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“Yo! MTV Raps” Co-Host Doctor Dre Goes Blind; Pitches Reality Show On Battle With Diabetes

By: Vance BrinkleyCategory: News

(AllHipHop News) Former Yo MTV Raps! co-host Doctor Dre is pitching a reality show that will document his fight with diabetes, which has cost him his eyesight.

According to a recent interview with the New York Times, Doctor Dre opened up about his lifestyle and his eating habits while out on the road, when he was young and touring.

Doctor Dre was Ed Lover’s personable, hefty, sidekick. Unfortunately, the DJ, formally named as Andre Brown, developed Type 2 diabetes at 42, because of his poor diet.

As a result of his battle with diabetes, Doctor Dre is legally blind, has lost one toe and suffered from numerous ankle injuries associated with being overweight.

“My stubbornness put me where I’m at,” Doctor Dre told The New York Times. “Now my energy is going to change that. We got young people, grown people, old, all having this. We can prevent this. We can cure this. I have an idea how to do it.”

Doctor Dre hopes his upcoming weight loss surgery will help ease some of his symptoms.

In order to share his experience fighting the disease, Dr. Dre is pitching a reality show with former Def Jam executive, Bill Adler.

Bill Adler blasted some of his connections in the music industry for not taking to Doctor Dre’s positive reality show concept immediately.

“These are people I’ve known for 30 years, and they haven’t gotten back to me,” Bill Adler fumed. “Dré just wants to share his enthusiasm with people. There are plenty of other folks who star in reality shows who are plainly narcissists, who are convinced every absurd thing out of their mouth has to be captured by a television camera. That is not Dré.”

Check out the full New York Times interview here.

Jim Jones Believes Max B Could’ve Been As Big As Drake?

By: ClassicOneCategory: Rumors

Despite Jim Jones and Max B’s past issues, Jones believes Max B had the potential to become just as big of a star as Drake. Jones signed Max to his ByrdGang label in 2006, only for the pair to part ways a few years later. Jones says he put a lot of money into Max’s pockets and bailed him out from certain circumstances. Jones said a lot of these artists that are singing and being very melodic were influenced by Max B’s catalog. Do you think Max would’ve been as big as Drake?

Ron G. Got Them Blends For You!

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

The mixtape legend, OG Ron G., just dropped a brand new mixtape. On this tape, Ron G. demonstrates his ability to blend records.

It’s a smooth mix and must listen while working at the office or taking a long drive.

Ron G Blends

http://www.audiomack.com/album/dj-ron-g/the-mixtape-god-blends

Oschino Accuses Beanie Sigel Of Stealing Everyone’s Bread!

By: ClassicOneCategory: Rumors

The State Property crew seems to be going at it again. Beanie Sigel and Oschino have been at odds over money amounts that each crew member is supposed to be paid. Beanie Siegel posted an Instagram photo of himself, Freeway and Young Gunz along with former NBA player Rasheed Wallace with the caption, “The prop.” Oschino decided to repost the same photo with the caption “WITH THESE KIND OF FRIENDS YOU DONT NEED ENEMIES LOL.” Sigel clapped back by saying,

“Wow hov said jealously is a female trait, I ain’t gay I ain’t into liking dudes no way.”

Oschino decided to let fans know what really went down between all of them as he accused Beanie of taking everyone’s money.

“What about the bag he stole in Atlantic city?? I had to chase the promoter down to get @phillyfreeway @neef_buck @peedicrakk1 @therealomilliosparks @chris cause beans took the bread that was for everybody I made Bull pay twice!!! Ask freeway Chris and neef Sparks peedi any of em. Bull gave beans the money for everybody and he pocket it i would NEVER do that to my youngins NEVER EVER!!!! I AINT MAKING THIS UP JUST STATING FACTS THEN AFTER THE SHOW WAS OVER @djamir was looking for beans cause he ain’t pay him either.”

Dang! Well a State Property reunion probably won’t include all of the members anytime soon.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGiCW16qw6g/

Demrick Lands Verse From Casey Veggies

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

Demrick returns with a new song featuring a guest appearance by none other than Casey Veggies.

The song “Different Day” is the follow up to Demrick’s songs “Freak Show” and “Back In The Daze,” both taken from his new album Collect Call.

“‘Different Day’ was created from a very casual, yet real place,” Demrick explained. “I was sitting in the studio, and a few calls and texts had come through my phone that day that typically would’ve annoyed me. Rather than get annoyed, I was just in a mindset that wouldn’t allow me to get flustered on that particular day. The song feels exactly how I felt on the day I wrote it, which was stress-free.”

Queen Latifah To Be Honored During VH1’s Hip Hop Honors

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

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Queen Latifah will be honored during the reboot of VH1’s “Hip Hop Honors,” which will pay homage to the female trailblazers of the genre.

The “VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail The Queens” event will hail the Queen, who earned one Grammy Award for Best Solo Rap Performance in 1994, while being nominated for another six.

As an actress, Latifah has had roles in groundbreaking movies like “Set It Off,” “Bessie,” “The Secret Life of Bees,” “Hairspray,” “Beauty Shop” and others.

Queen Latifah, who is also executive producer of the “All Hail The Queens” event for VH1, is the first of several influential female rappers who will be announced later this week.
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The VH1 “Hip Hop Honors: All Hail The Queens” airs Monday, July 11th at 9PM ET LIVE from New York.

Craze Colon, Jim Jones And Trav Need To “Get This Paper”

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

Craze Colon Paired Up With Jim Jones And Trav To Bring U Some Heat Song

Craze Colon linked up with veteran rapper Jim Jones and buzzing Queens, New York rapper Trav to drop a new song titled “Get This Paper.”

The guys linked up at Premiere Studios in New York to craft the sound for “Get This Paper.”

Take a listen below:

NYC Students Shine At Science Genius’ B.A.T.T.L.E.S. Rap Competition (VIDEO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop can be used as an effective educational tool. The Science Genius B.A.T.T.L.E.S (Bringing Attention to Transforming, Teaching and Learning Science) Program proves elements of the culture are a powerful way to connect today’s youth with science curriculum.

Science Genius held its fourth annual rap competition featuring New York City students displaying their rap skills as well as knowledge of scientific subjects. Actor Derek Luke and music producer Bruce Waynne served as celebrity guest judges.

The students had to battle their classmates at their school in order to make it into the city-wide event. Seven acts were selected to compete as finalists.

Brooklyn Preparatory High School’s Freaks of Nature (Jaiyer Millington, Melshawn Richey, Mitch Hunte, and Kaison Samuell) won first place. The group’s energy-centered performance earned them the 2016 title of B.A.T.T.L.E.S. champions.

The Science Genius initiative was founded by Columbia University professor Dr. Christopher Emdin and legendary Wu-Tang Clan member GZA.

“The program was inspired by the brilliance of young people and the inability of schools to harness that brilliance and activate an interest and passion for STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics],” said Emdin.

Science Genius is also located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, St. Lucie, Florida, Houston, Texas, and Toronto, Canada. Emdin plans to expand the program to other cities around the country.

Watch Freaks of Nature’s performance below.

Jim Jones Says F-ck Dame Dash (VIDEO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Harlem rapper Jim Jones has been spilling his feelings in the air a lot in recent months.

The Kitchen album creator called reality show producer Mona Scott-Young an evil b-tch, and he blasted his fellow Dipset member Cam’ron for taking his verse off a record.

During a recent interview with the Rap Radar podcast, Jones had some choice words for Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash.

“F-ck Dame,” stated Jones. “Where I’m from, we rob, we don’t steal. If I put my trust in you, I put my trust in you.”

Jones had previously expressed his anger over Dame supposedly stealing money from him. The “We Fly High” rhymer has also referred to Dame as a “culture vulture” and “c-ck sucker” in the past.

Watch a portion of Jim Jones’ interview below. 

Scarface, Willie D. and Daz Link With Rapper Eliot Ness On New Song

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

Houston meets Los Angeles on Eliot Ness’ new single “Small Time.”

The Houston rapper called upon city natives Willie D and Scarface to drop verses on “Small Time.” To top it off, Daz Dillinger of Tha Dogg Pound joins the trio to round out the track with offer up instant credibility.

Iggy Azalea To Join Australia’s ‘The X Factor’; Pushes Back ‘Digital Distortion’ Album

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) While her latest single “Team” has not been able to match the success of her breakout hit “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea is set to try her hand at another gig.

The 26-year-old performer signed on to be a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Iggy will replace Dannii Minogue as a judge on the competition reality show.

The Sydney, Australia born entertainer revealed on Twitter that her position on the judging panel will only last five weeks.

Iggy was set to release her sophomore album Digital Distortion this month, but she informed a Twitter follower that the project has been pushed back to accommodate her filming for The X Factor.

Rozewood and Guests Are “Immortals” In New Video

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

Rozewood brings along The Winners’, Hus KIngpin, Rozewood, DirtyDiggs and Sean Rosati for the video to their song “Immortals.”

The video also features guest appearances by Planet Asia and Montage One, who lend a hand to promote the song, which is taken from Rozewood’s “Channel 13” album that is due in stores later this year.

Mr. Vegas Says He Won’t Fully Diss Drake

By: ClassicOneCategory: Rumors

Although Dancehall artist, Mr. Vegas has been very vocal about his disapproval of Drake shouting out Dancehall artists but not featuring them and taking from the genre, Vegas doesn’t plan on waging a full war against the 6 God.

Although he claims “Drake The Fake” (as Vegas calls him), is running with the wave, he says he won’t go against Drake because Drake has millions of fans and he doesn’t want to end up like Meek Mill.

Remember Mr. Vegas previously said Meek might have been right about Drake being fake, but Vegas says despite his longevity in the game he isn’t trying to get bodied by a singing n-gga. LOL.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGcPezlqw8N/

The Week Ahead in Hip-Hop: June 13-June 19, 2016

By: Shad2487Category: Features

As June reaches its halfway mark, there are numerous noteworthy events that have happened in Hip-Hop history.

From artists being born (Tupac Shakur, Kendrick Lamar) to memorable albums (Thank Me Later), and controversial moments (“Cop Killer”), they all changed the course of rap music and culture.

As the saying goes, “You don’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been.”  Here is a look at notable events that took place this week from years past.  Check it out!

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Drake’s ‘Views’ Spends 6th Consecutive Week At #1

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) The reign of Views continues. Drake‘s 4th studio album once again sits atop the Billboard 200 album chart.

The Toronto representative’s latest collection has ruled over the tally for six straight weeks.

Views earned another 135,000 equivalent album units. Drake managed to collect 32,000 actual album sales with 81,000 streaming equivalent album units and 22,000 track equivalent album units.

If Drake is able to hold the pole position on next week’s chart, the YMCMB star will become the first male artist since Eminem to have an album rule the Billboard 200 for seven weeks.

Em’s Recovery held the top spot for seven nonconsecutive weeks in 2010. Adele‘s 25 spent 10 nonconsecutive weeks at #1 in 2015 and 2016.

Beyoncé’s Lemonade rose up to the #2 spot. Queen Bey’s 5th LP totaled 69,000 units (48,000 album sales).

Ras Kass Turns Into Steve Jobs To Promote New Video With Rap Legends

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

Veteran rapper Ras Kass assumes the persona of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs on a new promo video titled “rApple.” The quick little piece is meant to promote the upcoming video for Ras’ new song “Downward Spiral” featuring Bumpy Knuckles and Onyx.

“Downward Spiral” is the first official release off Ras Kass’ new album Intellectual Property/#SOI2, which is due out soon. The video for “Downward Spiral” is due out next week.

‘Hamilton’ Dominates 2016 Tony Awards; People Of Color Make History

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) You never thought that Hip Hop would take it this far. Hamilton dominated the 2016 Tony Awards.

Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s Hip Hop musical won 11 Tonys. That total puts the Broadway instant classic one shy of the all-time record of 12 held by The Producers.

Among its 11 wins, Hamilton picked up trophies for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction, and Best Choreography. The production’s performers won big as well.


Leslie Odom Jr. (Best Lead Actor), Daveed Diggs (Best Featured Actor), and Renée Elise Goldsberry (Best Featured Actress) each won Tonys. With Cynthia Erivo winning Best Lead Actress for The Color Purple, this year marked the first time all four awards in the musical acting categories went to people of color.

Tyler, The Creator Dropped An Unreleased Song At Golf Fashion Show, Announces Collaboration With Adidas

By: Vance BrinkleyCategory: News

(AllHipHop News) Tyler the Creator premiered some new music at his GOLF Fashion show over the weekend.

The founder of Odd Future opened his show at MADE LA fashion show, by performing a song that addressed his recent banning from Australia.

According to Pitchfork the unreleased song, titled “EGO,” not only references the the 2015 banning, but also called the Australian government for using his old rhymes as a reason why he shouldn’t be able to return to the country.

The rhymes from “EGO” reads:

“They said some old lines was offensive/I was young I can’t apologize for that s###/They took my fiction literature for literal/I ain’t no m###########’ criminal.”

Tyler’s verse states that he’s not as bad as his previous music proclaims him to be, and uses Donald Trump as the punchline to prove it.

Although the song’s message caught the attention of many, Tyler has no plan on officially releasing “EGO.”

Yesterday, the Los Angeles rapper told fans on Twitter that it was only for the show and just a throwaway.

During the Golf Fashion Show, Tyler also announced that he would be releasing a new collaboration with Adidas.

https://youtu.be/-RclQasFBtY

https://twitter.com/fucktyler/status/742023224435740672

Kodak Black Recruits Gucci Mane And Lil Boosie For New Mixtape ‘Lil Big Pac’

By: Vance BrinkleyCategory: Music

To celebrate his 19th birthday, rising Florida rapper Kodak Black released his latest project Lil Big Pac.

The 13-track project features appearances from Gucci Mane and Lil Boosie, with production credits from the Honorable C- Note.

The track featuring Gucci, “Vibin In This Bih,” was trending over the weekend, acquiring more than 90,000 streams in a day.

Kodak Black has been on the rise over the last couple of years. Along with the success of his single “SKRT SKRT,” the young Florida rapper has also had his music played on Drake’s popular radio show, OVO Sound Radio.

Check out Lil Big Pac Below.