(AllHipHop News) The two Black Panther trailers released by Marvel so far have featured Run The Jewels’ “Legend Has It” and Vince Staples’ “BagBak.” With a Hip Hop friendly director in Ryan Coogler at the helm, it would come as no surprise if the upcoming superhero motion picture is flavored with modern rap music.

So will an official Black Panther Hip Hop soundtrack be part of the movie’s roll-out? Kendrick Lamar gave a hint that a compilation project inspired by the story of the Wakanda king is in the works.

The TDE representative released the music video for his song “LOVE” featuring Zacari. At the 1:55 mark, a clapperboard appears with the words: “B.Panther,” “Soundtrack,” and “Coming Soon.”

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It’s already been reported that K. Dot’s “DNA” plays during a scene in the movie. Coogler and Black Panther lead actor Chadwick Boseman spoke about the T’Challa-Kendrick synergy at San Diego’s Comic-Con in July.

“As soon as I heard it on his album for the first time I said, ‘They should use that song,'” stated Boseman. “I just thought it would fit. I didn’t know if they’d do it or not, but I thought it was perfect.”

Coogler added, “The lyrics are amazing – a lot of Kendrick’s are.”

Music from movies was a trendy subject in 2017. Fifty Shades Darker Soundtrack, Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack, The Fate Of The Furious: The Album, Wonder Woman Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Baby Driver (Music from the Motion Picture), Star Wars: The Last Jedi Soundtrack, and Bright: The Album all made headlines this year.

Black Panther is scheduled for release on February 16. Swedish record producer Ludwig Göransson (Childish Gambino, Chance The Rapper) composed the film’s score.

(AllHipHop News) No, Bob Marley is not a Hip Hop artist. However, the Reggae icon’s tunes and activism did inspire generations of rappers as well as other musicians.

Marley’s cultural impact is still felt 36 years after his death. Proof of that influence is demonstrated by the fact Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers compilation album has now spent 500 nonconsecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 (presently #170).

According to Billboard, 1984’s Legend has the second-most weeks on the chart, only behind Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon with 934 weeks. The classic project by Marley and his band is currently certified 15x platinum by RIAA.

Bob Marley’s name can be found in numerous Hip Hop lyrics. Songs like A Tribe Called Quest’s “Scenario,” Jay-Z’s “Empire State Of Mind,” Nas’ “Accident Murderers,” Puff Daddy’s “Young G’s,” Styles P’s “Good Times,” Noname’s “Paradise,” Boosie Badazz’s “Black Heaven,” Tory Lanez’s “Bodmon Song,” and Joyner Lucas’ “DNA.(Remix)” feature shout outs to the late Jamaican singer-songwriter.

(AllHipHop News) Top Dawg Entertainment held its annual Holiday Concert & Toy Giveaway in Watts, California. The crowd got to witness a special moment when Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar performed their Grammy-nominated duet “Loyalty.”

In addition, RiRi ran through other cuts such as “Lemon” and “B-tch Better Have My Money.” K. Dot also presented live versions of “Humble” and “DNA.”

Other TDE acts SZA, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Isaiah Rashad, and SiR, were all attendance for the event. Bay Area legend E-40 was part of the bill as well.

(AllHipHop News) SZA has been teasing the music video for her popular song “The Weekend” for a while. Visuals for the Ctrl track are now available via YouTube.

Fellow R&B singer Solange Knowles directed the video. SZA spoke to MTV about creating the clip.

“We both have tastes, but it expresses in different ways. Her expression of shapes, her usage of color, and her filling of negative space, it’s very abstract,” stated the TDE artist about working with Solange. “I’m a very whimsical person but in a different way. Her whimsy is very refined, exciting, and very mysterious. It’s cool.”

“The Weekend” is up for the Best R&B Performance award at the 2018 Grammys. SZA was also nominated for Best New Artist, Best Urban Contemporary Album (Ctrl), Best R&B Song (“Supermodel”), and Best Rap/Sung Performance (“Love Galore” with Travis Scott).

(AllHipHop News) Cardi B finally followed-up her smash hit “Bodak Yellow” with another official single. Today saw the arrival of “Bartier Cardi” featuring Atlanta rhymer 21 Savage.

The song quickly began trending on both Twitter and YouTube. Most of the online reactions to the record have been positive, but there were also critical opinions about “Bartier Cardi.”

Check out tweets about Cardi B and 21 Savage’s “Bartier Cardi” below.

Finally, the long awaited album is here. Quavo & Travis Scott first teased their joint project Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho on April and since then no serious story was heard about the project. But meanwhile, as the stories surrounding the album are ambigous, Travis Scott and Quavo teased the project and slowly unveiled details surrounding it.

Just few hours ago, the both rappers teased the album as Christmas release but somehow we knew it could come before then, today Quavo and Scott announced that it would be dropping tonight and finally, Huncho Jack, Jack Hunchohas arrived.

The album is filled with 13 hot tracks and the two hold down the majority of the project themselves by the likes of Murda Beatz, Buddha Bless, Vinylz, Southside, Cardo, TM88 and even Travis Scott handling some of the production as well as many others.

Listen tot he album below.

Tracks

1. “Modern Slavery”
2. “Black & Chinese”
3. “Eye 2 Eye” Feat. Takeoff
4. “Motorcycle Patches”
5. “Huncho Jack”
6. “Saint”
7. “Go”
8. “Dubai S###” Feat. Offset
9. “Saint Laurent Mask”
10. “Moon Rock”
11. “How U Feel”
12. “Where U From”
13. “Best Man”

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(AllHipHop News) Will Smith struggles to watch early episodes of “The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air” as he’s embarrassed by his acting.

Will started out as a rapper in the 1980s, but became a major TV star after playing a fictionalized version of himself in the hit sitcom – which debuted in 1990.

Despite the show making his name as an actor, the “Men In Black” star confesses he finds it difficult to watch some episodes as his enthusiasm got the better of him during filming.

“It was my very first role and I was very, very focused on being successful so I learnt the whole script and everyone else’s lines,” the 49-year-old actor told U.K. chat show host Graham Norton. “If you watch the first four or five episodes you can see I’m mouthing other people’s lines. It’s terrible and I can’t bear to watch it.”

The Hollywood superstar reunited with his old music partner DJ Jazzy Jeff, who also played Will’s best pal Jazz in “The Fresh Prince,” earlier this year for two gigs.

After their musical reunion Jeff expressed his hopes that Will would agree to bring back “The Fresh Prince.”

“There have been talks with people about doing something,” he confessed to British newspaper The Sun. “I think it would be cool if they did it and go down memory lane again.”

Will is less optimistic, however, and jokes he’d now have to take on the role of Uncle Phil, his character’s adopted guardian, who was played by the late James Avery.

He told Graham, “Man, I’d have to be Uncle Phil in that one now I’m nearly 50!”

James passed away in 2013, and Will’s co-star Alfonso Ribeiro has said the show will never be revived as it “doesn’t work” without the late actor.



(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop sensation Cardi B nearly abandoned her rap dreams last Christmas after she was cut from a star-studded song.

The former “Love & Hip Hop: New York” reality star took the charts by storm this summer with the success of her debut single “Bodak Yellow,” but Cardi almost walked away from the industry following a devastating setback.

In a recent chat on Instagram Live, she explained to fans, “I did a verse to somebody’s song, and other artists was in the song as well, and I was so excited because I felt like my verse was so poppin’ (hot).

“Then, the artist told me that I couldn’t be on the song anymore because one of the artists that was on the song felt like I was too small (not famous enough), and they were too big for me to be on the same song with them (sic).”

Cardi didn’t name the track or the musician she had recorded the song for but revealed it took place around the holidays, shortly after quitting Love & Hip Hop: New York. She left the show at the end of season seven last year.

“That s##t broke my heart so bad, it broke my heart to pieces,” she continued.

Despite wanting to give up on her music career, Cardi pressed on, and has since scored features on G-Eazy’s “No Limit,” Migos and Nicki Minaj’s collaboration “Motorsport,” and Latin singer Ozuna’s new release, “La Modelo,” while she is planning to drop another single, “Bartier Bardi,” with 21 Savage on Friday.

Cardi is currently working on completing her debut album, but she has urged fans to be patient.

“A b##ch is gonna put something out,” she assured viewers. “You think I’m gonna hold s##t, or (label bosses at) Atlantic is gonna hold s##t because we just blatantly feel like it? No. We wanna make money as fast as we can.”

She went on to blame sample clearance issues and other factors for the album delay.

(AllHipHop News) Rapper French Montana has reportedly struck up a romance with U.S. reality star Evelyn Lozada.

The “Unforgettable” hitmaker is said to have helped celebrate the “Basketball Wives” beauty’s recent 42nd birthday with a bash at his Los Angeles home, where she was pictured blowing out candles on her cake.

Evelyn posted the image on social media, making no mention of Montana, but eagle-eyed fans noticed the decor was strikingly similar to that of the hip-hop star’s pad and began speculating about a possible new relationship.

Now sources tell The Blast the new couple is getting to know one another, and although the stars have yet to make the romance official, they are “taking things slow”.

French previously dated fellow rapper Iggy Azalea, as well as another reality TV regular, Khloe Kardashian, who is now expecting her first child with basketball star Tristan Thompson.

Lozada is also no stranger to high-profile romances – she used to be married to retired American footballer Chad Ochocinco and called off her engagement to former baseball player Carl Crawford in August.



(AllHipHop News) Nick Cannon’s The Wild ‘N Out Live tour seeks to make history with a pair of shows in Washington D.C. with crowds upwards of 13,000. On December 22, 2017, Nick Cannon and his All-Star gang of comedians are heading to the DMV area for one last hoorah before the holidays! The finale will feature star-studded music performances, skits, and a gigantic audience.

A statement read: “Dubbed one of the hottest ticketed shows in comedy.  Nick Cannon, Rip Micheals and their side-splitting ensemble of comics: DC Young Fly, Conceited, Emmanuel Hudson and much more are attempting their biggest act yet –  Two shows at Two separate arenas all in one night!  Not only is this behavior disruptive, but it’s never been done before in the history of sketch comedy. Continuing to cross barriers,  the cast is also challenging their language skills with a toe-to-toe Wildstyle battle completely in Spanish. For even more excitement,  DMV’s Hip-hop Wordsmith Wale and  Roc Nation’s recording artist Yo Gotti will be joining the crew onstage.”

“As one of the highest-ranked tour in the country right now, we want to let our fans know how much they’re voice means to us, that’s why we had to add a second show.” Comedian Rip Michaels stated. The first show of the evening will take place 7pm EST at the Show Place Arena in Maryland. Immediately following, 9pm EST at the Capital Arena in D.C.

In order to make the tour accessible for all, tickets start at $30, plus applicable service charges. For more information, go to www.wildnoutlive.com.

(AllHipHop News) Eminem, Beyonce and The Weeknd have reportedly been tapped to headline California’s Coachella festival next year.

The “Formation” singer was originally due to headline the event back in April, but was forced to pull out as she was expecting twins.

Having given birth to Sir and Rumi Carter in June, according to Consequence of Sound, she is now set to return to perform at the festival which will be held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California in April 2018.

Industry sources tell the website that Beyonce will be joined by Eminem and The Weeknd in headlining the event’s main stage.

If the report is true then it will be the first time festival bosses have not signed up any rock acts as headliners.

Rumors have also linked Beyonce with a reunion with her old Destiny’s Child bandmates Michelle Williams, Kelly Rowland LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson.

Fans have speculated a top-secret project LaTavia teased on Twitter could be a reunion, more than five years after Beyonce joined Michelle and Kelly to perform at the Super Bowl.

Kelly Rowland has quashed rumors the band will get back together for Coachella however, telling People magazine “I have no idea about any of that. I mean, I gladly accept that very much but it’s nothing that we recently talked about.”

Both Eminem and The Weeknd would also be playing their first headline Coachella shows, with the former only having appeared in a guest slot with Dr.Dre in 2012.

The Weeknd is a regular Coachella performer and appeared as a surprise guest at this year.

An official announcement naming those who will headline the festival is expected next month.

Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, and Lady Gaga, who stepped in for Beyonce, headlined the 2017 event.