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Is Young Thug Planning To Change His Name?

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Young Thug has made an undeniable mark in music thanks to his abstract fashion as well as his performances on songs such as T.I.’s “About The Money” and Rich Gang’s “Lifestyle.”

Is the Atlanta-raised rhymer planning to switch up his professional persona? According to Thug’s 300 label head Lyor Cohen, a name change could be imminent for the Slime Season 3 mixtape creator.

“The reality of the situation is Young Thug is not going to be ‘Young Thug’ anymore. His new name is going to be ‘No My Name Is Jeffery.’ That’s his new name,” Cohen stated during an interview with the Rap Radar podcast. “And the reality is when you see this commercial, you’re all going to understand what we do here at 300. Because it’s powerful images of what makes someone Young Thug and what the evolution and how someone is Jeffery. It’s a circular thing, it’s important.”

The veteran music executive continued, ‘No My Name is Jeffery’ is on its way. Please respect us to actually segue and utilize his name going forward because it’s important.”

The man born Jeffery Williams is scheduled to release a new music collection titled Jeffery on August 16.

Listen to a segment of Lyor Cohen’s interview below.

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MEW3 Crew Drop New Song “Complicated” With Piru Millz

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: Music

Hip-Hop group MeWe Crew drops a new single titled “Complicated” featuring Piru Millz.

Blood brothers Horny Devil and Poindexter say their music is based on spirituality, and it has been that way since they were children, who grew up as the sons of a Baptist preacher and a stay at home mom.

“What’s ME without WE? Nothing,” said group member Poindexter. “Having the same passion but trying to achieve it separately was how we were doing things. Having a strong family bond and support system, we decided to work together.”

In 2012, the guys found out their father had cancer. On June 21, 2014, their father passed away, but not before telling his boys to do what they had to do, in pursuit of their careers.

“The man that taught and raised us, the one who prayed for us, who wanted us to be great, was gone. It was time to bond, to work together, to continue his legacy, to make him proud…The birth of the MEW3 CREW.”

“We write our own lyrics and produce our own tracks. We are musically inclined and play a plethora of instruments such as drums, piano, trumpet, bass and lead guitar to name a few,” said Horny Devil, who specializes on the drums.

The group, which is influenced by Outkast, Terry & Jimmy, Gamble & Huff, KC & JoJo, Lauryn Hill and others, want to promote a positive message through their music.

Check out “Complicated” featuring Piru Millz below:

Yung Stakks Rocks This Zayoven Beat On New “Ballin” Visual

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: Videos

Chicago’s Yung Stakks has been a busy boy since since the release of “Stakk Money” at the end of last year.

On the heels of that smash was a ‘mixtape before the mixtape’ titled “Off My Chest,” followed by the video for “Sell Dope & Gang Bang” Feat. G. Herbo (SDGB) which garnered well over 600K views, and his new full length project, “In My Own Lane” hit iTunes and Spotify back in June with a DatPiff release date of 8/23.

On the visual for “Ballin,” the first single from the Don Cannon-hosted album, Stakks is giving game on how to keep those pockets fat over an addictive Zaytoven beat.

Enjoy it after the jump and keep your ears open for “Ballin” on a radio near you.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Remy Boy P-Dice Explains Motivation Behind “No Vaseline 2” Diss Aimed At Fetty Wap

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Fetty Wap’s former associate P-Dice has unleashed a vicious diss track toward the Remy Boy frontman on a new track called “No Vaseline 2.”

The Paterson, New Jersey native was once a part of Fetty’s click, but things went sour after P-Dice was arrested and hit with attempted murder and weapons charges for his role in a shooting that injured a seven-year-old boy in February.

P-Dice, born Justin Pope, was recently freed on $250,000 bail and signed with NASCAR team owner Ralo Wonder and is imprint, Wonder Boy Records.

“It was while watching the film, N.W.A. on TV, that I was inspired to use Ice Cube’s ‘No Vaseline’ as a cover to my diss track,” P-Dice told AllHipHop.com. “I am very passionate about my music and career. I feel like the modern day Ice Cube in the flesh with regards to what is going on in my career. I could definitely relate to what Cube was experiencing, so I selected his record to express myself musically”.

Not only has the relationship turned sour, but to make matters worse, P-Dice claims he is owned a substantial amount of publishing from Fetty Wap for the singles like “6,7,9.”

“When we were coming up, I was doing the majority of the writing. I came up with a lot of the ideas. I gave RGF their style and even put the group together”, affirms Dice.

Ralo Wonder said there was no doubt that his Wonder Boy label was going to back P-Dice in an attempt to recoup what is owed to his new artist.

“We are looking to recoup from that as well,” explained Ralo Wonder. “When Fetty Wap first got on, he even stated that this level of success wasn’t supposed to be happening to him, but that this acknowledgement of talent should have been awarded to Dice. On top of all of this business of music, Dice feels betrayed by his very own blood cousin, Nitt Da Gritt, who chose to stay with Fetty over siding with family.”

P-Dice has more new music on the horizon, via a new mixtape. Even the title, “From Remy Boyz to Wonder Boy” is a direct affront to his former crew.

Check out P-Dice’s “No Vaseline 2” diss record to Fetty Wap below:

Dej Loaf Allegedly Fired Her Manger For Stealing $50K

By: ClassicOneCategory: Rumors

In the music and entertainment industry it seems like you can’t even trust those closest too you at times.

Rumor has it that Dej Loaf fired her manager, Joy, after she allegedly stole $50K from Dej’s account.

It didn’t help that the manager also set all of her social media account pages to private and deleted all photos of Dej off of her page. Is it greed or are these folks not being paid well? Broke or not, one’s moral compass should still work.

Didn’t Dej get into a scuffle with her former management last year?

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“Right Wing” Nuts Force Cancellation of Prophet’s Of Rage Prison Show

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Tom Morello and his rap/rock supergroup Prophets Of Rage had to move a planned prison concert outdoors last week, after they were banned from playing inside.

The politically-charged band, made up of members of Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, and Rage Against the Machine, was booked to rock out for 800 inmates at a state prison in Norco, California in support of the Jail Guitar Doors charity, which provides musical instruments to convicts as a form of rehabilitation.

However, authorities blocked the gig, with officials at the California Department of Corrections ordering the shutdown “just before showtime,” according to CBS Los Angeles.

Explaining the situation, Morello said, “We were denied at the last minute because apparently they got some calls from right-wing nuts in Sacramento who said they were going to foment rebellion. What we meant to do is come here to play a great show.”

Instead, Prophets of Rage staged the show outside prison walls, and made sure to crank up the volume so the inmates could enjoy the music too.

The supergroup, which was formed in May, previously hit headlines last month, when it performed a free protest gig at an anti-poverty rally in Cleveland, Ohio on the opening day of the city’s Republican National Convention, during which controversial billionaire Donald Trump was officially declared the Republican Party’s presidential nominee.

YG And Drake’s New Video Asks The Question: “Why You Always Hatin?”

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: Videos

YG recently The Endless Summer Tour with G-Eazy, Logic and Yo Gotti.

Today, YG keeps his momentum going with the video for his banger “Why You Always Hatin?”

The song, which is from his album Still Brazy, features Drake and cameos from Kamaiyah and Ty Dolla $ign.

The video was shot on location around Southern California, from LA’s Fairfax district to the beaches of Malibu.

Top Dawg Announces New Projects From Jay Rock & Ab-Soul Are Close To Release

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Last week, Isaiah Rashad appeared to reveal his debut studio album will be hitting stores on September 2.

The Tennessee rapper is likely the next Top Dawg Entertainment act to release a project, but the CEO of the label has also revealed Ab-Soul and Jay Rock are close to returning as well.

“We working, wut y’all doing ? [Jay Rock’s] project 80% done,” wrote Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith on Instagram.

Tiffith jumped back on IG to post, “Just got the [Ab-Soul] final mixes in!!!!!! I like that (Khaled voice)… Release date coming soon…”

Top Dawg infamously declared TDE would release six projects in 2016. Kendrick Lamar’s untitled unmastered and Schoolboy Q’s Blank Face LP have arrived this year so far.

Jay Rock released his critically acclaimed 90059 just last year. Ab-Soul’s previous album was 2014’s These Days…

We working, wut y’all doing ? @jayrock project 80% done.. #TDE

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Just got the @souloho3 final mixes in !!!!!! I like that ( Khaled voice) …. Release date coming soon… I’m about 2 Kall @justsza ….#TDE

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Drake To Release “Please Forgive Me” Short Film Featuring Music From ‘Views’

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Drake fans can look for more content from the Toronto native in the near future. The new release will be a short film titled Please Forgive Me.

Champagne Papi briefly addressed the project on his Instagram page. He wrote, “‘PLEASE FORGIVE ME’ featuring music from the album Views COMING SOON.”

Back in 2015, Drake dropped the mini-movie Jungle prior to If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late arriving online. The OVO produced flick included childhood home video footage, news clips, and more.

“PLEASE FORGIVE ME” featuring music from the album Views COMING SOON

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PLEASE FORGIVE ME

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Massachusetts-Bred Recording Artist Kyle Evan Flirts On “Snapchat”

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: Music

Massachusetts bred recording artist Kyle Evan, is establishing himself as the music industry’s next big thing. The 16 year old teen phenom is a singer, songwriter, producer, engineer and dancer.

At the age of 10 he appeared on the Apollo. At 11 he covered a Michael Jackson record that garnered over 200,000 views on World Star Hip Hop.

He has collaborated with Grammy nominated, Multi Platinum and Gold certified Mixing and Recording engineer Serge Tsai and recorded radio promo singles for Tony Guess, Kid Fresh, and the Hot Morning Crew (Nancy Barrow and DJ Buck) for Hot 93.7 WZMX.

Evan recently signed a production deal with music executive Malcolm Miles, CEO of Dreams Come True Music Group. Mr. Miles is a veteran in the music industry, with almost two decades worth of experience marketing and promoting some of the most successful and well-known artists of our time, at the most sought-after record labels in the world. With the strategic direction of Mr. Miles spearheading his career, success is inevitable.

Now after nearly a decade of training, writing, producing and perfecting his craft Evan is ready to take his career to the next level. He is prepping the release of his new single “Snapchat” that he wrote, produced, arranged and engineered. “Snapchat” is a sexy, seductive, uptempo ballad that showcases his alluring vocal skills and witty and captivating lyrics.

John Legend Calls Donald Trump’s Campaign “Racist”, Talks President Obama’s Legacy (VIDEO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) According to polls, Donald Trump is currently in trouble in his quest to be the next president. The Republican nominee’s regular controversial statements have alienated a lot of potential voters.

Grammy-winner John Legend sat down with The Lowdown with Diana Madison. The conversation included the Southside With You film producer discussing Trump.

“That’s been the theme of his whole campaign is like brown people, people of different countries, we should treat them differently and they’re not like us and they have to meet a different test for them to be really American,” said Legend. “He’s been treating the President like that for a few years now.”

The R&B star added, “It’s very disrespectful and it’s racist also.”

Southside With You is a love story about Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson Obama’s first date in 1989. Legend also spoke about the Obama’s legacy as public figures.

“I think they’ve been a remarkable couple, just on a personal level how they’ve raised their daughters and how they’ve presented as a couple to the public I think has been beautiful to see,” stated Legend. “And then secondly as politicians, as leaders of the country and the free world, I think they’ll leave behind a record of a lot of success.”

Watch John Legend’s interview below.

Murs’ Interactive Hip Hop Show ‘Where You At? L.A.’ To Feature J Boog, Kyle! & Warm Brew

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Los Angeles emcee Murs is set to run the third installment of Where You At? L.A. on Wednesday, August 17 at 7 PM PT.

The Hip Hop talk show will feature appearances by J Boog, Kyle!, and Warm Brew. Other surprise guests could be included on the episode as well.

Where You At? L.A. will stream live on Boost Mobile’s Twitter and Facebook accounts. Viewers are able to interact with the show, suggest interview questions or throw out a topic for freestyle performances.

“The questions that are coming in for the artists are actually coming from the fans, instead of me coming with a list of preset questions that could be generic or questions everyone’s heard before,” Murs told AllHipHop.com in July. “The fans feel like they’re getting to kick it with their favorite artist.”

Boi-1da Takes A Shot At Tory Lanez In Drake’s Defense

By: ClassicOneCategory: Rumors

It looks like everyone is tired of Tory Lanez mentioning and taking shots at Drake, A-list producer Boi-1da included.

Boi-1da took to Twitter to express his frustrations with an unnamed artist that is clearly Tory Lanez. He tweeted,

“One dude is selling out Madison Square Garden 4 nights, and the other dude trolling for attention & record sales. There’s levels to this.”

Clearly the first person referenced would be Drake as he and Future’s ‘Summer Sixteen’ tour featured four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden. The latter would be Tory Lanez as he continues to take shots at Drake, backpedal, and take shots again. He even does things for attention.

Recently when asked about Drake, he said that he’s better, and he even recently suggested that Drake isn’t “good” in Philly, but he is. Lanez also sends subliminal shots at the 6 God on the regular.

Boi-1da and Tory Lanez sort of had an exchange a few months ago when Boi expressed that he was tired of hearing terrible Dancehall attempts, to which Tory replied with a link to his song “Luv” that includes elements of Dancehall.

Boi-1da seems to have a point about Tory Lanez trolling folks and trying to come up off of his drawn out feud with Drake in order to get more attention and more sales for his debut album, ‘I Told You’, that is due out in August.

Tory has to just focus on putting out good music and let the Drake stuff go.

Fans Start #KanyeWestForSuperBowl51 Online Campaign; Change.org Petition Launched

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) After vocal superstar Adele revealed she turned down an opportunity to perform at Super Bowl LI in Houston, music fans began suggesting other acts to take the stage at the Big Game next February.

One name that is being pushed on Twitter is Kanye West.

Social media users started the trending hashtag #KanyeWestForSuperBowl51. The “Famous” rapper has yet to address the online campaign.

Perhaps his followers will take their actions a step further and start an official petition to the NFL like OutKast devotees’ proposal for the Atlanta duo to be the halftime entertainment at Super Bowl LIII.

Check out some of the #KanyeWestForSuperBowl51 tweets below.

UPDATE:

Brian Sporman has started a Change.org petition in order to convince NFL officials to select Kanye West for the Super Bowl LI halftime show.

The description on the website reads:

You can say what you want about Kanye West but…. One thing you can’t say is that he’s not one of the best performers of ALL TIME! Adele said she doesn’t want to do this years super bowl halftime show and who is better for the job than Kanye West? If you don’t believe me go on YouTube and watch his past performances. If you pick Kanye for the half time show you can guarantee the performance of a lifetime @NFL! So everyone join me and sign the petition to make Kanye the Super Bowl 51 halftime performer!

To sign the “Make Kanye West The Super Bowl 51 Halftime Performer” petition visit here.

Young Thug Stars In New Puma Campaign Set To Hit Racks Fall/Winter 2016 (PICS)

By: G.Avant (@G_Avant)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Trap star Young Thug has taken his talents to the fashion industry once again, as he is a featured model for Puma’s latest campaign, which strives to revitalize the popularity of the tracksuit in the culture.

Puma’s latest release takes a more stylish approach to the classic wears by incorporating more technical fabrics and flashy side stripes along the sweat pants.

The MC has been rather busy in the headlines as of late, as he is slated to release his latest mixtape Jeffrey today (August 16) on his 25th birthday.

Thugger is also planning on making a name change, according to long time record executive Lyro Cohen, who says that the rapper’s new name will be “No My Name Is Jeffrey.”

Puma’s latest campaign is set for a Fall-Winter 2016 release.

Memphis Rapper Lil Wyte Busted For DUI

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Lil Wyte had one too many to drink over the weekend, resulting in a DUI.

Police stopped the Memphis rapper, after they witnessed him weaving in the travel lane.

his vehicle was stopped when he swerved off the road, and caused damage to his vehicle.

Police said Lil Wyte, born Patrick Lanshaw, reeked of alcohol, and failed several field sobriety tests.

Lil Wyte was hauled off to jail after he refused to take a breathalyzer test and booked on suspicion of DUI.

Crip Gang Member Killed Inside Of Maino’s Ottawa Show

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) A member of a notorious Crips subset in Ottawa Canada was shot and killed inside a nightclub where rapper Maino was performing this morning (August 14).

Police identified a 33-year-old man named Omar Rashid-Ghader as the victim in the shooting.

Local reports said Ghader was a founding member of the South-End based Ledbury-Banff Crips.

Judging by Maino’s Instagram, his performance at the Sentral Nightclub went smooth.

But just after 3:00am this morning, gunshots were fired inside of the venue. Ghader, who was also an aspiring rapper, was hit. He died at the scene.

In May, Maino was an artist on the bill at a T.I. concert in New York, where four people, including Troy Ave, were shot.

Maino professed his innocence and he was cleared of any wrongdoing by the NYPD in regards to the shooting in May, which took the life of Troy Ave’s close friend Ronald “Banga” McPhatter.

Police are looking for a suspect named Mustafa Ahmed, 28, who is wanted for second-degree murder for allegedly shooting Omar Rashid-Ghader.

Maino was in Toronto tonight, where he hosted a meet and greet at the Get Fresh Company boutique store.

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Whoo Kid Taken In By NYPD Over Child Support Issue

By: YourfavenightmareCategory: News

(AllHipHop News) When DJ Whoo Kid left SiriusXM, he was detained by NYPD on issues related to child support.

The pseudo-arrest happened when Nassau County Sheriffs picked him up in Manhattan on an outstanding family court warrant on Aug. 8 for missing a court date.

Whoo Kid is reportedly wo years behind on child support, reports have indicated, but the G-Unit affiliate was able to prove he was up to date.

In 2013, the DJ was arrested for unpaid parking tickets.

Drake and LeBron James “Kill S##t” At Columbus, Ohio “Summer Sixteen” Show

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Drake hosted a very special guest during the Columbus, Ohio stop of his “Summer Sixteen” tour.

Drake brought out hometown hero LeBron James last night (August 13) at the Nationwide Arena.

LeBron James came out and joined Drake during his performance of “Pop Style.”

LeBron, who just signed a $100 million deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers, was clearly feeling the performance after Drake and Future’s set.

“Give it up for Drizzy motherf##king Drake,” LeBron James said after Drake ran through a special version of “Pop Style” to compliment NBA star. “One more time for my brother Future who killed this s##t tonight.”

LeBron’s appearance during Drake and Future’s “Summer Sixteen” tour is the latest in a string of celebrity appearances on the outing.

So far, artists like Kanye West, T.I., Dipset, Fat Joe, Remy Ma and J. Cole have popped up for performances at select dates.

Check out LeBron and Drake below:

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