(AllHipHop News) Kevin Gates will now be serving 6 months in jail after being found guilty of battery in a Polk County courtroom.
The charges stem from an August 2015 incident in which the rapper viciously kicked a female fan at Rumor’s Nightclub in Lakeland in Florida.
According to WFLA, in a previous hearing the rapper used the Stand Your Ground defense after admitting to kicking the fan in response to her continually grabbing his pants leg while he was performing.
Hailey, Head of security at Rumor’s Nightclub, testified and stated that there were 20 security guards at the venue that night and that no special requests were made for additional security or barricades between the stage and the crowd.
Kristy Irelan, the victim’s mother has indicated that her daughter had to undergo a CT scan after the kicking incident.
“She told me that she was excited to see him and next thing she knows she was kicked in the chest and she was passed out,” Irelan stated in a previous interview.
(AllHipHop News) Pimp C’s widow will no longer control the legendary rapper’s estate.
Pimp C’s oldest son, Chad Jr., emphatically stated that the the late Hip-Hop star’s affairs were being poorly managed by the widow (his step mother).
Chinara Butler, Pimp C’s widow, previously controlled the estates since the UGK rapper died in December 2007. Pimp didn’t leave a will at the time of his death.
Chad Jr., 23, wanted this mother taken off as the dependent administrator of his estate and stated that she had not given and monies to other beneficiaries to Pimp’s legacy.
Chinara allegedly misused $150,000 in jewelry as well as other assets and was subsequently removed as estate administrator in 2010.
Chad Jr. filed for his stepmother to be removed in the summer, as previously reported on AllHipHop.com.
A new administrator will be appointed on Friday, per a statement from the judge.
The chickens are coming home to roost. This woman, Lisa Johnson, says she is the mother of three of Dr. Dre’s daughter. First thing that pops up is that she had a baby with Dre with she was 15 years old. This suggests strongly that she was 14 when they were having sex. So they put that out there to “slander” Dre at the moment where he is getting slammed left and right for his nefarious past. I think in Dre’s own book, he says she was 16. This interview is interesting, but it certainly has an undertone of vengeance. It looks like they have big issues with Dre that go back to the 80’s. She said, they (Dre and his mom) are not keeping it real. She says she is about to write a book and “tell a story” about Dre. “I got a lotta s**t to say.” UH to the OH.
Check the video below and tell me this won’t be a problem for the Aftermath General.
Dre been married to the same woman since 1996! You think folks are just beefing with Dre to come up or does he deserve this in 2016? They going at him heavily!
(AllHipHop News) HIllary Clinton’s campaign just released a video of Virginia cocaine-god rapper Pusha T interviewing none other than her running-mate, Tim Kaine.
The G.O.O.D. Music President sat down with Vice Presidential hopeful Tim Kaine on October 15 in Miami, Florida and today (October 26), a conversation between the two hit the Internet.
Pusha sat down with the Virginia Governor, Tim Kaine in the Liberty City section of Miami, to rally young voters for the upcoming elections on November 8.
“We need to think about what important to us, what important to the community. And we need to pick Clinton and Kaine,” Pusha T said. “Recruit our volunteers, knock on every door that we can, let our family and friends know. We [are] trying to make a change.”
Remy Martin kicked off the third installment of their Producers Series this past weekend in Los Angeles, CA. The event is a way for upstart producers looking to make a name for themselves to be heard by industry executives and experienced super-producers who have already made their marks in the business. For season three, Remy Martin enlisted platinum recording artist and producer Wyclef Jean to host and give his insight and advice to the artists and producers in attendance.
Out of hundreds of submissions, five producers were chosen to partake in the first round of the beat battle by playing their hottest sounds to a panel of judges, in which the top three were selected to the second round. Two finalists were then selected to participate in the finale’ on December 10 in Los Angeles against the finalists from the San Francisco tournament on November 19. Soulja Boy and King Los were on hand to show their support for the event as both joined Wyclef in entertaining the crowd with freestyles. After the show, AllHipHop caught up with Wyclef to get his thoughts on the series. Check out our exclusive Remy Producers Season 3 video recap and interview with Wyclef Jean.
Although Kim Kardashian has been very successful in her own right, for sometime some have wondered how Kanye West married her.
With the controversy surrounding Kanye West’s recent comments directed at Jay Z about Jay Z’s lack of support following Kim K’s robbery, and the rumors that Jay Z thinks Kanye is a nut case, rumor has it that Kanye West only married Kim Kardashian to keep up with Jay Z.
It kind of makes sense especially at the time when their relationship started. After all, Jay Z is big bro to Ye, and Hov has been married to the baddest female in all of the land, Beyonce.
Word on the street is Kanye felt the need to compete with Jay and settle down with someone he felt was equally powerful and influential as he is.
Everyone knows how egotistical Kanye is, and sometimes when you are trying to keep up with the Jones’ you have to go to extreme measures.
While many feel Kim is certainly no Beyonce because she lacks talent, KimYe assert that Kim’s talent is making that shhhhmmmmMONEY!
What are your thoughts? Do you think this is why Ye married Kim?!
(AllHipHop News) The 2003 sex tape Kim Kardashian made with then-lover Ray J is back in the headlines – as a virtual reality experience.
P### bosses at Vivid Entertainment have released “The Kim Kardashian Superstar Experience,” which allows viewers to live out the infamous footage using the “latest immersive technology” according to the New York Post.
The footage begins with clips from the actual sex tape and then a Kim look-alike brings the video to life as she performs virtual sex acts on viewers and pleasures herself with a sex toy.
Kardashian, who is recovering from an armed robbery ordeal that occurred in Paris earlier this month, sued Vivid bosses in 2007 after they released the original sex tape, titled Kim K Superstar.
She later dropped the lawsuit and settled for a reported $5 million.
(AllHipHop News) Ariana Grande’s boyfriend Mac Miller credits music producer Rick Rubin for helping him get sober last year.
The Blue Slide Park rapper, real name Malcolm McCormick, began struggling with substance abuse issues several years ago and was arrested for possession of marijuana in 2011.
However, after working with the legendary producer last year, the 24-year-old took some of the lessons Rick taught him and applied them to his life.
“(He taught me to) just (be) still, and how important it is to be able to quiet your mind and be honest with yourself,” he tells Rolling Stone. “I also gained a lot of confidence because I played him music I was working on – some weird s**t that never came out – and he was like, ‘I’ve never heard anything like this’. I was so geeked about that.”
And being sober has helped him embrace routine in his life.
“This planet has a certain gravity, man – it rises in the morning, it sets at night, and I never really followed that,” he says. “But now I go to sleep at night and wake up in the day, and that’s been a beautiful balance in my life. Along with not feeling like s##t.”
His sobriety has also affected the way he records music. Miller explains before he would try his hardest to complete a song even if he was having a difficult time with it, but now he is less stringent about his process.
“I’m not forcing anything,” he continues. “I used to never be able to walk away from a song unfinished, so I’d stay up for days at a time working on one song. And my voice is a lot more of an instrument now, and I just sound more awake.”
(AllHipHop News) Attention record collectors and R&B fans. For the first time ever, Erykah Badu’s classic debut album Baduizm is available in its entirety on vinyl.
Previously, the 1997 set – which helped the sub-genre known as Neo-Soul explode into a global phenomenon – was released as a nine-track single LP.
But Motown is now letting loose a full vinyl version of Badu’s project as part of the “Respect The Classics” initiative.
2000’s masterful Mama’s Gun is also for sale in vinyl form.
Both platinum albums are presented as two standard-weight LPs.
Baduizm Tracklisting
Side A
1. Rimshot (Intro)
2. On & On
3. Appletree
4. Otherside of the Game
Side B
1. Sometimes (Mix #9)
2. Next Lifetime
3. Afro (Freestyle Skit)
4. Certainly
Side C
1. 4 Leaf Clover
2. No Love
3. Drama
Side D
1. Sometimes…
2. Certainly (Flipped It)
3. Rimshot (Outro)
‘Mama’s Gun’ 2LP Set
Mama’s Gun Tracklisting
Side A
1. Penitentiary Philosophy
2. Didn’t Cha Know
3. My Life
4. …& On
Side B
1. Cleva
2. Hey Sugah
3. Booty
4. Kiss Me on My Neck (Hesi)
5. A.D. 2000
Side C
1. Orange Moon
2. In Love With You
3. Bag Lady
Side D
1. Time’s a Wastin
2. Green Eyes
(AllHipHop News) San Francisco filmmaker Kevin Epps has dodged a murder charge stemming from the fatal shooting of a man inside of his house yesterday afternoon (October 25) in San Francisco.
Epps was initially arrested on suspicion of murder charges, after being arrested for allegedly shooting a 45-year-old man identified as Marcus Polk.
While police know the two men were associates, it is still unclear as to what a motive may have been for the shooting.
Neighbors told local reporters that Polk had lived in the neighborhood and had been homeless and on drugs over the past decade.
Kevin Epps is best known for his work chronicling the San Francisco Hip-Hop scene in documentaries like “Straight Outta Hunters Point,” “Rap Dreams” and “The Black Rock AKA Black Alcatraz.”
“This is one of the last things I would expect to hear,” San Francisco veteran Mistah F.A.B. told The San Francisco Chronicle. “He’s one of those guys that you idolize. We developed a big brother/little brother relationship. He became my big brother and mentor because of the work he did in the community.”
Epps, 48, has been released from prison according to the district attorney, citing lack of evidence.
1992 debuted at #1 on the Independent Albums Chart, the Rap/Hip Hop Albums chart, and the Rap Albums chart.
Game’s eighth studio LP opened at #2 on Top Album Sales chart behind Kings Of Leon’s Walls.
As far as the Billboard 200, Game arrives at #4 with 32,000 album-equivalent units and 24,000 traditional sales.
“I’m most appreciative to my Real fans who are the ones that have been pushing me through for the past decade,” says the Compton rapper in a statement. “1992 was inspired by my childhood when I was 12 years old coming into my teenage years in a city that was plagued by gang activity and a nation that was racially divided. To understand my life, you have to understand how I survived.”
The Game is set to start the European leg of his “Block Wars Tour” in November.
It looks like Birdman just won’t play nice as NBA point guard Damian Lillard revealed that he’d have to remove a Lil Wayne verse from the song “Loyal To The Soil” due to a conflict with Wayne’s label, Cash Money.
Lillard aka Dame D.O.L.L.A recently released a new album titled ‘The Letter O’. The project actually features an impressive lineup of features that included Juvenile, Jamie Foxx, and at one point Lil Wayne.
Dame tweeted,
“Despite my agreement with Wayne, his parent label is forcing me to remove him.”
Although we don’t know if the removal of the verse was because of a true business conflict, we are willing to bet it’s just some Birdman pettiness stemming from their ongoing legal battle.
Dang Lillard was actually gaining good traction with his record also. Birdman let it go!
Unfortunately, I am being forced to remove Lil Wayne from #TheLetterO track "Loyal to the Soil"…
Then on this week, Drake faced significant backlash for “Two Birds, One Stone” song lyrics that appeared to bash Cudi for his battle with mental health issues.
Recently, SNL cast member Pete Davidson stopped by The Breakfast Club, and the stand-up comedian revealed Cudi played a significant part in his adolescence.
“If you’re 25 and under, I truly believe that Kid Cudi saved your life,” said Davidson.
He added, “I would’ve killed myself. Absolutely. One hundred percent. I truly believe if [Cudi’s debut studio album] Man On The Moon didn’t come out, I wouldn’t be here.”
The 22-year-old New Yorker also spoke about communicating with the Ohio rapper since he began his stint in rehabilitation.
“I texted with him, maybe, last Monday and he’s in really good spirits. I think I might go see him next week, ” stated Davidson.
Pete Davidson’s Comedy Central special SMD airs October 29 at 11 pm ET.
(AllHipHop News) Members of the A$AP Mob have been talking about the crew’s A$AP Yams inspired Cozy Tapes for several months.
“The music is pretty much done. It’s in the process of being mixed,” A$AP Ferg told AllHipHop.com in June. “I don’t have a date, but it should be out real soon.”
The Mob is now ready to drop Cozy Tapes Vol 1: Friends on Monday, October 31.
Before the compilation hits the internet next week, the Harlem collective will release the singles “Telephone Calls” and “Runner” on Friday, October 28.
Cozy Tapes Vol 1: Friends is based on the blueprint formed by Yams prior to his death in early 2015.
“[Cozy Tapes is] the Yams album he was working on before he passed. It’s basically like an A$AP collective like your Ruff Ryders’ Ryde or Die Vol. 1 or [The Diplomats’] Diplomatic Immunity,” explained A$AP Rocky earlier this year. “[Yams] wrote down in his notes, and he would tell me who he wanted on there. We were about to start working on it.”
Cozy Tapes Vol 1: Friends Tracklisting1. Yamborghini High2. Crazy Brazy3. Way Hii4. Young N#### Living5. Nasty’s World6. Money Man7. Put That On My Set8. Motivation Foreign (Skit)9. London Town10. Runner11. Bachelor12. Telephone Calls
Awww man! As you know, Drake came out swinging and taking shots at everyone with the four songs he released over the weekend.
The hype has been less about his forthcoming project, ‘More Life’, and more about the insensitive shots Drizzy took at Kid Cudi on “2 Birds, 1 Stone.”
Drake rapped,
“You were the man on the moon. Now you just go through your phases. I’m like a real estate agent, putting you all in your places. Look what happens soon as you talk to me crazy. Is you crazy?”
The shots seem to directly attack Kid Cudi’s current struggles with mental health. Cudi is currently receiving treatment in rehab for suicidal urges as well as depression.
Drake didn’t even apologize to him and Cudi’s fans who felt his lyrics were distasteful. Instead, he stated that Cudi and, we guess, other rappers alike need to keep his name out of their mouths.
Fans weren’t the only ones outraged by Drake’s lyrics. Kid Cudi’s manger Dennis Cummings took to Twitter to blast Drake for being corny and fake. He tweeted,
“How Aubrey and his writers take a shot with the same hands they used to beg for a feature?”
How do you feel about Drake’s lyrics? Were they that insensitive?
Rumor has it that singer and Love & Hip Hop Hollywood star Ray J is getting ready to clap back at Kanye West and his “Famous” with and assist from Chris Brown.
“I really wasn’t going to put out another album because I was doing my tech and bikes, but I went in the studio, and I felt like I was just connecting with the music. The bars started coming.”
Apparently Ray’s version of “Famous” will be featured on his visual album ‘Raydemption’.
‘Raydemption’ is Ray’s first studio album since 2008, and it will be streamed exclusively on LookHu.com.
According to LookHu’s CEO, Byron Booker,
“The visual album will be “a controversial record in which Ray sets the record straight, reclaims his power, and moves forward. [Chris Brown] is going to be talking about his rendezvous with certain celebrities in his past, as well as certain women that he helped catapult to fame.””
With Soulja Boy & Bow Wow recently dropping a joint album, you know we have to ask: are you interested in new music from Ray J in 2016? Do you think he can top Ye’s “Famous” as far as controversy?
The G.O.O.D. Music founder once again shouted out the “Frequency” rhymer at his stop in Inglewood, California.
“So Cudi is in rehab right now, but he got a #1 song on the radio, and I want you to sing so he can hear it,” Kanye told the crowd before going into the hook of the “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1.”
Cudi has also been a subject of a lot of conversation this week because Drake released the song “Two Birds, One Stone” which included disses directed at his rival.
Drake then posted a comment on Instagram responding to a fan criticizing his lyrics aimed at Cudi.
The Toronto native wrote, “man needs to stop mentioning my name when they get geeked [okay] supposed to be all love out here word to my bro Pablo [Kanye West].
“So Cudi, he is rehab right now, but he got a #1 song on the radio & I want you to sing so he can hear it” pic.twitter.com/gKX7z8p81E
(AllHipHop News) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton returned to The Breakfast Club.
While the former Secretary of State is leading in most election polls, Clinton used the nationally syndicated radio show to try and connect with Hip Hop followers.
Many topics were discussed during the interview including police brutality and systemic racism.
“That’s one of the highest priorities that I’ve had throughout this campaign because it’s something we have to be honest about,” said Clinton. “We have to face up to systemic racism. We see it in jobs. We see it in education. We see it in housing. Let’s be really clear, it’s a big part of what we’re facing in the criminal justice system.”
Clinton stated she will work to restore bonds between the police and the communities they patrol.
She also recounted meeting with the Mothers Of The Movement.
The group of women that lost loved ones to police violence or gun violence appeared at the Democratic National Convention in July.
When it comes to actual policies, Clinton wants to see a more comprehensive approach to addressing police reform.
“We need better police training. I think there should be national standards on the use of legal force. I think one of the big problems we’ve got – and police tell me this – is most police don’t know how to deal with mental health problems. So we need better mental health response,” said the ex-New York Senator. “There’s fear on both sides, and the best way to break down that fear is to spend time with somebody, put yourself in somebody else’s shoes.”
Numerous Hip Hop stars have announced their plan to vote for Clinton this year.
Ohio is one of the key swing states that will play a huge role in determining which candidate will be the next Commander In Chief.
“Jay Z is doing a concert. I’m thrilled to have his support because I think one of the biggest jobs that I will face – assuming everything goes well – is how are we going to heal all these divides,” added Clinton.
In addition, Sec. Clinton was celebrating her 69th birthday.
Music legend Stevie Wonder was present to sing his “Happy Birthday” song for her.
(AllHipHop News) Congratulations are in order for Ciara and Russell Wilson.
The R&B singer and the NFL quarterback announced they are having their first child together.
“On this special Birthday I received an abundance of love from friends and family.. and I’m excited to Finally share one of the Greatest Gifts of All that God could give,” wrote Ciara on Instagram.
Wilson added on his own IG page, “The Greatest Blessing of All. Forever Grateful. #BabyWilsonOnTheWay.”
This will be the Super Bowl champion’s first child.
CiCi has a son with Hip Hop artist Future.
Russell Wilson and Ciara got married earlier this year.
