Tory Lanez’s Daystar was one of the most discussed topics on the internet this weekend. The 17-track project centered around the Canadian citizen sharing his perspective on what happened the night of July 12 when Megan Thee Stallion suffered a gunshot wound in Hollywood Hills, California.
Megan publicly named Lanez as the person that shot her in the feet. Lanez insinuated that Megan is not telling the truth. Both rappers have yet to reveal everything they know about the incident, and the public is still waiting to hear the full story of what happened that night.
While Lanez used Daystar as a way to fuel his fans with new information they can use to defend him online, Megan offered a very simple message for her 15.6 million Instagram followers. On Sunday, the “Savage” and “WAP” hitmaker posted a photo of herself wearing rings that read, “F*CK YOU.” She wrote in the IG caption, “Mood.”
Back in July, news broke that Megan Thee Stallion was allegedly the victim of a violent incident after leaving a party at Kylie Jenner’s house. Tory Lanez was arrested at the scene and charged with carrying a concealed weapon. Conflicting reports about the matter led to Megan accusing Lanez’s team of planting stories in the media in an attempt to attack her credibility.
(AllHipHop News) Did you know that Donald Trump’s name has been featured in over 300 rap songs over the past 30 years?
His connection to Hip-Hop (before becoming the president) was extensive, far-reaching pass the Kanye West alliance that the world has come to see.
Evidence of this is seen in his relationship with rapper/ hit producer, Polow Da Don.
Consider President Trump’s Atlanta trip for his 2020 Election campaign, when he shouted Polow out. The world was shocked … after all who would expect the man that produced Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” or the Pussycat Dolls’ “Buttons” to be homies with this president.
The Don say the other Don in the audience and made sure that all that were in the venue knew he was friends with the hitmaker.
45 also made a joke that he got his nickname “The Don” from another popular man with that name, Don King.
This is not the first time that Polow has stumped for Trizzy Ump and it will not be the last.
The self-proclaimed “King of the White Girls” could care less what people say… he is rolling with money (all puns intended) and is down with his Platinum Plan (just sounds mad racist right?).
The King of The Dot and Twitch’s Grand Prix started off with a bumpy start, but the promise of the Southern Region to redeem credibility to the tournament is great. And with battle rap veteran DRect as the hosting influencer, fans are in for a contest that will most certainly be top-notch.
AllHipHop.com caught up with DRect to breakdown his history in the sport, the tournament and so much more.
AllHipHop: So congrats on being selected as a judge for King of The Dot’s Grand Prix, South Division. What was that like for you?
DRect: We knew that judging would be a sensitive thing. Many people we called were on the fence about being in it because they were scared to be judged. So, we knew we had to get it right.
AllHipHop: And there is limited control about getting things right, correct?
DRect: Yeah, and you know, it’s four different people running four different divisions. So we’re all preparing our people in different ways. And we all pick different judges.
AllHipHop: Some concerns are that judges might hang out with the artists too much. How are you able to make sure that judges don’t have the same type of bias? Did you all contribute to the judges?
DRect: So, I will say one thing … like a piece of information behind the scenes … they greenlight this thing so late that we had to do so much work in a small amount of time. When it came to getting judges, all the things we wanted to implement that we couldn’t in time. And everybody was like, alright, let’s just pick the judges for our own regions, you know, what I’m saying? It would have been more of a group effort if it wasn’t for that. As far as mine, we wanted a judge to be a woman. But it’s going to be two judges from the battler community, someone retired, and we have two Atlanta judges that actually live in the city.
AllHipHop: They have to live in the city and not other places in the regions.
DRect: Yeah, well, I mean they would have to be in Atlanta to come to the battle. Not too many people want to want to drive all the way here or fly all the way here to be here in person.
AllHipHop: Are you doing COVID-19 testing?
DRect: Yeah, at the door. We have the temperature guns, but also there’s not that many people invited anyway.
AllHipHop: Congratulations on your first event. Despite the bumps … despite the Dizaster (pun intended).
DRect: It was a great first run.
AllHipHop: How did you guys go about selecting coming up with the idea for the tournament and working with Twitch and then selecting the battlers?
DRect: Organix contacted me and basically told me maybe a couple of weeks ago. He told me that there was an opportunity that they had with Twitch. Twitch wanted to sponsor a battle competition. And the thing with me is, I love competitions. Like, the promo battles are cool and are what the culture has become. But the tournaments make me really excited. And I feel like when there’s something on the line … it makes the artist go that much harder for like, they really have to perform. So when they told me it was a tournament, I was super down. And we have worked together on little stuff in the past. This was an opportunity for a lot of us, and we have been cool for years, to really put in some work together. So I was down immediately, called me back, let me know. Twitch doing a $50,000 tournament for rappers is insane. And each division would have a representative: myself doing the South, Poison Pen doing the East, and Organix doing the North, which is held in the Midwest. And a lot of people were kind of confused with the North thing. So they fused rappers that they had coming from Canada with those in the Midwest and kind of made it a nice meetup spot to where, you know, there wasn’t too far from anybody.
AllHipHop: How did you come up with the artists?
DRect: Yeah so, me, Poison Pen, Organix and Lush One and there are others that are behind the scenes. And between all of us, we sat down and put together a list of emcees. I came up with a group that I had worked within the past, and who might want to work with in the future. We also considered people who they believed deserve a shot on a bigger stage. The biggest part for the selection process was, you know, who deserves a shot. Who has been out here grinding that people have been overlooking, and needs to be put in position. And, you know, who somebody that would like to continue battling with KOTD in the future when everything is said and done. If they win, or if they don’t. That selection process was, you know, who’s popular with the fans, like who’s underrated and who deserves it, I would say was the criteria that when choosing those names. And of course, each of us had to stay in our respective areas.
AllHipHop: Did you guys have a say in the West Coast folk?
DRect: I didn’t. I believe the West was already selected by the time I came in.
AllHipHop: It’s hard to have an interview without talking about the West Coast card. Do you think that RX was prepared to go up against Saynt?
DRect: Yeah. You know, when we figured out that this thing was going to be a reality, it kind of gave us less time than normal and gave the rappers less time than normal to prepare. So, do I think she was prepared? Yeah, I think she was ready to go. But I also think another part of the preparation that a lot of people don’t think about is the performance, as well as the written aspect of it.
AllHipHop: She’s still relatively new. She just started rapping last year.
DRect: Sometimes you never know if someone is ready until you push somebody into a position like this. And people in the past that people may have thought were of a lower level rapper or whatever when we put them in these positions they rose to the occasion. So really you never know till you see it happen. So when you give somebody that’s fire, you’re very hopeful. I mean, and we all were very hopeful regarding RX. And I think it’s important to have females in this competition as well. That is something else we talked about. We tried to reach out to females who have been on King of The Dot in the past to see if they wanted to be any competition.
At the same time, it’s like, we’re also gatekeepers, and this is a new move. You want to make sure people from every corner of our culture, feel invited, they feel welcome, and they feel represented.
AllHipHop: Talk about being a gatekeeper. And talk about your particular position as a gatekeeper of some of your history and how you got to be such an icon really in battle rap culture.
DRect: In February of 2008, I was going to college. I had just been in the world rap championships competition that was thrown by Jump Off TV, out of England. And so what it was it was a competition and I believe this was $10,000 on the line. And Thesaurus and Illmac were like the favorites to win that. And there were people from all over in it like Organix was in it. There are people from all these regions all over the world, that was a part of it, as people from Australia, New York, and LA. That’s the first time a lot of people saw names like Dizaster. There were a lot of people wherein it who are now battle rap legends throughout that competition. Something happened that was some like foul play with the judges. Some of the battles went missing and they couldn’t put out the footage properly. When it kind of died down, I contacted everybody. And I was like, man, I want to start a league so that we all have the outlet to continue battling.
Drect
I stepped out in the battle rapper role and into an executive role. And at the time, I didn’t know it could blow up. We loved Hip-Hop so much. So with YouTube gaining popularity at the time, we knew there was a platform where we could put all this footage on.
So, I just contacted Lush One. We had a guy named Pumpkin Head, aka PH. (That’s like Bro. respect to him), and Poison Pen was helping PH. He later became the face of what we’re doing in Grindtime, New York. Me and my crew were doing a division based out of Florida. So at the time, we started getting all this talent that we saw from these grainy YouTube videos, putting them on high-quality cameras. And that was also when Avocado made his debut as a cameraman on Grindtime West. He had all these people who are now personalities and forces in the battle rap culture kind of joining together at that time just for love and battle rap.
AllHipHop: So Avocado was down with you in 2008 or 2009?
DRect: Avocado was already on the scene before the battle. He was a battle rap fan. And he knew some of the guys from out west. Like he has a history with Lush one and all them. So they were all cool before I started, and I know Avocado was working on some movies and stuff like that. And everyone knew he was a great cameraman. Avocado was filming the first West Coast Battle. He was there from day one. So we kind of had this film quality that we had to catch up to. And we also had this quality of emcee that the world was catching up to, you know, from like Hollywood, it was in the very first round from New York. Like The Saurus, Passwords, all those guys.
They were in the very first draft on the West Coast. Cats like Johnny Storm, who were legends of Florida, on the first battle cards. So that’s kind of where the blueprint was laid. Then everything just blew up. You got all these folk like Dumbfounded. People who went on to do other things with their lives and become stars that have these huge fan followings. It was dope to be in that position. And then around that time when I left grind time, I took a couple of years off, and then I made a new life as a media person.
AllHipHop: You started RapGrid?
DRect: Yes, in 2012 I want to say. I took the media side of things started interviewing people, creating content, and doing blogs. I kind of started that wave. And you see all the bloggers that came after that we’re all doing that thing right now. I’m at a point where I’m trying to get back into an executive position. So I think all this stuff is happening at the right time. So I come from being a rapper to running a league to being a blogger, and a facilitator running paid reviews, and the cameraman all the way back to you know, being executives on a battle rap staff once again.
AllHipHop: You brought up, Avocado. So how do you feel about the footage that came out … with him laughing and kind of instigating some of the conversations about the Black Smack rappers not taking care of the kids? Kind of racist, right?
DRect: First of all, there were some other people in that video. This one person, I would say, was good. He is not at fault. He was very uncomfortable. The other personality is, you know, he’s not a part of the battle rap community anymore.
I think it’s just the way Avocado reacted, and that made a lot of us feel uncomfortable in the battle rap community, you know, of all cultures background, and creed. Like, it was definitely unacceptable. But I think at the same time, the greatest thing Avocado did was get out in front of it.
AllHipHop: He didn’t get out in front of it. I mean, it was something from years ago.
DRect: Yeah, but what I’m saying is it got addressed before it came back up in the community. And a couple of people spoke to him back then. But I’m saying like, as far as its resurfacing, for some people putting it back out in front of him.
When I was approached to be a part of the Grand Prix, I was told Avocado was going to be a part of it. And this is something that was in the works before that video had resurfaced. So basically, I was asked if I wanted to speak to Avocado, which I will and I haven’t yet. But the main thing is so many people from our culture have already spoken with Avocado, some dissatisfied, some decided to move forward.
But personally, for me, I have had a relationship with Avocado in the past. Do I believe he’s a racist? No. Do I believe he was 100% wrong? For how he acted in that video? Yes. And I feel like a lot of his peers have let him know. Now, I feel like it was handled. I feel like the battle rap community handled it well. I’m glad everybody responded. Whatever way they responded, I’m glad that they were heard. Because, you know, in 2020, we’re in some rough times. And as Black people, you know, it’s important that we have a voice to the point that we stand up and it’s important that we are heard.
AllHipHop: The battlers, the bloggers, everybody says that your South card is fantastic. What was your mindset in selecting the artists for that? And then talk to me about each artist that you got out there. What do you think are their strengths? What do you think are some of their weaknesses?
DRect: We reached out to a lot of people. And but I think at the end of the day, this is a great opportunity for a couple of artists who’ve been grinding for a while that doesn’t always get a shine to get on. So I know there were a couple of fans that were kind of like damn, we wanted to see this artist and we want to see that artist. But I guarantee you that when you actually see the battles, there’ll be some of the most competitive battles ever. I made the call, and if I call someone and ask them if they want to be a part of the tournament, and they didn’t sound excited, that’s when the offer kind of got rescinded. Every single person in the tournament is hungry. I believe they’ll do some of the battle fantasies of their careers.
And that was like, the most important part to me … over names and everything else. If I were to roll down the roster: Chef Trez as somebody who’s known in battle rap, and I think he has a very unique skill set, as far as being able to freestyle, the time and you know, he’s known for his slogan, “Three of them thangs.” And also, he’s a fan favorite, which is cool. But that presents a very tough challenge for anyone really going against them. And I think, to be able to shine in this tournament you are going to have to shine in a different way. He started on some other platforms, I think he should be on a game. And he’s somebody who’s very excited and very professional,
He’s very humble too, which I like about him. He’s very easy to work with. So you know, what I did was call Chef, who sounded like, “Yeah, cool.” And I was like, “Hold on, you seem kind of relaxed. Are you excited?” He’s like, hold on, “Let me get excited about this thing” and comes back two days later, he was super hyped once he thought about it, which is really dope.
AllHipHop: He is going up against Lotta Zay.
DRect: I think Lotta Zay is one of the best pens in battle rap. And I think a lot of times in battle rap people have this popular opinion based on if somebody might win a battle or somebody might lose in a battle, and then you know, the public opinion changes. But as far as me being someone who has been evaluating talent for years, I know when I see it.
And I feel like Lotta Zay has it. He was a champion on 106 and Park and when he came to us in the Grindtime age. And after a couple of battles, he really got it. And he got popular around the time that he and John John had a battle. They did two battles, he was still waiting on that third. He won one and John John took one. That’s when he started getting popular. That was when the whole world really knew what they have to offer. I think he’s incredibly well rounded.
But I think sometimes there are so many battles, there are so many leaks, you know, these guys don’t always have the proper time to prepare. So some people fall victim to just not being 100% themselves in a single battle. There are all these little things behind the scenes that come into play that people like myself with know that the fans might not know. He’s somebody who I always felt, once that stage was presented, that he deserved the shot to really go hard.
Fans also really wanted to see Brixx. I think it was perfect timing for somebody like him in this tournament. You have to remember when we select the emcees from the south, other regions might not get it. But you know, I’ve lived in Atlanta for about five years. And I kind of understand who gets respect in the southern region of the US from the battle rap community. You know, embracing somebody that a lot of people want to get behind and see do well. So, I think he’s gonna do real good in this tournament. And his opponent— a lot of people are confused because they see Hays The Family Man and be like “Who the hell is that?” Hays The Family Man is formerly known as Syahboy.
AllHipHop: Why did he change his name?
DRect: Maybe he’ll say it on camera. I don’t really know.
AllHipHop: Maybe it’s a new marketing strategy. Maybe he’s a real family man.
DRect: He definitely is. I know that he is. Hayes is another person. He’s a veteran. Very funny. He’s creative. He’s somebody that they’ll like, because of his personality. And I think there’s a lot of people who are boring in battle rap, but personality is what has carried a lot of people and what separated people from the top. You can have bars and personality. I feel like there is a happy medium. Hayes has a lot of natural ways to market himself. And I think you’ll be good. I have no idea what type of stuff they kind of say to each other. And I know they don’t want to lose to each other even though they may call him the past. So I think that would be a good one.
AllHipHop: What about Scotty?
DRect: Now Scotty is from Houston and he has personality. I saw Scotty battle Phara Funeral if you’re on a bathrobe! He battled her with a different style and had jokes. When you are jokey, jokey, or just so funny it is hard for anybody to beat you.
AllHipHop: I saw him with Loso.
DRect: Oh, yeah, I love that one. It was one of my favorite battles of the past few years. They did that one in Houston. Yeah, I love the way that both of them attack each other with the angles. Scott is another person who’s been looked over. He is one of the artists that I believe deserves a shot. Like Scott has had battles on URL but hasn’t done it consistently. But he hasn’t been on King of the Dot yet. I think he’s somebody that could represent the whole Texas well on that platform. You don’t have that many battle rappers from Texas out here. He’s a strong competitor. He is easy to work with. He’s somebody that I’ve seen come up from day one personally. I thought it made a lot of sense to put him in his competition. Then his opponent, So Severe is out here in Atlanta. Have you heard of So Severe before?
AllHipHop: No, I haven’t.
DRect: He’s been grinding for a while out here. We’ve known him for years. We’ve never really got a shot until Chris Petty put out a battle with So Severe. It gave him a very strong push. That was a really dope battle. Both of them did their thing and then So Severe got picked up on King of the Dot. And he did a few battles, and their fanbase really likes him. So Severe is somebody that when he got the call he jumped through the roof and so excited to be in it. You know, he’s gonna give a lifetime performance out of him.
The Grand Prix (Southern Region) will air on Twitch live on September 27, 3 PM (EST), 12 PM (PST), and 8 PM (GMT).
(AllHipHop News) Kamala Harris may have played herself again in an interview during the NAACP’s virtual convention Friday, to connect with the Hip-Hop community.
The Howard grad and Alpha chapter made AKA was asked who was her favorite rapper alive was and she answered, “Tupac.”
Tupac Shakur, though he is a favorite of many, transitioned almost 24 years ago, on September 13th, 1996.
When the reporter, CNN commentator Angela Rye noted Tupac has already passed, Kamala admitted to the mess up: “I keep doing that,” she laughed.
Trying to help, Rye said, “Listen, West Coast girls believe that Tupac lives on. So I am with you.”
The Democratic nominee for Vice President said, “There are so many. There are some that I would not mention right now … because they should stay in their lane.”
But stopped short of telling us and commanded to “keep it moving.” Mala…. You have to tell us who they are … who she thinks should stay in their lane.
Many have pointed to another Hip-Hop slip up when she told the Breakfast Club that she used to smoke weed and listen to Snoop and Tupac in college. That is a typical Howard student’s reply if they graduated in the 90, but she graduated in 1986.
Kamala was also caught hopping off a jet in the wrong kind of Timbs.
Many Black people contend that she doesn’t have to know Hip-Hop to be Vice President. What they need her to do is be on policy and move the needle toward justice.
We love you, Kamala … but you have to stop saying that Tupac is alive and wearing weird Timberlands.
Not only did #KamalaHarris smoke weed listening to #Tupac in college tho he hadn’t made music yet, she’s now claiming Tupac is the best rapper “alive”….she’s clearly still high AF 😤pic.twitter.com/R4vHriaUr3
(AllHipHop News) Dr. Dre’s Hip-Hop circle is a small one, almost a family.
So, it is quite natural that a family member pokes fun, says something slick, or disrespects the other.
It is also natural for someone to get buck and clap back — especially if she knows all of your real (off Instagram) business.
50 Cent tried to clown the already bitter divorce between his former boss, Andre “Dr. Dre” Young and his soon-to-be ex-wife Nicole Young. Earlier this month Fif wrote, “These b##ches be crazy how do you even ask for 2 million a month.”
Truly, the daughter of the couple caught wind of his smart-aleck remark and clapped back … hard.
“Haha… coming from an ugly, washed up, early 2000s rapper who filed for bankruptcy and is only envious of my family’s wealth and lifestyle. Have fun spending the rest of your savings on steroids. F##k you,” the young adult commented.
But she did not stop there. Another West Coast rapper was in the comments. Xzibit wrote, “WTF” and young Truly saw it.
He got some of her smoke too (maybe too much). She hit the former “Pimp My Ride” host with, “Wow Alvin… After everything my parents have done for you and your family, this is how you respond to a picture of my parents and I, and a quote calling my mom and b##ch… f##k you.”
She then took to her own Instagram story and published the following statement directly at 50 for taking pleasure in her family’s unraveling.
“The blatant misogyny and disrespect by ignorant men that is being shown is absolutely f##king disgusting and vile. Calling my mother, my dad’s wife, a b##ch is unforgivable. You have no respect for me or my siblings and this is extremely evident. 50, your marketing schemes are as low life and disgusting as you are.”
The USC student continued, “Using a photo of my parents and I solely to gain attention for yourself exemplifies a lot of the things wrong with the world right now. You disgust me, and I can speak for women of my generation as well. You are furthering the problems. Everyone already knows that you’re a dick, but you just proved it yourself.”
50 Cent responded.
On his post, he said, “😆Dr dre’s daughter just told me to shut the f##k up. 🤐LOL.”
And when someone asked him if that was all of his response, he quipped, “Nah no clap back i’m gonna need dre to make the beats, new music coming soon.”
50 Cent signed to Shady Records/ Aftermath/ Interscope in 2004. He released four hit records before departing in 2014.
Dreamville Musical Collective Spillage Village Returns With Spilligion Album
Making convincing arguments about society, religion, police brutality and all of the things that 2020 has thrown at us, Spillage Village returns with a new project titled Spilligion a portmanteau or comination of the words Spillage and Religion. Released under the Dreamville/ Interscope Records imprint, this earthy collective give you everything you need going into a crazy weekend after the Breonna Taylor Verdict and more riots and uprising.
Amidst COVID-19, the collective was dealing with a array of news headlines that impacted the recording of this project. According to Rolling Stone’s interview with Spillage Village, “One of us would read something or find out some new development and let everybody know, and we’d all be like, ‘What is going on right now? What is about to happen?’,” says Mereba. “I was able to accept that I wasn’t in control, because none of us were in control.”
Combining the forces Spillage Village comprised of JID, Earthgang, singer Mereba, producers Hollywood JB and Benji, rapper Jurdan Bryant and R&B singer 6lack, delivered a project that fully encompasses the trauma, trials and tribulations of 2020 . Combining the forces of Ari Lennox, Chance the Rapper and Big Rube on this project and we have a project that will resonate with fans for years to come. Well done Spillage Village, we are listening!
(AllHipHop News) Travis Scott is being accused of ripping off the designs of a well-known company in the gaming world and passing them off as his own under the Cactus Jack brand.
According to popular gaming company KontrolFreek, Travis jacked pictures of their KontrolFreek thumbstick covers, a popular product they make for video game controllers.
KontrolFreek is well established in the business, with products in over 9,000 stores in 40 countries along with millions of followers on Twitter Instagram, Facebook, and Twitch.
KontrolFreek says Travis blatantly made derivative photos of their covers, which he then advertised as products for sale to the massive audience who tuned into the concert.
After the performance, KontrolFreek says their reps contacted Travis about copying the design to try and head off any problems.
During a phone call, Travis explained he had yet to identify a manufacturer for the product, and asked KontrolFreek to manufacture the Cactus Jack thumbstick for him at no cost.
KontrolFreek and Cactus Jack never did a deal and Travis went ahead and started filling the orders he took during his April concert.
But fans who ordered Travis’ thumbsticks in April grew agitated because their orders were not shipped until July.
The similarity of the designs confused angry consumers into thinking that KontrolFreek had manufactured the Cactus Jack thumbsticks.
Reps for KontrolFreek said Travis took his thievery to another level when he also ripped off their copyright-protected packaging design for their products.
Travis even used their trademarked slogan on his package which read: “GIVES GAMERS AT ALL LEVELS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.”
“[Travis Scott’s] actions are likely to deceive consumers and to believing Cactus Jack thumbsticks originate from where are sponsored by or otherwise affiliated with KontrolFreek, when they are not,” according to the company’s complaint.
To make things worse, Travis is still hawking the Cactus Jack thumbsticks and confusing consumers.
KontrolFreek wants to seize all of the profits Travis has collected, and pay damages to the company for stealing their thumbstick designs.
And, KontrolFreek is also asking the judge to enhance that amount of damages up to 3X “according to the exceptional circumstances of the case.”
(AllHipHop News) It has been almost 10 years since the world has lost the late great rapper, Heavy D.
The original “Overweight Lover” brought a savoir-faire to the game that simply could not be duplicated.
But in tribute, his hometown of Mount Vernon, New York will sure try to.
The Uptown rapper, whose birth name was Dwight Errington Myers, will be memorialized through a sculpture that will be aptly named, “Peaceful Journey,” the title of the Jamaican-American’s third album.
The sculpture of Heavy will be located in the Fleetwood area of the city known as “Money Earning Mount Vernon.”
Created by New York polymedia artist Eto Otitigbe, this piece will be the latest work that has the themes of Blackness, power, and technology woven throughout it.
Otitigbe said he wanted to work on it because Hev inspired him so much as a young person.
“The sounds coming out of Mount Vernon with Heavy D, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth were really unique,” Otitigbe confessed. “I wanted to pay homage to the Mount Vernon community that had such an important place in hip-hop with this work of art.”
Heavy D died at the age of 44 in 2011 from a blood clot in his lung, leaving tons of heartbroken family, friends, and fans.
He is truly missed. Peaceful Journey, the album, produced the following chart-topping and hit songs, “Is It Good To You” and “Now That We Found Love.” It also gave Hip-Hop the fire joint “Don’t Curse.”
From 1989 to his death, Heavy D and the Boyz pushed out feel-good songs, priding themselves on never using curse words or vulgarity and still was considered one of the most beloved emcees to touch the mic.
To be or not to be is the question that Toga Doin’ Work asks with his latest release, “Pure,” which is accompanied by a new music video.
Following his previous release in May, “What’s Ya Ca$h App?,” Toga delivers his second effort amidst the quarantine with the help of fellow DMV native Chelly The MC.
Toga displays colorful vocals when asking for something real and pure in a woman, all while speaking to a thoroughly engaged, beautiful therapist stating,
“I need a girl who’s down to ride, not just on d*ck!”
All the while, Chelly fiercely gives her point of view of what a real man is while berating her therapist saying,
“Keep it true, keep it hunnit. Just say if you don’t want it, I got other sh*t to do I rather go and chase some money.”
She made her point abundantly clear. Toga states that,
“The song is “Pure” to give a perspective from both sides of the spectrum of what a man and woman considers real love but also giving the reality that it’s not like that for some of us, we are still trying to have pure love find us.”
The video was directed and shot by @reddottem, a frequent collaborator of Toga Doin’ Work.
Toga continues to explore his creativity in experimenting with different vocal tones to elevate his artistry, which will surely take him to the next level in his rise. Pure is available on Spotify, Apple Music, etc. Check out the music video below.
(AllHipHop News) Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, Kanye West has made his way to the West Indies — however, why he is traveling to the islands is still unknown and causing controversy.
First, he went to the big island, and people are wondering if the “Jesus is King” rapper broke COVID-19 protocol during his visit to see Buju Banton in Jamaica.
Now, he is chilling in Haiti, the first liberated island in the Caribbean.
The French had colonized the islands until their revolution in 1804, which made Haiti the first Black republic in the world.
Upon arriving in Haiti, the president of the nation, Jovenel Moïse served as Kanye’s travel guide.
One hint as to why Kanye might be there might be found on the nation’s official tourism Facebook page. There it is reported that he will visit Labadee, a plant breeding center in the northwestern part of the island.
It is considered a pet project of the president.
He also was taken to West Pointe, where Moïse said that brought West to help him fulfill his promise of providing 24-7 electricity to all of Haiti.
“Providing electricity in all of Haiti is what you sent me to do,” said Moïse. “I am going to bring electricity to La Tortue; I am going to bring it to Port-de-Paix…I don’t have anywhere I am not going to bring it.”
Kanye has been invested in trying to create living systems for people.
From building cutting edge housing to looking at new energy, he is proving that while he might not be the president of the United States, he is most certainly working to better the lives of people all across the world.
A part of this “smear” campaign includes sending videos via dummy email accounts that are supposed to be from Meg, pushing the narrative that she is actually lying about everything.
Meg’s attorney, Alex Spiro, spoke to TMZ and noted, “We have been made aware of manipulated text messages and invented email accounts that have been disseminated to the media in a calculated attempt to peddle a false narrative about the events that occurred on July the 12th.”
The Lanez camp “strongly deny sending emails or otherwise creating a false narrative. The only commentary which has been made on this topic was the creative output on the album. We are investigating who could be sending these false emails and intend to take action against them.”
Either way, many women are launching a movement against Megan, claiming if she does not press charges they will stop following her.
She has to use her platform to speak out about domestic violence or needs to stop talking according to some fans.
DJ Mark Da Spot is far more than just a celebrity DJ, he’s an entertainer in his own right. In his own words: “He’s the person who comes into the club or venue and makes your entire day. His sets will make you dance, make you enjoy life, and make you leave happy.”
If there’s one thing you can count on from Mark, it’s his contagious good energy. He adds, “I try.”
Born in Montego, Jamaica and raised in the Bronx, New York, MDS has been around music his entire life. From his uncles deejaying in Jamaica all the way to the States, he’s had the pleasure of experiencing both cultures and intertwining them into his musical palette today.
Getting his big break spinning at the upscale, exclusive clubs in NYC such as china Club, Sweet Sixteen, and Lotus, MDS would soon meet Justin Timberlake who played a pivotal role in his career.
Not only did the pop star hire him as his DJ, but he was able to move to Los Angeles and become his chauffeur. And still, his most legendary client to date includes the great Prince, even touring with the late legend for 3 years.
Fast forward to 2020, MDS is a staple in the Los Angeles nightlife scene, spinning your favorite clubs from 1Oak to Poppy to Bootsy Bellows.
AllHipHop: You were born in a family of DJs, when did music come into play?
DJ Mark Da Spot: Music came into play watching my uncles in New York, my uncles were Caribbean DJs. They’d do block parties. I’d be the little kid hanging out watching them play in front of all these people, always excited being on set. It’s something so really wanted to get into.
AllHipHop: When did you first start playing around with equipment?
DJ Mark Da Spot: I always had [standalone] equipment, I never had matching sets. I’d have one turntable from this company, a mixer from this company. Back then we weren’t making any money so you had to get what you can. I’d take things my uncle wouldn’t use anymore and try my best to make them work. After a while, I got used to using them. It worked out for me. [laughs]
AllHipHop: How did Justin Timberlake find you?
DJ Mark Da Spot: I used to work for an exotic limousine company in New York, we had a bunch of different exotic vehicles. I got a call one day to go downtown and pick up a client, they didn’t give me the name. I got down there and it was these two big guys outside. I don’t usually pick up two clients, I said “where you guys going?” They said Brooklyn. Usually when somebody calls me, I’m gone for the entire day. I wind up taking these guys to Brooklyn, they’re security gusrds working for NSYNC. I hung out with them in Brooklyn for the day, might as well stay out there and we got close. They said “hey Mark, we want to introduce you to the guys.”
It was NSYNC, I thought “oh wow.” I was around for a while. Joey was actually my first client before Justin, Joey’s the one showing off my truck. I had TVs in there, video games. At nighttime, you’d see my truck driving around and things lighting up inside. They’re like “what’s that?” One day Joey was busy and Justin had to go somewhere, that’s when I first met him. When Justin got there, he said “whoa, I see why Joey’s so much in love with this vehicle.” I started picking him up, he started requesting me more. “Hey, I need to have Mark.” We bonded a relationship from there.
AllHipHop: How was it chauffeuring him around LA?
DJ Mark Da Spot: It was cool, I didn’t know them like that to be honest. I wasn’t into pop. I was deejaying, of course I know hip-hop but I didn’t know pop music like that. It was different. It was exciting seeing them moving. One day we’re here, next day we’re there. Next day we’re with this person, next day we’re with that person. Really exciting, I said “this is something I really want to stick to.”
AllHipHop: What did that do for your career?
DJ Mark Da Spot: It did a lot for me, got to the point where they said “we want you around us. We want to hire you.” They didn’t want to go off and have to look for anyone else. It really helped my career out because I started doing parties for him. I went on tour with him. He moved to California and asked if I wanted to come out here, I came out here. He went off and started doing movies so I was stuck here by myself for almost a year. Lived at his house, took care of everything that needed to be done. They’re a overseas at that time so I’m making my relationships with different venues in Hollywood and meeting different people.
I started my career back up again here in California. He came back and stopped doing music for a bit, took off in movies. Really wasn’t nothing for to still sit there so au had to pick up and go off on my own. He helped me out a lot by trusting me, bringing me all the way to California, then giving me my own “okay go ahead, do what you got to do. You’re a star as well too, so continue your career.”
AllHipHop: How was moving to Los Angeles? Did you fall in love?
DJ Mark Da Spot: Soon as I got here, I fell in love. [laughs] Usually whatever state we had to do, I’d get there a couple days before so I can drive around and see where the studio’s at, how far the restaurants are. I knew all the guys’ favorite restaurants, they like to eat. I’d know the closest hospital, the closest everything so I could be on point in case of anything. They sent me out here, put me in the Beverly Hills Hotel. “Mark, we’ll be there in a week or two, you mind staying out there?” Literally every day, drive down Sunset, drive down places to see the nightlife. Get to see everything going on, it changed my life a lot. The minute I got here, I loved it. That’s why I stayed.
AllHipHop: Favorite venues to deejay in LA? You’ve spinned everywhere.
DJ Mark Da Spot: One of my favorite ones is 1 OAK. I love venues where it allows the DJ to be not separated from the crowd, but actually has his own space. 1 OAK had this DJ booth that’s perfectly built so you can look over the crowd. You could see the left, the right, people actually behind you. I’m comfortable. In here, I had to go buy a big table because when I’m moving around deejaying, I like to be comfortable. I like to move around.
Boosty Bellows is my favorite too because it has a big area for the DJ. I’m not too big of a fan of small venues only because it gets crazy. Being the DJ, everyone wants to tap you, wants to talk to you, wants to interrupt you. “Hey can I get this song? Can I get this birthday shoutout?” It’s fun, but it’s not easy.
AllHipHop: Do you hate requests?
DJ Mark Da Spot: Yes and no, it all depends. If I’m performing for 3 or 4 thousand people, I can’t take requests from somebody. I got to perform and make the majority of the crowd happy. Being a DJ, you’re not going to make everybody happy, People coming to the club, you can make 95% or 98%, but not all the time 100%. There’s that one person who wants to hear a salsa song at a hip-hop club. If it’s a smaller venue or smaller crowd, if i’m not really in tune or not going too crazy where I can stop for a second and actually talk to you, yeah. Sometimes people get aggressive with requests. I say” I got you in the playlist,” they’re like “no I want hear it now!” Mmm. [laughs]
AllHipHop: How did you get your name?
DJ Mark Da Spot: A friend gave me the name. I used to be DJ Little Mark when I was small, then I went to DJ Big Mark when I got bigger. One of my boys said to me, “Mark all these parties you do, you’re Mark Da Spot man. These people they know your name.” Mark Da Spot stuck on me, everything MDS.
AllHipHop: How did you land with Prince?
DJ Mark Da Spot: Wow, that was another phone call. I always tell DJs coming up: definitely make your relationships. I got a call from a friend saying “hey I need you to do a party for me.” Okay here we go, another party. I don’t know who but the person who called me, I know it’s going to be something good. It was for Prince. I went, I didn’t actually get to meet him. I spoke with his assistant and security guard, they gave me the whole entire breakdown and rules before I even got around him. I know what to expect, so much history with him. I wind up touring with him, it was a great experience with Prince.
AllHipHop: You toured with him & couldn’t talk to him?
DJ Mark Da Spot: Well it’s tricky. The first year, I can’t wear anything else besides suits. Full suits from head to toe. We’d see each other, never said a word for a good year. I’d see all these people around us, big stars. When somebody hires me to work, I’m coming to work. Not coming to be star struck. One day we’re doing a party at his house, he came and tapped on my shoulder. “Hey Mark, you’re playing that song a little too fast.” I’m saying to myself, did I get in trouble? [laughs] From that point on, it was over. “Hey Mark, hey Mark…” I learned you can be around or work around him, but he has to be really comfortable with you first before he makes that initial introduction. It turned into history. We did the Vegas shows, I went on his last tour. It was really fun.
AllHipHop: Someone told me a story where MJ could pinpoint a minuscule amount of BPMs slower. Was that how Prince was?
DJ Mark Da Spot: Music mastermind, he listens to everything. I couldn’t play much hip-hop, he really wasn’t into too much hip-hop. He was into a lot of classics, I had to play a lot of classics, When you listen to the classics, you hear the BPM really fast. For him to say “Mark you played that song a little too fast,” things like still dawn down on me while I’m deejaying.
AllHipHop: How did you land in with Kevin Hart?
DJ Mark Da Spot: When i lived in New York, I used to have braids. Me and his ex-wife had the same hair stylist, she introduced me to Kevin. She said “hey we moved out here from Philly, my husband’s a comedian.” I said “nice, I’m from the Bronx if you guys ever need me for an event.” Did one event for him, met the whole team. Everybody’s from the East Coast. Me and him got close. All his events, he’d call me and nobody else. We did a tour in Australia together, went to London, Vegas. I did his 40th party last year at Tao. I bring a lot of great, positive energy.
AllHipHop: What’s a DJ Mark Da Spot set like?
DJ Mark Da Spot: A lot of energy. If I have a hip-hop crowd, I know what it takes to get them where they need to be. Talking too, you have to communicate with your crowd. Very important, I learned that from watching different MCs. Back in the day you’d see the DJ and MC but if you could get all in one, that’s the best ever.
DJ Mark Da Spot: All the females are doing real good right now. Megan The Stallion, Cardi B, City Girls, they’re really making noise. They make the guys get up and work extra hard now. I mix a lot of their songs. On my own time, I listen to a lot of R&B, Nigerian music, Caribbean music.
AllHipHop: Are you dropping “WAP” in your set?
DJ Mark Da Spot: Of course. For women, how can I not? We’re not in the club so I have to go online and do it but when I’m online, I still get requests. [laughs]
AllHipHop: How has COVID-19 affected your career?
DJ Mark Da Spot: It affected it a lot. I was in the club at least 5 times a week. We have to now go Live, that started off really good. Shout out to D-Nice, he started the whole trail of all the DJs going on Live. You don’t have the crowd in front of you so the energy’s different. I miss the clubs. I’m an entertainer, I miss entertaining people.
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AllHipHop: What was Nipsey’s influence on you?
DJ Mark Da Spot: I miss Nipsey man, definitely one of my favorite artists besides being a friend. A lot of things Nipsey said in his lyrics, people are starting to hear and understand them now. He reminds me of the Nas. Nipsey, you have to really listen to him. I really miss him. His energy is really big around my house, I have about 3 pictures around my house. I like to wake up and see him every day. Whatever I got going on, the minute I see him I get back focused.
Rick Ross was not impressed by Tory Lanez dropping a new album just days after the failure to indict the killers of Brionna Taylor. The Miami mogul, who now lives in Atlanta, said that he was unimpressed by the move and said that it was very poor timing. Rozay also managed to promote a number of his interests in each social media post which was not missed by someone like myself. But I don’t question his sincerity in the words he spoke. He also knew that he was definitely going to get likes, views, and press.
Tory also managed to respond to JR Smith, who dissed him for allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion and Mr. Smith manage to respond in kind. On a song, Tory addresses the NBA basketball star. JR Smith is a foot and a half taller than Tory, who is about 5’1″. Smith is 6’6″. For the record, Megan is 5’11”.
Here is how it went down:
Tory: “J.R. Smith, it’s the pot that p### / And you the last cat that should talk about some shots that hit.”
“‘Cause your performance and percentage, player / Rollin’, ridin’ benches, n***a, I’m from the trenches, n***a.”
“You the type to buy a chick a 80 inch and ya still won’t get a inch up in her.”
JR: “i got time today too! 🤣🤣,” J.R. said. “bout to get real 🌶🌶”
There’s more … “He not even 30 stay in ya place lil ass boy.”
“bust ya gun at a female you all types of 🤡”
By the way, Tory claims to be 5’7″ but just about everything says 5’3″…so you be the judge.
Megan Thee Stallion’s producer!
Now the most Sting of all of these people going at Tory Lanez is Megan Thee Stallion‘s producer LilJujumadethebeat and he has said something very definitive. On Twitter, he basically said that ballistics has already indicated that the bullets in Megan match the gun Tory was arrested for. There has been no reports of this that I know of, but it could be under lock-n-key as well. There is some chatter that this isn’t completely true and that there was no gun powerder residue when he was arrested. I don’t know if this is facts.
Tory Lanez has broken his silence after roughly 2 months of quiet…perhaps there will be a couple more months of silence.
To come from the bottom with grace, grit and gumption, to only rise to the top, is exactly what Tulsa rapper Lonleybandz details in his new single “Out the Mud,” featuring Chicago rapper, Calboy, via Cartel Oil Records.
Lonleybandz opens up about being a young kid in the slums, trying to be something in a life where no one showed him love; having to put his faith in what’s above.
“Most people don’t know that I was living house to house as a kid. I even became homeless and the only thinking keeping my head up was creating music,” says Bandz. “With my mom on drugs, my abusive dad, both without money or jobs, I really felt stuck everyday trying to be somebody.”
Together, Bandz and Calboy form this collaboration turning rhymes into what is now “Out the Mud,” a story on how they both had to endure a hard life, for a better life off the streets.
“When I wrote this song I was completely inspired by the fact that I really did come from nothing and now I truly feel I’m coming out the mud of my past.”
Check out some of Bandz other work like “Clyde,” “Cartel Run it Up” and “No One” featuring Babyface Gunna, available now on all platforms.
(AllHipHop News) Today is the 40th birthday of rapper/mogul T.I. and he’s imparting some wisdom as he celebrates.
While some bemoan the aging process, Tip Harris explained the definite, irrefutable and, almost infinite, upsides in an exclusive talk with AllHipHop’s Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur.
“It’s better than dying a decade sooner. Those are the only two options. Get old or die young. Where I am in my life, I would not trade myevolution or consciousness or perspective…I would not trade it for nothing. I would not want to be a young ni**a again for for nothing. It was just too much in the world that I didn’t know. The world was kind of keeping sh*t away from me. Mother***f**kers were talking over ny my head. I had no idea:a. I didn’t know how much I didn’t know.”
Tip also explained that, wisdom aside, he can now properly prioritize this life, something that escaped him in his youth.
“For me I think for me its really been about not sweating the small sh*t. How much sh*t is worth my time and attention and what sh*t isn’t. Allocating the proper time and attention to the things that deserve it the most. Also, to listen to my voice. The voice inside of me, you know because that’s where my vision is from. A lot of times we hear that voice and it speaks to us and we go and try to consult and ask others about what occurred in our head. And when they don’t see what we see, we abandon it.”
Tip also revealed exclusively to AllHipHop the name of his new album. The album, titled The LIBRA, has a title that is certain to turn heads locally.
“The Legend Is Back Running Atlanta,” Tip said of the acronym.
Why?
“It seems befitting,” T.I. said curtly.
We have more coming with T.I., but he recently droppped “Ring” with oft-collaboarator Young Thug. He’s also got new music on the way with Lil Baby. The LIBRA does not have a release days that has been made public.
(AllHipHop Rumors) When Tory Lanez said, “I got time today,” people assumed it was him going LIVE to tell his side of the Megan Thee Stallion shooting story. Well, it was the biggest, corniest disappointment you could imagine when he actually revealed that he was releasing a new album.The internets have been going on and on about this.
So, he is basically looking to make a few bucks for allegedly shooting a Black woman. READ THE ROOM, BRO!
Just the other day, the pigs refused to seek justice for Breonna Taylor, a first responder that was essentially killed by the cops. By the way, the Attorney General is a Trump supporter and B#### McConnell was at his white wedding so you know the fix was in. “No justice for you negroes!”
Anyway, Tory drops this album, which shall remain unnamed, because it is in such poor taste, I cannot mention it. Here are some of the nuggets included, which I swiped.
“Megan people tryna frame me for a shootin’/But them boys ain’t clean enough/I see how they teamin’ up, watchin’ and I’m calculatin’/Gotta keep it quiet, I can’t jeopardize the outcome waitin'”
This guy is coming like he thinks he’s Tupac now.
He also implies she’s a liar and says outright that he did not do the shooting.
“Girl, you had the nerve to write that statement on that affidavit/Knowin’ I ain’t do it, but I’m comin’ at my truest/Tryna keep this s### two hunnid with you, shorty, I can’t prove it.”
Can’t prove it? I guess he bakes in that he’s gonna be found guilty. Being arrested for the gun is not a good sign and I wonder if they did ballistics and whatever at the scene? Was there residue on him or is that just stuff in the movies?
Also, is he in love with her? Or is this platonic? At any rate, he says he wants to work it out. I think its too late for that.
“Somehow I’m still down to renegotiate the unity/My heart is some foolery, this s### is just confusin’ me.”
HA! Tory saves the best for last.
“Gotta see a couple questions: “how the f### you get shot in your foot, don’t hit no bones or tendons?”
Well, this is trickier. I can’t even begin to answer that one, but I am sure it will come out in court. By the way, will this see court? Megan has said she is not going to testify and Tory has not been charged for any assault affiliated with shooting the femme fatale rapper. I think Tory overplayed his hand on this one, but I am quite sure his legal team approved this. In fact, I think he just revealed his defense. What if Megan gets mad and decides to cooperate? Problematic for the Canadian rapper/singer.
“Tic tac toe, I’m gonna X this b##ch/If a hit dog holler, I address that s##t,” she spits. “Got shot two times and I ate that s##t/Bounced right back with a Revlon deal.”
Recently Nas took over Washington Heights in NYC Saturday (September 19) along with Fivio Foreign and A$AP Ferg for the “Spicy” video shoot. Presumed to be the next single from the Queensbridge rapper’s recently released King’s Disease album, the trio were joined by fellow New Yorkers rocking masks and thoroughly enjoying being part of the moment.
Even longtime friend and fellow Firm member AZ made an appearance for the music video as everything seems to be coming full circle for him with this album. After he declared Hip-Hop was dead and after the release of numerous albums in between his latest release including a tribute to his classic, Illmatic, Nas is proving he is on top of his game with his business.
There’s no doubt that King’s Disease had many Hip Hop heads once again shouting praises for Nasir “Nas” Jones. The new album was a critical rebound from the mixed reviews for Nasir in 2018. Not only has Nas developed his on music over the past few years, but lets not forget that Nas was responsible for bringing us one of New York’s dopest spitters in Dave East.
However, Nas’s return to form LP did not have the same immediate commercial success as Nasir (77,000 first-week units). King’s Disease pulled in 47,000 units in its opening week.
That total was enough for King’s Disease to land at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart. It was the highest debut on this week’s rankings and Nas’s fourteenth Top 10 album of his career.
The album has not been without controversy as Nas made headlines for his diss of Doja Cat when he said, “We goin’ ultra Black, unapologetically Black/The opposite of Doja Cat, Michael Blackson Black,” While the headlines flowed in Nas confirmed that he has no beef with Doja Cat despite what he spits on the tune.
Recently Amsterdam rapper Deams, dropped his new track “The Grand Designer.” Following up on his work with DJ Premier, Guru, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul, Jeru the Damaja and Chuck D of Public Enemy, Deams drops “The Grand Designer” with a self-described lyrical style called, “Metaphysical Braggadocio.” Building on his impressive list of collaborative artists, this song is a step into the solo light as Deams has once again proven to listeners that he has what it takes to get your ear. With drums that bang and bars that grab your ear, theres no telling how this track will resonate from the United State to across the pond in the Netherlands and Italy where this song was originally created.
Hailing from the Netherlands and describing his sound as a mix of his personal interests like mythology, ancient history, metaphysics, Deams also avoids going too deep for some Hip-Hop fans that are more into production than the lyrics. Lyrical while also including a musicality that all music fans can ascribe to, Deams is proving his sound is global and all encompassing.
“I keep it accessible, entertaining and created what I call “Metaphysical Braggadocio'” Deams explained. “[I’m]making bold statements that I build the Pyramids, that I’m the new Buddha, the author of ancient books like the Bhagavad Gita and so on, while still dropping gems to broaden the mind.”
This is a hard hitting banger laced by Italian producer Orco, and Deams adds to it with bold religious infused statements like claims that he built the Pyramids, that he’s the new Buddha, the author of ancient books like the Tao Te Ching. As a listener you will be taken on an exciting journey to the metaphysical and mystic world of Deams while he delivers a breath of fresh air to the current state of Hip Hop
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(AllHipHop News) In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, A3C is presenting a virtual conference on October 11 at 11 am ET. The Atlanta-based festival selected Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean and Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley to be the keynote speakers.
“Following last year’s amazing festival and conference experience, we wanted to keep that momentum and tradition alive by delivering a world-class virtual experience with some of our favorite leaders in tech, music, and business,” states Ryan Wilson, co-owner of A3C.
Wilson continued, “Although we are living in unprecedented times, we knew it was important to present an opportunity for music lovers to celebrate the intersection of music, tech, and culture with a day of curated discussions, something the A3C brand has brought to the people for 15+ years. We are more than excited to have this group of talented speakers at the first-ever A3C Virtual Conference.”
“A3C20 For The Culture” is a free one-day event. Instagram’s Strategic Partnerships Lead of Music Fadia Kader will moderate the conversation with Swizz and Timbaland. The Verzuz curators will discuss how they created the popular digital series where two legendary acts play some of the biggest hits of their careers for a worldwide audience.
Verzuz became an internet phenomenon as millions of music fans were dealing with self-quarantining as much of the world shut down in response to the spread of coronavirus. On March 24, Swizz and Timbaland went head-to-head on Instagram Live. Verzuz was expanded to feature more matchups such as RZA vs DJ Premier, Teddy Riley vs Babyface, Erykah Badu vs Jill Scott, DMX vs Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross vs 2 Chainz, Brandy vs Monica, and Gladys Knight vs Patti LaBelle.
(AllHipHop News) Several rappers – like Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Baby, and DaBaby – released deluxe versions of their 2020 projects over the last nine months which helped bring in more global streams for the albums. Two other artists decided to revisit LPs from at least two years ago by increasing the number of songs on those respective bodies of work.
Lil Wayne dropped Tha Carter V deluxe on Friday. The Young Money spitter added new tracks to the album that originally came out in 2018. On Thursday, Weezy tweeted, “To celebrate the 2 year anniversary of C5 and show love to the dopest and most loyal fans EVER I’m adding 10 songs that didn’t make the original album! Tonight at 12 am EST let’s celebrate!!!”
My sh*t drop TONIGHT!!!!
To celebrate the 2 year anniversary of C5 and show love to the dopest and most loyal fans EVER I’m adding 10 songs that didn’t make the original album! Tonight at 12am EST let’s celebrate!!! 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾#IAintShitWithoutYou#Carter5Deluxepic.twitter.com/VW1f2pDaZa
Bryson Tiller also let loose a repackaged version of his 2015 project. On September 22, he tweeted, “Before we get into my new album, I wanna celebrate with this special edition of my debut album, Trapsoul. Featuring a few songs that didn’t quite make the cut. Y’all asked for these on All Platforms and they’ll finally be yours this Friday. Thank you!”
Trapsoul(Deluxe) arrived after the Kentucky-raised singer put out the new singles “Inhale” and “Always Forever” earlier this month. Tiller also took time out last night to post about the news that the three police officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s death were not charged with murder for shooting the 26-year-old EMT in her own apartment. Taylor lived in Tiller’s hometown of Louisville.
before we get into my new album, I wanna celebrate with this special edition of my debut album, Trapsoul. Featuring a few songs that didn’t quite make the cut. Y’all asked for these on All Platforms and they’ll finally be yours this Friday. thank you! pic.twitter.com/8MJ5rC5jYB
