(AllHipHop News) The public reaction to Drake’s verbal jab at Kid Cudi on “Two Birds, One Stone” has gone from social media criticism to an online call to action.
A new Care2 petition is urging Aubrey Drake Graham to donate proceeds from the track to mental health charities.
“Two Birds, One Stone” features lyrics that have been perceived to be Drake ridiculing Kid Cudi for checking himself into rehab for depression and suicidal urges.
“You were the man on the moon, now you go through your phases. Live for the angry and famous,” Drake stated on the record. “Rap like I know I’m the greatest. Then give you the tropical flavors. Still never been on hiatus. You stay Xann’d and Perc’d up. So when reality set in you don’t gotta face it.”
In response, the petition reads:
The lyrics above were intended to make fun of Kid Cudi’s depression.
Mental health is not a joking manner. According to Mental Health America, the most common disorder amongst suicide victims is depression. Depression or bi-polar disorder affects about 30-70 percent of suicide victims.
Please sign to tell Drake to donate the proceeds from his new song, Two Birds One Stone, to mental health charities!
As of press time, over 4,500 people have signed the petition. The current intended goal is to collect 5,000 signatures.
So what did we tell you? Sure enough, tonight’s Season 3, Episode 4 episode of “Empire” was ripe for a Montague versus Capulet show down. But was “One Before Another” all that is was cracked up to be on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being a barely keeping our eyes open and 10 being a ‘what the f*ck just happened’ must see? Given the skillful weaving in of two strong musical selections with some interesting plot twists, we give it a solid 8. Spoiler Alert for those not quite ready to know exactly what’s what and why as delineated below:
Sure enough, Shine (Alvin ‘Xzibit’ Joyner) was able to get the drop on at least one Lyon despite all of Lucious’ precautions with beefed up security escorting Anika ( Grace Gealey) and baby Bella to the pediatrician, as well as snatching Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) up from her date with politician Angelo Dubois (Taye Diggs). As many a fan might predict, seeing as Jamal (Jussie Smollett) tends not to fall in line behind dear old dad Lucious, it was there that Shine was able to break in and pull the trigger on Andre (Trai Byers). As serendipity would have it, Shine’s gun jammed and then Nessa (Sierra McClain) popped up half dressed begging Shine not to catch a sentence over killing Andre. So Andre lives another day. True, we all like Andre, but it might have been nice to see a little blood spilled – especially given the heavy Shine prepping for war montage at the end of the episode leading into episode 4. But then again, this is “Empire” – not “The Walking Dead,” so maybe next time.
As for the music performances – not only were they good, but both were essential to moving the plot of “One Before Another.” Tiana’s (Serayah McNeill) “Starlight” number was as gossamer fresh as it’s title with Serayah giving a very good in studio performance good enough to warrant hearing the whole single – which unfortunately wasn’t the case. However the lesson that Becky (Gabourey Sidibe) learns from disobeying Cookie in having Tiana record “Starlight” is classic when it comes to doing business with sharks in the recording industry. When it comes to status and position, white sharks – in the embodiment of Becky’s nemesis Xavier Rosen (Samuel Hunt) – they are just as likely to deliver the fatal bite as the black ones.
As for the final music performance, not to belittle it at all, but Jamal’s “Kumbaya” half of his duo with Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Gray) was good but in terms of drama it just couldn’t stand up to the can’t stop this fire of Hakeem’s all out lyrical war on Nessa, Andre and anybody else looking to stop his vibe when it comes to what he believes should be his and his alone.
“Empire” airs Wednesday nights on FOX at 9/8pm central.
(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne lost a lot of respect from a lot of people after he dissed the Black Lives Matter movement in an interview with “Nightline.” He says it was the reporter that set him off.
“When the reporter began asking me questions about my daughter being labeled a b#### and a hoe, I got agitated. From there, there was no thought put into her questions and my responses,” he told TMZ.
If you look at the whole clip, the BLM question comes right after the daughter query.
Wayne was bashed horrifically and humorously for the comments, as they seemed to disregarded poor Black people as well as accountability by public servants like police officers that practice police brutality.
If you’re having trouble viewing this Stackerdecks post: Click Here
Ahhhhh – to be petty. t must be so liberating to not care about having class or good taste. Soul Boy walks around bragging about the $6 million house that he may or may not own. However, TMZ talked to one of their oh-so-reliable “sources” and they informed them that SB was really only renting the big house. Did they offer up paper work? No, it was a “source” that knows. Well, it seems like the house shows up on Air BnB, which prompted TMZ’s “source” to assume the pad was a rental.
SB claps back and reveals that it IS the owner of the 500 square foot penthouse and that he can poop in all of these bathrooms if he wants. He offered no deed or anything to prove he’s truthful. However, he explained that he posts the home on Air BnB for a bit of extra cash. Well, he got TMZ! He say, she say! Why NOT!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMU1ylUFUd5/
Remember when this dude was a silly goof, dancing in 6x clothing? We’ll he’s now buying houses for $6 million and putting TMZ in their “place.” Get it?
First of all, Royce didn’t subtweet Wayne at all. He straight up said his interview was stupid. Then Lil Wayne said some vague nonsense about intelligence. These are some weird times in Hip-Hop. People act like Wayne is a kid, but he’s a grow man with big, old kids – LOL!
Anyway, peep the tweets below.
Didn’t Dave Chappelle tell you about this?
Anyway, Royce is the one we need to buy records from. He raps circles around Weezy at this point.
Well if you were looking for a new Jeezy and Gucci Mane collaboration one day, don’t hold your breath!
Jeezy said he doesn’t have any plans to speak with Gucci Mane now that he’s home from prison.
Jeezy recently chatted with Combat Jack on everything from his relationship with Jay Z to his non-existent one with Gucci Mane.
According to Jeezy, Gucci and him haven’t spoken at all. With the release of his latest album, Jeezy actually wants people to know that he is grown and is truly only focused on him and his. Jeezy said,
“Imma tell you like N.O.R.E. I’m just focused on me man. Me and mine. If it got something to do with that. If it doesn’t. honest man I’m grown.”
We are sure the streets wouldn’t mind seeing another collaboration from the two ATL trap legends despite their differences over the years (2005, 2009, 2012). Low key, “Icy” still goes!
Jeezy took a very mature approach to answering the question. You can definitely tell he’s in a good place right now. Actually it’s good to see both Jeezy and Gucci in good places musically and emotionally!
Uh oh! Country music fans aren’t too happy about Queen Beyonce performing tonight on the Country Music Awards, as some feel her music isn’t authentically country.
For Beyonce fans, it’s a given why the Beyhive’s leader is performing at the CMAs: for one thing her star power, next her song “Daddy Lessons” is certainly country or has strong elements of country music in it. So…. there you have it, one of the greatest living entertainers has a song that’s country music, so she gets to take her star power over there as well.
Hell they ought to be thankful; we are sure it will help their ratings.
Well, country music royalty and fans better get ready for our Queen, as she will certainly be taking the stage on country music’s biggest night. Will you be watching?
50 Cent has yet to find his chill when it comes to trolling Diddy. You would think at some point 50 would get tired of harassing Puff, but neverrrrrrrr.
When news hit again that a home that Diddy and his first baby mama, Misa Hylton, co-owned had been foreclosed, 50 Cent accused Diddy of copying his style as 50 “let” his first baby mama, Shaniqua Tompkins’, home get foreclosed as well.
Well, 50 didn’t let it get foreclosed as he and Tompkins relationship soured many years ago. 50 did however poke fun at Tompkins for letting it happen.
That 50 sure has an interesting sense of humor. Life comes at you fast. We wouldn’t expect either of these ladies to be facing foreclosure.
It looks like rapper Waka Flocka is doing some serious backtracking and damage control in regards to his controversial statements about President Barack Obama not being our real first black President.
After receiving much backlash, Waka tweeted out a full explanation of what he “meant”.
We aren’t buying it. He knew that tweet would be controversial, and if this is what he really meant he could’ve posted it to begin with…. although not everyone agrees with his second statement either.
Waka or honestly a friend of his tweeted out,
“Clearly I love our prez and chief. I just think that america as a whole thought it was time for a black president. It was similar to what was expected in the civil rights evolutionary chain. When I stated that I can’t wait until we get a real black president, I meant a black president who is accepted by all who just happens to be black. I do think obama is for the people, I don’t think the people of america were fully about his administration. He was elected into office then had to fight for his agenda at every turn. Bush didn’t. Obama was handcuffed by the same government that was in place to support him. The media can make this about me or they can make it about change in this election year. I said it, I explained it, now I’m done.”
How do you feel about Waka’s statement? Who did Waka pay to try to clean this up?
Several days ago Baltimore City caught the attention of the masses, yet again. This time it wasn’t because a young man died in the custody of law enforcement or because our city was set ablaze due to civil unrest leading to an uprise in response to a young man dying in the custody of police. Naw, this time a corner in east Baltimore, approximately a stone throw away from the “city” of Johns Hopkins, encompassed by dilapidated buildings, deteriorated roads, vacant and demolished homes, trash strewn gutters and curbs, across the street from two churches, a struggling elementary school and directly in front of a bar, got its 15 minutes of fame.
Well in all honesty, it wasn’t the corner that got the attention it so desperately need. As a matter of fact, I’d bet, most people who watched the video uploaded to WorldstarHipHop , which accumulated more than 1 million views in less than a week, entitled “So Sad: 19 year old Baltimore Woman Tripping After Doing Drugs” wasn’t astutely paying attention to all that the girl was in the midst of, seen and unseen. Just like I’d surmised that most of us, myself included, aren’t always actively addressing the societal ills and influences that oftentimes lead our youth to be “tripping off of drugs.”
Less than one mile from the corner of North and Rutland, the location where the video, “So Sad” was recorded, is a methadone clinic. Every day the corner of North and Gay Street is inundated with loss dreams and broken promises. The corner is comprised of people who are just a shell of their former selves, who, for reasons unbeknownst to many, succumbed to the ills of society unable to wrestle with their reality without being inebriated. I know this truth personally because one of the many “inundated with loss dreams and broken promises” occupying that corner daily is my father. The video of the 19 year old young lady prompted hundreds of thousands to be outraged. I just wonder how outraged people would be if they could see the hundreds of individuals up the street from North and Rutland in the same exact stupor. Or how outraged are you when you visit the World Famous Lexington Market downtown Baltimore and see the exact same thing. Are you outraged then? Is it the same type of outrage? And if you are outraged, what are you doing about it?
The Turning Point Methadone Clinic is one that provides narcotics and “treatment” for the old guard of Baltimore addiction. However, the young 19 year old recorded “bent” on the corner of North and Rutland is the new and present pictorial of Baltimore City substance abuse. Sad, you say? Hell yeah! But the whole story is far much worse than what even that ten minute video depicted.
Do you have any idea how many of our young people are smoking weed and/or popping pills, daily? After the Baltimore Riots in 2015 when all of those pharmacies were burglarized and robbed, our then Police Commissioner Anthony Batts stated that there were enough drugs looted to keep our entire city high for more than a year. Man, a friend of mine just told me two weeks ago that he offered to give an elderly woman a ride home from the grocery store (he was hacking) and she offered to pay him with prescription pills. Oh yeah, we’re a city in turmoil. And addiction, alcoholism, substance abuse is the root cause of our problems. And sadly to say, whether we want to accept the harsh truth or not, but it’s just as many of our youth addicted to serious drugs as there are adults.
The question I’m oftentimes baffled with is, “why are so many of our young people amenable to get high?” When I was a kid, if anything, we wanted to be hustlers that sold the drugs. Nowadays, kids don’t want to hustle, they’d rather be the person indulging in the use of drugs. How the hell did that happen?
Throughout recent years, there have been many people who question the influence that drug induced rap music has on our youth. We’ve always been honest in our music. Shid, the same people who put out arguably one of the best rap songs ever, The Message, also dedicated an entire song to cocaine. In the early years of hip hop Run from Run-DMC once rapped that he “keeps a bag of cheeba inside my locker.” So the muse of drugs is nothing new to the genre of hip hop, but maybe the perspective from which we view the conversation of drug usage in our music is. Remember, there was once a time when we looked at peers with disdain if they were getting high. Today, getting high is celebrated. It’s encouraged. If you don’t get high, people began to wonder why you’re not indulging in narcotics because everybody else is trying to get “lit, lit, lit-ty!”
Is it the music? I don’t know, but I doubt it very seriously. We blame hip hop for everything. But even Jeezy, hip hop artist and self-proclaimed SnowMan/Trapstar had to recently ponder himself, “why all of the youth now want to get high and not get money?”
We presently live in a very drug friendly and accepting culture until it’s video recorded an plastered on a computer monitor or telephone screen for the whole world to see one of our children so high that she can barely stand. We presently live in a very drug friendly and accepting culture, until the access of drug usage leads to addiction, infinitely deferred dreams, a multitude of lies and foreseeable personal pain. In the ‘80s Nancy Regan told us to “Just Say No” to drugs. Well it’s apparent that s### didn’t work. Is it the music or is it the hopeless despair that many of our youth feel? Or is it the example that we either set or don’t set for our children to follow? Who’s the blame?
After a mini hiatus, “Empire” Season 3 episode 4 titled “One Before Another” is on tonight. While we would never ever spill the beans preemptively, here is a little hint of what you can expect:
Shine manages to pull the trigger on a Lyon that we have come to hold dear. But which one and to what end? Well, that would spoil it all for tonight, wouldn’t it now?
Becky decides to make a move when it comes to her belief that she more than deserves to be calling some shots somewhere as a head of A and R.
More love triangle beef between Tiana, Hakeem and Gram
Lucious Lyon shows us that thugs can be both street wise and book smart with fight quotes from Shakespeare to Jamal and philosophical bedtime stories to his granddaughter Bella courtesy of Kahlil Gibran’s “The Criminal.”
A debate on the worth of clap back music versus lyricism for it’s own sake.
And with that little taste, we haven’t even scratched the surface of what promises to be a great night of “Empire” television.
“Empire” airs Wednesday nights on FOX at 9/8 pm central.
(AllHipHop News) Congratulations are in order for Hip Hop legend Big Daddy Kane.
The Long Island Music Hall of Fame will be adding the “Ain’t No Half Steppin'” rapper to its list of inductees.
Chuck D of Public Enemy has been tapped to induct BDK into the LI Music Hall.
Big Daddy Kane’s career includes being a member of the respected rap collective the Juice Crew as well as releasing critically acclaimed solo albums Long Live The Kane and It’s a Big Daddy Thing.
The Brooklyn native is often cited as one of the greatest emcees of all time, and he won a Grammy award for his contribution to Quincy Jones’ “Back on the Block.”
“I wanted to be different,” Kane toldNewsday. “I wanted to address everyone. I wanted to address the hood, but also the people that was getting money. I wanted to address the men and women, the kids and the adults.”
The Long Island Music Hall of Fame Induction Gala is scheduled for Thursday, November 3 at The Space at Westbury.
Tickets for the event can be purchased at Ticketmaster.
It’s been a busy two weeks for the Snowman! Jeezy recently released his seventh studio album,’Trap Or Die 3′, and he’s been on the road non-stop promoting the project across the country.
From performances at ‘Powerhouse,’ Miami takeovers, ESPN and Larry King visits, Jeezy had to bring the energy back to his hometown, Atlanta, as he teamed up with Atlanta’s own Hot 107.9 radio station for a secret show on Saturday.
On Saturday afternoon, Jeezy hit the stage at the popular Edgewood district Atlanta venue, Music Room for a private pop up show. The Snowman performed tracks from his ‘Trap Or Die 3’ album for the first time live.
Jeezy performed, “Let Em Know,” “G-Wagon,” “Goldmine,” “Going Crazy,” “All There,” and more. Not only did Jeezy perform his new music, he also took his day-one fans down memory lane as he performed classics like “Trap Or Die,” “Air Forces,” “Standing Ovation,” “Trap Star,” and more!
AllHipHop’s own Rea Davis moderated a brief Q&A with Jeezy where he reflected on his success 7 albums later.
“I just wanted to make a difference. I just wanted to get out of my situation. I put a lot of blood sweat and tears into my first mixtape which was ‘Streets Is Watching,’ and I saw the success of that, and I came back and dropped ‘Trap Or Die’. I spent a lot of money making it and I gave it free to create my buzz, and it changed my life!” said Jeezy.
On the process of creating ‘Trap Or Die’ and choosing the features Jeezy stated,
“We grinded hard. This wasn’t even about selling records; this wasn’t about being on the radio everyday. This is about my fans because they want what I do and they wanted it my way…. I wanted to please them. I wanted to put something out that they would love. This ain’t about nobody but y’all. As long as y’all are riding with me we good.”
Jeezy also discussed drawing inspiration from Tupac’s music and now having people draw inspiration from his music.
“It’s a lot of responsibility but I’m all for it. I’m a pretty stand up guy. I can never be that guy, but at the same time I’m going to try my best. Keep it 100 [and] make sure the city on top at all times. Make sure the streets and people are being represented in every way possible,” said Jeezy.
As far as what’s next from Jeezy it’s a lot of touching and inspiring people, more music, and more fun!
“I don’t care if you got a 9-5, you in college… whatever you doing this is your motivational music for you to get through your day. So anytime somebody tells you you can’t do something, you look them in their face and tell them it’s a got damn lie. Jeezy did that sh-t ten times over.”
(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne once again shared his thoughts about social issues.
After addressing racism during an appearance onUndisputed and Black Lives Matter as part of an interview with the New York Times, Wayne was again asked about the social justice movement on Nightline.
“That just sounds weird, I don’t know, that you put a name on it. It’s not a name, it’s not ‘whatever, whatever.’ It’s somebody got shot by a policeman for a f-cked up reason,” said Wayne, responding to a question about BLM. “I am a young black rich motherf-cker. If that don’t let you know that America understands black motherf-ckers matter these days, I don’t know what it is.”
He added, “That man’s white. He’s filming me. I’m a n-gga. I don’t know what you mean. Don’t come at me with that dumb ass sh-t, ma’am. My life matter. Especially to my b-tches.”
The Young Money boss made sure to point out he does not feel any connection to Black Lives Matter.
“I don’t feel connected to a damn thing that ain’t got nothing to do with me. If you do, you crazy as sh-t,” Wayne declared. “You. Not the camera, you. Feeling connected to something that ain’t got nothing to do with you? If it ain’t got nothing to do with me, I ain’t connected to it.”
The “Sucker for Pain”” rapper then walked off the set, “I ain’t no f-cking politician.”
Twitter users began blasting Wayne for his comments.
His name became a trending topic on the social media platform for hours once clips of the Nightline Q&A arrived online last night (November 1).
