Earlier this week, Waka Flocka headlined Las Vegas hotspot, Light nightclub with an electrifying performance for the 2 year anniversary of the “Studio B” party.
The “No Hands” artists hyped up the crowd as he hopped on the dancefloor and performed around the club, while stopping to take photos and Snaps with fans.
In between songs, the legendary DJ Whoo Kid kept the crowd going, spinning top hits until the early morning.
Waka Flock and Whoo Kid at LIGHT Nightclub
Credit: LIGHT
Waka Flock and Whoo Kid at LIGHT Nightclub
Credit: LIGHT
Waka Flock and Whoo Kid at LIGHT Nightclub
Credit: LIGHT
Waka Flock and Whoo Kid at LIGHT Nightclub
Credit: LIGHT
Waka Flock and Whoo Kid at LIGHT Nightclub
Credit: LIGHT
Waka Flock and Whoo Kid at LIGHT Nightclub
Credit: LIGHT
Waka Flock and Whoo Kid at LIGHT Nightclub
Credit: LIGHT
Waka Flock and Whoo Kid at LIGHT Nightclub
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(AllHipHop News) Los Angeles emcee Murs has invited several high-profile people to appear on his online series Where You At? LA. YG, Damon Dash, B-Real, and DJ Quik are among the guests that have stopped by for the event.
WYALA features performances, interviews, and freestyles from LA-based entertainers and entrepreneurs. The September 7 edition of the live show will see The Dogg Pound, W.C. with DJ Crazy Toones, and celebrity chef Roy Choi in attendance.
This will be the fourth installment of the Boost Mobile presented showcase. Fans can live stream the show on the wireless service company’s Facebook and Periscope accounts.
The final Where You At? LA episode on September 28 will include Murs attempting to rap for 24 hours. The Strange Music artist spoke with AllHipHop.com in July about his ambitious rhyming feat.
“It’s not going to be a freestyle. I’ll leave that to the champion, Supernatural. It’s going to be like rap karaoke,” explained Murs. “I’m going to do some of my own songs, some songs from my new album that no one’s heard yet, and some songs that I never put out that I really like.”
He added, “I’m going to try to learn the words to [Desiigner’s] “Panda” as well. That will be hilarious.”
Where You At? LA episode 4 will live stream from LA River Studios on September 7th at 7 pm PT. Tickets are available at eventbrite.com.
Check out highlights from the first three episodes below.
(AllHipHop News) The 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards will get the DJ Khalid treatment. The event had been hosted by Snoop Dogg for years, but Khalid is taking over the September 17 event.
The Miami-based entertainer used his social media accounts to celebrate the announcement of his new gig. He wrote on one Instagram post, “Be ready!! Fan luv !! I got us !!!”
The chart topper added in a press release, “I am extremely honored to be a part of such an incredible show that has watched me grow as an artist and mogul throughout my career. The Hip Hop Awards are synonymous with a night of stellar performances and tributes to the greatest hip hop artists of our time. I am excited to bring cloth talk and the major keys to the Hip Hop Awards for an iconic and memorable show!”
Khalid just served as one of the masters of ceremonies for the MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show. He was joined by Charlamagne Tha God of The Breakfast Club and Lizzo of Wonderland.
Drake goes into the Hip Hop Awards with the most nominations (14). The OVO leader is followed by Future with 10 and Kanye West with 8.
Besides hosting duties, Khaled is also up for 9 trophies at the award show. The Major Key album creator has the chance to win “DJ of the Year,” “Best Hip-Hop Video,” “MVP of the Year,” “Track of the Year,” “Album of the Year” and other honors.
“DJ Khaled has made waves as the most influential pop culture star of the year and it is an honor to have the Snapchat King himself hosting the BET Hip Hop Awards 2016,” said Stephen Hill, BET Networks President of Programming. “We can’t wait to see his incredible energy, humor and ‘major’ keys brought to life in the show!”
The 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards will broadcast on October 4.
Broadcast Music Inc. celebrated the songwriters and publishers of the year for the first time in Atlanta last night during the 2016 BMI R&B & Hip Hop Awards.
The award show was held at the swanky Woodruff Arts Center’s Symphony Hall and saw performances from DJ Khaled, Ludacris, Kent Jones, Rich Homie Quan, and Rae Sremmurd.
The top honors of the evening went to Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa for “See You Again” (Song of the Year), Universal Music Publishing Group, (Publisher of the Year), and Metro Boomin (Producer of the Year).
The legend, the icon, Grammy Award-winner, Toni Braxton, took home the night’s most prestigious honor when she was presented with the BMI President’s Award in recognition of her unparalleled musical career, contributions to and impact on popular music as a whole. The R&B diva has had an incredibly successful music career for 25 years!
Before Toni Braxton took the stage to accept her BMI President’s award the songstress was serenaded by a tribute that included Donald Lawrence & Company, her sisters The Braxtons, Ledisi, and Yolanda Adams.
Donald Lawrence & Company sung “You Mean the World to Me”, The Braxtons; “Breathe Again”, Ledisi; “Seven Whole Days,” Yolanda Adams; “Un-break My Heart, and Toni took the stage to perform her hit “He Wasn’t Man Enough For Me” after accepting her award from the legendary music executive L.A. Reid.
The evening was hosted by actor and comedian Chris Tucker alongside BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill and BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Catherine Brewton
Chris Tucker certainly brought the funny by imitating some of your favorite artists and cracking jokes on those in attendance. DJ Khaled and Ludacris turned the energy up a notch when they performed “All I Do Is Win.” Kent Jones rocked the stage with his hit “Don’t Mind,” and Rae Sremmurd surely turned up the evening as people danced to their performance of “No Type” Rich Homie performed “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” as well as received a BMI Award for the single.
Check out more photos from the evening. Photo credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BMI.
(AllHipHop News) Hip Hop duo Run The Jewels has released two critically acclaimed albums since 2013. Fans of the group are hopeful the third installment of the RTJ LP series arrives before the end of 2016.
El-P took to Twitter to give an update on Run The Jewels 3. The rapper-producer revealed that he and Killer Mike are still finalizing the project.
fyi we are still TRYING to finish, mix and master the record in time for a 2016 release as you may have heard. will update you when we know.
A track expected to be presented on the forthcoming RTJ3 titled “Panther Like A Panther (I’m The Sh-t)” is also the soundtrack for the Gears of War 4 trailer. The partnership includes “RTJxGoW4” merchandise as well.
Young Thug aka Jeffery has been the topic of conversation before anyone even heard his new album.
Jeffery shared the cover for his album No, My Name is Jeffery, which features him posing in what seems to be a dress of some sort.
The piece is actually part of Italian designer Alessandro Trincone’s “Annodami” collection. The album cover outfit inspired by Japanese kimonos and trousers had all social media outlets in an uproar.
Many feel that this bold move isn’t a good move for the culture at all. While many feel Thuggers’ bold move isn’t an issue at all. Even Hip-Hop icons such as T.I. and Erykah Badu came to the defense of the Atlanta born rapper.
So we to took it to the streets, to find out how the people feel about the album cover, which helped deliver some of the best memes we have seen this summer.
Take a look at it for yourself. Share your comments below in the comment section to give your opinion. Hashtag #HITTHESTREETSAHH to interact on all social media.
(AllHipHop News) Chris Brown has had his issues with the law in the past. However, the latest story about Brown supposedly pulling a gun on a woman named Baylee Curran seems to be unraveling.
First, it has been reported that Curran is suspected of being a known thief and liar. Then supposed text messages from the night of the alleged incident included her saying she planned to frame Brown because she was angry over being kicked out of his house party.
Brown’s lawyer has also claimed that the LAPD did not find a gun at his client’s home. That disputes earlier reports that weapons were confiscated at the location.
Now the prosecutor’s motives in that case are being questioned. According to TMZ, Deputy District Attorney Mary Murray pushed for Brown to be arrested, even though police just wanted to investigate the situation.
Murray prosecuted Brown in the 2009 Rihanna assault case, and she lost probation violation hearings involving the R&B singer. CB has been a vocal critic of the D.A., calling her racist in 2013.
Curran claimed Brown pointed a gun at her head after she was seen looking at jewelry during the party. Chris Brown was taken into custody on a felony assault with a deadly weapon charge. He was released on $250,000 bail.
(AllHipHop News) Frank Ocean’s standout run rages on. The Grammy winner’s latest LP Blonde opened at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with the third-highest opening sales week of 2016.
Tracks from the project are doing well on the Hot 100 chart as well. Five songs made it onto the tally being published on September 10.
“Nikes” (#79), “Ivy” (#80), “Pink + White” (#84), “Solo” (#96) and “Nights” (#98) give Ocean his most entries on the chart at one time. Previously, he only had four career songs on the Hot 100.
Ocean also has six entries in the Top 15 of the Hot R&B Songs chart. The five tracks mentioned above plus “Self Control.”
“Thinkin About You” from Ocean’s debut album channel ORANGE peaked at #32 on the Hot 100 in 2012. The single reached #4 on the Hot R&B Songs chart.
It looks like the latest trouble for Chris Brown is already costing him business.
Reports are swirling that the singer has lost his big role in “Power,” the hit series executive produced by rap star 50 Cent.
Chris was supposed to have a role in the smash series’ upcoming season as a drug dealer, but apparently the execs at Starz, feel otherwise and are trying to scrap Chris’ big appearance.
Apparently, 50 Cent didn’t consult with the network, and the bosses are scared Chris Brown will fly into one of his patented fits of rage on the set, plus all the bad publicity around this gun/robbery/model stuff.
Sources claim when Chris heard the news, he completely freaked out, because he hasn’t even been charged with a crime, much less been found guilty of anything!!
We already know 50 Cent isn’t going to back down from this one, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out…
(AllHipHop News) Hip Hop culture has seen many instances of the veterans versus newcomers argument. The most recent example of the clash of generations involves legendary producer Pete Rock and the self-described King Of Memphis Young Dolph.
The dispute began when Rock took issue with Dolph’s song “In My System” playing at his “trap house” listening party with a young boy present. The cut features the lyrics: “I got cocaine runnin’ through my motherf-ckin’ system.”
The 46-year-old production master posted a video of the party on Instagram. The clip’s caption was a direct takedown of Dolph and the content of “In My System.”
Rock wrote:
What dat fool say? Lil kid right there chillin ??? cocaine running through his veins? This kinda sh-t has got to stop. We gotta raise children better than this. Damn homie
Rock then replied to a user’s comment under the IG video. He called Dolph “trash,” “hot garbage,” and “corny.”
Young Dolph got wind of the statement and responded:
I don’t know u, and u don’t know me aparently [sic]… But u lame as f## bra
DJ Akademiks captured the exchange on his Instagram page.
Rapper Kid Cudi is out as a cast member in the Fox smash “Empire.” The rapper had shot at least one episode, before somehow experiencing “creative differences” with producer’s of the show. Cudi was supposed to be playing an independent musician named Gram, who is a rival of Hakeem Lyon (Bryshere “Yazz” Gray). Cudi has already been replaced by rapper/actor Romeo Miller as Gram.
Lil Twist
Rapper Lil Twist is behind bars after failing to show up for a hearing in his assault case. TMZ.com reports that Twist sent a lawyer to rep him in his assault case. Justin Bieber’s former pal has been hit with six felonies after attacking actor Kyle Massey’s brother and then robbing him in November of 2015. Lil Twist eventually showed up to his hearing today after a bench warrant was issued. Twist was charged with for failure to appear in court. If convicted on all charges, he could face 25 years in jail.
R. Kelly
Singer R. Kelly has reportedly been hit with a $192,000 tax lien. The “I Believe I Can Fly” hitmaker reportedly owes America’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) $191,615 in unpaid taxes stemming from income in 2012. This isn’t the first time the 49-year-old has had tax issues – in 2014, he was hit with a $146,530 tax lien by officials at the Illinois Department of Revenue for alleged missed payments in 2009, 2011, and 2012. He also owed a total of $6.2 million for unpaid taxes for the years 2005 to 2011.
Audio Push has dropped visuals for their uber-positive Spread love,” the lead single from their forthcoming album 90951.The song has all the makings of a hit that resonates with the ‘hood as it starts with a kid saying, “I got what you need, spread your love for me.” The song might be just what Hip-Hop needs, as it sounds like an appeal to the masses. Christopher Scholar directed the video and Hit-Boy produced the track. Along with the lyrics, this is a well-timed anthem at a time when people need to demonstrate a bit of empathy for each other.
(AllHipHop News) Vince Staples has released a set of visuals to accompany the August 26 release of his 7-track Prima Donna EP.
The EP features production from singer/songwriter James Blake, DJ Dahi and Chicago legend, No I.D, along with a feature from A$AP Rocky on the project’s title track.
The short film, which features tracks from Prima Donna was directed by NABIL and released courtesy of Noisey.
The 10-minute long visuals provide a striking commentary on the dark side of fame and many of the ills it can bring with an appearance of Amy Winehouse and Tupac Shakur lookalikes included in the video.
This is a reintroduction for many and a formal introduction for a few. Before Raheem DeVaughn became a rising R&B artist, the singer and his poet collaborator, Wes Felton, set DC ablaze with their group, The CrossRhodes. Both the sons of jazz musicians meshed lush neo-soul crooning with socially conscious hip-hop word flow. With the current state of constant social unrest, The CrossRhodes seeks to be a voice to express valid concerns affecting the Global community especially the plight of the minority community. Their first singleis the album title track, “Footprints On The Moon” from their forthcoming album being released through BMG in Fall 2016.
Catch a first glimpse to the reemergence of The CrossRhodes here:
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop duo Run The Jewels will be taking their music to the video game realm.
Their track “Panther Like A Panther (I’m The Sh#t),”which is slated to appear on Run The Jewels 3, is featured in the trailer for the new video game Gears Of War 4.
The video features a 2-minute clip of the hard hitting track accompanied by the grisly visuals of dismembered monster corpses and intense combat.
“Gears Of War 4: First Horde 3.0” will be released on XBox October 11.
The new track highlighted in the trailer is not Run The Jewels only involvement with “Gears Of War 4,” as Killer Mike and EL-P will both be included in the game as multiplayer characters.
Additionally, the group’s website features a mash-up of RTJ and Gears Of War 4 visuals with shirts featuring the game available for $28.
(AllHipHop News) AllHipHop.com recently caught up with Remy Ma and the MC discussed plans for her new single with Fat Joe “Cookin,” which also features French Montana and RySoValid.
“Were just pushing this new single ‘Cookin,’ the video is amazing. We spent a lot of money, we flew to Dubai, 135 degrees,” Remy Ma told AllHipHop.com.
“And I guarantee by this time next week everybody’s gonna be saying this is the best rap video in the past 20 years easy.”
Her latest single with Fat Joe comes on the hills of the duo’s big time summer success “All the Way Up.” The song was officially certified platinum at the end of July.
Remy Ma and Fat Joe are also currently working on a joint album entitled Platas o Plomo that is expected to hit the market later this year.
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West’s controversial sculpture used in his video for “Famous” could bring the artist up to $4,000,000 according to art gallery Blum & Poe in Los Angeles, who recently displayed the art piece.
Rolling Stone reports that the sculpture, which features 12 life-like celebrities such as Amber Rose, Taylor Swift, Donald Trump and more in bed together, went on exhibit August 24, the day before West embarked on his Saint Pablo tour.
“I did the math in my head, and it took $500,000 to a million just to make it,” says Los Angeles artist Aaron Axelrod, an estimate which Blum & Poe gallery co-founder Tim Blum calls “a good ballpark.”
A sale of the artwork is not certain, as the piece was placed on display last minute.
However, the sculpture could soon make its appearance in many cities, as a member of West’s team confirmed that the piece was already on its way to its next location.
“I have friends who are directors of museums. This is a thing you could see at Lacma, MOCA or the Hammer very easily,”says Blum.
Mike Will Made It is having a pretty great 2016. He’s working with everyone from Gucci Mane to Rae Sremmurd, and now he’s even cooking up sone new heat for Big Sean.
Mike Will recently played a few snippets of the new music for Genius’ Rob Markman. Rob was kind enough to share the snippets with all fans on Twitter.
From Markman’s insight, it seems like the song will most likely land on Mike Will’s project, Ransom II, but Big Sean is also putting the finishing touches on his forthcoming album, so who knows.
Word on the street is that the MTV VMAs’ producers had some other tricks up their sleeve that just didn’t get a chance to come to fruition.
Rumor has it that MTV was looking to have Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez unite on stage to squash their beef. The idea was for the divas to either perform solo numbers or present together.
MTV allegedly presented several ideas to their camps, and J Lo’s camp apparently loved the idea. It was allegedly petty Queen Mariah Carey that wasn’t here for any of it.
Apparently MTV spent weeks trying to convince Mariah to participate, but nothing was good enough to convince her. With this said, MTV producers were left with no choice but to scrap the idea.
Remember J Lo has repeatedly expressed that she has no problems with Mariah. It’s our favorite petty songstress Mariah that just couldn’t do it for the culture. This would’ve been epic. BET has been successful at squashing a few musical beefs on stage i.e) Trey Songz & August Alsina and K. Michelle & Tamar Braxton.
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop star Sean ‘Diddy” Combs is determined to make sure his first school is a success so he can expand the brand worldwide.
The rap mogul officially added educator to his resume on Monday (August 29), when he opened the Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School in his native Harlem, New York, providing free public education for children in grades six to 12.
“It’s always been a dream of mine to come back home and open a school, I’ve just always had that vision in my head,” he explained on U.S. breakfast show Today.
“I knew that I was able to achieve to the heights that I was able to achieve because I started out and had a very good education, and I think we just take that for granted.
“Also, we’re not dealing with the issues that we’re not properly educating our children, especially in inner cities. So instead of complaining about it, I wanted to do something about it, so I opened up my own school and I’m just gonna lead by example and try to make the change that way. It’s a beautiful thing.”
Combs began developing the school idea five years ago, when he discussed his plans with educator Dr. Steve Perry, who founded the similar Capital Prep Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut.
Perry is overseeing the new Harlem institute’s development, and with his help, Diddy is eager to turn Capital Prep into a global brand.
“I also wanna expand schools into different cities and countries,” he added.
He isn’t the first star to ring the bell for a new school – in 2007, TV mogul Oprah Winfrey opened an all girls boarding school, named the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, and fellow rapper Pitbull has also founded two charter schools to help provide education to impoverished families in Miami, Florida, and Henderson, Nevada.
