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Queen Latifah Gets A Special Honor And Opportunity From New Hometown

(AllHipHop News) Queen Latifah has mastered many aspects of life and career, but she’s new receiving an honor very close to home.

The Rutgers University Board of Governors has revealed that the New Jersey native rapper/actor is set to deliver the keynote address at the Rutgers University commencement ceremony in Newark NJ on May 14, 2018 at the Prudential Center.

RU-N undergraduate Adebimpe Elegbeyele, also a member of the commencement selection committee, stated that the Queen was the perfect speaker for this class of graduates.

“Queen Latifah is inspiring to us as students because she always projects herself through her work as a strong woman,” Elegbeyele said. “She shows young women that we can do that too and young men that they need to respect that.”

The Queen, a “Hip-Hop icon, award-winning actress, singer/song-writer, producer, entrepreneur, and humanitarian,” was voted in by a committee of students, faculty, and staff. She will also receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree.

“Queen Latifah has been a consistent supporter of Newark and a source of inspiration for creative people and entrepreneurs in our city and throughout the world,” said Lyneir Richardson, Executive Director of The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at Rutgers.

The Newark, NJ native has earned a plethora of honors with a wide spectrum that includes a Grammy, an Emmy, a Golden Globe, several Screen Actors Guild Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, two BET Awards and many others. She started Flavor Unit and the decades-old company has created movies, music and television series.

La has worked tirelessly in the community in programs like ‘Let Girls Learn,’ the campaign started
by former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Falcon Heavy, SpaceX, and Elon Musk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c&ab_channel=SpaceX

SpaceX’s founder, Elon Musk, successfully launched its new rocket, Falcon Heavy…and in the process, also put an end to all those pesky “the Earth is flat” rumors…

Drake’s Dad Launches His Own Line Of Unique Suits

(AllHipHop News) Drake’s dad is cashing in on his celebrity, with a new fashion business.

The Toronto rap star’s father Dennis Graham has partnered with Saginaw Suits and Alterations to start a new line of suits called the “Dennis Graham Collection.”

Dennis met Mak Hamd, the son of Saginaw Suits and Alterations, who introduced himself to the rap star’s dad.

The college student realized the huge opportunity and followed up by sending Dennis some samples.

Drake’s dad admired the suits so much, he decided to partner with the business for his own line of suits tailored to “the person that wants to stand out.”

In addition to “The Dennis Graham Collection,” NFL star Richard Sherman Is releasing his own line as well.

G-Eazy Thanks Diddy For Giving The Best Advice Of His Career

(AllHipHop News) When G-Eazy was a budding rapper, he received the best advice of his career from Sean “Diddy” Combs.

The creator of songs like “Him & I,” “No Limit” and “Me, Myself & I,” credited Diddy for his hit-making capabilities, as well as his insight into how to make records.

G-Eazy is known for his hard-partying ways, so it is forgivable that the rapper could not recollect when, or where Diddy gave the indispensable advice, but the words have stuck with him ever since.

“I forget how we originally met, but I really value our conversations He was talking to me one night and said that the best music is always the most vulnerable. Because it’s the most real, the most human, the most raw,” G-Eazy said.

“And for that reason the listener connects with it the deepest because it hits them here [the heart],” G-Eazy continued. “The job of an artist is to cut yourself open and spill out your soul.”

G-Eazy is also taking cues from Diddy’s Ciroc brand as he develops his own liquor brand, Stillhouse.

The rapper announced he was an investor in Stillhouse in June of 2017 and he’s been working to promote, market and build the whiskey.

“You get what you give. That’s crucial, really, in anything in life,” G-Eazy explained. “You have to put effort and time and energy and thought into building something. I didn’t want to just put my name on and stand back; I wanted to be part of it.”

Why Are People Judging Dave East’s New Hair?

(AllHipHop Rumors) Dave East. The name rings bells due to his ability to rap in an authentic way. So why are people talking about his hair so much. At first I ignored it. Then I saw several online posts and I could not believe people – both men and women – were talking about this so much.

So, take a look and ask yourself…what’s the big deal?

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It looks to be like he’s just at the earliest stage of growing locs or dreadlocks, as the vultures would say. But he shot that down in the comments – “#TheyNotDreads #BoxBraidDusty

Cardi B Backs Down From A Gang War!

(AllHipHop Rumors) Cardi B is still doing her thing. Its like she was able to surf over all the waves of hate. One wave that looked like a BLUE tsunami came after Bardi – a known Blood – posted something that seemed to disparage Crips. Under and IG post, she said, “I hate wearing Flue but this coat was too poppin.” Well, she immediately started getting death threats and got her Cali pass revoked. She removed the statement, but left the picture.

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Like a smart(er) person, Cardi has not responded to the numerous threat hurled in her direction. People have done much worse. I can’t see this turning into the end of a rap star.

Fans Start Campaign To “Find Nicki Minaj”

(AllHipHop News) Nicki Minaj fans have launched a desperate campaign to find the singer, after growing concerned over her silence on social media.

The 35-year-old musician last posted on Twitter on December 26 while her final post on Instagram came just a couple of days later on December 30.

She also hasn’t attended any major music industry events this year – most notably the Grammy Awards in late January.

Her social media absence has sparked concern among her devoted followers, many of whom pleaded with her under her final tweet to “come back.”

“Is she alive?” one wrote, while another added, “We miss you more than anything, queen of rap.”

Some fans reassured others, however, stating they believe the singer is simply busy working on something. “She bout to drop some fire (sic),” one tweeted, as another wrote, “Someone went mia (missing in action) that means something special is about to happen.”

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A Dope Dedication To Big Pun Emerges From His kids!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChGLOHjDPK4

(AllHipHop Music) This is 18. It has been 18 long years since the death of Big Pun aka Christopher Rios. Thankfully, Pun lives in the bodies of his family, namely Star Rios and Chris Rivers. Both rap and have skills that represent the many sides of the first solo Latin to go plat in Hip-Hop. Star and Chris drop a new heater for people in honor of their pops. Check it out.

Chris also had a few positive words.

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Listen to Capital Punishment in full below.

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RIP PUN!

Birdman Hit With Lien Over Florida Mansion Cleaning Bill

(AllHipHop News) Embattled hip-hop mogul Bryan ‘Birdman’ Williams is now facing a $265,000 lien against his Miami, Florida mansion.

The Cash Money Records boss purchased the luxury estate in 2012 for $14.5 million and last month, he was ordered to surrender all keys and security codes to a court-appointed monitor after failing to pay back a loan he took out against the property from officials at EMG Transfer Agent in 2015.

Williams has reportedly been trying to sell the mansion, but the monitor has been tasked with renting the pad to raise funds while the legal battle over the loan continues.

Birdman is now facing more legal woes over the property after being hit with a $264,700 lien from bosses at Reel Pressure Cleaning.

According to reports, company bosses were not paid for work they performed in October and November.

If the home is sold, the lien will be paid in full.

Williams has yet to comment on the report.

Quincy Jones Goes Off: Exposes Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Trump!

(AllHipHop Rumors) At 85, Quincy Jones is going all out. Some would say he’s honest and others maintain that he is taking a crap on dead people. To be specific, he said that Marvin Gaye and Richard Pryor – both dead men – had sex with another now-dead man Marlon Brando. We didn’t need to know this! I don’t think I have ever heard anything gay about Marvin Gaye other than he added an “e” to his name, because he didn’t like it as “Gay.” As far as Pryor, remember he gave Biggie that line “You look so good, I’ll suck on yo’ daddy…” In a recent interview, Quincy says that Brando had sex with both stars. “He was the most charming m########### you ever met. He’d f### anything. Anything! He’d f### a mailbox. James Baldwin. Richard Pryor. Marvin Gaye.” Well, James Baldwin was openly gay so, nobody is even saying anything about that. It seems Brando liked dark meat, unlike his character in The Godfather.

Q also went in on Michael Jackson, the man that got both of them their biggest hit, Thriller.

He said:

“I hate to get into this publicly, but Michael stole a lot of stuff. He stole a lot of songs. [Donna Summer’s] “State of Independence and “Billie Jean.” The notes don’t lie, man. He was as Machiavellian as they come. Greedy, man. Greedy. “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” — Greg Phillinganes wrote the c section. Michael should’ve given him 10 percent of the song. Wouldn’t do it.”

Damn Bro!

He also claimed all of MJ’s surgery claims and skin lightening was bogus.

“I used to kill him about the plastic surgery, man. He’d always justify it and say it was because of some disease he had. B#######.”

“He had a problem with his looks because his father told him he was ugly and abused him Jackson described being abused by his father Joe in a 1993 interview with Oprah, as well as in a 2003 interview with Martin Bashir. “It was really bad,” he recalled during the latter. . What do you expect?”

Source: Vulture

Dude even knows who killed President Kennedy.

“[Chicago mobster Sam] Giancana Chicago gangster Sam Giancana is a well-known name among Kennedy conspiracists, both for his alleged help in delivering Illinois votes for Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election and the 1963 assassination of the president. The latter theory largely stems from Giancana’s murder in 1975, not long before he was supposed to testify before a Senate committee investigating collusion between the mob and the CIA. . The connection was there between Sinatra and the Mafia and Kennedy. Joe Kennedy — he was a bad man — he came to Frank to have him talk to Giancana about getting votes.”

All this time, I thought it was the government.

But….Quincy saved his best for Trump and The Beatles.

“…They were the worst musicians in the world. They were no-playing m############. Paul was the worst bass player I ever heard. And Ringo? Don’t even talk about it.”

He suggested that he smashed Trump’s daughter Ivanka and this is why racism is so high right now.

“It’s Trump and uneducated rednecks. Trump is just telling them what they want to hear. I used to hang out with him. He’s a crazy m###########. Limited mentally — a megalomaniac, narcissistic. I can’t stand him. I used to date Ivanka, you know.”

“Twelve years ago. Tommy Hilfiger, who was working with my daughter Kidada. Hilfiger said, “Ivanka wants to have dinner with you.” I said, “No problem. She’s a fine m###########.” She had the most beautiful legs I ever saw in my life. Wrong father, though.”

He even dissed rappers that paid homage to him.

“My last record [2010’s Q: Soul Bossa Nostra]. I was not in favor of doing it, but the rappers wanted to record something as a tribute to me, where they’d do versions of songs that I’d done over my career. I said to them, “Look, you got to make the music better than we did on the originals.” That didn’t happen. T-Pain, man, he didn’t pay attention to
the details.”

Damn Q! This is what they call “spilling all the tea,” jack!

J. Cole Donation With Colin Kaepernick Shocked Baltimore Organization

(AllHipHop News) J. Cole can add his name to the list of artists who have given to Colin Kaepernick’s $1 million pledge to charity.

J. Cole chose to take Kaepernick up on the challenge and donated $10,000 to a Baltimore-based grassroots organization called Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle.

The nonprofit’s founder could not believe the news until he received an Instagram message from Colin Kaepernick himself, as well as a phone call from the NFL star’s manager.

“I completely freaked out. I was like ‘what?!’,” said Adam Jackson, CEO, and co-founder of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle.

“I thought this was a prank call or someone messing with me,” Jackson continued.

The gift was real, and J. Cole’s funds will be used to support Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle’s mission to make a difference in politics, through education and Community organization.

Will French Montana’s Next Battle Be For “Dreamers”?

By Rico Panacea (@RicoPanacea)

(AllHipHop Rumors) French Montana is one of Hip-Hop’s coolest musicians.

He travels the world and performs sold out concerts delivering his global hit “Unforgettable,” and when he’s not performing in front of sold-out crowds, French can often be found partying and dancing with the likes of Diddy.

French is cool by nature, but there’s one thing French isn’t cool with and that’s people who crush dreams.

Over the past year, French Montana has become more active in helping fight for social justice. The trend started after he went to Uganda to film the music video for his “Unforgettable” single.

While in Uganda, French visited a local hospital with only two functioning hospital rooms. This sparked him to want to help the citizens of the African nation.

French Montana was born in Morocco and wanted to help Uganda even though Morocco is in North Africa and over 3,000 miles away. After returning back to the US, French donated $100,000 of his own money and teamed with fellow musician The Weeknd in addition to Global Citizen, to begin helping provide the nation with better health care.

Their help allowed the hospital to expand for two rooms to 50 functioning rooms. Recently, Global Citizen named French Montana a Global Citizen Ambassador for his charitable work in Uganda.

French Montana spoke with MSNBC yesterday about the immigration ban currently affecting many different nations.

“I just feel like when you’re somebody like Trump and you have that much power and leadership you should lead with love,” French said.

“I just wanna open eyes. Because if it weren’t for programs like DACA there would be no French Montana.,” he continued.

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When further asked about the topic, French spoke of the over 800,000 people being affected by the DACA program and offered one last thing.

“I think by March if the Congress don’t step in they might stop people from dreaming.,” said French.How do you feel about Hip-Hop’s current place in politics?

Big Sean Allows Fans To Curate Sets On “Unfriendly Reminder Tour”

(AllHipHop News) Detroit rapper Big Sean is embarking on a new nationwide tour of North America.

Big Sean will kick off the “Unfriendly Reminder Tour” on April 12 and the rap star will roll through 31 cities, before coming to an end in Los Angeles, on June 3.

Big Sean is hitting the road to celebrate his 10-year stint as an artist on Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music and to thank his fans, by performing songs from his entire discography throughout the tour.

Big Sean is bringing Playboi Carti, Shy Glizzy, and GASHI as openers for the tour.

The rapper is allowing his fans to curate his set list in each city through his official website, uknowbigsean.com

Check out the dates for the tour. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday (February 9).

ADAM IDRIS RELEASED PRIVATE PLAY (MUSIC VIDEO)

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Taking the direction and the experience from various culture and musicians around the world, Singer-songwriter Adam Idris has released his supreme! Love Reincarnation EP. Adam Idris’s previously released a series of music singles including: A bit more, that’s my baby, count on me, power hungry and break through, but this is the first ever ep being released of Adams of this sobriquet.

Having been featured in household magazines and blogs such as Flavourmag and essentially pop. Adam Idris fanbase has been growing consistently over the last couple of months onwards.

‘Love Reincarnation’ comprises three songs, ‘Private Play’, ‘Oh La La’, and ‘I Feel Alone’. Adam’s inspiration comes from many various factors: one song is based on relationships – falling in love and rekindling love; another is about finding your path, loneliness, while the third is about family, and how money means nothing without those closest to you.

Adam Idris – Private play (Music Video)

On private play song! Adam Idris indicates profound love and admiration as he mentioned that he doesn’t like talking too much but doing things is much more his type of way. As he said on the verse he likes partying in the lobby, have a private time with his partner and so forth. The song’s Chorus is authentic, catchy and emotionally endearing. Adam Idris’s vocal is awe-inspiring and unique in its own. It kind of reminds me of no-one but Adam Idris himself. It is certainly distinctive, and everyone can relation to this song in one way or else. You can watch the music video below and get the song on Spotify, google play and iTunes.

Meek Mill Seeking Dismissal Of Wrongful Death Lawsuit

(AllHipHop News) Meek Mill’s lawyers are seeking to have a wrongful death lawsuit against the jailed rapper dismissed.

The families of Jaquan Graves and Travis Ward, who were fatally wounded during a shooting incident outside the hip-hop star’s gig at Connecticut’s Oakdale Musical Theater in December 2016, have started legal proceedings against Meek, real name Robert Rihmeek Williams, and his management company, Jay-Z’s firm Roc Nation.

Lawyers for Graves’ family previously stated the rapper and his managers failed to provide adequate security, despite violence at Meek’s past concerts.

Meek Mill’s lawyers have now responded to the suit and they are asking for it to be thrown out because their client did not cause Graves’ death.

They also argue he had no way of knowing the shooting would occur.

The case is ongoing.

Meek is currently in prison in Pennsylvania, where he is serving a two-to-four-year sentence for probation violations relating to a 2008 drugs and weapons case.

Jennifer Lopez Confirms “Dinero” Collaboration With Cardi B

(AllHipHop News) Bronx representatives Jennifer Lopez and Cardi B are officially coming together for a collaboration. J Lo confirmed the news with latina.com.

“I do have a record coming out with her and it’s coming out soon,” said Lopez. “The name of the song is ‘Dinero.’ I don’t know what the video is going to be yet but we’ll see what we come up with.”

Cardi recently teamed with Bruno Mars for a remix of his song “Finesse.” The video for the track was a homage to the 1990s hit sketch comedy show In Living Color.

Lopez was a Fly Girl dancer on the Keenen and Damon Wayans-created program. The “I’m Real” singer posted a #TBT video of her In Living Color days after the release of the “Finesse (Remix)” visuals.

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Jim Jones Gets Diplomatic After Workout

By Rico Panacea (@RicoPanacea)

(AllHipHop Rumors) Roc Nation’s Jim Jones recently had some trouble while working out. No, it’s not what you’re thinking. Jim didn’t have trouble lifting the weights.

Jim Jones had trouble with the staff of at a local L.A. Fitness center. Knowledge of the incident became public after Jones took to social media. Jones explains the incident in a video recorded by himself.

This isn’t the first time the fitness center’s customer service has been criticized publicly.

“So I’m in LA Fitness, and I tried to get a charger,” said Jim Jones. “They trying to kick me out and terminate me. The lady lied on me, she said that I gave her the middle finger.”

An emotional Jones can be seen in the video recording. One highlight of the video has Jones pointing at one of the employees as they boldly ask, “O, so now you’re the victim?”

A question that Jim Jones could only answer in diplomatic fashion.

“So tell me what I did, since you talking so much?” asked Jim Jones.

Jim Jones is a rap vet and hip-hop favorite. The man definitely deserves his respect at this point in his career.

Do you think Jim Jones did the right thing by exposing LA Fitness staff?*

TK Kravitz – “Ocean” feat Jacquees

https://youtu.be/D6xhzFH-iWc

Ocean” comes right after TK smash hit, “Space Ft. Sexton,” which reached the Top 10 on Urban US Radio and garnered over 50 million total streams. After dominating radio and embarking on a US tour with A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie this past fall, TK Kravitz is definitely off to a great start in 2018. The seductive and clever “Ocean” perfectly showcases how both TK and Jacquees’ incredible voices compliment each other on the record. Keep a look out for TK’s newest EP, 2.0 coming this spring and peep the “Ocean” lyric video above!