(AllHipHop News) T.I. is the latest recording artist to try his hand as a podcast host. The Atlanta-bred rap star also known as Tip Harris will lead expediTIously for PodcastOne.

“This is a totally new space for me, one that gives me another conduit to examine the world, and one that gives me the freedom to think, react, and share with the generation what genuinely comes to mind…specifically for the purpose of moving the culture forward,” says Harris.

Woohoo!! Go subscribe now to get the episode right away on Sept. 5th! 🤗 https://t.co/qkgjylvnbN https://t.co/5CsqvGw67S

— PodcastOne (@PodcastOne) August 29, 2019

The Grand Hustle Records founder adds, “I plan to use this platform to amplify issues and have conversations that are important to me – and that shape the world.” Fellow Hip Hop legends LL Cool J and Ice Cube will be the initial special guests on the September 5 show. Additional episodes of expediTIously will drop every week.

“T.I. is an unconventional play in the podcast space. He brings a fresh, bold voice, that is as powerful as it is brilliant and oftentimes funny,” says PodcastOne CEO Peter Morris. “Not only will fans get the first-class entertainment value you’d expect from an award-winning superstar, but he’s also challenging your views on a range of issues and topics in ways you never thought possible. In today’s climate, this kind of open, honest conversation is needed more than ever. This show is fresh and brings a different kind of energy to podcasts.”

(AllHipHop News) State of the Culture is getting a new panelist. Beginning September 9, former Fox News Channel personality Eboni K. Williams will sit beside Joe Budden, Remy Ma, and Brandon “Jinx” Jenkins on the weekly Revolt talk show.

“I’m excited to join this dynamic team and bring my unique viewpoint on social justice, culture, and entertainment to Revolt,” stated Williams. “I stay ready to tackle tough topics! My goal is to help advance the dialogue with the expertise I’ve acquired as an attorney and national TV host.”

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State of the Culture host Joe Budden said, “I’m looking forward to hearing Eboni add a new point-of-view on SOTC. I am excited and eager for her to join the team and get to the sh*ts.”

Originally, Scottie Beam of the Black Girl Podcast was the fourth commentator on the initial run of the show. She announced her departure from State Of The Culture in May. 

“It’s been an amazing ride at Revolt’s State Of The Culture. I’ve learned so much and grew an everlasting love for my cohosts and main host [Joe Budden],” wrote Beam on Instagram. “I have decided to not continue with State Of The Culture. I have to honor my spirit and with that comes living my truth and freedom. I want to be happy. I love y’all for always riding. Please remember to always speak power into truth and nothing else. Love each other. Uplift each other.”

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(AllHipHop News) Footage of French Montana went viral this week. The Bronx representative was filmed yelling at his bodyguard in New York City following the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards. 

“Go over there! Go there, n*gga! Be security, n*gga!” yelled French while on an NYC street. The “Unforgettable” hitmaker then struck the phone of the person that was videotaping the exchange and heckling him about it.

The collective internet wanted to know what caused French Montana to spaz out on his own team member. During an interview with Power 105.1’s Angie Martinez, French was asked about the awkward encounter that spread across the web.

“We had went to the strip club, then after the strip club, on our way, we stopped to get some chopped cheese,” said the 34-year-old Coke Boys leader. “My boys just started arguing, the next thing, I turn around, they started fighting. My security is in the car asleep. I don’t blame him, though. But that’s why I was yelling. I shouldn’t be the one breaking up a fight. It was only us. It wasn’t no outside people.”

He added, “I’m a gangsta rapper. That means sh*t gonna happen. Things just gonna happen. If I see two of my friends fighting, what you think, I’m not going to go break up the fight because I’m worried about what anybody thinks? They could end up stabbing each other, shooting each other… Two of my friends fighting, I had to break it up.”

(AllHipHop News) Billboard may have argued Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road”did not have enough elements of modern Country music to be eligible for its Hot Country Songs chart. However, the Country Music Association Awards nominated the remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.

“Old Town Road” is competing for Music Event Of The Year against “All My Favorite People” by Maren Morris featuring Brothers Osborne, “Brand New Man” by Brooks & Dunn with Luke Combs, “Dive Bar” by Garth Brooks & Blake Shelton, and “What Happens In A Small Town” by Brantley Gilbert & Lindsay Ell.

thank you guys for this nomination!! https://t.co/YFMudfHWQI

— ☆ (@LilNasX) August 28, 2019

“Thank you guys for this nomination!!” tweeted Lil Nas on Wednesday. The CMAs’ embrace of the Atlanta rhymer’s breakout smash comes months after the track peaked at #19 on the Hot Country Songs chart before being removed.

“Old Town Road” was able to make it onto Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart in April. It also spent a record-breaking 19 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 chart. Additionally, Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ single led the Streaming Songs, Digital Song Sales, Hot Rap Songs, and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts at one point.

(AllHipHop News) It’s only been 15 months since Pusha T released his critically-acclaimed Daytona, but the G.O.O.D. Music president is already back in album mode. King Push recently dropped a new song titled “Coming Home” featuring Lauryn Hill.

Ebro Darden caught up with Pusha for Apple Music’s Beats 1. The Clipse member from Virginia talked about working with the legendary Ms. Hill on the record which was produced by Kanye West and Mike Dean.

“I just made the request. She expressed that she likes my music, and she’d see about it. I definitely followed the queen around,” Pusha explained. “Whatever it took, and it was super important to me when she showed interest. It was just super important to me to definitely have her on it. Lauryn, her discography, it means everything. It’s insane, so this wasn’t about ever rushing or being on a time limit. It was just about getting the song done right and to both of our liking.”

He also stated, “This record speaks to mass incarceration. It speaks to just giving hope to those who are coming home and telling people who are locked up and behind the wall that we’re waiting on them and we’re going to be out here as a support system when they get home.”

According to Push, nine songs for his fourth studio LP are ready to go at the moment. One of the potential tracks on the forthcoming project will likely be “Sociopath” featuring Detroit’s Kash Doll.

“I had the ‘Sociopath’ record for a minute. I wanted a female on the record who I felt could really execute how I wanted her to execute, execute really sharp. Kash Doll, to me, represents an era of female Hip Hop in which the lyricism is top-notch, it’s super sharp, it’s competitive with the guys,” said Pusha. “And she represents that to me, so I thought she would execute, and she definitely did.

Plus, Pusha T announced he has joined forces with Brittany K. Barnett’s Buried Alive Project and MiAngel Cody’s The Decarceration Collective to launch the “Third Strike Coming Home Campaign.” The 42-year-old emcee/executive donated $25,000 to the initiative. He plans to support Barnett and Cody’s efforts to hire more lawyers to fight for individuals dealing with life sentences for federal drug crimes.

(AllHipHop News) Rich The Kid earned a double-platinum plaque for the 2017 single “New Freezer” off his debut album The World Is Yours. The song’s success was due in part to the viral #NewFreezerChallenge as well as a standout feature from Kendrick Lamar.

Apparently, Lamar was not the only rapper to rhyme over the Ben Jayne-produced beat. A$AP Ferg told a story on DJ Whoo Kid’s show about how Rich allegedly removed him and other artists from the song before Kendrick agreed to appear on the final version. 

“I did ‘New Freezer.’ That was my song. Ben came through and we did that song together. It was me, Rich The Kid, and a few other n*ggas… MadeinTYO,” said Ferg. “This n*gga ended up playing it for f*cking, I think, Jaden Smith, Kendrick Lamar, all these other n*ggas. Kendrick was like, ‘I’ll get on it as long as everybody else comes off of it.'”

Even though he was left off the track, the Harlemite was happy fellow NYC-born rapper, Rich The Kid, rose in the industry as a result of his first Billboard Hot 100 hit. Ferg added, “To see what ‘New Freezer’ did and it took him to a whole other level. He got a [publishing] deal, got an artist deal, a label deal, living in an L.A. house, everything, off a song and being around.”

In a February 2019 interview with AllHipHop, Jean Nelson of The Blueprint Music Group management company spoke about how his client Rich The Kid and Top Dawg Entertainment emcee Kendrick Lamar connected for “New Freezer.” His version of the tune’s creation centered around RTK requesting K. Dot for the collaboration.

“[Rich] came in with that song, sat with us, and just played us the record ‘New Freezer.’ We were like, ‘This is incredible.’ He was like, ‘I need Kendrick on this,’” recalled Nelson. “With our relationship with TDE, who are great allies and friends of ours, the calls were made and we got it done. Kendrick told him he would do it, and he was a man of his word. We did the record and the video. It was heaven after that.”

(AllHipHop News) On Monday, Cardi B added another industry award to her résumé when the native New Yorker won Best Hip Hop at the MTV Video Music Awards. She also picked up ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards, BET Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2019.

Perhaps Cardi’s biggest award show moment came in February at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The Invasion of Privacy creator made history that night by becoming the first solo female rapper to win in the Best Rap Album category.

Invasion of Privacy triumphed at the Grammys over Mac Miller’s Swimming, Pusha T’s Daytona, Travis Scott’s Astroworld, and Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap. While some people – such as Pop singer Ariana Grande – seemed to have a problem with the Recording Academy honoring Cardi, Nipsey celebrated his fellow Atlantic Records artist taking home the golden gramophone.

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“WHEN ITS YO TIME… ITS YO TIME! Congrats to @iamcardib on Her Grammy for Best Rap Album & Also being Tha 1st female to Do it! ,” wrote Nipsey Hussle on Instagram. The now-late, LA-based emcee also stated on Big Boy’s Neighborhood, “I seen certain people, even on my timeline, [saying,] ‘Man, you got cheated.’ Nah, we ain’t doing that. That ain’t the convo. That was her time. She got what she deserved.”

Yesterday, Cardi B went to Twitter to reflect on her Invasion of Privacy achievements, including the fact that all of the songs on the project have been certified Gold or Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). One of her tweets also focused on Hussle’s shout out.

“When I won Nipsey said on a comment to me WHEN IS YOUR TIME IS YOUR TIME! Now when I speak to upcoming [artists] or people who ask me for advice I tell them the same thing! WHEN IS YOUR TIME IS YOUR TIME and when it comes don’t let nobody take that special moment away from you!” posted Cardi. That tweet garnered more than 57,000 likes.

On my album I showed different sides of me.From my intro talking about my https://t.co/xSGBV4duiP living my best life inspiring people.Relationship songs while I was going thru my own relationship drama to shaking ass like Bodak & that ASS .Every song went platinum!

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) August 28, 2019

I did it all while I was pregnant.Throwing up, drowsy,terrible colds and in a rush to finish it so I can start doing music videos before I started showing .I spend 24 hours for months sleeping on a couch with my pregnant depressed ass in a studio .

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) August 28, 2019

I wasn’t even thinking of winning or even the Grammies. All I can think about was …everybody is disappointed in me,am I still going to have a career after this baby ? Is this album going to make me or break me ? I need to finish before I start showing .

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) August 28, 2019

All while I just separated from my long time manager.I had to get my husband to talk to my label cause I never had a relationship with them so we all came together to relocate me to Atlanta and Miami to finish my album before my stomach start showing.

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) August 28, 2019

When i kept seeing the certifications of the songs going gold or platinum I was so excited cause my husband was out here asking everybody for a feature on my behalf so the ones that said yes thank you from the bottom of my heart cause TRUST ME ALOT OF ARTIST SAID NO!

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) August 28, 2019

OR CHARGING 6 figures for a feature.

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) August 28, 2019

So when I won a Grammy for it I didn’t have no words to say but when I went home I started reminiscing on what I went thru during that period I was like YEA B#### YOU DESERVE THIS S### !abd until this day my s### still charting .

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) August 28, 2019

When I won Nipsey said on a comment to me WHEN IS YOUR TIME IS YOUR TIME! Now when I speak to upcoming artist or people who ask me for advice I tell them the same thing ! WHEN IS YOUR TIME IS YOUR TIME and when it comes don’t let nobody take that special moment away from you !

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) August 28, 2019