(AllHipHop News) Today, Wale returned with a new 6-track EP titled The Imperfect Storm. The DMV representative reportedly recorded the project over the last two weeks.
The Imperfect Storm arrived after protesters took the streets around the world in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Global demonstrations began following the murder of George Floyd by then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Wale’s discography also includes other EPs like It’s Complicated and Self Promotion as well as studio LPs like The Album About Nothing and Wow… That’s Crazy. The latter album was released in 2019.
June 19, also known as Juneteenth, saw new projects by Teyana Taylor (The Album), John Legend (Bigger Love), and Tee Grizzley (The Smartest) drop as well. Juneteenth is celebrated as the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas learned that they were now free men and women.
.@TEYANATAYLOR's third studio project, ‘The Album’ is here.
(AllHipHop Music) NewMoney Quez, is a multifaceted, Hip Hop artist signed with Street Capital Entertainment who is set to take the music world by storm.
Hailing from the streets of Atlanta, GA, NewMoney Quez is no stranger to struggle, disappointment or the grind.
Growing up in a single parent household, NewMoney Quez witnessed his mother struggle to provide for him and his 4 siblings.
With hopes of wanting more, NewMoney Quez quickly drew to wanting to make money, and quickly turned to the streets to help make ends meet for him and his family.
Hustling became a way to make it for NewMoney Quez. He worked hard to hustle in the streets and keep his popularity playing football at a local Atlanta High School.
While never arrested, NewMoney Quez lost many people he loved to the streets. After being shot and nearly killed at the age of 16, NewMoney Quez knew it was time for something to change in his life.
Music became his outlet and a way to make a major change in his life.
Atlanta, GA quickly became Hip Hop’s hub in a major way
Since 2009, NewMoney Quez has used music as an outlet and opportunity to promote non-violence, anti-bullying and equality to the youth of Atlanta, GA.
NewMoney Quez created the soundtrack for his outreach, “Stand for Something” that trended well.
NMQ’s new debut project, ‘I WANT NEW MONEY FOREVER’ is hosted by DJ Montana.
His grind didn’t stop in the streets. NewMoney Quez just transitioned the way he hustles to the music game.
(AllHipHop Music) Hillside Budda was born Patrious Leverett on February 12, 1990, in the small town of Ware Shoals, SC as the youngest of seven siblings.
After moving many times due to the financial struggles of his single mom, he landed back where he was born in “the Hill” community.
The Hill was one of the poorest areas in town and forced so many to turn to the streets. Fortunately, he was able to avoid getting in the game and has been creating music since he was a child.
Growing up in the street life with his well-known family of hustlers, he learned how to survive the harsh realities of every day and how to hustle hard in everything he does. He uses music to express himself and serve as the voice of those same people who helped raise him.
Hillside Budda is a young and upcoming artist with a unique Hip Hop style using both conscious and Trap music.
As a self-made, independent artist, Hillside Budda developed four mixtapes: ‘Love Me Know,’ ‘It’s Too Late,’ ‘King of Kings,’ and ‘Budda Baby,’ while working full-time to take care of his family.
He started by selling CDs from the back of his SUV to eventually becoming a local legend in the community for his ability to share a little of everyone’s story in his lyrics.
Validated and received locally, Hillside Budda signed with Street Capital Entertainment in August 2019 with the expectation of mainstream success.
(AllHipHop News) If you think that everyone in Hip-Hop is anti-Trump, you would be wrong.
Apparently, a viral moment has exposed the world to an emcee that is out on the inter-web setting it all ablaze with a freestyle to Black Rob’s “Whoa.”
Not unusual you say? Well, when you hear that it celebrates Donald Trump and it tries to poke holes in Joe Biden’s campaign bar by bar, you’ll say something different.
His Twitter handle is The Marine Rapper and he has a project called the “Star-Spangled Banger” on Spotify.
— The Marine Rapper (@TheMarineRapper) June 17, 2020
The TikTok video actually has over 1 million views after being re-posted by Trump’s @realDonaldTrump account.
AllHipHop.com still is not quite sure if this is a ploy to get some streams or if he is truly a Trumper, but his profile pics shows him dappered out in a flag outfit and a red mohawk.
The MAGA dude appears to be patriotic but guess what our amazing investigation team found:
He is in violation of 4 U.S. Code § 8. Respect for flag
According to the U.S. Code Mr. “I am in the Military and Love America So Much that I am also Breaking the Law,” the mandate reads as such:
“No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
Oh snap, no need to go any further!
You mean all that research you did on Biden (and it is indeed questionable) you didn’t even check to make sure that your SWAG was Hamilton-worthy?
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Noname just fired back some ether at J Cole, as their cold war of words heats up.
J Cole raised some eyebrows (no pun intended) earlier this week, with his diss track “Snow on tha Bluffs,” which many took as being directed at Noname.
Apparently, J. Cole’s feathers were ruffled over criticism Noname directed at unnamed rappers over their silence in the wake of the shocking murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25th.
Noname fired back earlier tonight with a short, but sweet track called Song33,” which was crafted by production genius, Madlib.
“Song33” drops some not-so-subtle shade referencing and J. Cole, and the Fayetteville rapper’s decision to speak on her.
And to leave no doubts, she also posted her verse to social media. J. Cole got wind of the track, but he played it safe and retweeted a link to her song to show his support.
They both my peoples but only one of them put out a whole song talking about how the other needs to reconsider their tone and attitude in order to save the world. It’s not constructive and undermines all the work Noname has done. It’s not BWs job to spoon feed us. We grown https://t.co/TjIrMyFzQd
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) June 17, 2020
Young Lito is the next rapper to blow out of Brooklyn, New York. Wearing multiple hats from rapping to songwriting to hustling, the East Coast MC came up as a member of the B$B Crew alongside Troy Ave — but after the Irving Plaza shooting, Lito is moving on to the next chapter of his life.
Most recently, he unleashed his mixtape titled “Stay Inside (The Quarantine Tape),” equipped with 10 heartfelt tracks that speak to his current mindstate as well as the state of the rest of the world. As we’re all quarantined inside our homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lito gives us hope that the dark times are only temporary.
With songs like “Glow” and “Man Down,” fans can’t help but gravitate towards his realness and authenticity.
AllHipHop caught up with Lito to discuss his biggest influences, the B$B days, his favorite songs on the project, Top 5, and more!
AllHipHop: Being from Brooklyn, New York, what was the household like growing up?
Young Lito: It was regular. Regular ass story: single parent, single mom. Dad wasn’t around, mom’s working overtime. You take part of the streets, it wasn’t super rough though.
AllHipHop: Biggest influences?
Young Lito: Fab was heavy, he heavily inspired me. Jay Z, DMX, Shyne. Shyne was different. Young Jeezy was a big influence on me, that’s around the time I started hustling and felt everything he was saying. His music triggered a lot of emotions and when I started making music, I always wanted to give people that same feeling whether it was about growing up in poverty, hustling to get out, or just having a good time.
AllHipHop: Bring us back to when you were mobbing with Troy Ave, as part of the BSB Crew.
Young Lito: I met Troy through Hovain, his former manager. That’s my bro, my dawg for life. He’s from the same neighborhood, we both from Brownsville. I’m from Marcus Garvey projects, he’s from Van D### projects. He used to always say he had this artist, “come to the show.” I came to support them at a few shows. He’s like “You look like you rap. You have a look to you, can you rap?” I said “I rapped in high school.” Because I always knew I could rhyme, I used to help my friends who did rap. I sent them a freestyle, the rest was history. I started rapping. He threw me on a few mixtapes and I started building a name for myself in the rap game.
AllHipHop: What’d you learn from that experience?
Young Lito: One thing I can say about Troy even though I don’t f##k with him is that his work ethic is crazy. You have to stay consistent. Consistency wins the race, but also character. A lot of people didn’t like Troy because he often did some corny s##t that upset people or he was arrogant at times, but that’s who he is. Me personally, I’m more laidback. I keep working and I stay humble. Business is business. Things didn’t end like we expected but that whole situation taught me a lot.
AllHipHop: When did you realize music could be a career for you?
Young Lito: My first show in Connecticut. It wasn’t even my show actually, it was Troy’s show and we performed our song on his mixtape. People knew the words, I’m like “oh s##t, people f##k with me.” I did what he did, he searches his name. One day I searched “Young Lito,” a bunch of people were saying “yo this Young Lito song is hot!” I thought “this is for real, I could do it”
AllHipHop: You just released Stay Inside, talk about creating a whole project under quarantine.
Young Lito: It was easy honestly, because a lot of the songs I had done already. I’m in the house, I have a lot of whole s##t on my mind to let out. Feature-wise, it was all personal. Everybody I have a feature with is my real friends I speak to, I kept this tape real personal. Staying inside, ironically doing music was a way for me to get out. It felt good. Staying in the crib, s##t’s depressing.
AllHipHop: On the “Intro” you say, “my past behind me now I’m on this new s##t.” Can you expand on this line?
Young Lito: I’m over being part of the BSB s##t, that whole situation. I have a whole different energy, I’m on a whole new wave. After that situation, everybody was upset. Everybody had their own little feelings towards the situation, tut that was the past. We all had to get up and move on.
AllHipHop: “Glow” is a banger, you were feeling yourself. Bring us back to that studio session.
Young Lito: Yeah I was definitely feeling myself. [laughs] I had just got over a financial hump so I was feeling good like “let me go to the stu and talk my s##t.” I had some bands on me, I was fly. The studio session was a vibe. Wmen, weed, champagne, the homies. The studio felt like the club.
AllHipHop: What are your fondest memories from creating this project?
Young Lito: I have to say creating “Glow,” because we were turnt up in the studio like we were standing on couches in the club. Recording “Man Down” with Cheezus. For the listeners, it was a feature but for us, it was a battle of who had the best verse.
AllHipHop: What songs mean the most to you and why?
Young Lito: “Diary” and the “Intro.” “Diary” was so personal to me that I didn’t even want to record in front of anybody. I spoke about s##t that weighed heavy on my heart. My bro dying, me stressing my moms out, even my ex losing our child. A lot of those things in “Diary” I never spoke on or even mentioned to my closest friends. The “Intro” also means a lot to me because that’s another record from my heart. It’s something about that sample that triggered a punch of emotions and I started going off about everything that’s been on my mind disturbing my peace. The beat was so fire, I started writing soon as I heard it. Shout out to C. Hilfiger for producing that one, he went crazy.
AllHipHop: Do you feel real hip-hop is hard to be seen nowadays?
Young Lito: Yeah because it’s not about hip-hop anymore. The game is no longer about the art or your talent, it’s about silly antics and how much ”clout” you got. If you a n##ga like me who isn’t going to do bozo s##t or go against your morals for views and streams, the journey is going to be longer. I know artists personally who hate their rap persona. It’s the total opposite of who they are but they feel they have to be a clown or bully people on camera to get noticed.
AllHipHop: Who’s in your Top 5?
Young Lito: If we’re talking ever, I have to go with Biggie, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, DMX. Fifth is between Rick Ross or Young Jeezy.
AllHipHop: 3 things you need in the studio?
My iPhone, some Essentia water, and some candy. Weed and liquor be slowing me down sometimes. Get me some green Sour Straws or some gummy bears and I’m good. [laughs]
AllHipHop: Why do you think LeBron is better than Jordan?
Young Lito: LeBron is just a better all around player. Statistically, he’s beating him in every category but steals. MJ got more accolades like MVP awards and championships but he also had better teammates and a hall of fame coach. LeBron still playing so he can catch up on those, awards if not beat them.
AllHipHop: What are some goals for yourself at this point of your career?
Young Lito: I want to successfully reinvent myself and build my brand/label 10 Hunnit Records. I’m blessed to have a Gold record from “She Belongs To Game” and I’m aiming for more in the future. I want to expand my fanbase and be heard by the masses.
(AllHipHop News) Kanya King, the founder of Britain’s Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards, claimed negative media coverage almost ended the event in an open letter highlighting racism in U.K. music industry.
The MOBOs held its first awards show in 1996 but, in a letter to the culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, subtitled “An inconvenient truth”, King said it could very easily “not be in business” after inaccurate reports about the event made sponsors reticent to be associated with it.
In the letter she reveals that, after an incident at a record label afterparty after the 2002 MOBOs, press reports – including a story in U.K. newspaper The Sun with the headline “Stars flee riot at award party” – led to her remortgaging her home to avoid the MOBOs collapsing when sponsors backed away.
“In the article there was talk of guns and stabbings yet none of it had anything to do with our event,” King wrote. “Although our show had been very well received, the perception among the general public and commercial partners changed after that… we almost went under and I had to remortgage my home again to put further funds into the business to keep it going.”
Reflecting on the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and the change she’s seen so far, King went on to add that she had found the pledges of support from some record labels to be hypocritical – especially when they’ve ignored her calls for change for years.
“I think it’s pretty galling, to read some of the announcements or pledges and statements of solidarity when our previous calls fell on deaf ears,” she said. “I am proud of what we’ve managed to do and the lives we’ve been able to change for the better. But just imagine what more we could have done had we not been held back and been excluded?”
Escobar Inc. bosses are demanding upwards of $10 million claiming the hitmaker’s two Escobar Restaurant and Tapas diners violate federal law by using the Escobar name and likeness without permission.
According to documents, 2 Chainz is using the family name for his restaurants and associated websites and social media, while also selling merchandise linked to Pablo Escobar.
The company chiefs insist they own the trademark to Escobar’s likeness.
They are also demanding an injunction blocking the use of the name and likeness at the restaurants.
Akon has received a $6 billion contract to build a crypto city in Senegal.
A U.S. engineering firm called KE International will fund the first two phases to build the city.
Investors dropped $4 billion to see the first two phases complete and will secure the rest to complete the next phases.
Phase 1 should be completed by 2023. They are hoping to have hotels, homes, law enforcement, schools, a waste facility, a mall, a solar power plant, and a hospital in tack.
By 2029, the city should be up and running.
Akoin cryptocurrency will be the only payment accepted in the city.
As reported by Cointelegraph, Akoin is a “cryptocurrency designed for entrepreneurs in developing countries such as Africa.”
Akon continues to push boundaries in the Motherland, showing us that Black lives not only matter but they are worth real investment.
(AllHipHop Rumors) Y’all always trying to cancel the “good” ones. Lecrae and J. Cole might not be perfect, but they certainly aren’t the ones we should be trying to cancel. There are people like Kodak, 69, Boosie, Lil Wayne and a bunch of others that have done and said things to diametrically opposed to where we are going that I cannot believe they are allowed to drop music! That’s a general statement, because I have been fans of these guys music in some way or another. OK, that’s a lie, because I don’t like anything 69 ever did.
The point is the last two days, two of the good dudes caught hell. J. Cole literally complimented a woman – Noname – that had apparently taken him to task for not using his “platform” effectively for trans and women. I am looking at him like a dude that’s doing his best, but far from perfect. But Cole seemed a bit tight, but said that she was a “queen” and so on and so forth, admitting his shortcomings. Nobody’s happy.
After seeing the Lecrae interview, dude deserves an apology too. He didn’t check a racist the way people wanted him too. I think the slobbering angst towards him was justified, because of the flat out egregious nature of the racist statement about slavery being a #WhiteBlessing! How did Lecrae stand there and listen to that? Well here is his explanation:
(AllHipHop News) The coronavirus has slowed some people down, but others have put their gear in full swing. Such is the case with 21-year-old Ohio rapper, Trippie Redd.
He loved the new song so much that he released it on his birthday, June 18.
The rapper recently sat with DJ Zane Lowe to share why this song was so special.
He said to the New Zealand influencer, “Honestly, I just woke up in my room, and I just made this song.”
“My friend, Jacob, I met him over X-Box a few years ago, but he’s out here with me in LA (he’s one of my close friends) …was hitting up this producer or whatever.”
Redd says that the beatmaker that he calls a “little kid” was 16 and was proficient at making dope rock tracks.
He asked Jacob to send him the tracks and he said that he could not contain his inspiration.
“So he sent it to me, and I went to sleep on it,” Redd shares with Zane “…and I woke up, I made the song. So that’s why it’s called ‘Dreamer.’”
The birthday boy put on a teenager, Yeezo, like someone put him on back in the day.
Generosity like that is why he keeps winning. Earlier this year, he released Excitement” ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR and was featured on the late Juice WRLD’s postmortem single “Tell Me U Luv Me.”
(AllHipHop News) Warner Records is giving Freddie Gibbs a label.
That’s the headline, but the undercurrent and charge behind that is this: the label that put out Big Daddy Kane, Wale, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Gucci Mane, Burna Boy, Flo Rida, Kevin Gates and more, has finally validated one of the most
underrated-but-extraordinarily gifted emcees of a generation.
Gibbs been dope.
The Midwest emcee has stood in the legacy of Common and Eminem and so many other dope wordsmiths from the region of the country.
Back in the mid-to-late 2000s, the sheer breadth of The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs and Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik proved that he is special.
And while those projects gave us a glimpse into the artist he would become — no one knew that by 2020 he would be the master of the craft that he is.
So this label deal is well deserved, not because he gets to slap a name on the packaging and call a few shots … manage a few budgets …
But because he gets to put the stamp on the culture in a way that only true bosses get to with the pomp and circumstance in the manifestation of staff and money to be in the conversation with those like Jay-Z, Lil’ Wayne, Nas, Fat Joe, etc.
Just a few weeks ago, Gibbs and The Alchemist released their second collab called Alfredo. Already 20 million-plus streams, this project is on its way to being a classic and evidence that he is a hitmaker.
More reason to support Warner blessing him as they did.
And just to inaugurate this new label deal, Gibbs (not some new chap he trying to put on) will be the first release under the label.
Freddie is happy with the deal and the Warner team.
“I’m really looking forward to partnering with Warner and working with Aaron. He’s a young progressive label head I can openly share ideas with.”
The “Bandana” emcee says “It was love and respect from the first meeting and always felt right. We’re working together to take everything to another level for my day one fans as well as the people just now discovering me.”
(AllHipHop News) Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has pledged $120 million to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests against systemic racism.
The 59-year-old and his wife Patty Quillin have donated the funds to the United Negro College Fund and two colleges based in Atlanta – Spelman College and Morehouse College.
According to NBC News, Both colleges will receive $40 million each, while the remainder will go to the United Negro College Fund, which will support student scholarships at HBCUs.
“The times are the most stressed, the most painful, that we’ve ever seen in our lives,” Reed shared. “But out of that pain can come some opportunity, too. And maybe this will be the moment things change.”
He explained that the donation is “the best gift we’ve ever given”, adding: “We wanted to do our part to draw attention, in this case, to the HBCU’s 150 years of resilience, of educating young Black people and the stories not well understood in the white community.”
(AllHipHop News) It seems very clear that A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie is a huge fan of Michael Jackson. His Top 40 hit “Look Back At It” was inspired by MJ, and the song’s music video paid homage to the late King Of Pop.
Some A Boogie followers were hoping another Jackson-influenced tune would end up on the deluxe version of the Artist 2.0 album. Unfortunately, “This Time” did not make the extended tracklist.
“I know you guys want ‘This Time’ and I wanted to put it out but we couldn’t get it cleared because the original song Michael Jackson’s ‘They Don’t Really Care About Us’ is very relevant these days,” tweeted A Boogie on Wednesday night.
He also posted, “The Jackson Estate did not feel comfortable releasing a new song using that sample and I respect their decision. I’ll look to release it at a later date. I got ya’ll. Either way tomorrow night the Deluxe Drops!”
The new version of Artist 2.0 is scheduled to hit DSPs on June 19. Nine new records will be included on the deluxe. The 20-track standard edition features Young Thug, Roddy Ricch, Gunna, London on da Track, DaBaby, Trap Manny, Summer Walker, Khalid, and Lil Uzi Vert.
I know you guys want 'This Time' and I wanted to put it out but we couldn't get it cleared because the original song Michael Jackson's "They Don't Really Care About Us" is very relevant these days. pic.twitter.com/NQWWkqVWFm
The Jackson Estate did not feel comfortable releasing a new song using that sample and I respect their decision. I'll look to release it at a later date I got ya'll. Either way tomorrow night the Deluxe Drops! #HBTL 🖤 pic.twitter.com/7HMpHyeKhh
(AllHipHop News) Sir Darryl Farris is the most recent artist to take part in the Ctrl video series. For the latest edition, the R&B singer-songwriter presents live performances from his home studio instead of Vevo’s Brooklyn studio.
Ctrl.At.Home was set up because of the COVID-19 pandemic which is still causing many outlets to practice social distancing. SiR performed the Chasing Summer tracks “John Redcorn” and “The Recipe.”
Chasing Summer was released in 2019 via Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA. The studio LP includes guest features by Kendrick Lamar, Smino, Kadhja Bonet, Lil Wayne, Sabrina Claudio, Jill Scott, and Zacari.
Previously, SiR took part in live Ctrl sessions of “You Can’t Save Me” and “New Sky” off Chasing Summer. Vevo has also highlighted other “cutting-edge musicians” like Freddie Gibbs and Royce Da 5’9″ in the music video provider’s original content production.
(AllHipHop News) In 2019, Saweetie made her way to the Billboard charts with her single “My Type.” The double-platinum record leaned heavily on 2003’s “Freek-a-Leek” by Petey Pablo.
Saweetie repeated that formula of sampling a 2000s-era track for her new song titled “Tap In.” This time, the California-raised rapper borrowed from Too Short’s Bay Area classic “Blow the Whistle.”
Apple Music’s Zane Lowe interviewed Saweetie about “Tap In” and her forthcoming album Pretty B*tch Music. According to the Warner Records recording artist, Too Short backs the Dr. Luke-produced tune.
“Short has always been supportive since ‘Icy Girl.’ So the fact that I was able to get his blessing to do ‘Blow The Whistle’ because I recorded it and I was like, ‘What if he doesn’t like it?’ But then he liked it. So I’m just so excited,” expressed Saweetie.
She added, “I’m so happy that he loves it. I’m so excited for this record. I’ve been gone for a year, but I really had to focus on my artist development because that was something that I was struggling with. So I took a year to myself to really figure out what is my next move. So, now I have my next project, Pretty B*tch Music, that I’m so excited about.”
Additionally, Saweetie spoke to Lowe about donating proceeds from her PrettyLittleThing clothing collection to the Black Lives Matter Foundation. The entertainer born Diamanté Quiava Valentin Harper also teased a collaboration with someone she described as “still relevant today, but hasn’t recorded music in a long time.”
PLT X Saweetie collab out now! ALL proceeds from my collection will go to the Black Lives Matter foundation. Thank you PLT for standing with us during this time, making a difference is my top priority. #BLACKLIVESMATTER !!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/s4hVCkyxuM
(AllHipHop News) Visual art, like graffiti, is one of the essential elements of Hip Hop culture. So it is understandable why getting immortalized on a public wall is considered a glorious tribute to a rapper.
Legends such as The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Big Pun, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Prodigy, Nipsey Hussle, Big L, Nas, OutKast, Lil Wayne, and The Roots have murals made of them. Brooklyn’s Joey Bada$$ has his own portrait too. This week, the Pro Era frontman celebrated the Sidka-created artwork on his Instagram page.
“F*ck a Grammy f*ck a VMA, f*ck all that sh*t that the white man try to give you to validate your dopeness. I got REAL LIFE Trophy’s in the hood I’m from, that’s the best roses you can get,” wrote Joey. “Hometown love, and btw this is not new this has been here for AT LEAST 3 years and it blows my mind every time I see it. Name a rapper with a MURAL in his OWN CITY that’s STILL ALIVE… I’ll wait.”
The 25-year-old emcee/actor added, “This what I do this for… my community. y’all can keep the other sh*t I know I’m SUPER VALID. [I’m] the definition of a WALKING LEGEND and if you can’t respect that your whole perspective is WACK! Btw I’m shooting a video today so that gotta mean new music sooner than soon … mural by @sidkaone thank you .”
(AllHipHop News) J. Cole became one of the most discussed topics on social media yesterday. The North Carolina native made waves with his new song “Snow On Tha Bluff.”
“They both my peoples but only one of them put out a whole song talking about how the other needs to reconsider their tone and attitude in order to save the world. It’s not constructive and undermines all the work Noname has done. It’s not BWs job to spoon feed us. We grown,” tweeted Chance.
The Big Day album creator went on to write, “We can have different points of views on things. I’m not tearing anyone down, I just think it was wrong to make a song about her. I can’t feel any other way about it.”
Yet another L for men masking patriarchy and gaslighting as contructive criticism.
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) June 17, 2020
They both my peoples but only one of them put out a whole song talking about how the other needs to reconsider their tone and attitude in order to save the world. It’s not constructive and undermines all the work Noname has done. It’s not BWs job to spoon feed us. We grown https://t.co/TjIrMyFzQd
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) June 17, 2020
Chance then began tweeting about the murder of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky and the NBC sitcom Community which stars his musical collaborator Donald “Childish Gambino” Glover.However,he did return to the subject of Cole and Noname.
“Everybody’s argument on either side is, we can’t personally attack each other if we really want to see a revolution. I can agree with that and can apply it in my own life. I wish we could learn that w/o two artists I admire having a public dispute,” posted Chance.
We can have different points of views on things. I’m not tearing anyone down, I just think it was wrong to make a song about her. I can’t feel any other way about it.
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) June 17, 2020
Everybody’s argument on either side is, we can’t personally attack each other if we really want to see a revolution. I can agree with that and can apply it in my own life. I wish we could learn that w/o two artists I admire having a public dispute.
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) June 17, 2020
U mean like how he privately addressed Noname?
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) June 17, 2020
(AllHipHop News) Lauryn Hill will be part of the lineup for Superfly’s “Small Business Live.” The virtual concert is a philanthropic music experience that supports minority-owned small businesses across the country.
Besides Ms. Hill, the event will include appearances by 2 Chainz, T-Pain, Luke James, Brittany Howard, Leon Bridges, Chicano Batman, Bam Marley, and more. DJ Jazzy Jeff is set to host. Each act committed to support a small business of their choosing.
“Small Business Live” will stream on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitch, LinkedIn for Small Business, Twitter, LiveXLive, and Bustle Digital Group’s publications from 4-10 pm ET. All proceeds will be donated to Accion Opportunity Fund, the non-profit that provides 90% of their loans to small businesses founded by women and people of color.
Viewers will be able to donate to the Accion Opportunity Fund by texting “SmallBiz” to 707070. Plus, charitable funds will be accepted during “Small Business Live” by donating at smallbiz.live before and after the livestream through June 26.
(AllHipHop News) This current season of self-isolation prompted by the coronavirus has yielded some fruit after all.
For some artists, they got heavy in their creative bag — putting mind to fire and fire to record. Some people are looking inwardly, without the distractions of the world, and finding new levels to this Hip-Hop devil.
Some have navigated both their creative selves and spiritual selves evolving as human beings that do what they do: Tory Lanez is one of those special types.
In a post on Instagram (now removed), he shared with his 10 million followers that he has grown as a man and will not be going into places that will require him to be violent.
“I’ve reached a place in life .. where it’s like … if I have to bring my gun to the function … I don’t need to be at that type of function anymore.”
Made some mistakes that I’m not proud of … but without those mistakes I would never have known what I needed to know at this point … thank u for the mistakes !
He used the social media platform to also reveal that he has not done a lot of drugs in his life. In fact, he has only done weed. He posted this on Instagram.
“Fun Fact : The only drug I have ever done is weed . I never took a pill , not shrooms, coke , acid etc ….. and I say this to say … that when u see me happy , it’s because I’m genuinely happy about my life, fans, and legacy I’m leaving behind for my family. thank u all for the endless joy.”
This is a season of growth.
It’s good to see Tory Lanez share with his fans how he is transforming.
