(AllHipHop News) Shyheim aka Shyheim the Rugged Child (real name: Shyheim Franklin) has been released from prison after doing a 5-year bid.
Shyheim went to jail for a hit-and-run accident that killed a person. The situation worsened when the rapper went on the lam from cops for about a month. The rapper was originally slapped with a 14-year sentence back in August 2014. He served a manslaughter and gun charge concurrently.
Shyheim was a known affiliate of the Wu Tang Clan and dropped a solo album, AKA The Rugged Child, in 1994. He was 14-years old. For a while, he was acting as well, appearing in The Preacher’s Wife, In Too Deep even videos like TLC’s “Waterfalls.”
Reports say he will be subject to five years’ post-release supervision.
(AllHipHop News) Teairra Mari’s attempts to avoid 50 Cent are proving fruitless – and costly.
According to reports, 50 Cent is asking a judge to force the reality star to fork over a portion of her salary for starring in “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood” to satisfy her debt to the rap star.
Teairra tried to sue 50 Cent for re-posting raunchy graphic images from a sex tape, which was originally posted to her own social media page.
The singer lawyered up when 50 Cent started trolling her and she lost an attempt to get a restraining order against the Queens rapper, who did nothing but ramp up his attacks.
(AllHipHop News) Meek Mill is the latest rapper to indicate that he wants to move to Africa as tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate.
The “Dreams & Nightmares” rapper famous posted on his Instagram his intentions to move to Africa and simply wrote: “I’m out …moving to Africa.”
Meek joins rapper Cardi B who has also expressed an interest in moving to Africa.
The rapper revealed his intention amid fears of an impending war between the US and Iran after President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad airport.
Experts say that Iran is likely to reiterate by targeting American allies, US interests in the Middle East, diplomats in embassies and regional bases as well as American troops.
Due to the tension, this has caused, observers are of the opinion that the third world war is imminent.
This is why Meek and Cardi are thinking of fleeing to Africa before the war begins.
(AllHipHop Rumors) Looks like Apryl and Fizz have called it quits at least that what it seems according to their Instagram accounts; Both have unfollowed each other.
Moniece is probably somewhere smiling from ear to ear right now.
The two still have pictures up, but you know that takes time to take down. We all know once the pictures are deleted that’s it.
No one was here for their relationship on Love and Hip Hop or on the internet calling her a homie hopper and all types of sh*t.
(AllHipHop News) NFL star Antonio Brown launched his rap career over the weekend with the release of his new single “Whole Lotta Money.”
Brown connected with hit producer Reazy Renegade to craft his first song, which made the headlines over the weekend when the track dropped.
Today (January 6th), AB followed up the single with an official video for “Whole Lotta Money,” which highlights lots of booty, as well as the flashy football star rhyming about his wealth and status.
Antonio Brown isn’t just another football player-turned-rapper.
“I started rapping to be able to express myself within a form of art,” Antonio Brown explained to AllHipHop.com about his new career as a rapper.
“Many people don’t know my story. A lot of people don’t know I got shot in Liberty City, they don’t know my struggles or my past. The media controls the story and music allows me to write out a narrative,” Antonio Brown told AllHipHop.com.
And for those questioning his dedication to Hip-Hop, Antonio Brown is so serious about pursuing his rap career that he is financing the releases through the label he just established, CAB Records.
According to Antonio, CAB Records will be signing artists in early 2020, as he ramps up plans to grow the imprint.
“The label plans are to grow as a business and continue to put out great content for the culture,” Antonio Brown told AllHipHop.com. “CAB Records, Inc will eventually sign other artists and grow with them. We want to change our lives and the lives around us.”
(AllHipHop News) Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick offered up his controversial opinion just days after President Trump ordered the assassination of a top Iranian leader.
In his tweets, Colin said that the American “terrorist attacks” against Black and Brown people are not new and blamed the aggression on the expansion of American imperialism.
There is nothing new about American terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people for the expansion of American imperialism.
In another tweet, Colin accused the US of targeting minorities both at home and abroad.
He further added that American imperialism uses America militarism “to enforce its policing and plundering of the nonwhite world.”
America has always sanctioned and besieged Black and Brown bodies both at home and abroad. America militarism is the weapon wielded by American imperialism, to enforce its policing and plundering of the non white world.
The former NFL player tweeted his thoughts just days after the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
The General was killed by a US drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump. His bold statement may have been inspired by the killing of Soleimani.
Kaepernick is not a stranger to controversy.
In 2016, he knelt during the national anthem to protest against systemic racism.
He was once the second-highest-paid NFL quarterback and led the 49ers to the Super Bowl in 2013, apparently his last in the league.
Kaepernick’s previous comments have caused immense criticism and may have pressured NFL to avoid recruiting him, resulting in rap star Jay-Z stepping in on his behalf.
(AllHipHop News) T.I. said he is praying for soldiers from Iran and the United States as the two countries prepare for possible war.
The rap star bashed President Donald Trump in a caption of a social media post, in which he has shared a video of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In the caption, T.I. agreed with the Iranian leader and slammed President Trump as a racist.
T.I. explained that no Iranian leader has ever enslaved him, called him a ni##er, or gunned down black people with no accountability and acted as if nothing happened.
The rapper added that he will pray for Iranian soldiers just as he is praying for American soldiers.
The post received many comments and triggered a huge debate on social media.
(AllHipHop News) Beyonce and Jay-Z arrived fashionably late to the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday and bizarrely walked in with their own bottles of champagne.
The couple showed up at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles almost an hour into the ceremony, when Kate McKinnon was introduced on stage to present Ellen DeGeneres the Carol Burnett Award.
The singer and rapper stood in the aisle during the introduction and took their seats before DeGeneres walked onstage.
They were accompanied by their longtime bodyguard Julius, who was carrying two bottles of Armand de Brignac Ace of Spades Brut Gold Champagne despite the ceremony being sponsored by Moet and Chandon.
Jay has had a longheld stake in Armand de Brignac since the mid-2000s.
It’s been more than a decade since Beyonce last attended the Golden Globe Awards after she was first nominated in 2006 for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her role in “Dreamgirls,” as well as Best Original Song for “Listen” from the film.
She was also up for Best Original Song two years later for “Once in a Lifetime” from Cadillac Records, however the star lost out on all occasions.
At the 2020 ceremony, Beyonce was once again nominated for the Best Original Song prize for “Spirit” from Disney’s “The Lion King,” but lost out to “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Elton John’s musical biopic “Rocketman.”
(AllHipHop News) Rappers Iggy Azalea and Playboi Carti and Playboi Carti appear to have reconciled weeks after the Australian star declared they had broken up in a pre-Christmas post.
“I am sorry for making something public that should always remain between him & I no matter what,” she shared. “It’s not my character to put out whatever business I go through in my private life on the internet for the world to comment on.”
“The truth is that I love Jordan (Terrell Carter – Carti’s real name) very much, I always will – more than you could ever know. That’s all the world should ever need to hear,” Playboi Carti said.
It seems Carti took note of her public declaration of love as the couple recently reunited for a trip Down Under, where Iggy was spotted cheering on the 23-year-old as he performed at this weekend’s Falls Festival.
She also shared video footage of his gig online, before they were subsequently snapped leaving to board a flight out of the country on Sunday.
(AllHipHop Rumors) There is a lot going on with French Montana and 50 Cent. Over the weekend, 50 Cent and “Power” got started again with the last season. I would spoil it for you but I won’t. If you follow French Montana, he already posted spoilers on the show. That wasn’t cool, especially if you really follow it. I had already watched the ep when I saw the spoiler. Well, it really looks like 50 has gotten under his skin to do all that.
Right now, French may have some other issues. These digi-streets are saying that is has been proven that either bots or hackers have been boosting the streams of his new song. (I can’t lie: I don’t know the name of the song still.) Joe Budden has even weighed in on the whole thing! Can you believe it?
And then 50 pulled an old interview with Pistol Pete that really makes French look bad. I ain’t gotta tell you. Read up.
Last but not least. It sounds like French Montana is taking it off of social media and on the mic. He previewed a new diss song that people are saying is fire! Now, this I can salute. I am just hoping that 50 Cent comes back with some fire. I don’t see that happening, but very little would bring me more joy than to start the year off with a rap beef.
(AllHipHop Features) Kevin “Coach K” Lee is one of the forces behind the chart-dominating Quality Control Music. In just seven years, Quality Control has collected multiple Platinum plaques, over a dozen Top 40 hits, and billions of views on YouTube.
Along with QC co-founder Pierre “Pee” Thomas, Indianapolis-bred Coach K took over the Atlanta music scene with acts such as Migos, Lil Yachty, and Lil Baby. Pee and Coach then traveled to Miami to find the new school Salt-N-Pepa/Trina hybrid known as City Girls.
Offset, Quavo, and Takeoff (the three family members that make up Migos) kicked off the Quality Control run in 2013 with a Zaytoven-produced single titled “Versace.” The Y.R.N. (Young Rich N*ggas) track peaked at #99 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and made several end-of-the-year lists. The next few years were marked by more undeniable prosperity from QC The Label.
In November, Red Bull Music Festival Atlanta brought out Coach K to share some of his insights and experiences. I caught up with the former Hendu Entertainment A&R at the Plaza Theatre to get his personal assessments on the success of four breakout singles from his company’s roster of talent.
The repetitive cadence. I remember running to record labels and they would laugh at me. I was taking it to some of my friends that were A&Rs at different labels, like, “Check this out.” They were like, “Why is it repeating over and over?” I said, “Watch, you’re going to be saying it in about a week.”
Lil Yachty – “One Night”
Coach K:
Style. His style and his voice texture. And his confidence to make a record like that. His confidence. That’s what made me, when I first met him, really want to sign him. Here’s this dark-skinned kid with red hair, crazy style, but he’s so confident in who he is, we can sell that.
Lil Baby – “Yes Indeed” Featuring Drake
Coach K:
That was an amazing moment. We have a really good relationship with Drake. I tell people he’s a hell of an A&R because he listens to what’s going on. At the time, he was hitting us about doing a record with Baby. Magic happened with that record. Baby’s part of the record ended up being the one. He shined on that record.
City Girls – “Act Up”
Coach K:
You know what’s so wild? We were promoting “Twerk.” “Act Up” was sitting on the [Girl Code] album. The album came out in December. “Act Up” didn’t really start picking up until March. It had been sitting there for four months. You know how it goes? The Internet. Young girls hit it, some sh*t went viral, and the next thing you know… it’s gone.
(AllHipHop Rumors) Bhad Bhabie is still a teenager, but I have to admit, she act like somebody in her 20s. I got in “trouble” last year for writing something about her that her Lable didn’t like. It wasn’t that bad to me. But, OK. Anyway, now she is back in the rumors for all the wrong and right reasons.
First of all, she is underage and that ain’t changing until Father Time rolls on. Until then people really should not be DMing this girl. Boxer Adrien Broner hit her on DM saying, “Text me crazy girl.” Well, there is an issue. He is 30 and she is 16. No Bueno!
Adrien Broner said the whole thing was an “honest mistake.” “Nobody want to date a kid,but I fault Instagram for not having people’s age on they profile. I thought she was grown the way she out here moving,” he apparently told The Shade Room.
Moving on to the topic at hand: They are now saying that Bhad Bhabie has changed her race to Black thanks to some surgery. Now, I know this sounds crazy. JUST CRAZY! But think about it. We have women becoming men and men becoming women. We have Whites “identifying as” Black and Kanye actively supporting both Jesus and Trump. Why NOT! Bhad – BE BLACK! She is already responding to rumors that she has had surgery.
If you see the piuctures, you get a different idea on what she is saying. Chick, you don’t start looking like ANOTHER HUMAN as you age!
Plastic surgery is a general term. Those that know about these things are saying that she got LIP FILLERS ie the Kylie Jenner treatment! I mean, do what you do! Folks steal everything from Black people, but anything that benefits Black people!
(AllHipHop News) There were a lot of people that offered support for A$AP Rocky when the Harlem rapper was arrested in Sweden. However, there were also people that used that moment to point out that Rocky once came off as insensitive to the Black Lives Matter movement and the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
“So every time something happens because I’m black I gotta stand up? What the f*ck am I, Al Sharpton now? I’m A$AP Rocky… I don’t wanna talk about no f*cking Ferguson and sh*t because I don’t live over there. I live in f*cking SoHo and Beverly Hills. I can’t relate,” declared Rocky in a 2015 interview.
He then doubled down on not wanting to tackle political topics during a visit to The Breakfast Club the following year. The man born Rakim Mayers said, “I feel like why put me on a pedestal for that, especially when I’m not asking for that? I want to make music. I want to inspire. I want to promote peace because, at a time like this, I don’t have all the answers. I’m not trying to run for Congress or office.”
Following his legal ordeal in Sweden, some African-Americans questioned if Rocky had changed his opinion about avoiding the subject of social justice issues. Kerwin Frost recently interviewed Rocky and his previous Ferguson comments came up again during the conversation.
“I’m speaking back to people and they’re like, ‘Yo, in the States – everybody’s going crazy… Then you got people on Black Twitter, they brung up some sh*t that you said, saying you don’t really care about the hood,'” Rocky recalled to Frost. “I thought I addressed that before in the past. Just to be in jail and hearing people still trying to stir up some weird sh*t.”
Rocky added, “What I will say though, from those old interviews, I used to say sh*t like, ‘I think it’s inappropriate for me to rap about certain sh*t that I didn’t help with.’ I felt like when it came to Ferguson, J. Cole went down there and he actually was on the news and he actually helped. I felt like he deserved to rap about that. He deserved to say something about that. So when someone asked me that in 2015, I just feel, personally, if I’m in SoHo or I’m here, I can’t even talk on that. That’s like appropriating. That’s what everybody do… It’s not sincere. It’s pretentious.”
The 31-year-old entertainer went on to say, “I’m still not wrong for that. The only part that I was wrong at was that when in my case, there were people that never been to Sweden, never been to Harlem. There’s people that don’t know A$AP Rocky but still were empathetic or sympathetic to my situation and was vocal and helped my situation. So I was wrong.”
(AllHipHop News) Travis Scott and his Cactus Jack crew have the first Hip Hop project to go #1 in the 2020 decade. The 7-track Jackboys compilation opened in the top spot of the Billboard 200 chart dated January 11.
Jackboys amassed 154,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release. Scott, Sheck Wes, Don Toliver, and Chase B’s joint effort accumulated 97.1 million on-demand audio streams in its initial seven days.
Rosalía, Lil Baby, Quavo, Offset, Young Thug, and Pop Smoke also make guest appearances on Jackboys. “Out West” featuring Young Thug (#6) and “Highest In The Room (Remix)” featuring Rosalía & Lil Baby (#10) premiered in the Top 10 of Spotify’s US Top 200 weekly chart.
Travis Scott now has three No. 1 entries on the Billboard 200. The Houston-bred performer also led that tally with the Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight album in 2016 and the Grammy-nominated Astroworld album in 2018.
Apparently, all the attention caused Lizzo to take a break from social media. The Cuz I Love You album creator informed her 1.4 million Twitter followers that she was stepping away from the platform for a time.
Yeah I can’t do this Twitter s### no more.. too many trolls… ✌🏾
“Yeah I can’t do this Twitter sh*t no more.. too many trolls… I’ll be back when I feel like it,” wrote Lizzo on Sunday. As of press time, the tweet has collected more than 66,000 likes.
Besides picking up 8 Grammy nods, Lizzo’s breakout 2019 saw the singer-songwriter score her first #1 single on the Hot 100 chart with “Truth Hurts.” The 2016 track “Good as Hell” also reached the Top 5 in 2019.
(AllHipHop News) Some observers believed Drake’s recent 2-hour interview was the precursor for something new arriving from the Toronto-bred superstar in the near future. Last night, Drizzy further added to that speculation with an Instagram Story post.
Champagne Papi uploaded an image of a screen that featured the words “Life Is Good Future + Drake.” The reference to the word “life” appeared to be a callback to the two rapper’s 2015 collaborative mixtape What a Time to Be Alive. Plus, Drake tagged Future in the photo along with multiple eyes emojis.
Drake’s last solo full-length album was 2018’s Scorpion. He did release The Best in the World Pack EP and the Care Package compilation in 2019. Future’s The Wizrd album landed last year too. The Atlanta rhymer also let loose the Save Me EP in 2019.
(AllHipHop News) Nora “Awkwafina” Lum took home Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at last night’s Golden Globe Awards. She made history by becoming the first Asian-American to win a Golden Globe in a lead actress film category.
Awkwafina was just the sixth woman of Asian descent to be nominated in the lead actress in a musical or comedy category. Sandra Oh is the only woman of Asian descent to win two Golden Globes (Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for Grey’s Anatomy and Best Actress – Television Series Drama for Killing Eve).
The other nominees for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy at the 77th Golden Globe Awards included Ana de Armas (Knives Out), Cate Blanchett (Where’d You Go, Bernadette), Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart), and Emma Thompson (Late Night). Awkwafina’s performance in The Farewell also earned her a Best Actress win at the Satellite Awards and a Best Actress nomination at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.
Before becoming an award-winning actress, Awkwafina released music as a Hip Hop artist. Her debut studio album, 2014’s Yellow Ranger, hosted the YouTube hit “My V##.” She later dropped the In Fina We Trust EP in 2018.
(AllHipHop News) Faith Evans is upset after being duped by Lifetime to star in a new documentary about her life and times with rapper Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace.
Faith claims Lifetime misrepresented the storyline of her episode in the new series “Hopelessly in Love,” by initially portraying the story as a positive piece.
In reality, the documentary rehashes her controversial relationship with B.I.G., which is not how the show was pitched to her.
The trailer for the episode describes the relationship between Faith Evans and B.I.G. as “the most controversial in the history of hip-hop.”
It depicts Faith Evans as ready to deal with the pain and revisit the relationship’s intimate moments from engagement to B.I.G. to the affairs and rivalry that led to the deaths of both Biggie and Tupac.
According to Faith Evans, the doc moved from being a love story to cheating and Lil Kim, things that are all in the past.
“I am beyond that and have no need to open old wounds, damage repaired relationships and, above all, soil the legacy of Christopher Wallace a k a the Notorious B.I.G.,” Faith told The New York Post.
The episode has also p##### Voletta Wallace, B.I.G’s mother, who was blindsided by Lifetime’s decision to flip the script.
Girls (and guys) were belching out his lyrics verbatim at his sold-out Constellation Room in the OC.
Keeping it in the family, this was an All Money In, No Money Out affair.
For those who aren’t familiar, Bino is a close affiliate of the late great Nipsey Hussle.
The Los Angeles rapper even did a whole tape with Nip titled “No Pressure,” as well as appearing on songs like “Clarity” with Dave East.
Just 6 days ago, Bino shut down The Roxy on Sunset where he brought out artists like Roddy Ricch, Casey Veggies, Cobby Supreme, etc.
For those who regretted not pulling up, they were able to redeem themselves last night: another epic evening with Bino & Friends.
The Constellation Room at the OC Observatory proved to be a mess, and even artists were left standing outside when security declared they were at capacity. But we all found our way in.
Starting off the show on a high note, “Miss It” had the fans screaming and singing along.
Bino’s R&B vibes had the girls in the room going crazy, as he serenaded them “if I could I would f##k you all night.”
Of course, Casey was in the building to pop out for his verse, going on to perform his timeless hit “Backflip.”
Rocking a black hoodie with a Nipsey Hussle chain, Bino made sure to remind fans who he’s doing it all for.
“Long live Nip” was the theme, and his presence was felt inside that jam-packed room.
Bino then brought out Def Jam artist YK Osiris who was rocking a Lakers jersey, performing his viral single “Worth It.”
Blxst who produces the majority of Bino’s songs graced the stage next.
The two recently unleashed their joint EP titled, “Sixtape,” performing standout singles “Back Home” and my personal favorite, “Selfish.”
Bino’s “Sorry 4 Tha Wait” tape is also a fan favorite.
“Savage” had the crowd jumping, as Bino praised Blxst and called him “genius” and “his favorite artist.” The next guest was Kalan.FrFr, who performed R&B banger “Right Wit It.”
Keeping things in the family, All Money In’s J. Stone came out to perform “All Get Right,” the song Nipsey used to come out to at all his shows.
Nipsey’s DJ, DJ VIP was also on the turntables, making sure Bino was sounding right on the mic.
Bino stated “Nipsey Hussle, that was my brother. Everything I do is for him, through him.” J. Stone proceeded to do “Stay Loyal” from Mailbox Money.
(AllHipHop News) The two men who accused Michael Jackson of molesting them as kids in the stirring 2019 documentary “Leaving Neverland” have been given permission to sue for sexual abuse.
Under the old legislation, the statute of limitations required the accusers to file before they turned 26, but both were in their 30s.
The new law, which took effect on January 1st, now allows sexual abuse victims to sue until they’re 40.
Now, Safechuck and Robson can take on MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures, but not the Jackson estate administrators.
According to, Safechuck, Michael Jackson abused him hundreds of times when he was a child, kissing his genitals, and forcing him to suck Jackson’s nipples as the singer masturbated and anally penetrated Safechuck with his finger.
Robson claims he was forced to f##### and kiss the late King of Pop while giving and receiving oral sex.
He also alleges Jackson attempted to anally penetrate him.
