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Luther Campbell & 2 Live Crew Biopic Titled ‘The Book Of Luke’ In The Works

(AlHipHop News) After several Hip Hop themed biographical motion pictures have hit theaters and television, yet another biopic is on the way.

Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell and his 2 Live Crew group will be the subject of a movie based on the memoir Book Of Luke: My Fight For Truth, Justice And Liberty City.

According to Deadline, RJ Cyler (War Machine) will star as Campbell.

The film centers around the Miami Base rapper’s rise in music and his participation in the Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. Supreme Court case.

Craig A. Williams is writing the script for Book Of Luke.

2 Live Crew released numerous albums including As Nasty As They Wanna Be, Banned in the U.S.A., and Sports Weekend.

Luke’s solo discography features the records “I Wanna Rock,” “It’s Your Birthday” and “Scarred.”

Nicki Minaj Says Her New Album Will Be “Classic Hip-Hop”

(AllHipHop News) Nicki Minaj maybe in an ongoing battle with Remy Ma, but she is more “centered” than ever.

Whoo Kid conducted an interview with Nicki earlier this month for his “Whoolywood Shuffle” Shade 45 radio show and he just released the full version of his conversation with Nicki today (June 12).

The rap star discussed her upcoming album, which will feature Lil Wayne and Drake, in addition to her dream of collaborating with Eminem and Dr. Dre on one song.

During the interview with Whoo Kid, Nicki Minaj detailed the inspiration for her upcoming fourth album, which is the follow-up to 2014’s The Pinkprint.

According to Nicki, she’s working on a “classic hip-hop album people will never forget.”

“My goal right now is just releasing this fourth album and watching my fans react to it,” Nicki explained. “I know it’s going to be my best body of work.”

Nicki may have just been dissed at Hot 97’s Summer Jam by her rival, but judging by this interview, which was conducted before Remy’s latest onstage diss, Nicki doesn’t seem to be concerned,

According to Nicki, her new album is all about impressing her fans.

“I always loved in real-time see my fans reacting to something and so that’s what I’m looking forward to,” Nicki said. “I want to thank the people who rocked with me for all these years. My fans are a different level of diehard. So I always feel like I have to gotta make them proud, I gotta go hard, I gotta to impress them. They’re always waiting for me.”

Nicki’s fourth album has no release date as of press time.

D.M.C. Wants To Reunite Pink Floyd For Another Rock & Roll Collaboration

(AllHipHop News) RUN-D.M.C.’s Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels wants to reunite Pink Floyd to work with them on new music.

The legendary hip-hop group had a huge hit in 1986 by recording a cover of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” alongside bandmembers Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, and Darryl has his eye on another rock-rap collaboration.

This time the 53-year-old wants to make a record with the progressive rock legends, as he listened to Pink Floyd’s 1973 track “Us and Them” to help him through a difficult period in his life.

“I’m trying to get to Pink Floyd,” he told The Guardian newspaper. “I want to make a record with them. When I was depressed and I wanted to kill myself, I used to listen to Us and Them off (the album) The Dark Side of the Moon every day. I’ll never forget the day I heard it: I was at the Portland, Oregon, Marriott hotel, and the maid had forgotten to turn off the radio. I sat on the end of my bed going ‘What the hell is this?’ It was mesmerizing.”

To achieve his dream the hip-hop star will have to convince Pink Floyd’s surviving members Nick Mason, 73, Roger Waters, 73, and David Gilmour, 71, to reunite.

Roger left the group in 1985 and the band was formally wound up a decade later, with their only full reunion, alongside their keyboardist Richard Wright, coming at the 2005 Live 8 charity concert.

Darryl hopes however that frontman Roger Waters can be coaxed into recording with him.

“Matter of fact I wanna make ‘Us and Them’ over,” he added. “I think I’m gonna go to the studio right now and lay a beat down so when Roger sees this interview he’ll be like: “Yeah, we’d love to make Us and Them with you.”

Despite fans’ desire to see a full Pink Floyd reunion, Roger and David have continually ruled out reforming the band, with only Nick hinting that he’d like to return.

Run The Jewels Win Big Awards and Celebrate By Extending Their World Tour

(AllHipHop News) Run The Jewels was among the winners at last night’s (June 11) A2IM Awards (American Association of Independent Music), which were held at The PlayStation Theater in New York.

Killer Mike and El P scooped up Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year for their release RTJ3, and Video of the Year for their song “Nobody Speak” with DJ Shadow.

To celebrate the big win, Run The Jewels have extended the “Run The World” tour with new dates in the UK and Europe, featuring Detroit rapper Danny Brown.

The group has also announced more U.S. dates with Denzel Curry and Cuz Lightyear. The tickets go on sale Friday (June 16).

16 June – Best Kept Secret Festival – Hilvarenbeek, NL
24 June – Glastonbury Festival – Pilton, UK (Pyramid Stage, 4.15pm)
14 July – Forecastle Festival – Louisville, KY, USA
15-16 July – Sloss Music & Arts Festival – Birmingham, AL, USA
21-23 July – Capitol Hill Block Party – Seattle, WA, USA
22 July – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium – San Francisco, CA, USA
23 July – FYF Fest – Los Angeles, CA, USA
29 July – Mo Pop Festival – Detroit, MI, USA
04 Aug – Lollapalooza – Chicago, IL, USA
04-06 Aug – Osheaga Festival – Montreal, QC, CA
11-13 Aug – Summer Set Music Festival – Somerset, WI, USA
12-13 Aug – Moonrise Festival – Baltimore, MD, USA
19 Aug – Maha Music Festival – Omaha, NE, USA
24 Aug – Bellahouston Park – Glasgow, UK (w/ Danny Brown & Eminem)
02-03 Sept – Made In America Festival – Philadelphia, USA
07-10 Sept – Hopscotch Music Festival – Raleigh, USA
09-10 Sept – LouFest – St Louis, USA
15 Sept – Meadows Music & Arts Festival – New York, USA
06-08 Oct – Austin City Limits Festival – Austin, USA*
10 Oct – Mill & Mine – Knoxville, USA*
11 Oct – The Orange Peel – Asheville, USA*
13 Oct – The Joy Theatre – New Orleans, LA, USA*
13-15 Oct – Austin City Limits Festival – Austin, USA*
18 Oct – Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, USA*
20 Oct – Brooklyn Bowl – Las Vegas, USA*
20-22 Oct – Lost Lake Festival – Phoenix, USA*
21 Oct – Monster Energy Aftershock Festival – Sacramento, USA*
31 Oct – Annexet – Stockholm, SE**
02 Nov – Tap 1 – Copenhagen, DK**
04 Nov – Pitchfork Festival – Paris, FR
06 Nov – AB Hall – Brussels, BE**
07 Nov – AFAS Live – Amsterdam, NL**
09 Nov – Victoria Warehouse – Manchester, UK**
11 Nov – O2 Brixton Academy – London, UK**
14 Nov – O2 Academy 1 – Birmingham, UK**
16 Nov – O2 Academy 1 – Glasgow, UK**

John Legend One Win Away From Elite “EGOT” Status With His Win At Tony Awards

(AllHipHop News) John Legend is just an Emmy away from becoming a member of the elite EGOT club following his win at the Tony Awards on Sunday night (June 11).

The “All of Me” singer co-produced the revival of August Wilson’s play “Jitney,” which took home the prize for the Best Revival of a Play on Sunday, meaning John has nearly achieved the EGOT, which represents elite performers who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.

John has won a number of Grammy Awards during his career, most recently in 2016 for Best Song Written for Visual Media for “Glory,” his collaboration with Common for the 2014 movie “Selma,” which also won the Oscar for Best Original Song.

That means all John has left to win is an Emmy, which honors work in the TV industry.

At one point it looked like an Emmy was in reach, with John serving as producer on critically-acclaimed drama “Underground,” but the show has recently been canceled after two seasons.

His wife Chrissy Teigen took to Twitter to celebrate his achievement, writing, “John won a Tony!!! He has a GOT!”

There are just 12 stars who have achieved all four awards competitively, including Whoopi Goldberg and the late Audrey Hepburn.

G4SHI Returns With Explosive Single “Turn Me Down”

Coming off his extremely successful single “Disrespectful,” which amassed over 15 million plays on Spotify in just under 3 months, G4SHI is back with a brand new single appropriately titled “Turn Me Down.” With production handled by Spaceprimates and Bham, the track serves as the latest leak off the multi-genre artist’s upcoming project “Stairs 2.”

Stream “Turn Me Down” below.

OMEHGA – “The Anthem” (Video)

Provided as the lead track on his recent project “The Reintroduction,” OMEHGA is back with the official video for “The Anthem,” shot and directed by Kirill Kripak. OMEHGA shows no signs of slowing down, as he is also currently on the road for his East African Tour.

Check out the new visual below.

Strong Edibles and Blunts Get Chief Keef A Trip To Jail

 

(AllHipHop News) Chicago rapper Chief Keef is back behind bars, this time in South Dakota.

According to reports, Keith attempted to board a plane in Sioux Falls earlier today, and forgot that he had a bunch of marijuana on him.

TMZ.com reports that airport workers searched his carry on bag and became suspicious after they found a powerful edible, which was clearly labeled as such.

A more thorough search uncovered marijuana paraphernalia and four rolled blunts.  Chief Keef also happened to have almost an ounce of marijuana in his bag as well.

The rapper was promptly booked for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia. Chief Keef is being held in a Sioux Falls jail awaiting arraignment.

The arrest is the latest legal snafu for chief Keith, who is also busted in Miami in April, for the same offense.

Bozack Morris x Heem Stogied – “Loss Prevention” (EP)

Known as an experienced veteran in the Toronto Hip-Hop scene, Bozack Morris has made a significant contribution to the genre for over 15 years strong now. From DJing and hosting radio shows, to promoting events, Bozack Morris continues to push the culture forward and now teams up with Heem Stogied for a new EP titled “Loss Prevention.

The duo perfectly displays their chemistry with a relentless onslaught of lyrics over aggressive-matching production and show why they’re not comparable to fellow Southern rappers.

Take a listen below.

Young Thug Finally Drops His “Pull Up Wit Ah Stick” Remix

After many thought Sahbabii’s hit single “Pull Up Wit Ah Stick” was a song by Young Thug due to the voice similarities, it was later rumored a Thugga remix was on the way after a picture of the two rappers surfaced. With his “S.A.N.D.A.S.” project out now, Sahbabii decided to finally release the official remix featuring the 300 superstar as well.

Stream below via Digital Trapstars.

UFO Fev Freestyles On Shade 45 w/ DJ Enuff (Video)

UFO Fev recently stopped by Shade 45 and chopped it up with legends DJ Enuff and DJ Tony Touch on their respective shows. The buzzing Spanish Harlem rapper kicked a few verses over classic instrumentals and spoke on everything from his dad to the gentrification in his neighborhood.

Check out his Heavy Hitter freestyle and the full interview below.

The-Dream Is Done With Drake Forever After Snub

(AllHipHop News) R&B star and producer The Dream has no interest in working with Drake ever again, because the rapper failed to return the favor of a collaboration earlier on in his career.

The-Dream was among the hitmakers who contributed to the Canadian star’s debut album Thank Me Later, with the pair teaming up for the track “Shut It Down” back in 2010.

However, they haven’t hit the studio since that release, and the Falsetto singer, who has worked with the likes of Beyonce, Rihanna, Britney Spears, and Justin Bieber, reveals it’s all because Drake subsequently declined to record a guest feature for The-Dream’s own project.

“When the next album came along, I asked him to get on the record and he never got on the record, and so I’m only going to ask you once, especially when I’ve already done something for you,” he explained to Genius. “That was it. That was the end of the Drake and Dream era of a record.”

The Weeknd Releases “Secrets” Visual

The Weeknd revisits his well-acclaimed album “Starboy” released back in November and returns with a visual to one of the LP’s stand-out tracks “Secrets” produced by Doc McKinney and Cirkut. The visual was directed by Pedro Martin-Calero

Press play below.

Charlamagne Tha God & Remy Ma Ether Nicki Minaj

(AllHipHop Rumors) Despite the fact that Nicki Minaj seemed to have a good “homecoming” weekend, she was being roasted elsewhere.

Charlamagne Tha God took another chance to roast Nick for her lackluster flow that we’ve seen lately.

“I’m not gonna lie to you man, Nicki Minaj flow is so garbage lately. I know people make jokes about her needing Safaree back, but she needs something. That flow hasn’t been hot in a minute It’s the same lazy flow with the same cadence. Man come on bruh. Nicki used to go real hard, hard…. The flow was wack bro,” said Charlamagne.

Charlamagne clearly isn’t the only one not feeling Minaj. Remy Ma didn’t take it easy on Nicki during her Hot 97 Summer Jam performance as she performed her “ShETHER” diss track.

Oh no, Remy couldn’t just perform the song, she had to pull a Drake with the Power Point slides on Nicki’s azz.

I ain’t gon’ lie though. I think we all miss the old Nicki. Maybe Nicki’s just complacent right now. Maybe she feels like she’s racked up the coins, won the awards, and broke records so she isn’t challenging herself to go hard anymore.

As of right now, are you team Nicki or Remy?

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Xscape Reportedly Set To Star In Bravo Reality Show Produced By Mona Scott-Young

(AllHipHop New) The reunion of 1990’s R&B group Xscape is said to be going from touring to television.

TMZ reports Kandi Burruss, Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, LaTocha Scott, and Tamika Scott are getting a docuseries on Bravo.

Love & Hip Hop franchise creator Mona Scott-Young is connected to the show as an executive producer.

Some of the Xscape members are reality TV veterans.

Kandi is a cast member of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Tiny spent years appearing on the VH1 series T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle, after Tiny and Toya aired on BET.

LaTocha was on R&B Divas: Atlanta.

Back in March, the quartet took a photo with Scott-Young that led to speculation the singers would be part of some TV program.

Xscape’s new show is expected to premiere in November.

I finally made it back home to my crew. This is the first picture of Xscape together in 18years @majorgirl looking like a model @kandi the mogul still got it @therealtamikascott thuggin it Major shout out to @monascottyoung @stefateaser BIG things coming. #xscape #history #atlanta #music #singing

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Yas Xscape ??????Sold out in one day in Detroit thanks to everyone who supported & got their tickets!! See u at Chene Park July 3rd… Look At God????#Thankful

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Is Future A Misogynist?

(AllHipHop Rumors) Welp!

Future recently came under fire for one of his Instagram posts that shows what appears to be a model tying his shoes in a swim suit.

While some felt like why discuss, debate, or complain about it if the woman in the photo was okay with tying his shoes, others felt like the photo made Future look like a misogynist.

Folks wrote whole dissertations and thesis statements in Future’s Instagram comments about how it was allegedly degrading to have this woman tie his shoes. Others argued that the woman had a choice on whether or not to do it.

Some even argued that maybe the woman just decided to help, but the fact that the photo was captured and posted made it look degrading. I mean stylists help folks get dressed, tie shoes and everything else, but the mere fact that baby girl is in this bikini, makes me have to rule out that she was a stylist on set.

All-in-all, folks formed the conclusion that Future doesn’t respect women. What are your thoughts? Are people overly sensitive these days? Will people protest anything these days? Are folks reading too much into this photo? Check out his comment section. LOL.

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Meek Mill & Boosie Have Their Eyes On Amber Rose & Her Bush!

(AllHipHop Rumors) Amber Rose certainly broke the net over the weekend and caught a few rappers’ eyes also!

Rose put her oiled up body and bushy v##### on full display when she uploaded an explicit photo to her Instagram page.

IG quickly deleted her photo, but it didn’t matter because the photo spread like wild fire as it was reposted by the rest of the world on the gram, and it was also circulating on Twitter.

Rose seems to believe baring her v##### on the gram represents her being a true “feminist”. Most folks seem to believe that she has feminism and hoeing confused. Most could see how only she would get the two confused only because she also posts photos with captions like “hoe is life.”

Anyway Boosie and Meek Mill had no chill when it came to letting the internet know that they were feeling Amber and her bush.

“I love it ? that’s how I like it ??????thanks @amberrose /n-gga go gun u down tonight @amberrose ??n-gga just said stop at Walmart n get some Jergens lotion she playing with a g???she killed dis mf pic‼️” said Boosie.

“Cavs won….amber rose box! Good day,” said Meek Mill.

What are your thoughts? Was Amber Rose’s photo too much for social media? It was interesting to see that men were divided on whether or not they believe women should shave down there. LOL. Oh Amber. Carry on!

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Fabolous Gets Keys To Brooklyn and Immortalized In Famous Park

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Fabolous was the guest of honor at the 2nd Annual Central Brooklyn Arts & Culture Weekend, where he was given the keys to the borough.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams hosted a ceremony called “Welcome Back to Brooklyn,” where Fab received the keys, along with an engraved paver along the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Celebrity Path.

Fab was also in good company, since the late legendary Brooklyn artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was also posthumously recognized for contributions to the arts and culture.

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Bow Wow Is Back Again With The Foolishness!

(AllHipHop Rumors) Bow Wow just can’t get right! It’s L after L.

Sometimes we wonder what year Bow Wow lives in in his mind. As if the rapper hasn’t been relentlessly roasted time-after-time for setting himself up for failure, he can’t stay off the scene of L’s.

Bow Wow wants us to believe that fans were chasing him in Charlotte like this was a scene from the original Scream Tour days.

Bow Wow already got a side eye from that classic video where he said a field trip of kids behind him didn’t know it was him in front of them like he is Beyonce and Jay Z.

Folks didn’t waste time inquiring about how much Bow Wow could’ve paid these folks to be a part of this foolishness.

Okay Shad! We see you!

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Quavo Announces Joint Project With Travis Scott Is Almost Done

(AllHipHop News) It looks like that Quavo/Travis Scott collaborative effort is really coming.

The Migos member took to Twitter to let his 766,000 followers know the project is on the way.

“Me And Trav Almost Done!” tweeted Quavo.

In March, Travis sent out his own tweet about their upcoming work together.

“[Don’t] worry that huncho x cactus jack coming,” he posted.

Quavo and Travis Scott previously connected for “Pick Up the Phone”  and Drake’s “Portland.”