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Allen Iverson and Former NBA Stars Deliver Big3 Launch

By: Mike Winslow Updated Category: News
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Rap star Ice Cube officially launched his Big3 basketball league today (June 25), Brooklyn, New York.

The Big3’s inaugural season launched at the Barclays Center, kicking off what will be a 10-week schedule, featuring eight teams with five players, playing three-on-three, half-court basketball.

Four teams squared off in the season opener, with players like Allen Iverson, DeShawn Stevenson, Jason Williams, Ricky Davis, Rashad McCants, Kenyon Martin hitting the court.

Over 15,000 people came out to watch Allen Iverson’s team 3’s Company defeat The Ball Hogs in the final game.

Charles Oakley’s Killer 3s were trounced by Trilogy, while Rashard Lewis lead his team the 3 Headed Monsters to victory over the Ghost Ballers.

Power, took out coach Julius Erving and his Tri-State team of basketball players as celebs like Angela Yee, LL Cool J, Whoopi Goldberg and Fabolous, who gave a performance, watched on during the opener.

Other games are scheduled at major markets like Philadelphia, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas and other cities before the championship game, which originally was scheduled to be held on August 26.

However, Ice Cube is in negotiations to move the date, since this is since it’s the same day as the highly anticipated belt between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor.

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Russell Simmons Gets Surprised With An Award During BET Weekend

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(AllHipHop News) Rap mogul Russell Simmons received a special honor during the 2017 BET Awards in Los Angeles.

The Hip-Hop legend was honored by Joi Pitts, the SVP of Marketing and Brand Partnerships at Atlantic Records during her 2nd annual invite-only Culture Creators brunch.

It was attended by some of the biggest and most notable people in music.

On Saturday, over 200 of the industry’s hardest workers gather together for the Culture Creators celebrity brunch, where Simmons was surprised by Kevin Liles, who presented him with an Icon Award.

Other notables honored during the brunc included Angela Rye, Charlamagne Tha God, D-Nice, Misa Hylton and Google’s Valeisha Butterfield-Jones.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JUNE 24: Tiffany Hasbourne speaks during Culture Creators 2nd Annual Awards Brunch Presented By Motions Hair And Ciroc at Mr. C Beverly Hills on June 24, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Culture Creators )
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JUNE 24: Misa Hylton speaks during Culture Creators 2nd Annual Awards Brunch Presented By Motions Hair And Ciroc at Mr. C Beverly Hills on June 24, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Culture Creators )
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JUNE 24: Angela Rye speaks at Culture Creators 2nd Annual Awards Brunch Presented By Motions Hair And Ciroc at Mr. C Beverly Hills on June 24, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Culture Creators )
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JUNE 24: Laz Alonso attends Culture Creators 2nd Annual Awards Brunch Presented By Motions Hair And Ciroc at Mr. C Beverly Hills on June 24, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Culture Creators )
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JUNE 24: Tiffany Haddish speaks at Culture Creators 2nd Annual Awards Brunch Presented By Motions Hair And Ciroc at Mr. C Beverly Hills on June 24, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Culture Creators )
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JUNE 24: Charlamagne tha God poses with his award at Culture Creators 2nd Annual Awards Brunch Presented By Motions Hair And Ciroc at Mr. C Beverly Hills on June 24, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Culture Creators )
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JUNE 24: Music Executive Kevin Liles speaks during the Culture Creators 2nd Annual Awards Brunch Presented By Motions Hair And Ciroc at Mr. C Beverly Hills on June 24, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Culture Creators )
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JUNE 24: Music Mogul Russell Simmons receives the Icon Award at the Culture Creators 2nd Annual Awards Brunch Presented By Motions Hair And Ciroc at Mr. C Beverly Hills on June 24, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Culture Creators )
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JUNE 24: Music Mogul Russell Simmons speaks at the Culture Creators 2nd Annual Awards Brunch Presented By Motions Hair And Ciroc at Mr. C Beverly Hills on June 24, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Culture Creators )

Kendrick Lamar Surprises Fans With Performance During BET Experience With A$AP Rocky, Migos, Gucci Mane and More

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(AllHipHop News) A$AP Rocky, Migos, ScHoolboy Q, Gucci Mane, Rae Sremmurd, Lil Yachty and Young Thug hit the stage over the weekend during the BET Experience at L.A. Live.

Rapper Lil Yachty kicked off the night with tracks from his debut album Summer Songs including “One Night” and “Minnesota” and then handed the mic off to Young Thug for “pick up the phone,” “Wyclef Jean” and “Digits.”

Hip-Hop trio Migos took to the stage and had the crowd singing every word to “Bad and Boujee” and “T-Shirt,” while Rae Sremmurd rocked to a packed house with bangers “Black Beatles” and “No Type.”

Rapper Gucci Mane shut it down with “Slippery” and “Lemonade,” and ScHoolboy Q and A$AP Rocky capped off the night with a shared set that included a surprise performance by Kendrick Lamar of his smash single, “HUMBLE.”

Meek Mill Responds To Safaree After Hollywood Brawl: “I Don’t Fight, I’m A Boss”

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(AllHipHop News) Meek Mill has responded to a video which emerged over the weekend, featuring members of his crew attacking rapper Safaree Samuels.

The two men, who used to date Nicki Minaj, have been going back and forth all weekend, after men rolling with Meek attacked Safaree in front of DJ Khaled’s party during the 2017 BET Awards.

Meek addressed the video leaving a club in Hollywood last night (June 25), while he was with his massive entourage.

“I am standing back today, I got my hittas with me,” Meek told a TMZ.com cameraman as he was leaving the District in Beverly Hills. “I aint coming close to no cameras.

Safaree has already addressed the matter, calling Meek the biggest “p##sy” on earth who needed to roll “20 deep” in order to feel secure, while pleaded for a one-on-one fight with the Philly rhymester, which his rival Game, also co-signed.

“If I aint got no love for him, I aint putting no gloves on em (his hands). I don’t fight one-on-one, I’m a boss,” Meek Mill retorted. “I’m a don, I don’t even know how they got us confused with that type of stuff man.”

Top Artists Turn Up At Interscope Records’ BET Awards Party

By: Mike Winslow Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) A number of top artists turned up for Interscope Records annual BET Awards Pre Party at ROKU/Blind Dragon in West Hollywood.

Musicians, tastemakers and industry professionals alike gathered to celebrate a night of music, which was sponsored by Martell Cognac, Clairol Professional and PRG.

Playboi Carti, A$AP Rocky, J. Cole, Steve Rifkind, Big Baby D.R.A.M and Beyonce’s mom Tina Knowles partied to the sounds of DJ Reflex and DJ A-OH.

The label celebrated a good year so far with releases from Kendrick Lamar, Machine Gun Kelly, Mike WiLL Made It, Rae Sremmurd, Selena Gomez, J. Cole, 6lack and others.

 

Los Angeles Cops Investigating Lil Kim and Her Crew In $20K Robbery

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(AllHipHop News)  Rapper Lil Kim and members of her entourage are facing serious charges, after they were allegedly involved in a robbery over the weekend in Los Angeles.

Lil Kim is scheduled to take the stage tonight (June 26), during the 2017 BET Awards during a tribute to late Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy.

But, police say Kim has run into some legal problems after renting a house intended for a party during the BET Awards.

Apparently, Kim was not satisfied with the house she had rented, and ended up in a dispute with the property owner.

According to police, the owner refused to return the rap star’s deposit, resulting in a confrontation.

Police arrived on the scene, to break up fracas around 2:00 AM this morning.

According to TMZ.com, around 4 AM, a group of masked man returned to the scene and robbed the property owner of Lil Kim’s deposit, which was at least $20,000.

Then, the men vandalized the property owners’ car for good measure and slashed all of the tires on a vehicle.

Police are investigating the robbery now.

Lil Kim and Havoc To Honor Prodigy During The BET Awards

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(AllHipHop News) Mobb Deep rapper Havoc will join Lil’ Kim in paying tribute to his late bandmate Prodigy at the upcoming BET Awards.

Prodigy, real name Albert Johnson, passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday (June 20) after being hospitalized “for complications caused by a sickle cell anaemia crisis”.

Havoc, his Mobb Deep rap partner and Lil’ Kim, who appeared on the duo’s biggest hit “Quiet Storm,” have been added to the list of presenters at Sunday’s Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards ceremony.

The pair will reportedly pay tribute during the entertainment prize giving at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Executives at the BET network reportedly asked Lil’ Kim and Havoc to say a few words as they were unable to organize a full musical memorial at such short notice.

The late rapper was hospitalized last weekend after falling ill, after a performance at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center on Saturday.

According to TMZ, Prodigy choked on an egg in hospital on the morning of his passing. It’s unclear whether or not the choking incident contributed to his death.

He had battled sickle-cell anaemia, a genetic blood disorder, since birth.

Prodigy’s autopsy has been completed by the Clark County Medical Examiner but the results will not be released until a toxicology report is available, in six to eight weeks’ time.

Notorious B.I.G. & Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Honored At 2017 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards

By: Rea Davis @IamReaDavis Updated Category: Features
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The 30th annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards returned to The Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles during BET Awards weekend, where the top songwriters and publishers of the most performed ASCAP songs on the 2016 R&B/Hip Hop, rap, and gospel charts were celebrated! The award show was presented by REVOLT and sponsored by Ciroc and Create Music.

This year the recipient of the prestigious ASCAP Founder’s Award was none other than the late, great Notorious B.I.G. Superstar songwriting and production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were awarded with the ASCAP Voice of Music Award, following their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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The Founders Award for Notoroious B.I.G. was accepted by Faith Evans, his children and former managers and estate consultant, Wayne Barrow and Mark Pitts.

Diddy acknowledged Biggie’s incredible legacy via a heartfelt video where he touched on Biggie’s various accomplishments and referred to Biggie as the greatest rapper of all time.

Diddy went on to introduce his sons, Justin and Christian Combs, who presented the prestigious award.

The night was far from over as Biggie’s legendary DJs, DJ Clark Kent and DJ Enuff, honored him with an incredible DJ battle.

Biggie was so deserving of the ASCAP Founder’s Award as he has certainly made pioneering contributions to music as he influenced and inspired so many other fellow artists and musicians.

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis were certainly deserving of the ASCAP Voice Of Music Award as they are songwriters whose music has given voice to the spirit of a generation.

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Songwriter of the Year was a tie between Allen Ritter, and Paul “Nineteen85” Jefferies. Publisher of the Year went to Sony/ATV.

The Top R&B/Hip-Hop Song was “Needed Me,” written by Adam “Frank Dukes” Feeney, Brittany “Starrah” Hazzard, Prince Charlez and Derrus Rachel; Top Rap Song went to “Controlla,” written by Dwayne “Supa Dups” Chin-quee, Moses Anthony Davis, Donald Anthony Dennis, Gary Lewis Jackson, Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor, Allen Ritter, Patrick Leroy Roberts and Matthew “Boi-1da” Samuels.

Attendees were also treated to the first live performance from artist H.E.R., Jeremih, Kyle, and Tasha Cobbs.

Celebrities in attendance included French Montana, Remy Ma, Papoose, PartyNextDoor, Mike Will Made-It, Yo Gotti, MC Lyte and many more!

Game Co-Signs A One-On-One Fight Between Safaree and Meek Mill

By: Mike Winslow Updated Category: News
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Rap star Game is vowing to stay out of a new feud between Safaree Samuels and Meek Mill.

Meek’s crew beat up Safaree on Friday evening (June 23), just before DJ Khaled’s party during the BET Awards.

Safaree addressed the issue shortly after the fight on his Instagram page, where he called Meek “the biggest pu##y on earth,” and “a b##ch.”

Safaree also accused Meek of attacking him when he still has a major, well documented beef with Game.

For his part, Game is remaining neutral.

“That’s they business, and I’m minding mine,” Game told TMZ.com.

However, Game was open to Safaree’s suggestion that he and Meek meet up and fight one on one, before the BET awards are over.

“Why not me up and fight one on one,” Game said. “It’s only fair, however they want to do it.”

Safaree Catches A Beatdown From Meek Mill’s Crew In Hollywood

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(AllHipHop News) Nicki Minaj’s ex-boyfriend’s Meek Mill and Safaree Samuels got into a tussle during BET awards weekend.

Footage hit the Internet, showing Safaree catching a beat down outside of DJ Khaled’s BET party at Penthouse.

“Meek you are the biggest pu##y on this planet. You saw me, you ain’t do s##t had you ni##as jump me. You can’t f##k with me one on one, so that’s why you had to do that.”

Safaree called Meek a b##ch and claimed he had to roll “20 deep” everywhere he went because he was “scared to death” and still running from rapper Game.

Meanwhile, Safari threw some shade at Nicki by posting pictures with Remy Ma and Papoose.

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Paul McCartney Was Shook Working With Kanye West

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(AllHipHop News) Paul McCartney admits he was initially “nervous” about working with Kanye West and wasn’t even sure their song would be released.

The former Beatles musician teamed up with the “Gold Digger” rapper and singer Rihanna on track “FourFiveSeconds” in 2015 and it made the top 10 in singles charts around the globe.

But McCartney couldn’t anticipate its success as he wasn’t even sure what to expect when it came to recording with West.

Recalling how his manager phoned him to share West’s desire to collaborate during a Facebook Live chat with Australian performer Tim Minchin, McCartney explained, “I was a little bit nervous at first, because I thought it could go horribly wrong. But I was intrigued to see what he was up to and how he did it. And it was a very intriguing process.

“You basically don’t write songs. You basically just talk and noodle a bit and you record it all on your phone. And then he goes away. And that’s basically his record,” added the 75-year-old.

However, three months after they’d finished working on the song McCartney still hadn’t received an update on what was happening next.

He felt so out of the loop he questioned whether West was even going to unveil it at all.

“I’m thinking, should I say, ‘Did we write a song? Will a record come out of this?’” the music icon said. “Anyway, this arrives and it’s a Rihanna song… I said, ‘This is great! I have to ring up and say, ‘Am I on this?’ And he goes, ‘Oh, yeah. You’re the guitar player.’ I go, ‘I don’t remember.’ And he said, ‘We sped it up.’”

McCartney didn’t mind that his efforts had been altered though, noting that his band’s famous album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2017 – was all about “manipulating” sounds.

Judge Changes Ruling And Reverses Terrence Howard Divorce Settlement

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(AllHipHop News) Actor Terrence Howard has been dealt a legal blow in his court battle with his ex-wife after a judge ruled to reinstate his divorce settlement.

The “Empire” star and Michelle Ghent were married for just a year until 2011, and they subsequently became embroiled in a bitter legal fight over spousal support.

They reached an agreement in 2012, allowing them to finalize their divorce in 2013, but in 2015, the star successfully fought to have the deal overturned, amid claims he signed the paperwork under duress.

He accused Ghent of threatening to leak embarrassing information about his sex life to the press if he didn’t grant her financial support for three years.

Earlier this week, justices from the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles ruled “the passage of time negates Howard’s claim.”

They also ruled his several attempts to reconcile with Ghent proved he wasn’t under duress when he signed the agreement.

Howard was ordered to pay Michelle’s appeal fees, according to the New York Post’s Page Six.

In 2012, Howard was ordered to pay Michelle $5,800-a-month in spousal support and as much as $4 million -a-year, depending on his earnings.

Howard is currently married to third wife, Mira Pak, and the couple has two sons – Qirin, 22 months, and Hero, seven months.

Michelle Ghent was granted a restraining order against the actor in 2013 after she alleged he kicked her and threatened to kill her.

The actor insisted he was acting in self-defense, and told Rolling Stone magazine, “She was trying to Mace me and you can’t see anything so all you can do is try to bat somebody away, and I think that something caught her. But I wasn’t trying to hit her.”

After two failed marriages, Terrence insists he is now “settled” with his third wife.

“Two weeks after meeting Mira, I gathered up things associated with my past and found a nice hill and buried them all there,” he told People.com in March (17). “Mira settled me. Our marriage is effortless. Relationships are hard work, but we really don’t fight.”

Diddy Works Hard To Keep His Kids’ Spirit’s “Intact”

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(AllHipHop News) Diddy’s difficulties in life have inspired him to try his utmost to keep his children’s “spirits intact.”

While the rapper is now one of the most successful musicians in the world, and was recently named Forbes magazine’s highest-paid entertainer of 2017, things haven’t always been so easy.

One of his toughest times was the murder of his friend Biggie Smalls in 1997, and tragedies like that have made Diddy, real name Sean Combs, even more protective of his six offspring.

“I think it makes me very protective of them. It makes me protective of where their spirit’s at, most importantly, ’cause when I was going through a lot of that stuff, I lost a lot of my spirit,” Diddy, who is father to six children with three different women, told U.S. TV show Extra in a recent interview. “So when they’re going through things, I try to make sure their spirit stays intact.”

Diddy’s life story is explored in new movie “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop.”

And the project doesn’t shy away from exploring the more challenging parts of the rapper’s life.

“It’s something that started out as, like, a regular music documentary, but it became something much bigger. It became a feature film. It’s something out there to inspire people, not just tell our history, but to inspire people,” he explained.

“We had to deal with 20-some-odd years of hits and 20-some-odd years of trials and tribulations and we looked up and we just had, like, this beautiful movie.”

Despite his musical success, Diddy is also well known for his former relationship with Jennifer Lopez, who he dated from 1999 to 2001.

And while both he and Jennifer have moved on from the romance, they remain close friends.

When Diddy was asked what he thinks of the singer’s new man Alex Rodriguez in the chat he shared he “absolutely” approves of Jennifer’s new beau, and added: “He’s a great guy.”

Jay-Z’s JetSmarter Company Accused Of Ripping Off Employees

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(AllHipHop News) Jay Z’s new company is facing charges that it’s stiffed his employees in a new lawsuit.

JetSmarter, which is a startup backed by Jay Z that offers flyers an Uber like experience on private planes, is being accused of failing to play its employees overtime.

The lawsuit claims the start up regularly for employees to work over 65 hours a week, yet never compensated them with overtime.

As a result, JetSmarter received thousands of hours of free labor, at the comp at the employee’s expense.

The lawsuit claims JetSmarter has violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the plaintiffs are suing for back wages and pay.

Bill Cosby Wants To Motivate People After Sexual Assault Mistrial

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(AllHipHop News) Bill Cosby is reportedly planning a motivational speaking tour after his sexual assault case was declared a mistrial at the weekend.

Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill announced the 12-member jury was “hopelessly deadlocked” on Saturday morning after spending over 50 hours deliberating on whether or not “The Cosby Show” star was guilty of the three counts of aggravated indecent assault brought against him by Andrea Constand.

Cosby reportedly feels vindicated by the result of the case and he now wants to warn men about the dangers of sexual assault allegations.

“Mr. Cosby wants to get back to work,” his spokesman Andrew Wyatt told Good Day Alabama. “We’re now planning town halls… sometime in July… to talk to young people because this is bigger than Bill Cosby.”

“This issue can affect any young person, especially young athletes of today, and they need to know what they’re facing when they’re hanging out and partying, when they’re doing certain things that they shouldn’t be doing,” he added. “And it also affects married men.”

Meanwhile, prosecutors have vowed they will retry the sex assault case against Cosby.

“We have made the determination of moving forward, and it lies in the fact she (Constand) deserves a verdict in this case… and we will push forward to try and get justice done,” prosecutor Kevin Steele said during a press conference shortly after the mistrial announcement was made.

On Thursday, it was revealed the deadlocked jurors voted to convict the comedian on two counts of sexual assault by a vote of 10 to two.

Cosby still faces several civil cases from a few of the nearly 60 women who have come forward in recent years, accusing him of decades-old sexual assault.

Jay-Z Vows To Continue To Fight For Justice and Civil Rights

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(AllHipHop News) Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z has acknowledged the power of community in an uplifting column about his fight for social justice.

The “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” hitmaker has been advocating for civil rights and he is convinced society can become more equal if more people contribute to the cause.

“The power of one voice is strong, but when it comes to social justice, the power of our collective voices is unstoppable,” he wrote in a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter. “Now is the time to recognize that through our voices we really can effect change.

“Some of us will do the important work locally at the micro level to awaken our neighbors. Some of us will work for progress regionally. And a few of us will be like Kalief Browder, a modern-day prophet whose death two years ago started a discussion that continues today about how poor, black juveniles are treated in the criminal justice system.”

Browder committed suicide in 2015, two years after his release from infamous New York prison Rikers Island, where he was imprisoned for three years in solitary confinement without trial.

Kalief was just a teenager when he was first brought into the notoriously rough jail, and, before he took his own life, he spoke openly about the post-traumatic stress he suffered following his horrific experiences as a Rikers inmate.

Jay-Z teamed up with Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein to produce a docu-series about the tragic teen, called Time: The Kalief Browder Story, in an effort to transform America’s prison system.

He is also working with Weinstein on “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” a documentary about another black teen who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida in 2012.

“My hope is for my next documentary, ‘Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,’ to create a similar conversation that leads to change and helps keep our children safe,” he shared, “But social justice isn’t a political issue. It’s a human issue. It’s a story of empathy. When we are able to identify that we are all not perfect and have compassion for someone else, we can move forward as a society.”

Beyonce’s husband, real name Shawn Carter, ended his message with words of inspiration for fans, adding: “Look around at what’s happening in your town and your city right now. Think small, and you can do much bigger things.”

Fat Joe Heading To Rikers Island

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(AllHipHop News) Rapper Fat Joe has returned to jail to mentor young inmates at New York’s notorious Rikers Island prison.

The “Lean Back” star, who served time behind bars on tax evasion charges in 2013, joined Fox 5 NY reporter Lisa Evers for the trip to Rikers, which will air as part of an episode of Street Soldiers on Friday (June 23).
The two outsiders met with Deputy Warden Freeman Williams and ex-inmate Leviticus Mitchell and spoke to inmates about new initiatives devised to help them get back to society after prison stints.

“I’ve heard a lot of horror stories about Rikers Island, and when Lisa had an opportunity… for us to be in front of the inmates and be with the Corrections Department and everybody get down to the root of the questions we have… What I’m looking for is authenticity,” Fat Joe says on camera in the episode.

Iggy Azalea Wants To End Her Feud With Azealia Banks

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(AllHipHop News) Iggy Azalea has reached out to rap rival Azealia Banks in a bid to end their long-running feud.

The two women have been snapping back and forth for the past six years, with Banks lashing out at the “Fancy” star for adopting African-American speak and cultural symbols even though she’s a white Australian.

The feud reached its height at the beginning of last year, when Iggy insisted she and the “212” rapper “don’t like each other on a personal level.”

Her comments only incensed Azealia, who took aim at her rival’s plastic surgery procedure, tweeting: “No one is talking about you so you choose to mention me… Wrong move h##… Mentioning me is the only thing that will get you attention. Because ur (sic) music and nose job are trash.”

Banks further taunted Iggy by sampling her song “My World” for her hit “Used to Being Alone.”

The two rappers haven’t snapped at each other for months and now Iggy wants to end the feud for good, noting they share the same star sign.

In a lengthy message on Snapchat, she writes: “Call me crazy but girl, I don’t hate you. I don’t know you to hate you. I believe you may want to meet me in person so you can steal a lock of my hair and cast a spell hoping I die (lol) I don’t agree with many of your opinions but honestly, at times I empathize with you as a creative Gemini woman.”

“I wish you had spoken to me before deciding I was out to get you when we first came on the scene,” she adds, “but that’s also typical Gemini reaction s##t (I get it). As a 27 year old adult woman just know: I wish you well from one human to another and joke collaboration or not as adults we should move past trivial beef with strangers.”

The two stars first fell out in 2012, when Banks voiced her disagreement over XXL magazine’s choice of Azalea as the lone female rapper on its annual Freshman cover.

Banks has since responded to Iggy’s Snapchat post, stating she’s hoping to “have an open discussion about this” with the Aussie, adding, “I feel America and the world could really benefit from some candid discourse between two public figures about the world’s biggest sickness, racism.”

Kevin Powell Files Lawsuit Claiming “All Eyez On Me” Creators Stole His Interviews

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(AllHipHop News) A new lawsuit over certain parts of the script of the “All Eyez On Me” movie could derail the future success of the film.

Journalist/political activist Kevin Powell has filed a lawsuit against the directors of “All Eyez On Me,” claiming producers used his copyrighted interviews in Vibe magazine, without his permission.

Kevin claims a significant portion of the “All Eyez On Me” movie co-ops the interviews he did with Tupac at Clinton Correctional Facility, where the rapper was held in 1995, after being convicted of sexual assault charges.

“After a great deal of thought and consultation with many, including my attorneys, I have filed a federal lawsuit against the producers and writers of ‘All Eyez On Me’, the new Tupac Shakur biopic, for copyright infringement. After viewing the movie twice in the past few days, it is clear that my exclusive Vibe cover stories on Tupac Shakur (when he was alive), were lifted, without proper credit or compensation of any kind to me, and used in ‘All Eyez On Me.’ As the owner of the copyright to these articles, ‘All Eyez On Me’ infringed on my rights by using content and narrative that was exclusive to my writings.”

They even used Kevin’s likeness by using actor Hill Harper, who plays the journalist interviewing Tupac in prison during the movie.

“I am seeking justice and a resolution in this matter that is fully fair to me and all the work I’ve done throughout the years, as an author and protector of the Tupac Shakur narrative,” Kevin Powell said.

Lil Yachty Returns With “Dirty Mouth” Video

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Lil Yachty continues to promote his debut album “Teenage Emotions,” released last month and now the young ATLien is back with a new energy-filled video for the LP’s track “Dirty Mouth.”

Be sure to check it out below. Visual directed by DAPS.