(AllHipHop News) 2017 was the biggest year for the members of New Edition in over a decade.
Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe, Ralph Tresvant, and Johnny Gill were introduced to a new generation of fans through the BET miniseries about their career.
The cast of The New Edition Story spoke with Dominic Patten of Deadline at an Awardsline Emmy screening.
Woody McClain was asked about Brown’s initial reaction to finding out the actor would be playing him in the three-part biopic.
“The first time Bobby seen me he was like, ‘He’s cute enough.’ That was the first thing he said,” McClain revealed.
McClain (Brown), Bryshere “Yazz” Gray (Bivins), Keith Powers (DeVoe), Elijah Kelley (Bell), Algee Smith (Tresvant), and Luke James (Johnny Gill) portrayed New Edition as adults in the series.
NE reached success in the 1980’s and 1990’s thanks to hit records like “Candy Girl,” “Cool It Now,” and “Can You Stand the Rain.”
(AllHipHop Rumors) It seems like everyone generally isn’t as excited about the XXL Freshman Class line up as those who actually make the list are.
XXL recently dropped their highly-anticipated Freshman Class issue, and of course chaos followed.
Every year there is an interesting line up, and every year there are hilarious responses. What often ends up happening is there are artists that make the list that people agree with, there are artists and their fan bases who feel that they were snubbed, and then there are arguably trash artists in between on the cover.
Every year at this time, it’s so entertaining as all kinds of debates and memes are sparked. Of course the “kids” swear the old heads are big mad also because allegedly the old heads are out of tune with today’s generation. Is it that older people are out of touch, or is it that today’s artist refuse to own up to the fact that so many of them make TRASH MUSIC?
What are your thoughts on the cover/list? Check out some of the hilarious reactions below.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Cam’ron is expanding his resume by writing a movie script.
The film will be inspired by Richard Gere and Diane Lane’s “Unfaithful,” about how a New York couple’s life gets turned upside down after Lane’s character has an affair.
Cam’ron’s movie will focus on a married Caucasian woman who has an affair with an African-American man who is renting her guest house.
It is unclear if Cam’ron will appear in the film, but he is looking to expand his presence in Hollywood after previously starring in movies including “Paid in Full” and “Percentage.”
“The movies that I’ve done in the past, everybody’s been like, ‘Cam always gets away in a movie playing Cam’,” he tells noisey.vice.com. “So, like, I’m trying to step outside the box a little bit just to show my range in acting.”
“To be honest, it’s less headache, more money, and much more fun to do (movies),” he says. “Music, even if I wanted to stop, I don’t think I could stop. It’s just so embedded in my blood that it’s easy to do records. But it’s always fun to take on a new task also.”
The 41-year-old is currently working on a new album and plans to release two records by the end of the yearin addition to the movie.
He recently unveiled his new single “D.I.A.” and has plans to keep busy with his new endeavors.
“If you ask me, I don’t feel that anybody’s better than me when I sit down and get focused when it’s time to come to it..,” he adds.
(AllHipHop Rumors) As you know 50 Cent and Irv Gotti are still beefing like it’s the early 2000s. LOL. At least most of their animosity is only harbored in social media posts this time around.
The two have exchanged shots through social media and interviews lately, and Irv Gotti has even gone as far as expressing his belief that his forthcoming anthology special, ‘Tales’, on BET is going to outdo 50 Cent’s ‘Power’ once it airs.
Irv’s new series on BET will take Hip Hop songs and bring them to life in a creative way that you have never seen before.
Now Irv is coming into 50 Cent’s world of television.
Irv taunted that folks [50] would be scared, and that folks that hate him would try to stop his movement again.
It seems like Irv is really doing some good marketing with the show with his sh-t talking and stirring up controversy and hype for the show.
Many believe that ‘Tales’ will compete with ‘Power’ even if it’s briefly now that Irv has been hyping it up with his talk game, and the fact that he got a response out of 50 Cent [period] on social media. Will you be tuning in?
(AllHipHop Rumors) The Beyhive wants to know if their Queen Beyonce is really in labor!
Word on the curb is that The Carters are not only turning a portion of their home into a maternity ward, but they’ve allegedly also cleared the 5th floor of a hospital as well.
Then hairstylist to the stars, Chuckie Love, got folks riled up thinking Bey is really in labor as he posted a photo of him and Beyonce with a caption that read, “hang in there”.
Check out some of the hilarious reactions to Beyonce allegedly being in labor. What are your thoughts? Do you think it’s really happening? What do you think Beyonce and Jay Z will name the twins?
According to Billboard, the network has added DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Big Sean, Post Malone, Jessie Reyez, Roman Gianarthur, and New Edition to the event’s lineup.
(AllHipHop Features) Family, friends, and music industry elite gathered this morning at the Apollo Theater for a Celebration of Life for Jay “Icepick” Jackson. An A&R, manager, and producer, Jackson was instrumental in building the Ruff Ryders roster. “He grinded with me when it was nothing there,” Ruff Ryders founder, Dee Dean, remarked during the Ruff Ryders tribute, “When it was just me, him, and the grind.”
Ignatius “Jay” or “Icepick” Jackson, a native of Harlem, lost a short battle with colon cancer on June 6, 2017 at the age of 44. A father of 2, including an infant son—Ignatius Manolo and daughter, Natice. Jackson graduated from Martin Luther King, Jr High School and then attended SUNY Old Westbury where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Media and Communications. During his four years at Old Westbury, Jackson threw parties and talent shows, as well as co-hosted a radio show. After graduating, he joined the Dean’s at Ruff Ryders.
Jackson was saluted at an all-white service today by countless adoring friends and family, remarks lasted well over an hour. The service was hosted by the legendary Maria Davis, and Alicia Keys gave a musical tribute performing one of Jay’s favorite songs of hers, “Illusion of Bliss.”
Speaking on his friend, Swizz Beatz said, “His spirit is very strong. When you hear that voice in your head telling you to do the right thing. That’s Icepick Jay telling you. As men, we need to take care of ourselves.” He recounts his battle with gout where he had to use a cane and sometimes a wheelchair. It was that experience which prompted him to focus more on his health and has been vegan for just over a month. “I had to cleanse my whole spirit, cleanse my whole mind, (we have to) take better care of our health. We have to use Jay as an example that it can happen to us. Let him be the flagship for young brothers and sisters.”
At his services, there were a lot of remarks about Jackson’s passion for health and wellness. He believed in juicing and regularly exercised. However, in his obituary, Jackson left a mission statement encouraging people, particularly people of color to take care of their health. “Focus on PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE. Early detection is key.”
The Ruff Ryders family took the stage with Waah Dean leading a Muslim prayer of faith. Styles P remarked, “I know a lot of good men. Pick was a great, great man. He always had positive energy, optimism. His physical presence was huge. I’m gon miss him terribly. I know he would tell me to ‘Keep it pushing, baby. Work as hard as you can.’” Jackson’s uncle Royce stated, “I want to thank all of you for loving on my nephew. Loving on my family. In our family, he was somebody really special. He was an extraordinary person.”
The services were also attended by Pharrell Williams, Steve Stoute, Pusha T. and other hip-hop industry executives and producers, including Steve Carless who was mentored by Jackson. Following the services, Jackson’s processional traversed one last time through Harlem.
See folks are always talking way too much on social media. While the details about the Young Dolph shooting that took place in Charlotte, N.C. are still all over the place, it looks like someone is snitching on themselves.
Some guy took to Instagram and said this rap beef sh-t needs to end. It sounded like a good point until he began to speak on the Young Dolph and Yo Gotti situation.
“I’m tired of hearing this sh-t with Young Dolph, Yo Gotti. I told a n-gga before all of this stuff happened, that my homie Gotti was going to put the pressure down; the pressure already been applied. All that talking you doing Dolph it’s war time. N-gga don’t want to hear about no bullet proof and all that. You steady talking about how a n-gga miss with 100 shots. N-gga your f-cking car was bullet proof mane…Your f-cking car was bullet proof mane; n-ggas sent shots through that b-tch mane. N-gga I ain’t miss…. N-ggas better pay attention to what the f-ck is going on,” said the guy.
I’m just going to tell myself that he didn’t really say he didn’t miss, and he really said “n-ggas didn’t miss”. Yep that’s what I’m going to go with because if he said that he didn’t miss… Lawd.
Either way, he’s definitely earned him a ride to the police department for questioning, and most believe he was “snitching” all through the video. What are your thoughts on the video, and what are your thoughts on the “no snitching” mindset overall?
Mensa recently sat down with Genius to talk about “OMG” off the project.
The song features G.O.O.D. Music’s Pusha T and was produced by Pharrell Williams.
During the lyrical breakdown, Mensa discussed how Pharrell and Lupe Fiasco were inspirations to him outside of music.
“I was a skateboarder as a kid before I was ever into Hip Hop,” said Mensa. “Pharrell really opened up the doors for me to feel like that was cool because on the Southside of Chicago there’s not a lot of skateboarders.”
The 24-year-old added, “Before people saw Pharrell skating and people saw Lupe skating, you didn’t have Hip Hop, black examples of skateboarders. Fast forward however many years and now I’m jumping out of the Bentley with the dirty Vans.”
Pharrell picked up the nickname “Skateboard P” because he embraced skating culture as a teenager.
The Neptune member’s 2003 video for “Frontin'” included skaters as extras.
As far as Lupe, one of his earliest hits was “Kick, Push” from 2006’s Food & Liquor album.
The single told the story of two skateboarders falling in love.
(AllHipHop News) Slim Jxmmi is typically the more outspoken member of Rae Sremmurd.
The SremmLiferapper continued to express his unconstrained thoughts in an interview with DJ Smallz.
Jxmmi was asked if he ever has sex to his own music.
After answering yes to the question, the Mississippi native also talked about how he shares live videos of his erotic escapades with other artists.
“I done f-cked to my partner’s music. I done FaceTimed them, showed them the girls just going crazy to their music,” said Slim Jxmmi. “You’re talking to this generation’s Uncle Luke. I got them girls getting naked in my room twerking.”
He continued, “I’m just FaceTiming [my friends] like, ‘Hey bro, look what your song do. I told you this a banger.’ My music too.”
Jxmmi and his brother Swae Lee are responsible for releasing the Top 40 hits “No Flex Zone,” “No Type,” “Throw Sum Mo,” “Swang,” and “Black Beatles.”
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Drake has dedicated a second tattoo to his favorite singer Sade.
The “Hotline Bling” hitmaker has had a new image of Sade inked into his rib cage, right next to his first tattoo of the soul icon.
A photo of the portrait, initially created by artist Niki Norberg, was shared via Instagram by Belgian tattoo artist Inal Bersekov.
“More life — More tattoos,” Bersekov captioned the snap of the new ink, giving a shout out to the hip-hop star’s More Life album. “Was honored to continue this piece based on @sade started by an amazing artist @niki23gtr (Norberg) on @champagnepapi (Drake) Excited to continue.”
“Two very important ladies in my life,” the Grammy winner captioned the picture.
Days later, Norberg uploaded an image of the 30-year-old’s first tattoo of the No Ordinary Love vocalist, along with the handwritten words, “with love Sade x.”
Drake has an array of tattoos that include portraits of the late R&B star Aaliyah, his mother, uncle, and grandmother.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Travis Scott will always have a lasting reminder of his romance with Kylie Jenner after going under the needle to get matching tattoos.
The young couple has been linked since April, following Kylie’s split from fellow hip-hop star Tyga, and it appears the relationship is going from strength to strength.
Both Travis and Kim Kardashian’s youngest sister each took to their Snapchat accounts on Monday to show off a new piece of skin art, a tiny butterfly design.
Kylie, 19, displayed hers near her ankle on the back of her right leg, while Travis, 25, gave followers a glimpse of his ink in the same place on his left leg.
Both social media posts were captionless, but the artwork appears to be related to Travis’ recent single “Butterfly Effect.”
Fans have been speculating the love song was written about the teenage reality TV star, as the musician previously captioned an Instagram photo of Kylie leaving a private jet, “Butterfly Effect.”
The song was released last month and on the track, the MC raps, “Heatin’ up, baby, I’m just heatin’ up/Need ya love, not a need, it is a must/Feelin’ stuck, you know how to keep me up/Icy love, icy like a hockey puck.”
Travis has yet to confirm if he actually wrote the tune about Kylie.
The pair has not discussed its budding romance publicly, but the stars have not been shy about showing their affection for one another during their date nights.
They reportedly kissed and held hands while attending April’s Coachella music festival in California, where Travis was performing, and cosied up courtside in Travis’ native Houston, Texas weeks later, when they attended an NBA playoff game in the Western Conference Quarterfinals.
(AllHipHop News) John Singleton was once attached as the director of a movie about Tupac Shakur’s life.
The Poetic Justice creator was eventually removed from the director’s chair, and Benny Boom was tapped to take over the Pac project which is being released this week.
Boom and All Eyez producer L.T. Hutton stopped by The Breakfast Club for their own interview with the Power 105.1 morning show.
The filmmakers responded to Singleton’s earlier statements.
“We parted ways over creative differences and if I was to put those differences out there, the world would understand,” said Hutton. “To make it about you, that was the problem. This is not about you. It’s not my story. It’s Tupac’s story. It’s not about Benny Boom. It wasn’t about him. It is about Tupac.”
According to Hutton and Boom, Pac was not on good terms with Singleton at the time of the Hip Hop icon’s death in 1996.
The radio show conversation also included Hutton revealing Singleton’s version of the biopic was going to feature Pac being raped in jail.
“There were a multitude of things that he wanted to do that just weren’t flattering to Tupac himself. It was almost like, ‘What are you doing?'” Hutton stated. “You knew what was going on, and now you want to defame the guy. Not on my watch.”
Apparently, Singleton also wanted the movie to start with a false moment where Tupac attempts to perform a### sex on a white woman in the studio, she denies him, and then the scene ends with Pac telling the woman, “Go home and tell your dad you got f-cked by a n-gga today.”
Hutton claims Singleton wanted the movie to have an excessive amount of sex scenes, and the white financial backers of the film did not approve of the content.
Tupac’s mother Afeni Shakur was supposedly depicted in a threesome as well.
“Some people in Hollywood, we think they’re black, but they’re not black,” offered Hutton. “They like to be the only black person in the room because that makes them an authoritarian figure. They don’t like to be challenged.”
Benny Boom’s All Eyez on Me is scheduled for release on June 16.
The movie stars Demetrius Shipp Jr. (Tupac Shakur), Danai Gurira (Afeni Shakur), Kat Graham (Jada Pinkett), Jamal Woolard (The Notorious B.I.G), Dominic L. Santana (Suge Knight), Annie Ilonzeh (Kidada Jones), and Jamie Hector (Mutulu Shakur).
(AllHipHop News) Tinashe found herself in the middle of a firestorm yesterday.
Her name became a trending topic on Twitter after an interview with The Guardian featuring the “2 On” singer was published.
“There’s colorism involved in the black community, which is very apparent,” Tinashe is quoted saying. “It’s about trying to find a balance where I’m a mixed woman, and sometimes I feel like I don’t fully fit into the black community; they don’t fully accept me, even though I see myself as a black woman. That disconnect is confusing sometimes… I am what I am.
Those comments led to a significant backlash by social media users.
In an attempt to push back against the negative reactions, Tinashe began responding to people on Twitter about the subject.
“I was not talking about colorism in the industry. This is taken out of context,” tweeted the 24-year-old artist.
When questioned if she believes colorism is preventing her from being successful as an entertainer, Tinashe replied, “The article framed it as such, about success in music, whereas the conversation we had was about my experiences growing up in general.”
The Guardian feature also included the R&B vocalist addressing being put up against veteran superstars Beyoncé and Rihanna.
“There are hundreds of [male] rappers that all look the same, that sound the same, but if you’re a black woman, you’re either Beyoncé or Rihanna. It’s very, very strange,” stated Tinashe.
She also called Bey, RiRi, and Ciara amazing artists.
…because things are completely taken out of context. As they have been here.
(AllHipHop News) Freddie Gibbs made his return to the Viceland network last night.
After appearing on The Therapist in May, Gibbs was a guest on the late night show Desus & Mero.
The You Only Live 2wice album creator discussed participating in a therapy session, his arrest in Austria, retired NFL star Eric Dickerson, and issues with his former CTE boss Jeezy.
“It ain’t no beef. It gotta be beef when it’s two real motherf-ckers in the equation, but it’s one motherf-cker that’s just like….,” said the Indiana native. “P-ssy ass n-gga. I’ll whoop your ass n-gga… F-ck Jeezy.”
(AllHipHop News) Snoop Dogg’s son Cordell Broadus had to work hard to win his father’s backing for his new clothing line, Snoop x Joyrich.
Cordell debuted the line in Los Angeles over the weekend at the LA MADE event, where he was joined by his rap icon father, but the 20-year-old admits convincing Snoop to support his project took some time.
“My dad doesn’t treat me like his son when we’re doing business,” he explained backstage to The Hollywood Reporter.“He’s an actual client so I had to approach him as a client.”
He also rapped and deejayed at the fashion show launch – but not for free.
“We also had to pay him, too,” Cordell laughed.
The line features men’s and women’s apparel, including tartan pyjama bottoms, fake fur bathrobes, athletic tops and shorts, bikinis and bandana tops.
“The inspiration is my father. He’s my biggest hero… It’s an early father’s day gift!,” Cordell shared, referring to the upcoming Father’s Day holiday.
“I admire he stayed true to himself,” he added.
Cordell now looks set for a career in fashion, after recently giving up playing American football for his current college, the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), to focus on his “true passion”.
“A lot of my friends are into more masculine things… When you’re playing football, you really can’t show that side,” he admitted. “We all have that side, being creative… I kept that to myself for a while.”
(AllHipHop News) Beyonce shies away from public speaking engagements because she is “not good at it,” according to her father Mathew Knowles.
The superstar, who is currently pregnant with twins, has been cutting back on her interactions with the press in recent years and is known for being extremely selective when it comes to granting interviews.
Her dad Mathew, who used to manage the “Formation” hitmaker’s career until they parted ways in 2011, reveals there’s a simple explanation for his eldest daughter’s decision – because speaking in public is her biggest weakness.
The music executive shared the news with students during a recent artist management lecture at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he admitted Beyonce’s shortcoming is her younger sister Solange’s strength.
“Everybody thinks that they’re the greatest and they should,” he told the class as he discussed the importance of identifying an artist’s weakness. “We as label executives, we have to know the limitations of the artists.
“I can tell you all my artists, the limitations,” he continued. “See, I would never have Beyonce up here public speaking. She’s not good at it. Solange was just at Yale (University). She’s incredible at it. But I know all of my artists’ weaknesses. They all have weaknesses.”
The Yale appearance Mathew referred to took place in January, when Solange was invited to deliver the keynote speech at a conference called “Everybody Still Wants To Fly: Activism In Pop From Prince To Solange.”
During the Connecticut event, the singer also sat down for a round table discussion to share the creative journey she embarked upon as she put together her latest album, A Seat At The Table.
PARTYNEXTDOOR delivered his new EP “Colours 2” a few weeks back and now the OVO Sound artist follows up with a visual compiled of all four tracks into one.
(AllHipHop Rumors) The Beyhive wants to know if their Queen Beyonce is really in labor!
