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Trae The Truth Gets Animated In New Visual “Spray”

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: Videos
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Trae aka the “King of the Streets” has been super active the past few weeks releasing a visual several times a week for a few weeks now. “When it come to the streets, every n*gga gotta see me/ Everything I do a movie, shoulda been on TV,” Trae Tha Truth raps in the closing verse of “Spray.” With a melodic chorus that complements the mischievous production, Trae and his A####### By Nature label mate Jay’Ton abide by the code of the streets while delivering doses of animated realism.

ASCAP Kicks Off Grammy Weekend With Nominee Cocktail Soirée

By: Rea Davis @IamReaDavis Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Photo by Getty Images for ASCAP

The 58th Grammy Awards week was certainly one to remember for all of those in attendance for the event packed week long celebration. On Friday, February 12 the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers’ (ASCAP) Grammy nominees, music executives, media, tastemakers and friends gathered at the swanky SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills to kick off Grammy weekend with some fancy cocktails and, of course, music. Jazmine Sullivan, nominee for Best Traditional R&B Performance, Best R&B Song and Best R&B Album, captivated the crowd with soulful versions of her nominated song “Let It Burn” and “Stupid Girl,” both from her nominated album ‘Reality Show’.

ASCAP CEO Beth Matthews, President Paul Williams and other top ASCAP brass were on hand to greet ASCAP nominees including Lee Ann Womack (Best Country Song, “Chances Are”), James Fauntleroy (Album of the Year, To Pimp a Butterfly), Anna Wise (Album of the Year, To Pimp a Butterfly and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, “These Walls”), Dave Bassett (Best Rock Song, “Ex’s & Oh’s”), Jake Gosling (Record of the Year, Thinking Out Loud), Morgan Heritage (Best Reggae Album, Strictly Roots) and ASCAP Board member Marcus Miller (Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, Afrodeezia). Other music royalty in attendance included Claudia Brant, Bridget Kelly, Victoria Monet, Mali Music, No ID, Orianthi, R. City and Richie Sambora. Sponsors included D’ussé, Cîroc and Tu Me Water.

Did Kobe Diss Drake, Or Was Toronto Doing Too Much?

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Rumors
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We get it, Toronto. Drake is the top dog in Hip-Hop. WE GET IT! We have a Black president and are proud no matter what. Well, Toronto may not have a Black press, but they have Drake. And guess what? The Drake was paraded all over All-Star weekend, which so happened to go down in his hometown. Drizzy was all over the place. However…do you remember this?

Yeah, that’s what Drake said on “Stay Schemin’” from back a few years ago. Remember, Kobe had some marital issues and Drake road with Kobe…except he called his wife a B-Word. Well. That didn’t work out. Anyway, there was rumor that Kobe gave Drake the cold shoulder when he saw him over the weekend. I was told others did too. Now, it could have been any number of thing, not beef. They could have been focused on the game. Or not there for the pomp and pageantry. Or…maybe, just not messing with Drake in their field of expertise. Who knows. It just seemed weird after he paid homage to Kobe.

To see that, click here.

Drake got honored with the Key to the City of T-Dot! Respect!

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Lloyd Banks Returns Strong With “Mind Over Matter”

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Music
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Lloyd Banks is back with a vengeance. The G-Unit spitter is a throwback of sort if you contextualize this with the present day state of Hip-Hop. However, if you set it to the rich lyrical legacy that is G-Unit and New York City…it is another universe altogether. Banks goes hard. Solo. A room and a microphone. Check out “Mind Over Matter.”

Beanie Sigel Returns – “Top Shotta”

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Music
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Beanie Sigel is back. The hood veteran has released “Top Shotta,” his first song since being shot and losing a lung. Beanie’s former voice has been replaced by a new, more menacing tone, which is augmented by Jahlil Beats. Time will reveal what more the Broad Street Bully has in store for Hip-Hop and what sort of evolution will be represented in is music. Welcome back!

Killer Mike Slayed His Guest Appearance On ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’

By: Vance Brinkley Updated Category: Videos
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Killer Mike may be talented on the mic and in the infamous duo, Run The Jewels, but don’t let his persona as a rapper fool you. The ATLien has started to truly show his political/societal beliefs outside of the studio, and once again. On a recent episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, Killer Mike appeared as a featured guest and dropped a lot of knowledge on the show.

Not did he fully explain his thoughts on Beyonce’s Super Bowl, but the half of RTJ managed to talk with the other correspondents about George Bush as well.

You Will Wait A Week Longer For ‘The Life of Pablo’ To Release

By: Vance Brinkley Updated Category: News
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If you’re expecting to buy Kanye West’s new album this week, your dreams are about to be crushed. The rapper has announced that he won’t drop The Life of Pablo for another week. West tweeted that he wanted to fix one of the singles off of his album, “Wolves.”

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So until next week, the only way to listen to The Life of Pablo is through music streaming service Tidal. Kanye also made the album available for a $20 purchase for a brief period. Unfortunately, fans now will only end up hearing a message from rapper Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def. Along with promoting his album, Kanye West has also tweeted that he was $53 million in debt. He then preceded to asking the owner/founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, for $1 Billion to invest in his ideas.

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West has been on Twitter for the past month updating listeners about the album while also making controversial comments.

Stream Curren$y And Alchemist’s New Project ‘The Carrollton Heist’

By: Vance Brinkley Updated Category: Music
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Following the release of his album Canal St. Confidential, New Orleans “Spitta” Curren$y follows up quickly with another mixtape. However, unlike his ton of mixtapes to drop in the last two years, this is his second project with former Dilated Peoples producer, the Alchemist. The mixtape, titled The Carrollton Heist, is first collab Spitta and Alchemist dropped since their beloved 2011 project Covert Coup, featuring several artists that completely fit both artists like Action Bronson, Lil Wayne, an Styles P.

Stream The Carrollton Heist below.

50 Cent Shades Jay Electronica?

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Rumors
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YO! 50 Cent is funny. A few days ago, Jay Electronica said some that made us all go “Hmmmmmmmm,” but it sort of disappeared fast. Nobody replied. That’s probably a good thing, because all hell could break loose. Jay E is a real dude. 50 Cent is a real dude too. However, is it possible that 50 never HEARD of Jay Electronica? I doubt it.

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Kanye West Brought Out An All Star Crew During His SNL Performance Last Night

By: Vance Brinkley Updated Category: Videos
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Following over a month of getting fans excited about The Life Of Pablo, Kanye West was set to perform on Saturday Night Live. During his performance,  the rapper managed to bring an entire squad out to perform songs off of his new album. The appearances racked up with Ye’ bringing out Chance The Rapper, The Dream, Young Thug, El Debarge, Kelly Price, and even Kirk Franklin to perform his first song off of TLOP, Ultra Light Beam and the Auto-tuned filled track “High Lights.”

Check out the performances below, The Life Of Pablo is also out now.

 

You Need To Listen To Hudson Mohawke’s Valentine’s Day Mix

By: Vance Brinkley Updated Category: Music
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We already know that Kanye & Chill is the move for this Valentine’s Day, mainly because of his album The Life Of Pablo dropping. But, what about HudMo & Chill? HudMo is Hudson Mohawke, a producer who is a part of Ye’s  Very G.O.O.D. Beats team. On this very musical Valentines Day, Mohawke released a new mix to celebrate the Holiday. This is also HudMo’s ninth year dropping a Valentine’s Day mix, including a plethora of slow jams from United Kingdom artists and even new music from the producer.

Check out the “Valentines Slow Jams Chapter 9” mix below.

LISTEN: Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo Is Here!

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) After all the pageantry, Kanye West finally drops this latest The Life Of Pablo.

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The album has been a long-time coming and heavy delayed.

The Life of Pablo comes as Kanye finishes a highly promoted appearance on Saturday Night Live.

Drake – Spare Tory Lanez! He Just Wants To Live!

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Rumors
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I feel bad for this dude. You know, we forget that WE JUST WANNA EAT! Like…its not just rap. Cats are feeding their family with this rap sh*t! So, while I don’t know much about Tory Lanez yet, I can see the desperation in his face when he openly says he wants no beef with Drake at all. Spar this man, Drake!!

https://twitter.com/ntsnzy/status/698558591452590080?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

Jay-Z Responds To Tomi Lahren’s “Drug Dealer” Comments

By: Vance Brinkley Updated Category: News
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Earlier this week, Tomi Lahren had some words to say about Beyonce’s controversial Super Bowl halftime performance during her segment “Final Thoughts With Tomi” on The Blaze. The reporter not only ranted about the pop singer a day after her afrocentric set, but also called out Jay-Z about his past before the fame.

“Your husband was a drug dealer. For fourteen years, he sold crack cocaine. You want to help the Black community, start at home.”

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Although Lahren made the blasphemous comment, Jigga wasn’t really hurting. He actually laughed it off. The rapper was caught laughing at Lahren’s statement recently by Tax Stone, the host of Tax Season Live.

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Rhymefest Says Kanye West Needs “Counseling”

By: Vance Brinkley Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Rhymefest is a rapper that has worked with Kanye West repeatedly, even helped the fellow Chi-Town rapper with his own writing for songs like “Jesus Walks” and “New Slaves.” That is until last month, when Fest’ quit being Ye’s co-writer, according to Billboard. Yesterday, after fans hit up the “Brand New” rapper on Twitter, Rhymefest explains that he made the decision to stop working with Yeezy because his “mind and spirit wasn’t right.”

https://twitter.com/RHYMEFEST/status/698177186163990528

Fest’ continues on with his explanation, claiming that Kanye needs to step away from the public for a while.

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Although some fans believed Rhymefest’s critical concern for Kanye, some others were a bit skeptical. However, Rhymefest responded in a  humble way.

https://twitter.com/RHYMEFEST/status/698202234467835904

Along with Rhymefest career writing for Kanye, the rapper also had a brief career as a solo act. However, Fest’ has best worked behind the shadows of the hit songs we all know from West. Kanye has recently been in the spotlight because of his highly anticipated album The Life Of Pablo.

Vic Mensa Releases New Banger Titled ‘Danger’

By: Vance Brinkley Updated Category: Music
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There’s a very good chance that we will be blessed with a new Vic Mensa album sometime this year. The newly-signed Roc Nation rapper recently released new music via Soundcloud. The new track, titled “Danger”, is another banger from Mensa produced by Papi Beatz. According to Illroots, “Danger” originally premiered during Kanye West Yeezy Season 3 event in New York.

Check out “Danger” below.

A$AP Rocky Will Be Releasing New Music Every Wednesday

By: Vance Brinkley Updated Category: News
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A$AP Rocky may not be releasing a new album anytime soon, but he is dropping new heat every Wednesday. The Harlem rapper responded to one of his Twitter fans, announcing the creation of “Wavy Wednesdays” as his prime day to release new music. According to HYPETRAK, Rocky has been already releasing a plethora of music on Twitter, but yesterday was the first time he made the announcement. There is no info on whether this means that we will hear new music from just A$AP Rocky or the entire A$APO Mob.

https://twitter.com/asvpxrocky/status/698276565038174208

Kendrick Lamar Was Awarded The Key of Compton

By: Vance Brinkley Updated Category: News
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After years of his steadily rise to the top of musical stardom, Kendrick Lamar has earned an award that is literally close-to-home, the key of Compton. The TDE rapper was awarded the city key earlier today, and several attendants came to the event to show love. According to Pitchfork, Lamar’s award ceremony featured an “Alright” inspired speech by the city’s mayor Aja Brown. School students were also present to sing Kendrick Lamar’s two critical tracks “i” and “Alright.”

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Although the award ceremony was positive, there were some possible shots thrown at different entities. One of the speakers dissed “Young Thug” and Rich Homie Quan, and officials even said that the key of Compton was way better than Drake’s key of Toronto, according to the report. Among many of the people there or Kendrick’s award, fellow Compton rapper YG also attended the ceremony.

“Zoolander 2” new remix of “RELAX”, featuring A$AP Rocky

By: kyliekrab Updated Category: Lifestyle
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As we’ve said in regards to the movie “Zoolander 2” which opened nationwide yesterday, February 12, 2016, just in time for Valentine’s Day weekend, they’ve pulled out all of the stops when it comes to extra content to go with this second comedic take on the Zoolander and Hansel view of the wide world of modeling.

Seeing as All Hip Hop is always looking out for anything that falls under our purview when it comes to music, when we saw that “Zoolander 2” had a remix of “Relax,” the debut single by Frankie Goes To Hollywood that was originally released in the United Kingdom by ZTT records in 1983 to epic success, we had to check out the ” Zoolander 2″ redo and bring it straight to you.  As is always the case, a little Hip Hop flavor goes a long way in making all things better, so it is no wonder that this remix features  A$AP Rocky bringing his flow.  If you go to see the actual movie in theaters, you can actually see A$AP Rocky doing his thing for a minute as part of the “Zoolander 2″ end credit roll.

We would love to show you that end credit roll footage right here, but for many reasons that would involve lawyers galore, we just can’t.  However, what we can do is give you a little taste of what it’s all about via Evil DJ of ” Zoolander 2″ spinning the remix, which we’ve got right here:

So you be the judge – A$AP Rocky, is he in, or is he out on this one?  Heidi Klum wouldn’t hold back, so neither should you.

 

Demar Foundation: Dream Big, Helps Kids From Compton To The World

By: Steve Raze (@SteveRaze) Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Demar DeRozan is not only an NBA All Star, on the court he is a bigger superstar when it comes to helping inner-city youth. The DeRozan Foundation mission is to encourage the next generation. Turning dreams into reality, through education and literacy programs for kids. Demar believes it is vitally important for children to understand the importance of furthering their education. Every kid deserves a good start, DeRozan readathons and sports activities encourage positive mindsets and attitudes. Founder Demar DeRozan, President Percy Miller and team leaders work together in teaching children essential life principals of integrity, discipline and team work.

Dream Big helps kids from Compton to the world.
For More info go to DeRozanFoundation.org

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