(AllHipHop News) Congratulations go out to Eminem. The Recording Industry Association of America recently certified the legendary emcee sold 107.5 million digital units to date.
Em is only the third artist to cross the 100 million mark. He joins Rihanna (121 million units) and Taylor Swift (106.5 million units).
According to the RIAA, Eminem currently has three Diamond songs. “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna (12 million), “Lose Yourself” (10 million) and “Not Afraid” (10 million) are all certified as passing 10 million units.
(AllHipHop News) Rae Sremmurd was a Twitter trending topic early Thursday morning. The online attention came after the Ear Drummers representatives dropped three new records from their forthcoming triple album.
Swae Lee provided a taste of his Swaecation with “Hurt To Look.” His brother, Slim Jxmmi, let loose “Brxnks Truck” off Jxmtroduction. The duo also connected with Juicy J for SR3MM’s “Powerglide.”
Swaecation, Jxmtroduction, and SR3MM are part of the three-sided LP. Producer Mike Will Made It revealed the concept was inspired by OutKast’s double LP Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Big Boi didn’t have to stretch his imagination much to portray an obnoxious TV sports dad because his son is a real-life star athlete.
The Outkast star plays an annoying field father on BET network series “The Quad” and he used his everyday life to pull off the character, revealing his son, Cross Patton, is a high school American football champion who has recently been offered a scholarship to play for the University of Southern California (USC).
“It’s a real instance of art imitating life,” he tells CNN of his The Quad role. “My son on the show is a star football player… In real life, my son is a star football player for Woodward Academy (in Atlanta, Georgia).”
Big Boi, real name Antwan Patton, is enjoying his acting career after also landing a part in the forthcoming remake of famous cult 1970s film Superfly.
The 43-year-old is not new to the film industry – and has 22 acting credits to his name, including roles in 2006 movies ATL and Idlewild – and he reveals his hip-hop history helps him develop characters.
“You get to become someone else, bringing that character to life and entertaining people,” he explains. “A lot of directors let me do ad-libbing. Most of my lines in ATL were not scripted, they were just my lines.”
Big Boi is attracted to portraying personalities that are totally different than him, and he dreams of landing a gig as a villain, revealing a serial killer role in a dark comedy would be ideal.
But fans of Outkast hoping for a band reunion needn’t hold their breath – humble Big Boi admits that although he is flattered by online suggestions of a big Super Bowl Halftime show gig with Andre 3000, his focus is firmly on the opportunities before him.
“You’ll have to ask Jesus (about the Super Bowl),” he laughs.
(AllHipHop Rumors) AllHipHop loves Ashanti. We like Nelly a lot too, but he don’t have some of the things the singer has. As you know, these two dated for a minute, a minute ago.
I don’t know how it all ended – just that it ended. Recently, Ashanti and her Super Thighs did a concert. At the show, somebody yelled “F##k Nelly!!!” Ashanti didn’t say it, but she went back when the fan, saying “Word.” For those that doesn’t know, “word” is an affirmative in agreement.
I guess we can deduce how it ended to some degree, eh? Check it the footage below.
(AllHipHop News) British rapper Stormzy has won a trademark allowing him to use his name on products.
The double 2018 Brit Award winner has had an application approved by officials at Britain’s Intellectual Property Office to register his name for use on a host of items, including clothing, perfume, toys, luxury leather goods and jewelry.
A filing shows the star has also obtained the rights to sell action figure dolls, board games, card games and other toys ranging from go-karts to bouncy castles using his name.
A representative for Stormzy star declined to comment on whether he was looking to diversify his interests beyond music and launch his own branded products.
Alongside singer Dua Lipa, Stormzy was the big winner at last week’s Brit Awards, triumphing in the Best British Male and the prestigious Album of the Year categories.
He also hit the headlines for his emotional closing performance at the event, which referenced last year’s Grenfell Tower fire and accused U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May of failing the families of the 71 people who died and the hundreds who lost their homes in the blaze.
“Yo, Theresa May, where’s the money for Grenfell?” Stormzy rapped from the stage. “What, you thought we just forgot about Grenfell?”
The hip-hop star, real name Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo, Jr., later told BBC Radio 5 Live why he chose to use his Brits gig to address the issue.
“If I can use my voice to say something bigger than me, and I don’t want this to be about me. It’s not about me, it’s about Grenfell, it’s about all the things I said in that lyric.”
(AllHipHop Rumors) Rapper Tupac Shakur has been the topic of discussion recently. This is mostly due to the BET airing of their “Death Row Chronicles” series. The series was broken down into six parts and aired on the network last night.
Episodes were shown in pairings of two and each lasted an hour long. “Death Row Chronicles” is a documentary based on the life of Suge Knight and the rise and fall of Death Row Records.
The series features interviews from some of the label’s past musicians, police officers, and label partners. Of course the life of Tupac Shakur and his affiliation with the company was a big part of the series. Episodes discussed the rapper’s life, rise to prominence and subsequent death after becoming one of the companies top acts.
The death of Tupac Shakur has spun many conspiracy theories throughout the years. The theories stem from many people not believing the rapper is actually deceased.
A new conspiracy has emerged after the airing of the “Death Row Chronicles” series. The new theory states that Tupac Shakur is alive and well currently residing in Somalia.
We don’t know if this is true or not, but we do know we will be seeing more Tupac on the television screens soon.
“Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G” premiered on the USA Network on Feb. 27 at 10 pm ET. The show follows detectives as they theorize the deaths of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.
(AllHipHop Rumors)Lil Wayne recently made a surprise appearance over the weekend. The appearance was a surprise due to the rapper’s ongoing lawsuit.
Pictures began surfacing over the weekend of Lil Wayne and Birdman’s son Bryan Jr. The photo was posted to Instagram by Birdman himself.
The pair were seen out as Bryan Jr. celebrated his 21st birthday in Miami. While Birdman is not spotted in the photo, it’s assumed he was somewhere nearby.
MY SON 21st BDAY @bryan_jr with his big brother @liltunechi #we all good over here #YMCMBLOOD #LIV on Sunday #OVO CHAIN
Indicating that a party was ensuing that evening at Miami’s club LIV.
Birdman spoke out recently about his relationship with Lil Wayne in an interview. There he let listeners know that Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter 5” would be released in 2018 and would come out whenever Wayne wants it to be released.
It’s good to see Wayne and Birdman working to mend their relationship. Part 1 of the documentary about Birdman’s upbringing and the history of Cash Money Records was recently released.
The film was released through Apple Music with Part 2 to be released later this year. The documentaries soundtrack will also be released next month.*
(AllHipHop News) Actor Jimmi Simpson is hoping his portrayal of detective Russell Poole in the new Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. TV murder mystery convinces viewers the top cop wasn’t nuts.
Poole was ostracised for linking the Los Angeles Police Department to Biggie’s death in 1996, but Simpson insists the late detective was really on to something – and he wants his latest role in “Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and Biggie” to hammer that home.
The cop spent a year trying to bring the heavyweight rapper, real name Christopher Wallace’s killer to justice, and he was among the first people to suggest the star’s death was linked to a plot involving a corrupt LAPD detective and Los Angeles hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge’ Knight,” who is currently in jail awaiting a possible murder trial in a separate incident.
“He (Poole) was one man, and the LAPD is a force,” Westworld star Simpson told Entertainment Tonight. “There’s a lot of voices, a lot of power, a lot of politics. And, the idea of Russell, in my opinion, has been far too… ‘This guy was nuts about this case… Overzealous’.
“This wasn’t some lunatic. This was a man trying to get the truth.”
“I wanted to be really truthful to Mr. Poole,” Simpson adds, revealing he studied interviews with the top cop. “I had all the material I needed. Just his mannerisms, just a couple ways that he moves, his vibration… I didn’t want to do an impression at all. I wanted to get that energy and to interpret it.”
Simpson even mapped out his character just like Poole would have studied a case: “I went to Rite-Aid and I got a bunch whiteboards, a bunch of calendars and I just broke the entire case like I thought Russell would have.”
Poole collapsed during a meeting with L.A. Homicide Bureau detectives in August 2015 and died from a suspected heart attack.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Bryan ‘Birdman’ Williams has labeled Nicki Minaj the “best female ever in hip-hop.”
The music mogul didn’t hold back with his gushing statements about the “Anaconda” star, who is signed to his Cash Money record label, during a recent interview with Rap-Up.
“I always say she’s the best ever, best female ever in hip-hop, hands down, facts. There’s no getting around it,” he said. “There’s levels to this s##t. Very much levels to this s##t. She’s an elite.”
Backing up his theory, Birdman added: “Sometimes, you can put Nicki in a room with males on a rap, but if you put her on females, it’s nothing. She’s a monster in her own race… She’s just a special talent. I’m blessed to have her a part of my team. She’s a special talent I’ve never heard before.”
He also explained Nicki’s social media absence, with the star recently sparking concern among fans with her lack of activity on sites such as Twitter and Instagram.
“Nicki’s been working,” he said. “That’s all I can say. She’s been working and she’s focused… I just think she’s focusing on her new project.”
Nicki is currently working on a follow-up album to 2014’s The Pinkprint.
TruRebel Migs has overcome adversities in his life that would have left many discouraged. Born to a struggling single mother in a drug and crime infested neighborhood in the Bronx, life was far from perfect. Over the years, Migs now finds himself miles away from what used to be, as he currently resides in Los Angeles where he came to realize his ultimate truth – while gaining a sense of mental and spiritual liberation.
After discovering his talent for music, Migs developed his own musical style that’s defined by a poetic mixture of clever wordplay, complex rhyme schemes, and a barrage of double – at times, triple – entendres that leave his listeners eager to rewind and discover new messages embedded in his lyrics. In 2017, Migs unveiled his debut mixtape, “The Books of a Gnostic.” To kickstart the new year, Migs taps LA artist, and Dreamville signee, Cozz for his first 2018 offering, “Tightrope.”
(AllHipHop News) Donald Glover shrugged off Chevy Chase’s racially charged remarks during the filming of TV show “Community.”
Donald and the comedy veteran starred alongside each other in the TV comedy following a gang of misfits studying at a community college from 2009 until 2014, when the younger star quit the show.
In a new profile of the Atlanta creator, editors at The New Yorker magazine claim Chevy, 74, tried to disrupt his African-American colleague’s scenes by making racially insensitive remarks, such as, “People think you’re funnier because you’re black.”
Asked what he thought of his co-star’s behavior, Donald said, “I just saw Chevy as fighting time – a true artist has to be O.K. with his reign being over. I can’t help him if he’s thrashing in the water. But I know there’s a human in there somewhere – he’s almost too human.”
“Community” creator Dan Harmon explained that he saw Chevy’s actions as being motivated by his jealousy over the 34-year-old writer, actor and rapper’s talent and that the younger man took everything in his stride.
“Chevy was the first to realize how immensely gifted Donald was, and the way he expressed his jealousy was to try to throw Donald off,” he explained. “I remember apologizing to Donald after a particularly rough night of Chevy’s non-P.C. verbiage, and Donald said, ‘I don’t even worry about it.'”
Responding to his co-star’s comments, Chevy told The New Yorker, “I am saddened to hear that Donald perceived me in that light.”
The magazine’s profile also revealed that the two-time Emmy Award winner’s big break in comedy writing, on Tina Fey’s media satire “30 Rock,” was helped by U.S. network NBC’s diversity initiative.
Tina revealed that she admired the then-aspiring writer’s work, but admitted to him that her decision to hire him was helped by the fact that funding from the network’s program promoting non-white talent, “made him free”.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Youngboy Never Broke Again has been denied bail following his arrest over the weekend.
The hip-hop star, real name Kentrell Gaulden, was arrested in Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday after police officers confronted him on his tour bus before a gig at The Moon nightclub.
Cops subsequently learned he was a fugitive from justice and was wanted in Georgia for alleged assault, weapons violations, and kidnapping.
Gaulden has since been transferred to Georgia’s Ware County Jail and he appeared in court, where he was ordered to be held without bail.
According to reports Gaulden’s arrest stems from an alleged altercation with his girlfriend Jania.
Jania has reportedly claimed they were only joking around, but he is reportedly facing felony kidnapping and aggravated assault charges.
(AllHipHop Features) BET recently took it’s viewers inside the world’s most notorious record label, Death Row Records, with their documentary, ‘Death Row Chronicles’!
The three-night, six-part series chronicled Death Row’s exciting yet turbulent rise and fall through the use of never-before-scene archival footage and Death Row documents.
The unique docu-series gave viewers a raw, inside look at the record label that pushed West Coast Hip Hop to outright dominance with a concentration on the label’s artistic geniuses, conflicts, and court cases.
‘Death Row Chronicles’ gave firsthand knowledge and commentary from not only Suge Knight himself, but also from those on the world’s most infamous record label, and those that knew the roster and no-nonsense label head the best.
Death Row Records was living large as they changed the face of music with a massive impact.
The series and narrative alone prove to be a cautionary tale of what can happen when a label, its leadership, artists, and street politics all spiral out of control.
Though the series did highlight some of the label’s turbulent past, it emerges as one of the most balanced and objective documentaries that we’ve seen on the subject of Death Row and Tupac’s murder.
Although ‘DRC’ sheds light on some of Suge Knight’s run-ins with the law and alleged violent rumors and myths, the series also painted Suge as a brilliant businessman and people’s champ.
Viewers are taken through the journey of the label from Suge’s introduction into the music business, the success of Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ along with Snoop Dogg’s ‘Doggystyle’, the addition of Tupac [to the label], to the demise of the label and the departure of its artists, the death of Shakur, and the imprisonment of Knight.
Death Row’s story is told by a montage of commentary and [sometimes archival] interviews by Death Row artists, journalists, professors, label heads, former security guards, and even former interns.
The documentary also included various reenactments of legendary Death Row stories.
Suge Knight, Kurupt, Danny Boy, and Michel’le are a few of those featured in the documentary who give their versions of what happened back then.
“We traced [Knight’s] evolution from a guy from Compton, who was not necessarily associated with gangs, who had a promising football career, then his left turn to music. He learns how to influence people, sometimes through intimidating tactics, sometimes because he’s just so business savvy. And then [we look at] how he steered Death Row, what things helped to make it great and what things he did to bring it down,” said Mario Diaz, executive producer of the series.
The documentary served as a platform for many involved with Death Row to tell their truths, and it truly gave Suge an opportunity to debunk a number of violent and aggressive myths associated with himself and the label.
While it was always believed to be much craziness, media hype, and menacing appeal surrounding the label, ‘Death Row Chronicles’ shows that it seems to have been all of the above.
Hip Hop fans were reminded here of how all of Death Row’s releases were huge hits, but the label was still spiraling out of control which was evident with so many criminal cases pending against it’s members.
Perhaps the most intriguing part of the series was the firsthand eye-witness account of Tupac’s murder by Keffe D. Keffe essentially alluded to and seems to confess to his nephew, Orlando Anderson, being the one to pull the trigger in Tupac’s murder.
(AllHipHop Rumors) The Black Panther is taking the world by storm and not much and stop it at this point. The movie has read in over $700 billion and the ride. Marvel Studios has not seen a bigger franchise and experts predict that it will rake in more money than The Avengers.
Now, here is the rumor. The word on the street is that the director’s cut of Black Panther could potentially be over 4 hours long! Yes! The movie was epic and now there are new scenes popping up all over the place. This all originated from the fact that the musical composer says that he scored a 4-hour director’s cut. There are rumors that extremely powerful scenes were CUT! This has people going nuts! The movie is already classic!
(AllHipHop Rumors) Mack Beggs has people talking and according to Syracus.com, he is a champion. So why are people unhappy? Mack Beggs was born a girl, but has been taking testosterone to transition into a boy. And now, he is a he – not a she. However, they won’t let her wrestle boys so she ends up choking the chitterlings out of girls. Crazy! What should he do? He wants to wrestle boys but is legally prohibited. What can people do since testosterone clearly makes you stronger and more mannish. Kanye shrug. I realize this isn’t Hip-Hop or a rumor. Hopefully they don’t fire me again.
Here is the story from Syracuse.com.
Syracuse.comA transgender high school wrestler in Texas once again won a state title over the weekend and once again his victory brought a mix of cheers and jeers.
Mack Beggs, a transgender male, won his second straight state title in his girls wrestling weight class. Beggs, of Euless Trinity High School outside Dallas, was 36-0 for his season, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
The match was the last of Beggs’ high school career.
Beggs was born a girl. His parents remember him considering himself a boy as early as age 3.
He began testosterone treatment as part of his gender transition over two years ago. It transformed his physical appearance and added muscle mass.
Since the testosterone comes from a doctor, it is not considered a banned substance, the Star-Telegram said.
But Beggs is required by rules to compete as a girl against girls, even though he’s previously said he would rather wrestle boys. Beggs told The Dallas Morning News he’s never cared about the public reaction to his matches.
“They’re saying ‘steroids.’ They’re saying, ‘Oh, they’re beating up on girls,’ ” Beggs said, according to the News. “It just comes down to technique and who has the most heart. In my heart, I am a champion. No matter who you put in front of me, I am a champion.”
Kayla Fitts, one of Beggs’ opponents during the weekend tournament, told the News she didn’t think wrestling Beggs was fair. He was noticeably stronger, she said.
Fitts said Beggs should have waited until after high school to transition or quit the sport.
“I understand if you want to transition your gender,” she said, according to the News. “I understand that totally. But there’s a time and a place.”
A wrestling parent filed a lawsuit last year to block Beggs from wrestling girls, but the suit it was dismissed.
Beggs said he’d like to wrestle in college against men, according to the Star-Telegram.
(AllHipHop News) CyHi The Prynce embraced the opinion gauntlet known as “Rate The Bars.” BET tapped the No Dope On Sundays album creator to give ratings for lyrics by Kodie Shane, Chief Keef, K Camp, Vic Mensa, Childish Gambino, Black Thought, Kanye West, and himself.
The Stone Mountain native was not given the particular rapper’s name associated with the lines. Early in the segment, he made it clear he believes his ability with words was far greater than the average person.
“I can’t compare none of these guys to me because I’m just God level. So I’m trying to think more on a civilian level,” said CyHi. However, he did provide “God level” grades for bars by Black Thought and Kanye.
(AllHipHop Rumors) Nas is one of the best ever. Top 5 DOA. He’s also a rapper that has not fallen to the ravages of older age. However, has not dropped an album in like 5 years solid. He has done a host of dope songs and cameo appearances but that’s about it.
I was on a message board and they were speculative. Maybe Nas secretly retired. He’s making the real money off those tours like the one with Lauryn Hill. He did that special with the orchestra. And most importantly, he’s got a slew of investments that includes Mass Appeal, restaurant and money in the tech space. Who needs rap?
Well, rap needs Nas. Or does it!?! Nas occupied a nice niche but now, a few people have moved in that space. Also, “kids” are in a different space completely…Nas may be just preserving his brand. He even dated Nicki Minaj.
(AllHipHop News) 2018 marks 20 years since Radric “Gucci Mane” Davis graduated from Ronald E. McNair High School in Atlanta. Guwop is looking to help the class of ’98 celebrate by covering the bill for their reunion.
“This year marks my 20th year from graduating high school in 1998 I want to personally invite anybody who graduated from ~~#~~McNair aka McNasty aka ~~#~~BouldercrestHigh to v103 car and bike show to go with me and also I want [to] pay for our 20 yr reunion myself!” tweeted Gucci on Tuesday.
The V-103 Car and Bike Show is an annual event that takes place in the city. Lecrae, K Camp, Sevyn Streeter, and other celebrities were in attendance at last year’s showcase.
