(AllHipHop Rumors) Given Chris Brown’s history, I don’t know man. It doesn’t sound like this singer is making this stuff up.
We all love Chris Breezy as an artist, and he’s undeniably one of greatest performers! I mean who doesn’t love to watch Chris Brown dance?!?!
Despite all of that talent, the singer has been plagued with bad press and legal issues for almost a decade now.
Despite being able to have one hell of a “comeback” after beating Rihanna, and throwing that chair through Good Morning America’s window, the singer will probably never be able to live down the former, especially since he’s had other legal trouble and altercations in the following years, and he gets into it with someone every other week on social media. Chris Breezy with the dance moves definitely needs help!
Anyway Brown’s ex-girlfriend, Karrueche, has filed a restraining order against him claiming that he threatened to kill her.
Remember Brown not too long ago recorded a video that made it to social media saying that he was the stalking type, and if he couldn’t have his girl no one else could.
In the report filed by Karrueche, she claims that Brown beat her twice in the past, punched her in the stomach, and threw her down steps.
We live in a sad world where many people, with the majority being women and his crazy fan base, decided to come to his defense saying that Karrueche is lying.
One person who is coming with some “receipts” of her own against Brown is Grammy-nominated singer Kay Cola, who happens to be Breezy’s neighbor. Kay Cola claims she once heard Chris beating Karrueche, and she wants the world to know the truth so that they can stop blaming Karrueche. Cola says she remembers Karrueche yelling at the top of her lungs, and she said some of the violence even made her cry. When asked why she was coming out now, Cola says because it wasn’t her place to tell Karrueche’s truth at the time, but now she can’t stand by and let people say she’s lying.
“Some of y’all make me sick to my stomach talking about Karrueche [Tran]’s lying. I’ve heard him beating her myself. I even called the police: I used to cry over that situation hearing her screaming at the top of her lungs because i am also a victim of domestic violence. Some of y’all are so delusional defending this man! It’s sick! He will never get help or change because of yes man and weirdos like y’all. I never spoke up, cause I didn’t feel it was my place but hearing y’all say she’s lying I can’t just sit by and watch this. I even got into it with Chris [Brown] because his loud a-ss used 2 wake up my daughter. He was rude as f-ck & I had known him since he was a kid. The point is, stop defending these a–holes and always blaming the woman. It’s sad & sick, & is why women don’t speak out. Women literally get murdered by men who act like this and y’all think it’s cute or she just wants attention gtfoh,” said Cola.
Most abusers are repeat offenders. There are three sides to every story, and Breezy does have history. What are your thoughts?
(AllHipHop News) Rap group Rae Sremmurd and Interscope Records have partnered with EA Sports to launch the new version of the first-person shooter game Battlefield 1.
Rae Sremmurd and Mike Will Made-It’s EarDrummer Records hooked up a remix to their smash single “Black Beatles,” which appears in the new forthcoming release of Battlefield 1.
The game, which was EA’s best-selling shooter title in 2016, highlights a new version of the group’s song, which was produced by Madsonik.
Mike Will Made-It, who created the original version of “Black Beatles,” serves as the executive producer of the “Black Beatles” official remix debuting with Battlefield 1.
“With new lyrics set to the dawn of all-out warfare, the fresh new version gives a nod to heroic military soldiers,” a rep told AllHipHop.com about the contents of the full version of the song.
The new official “Black Beatles” remix will hit stores this Friday (February 24).
Check out a snippet of the song, which debuted with the new Battlefield 1 trailer today (February 22).
Police said Tavon Jackson’s corpse was found near The Players Club Apartments, where US Marshals retrieved his body from the woods.
Police believe that Jackson, who shared a 2-year-old daughter with Ms. Glover, committed suicide.
Javon Glover’s mother, Jennifer Battles told WCTV that she finally had closure now that Jackson is dead.
“I am happy and relieved. It gives me closure. I thank the Tallahassee Police Department and the US Marshals,” Jennifer Battles stated. “They promised me from the beginning that they would not give up until he was found one way or the other, and that’s exactly what happened. Now our family can begin to move forward and heal.”
As group of rappers music begins to reflect their loyalty to religion on the new song “La illaha illa Allah.”
Ar-Ab, Shine-On, Dark-lo, Oschino Vasquez, as well as JidAllUNeed unite to show Muslim rappers are not scared to show there faith check out the new single.
Mexican rappers from California are usually put into two groups: cholo rappers that rap over lowrider funk or oldies samples and dark underground types. You rarely come across ones that aim for a mainstream or more commercial sound. Annimeanz from Los Angeles, CA is looking to change that as he’s decided to break that stereotype by going with a sound that is more in line with the artists that you hear on urban radio. His 2016 song “Like The Westside” featuring Jake & Papa received airplay on L.A.’s Real 92.3, Las Vegas’ 104.3, and stations in Palm Springs and Riverside as well as coverage XXL Magazine’s Fall 2016 publication. We caught up with the upcoming artist to talk about leading Mexican rappers in a different direction.
Early beginnings
I come from a city called Cudahy, Ca. It’s a city in Los Angeles near Watts, South Gate, Lynwood, Bell Gardens – that whole little section. I started selling drugs at an early age because my pops wasn’t around a lot for us – he was in and out of jail. My mom didn’t have a lot of money so we lived in motels around my neighborhood. Eventually I joined the local gang and started going in and out of jail over the dirt I was doing. I had a cousin that was going to school for business management and we had a close bond through rap music – always sharing new stuff with each other. When I was in jail, I’d write raps for him and he would write them back to me and he’d always suggest that we start a group. The group thing never happened but he continued on with his school and I continued to go to jail. I had served a prison sentence and when I got out, he suggested I take the rap thing seriously because he had built up some music contacts which included a producer named Meech Wells, who’s made hit records with Snoop Dogg.
No regional rivalry division
I started writing raps seriously when I got out of prison but I didn’t even know what a 16 bar was or even know how to construct a song – I was just writing verses. I was real heavy into east coast hip-hop, so I’d just copy their style of hooks and verses. Nas, Mobb Deep, AZ, Big Pun – those were the artists that I was really into. Dogg Pound and other West Coast acts were ill to me as well but I never let the regional rivalries stop me from listening and getting into the music from artists out east. Growing up in the motels in my neighborhood the dealers would play whatever was hot at the time and that included east coast hip-hop and I became a big fan.
Getting into the game
My cousin and I started paying Meech Wells to record at a studio that he had set up in his apartment. The recording booth was in one of the bedroom closets. I met the artist Bad Azz there and paid him to hop on a song with me. I started to get noticed but at the same time I still didn’t know about things like ad-libs and nobody was really trying to teach me. That didn’t change until I met Rakaa from Dilated Peoples and he took me under his wing to teach me the ins and outs of recording. Plus, he never charged me – not even for the features. I reached out to DJ Ill Will, who was still doing mixtapes before he went on to bigger things. We met at the Dub Show and he agreed to host my first mixtape after hearing some of my bars. He was also the first one to tell me to start making my own original songs instead of rapping over other artists known tracks. He told me that people want to make memories to your music and they will never do that as long as you’re rapping over someone else’s beats.
Through Ill Will I met Hot Dolla and Guerilla Black and this was when Hot Dolla was doing big things out in Los Angeles. Even though I was breaking into the rap game still, I was more of a goon for Hot Dolla. It was myself and a few other cats that were around Dolla to handle any business if anybody tried to f*ck with him. It was all good too because I was just happy to be in the situation of being down with a rap crew – we were Dolla Figga . I was able to meet a lot of industry cats like David Banner and even Glasses Malone who I ended up working with down the road.
Linking up with Glasses Malone
Internal problems within the Dolla Figga crew began to develop and soon enough we were all beefing with each other, so that all fell apart. I ran into Glasses Malone and he was always cool with me whenever we saw each other. He had just left his situation at Cash Money and he invited me to come work with him at the Blu Division studio. I started hanging out there and helping out in an intern type of way – it was all good though because things were moving slow for me and I needed to get a good learning experience as far as how the industry works and I got that by being around Glasses. Most of the people from the original Blu Division crew were gone by this point as Glasses was rebuilding his career after the Cash Money split. The company and crew was rechristened as DMC which stands for Division Media Company. Glasses was able to rebuild himself by combining ratchet and gangsta rap. At that point I was still making boom-bap records but in watching him make his Glasshouse album, I listened to his records and learned the structure. I’ve heard people say often that if you’re a lyrical complicated rapper, then you can make any kind of record and that’s not really true. I’ve spent so many years trying to complicate my bars and then when it was time to bring them to a lower level of wordplay, it wasn’t as easy as it seemed. Making commercial sounding records is a job and it took me a few months to get the formula down and that’s how I made the transition into the style I have now. Unfortunately due to creative differences, I left Glasses Malone’s camp and linked up with a fellow minded artist named Young Hu$tle who shares the same vision as I do.
Trailblazing new grounds for West Coast Hispanic rappers
What I’m doing right now is totally different. A lot of the Hispanic West Coast rappers that are still putting out music are still stuck in the old ways which is that old cholo rap Latino sound. What me and my partners are doing is totally left field from what’s acceptable from a Latin West Coast artist. Chicano rappers are put in a stereotype and kept in to a certain sound. It’s so embedded into the minds of people that a Mexican rapper has to be a cholo and rap over an oldies sample.The Los Angeles radio market is mostly a Hispanic crowd that’s listening to radio artists like YG and Ty Dolla $ign so it makes sense to move away from the old style into what’s out right now. Some people feel that I should stick to old stereotypical sound and I disagree. I believe I can create mainstream styled songs like others are allowed to. I make music for everybody to enjoy but if I have to be classified, then I’ll be a YG type alternative for Mexicans. I just want to break the stereotype that a Hispanic West Coast rapper has to sound like a typical cholo and can’t sound mainstream. It’s being embraced but at the same time I’m still battling with the media, the industry, and even certain audiences on what they feel someone like me should sound like.
(AllHipHop Rumors) The questions on everyone’s minds are have Future and Rocko really settled this $10 million lawsuit, and if so, was Rocko truly victorious.
Rumors hit the net that Rocko won the lawsuit against Future, and that Future was allegedly ordered to pay Future 50% of his tour revenue as well as giving Rocko the royalties of Future’s next two albums.
At first Rocko tried to downplay as well as deny the rumors. He even raised eyebrows when he posted and promoted Future’s new album.
Now it looks like the two are taking jabs at each other over the whole lawsuit. Why do I feel like Rocko is really laughing all the way to the bank?
Future recently went live on social media, and of course fans didn’t hold back about asking him about his situation with Rocko. According to Future, the reason he’s been dropping new music/albums has nothing to do with Rocko’s lawsuit…so he says.
Rocko was taking the high road at first, but he did have a little time to jump in The Shade Room’s comments saying,
“Big Mad or Little Mad.”
Future also posted a post on Instagram that many felt was directed towards Rocko. It was one big run-on sentence. LOL. Future said,
“who told u,you couldn’t b exactly who u wanted to be? They lied,they wasn’t bold they didn’t have the ambition they didn’t have the courage they was mislead they didn’t believe in they self when no one else would they cared about what other people thought of them they gave up not knowing god wouldn’t give u more than u could handle they didn’t sew seeds they didn’t have the passion they didn’t have the drive they didn’t tell u all of there flaws because they was scared of not being accepted by there peers they said I can’t I tried I need help but not me #HNDRXX.”
To some it seemed that Future was saying that Rocko didn’t even believe in himself, and Future did [believe in himself], and that’s why he succeeded.
Rocko has said that all-in-all, he just wants Future to succeed like he always has, however he wants Future to run him his coins that they agreed on originally. Do you think Future is in the wrong, or is Rocko? What are your thoughts?
(AllHipHop Features) “I think that we’ve got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear?” stated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a 1966 interview with Mike Wallace.
Five decades later, several social uprisings have taken place across this country. From Ferguson to Baltimore to UC Berkeley, some unheard, frustrated citizens have once again begun expressing their anger towards the status quo through aggressive means.
However, is the majority of this current generation of young people really too enamored with capturing the perfect selfie or vibing off Xanax to continue to take appropriate action against injustice and discrimination? That question is part of the introspection that plays out on Abbas “Bas” Hamad’s latest music collection Too High To Riot.
I recently spoke with Bas about the inspiration for the Dreamville Records release. We also chatted about another politically tinged topic – Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban for seven majority-Muslim countries.
In addition, the Paris-born/NYC-raised emcee discussed his progress on completing author Malcolm Gladwell’s debated “10,000 Hours” theory which suggests ten thousand hours of deliberate practice are needed in order for anyone to master a particular field.
Even with last year’s Too High To Riot and 2014’s Last Winter in his discography as well as serving as a headlining act on a nationwide tour under his belt, Bas admits to still working tirelessly to cross that 10K-hr milestone.
Listeners should not be surprised the 29-year-old artisan is putting in even more time for crafting high-quality music. Another body of work is on the way.
Too High To Riot – that title seems even more relevant now than when the album dropped.
Yeah, I agree.
Did you foresee the theme of the album’s title being so topical?
I want the albums’ titles to be iconic for my whole career. As time progresses, you want more people to see the thought and inspiration behind it, and also interpret it as their own. But from the jump, it had a lot to do with personal issues as well as issues I perceived in society.
That’s where “Too High To Riot” stems from. It’s just me living this life, being on the road, and pursuing my dreams. And all the things that that entails – the good and the bad.
And also you’re snapping back to the real world and realizing we’re kind of living in this fairy tale as performing artists or in general. A lot of people in our generation – with the way the media and social media are – everyone’s living in a narrative. Either a narrative they created or a narrative they’ve seen and want to emulate.
While you’re busy living in this simulation you create for yourself, there’s all these much more pressing things going on. But we’re just too faded, too high, too caught up in our lifestyles and all the bullsh-t we’re into to really pay attention in order to make a statement or a stand.
I wanted to say that because those are the thoughts that go through my head. I feel like I’m part of the problem. I could be doing more and less self-serving things with my time. We’re all in this.
Didn’t you go to Ferguson?
I did. We all went out there with Cole and Dreamville. A bunch of us went out there for a couple of days.
That’s more than some people have done.
I know. But I still don’t think that’s any excuse. I think a lot of people don’t have the resources and they feel helpless in a sense. I’m not too far removed from feeling the same, so I can’t really blame anyone.
I just felt like I made the assessment about myself first. I didn’t want to point the finger because I know I’m part of it. We all could be doing more. We could all be a little more aware of the things going on around us and the impact we can have on them. Unfortunately, it’s not where we’re trending.
I know you don’t like to necessarily consider yourself a political rapper, but you do touch on political topics in your music. So I wanted to ask you for your opinion on Donald Trump, particularly the travel ban. Your family is from Sudan. What was your reaction?
It was really disheartening. I have siblings overseas, so my first concern is them being able to get back and reuniting with the rest of my family. I feel like the whole world is moving inwards in a sense. Every country is going in this isolation mode. It’s a worldwide trend. It’s even more alarming than just Donald Trump.
It’s these far-right leaders popping up everywhere that are strictly about anti-immigration and moving society backward. That’s what Trump is essentially doing. That was the more shocking part to me.
I felt like these are things that took generations to achieve and they can’t possibly be wiped out in the span of two weeks of this guy being president. That’s not how democracy works. But apparently, we’re all in for a big surprise.
With all that’s going on in the world, do you feel like music has the power to push back against that issue? Some people make the argument that culture is the greatest weapon against ideas like fascism.
Yeah, I do, because, at the end of the day, the music speaks to the youth. None of us are going to convince Donald Trump and his circle of 70-year-old white men that they have some wrong policies regarding the world. But you can convince the next generation.
I’ve been looking at exit polls from the last election. They show how Millennials were voting. It wasn’t even close, so I think there’s hope in that. Because that’s who we’re speaking to at the end of the day. We gotta keep trying to shape the thoughts and minds of the next kids coming up.
When they come to our concerts and see black kids, Hispanic kids, white kids, Asian kids, those are the moments. Somebody like Trump got so popular because he spoke to people that didn’t have to see or deal with Muslims or other races. He could feed off the ignorance.
But if they had more experience going to concerts and festivals with people of all walks of life, you can shape how they feel about other people. When people have real life experiences with other people, they’ve already shattered those stereotypes and that PR isn’t as effective.
I read an interview where you said you purposely challenged yourself on Too High To Riot to be more honest. Have you figured out how you’re going to challenge yourself on the next project? Is there something that you’re really interested in getting across in your next body of work?
I think it’s expanding on that. Too High To Riot was honest, but it wasn’t in all facets. There are certain aspects I didn’t touch on because I wasn’t experiencing them. This past year alone has brought on a whole host of experiences. Not just for my career, but from a personal standpoint that I want to share with my fans.
Every time you come to listen to one of my albums, you should have an update on my growth as a man, things I’m experiencing, and how I’m responding to them. That doesn’t really end. The more you experience things, the more you have to speak on. So honesty is still the calling card.
Sonically, there are some real interesting progressions. But there are topics that I didn’t speak on on Too High To Riot that I touch on more on this one.
You started rapping about six years ago?
Yeah.
Do you feel like you’ve mastered this art form?
No, not at all. That’s the exciting part of it. Those are the “eureka” moments in the studio. That’s what the progression is when you go in and you find a new wrinkle, whether it’s in your flow, in your tone, in your melodies, in your writing, or in your cadence.
The more you learn, the more the parameters expand. That’s the most exciting part of the creative process – knowing that I haven’t put my 10,000 hours in. It’s still an evolution and a process. From that standpoint, I’m just as excited as my fans in a sense. I want to know what I can do next. First and foremost, I want to know how I can grow and then deliver that.
One thing I’ve picked up from listening to the music, watching the documentaries, and from having conversations with you guys, it feels like the Dreamville team seems to be structured like a family.
Yeah, 100 percent. It’s a family operation. It’s not about “what you can do for me.” It’s about what we can all achieve together. It’s been that way from jump.
Yeah man, Cole’s not in it to make a load of cash off us. He’s good. He’s going to be okay regardless. He’s doing it to share music and artists that he likes and messages that he respects. That’s what he built here. I think from top-down, we all take that philosophy and run with it.
(AllHipHop News) News broke overnight that a fight apparently broke out in Las Vegas involving the camps of Sean Kingston and Migos.
According to TMZ, Kingston was supposedly attacked by Migos at the Sands Expo and Convention Center over an argument involving Soulja Boy.
Police sources say someone connected to Kingston fired a single shot.
Both Kingston and Migos were no longer at the scene when the authorities arrived.
The Daily News is reporting the alleged shooter and one other person were taken into custody.
Investigators are reportedly looking to speak to the members of Migos.
However, there are currently no arrest warrants issued for the “Bad and Boujee” rappers.
Kingston was “semi-co-operative” with police after being pulled over for a traffic violation later in the evening, but he did not mention any names involved in the situation.
Kingston is said to be close to Soulja, and the two performers have recorded several songs together.
The “Beautiful Girls” singer addressed the previous Soulja Boy-Quavo dispute on Instagram before deleting the post.
“I was right there. [Soulja] said pull up, I want to fight one-on-one,” stated Kingston. “This s##t ain’t have to go to no social media…It was no point where [Quavo] ain’t show up, it’s like okay, he want to go in.”
(AllHipHop News) “I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man,” Jay Z told the world on Kanye West’s 2005 song “Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix).”
The man born Shawn Carter has yet to slow down in building his business empire.
According to multiple reports, the Hip Hop mogul is moving into venture capital financing.
Jay partnered with Roc Nation President Jay Brown and Sherpa Capital to launch a VC fund.
The legendary musician and Brown reportedly invested in Uber’s Series B.
In addition, Jay is financing luggage maker Away, nail parlor company Julep, and the private-jet startup JetSmarter.
The 47-year-old native New Yorker is also a part owner of the Tidal streaming service and the 40/40 club franchise as well as an investor in Armand de Brignac and Translation Advertising.
Jay Z and Jay Brown’s fund will reportedly focus on seed-stage tech companies, but the fund size has not been revealed as of press time.
(AllHipHop News) Rihanna has joined an elite chart club after landing her 30th Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit.
“Love on the Brain” has jumped up five spots to number eight on the new countdown, breaking a tie with Michael Jackson for the third most top 10 songs.
She now has appeared on 30 tracks that have hit the top 10. Only Madonna and the Beatles have more with 38 and 34, respectively.
Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran scores a fourth week at number one with “Shape of You,” Taylor Swift and Zayn’s “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” rises to two and Migos’ “Bad and Boujee” rounds out the top three.
Katy Perry roars into the top five at four with “Chained to the Rhythm” and The Chainsmokers make history at five with “Closer.”
The former 12-week number one has now spent 26 weeks in the top five, breaking a tie with Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk!” and LeAnn Rimes’ “How Do I Live.”
(AllHipHop News) Police have reportedly charged two Croatian men with disorderly conduct for using racial slurs against actor Jamie Foxx.
The “Ray” star was the target of “particularly arrogant and rude” insults while he was dining at a restaurant in in Dubrovnik, Croatia, where he is filming a new “Robin Hood” movie, on Sunday (February 19), according to the Washington Post.
The 49-year-old is not named in the police report, but he addressed the situation in a social media post that has since been deleted.
Police are reportedly investigating whether to pursue additional charges against the men.
Foxx and his pals were enjoying a night out at Catch restaurant when a stranger reportedly approached the group of friends and complained about the noise they were making.
According to TMZ.com, the man lunged at Jamie and pulled him down onto a table.
Foxx subsequently poked fun at the reports, but didn’t confirm or deny them.
(AllHipHop Rumors) I don’t know what is going on, but it seems like The Migos put them paws on Sean Kingston! Now, if it happened, there has to are video of the alleged assault and yet, there is none at the time of this writing. More specifically, its saying “Quavo and the boys” so it may not be the other dudes. Ain’t Offset on parole or something? I don’t think dude can afford to catch a case.
ANYWAY, they are saying that poor Sean really got it bad so hopefully he’s not hurt too bad. The Migos allegedly stomped on Sean Kingston and even pounded out his head. One of Sean’s crew pulled out the hammer and pointed in the air, but not at one of the Migos. Does that make sense? What’s the point? Just go get people off your man!?
The Migos are not wanted at this time. But cops….want to talk to them.
(AllHipHop Rumors) I know we all thought that Chris Brown and Soulja Boy was going to happen. Well it sure seemed like it for a minute there – you know when the boxing guys were doing it. Both Floyd Mayweather and 50 Cent have boxing experience, as boxers and promoters. Then throw Iron Mike Tyson, a one-time boxer and promoter too. BUT…The Game’s manager seemed to introduce a different element to the whole situation. Nobody is naming his name, but that’s what seems.
Check out what “Bhris Brown” said.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQyXFjWFprR
People are saying that he was scared but I don’t agree. He did say “pull up, bro.”
(AllHIpHop News) Police in New Orleans, Louisiana have issued a warrant for comedian Mike Epps’ arrest after he skipped a court date relating to a weekend bust up.
The Friday star reportedly became involved in an altercation with a man who recognized the actor at Harrah’s Casino in the early hours of Saturday (February 18).
The alleged victim, who was visiting the city for the NBA All-Star Weekend, claims Epps and his friend, Thomas Cobb, suddenly attacked him for no reason, prompting venue security guards to intervene and call the cops.
Epps and Cobb were arrested for battery and freed on $1,000 bail.
Both men were due to appear in court for arraignment hearings on Tuesday morning (February 21), but they were no shows, and have since become wanted men.
Representatives for Epps have yet to comment on the reports.
The 46-year-old is currently in the middle of a comedy tour, and while he has been promoting his shows on social media, he has made no mention of his arrest online.
His next stand up show is scheduled for Savannah, Georgia on Friday (February 24).
(AllHipHop News) Former Outkast star Andre 3000 has signed on to become creative director of Swedish footwear and outerwear brand Tretorn.
The “Ms. Jackson” singer will also appear in a global brand campaign for the company later this year and design a 2018 capsule collection.
“We’re excited to collaborate with Andre,” Nick Woodhouse, the president and CMO of Authentic Brands Group, says. “His creativity, unconventional personal style and unique point of view, as applied to our fresh and reimagined designs, will be an adventure.”
Authentic Brands Group executives purchased Tretorn last year.
As part of his role as the 126-year-old brand’s new face, the Outkast star, real name Andre Benjamin, will also headline an upcoming concert to mark the 50th anniversary of the classic Tretorn Nylite sneaker.
Woodhouse insists the collaboration was meant to be – because Benjamin is a longtime fan of the brand’s famous tennis sneaker.
“It was very serendipitous,” Woodhouse shares. “We wanted to work with Andre because he resonates with all ages and he’s an OG (original gangster). He’s not a flavor of the month. There are a lot of terrific, young influencers out there, but Andre is established. These young kids are reaching out to him to collaborate. That’s why we did this.
“He came to the meeting with sketches of shoes. He has a very clear point of view on style, the way he dresses and the way he carries himself.”
This isn’t Andre’s first foray into fashion – Outkast had a short-lived clothing line over a decade ago and he launched a menswear collection, named Benjamin Bixby in 2008.
(AllHipHop News) Black Thought is jumping head first into comedy, with the launch of a new live series in Philadelphia.
The frontman for The Roots will debut a new showcase called “Delirious” at Punchline Philly, which is a recognized hotspot for breaking some of the funniest talents in the region.
“Having worked on ‘Late Night’ and ‘The Tonight Show’ for the past eight years, I do comedy every day so I’m always around lots of comedians,” Black Though told Philly Metro. “We’re a few floors down from ‘SNL’ so I get to interact with them. I’ve been doing a recurring bit with Seth Herzog of ‘The Tonight Show’ at a place in New York City called The Slipper Room for the past year or so. I sat in on a couple of Jeff Ross’ comedy ‘Roast’ battles and yeah, it’s something I decided I wanted to do.”
Black Thought is starting the series with Quincy “Q Deezy” Harris, host of “The Q Show,” which airs on Fox.
Q is a well-known host and comedian as well, having done stand-up around the country, in addition to serving as on-air talent for Big Boy’s#### syndicated radio show “Big Boy’s Neighborhood.”
The first of the new series, “Delirious,” will highlight comedians Seth Herzog, Jamar Neighbors, Janelle James and others.
DJ J. Period is slated to spin the music, along with Black Thought himself.
The Dynamic Hip-Hop Artist Officially Releases His 8th Segment Of 52 For #MeanMondays
R-Mean is the first rapper of American – Armenian descent to achieve international and national acclaim. As a result of his mountainous ancestral republic sound the rapper became the chosen one of his cultures expression of Hip-Hop.
“Land Of The Free” is R-Means’ lyrical attack on America’s corrupt political system. The 8th and newest release from R-Mean’s 52-week-long series, “Mean Mondays” features Big K.R.I.T. The two linked in December when they were both a part of Sway’s epic end of the year DoomsDay Cypher. R-Mean was one of the chosen emcees and Big K.R.I.T. along with Pete Rock supplied the beats for the cypher.
The DoomsDay Cypher quickly became the highest rated show on Revolt TV within 6 months and showed viewers R-Mean’s lyrical prowess. His strong and loyal fan base never fails to show how his music touches their lives.
Keep up with R-Mean on social media everywhere @Rmean
