(AllHipHop News) The legal issues continue on for Young Dro as a warrant has been issued for Young Dro’s arrest.
The rapper, born D’Juan Montreal Hart, skipped court yesterday (April 28) after alleged theft charges.
The theft charges stem from Dro’s theft of stripper Robyn Fly’s Cadillac CTS.
When Dro was asked about the car theft with the Breakfast Club in September last year, he gave a broken and barely audible response as DJ Envy asked the rapper to speak up.
Ultimately Dro explained that his “brothers from hood in the trap” ended up borrowing the car and they got pulled over.
“She was following the car, she had tracking on the car, she knew it wasn’t me in the car,” Dro told The Breakfast Club.
In March of 2015 Dro was reportedly charged with theft by conversion of leased or rented personal property for an incident that occurred in February earlier that year.
Sooner or later, the world may hear something with DJ Khaled and Chance the Rapper. Recently, the DJ/motivational speaker took to Snapchat (as always) to spread the news that linked up with the Chi-Town rapper in Little Havana, before his performance at Beyonce’s “Formation” Tour in Miami. According the clips, the two were recorded dancing for a video shoot, and you can hear a sample of their new music playing in the background. However, no official leak of the single is available, yet.
Check out the clip below.
DJ Khaled and Chance The Rapper were shooting a music video for a new song in Miami today 👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/WpTB9GWa5V
With the overall hype from his single “White Iverson” and earning credit for contributing to Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo, Post Malone is now looking to drop his upcoming album. A couple of weeks ago, the Dallas rapper/artist officially made the announcement that his album was on the way via Instagram.
With his album coming out soon, Malone released a set of visuals for his latest single titled “Go Flex.” Just like “White Iverson,” Malone’s new track has a huge bass kick to follow his crooning. However, unlike his hit single, the artist breaks the guitar out to sing over pure acoustic. The video itself screams both rap and country culture of Texas, with Malone traveling across country fields, in front of fire and sparks, as well as him performing his song in a barn and with a beautiful lady. Now word has been made on when his project would officially release.
Last week, we covered De La Soul’s performance at the National Cannabis Festival in Washington, DC. Along with the legendary rap group’s long list of hits performed, as well Plug One’s performance of “Excursions” to honor the late member of A Tribe Called Quest, Phife Dawg, De La premiered the single “TrainWreck”, a track that was supposedly from their highly anticipated album, And the Anonymous Nobody.
The project was slated for a August 26th release, featuring big names including Snoop Dogg, 2 Chainz, Little Dragon, and many other artists. However, to keep fans excited for the release, De La Soul dropped a project titled For Your Pain & Suffering. Obviously poking fun on the release date of their crowd-funded album, For Your Pain And Suffering is a free four-track EP with only one feature from producer Dave West, also featuring “TrainWreck on the project as well.
(AllHipHop Features) Washington, DC is set to host the annual Broccoli City Festival this Saturday at the St. Elizabeth East Gateway Pavilion. Among the acts sharing their talents that day will be rapper-on-the-rise Ace Cosgrove.
The DMV representative will hit the stage in front of his home crowd with his band BobMoeKill. The musicians made up of mostly George Washington University students are set to assist Ace as he runs through songs from his well received projects Us Vs Robots, Egos, Potential & Halos, and Baby Need Food.
Before he was putting rhymes together for his own work, Ace took on the task of trying to put his friends on. However, a tragedy five years ago led to the Gaithersburg, Maryland native to step behind the microphone.
“My homie ‘Gino’ Cosgrove passed in 2011. He was doing the whole rap thing, and I would try to manage him – you know, set him up with producers and studio time, sh-t like that,” Ace explains to AllHipHop.com. “When he passed, I started to live at my homie Shane’s house where he had a studio set up. I would just see a bunch of rappers come by, and I kind of just started rapping myself.”
While Washington’s Hip Hop scene has been building its reputation over the last several years, at the time Ace began rapping, the city was mostly getting national press for political battles and the controversy over the football team’s mascot. A young Cosgrove initially had to travel outside of The District to locations like New York and Philadelphia in order to gather fans for his growing brand.
DC is now demanding the attention of the Hip Hop industry. Ace is a member of a collective of local artists known as Hostile Youth, a unit helping to raise awareness about the talent surging in the nation’s capital.
“My homie Hassani Kwess had the whole Hostile Youth thing already going. I met him, Vaunfe, and Black Diamond through Uno Hype. We just started connecting and making music together,” Cosgrove states.
Besides DC, the DMV region is also composed of another major city in Baltimore, Maryland. Forty miles to the north of Washington is the site where Freddie Gray fell into a coma while in police custody and later died as a result of the questionable treatment by BPD officers. The 25-year-old’s death led to a youth driven uprising and the State’s Attorney charging six officers with various crimes.
Beatles legend John Lennon is quoted saying, “I think the music reflects the state that the society is in.” The current state of American society involves necessary public conversations about police brutality and social justice.
Cosgrove personifies Lennon’s declaration by using his music to confront the relevant issues his generation has had to face. In particular, the song “Freddies Dead” addresses the anger many young people felt after learning of the circumstances of Gray’s killing.
“I think what happened in the Freddie Gray case is sad as f-ck. I think music is the most powerful thing in the world,” says Ace. “So as a Hip Hop artist, I think it’s my job to express with my music what other people are feeling but are scared to say.”
The 24-year-old performer is not afraid to speak on the subject of spirituality either. His catalog features cuts like “Lost Of Faith” and “Lord Have Mercy.” The latter song has a hook where Ace announces “the devil couldn’t stop me.” Those are not just inconsequential lyrics. The words represent a personal mentality that drives the man who recites them.
“Religion plays a big role. I’m not a super-religious person, meaning I don’t go to church every Sunday, but to me I feel like I made it this far because of my guardian angels and hard work,” responds Cosgrove when asked about the role of religion in his creative process. “I think sometimes when we as humans reach a low point we tend to lose our faith, so I talk a lot about that in my music.”
Like any person walking this Earth, Ace Cosgrove experiences moments of dejection and disappointment. On his song “Burning Slums,” he opens up about having to deal with individuals around him being jealous of the productive moves happening in his life. However, the ascending rhymer is attempting to avoid those resentful cynics in his outer circle.
“I’m a pretty distant person to begin with, so I deal with envious people by just saying, ‘F-ck it, f-ck them. I’m going to make the music even better and see if they are more envious when I drop this new sh-t.’ I’ve always been the type to not need people in my life anyways. If they stick around, cool. If not, f-ck em. They can eat a d-ck,” Cosgrove declares.
The number of haters surely rose when Ace’s 2014 song “Making Moves” was featured during a recent episode of House Of Lies. The popular Showtime series starring Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell selected the track for the season five premiere which aired earlier this month.
“Making Moves” has currently totaled over 24,000 plays on SoundCloud. Going by the user comments on SC or the top search suggestions on Google, House Of Lies sent a large number of listeners in Cosgrove’s direction.
“I got connected to House Of Lies through ‘the plug’ [laughs],” says Ace.
He continues, “My reaction [to the song’s placement on the show] was just like, ‘Yes, I’m doing something right here.’ I think the song started picking up a lot because of House Of Lies. The song is almost two years old. Before the House Of Lies placement, the views were much lower than that, so shout out to the plug.”
More tunes from A.C. are on the way. Just this week he dropped his Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz inspired single “Bia-Bia” produced by Super Miles. A follow-up effort to Baby Need Food is inevitable, and other festival appearances such as the one at Broccoli City is likely in the future as well.
As his fan base expands, Ace Cosgrove is ready to take on the position as one of the musical leaders of the DMV. But don’t look for the creator to become part of the paparazzi culture that dominates entertainment news at the moment. His focus is the artistry not the fame.
He conveys, “I never want to get super-duper famous to where I’m in TMZ every other day. I just want to make really epic music that inspires people, move to London, and get paid well because of it.”
(AllHipHop News) Chicago rapper Chief Keef and Atlanta producer Zaytoven have connected on songs together such as “Let Me Know” and “Flattered.” But Sosa fans should probably not expect to hear the rhymer on any other Zay tracks in the near future.
Footage of Keef talking on FaceTime about Zaytoven made its way to the internet. The clip features the 20-year-old explaining why he has not released any other Zay-produced records.
“I got no Zaytoven beats. I’m going to tell you why though. I ain’t gonna tell you right now though. But yeah, it’s some fu sh-t going on. It’s a lot of little goofy sh-t,” stated Keef. “Plus, he gives everybody the same beat.”
Chief Keef went on to accuse Zaytoven of giving other artists such as Icewear Vezzo, Cash Out, Migos, and 21 Savage beats that he already rapped over. At one point Keef said, “That n-gga Zaytoven had to be drunk.” He even called out fellow Atlanta based producer Metro Boomin – “Zay and Metro do that sh-t. Sonny Digital don’t do that sh-t.”
After admitting he recently gave the same beat to different people as well, Keef added, “I ain’t gonna lie. I just got on my Zaytoven sh-t. If Zaytoven do that sh-t, f-ck it. I’m finna do that sh-t too… That sh-t is not right. That ain’t cool.”
UPDATE:
Zaytoven has issued a statement to AlllHipHop.com about Chief Keef’s comments. Read his statement below.
I send out beats to a lot of these young guys that I really think are talented and got something special. And I do it without receiving any money and a lot of them use the beats on their mixtapes and albums without me even knowing.
(AllHipHop News) Desiigner currently has the most popular song in America. As “Panda” rules the charts in the U.S., the G.O.O.D. Music representative spoke with Tim Westwood in the United Kingdom. The Trap production for Desiigner’s #1 hit was actually created by someone from Great Britain.
“It’s a blessing that somebody from the U.K., from London, got the time to meet somebody from America and we put it all together,” said Desiigner. “The beat was on YouTube. Shout out to Menace again. We did our thing.”
The Pusha T protégé reportedly only paid $200 for the “Panda” beat. British producer Adnan “Menace” Khan sold the track to Desiigner in 2014. Parts of “Panda” were also used on Kanye West’s “Pt. 2” off The Life Of Pablo album.
(AllHipHop News) It has been three years since Jay Z released his last studio album. While there have been hints that the Brooklyn icon is possibly working on a follow-up to Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay has not given any official word about his next LP. But longtime production partner Just Blaze says he has a ton of Hov’s music stashed away.
Blaze spoke with Spin about his contribution to Beyoncé’s new smash album Lemonade. The discussion also included the New Jersey native revealing he has more than two LPs worth of musical work from Jay.
“A lot of people, when they work with Beyoncé or artists of that stature in general, there’s usually a number of [Non-Disclosure Agreements] involved and you go through a process. With me, there wasn’t much of any of that because I’ve known her for years and I’ve worked with Jay for almost 14, 15 years,” said Just Blaze. “Obviously, it’s never going to be an issue of security with me. I mean, I have at least two albums worth of Jay Z material sitting in my vault. So it’s not that they ever have to worry about me leaking records or releasing information. I give people sneak peeks when it’s appropriate or when the artists want to do it.”
Beyoncé’s Lemonade includes the Just Blaze produced cut “Freedom” featuring Kendrick Lamar. According to Just, both he and Bey’s team had the idea of adding Kendrick to the record, but before he could suggest getting a verse from the TDE rapper, someone in Beyoncé’s camp had already made the connection.
(AllHipHop News) There is a long history of Cash Money Records not properly paying artists, producers, and other individuals that have worked for the company. The label’s biggest star, Lil Wayne, is still fighting to get unpaid profits from CMR.
That reputation did not stop Atlanta based singer Jacquees from signing with Cash Money. In fact, the “Like Baby” performer told DJ Smallz he is happy with putting his name on a contract with Birdman and Slim’s imprint.
“That’s the risk I took signing a record deal. I’m not saying it was a risk because it was Cash Money. Nah, it was a risk because it was a deal,” stated Jacquees.
The former independent artist added, “It’s the biggest risk I ever took, and it’s the best decision I ever made of my life.”
(AllHipHop News) Last night Drake finally released his fourth studio album VIEWS. To help promote the new LP, the Toronto rapper did a rare interview with Beats 1’s Zane Lowe for the OVOSOUND radio show. The discussion included Drizzy talking about the current status of his relationships with one of his musical idols Jay Z, former close collaborator The Weeknd, and fellow Young Money representative Nicki Minaj.
Really, I was trying to get [Kanye West] on [“Pop Style”] at first, and Ye just sent it to me like that. Like, “Jay just kind of did my first few lines for me. He was here and that’s how we flexed it.” It was cool. He was all excited like, “Just put The Throne. It would be a crazy moment.” Of course, people want to hear Jay Z rap, so hearing him do two lines might be frustrating to a certain audience…
I was just having conversation with Kanye. That just landed in my lap. I just dealt with it accordingly, and it didn’t exactly play how I would have wanted it to as far as business goes. So I just figured it would be easier to go with my version [on the album].
I’ve expressed my admiration and respect for Jay countless times. That will never change. Sometimes we just fall on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to the rap world. It’s always just mutual respect, but sometimes it has to be from afar do to other situations that don’t have anything to do with me and him.
On The Weeknd:
At the end of the day, that’s my guy. We’re from the same city. We grew up with the same goal, trying to do this. A lot of the time we spent trying to do it together. There’s memories I’ll never forget. We spent real time. Not like other artists time. We put in real work together.
I’m proud of his success. We’ve both had our moments where we’ve maybe felt a way and taken it maybe a little left, but I can sit here and say I have nothing but love for everybody over there. I loved watching last year. It made me super happy. Well deserved.
[He] made a great body of work. As a lesson to any kid, that’s work effort. You make great music and you figure out how to roll it out the right way and do your thing, and that’s where it gets you. More power to him. I’ve never got the chance to tell him, but I send him all my blessings. I could never really want any ill for him based off the work we put in and where he’s from.
On Nicki Minaj:
I don’t really talk to Nicki. Again, another person that I have a lot of love and respect for. Not only for our past and how much work and time we put in, but even with the way she dealt with the [Meek Mill rivalry]. I understand what love is, and I understand a personal situation. She dealt with me how I would expect her to which was with class. I could only ever do the same.
There were points in time where I was sitting there waiting to see like, “Okay, is this going to go… I don’t know. Like, how deep is your love?” You got to ask yourself, but I’ll always have respect and love for Nicki. Unfortunately, we haven’t spoken, but it is what it is. Even if we don’t speak, she knows what it is. It’s always love.
(AllHipHop News) Embattled entertainer Katt Williams was arrested again after he allegedly threw a salt shaker towards the manager at a restaurant manager, Atlanta police said Thursday.
Police came to Spondivits restaurant after being notified of a fight around 10 p.m. Wednesday. The salt shaker struck the manager and bloodied the manager, according to police.
The report states that Williams family entered into the venue and wanted to sit in a reserved sitting area for another party. When they were denied, could with Katt Williams arrival, matters escalated into the alleged act of violence. Katt left, but was found at a nearby Waffle House eating.
Williams bonded out of the East Point jail early Thursday afternoon.
Katt Williams has been involved in several legal quandaries that have him embroiled in a number of cases ranging from aggravated assault to drugs and disorderly conduct.
There are some people who profess to be classics and then there are those who are the genuine article which therefore makes them classic. Artist and creative extraordinaire Chris Classic is a prime example of the real deal.
Chris took a few minutes to explain to AHH what it was like being raised by one of the best dads that he knows…Hip Hop legend Rev Run!
And as it pertains to his ill rhyming skills, Classic explained what took him so long to show the world what he can do with a pen and a pad.
Says Chris,
“I was waiting for the perfect storm.”
We’re glad his hurricane full of rhymes finally made it to shore! Check out our discussion with Chris Classic!
Take a listen to a few of his 16’s in the players below!
(AllHipHop News) Shade 45 DJ, DJ Whoo Kid was arrested early in the morning at 1:30 AM on Tuesday.
The G-Unit affiliated DJ was taken into custody after he was found to be driving with a revoked license and a warrant for his arrest, this according to TMZ.
According to reports Whoo Kid is said to have been driving in the dark with no lights on.
In 2014 Whoo Kidd got caught up with a similar situation which explains the reason for the warrant and subsequent arrest.
Now Whoo Kid faces a June court date after he missed previous court dates, despite paying the necessary fines.
Most recently Whoo Kid made headlines for his feud with Meek Mill after heposted a video to his Instagram page of cartoon versions of Drake and Meek Mill wrestling.
(AllHipHop News) 50 Cent has stood by Effen Vodka as an spokesperson for the brand battling it out with Diddy and French Montana in public vodka wars between Effen and Ciroc.
Now the Jamaica Queens bred rapper is taking time to do a rare in-store for his Effen Vodka brand.
The in-store appearance will take place at a liquor store called Gerard’s Wine and Spirits at the Jersey shore, where 50 will sign bottles of the famed vodka for fans.
Gerard’s is even offering VIP packages for the event which you can purchase in advance at www.finewineonline.com/50.
“We are excited that 50 Cent is coming to the store to sign bottles and promote the vodka,” says Joe Stephens, President of Gerard’s Wine and Spirits. “This is a great opportunity for those in our community to come out, visit the store and meet a celebrity. As we get closer to the event more information will be released, so those interested should keep watch on our website and Facebook page for more information.”
Back in February 50 Cent stole Ciroc’s DJ Camilo, at which point 50 took to Instagram to taunt Diddy and the Ciroc brand.
“The EFFEN take over is real,” wrote 50. “[DJ Camilo’s] no longer a Ciroc boy.”
No word on if 50 will perform at all, but anyone interested in this in-store can find the address below.
2310 Bridge Avenue Point Pleasant, NJ 08742
732-892-6161
(AllHipHop News) This day and age rappers are coming from every direction representing a plethora of sub-genres in Hip-Hop.
Now Utah based rapper, Jamesthemormon is making waves as the most popular Mormon rapper ever, as today (April 28) the religious based rapper has now topped the iTunes charts at #1 on the Hip-Hop/Rap category.
On his chart-topping six-track EP I’m Not a Rapper, Jamesthemormon tackles issues that he faces being a Mormon in 2016.
Jamesthemorman’s rapid ascension to top, albeit unlikely pits James above rappers like Drake, Future, Kevin Gates and ASAP Ferg – for now.
With Drake’s Views project set to drop at midnight (April 29) this run could be a short one for the rapper, but its still worth noting the accomplishment.
The EP dropped on April 17th and is said to be a reflection of his beliefs in the Morman faith.
Similar to other rappers, Jamesthemormon has taken a liking to his local sports teams and features fans, coaches and players from local university BYU in the video for the “Motivation.”
Born James Curran, this 29-year-old Utah residing rapper grew up abroad in Russia, China and Uzbekistan according to KSL.com.
“I literally couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” Curran told KSL.com. . “So I’m here, and I’m in front of Drake, so that means I’m number 30 in the world. I called my friends for them to, like, verify that I’m not insane and they’re like, yeah, this is happening. They were all freaking out.”
Despite his Latter Day Saints background, Jamesthemormon says he wants people to feel unknowingly uplifted by his religious raps.
“I want the same vibe that people go to get a Drake album or Lil’ Wayne,” Curran added. “I want them to walk away uplifted without even realizing it.”
Check out his most recent video, “Motivation” below:
Adding hype to the tape, Chris Brown is releasing the tape on the same day that Drake’s Views project drops (April 29).
Chris also has a song with the Section Boyz, Quavo andOHB called “WHIPPIN” that is planned for release in the coming weeks and was previewed in a Snippet via YouTube.
In addition to the musical releases Chris’ to-do list includes touring throughout Europe, taking over the world and “partying” his “ass off.”
(AllHipHop News) Grammy-nominated Hip-Hop legend Slick Rick is set for his “Victory Tour” celebrating his newly earned status as a U.S. citizen.
After a 23-year, drawn out legal process, fans, artists and critics can join in celebrating Rick’s citizenship on several previously announced dates, as well as several newly added cities (see below).
The “Victory Tour” begins with the Kentucky Derby Festival’s “Waterfront Jam” on Tuesday, May 3rd and then travels to several cities across the Midwest and South.
A homecoming show in New York City is in the works and details for the NYC show will be announced soon.
“I’m celebrating a new beginning and am thankful for the many blessings already coming my way,” said Slick Rick who was born a Brit before moving to the US at age 11.
“One is the blessing of doing what I do best – perform – to celebrate the victory of citizenship after living in this country for so many years. We will celebrate in style”
As a long-time resident of The Bronx, Slick Rick’s musical career took off at 18 years old fresh out of high school.
Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew took Slick under their wing and featured him on the Hip-Hop classics “The Show” and “La-Di-Da-Di.”
Known as MC Ricky D back then, the moment marked Rick’s introduction to the world as “the greatest story-teller.”
His debut album “The Great Adventures of Slick Rick” (Def Jam) was #1 on the R&B /Hip Hop chart and featured, “Children’s Story,” “Teenage Love,” and “Hey Young World.”
It followed with The Ruler’s Back (1991), Behind Bars (1994) and The Art of Storytelling (1999).
For a full list of dates, take a look below at the following dates from May 3rd and August 13th.
Almost doesn’t count, but sometimes almost still gives us enough good memories to reminisce on. The Game recently revealed to TMZ that he almost recorded a song with Prince years ago.
“I wanted him to get a on a song and he was down to do the song, right. So we met at [former Universal Music Group chairman and CEO] Doug Morris’ office, man, at Universal a few years back and he heard the song and there was one curse word in it and he was like, ‘Yo. I can’t get on that. It’s got a curse word in it.”
Although Prince used profanity on some of his material, he later stopped cursing in his songs.
“That’s the evolution of people and their lives. You get older. You get wiser. Prince became a Jehovah’s Witness and he cut out all that so we didn’t do the song ’cause I needed that curse word,” said The Game.
Do you think The Game should’ve removed the curse word especially since it was Prince?! That may have been a pretty cool collaboration!
Future has already promised to heat up the summer with new music, and it has now been revealed that he will be hitting the road with Drake for their Summer Sixteen tour. Future and Zaytoven have been in the studio cooking up some new heat it seems. Who else would you like to see Future work with for his next project?
Young Thug made a video saying Charlamagne Tha God was going to make n-ggas torture him. Thugger went on saying he would beat the f-ck out of Charlamagne. Charlamagne said he decided to stay in the house for a while because when he thinks of being tortured by Young Thug, all he can think about is blunts and penises. Mannnnnn. Luckily for Charlamagne, Thug is now singing a different tune as he said,
I wouldn’t ever put my hands on a radio guy, to small for me.”
I wouldn't ever put my hands on a radio guy, to small for me/for me
