Young Dolph dropped the official video for his “King of Memphis” album cut “Rich Crack Baby” a few days back and quickly follows up with another visual off the project, this time for the Drumma Boy-produced joint “Both Ways.” Dolph is set to kick off his Royalty tour starting next week Tuesday.
Watch below. Footage directed by Iconick and Ray Ray iFilms.
(AllHipHop News) The Lox have become the latest Hip Hop stars to address the ongoing social and political issues being discussed in America.
The Yonkers trio tapped J-Doe for “What Happens?” The new single covers the fatal police shootings that have taken place across the country.
Sheek Louch, Styles P, and Jadakiss also released an open letter to the nation.
They use the statement to further explain their position on police violence and to clarify “What Happens?” is not meant to be viewed as a threat to law enforcement.
The Lox’s “What Happens?” was released exclusively via Tidal.
Listen to the song and read the group’s letter below.
(AllHipHop News) Monday night was the end of Drake’s OVO Fest, but it was Kanye West that offered the big news of the evening.
The Chicago native suggested that he and his Canadian counterpart would be working on a project together.
“Is y’all ready for this album?” Kanye asked the crowd. “I wasn’t talking about Pablo. I wasn’t talking about VIEWS. I wanna ask y’all right now: Are y’all ready for this album?” After the questions, Kanye pointed to Drake and then Drake responded non-verbally. Drake had already previously mentioned that he and Kanye were working on a mixtape together.
2 Chainz revealed a text conversation on Instagram suggesting there was new music from Drake and himself. The collaboration is expected to appear on 2 Chainz’s Daniel Son the Necklace Don this Friday.
PABLO!!!!!!! #SummerSixteenTour #ovofest @kanyewest pic.twitter.com/soxNo5IzGs
— Karla Moy (@hustleGRL) August 2, 2016
(AllHipHop News) Gangster rapper turned business mogul Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is now in the process of developing a new series to air on Starz entitled Tomorrow, Today.
Reports in Variety indicate that the superhero drama is the first project in development from Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television, Inc.
The concept for the superhero series, based on a screenplay from Jackson, centers around a veteran from South Side Chicago who becomes falsely imprisoned and is unfortunate enough to fall into the hands of a deranged prison doctor hell bent on creating the perfect man- an unstoppable killing machine.
The imprisoned man is set free and on the run, with the intentions of using his newfound abilities for good to reach redemption in a world that ostracized him.
The producti0n for the new show comes on the heels of a new agreement Jackson inked with Starz, which extended Jackson’s existing overall deal for another year into September 2018.
“I knew Starz would be the perfect home for Tomorrow, Today. This project is very personal to me… creating it, writing it, finding the best team for it and I will continue to be involved every step of the way,” Jackson said in a statement.
Jackson’s other executive produced show with the network Power is in its second season and has achieved much success.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Young Buck reportedly spent this past weekend in jail after violating his probation last week following an angry outburst involving his ex-girlfriend.
According to TMZ, the Nashville native was arrested July 21 for threatening to burn down his ex’s apartment through text, before proceeding to kick down the door of the apartment and leaving the residence completely undisturbed.
The moment of anger could have serious consequences for the artist, as he is currently on probation for a 2012 gun charge, in which federal agents found illegal firearms in his home during a raid.
Although the rapper was released from custody on $5,000 bond a couple hours after the July 21 incident, he was brought back into custody July 28 at the Warren County Jail in Kentucky for a violation of his probation.
According to documents filed by the U.S. attorney, the government revoked his probation” on the basis that he may flee and that he poses a danger to others.”
This is not the first time Young Buck has played with fire, as in March prosecutors wanted to jail the rapper after he threatened a man who was attempting to collect back child support owed to one of his children.
Buck also narrowly escaped jail time in 2015 for trying to pass someone else’s urine for a drug test.
“IN CHICAGO, YOU GROW UP DIFFERENT…”
Chi-town is a special kind of city.
From Montana Of 300 and Sir The Baptist, to Chance The Rapper and Kanye to Barack Obama, the windy city has been cranking out talent left and right for the last decade and change.
Right in that pocket is newcomer Dreezy. The baby-faced spitter has been killing on her come up, even being picked to perform at The VH-1 Hip-Hop honors on behalf of Salt-N-Pepa.
With the new album No Hard Feelings on deck, Dreezy sat with AHH’s @MrMecc to talk Hip-Hop, police stops and growing up a girl in the Chi.
While DJ Khaled has been celebrating the release of his ‘Major Key,’ album, rapper Ace Hood has informed the public that the two still have unsettled differences.
The day the album dropped, Khaled stopped by The Breakfast Club to discuss working with Jay Z and the album’s A-list features. Charlamagne Tha God also asked Khaled about his former artist Ace Hood.
Khaled explained that Ace wanted to go on and pursue other endeavors, and that their relationship was still on good terms.
“Ace Hood is doing his own thing. That’s my brother. I support him 100 percent. Everybody makes their own decisions, but at the end of the day, we got love. I can’t speak for him, I don’t know what he’s thinking but at the end of the day, we bless him, we love him. I been with him from the birth of Ace Hood so I’ve supported him, and I’m always going to love him. If he ever needs me I’m here to support 100 percent,” said DJ Khaled.
Apparently DJ Khaled isn’t telling the entire story, and perhaps the split wasn’t as amicable as Khaled is trying to make it seem, as Ace Hood tweeted,
“If ONLY everything u said on BF club was the truth my brother. @djkhaled #BlessU.”
Ace Hood will probably tell his side of the story very soon!
If ONLY everything u said on BF club was the truth my brother. @djkhaled #BlessU
— Ace Hood (@Acehood) July 29, 2016
Grammy award-winning producer Timbaland linked up with reggae superstar Shaggy during the 2016 Zumba Instructor Convention Fitness Concert in Orlando.
On Friday, Timbo headlined a lineup that included Zumba’s creator, Beto Perez, 7-year old viral hit Balang, and Pop/R&B girls group Obs3ssed.
Timbaland and co. performed in front of more than 7,500 Zumba instructors from around the globe dancing in-sync with choreography to their music.
Take a look at Timbaland doing his thing below:
(AllHipHop News) Young Thug has a run in with a SWAT Team in Pittsburgh, just after the rapper performed at a local Summer Jam concert.
Thugger was the featured act during the concert, which took place at The Southside Event Center.
Someone with the venue’s security detail called 911 to report that someone in Young Thug’s entourage was brandishing a firearm after his performance.
TMZ posted video of the moment the SWAT team rushed Young Thug’s sprinter van.
Young Thug’s security detail was armed with four guns, but all of the weapons were registered and the security guards were licensed to carry.
No one was arrested, but the incident comes on the heels of tensions between police and citizens.
Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were murdered by police in July and just last week, Dr. Dre was humiliated and handcuffed during a run-in a racist motorists and cops, outside of his Malibu mansion.
(AllHipHop News) BET is once again shining a light on fashion with its How To Rock: Denim special.
The showcase features rap stars Dej Loaf, Desiigner, and Young Thug curating their own capsule collections of the hottest denim fashion.
Desiigner along with “Don’t Mind” rhymer Kent Jones will also perform at the event.
How To Rock: Denim is scheduled to broadcast live online from New York City’s Milk Studios on Wednesday, August 10 beginning at 8 PM ET.
The BET network will then air How To Rock: Denim on Friday, August 12 at 9 PM ET.
Watch BET’s “How to Rock: Spotlight: Men and Women 2016 Denim Trends” video below.
Oakland, CA does it again as DJ True Justice joins forces with Equipto for a new song, “Walk with Me.” The song chronicles the daily struggles with police violence, wage inequality and gentrification in Bay Area:
“Love is the answer, was told by a gangsta
You gotta balance out all the happiness and anger
Though life’ll change up, hit ’em where it hurts
You could overcome man, you could make it work
Mama all depressed ’cause she can’t feed the children
She’s stressed ’cause next month, she kicked out the building
Everything falling, it seems like the end
No one to call on except a real friend”
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The song is from the album, Man of Steel.
The Man of Steel is available now at iTunes: http://apple.co/1Ov8BBO, Amazon: http://amzn.to/1TSMI3D and fine retailers everywhere.
(AllHipHop News) The second annual Passport Experience Festival is set to feature Reggae star Shaggy and Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan as headliners.
International performer Akon returns as the host for the event scheduled to take place on August 13 at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park.
The concert will also feature performances by Soca artist Olatunji, Nigerian stars Don Jazzy and Tiwa Savage, Virgin Island-bred duo R. City, Nigerian-American newcomer Wurld as well as 2015 PXP Fest featured artists Dreggae, Karlon, 2C, and Shane Talon.
In addition, DJ sets by African DJ/Producer Maphorisa, PXP Fest founder Fully Focus, and DJ Babey Drew are part of the bill.
“We celebrate diversity and cultural pride,” says Focus. “Nowhere else can you get all your favorite genres on one stage. It’s been tailored for the open-minded music fan.”
For more information about the 2016 Passport Experience Festival visit PXPFest.com.
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West maybe into high fashion, through his associations with haute couture brands like Balmain and of course, Louis Vuitton.
But the rapper is taking the opposite approach to style with his upcoming partnership with Adidas.
According to Kanye, his goal is to make the coolest sneakers at the lowest price possible.
“I’m going to Adidas and I’m like Adidas, I know you’ve never made a shoe under $50 but we have to make a shoe that costs $30 and I’m gonna be the coolest shoe of all,” Kanye told BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac in a new interview. “To me, this thing I’m saying is the thing I’m most excited about of anything I’ve ever done.”
Before critics label Kanye crazy, it is important to look at Adidas’s long term plans for expansion.
In October, Adidas teamed with German engineering group Manz to develop new automated production technology.
“An automated, decentralized and flexible manufacturing process… opens doors for us to be much closer to the market and to where our consumer is,” said Chief Executive Herbert Hainer.
According to Adidas, the ultimate goal is to get exclusive replicas of the sneakers Kanye West designs and wears at appearances or performances into the store the following morning.
It seems Kanye’s goal is in line with Adidas’ objectives to be first to the market with new products.
The rapper said he wants to be able to take what he’s learned “from the best designers and making collections with fashion people ripping me up alive and dissing me saying don’t quit your day job and all that, to be able to get to the point of being able to make something that everyone can touch and have that visibility.”
The interview with Annie Mac on BBC’1 Radio 1 is slated to air later tonight (August 1st).
(AllHipHop News) Brooklyn, like many cities across the country, has been experiencing an economic and demographic shift over the last decade.
Despite the changes, the home of The Notorious B.I.G., Jay Z, Big Daddy Kane, and other rap stars is still a hotbed for Hip Hop.
Wes Jackson’s Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is a perfect example of the New York borough’s embrace of the culture. This year’s event saw Nas, Fabolous, Talib Kweli, and more hit the stage at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
AllHipHop.com spoke with BHFF’s executive director about the changing residents and businesses in BK.
“You can talk about gentrification – and I like to call them invaders – people who want to make the new Brooklyn, want to push all of us out, want to make it racially and socially economically different – there are those bad guys,” says Jackson. “But again, but there are good guys.”
He added, “[The Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation] go out of their way and fight the fight with the community for us. There’s good people in there, so I don’t worry about gentrification.”
Watch Wes Jackson’s interview below.
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West is known to get other people to help him write some of his lyrics.
But were Ye’s most controversial lines of 2016 actually penned by someone other than the Chicago native?
In a new report published by The Sun, celebrity publicist Jonathan Hay supposedly claimed his client Cydel Young (aka Cyhi The Prynce) was actually the person behind the “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that b-tch famous” lyrics on “Famous.”
“The lyrics are written by Cydel. Kanye got all the backlash but he isn’t even the one who wrote them,” Hay is quoted saying. “Cydel lays down the lines and Kanye will OK them and perform them.”
Cyhi is credited as a writer on The Life Of Pablo track, and the G.O.O.D. Music artist is listed as a contributor to several other songs on the project including “Ultralight Beam,” “Father Stretch My Hands Pt 1,” and “Pt. 2.”
Don’t forget Cyhi defended his boss when news broke that Kanye’s “All Day” single had 21 different writers.
The Atlanta area rapper said, “He ain’t think of these great ideas by himself. He’s getting inspired by different people. It’s a brainstorm. It’s a think tank.”
“Famous” was the fuel that ignited the most recent round of back-and-forth disses between Kanye and Taylor Swift.
Ye’s wife Kim Kardashian even jumped into the feud by exposing Taylor for “lying” about not knowing that Kanye would talk about her in the song.
The year 1996 was a big one for Hip-Hop.
On a positive note, Dr. Dre left Death Row Records, Snoop Dogg was acquitted of murder, and the Best Rap Album category was introduced at the Grammy Awards.
On the flip side though, Tupac Shakur was killed in Las Vegas, MC Hammer filed for bankruptcy, and House of Pain disbanded.
And those are just some of the notable events, there was a lot happening at the time.
In hindsight, it was nearing the end of rap’s second golden era. And the genre would really flourish economically in the late 90’s with higher record sales, expensive Hype Williams music videos, Cash Money’s deal with Universal, the “No Way Out” and “Hard Knock Life” tours.
The material from this time period also helped convince skeptics that Hip-Hop was worth putting major dollars into in the near future.
The plausible persuasion for all this started with the music. It all comes back to the music.
If it weren’t for artists consistently putting out quality records, Hip-Hop culture wouldn’t have acquired more resources to continue to grow.
Here are 10 albums from 20 years ago that not only helped get Hip-Hop a major boost just before the new millennium, but also still serve as a barometer of excellence that new music today is sometimes evaluated against.
Check it out!
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Snoop Dogg has landed a new role as an executive producer on upcoming cannabis comedy “Mary + Jane.”
The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” hitmaker and marijuana aficionado, will also perform the theme tune for the MTV series, and guest star on the first season.
The news was announced during the MTV panel at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour yesterday (July 31), when Snoop appeared at the Beverly Hills, California event via video link.
“Mary + Jane” stars Scout Durwood and Jessica Rothe as two millennial “ganja-preneurs” operating a pot delivery service in Los Angeles, and Snoop joked he was the perfect person to introduce the new project “because I’ve been delivering weed for a long motherf**king time.”
Fellow executive producers Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont featured alongside Durwood and Rothe at the panel, during which Kaplan teased Snoop’s guest role on the show, reports Deadline.com.
“He does not play himself,” she said. “He’s like a Snoop Fairy.”
“You don’t know when he’s going to appear. You have to watch all the way to an end to see him,” she added, although they did not reveal which episode he will feature in.
Other celebrity guests include Seth Green, Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Leonard Roberts, Gone Girl actress Missi Pyle, and comedian Andy Daly.
Snoop will produce “Mary + Jane” via his Merry Jane production company, a firm dedicated to marijuana, which he founded with media entrepreneur Ted Chung last year.
The U.S. show will premiere on MTV on September 5.
Kid Cudi and Kanye West have always been pretty cool comrades, but the kid recently spoke out against his bud. The back story is that Kanye West stated, “This Tidal Apple beef is f*cking up the music game” and “Apple give Jay his check for Tidal now and stop trying to act like you Steve [Jobs].” However, Kid Cudi had an opinion that actually sounds like the “old Kanye.”
[ALSO READ: Kanye West To Apple Music: “Cut A Check To Jay”]
What do you think?
(AllHipHop News) Is it finally time for Frank Ocean to let loose his highly anticipated sophomore studio album?
The Grammy-winning R&B singer gave another hint that the LP – believed to be titled Boys Don’t Cry – is close to being released.
A continuous video of an empty room is streaming on Ocean’s website. The visual is labeled as a “live broadcast” with the Apple Music logo featured in the top right corner.
According to reports, the performer’s latest ambiguous presentation could be an art project by Francis Soriano, the director of Ocean’s “Lost” video.
The Odd Future affiliate previously had fans expecting another project to arrive after he posted an empty playlist to SoundCloud.
Ocean later uploaded a picture of a library card due sheet which some people interpreted to mean the album would be released last month.
To watch Frank Ocean’s video visit boysdontcy.co.
It looks like Tory Lanez & Trina just may be an item. In fact they may have been dating for a while now.
Shortly after Trina and French Montana split a few years ago, Trina was spotted hanging out with Tory Lanez pretty often.
Screenshots of them Facetiming appeared on social media around that time, however they were quickly deleted. Then Trina and Lanez dropped the collaborative single, “F-ck Love.”
The two might have been spending a lot of time together then and now because they are working on music, but they look pretty close in new videos Trina posted to her page where she’s wishing Tory a happy birthday.
Tory also seemed to confirm the relationship when he rapped about Trina on his “I Got The Keys” remix.
“My swag different, jet lag different, I dated Trina if you wanna talk bad b-tches.”
Well Tory may have won Trina, but he certainly lost Jamaica. Tory was caught backtracking, once again, after he claimed to have the No.1 song in Jamaica. When Popcaan and others called him out, he says he was saying he was the No. 1 Shazam artist in Jamaica. He didn’t say ANYTHING about Shazam in his original post. So we are counting Shazam numbers now?
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