Kelly, who has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him, will now face off with U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly from May 18.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York claim the singer kidnapped women and made them dependent on him financially.
Another trial in Chicago, set to begin on April 27, will address claims Kelly had sexual contact with five minors and recorded sexually explicit videos of his time with them.
He has also been accused of obstructing justice by threatening witnesses and victims.
The federal charges were brought against the R&B star after seven women, including his ex-wife, claimed he abused them sexually and emotionally in the TV documentary “Surviving R. Kelly.”
R. Kelly is also facing charges from state prosecutors in Minnesota.
Fast forward to 2019, and it appears Desiigner is publicly asking to be let out of his deal with G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings. The 22-year-old Bedford–Stuyvesant representative tweeted, “FREE ME FROM THIS LABLE.”
At the beginning of the year, Desiigner took to Instagram Live to express his thoughts about his G.O.O.D. Music boss. He even took credit for supposedly breathing life back into the company.
“Nobody is doing this sh*t for me. Nobody is doing this sh*t for me,” said Desiigner. “I signed to Kanye West, the biggest n*gga in the world. Y’all n*ggas think he’s the genius… But to me, that n*gga’s crazy. To me, n*gga, I’ve been doing this sh*t myself. To me, n*gga, I brought G.O.O.D. Music back and everybody know that.”
Since joining G.O.O.D. Music, Desiigner dropped two projects – New English in 2016 and L.O.D. in 2018. Neither body of work entered the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart.
Desiigner has not charted on the Hot 100 since 2017. That year his feature on the BTS song “MIC Drop” peaked at #28. Desiigner’s only other Top 40 entry is the Platinum-certified “Tiimmy Turner” which stalled at #34 in 2016. “Panda” has been certified 5-time Platinum by the RIAA.
“What y’all talking about I fell off. I only dropped two mixtapes, bro. Two, bro. Y’all people mad ungrateful for the music I gave y’all. Y’all n*ggas need to start putting me on top. I did Diamond for y’all n*ggas two times, bro. Y’all n*ggas need to chill,” declared Desiigner in that IG video from February.
Plus, Posty has hit the road for his North American “Runaway Tour.” The trek is scheduled to pull into the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on October 17.
For those fans unable to make it to the Tar Heel State in two weeks, content and technology company Supersphere is streaming Malone’s headlining set in Oculus Venues. The immersive virtual reality concert experience will bring viewers right inside the show with Oculus Quest or Oculus Go headsets.
(AllHipHop News) Earlier this year, Dominique “Lil Baby” Jones revealed he was partnering with Doritos for the “Spark The Beat” competition. Aspiring musicians were able to submit a beat or vocal track for a chance to win a share of the $100,000 prize and record a track with the Quality Control Music artist.
“Me and Doritos hooked up back in June or July to do this ‘Spark The Beat’ contest. The marketing team on my label hooked up with Doritos. They gave me a rundown of what was going to be going on and asked me if I would be interested. I was like, ‘Definitely,’” Lil Baby tells AllHipHop. The “Drip Too Hard” performer adds, “When I started going through [the contestants] and a lot of stuff was similar, I started looking for things that stood out, someone who was different.”
Lil Baby and an expert panel reviewed countless entries before selecting Arizona rapper Ali Tomineek and Atlanta producer Rashad “ShadOnTheBeat” Jackson as the “Spark The Beat” winners. Lil Baby met wit the two victors in the studio to create a song featuring Tomineek’s rhymes and Jackson’s production.
“We actually re-recorded the song. When I sent them the song, it was on another beat so we re-recorded the song on the new beat – my version and the new vocals,” explains Baby. “It’s gonna come out next month. It’s not gonna be on my album. It’s gonna be a single release.”
Through the process of evaluating the “Spark The Beat” contenders, Lil Baby was exposed to a lot of unsigned artists looking to launch their careers on a mainstream level. Some of the acts that missed out on the opportunity to collab with the 24-year-old hitmaker this time could get a phone call or DM from Dominique in the future.
“That was the good part about it too. Just because I only could pick two winners, it still gave me a chance to met thousands and thousands of new artists that are really talented,” says Lil Baby. “I’m in the process of reaching out to a couple of people that didn’t get the chance to win.”
The “Spark The Beat” contest probably will not be the final time Doritos and Lil Baby band together. When asked about more possible partnerships with the tortilla chips brand, Baby offered, “Definitely, definitely. We have something else ahead.” Could a Doritos Super Bowl commercial starring Lil Baby follow other high-profile ads with Hip Hop stars like Busta Rhymes and Chance The Rapper?
(AllHipHop News) Three of the biggest artists in contemporary music joined forces for “Writing On The Wall.” French Montana, Cardi B, and Post Malone all contributed verses for the track. Rvssian is listed on the song too.
French Montana initially revealed he was working with Bardi and Posty back in April. The New Yorker mentioned the collaboration during an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1. Behind-the-scenes footage from the “Writing On The Wall” video shoot made its way to the internet soon after that Q&A.
While Montana is credited as the lead artist, Cardi claimed she recorded “Writing On The Wall” first. The Bronx rapstress spoke about how the song came together during an Instagram Live broadcast on Wednesday.
“Somebody’s talking sh*t about ‘Writing On The Wall.’ Let me tell you something about ‘Writing On The Wall.’ It was a record, it was a reference that was given to me. It was Post Malone and this artist… I did the song and I actually had three verses on the song. That whole song was my song,” explained Cardi. “Around the time of my album, the song was really hard to clear. I don’t know if it was because of the production or the producer. I don’t know what happened, but the record just got scrapped off my album.”
She continued, “Then like four or five months later, French Montana’s people hit me up about the song. I’m like, ‘What the hell?’ The beat changed and I only had one verse on it. I’m like, ‘You know what? I don’t give a f*ck. If this is your record, you want it, I don’t care, whatever.”
In addition, Cardi told her followers that she is not planning to drop any more music in 2019. This year already saw the release of her Top 20 hits “Please Me” with Bruno Mars and “Press.”
She also had several other Top 40 entries on the Hot 100 chart this year, including features for DJ Khaled’s “Wish Wish,” City Girls’ “Twerk,” and Offset’s “Clout.” Music videos for the 2019 collabs “South Of The Border” by Ed Sheeran and “Rodeo” by Lil Nas X are rumored to be in the works as well.
(AllHipHop News) Following the death of Keith “Guru” Elam in 2010, many Gang Starr fans looked forward to eventually hearing more unreleased vocals from the late emcee. Last month, DJ Premier delivered a new single titled “Family and Loyalty,” the first official Gang Starr record in 16 years.
“Family and Loyalty” also featured a guest appearance from North Carolina-based rap star J. Cole. The Dreamville Records head informed his 13 million Twitter followers that this would be his final featured verse.
— Gang Starr ‘One of the Best Yet’ Out Now (@gangstarr) September 20, 2019
Thankfully, there is a visual to go along with Guru and Cole’s bars on “Family and Loyalty.” Hip Hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy directed the music video which was filmed in Harlem, New York and Fayetteville, North Carolina.
“Everything is very emotional and raw because he’s not here, but his spirit is here,” says Premier about the absence of Guru. “We shot the first half of this video on Cole’s turf and we had a very limited window in North Carolina. Fab 5 Freddy called me and he was really worried he would not be able to fly in from New York due to Hurricane Dorian. I told Freddy that Guru was piloting the flight and he would get him here safely and on time, and he did.”
While “Family and Loyalty” is the first Gang Starr video created without the group’s Boston-born founding member, the theme of the record plays out on screen with a descendant of Guru. His son, Keith Casim, stars in the clip as well.
“Keith was nine when his father passed away and he is now nineteen. I used to babysit him. He made me feel like Guru was there with me,” states Premier. “I told him he has the same look in his eyes as his father and everyone on set commented on how striking the resemblance is.”
The production wizard adds, “It was really important to me to have Guru’s son be a major focus of the video. Keith is starting to really understand the legacy his father left behind and the whole team is sharing so many stories with him. We are honest with him, how much fun Guru and I had, the bad times, we are not sugarcoating anything; we want him to know his father.”
(AllHipHop News) Once again old problematic tweets have potentially put a public figure in a troubling situation. This time, 38-year-old Jamil “Mal” Clay of The Joe Budden Podcast is the person on the hot seat.
Yesterday, over 25 old tweets from Mal’s Twitter account began circulating online. Those 2012-2013 posts from the podcaster contained the gay slur “f*ggot.”
“I can’t fight this fight alone. These F*ggots are relentless and want to be acknowledged. I need my real brothers to stand and fight,” read one of Mal’s tweets from October 3, 2012.
Another tweet, posted six days later, stated, “If a chick gets naked in front of you only to put clothes on and asks you ‘How does this look?’ and you don’t f*ck, You’re a F*GGOT!”
A tweet from November 2012 appeared to be about Top Dawg Entertainment rapper Kendrick Lamar. Mal wrote, “Kendrick a F*ggot and a real n*gga at the same time. He said he was jealous of other n*ggaz but that’s real for him to admit that. Salute.”
One tweet from 2013 seemed to encourage violence against homosexuals. The brother of Roc-A-Fella Record co-founder Kareem “Biggs” Burke tweeted, “Both of them f*ggot n*ggaz need to be stabbed in their groin and bleed to death.”
Another tweet from that same year implied sexual assault against women. Mal tweeted, “She says ‘No! Stop!’ one time and you pull your pants back up?? You’re a F*ggot.”
Mal has not publicly addressed the re-surfaced homophobic tweets. He may speak about the controversy on the upcoming “Episode 286” of The Joe Budden Podcast which is scheduled to premiere October 5 on Spotify.
(AllHipHop News) According to reports, George “Lul G” Harris is facing one count of murder in Clark County, Nevada. The former member of the Vallejo-based rap group SOB x RBE is in custody in Fairfield, California.
Lul G was reportedly arrested on September 21 after a warrant was issued, and he is now being held in the Staton Correctional Facility. Bail has not been set as of press time, and no additional information on a court date has been revealed.
A representative for SOB x RBE confirmed with Complex that Lul G has not been a member of the collective since late 2018. He was not part of WAV’s The Drop documentary released in November of 2018. However, earlier this year, SOB x RBE and Hit-Boy released the joint projectFamily Not a Group with limited contributions from Lul G.
Slimmy B, Yhung T.O., and DaBoii are the official current lineup for SOB x RBE. The original foursome gained national exposure from the track “Paramedic!” off the Kendrick Lamar-curated Black Panther: The Album.
Over the last several years, SOB x RBE released the studio LPs Gangin and Gangin II as well as the EPs Tutuland with Big Money and Roll The Dice with Marshmello. Lul G dropped his solo effort, Yhung N*gga World, in 2017. Additionally, the 20-year-old Def Jam signee appeared on the label’s Undisputed compilation album in 2019.
At one point, Lul G admitted to being on probation as a result of armed robbery and gun charges. He toldFader last year, “It’ll be [a] big opportunity that none of us will probably ever see again in our lives and they’ll just tell me, ‘No.’ Straight up. It’s like, basically, y’all want me to lose my career, so I have nothing, so I’m forced to do stuff that’ll have me stuck in this system.”
(AllHipHop Rumors) Did you see that? What in the WORLD is going on with the boy B.O.B.? Now, I don’t know what is going on with this dude, but he seems to have unraveled recently. The dude just lost it and really seems to resent the people that may have – at one time – supported him.
I am not going to judge him, but too harshly, but I am going to say that this isn’t right – unless he is talking about somebody specific. If that is the case, he needs to call that person’s name! We care about ya BOB!
I can understand how he may feel that way! I remember when people care about illseed…way back when! In fact, I feel like me and BOB came up together – the same school if you will. The difference is: I stopped drinking and boozing it up! These people will drive you to drink!
Do you remember this?
That song was almost 10 years ago!!!! Where is TJ’s DJ’s when you need him!
This all started from a hoax, where some site reported that B.O.B. had died when he did. Then people started to say “RIP BOB” and then caused him to lose it!
“You fkin’ ni99as, I fn’ hate you f#####’ ni99as!” he begins. “You ni99as ain’t support me worth a s### while I was f#ckin’ livin. And now that I’m f#ckin’ dead, you wanna talk about, ‘Oh, I love B.o.B. I love his music. I love all his s###?’ F#ck you! F#ck you, you f#ckin’ b#tch! You ain’t support sh#t! And you don’t give a f#ck about me and you don’t f#ckin’ know me.
(AllHipHop Music) 21-year-old rapper has Shepherd released a special version of his arena-anthem “Gametime” featuring NBA superstar and legend, Shaquille O’Neal. After making waves with the release of the original track, it quickly amassed over 5 million streams and caught the attention of Shaq himself who decided to jump on it. “I wrote ‘Gametime’ so the fans could have something to motivate themselves to get up and fight for their dreams and purpose” says Shepherd. Shepherd says on having Shaq on his song, “Having Shaq on my record is literally an unreal experience. Tag teaming with arguably one of the best basketball players of all time is unmatched! ” Shaquille O’Neal goes by many monikers, most recently, as an EDM DJ going by DJ Diesel. Shaq’s presence in pop culture hasn’t waned since he came crashing into the NBA scene in 1992. A ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ celebrity that can still be seen as host on Inside the NBA on TNT has proved his staying power across multiple facets of both sports and entertainment.
Coach Joey is here to put on for the city of Detroit.
Making a name for himself as a well-respected producer, entrepreneur, and talent evaluator, real name Joseph McFashion has returned with a brand new project titled Ghetto Friends with Money.
The compilation mixtape features all of the D’s frontrunners including IceWear Vezzo, 42 Dugg, and Babyface Ray.
Beyond that, Joey travels back and forth between four states — Nevada, Michigan, Florida, & California — with Peezy, who remains incarcerated. The tape serves as a creative hub to keep his name alive in the streets.
In October of 2017, Joey dropped the official music video for Raw 2, which currently hails over 4.3 million views on Youtube. Since then, it’s his biggest single “This For You” featuring Peezy that’s really taken off.
G. Battles is here with a brand new visual for his fans. Born in San Diego but raised in Oakland, the West Coast rapper taps Rick Ross and Spice 1 in the official music video for “Rolls Royce.”
Directed by Rick The Director, the four-minute visual sees G decked out in all-white smoking on his cigar, performing the record in the classiest way possible.
Speaking on the new single, Battles reveals it was always a dream of his to have a Rolls Royce. He states, “Coming up in poverty, my only aspiration was to become successful so I would never want for anything. This song was written to manifest greatness in my own life and to show others that they can do the same thing too.”
“Rolls Royce” arrives on the heels of Battles’ latest visuals for “Roll Some Bomb,” “Fidel Castro,” and “Dogg Star.”
Currently residing in Las Vegas, G’s music has been featured in multiple TV shows for both FOX and Showtime, as well as the movie “Hot Flashes.”
In regards to his acting endeavors, he made a short appearance in “Straight Outta Compton.”
Villain Park is here to revive that 90’s hip-hop era we all know and love. Comprised of 23-year-old MC and producer Smoke, 23-year-old MC Bunge, and 21-year-old DJ Coly Cole, the rap trio claims they’ve been doing music their entire life.
As far as together as a group, VP came into fruition in 2013 — and they haven’t looked back since.
Inspired by the likes of Dom Kennedy, Jay 305, Timbaland, and Terrace Martin, fans quickly fell in love with VP’s ability to formulate bangers while spitting that real.
Smoke (younger brother of Double K from People Under the Stairs) describes themselves as a “collective of individuals who don’t care. We out here for ours. We the watchers, we the villains.”
The villains mean they’re watching everything that’s going down around them. While you might not see them, they definitely see you. They’re taking notes and leveling up everything you’re doing to make it better in a whole Blackout way.”
They’re not afraid to speak up, villains to the normal way of doing things and villains to the industry in their truest form. Now, they finally unleash their debut album The Recipe, a 12-track project detailing their lives as VP.
AllHipHop: What sets you guys apart from other LA groups?
Coly Cole: I really can’t say, you can hear it in the music. It’s authentic. It’s not trying to be anything, it’s just what it is. It’s what the feeling is. We real out here. We keeping it real. We not out here wearing a whole bunch of chains, we ain’t got a whole bunch of tattoos. Before all this, we were regular dudes in the city. Just living, showing that you can live out here. If you got talent, you show that and execute, you could do the same thing. You don’t gotta gangbang. You ain’t gotta follow nobody. Especially living in LA, you could easily be known as a follower. That’s what everybody else does.
Bunge: You can get caught up so fast in the trends, that’s why it’s important to be yourself at all times. Stick to how you feel.
AllHipHop: What part of LA are each of you from?
Bunge: West Los Angeles.
Cole: West LA to South Central. And Inglewood.
Smoke: We representing anywhere that La Cienega goes through. [chuckles] We all met each other at Robinson Park. Me and Cole were in a band together as young kids. He was on the drums, I was on the keys. Bunge lived down the street from Robinson Park.
Bunge: Right there on Airdrome. I met Smoke at Robinson, I met Cole at Hamilton High. It’s a realness.
AllHipHop: What made you guys decide you could work together as a group?
Everyone: Connection.
Cole: Most definitely connection, it’s all a mental thing with us. We know what’s right, that’s why it comes out the way it comes out. It’s unbelievable to people’s ears. They be thinking we’re using other big people… no, it’s us. You always gotta start somewhere. Ray Charles wasn’t always Ray Charles. Stevie Wonder wasn’t always Stevie. Actually, he was Stevie. He was on Motown when he was like 5? Newborn? But you know what I mean, all the greats start somewhere.
AllHipHop: At what point did you realize this music thing was for real?
Cole: The impact of the music.
Smoke: Seeing the way people react to our music and really take us seriously as artists and musicians. Seeing other people sing our lyrics in the crowd when we perform. Seeing people who we once and still look up give us props for what we doing, that’s how I knew it was real.
AllHipHop: Who came up with the name Villian Park?
Smoke: I came up with VP. The whole idea was to get a clique of the homies together, we were gonna call ourselves Villains. We didn’t really know what it was going to become until the whole rapping thing. I knew it was gonna be music. We were gonna produce big material, throw parties, do something! It went from Villains to Villain Park ‘cause I knew Villains wasn’t the one. We needed something different that wasn’t used before. Google searched the name and it was a wrap.
AllHipHop: Congrats on dropping The Recipe. How has the fan reception been?
Bunge: It’s been crazy.
Cole: Everybody’s happy. They happy to see 1) we finally put something out. 2) the fact it actually came out better than they even thought it was gonna be. 3) the fact that yes, young cats are out here making real serious music again, with substance and an album that could just play from #1 to #12. It seems like that’s the right way to do it anyway, but it’s in and out. It’s not like you get bored with something and you gotta skip a track.
Bunge: They’re just satisfied with a full body of work, ‘cause we been dropping so many singles over the years. Been on hiatuses for 3 to 6 months.
Cole: Been gone!
AllHipHop: What were the hiatuses for?
Cole: Life.
Bunge: Sitting back, wanting to get more creative with the music. You wanna get better. Also yeah life, what life is throwing at us.
Cole: Plus, you gotta let it age like wine. When wine come out, they let it sit for a while, then they put it out. That’s when you get the best taste.
Smoke: When it’s ready. It was all worth it though. A lot of people said the music was worth the wait, that’s very important.
AllHipHop: I heard the album release party was lit! Talk about that evening.
Cole: A whole lotta Blackout s##t. A whole lotta drinks.
Smoke: Real s##t, Blackout drunk.
Cole: We did blackout, that’s the name of the company anyway: B.O.C.
Smoke: It was crazy. A lot of real heads who really represent the culture in the right way, also the people who came out. We got a lot of comments saying when they walked inside, they felt the energy in the room. It wasn’t like a regular function you walk into where it’s people just sitting around, being cool. It was a whole ‘nother energy. It was our energy, it was VP.
Cole: That’s where I wanted to go with it. It was one of the first parties people been to where it was a lot of important people in there, a lot of people that you’d see at those types of places where they just wanna be cool at. But they felt comfortable to do whatever they wanted. Ya’ll see the homie Keyvon? You see how he was acting?
Bunge: He did the butt drops! [chuckles]
Cole: He was dancing… he lost his mind. He probably hurt himself the next morning, and his shoe came off! He picked it right back up and acted like it was a phone. I’m like yo. The person that we talkin’ about, come on he works for ADT. He don’t do stuff like that. [chuckles]
People in there were all blacking out. Nobody was caring about looking cool. If they made themselves look like a fool, that’s just what it was. Everybody embraced it. We want to show you could be cool by being your g###### self.
Bunge: All the time.
AllHipHop: The “Visions” music video is dark af. What was the creative vision behind this?
Cole: We wanted to make sure that everybody’s altogether man, that’s why we didn’t put no faces in it. Shout out to Qewly, Smoke Dawg on the editing. I watched him do that all night. All night, picking up the right little spots. That’s why it was so surreal to see on Revolt and all the places that it was on. We literally were in the house editing…
Bunge: All night.
AllHipHop: I know artists tend to have their own favorites that aren’t singles. What songs mean the most to you?
Everyone: “5 Fingaz.”
Cole: It’s the heart. It’s the story about Smoke and Bunge, on everything that led up to the point of how it is now. We were already talking about needing a song that tells a story, it gives you that feel.
Smoke: I naturally just started writing the story. Made the beat, sat down and started getting things off my chest I was holding in. I never really had the time to think about or see the way it really affected me. It was real therapeutic writing it, I felt like I was writing in a diary. Letting it be known and just getting it off, turned it into a song.
AllHipHop: What is it you want fans to get from your story?
Cole: It was never planned. The fact that we never gave up and we stuck to our guns. We stuck to what we know was right. There’s been so many people who tried to tell us “don’t do this, don’t do that.” We always still said “f##k that,” and did it anyway. The outcome ended up coming out in our favor at the end of the day.
Bunge: We did it our way. That was the plan, for us to do it our way.
AllHipHop: What are some goals yourself as an artist at this point of your career?
Smoke: To be the greatest. To be the hardest.
Bunge: Top tier. Definitely in your Top 5, Top 10 at the end of the day. Beyond that!
Cole: Overall, to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I want to see little girls in 30 years wearing VP shirts, even though they don’t know what a VP song is. It’s like you got people that wear Metallica shirts and you know damn well they don’t know who Metallica is. But that’s because they large though, it’s more than that.
Smoke: Same thing with the Wu-Tang logo. Everybody got it tatted, everybody got a shirt, don’t even know who RZA is.
Cole: But that logo was a stamp though. They put that s##t on the moon, so we want to do the same thing. We trying to make this the new Batman signal.
Smoke: In the sky, you’ll see it one day.
AllHipHop: Cole you deejay for the group, then you two rap?
Cole: Yeah we Run-DMC-ing, A Tribe Called Quest-ing, Naughty by Nature-ing. Good s##t.
AllHipHop: What do each of you bring to the table?
Cole: Smoke brings the most immaculate production of all time, that you haven’t heard in centuries. To a whole ‘nother Blackout level to where people think it’s so complicated, but that’s just him. That’s what he does, g###### immaculate man. The fact that he’s also a master wordsmith as well, he’s a sword. Bunge is also a cutthroat sword that will cut through your ears.
You hear his voice, his voice is a frequence already. His s##t is smashing through your ears.
Me on the other hand, I’m the f##king shield ready to smack you across the head. I’m more than just the DJ, I’m low key like Flava Flav, Spliff Star, Jam Master Jay, Jazzy Jeff, a whole bunch of other people in one. But at the same time, I’m motherf##kin’ Coly Cole and you ain’t never gonna see nobody like me in your life. You put that all together with this Villain Park s##t, it’s a big ass boulder just getting ready to smash on you.
Smoke: It’s a vibe, it’s a perfect balance. And we brothers too, so it was destined.
Cole: We all know what we bring to the table.
AllHipHop: What’s a normal day in the life? Walk us through.
Bunge: Aw man, joking. Clownin’. Goofing around. Ballin’.
Cole: One of the main things that we’re notorious for is posting up. We gon’ be posted up for hours and not know that we been posted up for that long. Everybody else around us be like “bro, what are we doing?” s##t, we posted. [chuckles] That’s if we not in the studio though.
Smoke: We having fun. We leave the doors open so the masses can come in.
Cole: Inspiration.
AllHipHop: 3 things you need in the studio?
Bunge: A gallon of water.
Cole: A big ass bottle of Jameson. Some incense.
Smoke: Some incense fasho.
Bunge: A charger. Of course there’s already equipment in the studio… I’ma say good energy.
Cole: No bad energy, that’s also why I brung up Nas. That first song he put on the Lost Tapes 2, he’s like “No Bad Energy.” Please no bad energy. When you have good energy, you always gon’ always bring something nice and make a moment. ‘Cause even that little smidge of tension, it’s not gon’ feel right. Everybody not gon’ be on the same page.
AllHipHop: Speaking of Nas, who’s in ya’lls Top 5?
Bunge: That’s hard. Kendrick, Eminem, Luda. I gotta put Cole, Cole’s hard. And 50.
Smoke: We talking rappers? Ice Cube. I’m really trying to be careful with this. Busta Rhymes fasho. I love WC, Suga Free, Spice 1.
Cole: Black Thought. Kurupt. Xzibit. Jay of course. I need one more. It’s between two people for me: Busta. People don’t be putting Busta in they Top 5’s like that.
AllHipHop: He can spit like a motherf##ker!
Cole: People know that, but then they don’t want to put him in their Top 5. My 6th man is, I never told ya’ll this, but Lady of Rage. Lady of Rage is my 6th woman.
Bunge: You f##k with the female artists.
Cole: I do! I f##k with the hardest, that’s what it is.
Smoke: One of my favorite female artists is Pookie Blow. She on the album, she on “Smoke Break.” That’s my actual sister.
AllHipHop: What’s the best encounter you had with a fan?
Cole: Mine was in a text message. It was a supporter. He’s basically talking about how he wasn’t trying to listen to no new music because his cousin had passed away. But then he heard ours and it uplifted his spirit again. That’s all he was listening to, it made him feel good. That’s always good to hear. Plus the homie’s mama who don’t even like me.
Bunge: ‘Cause it’s usually moms and parents.
Cole: Exactly. Even if they do say it, they just say they like it. “I like what ya’ll doing.” They be really writing paragraphs, going “man you guys remind me of this when I was a kid. This was crazy! Tapped into this vibe, how’d ya’ll do that?” The little things are always amazing. The people you’re not used to reacting to stuff, react. You gotta make even more overlook of what the whole world is probably gonna do instead.
AllHipHop: Dream collab?
Smoke: Dream collab is to be in studio with our music and Dre. I’d definitely say one of them.
Cole: I want us to do something with DJ Quik. I always heard how if you not with Dre, they Quik is the guy. If you can’t get to Dre, Quik is the guy.
Bunge: Of course Kendrick. For me man, ‘cause I was listening to him when I started. That’d just be dope to have him in the studio with us.
Smoke: Another dream collab real quick, is The Alchemist.
Cole: Oh yes, please!
AllHipHop: Anything else you want to let us know?
Everyone:The Recipe, new album just released. “Visions” video out now. We got a whole bunch of other music videos coming. We got a whole lot coming from the Blackout Company and Villain Park. We got something for ya’ll, that’s all it is. Enough said.
Timothy Savage is the father of one R. Kelly’s girlfriends.
In a May 2018 phone call, Mason told Timothy Savage, “I’m gonna do harm to you and your family, when I see you I’m gonna get you, I’m going to f##king kill you.”
Joycelyn Savage’s family alleges she has been brainwashed and victimized by R. Kelly, who supposedly runs a sex cult.
The 52-year-old Chicago native has pleaded not guilty to 18 felony counts for sexually abusing minors.
According to reports, a trial date for R. Kelly has been set for May 18, 2020 and he will remain locked up until then.
(AllHipHop Rumors) The Donald known as The Trump is not one to hold back his emotions on anything! This dude is having an allergic reaction to Nancy Pelosi, who is the Speaker of the House. She is the one leading the charge on the impeachment movement against Donald Trump.
Well, the Donald is not taking a chat this morning well at all. Now, I know you guys are like “What does this have to do with Hip-Hop?” The answer is simple, “I do what I wants to do, broken English and all.
“I think the president knows the argument that can be made against him, and he’s scared,” Pelosi told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview to air in full Thursday morning on “Good Morning America.”
“I saw the surprise in his voice that he didn’t understand that I thought what he did was wrong,” Pelosi continued about
Trump’s call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “That he was undermining our national security, that he was undermining our Constitution by his actions and he was undermining the integrity of our elections. He just didn’t see it.”
Well, it didn’t take love for El Presidente to lose it!
Nancy Pelosi just said that she is interested in lowering prescription drug prices & working on the desperately needed USMCA. She is incapable of working on either. It is just camouflage for trying to win an election through impeachment. The Do Nothing Democrats are stuck in mud!
Adam Schiff should only be so lucky to have the brains, honor and strength of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. For a lowlife like Schiff, who completely fabricated my words and read them to Congress as though they were said by me, to demean a First in Class at West Point, is SAD!
The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone’s time and energy on B#######, which is what they have been doing ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016, 223-306. Get a better candidate this time, you’ll need it!
(AllHipHop News) Jordan Peele has signed an exclusive five-year deal with Universal Pictures.
The “Get Out” filmmaker and his firm Monkeypaw productions have agreed to release all their films with the studio, in a deal reportedly worth more than $100 million.
Announcing the pact with Universal chief Donna Langley, Peele, 40, tells Variety: “It would not have been possible to make ‘Get Out’ and (its follow-up) ‘Us’ without the endless trust and support we received from Donna Langley and the team at Universal.
“Their willingness to take risks and their commitment to original content makes them the perfect collaborative partner for Monkeypaw. I couldn’t be more excited for what lies ahead.”
Insiders tell Variety the deal matches the nine-figure overall deals top creatives like Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes have signed with Netflix.
But Jordan’s deal is structured to include upfront compensation, operational costs, and backend box office percentages.
The agreement will cover two films Peele and Universal currently have in development, for which he will serve as writer, director, and producer, as well as Monkeypaw’s “Candyman” remake.
Peele and his production partner Win Rosenfeld are writing the script for the reimagined horror, with Little Woods filmmaker Nia DaCosta directing.
(AllHipNews) Rap star Gucci Mane has finally linked with the Gucci brand for a brand new project.
The Atlanta rap Legend teamed up with Gucci for a new global partnership and ad campaign.
The new “Cruise 2020” ad campaign was shot by iconic filmmaker/photographer Harmony Korine.
Gucci Mane used a photo from the campaign to create the cover art for his upcoming album WOPTOBER II.
Earlier this month Gucci teased a few tracks from the project with the release of “Richer Than Errybody with YoungBoy Never Broke Again and DaBaby,” as well as this song “Richer Than Errybody.”
WOPTOBER II is Gucci Mane’s 15th studio album, which is slated for release on Thursday, October 17th.
The lawsuit escalated in 2018 when lawyers for Parlux Fragrances demanded the rapper turn over his calendar.
They also wanted the rapper videotaped for a deposition which they claimed invoked memories of the “Spanish Inquisition.”
Earlier this week, a judge issued a ruling in the case to address Jay-Z’s privacy concerns.
Jay-Z does not want to be filmed answering sensitive questions under oath, which could eventually make its way into the hands of the hungry press.
A judge has ordered Jay-Z to be videotaped as he testifies, noting all parties are being held to a strict confidentiality agreement barring anyone from ever handing over the file.
Additionally, each party will receive a watermarked copy of the videotape to identify the leaker.
Any unwatermarked copies will be destroyed as a safeguard against potential leaks.
(AllHipHop Rumors) We are in a brave new world in the rumors, where I am forced to write about Travis and Kylie. BUT, this is where we are! They have broken up! Do you care? Are you hurt? Have your “goals” been shattered, especially since we have seen them, so happy in the recent past?
Now, the powers that manipulate these kinds of matters have said that they are taking a break, but the streets are saying ISSA WRAP! They dated for 2 years and now they are taking some time off. People magazine says the real reason is “they have trust issues,” but this means she doesn’t trust him. Or better still, he’s been smashing chicks on the side. But, I don’t actually think that since it would hard for him to get away with…you know the papz and all.
The couple has a 1-year-old daughter by the name of Stormi Webster. Now, it is important to keep in mind that these two have not confirmed the report, but they are certainly not denying it either. This thing is EVERYWHERE. I am thinking they will take a few days and release a statement on Friday when the media is in a lull.
The last time they were seen together was at the premiere of the Travis Scott documentary in late August. Good luck and godspeed.
