, nine affiliates (including rappers on the Original Block Hustlaz roster) from the crew were charged ten days ago.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Ashenfelter stated in a court filing in 2019 about Dark Lo, “His lyrics promote gun violence and his music videos depict images of drug dealing and weapons possession.”
“Plainly, he is a danger to the community and he enjoys that image, using it as a platform to sell his music.”
While the song is a lot, that’s not what got him popped.
Dark Lo, who also goes by Ron Harvey, wrote two letters to a witness named Dontez “Taz” Stewart on the day he was supposed to testify against his boul.
The letter that was sent under the alias, which was a name stolen from one of the founding members of the Philadelphia Black Mafia, was addressed to “Stewart Little.”
Get it … like the mouse/rat Stuart Little from the book turned movie?
The Feds got that clever joke too… hence why the charge stuck.
Dark Lo also shared with Taz what he would do to him if he snitched on the OG and told the Feds he thought that it was ok that he was straight with Taz because they were acquaintances.
“I don’t see how that’s threats. If I didn’t know him, that’s threats. … But he was under me, so I felt as though I could say that to him.”
He has since changed his mind. Dark Lo is facing up to 9 years in prison when he is sentenced. The rapper is currently free, after winning an appeal for compassionate release from prison due to his health status.
Coming off his debut single “Head Shoulders,” and smash collaboration with 6ix9ine
“Charlie,” the smiley-faced, platinum-grilled, yellow-haired rapper, SMILEZ, continues to bounce a#### off their seat with the highly-anticipated follow-up single “Simp Walk.”
SMILEZ is more than a persona, he’s an entire hip-hop movement.
His vibrant wave of hard beats crash like a 30-foot wave onto a lyrical gold sand beach, leaving everyone around him smiling and twerking til it hurts.
SMILEZ is making big noise across the country, and has already toured with the best of the best, Juice WRLD, Lil Pump, and Trippie Redd across North America and he opened for 6ix9ine in Europe.
“Simp Walk” is SMILEZ’ way to honor the end of Women’s History Month, as the single and video premieres today on AllHipHop.
Rapper Jeezy and actress Jeannie Mai are making wedding plans after applying for a marriage license in Georgia.
According to the Fulton County Court Clerk, Jeezy and Mai signed off on paperwork on Monday (March 29th) – and now they have six months to tie the knot before the license expires.
Jeezy became engaged to Jeannie Mai in in April of 2020, after dating for a little more than two years. The Atlanta trap star decided to pop the question in 2019 during a house party in Los Angeles.
This will be the second marriage for Jeannie, who divorced from her ex-husband Freddy Harteis before she met Jeezy on the set of “The Real,” where she served as a co-host.
However, their wedding plans were posted on due to Jeannie Mai’s health crisis.
