(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.
(AllHipHop News) Lizzo has shared an empowering message with fans, insisting it’s their differences that “make them great”.
The singer/rapper paused her set at Bustle’s Rule Breakers Festival in Brooklyn, New York to urge fans to never let anyone talk them down and convince them they won’t succeed.
“I just want to say right now because we have so many incredible people here tonight, I just want to encourage my young girls, my young women of color as well, my young queer fam, and gender nonconforming (fans), I want to let y’all know that you are more than qualified to run this country,” the 31-year-old told the crowd. “Do not let them make your identity what keeps you out of greatness, because that is what makes you great.”
The “Truth Hurts” hitmaker was introduced to the stage by politician Stacey Adams who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017.
She added: “This country has been run by the same kind of person for a long time, but the face of this country — you are America, this is what it looks like!”
(AllHipHop News) Tekashi 6ix9ine’s manager Kifano “Shotti” Jordan has filed an appeal over his conviction for terrorizing New York with the rapper and the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.
Shotti was sentenced to 15 years for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
The Feds also labeled Shotti the #2 man for the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods’ street lineup, who was “one of the most culpable Nine Trey members charged in this case.”
Shotti is planning to appeal the conviction.
He is being represented by Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera’s former lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, who also defended Jimmy Henchman, John Gotti Jr. Fat Joe, Game, and others.
(AllHipHop Rumors) It never quite made sense. How was Tekashi 69’s kidnapping recorded so clear!?! For some reason, I could only surmise that it was because Tek had an Uber Driver and he was recording. But it was more than Uber! In fact, it was more like Fed Driver! 69 unknowingly had a snitch driver that was working for the Feds!
As originally reported by the New York Daily News, the driver was what they like to call “illegal” and he was caught by ICE officials. To make way for him to stay in the country, they sent him back to continue working for Tekkie, BUT…they manned his vehicle with a camera to record. They hit the whole jackpot when the rainbow-haired rapper was “kidnapped” by members of the Nine Trey Blood Gang.
He tried to get Tekashi back when they got him, but had to stop when somebody ran on him with a gun. “I thought we were going to get killed. And we would be robbed,” he said in court. The crazy thing is that he legitimately seemed to care about Tekashi in that video, where he referred to him as is “brother.” Well, now they are brothers in Snitch Land.
Bu-bu-bu-but wait, it gets worse! Now, Tekashi’s ex is throwing some sensational energy back into the streets, stating that the driver’s a P###! She’s saying he was locked up for screwing his own underage cousin! This is a double whammy because Tekashi has been accused as a p### as well. That’s some weird energy!
(AllHipHop News) In July, Beyoncé presented The Lion King: The Giftas an accompaniment album to Disney’s 2019 remake of The Lion King movie. Queen Bey’s “Brown Skin Girl” with Saint Jhn, Wizkid, and Blue Ivy Carter was one of the standout tracks from the project.
While Blue Ivy has a way to go before she catches up with her mother (Beyoncé, 63 entries) or father (Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, 100 entries), the 7-year-old musical scion earned her first hit on the Hot 100 chart with “Brown Skin Girl.” The elder Knowles-Carter documented the creation of “Brown Skin Girl” and other tracks off The Lion King: The Gift on the ABC special Beyoncé Presents: Making the Gift.
British rapper Stormzy and rising musician Stalk Ashley covered “Brown Skin Girl” in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. He spits rhymes over live instrumentation as Ashley sings about celebrating women of darker shades.
Stormzy garnered critical acclaimed for his 2017 album Gang Signs & Prayer. The London-born performer has been honored by the BBC Music Awards, BET Awards, Brit Awards, GQ Men Of The Year Awards, MOBO Awards, and MTV Europe Music Awards.
(AllHipHop News) “Snitching” has become a major topic in Hip Hop over the last week. That conversation was sparked by Daniel “Tekashi 6ix9ine” Hernandez testifying against his former Nine Trey Bloods brethren in federal court.
Tip “T.I.” Harris was one of the many celebrities that voiced his opinion on 6ix9ine’s decision to work as a cooperating witness with prosecutors in order to lighten the potential 47 years-to-life sentence in his own racketeering/firearm case. T.I. even connected Tekashi’s situation with rumors that he became an informant after being arrested on weapon and drug charges.
“The thing that really hurt my feelings, when cats have suspicions about me and how my case worked out and how I got down and such a downward departure, and put that on me,” Tip told Big Boy’s Neighborhood. “My paperwork is available. Anybody who ever wanna see it. My plea agreement, you can pull up my court minutes. All you need is my name, my birthday. It’s public record. Ain’t no secret snitches.”
Tip made an Instagram post about Aviana Weaver, the missing 17-year-old New Jersey resident whose photos reportedly made their way to sex trafficking websites. T.I.’s IG caption read, “FYI…Saying something if you see her ain’t gon make you a Rat lil homie. #ProtectOurGirls #ExpediTIously.”
(AllHipHop News) Yasin Touray was reportedly charged with felony battery in Las Vegas. According toThe Blast, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s former road manager was involved in a violent incident with several women on May 25.
Footage of the situation has now been released. In the video, a man can be seen punching more than one woman as a witness, identified as Sayyora Badalbaeva, filmed the altercation.
According to a police report, Touray was invited to the room by one of the women. He allegedly arrived “agitated.” After the women denied going out to dinner with him, Touray allegedly became more upset. They purportedly asked him to leave the room after he used the restroom. Upon exiting the bathroom, Touray allegedly got angrier and then began hitting one of the women.
In addition, Touray and A Boogie’s production team a facing a lawsuit, even though A Boogie claims the temporary road manager was never a member of his day-to-day management. The plaintiffs suggest Touray was “under the supervision” of the “Look Back at It” hitmaker at the time of the incident. Allegedly, A Boogie (born Artist Julius Dubose) no longer employs Touray.
(AllHipHop News) Megan Thee Stallion showed up on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night. September 23 was the first day of fall, and the woman that coined the phrase “Hot Girl Summer” is ready for her Hotties to take over the new season.
Tina Snow and J. Fall joined forces for “Hot Girl Fall (Official Music Video).” The 3-minute visual featured both entertainers rapping about pumpkin beer, sweaters, turkey breasts, Halloween, and more. Representatives from The Tonight Showannotated the song for the Genius website.
“Pumpkin-ass beer can be found at your neighborhood liquor store, probably!” stated one explanation. On the “turkey breasts” line, the Fallon team wrote, “There is no innuendo here. Get your head out of the gutter.”
Megan Thee Stallion has been having a breakout year. The Houston rapstress charted three songs on the Hot 100 in 2019. “Hot Girl Summer” (#11 peak), “Cash Sh*t” (#36 peak), and “Big Ole Freak” (#65 peak) each made the Billboard rankings over the last six months.
(AllHipHop News) Morocco-born, New York-bred Karim “French Montana” Kharbouch is close to dropping his latest studio LP. The project, simply titled MONTANA, is expected to arrive on November 8.
“You don’t have to change who you are. You can bring people into your own world,” states French Montana. He released a three-and-a-half-minute trailer for the upcoming album on YouTube.
MONTANA will follow 2013’s Excuse My French and 2017’s Jungle Rules. In April, French Montana let loose the song “Slide” featuring Blueface and Lil Tjay. “Suicide Doors” with Gunna hit DSPs earlier this month.
(AllHipHop News) Montero “Lil Nas X” Hill insisted he would not flame out after the record-breaking “Old Town Road.” Hill said in April, “It’s not a doubt in my mind that I’m not going to be a one hit wonder. I know big things [are] coming. It’s gonna be great.”
The Atlanta-bred rhymer backed up his big talk by earning another Top 5 single this week. “Panini” rose to #5 on the latest Hot 100 chart. LNX currently has two records in the Top 10 with “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus climbing one spot to #10.
Lil Nas X reacted to the news of his latest single becoming a Top 5 hit on Twitter. He posted, “Thank you to every single person supporting me in any shape or form. I love and appreciate you.”
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Kamaiyah has reportedly been arrested after a gun she was carrying was fired during a movie screening.
Law enforcement authorities said the star was enjoying a film at an apartment building in the San Fernando Valley, California last month when the firearm went off.
Surveillance footage caught the incident, showing a woman – who officers believe to be the “Why You Always Hatin?” star – pulling a handgun from inside her bag, after which the weapon fired.
She fled the scene shortly afterward.
They claimed the shooting appeared to be accidental, and the gun went off as Kamaiyah was playing with it.
The star was subsequently arrested, and cops discovered what is believed to be the same gun on her person.
She was charged with felony negligent discharge of a firearm and was later released on a $35,000 bond.
(AllHipHop News) Lizzo rules over the Hot 100 once again with “Truth Hurts.” The single has led the Billboard chart for four straight weeks.
“Truth Hurts” is now the longest-running Number One record by a female rapper of all time. Lizzo passed her fellow Atlantic recording artist Cardi B, whose 9x-time platinum “Bodak Yellow” topped the Hot 100 for three weeks in 2017.
Only three female rappers have hit the peak of the Hot 100 as a solo artist. Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)” reigned for two weeks in 1998. Just six women connected to Hip Hop culture – Lizzo, Cardi, Lauryn, Lil Kim, Shawnna, and Iggy Azalea – have a Number One in their respective discographies.
“‘Truth Hurts’ is officially the longest solo female rap #1 in history. I fell in love with music when I was 9 years old… I had no idea our love affair would go this far. Good to know it was all worth it. Don’t run away from what your heart wants. Follow that b*tch to ur destiny,” tweeted Lizzo.
Truth Hurts is officially the longest solo female rap #1 in history. I fell in love with music when I was 9 years old… I had no idea our love affair would go this far. Good to know it was all worth it. Don’t run away from what your heart wants. Follow that b#### to ur destiny pic.twitter.com/dZsHaFJd9F
(AllHipHop Rumors) Let me tell you about these blogs! I caught wind of this lil’ DJ Drama situation, but by the time I got to baby girls IG stories, it was deleted. Not The Shade Room! Those MFer must have The Premier Intern Force On EARTH! They not only saw it, but they got the vid. I admit, I didn’t look that hard! It is just me over here! However, if you wanna intern, hit us at [email protected]. ANYWAY, I saw it and was shocked at what I saw.
Now this chick, he calls his “jawn” (Philly speak) is named Debakii and she’s “fine,” which means she fits the bill of an IG chick. She posted some abusive stuff, including bite marks, welts and other markings that suggest strongly that she is telling the truth. She also seemed to suggest that this isn’t the first and WON’T BE THE LAST TIME he does it! Her words!
On the flip, it seems like she is also saying she’s staying with him as well. So, we don’t know for sure, especially because she deleted the visuals of her bite and red markings too.
BUT…her words, “This guy is a f#cking woman beater.” She claims that he bit her so hard that his teeth went all the way through her hand. All of this alleged madness happened when they were on vacation in Turks and Caicos over the weekend! WOW! I have never seen DJ Drama in this light. I always saw him as the mixtape dude that went to jail so DatPiff could fly.
Maybe this is a bit misunderstanding…but maybe not. DRAMA is his name and this is real DRAMA!
Patient Picasso has had some incredible looks in the industry, from producing West Coast legend YoYo’s forthcoming single “Out Of Control” (her first in two decades) to having his record “In My Vibe” be featured as one of the top jingles on iHeartRadio’s Toyota commercial. And despite having made music daily for the past 15 years, he still feels he’s just getting started.
It’s not every day you find someone who can rap, produce, mix, master, and even shoot their videos for their songs all on their own. AllHipHop caught up with Picasso to discuss collaborating with YoYo, tattooing his own body, and dream collab.
AllHipHop: I actually recently sat with YoYo, talk about linking with her on her new single.
Patient Picasso: It’s crazy. That was connected all through my good friend and second manager, Big Mike Rob. First day I was introduced to her, she was filming for Love & Hip Hop. The following day, we linked and shot a scene for the E Channel, so I’ll also be on there.
AllHipHop: What show was that?
Patient Picasso: It’s a new daily show they have, should be released sometime later this fall or next year. I had the opportunity to play her a record for that show, and overall new music. She loved the record and it was set from there. It’s been a blessing. It’s still crazy, like I came up listening to her.
AllHipHop: That’s huge! Her first single in 20 years & to have your name featured on it.
Patient Picasso: Man, it’s amazing. I’m honored. I would’ve never thought that I’d be meeting YoYo and working with her. Her being so down-to-earth and so embracing, it’s dope.
AllHipHop: What did you learn from her? Because she’s a legend obviously.
Patient Picasso: Too many things to count. Don’t wait, just go. Take more initiative on anything. Don’t be afraid of no. Just continue working no matter what.
AllHipHop: How was shooting Love & Hip Hop?
Patient Picasso: It’s fun. The first scene, she had YoYo School of Hip Hop. The second scene we did was at a studio called The Nest, that was me, Apple Watts, Brittney B, and YoYo. That was my first time being on Love & Hip Hop, I’ve always wanted to be on that show. It’s been really dope.
AllHipHop: What is it you want fans to get from your story?
Patient Picasso: Just really know my struggle and know my overall talent. I just want to make the best music possible. When they get me, they fully get me. From the music to the drums to the engineering, it’s all 100% me. It’s no cut on this good dope I’m giving them. [laughs]
AllHipHop: That’s crazy you do everything by yourself.
Patient Picasso: Absolutely, all the way down to the tattoos. My whole arm, I did that myself. I’m not the greatest drawer in the world, but it’s all me. I think it’s easier working on yourself.
AllHipHop: Easier? That’s so much pressure! What if you mess up?
Patient Picasso: You have to have the mindset “okay if I mess up, oh well.” I’ve always taken that approach because growing up, I didn’t have a lot of money and had to get things done for myself. So I started cutting my own hair. I didn’t have money for tattoos, so I built my first tattoo machine. It wasn’t until 6 months ago where I barely got a real tattoo machine to tattoo myself.
AllHipHop: How often are you in the club?
Patient Picasso: Every week, but it’s mostly business. Either a red carpet that’s being held at a club or you have a mansion party that’s turned into a club environment or just an overall performance.
AllHipHop: Dream collab?
Patient Picasso: Uncle Snoop. LL Cool J… I’m trying to think of a female artist. If I didn’t have YoYo, I’d say her. Those two for now. It would take some time for me to come up with a list.
AllHipHop: What can expect music-wise? I know that you dropped a project last year.
Patient Picasso: Since then, I’ve just been giving single and single, video after video. I edit all my own music videos as well. I know how to shoot and edit, I went to school for all that. Just more music, more shows, and more videos.
(AllHipHop News) Has J. Cole’s historic two-year run of features come to an end with Gang Starr’s “Family and Loyalty”? According to the Dreamville Records boss, the answer is yes.
“This [an] honor to be on this song. NEW Gang Starr . This is the last feature you’ll hear from me. Thank you to everybody I got to work with during this run. @REALDJPREMIER. This song a classic, thank you. RIP GURU,” tweeted Cole on September 20.
This a honor to be on this song. NEW Gang Starr 🤯🤯🤯🤯 💎💎💎💎
This is the last feature you’ll hear from me. Thank you to everybody I got to work with during this run. 🙏🏿@REALDJPREMIER This song a classic, thank you. RIP GURUhttps://t.co/MMBI5Z2Fcq
Over the last two years, Jermaine Cole showed up on records by Royce da 5’9, Jay Rock, 6lack, Moneybagg Yo, J.I.D, 21 Savage, Offset, Ari Lennox, Rapsody, Anderson. Paak, Big K.R.I.T., Ty Dolla $ign, Young Thug, and more. He also contributed several verses to Dreamville’s Revenge of the Dreamers III compilation.
The North Carolina native’s last full-length solo studio LP was 2018’s KOD. That same year, Cole discussed releasing an album called TheFall Off and a separate project as his alter ego kiLL edward.
KOD was Cole’s third consecutive album that did not include any guest appearances. A 2019 feature for GQincluded the 34-year-old Roc Nation emcee explaining why he decided to do more collaborations.
“I’m starting to realize like, oh sh*t – let’s say I stopped this year. I would feel like I missed out on certain experiences, you know? Working with certain artists, being more collaborative, making more friends out of peers, making certain memories that I feel like if I don’t, I’m gonna regret it one day,” said Cole.
