(AllHipHop News) Snoop Dogg wants to face off against Jay-Z as part of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz series of Instagram Live rap battles.
The virtual, livestream contests see each artist play one verse and one chorus from 20 hits they created for fans’ entertainment amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Previous editions have pitted Erykah Badu against Jill Scott, The-Dream up against Sean Garrett, and even Timbaland and Swizzy against one another – and Snoop has big plans for the next installment.
Speaking to Fat Joe during a recent Instagram Live broadcast about wanting to face off against a rapper at the top of their game, he explained: “Biggie (Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.) passed away, then Nas had it for a minute and then Jay-Z took it and ran with it for a numerous amount of years.
“Then 50 Cent came and ran with it for his numerous amount of years. This is me looking at it from the outside, looking at New York rap,” the “Gin & Juice” star continued. “So for me, it would be Snoop vs. Jay-Z because he had been the King of New York around the same time I’ve been the King of the West.”
Jay has yet to publicly accept the challenge.
Swizz previously told Britain’s NME magazine of the series: “It’s not really a battle – it’s a celebration of our heroes in music, the ones who make us feel a certain type of way.”
(AllHipHop Music) Robert Horry hit some of the biggest shots in NBA history on the way to a 7-time NBA championship career. Likewise, Harlem Rapper and Diamond-selling Songwriter Saint Cassius, has never been revered as the star but has multiple championship wins from his impact in the 20th Century Fox Blockbuster Drumline, to his first writing placement becoming Bruno Mars’ chart-topping, RIAA-certified Diamond record “Just the Way You Are” to publishing J. Cole’s most streamed single “No Role Modelz”. Similar to Robert, Cassius has hit some of the biggest shots for multiple teams, while never being considered the star player.
To honor the legend’s determination and extraordinary skill while channeling his own, Cassius produced and wrote the track for his new Vinyl Crown Recordings single, “Robert Horry Freestyle,” in its entirety, even sampling his own singing vocals. Inspired after a trip to Bulgaria with his Art Director and friend, Patso, the two shared a globally-cultured love of basketball and Hip-Hop music that birthed the creation of the song. exposing himself creatively to styles of hip hop respected all around the world, even in predominantly non-English speaking destinations like Bulgaria, Cassius realized during the recording trip that great music gives a feeling even to those who don’t understand each word.
Robert Horry Freestyle will be available on all platforms May 22. Check out the teaser video:
(AllHipHop News) Cultural disruptors, the Ultimate Rap League has been providing quality content to fans amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic. Early on they started putting out unreleased contests, previously only seen in person or on the app.
Then as the appetite grew for more current programming, they turned to a new series utilizing immediate social media tools, the Caffeine TV platform and YouTube to get the Quarantine quick battles out.
And as successful as both those attempts were, fans ached for the quality of battles that they had accustomed seeing.
COVID-19 smashed the plans that the league had for 2020. The potentially deadly virus stopped large gatherings making the typical hype capacity experiences come to a screeching halt.
Company owners, Smack, Beasley and Cheeko could not possibly endanger their fans by even hosting contests that would be open to the public and not worth jeopardizing the health of their fanbase.
But still, the beast of battle rap had to eat.
The answer came with the reimagining of their hit BET show, Ultimate Freestyle Fridays and transformed the concept into a brand new franchise: The Ultimate Madness.
Deemed as battle rap’s biggest elimination tournament, this complex competition is primed to birth the next generation of superstars. In a trailer recently released on Instagram, they dropped a few more bombs on the culture— further reiterating their status as top dogs in the culture.
Instead of the top prize being $10,000 as previously announced or $15,000 as suggested a few weeks ago … the lyricists will be knocking each other’s heads off to get a cash prize of $25,000.
Who will be in this tournament?
First-round will be:
· Squeko vs. Your Honor
· Gunpowder Patt vs. Ru Bando
· Jey the Nitewing vs. Real Sikh
· Kid Chaos vs. Lu Castro
· Fonz vs. J. Krooger
· Easy the Block vs. Don Marino
· Brooklyn Hanz vs Big Hann
· Bad Newz vs. Ace Amin.
The beginning of the battle series will air May 23rd and consecutively every Saturday until June 30.
On the Friday evening before, you will get to see their faceoffs and some exciting surprise battles. Judging the battles are the culture’s most insightful influencers: Knowledge from HipHopIsReal.com, Reda from Champion, Unkle Rah from 15MOFE, and Tony Bro from Black Compass. The stream hosts will be Henny Man from Battle Rap Trap and Jay Blac from Champion.
Well, what is the grand prize? The top two will get to battle on NOME X, sharing the same stage that Tsu Surf and Loaded Lux will finally get busy on.
Yup… can you feel it? Pure Madness and we are here for it.
Lyrica Anderson is back with her new single “Marriott,” and it comes with a statement. The “Love & Hip Hop” star has had her relationship drama with A1 publicized on national television, but now it’s time to focus on only two things: her son and her music.
Regardless of the rumors, the media, the bulls##t, Lyrica loves to sing down to the core. What fans may not know is Lyrica actually has an incredible pen game, getting her start writing for all the greats including Chris Brown, Missy Elliott, Beyonce, Demi Lovato… the list goes on. When it comes to her own artistry, she continues to feed the people with 3 studio albums, 4 EP’s, and now a forthcoming project that she describes as her best one yet.
AllHipHop caught up with the Santa Clarita, California native via Instagram Live to discuss working with Ty Dolla $ign and Wiz Khalifa, her new single “Marriott,” and more.
AllHipHop: How are you holding up during quarantine?
Lyrica Anderson: I saw a post about people having nightmares, that’s me. Severe! It’s so hard because you’re wondering. You don’t know what you’re going to wake up to man.
AllHipHop: Congrats on the release of “Marriott!” How’s it feel to have it out for the world to hear?
Lyrica Anderson: It feels so good! Finally. I definitely wanted to do something special for the fans, really tell my story. Every other time, it’s “oh, just doing dope songs.” Sometimes everyone gets caught up in chasing the wave or what’s the hottest song. “Let me do this or let me do that,” that’s not real to me right now. What’s real to me is what I really am going through, what I’ve really gone through. That made me really want to talk about my truth.
AllHipHop: What was A1’s reaction?
Lyrica Anderson: [laughs] He’s like “whoa” at first because I was letting it be known. I moved, I’m leaving. This is what happened while I was gone. This is what I was feeling, it’s a real story. He’s so used to working on my projects with me. In the past, us chasing the wave. Not even listening to, sometimes you don’t even mean to. You think “oh, that’s a hot song. That’s the new wave, that’s the new sound. I have to do something like that.”
With “Marriott,” I ignored what every artist was doing. People still have to tell me “did you know such and such dropped a project? Such and such just released a video?” No I didn’t because I’m blocking off any other artist to focus on myself. That’s how I get the most organic me because I’m my biggest competition. It forces me not to be like “oh, what’s this person doing?” Instead I’m locked in on Lyrica, her story and what I’m doing. That’s how I came up with my best project recently.
AllHipHop: How was it working with Ty Dolla $ign?
Lyrica Anderson: I love working with Ty$, he’s one of the nicest people in the industry I’ve ever worked with. Him and Wiz Khalifa are 2 of the nicest people. People don’t always get success and stay sweet and nice. There’s been some cocky people I’ve been around, it’s pretty crazy. It’s cool when you get rich and famous and you’re still cool. Ty$ is a really chill, cool, humble, nice, genuine guy. I met both his mom and dad, and I see why.
AllHipHop: How’d you meet his parents?
Lyrica Anderson: I actually met them at the video shoot, but I recently ran into his mother and her husband at Katana right before the quarantine. She stopped me, we’re talking. So sweet, it made sense why he’s so cool like that. Wiz Khalifa’s another one, super nice to me. Jumped on my song when I had no real buzz as an artist. I didn’t have a lot of followers, I didn’t have a lot of anything. I wasn’t even on the show yet, I was promoting and trying to get myself out there.
He told me he really loved my voice and my energy. He said “I love your spirit.” I was ahead of my time because King Me 2 was such a 90’s album vibe. It was so dope. I didn’t have any backing yet so I was putting out great music not knowing where to go. I had Wiz Khalifa on a feature like “omg, how do I do this?” I didn’t know about doing extra viral stuff online so I learned a lot.
AllHipHop: People want to know are you coming back to Love & Hip Hop?
Lyrica Anderson: Um… I don’t know. That’s one of those things where if it makes sense and the story’s about my album because that’s my focus, then yeah. I’m not coming on there and giving people shine on arguing about people that I barely know, beefs that I’m not really in. That’s so old.
AllHipHop: Are you sick about being asked about A1?
Lyrica Anderson: Yeah, I am. Because we have a son, so we have to co-parent and be about your son. It’s so much “oh, how are ya’ll? Are ya’ll good?” That’s annoying as well. Right now, it’s about the music. It’s about “Marriott.” It’s about Ocean, that’s my son’s name.
Lyrica Anderson: It’s so fun! Omg, I don’t even swim that much but I started swimming. That’s my relaxation. That makes me feel better. It’s getting hot in LA, we’re burning up!
AllHipHop: You taught him how to swim?
Lyrica Anderson: I didn’t teach him how to swim yet, he’s so young. Babies do learn young. I’ve seen people have their freaking few-months-old in swimming lessons, but I’m not doing that yet. What I do is I hold him with me in the lowest end, the end that’s not deep. I hold him the whole time. I let him splash his legs, he goes “wooo, yay! Cool!”
AllHipHop: People keep asking if you’re dating.
Lyrica Anderson: Are they asking? They’re so funny! I’m not dating right now. I’m focused on myself, music, getting my body right. My health. My son.
AllHipHop: What are some goals for yourself right now?
Lyrica Anderson: Getting me together, really. Honestly. Being happy, less anxiety, trying to get focused basically.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper 50 Cent had to purchase a treadmill at the start of the coronavirus lockdown after an attempt to run outdoors left him struggling to breathe.
Fif had been a regular at his local New York gym before the global pandemic forced the closure of all fitness centers across the state in March in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.
As a result, 50 had to revamp his typical exercise routine, and he decided to pound the pavement to get his cardio in – but his lungs couldn’t handle the change in environment.
“If you’re used to doing three miles on the treadmill, and you go out on the street, you’ll be back really fast. First attempt, I came back and I couldn’t breathe. I was pretty sure it was from running and not corona.”
(AllHipHop Features) Responsible for the sales of millions of records hit producer, entrepreneur, top recording executive and Teamwork Music label head, Sha Money XL has released “Divine Time,” featuring Mobb Deep’sProdigy, Tedy Andreas, and Stargiela. Prodigy was signed by Sha Money XL as a solo artist to G-Unit and recorded the song years prior to his passing. The album, Chain On The Bike, hosts the new song and the video premiers right now on AllHipHop.com.
“Prodigy was the very first rap star to come to my home studio and vibe out with me. During that time, we recorded a lot of songs and “Divine Time” was one of them. The song has always meant a lot to me so I wanted the perfect home for it. Chain On The Bike is just that,” Sha Money XL tells AHH exclusively.
Sha Money XL is as important to the current state of affairs as any of your favorite insiders. He’s the co-founder of the G-Unit movement with 50 Cent and the two of them revolutionized artists approach to mixtapes. He moved on and on to work with or break artists like Snoop Dogg, 2 Pac, Mac Miller, Bobby Shmurda, Big K.R.I.T., Lloyd Banks, The Game, Tony Yayo, DJ Whoo Kid, and more.
He talks to AHH’s Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur about every thing from coronavirus to G-Unit to Chain On The Bike.
AllHipHop: Yeah, yeah. How you maintaining in the pandemic, man? We never seen this before in our life.
Sha Money XL: Yeah. This s### is crazy, man. We maintaining, man. Thank God, everybody’s good. I do have people close to me that was affected by it, people that passed away. I’m just very saddened by all of this. We just taking the right precautions because it’s dangerous. We can’t be foolish about this.
AllHipHop: That’s what’s up, that’s what’s up. You came through at the right time because we got the whole project you got going on. Talk about the Chain On The Bike project and the title, too. That’s an interesting title.
Sha Money XL: All right. Chain On The Bike. Basically, the title comes from if you get on a bike, you got the pedal, you got the wheels, you got everything. If you try to move, you need that chain. You ain’t going to be able to move that bike without the chain. Basically, I am that chain on the bike. I’m that s### that you need on your team to get this s### moving, to get moving. I’m not the whole factor, but I’m a main part. That’s what that whole analogy was and that’s where it started with me and 50. He called me that back in the days. I always kept that because he understand my role at that time and we was just moving. We was just getting the s### moving. Sha Money, Chain On The Bike, I was getting it done. That’s what it come from.
AllHipHop: How’d you get the Prodigy feature? I’ve heard rumors that it’s not easy. I’ve heard things, just gossip, that it ain’t that easy to clear Prodigy’s music.
Sha Money XL: Me and Prodigy always worked. I been working with him for a long time. From the time even when he signed with G-Unit, we did Put Them In Their Place. I did like, four records on that album. We just kept recording. When I was in Cali, I called him one time and he came out, and we recorded with my boy Slim the Mobster. We was in the studio and we just [crosstalk 00:06:18] on him. We just kept cutting because he was [inaudible 00:06:20] chilling. I don’t know if he moved out there or what, he was out there though. It was out there at the time, living out there at the same time. It was a lot of work getting down. We worked. If I’m in the studio since back in the days til now, I don’t want to just be in there chilling. Let’s make some music. I’m a creative mind so there’s A&R side of me and then there’s a creative side of me where I got beats. When it’s that New York s### and when it’s that real New York s###, and when it’s that Queens s###, I’m all in. Me and P, I’m playing him beats nonstop, so we cut that.
AllHipHop: All right. Now, what makes you work this project with so many young talent, as opposed to leveraging your relationships and getting more well-known talent, more well-established artists, I should say?
Sha Money XL: I never been the guy that’s been trying to stand next to the guy that’s already been to the guy. I’m not that guy. That’s not my role in this hip-hop game. My game, I know my position. I know what God gave me the gift to do. The main part of that is for me to allow these new brothers the opportunity, the vision, the information, and the connects to get through this s### at a nice pace. Not a drowsy pace, not a lazy pace, but a good pace to real get to this success, get to this money, get to this life that you chose to make this a career, where you can say, “This is my career.” I know that for me, since the beginning, since with 50, since with everything I’ve did, it’s just like, “We know how to get this s### going from the ground all the way to the top.” That raw of energy of when it’s first starting, when that artist is first in the studio hungry, and when you giving them that direction, that’s the part where I like. After a while, they don’t even want direction. They good. They got the blueprint. They just take what they had from you that they needed, if it’s producer, whatever it is, engineer, whatever they needed and keep it going.
Sha Money XL: At the same time, for me, I got sessions with everybody. I been engineer, producer, so I been in the studio with endless artists as A&R, as a producer. With me and P, it was more like, “I got that.” Styles P, too. Shout out to Styles P, the Ghost. Back to your topic, it’s important for me to just get it busy and get creative with it, man.
AllHipHop: All right. Now, you are a part of a legacy that is not mentioned enough. That’s the mixtape era. When you were with G-Unit, you revolutionized the mixtape game. You were part of that whole thing. First of all, just talk about that aspect of your come up and relate it to where we are now, which is a little different, but it almost feels the same with streaming media, streaming services, whatever, Spotify. There’s a bunch of them, but to me, Spotify is the most powerful one, platform-wise that is.
Is there any similarities? Do you feel like a pioneer? What do you overall think?
Sha Money XL: For me?
AllHipHop: Yeah.
Sha Money XL: Yo, bro, let me tell you, man. Shout out to Hip Hop Evolution because they was able to tell a piece of this story. At the time, I didn’t know what I was doing. I was just a hustler and I just wanted to see it happen. What we did was the whole change of what it [doing mixtapes] was about the DJ. Then, it became about the artist. That mixtape became a street album. Today, people saying “mixtapes” because they want you to take it lightly. Or, it’s not cleared or it’s not … It’s their best effort. Some of people’s best efforts are shown in the name of mixtapes…
Sha Money XL: It’s like we know that that was done and they told the story, so I really appreciate that. I’m going to tell the story even more because it needs to be told. I know what we did and it was like … I told Fiff, I was like, “Yo, you got this for DJ Enuff, you got this for Flex, you got this for Kay-Slay. This freestyle was for Ron G, this was for Watt. Yo, let’s …” Everybody’s fan base ain’t hearing the same s###. Let’s put it all on one and let’s give it to them like that. That’s how that s### happened. It was like, “Yo, now we got a mixtape with one artist,” It’s him and his crew that he inserted in there and broke them at the same time. That was the beginning of that whole era.
(AllHipHop News) It seems like lately, the king-size reality series on VH1, “Love & Hip Hop” might want to change its name to Love and LockDown as some of their cast members can’t seem to stop hustling backward —and getting caught up in illegal drama.
Now today Maurice “Mo” Fayne from the Atlanta franchise has allegedly gone stealing from the gov’ment.
According to CNN, Mo applied for a PPP loan for his company Flame Trucking on April 15th, stating that he had 107 employees.
He alleged to Uncle Sam that his monthly payroll averaged about $1.5 million and that he needed at least $3,725,500 to “retain workers and maintain payroll or make mortgage interest payments, lease payments, and utility payments, as specified under the Paycheck Protection Program Rule.”
Mo was awarded $2,045,800 shortly afterwards to support his efforts to keep his business afloat.
What did he do with the money?
According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, he acted a plum fool and bought $85,000 in jewelry (including a Rolex watch, diamond bracelet, 5.73 carat diamond ring).
According to MSN, Mo also paid $40,000 in back child support and that DOJ also seized $80,000 in cash from his residence.
While there they found a 2019 Rolls-Royce Wraith that still had temporary tags on it, so they confiscated that too and discovered three bank accounts into which Fayne had allegedly transferred $503,000 worth of PPP funds.
Son … We over here still waiting for this little bitty $1200 stimulus check and he buying Rollies!
You know Arkansas Mo from “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta,” wherein this season he supposedly married and divorced singer and rapper, Karlie Redd.
She talks about the abuse she endured with him, lending to the belief that he just might have done all that The Man is saying he did.
(AllHipHop News) It has been a very productive year for the OVO Sound roster. Drake, the label’s co-founder and frontman, dropped Dark Lane Demo Tapes earlier this month.
Before Drizzy let loose his latest commercial mixtape, PartyNextDoor released Partymobile in March. DVSN followed that effort a few weeks later with A Muse in Her Feelings.
OVO’s Roy Woods is up next. His 6-track Dem Times EP will land on Friday, May 15. The Canadian singer presented the “I Feel It” music video as a precursor to his upcoming project.
“We’re in a place and space that a lot of us have never experienced before. That’s what made me want to release my EP, Dem Times, and it’s also why I chose the name,” explains Woods.
He continues, “If you’re from Toronto, then you know exactly what I am referring to. Life is short and can change in a blink of an eye. Appreciate life and all dem times at all times.”
Dem Times follows previous Roy Woods EPs such as 2015’s Exis and 2016’s Nocturnal. The 24-year-old Brampton native born Denzel Spencer also created 2017’s Say Less studio LP and 2016’s Waking at Dawn mixtape.
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(AllHipHop News) R&B superstar John Legend is scheduled to release his new album, Bigger Love, on June 19 via Columbia Records. A music video for the title track premiered on an episode of The Voice.
For the Mishka Kornai-directed visuals, Legend got his fans from across the globe to submit vids showing how they are staying connected and spreading love during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The MV features personal messages, phone calls, and social media clips.
“This video was made to celebrate our shared love, hope, and resilience,” says Legend. “We’re all using technology to stay in touch and finding creative ways to cope and we wanted the video to be a big musical hug for people around the world who are finding ways to stay connected to family, help their neighbors, and make time for a needed dance break despite the crazy circumstances we find ourselves in.”
Bigger Love will be John Legend’s seventh studio album. His discography also includes the Grammy-winning, platinum-certified Get Lifted. There is also speculation that the EGOT winner’s musical catalog could be displayed as part of a possible Verzuz battle with Alicia Keys.
(AllHipHop News) Polo G is part of the new class of Windy City rhymers that is trying to carry on the traditions of Chicago rap deities. The 21-year-old is so confident about dying a legend that he named his forthcoming album The Goat.
Before the project drops on May 15, Polo spoke to Complex’s Pierce Simpson about his new music as well as other topics. For example, he was asked to give his Top 5 rappers of all time from Chicago.
“I ain’t got no order. I’ll say Kanye [West], definitely. Chief Keef, definitely. That’s hard,” said Polo G before laughing. “Kanye, Chief Keef, Common – you gotta throw Chance [The Rapper] in there. And I’ll say a three-way tie for me, [Lil] Durk, and [G Herbo].”
The “Go Stupid” hitmaker later added Juice WRLD to his list too. Polo has a song with the late recording artist on The Goat. Mustard, Stunna 4 Vegas, NLE Choppa, Lil Baby, and BJ The Chicago Kid are also featured on the LP.
Besides being a rising rap star, Polo G is also striving to provide a constructive outlet for youth from his city. He started the Chicago Grizzlies traveling AAU basketball program to offer young hoopers a way to use their energy and time positively.
Obviously, Polo is a basketball fan. When prompted to choose his Top 5 players from Chicago, he named Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, Anthony Davis, Ben Wilson, and Jabari Parker. The Midwesterner described his own game as a mix of Ja Morant and Kobe Bryant.
(AllHipHop News) Latin trio Secreto El Biberon, Black Jonas Point & Liro Shaq released the “La Bebe” single back in December. This week, a new version of the song hit the internet.
“La Bebe Remix” includes Spanish-only lyrics from Bronx-raised rapper Cardi B. Puerto Rican performer Anuel AA was added to the record as well. Previously, Cardi and Anuel were guest features together on Fat Joe’s “Yes” and Chris Jeday’s “Ahora Dice (Remix)” along with J Balvin, Ozuna, and Offset.
Throughout her career, Cardi also worked with Reggaeton artists J Balvin and Bad Bunny on “I Like It” and Ozuna on “La Modelo.” DJ Snake recruited her, Ozuna, and American singer Selena Gomez for 2018’s “Taki Taki.”
Cardi B has not dropped a solo song since “Press” in May 2019. The Grammy winner did appear on tunes by French Montana, Ed Sheeran, Lil Nas X, DJ Khaled, and Offset last year. She is currently working on her sophomore studio album.
(AllHipHop News) It is clearly fair to say the Verzuz highlightingR&B queensErykah Badu and Jill Scottwas a huge success. The Instagram Live battle on May 9 brought in over 1 billion impressions online.
Plus, Badu and Scott saw significant increases in their respective streaming numbers following the presentation. They totaled 6.7 million combined streams on Saturday and Sunday in comparison to the 2.1 million streams for the Thursday and Friday before Verzuz.
According to Billboard, Badu’s “On & On” was her greatest gainer with a 165,000 to 378,000 boost in streams, a 129% surge during the period. “Next Lifetime” (+341%), “Didn’t Cha Know” (+172%) “Bag Lady” (+177%), and “Other Side of The Game” (+168%) experienced considerable hikes too.
“A Long Walk” was Scott’s most played song which jumped by 232% from a 66,000-stream to 220,000-stream raise. “The Way” (+195%), “He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)” (+221.6%), “Crown Royal” (+607%), and “Gettin’ in The Way” (+485%) also gained sizeable growths in clicks.
The Erykah Badu versus Jill Scott battle reached a peak of more than 700,000 Instagram viewers at one point, a new record for the series. Hip Hop artists Ludacris and Nelly are set to take part in the next Verzuz matchup on Saturday, March 16.
(AllHipHop News) Jason “IDK” Mills is one of the brightest wordsmiths to emerge from the DC/Maryland/Virginia area. The Is He Real album creator is putting on for his region with a new record featuring other DMV natives.
Rico Nasty, YungManny, Big Flock, Big Jam, and Weensey contributed to “495.” The song is named after the I-495 beltway in the DMV. IDK, Juicy J, and Acyde of No Vacancy Inn produced the track.
“The purpose of this song was to basically create unity amongst the DC/Maryland/Virginia area,” states IDK. “This is one of the first times I’ve seen the DMV on one song; it just felt really authentic when we put it together.”
He continues, “We have elements of go-go by having Weensey from Backyard Band in there, we have Rico Nasty representing for the women, Big Jam and Big Flock. Big Jam from VA, and Big Flock from PG, Maryland. It’s just a great feeling to have all these people on one track.”
In addition, “495″ is featured in Kevin Durant’s documentary Basketball County:In The Water whichpremieres May 15 at 9 pm ET/PT on Showtime. IDK served as the music supervisor and composer for the film.
“The goal for me and Kevin with this project is to bring unity while telling our story in an authentic way,” says IDK.
(AllHipHop News) Baby mama drama can get pretty scary.
California rapper Blueface got into it with his jawn and put it on social media, where fear and funny starts to get blurred.
In a clip that is being circulated on Instagram, the “Thotianna” rapper is safe and sound presumably in his home. A long haired-woman that is captioned as his baby mama is clearly locked out.
While there is no explanation as to what is going on, what is obvious is that she is p##### and he is straight clowning her.
There are three sliding videos. The first one he seems to be sitting across from his kitchen and giggling a little as she strikes his glass door three times with a pooper scooper.
In the next video, he says, “Baby mama drama, on crip.”
Again, he is mocking and taunting that lady as she, with her over exaggerated fake-eyelashes, takes the pooper scooper and goes to bash his car.
The brunette is set to shut her rapping boyfriend up. She takes a pooper scooper and tries to bash his windows in to no avail.
The windows might as well be Teflon and will not crack up. You know who is cracking up?
Blueface is. He ends the trilogy of videos by letting viewers know, “Damn I got some good d##k on crip … now she running.”
And just in case you are wondering about the baby?
Blueface posted on his Instagram a fake gunfight with his child. He unmercifully blasts him and then laughs as the toddler lays on the floor playing dead.
No. He really does lay on the floor playing dead. We just can’t make any of this up. Check out the clip below.
(AllHipHop News) Prince’s estate officials are offering fans a treat by streaming one of the late music icon’s most famous shows with his band the Revolution on YouTube this weekend.
“Prince and the Revolution: Live” will chronicle the group’s March 30th, 1985 show at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York – the first concert footage Prince officially released.
The gig will stream digitally for the first time from May 14th for three days and feature Prince hits like “Let’s Go Crazy,” 1999, “Little Red Corvette,” and “Purple Rain.”
Revolution drummer Bobby Z will take part in a virtual question-and-answer session an hour before the premiere on Thursday, which begins at 8pm ET.
Viewers will be asked to donate to the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and Google bosses have agreed to match donations up to $5 million.
JT5K is here to put on for Canada, specifically Edmonton, Alberta.
The rapper/singer prides himself in formulating catchy melodies and hooks over production inspired by Drake’s OVO imprint. Of course, growing up in Canada means influences from the greats, from Drake to Tory Lanez to Nav.
Now, Ruby Recordings, an independent record label and management company founded by hip-hop artist and record producer Trizzy, has confirmed via their Twitter account that they have brought Canadian rep and recording artist JT5K into the Ruby fold.
Within the Western Canada, JT5K is a hidden gem in the hip-hop space. With his unique style, flow and voice, he’s steadily making his mark in the music industry.
JT5K fans are also in luck, as Ruby Recordings announces the rapper’s debut single “Came From Nothing” set to arrive on June 12th.
The single comes on the heels of JT5K’s eight-song “How Bout Now EP,” which was released at the top of 2020.
(AllHipHop News) Music icon Stevie Wonder is celebrating his 70th birthday, and a variety of stars are giving the singer his flowers while he is still here.
In 2006, rap star Busta Rhymes was lucky enough to land Stevie Wonder on a track titled “Been Through the Storm” from his classic album The Big Bang, whichwas produced by Black Jeruz & Sha Money XL.
Sha Money touched on Busta’s vintage record during a sitdown with AllHipHop.com’s Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur during an interview to promote his latest album Chain On The Bike, Vol 1. via Teamwork Music/eOne.
“I remember being in the studio with him [Busta Rhymes] when he when he took the beat,” Sha Money XL told AllHipHop.com. Shout out to Black Jeruz on that with me. And that motherf##ker said ‘Yo Sha, we’re gonna put an orchestra on this. Dre’s in Miami and we’re about f##king put an orchestra [on it].’ And the way Dre mixed that s##t. To this day man, that is a timeless record right there.”
Stevie’s impact on music cannot be understated. He launched his career in 1963 at the age of 13 with the hit single “Fingertips Part 2” along with a chart-topping album, The 12 Year Old Genius (Live).”
Stevie ruled the 1960’s with songs like “My Cherie Amour,” “Uptight” “I Was Made to Love Her” and more. The flood of classics continued into the 1970s with songs like “Signed, Sealed & Delivered,” “You Are the Sunshine of my Life,” “Superstition,” “Livin for the City,” “Sir Duke” and others.
The 1980s were equally as productive as Stevie recorded classics like “Lately,” “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” “Part-Time Lover,” “Get It” featuring Michael Jackson and others.
In the 1990s, Stevie continued to bless us with songs like “These Three Words” from Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever soundtrack.
Stevie Wonder’s last official album was A Time to Love, which was released in 2005.
Stevie Wonder is a favorite with rappers since he was a favorite go-to for samples.
Rappers from Tupac (“So Many Tears”) and Coolio (“Gangsta’s Paradise”) to Notorious B.I.G. (“Me and My B##ch) and J. Cole (“Love Me Not”) have sampled Stevie Wonder’s vast catalog of hits.
And while Stevie is picky about who he collaborates with, over the years, he has worked with several hip-hop artists, like Busta, Chance the Rapper, Donald Glover, and Drake.
“Busta got every feature on the planet. So he worked with everybody. Busta can make that s##t happen,” Sha Money Xl said. “And he made that s##t happen, Yo, That’s all Busta but I walked into that blessing, bro. I got a record with Stevie Wonder. That’s in the catalog.”
Tudy Guapo calls himself a “mainstream Latino artist,” which speaks volumes to his confidence and talents.
The West Coast artist hails from Santa Ana, California (essentially Orange County), beginning to rap at the young age of 9. Since 2014, he’s dropped over 7 projects and doesn’t plan to let up anytime soon.
Guapo believes in karma, and living life to the fullest. It’s his simplicity and appreciation for nice things that allows him to combine player talk and his real-life day to day life into his lyrics. Beyond grinding hard and playing hard, Tudy gives back to homeless communities by volunteering at local missions.
Most recently, he released his new project titledFre$H Outta County.AllHipHop caught up with Tudy to discuss linking with King Lil G, his new album, and more.
AllHipHop: Talk about being from Santa Ana, what was that like growing up?
Tudy Guapo: I grew up around real OGs and hustlers. I soaked up all my game from my uncles. My biggest influences are my family. They’re my motivation. I always knew the music business was for me. Music played a huge factor in my upbringing. My uncle was a DJ and producer which allowed me to soak up the industry game.
AllHipHop: What does it mean to put on for Chicano rap?
Tudy Guapo: Fre$h Outta County was an album re-inventing myself, leaving Chicano rap and moving into a major platform. Mainstream with hot current artists in the game right now. I want fans to hear the mainstream side of me. Let them know I’m here to stay. it’s a warmup with real hot artists. Not to be confused with typical Latino artist, I’m creating my own lane.
AllHipHop: How long were you locked up for? What’d you learn behind bars?
Tudy Guapo: Got an open case, can’t talk about my time.
AllHipHop: What’d it mean to link w/ King Lil G on “Gang$Igns”?
Tudy Guapo: I’ve always been a fan of King Lil G, I have the upmost respect for him. It’s more than music when it comes to our friendship. I’m glad we’re able to do that collab.
AllHipHop: You have features from Rucci to G Perico. How do you decide who to collab with?
Tudy Guapo: Honestly I always wanted to work with them. I had the beat, tapped in, made it happen. I have a vision for my collabs and am very picky with who I feature with.
AllHipHop: Talk about giving back to the homeless and your community.
Tudy Guapo: I’ve donated to charities, served food, and try giving back as much as I can when I can. I don’t post it as much because I don’t do it for clout for social media, I do it as a good deed.
AllHipHop: Who’s in your Top 5?
Tudy Guapo: Top 5 for me growing up and now would be 50 cent, Tupac, Biggie, Snoop, and Ice Cube.
AllHipHop: Anything else you want to let us know?
Tudy Guapo: I’m making a statement in the music industry. Fre$h Outta County was a taste of what I’m about. I want to be looked at like a key factor on the West. I have quality music with mainstream lyrics. Everything I put out is definitely radio material.
