(AllHipHop News) For two decades Hip Hop fans have wondered who The Notorious B.I.G. was rapping about on his song “I Got A Story To Tell.” The cut off 1997’s Life After Death told the tale of Biggie sleeping with a New York Knick player’s lover and later robbing the basketball star in his own home.
(AllHipHop News) This year has proven that music streaming is not a passing fad, it’s the future of the industry.
After Kanye West, Beyoncé, and Drake each reached major milestones in 2016 thanks in part to streaming, Chance The Rapper is on the verge of making history as well.
HitsDailyDouble reports Chance’s Coloring Book is set to open in the Top 10 on the album chart, despite the fact the mixtape was not for sale.
That will mark the first time a project charted strictly from streaming numbers.
The Chicago rhymer’s third official mixtape collected enough streams on Apple Music to earn between 40,000 – 50,000 equivalent album units. That is likely to put Coloring Book behind only Meghan Trainor’s Thank You (73 – 78K album, 95 – 100K SPS)as the highest charting debut for the week.
Drake is currently on pace to lead the album chart for the third consecutive week. The OVO leader’s VIEWS is predicted to total 200,000 units (85,000 pure sales). Beyoncé’s Lemonade is close behind.
Something isn’t adding up about this one. LOL. Fans in Columbus, Ohio are saying that a promoter tried to get away with hiring a fake Boosie BadAzz to perform at their venue. A fan in attendance told The Shaderoom, that they knew it was an imposter when the fake Boosie hit the stage.
They also said people were asking all day why he looked different, but some were blaming it on him having cancer.
The fan went on to say that they felt bad for the fake Boosie, because by the time he finished lip syncing the one Boosie song that he performed, the club was practically empty. Interestingly enough, Boosie issued a statement on his Instagram saying,
“If yall noticed I haven’t posted a video or pic nor have I posted a snapchat video in the last week since my oral surgery. In the photos that were snapped of me you can see why I hadn’t posted. My face is still swollen from surgery. Cancelling my shows was not a option this weekend. I still performed in full, despite pain, and doubt.”
I don’t know. This guy doesn’t look like Boosie. Maybe Boosie couldn’t make this show and was in on it with the promoter to make the show go on. What are your thoughts?
(AllHipHop News) Drake has been dominating the airwaves of late with his latest release Views and even managed to take the top spot on the Billboard 100 last week with his single “One Dance. ”
The track is his first track to ever lay claim to the top spot on the Billboard 100 as a lead artist.
Drake’s time at the top was rather short however, as Justin Timberlake has over taken the top spot this week with his song “Can’t Stop the Feeling” from the soundtrack for Trolls.
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” is also Justin Timberlake’s first single to debut at #1.
With the recent news of Tyga & Kylie Jenner’s breakup, comes the rumors that Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna’s relationship was a contributing factor. A source told PEOPLE,
“It shook up Kylie and Tyga’s relationship. It was definitely uncomfortable and there were plenty of hurt feelings on Kylie’s part. ”
Apparently Kylie was upset when Tyga sent congratulatory social media posts to his ex Chyna after the announcement of her engagement.
According to another source,
“The drama really started to get to Kylie. She couldn’t get it off her mind. She almost felt like she was in an incestuous relationship.”
Allegedly Kylie wanted to drop the situation so she could move on with her life and not carry the emotional baggage that came with the situation. Apparently Tyga & Kylie had other problems before #BlacRob started dating, and the entire situation just became too much.
(AllHipHop News) British funnyman Sir Lenny Henry has taken aim at Will Smith, accusing the Hollywood superstar of turning his back on his African-American roots.
The “Harry Potter” and the “Prisoner of Azkaban” star went on the attack in a Sunday People newspaper article, calling for more ethnic minority faces on the big and small screen.
The beloved Brit, who was recently honored with the Alan Clarke Prize at the by BAFTA Television Awards, then turned on Smith, stating, “If a movie makes more than a hundred dollars, some black people stop being black. They become Will Smith.”
Lenny went on to call the BBC “an oppressive institution,” adding, “I worked at the BBC for 35 years before I had a meeting with anyone who looks like me. The only people like me were cleaning that corridors and that is not right.”
The Comic Relief founder continued, “Until writers and directors reflect what is happening, they won’t represent us properly.”
Henry also addressed the lack of diversity at this year’s (16) Oscars, joking that the only brown person nominated for an Academy Award was the bear from Best Actor winner Leonardo DiCaprio’s film “The Revenant.”
(AllHipHop News) Reggae legend Stephen Marley is set to release his new project Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life on July 22.
This project, which is the second part of his 2012 release Revelation Part I: The Root Of Life, will include an eclectic variety of music to showcase the influence that Reggae has had on various genres, especially Hip-Hop.
The project, which was entirely produced by Stephen Marley, has an all-star Hip-Hop lineup which includes the likes of Rick Ross, Pit Bull, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Iggy Azalea, Waka Flocka, Dead Prez, Rakim, DJ Khaled, Busta Rhymes, Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Black Thought (of The Roots), Bounty Killer, Sizzla, Capleton, Ky-Mani Marley and others.
Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life will be available for pre-order on iTunes May 27th boasting three instant grat tracks – “Rock Stone” feat. Capleton & Sizzla, “Ghetto Boy” feat. Bounty Killer & Cobra and “Scars on my Feet” feat. Waka Flocka.
Stephen Marley is also set to go on a major tour this summer including musical festivals and 44 cities, starting with Redcay, CA on May 26th. Other major stops on the tour are Chicago on Jun 24th and Dallas on July 21st, with the tour concluding with a visit to New Orleans at the House of Blues on July 24th.
Jim Jones isn’t one to hold back how he truly feels, so he let out all of his feelings during a recent interview with the Streetz Is Watchin Shade 45 radio show.
During his interview he broke down a few things. He let everyone know that he and Cam’ron are actually cool, and that people shouldn’t read too much into their social media antics.
He stated that he is the reason that Love & Hip Hop exists, as he laid the blueprint. He also went on to call Mona Scott-Young an evil b-tch, and he said he would never make amends with Yandy Smith as he doesn’t make up with people he’s made enemies out of. He also made sure to let folks know that Yandy worked for him.
Jim Jones also touched on relaunching his Vamp Life clothing line because Dame Dash stole money from him, and Mase getting famous in a matter of 8 months and fame going to his head.
He also touched on Cam falling out with Mase over the “Horse & Carriage” video. You have to love Jim’s honesty and transparency.
(AllHipHop News) West coast rapper YG and AD were in the middle of shooting the music video for their track “Thug” in Compton, California on Sunday afternoon when gunfire rang out across the set, sending more than 200 people running for safety.
Law enforcement sources stated that the incident appears to be gang related, as they found about 30 shell casings from an AK-47 on the ground and recovered a handgun, although the owner of the weapon yet to be determined.
While YG and his crew were detained before being released, a rep for YG confirmed to TMZ.com that the artist had no involvement and was fully cooperative with law enforcement. A positive spin on this situation is that no one was hit in the hail of bullets. No one has been arrested as of yet in connection with this incident.
(AllHipHop News) Houston producer Mr. Lee is currently under fire, as he’s the target of a new lawsuit filed by Ryan Elder, President and CEO of Elder Entertainment.
Artists that Mr. Lee has produced for include Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz and a long list of others.
Elder alleges that Mr. Lee, along with Theron Parker, Chad “BC” Newton and David Smith aka “David Stunts,” took funds from him without providing many of the contractually agreed upon services.
More specific accusations include the double selling of beats that Mr. Lee claimed to produce, but were allegedly the work of other parties.
In his accusation, Elder identifies Slim Thug and Beatking as two artists who have purchased beats from Mr. Lee, although they were already contractually owned by Elder.
Sure, Wayne is doing commercials. Drake is a Cash Money trillionaire with his own movement. Nicki Minaj (the only one with a last name) is the leader of the female rap nation. But, Birdman is still here and folks are going to put some respek on his NAME! So what does he do? Apparently, he has dropped the little dudes like Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug (I know they may have dropped him, but who cares!) for some dudes that are big in those streets?
Rumor has it, Birdman has gotten Ar-Ab and Compton Menace in his stable!!!! Check this out?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFeKH9qTRrs/
There is not much else to go on, but I wouldn’t want all of them to run up on C Tha God! What does this mean? Is it kinda like when 50 Cent got Mobb Deep and M.O.P.?
(AllHipHop News) Juelz Santana has lost his condo to foreclosure, according to reports.
The rapper owed $688,219 on the home and $7,000 in lawyers’ fees, according to reports, but was unable to get the property from out of arrears.
A judge issued a final foreclosure judgment against on April 22. The rapper lived in the same development where the Notorious BIG once lived. The condo will be sold at a sheriff’s sale.
Juelz, who was born LaRon James, took out a $486,000 mortgage 11 years ago to pay the $540,000 price tag on the condo. But Wells Fargo said in court papers that he stopped paying the $3,754 a month mortgage in November 2013. The bank sued him soon after, and the “Beamer, Benz or Bentley” rapper will soon be thrown out of the luxury condo in a private community in northern New Jersey.
Juelz recently announced that he was returning to the music industry.
Fat Joe recently sat down with DJ Vlad to talk crazy moments of the past that included him passing up on a few artists.
Vlad brought up a statement Fat Joe made last year about him regretting not signing Eminem. Fat Joe says Eminem knows every place he gave him his 6 different demos. Fat Joe also says Em asked him did he ever even listen to them.
Fat Joe says it’s his biggest regret because it’s Eminem who is now a walking statue. Fat Joe reveals that Eminem rubs it in his face all of the time. Remy chimed in saying that Fat Joe was still the gangster at the time, so he wasn’t trying to hear it back then.
That has to be one of the worst feelings to have the opportunity to sign someone who turns out to be an amazing talent and success story.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Redman just dropped brand new visuals to a song titled “2nd Lighter,” which will surely resonate with smokers worldwide.
The Newark, New Jersey rapper who is known for his love of all things marijuana, dropped the song today (May 16). The song is about
The song heavily borrows from Nas’ classic “2nd Childhood” from his 2001 Stillmatic. Red raps over the song’s instrumental, yet he flips up the hook to match his song about lost lighters and how close he is to his flame.
(AllHipHop Features) Rovio Entertainment’s Angry Birds franchise is easily one of the most successful mobile games in history. As a result, millions of app users around the world struggled with an addiction to slinging birds across their smartphone screens.
Those destructive fowls and their pig foes are now headed to the big screen.
The Angry Birds Movie cast features a flock of top talent such as Jason Sudeikis, Maya Rudolph, Sean Penn, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Peter Dinklage, Keegan-Michael Key, and Danielle Brooks. Emmy nominated comedian Hannibal Buress also lends his voice to the animated motion picture.
Besides appearing in Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Angry Birds flick, audiences will get to hear Buress in the forthcoming The Secret Life of Pets as well as see him star opposite Zac Efron in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and Baywatch.
In addition, the Chicago bred performer presented his awkwardly confident comedic routines on Netflix this year with the documentary Hannibal TakesEdinburgh and the stand-up special Comedy Camisado.
I had the chance to chat with Hannibal about his recent film work. The conversation also included The Eric Andre Show co-host sharing his thoughts on Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo album, the two decade debate over The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air versus Martin, and his sole purpose for using Snapchat.
Still From ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ (via Sony Pictures)
What attracted you to the role in Angry Birds?
They offered it to me, and it sounded cool. [laughs] I thought, “Sudeikis is in it.” And I get to be a voice in a big animated movie. It’s a different experience. I’m just trying to grow as a voice actor.
You talked about doing voice acting. You’re also in The Secret Life of Pets. Did you enjoy that version of acting?
It’s really simple. You do it for an hour in any major city. You don’t have to go to a set or go through hair and makeup. You show up to the studio, they ask you if you want any tea, you go into the booth, and throw some headphones on. The director usually Skypes in. You say all your lines a few times. If they have direction for you, they tell you that direction, and you adjust.
I think Chris Rock had that joke at some award show how it’s really easy. The people that work hard on Angry Birds are the people you won’t really know – the animators. That’s the real work. Going into a booth and just talking, that’s pretty simple stuff. I enjoy it.
I always felt like the people who star on The Simpsons have the greatest job in Hollywood.
Yeah, it’s a cool gig. There’s obviously different skill levels. There is talent involved. You have some people that can do seven different characters.
Can you talk about your character in Angry Birds?
My character is… what is he? [laughs] That’s what happens also. You just go in and read stuff, so you kind of get disconnected a little bit. But my character is a father. We’re having a Hatch Day party for my son. Sudeikis’ character, the delivery guy, messes it up, so I’m kind of just the dude giving him a lot of sh-t. I play kind of a d######## dad that’s upset that Sudeikis’ character is bad at his job.
I also wanted to ask about your new special Comedy Camisado. I noticed you had jokes about Stevie Wonder being blind, and you had a bit about babies possibly being racist. You even talked about the backlash you received from the Bill Cosby controversy. When you’re putting together your shows, are there any topics or people that you feel are off limits?
No, I just try to make it funny and try stuff to see if it works or if the idea has potential to work. That’s my main focus, just trying to put together a good show. I don’t really stray away from any topics.
During Camisado, you had a joke about Kanye’s Yeezus and how it grew on you. What did you think about The Life Of Pablo?
I may have to give it some more listens. It’s some great sounding stuff on there. I think “Father Stretch My Hands” is my favorite right now. I walk out to that on stage. I like it, it’s just the rollout of it was so weird. [laughs] That maybe sort of clouding how I feel about the album. It was cool, but it was a little all over the place. “Real Friends” is really dope. And “No More Parties In LA.” It’s got some bangers on there.
Who else are you listening to now?
I like the new Kendrick [Lamar] – untitled unmastered . It’s some good sh-t on there. Lately, I’ll just pick a Pandora station and go off of that. So I’ll put on the Flying Lotus Pandora [station], and that’s usually pretty good. Spotify has this “Discover Weekly.” Based off of what you play, they make a playlist every week. I’ll find new stuff off of that. Oddisee’s new project [Alwasta] is really dope. He put out an EP that’s got this track “Catching Vibes.” It’s pretty dope.
You had your special on Netflix, and you also did a documentary that came out recently. It seems like you have a good relationship with Netflix. Can we expect anything else?
We’ll see. I just like how they operate. It’s just simple for people to get it. Lots of people have Netflix all across the world. You can link to it, tweet it, or Facebook it. Somebody might watch it the day it comes out. Somebody might watch it the next day. Somebody might watch it six months from now. It’s there when they want to watch. You want to make it easy for people to access your work, and Netflix makes that happen.
There was a scene in the documentary where you were performing and people started heckling you because you were talking about London. You walked off the stage. Was that something that really bothered you?
It was annoying. It’s not the first time I’ve done that joke in Scotland. That crowd just sucked. Just because I’m mentioning London, you want to yell. F-ck that. [laughs] That’s really stupid. It’s childish. So if I can’t do the bit I want to do because you’re upset about London being mentioned, then I’m gonna walk. I’m not getting paid crazy money. The gig paid like £150. It was drinking money. It was more like, “I’m not dealing with this sh-t.”
I noticed that you’ve done a lot of work with Zac Efron. Are you guys low-key trying to do a Pryor-Wilder situation? What’s going on with that?
[laughs] Yeah, the two Neighbors movies and Baywatch. I guess three movies with Zac Efron. It just happened like that. I actually didn’t expect to get Baywatch at all. I went in for one role, and they ended up offering me something else. He’s a hardworking dude. I need to get on his fitness regimen. I want to get ripped like that and see how it changes my life. I’m gonna ask him when I go back to set, “What’s it like being ripped all the time? Tell me about that.” [laughs]
You’re doing The Eric Andre Show and Broad City. You had the sketch/stand-up series Why? with Hannibal Buress on Comedy Central. But is there any interest in doing your own sitcom?
Yeah, people have been throwing some ideas my way. I’ve come up with stuff, so I’d definitely will when the time is right and I have the right idea. I’m not in a rush right now. Maybe that’s something for late next year. Who knows? But it would be cool to take another shot at TV.
I need you to help me settle a debate I’m having with a friend of mine. If you could only watch one of these ‘90’s sitcoms – The Fresh Prince or Martin, which one would you pick?
I would go with Fresh Prince… That’s a tough one. Martin had the different characters, but that last season of Martin was weird cause him and Tisha [Campbell] were never on the same set together. So even though they switched up the moms on Fresh Prince, it kind of stayed cohesive all the way through… I got to go with Fresh Prince with the extended intro song. You know there’s a longer version?
Yeah, I think people forgot that.
There’s another verse to that.
I think the full version is on YouTube.
Yeah.
How can people reach you on social media?
It’s all “Hannibal Buress” – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. I don’t f-ck with Snapchat like that. I only got it so girls can send me t######. I don’t really post stuff.
Hip-Hop has countless discussions on the best, dopest, most lyrical and, quite frankly, the wackest rappers out. However, recent YouTube numbers and other video-based metrics make a powerful case for what rappers are the most relevant, musically. So, this doesn’t factor in Kanye’s fashion maneuvers, Jay Z’s business acumen or Dr. Dre’s indelible impact on the careers of so many artists. The list drills down on YouTube views and uploads of said artists. (Editor’s Note: The numbers are based on views from January to May, so it is a small indicator.) Check it out.
(AllHipHop News) Drake is a rapper that uses a lot of melody in his music. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are a rap group that use a lot of melody in their music. Could you see the two brands united together? A member of Bone could.
Bizzy Bone was recently asked during an interview with ITS AGTV which performer he would add to his Grammy winning crew. The Cleveland representative chose Champagne Papi.
“You know who I would want to be the sixth Bone member?” replied Bizzy. “He would go right with us – Drake. That dude. Just his harmony, his background, the different vibe that he’ll bring to the table, being from Canada, having that vibe, having that style, and that voice… man, he would be a bad sixth member if we’re talking about musically.”
Lil Wayne was another rap star Bizzy brought up as a possible addition to Bone. Big Pun’s name was mentioned as well.
According to the publication, court documents filed on May 11 show 50 now owes creditors $36,098,773 not $28,478,920 like it was previously reported.
The Queens native apparently has $19.8 million in assets from $8.8 million in real estate and $11 million in personal property.
His monthly income is said to be $184,000, but he spends $108,000 per month.
50 reached deals with some of his creditors in March, agreeing to pay secured creditors in full and unsecured creditors between 74% and 92% of what they are owed over five years. In addition, the “I Get Money” rhymer owes $855,000 in domestic support and $1.48 million in taxes and debts to the government.
Recently, 50 (born Curtis Jackson III) requested a judge dismiss the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed in May 2015 by his boxing company SMS Promotions.
Jackson filed for personal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2015.
