(AllHipHop News) Two generations of Louisiana rappers are coming together for a collaborative effort. 18-year-old YoungBoy Never Broke Again and 49-year-old Birdman are set to drop From The Bayou.

The project will include 9 tracks – 6 songs featuring both of them and 3 with only YoungBoy. From The Bayou is expected to land this Thursday.

Last year, Baton Rouge’s NBA YoungBoy teamed with Moneybagg Yo for the Fed Baby’s mixtape. Birdman, a New Orleans native, has created bodies of work with Mannie Fresh, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan, Jacquees, and others.

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(AllHipHop News) Earlier this week, Nav went on a mini-rant blasting XXL‘s Freshman Class list. The rapper/producer tweeted, “F-ck XXL your magazine is trash.”

He later posted, “To my fellow artists. We shouldn’t look to a magazine for validation or to tell us if we “hot or not”, especially one that hasn’t been credible for 10 years. [XXL] Make music for yourself and your fans. I would never show up for the Freshman List cuz I don’t need their approval.”

Nav got an online co-sign from one of the biggest rappers at the moment. Migos member Quavo jumped on the social media site to offer support to the XO representative.

“Don’t Trip [Nav]. [XXL] didn’t pick Migos either!!!! [F-ck] XXL,” wrote Quavo.

Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff are not the only chart-topping acts to be omitted from the magazine’s list of emerging rappers. Drake, Nicki Minaj, ASAP Rocky, Cardi B, and others were never XXL Freshmen either.

(AllHipHop News) Cardi B doesn’t think women in hip-hop will reap the benefits of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements.

Both #MeToo and Time’s Up were created in the wake of the sexual harassment allegations leveled at power players in Hollywood, including Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and James Toback.

The music world has also embraced the anti-sexual harassment movements, and although 25-year-old Cardi is pleased to see the topic being discussed, she isn’t convinced the message will fully filter through to hip-hop stars, whose sexuality is often part of their commercial appeal.

“A lot of video vixens (females in hip-hop videos) have spoke about this and nobody gives a f##k,” Cardi sighed to Cosmopolitan U.S. “When I was trying to be a vixen, people were like, ‘You want to be on the cover of this magazine?’ Then they pull their d##ks out. I bet if one of these women stands up and talks about it, people are going to say, ‘So what? You’re a hoe. It don’t matter.’”

The rapper also shared her cynicism towards some of the men who are publicly voicing their support for the campaigns.

“These producers and directors, they’re not woke (socially aware), they’re scared,” she insisted.

Later in the chat with Cosmopolitan, Cardi opened up about her success in music, which includes receiving two Grammy nominations and a number one spot in the U.S. charts for her single “Bodak Yellow.”

However, Cardi admits fame can have its downsides.

“Having a number one song makes me happy—but working for it makes me really happy,” she smiled. “I don’t want to sound like I’m ungrateful, but it’s exhausting. I love my career now, but it’s like my spirit was happier before. When I was dancing, I had so much fun. I felt powerful in the club. I felt free.

“If I change myself, then I’m going to lose myself, and I won’t be who makes me happy.”

(AllHipHop News) U-God just dropped some excerpts from his new book from “RAW: My Journey into the Wu-Tang.”

The rapper, born Lamont “U-God” Hawkins, dropped the memoir earlier this month, which details his time as a member of the award-winning group, which has seen its shares of internal strife over their 25-year career.

Fans get a detailed look inside of the Clan’s business in “RAW,” and U-God claimed the group has been hampered by RZA, and his domineering business ways over the past two decades.

“It’s really years of BS catching up to RZA. See, he put his family in charge of s###, and for years, we would go on the road but the money came up short,” U-God claims in an excerpt published on RollingStone.com.

According to U-God, the group has to pay anytime they want to use the famed Wu-Tang logo, which was originally sketched out on a napkin by Mathmatics, but trademarked by RZA.

“To this very day his brother beefs when any of the original members attempt to use it,” U-God claims. “That to me is crazy — I mean, I understand if someone was using it without the group’s permission, but the members of the group itself? Wow, that’s just crazy.

U-God also claims that each group member invested $40,000 of their individual royalties from their seminal, debut album: Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).

The members hae yet to see a profit, even though RZA still uses the famed “W” logo for his new clothing business, 36 Chambers ALC.

“Wu Wear is coming back in time for our 25th anniversary, and that’s all great, but what people don’t know is that none of us — the original members who each invested a significant amount (around $40,000 apiece) from our 36 Chambers royalties and the Rage [Against the Machine] tour — ever saw a dime back from the first version of the line founded back in ‘97,” U-God writes. “And that’s something that needs to be addressed and rectified.”

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(AllHipHop News) Rapper Logic and his wife Jessica Andrea are moving forward as loving best friends after confirming their marriage is over.

The “1-800-273-8255” hitmaker, real name Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, wed the singer in late 2015, but reports suggesting the couple had quietly separated surfaced last week.

Sources claimed the former couple separated shortly after they attended the Grammy Awards together in January.

Logic and Jessica have since broken their silence about the split in a joint statement, released on social media on Tuesday.

“After two years of marriage, we have come to the loving conclusion that we are much better as friends,” it began. “As entertainers, we have made every aspect of our lives public, yet we would appreciate your respect and privacy on this issue.”

Insisting there was no drama leading up to the break-up, they continued: “It’s very simple: it just didn’t work out. There is no anger involved. No fighting, no cheating, no nothing. We love each other and will continue to support each other for the rest of our lives.”

Logic and his estranged wife went on to urge fans not to be sad:

“Be happy that we could peacefully end this chapter of our relationship, beginning a new one full of love and happiness.”
“There will be no displays of anger or hatred that tear people apart…,” the former couple added.

“There are no sides, there is just us. Two people who loved each other in marriage and will continue to love each other for the rest of our lives.”

Proving the split was very much amicable, Jessica commented on her husband’s Instagram post, “I love you, Bobby… and love to all the fans!”

“I love you Jess!,” the hip-hop star responded. “You’re my best friend.”
The stars have yet to file divorce papers to make the separation official, but they have already put their marital home on the market.

The bittersweet news emerges two days after Logic celebrated another career high, earning his second number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

His new mixtape, Bobby Tarantino II, is currently at the top of the charts in the United States.

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(AllHipHop News) Rapper will.i.am didn’t mean to “disrespect anyone” after suggesting only “lazy parents” choose to medicate kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

The Black Eyed Peas star, who suffered from the condition as a child, courted controversy over the weekend, after telling Event magazine he is relieved his mother couldn’t afford to pay for the stimulant Ritalin, the drug typically prescribed to treat those with the disorder.

He claims the medication does more harm than good and blames adults with a lack of patience for putting more and more youths on the drug.

“It’s not the kids who are the problem, it’s the lazy parents and lazy teachers who want kids to take Ritalin,” he said. “You don’t need medication, you need patience with kids who have ADHD. It’s destroying so much potential and no one gives a damn.”

will.i.am is convinced he wouldn’t have been able to achieve his music dreams had he been placed on a Ritalin regimen: “I was fine because I had a patient mother and some patient teachers,” he explained, “but it makes me furious that you get a kid who has this creative energy, who is powering off the walls and people can’t be bothered to deal with energy.”

The interview sparked a backlash online, and on Monday the 43-year-old responded directly to one disgruntled parent, who called him out on Twitter for the callous remarks.

“Dear @iamwill Re your comments on #adhd & ‘lazy parenting’,” began a working mom named Sam. “Yes there are strategies to help ADHD kids but sometimes medication is vital.I AM NOT a lazy parent & will fight for everything my daughter deserves.Your comments are v (very) upsetting”.

The “Where Is The Love?” hitmaker reposted her tweet and attempted to clarify his stance, although he stopped short of issuing a public apology.

(AllHipHop News) Rap superstar Drake is under pressure to cut ties with outerwear brand Canada Goose after becoming a new vegetarian.

The “God’s Plan” hitmaker has been collaborating with designers at the company for his October’s Very Own (OVO) merchandise label since 2011, but now officials at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have called on Drake to end the partnership, especially after revealing he has cut meat from his diet.

The Canadian MC made the admission during a live-streamed video game session last week, although he didn’t elaborate on his reasons for giving up meat.

And now animal rights activists are urging the star to reconsider his dealings with Canada Goose bosses, who claim their products are made with “ethically sourced fur and down,” that is procured without causing animals “undue pain, injury or suffering” – statements PETA investigators have long challenged.

To draw attention to the controversial subject matter, PETA officials have sent a vegan goodie basket to the rapper in the hopes of winning him over.

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“We’re so happy that your animal-friendly eating is making headlines, and we wanted to send you a little something to ensure that you take care and thrive forever with a healthy, compassionate plant-based lifestyle…,” they write in an accompanying letter.

It continues, “Since you’ve made the great, kind, and forward-thinking choice not to eat animals, please, please, please, take one more step: Stop wearing them, and end October’s Very Own’s partnership with cruel company Canada Goose immediately.

“Canada Goose touts a fake love for the environment yet kills ducks and geese for their down and uses painful steel traps to catch wild coyotes, who pray to make it back in one piece to their families but instead suffer and are killed in horrible ways so that their fur can go around someone’s neck. This senseless violence for the sake of a jacket is definitely not part of God’s Plan.”

“Please, find your heart, because fur is over and animals need your love,” the message concludes.

Drake has yet to respond to the public pleeaaa.

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(AllHipHop News) Actor and rapper Jaden Smith is following in Pharrell Williams’ footsteps by becoming the latest celebrity G-Star Raw ambassador.

The 19-year-old has partnered with the clothing company for a line of sustainable denim this autumn.

In a statement, Will Smith’s son shared his excitement over the new collection and the impact he plans to make on the fashion world.

“What G-Star has been doing with sustainable innovation recently has been so inspiring, especially with the launch of their most sustainable jeans ever. They are at the forefront of denim sustainability, on top of the denim game,” Smith said. “G-Star is a great place for me to collaborate, learn, and make a positive impact on denim and fashion.”

The eco-friendly brand’s Chief Marketing Officer Thecla Schaeffer echoed Smith’s statement, noting his unique level of creativity has impacted the worlds of music and design.

“Jaden is a creator, an artist and an inspiration for the next generation who want to have a positive impact on the world around them,” Schaeffer said in a press released. “He continuously pushes boundaries in multiple fields, in music, design, and in sustainability.

“He inspires us to keep challenging the conventions of sustainable innovation in the denim industry and we are honored to have him as a part of the G-Star Family.”

Pharrell took to Instagram to celebrate the news and praised the young star for his dedication to protecting the environment.

“Proud to announce @c.syresmith as the newest member of the @gstarraw family,” he captioned an image of himself with Smith. “His commitment to the environment is such an inspiration.”

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(AllHipHop News) Rapper Juelz Santana’s detention hearing has reportedly been postponed over jurisdictional issues.

The rapper, real name LaRon James, became a wanted man after fleeing Newark International Airport in New Jersey earlier this month when a loaded firearm was allegedly discovered in his bag at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint.

He subsequently surrendered to cops at the Port Authority Police Department and was booked for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and carrying a weapon on an aircraft, both of which carry a 10-year maximum sentence.

He was also booked for unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of drugs.

James has pleaded not guilty to two of the weapons charges and the drug count.

A detention hearing was scheduled for Monday, but it has been postponed to give court officials time to decide in which jurisdiction the case will be held.

According to reports, the hearing will most likely take place later this week.