(AllHipHop News) Actor and young style guru Jaden Smith is making a return to music after forming a new group with his singer sister Willow.
The “Karate Kid” star has previewed a new song he has made with his rock band, which features his sister Willow and girlfriend Odessa Adlon.
The 18-year-old, who appeared on pal Justin Bieber’s 2010 hit “Never Say Never,” posted the new track on social media, adding, “This is a clip from a rock band I’m starting (sic)… Yes Odessa is in the band so is Willow.”
Meanwhile, Jaden, who is currently shooting “Life in a Year” with Cara Delevingne and Cuba Gooding, Jr. in Toronto, Canada, is also planning to debut a single for South Korea’s massive K-Pop market later this year.
West Orlando, FL artist KT has been making a lot of buzz since the fall 2016 release of his track “No Clutchin” featuring Boosie Badazz and Plies and 2017 debut single “Rack Race.” His latest foray “Ticket” offers some awesome visuals that give viewers a look at the other side of Orlando, where Mickey and Minnie don’t frequent. KT went into partnership with Empire Distribution so look out for more from him very soon.
Tinashe released her new single “Flame” last month to promote her forthcoming album “Joyride,” and today she returns with the track’s accompanying visual.
(AllHipHop News) “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” co-stars will “never” reunite for a TV return because the sitcom “doesn’t work” without late family patriarch James Avery, according to actor Alfonso Ribeiro.
The 45-year-old was able to catch up with his old TV family members, including Will Smith and Tatyana Ali, last month during an event for children’s charity Sweet Blackberry, founded by co-star Karyn Parsons, who played Alfonso’s onscreen sister Hilary Banks.
In the accompanying caption, Alfonso, who portrayed Avery’s TV son Carlton Banks, wrote, “Always amazing to spend an afternoon with my Fresh Prince family. Wishing that James Avery was still with us to make this complete.”
He was asked about the sweet snap during a guest-hosting stint on U.S. breakfast show “Today” on Monday, when Alfonso admitted he had a good time reminiscing with his old pals, but insisted they would never sign up for a “Fresh Prince” reboot without Avery, who was famed for his deep, booming vocals.
“The reason why I always say we will never do any episodes again is simply because… the show doesn’t work without James Avery, and with his passing, it just felt like that was the final like, ‘Nah,'” Alfonso said. “He was the bass. It’s like, you have music and it’s just all treble (without him). You gotta have that bass.”
His comments emerge four months after leading star Will Smith dismissed the idea of reprising his titular role in December, when industry rumors suggested the popular 1990s series would be the next old franchise to be revived following the recent success of hits like the “Full House” revamp and the “Gilmore Girls” mini-series.
“I’m not doing it,” he told Entertainment Tonight, adding, “If somebody wanted to (take over the role), I would probably let them, but I have no intention.”
“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” aired for six seasons from 1990 to 1996, and turned rapper/actor Smith into a household name.
He went on to carve out a successful movie career, with roles in blockbusters like “Bad Boys,” “Men in Black,” and “Independence Day.”
(AllHipHop News) Chance The Rapper’s presence was greatly felt on Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo album.
Besides arguably having the best verse on the project thanks to his bars for “Ultralight Beam,” Chano also played a role in the creation of the song “Waves.”
Kanye even blamed the delay of TLOP on Chance finishing up the track.
“It’s Chance’s fault the album not out yet… he really wanted Waves on that B-tch… we in the lab now…,” tweeted Ye in February of 2016.
The Grammy winner championed the inclusion of the record on Pablo in his own Twitter message not long after Kanye’s explanation tweet.
“I fought everyone to keep Waves on the album. I spent all night finishing it. The world is better because of it,” wrote Chance.
During the “Be Encouraged Tour” stop in San Diego, Chance performed his own version of “Waves.”
The crowd at the Valley View Casino Center also got to hear the popular TLOP song “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1.”
Corr Kendricks returns with producer Pop Traxx for a melodic, new street anthem titled “Best of Me,” with a guest feature from Jayy Guapo. The two emcees tell the story of fake friends, and overcoming obstacles, all while remaining optimistic through the struggle.
This record serves as a follow up to Corr’s well received “Trapped” single. Listen below.
(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z and Beyoncé are finally honing in on a mega mansion in Bel Air, California.
According to reports, Jay-Z and Beyoncé have put in a massive $120 million bid in for the estate, as they prepare to welcome a set of twins this summer.
The 30,000 square-foot mansion sits on over 2 acres of land atop a hill, which is lined with metal security gates as an extra precaution against an overzealous intruder.
If all else fails, their new mega mansion comes complete with bulletproof windows.
Some of the other amenities inside of the eight-bedroom, 11 bathroom mansion include a 15-car garage, recording studios, and four pools.
The Carter’s have been eyeing pricey real estate in Bel Air for years.
Legendary producer Zaytoven is back with a new single titled “East Atlanta Day,” enlisting fellow ATL-natives Gucci Mane and 21 Savage for the assists.
Guwop is currently putting the final touches on his upcoming project “Drop Top Wizop.”
With “CULTURE” still dominating the airwaves and charts – (recently going platinum) – Offset decides to bless fans with a new solo-track titled “Monday.” Production handled by frequent collaborator OG Parker,and co-production by Deko as well.
After assisting Jay Critch on his recent single “Okay Fine” earlier this week, PnB Rock now lends a hand to Wale on the MMG’s rapper new single “Dilemma (F*cking Tonight)” produced by Squat.
Folarin is set to release his highly-anticipated fifth studio “SHiNE,” next week, May 5th. The LP is now available for pre-order.
Sean Scott shook up the game back in February with his “Banned From TV” re-work titled “Been Waiting.” Not only has the record racked up over 75K+ audio streams, the original song’s creator, the legendary Noreaga caught wind of the track and gave his nod of approval.
Today, the witty wordsmith returns in the official on screen interruption of the DJ SwanQo-produced tribute track and as expected it lives up to the hype. The crafty cut will live on Sean’s forthcoming “ScottSZN” project and follows the release of his well-received “Can’t Nobody Touch Us” single.
After being featured on Ebro’s “Discovered On Apple Music” segment and being spotted in the studio with Tory Lanez, Philadelphia’s Lihtz Kamraz revisits his recent project “The Switch Up,” to share the official music video for the Maaly Raw-produced cut “Closer.”
In the Guru Media Group-directed visual, we find Lihtz in an introspective state as he digests the pros and cons of his recent success, all while remembering the promises he gave his mom.
Watch the new video below, exclusively premiered by us!
(AllHipHop News) Veteran emcee Talib Kweli has always been one to speak out on social and political issues.
TMZ caught up with the Brooklyn native to ask him about how the Donald Trump administration has affected Barack Obama’s legacy.
“I think it’s made people understand the bar is set way lower for white people,” responded The Seven co-creator. “Trump could be mediocre. He could even be a failure. Obama had to work so much more harder than everybody else.”
Kweli continued, “He had so many more obstacles in front of him than Donald Trump has, and he still was called a monkey. He was still called a liar to his face by our congressmen. Donald Trump lies every day, and nobody called him a liar to his face.”
The head of Javotti Media went on to discuss the racial component to Trump winning the White House.
“That’s the whole reason Donald Trump’s president. It’s America paying us back for the n-gger president,” added Kweli.
(AllHipHop News) After the huge success of the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, there were reports a movie about Tha Dogg Pound could be next.
Deadline is now reporting Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger are shopping a drama series to television networks based on the Death Row Records group.
“We saw Dre leave, Pac murdered, and we were forced to run the company when Suge Knight went back to prison. Our perspective is honest and unique,” said Dillinger. “There are countless stories that the world has never heard about those early days.”
Dillinger and Kurupt made up the duo known as Tha Dogg Pound.
They regularly worked on music with Snoop, like the tracks “Doggy Dogg World,” “What Would You Do,” and “New York, New York.”
Damian Zellous – the director of the DPG Eulogy documentary – and Kenya Ware are on board to executive produce the untitled Dogg Pound TV project.
(AllHipHop Rumors) Well there are always three sides to every story, so I can’t wait to see who’s telling the truth here.
Word on the curb is that Instagram thot model Layla Lace’s claims of being pregnant by Drake are completely fabricated!
Layla recently made public claims that Drake got her pregnant and started to dodge her once she told him. Lace claims that they met up in London and had sex, and when she reached out to the 6 God and told him they had a baby on the way, he jumped ship.
According to TMZ, sources close to Drake say that Drake has never met the woman, and his team never even reached out to her or threatened her with a lawsuit. They claim she made it all up for attention.
Layla has since deleted the social media posts, and Drake’s team believes she did this because she received the attention she was looking for.
It’s crazy that people really do make up things and publicity stunts for attention. Then again Drizzy is known to hit these Insta thots models raw [see Jhonni Blaze]. Who do you think is telling the truth?
(AllHipHop News) New York radio station Hot 97 has announced the first wave of artists will perform at their annual Summer Jam concert.
According to representatives for the station, Young M.A, A Boogie, Don Q, Dave East, Lil Yachty, D.R.A.M., PnB Rock, Casanova, and PHresher are among the acts confirmed to hit The Festival Stage during the legendary concert.
Tomorrow (April 25) Nessa & the HOT 97 family will announce the Stadium Stage line-up live on the air at 4:00 p.m. ET.
“We’ve been doing anti-rain dances since the day after last year’s show!” laughs Ebro Darden, On-Air Host/Assistant PD for WQHT. “It’s all about the music and culture, and Summer Jam is the ultimate event to celebrate and appreciate Hip-Hop. Make sure you get your tickets early though; we have a few tricks up our sleeves that you’ll just have to be in the house to know about!”
This year’s Summer Jam will take place on Sunday, June 11 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.
Tickets go on-sale Friday, April 28th at 12:00 p.m. ET at Ticketmaster.com
With all of the people in the world, folks in the industry can’t seem to get enough of each other’s exes. I mean at some time in your life you are going to be someone’s ex, but all of these relationships, hook ups, flings etc just seem too close.
Moving on, word on curb is that Tory Lanez is dating Fetty Wap’s ex/baby mama, Love & Hip Hop Hollywood’s Masika. The two were seen pretty boo’d up at Coachella.
Meanwhile Cardi B may have a bit more to be concerned with as far as her man, Migos member Offset, and Amber Rose go.
People brought it to Cardi’s attention that Offset was “all over” Amber at Coachella, but Cardi brushed it off as the whole group was on her claiming that, “hoes would be hoes and nikkas would be nikkas.”
Most felt that Amber Rose’s photo with Migos looked like something from P### Hub. LAWD.
It looks like Amber Rose and Offset may actually be hooking up though because a fan claims to have also seen them together at a concert in Jacksonville.
Karrueche and her said boo, Migos member Quavo were said to have been spotted together again the same night also.
Hmmmmmmm I wonder what Fetty and Cardi will have to say about all of this!
(AllHipHop Rumors) Welp! Joe Budden is certainly not here for Nicki Minaj’s “trash” single “No Frauds”.
Mannnnnnn Nicki’s lyrics and delivery were so mediocre and elementary. Most were very disappointed in her forever-and-a-day-too-late “ShETHER” response.
“Trash. I’m saying Nicki put out three records. I was telling you that when you put out three records, not just the one diss, you’re rolling out now. This is your team; you’ve concocted this right. Them sh-ts came and went, and trust me, I’m dying to say something nice about Nicki Minaj and her music because I’ve been so hard on her, but those songs came and went. Nicki Minaj is not a lyricist. She should stop tweeting lyrics, it’s not helping at all, said Joe Budden.
Joe Budden wants to know who dropped the ball with releasing the video to “No Frauds” because the beef already fizzled out, and no one cares about the single.
He seems to also believe that Nicki tried to use Drake’s approach of making a diss record that served as both a true hit and a diss but fell short.
Joe Budden says that Nicki’s brand is going down for her to even include Love & Hip Hop’s Rah Ali in her video. He says years ago when Nicki and her brand were really amazing, a Rah Ali wouldn’t even have been near a Nicki video set.
Joe believes that Nicki had Remy Ma’s ex-best friend, Rah, in the video to try to prove a petty point about a beef that fans no longer even care about. He also even says Rah isn’t even attractive to be in the video.
Budden even feels that the single flopped even before the video was shot, and he wants to know why so much time and money was spent on her video.
I’m actually kind of with Joe on this one. Despite all of Nicki’s success, I don’t feel like it puts her any closer to any new industry respect or fan love with the release of the three singles she dropped. We want old Nicki! What are your thoughts?
(AllHipHop Rumors) Rick Ross always has time to stunt on his haters.
At times, Rozay can be one of the flashy rappers when it comes to showing off his luxuries.
The biggest bawse decided to take some time out to remind not only fans of his luxury lifestyle, but some of his enemies too.
Rick Ross has been taking plenty of shots at Birdman lately over the way Baby is treating Lil Wayne and their on-going legal battle. Ross even took it as far as to diss the man on a track, so most felt that Ross was talking about Birdman, when he says a certain man couldn’t rack up the luxuries that he has.
“See Chicken man couldn’t do all this. See the Rolls Royce it’s under the Rolls Royce sign. See the Bentley? That’s how we do it over here,” said Ross.
For some reason the first person that came to my mind with Ross’ slight jab was actually 50 Cent and his alleged financial problems. Honestly Rick Ross may not have been talking about anyone for once.
Some folks says he also has a patna named Chicken too, so who knows. Ross is living nice though! Wait didn’t he once claim that Birdman didn’t really own his cars though? Hmmmmm.
(AllHipHop Rumors) Everybody is for everybody!
(AllHipHop Rumors) Rick Ross always has time to stunt on his haters.