(AllHipHop News) Florida rapper XXXTentacion is reaching out to his fans, to help them better their lives.

XXXTentacion has announced he has launched the #THEHELPINGHANDCHALLENGE.

The rapper is challenging his fans to post themselves doing positive deeds and helping other people.

The winner will receive a PlayStation 4, an Xbox One, $1,000 and a first class ticket to hang out with XXXTentacion himself.

“You have to help a large amount of people in various ways,” XXXTentacion said. “It doesn’t matter how! Its just the thought that counts. There can be ten winners. Ill be watching.”

Take a look at XXXTentacion’s announcement above.

(AllHipHop News) The recent rash of deaths in hip-hop is prompting one of the game’s biggest producers to give up lean.

DJ Mustard posted a picture of himself pouring a pricey bottle of Promethazine and Codeine down the drain, vowing to give up his habit.

“It’s over. It’s over, f##k this s##t,” DJ Mustard said as he dumped out his bottle.

DJ Mustard’s new attitude towards the lethal concoction comes on the heels of the death of Chicago rapper Fredo Santana.

Fredo died of a fatal seizure, just a year after suffering from kidney and liver failure, thanks to his admitted addiction to the lean.

In addition to Fredo, the opioid epidemic claimed the life of rockstar Tom Petty last week it was revealed last week.

Petty, who was found unresponsive in October, eventually died in a hospital from an overdose of lethal amounts of fentanyl, oxycodone, acetyl fentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl, which are opioids.

Other celebs who have died from taking opioids in recent years include Whitney Houston, her daughter Bobbi, Prince and Michael Jackson.

In November of 2017 rapper Lil Peep died from an overdose as well, after ingesting a lethal mixture of Xanax mixed with fentanyl.

​(AllHipHop News) Rapper Too $hort has threatened to sue the woman who has accused him of sexual battery.

Teana Louis filed papers in Los Angeles on Friday, claiming the hip-hop star sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions in 2016.

She alleges he forced her to have oral and a### sex against her wishes.

Teana claims she was working on a song with Too $hort, real name Todd Anthony Shaw, in April 2016, when he first had sex with her, holding her down and performing oral sex on her.

She is suing the “Blow The Whistle” rapper for sexual battery, sexual harassment, gender violence, gender discrimination, and false imprisonment.

Too $hort has now responded, claiming Louis is making a shameless money grab, and he has threatened to take legal action against her.

“I’m being extorted… They want money. For a while there I thought it was something other… My only choice is to countersue for slander and get a restraining order… and get this out of my life.”

Confirming Louis was an artist he was hoping to sign, Too $hort adds, “She was not raped. The most we ever did was foreplay and I don’t know how you take some foreplay incident and turn it into a crime.”

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(AllHipHop News) Rapper Yung Berg has become a wanted man again after skipping a court date in Miami, Florida.

The troubled 32-year-old found himself in trouble with authorities back in October, when police were called to his hotel room to investigate an altercation.

They discovered two marijuana joints in his possession, and took him into custody after learning there was a nine-year-old warrant out for his arrest.

Berg, real name Christian Ward, was released on bail and ordered to appear before a judge for an arraignment hearing for the drug count on January 11, but he failed to show and is now a wanted man.

The former “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood” star is no stranger to the law – he previously pleaded guilty to harassment following a 2014 fight with his then-girlfriend, Masika Tucker.

(AllHipHop News) Jadakiss and Fabolous connected with Mass Appeal for an Around the World video interview. The clip opens with Fab talking about the differences between Hip Hop of the 1990s and Hip Hop of today.

“I always looked at the 90s where it was so many different genres and different styles. A lot of things that’s going on now – people are just trying to be successful so they’re just copying the last success,” offered Fabolous. “But when everybody’s gotta look like this, everybody’s gotta have colorful dreads, that’s where it goes wrong.”

The Brooklyn spitter continued, “This is not against colorful dreads. It’s about everybody trying to have colorful dreads so they can fit in so you can look at them so they can be accepted.”

Fabolous teamed up with Jadakiss for the 2017 collaborative project Friday on Elm Street. The album debuted at #10 on the Billboard 200 chart with 33,000 units in its first week.

(AllHipHop News) It’s 2018 and Drake is still being accused of creative theft. The OVO Sound head dropped the two-song EP Scary Hours over the weekend to mostly positive reactions.

There is at least one person that is taking issue with the project. Electronic producer Rabit went on Instagram to suggest Drake’s cover art is a copy of his Collin Fletcher-designed “Communion Tour” poster from 2015.

Rabit wrote on IG:

today I wake up to see OVO has redone one of my 2015 tour posters designed by @collindfletcher for Drake’s new single. Poor Collin is always having his style stolen😬lol BUT I love being part of a team that’s so creative and iconic💕💕🐀😆 #drake #ovo #rat #roach #simp – *Rabit – Les Fleurs Du Mail available now*

The social media post included a top-to-bottom comparison of the tour poster and the Scary Hours cover. This latest accusation follows other artists claiming Drake has stolen concepts/music for years, including XXXtentacion charging Drizzy’s “KMT” was a ripoff of his “Look At Me.”

“This is a story that too many artists, musicians, and designers identify with,” Fletcher told Pitchfork. “Hopefully this results in a larger conversation about popular culture’s relationship to underground artists.”

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(AllHipHop News) Jordan Peele is a triple nominee for this year’s Academy Awards. The Get Out filmmaker/producer found out this morning he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director. Additionally, his thriller got a nod for Best Picture.

Get Out is competing against Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Lady Bird, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in the Best Picture category. The Best Director list also consists of Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird), Paul Thomas Anderson (Phantom Thread), and Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water).

Besides Peele’s writing, The Big Sick, Lady Bird, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri were nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya has a chance to take home the Oscar for Best Actor as well.

The 90th Academy Awards are scheduled for March 4. The ceremony will air live on ABC.

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(AllHipHop News) Fetty Wap dominated the Billboard charts in 2014-2015. Over that period, the New Jersey native saw his first three songs reach the Top 10 of the Hot 100 which was the first time a rapper achieved that feat since Chingy in 2004.

When award season came around, Fetty and some of his followers expected him to rack up. The “Trap Queen” rhymer did pick up a 2015 BET Award nominations for Best New Artist, but he lost the trophy to Sam Smith.

Fetty Wap stopped by the Desus & Mero show this week and spoke about BET honoring Smith over him. That defeat apparently deeply bothered the For My Fans mixtape creator.

“When we had the nominations for the Grammys and the BET Awards, and I lost that year. That really kind of took my spirit from the music world. I kind of like shied back,” said Fetty. “I think everybody in the world felt [like I earned it].”

He added, “Twitter, Instagram, all these people were like, ‘Fetty Wap gotta win this sh-t. He’s the best new artist. He got the best new song. That sh-t run the world right now.’ Then, boom!”

Fetty also stated that loss convinced him the awards were rigged. The 300 Entertainment artist confessed, “It broke me down a little bit. I don’t know how else to put it.”

(AllHipHop News) Congratulations go out to the Queen of Hip Hop Soul. The 2018 Academy Award nominations were announced this morning, and Mary J. Blige was selected for the Best Supporting Actress category.

Blige’s turn in the Netflix period piece Mudbound puts her up against Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Hong Chau (Downsizing), Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird), Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread), and Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water). The song “Mighty River” from the Dee Rees-directed film also gives MJB another nom for “Best Original Song” along with Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson.

Previously, Blige was nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the Golden Globe Awards and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The 47-year-old entertainer lost both the Golden Globe and the SAG to Janney.

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(AllHipHop News) The Complex News debate program Everyday Struggle returned yesterday with a new host. Veteran radio personality Troi “Star” Torain replaced Joe Budden on the panel.

In his very first episode, the self-described hater came out swinging hard at co-host DJ Akademiks. The final segment featured the commentators discussing the recent passing of Chicago-raised rapper Fredo Santana, but Torain chose to use the moment to call out Ak.

“Don’t now sit here and give us a somber f-cking moment when you, the modern-day P. T. Barnum, you gave us the greatest gift to Hip Hop – that was the War in Chiraq – and you put a saddle on that guy’s back and rode him in a f-cking circus,” Star told Akademiks. “Don’t sit here now and give f-cking RIPs and sincere heartfelt bullsh-t. Don’t do it.”

He added, “F-ck all that trying to polished your sh-t up now. You referred to him as the demon. You clowned him.”

Akademiks eventually admitted calling Santana “the demon” on his YouTube channel. However, he suggested it was tasteless for Star to start that critical conversation so soon after Fredo’s death.

This was not the first time Akademiks faced direct denunciation on Everyday Struggle for his War In Chiraq series. Last June, Vic Mensa blasted the internet personality to his face for allegedly making fun of the death of his childhood friend Tray 57.

(AllHipHop News) Donald “Childish Gambino” Glover had some of his fans concerned they would not be getting a lot more music from the ATLien. Last June, he announced at the Governors Ball festival, “I’ll see you for the last Gambino album.”

The next Gambino LP will be delivered via RCA Records, according to Variety. Glover, Wolf Taylor, and Fam Rothstein’s Wolf + Rothstein creative agency has partnered with the major label for a new record deal.

“It was a necessary change of pace,” stated Gambino.

It appears the actor/rapper/singer is planning to keep producing tunes for a while. RCA Chairman/CEO Peter Edge said, “We are excited to join forces with him and Wolf + Rothstein to usher in the next phase of Childish Gambino’s musical career.”

CG’s “Awaken, My Love!” was released on Glassnote Records. The Funk-fused project earned the multi-talented star five Grammy nominations, including a nod for Album Of The Year.

Gambino is set to perform at the 2018 Grammy ceremony on January 28. He is also taking part in the Citi Sound Vault concerts series the night before.

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(AllHipHop News) Camila Cabello and Young Thug’s “Havanna” earned both performers their first #1 single on the Hot 100 chart. The Latin pop/rap collaboration spent seven nonconsecutive weeks at #2 before reaching the pinnacle.

“Havanna” got a bump after Cabello released her debut solo album Camila on January 12. The former Fifth Harmony member’s project opened at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

“Pick Up the Phone” (#43) with Travis Scott and Quavo is Thug’s highest charting record on the Hot 100 as a lead artist. His only other time in the Top 20 was a guest on Rich Gang’s “Lifestyle” (#16).

(AllHipHop News) 50 Cent is adamant that simplicity is the key to making hit music.

The rapper, real name Curtis Jackson, released single “In da Club” back in January 2003, with the catchy tune quickly becoming an international hit.

Reflecting on the 15th anniversary of his debut, Fif told said it was easy to make the track.

“Simplicity is a big key to hit music,” he said of “In da Club.” “Don’t overthink things, just organically see what you feel when the production comes in. Like (the lyric), ‘Go shorty, it’s your birthday.’ It’s not rocket science. It’s a simple statement.

“Every day is someone’s birthday so it sticks around, right?”

The track featured on his album Get Rich or Die Tryin’, which was produced Dr. Dre and Eminem, and 50 went on to release four more albums before turning his hand to the world of acting.

The 42-year-old is currently starring on crime drama “Power” on U.S. network Starz and is promoting action thriller *Den of Thieves,” which also features Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr.

“I’ve been doing music since 1997. It’s first nature for me. The challenge of being part of a film project is really exciting. There’s no constraints in film; you can be anything,” he explained of his transition to Hollywood.