(AllHipHop News) Rae Sremmurd started off March by letting loose three songs from their forthcoming triple album. One of the records was the Swae Lee-led “Hurt To Look.” The Swaecation track was produced by Fwdslxsh, EY, and Bizness Boi.

“I knew [Swae Lee] was working on Rae Sremmurd’s next project as well as Swaecation, so I sent a mixture of hard, trap-inspired beats, as well as the left-field, more uptempo and dance inspired-feel-good sounding tracks,” says Bizness Boi. “I noticed he kept recording to the feel-good ones, so I kept making those and sending them over. The moment I realized I had something with Swae was after I DM’d him asking if he’d heard any of them. He responded, ‘You may already have two on my album, keep sending,’ and the rest was history.”

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He adds, “At that time I had never met Swae in person, so we were introduced to each other and Swae invited me to his house to hear some of the stuff he’d recorded to my beats. I pride myself on being an artist’s producer. The artist feels comfortable inviting me into their home, studio, or wherever they make their music because of the energy I bring into the room. That night Swae made two more songs over my productions and I got to see how he works.”

Prior to co-creating “Hurt To Look,” Andre “Bizness Boi” Robertson contributed to other records by PartyNextDoor, Plies, Kodak Black, 24hrs, and Justine Skye. The Los Angeles-based beat maker also worked on 6lack’s Grammy-nominated debut album Free 6lack.

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(AllHipHop News) DJ Khaled is back at it again. The producer/executive is known for bringing together different artists for chart-topping collaborations.

His latest team-up is “Top Off” featuring Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and Future. Previously, Khaled combined Jay’s lyrics and Future’s flow on “I Got The Keys,” and the billion-dollar couple of Hov & Bey cooperated with Khaled for “Shining.”

“Top Off” includes Jay-Z mentioning the highly-publicized photo of a $91,000 Ace of Spades bill that made its way around the internet. The Roc Nation leader and Beyoncé both use their respective verses to offer support to incarcerated rapper Meek Mill.

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(AllHipHop News) Two years ago, Canadian Hip Hop artist Tory Lanez dropped his debut studio album I Told You. He’s back this week with his second official LP Memories Don’t Die.

The project features Future, Wiz Khalifa, 50 Cent, Fabolous, Nav, and more. After its release, Lanez and the album title became trending topics on Twitter.

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(AllHipHop News) Akon has been hit with a bill for $165,000 for allegedly failing to pay his rent.

The “Locked Up” singer reportedly leased space on the 66th floor of the Empire State Building in New York from GTFM executives for his fashion line Aliaune Milano.

According to legal documents, he agreed in July 2012 to pay $25,000 for the rental and he kept up with the payments until July 2015, when he allegedly stopped.

GTFM officials claim he moved out in January 2016, by which point he owed almost seven months’ worth of rent.

They filed a lawsuit against the R&B star to reclaim the money but he never responded, so a judge has issued a default judgment of $164,787.

(AllHipHop News) Rappers Drake and Future have been dismissed from a $25 million dollar lawsuit after a woman was raped at one of their concerts.

The incident took place at their show on August 14, 2016, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

A woman only identified as “Jane Doe” filed the lawsuit, claiming the rappers were negligent after a man who worked for Bridgestone Arena forcibly raped her inside of the venue.

The woman originally accused Drake, Future, Bridgestone Arena and others associated with being negligent, because the man was already wanted for assault, prior his job at the arena.

The woman is still suing Bridgestone Arena and two other parties she claims is responsible for the sexual assault.

(AllHipHop News) “Black Panther” is Marvel’s third-highest grossing movie release at the U.S. box office.

The Marvel-Disney superhero movie follows T’Challa/ Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) as he returns home as king of Wakanda only to find his sovereignty challenged by his long-time adversary Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan).

Directed by Ryan Coogler, “Black Panther” also stars Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis, and has raked in a staggering $411.7 million domestically since it was released in cinemas on 16 February.

“The Avengers” and “Avengers: Age of Ultron” are now ranked as the highest-grossing Marvel movie releases, with “Black Panther” landing in third place.

Internationally, the film has made $316.2 million.

In addition, “Black Panther” has given Imax Corp. a boost with moviegoers flocking to see it on the big screen.

Imax chief executive officer Richard Gelfond reported that it had achieved a record viewership for February.

“I am pleased to say that 2018 is off to a solid start,” he said, according to Variety. “We recently achieved record box office in February, led by Black Panther, which did $35 million in Imax box office over the four-day opening weekend.”

“Black Panther” is now projected to have a third massive weekend over March 3-4, but will compete with Jennifer Lawrence’s spy thriller “Red Sparrow” and Bruce Willis’ action-thriller “Death Wish.”

And actress Angela Bassett, who portrays Ramonda, Queen Mother of Wakanda, has shared that she’s thrilled by the positive feedback the movie has garnered and teased that a possible follow-up is in the works.

“We didn’t think we’d change history,” she told The Root at the American Black Film Festival Honors. “But to this degree and with this urgency, with this speed and this love and good feeling, we’re humbled.”

(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop star Desiigner is facing a defamation lawsuit after taking aim at a businesswoman’s “college scams” on social media.

Jessica Brown claims she helped the Panda hitmaker’s sister, Siera Selby, land a place at prestigious Howard University in Washington, D.C. through her company College Gurl, which educates students on how to pay for their higher education.

She also allegedly arranged for Siera to have access to a storage unit while at the school, but the youngster ended up dropping out, leaving some of her belongings behind in the locker.

Brown reportedly reached out to Siera in a bid to return the items but was told she no longer wanted them, only to then be put on blast by her famous big brother.

In a post on Instagram last August, Desiigner is accused of telling his 1.7 million followers:

“This girl is a fraud. Tried to scam me into paying for my sister to get into Howard University and now she is trying to hold my sister’s belongings. Please stay away from her and her college scams!!”

He also tagged Brown’s company profile in the message, and now she is suing the star, real name Sidney Royel Selby III, for defamation and invasion of privacy.

It’s not clear how much she is seeking in damages.

(AllHipHop News) Frank Ocean is one of the most elusive musicians of the last decade. He rarely gives features to other artists, but a tweet from Rich The Kid suggests the Atlanta rhymer secured vocals from the R&B star.

The @DailyRap Twitter account posted a tracklist for the forthcoming The World Is Yours album. Rich quoted the tweet and replied by writing, “This is missing songs smh. Where’s Quavo? Offset? Kanye West? Frank Ocean?? Take Off?”

It’s not clear if the Rich Forever Music label head was just trolling or if he was actually confirming that Ocean, Migos, and Ye contributed to the LP. Rich has spoken about collaborating with Lil Wayne, and Kendrick Lamar added a verse to the already released “New Freezer.”

The Ben Jayne-produced track and the new single “Plug Walk” helped push Rich The Kid to the #1 spot on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart. “New Freezer” has also peaked at #46 on the Hot 100.

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(AllHipHop News) This season of Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta has been highlighting Shad “Bow Wow” Moss’ attempt at a musical comeback. In a scene from tonight’s episode, Bow Wow sits down with his mentor Jermaine Dupri and fellow rapper Da Brat to present them a song that could be a single for his upcoming project.

“This the one I want,” Bow tells everyone in the studio before playing the record.

Despite the 30-year-old’s enthusiasm for the track, Dupri didn’t seem to agree with his protégé. The Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee responded, “I don’t know if that’s the single though.”

Shad Moss and Jermaine Dupri have a 20-year working relationship. The platinum Bow Wow albums Beware of Dog and Doggy Bag were created under the tutelage of JD.

Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta airs Thursdays at 9 pm ET on WE tv.

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(AllHipHop News) Tip “T.I.” Harris is once again enhancing his IMDb page. Deadline reports T.I. will be starring in a new music-themed motion picture titled Glow Up.

The rapper/actor will also produce the movie which follows a Los Angeles-based all-girl high school performance group attempting to win a national singing competition. In addition, Tip will curate the music for the film’s soundtrack.

Music video director Justin Francis (B.o.B’s “So Good”, Jidenna’s “Little Bit More”) is set to direct Glow Up. Chuck Hayward (Netflix’s Dear White People, Step Sisters) is penning the script.

Previously, T.I. appeared in films such as ATL, American Gangster, and Ant-Man. He is reprising his role as Dave in this summer’s Ant-Man and the Wasp.

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(AllHipHop News) SZA went into Grammy night 2018 as the most nominated female artist of the year with 5 nods. She left New York City’s Madison Square Garden without a single golden gramophone.

While offering “infinite gratitude” to the Recording Academy when she first learned about her Grammy noms, SZA is now expressing indifference to being shut out. The TDE vocalist spoke about the topic in a cover story with Fader.

“I’m not as mad as I thought I would be,” said SZA. “I didn’t have any expectations, actually. That’s why I wasn’t super upset.”

The article also showcases the singer’s views about her own Ctrl album. Despite being named to numerous music critics’ year-end Top 10 lists, SZA is not in total agreement with much of the world.

“I didn’t even f-ck with my own album, so I was so confused and almost, like, angry that everyone f-cked with it so much,” SZA admitted. “It meant everything I felt about myself was wrong. And it was just like, If that’s not the truth, then what is the truth?”

She added, “I think when ‘Love Galore’ went platinum, Donald [Glover] texted me like, ‘Do you still think it sucks?’ And I was like, ‘I dunno.’”

“Love Galore,” which features Travis Scott, earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap/Sung Performance. SZA’s Ctrl was included in the Best Urban Contemporary Album category. She was also nominated for Best R&B Performance (“The Weekend”), Best R&B Song (“Supermodel”), and Best New Artist.

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(AllHipHop News) Last month, it was announced that N.O.R.E. would be leading a new eating series on the First We Feast YouTube channel. On the Run Eatin’ has now arrived.

The first episode features N.O.R.E. traveling to Atlanta to take in the southern city’s cuisine. While in the ATL, he caught up with OutKast’s Big Boi and Goodie Mob’s CeeLo Green.

“We traveled the US for months searching for the best food! We shared our favorite undiscovered spots in every city we hit trying to outdo the last one,” stated N.O.R.E. about On the Run Eatin’. “Sometimes we would even stop the tour bus in the middle of the road to grab food from some dope looking places! A couple thousand miles and a few pounds later, I can’t wait for y’all to see what we found!”

(AllHipHop News) Congratulations go out to Eminem. The Recording Industry Association of America recently certified the legendary emcee sold 107.5 million digital units to date.

Em is only the third artist to cross the 100 million mark. He joins Rihanna (121 million units) and Taylor Swift (106.5 million units).

According to the RIAA, Eminem currently has three Diamond songs. “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna (12 million), “Lose Yourself” (10 million) and “Not Afraid” (10 million) are all certified as passing 10 million units.

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(AllHipHop News) Rae Sremmurd was a Twitter trending topic early Thursday morning. The online attention came after the Ear Drummers representatives dropped three new records from their forthcoming triple album.

Swae Lee provided a taste of his Swaecation with “Hurt To Look.” His brother, Slim Jxmmi, let loose “Brxnks Truck” off Jxmtroduction. The duo also connected with Juicy J for SR3MM’s “Powerglide.”

Swaecation, Jxmtroduction, and SR3MM are part of the three-sided LP. Producer Mike Will Made It revealed the concept was inspired by OutKast’s double LP Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.

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(AllHipHop News) Rapper Big Boi didn’t have to stretch his imagination much to portray an obnoxious TV sports dad because his son is a real-life star athlete.

The Outkast star plays an annoying field father on BET network series “The Quad” and he used his everyday life to pull off the character, revealing his son, Cross Patton, is a high school American football champion who has recently been offered a scholarship to play for the University of Southern California (USC).

“It’s a real instance of art imitating life,” he tells CNN of his The Quad role. “My son on the show is a star football player… In real life, my son is a star football player for Woodward Academy (in Atlanta, Georgia).”

Big Boi, real name Antwan Patton, is enjoying his acting career after also landing a part in the forthcoming remake of famous cult 1970s film Superfly.

The 43-year-old is not new to the film industry – and has 22 acting credits to his name, including roles in 2006 movies ATL and Idlewild – and he reveals his hip-hop history helps him develop characters.

“You get to become someone else, bringing that character to life and entertaining people,” he explains. “A lot of directors let me do ad-libbing. Most of my lines in ATL were not scripted, they were just my lines.”

Big Boi is attracted to portraying personalities that are totally different than him, and he dreams of landing a gig as a villain, revealing a serial killer role in a dark comedy would be ideal.

But fans of Outkast hoping for a band reunion needn’t hold their breath – humble Big Boi admits that although he is flattered by online suggestions of a big Super Bowl Halftime show gig with Andre 3000, his focus is firmly on the opportunities before him.

“You’ll have to ask Jesus (about the Super Bowl),” he laughs.