(AllHipHop News) Some rap fans and pundits were preparing for a possible sales battle between North Carolina newcomer DaBaby and Chicago veteran Kanye West. Some reports now suggest DaBaby’s Kirk could be the only LP from the two rhymers to arrive on Friday.
A source told Variety that Kanye’s Jesus Is King is being pushed back from its announced September 27 release date. However, someone extremely close to Ye, his wife Kim Kardashian, informed her 62 million Twitter followers that the project is still coming out this week. Kardashian retweeted a tweet from the @colinags Twitter account that read, “2 more days Jesus is King.” Colin only has 2,515 followers, but two of those people are Kim K and Kanye.
Meanwhile, New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli tweeted on Thursday, “It’s Kanye so who knows but I’m hearing from many industry people that ‘Jesus Is King’ is not coming on Friday, despite people on the ground in Wyoming trying to make it happen……..”
@colinags replied to Coscarelli’s post by writing, “Kim wouldn’t be retweeting countdowns if this was so…” The unknown individual later admitted, “I know as much about Kanye’s album as [everyone] else here. I’m trying to piece it together just as everyone else is. I’m not an ‘insider.’ I don’t get why @Variety is unsure of my identity, but I’d love to be friends with the person that wrote that. lol.”
it’s Kanye so who knows but I’m hearing from many industry people that “Jesus Is King” is not coming on Friday, despite people on the ground in Wyoming trying to make it happen……..
(AllHipHop News) A judge overseeing the high-profile trial of Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods member has agreed to destroy key documents which could expose informants.
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer signed off on a protective order filed by the lead prosecutor, Geoffrey S. Berman, requesting all “3500” material be destroyed when the trial ends.
“Each defendant is precluded from taking any 3500 material (or any copies) of any cooperating witness or non-law enforcement witness with him into any jail facility, or possessing any 3500 material of any cooperating witness within any jail facility, either before, during or after trial; except that each defendant may review 3500 material of the cooperating and non-law enforcement witnesses when in the presence of defense counsel.
According to a high-placed legal source, the request is fairly standard, but this particular case is receiving extra scrutiny over the numerous leaks that have sprung from the court.
“I’m in a new level so it doesn’t really matter,” he said.
Nas added that he hopes his coming out story will let his young fans “who are gonna have to go through stuff like this in the future.”
Nas, real name Montero Lamar Hill, has previously said he came out so fast after finding fame because he wanted to emphasize to fans that it’s fine to be gay.
“It’s not like I was being forced,” he said on HBO talk show “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” “It’s just like knowing growing up, I’m growing up to hate this s##t… Homosexuality, gay people…
“If, for me, the cool dude with the song on top of everything, to say this at any other time, I’m doing this for attention… But if you’re doing this while you’re at the top, you know it’s for real. It’s showing it doesn’t really matter, I guess.”
Tray Haggerty describes himself as a “legend in the making,” which is the exact type of energy every artist needs to make it to the top. The singer, songwriter, and rapper hails from the South (Dallas to be exact), but boasts a West Coast sound. The “2 Sides” artist has already surpassed over 3 million streams from all streaming platforms, with over 100K monthly listeners on Spotify alone.
Last year, you may have seen Tray do commercial with the beverage company Fanta, but it’s his recent “2 Sides” remix with Iamsu that he’s proud of most. AllHipHop caught up with Tray to discuss his favorite Lil Wayne song, working with Su, and goals as an artist.
Tray Haggerty: Because I bring something different to the table. I put on for the South, for people who aren’t the hood-est. For the people who went through a lot, but didn’t have to be on the streets.
AllHipHop: What did it mean to get Su on “2 Sides”?
Tray Haggerty: Su is definitely a legend from the Bay. I met Su when I was in college years ago, his cousin was my best friend in college. Su brought us into a Rae Sremmurd show at SXSW one time, we got in with him. I’m like bro that’s Su, he’s a legend. “I beat the p##sy up…”, that song be hitting. Having him on a record is definitely an honor, especially being out here. It’s crazy.
AllHipHop: What are some goals yourself as an artist at this point of your career?
Tray Haggerty: To sign a major deal, that’s the ultimate goal. I’m a songwriter too, so the ultimate goal is to get placements. To go on tour with another dope artist. To get a song with Lil Wayne, that’s my favorite artist of all-time. I grew up listening to him since 7th grade. How Young Thug talks about Wayne, that’s me too. Wayne is my legend. I know every Wayne song, every Wayne lyric.
AllHipHop: Favorite Weezy song?
Tray Haggerty: I can’t even name a favorite song but project, Carter III.
AllHipHop: “3Peat is my s##t.”
Tray Haggerty: I really love “Let The Beat Build,” but the most impressive song is “Dr. Carter.” The reason why is for him to visually paint a picture of him being in the hospital and resurrecting hip-hop, I’ve never heard that been done before. Especially not now in this generation, nobody’s ever painted a picture of him actually saving hip-hop. The sound effects, that’s on another level.
AllHipHop: What can we expect music-wise?
Tray Haggerty: I have another song dropping this month, then a project dropping end of October, no later than early November. Got a lot of visuals dropping, 4 or 5 for almost each song on the projects. There’s 7 to 8 songs on the project. Dropping monthly freestyles and creative visuals for Instagram, still doing that every month to show people that I can really rap. That’s what I started out doing, really lyrically rapping. Do as much as I can.
(AllHipHop News) Will Smith is set to depict yet another real-life figure as the star of a new film about crime boss Nicky Barnes.
The actor, who took on roles inspired by real people in films like “Concussion,” “The Pursuit of Happiness” and “Ali,” will headline “The Council” for Netflix.
The production will rejoin Smith with his “Concussion” director Peter Landesman, who also wrote the script.
The project centers on the drug ring Barnes ran in 1970s Harlem.
Nicky Barnes, real name Leroy Nicholas Barnes, was a mobster until he was arrested in 1978 and sentenced to life in prison.
He later became an FBI informant and lived out his days in the witness protection program before losing his battle with cancer in 2012.
(AllHipHop News) Beyonce has called her seven-year-old daughter Blue Ivy a “cultural icon,” as her legal fight with wedding planner Wendy Morales continues.
“(Morales claims) that consumers are likely to be confused between a boutique wedding event planning business and Blue Ivy Carter, the daughter of two of the most famous performers in the world, is frivolous and should be refused in its entirety,” Beyonce’s legal team argued, adding that the trademark she and husband Jay-Z are seeking is for “Blue Ivy Carter” and not just “Blue Ivy.’
“Blue Ivy Carter is a cultural icon who has been described as a ‘mini style star’ and has been celebrated for her ‘fashion moments’ over the years. Her life and activities are followed extensively by the media and the public,” the documents continued.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Young Dro has been sentenced to jail time for assaulting his girlfriend with banana pudding.
According to legal documents, Dro was sentenced to 12 months behind bars after pleading guilty to one count of battery and family violence.
He was ordered to serve 70 days and he also got credit for 20 days already completed.
Upon his release, he will serve out his 12-month sentence on probation and submit to a drug/alcohol evaluation within 30 days of his discharge from jail.
He has also been ordered to undergo domestic violence counseling.
Kristian Cruz is a former Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods member who is a cooperating witness now, like rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine.
Cruz was responsible for dealing drugs for the ruthless street gang.
During his account on the stand, Cruz explained that he had an NYPD sergeant in his pocket, who worked as a drug courier for the gang.
Kristian Cruz maintained that Sergeant Arlicia Robinson assisted the gang with delivering shipments of heroin into New York City.
Cruz stated Sergeant Robinson was the girlfriend of one of his close associates, and he picked her because she would attract little to no attention, due to her status within the ranks of the NYPD.
Apparently, her $111,000 a year salary as a Sergeant working for the Housing Bureau was not enough.
Sergeant Robinson was responsible for supervising 22 housing projects throughout Brooklyn when she was indicted.
She is accused of working with the gang and three separate incidents, once in July of 2018, and twice in August of 2018.
Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack is one of almost a dozen men associated with Tekashi 6ix9ine who were charged in a sweeping RICO indictment.
The “GUMMO” rapper has been cooperating with authorities since The Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods members were rounded up in November of 2018.
Tekashi 6ix9ine, real name Daniel Hernandez, testified for three days during Mack’s trial and explain the inner workings of the organization, as well as the power struggle and beef that exploded over control of the rapper’s career.
Yesterday, AllHipHop broke the news that 6ix9ine’s manager Kifano “Shotti” Jordan hired El Chapo’s lawyer to appeal his conviction and subsequent sentence of 15 years for his role in operating with The Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.
While the original Follow The Leader never led a Billboard chart when it came out in 1988, Hay’s revamped LP topped Billboard’s Jazz Album chart for four nonconsecutive weeks. The publication spoke with Eric B. & Rakim to talk about the success of the new collection.
“I couldn’t have done a better job myself and I created the original album [laughs]. It’s a great body of work, and all the guys should be so proud of themselves. The simple way to put it is that life imitates art, and art imitates life, and it’s all coming around full circle,” said Eric B.
Rakim added, “I’m having a great moment being able to look back at over three decades in Hip Hop and count all the blessings that continue to come from the music. Going on tour with Eric, putting down my thoughts and memories on the pages of a book and hearing our music faithfully but cosmically re-arranged in that jazz style… and then have that shoot to No. 1? You got to take a minute, step back and take it all in.”
(AllHipHop News) At the moment, Hollywood seems to be infatuated with historical dramas covering African American crime bosses. FX’s Snowfall series tells the fictionalized story of the rise of crack cocaine in 1980s-era Los Angeles, a plot reminiscent of convicted drug trafficker “Freeway” Rick Ross’ real life.
The Forest Whitaker-led Godfather of Harlem show about mobster Bumpy Johnson is headed to EPIX on September 29. In addition, news broke this week that Will Smith is set to star as New York City drug lord Leroy “Nicky” Barnes in the forthcoming Netflix biopic The Council. The streaming service’s Strong Black Lead Twitter account announced the movie.
EXCITING NEWS Y'ALL!
Will Smith is set to produce and star as Nicky Barnes in “THE COUNCIL” – the never-before-told story of the Harlem-based crime syndicate that set out to create Black equity and self-sufficiency during the 1970s and early 80s. pic.twitter.com/iVt6C0cckx
“EXCITING NEWS Y’ALL! Will Smith is set to produce and star as Nicky Barnes in ‘THE COUNCIL’ – the never-before-told story of the Harlem-based crime syndicate that set out to create Black equity and self-sufficiency during the 1970s and early 80s,” read Strong Black Lead’s tweet.
Veteran journalist Touré quoted that post about The Council with the response, “This description makes Nicky Barnes sound like a Civil Rights leader.” The former Rolling Stone and Vibe contributor also addressed the fact that the heroin kingpin once known as “Mr. Untouchable” helped the government indict 44 of his former cohorts.
“Is the biggest issue with Nicky Barnes really that he became a witness for the state and got several drug dealers convicted or is it that he was an extraordinarily successful drug dealer whose work helped destroy thousands of Black lives?” tweeted Touré.
He added, “I can enjoy a good film about a gangsta drug dealer as much as anyone but I think we’re idolizing the gangsta drug dealer a bit too much when we’re angrier about them snitching (ie, being disloyal to criminals) than about poisoning their community (ie, poisoning their people).”
This description makes Nicky Barnes sound like a Civil Rights leader. https://t.co/ZtvMOlZR3H
Is the biggest issue with Nicky Barnes really that he became a witness for the state and got several drug dealers convicted or is it that he was an extraordinarily successful drug dealer whose work helped destroy thousands of Black lives? https://t.co/q4FgLtEeVt
I can enjoy a good film about a gangsta drug dealer as much as anyone but I think we’re idolizing the gangsta drug dealer a bit too much when we’re angrier about them snitching (ie, being disloyal to criminals) than about poisoning their community (ie, poisoning their people).
The search turned up prescription-only pills, a physician’s prescription pad, drug paraphernalia, and some marijuana.
The cops also found an assortment of guns, a silencer, and a large amount of ammunition.
Reavis is charged with fraudulent schemes and artifices, possession of marijuana, possession of prescription drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, weapons misconduct by a prohibited possessor, and manufacture of a prohibited weapon.
He is being held on a $50,000 cash-only bond and was transferred to the custody of the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.
Ryan Reavis is the second man to be arrested over Mac Miller’s death.
TMZreports Dash filed legal documents in order to modify his child support obligations to ex-wife Rachel Roy. According to the website, the businessman’s adjusted gross income in 2018 was only around $56,000 while Roy earned roughly $500,000.
It appears Dash originally agreed to pay $6,000 a month in child support for 19-year-old Ava and 11-year-old Tallulah. Reportedly, the 48-year-old New York City native is requesting to stop payments for Ava since she is now older than 18.
“The way I have things set up is that when the money would go into the Rachel Roy company, Rachel would cut the checks. We all moved to L.A. and all of a sudden I got warrants so I wasn’t there to answer,” said Dash in March. “I didn’t realize no one had been paying the child support.”
He continued, “When I finally realized what happened I was like, ‘Yo, I don’t have nothing to do with that.’ She cuts her own checks, and I had just given my son’s mother $150,000 to buy a house. So how am I having warrants? I just gave one $150,000 and I just gave the other $50,000 and she’s in control of her own checks.”
(AllHipHop News) Over the last several days, Russ has been very open on social media about his thoughts on the music industry. On September 21, the Columbia Records-signed rapper sent out a series of tweets offering advice to aspiring artists.
“All of the people in their little corner of the world tryna turn your dreams to reality..keep goin. It starts and ends with you. The world isn’t gonna crown you until you crown yourself. Stop discussing your dreams with ppl who don’t believe (could be family). Stay focused,” wrote Russ.
The “Paranoid” performer returned to the social media platform on Tuesday to post a cryptic note to his 2.1 million followers. He tweeted, “I already know they’re gonna kill me off. Until then I’m lettin these mf thoughts and opinions fly. Opinion is a luxury of life. I’m not trippin bout sh*t.”
Later that night, Russ sent out another tweet that read, “All I want for my birthday is some [motherf*cking] peace.” The New Jersey-born, Georgia-raised rhymer is set to turn 27 on September 26.
An anti-drug usage message that appeared to refer to addicts as “f*cking losers” caused some backlash as well. Then Russ continued to call out pill users on Twitter just days after Lil Peep died from an apparent overdose. Those tweets were met with condemnation from SmokePurrp and others.
All of the people in their little corner of the world tryna turn your dreams to reality..keep goin. It starts and ends with you. The world isn’t gonna crown you until you crown yourself. Stop discussing your dreams with ppl who don’t believe (could be family). Stay focused ❤️ ✨
I already know they’re gonna kill me off. Until then I’m lettin these mf thoughts and opinions fly. Opinion is a luxury of life. I’m not trippin bout s###.
(AllHipHop News) Cardi B is going to fight for her money in a $5 million battle over the raunchy cover for her 2016 mixtape “Gangsta “B##ch Music Vol. 1.”
A guy named Kevin Michael Brophy claims Cardi used a photo of his tattooed covered back on the cover of the mixtape without his permission.
Brophy is suing Cardi for $5 million. He claims was humiliated because the cover features him giving Cardi B. oral sex as she casually chugs a beer.
Cardi B, real name Belcalis Almanzar, said she was being extorted and is refused to pay Brophy and attempted to have the lawsuit dismissed.
In new court documents, Cardi replied to Brophy’s claims by denying knowledge of several key allegations and she is gearing up for a defense claiming the cover is protected under fair use laws.
“Plaintiff is barred from obtaining the relief sought by each and all of his claims by virtue of the doctrine of fair use, taking into account, among other things, the purpose and character of the alleged use by Defendants; the nature of the work, i.e., the photograph, depicting Plaintiff that was allegedly used by Defendants; the amount of the portion of the photograph of Plaintiff that was alleged used by Defendants, in relation to the entirety of the original photograph of Plaintiff; and the effect , if any, of the alleged use by Defendants upon the potential market for or value of the original
photograph of Plaintiff,” Cardi’s lawyer Alan G. Dowling explained.
Cardi also claims Brophy’s demand for $5 million is “speculative” and she claims she didn’t even make any money from “Gangsta B##ch Music Vol.1.”
Cardi B. will tentatively face off against Kevin Michael Brophy on August 11, 2020.
(AllHipHop News) “The Voice Of New York” Angie Martinez’s upcoming series, Untold Stories of Hip Hop, will feature in-depth conversations with a wide range of rap stars. Bronx-raised superstar Cardi B is set to appear on the premiere episode.
According to a press release, Cardi will discuss a “shocking” #MeToo moment as well as the “Press” rhymer’s first time having sex with her husband Offset. The couple began dating in 2017, and they eventually got married later that year. Cardi gave birth to their daughter Kulture Kiari Cephus on July 10, 2018.
West Coast icon Snoop Dogg will be a guest on the first Untold Stories of Hip Hop show as well. The Doggfather sat down with host/executive producer Angie Martinez to share tales about his history with the late Tupac Shakur.
A$AP Rocky, DJ Khaled, Queen Latifah, Ice Cube, Ice-T, MC Lyte, Wyclef Jean, Nelly, Ja Rule, Fat Joe, and more rappers have been announced as future interviewees for the program. Untold Stories of Hip Hop is scheduled to debut Thursday, September 26 at 10 pm ET/9 pm CT on WE tv.
(AllHipHop News) “When we ball, even the feds took pictures of it. And I ain’t here to make no issues of it,” says Jim Jones on his “Make No Issues of It” single. Those words take on more significant meaning after Tekashi 6ix9ine testified in a federal trial that Jones was a member of the infamous Nine Trey Bloods gang.
While Jim has yet to publicly address 6ix9ine naming him in open court, the Dipset Capo has not backed down from embracing Blood-related paraphernalia. His new music video for “Make No Issues of It” is filled with red-colored imagery.
Jones can be seen wearing a red bandana as he drives a vehicle. Later, the Harlem-raised emcee performs in a crimson jacket and snapback hat. He raps, “I’m in your halls with Taj Mahals and some red caps.”
The track “Make No Issues of It” appears on Jim Jones’ 2019 album El Capo. The Heatmakerz-produced indie project features Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Cam’ron, Maino, Fabolous, Dave East, Curren$y, Jadakiss, Trav, and more Hip Hop artists.
(AllHipHop Rumors) Jim Jones…a snitch? What in the world has life come to? Jim Jone is one of the most official dudes in the game! He has kept it real! He’s gotten in trouble! Gotten out of trouble! When the smoke clears, Jim is just sturdy – period! But now, the latest intel is trying to say that the Harlem Diplomat is an informant.
This all started apparently from a story on TMZ, in which THEY say he was listed at Informant 1 in an original article. This is what I have been told it LOOKED like:
By the time I got to the article, none of that language was present in the story, which leads me to believe that they gave out some bad info. Now, everybody thinks Jim Jones might be a snitch! No! No! And No!
(AllHipHop Rumors) President Donald Trump may have met his match finally. Nancy Pelosi has announced formally that they would start an impeachment inquiry against President Trump, stating clearly that he has betrayed his oath of office to get political gain at the expense of another American candidate.
You may not realize this, but this is bad.
Now, they are saying that Trump knows it is bad to the extent that he’s “begging” old Nancy NOT to continue. But this is not a deal or is it?
“I couldn’t really embrace the n##ga properly and he seen I wasn’t really f##king with him like that, he like this n##ga don’t want to f##k with me. Shotti was making him feel like he was his brother or something,” Mel Murda said on a wiretapped called.
6ix9ine and Kifano “Shotti” Jordan had a falling out Jones, as well as fellow gang members Anthony “Harv” Ellison, and Aljermiah Mack.
6ix9ine could sense Mel Murda’s apprehension towards working with him, so the rapper worked with Shotti instead.
This led to disagreements over how to manage Tekashi’s career, money, and even how to respond to rival rappers with extreme violence.
“If I just would’ve accepted that little n##ga from the door because the n#gga’s so weird…I couldn’t do it, bro. Man, I can’t f### with this n####, Blood,” Mel Murda said on a wiretapped call.
Ellison and another man eventually kidnapped Tekashi 6ix9ine over the feud and robbed him for over $750,000 worth of jewels.
6ix9ine spent three days testifying against Aljermiah Mack and Harv Ellison. The trial is supposed to wrap up on September 28th according to prosecutors.
Baby Gas describes himself as the most “ghetto vato out of East Oakland,” a place he represents down to his core. The Bay Area native is here to put on for his people, which includes the Mexican and Hispanic community. When it comes to the struggle, he creates music for the people to relate. For the people to feel.
Most recently, he enlisted E-40 on his “Life In The Ghetto” remix, which is well on its way to hit a million on Youtube. AllHipHop caught up with Baby Gas in Los Angeles to chat about getting shot in his leg and getting million-dollar game from the Ambassador of the Bay.
Baby Gas: I’m full-driven. I go after what I’m looking for and I make sure I get the message across. When it comes to my people, we’ve been getting left out for a long time now
AllHipHop: “30 On Me” is at over 3.4M on Youtube alone. Did you foresee it blowing up like this?
Baby Gas: Man no, I’m actually not a fan of the song.
AllHipHop: Why aren’t you a fan of this song?
Baby Gas: Just because it goes back to the streets. To me, I like to stay away from making typical street music. I like to get a little deeper. I like to talk about the s##t that other people would be embarrassed to talk about. Yeah, you’re going to glorify you’re in the streets and you’re on some gangsta s##t, but you probably don’t glorify the fact that there ain’t no food in your fridge or you’re waiting on EBT to kick in. My personal favorite music of my own is that type. “30 On Me” wasn’t the biggest or the first of my choices. It just popped off, I don’t know what it was.
AllHipHop: Talk about being shot, what happened?
Baby Gas: I won’t get into detail too much ‘cause I like to leave the streets in the streets, but just wrong place wrong time. Getting too comfortable I guess, moving too fast. But it’s cool. It happened at the same time that I dropped an album.
AllHipHop: So it was just some hater s##t?
Baby Gas: Anytime you do some successful s##t, it’ll be some hater s##t. It was the same week I dropped the album so I like to say God likes to balance things out. You can’t get all of these blessings without getting balanced out a little bit.
AllHipHop: You shouldn’t ever feel you deserve to be shot at.
Baby Gas: Nah it ain’t about feeling like you deserved to be shot, but s##t. If you live a certain lifestyle, you got to deal with certain consequences. You can’t sit here and complain. Not once do I do that. I wake up every day, we still keeping it lit. We still take the little 5-hour drive just like this, all the way to LA. We keeping it lit. It’s a test, see how hard you hustle. You just dropped a new album, you just flooded your city with 28 billboards, you just dropped a song with E-40, boom! Slow downright quick.
AllHipHop: This was the first time you ever got shot?
Baby Gas: Yes, first time. Hopefully the last.
AllHipHop: Was it traumatic at all?
Baby Gas: At first nah, because I didn’t really notice. It was too much adrenaline pumping. I didn’t feel it until I saw it. When I saw it, that’s when it came on like “aww s##t.” It started burning, but it’s alright. It wasn’t no big dramatic s##t. I was concerned a bit because obviously, I have a main artery down there, but besides that it’s cool. Just a little couple months for the bounce back.
AllHipHop: Best memory from the video shoot with E-40?
Baby Gas: Getting some game, like entrepreneurship game from E-40. Because I also own a few businesses myself: clothing companies, multimedia companies. I owned Stockton‘s main studio.
Opened up a studio out there, we were open for 3 years. I’m sure he got a lot of game from the streets, but it ain’t nothing I ain’t been through. Just that million dollar game. Besides meeting big bro, that was legendary. Meeting E-40 was an accomplishment within itself.
AllHipHop: What was the million-dollar game that he gave you?
Baby Gas: I’m not going to spill everything, but just the consistency and the creativity he puts into his stuff. When the f##k did we ever think of E-40 making E. Cuarenta Tequila? He comes out the left field and is not afraid of being different. Another thing he said: stay on their necks.
When I got on the phone with him, I didn’t know he was already familiar with me. He’s like “keep doing your thing. Keep your foot on their necks, it’s eventually going to come.” You know how the game is, you’ve gotta kind of force your name into people’s mouth. It starts off, they’re kind of bitter and don’t like the name at first. Then the more they hear about you, they’re bound to f##k with you. They gotta respect it.
