On Monday evening, Metro sent out a simple tweet that has people speculating about his forthcoming work. He posted, “NO AUTO AFTER HOURS SAVAGE MODE .”
The Not All Heroes Wear Capes LP creator also referred to R&B singer The Weeknd’s upcoming fourth studio LP After Hours. Plus, Metro’s tweet mentioned his forthcoming collaborative project, No Auto Durk, with Lil Durk.
21 Savage’s original Savage Mode came out in 2016. Additionally, Metro Boomin teamed with 21 and Offset for 2017’s Without Warning album.That same year Metro joined with Big Sean for Double or Nothing and Nav for Perfect Timing.
(AllHipHop News) Back in 2013, Eminem declared himself a Hip Hop deity with a song titled “Rap God.” The Marshall Mathers LP 2 single peaked in the Top 10 on the Hot 100 chart.
Over six years later, the “Rap God” music video surpassed a huge milestone on YouTube. The Rich Lee-directed visuals have collected more than 1 billion plays on the platform. It joins Eminem’s “Not Afraid” (1.3 B) and “Love the Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna (1.9 B) in the exclusive 1 billion view club.
Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” featuring Charlie Puth is currently the rap leader with 4.4 billion views. Juicy J is also in the Top 20 on that billion-view list as a guest feature on Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” (2.7 B).
Cardi B made the Top 30, thanks to her contribution to Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” (2.5 B). She also has another billion-club entry with her own record “I Like It” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin (1 B). “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee is the all-time champion (6.6 B).
(AllHipHop News)Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial is the #1 album in the country once again. Roddy Ricch’s debut studio LP is spending its fourth nonconsecutive week in the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart.
The project added another 79,000 equivalent album units in the last week. That total was enough for Ricch to hold off Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding (#2 with 52,000 units) and Eminem’s Music to Be Murdered By (#3 with 51,000 units).
Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke earned his first Top 10 entry. Meet the Woo, V.2 opened at #7 (36,000 units). DaBaby’s Kirk jumped three positions to #9 (32,000 units).
(AllHipHop News) Cleveland rapper, Machine Gun Kelly, is back on tour spitting hit songs like “Bad Things” and “Say You Won’t Let Go” for his fans.
With nearly 10 million monthly listeners on Spotify and millions of views on his YouTube channel, the former Bad Boy rapper is not resting only on domestic bookings.
MGK won’t let the coronavirus stop him and will be going overseas to touch his international fan base.
Many are excited to see him wreck shop with the mic. Fans wonder if he still has it in him. After all, he has been busy doing other stuff.
Last time fans saw him is when he starred as an actor in the 2019 Netflix hit, “Birdbox.”
In the movie, though his role was short, he made quite an impact as he was able to influence a girl to run away with him even with the unknown monster outside driving everyone crazy outside.
Others are checking for his Valentine gift to ladies, where he created a vibrator called “Lil Devil” with one AA battery and your choice of five vibration patterns.
While he might not be selling his silicone schlongs in the Holy land, he most certainly will be causing a lot of ruckus.
(AllHipHop News) The NBA All-Star game culminated with salutes from far and wide after the league offered something new as Team LeBron took on Team Giannis.
This year was an effort to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant in the immediate wake of his untimely demise.
People loved the “new” Elam Ending in the 4th quarter that did away with the clock in favor of straight-up “HORSE-PLAY!”
The score was added up and reset after each quarter, with the winning team taking a $100,000 bonus for charity. By the third quarter, Team Giannis was leading 133-124.
The teams then played to 157, which was 24 points more than the leading team, in a tribute to late basketball legend Kobe Bryant.
Ice Cube took to social media to speak on how his BIG 3 league influenced the new format.
“The forward thinking of @thebig3 is taking our credit for helping the @NBA make the 4thQ of yesterday’s ASG one to remember,” Ice Cube claimed. Many will try to pull the Elam Rule out their a####, but we proved in 2017 that no game clock is the future. #nogarbageminutes
The forward thinking of @thebig3 is taking our credit for helping the @NBA make the 4thQ of yesterday’s ASG one to remember. Many will try to pull the Elam Rule out their a####, but we proved in 2017 that no game clock is the future. #nogarbageminutespic.twitter.com/P5gzizxTvD
According to reports, the NBA’s commissioner Adam Silver has been trying to figure out ways to bring the eyeballs back to the networks carrying the game.
“It’s well-known that on one hand we’re celebrated by some because we have such a young fan base, but that young fan base is disconnecting… in record numbers,” Adam Silver said. “But we haven’t found a way to connect those young fans to our broadcast through whatever platform they’re going to be delivered.”
Last night’s efforts were a great start for the NBA. On average, 7.3 million viewers watched the 2020 All-Star game, 8% from last year.
After the release of their new song, “Konclusions,” YG and Kehlani have called it quits…again.
The couple, after being broken up for a few months because YG allegedly kissed another girl last year, were boo’d up on a regular this year. YG even got her name tattooed and all.
The rapper worked hard to get his girl back following his cheating scandal, but I guess it wasn’t enough.
Kehlani has released a new single, “Valentine’s Day (Shameful),” where she is calling out her former man for all his behavior.
She claims YG used her for status, fame, and recognition.
“I’d say your name but you don’t deserve recognition/You played the hero but you really are the villain/You called me crazy, but it was my intuition/Used me for status and the fame and recognition.”
The singer also says she’s helped him fight addiction and she wishes she never checked his text messages when he was drunk asleep.
In a deleted tweet, when a fan tells Baelani to leave YG’s toxic ass, she responds with, “i’m single luv.”
Both have deleted pictures of each other off their social media and any history they had together, including their new song.
According to Moore, NBA Youngboy could face charges for possession of a firearm.
In August of 2019, the rapper was released from Louisiana’s East Baton Rouge Parish Prison after serving a 90-day stint for violating the terms of his probation over a 2017 shooting.
NBA Youngboy was sentenced to three months for “talking smack” online after a deadly shootout at Rolling Loud Miami in Florida, which killed a 43-year-old bystander.
(AllHipHop News) The anonymous Jane Doe suing Trey Songz for sexual assault has made good on her promise to pursue a $10 million civil suit against the singer.
The woman, only known as Jane Doe, recently filed an appeal with the U.S. Court Of Appeals for The 11th Circuit in Florida, after she lost her attempt to remain anonymous in the ongoing legal action.
Jane Doe is asking the court to overturn Judge Ursula Ungaro’s earlier decision to make the woman reveal her identity if she wants to pursue her lawsuit against Trey Songz.
The woman says Trey put his hand up her skirt and tried to insert his fingers into her v##### during a party.
According to Jane Doe, she is trying to shield her identity for her own safety.
In a lengthy handwritten note, Jane Doe told the court she is fearful she will be targeted by Islamic extremists, as well as Trey Songz’s fans if her identity becomes known.
(AllHipHop News) Will somebody tell Kim K. that she keeps forgetting the “G-Code” at big-time “urban” events?
Kim and Kanye were front and center at this year’s star-studded NBA All-Star game in Chicago.
Sitting courtside and looking fab was enough for the cameras to roll right up on them to catch the two while they were watching the show — and apparently, that was also enough to motivate old girl Kim to ham it up for the cameras with a series of air smoochy smooches.
But y’all know Kanye. He ain’t ever been about that life.
The camera-shy (or camera averse) Kanye is notoriously suspicious of giving any content to broadcasters unless he can approve or produce it. And as his wife, Kim should know that by now.
Instead, she blew make-believe kisses to the cam and turned to her man, stretching her pout towards the “Jesus Walks” rapper and signaled with her actions “Baby, let’s give them a little something.”
Kanye focused dead-ahead and was either not feeling that… or missed it altogether.
Let’s opt with that thought that he missed it and he wasn’t for the shenanigans.
One can see when in the full video that when it occurred to him that they wanted a reaction, he smiled and then she leaned in and kissed him on the cheek. She smiled a little more before going all “visage blanc.”
Fans immediately noticed that he didn’t respond to the love-gesture and speculated that there was trouble in paradise for the parents of four. That’s a jump.
Especially if you caught Kim’s live. She recorded the two playing foot cam, plenty of smiles and feel-good moments and even the two enjoying a little shorty getting busy on the court.
Again… content that he can control.
Folk are wondering about that, but that is small beans. The question is why didn’t Kanye participate in the performances and tributes during the weekend. If there is something going on with Kanye, it is not his marriage. Perhaps, the media is barking up the wrong tree with this one.
Called “food swamps,” Brooklyn houses the neighborhood most affected by food insecurity and poor affordable food choices.
Peep the math and why the Borough President is going all out to make sure that his healthy eating reaches folk most vulnerable in the community he serves.
Food swamps typically exist in food deserts. Food deserts are basically a fancy word for the hoods where there are no really clean, nice, affordable grocery stores and healthy food options.
In the past, people have pointed to food deserts as the reason why so many poor people in “ghettoes” are obese and unhealthy. But that’s only a fraction of the equation.
East New York alone in the 11207 zip code, according to an investigation by City Limits, has 27 fast-food chains (including seven Crown Fried Chicken’s, four McDonald’s and three Subways) and another 14 respectively in 11208.
Veganism while it seems like it cost more, really could be an alternative that changes the dynamics for Brooklyn.
Especially since, veganism is spreading in Black and Brown communities thanks to Hip-Hop artists like Wu-Tang, JAY-Z, Russell Simmons, and Dead Prez.
The Carters, Jay-Z, and Beyoncé made a deal with their fans that if they went vegan, the couple would give them free tickets to their shows.
Rapper and social entrepreneur Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, started an exclusively vegan food truck for the homeless; and A$AP Rocky on his recent single “Babushka Boi” talked about veganism.
Even Bronx internet star turned household name, Cardi B has started a vegan fashion line.
This is why Adams is moving forward… and using the culture to push this agenda.
According to a media alert from Adams’ office, this competition will expose young people to several variables: education and exposure to live foods, the art of emcee battle culture and a tournament style of competition pushing their pens to the unpack the wonders of vegetarianism.
“Hip-Hop is a language that has the power to communicate transformational messages, and few messages could be more powerful than taking control of our bodies and how we fuel them,” said Borough President Adams. “HHIG is a great tag-team partner for this innovative rap battle competition that harnesses the best of hip-hop’s potential. I’m excited to see what our young rappers and scribes will come up with, and the minds they will inspire with their rhymes.”
“Recently, the popularity of plant-based foods has taken off nationwide, with new brands and products entering the market — even fast-food chains are offering plant-based menu selections through partnerships with Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods,” said Keith Tucker, founder of HHIG. “It is anticipated that these trends will inspire many people to try plant-based foods. HHIG believes that merging hip-hop culture together with plant-based foods creates a synergy that will lead urban youth to get excited about adopting a plant-based lifestyle and encourage them to make their own health and wellness a top priority.
“Borough President Adams has been on the forefront of bringing plant-based foods to young people and HHIG is proud to join forces with him and his team as we plan to introduce young people to plant-based food through this contest. In preparation to compose the best rap song, youth will taste, study and learn about plant-based foods through HHIG’s health and wellness curriculum,” Tucker continued.
The Brooklyn Healthy Rap Battle is being held in partnership with the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), and sponsors include Good Catch, Miyoko’s Creamery, and Quorn.
The competition will take place from Monday, March 16th to Thursday, May 7th and will pop out in multiple locations throughout Kings County.
Youth, ages 12 to 18 who are eligible to participate in the Brooklyn Healthy Rap Battle, will submit videos on Facebook and Instagram using the hashtags #hiphopisgreen and #healthybrooklyn.
The winners will be determined by some of the industry’s top influencers in Hip-Hop, who live a plant-based lifestyle.
According to the organizers, all of the judges for the Brooklyn Healthy Rap Battle are well-known hip-hop artists affiliated with HHIG, including Styles P, who owns several juice bars in urban communities; New York’s own TK the Vegan Rapper; Stic of Dead Prez, who produced an album around getting fit, Sa Roc the MC, who has been vegan for over 15 years, and Supannova Slom, who has lived a vegan lifestyle since birth under the guidance of his mother, holistic wellness guru Queen Afua.
Doc G, leader of the NYC chapter of HHIG will facilitate the implementation of the program and contest.
Yeah… that’s good and dandy… but what do the battlers win once victorious?
ANY GREEN outside of the cabbage they will be rapping about? That is to be determined. The prizes will range from recording studio time to getting one-on-one time with some of their favorite battle rappers.
(AllHipHop Rumors) This ain’t no rumor! What was once heard about is now facts! Nas and Jay-Z are two of the most prolific rappers ever to walk the Earth. Well, wouldn’t we want to hear a WHOLE NEW SONG FROM THEM? Sure would! Just GIVE US THE WHOLE SONG. Well, guess what Just Blaze decided to do? THIS:
My first thought is why wasn’t this on the damn Lost Tapes 2? I love Nas, but this song should have been on the Lost Tapes sequel album! I know Nas is working on Part 3 at some point! Remember when AllHipHop broke that news? Yep!
I am hearing this is a Nas song so it would be up to him and Just Blaze to drop it! I think the internets are going to release mash-up style. Let me know what you may have heard in the comments! I think this needs to come out immediately on all streaming services.
(AllHipHop News) T-Pain put his shrewd business skills to use when he defended his brand name from a troll trying to disparage his name.
An unknown person bought the domain name FuckTpain.com to annoy the world-famous rapper, who also hosts the hit TV show “T-Pain’s School of Business” on Fuse.
Try your best to spread love……. but if you’re incapable of such labor. Take that ass to https://t.co/5V7Tj3cW5o and get all that hate out of ya system so you can LITERALLY wear it on your shoulders.
Instead of sending his lawyers to sue the owner to have the website taken down for infringing on his name, T-Pain decided to make an executive decision.
The “Buy U A Drank” hitmaker reached out to the owner of the offensive URL, entered into negotiations and ultimately, purchased and obtained control of the domain name.
k so here’s wht happened. My dawg sent me the https://t.co/TXeVADVGNV link and instead of trying to take it down and hurt the person that put time into making the site. I simply purchased it from them and now all the profit comes to me. Got it? So buy it up!! I’d appreciate it😂
“My dawg sent me the http://fucktpain.com link and instead of trying to take it down and hurt the person that put time into making the site,” T-Pain explained. “I simply purchased it from them and now all the profit comes to me. Got it? So buy it up!! I’d appreciate it.”
Instead of shutting the site down, T-Pain and his label Cinematic Music Group turned the URL into a new clothing brand, which is on sale now with other quirky merch for sale, like the “Auto-Tune Sucks” T-shirt.
Buying and wearing anything from https://t.co/TXeVADVGNV means you super f### wit me. Like when your best friend calls you a trash ass b####. You know they truly ride for you.
(AllHipHop News) Michael B. Jordan has eulogized his friend Kobe Bryant for a new ESPN NBA All-Star Weekend tribute.
The “Creed” star narrated a film about Kobe’s life, which aired on Sunday, ahead of the big basketball game in Chicago, Illinois.
As images of fans mourning Bryant’s death appeared, the actor said, “It’s one of those numbers that can’t be counted – the number of tears shed since we heard (the news).”
The film also featured highlights from Kobe’s career and the various fan tributes and memorials that have been staged throughout Los Angeles and the U.S. since the beloved Lakers basketball player lost his life in a helicopter crash last month.
Meanwhile, Dr. Dre produced an amazing highlight reel of the basketball legend’s life during a montage to music the super-producer crafted for the piece.
A public memorial for Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and the other seven people who lost their lives in the accident, will be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 24th.
The rapper made sure to comment under his alleged boo’s photo saying, “Send me the original pic,” with a thinking face emoji.
Rick’s ex Briteady also posted on Williams’ photo with two comments of her own. The first reads, “oh that’s what we doing Jen? Got it.” She also tagged her ex in the photo saying, “you got her in lingerie on the gram already. You smooth.”
Jennifer was married to NBA player Eric Williams, but got divorced back in 2011 after four years of marriage. Ross has had a pleather of relationships and has four children. Not sure where this relationship will go, but Williams has expressed her desire to have children of her own. Let’s play by ear and see what happens.
The former Empire actor was indicted by Cook County Special Prosecutor Dan Webb.
The office issued an official statement that read, “based on the recommendation of the OSP, a Cook County grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Jussie Smollett with making four separate false reports to Chicago Police Department officers related to his false claims that he was the victim of a hate crime, knowing that he was not the victim of a crime.”
The Osundairo brothers were accompanied by their Lawyer Gloria Schmidt when they told TMZ that they are “praying” for Smollett to reveal the truth about the case.
“We’re actually praying for Jussie. We’re praying that he builds up the courage to finally tell the truth,” said Ola.
https://youtu.be/b2GZ8xkYDM0
When asked if they would testify in court, they stated that they would “do what needs to be done” and testify.
Abel expressed that the brothers were remorseful for their involvement in the alleged hoax and that it took away from actual victims of hate crimes.
He also stated that he and his brother are focused on the future. Smollett is due back in court later this month on February 24th.
He’s reportedly facing up to three years in prison if he’s convicted.
(AllHipHop News) Wu-Tang Clan is slated to perform with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the spring.
The Saturday, March 21st show will feature the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performing a live version of The 36th Chamber of Shaolin score.
Wu-Tang will also perform their debut studio album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).
“This collaboration with the DSO is a great example of the bandwidth that hip-hop has and how its community stretches across the landscape of music,” Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA said in a statement. “Wu-Tang Clan has always made our music cinematic, and operatic in context of production and lyricism. The opportunity to elevate our sound with the sonic backdrop of an orchestra like the DSO is historic and monumental.”
Jasmin DeForrest, Director of Community Sponsorships at the Quicken Loans Community Fund, also made a statement about the upcoming performance.
“In its nearly-100-year history, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has been synonymous with innovative and show-stopping performances that bring the community together and celebrate Detroit’s diverse culture.”
The show’s proceeds will go towards the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s educational and artistic programs.
Tickets will be available for purchase on Thursday, February 20th.
(AllHipHop News) Veteranrapper/TV star Maino is producing his own reality show which focuses on strip club bartenders, also known as “startenders.”
Maino’s new show is called “A Dolla at a Time” and gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look into the lives of some of New York’s most sought after female bartenders.
“This is the culture,” Maino told The New York Post. “They look perfect like they’ve been drawn. And on social media, they look even better. They’re selling the ultimate fantasy.”
According to The Post, the “Startenders” have been raking in the money thanks to rappers, and Instagram, which showcases their revealing outfits and curvaceous bodies.
No additional details have been revealed on when or where “A Dolla at a Time” will air.
(AllHipHop News) Young M.A. recently shared a new music video for her song “She Like I’m Like,” which appears on her debut studio album Herstory in the Making.
The video also doubled as an announcement of the “Unaccommodating” rapper’s partnership with adult toy line Doc Johnson.
The custom made toys entitled Play Nyce, include The Young MA Set, a s####### kit and The Young MA D, a d####.
“The Young M.A Play NYCe 7-Inch D#### with Balls is as realistic a c### as there can be. This piece is made from dual-density Ultraskyn with a soft, outside and firm inner core, so it feels just like the real thing. The caramel color d#### has plush balls and distinct veins,” reads the product description on Doc Johnson’s website.
“I’m aware I have a heavy influence on women and spark their curiosity around sexuality,” Young M.A. said in a statement about the collaboration. “I never hide the fact that I keep one in the closet; so I decided to share some of my experience.”
The pleasure products are available for purchase here.
As for the music video, “She Like I’m Like” features Young M.A. and her love interest going back and forth about their relationship.
The pair can be seen playing ping-pong, at the park, and relaxing at home. The video ends with a “purchase the strap” text to promote the partnership.
(AllHipHop Rumors) The streets are ablaze from All-Star Weekend! The slam dunk contest showed that anything is possible! I don’t know what you all know about 50 Cent and Nas but they have a history of beefing with each other. Those days are LONG gone and they are now older and wiser. The linked up, along with “manager” Steve Stoute, to show that “Queens Still Gets The Money.”
How dope is this? Now, below is something that isn’t as dope. 50 Cent talking about home he wanted to punch Meek Mill in the midst of the beef with Drake.
OF COURSE Meek had to respond with a comment, suggesting he wanted some smoke.
It’s not a coincidence all these people bringing my name up at once lol I been moving too right and certain people not feeling it because most of these guys can’t get in the room! I been outside for years in the field!!! Now I’m helping changing laws now and freeing people
I know that 50 Cent has professed that he is not longer going to be beefing with people. It would appear that this is holding up. I hope so…we don’t need anything between Meek and Fif at this time.
(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne performed at the 2020 NBA All-Star Dunk Contest on Saturday night.
The Louisiana rapper took the stage alongside Portland Trail Blazers player and rapper Damian Lillard. Lillard whose rap name is Dame D.O.L.L.A., wore a “Mamba Forever” jacket in honor of the late Kobe Bryant.
He brought out Lil Wayne to perform their 2017 song “Run it Up.” “Number 8, 24, put your numbers up,” Wayne yelled to the crowd in remembrance of Bryant.
While Lillard performed on Saturday, he will not be participating in today’s NBA All-Star Game due to a groin injury.
Shortly after, DJ Khaled made an appearance and introduced the 2020 Slam Dunk competitors. With Dwayne Wade, Common, Chadwick Boseman, Scottie Pippen, and Candace Parker as judges, the contest led to a controversial ending.
Aaron Gordon of the Orlando Magic and Derrick Jones Jr. of the Miami Heat went head to head as finalists.
Jones was awarded a score of 48, while Gordon earned a 47. Jones walked away as the 2020 Slam Dunk Contest champion, leaving many in the crowd and social media users in shock.
This is the second dunk contest where Gordon has fallen as runner-up. In 2016 the player was what many described as being “robbed” of the title against Zach LaVine.
