(AllHipHop News) #PrayForYe is currently one of the top trending topics on Twitter. The world is watching Kanye West use the platform to share random thoughts about his family, Bill Cosby, NBC, Nelson Mandela, Anna Wintour, Pusha T, and more.
Many social media users are expressing concern for the billionaire entertainer as it appears he could be experiencing a bipolar manic episode. West has openly talked about his mental health diagnosis in the past.
50 Cent took to Instagram to offer his thoughts about West’s epic multi-message Twitter rant, which has now been deleted from the site. In particular, the G-unit leader focused on a tweet about Kim Kardashian.
Kanye accused his wife of trying to have him locked up for crying hysterically at a weekend “campaign rally” over once wanting to abort his firstborn child. He also referenced Jordan Peele’s award-winning film Get Out.
” oh sh*t, fool you said you almost killed your daughter. ♂️ Your wife knows best sit your ass down. Happy wife happy life,” wrote 50 on Instagram.
Kanye West and 50 Cent have a long history together. The two Hip Hop stars were engaged in a historic same-week album sales battle in 2007. Ye’s Graduation outsold Fiddy’s Curtis, 957,000 copies to 691,000 copies, in the projects’ first week of release.
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West, in a wild night of tweeting, charged that his wife and mother-in-law have made moves to have him institutionalized.
The rapper made the claim on social media and coupled it with a request that Kim Kardashian and mother, Kris Jenner, to contact him. The allegations stem from another recent bizarre moment at a “campaign” event where the billionaire seemed to be mentally unstable.
“Kim was trying to fly to Wyoming with a doctor to lock me up like on the movie Get Out because I cried about saving my daughters life yesterday,” West said on Twitter. “Kriss don’t play with me you and that calmye are not allowed around my children Ya’ll tried to lock me up…Kim tried to bring a doctor to lock me up with a doctor,” he wrote. “If I get locked up like Mandela Ya’ll will know why.”
He continually asked for them to contact him in some tweets that were deleted.
“Kriss and Kim call me now,” he wrote. Another tweet he shared a screenshot of a text to his mother-in-law. “This Ye you ready to talk now or are still avoiding my calls,” he said in the screenshot.
West called out others in his rant. “Anna Wintour always showed me love but when I told her I was going to GAP she looked at me like I was crazy Then she called back kissing my ass,” he said about the Vogue editor-in-chief. He also said that actor Shia LaBeouf stood him up for a photoshoot for the Yeezy/ Gap collaboration. Neither party has responded at press time
The star announced the birth of his son on Friday (17Jul20), a day after telling fans his next album, No Pressure, will be his last, and confirming reports he is retiring from the music industry.
Sharing photos of himself, wife Brittney Noell, and their baby on Instagram on Friday, the 30-year-old Sucker For Pain hitmaker wrote: “Privacy with family is something that is very important to me. However, my fans have been my family since this all started so I wanted to share with you a glimpse into the life I am now diving into head first.
“I would like you to meet LB as we call him, Little Bobby. And my beautiful wife Brittney who is an incredible mother. These two make me the happiest man in the world and it’s a happiness nothing else has ever been able to fulfill.”
He then assured his fans he would be there for them after his retirement, adding: “I know the news of retirement may be bittersweet when understanding the motives behind it. But worry not dear listener. I will still be here for you. This will now, if anything, only allow me to focus more on not only my family. But YOU…!
“Now let’s all kick back, love life and enjoy each day having fun… No Pressure.”
In related news, Logic just revealed he has signed a seven-figure-deal with Twitch, where he will create content exclusive to the streaming platform.
Logic is currently putting together a broadcast schedule, where the self-proclaimed nerd will stream himself playing games while helping fans to unwind after a long day of work, or protesting.
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West made headlines for all the wrong reasons following his first presidential campaign rally in Charleston, South Carolina on Sunday.
The “Gold Digger” hitmaker wore a bulletproof ‘Security’ vest as he took over the Exquis Event Center, as he shared his beliefs about slavery, social media, and the opioid crisis in America amid his bid to take over the White House in November.
While the star discussed his anti-abortion stance, revealing his mom Donda – the namesake of his forthcoming album – “saved his life” after his dad pressured her for an abortion, and admitting he asked wife Kim Kardashian to do the same with daughter North, it was his views about activist Harriet Tubman that riled fans.
During the rally, Kanye claimed the activist, who fled a slave plantation before returning 19 times, helping at least 300 others to freedom via the “Underground Railroad” – the network of secret routes that enabled their escape – did not free slaves, insisting, “She just had them work for other white people!”
T.I. had some strong words for the rap star when he heard Kanye’s controversial statement.
“Nahhhh WE Can’t let you do that Ye’….What WE NOT gon do is slander nor disrespect the legacy of our heroic Queen Harriet Tubman by telling falsities in an attempt to discredit the contributions she made to LIBERATE OUR PEOPLE‼️ Cuzz U BUGGIN‼️ THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TOO FAR‼️ I truly hope you either have a logical explanation for all this… or get the medical attention you so desperately need Bro. I say this with love and sincerity,” T.I. said.
Taking to Twitter in their hordes, fans slammed the rapper-turned-politician, who suffers from bipolar disorder, with “The View” co-host Meghan McCain writing: “Kanye West needs serious help, not media coverage.”
Kanye West needs help, and it’s a shame that him not getting it is going to cost the Black community which he once cared for so deeply.
“Kanye West needs help, and it’s a shame that him not getting it is going to cost the Black community which he once cared for so deeply,” added writer Frederick Joseph, as others called on the media to “stop picking on Kanye West, and get the man the help he needs right now”.
“If Kanye West is having a meltdown maybe it’s best for the press to just leave him alone and encourage him to get the help that he needs as a human being,” another reflected. “Judging his outrageous comments about Harriet Tubman and other matters is not going to help the situation if he is not well.”
Kanye has yet to respond to his critics on Twitter – however, he did share two sketches of the White House, with the worlds “Vision” and “The West Wing”, alongside the hashtag “2020VISION.”
Ghetto Town is a collaborated debut alongside artist kahGEE (@_thegeez)
The singleembodies the hardships, perplexities and honor of being raised in Brooklyn.
“Brooklyn deemed as one of the roughest places to come from. So many bright lights but covered up by dark clouds. Making it out of Ghetto Town ain’t easy. It’s a blessing being born and raised in Brooklyn” – Brutini
We foresee this as just as the beginning of a promising musical and artistic career.
Stay on the look out for Brutini!
Check out the latest single and visual to Ghetto Town:
Tahj Money is only 20 years and has already worked with the music industry’s hottest artists. Discovered 2 years ago by N’Position Management partners Julien Anderson and Melissa Keklak, the Sumter, South Carolina native describes himself as “a laidback individual who loves music.”
His biggest placements to date include NBA Youngboy’s “Lonely Child,” DaBaby’s “RAW S###,” Quando Rondo’s “Gunpowder,” Rod Wave’s “f##k the World,” and 3 on Polo G’s latest album GOAT (“Martin & Gina,” “I Know,” and “Trials & Tribulations”).
Tahj’s biggest influences growing up were Metro Boomin and Zaytoven, which speaks volumes to where he’s headed. Only halfway through 2020 and he’s already made a quarter million alone off records with Blac Youngsta, Moneybagg Yo, DaBaby, NBA Youngboy, Polo G, and more.
AlHipHop caught up with Tahj at Paramount Studios, for his first interview ever. Read below as we discuss how he got into producing, his placements, his producer tag, goals, and more!
AllHipHop: How was your upbringing in Sumter, South Carolina?
Tahj Money: It’s a small city. [chuckles] I had a regular childhood, wasn’t really nothing. It wasn’t hard because my parents are stable.
AllHipHop: When did your love for music start?
Tahj Money: I’ve always loved music but one day, my brother had Fruity Loops. That’s what I made my beats on. He had his laptop and he had gone to college. He saw I liked it because I used to always mess with him when he came back home. He let me have his laptop. From there, everything started happening and I started making beats.
AllHipHop: When did you realize you could do music as a career?
Tahj Money: When I got my first beat placement with NBA Youngboy. I caught him before he got big, the beginning of 2016.
AllHipHop: How’d that happen?
Tahj Money: I just sent an email. I’d seen his YouTube and looked him up on Instagram, he had the email there. They had called me when I was in school because I was 16. I was in 10th grade when I first got it, I thought it was fake though.
AllHipHop: What happened?
Tahj Money: They told me I had a song on his upcoming album, 38 Baby. His first album when he got signed.
AllHipHop: How’d it feel to have his career skyrocket?
Tahj Money: It felt good. I’m still not up there where I want to be yet, but it’s pretty good right now.
Tahj Money: That was my main goal to go Platinum. I really couldn’t celebrate because all this was going on.I got my first Platinum plaque, then I did DaBaby KIRK. I did “RAW S###” featuring Migos. My manager Julien sent that and made that happen.
AllHipHop: “Martin & Gina” by Polo G is one of my favorite records on his album. How’s that happen?
Tahj Money: My manager Melissa, everytime I used to bug her to get in a session. I was bugging her for a little minute, she made it happen at the beginning of the year. I like his music, he’s hard. He’s one of my favorite artists.
AllHipHop: You also did “I Know” and “Trials & Tribulations.”
Tahj Money: We were at American Studio, I played him the beat and he instantly wanted that. He hopped on the same night.
AllHipHop: What is it about your beats?
Tahj Money: He told me he likes pain music, he said he could relate. He could say what he wants on them.
AllHipHop: Talk about your producer tag.
Tahj Money: “Tahj Money!” I was 15 when I got that. It was a female from a website, I paid somebody to say it.
AllHipHop: How have you evolved as a person and producer since 15?
Tahj Money: There’s so much you have to learn about producing. There’s so much behind-the-scenes, I’m still learning. Most important thing is the business.
AllHipHop: What have you learned about the business?
Tahj Money: Be careful about everything. Always follow your manager. Always listen to your manager. [laughs]
AllHipHop: “Gun Powder”is also one of Quando Rondo’s hardest songs.
Tahj Money: I made the beat and sent a text to his phone. He used to always call me and tell me to send beats. I was on his first mixtape Life After Fame, produced a track on there.
AllHipHop: What about “f##k The World” for Rod Wave?
Tahj Money: He got that beat off of YouTube, me and TnTXD made that. He gets a lot of beats off YouTube. We all work together, the label hit us up to tell us.
AllHipHop: How do you create a vibe in the studio?
Tahj Money: Weed, that’s about it. I’ll probably order something to eat later.
AllHipHop: Being only 20, what are some goals for yourself?
Tahj Money: To go Diamond, that’s 10 times Platinum.
AllHipHop: What do you think it’s going to take to get there?
Tahj Money: Keep working.
AllHipHop: How much time are you spending in the studio?
Tahj Money: I go in the studio for at least 4 or 5 hours.
AllHipHop: What does a normal day in the life of Tahj Money look like?
Tahj Money: Wake up, do everything do. I’ll probably make a beat or 2 to start the day off. The rest of the day, I chill. There’s really nothing to do right now.
AllHipHop: Who are your favorite artists?
Tahj Money: Polo G, Lil Baby, YoungBoy, no cap. People I work with.
AllHipHop: How was the energy in the studio with Polo G the other night?
Tahj Money: Yesterday I played a beat and he instantly got on it yesterday. It feels good, mad good.
AllHipHop: What can we look forward to next?
Tahj Money: Look out for my name, big stuff coming!
Meet the characters of the hit new series, P-Valley.
Based on Katori Hall’s play P#### Valley, P-Valley is set in the Mississippi Delta and follows the lives of the complex characters who work at a small strip club.
(AllHipHop News) After a few years of trolling her fans, it’s official, Nicki Minaj is pregnant.
Nicki and her husband Kenneth Petty announced on Instagram. And to prove it, she posted a series of Glamour shots, including one dressed as the Virgin Mary, showing her baby bump.
Nicki captioned one of the pictures with a loving nursery rhyme message welcoming motherhood.
“Love. Marriage. Baby carriage. Overflowing with excitement & gratitude. Thank you all for the well wishes. ,” Nicki wrote to her 119 million followers.
(AllHipHop News) There are reports that the streaming service Quibi is struggling to gain the number of subscribers the company had projected. These apparent troubles for Jeffrey Katzenberg’s new venture are happening despite the promotion of exclusive content with celebrities such as Queen Latifah, Drake, Usher, Chance The Rapper, and Offset.
Can a comedic megastar bring in more eyes to the quick-bite platform? Kevin Hart now has an action-comedy playing on Quibi. Die Hart is a 10-episode series that premiered today (July 20). New installments will debut every weekday until July 29.
The cast of Die Hart also includes John Travolta (Pulp Fiction), Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones), and Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down). In the program’s storyline, a fictionalized Kevin Hart attempts to try his hand at becoming a leading man in an action movie.
This is not Hart’s first time playing a version of himself on screen. The reality television parody Real Husbands of Hollywood ran for five seasons on BET. Kevin Hart recruited numerous guest stars to provide cameos for that show.
(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne and the rest of the Hot Boys rap group helped Cash Money Records become the entertainment powerhouse it is today. There was a period where Wayne actually sued the record label, but the music superstar has since reconciled with Cash Money co-founder Bryan “Birdman” Williams.
On the season finale of Apple Music’s Young Money Radio, Wayne spoke to Birdman. During the conversation, the 51-year-old New Orleans native informed his longtime protégé that he wants to reunite for another full-length project.
“I would like to do a Like Father, Like Son two,” Birdman told Weezy. The Young Money frontman replied, “Man, come on. You ain’t got to ask. Come on, man, that was not a question.”
Wayne added, “You know I’m going to send you six joints for you to put the verses to them. You know how I do.” Birdman said, “I’m done rapping. Rapping ain’t for me no more, I’m done with that sh*t. I like to make rappers, that’s what I do… I just want it to be my little farewell thing.”
The original Like Father, Like Son came out in 2006. Rick Ross, T-Pain, Fat Joe, and Tha Dogg Pound were guest features on the LP. Birdman and Wayne dropped the singles “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy” and “Leather So Soft” from the collaborative studio album.
(AllHipHop News) 2020 has been hard for a lot of people. COVID-19, police violence, national uprisings, high unemployment, political strife, and other issues have many Americans praying they could just fast forward to January 1, 2021.
While Will Smith is a wealthy Hollywood legend, his 2020 includes some difficult moments as well. For example, R&B singer August Alsina revealed that he once had a relationship with Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
The scandalous story broke the internet and forced Jada to address her “entanglement” with August on her Facebook Watch show Red Table Talk. Will was also part of the highly-viewed program where he often appeared to be heartbroken or upset.
Then Alsina decided to take his exposé of the Smith family a step further by putting out a song titled “Entanglements” with Rick Ross. Not long after the record began spreading on social media, Will Smith shared a specific video on his Instagram page.
The clip features the rapper-turned-actor asking a man to throw a box off the roof of a house. Smith can be heard saying, “Toss it. I can help. Just toss it… Forget it,” right before the box heads directly at his head.
In the IG caption, Smith jokes that the footage of the box flying towards him is a representation of his 2020. Even though his personal life became blog fodder, Will Smith can at least take pride in the fact that Bad Boys for Life is currently the highest-grossing domestic movie of 2020.
(AllHipHop News) There were a lot of listeners that wanted to hear the new posthumous album from Juice WRLD. Legends Never Die dropped on July 10, and the collection easily hit #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Additionally, Legends Never Die amassedmore than422 million on-demand streams in its first week of release. That total is also the largest of the year and the fourth-largest streaming week for an LP in history.
Albums with the biggest US streaming debuts #1 Scorpion 746M #2 Tha Carter V 433M #3 beerbongs & bentleys 431M #4 Legends Never Die 423M #5 Eternal Atake 400M #6 More Life 385M #7 Hollywood's Bleeding 365M #8 ASTROWORLD 349M #9 DAMN 341M #10 KOD 323M #11 thank u, next 307M
Hip Hop still controls the Top 5 albums on the all-time streaming list. Drake’s Scorpion (746 million), Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V (433 million), Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys (431), Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die (423 million),and Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake (400 million) lead that rankings.
Juice WRLDbecame just the fifth deceased Hip Hop artist to have a posthumous album hit #1. Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon managed to top the chart a week ago. The Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, and XXXTentacion have also had projects lead the Billboard 200 after their deaths.
Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon slipped to #2 on the latest chart by collecting another 110,000 equivalent album units in its second week. R&B songstress Summer Walker scored her second Top 10 album with the Life On Earth EPdebuting at #8.
(AllHipHop News) July 20 would have been Bashar “Pop Smoke” Jackson’s 21st birthday. Unfortunately, the Brooklyn Drill pioneer was murdered in Los Angeles on February 19 of this year.
As family, friends, and fans of Pop Smoke continue to mourn the rapper, they are also celebrating his music with the release Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon deluxe edition. Fifteen bonus tracks were added to the star-studded posthumous album.
In addition, Victor Victor Worldwide/Republic Records released an official music video for the Shoot for the Stars song “The Woo.” The record features the LP’s executive producer, 50 Cent, as well as chart-topping Hip Hop newcomer Roddy Ricch.
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West is once again in the news for making ahistorical statements about the institution of chattel enslavement in America. After declaring slavery was a choice in 2018, Ye had something to say about freedom fighter, Harriet Tubman, this weekend.
“Harriet Tubman never actually freed the slaves, she just had them work for other white people,” stated West during a rambling speech at his “campaign rally” in South Carolina on Sunday.
Those comments about the iconic abolitionist, who helped free hundreds of enslaved people in the 1800s, were met with concern for West’s mental state and overwhelming negative reactions. One of those unfavorable responses came from R&B star Trey Songz.
“They been sayin man Trey need to call these n*ggas before he just put em online blastin. Ye you in the way of progress foreal, how you turn this goofy from who you were? I’m so confused, whoever got his number need to call him,” wrote Songz on Instagram.
The vocalist born Tremaine Neverson has been very outspoken when calling out his fellow celebrities for their political and ideological stances. On July 16, Songz tweeted that James Harden was exhibiting “clown sh*t” for wearing a “Blue Lives Matter” mask in public.
The Houston Rockets player later claimed he did not purposely put on a pro-police mask as the #BlackLivesMatter movement against police brutality continues to push for governmental reform. Harden said, “Honestly, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I wore it because it covered my face, my beard.”
This certified clown s###. I’ll say it for everybody who scared to. FOH https://t.co/pVRMaL9dPG
(AllHipHop Music) A native of the Crenshaw neighborhood in Los Angeles, Spiffie Luciano has always been a creative that aspired to have a career in Hip Hop.
His life turned upside when at the age of 12 whenhis father was murdered on June 7, 2006. Though at a young age, Spiffie used this traumatic life-altering event as motivation, expressing his pain through music.
What followed was a journey filled with many highlights.
With a tireless work ethic, Spiffie released numerous mixtapes that feature artists such as Sandman Negus, Pacman Da Gunman, Kurupt, Young Sam & more.
In 2014, he released his debut album titled ‘The Struggles,’ which featured Blxst, AD, and more.
Since then, Spiffie continued dropping new material and collaborated with the likes of Mozzy, NBA YoungBoy, Money Man and more.
In 2020, Spiffie unveiled his fifth studio album on his birthday, June 3rd. Being that his father was murdered 4 days after his birthday, the album is appropriately titled ‘Steve’s Child.’ The project features contributions from DaBoii of SOBxRBE, Cobby Supreme, Lil Bean and more.
Continuing to build on his stellar release, Spiffie Luciano releases the official video for “Hoodstars” in tribute to his ghetto angels.
(AllHipHop Rumors) Kanye West is at it again. AGAIN?!? YES. I truly get tired of talking about him. And yet here we are. The rapper made one of the most egregious claims that I have heard in a very long time and that was that Harriet Tubman never actually freed slaves. The direct quote is as follows: ““Harriet Tubman never actually freed the slaves, she just had them work for other white people.”
Not only did he do that with Sister Warrior Queen Harriet, he also had a person ejected for heckling! He said that his brain was too large and all of this happened tonight, Sunday, on his first campaign event in his run for president. President? He’s not even the president of GOOD Music! Kanye has really done at this time and has demonstrated how mentally challenged he is.
It seemed like he was wearing a bulletproof vest (visually) but people have not quite confirmed that at the moment. Nevertheless, he continued to talk about everything from social media to religion to Adidas and a bunch of other stuff at the Charleston, South Carolina event. The reaction from the Internet was swift and people are definitely calling him a lot of names not on his birth certificate. And questioning his sanity. I am curious to wonder what his friends are saying right now because they certainly should have some sort of critique of his performance tonight. “Son CRAY!” Anyway.
I will say this he did do something that was very smart he may the people in attendance sign a covert liability release form (WTF is that?!), social distance and everyone there had to wear a mask. That did not stop them from talking out and dismissing his claims about sister Harriet Tubman.
