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Rochester Police Slammed For Pepper Spraying A Helpless, Handcuffed 9-Year-Old Girl

By: Kershaw St. Jawnson Updated Category: News
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Caught on camera, a Rochester police officer pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl who was already in the cop’s car and handcuffed.

The incident happened on Wednesday, January 27th, after law enforcement received a call that there was some sort of “family trouble.”

The girl was allegedly suicidal and wanted to also kill her mother. However, questions arise after she was assaulted by the grown-ups with badges and blue uniforms.

One question which is obvious: “Why did they spray her after she was already constrained?”

Police assert that they were overwhelmed and under-resourced and so they had to subdue the child. Still, two body camera videos of the incident were released five days later on Sunday, January 31, showing the girl clearly cuffed and screaming for her father.

She was in the vehicle and despite her being understandably upset, kicking, and crying— considering she is in the 4th or 5th grade — the multiple officers did seem in control. The spray was some extra sh*t.

Second question: Where was the unit organized to address mental health and social welfare concerns?

Crickets.

The city and the police have responded in a mixture of damage control and justification.

Interim Rochester Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan said that the way the girl was handled was flat-out wrong.

“I’m not going to stand here and tell you that for a 9-year-old to have to be pepper-sprayed is OK. It’s not,” she remarked. “I don’t see that as who we are as a department, and we’re going to do the work we have to do to ensure that these kinds of things don’t happen.”

The mayor, Lovely Warren echoed that.

“I have a 10-year-old daughter. So she’s a child; she’s a baby. And I can tell you that this video, as a mother, is not anything that you want to see. It’s not,” the mayor said. “We have to understand compassion, empathy. When you have a child that is suffering in this way and calling out for her dad, I saw my baby’s face in her face.”

Rochester Deputy Police Chief Andre Anderson tried to shed light on why his officers responded as they did. This ought to be good.

“It didn’t appear as if she was resisting the officers, she was trying not to be restrained to go to the hospital,” Anderson said as if we were not listening to how crazy that just sounded.

“As the officers made numerous attempts to try to get her in the car, an officer sprayed the young child with OC spray to get her in the car.”

The video shows her in the car … actually sitting with the handcuffs on … she was screaming and crying and trying to move but she was in the car until she fell out after being sprayed.

He then says that as a department they are “not making any excuses for what transpired” But it kinda sounds like that.

The Rochester Police Union Chief, Joshua Potash weighed in.

You listen and decide.

The video also shows this:

A cop said to her, “You’re acting like a child,” and the girl reminded her “I am a child!”

A female officer speaks at one point (there were a lot of cops there) and threatens the less than a decade old child, “This is your last chance, otherwise pepper spray’s going in your eyeballs.”

Then another voice says, “Just spray her at this point.”

Hopefully, this family will be brought to justice. If the child was suicidal, this surely will add to her distress.

The Rochester Police Accountability Board put several suggestions on resolving this matter.

The biggest voice so far that has come out against the Rochester Police Department was New York State Attorney General Letitia James and Congressman Joe Morelle.

Saint Lamaar: Next Up Out Of Columbus, Ohio

By: Shirley Ju Updated Category: Features
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Saint Lamaar is only 18 years old and already living out his dreams on the daily. Hailing from the East side of Columbus, Ohio and growing up in the church, music has been a part of his life since he can remember. Now currently residing in Atlanta, the rising star has had the pleasure of working with Grammy-nominated producer Willy Will and Grammy-winning producer Wonder Arillo.

Inspired directly by real life experiences, music serves as an outlet for Lamaar, a way to express himself in his most vulnerable state. One thing about him is his relatability to the masses, proving he’s human just like the rest of the world. Doing everything independent and putting in the work to make it to the big leagues, Lamaar released the visual for his newest single titled “Word For The Hood.”

AllHipHop: What was the household like growing up in Columbus, Ohio?

Saint Lamaar: I grew up with both of my parents. I have 6 other siblings, I’m the youngest of 7. Growing up was neat. I wouldn’t say I was babied or anything, but I did get a lot of love. I was babied by my sisters and had older brothers, so it was neat. They all did some sort of music or sports. We were always involved in different things.

AllHipHop: Biggest influences coming up?

Saint Lamaar: I have older parents so I listened to a lot of older music like Funkadelic, Temptations, Earth Wind & Fire. I love Musiq Soulchild, John Legend, those people. I love good music, music that makes you feel stuff.

AllHipHop: You grew up on music in the church, talk about taking the hip-hop route. 

Saint Lamaar: I wouldn’t say I went all the way the Hip Hop route. I like to step into R&B, neo soul, modern day funk music. How I’m packaged, the stuff I do and who I’m around definitely looks Hip Hop, but I’m more well-rounded than just Hip Hop.

AllHipHop: At what point did you realize this music thing was forreal?

Saint Lamaar: Leaving high school was when I realizedI could really do it. The love I was getting in high school, it’s a real captive audience in high school. Everyone has to be there. If you’re looking at something, the person next to you is probably going to ask who it is. I figured I could probably do this, I’m getting good looks and people are looking into me.

AllHipHop: When did you move to Atlanta? I know you worked with Willy Will and Wonder Arillo.

Saint Lamaar: I moved to Atlanta 2 months after I got out of high school, so 6 months ago. The plan moving down there was getting a lot of stuff in order, really getting into the studio and creating stuff. Creating and figuring out what I wanted my sound to be, what I had going on, and who I wanted to link with. I linked with Willy Will first. Willy Will made the beat “Word For The Hood” with a producer from Columbus called Young Doe.

We went to a session down there at Triangle Studio in Atlanta, we did a cook up. The beat wasn’t already made so when we got there, we broke it down and figured out what we wanted to do. We wanted to make something fun and faster, so let’s try this. I got in there and that’s what happened. I met with Wonder a month later in Atlanta, Arillo’s a great, Grammy-winning producer. He came to Deep House Studios in downtown Atlanta. Same situation: we figured out the vibe, we cooked up, and it was a great time. It was a great time with both of them, a very transparent level. 

AllHipHop: What was the inspiration behind your name?

Saint Lamaar: The Saint came from growing up in church. Growing up, I didn’t really involve myself in a lot of stuff so all my friends called me Saint a lot of times. I didn’t cuss growing up earlier. I’d always bring up bible verses, what God said. I’d always pray before all of my meals so my friends started calling me Saint. My middle name is Lamar so I put it together. Let me see if anyone has this name, no one did so I ran with that.

AllHipHop: Any significance in the two a’s?

Saint Lamaar: No, that’s how my mom spelled it. [laughs] She was trying to be different I guess.

AllHipHop: Who or what inspired “Word For The Hood”?

Saint Lamaar: Fun, I wanted to have fun and make a fun track. The mindset and situation I was in while making it, it was hot outside so I wanted to make a move and have fun. It was the right people involved in it, I went to the studio and it was off the head. Off the top, we created it.

AllHipHop: What about “Round Trip”?

Saint Lamaar: Round Trip was actually made in the same studio session, that’s funny. “Round Trip” was the same situation really. I had the beat before I went into the session. I went in there, it was the first song I recorded when I got into the studio. It was a song I wrote half of prior to the session. I wanted to record this one to see how it sounds, I like how it sounded so I ran with it.

AllHipHop: Your inspiration is life in itself, talk about creating music for other people to relate to.

Saint Lamaar: That’s a big part of music and getting consumers. Grabbing people’s attention and making music that people can relate to or find themselves in is a big part.

AllHipHop: What is it you want fans to get from your story?

Saint Lamaar: Just do it. Almost like Nike, just do it. If you feel like you can and if you feel like you’re different, don’t let anyone tell you what you’re doing and what you like to do is wrong or bad. Just because someone doesn’t like it, doesn’t mean it’s not good. It’s not for that person. 

AllHipHop: How important is social media for your career?

Saint Lamaar: Really, it’s a place you can post music for people to listen to, you can engage with people and show a different side. With music, you can only show how you sound. You make a video, you show how you look. You can get on Instagram and talk, you can make posts and repost people stuff that you agree with. That’s instrumental in people finding out and knowing who you are.

AllHipHop: 3 things you need in the studio?

Saint Lamaar: I need water in the studio, I need gummy worms in the studio, and I need a producer in the studio.

AllHipHop: What kind of producers do you like?

Saint Lamaar: I like people who don’t just deal with hip-hop tracks. I like to make ballads, I like R&B stuff. I really do prefer older producers because they sometimes have a different type of soul and have made different types of tracks. They’ve lived in different times where music might’ve been better, with different melodies. I like older music so I usually prefer older producers.

AllHipHop: What would you be doing if you weren’t doing music?

Saint Lamaar: I’d probably be a chef. I’d be trying to be a chef or going to school to be a chef. Or in school for business

AllHipHop: What food do you like to cook?

Saint Lamaar: Anything now, I’m pescatarian. I deal with a lot of seafood like shrimp and salmon. I like pasta a lot too.

AllHipHop: What makes you want to give back to where you came from?

Saint Lamaar: For sure, that’s big. I want to give back to where I came from. Even if it’s not where I came from, a situation I feel like I came from. That’s instrumental and if you can help in any situation, why not?

AllHipHop: What’s the reality of coming out of Columbus, Ohio?

Saint Lamaar: Columbus is a place where there’s a lot of talent, but Columbus hasn’t really been put on the map as a hub for talent where stuff comes out of. You haven’t really heard “oh yeah, so and so is from Columbus.” There’s not a lot of eyes on Columbus in the music industry. That’s the reason I left Columbus, I had to get in the mix and get around different people. That’s one of the reasons I took off and did what I’ve done so far.

AllHipHop: What goals do you have so far in this point in your career?

Saint Lamaar: I want to be huge. I want to be a household name of course, I want to make music for people to dance in the house to. I want to make music people have to replay, I want to make classics when they come out. I want to make real cinematic videos, not even crazy edits but stuff people want to look at. I want to become larger than life in a way.

AllHipHop: What’s it going to take to get there?

Saint Lamaar: Of course hard work. Getting strategic partnerships, that’s really important especially in the industry. Keeping one foot on their necks and one foot on the gas, that’s going to do it.

AllHipHop: Dream collab?

Saint Lamaar: Pharrell. 100% Pharrell.

AllHipHop: What do you like about Pharrell?

Saint Lamaar: His sound. I love his music when he’s actually in it and being vocal. I love his beats too, they’re crazy. I love music that makes you feel something and he hasn’t missed for me

AllHipHop: What can we expect from you next music-wise?

Saint Lamaar: A crazy visual, an out-of-this-world visual shot by director Cricket and involved with Ambitious day dreams. A project this year in 2021 for sure, crazy out-of-this-world visuals and a kick butt project forreal. That’s what you can expect.

AllHipHop: Anything else you want to let the people know?

Saint Lamaar: Look out! If you don’t, it’s going to hit you in your face.

Cops Make Arrest In Vicious Harlem Attack Where Woman Was Bitten

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: News
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The cops have arrested a man charged with domestic violence in Brooklyn for another case, a highly publicized  and vicious attack on a woman in Harlem. Tyrone Cooper, a 22-year-old African-American male, was taken into custody Sunday on another incident, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harris.

According to the report, Cooper assaulted his 20-year-old girlfriend in her East Flatbush apartment, striking her in the face and then choking her. He previously broke her jaw, according to an account told to police.

Cooper will be charged in the Harlem incident as well. No word yet on his cohorts also involved in that vicious Harlem attack as well.

The Harlem assault of a 31-year-old woman not only made headlines, but was a hot topic in social media as well. The woman that was attacked – kicked and punched – said she was “mauled “by the assailants, one of which bit her. 

“I was mauled, this is more than being bitten. I was mauled – that he didn’t just bite me and like that was it,” she told local New York ABC, “This was a recurring action that he did on my face as if he was trying to literally take my eye. That’s what it felt like.”

” I will never forget that look in his eyes and it’s just being that close to me in my face, and just trying to do that like it’s feeling him biting on me and just his breath on me and just the scent of his clothes,” the victim continued, “He really just needs to be caught, all of them, because I didn’t deserve this, I was minding my business.”

All of this started because she reportedly would not respond to their sexual advances.

In the local community, there was a manhunt for the perps and hundreds of people assembled outside of the bodega where the incident occurred in a show of solidarity. Some supported street justice and community policing in the case and, early rumors suggested, that the men had been dealt with by vigilantes.

 

2 Chainz, Ari Lennox, Keyon Harrold & More Curate Spotify “Black History Is Now” Playlists

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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Today (February 1) is the first day of Black History Month for the year 2021. To celebrate, Spotify is launching guest-curated playlist takeovers, brand new podcasts, and more exclusive content.

Several notable Black creators helped contribute to the streaming company’s “Black History Is Now” hub. 2 Chainz is curating the “I Love My HBCU” playlist which features tunes such as “Swag Surfin’,” “Back That Azz Up,” and “Poison.”

Ari Lennox and Lucky Daye are co-curating the “Black Love Mixtape” which launches on February 12. Keke Palmer took over the “Queen” playlist with songs by Aaliyah, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, Brandy, SZA, and other R&B singers.

American Jazz artist Keyon Harrold Sr., his son Keyon Harrold Jr., and the Color of Change organization are using the Black Lives Matter playlist to further the conversation about racial justice. Amaarae is presenting Afrofuturism in music with “Black To The Future.”

In addition, Spotify licensed images from seven Black photographers to create cover art for 8 playlists throughout the month of February. Adreinne Waheed, Doug Segars, Adrian Octavious Walker, Black Archives, Andre Wagner, Erica Génécé, and Adreinne Wahee were tapped for the task.

Besides previously presenting original podcasts like Jemele Hill is Unbothered and The Michelle Obama Podcast, Spotify is releasing new podcasts and special guest episodes with Black creators like Danyel Smith, Van Lathan, Rachel Lindsay, and Bakari Sellers. The streamer is also offering new Hip Hop-centered playlists.

Spotify’s newly launched Hip Hop playlists:

  • New Joints: “Simply put, these are the newest rap songs our editors think fans should know.”  
  • Door Knockers: “A playlist celebrating trailblazing women in hip-hop history.”
  • Trophy Room: “This mood-based playlist is for anyone who’s feeling celebratory.”
  • City To City: “This playlist features songs from the Drill scenes of New York, London, and Chicago.”  

Three Spotify playlists have adopted new looks and sounds:

    • Westside Story: “Formerly of the moniker ‘Cali Fire,’ this playlist has expanded its scope beyond California to cover the entirety of the West Coast.”
    • No Cap: “Previously called ‘The Realest Down South,’  this mix features Southern artists, old and new.” 
    • Out The Mud: “’Off The Strength’ fans can now find street artists on this refreshed playlist.”

The Game: Can’t Nobody In Compton Out Rap Me Including Kendrick Lamar

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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Compton, California is one of the capitals of Hip Hop culture. The city produced rap stars like Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, DJ Quik, MC Eiht, Kendrick Lamar, YG, Roddy Ricch, The Game, and others.

With a long list of successful representatives, it may be hard for some people to name the all-time greatest rapper to emerge from Compton. That conversation just happened to take place on the Clubhouse app this weekend.

“Can’t nobody in Compton out rap Game, n####. Can’t nobody in Compton out rap me,” said The Game in a CH room that also included West Coasters Crooked I and Glasses Malone. Of course, Pulitzer Prize-winning emcee Kendrick Lamar was brought up.

“Kendrick my n####. Kendrick do his s###. I love that n#### to death. N####, I flew past Kendrick when that n#### was on foot in a Range Rover and showed him how to do this s###. Don’t play. Don’t play with Game’s name. Hardest n#### in Compton, rapping, lyricist – me. Any n#### that says any different, I’ll body him and any n#### he f### with.”

The man born Jayceon Taylor later named Lamar, MC Ren, and DJ Quik as his personal Top 3 rappers from his hometown. The Game and Kendrick Lamar have appeared on tracks together. For example, Top Dawg Entertainment’s flagship act was a guest feature on Game’s “The City” in 2012 and “On Me” in 2015.

Bad Bunny Performs “Booker T” & Dives On Wrestlers At WWE’s Royal Rumble

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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Bad Bunny is the latest celebrity to show up at a World Wrestling Entertainment event. The Puerto Rican rapper/singer performed his El Último Tour Del Mundo track “Booker T” at the Royal Rumble on Sunday.

Retired wrestling great Robert “Booker T” Huffman was part of Bunny’s Spanish-language performance. That was not the only time the recording artist made an appearance on the pay-per-view.

Later in the night, Bad Bunny actually entered the wrestling ring as part of the Men’s Royal Rumble match. The 26-year-old chart-topper confronted The Miz and John Morrison which eventually led to Bunny climbing the top rope and delivering a flying splash to the heels.

There has been a lot of music/wrestling crossovers in recent weeks. Bad Bunny’s “I Like It” collaborator, Cardi B, became a Twitter trending topic in January after she jokingly called out WWE CEO Vince McMahon. Plus, Hip Hop legend Snoop Dogg did his own high-risk move on an episode of AEW’s Dynamite.

Rich The Kid Addresses Feud With Jay Critch & Dropping ‘Boss Man’ During Quarantine

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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“Yeah, it definitely affects the other person, because it’s a long relationship with somebody, and you definitely… When the internet plays a part into it, it just turns into a different type of mess,” said Rich The Kid when asked about his recent falling out with his Rich Forever Music artist Jay Critch.

The two began feuding publicly over business arrangements with Critch seemingly accusing Rich of not allowing him to leave the label. Zane Lowe of Apple Music’s New Music Daily caught up with RTK to discuss his new Lucky 7 project and the current situation with Jay Critch.

“Pro’s is, I guess, people get to hear your side of what’s going on, and you get to put out a statement, but the cons are it’s just too many mixed emotions and too many opinions, and your business gets out there,” offered Rich.

He continued, “So I feel like when it comes to business, you really need to just keep it in house. But sometimes when your emotions gets mixed up into the business, that’s when s### goes bad. That’s what I’m really learning as I grow up, and being a better boss and better person to just – Yeah. We’ve been friends forever, so definitely. We’ve spoke on the phone. I talked to him yesterday.”

Before Lucky 7 arrived in January 2020, RTK dropped the Boss Man studio LP in March 2020. That album did not perform as well commercially as 2018’s The World Is Yours and 2019’s The World Is Yours 2. Rich spoke about his Boss Man era and what he has coming next.

“I got to show my maturity in every album. I feel like my last album, I dropped in the middle of the quarantine, so I didn’t get to really capitalize off it like I really wanted to,” said Rich. “And it was like right in the beginning of the quarantine, so it was a really weird time for music and a weird time for everything. So I’m just living and learning.”

He continued, “I got some exciting projects that I got coming out this year that I just can’t talk about yet… No, I ain’t got a release date. It’s going to come out definitely around the summertime, more before the summertime or right before the summer. But it’s going to definitely show my elevation and growth in it, because that’s really what it’s about for me right now, is showing my growth and everything.”

Late last month, Rich The Kid teamed with rising female rappers Mulatto, Rubi Rose, and Flo Milli for the new single “Nasty.” A week later, he released the Lucky 7 EP which hosts “Nasty” as well as “Laughin” featuring DaBaby and “Boom Boom” featuring Lil Mosey.

Papoose To Release A New Project Every Month Of 2021 Before Retiring

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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Shamele “Papoose” Mackie says he is ready to call it quits from the rap game. Before he walks away from dropping bars for good, Papoose will release 12 projects over the next 12 months.

“I’ve made the decision that 2021 will be my last year rapping, so I am announcing my retirement. It was a decision that I’ve wrestled with internally, but I’ve decided to move on with my life, and focus on my family and investments,” explains Papoose.

‘January’ Album Cover

The Love & Hip Hop: New York star starts off his retirement run with a surprise release titled January. The 8-track effort features contributions by Wiz Khalifa, Statik Selektah, Cool & Dre, and Brady Watt.

“To show my humble and sincere appreciation to all of my supporters and fans, I’ve decided to release a new project every month in 2021; with each project being titled after the current month,” states Papoose. “This is something I’ve never done before, but I’m excited.”

Tray Chaney Talks Directing ‘Truthless’ Movie

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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Tray Chaney is best known for playing Poot in HBO’s The Wire. He recently took on the role of director for the movie Truthless. Chaney says, “Truthless is my first short film directorial debut project that I produced and starred in coming from my company Chaney Vision Entertainment.”

He continues, “I partnered with Mars3045, PowellFul Productions, and Klosa Productions to introduce this character Omar Green aka OG who’s the leader of the most feared drug organization in North East Florida and after he takes out a rival drug crew he starts to experience betrayal and disloyalty within his own organization which causes him to question who’s really loyal.”

After years of being in front of the camera, Chaney being behind the camera is a new experience. He reveals he has a new appreciation for other filmmakers that take on the important task of leading the ship during a production.

“Man, I would be lying if I said it was easy! It was definitely a serious role/task for me to step into because I was in front of the camera and behind it but it turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life just to see my vision working with the actors and watching all the shots in each scene come to life,” says Chaney.

The star of Bounce TV’s Saints & Sinners adds, “I don’t take any directors for granted because this is a serious job. I wasn’t just showing up to work knocking my scenes out & leaving I was there from beginning to end.”

Chaney’s future includes another season of Saints & Sinners as well as a Saints & Sinners movie in 2021. He also has the Jamal Hill-directed Secret Society with Vivica Fox, Erica Pinkett, Reyna Love, and Jeremy Meeks coming soon too.

RIP Double K Of People Under The Stairs, Dies At 43

By: illseed Updated Category: News
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Double K, of People Under the Stairs fame, died yesterday. He was 43.

As a member of the group, Double K was an important member of the West Coast’s vibrant underground rap scene, along with his production partner adn group mate Thes One.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner said that the rapper died Friday January 30, in his home, and close friends said he passed away peacefully in his sleep. A cause of death has not been determined.

People Under the Stairs emerged in the year 1997 and continued to be a self contained unit for the duration of their tenure.  Their debut opus, The Next Step, emerged in 1998, which lead to 2000’s Question in the Form of an Answer and then the critically acclaimed O.S.T. in 2002.

People Under the Stairs maintained a 22 year career until they disbanded in 2019 with their final opus,  Sincereley, The P.

Is T.I. In The Middle Of The Dems And Republican’s Political War? And More!

By: illseed Updated Category: Rumors
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Things continue with T.I.

T.I. did an excellent job defending himself in the allegations of, lets say, “numerous stuff.” There was quite a lot. Sabrina Peterson, the woman that accused Tip of putting a gun to her head, has now taken a lie detector test, paying a full $650 to show she is not being “deceptive.” She said a lot like “stop victim shaming,” but…I don’t know about this. She has now challenged Tip, but I don’t see why he needs to do this. He has nothing to gain, nothing to lose at this point. What do you think so far? There’s more below!

By the way, email me tips to ki*********@***il.com

SOOOOOOO…Is Tip being taken down due to politics? 

This is about to fly over a lot of yawls head. Atlanta was instrumental in flipping the whole state of Georgia blue. If you don’t think Tip was helpful, you are a damn fool. Tip WAS A BIG PART of that bold political move.  If you think the Republicans are going to take this lying down, you are mistaken. They are already working hard to shape things for the mid-term elections in 2022. Black people are going to be taking random L’s all over the place to discredit them. T.I. was powerful. He was boots on the ground, steadfastly against Donald Trump (he flat out turned Trump DOWN….unlike Ice Cube, Lil Wayne and Lil Pump) and has used his many platforms in a political capacity. This is a bold, stealthy chess move by “the others side,” sources are telling me on multiple fronts. Do you all know how much stuff goes on in the world? Just look at Euphoria! Only time will truly tell, but they are looking to sully T.I. and therefore sully the Democratic Party. These people don’t care about Black women they way they pretend to care!

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There’s a lot more to this, all of which I cannot report just yet, but…I have no doubt it will come out like a gay person seeking total liberation.

Benny Gives Tekashi The Buffalo Stuff Arm!

Benny The Butcher has emerged as one of the premiere rappers of the current era. He’s a spitter that happens to have some serious street ties. Those ties got him shot down south, even though he wasn’t seriously injured.

Well Benny has revealed something we sort of knew: Tekashi is desperate for somebody with credibility to work with him. In the past, Nicki Minaj continued to fk with him, even though he was a known snitch at that time. A couple of days ago, Benny posted the following.

Tekashi Manager hit me up and ask me was interested in doin a song with his client…what u think I said ?

— BENNY THE BUTCHER (@BennyBsf)

What do you think that he said?

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You get the idea!

Watch Machine Gun Kelly’s Emotional “SNL” Debut

By: Mike Winslow Updated Category: News
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Rapper turned punk-rock heartthrob Machine Gun Kelly made his debut on “Saturday Night Live.”

MGK was the first performer for the legendary show’s 2021 season.

The rapper performed two of his big hits:  “My Ex’s Best Friend,” and an emotional rendition of his song “Lonely,” which is about his late father. MGK was visibly emotional during his performance of “Lonely,” which is understandable. 

He also had to overcome some last-minute technical difficulties before his performance. In the end, everything worked out great for the Cleveland rap star.

“10 seconds before we played “lonely” on SNL, they came up and said the whole lighting board and set up we had for the performance crashed. so we just had a spot light and the music, that was the best thing that could’ve happened,” Machine Gun Kelly revealed.

MGK’s father died in July of 2020, on the one-year anniversary of his big album Hotel Diablo.

“i had plans for the one year anniversary of Hotel Diablo today.‬ ‪that album was everything i wanted to say and i know it’s close to my fans,” MGK tweeted when his dad died. “But my father took his last breath this morning, and i’ve never felt a pain this deep in my life.‬”

After his father’s passing, MGK said he regretted the strained relationship he had with his dad, for almost 25 years.

Hopefully, MGK will find some healing after the performance of “Lonely” on “SNL.” And his dad would be proud of his son’s growth since his passing in July of 2020.

The “Blonde Don” has kicked his drug habits. curtailed his drinking and is close to settling down with actress Megan Fox.

Last week, the celebrity couple sparked rumors they were already married when Fox was photographed wearing a ring on her left finger. Unfortunately, Megan was sporting a ring that read “f### you,” although the couple is planning to win as soon as she finalizes her divorce from her ex-husband Brian Austin Green.  

Take a look at MGK’s performance on “SNL” last night.

READ: T.I. Issues Lengthy Statement In Response To Latest Sexual Assault Allegations

By: AllHipHop Staff Updated Category: News
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Rap star T.I. has doubled down on his denial of some wild claims being made against the rap star and his wife Tiny.

Last week, a former family friend named Sabrina Peterson who claimed T.I. once put a gun to her head, after she became embroiled in a dispute with one of Tiny’s assistants.

Things only got worse, when former “T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle” cast member Shekinah Anderson claimed Peterson was having consensual sex with both of the Harrises.

She also claimed Peterson was involved in recruiting women for threesomes and foursomes with T.I. and Tiny.

T.I. and Tiny’s issued a statement denying Peterson’s claims, maintaining they the woman has been harassing her family for years.

“Mr. and Mrs. Harris want to be on record and more importantly want the public to know they emphatically deny in the strongest way possible the egregiously appalling allegations being made against them by Sabrina Peterson,” the couple said in a joint statement. “The Harrises have had difficulty with this woman for well over a decade. They are taking this matter very seriously, and if these allegations don’t end, they will take appropriate legal action.”

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Then, Sabrina Peterson started posting statements from unidentified women who were contacting her through direct messages on Instagram.

The posts, which have not been substantiated, include allegations of sexual abuse, illicit drug use, and other sensational claims.

Over the weeknd, Peterson posted results of what she claimed was a lie detector test, to prove she was telling the truth about the gun incident, and other allegations.

The latest round of allegations from Peterson’s Instagram account are so salacious – and serious – that T.I. had to issue a second statement to address Sabrina Peterson’s claims.

Read T.I.’s full statement below:

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Hey, so as yall can probably guess, or imagine it’s been extremely difficult for me to remain quiet in light of all the things that have transpired. And all of the egregious allegations that’s been tossed around about me and my wife. But there’s a reason for that. And I don’t mind sharing it.

You see if a person does not have any right to criminally or civilly have you in court, they have no right, the best thing they could do is get you for defamation. A defamation suit. Drag you in court, make you pay they legal bill, but get you in court.

I mean, at this point man this is the point where that don’t even matter. Okay. But that’s the motive. That’s the strategy. That’s the intention, Say a whole bunch of false stuff about you that get people to believe and make them come out and say, “they’re a liar, they’re a liar, they’re a liar.” And then, they can say “see they called me a liar, it’s defamation.” Then they drag you in court get you under oath and all that.

Because unfortunately, right now, it doesn’t matter as much what they can prove you did. It matters what you can prove you didn’t. You know, what I mean? And that’s just an unfortunate place that our society has made it to. But I want to be clear about one thing.

Women who have been victimized deserve to be heard. Women, black women, in particular, should be supported, protected, defended, and uplifted.

However, evil has no gender. People with evil intentions have no gender. A threat comes in all shapes and sizes. I would never, I mean, I would never, treat a woman the same way I would treat a threat. All right. So I think that has to be distinguished.

First and foremost, I want to say, my wife? My wife is a beautiful person with an amazing spirit and a kind heart. She’s a devoted mother and she has a humble soul. She don’t deserve this. She don’t deserve this.

Now, what we’re not gonna do, is open up the door to my bedroom, as you shouldn’t have to either. Open the door to my bedroom for everybody to come in and chime in and make their opinions about what we do and don’t do it should or shouldn’t do. But I will say this.

Whatever we ever have done, has been done with consensual adults, who into what we into and like what we like. If we want something we know exactly where to go to get it. We ain’t never forced nobody, we never drugged nobody against they will, we never held nobody against they will, we never made nobody do anything. We ain’t never trafficked anything. Well, sexually trafficked anything. I ain’t never raped nobody, never raped nobody. Also, I’m gonna tell you what’s factual.

There have been fake stories put up that blog sites anonymously sent to this person. Blog sites anonymous sent fake stories to this person and the person posted it as though it was a victim, that they were sure that was a victim and it had been victimized. And what does what this does, is it dismantles the mechanism that women have created for themselves. You can’t weaponize something with baseless claims.

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These are not stories of actual events. They not. And I have proof of that. And that’s why I said it. I have proof of that. I have proof of people who have gone on live with this person and they later said “man I just wanted some clout. I can’t believe they actually posted the s###, I just wanted some clout.”

So this it what we dealing with man. This is what we’re dealing with. Also, I pose you a question. How you gonna be a victim and an attacker at the same time? How you been victimized if you are violently attacking someone?

Women who have been victimized deserve to be heard. They deserve to feel comfortable, confident. They deserve to feel supported. And that’s supposed to get them to a place where they can show they face and say “this is what happened to me, this is who did it,” so the necessary steps can follow.

This is not that. This is not that.

Also, I want you to know its evil at play. I’m talking about evil, I’m talking about, you know, evil. And there’s been a history, we’ve had a history in dealing with the particular individual in question. We had a history of it man, had a history of it. And there is a record of pattern behavior like this. A record, a history of harassment.

Listen, this is not my opinion. I’m just saying what’s on record. A history of violence, on record. And we can’t just, you know, weaponize social media to take down people who have families and who communities depend on, you know what I’m saying? I’m talking about who have done everything that they can to uplift and help to evolve our communities. We can’t tear our people down like that.

And this has taught me a lot. Its taught me a lot.

But one thing I know man, I will not be bullied. I am not afraid. I am not ashamed. And the truth will be revealed, man. But until then man, hey, listen, man, any woman out there who’s going through things who have gone through things, you have a story, you should come forward. But don’t lie cause that tears the whole vehicle down.

Don’t lie, don’t lie. The truth is what needs to be heard. The truth. And I can deal with the truth all day. But at some point, man, there has to be something that happens if you come and make baseless claims that are false about somebody, that have a negative impact on them, they livelihood, or they freedom. Something got to be done about that.

But I was built for this, I was born to be in the position. I was born to be in the position, to face pressure and sit in the fire. So it benefits others in the future. I was born to be in this position. God put me here for this. So whatever evil has been conjured up to come against me? No weapon formed, no weapon formed against me shall prosper.

Look man I got a lot of love for everybody who been calling me and who been in support and my wife. S### man, we’ll be back doing us man, sooner than later. You dig what I’m saying? Love and respect.

AllHipHop EXCLUSIVE: Godfather of Tekashi 69’s Old Gang Loses Appeal Of 11-year Sentence

By: Mike Winslow Updated Category: Exclusives
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The alleged leader of The Nine Trey Gangster Bloods took a big loss in court earlier this month.

Jamel “Mel Murda” Jones is a former rapper known as “Mel Matrix.” The Feds also accused Mel of being the “Godfather” of The Nine Trey Gangster Bloods. 

Mel Murda got caught up in a racketeering case involving 11 other gang members, including Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 69.  The Nine Trey Gangster Bloods were accused of various shootings, robberies, and assaults in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

The gang, including Tekashi 69, enriched themselves by selling drugs, including heroin, fentanyl MDMA, and marijuana. 

The RICO case was unveiled against the gang in November of 2018. The day after the charges were announced, Tekashi 69 agreed to cooperate with the Feds and testify against the Nine Trey.  As a result of 69’s cooperation, Mel Murda accepted a plea deal in April of 2019. In October of 2019, Mel Murda was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

EXCLUSIVE: “Godfather” Of Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods Asks Judge For Mercy In Letter After Tekashi 6ix9ine Testimony

Mel Murda recently tried to appeal his sentence with the United States Court Of Appeals, but his attempt was thrown out of court.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Mel Murda’s appeal was barred because he waived his right to an appeal in his original plea agreement.

Tekashi 69 was ultimately sentenced to two years in prison, but he was released early in April of 2020, due to the spread of the coronavirus. His decision to cooperate with the Feds, along with his testimony, helped him avoid a 32-year-to-life prison sentence.

Eleven other gang members, including Mel Murda and 69’s old manager Kifano “Shotti” Jordan, were sent to prison for their role in the RICO conspiracy.

Papoose Reveals He’s Quitting Rap

By: Mike Winslow Updated Category: News
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One of the best lyricists to ever has revealed he is dropping the microphone for good.

Legendary rapper Papoose recently revealed he is retiring at the end of 2021. Pap made the startling revelation during an interview with the HollywoodLife Podcast. 

Even his wife, Remy Ma was caught off guard by the news. 

“After this year, I’m not rapping no more. So, I just want to make sure I make it special. I’m done. I’m done,” Papoose revealed. “I’ve grown in life. I’m in a different space in my life now. So many people who wanted to see me be successful in music, they’re not even here anymore.”

According to Papoose, he wants to focus on being the best father to Reminisce Mackenzie, the daughter he shares with Remy Ma.

And, Pap wants to be 100% focused on his growing family, since the celebrity Hip-Hop couple is trying for a second child.

However, all is not lost.

According to Papoose, he is gearing up to release one album a month until the end of the year, and then he will officially retire.

Remy Ma is not so sure. In fact, she bet Papoose $1,000 that he would not be able to stay retired.

Kanye West Accused Of Stiffing Almost 1,000 Employees In Class Action Lawsuits

By: Mike Winslow Updated Category: News
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Chicago rap star Kanye West is accused of abusing thousands of workers who were a part of his “Sunday Service” Gospel shows.

According to reports, Kanye is the subject of two separate class-action lawsuits. 

One lawsuit includes over 500 people, while the other compromises 300 disgruntled ex-employees who used to work for the rapper. 

Both of the lawsuits maintain Kanye West violated California labor laws, for failing to pay staff members on time, or in some cases at all, after they put in work for “Sunday Service.”

Kanye is accused of stiffing hairstylists, makeup artists, performers, and actors, who were hired to sit in the audience for his opera, “Nebuchadnezzar,” according to The Daily Mail.

The rapper also failed to pay overtime, or give the employees the proper meal and rest breaks as hired employees. 

In total, Kanye is facing over $30 million in damages, should the lawsuits proceed to trial.

Also named in the class action lawsuits are Live Nation Worldwide, and a company called Art Partner.

50 Cent’s Ex Says The Rap Star And Son Marquise Mending Relationship

By: Kershaw St. Jawnson Updated Category: News
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50 Cent and Shaniqua Tompkins’ relationship has weighed heavy on their son, Marquis. 

The 90s Hip-Hop couple was in essence one of the greatest “Bonnie & Clyde” loves that we could point to. 

Sure there was Pepa and Treach, Faith and Biggie, but Shaniqua and 50 became notorious as she hid him from the opps out in PA after an attempted assassination and before he popped off with rapper-turned-mogul Eminem. 

She held him down … at least for a season … but then it went bad. REAL BAD!

And while circumstances of young love burning dim impacted the two, it was most devastatingly affected the relationship between the then teen Marquis and his father, to whom he bears an undeniable splitting-image.

The very public fall out is uncomfortable even for the noisiest rap fan. Disrespect, threats, abandonment, public street code betrayals, and all kinds of other horrible ish have made it seem like neither of these two Jacksons could ever reconcile.

However, on the Flip the Script podcast with Queens influencer, Queenzflip, Marquise’s mother Shaniqua tried to unpack the very unfortunate destruction of her family and the struggles they continue to have. She also gives two gems that say all is not lost.

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First, she revealed that her son spoke to his dad a few years ago. But actually, connected at his grandmother’s funeral, and in a moment of great pain and compassion, he kissed his father.

“We go to the funeral– this was about six years ago– we’re already there, we’re sitting on the family side. [50] comes in late with the girl Tatted Up Holly.”

“We go to view the body and to go view the body, you have to walk in front of [50] because he’s in the first row,” she further stated. “Marquise hadn’t spoken to his father in years, it had to be about 2-3 years. He went over to his dad and kissed him on the forehead. So when you say ego, I’m lost with that one. If that wasn’t a beautiful gesture… he went and kissed his father on the forehead and proceeded back to his seat.”

While there is a long road to total reconnect, nothing is off the table. Perhaps, a new year can usher in healing.

Second thing: she and the “Power” producer have also spoken over the last two years during his legal troubles in California with his other child’s mother. 

She also revealed that she spoke to him a little before that during his grandmother, Beulah Jackson’s funeral in 2014.

Snoop Dogg To Co-Host Puppy Bowl

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Snoop Dogg has signed on to co-host this year’s Puppy Bowl TV special.

The rapper will join his TV pal Martha Stewart for the Super Bowl alternative, which will air on February 7th, while sports fans are watching the big game.

Snoop and Stewart will host a tailgate party and then play pundits as the puppy players “kick off.”

Their own pets – Martha’s French Bulldogs Creme Brulee and Bete Noire and Chow Chows Empress Qin and Emperor Han, and the rapper’s French Bulldogs Juelz Broadus and Choc – will also feature during the special.

 

The Best Hip-Hop Movies Of All-Time

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Some of the best rap songs are cinematic by nature. The lyrics are movies in melodic form, affording the imagination of the listener access to whatever is going on behind the emcees’ eyes. But then some movies are Hip-Hop by nature, that contain the grittiness of urban life so descriptively outlined through songs. 

AllHipHop.com has composed a collection of movies (fiction, biopics, films with rappers as stars, and documentaries) that are must-sees for true lovers of the culture. Divided into three parts. While we are not ready to snatch your rap card if you haven’t seen them, we are saying you definitely will get the side-eye for not checking once you have been put on.

Wild Style, 1982

Wild Style
Wild Style

Considered Hip-Hop’s first movie, this film was directed, produced, and released by Charlie Ahearn in 1982. Wild Style is the OG of this kind of cinema, it features pioneering personalities like Fab Five Freddy, Lee Quiñones, Lady Pink, The Rock Steady Crew, The Cold Crush Brothers, Queen Lisa Lee of Zulu Nation, Grandmaster Flash, and ZEPHYR. 

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Nick Cannon Launching TV Talk Show This Fall

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Nick Cannon’s daytime talk show is back on after TV bosses postponed the launch following the host’s 2020 podcast drama, which cost him a syndicated radio show.

The rapper-turned-TV and radio personality’s new program will launch this autumn, according to Variety.

The show was set to premiere in September but it was shelved after comments “The Masked Singer” host made on a podcast about the history of black people and Jews made headlines and were widely condemned as anti-Semitic. 

He later apologized.

“It’s been a longtime dream of mine to host my own daytime talk show and that I’m able to do this in New York City, bringing daytime television back to the place that has fostered generations of talent, is very special to me,” Mariah Carey’s ex-husband says in a statement. “With this show, we’ll be uniting all aspects of entertainment in a unique way in the very place where a lot of what we know today as our culture started.”