Queens native Yung Reno has been making a lot of noise as of late, after performing at several tour stops with Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa the upcoming rapper decides to drop some new music for fans and listeners.
As Yung Reno continues to prep for the release of his Crown Royal 2 EP, the young upstart takes a stab at B.G.’s ultra classic “Cash Money Is An Army” instrumental as he makes it his own titled “One Man Army.”
Check out the new music below and stay tuned for the release of his highly anticipated “Crown Royal 2” EP.
(AllHipHop News) Hard rock group Living Colour will be featuring Chuck D, Pharaohe Monch, Prodigal Sunn and Black Thought and more on a remix of the band’s cover of the Notorious B.I.G.’s classic cut “Who Shot Ya?”
Rolling Stone reports that the band has incorporated their remix of the track in their performances for years, but were inspired to release Andre Bett’s remix of their cover in response to the outbreak of police violence and civil unrest across the country.
Prodigal Sunn of the Wu-Tang affiliated Sunz of Man opens the powerful track with his verse, followed by Black Thought of The Roots, who spits very poignant bars shining light on the current social ills.
“It’s hard to keep count of the deceased / More dead n#####, another half-assed press release / Black man blood start to flood the street.”
Chuck D currently of Prophets of Rage and Pharoahe Monch close out the track with their politically charged bars, followed by Kyle Mansa, who brings the track to a dancehall flavored close.
The track will be included on Living Colour’s upcoming EP Mixtape, which will feature several reworkings of the classic Biggie track and will become available to the public September 9.
The rock group is also working on their first album release since 2009’s The Chair in The Doorway, entitled Shade.
After announcing his forthcoming album The Divine Feminine and its September 16th release with “Dang!”, the uptempo Anderson .Paak-assisted cut (and its appropriately summery Rex Arrow-directed video), Mac Miller is back today to share the second taste from the LP. New track “We” features the previously-reported album guest CeeLo Green and shows a different side of the album’s survey of the journey that is love.
In conjunction with the song’s release, Miller is sharing The Divine Feminine’s track listing in its entirety and detailing its featured guests, which include Ariana Grande, Kendrick Lamar, Ty Dolla $ign and more, in addition to CeeLo and Anderson .Paak.
Both “Dang!” and “We” are available for immediate download when you pre-order The Divine Feminine. Tickets and exclusive VIP Meet & Greet packages for Mac’s fall headlining tour that launches following his hometown Pittsburgh show, headlining performance at this year’s Fool’s Gold Day Off and appearance at the inaugural Meadows Music & Arts Festival in New York are available for fans to purchase on Mac’s website now.
(AllHipHop News) AllHipHop.com recently sat down with upcoming Chicago lyricist Sir The Baptist for an interview, where the MC discusses everything from his upbringing as a preacher’s child, to his gospel music style, Creflo Dollar and much more.
The “ghetto gospel” MC made headlines after his appearance at Lollapalooza in Chicago, in which the socially conscious lyricist sang from a casket and preached atop a church pew, while addressing issues plaguing his hometown of Chicago and cities nationwide.
A preacher’s child, the rapper takes the gospel sound and puts his own spin on it, making it directly relevant to many of the ills plaguing the secular world.
“I think if they’re more honest and straight forward then when they get caught in sex scandals for a pastor taking a picture of his penis and stuff like that when you get caught in that type of stuff its because you wasn’t a regular ni##a,” Sir The Baptist told AllHipHop.com. “Just be chill bro relax be yourself be who you are when you leave church, don’t pretend in church and that’s just my music man”
Check out the full interview, where Sir The Baptist provides some insight into his style of music and his take on controversial preachers being caught in questionable acts such as Creflo Dollar simultaneously.
Recent reports have been suggesting that there is turmoil in the relationship of gangsta rapper Nipsey Hussle and his girlfriend, actress Lauren London.
The rumors grew more intense earlier this week, when trolls noticed Lauren didn’t have anything to say on social media on Neighborhood Nip’s born day, which was August 15.
It looks like Nipsey got tired of the speculation, and interest the rumors head on in a Twitter post last night.
(AllHipHop News) Brooklyn rapperMemphis Bleek has now put on his executive hat as the CEO of Warehouse Music Group.
The label scored a big get with the signing of rising BK native Manolo Rose. Bleek spoke with Mikey T The Movie Star of Report Card Radio about the addition of the “Run Ricky Run” rhymer to his company.
“Me and his brother is real tight. Me and his family is real tight. So just seeing him doing his thing was eye-opening for me. I was happy for him, regardless if he was with me or not,” stated Bleek. “Then the situation presented itself to where I can assist in his career going to new heights.”
Long before there was a Warehouse Music Group, Bleek was part of the legendary Roc-A-Fella Records. He is still closely aligned with the Roc’s co-founder Jay Z and his current business Roc Nation.
“[Roc Nation] just puts the stamp on [Warehouse]. It solidifies it. It’s like us making a gadget and Apple putting their name on it,” expressed Bleek.
In another permutation of what most would call a wild ride when it comes to Presidential campaigns, Donald Trump appears to be hedging his bets.
In a lowlight reel that most recently includes calling President Barack Obama the “Founder of Isis,” and indirectly suggesting violence by “Second Amendment People” towards Hillary Clinton, Trump has declared that the vote for the 2016 Presidential race will likely be “rigged” – and not in his favor.
Considering Trump just announced yet another top level campaign reshuffle, hiring Stephen Bannon of Breitbart News as his new chief executive, clearly “The Donald” believes any deterrent to victory doesn’t include him personally.
Nevertheless, as of yesterday’s polls, as per FiveThirtyEight, Clinton is projected to have a 88.3% chance of winning the presidency to Donald Trump’s meager 11.7%.
In Hip-Hop, there is a vast library of rhymes devoted to those who embark on a battle with a whole lot of sound and fury, only to start questioning the fairness of the game when faced with the possibility of failure.
Could there be a bit of that “haterade” in Trump’s “rigged” shade?
Whether it’s Clinton or Trump come November, we’d like to borrow a few verses from Mos Def and Talib Kweli to tie up exactly what it traditionally indicates when an individual as “huge” as Trump starts faulting the whole playing field so close to the finish line:
Yes..
Every day somebody ask me where all the real MC’s is at?/
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I’m sick of the hater-players, bring on the regulators
With the flavors like a farm team f###### with the majors/…
You runnin your mouth, but don’t really know what you be talkin about
You should retire, get that complimentary watch, be out!/…
Order reverse your universe so your demise is first
Before your rise it gets worse/…
Beggin me – stop it hurts! – is what you say to me
Like that’s supposed to mean somethin?/….
Aiyyo, later for the hater-players
Yo-yo, yo-yo, later for these hater-players/….
The takeaway from the above? If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, generally it’s not the pond that’s ‘fowl’.
Rising South Florida artist, MF, returns with the second episode of his America’s Angel Vlog series.
This time, he takes the streets of New York City, linking with TDE and ScHoolboy Q for his album signing at Rough Trade, joining Rakim at Paid In Full’s 30th anniversary and finally, touching the stage of the legendary venue B.B. Kings.
(AllHipHop News) There has been talk about Cash Money Records signing a deal with Apple Music. The company revealed what part of that newly forged relationship between the two brands will produce.
Apple Music will exclusively stream the forthcoming documentary The Cash Money Story:Before Anything. The film chronicles the history of its founders Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams.
Clifton Bell directed the doc with Birdman serving as the narrator. The Cash Money Story is expected to arrive this fall.
Young Thug, a.k.a. Jeffrey, has certainly got his fans pretty hype for the release of his ‘Jeffrey’ mixtape. He even teased fans with an August 16th release date. When the 16th passed fans started giving Thugger the side eye causing him to apologize for the delay.
Some believed the project may drop August 26th, but Thug revealed that the project was actually supposed to drop on the 16th which happened to be his birthday. Last-minute changes have caused the delay.
Young Thug took to Instagram to explain the fact that he caused the delay with wanting to change his cover art.
“Yo I’m so sorry to my fans. The reason why the mixtape isn’t out is because of the photo that they wanted to use I didn’t like the photo and I know my fans wouldn’t like the photo as much as the photo that I’m gonna use. It will be out in the next one or two days. I promise you. But right now I’m gonna drop one song off of it and I hope you guys enjoy it,” said Young Thug.
To make up for the mixtape’s delay, Thug posted a photo and video clip of him with Wyclef Jean. The video clip previews Jean wishing Young Thug a happy birthday and is a teaser of a collaboration between the two. Well we are waiting Thugger.
Dex Lauper, son of music icon Cyndi Lauper, is taking a different route from his mother, debuting his first Hip-Hop single titled, “WAVY.” Dex has been around music his entire life, but over the past few years he’s decided to hone his own craft.
Now at just 18 years-old, he’s decided to step out of his mother’s shadow and create a lane for himself.
(AllHipHop News) Master P, the No Limit Boys and friends are set to appear at the 2016 edition of the A3C Festival.
Master P will be joined by Snootie Wild, Rico Richie, and Moe Roy of The No Limit Boys at the event, as well as Mystikal.
Master P, the No Limit Boys and more will be in town for the festival on Sunday, Oct 9th, with doors opening for the event at 2 p.m. and the show drawing to a close at 10:30 p.m.
In addition, the No Limit head will also be hosting a conversation entitled “There is No Limit,” during which he will discuss No Limit’s journey to prominence and future plans for the imprint.
The discussion will take place two days before the mogul’s performance Friday, Oct. 7th in the ballroom at the A3C conference center and is set to last from 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Check out the flyer for Master P and No Limit’s performance below and click here for more information.
Rapper T.I.’s wife has dismissed reports the couple is divorcing.
The “Live Your Life” star and wife Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cottle, who wed in 2010, have become the subject of gossip suggesting they are heading for a split. The couple has remained quiet about the reports, but a representative for Tameka is now insisting there is no truth to them.
“Tameka Harris has read so much about her marriage in the past few weeks that it’s time to set the record straight and really educate everyone on the facts,” a statement from Tameka’s representative to Access Hollywood reads. “Certain blogs have ‘reported’ that she’s going to be a single mom, she’s getting a divorce, she has a new residence and everything in between.
“On behalf of Mrs. Harris this is the truth – Tameka and T.I. are good. They love each other and they have a beautiful family with 7 amazing children. For them it will always be family over everything.”
The couple welcomed a baby girl, named Heiress Harris, in May (16).
T.I. and Tameka are also parents to two sons, King and Major, while Tiny gave birth to a stillborn daughter, named Leyah, in 2007.
T.I. also has three children from previous relationships, while Tiny is mom to another girl from a past romance.
Drake’s previous album Nothing Was The Same has been certified 3x platinum and Take Care is 4x platinum. His “mixtape” If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late currently sits at 2x platinum.
Young Thug 2.0, rapper Kyyngg is a little bit bothered by the fact that Birdman blocked him on Instagram. The 21-year-old New Orleans rapper used the social network to ask his fans to send a message to Birdman to unblock him. Kyyngg said,
“Listen, I got a major problem this morning. I tried to click on, Birdman’s page and see what big homey been up to. And it was like my s**t said ‘blocked,’ like, I can’t click Bird’s page. So, I want all y’all ask Bird, just tell him Kyyngg want you to unblock him so he could, you know, show love and support, what he got going on? Tell that man unblock me, f**k all that! Big dawg, unblock me off that Instagram s**t!”
Maybe Birdman blocked Kyyngg because he was trying to do to Young Thug what Thug was trying to do to Lil’ Wayne. It also didn’t help that Kyyngg dropped a mixtape of the same name on the same day as Young Thug (‘Slime Season 3’). These rappers today. SMH.
(AllHipHop News) Remember when Frank Ocean set up a continuous video of an empty room on his boysdontcry website a few weeks ago?
It turns out the presentation was a forerunner to the R&B star’s new visual album Endless.
According to Rolling Stone, yet another Ocean music project (formerly titled Boys Don’t Cry) will be released this weekend via Apple Music.
The 46-minute Endless video stream includes a remake of The Isley Brother’s “(At Your Best) You Are Love” which was also famously covered by Aaliyah.
In addition, the album has guest features from Jazmine Sullivan, Sampha, and James Blake as well as contributions from the Robert Ames-conducted London Contemporary Orchestra.
Frank Ocean’s Endless is available for streaming on Apple Music.
(AllHipHop News) Lil B has been viewed by some as the epitome of Hip Hop’s decline and by others as a visionary of the digital age. Hate him or love him, The BasedGod has managed to remain relevant for this entire decade.
The West Coast representative recently spoke with Dazed. The interview featured Lil B discussing his participation in the feminist movement.
“I definitely see myself as as much a feminist as I can try to be. I know I’m not perfect, but I definitely feel the connection with women. I feel them,” said Lil B.
While the 27-year-old rapper has not released an official studio album since 2011’s I’m Gay (I’m Happy), he has logged in time working with Frank Ocean on the R&B singer’s forthcoming LP.
“Frank Ocean was amazing. He called me to come out and do some stuff for his album, Boys Don’t Cry, that’s coming out,” revealed Lil B. “Frank is amazing. He’s a beautiful man with a beautiful voice. He’s a very strong man, a very strong person. Anything that I can do to help him, I will.”
Lil B’s catalog also includes collaborations with Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Vic Mensa, 9th Wonder, and more. But what does the Berkeley native think about critics that claim he is the “death of rap”?
“I feel. I’m a feeler and I love. I think of what people said about Albert Einstein. Especially in Albert’s time! That’s how I feel about it,” responded Lil B.
You can’t really win with 50 Cent. Either he is going to start some beef or he’s going to finish it.
50 recently went at producer L.T. Hutton over allegedly running his mouth about the fact that 50 Cent is doing a B.M.F. series.
Apparently L.T. acquired the film rights to the story a few years back and he is not happy about 50 doing anything around the story.
50 Cent took to Instagram to express his frustration with the producer.
“This MC Hammer looking ass ni**a EF Dutton running around talking crazy, Because I’m doing the BMF series. Now you know you gotta say all that when you see me. I don’t want to hear nothing, I’ll run into you. THAT WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA!”
Drama certainly has a way of “finding” 50 Cent. Remember L.T. Hutton is also one of the producers on the Tupac biopic, ‘All Eyez On Me’ Do you think the film will do Pac justice?
(AllHipHop News) After years of grinding, performing and dropping several viral videos, 13-year-old Boston rapper Lil Poopy has inked a major-label record deal.
Lil Poopy has signed a four year agreement with Epic/Sony, and is in the studio working on his new album now.
Lil Poopy shot to fame in 2013, after a video titled “Lil Poopy getting it in” caused outrage caused it featured the then nine-year-old in sexually suggestive situations with women in a nightclub.
None of the snags have been able to stop Lil Poopy from breaking through.
“All of the older people – older friends – always underestimated me,” Lil Poopy told The Enterprise. “They like me now. I just want them to know that I’m coming for the top. They better be ready.”
Lil Poopy will also be featured on Season 3 of Lifetime’s Hip-Hop show with Hip-Hop mogul Jermaine Dupri, titled “The Rap Game.”
