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AllHipHop Presents: “10 Steps to NOME X” featuring Loaded Lux

By: Kershaw St. Jawnson Updated Category: Features
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When people talk about Mt. Rushmore of battle rap, there are a few names that people can debate. However, there is one name that continues to rise above the rest.

Beloved.

Loaded Lux did not create battle rap, but what he has offered to the culture as an innovator, a thinker, a businessman, and an artist has transformed it as an art — helping to attract its most celebrated talent to the commercial leagues that matter the most.

Before he was the founder of the Lions Den/ Lionz Den, he wrecked the streets of Harlem spitting fire against best lyricists that the hood would regurgitate. But out of that cut-throat pool of emceeing, emerged a god-tier persona that worked to develop the culture in ways comparable to that of URL’s Smack (where he also performed as an artist and where many outside of New York saw first).

The difference? Smack had a distribution model with his DVD series. What did Lux have? Handsome had a charisma that attracted talent to the collective … wanting to align themselves with him … and establish legitimacy by basking in his professional aura. Had it not been for his scouting ear, the world would have waited much longer to experience the great talents of Goodz, Arsonal, Tay Roc, Charlie Clips, and Head Ice. Try as you might, over the last 20 years, Lux has made the craft, business, and artistic expression of battle rap performance elevate.

That is why NOME X will be a special event for fans.

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The man that many consider the Greatest of All Times, will stand before a competitor that not only was influenced by Farrakhan’s favorite emcee — but believes it is just as important for his legacy to show us as it is for the pioneer. Lux versus Tsu Surf will be not only a battle for legacy but will shift cultural dynamics. If Surf has it his way, his swan song from battle rap will be with the head of this icon on a platter.

Lux is not ready to give him this distinction, especially for a battle he never even thought about until recently.

“The battle came up last year. It was coming off of Summer Impact. It was supposed to be the two-on-two, Gun Titles vs. Loaded Hollows. And that never happened because of a situation that he was in. When that didn’t happen, I guess he felt like he still wanted a shot. Shortly after that, he was just talking crazy, throwing shots. I’m not mad.”

Lux describes the energy around Summer Impact as a “grand moment.” It set the stage for a contest to happen between Lux and Surf, and surprisingly despite the vet having his eye on new talent never considered Surf as a potential opponent.

“He came on my radar, for real for real, after Summer Impact. When that didn’t happen or take place, that’s when I caught him going back and forth in interviews. He was throwing shots. I recall that I was in an interview and he had called up (Three Letterman) and then from there he was patched in. That’s when I really realized that he ‘really wants some smoke.’”

“Before then, it wasn’t really nothing. I just appreciated him and everything that he brought to the table as a talent. When we first saw Tsu Surf, we thought he was grand and held him in high regard. And we knew he was one of the ones that could be a formidable participant in the culture. That was actually a while ago when we gave him that look. I just appreciate what he was doing, but he wasn’t on my radar. I look at Surf as a little brother.”

“You watch certain talents when they enter the culture and you are like, ‘Yo that is a beautiful thing.’ Because you know what they bring to the table will make other people tune in because of where they are at.”

So when Surf called him out, did the vet take it as a form of disrespect? No. In classic Lux way, he shares that he is simply “blessed to be in the conversation.”

Lux has been in the conversation a lot. Last year at NOME 9, he battled against Aye Verb. Aye Verb had been on a roll after battling Murda Mook, another pioneer than many consider the historical Ishmael to beloveds’ Isaac. The two had danced in epic form, with many believing Mook advanced as the victor. However, many revere those battles as an exhibition sport, believing the win doesn’t matter as much as the epic performance. That also can be said about his back and forth with Verb.

A preference battle at best, Lux’s intricate mind dispensed some of the most entertaining yet thought provocative bars of the year:

“Damn Verb, look what you did what you did wit’ ya shot

They gon’ give me all the photo cred’ but all I caught was the body…

Yeah some n##### don’t get the picture ’til it’s cropped

Top- layers they put you in, that’s from all that b######’ you do a lot

If you got through the tiers flippin’, I should flop

Word Verb, you ’bout that action for traffic and then it stops

I’m a mind reader

You gon’ be time keepin’ the timekeeper

This should’ve been unlimited but it’s not

You’se a tricky n#### got ’em to get the clicker on paper put a hold (hole) on me like a ticket clipper

This what you picked, you forgot?

After that 2019 battle, he hopped on the aforementioned Summer Impact card, wherein that battle (despite Surf not performing) an extraordinary feat was accomplished as he single-handedly made a debatable with the replacement team, Gunz N Cake. The Gray Hoodie Lux had emerged from the early 2000s and that wet the whistle for Surf, priming him to take shots.

“I am supposed to have shots taken at me. This is a sport. If we ain’t got that type of energy and you don’t want to execute on that level then you don’t need to be in this.”

He adds that the shots are expected, but you have to have the skin for it.

“This sport is contention driven. You come in here and you better want to be the best and you better want to take on the best. If you don’t feel like you can take on a name, then don’t do this. Get out the way.”

But what is the Gray Hoodie Lux? The Gray Hoodie Lux is more edgy and street driven. He is more raw.

“As I evolved and elevated, my conversation changed at times. I became more aware of the different lanes that I wanted to take and wanted to work in. But people fell in love with us on the come up, that raw edgy and street. When you look at Surf’s background and you see what he brings to the table, it is that element. And that actually is a beautiful energy.

Really what people are tuning into, they are engaged in the energy. That’s a beautiful thing to want. That’s what he wants from me. When you look back at anything regarding Gray Hoodie Lux and that mind-state and element look for the raw-edgy energy. It is driven from the heart and the street.

Both emcees are magical, and with the star-studded roster of competitors, many wonder if Lux is coming in for the kill. They ask, “if this is going to be a slaughter or a classic battle?”

“I believe what is most important is that we show up as our best selves that we can possibly be. After that, we can leave on the table. I believe me as a professional is important that I be the best Loaded Lux that I can be every time I show up. If Tsu Surf be the best Tsu Surf, and I be the best Loaded Lux, we cannot help but be a classic, after that … it is opinionated.”

While everyone will have their respective opinions, there are some things that Lux wants people to lock in on to best enjoy NOME X.

“This is a beautiful time of balance. NOME is typically done in a big stage-driven, but this is a humbling moment. Fundamentally, it is asking that we just get back to basics. Fans will learn to receive the content a little differently. When I look at the last Summer Impact, which was beautiful, it was show driven. This brings it back to the content in terms of lyricism and people having to perform under these different spaces. It gives the fans a chance to really listen and a sense of balance.

All praises due to the Most High, for this to still take place shows how important battle rap is to the Hip-Hop community.

To add on to Lux’s statement, for so many to be locked into his battle, it shows how important Lux remains in the Hip-Hop community.

Will Smith Says Cops Frequently Called Him The N-Word

By: AllHipHop Staff Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Will Smith revealed he has been called the N-word by police officers on “more than 10 occasions” as he reflected on the Black Lives Matter movement on Tuesday (07Jul20).

The 51-year-old actor spoke to political commentator and activist Angela Rye on her podcast, On One With Angela Rye, about his own experiences with racism throughout his life.

Will grew up in Philadelphia and was just four years old when the notoriously racist Frank Rizzo went from the chief of police to becoming the mayor of the state, and the instances of racially-motivated incidents of police brutality increased dramatically under his watch.

“I’ve been called n##ger by the cops in Philly on more than 10 occasions,” Will said. “I got stopped frequently. So I understand what it’s like to be in those circumstances with the police.”

Will was reflecting on his own experiences in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police after he was killed when an officer knelt on his neck for nine minutes while arresting him.

As for his hopes following the renewed attention on racially motivated police incidents, the “After Earth” star continued: “We are in a circumstance that we’ve never been in before. The entire globe has stood up and said to the African-American people, ‘We see you and we hear you. How can we help?’ We’ve never been there before.”

And now the father-of-three is hoping the next generation can learn to use their privileged positions to help aid the world in a more compassionate outlook.

“I am pledging my unending devotion to the evolution of my community and the evolution of my country, and ultimately the world, towards the greatest harmony that we’ll be able to create,” he concluded. “I am happy to be alive during this time, and to serve.”

Pusha T and Young Thug Trade Barbs! Who Won?

By: illseed Updated Category: Rumors
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(AllHipHop Rumors) Pusha T and Young Thug are going at it over a Pop Smoke song. I don’t know what in the twilight zone we are doing these days, but it is definitely getting old! And played out! To see two grown men going back and forth over a rap verse that is literally one of the most insignificant things in life is crazy. First of all, Young Thug is jumping in something he has nothing to do with which, is the Pusha T and Drake beef. He is doing the equivalent of jumping in front of the bullet of a person that is not his blood or his brother. Now, Pusha T is taking the time out of his legendary life to respond to something that doesn’t even need responding to. But, I do understand that he has to say something, because the verse is sub dissing Drake, which he may not have wanted anybody to know. Dude is snitching! 

People draw inspiration from their adversaries, but they don’t necessarily have to announce that. So, Young Thug is doing the devil’s work because he is actually tearing a scab from a wound that was already healed in the public eye. We literally weren’t thinking anything about the Pop Smoke song, the verse, or any sort of Drake and Pusha T beef whatsoever, but he took it upon himself to highlight it. So, we are in the midst of an international pandemic, racial strife of unprecedented amounts for the year we are living in, and we have these guys acting like these guys.

On top of it all, we are seeing that there is an inner generational component to this since Pusha T is an older school rapper and Young Thug is a newer school Rapper. I don’t think there’s any competition here in terms of lyrics but in terms of generation, it seems like Young Thug is one of the best of the best of this current era. I literally cannot say, because I literally do not listen to Young Thug in any way, shape, or form. His whole swag is out of step with my mind state, respectfully. At the end of his rant Young Thug says that “we kill for real“ and that is what I am completely against. Why would he insert an element of killing another Black man into something so trivial? Why can’t we simply move on from the stupid, small, and minute things in life and simply keep it pushing? The old me would’ve loved something like this because it drives views and likes and traffic to the site, but now I am questioning my own goals in life. This is getting old. Grow the hell up.

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EXCLUSIVE: R. Kelly Labeled A Threat To Jurors In Upcoming RICO Trial

By: Nolan Strong Updated Category: Exclusives
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(AllHipHop News) The government is worried about the safety of jurors in R. Kelly’s upcoming RICO case for allegedly running a sexual enterprise.

Federal prosecutors are asking for an anonymous, partially sequestered jury, because of the looming threat posed by R. Kelly from behind bars.

“The identities of all prospective  jurors, including their names, addresses, and places of employment, [should] not be revealed to either party or their attorneys,” prosecutor Richard P. Donoghue wrote in court filings today (July 8th).

The Feds also want jurors to be partially sequestered.

The jury members should eat lunch together, in addition to being escorted in and out of the courthouse by US Marshals to avoid interaction with the public or media, according to U.S. prosecutor

The disgraced singer is facing almost two dozen felonies related to six different Jane Doe victims.

R. Kelly is accused of being the ringleader of a sex ring involving his managers, bodyguards, drivers, personal assistants, who allegedly fed the singer’s insatiable appetite for underage girls.

The government claims that for over two decades, the organization recruited women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity with R. Kelly.

The 53-year-old singer allegedly photographed and videotaped the underaged the girls to allegedly blackmail them into silence.

Then R. Kelly isolated the girls from their families, forced the teenagers to follow a dress code, and issued a commandment to refer to him as “Daddy,” as he traveled with the children to sexually abuse them, according to an indictment.

R. Kelly has already been accused of intimidating witnesses, after a Jane Doe’s lawyer received a threatening letter along with explicit images, reportedly signed by the singer himself.

As a result, Judge Ann Donnelly refused to release the singer from the Cook County Prison on three different occasions, despite an outbreak of the deadly coronavirus inside of the Cook County prison where the singer is currently incarcerated.

And now the Feds are worried R. Kelly may attempt to influence the jurors if they do not remain anonymous.

The singer is already accused of rigging his 2008 child p### trial which ended in his acquittal, by paying the victim hundreds-of-thousands of dollars to refuse to testify.

The government also accused R. Kelly of shelling out $200,000 more to buy up leaked pornographic videotapes he made of himself with the teens.

More recently, the Feds claim a goon associated with R. Kelly’s threatened one victim’s life and offered up $50,000 to buy another witness’s silence.

“These measures are necessary to safeguard the jurors and the fair administration of justice,” Donoghue argued. “Moreover, these precautions will not deprive the defendant of meaningful jury selection, diminish the presumption of innocence, or cause any prejudice.”

The trial is supposed to start in March of 2021.

Bun B Provides Update On Houston Cops Involved In Racist Meme Posted To Social Media

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Bernard “Bun B” Freeman does not hold his tongue or curb his thumbs when it comes to addressing racism. He has been out in the streets protesting against police violence, and his Instagram page is filled with information about ongoing social issues like the killing of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky.

On June 29, Bun B uploaded what appears to be a screenshot from a Houston police officer’s personal Facebook page. The image is a meme that likens African-Americans to wild monkeys. 

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“Ok, officers #TeeTruong #VuongVu and #DavidNguyen… you think it’s funny comparing black people to monkeys? We know you work in Houston at the Westside Command Station,” wrote Bun in the caption of his IG post. “Let’s see what your commanders think about this. And the other Asians on this group chat in the comments? Keep that same energy. No apologies will do. Black people are tired [of] being treated like animals!”

TMZ interviewed Bun about the racist meme and the three Houston Police Department-associated individuals allegedly involved in the situation. The UGK member explained that one officer is no longer on the force, but two others are still employed by the city of Houston. 

“The officer that originally posted this resigned about a week before this post went up. So, he was no longer a member of HPD when this post went up,” said Bun. “But the other two officers, who are in the comment section, are still active Houston Police Department officers right now. They work out of the Westside Command Station in Houston.

The Rice University professor of Religious Studies continued, “I’ve been told by the assistant police chief, deputy police chief, that they’re gonna be dealing with this expeditiously.” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo issued a statement on June 30 saying an investigation has been initiated to determine if any current HPD employees were involved in the matter.

In addition to addressing his hometown’s law enforcement, Bun B also placed blame on the racial tension in America on the current President of the United States. In the last few weeks, Donald Trump retweeted a video of one of his supporters shouting “White Power,” called Black Lives Matter a symbol of hate, and defended Confederate symbols being displayed in public spaces.

“I’ve noticed that a lot of people have comprised their well being, the job they have, the community they live in, in order to pronounce their racism, to be bold about it,” said Bun B. “I think a lot of them, to be quite honest, are looking at the actions and the words coming from our current White House administration, and they’ve been emboldened by the behavior and the actions taken by our president.” 

Devo Springsteen Claims Executives & Artists Ridiculed Kanye West Until He Cried

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) DeVon “Devo Springsteen” Harris is one of the people that helped launch the music career of his college roommate, John Stephens, who now goes by the stage name John Legend. Harris is also the cousin of G.O.O.D. Music founder Kanye West.

Devo Springsteen co-wrote several tracks on Legend’s 2004 Platinum-certified debut album Get Lifted. The producer/songwriter also worked with West on the Grammy-winning “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” track off 2005’s Late Registration.

During an appearance on the Bedroom Beethovens podcast, Springsteen spoke about Kanye West trying to make the transition from a record producer to a recording artist at the beginning of his career. The University of Pennsylvania graduate used the conversation to express how some people in positions of power can undervalue talented individuals.

“When you believe, you have to just believe. You don’t know how many people would say to even [Kanye], ‘You’re not a real artist,'” stated Springsteen. “I know people have heard stories like, ‘Oh, they didn’t want to sign him.’ No, it was worse. They would ridicule him. Executives, artists, etc. would ridicule this guy until he was crying. And he would still say, ‘I’m going to be the #1 artist in the world.'”  

T.I. Reveals Wanting To Do A ‘Verzuz’ Battle Against Jay-Z

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Back in 2005, Vibe ran a cover story titled “T.I.: Is He The Jay-Z Of The South?” At the time, the Atlanta-based emcee was on the cusp of his chart-topping run with albums like King, T.I. vs. T.I.P., and Paper Trail.

The self-proclaimed King Of The South would go on to work with Jay-Z on T.I. vs. T.I.P.‘s “Watch What You Say to Me” and Paper Trail‘s “Swagga Like Us.” Now Tip wants to go head-to-head with Hov in a Verzuz battle.

“Just to be honest with you, man. I want Jay,” declared T.I. while appearing on All Def’s Roast This Live. “Who can see Jay sitting down doing a f*cking Verzuz battle? If I’m a billionaire, I’m not finna do that either, but me and 50 ain’t that far off.” 

T.I. has spent the last few days calling on 50 Cent to step into the ring for a hits-for-hits competition. The G-Unit boss laughed off the Verzuz challenge, but Tip continued to taunt 50 about not stepping up for the potential match.

“As far as our confidence, as far as our bankrolls go, we’re kinda neck and neck, whether motherf*ckers know it or not,” T.I. told The Roast Me Crew about 50 Cent. “And another thing, it’s personality. I need somebody who has a personality that won’t be so intimidated by my bravado because the ego fills up the arena.”

He added, “I need somebody who ain’t gonna ba timid, who ain’t gonna be shy, who ain’t gonna be scared. I felt like this the biggest bully y’all got up here. This the n*gga y’all scared of? Come on, let me see you, bruh. All you other motherf*ckers that’s scared, get behind me. Let’s go.”

Young Thug Calls Pusha T’s Scrapped Drake Diss Verse “Weak”

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) As large sections of the Hip Hop world celebrate the release of Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, there is some unexpected drama associated with the posthumous album. It all stems from a song that is not even on the LP.

Apparently, a track titled “Paranoia” was set to be part of Shoot for the Stars, but Victor Victor Worldwide label head Steven Victor claimed the omission was the result of a “glitch.” The unreleased cut featured contributions by Pusha T, Young Thug, and Gunna.

Pusha raps on the leaked “Paranoia”:

You know reality bites. It’s chess, not checkers. Those empty threats only sound good on your records. If the patois is not followed by a Blocka. It’s like Marked for Death Screwface, without the choppa. Let ’em rush the stage when you made like Sinatra. Only to hide the blade flying back through LaGuardia. I might even buy a home out in Mississauga. On my walls, have scrawls of Tschabalalas. Many dolls, that are sprawled, they my Ill Na Nas. Make a call, she gonna crawl, bad gyal Patra. I’m involved and absolved. I am Godfather, hush

Thug later stated he did not respect Pusha’s verse on the song because the lyrics were believed to be subliminal disses directed at the Virginia-bred emcee’s longtime rival Drake. Push responded to Thugger by claiming that no one knew what his lyrics were actually about, and he suggested Drake was the person that stopped “Paranoia” from coming out.

All of the back-and-forth comments on social media led to Pusha becoming a top trending topic on Twitter. Young Thug then returned to Instagram to offer more thoughts about his issues with the record. He recalled back to Pusha’s scathing Drake diss track “The Story of Adidon” which dropped at the height of their feud in 2018.

“First of all, your verse is seven days if you know what I mean. That motherf*cker’s weak. Second of all, you already went crazy the first time, so you ain’t nothing but a sucka going on double takes, triple takes, and quadruple takes. You should’ve just got all of that out when you put the first song out. You didn’t even have to do all that,” said Thug in an Instagram Story video.

He added, “You just feel like you not going to get enough views on your own sh*t, so you came to put some bullsh*t on a n*gga who’s resting in peace music. Trying to f*ck up a n*gga’s whole vibe,” said Thugger. “You feel like, ‘It’s the perfect platform – Thug, Gunna, and Pop Smoke – to go at this n*gga’s ass. This is the perfect song to do it on.'” 

The YSL leader concluded, “Why the f*ck you don’t do that sh*t on your own song? Do that sh*t on your own song, n*gga. N*gga’s ain’t jumping in no n*gga’s business, because I don’t give a f*ck about what none y’all n*ggas got going on. We kill for real.”

Watch Roddy Ricch’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) 2020 has seen Roddy Ricch rise to become one of the leading Hip Hop artists of the present-day. The 21-year-old rapper/singer continues to grow his fan base with hits like “The Box,” “Ballin’,” “High Fashion,” and “Rockstar.”

Ricch recently ran through some of his songs during NPR’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” series. Over a 14-minute set, the Atlantic recording artist performed with the live band 1500 or Nothin’. Plus, R&B singer Ty Dolla $ign joined Roddy for a performance of “Bacc Seat.”

Last month, Ricch was one of the big winners at the 2020 BET Awards. He was named Best New Artist, and his Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial won Album Of The Year. The Compton, California native also performed remotely for the televised event.

Kanye West Talks No Longer Supporting Donald Trump & Taking Votes Away From Joe Biden

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Kanye West’s public opinion about Donald Trump continues to change from month to month. In April of this year, he was still on board with the Republican president being re-elected, now West is supposedly investing in himself to be the person to lead the nation.

Whether the billionaire rapper’s run for the presidency should be taken seriously is still up for debate, but West is apparently ready to move on from Trump. In a new Forbes interview, the 42-year-old entertainer spoke about why he has soured on the man he once claimed to have “dragon energy.”

“It looks like one big mess to me,” said West, assumingly, about the current state of America. “I don’t like that I caught wind that [President Trump] hid in the bunker.” 

The Jesus Is King album creator was referring to the reports that Trump was taken to a secret bunker in response to #BlackLivesMatter protests outside the White House in May. West also spoke about the complaints that his candidacy is just a ploy to possibly take votes from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, thus helping Trump win the election.

“I’m not denying it, I just told you. To say that the Black vote is Democratic is a form of racism and white supremacy,” stated Kanye West. 

Additionally, the Forbes article includes West admitting he has never voted, that he believes vaccines are “the mark of the beast,” and that he wants to model his White House after the fictional country of Wakanda in the Black Panther movie. It is his lack of political experience that could be one of West’s biggest flaws as a candidate.

The A-list superstar seems less interested in formulating policy positions on important issues such as police reform, healthcare, education, and voting rights than he does highlighting his own creativity. West even acknowledged he does not currently have a thought-out viewpoint on foreign policy and tax reform.

“I don’t know if I would use the word policy for the way I would approach things. I don’t have a policy when I went to Nike and designed Yeezy and went to Louis and designed a Louis Vuitton at the same time. It wasn’t a policy, it was a design. We need to innovate the design to be able to free the mind at this time,” offered West.

Man Killed In Foogiano Shooting Remembered As A Great Man

By: Kershaw St. Jawnson Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Two people were killed after a shooting broke out during a show featuring Foogiano over the weekend.

The deadly performance took place at a Greenville, South Carolina club called Lavish Lounge.

Clarence Sterling Johnson, 51, and Mykala Bell, 23, were the fatalities, while eight others were injured during the melee.

Friends and family are coming forth with a little more information about the character of the nightclub security guard cool shot in the leg and died from the injury.

Affectionately called “CJ” or “Big Sterling,” his pastor shared, “He was one who showed no partiality when it came to serving.”

Pastor Henry Johnson of Greenville’s Queen Street Baptist Church, where Sterling Johnson served on the usher board.

Pastor Johnson spoke to the Greenville News of his member saying, “Sterling was what I called a ‘servant’ who served in so many areas in our community wholeheartedly, making sure everyone felt safe.”

There was another club shooting the same weekend and the local authorities believed that all of the violence was gang-related.

Many are wondering why the club was even open since the governor of the state had ordered a mandatory shut down of nightclubs, bars, and lounges in efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lavish Lounge was not exempt from this ordinance.

Family and friends of Sterling Johnson have posted on Facebook prayers and condolences. His cousin, Joyce Robinson set up a GoFundMe page to support his surviving children.

Kanye West Building Massive Mansion For Family In Wyoming

By: AllHipHop Staff Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Kanye West is making major plans to build a huge luxurious mansion at one of the ranches he owns in Wyoming.

TMZ managed to obtain building permits for construction which is set to begin on the rap star’s lakefront residence in Cody.

Kanye is building a palatial palace w#### could have made King Solomon himself jealous.

The Christian rapper is constructing a brand new, 10-room, 52,000 square foot single-family home from scratch.

The rapper is planning on living large with his wife Kim Kardashian West, and their four kids in the new digs, which will be built to include two under-ground garages.

Kanye also owns another 9,000-acre ranch in Wyoming, a $60 million mansion in Los Angeles and another property in Calabasas, where the rap star started building dome-like houses that had to be torn down over permit issues.

Foogiano Associate Charged For July 4th Double Murder; Rapper Not Cooperating

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(AllHipHop News) A member of Foogiano’s entourage has been arrested for his role in a double-homicide inside of a Greenville, South Carolina nightclub.

Police have arrested a man named Jarquez Kezavion Cooper, who was with the Atlanta rapper the night of the shooting.

Cooper has been charged with two counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. He is also facing one charge of possession of a deadly weapon during a violent crime.

Police said there were two gunmen and three other men are still at large and Foogiano has refused to cooperate with cops and has lawyered up.

Two people were killed and eight others injured at the Lavish Lounge venue in Greenville, where Foogiano, real name Kwame Brown, had performed to mark turning 27 and had been presented with a pricey piece of jewelry.

Reports suggest the violence erupted after someone attempted to steal a chain from the birthday boy, whose entourage apparently clashed with members of the crowd as they threw up different gang signs, according to the local Greenville News.

Video footage shared on social media appears to show someone onstage aim a gun at the audience and fire the weapon numerous times.

The deceased victims were identified as 51-year-old club security guard Clarence Sterling Johnson, and 23-year-old mother-of-two Mykala Bell, while at least two of those also injured remain hospitalized in a critical condition.

Meanwhile, authorities are looking into whether club owners had obtained a special permit to hold the event, where there appeared to be little room for social distancing, as large gatherings are still banned in the state due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Representatives for Gucci have yet to comment on the incident.

Did Ty Dolla $ign Just Hint At New Drake Collab?

By: Maria Myraine Updated Category: Rumors
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As the Summer unfolds, Ty Dolla $ign just might hit us off with a new Drake collaboration. In a recent interview on Power 106’s “Ego Death,” Ty Dolla discussed a possible collaboration for the 6 God’s upcoming album. He even admits being in contact with with Drake but didn’t delve too much into details.

“I’ve been sending him new records too for the new album. I ain’t gonna say too much, man, but shout out to Drake.”

Hmm..

A collaboration between the two artists wouldn’t be a first, having previously collaborated on “After Dark” and “Jaded” – two cuts off Drake’s “Scorpion” album in 2018. Ty Dolla went on to profess his love and respect for Drake. “He’s been the greatest since he came out and I always wanted to work with him, so on Scorpion, I think I had been hitting him before to do a song and then when he was working on this album, he hit me up. He was like, Yo, I got some joints.” With his sixth album nearing completion, Drake is liable to tap Ty Dolla for another feature. Other alleged collaborations on the album include Roddy Ricch. Ty Dolla $ign is also dropping a new album soon titled, “Dream House,” and has already confirmed Kanye West, FKA Twigs and Skrillex as features on his project.

AllHipHop Presents: “10 Steps to NOME X” featuring Daylyt

By: Kershaw St. Jawnson Updated Category: Features
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Daylyt is probably one of the most interesting personalities that fans will ever get to meet in the battle rap world. Notoriously known for his antics, few have looked past the pranks and the crew hijinks to see the genius that exists behind his batman tattooed eyes.

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AllHipHop.com sat with Daylyt and he shared his journey from Watts to URL in detail during this exclusive “10 Steps to NOME X” interview:

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AllHipHop: What is the story behind your journey as an emcee?

Daylyt: I grew up around my older brother, Nut. Are you familiar with Crooked I? My brother and he used to rock. I was like the little kid in the corner, while he and my brother were chopping things down. I was always infatuated by seeing people put words together in extreme and amazing ways (the way they did it back in that era). I was a little kid looking up to my big brother like he was a superhero according to the way he rapped.

As I got older, every high school had freestyle Friday high school. Freestyling and battling were things that we did in school. There were other places like Project Blowed, but I didn’t know too much about them. Where I am from in Watts, we did go too far outside of our area.

It just so happens that the Smack DVD got our neighborhood somehow. I was like “Oh sh*t, battle rap is crazy.” I think the first battle I saw was the Mook battle, but I still didn’t have the guts to do it. I would say like around ’04 or the early 2000s, I got introduced to the event called “The Pit” out in LA. A man named Sticks was the founder of “The Pit” and he put together like this super Hip-Hop spot, where they had bands… it was kind of like a Project Blowed but without the white people. It was like all the gangbangers. “The Pit” was the hood and grungy, but nothing really happened but that tension is kind of what made it what it was. That was how I got introduced to actually battling and I wound up having a battle against a rapper named Dizaster and a few more cats. That was how I met Dizaster when we battled, we became cool, best friends, and started our group.

I was always a fan of the Smack era. I actually have a close relationship with Mook and them. One of Mook’s older brothers or cousins I used to play college basketball with. So, I always knew Mook, even before I really started battle rapping. I knew Mook and T-Rex and Dot Mob. It just so happens I was a fan of Mook and I was playing basketball with his family member and I met him just like that. So, it was like the universe was trying to connect some sh*t without me even knowing it.

I am part of Dot Mob on behalf of Rex and Mook, Norms, and Nemo. I still haven’t met a few of them. But f*ck with them to the level of no return like if I am in New York, they got me. They are going to hold me down. It is bigger than some crew sh*t, it is almost like we are brothers. It is a Brotherhood.

AllHipHop: You’re such a gifted emcee. Talk about your first battle on URL.

Daylyt: I’m like this weird anomaly aspect of battle rap because I was supposed to be on URL multiple times and it didn’t happen. The universe was like ‘Not now, Daylyt, not yet.’ I was booked for summer madness multiple times and a fight broke out before and I didn’t get the battle. I was booked again, and it just didn’t work out. So my very first time, official URL, was when I battled Mike P. I was kinda excited, but I just wasn’t as excited because it wasn’t in a super big venue. It was more like a small room setup. I said, let me just go in there and cook. For me, it was just like another day in the office.

As of right now, I am extremely excited about NOME which is on to the next upcoming battle.

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AllHipHop: What is the difference between Daylyt and Quill?

Daylyt: I have created these different types of realities in my mind. And these alternate realities help me create different types of me, just so people don’t get tired of one me. One thing, I’ve learned about life and with human beings in general, is that humans get tired of things. It doesn’t matter if it is the best thing in the world, you may get tired of things if you have it too much.

So, you’ll get Daylyt, but you’ll get a hometown buffet version of Daylyt, different types of options of Daylyt. A quill is the original writing utensil, it is the feather that they would dip into ink.

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It started off with one sentence of Facebook. I tagged Mickey Facts and said, ‘I’m cut from a different cloth.’ And I spelled it ‘K-LO-F-F.’ And Mickey said, ‘No, I am cut from a different cloth.’ And he spelled it ‘K-W-L-A-W-F.’ We just spelled cloth so many different ways as we could possibly spell it. We manipulated the world cloth in maybe like 50 different posts. At some point, he wrote ‘I wrote Q-U-L-O-F-F’ and then I said that I was cut from the ‘Quill.’ Then we were like a quill is the original writing tool, we might have broken continuum wording to where we went back to the original writer’s pen.

He said, ‘That’s kinda crazy’ and I said, ‘I’m calling myself Quill from now on. This is my new alter ego and that will tell you that if I am on my ‘quill’ tip, I am about to write some of the craziest **** on the face of the earth.

AllHipHop: Is Quill more of a lyricist and Daylyt is …

Daylyt: Quill is more Pablo Picasso, the painter — I am going to paint this canvas with something you aren’t used to hearing. When you are looking at Daylyt the individual, you are going to get some gritty, some clever, some woke sh*t. You are going to get a plethora of everything when you get Daylyt.

AllHipHop: Did you play basketball in college?

Daylyt: I went to Long Beach City and then I went to Long Beach State. I went to a few JC before that. I went to Harbor City Junior College. I played some overseas basketball for like a year, then I played in Alaska. I got some nice decent basketball experience.

I think I would have gotten into the NBA, if I didn’t go to the high school I went to. I understand there is a systematic combine that will get you into the NBA. Certain camps you have to go to, certain coaches you have to work out with, and certain trainers. There is an untold backdoor approach to get into the NBA. I didn’t know about the combine.

AllHipHop: Do you feel like coming from Watts that perhaps the opportunities were blocked from you?

Daylyt: I believe that 99% of these opportunities have been blocked from me. Once we had a game at USC. I remember a scout was looking at me and he walked up to me and said, ‘What high school did you go to?’ And I was like I went to ‘L.A. Jordan,’ and he just walked away. It was almost like somebody put L.A. Jordan on the blacklist. I was like we had a red mark on us.

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That also has a lot to do with the actual music industry. As you know based on the neighborhood that you are from and based on the neighborhood I grew up in, we have done so much damage in the world, that when you say that you are affiliated with that session, you know your credit is already in the negative. I definitely believe that a lot of opportunities were kept away from me based off of where I was from.

AllHipHop: When you look at what is going on in the world right now, you could have been a George Floyd?

Daylyt: A lot of us were already George Floyds. I have been beaten by police so many times that seemed normal, a day in the hood. I have been handcuffed for no reason, dropped off in the Mexican hood. The police have just done all kinds of sh*t to us. I got another homeboy named Kaylo that was killed by the police. Another friend named Mookie, who’s been killed by the police. I’ve been watching this my whole life. With the whole George Floyd sh*t … it doesn’t affect me as much as it affects a lot of people because I’ve seen it a lot more in my life.

I don’t think nobody should protest anything. I think there should be physical retaliation, every time.

I have three boys. I have a 14-year-old, a 10-year-old, and I have a two-year-old. I am a daddy daddy and I am active in their lives. I am one of the few fathers that never lied to my children. I don’t let them live in their fantasy reality of making everything. I let them watch all the stuff they need to watch from all the slave documentaries to all who we were before slavery. I pump their head with knowledge. They don’t have time for cartoons. They don’t have time for fairytale sh*t that doesn’t mean anything. I’m like a superhero to them. You know who some kids think that their parent is Batman, but they don’t really know?

I tell my children, yo son … I am going over here to work but they don’t know I’m going on and being one of the greatest lyricists in the world they have no idea.”

AllHipHop: NOME X will have some of the other great lyricists in the world on the card. When you got the call for NOME, how did that call go?

Daylyt: The battle rap community has this weird thought that I and Smack and URL have bad relations. When in all actuality, we don’t. We talk frequently behind the scenes. It just always boiled down to a time when everything was going to make sense. So, we have been in the works talking about for the last couple of years, and when NOME came around I let Smack know it was time. I was ready. Smack hit me and said, ‘Lyt I think it is about that time.’ And I answered, ‘I am feeling real froggy.’ He said he would call me when he has that deposit and when he has that opponent.`

AllHipHop: And what do you think about Tay Roc?

Daylyt: I believe Tay Roc is a high-level skilled rapper. In what he does, in his position, he is like a 97 or 98. He is pretty much at the peak of what he does. I respect him as an artist or as an emcee 100%. Will it be enough for what I don’t? I don’t know.

Like I don’t have a favorite Tay Roc battle. To me, he has moments like the ‘seat belt buckle up’ line. I can’t even name more than three Tay Roc battles. I just don’t watch battles and that goes for everybody. I just don’t watch battle rap. Watching will f*ck with your creativity. I don’t do that and that is why I don’t really sound like anyone and I am so unorthodox. I don’t subconsciously program myself with other people’s material.

AllHipHop: What do you want to prove at NOME X this year?

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Daylyt: At this exact moment, I feel like I need to jump in and say some things that I need to say. I can’t let you all know that. I need to save that for the battle.

NOME X will air on Saturday, July 11 at 5 pm on Caffeine TV.

Jae Millz: Still Rapping & Host Of Loud Opinions Podcast

By: Shirley Ju Updated Category: Features
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Jae Millz came up during the peak of the Young Money days, memories and moments that will forever hold a dear place in his heart.

While he played an integral part as part of the crew lead by Lil Wayne, let’s not forget his talents as a true spitter and battle rapper. The New York native hails from Harlem and brings that East Coast rawness in all his raps, shifting his focus on his own artistry which includes his new podcast.

Beyond the music, Millz recently started his Loud Opinions podcast where he touches on all the recent events and happenings in the world. Not only does he act as a host showcasing his distinct personality, but he edits all the footage on his own — taking the initiative to teach himself and learn from watching Youtube videos.

The independent rapper also unleashed his new mixtape titled Potent Music 5, released on 4/20. While music is his biggest passion, cannabis comes in as a close second. While his lady’s at work, he spends his time in his home studio and homeschooling his kids: a 7-year-old and a 14-year-old. Each morning consists of waking up, making breakfast (cutting up strawberries), and helping them with both morning work and homework.

AllHipHop caught up with Millz, who’s determined to separate his name from the Young Money imprint while pushing his own ventures and projects. Read below as we discuss the premise of Loud Opinions, his deal with EMPIRE, epic stories from the Young Money days with Lil Wayne, and more!

AllHipHop: How you holding up in quarantine?

Jae Millz: I record myself so I have a studio inside my crib, I have the laptop, mic, all that. When my daughter’s there, she’s like “daddy, can you put Alvin on again? Can you put PJ Masks on?” What I do is I go to Netflix, put Boss Baby on and let it play. It’ll play 19 episodes and she will not bother me. She’s 7 so she’s into puzzles, Play Doh, paint. We’ll take a ride down to Marina Del Rey, Dockweiler Beach, Venice. I take my daughter but she can’t understand why we can’t go to the sand and the water, so that’s frustrating. She’s like “daddy I want to go somewhere.” There’s nowhere to go. The quarantine is what made me make the podcast.

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AllHipHop: How did your new podcast Loud Opinions come about?

Jae Millz: Loud Opinions podcast with me and my boy Lenox Hughes. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I started one in 2017 called Potent Hour, did one episode and scrapped it. It wasn’t the look. It was me, one perspective. I was in my boys’ studio, someone else was recording it. I had to depend on other people still. Once I realized if I invest in a microphone and podcast kit from Amazon, I know how to record the vocals. I just need somewhere to film. My boy had moved into a new crib with his girl, cool we can use your crib. We can do this in the living room.

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If we do this every week, I don’t want it to be a bill. If we’re not making any money, it’s a bill. But I don’t spend any money either. We both have iPhones, I have a DJI camera to get the main shot with both of us. Use his camera to get his perspective, my camera to get my perspective. I go to YouTube, look up how to edit multi-cam footage. Now I edit the whole podcast, record it in GarageBand, upload to Anchor. Anchor sends it to Spotify, Apple Music, all that. I do all of that myself. It’s self therapy during quarantine, gives you something to do. Once a week I’ll record, next day I’ll edit it.

AllHipHop: What’s the premise of the podcast?

Jae Millz: I’m a supreme pothead. Other day I smoked 7 blunts before my girl got off of work, that’s insane.

AllHipHop: You’re still smoking blunts?

Jae Millz: Yes, unfortunately. I had a tumor removed in my throat, so it’s a surprise I still even smoke anything. I do have to stop smoking blunts. My voice was messed up in 2014, before I had my surgery. “For the Win,” No Chill mixtape, “The Virgo Mixtape,” you wouldn’t even want to listen to me. I remember Dave East said “you don’t like Dutches, you’re addicted to the tobacco. You’re getting high off the Dutch and the weed, that’s the high you like. That’s why you don’t like papers.”

AllHipHop: After having a tumor lasered out of your throat, you still smoke Dutch Masters?”

Jae Millz: I tried papers, but it burned too fast. Back to the podcast, I’m a supreme stoner and I wanted to do something that’s me. Loud for the weed, Loud because I’m talkative, Loud because I always think I’m right. Some people think if you say something louder, that makes you right. I’m not that person, these are my Loud Opinions. I may not agree with you, you may not agree with me, but I can agree to disagree. It’s cool if you don’t agree with anything I say, as long as it doesn’t change our relationship. These are my views.

AllHipHop: What topics do you cover?

Jae Millz: I try not to get too political, but I try to stay with what’s current. Of course I have to talk about Black Lives Matter and George Floyd, but I also like to talk about the 30 for 30’s on ESPN. Dennis Rodman, Lance Armstrong, Bruce Lee, etc. I try to talk about regular things. Ex) people telling you their business without you thinking they’ll tell you their business. People working jobs they hate, they doing it because they know where they want to be. The President’s address being 1600 Black Lives Matter Plaza, the irony of that. He wanted to put people in cages, now he has fences around the White House. We’re talking about all the VERZUZ, who we want to see like Fab and Jada, Ashanti and Keyshia Cole. I did a segment on an episode called the P### Star Hall of Filth. I know all the p### stars, that’s my thing.

AllHipHop: How does your girl feel about it?

Jae Millz: I was on “I just want to f##k every girl in the world” when we got together. I was on “Dick Pleaser” with Lil Wayne. All of that was before I got with her, so she understands. A lot of us are branching off into other things like Tory Lanez with Quarantine Radio. It’s going to be interesting to see who sticks with what they created during quarantine after it’s over. I watched Gunna perform at a house in the hills and Youtube paid for it. Young Thug came out, they had a band in the background. You could tell that they did it during the looting, you could see a bunch of s##t on fire from the drone shots.

Who paid for it? It’s going so many different places now. Interesting to see when Kendrick’s album comes out, Drake’s album, Cole’s album. Even though I’m a rapper, I have a lot of views and opinions on s##t. I’ve been in the game for 20 years, I got my first deal 20 years ago so I know more than it might seem. You wouldn’t know s##t about me until you sit down and talk to me. I hate being in the mix. I hate going to pool parties, birthday parties.

AllHipHop: How’s your journey been with EMPIRE?

Jae Millz: When we did the deal with EMPIRE, I didn’t take any money. I know that sounds crazy but we can never owe EMPIRE a dime because I didn’t take any money upfront. I wanted distribution, let’s put it out. I like my splits, we did 80/20. If you didn’t give me any money upfront, I could sell 500 copies and still don’t owe anybody anything.

AllHipHop: Have you been tapped into Young Money radio?

Jae Millz: I like Young Money Radio, I wish Wayne would’ve started that a long time ago. That’s a chapter in my story, I didn’t cover my Young Money tattoo [shows hands]. I was with Young Money for almost a decade. With everything going on, it’s a lot more s##t Wayne could be doing that doesn’t even have to do with him rapping on a microphone. He’s a superstar icon. If you ask Uzi or any of the new artists who they looked up to, they all gon’ say Wayne. Wayne needs to float off that. Wayne holds music hostage, he’s in the studio every day for at least 13 hours. We go in there at 12 at night, he leaves at 12 the next day. Where’s the music at?

AllHipHop: He dropped the Carter III 12 years ago today!

Jae Millz: I got with Young Money right before Carter III. I remember he used to play “Lollipop,” like “this going to be my new single.” That’s the craziest Wayne song, he used to play it so much. He’s coming from court when he had that case in Phoenix, he’s playing it on the bus. I said “play ‘Lollipop’ again.” He took the CD out, gave it to me. He said “you can have that. We don’t really ride on the bus listening to ‘Lollipop’ man, you listen to that on your own time.” I went back to Harlem, loaded it onto my Xbox 360 and I cracked a CD. I didn’t want one of my friends to come over, mess around and steal it. His song gets leaked? I got with Young Money 2 weeks ago.

AllHipHop: You really cracked the CD?

Jae Millz: I had already put It on my Xbox. If you’re going to steal Lil Wayne’s single, you had to steal my Xbox out of my house. A couple nights before on the tour bus, I asked Wayne how much did he think he’s going to sell in the first week? On my daughter’s soul, he said 250K or 300K. At that time, that’s good. Mary J. Blige was selling 600K the first week. Kanye and 50 when they clashed, Kanye had Graduation, people were selling a lot of records. That album came out, he did 1 million records on Carter III. That album went Platinum the first week. Carter IV did too.

AllHipHop: I love asking Lil Wayne fans what their favorite Carter is.

Jae Millz: Carter I is when I start respecting him as a lyricist more.

AllHipHop: What’s your favorite song on Carter III?

Jae Millz: I used to like “Misunderstood.” I was in the studio thinking “this gon’ be a big record, the sample and everything.” I like the intro “3 Peat,” that was the change in Lil Wayne. I’ve been listening to Wayne since he’s a young rapper. We’re the same age. When you think of Snoop, you think of Dr. Dre productions. You think of Biggie, you think of Puffy. When you think of Wayne, you think of Mannie Fresh. “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” “Bling Bling.” People don’t realize Carter II was the first Lil Wayne album with no Mannie Fresh. Carter II: “Shooter” with Robin Thicke. None of those songs would’ve sounded like that if Mannie Fresh did them.

AllHipHop: What happened?

Jae Millz: That’s around the time Birdman wasn’t really messing with Mannie Fresh, so they started letting Wayne be free. He’s getting beats with Heatmakerz, The Runners, Cool & Dre. Jim Jonsin did “Lollipop.” Carter II, Wayne was still spitting fast. Carter III was “Comfortable,” “Mrs. Officer.” Everything was a single and if it wasn’t, it could’ve been. Carter III is his best album.

AllHipHop: What are your fondest memories of Young Money?

Jae Millz: Everybody grew into young men. Young Money was college for me. It was college for Tyga, me, Drake. When Drake came around, he’s coming from Degrassi being a ghostwriter for people. We’re on a flight one day, Drake told me he used to write for Dr. Dre. I’m like “you know Dr. Dre?” He has a chip on his shoulder because people know he’s dope, but they’re trying to give him this TV guy s##t. “Oh, you’re the guy from Degrassi.” Nah, he’s nice. One time we’re in the studio, he wanted to get a tattoo. Wayne stopped him like “nah, you be you. You don’t have to do what we do, that’s what makes you dope because you’re nothing like anybody else around here.”

AllHipHop: How’d Lil Wayne influence your career?

Jae Millz: There’s always more to do, I get that from Wayne. Me coming to the studio being like “man I’m tired,” Wayne turns around looking at me like “what you tired for? What you do all day?” He’s on stage for 45 minutes last night, he brought me out for 5. He’s not lying. We all still won. At the end of the day, I’m a Platinum artist. I know that may sound crazy, but I have plaques. Last time I checked, everybody on that Dreamville album are Grammy-nominated artists.

AllHipHop: What do you want fans to get from Potent Music 5?

Jae Millz: I’ve been doing the Potent Music series for a decade. I created this on some stoner s##t. 10 Years ago, stoner rap was big. Wiz, Curren$y, people were catching onto Berner and Cookies. I’m a heavy stoner, my fans know that. Potent Music is feeding my fans, music for them to burn to. Nothing too deep. I like f##king with the samples and talking my s##t. I like series. Over here I’m up to Potent Music 5, but over here I’m up to Virgo Mixtape 7. People’s attention span is short nowadays. if you don’t stay in their face, they’ll forget you.

If you don’t like it, don’t listen do it. That’s the beauty of this era, it’s all in your phone. You don’t have to go to the store. I don’t have the pressure of selling records. I’m not pressed for money. I don’t like owing people. I’m good, my bills are paid. I don’t want anything. As someone who’s been in the game for 20 years, I don’t need you to do anything but put it out. I record it myself, I edit myself, got the whole Pro Tools setup. I shoot my own videos, direct and edit my videos. I don’t want a big major deal because I know what comes along with that.

Juice WRLD Expected To Crush The Charts With Posthumous Release

By: AllHipHop Staff Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Tragic rapper Juice Wrld is poised for a chart return with the release of his first posthumous album this Friday.

The “Lucid Dreams” MC passed away from an accidental overdose in December and on Monday, label bosses at Grade A Productions and Interscope Records revealed fans would soon get to hear some of the hip-hop star’s final recordings on his upcoming project, Legends Never Die.

They also unveiled the single “Life Is a Mess,” which features Juice reunited with pop star Halsey, with whom he had worked on the remix to her Without Me hit last year.

Officials had previously shared the posthumous songs “Righteous” and “Tell Me U Luv Me.”

Meanwhile, label executives are celebrating the launch of Legends Never Die with a special merchandise line, in collaboration with bosses at gaming firm FaZe Clan, to remember Juice’s passion for video games and paintballing.

The rapper’s manager, Peter Jideonwo, tells Billboard: “Juice really loved gaming and loved the FaZe guys. They did an amazing job on this merch line and we are so glad to see this collaboration is coming out in honor of Legends Never Die.

Black Thought Drops Another Classic With “Streams Of Thought, Vol. 3”

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(AllHipHop News) It is hard to dispute that Black Thought is not one of the Top 10 emcees of all time.

Known for his incredible gift of rhyme, the rapper can hop on any track with any other rapper and slaughter the jawn.

And while many are acquainted with this work with the legendary The Roots Crew, as a solo artist, he has produced some of the most innovative pieces of work the culture has bore witness to.

He is back again with a project that will not only lyrically blow your mind, but will renew that love you had for Hip-Hop. In the latest installation of his Streams of Thought, Vol. series, he offers his third, Cane and Abel.

Available on all digital platforms on July 31st, Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane and Abel is bound to join the critically acclaimed conversation that lifts Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 as superior works.

Produced entirely by Sean C (JayZ, Diddy, Pusha T, Joey Badass), the 15 track project has features with Hip-Hop notables like Swizz Beats, Pusha T, and ScHoolboy Q. Also making powerful appearances on the EP are Portugal The Man, The Last Artful and Dodgr.

Like always, Tariq Trotter, gives his fans a full experience, engaging not just your heart with carefully constructed rhymes, but he taps you in with visuals with the same ability to evoke emotion.

The cover art for Streams of Thought, Vol. 3 is done by Black visual artist, Khari Turner. Turner created a portrait of Black Thought that has been described as “stunning.”

Streams Of Thought, Vol. 3 –Track List:

1. I’m Not Crazy (First Contact)

2. State Prisoner

3. Good Morning Ft. Swizz Beats, Pusha T, and Killer Mike 4. Magnificent

5. Experience (Interlude)

6. Quiet Trip Ft. Portugal The Man And The Last Artful, Dodgr 7. Nature Of The Beast Ft. Portugal The Man And The Last Artful, Dodgr 8. We Should Be Good Ft. CS Armstrong

9. Steak Um Ft. ScHoolboy Q

10. Thought Vs. Everybody

11. Ghetto Boyz & Girls Ft. CS Armstrong

12. Fuel Ft. Portugal The Man And The Last Artful, Dodgr

13. I’m Not Crazy (Outro)