(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne’s upcoming memoir Gone ‘Til November reveals that he officiated an unofficial wedding of two gay inmates.
The rapper served an 8-month mini-bid at Rikers Island in 2010. Now for the weird part.
Weezy ordained a marriage between two gay inmates and they did it up. Wayne says they all decorated area with toilet paper. They didn’t have any wine, but they hadGatorade. Weezy said because, “Gatorade is liquid gold in this b**ch. Imagine seeing grown-ass men in jail hanging tissue for wedding decorations. AND one of them is Lil Wayne. Crazy.”
The Netflix series “The Get Down” garnered overwhelmingly favorable reviews but critics and fans. That has not stopped the brass at the streaming media company from canceling the show after one season, according to rumors
The main reason for the ALLEGED cancellation was the cost. It reportedly caused $120 million to produce, but the ratings did not match the budget. It got about 3.2 million viewers in a month. It simply didn’t receive sufficient support to justify the massive budget. Other Netflix originals got between 8-15 million viewers.
Netflix has not formally released statement on the alleged cancellation so perhaps there is a possibility that this is all conjecture and rumor.
Here is the good news. The people that have been putting this great show together, have been going on record talking about season 2. They have stated that season 2 will be in set in the 80’s – the Prince and MJ era. That’s when rap music was POPPIN! That’s a huge leap considering, the first season is set in the disco-like 70s. According to Master Herald, “The story of Ezekiel and Shaolin Fantastic will progress organically as they move into the 80s. Mylene’s story will deal with the end of the disco era and how it affects her whole life in The Get Down Season 2.”
Even if you have never heard of Eshon Burgundy, you will learn that he is one of the most prolific emcees of recent times. He has released a stream of new music and visuals to appease his base, which is largely Christian. Nevertheless, the music is for all and – this instance – tinged with political commentary “American I Live.” Eshon is joined by Ezekiel and J. Monty. Check it out below.
Residents of El Paso, Texas are upset with 50 Cent after he was supposedly a no-show at a scheduled appearance in the city. According to reports, 50 had been booked to appear at the Tipsy Tiger bar on Friday (September 23). Fox14 reports that patrons of the bar became unruly and started demanding refunds, prompting police to kick fans out of the bar around 1:00 AM. Although no reason for the cancellation was given, management for the tipsy tiger said reform customers as well as reschedule the event. As for 50 Cent, he still in Dallas, where he will celebrate the season 3’s finale of his hit series “Power” at Bucks Cabaret.
Chicago rapper Kanye West wasn’t the only artist to pull double duty to be involved in Chance the Rapper’s Magnificent Coloring Day concert. Common, who performed at the concert on Saturday (September 24), also launched his own “AAHH Fest” on Saturday in Chicago. Chance the Rapper returned the favor for Common, by making an appearance at the event, which took place in The West Loop and featured a variety of upcoming acts as well.
YG may be getting props for his aggressive stance against presidential nominee Donald Trump and his political race-baiting, but the Compton rapper has come under fire for his own song “Meet The Flockers.” Apparently, the two-year-old song is causing outrage in China, thanks to a Fox News report on the track’s controversial lyrics. According to Heat Street, people in the country are offended that YG’s song encourages the robbery of Chinese people in their neighborhoods, claiming that most do not use bank accounts and that they keep their savings in their houses. Chinese-American business owners around the country reportedly went to the FBI to take the graphic video for the single down, but will rebuffed thanks to the First Amendment.
Hip-Hop Poet Messiah Ramkissoon drops a visual for “Watch Ya Back,” a song off his mixtape The Reminder. The song is a remix of Future’s “Trap Ni••as” song, but offers a very different take. The video was shot and produced in Brooklyn, New York. For more, check out @allmessiah or www.allmessiah.com
The Tupac movie is definitely coming out. But some thing is going on and we are not sure. We have caught wind that the production house, Morgan Creek Productions, has been quietly telling people not to include “All Eyez On Me,” in their reviews for winter. As you know, the mags and websites will do a winter preview that highlights all of the movies on the way. The Tupac biopic was slated for release in November, but that’s apparently no longer the case.
We don’t know for certain, but we have reason to believe there is some sort of high-end bidding war at the top level. And that bidding war has altered the release date, unlike most other movies. The movie is no in jeopardy in any way or form, however, so it mostly seems like we will have to wait a bit longer.
I will say this. It would have been very dope if the movie could have come out on this 20th anniversary of Tupac’s death. That would gave been the best case scenario, especially since we have had such a wide-range of emotions around this. When it drops, this will be me:
By the way, did you see the wild video from Cambatta, where he plays Tupac’s murderer? EERIE.
Beanie Sigel has had a rough few years, particularly homing in on getting shot. He lost a lung in that unfortunate incident. Now, The Game is making claims that the Broad Street Bully got beat up. Now, since Meek and Game are feuding, we may need to take this with a grain of salt. HOWEVER, we need to look deeper into it. What is more strange is that The Game is pushing the narrative that Meek Mill’s CREW are the ones that put their hands on Sigel. Apparently, Beanie never intended to be on The Game diss song to begin with. Also, at the Philly stop of the Bad Boy Reunion tour, Sigel said he was “the real king of Philly.”
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Clearly a JAB at Meek Mill, considering he has been holding the city down for quite some time. On the other side, he implied that he helped write The Game diss Meek constructed. “He didn’t say nothin’ to get me on the track,” says Sigel in a conversation . “I just happened to come in the studio, so I just was helping him out with some lyrics, and the situation kind of played out like it did.” Then the person pressed Beans a bit and he tepidly backtracked. “I don’t want to put that out there like that and, you know, discredit nobody for their skills or nothin,” he says. Did this cause them to put hands on the elder Philly Don. Hoping nothing really happened, because that would be a sad case of Hip-Hop eating itself.
Meek and Game have been feuding over allegations that the Dream Chasers’ leader singled out Game and his crew as the perpetrators of a $300,000 robbery involving Sean Kingston.
While Meek has remained mostly silent on his Instagram, members of his crew came dangerously close to running into Game and his entourage in Philly over the weekend.
Game had a show in Reading Pennsylvania, and stopped at two different locations in Philly during his outing, under the auspices of getting what was surely a delicious cheesesteak at Max’s Steaks.
But, while he was in the city, Game taunted members of the Dream Chasers crew. Takbar also posted reply messages to their timelines on Instagram from the same location.
Apparently, they missed each other by hours. In a different post, Game also implied that Beanie Sigel was assaulted at the Bad Boy Reunion show in Philadelphia on Friday (September 23).
Game also showed up in the same city passing out hundred dollar bills in the Gilmore Homes projects. Each post was tagged with a reference to the diss records, whether it was in Emoji’s, or hashtags associated with the songs.
Also, Game’s manager put Sean Kingston on blast, claiming he ran to court and just got an order of protection against Game and his crew.
From Game’s IG: “me vs #MeekyMouse then he went & got his big cousin cause [Omelly] he can’t fight…. Then we figured out this n#### cousin can’t rap.. so these idiots go get Beanie Sigel & bring him outta retirement to write they raps…. only to get bodied on #PestControl as a group !!! Then n##### say I can’t come to Philly, so I go get a cheesteak from @genossteaks in SOUTH PHILLY…. then when I get there, n##### say.. I’m at the tourist spot… naw n####.. I’m where #Meesha shot his video at cause that’s all I know..
I aint from PHILLY n####, I went where they went… & #McMumbles #Mmm #Mmm #Mmm is from SOUTH PHILLY & we pulled 2 BIG ASS tour buses up wit my face on the side… ordered food, sat there for a hour & ate that s### !!! Wasn’t bad by the way ??? lol…. so then now that I’m in SOUTH PHILLY, n##### saying why you ain’t come to NORTH PHILLY….. I see I’m gone have to.. then when I get there, what they gone say… why I ain’t got to WEST PHILLY ??? LOL…. y’all got this s### f##### up…. Game is good EVERYWHERE cause I been solid EVERYWHERE !!!
N##### tryna turn #PHILLY against me…. naw, i f### wit the WHOLE PHILLY… I just don’t f### wit ya man #MeekyMouse cause he a ???????????????? now you mad cause Sigel told @persianicole that he wrote y’all s### on the diss song so y’all jumped y’all own man at the Puffy concert… ???? you n##### is characters b…. I went to South Philly cause that’s where Meek shot the video & his non rapping Ass cousin is from 10 blocks from Geno’s… 2 big ass loud ass tour buses sliding down them tight ass streets & nobody heard or saw nothing huh ??? & #Meesha from NORTH PHILLY but don’t be around there no more cause AR-AB & his n##### running that now…. you turn ya comments off cause you got tired of seeing them ??’s & L’s…. what about yo fans N#### ???
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Kanye West is pulling double duty tonight (September 24), after a surprise appearance at Chance the Rapper’s Magnificent Coloring Day festival.
Kanye thrilled a crowd of almost 50,000 people in at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, but he is also due for a performance tonight (September 23) in Nashville, Tennessee.
Kanye is supposed to hit the stage at the Bridgestone Arena, but that did not stop him from running through a medley of songs at Chance’s festival.
Kanye did songs like “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” “All Falls Down” and “All Day” before he was joined on stage by Chance.
Fortunately for Kanye, it’s only about an 1 ½ hour flight from Chicago to Nashville, so in all probability, he will make his own gig tonight.
Other performers during Chance’s Magnificent Coloring Book festival included Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Common, Tyler The Creator, Lil Uzi Vert, Alicia Keys, and John Legend.
Chance’s Magnificent Coloring Day is the first festival held at the stadium. Additionally, it’s the first concert there in over 13 years.
(AllHipHop News) veteran actor Bill Nunn as passed away, it has been confirmed.
Bill Nunn became a cult figure in Hip-Hop culture thanks to his roles as “Radio Raheem” in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing.”
The actor was also featured in the 1989 classic “New Jack City” as a stuttering member of the Nino Brown’s crew named “Duh Duh Duh Man.”
“My Dear Friend, My Dear Morehouse Brother- Da Great Actor Bill Nunn As Most Of You Know Him As Radio Raheem Passed Away This Morning In His Hometown Of Pittsburgh,” Spike Lee posted to Instagram. “Long Live Bill NUNN. RADIO RAHEEM Is Now RESTING IN POWER. RADIO RAHEEM WILL ALWAYS BE FIGHTING DA POWERS DAT BE. MAY GOD WATCH OVER BILL NUNN.”
In addition to “Do the Right Thing” and “New Jack City,” Bill Nunn had a high-profile roles in the “Spider-Man” trilogy, “Idlewild,” “Mo Betta Blues” and “He Got Game.”
(AllHipHop News) Today (September 24), Chance The Rapper presents his inaugural Magnificent Coloring Day Festival from U.S. Cellular Field.
Chance invited several artists to take part in his Chicago event which is being live streamed by Tidal.
Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Tyler The Creator, Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Skrillex, and Francis and the Lights are all scheduled to perform.
Tidal members will be able to watch the full festival. Non-members can see a 2-minute preview.
Stream Chance The Rapper’s Magnificent Coloring Day Festival starting at 2 pm ET/ 1 pm CT. Sign-up for Tidal here.
(AllHipHop Features) It’s pretty clear from my recent conversation with Adrian Younge that he was in an extremely experimental head space while creating his latest album The Electronique Void: Black Noise.
Younge’s 10-track instrumental LP is his first excursion into the Electronic music field. But don’t think it’s compatible to the rave-ready EDM of Skrillex, David Guetta, or Calvin Harris. The Electronique Void is an updated version of tunes forged by analog synthesizers, tape machines, and microphones from 1968 – 1973.
“When you listen to it, the spectrum feels bigger. There should be something that sounds a little different about this Electronic album versus hearing a modern Electronic album,” proclaims Younge.
The Los Angeles-based producer/composer also uses the project to continue his tradition of studying the science of love. The female lead of The Electronique Void is navigating through a damaging relationship as the narrator (guitarist Jack Waterson) attempts to warn her about the “Black Noise.”
Once again I had the opportunity to speak with Adrian Younge. We talked about his new musical opus. The discussion also covered Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s contribution to the Marvel’s Luke Cage series set to stream on Netflix as well as the Hip Hop duo’s forthcoming collaborative body of work.
A lot of your projects have a love theme, but this one seemed to be a bit darker than your previous projects.
Yeah, for sure. It’s a dark love story. Usually, the love stories I do are dealing with dark romance, and it ends in a very beautiful and/or melancholy type of way. But this one just ends on some “it’s over” type sh-t. I wanted to do that, because I’ve never done that before. You’re absolutely right.
What inspired you to take that direction with this story?
As far as taking that direction, literally, I just hadn’t gone that way. Everything I do is a concept of a synthesis of beauty and darkness. I love how in an album you can travel through different rooms of life.
Like I said, I usually like to end the story with something feeling good. It’s just a natural writing concept. You want to feel good when you’re done. But with this one I said, “You know what? Let me just go a different way.”
The sound of the album is different as well. You embraced an Electronic sound. Why did you decide to tackle that particular genre?
I’ve wanted to do an Electronic album. It dawned on me that when somebody brings up the idea of an Electronic album, people automatically lean towards EDM. There was a time nobody even thought about the notion of EDM when you heard about Electronic music.
So I wanted to harken back to the time of pioneers like Kraftwerk, Dick Hyman, and all these people of the late 60’s/early 70’s that were making Electronic experimental music “for the future.” It was very experimental, and I wanted to make music like that.
Also, you never really see black people making that kind of music, so I wanted to tackle all of that. I wanted to make that statement. That’s why I kept this album as an Electronic album.
Why didn’t you have any vocalists this time?
When you’re creating concepts, it’s always best to provide limitations. It’s the limitations that force you to do things you otherwise wouldn’t do. It’s easy for me to have a vocalist come in and sing. It takes away from what I have to do, because the vocalists act as the lead vocal.
Here, I just wanted to use the vocoder. I wanted it to be myself. I use the vocoder and then Jack Waterson is doing the dialogue on top explaining this concept of love. I wanted to go that route because I never went there before and I’ve liked music that did that. I just wanted to go way out on this one.
Can you explain the differencebetween using a vocoder and Auto-Tune?
A vocoder is analog synthesizers that match your frequency with the frequency of a keyboard, and it makes a new computerized sound. Auto-Tune changes the pitch of your vocal with a computer, but it does it in a more digital, modern way.
That’s probably the best way I can explain it. When you hear the two, you can hear the differences. A vocoder does not sound like anything you would hear in today’s popular music. Auto-Tune is what you would hear.
From like Chris Brown to T-Pain, when you hear that electronic element to their voice, that’s Auto-Tune. A vocoder is something you hear more so in the late 70’s and early 80’s.
The last time we spoke you said the LPs you create are almost like a movie’s soundtrack. As I was listening to the album, for some reason, I kept thinking about Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. Did you have a particular film or genre in your mind as you were creating the project?
When I was putting the concept together, I was thinking about that film, because Metropolis is one of the first films that explored the concept of futurism. Futurism always includes Electronic components.
I was definitely thinking about that world. But what it really is – it’s a concept of seeing the future. But seeing the future through Electronic music. That’s definitely part of what this album is supposed to be.
I wanted to ask about your work with Ali Shaheed Muhammad on the upcoming Luke Cage. I was reading that the show has a “90’s Hip Hop vibe” to it. What can viewers expect from the soundscape from that series?
Luke Cage is a Hip Hop head. But, as you know, being part of Hip Hop culture doesn’t mean you just listen to Hip Hop music. You also listen and understand the source material that created Hip Hop like the breaks, Jazz, and Funk – all the stuff that helped spawn the notion of Hip Hop.
So the music that we make encapsulates all of that – Hip Hop, the source material, and a combination of these genres – in order to make something new for Luke Cage. It’s basically all of that.
And you guys were directly involved in the scoring of the show?
Absolutely. We had a 30-piece orchestra conducted by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. It’s basically if you can imagine the filthiest beat with a full orchestra on top of it. Look at it like that. That’s the kind of stuff we’re allowed to do.
Another thing I found interesting with the Luke Cage/Hip Hop connection is that the episodes are named after Gang Starr songs. I know you’ve worked with DJ Premier. Did you two ever have a conversation about that connection?
No, I never talked to Primo about that at all. That was something that Cheo Hodari Coker, the show’s creator, thought of before I was even part of this. But when you see how it all works together, it’s super dope. Primo is my dude. I love that dude. I’m just glad to see them getting love like that in the Marvel world.
You and Ali are working on The Midnight Hour [album]. What’s the status of that?
That’s something that we had to put on hold for Luke Cage. Now that Luke Cage is done, we’re finishing up that right now. We’re looking to have that out at the top of the year.
Since you’re music always seem to have a connection with film, and trilogies are a really popular part of the movie world, is there any interest in doing a third Something About April?
I thought about it. We’ll just see what happens. I want to continue to create these new brands like how I created the Twelve Reasons To Die with Ghostface [Killah], Something About April, and now The Electronique Void. None of those I’ve done a third on. I’ve only gone up to two. So we’ll see. If the public wants it, I might consider it.
(AllHipHop News) Last year, snippets of Lil Wayne’s upcoming memoir “Gone ‘Til November: A Journal Of Rikers Island” lit up the Internet, when it was revealed that Drake, had slept with one of his girlfriends.
Those few sentences circulating from the memoir leaked online while the book was being shopped around, and led many to question Drake’s loyalty to the man who signed him to Young Money.
Now that “Gone Til November” is ready to be released next month, more snippets are hitting the Internet.
In one chapter, Weezy goes into more detail about Drake banging his girlfriend while he was locked down on Rikers.
“Finding out that she f##ked Drake was the absolute worst thing I could have found out. Drizzy came to see me, he was like, ‘Yeah, it’s true’,” Lil Wayne wrote.
The rapper revealed that he was so upset over the affair, that he stayed in his jail cell for several days, in a deep depression.
“Damn! This is the type of s##t a man never wants to find out while he is locked up,” Lil Wayne wrote.
Despite Drake’s treachery, Wayne found some benefits in his isolation from the world.
His eight months spent on Rikers allowed him to focus on his music, and lessen his dependence on drugs for inspiration.
“I always thought I needed things like being high with my n## gas, a Bugatti, a dope-ass crib or some big-booty b##ches to be creative. But once it was taken away from me, my creativity was put to the ultimate test.”
It seems Drake and Weezy must have worked out their differences, as the pair have made many appearances together on stage since then, most recently on September 10, during the Los Angeles stop on Drake’s “Summer Sixteen” tour.
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conferences (ALC) are known for their intense town hall meetings and often heated panel/workshop discussions. This year’s 46th conference was no different. One workshop in particular, however, always manages to cause quite a storm.
Every year, Indiana Congressman Andre Carson hosts a “Hip Hop & Politics” panel that attempts to show the correlation between the two arenas. It was moderated by “News One Now” host Roland Martin. This year’s conversation – which was held on Friday Sept. 16 -focused on the role that Hip Hop artists and activists play in the shaping of public policy. The workshop always attracts a huge crowd consisting primarily of young people ranging from teenagers to those in their early to mid-thirties. And it possibly attracts this demographic more than any other ALC workshop-including the ones that are youth focused.
Panelists included many prominent luminaries such: AllHipHop’s CEO Chuck Creekmur, Justice League-NYC Executive Director Carmen Perez, former National Action Network Executive Director Tamika Mallory, Hip Hop Nation Executive Director Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Political commentator Angela Rye, and veteran radio host Star formerly of the “Star and Buck Wild” show.
Given the current climate it doesn’t take a psychic to know that the discussion would center on the Black Lives Matters (BLM) movement and the pandemic of police shootings of Black men across the country.
In the beginning of the discussion, Martin addressed critics of BLM and other organizations protesting police brutality who have accused these groups of ineffectiveness. The News One host defended the efforts of these activists.
“At no time in American history have we seen this level of accountability on a federal, state, and local level when it comes to police,” Martin said. “The reality is without the last three years of activism in the streets to change public policy we would not be having the level of discussions from the president all the way down if it wasn’t for this movement.”
Star addressed the double standard in the negative labeling of BLM as a terrorist group in many conservative circles. “It’s important to know some of the groups from the past that were actually terrorist groups. Is anyone familiar with the Weather Underground (an American militant radical left-wing group)?” Martin asked. “Their mission statement clearly once upon a time ‘We’re not opposed to violence.’ They blew up buildings. They did violent things here in America and were not hunted down in the way that Black Lives is.”
He continued by admonishing critics for unfairly judging the group without fully researching it. “It’s really sad to see the videos on YouTube and the internet condemning Black Lives Matter without even giving them a chance to disprove the accusations. And without knowing the history of other groups that were actually terrorists.”
The election came up after Martin asked commentator Angela Rye “What’s next?” in the steps to end police shootings of African-Americans.
Rye responded by addressing this as well as other issues affecting the African-American community. “I don’t want to answer ‘What’s next?’ because we have a ‘What’s now?’ problem. And when I say that I’m not just speaking about police brutality. I wish I was. I wish it was just one issue.”
She mentioned that one of things African-Americans should be concerned about is GOP Presidential Candidate Donald J. Trump who has made several controversial remarks regarding Mexicans, Blacks, and Muslims that many have deemed to be racist. Rye also mentioned that while the panel discussion was taken place members of the Congressional Black Caucus were holding a press conference to denounce GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump.
One issue that was also addressed was disunity among black activists. In recent months controversy has arisen regarding support or lack thereof among activists across the country.
Former Tamika Mallory, a passionate, dedicated truth-teller, who has been protesting against police brutality and gun violence since her days as a teen activist weighed in.
“These same Black people who in many cases are Black leaders and who are supposed to be supporting the Black Lives Matter movement have been the very ones out here speaking against it and trying not to support it while at the same time putting us down.”
She also reminded the audience that activists fighting against police brutality has been taken place well for well over two decades and that white media has incorrectly presented the fairly recently formed Black Lives Matter as the face of the movement.
Roland Martin asked AllHipHop co-founder and CEO Chuck Creekmur about steps that should be taken to counter police misconduct. He proposed that African-Americans form a wise plan.
“We have to play the ‘inside outside’ game. Right now I consider myself an ‘outsider’ and I think Black Lives Matter as well as other similar groups that are agitators and protectors of the community are considered ‘outsiders’.”
Creekmur proposed a possible strategy. “It’s time for us to basically infiltrate those police agencies, political offices, and places of power where we are being marginalized and basically assaulted. We need to run for offices and groom leaders who have our best interests at heart. If we understand that we’re at war, we will move more strategically, practically, and more intelligently. We’ll play the game as the enemy plays it.”
The workshop ended with a spoken word performance by New York based lyricist Mysonne.
(AllHipHop News) Golden age legends A Tribe Called Quest and their legacy are the subject of a new documentary which follows the creation of a mural in the group’s honor in their Queens neighborhood.
The 3-minute long video captures the birthing of the mural and also features interviews portraying just how important the group was to the neighborhood and Hip Hop culture as a collective.
The mural will be located on Linden Boulevard and 192nd St. at Nu-Clear dry cleaners– the location of the video for Tribe’s 1991 hit track “Check The Rhime.”
Dedicated advocate for the recognition of Hip Hop’s stars, Leroy Mccarthy, is responsible for commissioning the mural, as well as spearheading projects in the works for legends Notorious B.I.G. and Big Pun.
This is not the first time that Tribe has hit the news of late, as Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid recently revealed that an album recorded by the group just before Phife Dawg’s untimely death is soon to hit the market.
Young M.A. has continued to forge ahead. The Brooklyn native reinforces that notion in Part 2 of our interview with her. It is clear that she has vision, ambition and is wise beyond her 24 years. Click here for the first half of the chat with M.A.
So let’s talk music. When are you going to drop off full album?
I was actually supposed to drop album this year. But I might hold bed and throw out a couple more mixtapes. I don’t want to rush the album too much. The position I’m starting to be in now it’s like this is the time when you start dropping mixtapes and the more my fan base – well I don’t want to say fan base – my supporters. The more (my supporters) go up, that’s when I’m going to look to have an album out.
Albums to me is a big thing. More so than a mixtape. I don’t want to rush that. I want that to be official. I want that to make a stamp. I want them to understand, when I make this album, I’m making this album. This is gonna be The Album.
So, you’re looking for that classic material.
Yeah, I need more experience in the game to make that album. Mixtapes is more easy. But for that album, I gotta have that story – from beginning to the end.
How important is it for you to be a boss? You are working with people, but you have your own situation.
I feel like everybody in my team should be a boss. I want everybody to think how I think or better. With their own ideas. That’s very important to me as a young female. Just so it can encourage other younger people to wanna feel or do the same thing. Nobody wants to be the underdog. Everybody wants to be the boss.
What advice would you give a young artist? I mean, you are still coming up, but you still have a certain notoriety and recognition. People look at you like you’re already there.
I would definitely advise them not to quit when they feel nothing is going their way, because I have been through that situation more than enough. There were plenty times when I felt like I wanted to give him and that music wasn’t for me anymore. I would definitely give them that advice to keep going. Like if you feel like this is it for you, just do it. Don’t give up, because somebody is telling you to. Just keep going. Keep fighting. Be consistent. Keep working.
Can you talk about your late brother that passed away a little bit and how his death affected you musically?
(Long pause) Musically, it was actually bittersweet. It was a point where I didn’t want to do music anymore. And that point of my life change and it made me like “Nah, I need to do it.” I think this is like my calling. I need to do it. It was the only way I was not going to be out here in the streets wildin’. It still bothers me to this day. It still influence my music to this day. To go harder, not be afraid of nothing and basically do it for him. (Points upward) It’s definitely a bittersweet situation. I can be happy sometimes like “Yeah, I’m about to take over” and then it’s times when I wanna give up on it. At the end of the day, I know I ain’t gonna stop. I gotta do it for him.
The state of the country is in turmoil right now. Black Lives Matter. Cops killing. Getting killed.
Now, it’s definitely – it always has. I have a song called “Through The Day.” Now, it’s becoming frustrating. It’s becoming aggravating. You see it more because of social media. It’s been happening for so long, but now that it’s social media and cameras and everything it’s more so up front. It affects people. It makes them depressed. It’s definitely depressing. Its an overwhelming feeling overall, because we are out here killing each other and this is happening on top of it. I’m to the point like, “What do we do?” A social media point isn’t changing anything. A hashtag isn’t changing anything. They want us to fight. They want use to riot. They want to bring the martial law or whatever. When we do these little rallies or whatever, putting up these little signs, it’s not helping either. Temporarily…
(AllHipHop News) Modern Hip-Hop is that place where reality entertainment, reality and commerce intersect with the result often being tragic. The latest beef has insiders feeling friction between Meek Mill and The Game could spiral into violence.Mysonne “The General” is one of the most respected street representatives in New York City and he’s concerned that the factions are in a “no win situation.” In an exclusive statement to AllHipHop, the Bronx rapper/activist explained his insightful position.
“We as men will always have our differences. When the ego stings and testosterone flares, we might not be able to let it go. I love the competition, the battle, the bars, but when it turns into beef, we all know how these kinds of things play out. The Game and Meek Mill are two men with strong street influence getting into a no-win situation.
At one time, you could ask for a “fair one” and after the fight, it would end there. But we live in an era where any coward can resort to shooting because they’re scared. While I’m not suggesting that either of these Kings are cowards–and I know them both so I’m going to say they aren’t–but there are people who will use this situation to try and get stripes and that will only create a serious war. We are already at war with the enemy, so we can not afford to be at war with each other.
The ultimate goal of a true warrior is never to have to engage in war. We are in critical times. If you’re a REAL ONE and you know these brothers, encourage them to leave this alone. Hip hop can’t lose like this again, because ultimately our culture will be the real loser.
In the late 1990’s Mysonne was a rapidly rising rap star, but was convicted on two counts of armed robbery in 1999. He maintains his innocence in that case, but had to serve several years in prison. He emerged re-dedicated in 2006 and has continually evolved.
Mysonne recently performed a spoken word piece at the 2016 Congressional Black Caucus Hip-Hop and Politics Panel, which featured Chuck Creekmur, Tamika Mallory & Carmen Perez of the Justice League NYC, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. and Congressman Andre Carson.
(AllHipHop News) Smash indie success Chance the Rapper continues to take the digital world by storm, as the artist was recently granted his own custom Twitter emoji, in celebration of his much anticipated Magnificent Coloring Day concert this weekend (September 24).
The custom emoji Chance created with Twitter features his signature #3 hat. The image will be live on the platform until October 1.
Fans will be able to activate the new custom emoji by using the hashtags #MCD, #MagnificentColoringDay, #ColoringBook and #ChancetheRapper.
Chance made waves on Twitter last month when he took part in the #SoGoneChallenge, which featured fans and artists alike freestyling over the instrumental for Monica’s 2003 hit “So Gone.”
Chance’s freestyle set new high marks for Chance on the platform, as it was his most retweeted Tweet of all time, receiving over 200K shares.
The rapper’s Magnificent Coloring Day event in Chicago, September 24, will feature performances from Chance along with Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Young Thug, and many more.
Check out some hashtags and images of Chance’s custom emoji celebrating the event below.
