(AllHipHop News) Yesterday (April 5) friends, family and rappers from across the industry including Kanye West, Busta Rhymes, The Roots and Andre 3000 paid tribute to the late Phife Dawg.
While everyone celebrated, laughed and cried for Phife in “A Celebration of Phife Dawg” at the Apollo Theater, Smokin’ Needles Records released the first post-humous record from Phife called, “Nutshell,” now available to download via iTunes.
The video caps off what’s been a tragic two weeks for Hip-Hop as fans of A Tribe Called Quest mourn one of its founding members.
With the release of his “Nutshell” visual that premiered on Billboard, fans are also treated to a new track produced by J Dilla.
“Unaccustomed to unproven whack flows/Unresponsive to unapproved stages shows/That’s unacceptable, unexciting, lazy f*cker/Phife here, canny, uncommon rhyme spitter,” Phife Dawg spits on the new song.
The past two days have been dedicated to Phife Dawg by friends, family and partners in rap.
Prior to the funeral services two days ago (April 4), ATCQ asked fans to meet them at St. Albans Park in Queens for “A Celebration of Phife.”
The park is the same park that is being petitioned to be renamed Malik Taylor Park
The first 200 fans that arrived received a Phife Dawg t-shirt and ticket to yesterday’s show at the Apollo.
In the mean time, fans will be eagerly awaiting Tribe’s Give Thanks project.
Half of the proceeds from “Nutshell” will be donated to the American Diabetes Association and the National Kidney Foundation, check out the visual below.
With “Barbershop: The Next Cut,” premiering tonight at The TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California and set to open in theaters nationwide on April 15th, hip hop star and actor Common met one on one with AllHipHop’s Kylie Krabbe to talk about his experience as a newcomer to the “Barbershop” franchise, and how his love for his city of Chicago sustained him and gave him just the right amount of inspiration and confidence to give the role what it needed to deliver big laughs and political drama as an homage to both the franchise and the city that he calls his own.
Being from Chicago, how important was it to you to get it right in regards to what is going on with the unfortunate uptick in violence that is happening now in that city? I have so much passion and compassion for my city Chicago and the people in Chicago and what the people of Chicago in this story can represent for cities in America….It’s not only Chicago that’s enduring this and encountering violence and the struggles of fatherhood. Black men and Black women too have to deal with the struggles of American life, so I take a lot of pride in making sure that we were as authentic as possible and true to Chicago and also true to what’s going on. Capturing the spirit of what’s going on in Chicago and telling that story in an honest way so that people feel it and respect it… more than just feeling distant from it.
Director Malcolm Lee, as well as producer Ice Cube have made much of the idea that “Barbershop: The Next Cut” was intentionally crafted from a very inclusive and creatively improvisational mindset. To that end, what part of this movie would you say really has your mark on it? I would say in my performance the things that I felt were really like, ‘look Malcolm, this is how this guy, this character needs to say this,’ was the stuff about Trayvon Martin. You know, it was already written (in the script) about Trayvon Martin and the president, but then I kind of just started adding more things….I also expressed to Malcolm that I felt my character needed to be emotional with his lady and be caring… show that he was like… ‘I need to hear that I’m important too sometimes,’ but that he still showed that strength. Originally it was kind of like my character was almost getting pushed over by his wife. But those lines, I was adding that stuff….I think it shows the dynamic of what a man can be.
You are a completely new entity coming into this established franchise that is the “Barbershop” movies and it’s equally established fan base. With ten years worth of history there, were you nervous coming in to that iconic world – especially considering that these movies are comedies and you aren’t exactly known as a comedy guy? You know what? My confidence was grounded in that I was from Chicago. So I knew that… and I like going to certain unknown places because I just like challenging myself and growing and getting better. So okay, yeah I’m going to this real comedy so let me feel what this is going to be like. But then, just being around it I was okay. I just gotta feel who I am within this and feel who Rashad is and that’s it. I’m not Eddie’s (Cedric The Entertainer’s) character. I’m not coming up with the punch lines like they come up with. I don’t have to. That’s not what I’m here to serve in the story either. So I didn’t get outside of myself as far as who my character is, and I was really confident in the fact that I was going to bring Chicago to it like, yo’ I was going to bring all our slang. There was just certain things like neighborhoods. So when people from Chicago hear it they’re like, ‘damn he said Chatham! He said Auburn Park!’ So I knew couldn’t nobody do that but all of us that was from Chicago really.
“Barbershop: The Next Cut” opens nationwide in theaters on April 15, 2016.
With his new movie “Barbershop: The Next Cut” set to drop in theaters nationwide on April 15th, Hip Hop legend, movie star and music and movie producer Ice Cube took some time out to talk one on one with AllHipHop’s Kylie Krabbe about why “Barbershop:The Next Cut” is a timely addition to the much beloved franchise, other cinematic projects up his sleeve, as well as the time currently being ripe for Cube to work on his new album, “Everythang’s Corrupt.”
Here are some questions and answers from our one on one candid conversation with Ice Cube:
AllHipHop: Of the three “Barbershop” movies, how does this one rate for you?
Ice Cube: Well, it’s hard to beat the first one. I mean it’s 1 A.
So what does 1A mean?
I mean it’s just as good as the first, it’s just not the first.
Your character comes full circle from the first “Barbershop” movie in “Barbershop: The Next Cut.” In the first one, your character Calvin wasn’t sure that he even wanted the barbershop he had inherited from his father. Now in this movie, he is an elder statesman in the community because of his barbershop and what it represents for so many. Do you think that because of this “Barbershop: The Next Cut” is likely the last of the franchise or is there more that we haven’t seen?
I think there is definitely more there. As long as there’s situations that people go through we can always highlight them and talk about them in “Barbershop.” And I still think Calvin – he was still trying to get out of there. He was still thinking about abandoning the neighborhood and going somewhere else and doing what most people do in these situations, so I still think he has some growing to do.
As a producer on this movie, you came up with a large chunk of the dramatic A story – the barbershop holding a 48 hour cease fire – from an article that you happened to read about a real life barbershop in Memphis, Tennessee that did the same thing. If you hadn’t read that article, do you think that “Barbershop: The Next Cut,” while still very funny like all of the “Barbershop” movies, would have had such a timely but politically based bent?
I think we would have – I was looking to connect it with what was really happening in Chicago, so I think that that element came out of it dealing with the son trying to stay out of the streets while trying not to get shot. I don’t know if the barbershop 48 hour free haircut day would have happened. I think we would have found the story because we were looking for it so hard, looking for what this movie needed to be. Either we would have found it or we wouldn’t have done the movie.
So it really had to be about something.
Yeah. I didn’t want to do it without having a good reason to do it. I didn’t want to do it because – I don’t think nobody did without having that good reason. Maybe MGM did, but we wanted to have a good reason to shoot this movie and talk about things that were really happening on the ground in Chicago.
With “Everthang’s Corrupt,” it’s been awhile since you’ve come out with something new musically. Why now?
You know, I haven’t promised a record yet. I’m still working on it. But I had to put it down for a minute to finish these movies and make sure they were right. To make sure “Ride Along 2” was right, “Barbershop” and “Straight Outta Compton” – and this is going to be the end of it. I did a movie called “Fist Fight.” I just didn’t want to spread myself too thin. Finish these movies and finish this promotion and then finish the record and put it out.
“Everythang’s Corrupt” – was that title inspired by the Oscar nominations snub with “Straight Outta Compton”?
Oh no. I named that album three years ago.
So then where does that title come from? What’s that about for you?
Everything is corrupt. Everything has a form of corruption. It has poison in it. It’s like a cancer. Everything.
So just aside from current politics, Donald Trump and everything else?
Oh yeah. Way aside from Trump. Everywhere. There’s corruption everywhere. That’s the problem.
I mean that’s just the title of what I’m talking about on the record. That we have to look at everything because everything is corrupt, and it’s a shame. But you know the hook on the song says: “For my birthday buy me a politician/ It’s a shame that we gotta teach the children/ Everything is corrupt/ Everything is corrupt.” Everything is corrupt so it’s kind of like that’s the theme.
Do you think you’ll be working with your son O’Shea Jackson Jr. at all? Does he rap?
Yeah. Yeah he do. He’s good too. He’s real good. I don’t know if he want’s to do that yet. He’s still in the process of landing his second movie, so I think he wants to be a movie star. I’m fine with that.
So he can’t do both like his dad?
Yeah, he can if he want’s to. I think he should focus on one over the other. I think the movie lane is open. You know, he’s second generation Hollywood. I think he should go that route and do music after he solidifies himself in the industry.
Having been very successful both industries, do you see one as being easier than the other?
The movie industry is a lot cleaner than the record business – it’s dirty. It’s a dirty business. It’s still harder to get a movie made than a record of course, but they pay you. They pay you right.
You talk about the music industry being dirtier and of course you’ve got that whole business with Ke$ha and her lawsuit that she lost against her record label Sony, and her producer Dr. Luke based on her allegations of longtime sexual abuse from Dr. Luke. What’s your take on that? What happened with her?
In a nutshell, she’s accused Dr. Luke of having been sexually abusive to her since she first signed with him at 18 years old. Her contract with Dr. Luke’s company, Prescription Songs and his label, Kemosabe Imprint, which is a Sony imprint, stipulates that Dr. Luke must produce at least six songs on all of her albums. Ke$ha claims to have sued because she doesn’t want to continue working with him, even though she has no problem staying with Sony, but Sony won’t let her out of her contract. Different female artists have come out in support of her since the ruling went against her. I know that this particular brand of ugliness hasn’t been your experience, but do you think that this level of “dirt” might be due to the fact that the music business might not be as transparent as the movie business when in comes down to it?
I think the same sort of stuff happens in the movie industry. If you really dig deep, there’s probably people who are victims of the casting couch, so to speak. With her, I think as a record label, I understand them not wanting to release her cause she’s a hit artist and they didn’t do nothing to her. If they assigned her that producer, they might be at fault but as a producer I think the fault is with the producer and they just need to get her a different producer.
According to Ke$ha, that’s what Sony won’t do – though Sony has legally claimed otherwise.
Oh well then yeah – I definitely wouldn’t record for them again. They might as well release me because I’m not doing another record. I’m definitely not working with this m###########. So I side with her if they feel that way.
And so what’s next for you? Because you were talking about your next movie “Fist Fight” – what’s that about?
Charlie Day is in that movie and we play two teachers who decide to have a fight after school at 3 o’clock. Kick yo’ ass.
It seems like you are doing all of these projects that are speaking straight to being a dad or a father figure and things that men have to teach to the youngsters about manhood and what you should do as a real man versus what you might want to just run off and do. Is that a calculated choice or just an organic thing that has happened with you career?
I think so. You know, I think it’s really organic to just be going that way. You know, I ain’t no young buck no more. I’m big daddy.
Has time mellowed you out at all? It would seem that it hasn’t if you are writing “Everythang’s Corrupt” paired with what you wanted to get across as a producer in “Barbershop: The Next Cut” in regards to real life community situations for many people living in Chicago.
I haven’t mellowed out at all as a person. People might see a character I play and for some reason they think if you play a preschool teacher on a movie then you’re into doing kid’s movies now and you’ve changed your life and that’s what you’re doing. It’s like naw, I just played this d###### preschool teacher and there’s nothing different about me. I’m just trying to be a good actor.
See the most recent featurette for “Barbershop:The Next Cut” here in advance of it’s release nationwide in theaters April 15, 2016:
(AllHipHop News) BET Networks and Beverly Bond, Founder, CEO and Creator of Black Girls Rock! pulled out all the bells and whistles for the 10th Annual Black Girls Rock! show. Held this past Friday at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, it was truly a star studded event.
Black Girls Rock! highlights the triumphs of brilliant Black women in an extraordinary night celebrating Black Girl Magic™. Black Girls Rock!™ acknowledges the achievements of Black women who have broken barriers in the areas of art, music, philanthropy and community service
Actress and star of Blackish, Tracy Ellis Ross hosted the star studded event. Among the many celebrity honorees were singer Gladys Knight, who was given the “Living Legend Award” and multi-platinum pop star Rihanna, who received the “Rock Star Award.” Beverly Bond even received an award, presented by Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton.
The NAACP Award winning Black Girls Rock! on BET continues to represent a revolutionary landmark in media as it delivers edifying, entertaining and inspiring content honoring the nexus of achievements made by powerful Black women and girls. I felt privileged to be in attendance. Way to go DJ Beverley Bond for continuing such a great cause!
(AllHipHop News) Detroit femcee Dej Loaf recently revealed the playlist for her new project, All Jokes Aside.
The “Back Up” rapper said, “I’ve Been Taking Care Of Business,” in a recent Instagram post yesterday showcasing the female rapper walking with yellow Beats by Dre headphones on.
The project comes light on features, less the one song with Silkk the Shocker of No Limit fame.
(AllHipHop News) In a candid interview with Yo Gotti’s DJ, DJ Smallz, Houston rapper Paul Wall responded to a comment Master P stated in an interview with Power 105’s the Breakfast Club saying,”Everybody getting high now, the syrup is killing the whole, this generation.”
Paul has always been a proponent of the purple sprite drink over the years even most recently titling a track on his slabgod project, “Muddy Cups On Sunset.”
As it is, the Houston rapper says, “he doesn’t know anyone personally that has died” from syrup.
“Of course I love Master P, I got nothing but respect for Master P, but it might be killing the generation theoretically, but it’s not sending people to the graveyard. I personally don’t know not one person in my whole life who has ever died as a result of sippin’ syrup,” Paul Wall said in defense of the popular drug.
Tragically the legendary DJ Screw, Big Moe and the late great Pimp C all reportedly succumbed to lethal dosages of the potion, though Paul Wall clearly disputed that fact, blaming their deaths on lifestyle choices.
Codeine, which is an opiate, know to produce a feelings of said euphoria, while the cough syrup also contains a drug called promethazine, which acts as a sedative.
“They might have syrup in they body when they die, but that don’t kill ’em,” Paul Wall continued. “Now poppin’ pills, handlebars, them handlebars be sending people to the grave. Shooting heroin up that’s sending people to the grave. You know that flocka, that’s sending people to the grave. Alcohol is sending people to the grave. 200 million people die off some crazy sht from cigarettes, that’s sending people to the grave. Obesity, not eating properly, drinking sodas, eating all this s### with corn starch, and corn syrup in it. Not real sugar, not real products, all these man-made products, that’s the sht that’s sending people to the grave.”
“It’s important to recognize today, that we are seeing more people killed because of opioid overdoses than traffic accidents,” President Barack Obama explained.
The promethazine and codeine concoction was famously popularized by DJ Screw with his “chopped and screwed” style of music and his S.U.C. (Screwed Up Click) group of rappers.
“Now the whole entire world is walking around with double white cups and they pourin’ up fake syrup, they don’t even know what they drinkin’ they just want to say they sippin’ some syrup. But they killing our culture down here man, that’s what’s being killed, our culture down here man,” a frustrated Paul Wall said.
Paul also denounced the signature double styrofoam cups seen in the hands of rappers across the game.
“For the record, we don’t sip double cups in Houston no more man, the police is not stupid. You ridin’ around with a double cup, they taking you to jail, they pulling you over, so we don’t sip no double cups no more, unless you want to go to jail or unless you being corny and want everyone to know you sippin’ syrup.”
(AllHipHop News) Today (April 5) Hot 97 announced part of the lineup for it’s annual Summer Jam concert held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The concert is set to feature a host of big name talents including Chance the Rapper, Curren$y, Tory Lanez, Desiigner, Post Malone and Dave East.
New comers Justine Skye, Dougie F and Rotimi are also set for the Festival Stage geared toward more indie and up and coming acts.
Last year at Summer Jam 2015, concert goers were able to see Kendrick Lamar, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Big Sean, Fab & Friends, Meek Mill, Ty Dolla $ign & Friends, Omarion, and Childish Gambino.
Fabolous did a throwback set and brought out Black Rob, Busta Rhymes, Remy Ma, Fat Joe, Method Man, Redman, Raekwon, Mobb Deep, Lil Kim, The Lox, and Ma$e.
(AllHipHop News) While Louisiana prison officials continue an investigation into whether or not C-Murder recorded new music while incarcerated at Angola Prison, Lil Soulja Slim has confirmed in an AllHipHop exclusive interview that he recorded music with C-Murder while the TRU Records founder was on house arrest.
Lil Soulja Slim, son of the late New Orleans rapper Soulja Slim, is a collaborator on the new Penitentiary Chances project in dispute which is executive produced by Manuel “M.O.” Ortiz and C-Murder’s daughter, Chelsea Miller available on jpay.com.
News of C-Murder’s new song “Dear Supreme Court” featuring Calliope Bub debuted here on AllHipHop and has since caused an uproar with prison officials.
“I was working with C on a few things that were already recorded and we’re gonna put that out,” Lil Soulja Slim told AllHipHop in an exclusive interview. “Of course I talk to C, that’s big dog. Him and my pops had a nice relationship, so we holla, I mean I can’t really speak on that situation because for years he’s been innocent, so I really don’t know much more to say. I know when C was on house arrest we did music together. I was a little younger when we first started linking, but he a real solid dude in my book, he always been real with me. Free C-Murder,Free B.G..”
C-Murder, born Corey Miller, was found guilty by a jury in 2003. C-Murder got a re-trial in 2007, but once again a jury convicted the rapper, issued an automatic life sentence at Angola Prison . Since then, two appeals have been denied and the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld C-Murder’s conviction.
In addition to his work with C-Murder, Lil Soulja Slim is in a group with Juvenile’s son Lil Juve and B.G.’s son T.Y. dubbed, The Ghetto Children.
The guys are featured as a young crew of robbers in the new Curren$y movie Revolver that released just last week.
“We actually just shot a documentary on some legacy s###, all of us together in a group, The Ghetto Children,” Lil Soulja Slim said.
“It’s cool you know, it really just bring the stress off one artist. One person don’t have to come up with the whole song, we just feed of each other’s energy, and we put ideas in each other’s heads, that’s kind of the plus, always having people that you can really work with.”
“My single that I’m pushing is called ‘Everyday’ and features T.Y., Son of a Gangsta.” Lil Soulja Slim said of his solo song with B.G.’s son. “The Ghetto Children project is going to come out in June, we were just featured in Curren$y’s new movie ‘Revolver’ and I played in the robbery scene with T.Y., Young Juve. T.Y. turned his back on us really, he killed us in the end when we went and hit that lick.”
Lil Soulja Slim’s project ‘Life of A Soulja 3’ is set to release this April. Fans of the rapper can check him at Labor Day weekend in Miami where he has performances scheduled.
Revolver is a musical narrative picture from film-maker CJ Wallis, @fortyfps, adapted from six new raps written by Atlantic/Jet Life Recording artist Curren$y over original production from Taylor Gang’s own Sledgren. The film co-stars JetLife members DJ Duffey, Cornerboy P, Mr Marcelo and Mousa Hamdan and T.Y., Young Juvie & Lil Soulja Slim. Narration for the CJ Wallis written and directed film is by Fiend. The project was produced by CJ Wallis & Mousa Hamdan.
A few weeks ago producer Dot Da Genius confirmed via Instagram that he and singer Jhene Aiko were in fact married. The only problem is, since Big Sean and Jhene Aiko have been promoting their collaborative project ‘Twenty88,’ Dot has deleted photos of Jhene off of his page. Fans immediately took notice and asked Dot why he deleted their marriage announcement, and he replied saying,
“Not w/ the Hollywood stuff.”
Uh oh! Does this mean there is trouble in paradise for the couple? Well the recent interview Big Sean & Jhene did with Flaunt Magazine certainly raised some eyebrows, and it listed the two as single. Jhene even says they went on a date. What’s really going on? Is Big Sean out here breaking up happy homes? LOL.
‘Empire’ is back on your television screens and apparently so are the lawsuits. A woman claiming to be the real Cookie Lyon has filed a new suit against the show. Her aim is to take the creators down! Sophia Eggleston has filed new court papers claiming that the infamous role of Cookie (played by Taraji P. Henson) was stolen from her 2009 autobiography, ‘The Hidden Hand.’ Eggleston wants Lee Daniels and Danny Strong to pay her millions. Since day one, many have claimed the show is loosely based on their lives. Apparently Eggleston originally filed papers herself, but now she has had them professionally written and filed. Her attorneys seem to believe she has a good argument as the Cookie character is basically Eggleston, especially before she went to prison. The new court documents also claim that Eggleston met with screenwriter Rita Miller in 2011, and Miller said she would pitch the concept to Daniels. This lawsuit points out 23 characteristics and plot points of ‘Empire’ that are also included in Eggleston’s book. Do you think she will win the suit?
According to Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian, the “couple” is now engaged. We must say this still feels like one big publicity stunt. It’s crazy that Kylie Jenner and Rob Kardashian have the same stepchild. Out of all of the people in the world, and out of all of the people in the “industry” these two ended up together. Rob was always the black sheep of the Kardashian family, and Queen of petty Blac Chyna never got over Kylie stealing her man Tyga, so we guess it all makes sense. Jeweler Ben Balller even congratulated the couple on the engagement, shouting Rob out for coming to him to get the massive ring. Hey if they like it, we love it.
(AllHipHop Features) In the not too distant past, all female music groups dominated the Billboard charts and cable music channels. Acts such as Salt-N-Pepa, Destiny’s Child, En Vogue, TLC, Spice Girls, and Xscape were routinely heard on radio dials across the country. Over the last decade that phenomenon has died down a bit, but three young ladies out of Atlanta are looking to breathe life back into the girl group category.
Kaylan (15), Lady (16), and Moriah (15) make up the members of the R&B/Pop trio known as Glamour. The three girls first met as part of AGI Entertainment’s “Extreme Performance Camp” in 2012. Natarsha Garcia and Brandin Jay of AGI decided to put the singer Kaylan, the dancer Lady, and the actress Moriah together to form a potential all-around entertainment juggernaut.
The teenagers are now under the guidance of Grammy winner Kandi Burruss as well. As a former Xscape vocalist, Kandi is able to advise Glamour on how to navigate the girl group waters. The head of Kandi Koated Entertainment also provides a blueprint on becoming a dominant businesswoman, an area the girls plan to explore in the future.
Years of media training, vocal lessons, and dance rehearsals as well as a stint on season 3 of X Factor have prepared Glamour to make a notable mark in show business. Fans can look out for an official EP from Kaylan, Lady, and Moriah in the near future.
AllHipHop.com caught up with Glamour to get the up-and-coming triple threats to discuss their meaning of success, favorite movie stars, and ultimate glam looks. Get to know members of the next generation of girl groups in this “Three Questions” interview.
Moriah: When we say success, our goal is to reach young girls and change their lives. We want to inspire them to say, “I can follow my dreams. I can do this.” If we’re successful enough to have a million girls say, “Glamour’s the reason why I did this,” that’s success. To have a big house and nice cars, that’s nice, but to make a difference in people’s lives, that’s success.
Kaylan: That’s what Glamour is all about. We promote self-confidence and not having to stick with the status quo. You can do your own thing, branch out, be yourself and still be successful.
Lady: That’s for anything that you do, not just entertainment. If you want to be a doctor, be a doctor. If you want to be a lawyer, be a lawyer. Do whatever you want to do that makes you happy. Just be yourself.
If there was a biopic made about Glamour, who would you want to play you in that movie?
Lady: I want to say Zendaya. That would be dope.
Moriah: I would pick Tika Sumpter. I really love her. She’s a beautiful dark-skinned woman. I love her acting. So Tika or Gabrielle Union.
Kaylan: I feel like I would pick either Keke Palmer or China Anne McClain. I really love China. Sometimes people say I remind them of China.
The R&B Girl Group Is Back: Glamour + Kandi
What is your ultimate glam look?
Lady: I really like tom-boyish stuff like [the styles of] Aaliyah, Kehlani, Zendaya, and Ciara. All of those type of looks.
Moriah: I love girly stuff. I love classy stuff. I like wearing skirts and dresses. I just love being cute.
Kaylan: For me, it’s all about different stuff. I like out of the box stuff. I like stuff you wouldn’t see a girl walking down the street wearing. I want my stuff to be original. The person I really look up to as far as style is Rihanna. I love Rihanna. I like leather, platform shoes, and shoulder pads. That would be my ultimate glam look.
(AllHipHop News) Chance The Rapper arguably had the standout verse on Kanye West’s latest album The Life Of Pablo. The Chicago rhymer stole the show on the opening cut “Ultralight Beam.” With that major mainstream look under his belt, fans of the SAVEMONEY member may be getting brand new Chance music soon.
According to Esquire, Chance announced at a SoundCloud concert last week that he is planning to release a project in the coming days. Chance has been giving hints about a “third mixtape” for months.
This new project would be the first solo body of work from the 22-year-old star since 2013’s critically acclaimed Acid Rap.Prior to that, Chance dropped his debut mixtape 10 Day in 2012.He also heavily contributed to the Surf album released by Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment last year.
Besides another collection of music, Chance is set to host his own show on Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio. More details about his World Wide Chicago program have not been revealed.
I’m bringing ancient mathematics back to modern man
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) April 4, 2016
(AllHipHop News) It seems as if the drama between Meek Mill and Drake is not close to coming to an end any time soon. After Meek answered Drake’s “Summer Sixteen” track with his own diss record “War Pain” in January, the Dream Chaser could be ready to fire more shots at his rival on a remix of the Views From The 6 single.
According to DJ Akademiks, Meek is set to drop his own version of “Summer Sixteen.” The online personality posted videos to his Instagram page of what is said to be the Philadelphia rhymer’s take on Drake’s song.
“Yes… [Meek Mill] is coming out with a SUMMER 16 remix,” wrote Akademiks in the caption of one vid. Two other clips show Meek riding in a car apparently listening to his “Summer Sixteen” remix.
There is still a question if the public will even get to hear new tracks from Meek in the near future. A judge ordered him not to release any music during a 90-day house arrest for violating his probation. The “Ima Boss” rapper is appealing that ruling.
(AllHipHop News) Just yesterday it appeared the Big Sean/Jhené Aiko joint effort Twenty88 or the Lukas Graham self-titled project would be headed to the top of the album chart, but it now appears Kanye West could be coming in for the steal. HitsDailyDouble reports Mr. West’s The Life of Pablo could total enough streams to earn a #1 placement.
If Ye is able to capture the pole position on the album chart, it would mark a major milestone in the music industry. TLOP would be the first LP to land at #1 off nearly no sales. The album did have close to 90 million streams since it was released on platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify last week.
Originally, TLOP was available for streaming on just Tidal where it was reportedly listened to over 400 million times, but those numbers were never officially released to Nielsen SoundScan. Ye’s latest collection is still only available for purchase on his website. However, there have been very few actual sales of the album.
In 2014, Billboard adjusted its calculations for the 200 album chart by adding streaming numbers. Every 1,500 streams now counts as 1 album unit (streaming equivalent albums). The 90 million streams of The Life Of Pablo would equal to about 60,000 SEAs. At the moment, 60K looks to be enough to give Kanye his 7th overall #1 album and a place in history.
(AllHipHop News) The legacy of the late Chad “Pimp C” Butler has been immortalized through books such as Julia Beverly’sSweet Jones: Pimp C’s Trill Life Story and the posthumous album Long Live the Pimp. The UGK member’s story is now being told through a new online documentary.
Long Live The Pimp: A Documentary on the Life and Legacy of Pimp C features notable Hip Hop figures such as Bun B, Nas, Jermaine Dupri, Rico Love, and DJ Paul discussing Pimp C’s impact on the culture. Along with his personal history and music releases, the doc also covers Pimp C’s incarceration and his issues with other rappers.
The film opens with Pimp C’s widow Chinara Butler explaining how she first met her husband. Long time collaborators Mike Mo and Corey Mo share their memories of Pimp C as well.
(AllHipHop News) Los Angeles rapper The Game is partnering with G FarmaBrands for a new line of marijuana-based products. Game’s “G Stiks” and “G Drinks” will be available in California and Washington.
G Drinks come in original, pink, and strawberry lemonade flavors, and they will be infused with G FarmaBrands’ Liquid Gold cannabis oil. The cannabis cigarettes G Stiks come in six different blends.
“These guys are the pioneers of innovation in the cannabis industry,” stated The Game. “I’m excited to help raise awareness for G Stiks and G Drinks in all territories that we are available.”
The Documentary 2 album creator joins other music artists such as Snoop Dogg, Rihanna, and Wiz Khalifa as part of the growing legal cannabis business. Marijuana stores in Washington state reportedly make a total of $1.4 million per day in sales.
(AllHipHop News) The long and tumultuous relationship between Death Row Records co-founders Suge Knight and Dr. Dre now includes another supposed confrontational story. Suge is now accusing Dre of conspiring to have him killed.
TMZ reports Knight’s lawyer Thaddeus Culpepper has filed legal documents claiming the person that shot his client at West Hollywood’s 1 OAK in 2014 was hired by Dre. The gunman allegedly confessed the legendary producer paid him and a friend $50,000 to carry out the hit.
The docs also include accusations that Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Henry Boyd purposely allowed the shooter into the club and the Sheriff’s Department released the shooter from custody. Boyd was later questioned about the incident before resigning from the department.
There is allegedly surveillance video of Boyd letting the accused shooter into 1 Oak moments before Knight was shot. In addition, Culpepper is said to have video from LAX airport which supposedly shows Boyd helping the gunman flee the country.
Knight was shot during a Pre-VMA party hosted by Chris Brown. There were rumors at the time that Brown may have been the attended target, but the Sheriff’s Department confirmed the shooter was aiming for Suge.
As of press time, Dr. Dre has not publicly addressed Suge Knight’s allegations that he hired a hitman with the intent of having Knight killed.
Tracy T links with Bankroll Fresh for this new cut “Rubberbands” that is set to appear on the upcoming Strictly 4 The Traps N Trunks (Long Live Bankroll Fresh Edition). Take a listen down below and be on the lookout for the full tape to arrive shortly.
