Gucci Mane is back and it ain’t a clone. “First Day Out The Feds” is the latest visual for the Georgia rapper. The video shows a svelte Gucci looking all athletic. Fans of the rapper looks great and sounds good as well. There are still questions. How will the rapper fare in this environment after being incarcerated? Can he regain his title as a King of the South? Will he be able to drop a classic album for all to cherish? Check out the video below.
(AllHipHop News) It looks like Sean “Diddy” Combs has found a buyer for his Alpine, New Jersey mansion.
The rap mogul listed the property in 2007, but had a difficult selling the property because of its location to other, cheaper houses.
But when you are the richest man in Hip-Hop with an estimated net worth of $750 million, you can afford to sit on a $9 million property for nine years.
So after almost a decade-long wait, Diddy has finalizing a deal to sell the New Jersey mansion.
The seven-bedroom, 14-bathroom property will be sold for $7.99 million, making it a sweet deal for the purchaser, since almost $1 million was knocked off the original purchase price.
Diddy is still going to come up: he paid $6 million for the residence in 2004.
The Bad Boy CEO’s New York City penthouse is still on the market at $6.5 million.
As previously reported, Diddy moved to Los Angeles in 2014, ans he now lives in a $40 million mansion.
(AllHipHop News) The biggest fireworks to take place on the 4th of July this year was the announcement that former league MVP Kevin Durant is joining the Golden State Warriors next season. The decision was met with some criticism, most notably from ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith.
However, one Hip Hop representative is defending Durant’s choice to part ways with the Oklahoma City Thunder and team up with the franchise that has made it to the NBA Finals the last two years. Mississippi’s David Banner took to Twitter to share his opinion on the most talked about free agency acquisition since LeBron James took his talents to South Beach.
“These white owned teams buy and trade Black men like cattle. As soon as we do what is best for us we are called cowards? Congrats [Kevin Durant],” wrote Banner in one tweet.
Read David Banner’s tweets below.
These white owned teams buy and trade Black men like cattle. As soon as we do what is best for us we are called cowards? Congrats @KDTrey5
— DAVID BANNER (@davidbanner) July 5, 2016
Players get traded without even knowing. That’s ok because we are use to being up rooted? Be proud of a Black Man when he wields his power.
— DAVID BANNER (@davidbanner) July 5, 2016
I know there are bigger things to talk about but @kdtrey5 is one of the kindest guys I ever met. https://t.co/rjT4JmSzne
— DAVID BANNER (@davidbanner) July 5, 2016
Not one person has said anything about the team for going after him. It’s easy to criticize what’s closest to you.
— DAVID BANNER (@davidbanner) July 5, 2016
But I am done. We are just consumers anyway. Let’s talk about getting our own league then I’ll argue.
— DAVID BANNER (@davidbanner) July 5, 2016
Again I could care less about a game. I do care about the public emasculation of a kind person.
— DAVID BANNER (@davidbanner) July 5, 2016
We act like just because a person has money that they don’t have feelings. Our parents and love ones see all that hate.
— DAVID BANNER (@davidbanner) July 5, 2016
Legendary producer Rick Rubin has given a coveted co-sign to Milwaukee rappers Streetz and Young Deuces.
According to reps for the rappers, Rubin helped “orchestrate” their new 80z Soul EP. The song “Hey Now,” which was produced by Harry Fraud, is taken from SNYD’s upcoming project.
(AllHipHopNews) Erykah Badu has taken to Twitter to address the swirling rumors of a relationship with Compton MC, Kendrick Lamar.
The rumors began after the two met at the BET Awards in 2013, with an image of the two holding hands on stage quickly going viral.
Kendrick Lamar even referenced the encounter on Kanye’s “No More Parties In LA” from Kanye’s latest release The Life Of Pablo. On the track Kendrick rhymes the following:
Well cutie, I love your bougie booty/ Come Erykah Badu me/ Hell, let’s make a movie.
Apparently the rumors became too much for Ms. Badu, so she chose to clear things up with the following tweets pretty much letting it be known that whatever relationship the two had was strictly platonic.
Kendrick aint called me since y’all made up some s### about us being in the trailer makin out so he missed his award pic.twitter.com/bZzN64WHmq
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) July 4, 2016
Sound check, performance , photo opps, ghost. He was super shy. https://t.co/HQCCHpd5Qh
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) July 4, 2016
Let me educate u real fast lil mama. It’s not always betwixxx the thighs .. Sometimes it’s between the ears . ❤️https://t.co/bH2jGeg32Z
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) July 4, 2016
Last night, the internet went crazy after the homie Drake posted an image with “blood on his hands” and the caption “coming soon.” Of COURSE, he has to be talking about a response to Joe Budden even though nothing in the image suggests that he is talking about his New Jersey adversary.
You be the judge:
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I don’t think this is the response people were waiting for. There are two girls in the video and that seems extra random. I think Drake is shooting another video for his Views album, which has dominated the charts. I don’t believe we are going to see this battle between the Toronto titan and the New Jersey battler.
Meanwhile, Joe seems to be readying a new round of lyrics for Drizzy.
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(AllHipHop News) The latest edition of Marvel’s Black Panther video series has hit the net. After using music by Run The Jewels for part 1, the second installment of A Nation Under Our Feet features the exclusive track “Beast With It” by Prodigy of Mobb Deep featuring Mark the Beast.
“I am honored to be a part of another cool project from Marvel Comics and this new video series is going to be a smash,” states Prodigy. “Black Panther has always been one of my favorite Marvel characters and the new series is destined to become a huge hit – Ta-Nehisi Coates really did his thing with this one!”
The monthly online series will offer fans a recap of the best-selling comic book prior to the latest issue being made available for sale. Black Panther writer and National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates provides commentary in the 2-minute clip.
“Comics and music are two art forms that continually speak to one another, and with Ta-Nehisi and Brian Stelfreeze’s epic series flying off the shelves, we are doing just that,” says Marvel Editor in Chief Axel Alonso. “It’s our honor to partner with the legendary Prodigy for this latest installment.”
Black Panther #3 is available digitally through the Marvel Digital Comic Shop and at all local comic book retailers.
Watch Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet – Part 2 below.
(AllHipHop News) Fetty Wap is now part of an exclusive list that includes Drake, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, and Ed Sheeran. The New Jersey rhymer’s debut self-titled album became the 7th LP to earn more than 1 billion streams in the United States.
Tracks from the 2015 project now have a total of 1.001 billion as of June 23. Fetty Wap was led by the Top 10 singles “Trap Queen,” “679,” and “My Way.”
The success of those songs also helped Fetty become the first male rapper since Eminem in 2013 to have three songs in the Top 20 at the same time.
In addition, the 300 Entertainment representative was the first rapper since Chingy in 2003-04 to have his first three songs enter the Top 10.
Fetty Wap recently released “Wake Up.” The record has peaked at #53 on the Hot 100 so far.
Drake’s Views (1.547 billion), Justin Bieber’s Purpose (1.451 billion), The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness (1.369 billion), Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (1.109 billion), Drake’s Nothing Was the Same (1.042 billion) and Ed Sheeran’s X (1.026 billion) are the only other albums to cross the billion streaming mark.
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Rick Ross celebrated America’s Independence Day holiday while on house arrest by hosting a huge pool party at his Atlanta, Georgia mansion.
The Hustlin’ hitmaker is currently dealing with the legal implications of his alleged involvement in an assault which reportedly took place at this home last summer, but that didn’t stop Ross from marking the 4th of July weekend with a big bash at his lavish pad on Sunday.
Video footage posted online by party goers shows Ross enjoying the festivities himself by taking a dive into his outdoor swimming pool as his guests cheered him on – all while wearing his ankle bracelet.
Fellow rapper Meek Mill – who recently completed his own stint on house arrest – and his girlfriend Nicki Minaj also attended the weekend event, while photos Ross posted on his Instagram page show Outkast star Big Boi and singer Omarion present, too.
Ross also shared an aerial shot of his mansion while the pool party was in full swing, and captioned it, “The Untouchable Empire.”
The Hip-Hop heavyweight, who has been allowed to continue working while under house arrest, has been boasting about his luxurious lifestyle on social media in recent weeks, sharing snaps of himself receiving a private four-hour spa treatment from celebrity massage therapist Loyale, of Green Room Massages.
However, Ross recently claimed being confined to his home, despite his luxurious surroundings, was not ideal, describing his punishment as a “f**ked up position” to be in during a recent chat with British radio host Tim Westwood.
Ross is facing aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and kidnapping charges for allegedly attacking groundskeeper Jonathan Zamudio at his Atlanta estate in June, 2015.
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Lil Kim couldn’t make The Essence Festival last week, where her Bad Boy familia was performing a highly anticipated performance.
The Queen Bee did have the time to hit the streets of Paris, France, during the city’s annual Fashion Week celebrations.
Lil Kim was a guest at Ralph & Russo’s fashion show to showcase their Autumn/Winter 2016-2017 collection.
(AllHipHop News) Joe Budden chose to hit Drake with a preemptive strike by going at the OVO boss with a nearly seven minute diss song called “Making A Murderer Part 1.” While Drake has yet to officially respond, another rapper has stepped in with some bars for Budden.
Battle rap legend Hollow Da Don renewed his rivalry with Budden by dropping his own version of “Making A Murderer.” The two emcees famously went head-to-head at the Total Slaughter event in 2014, and Hollow was crowned the victor.
Hollow’s “Making A Murderer Pt. 2” includes the Loyalty Over Money leader claiming that his battles get more views than the number of plays for Budden’s podcast. The New York representative also rapped about Eminem’s Shady Records supposedly abandoning the Slaughterhouse member.
Both Hollow and Budden have spoken about being friends with Drake. But Budden still decided to address his issues with Drake publicly which ultimately drew a response from Hollow.
Budden’s verbal attack against the “One Dance” performer stems from his viral rant where he called Drake’s Views album uninspired. He believes Drake then sent subliminal shots at him on “4pm In Calabasas,” and there have been rumors the YMCMB representative planned to answer Budden on an upcoming collaboration with French Montana.
Listen to Hollow Da Don’s “Making A Murderer Pt. 2” below.
(AllHipHop News) President Barack Obama celebrated America’s birthday with the annual July 4th party. The POTUS honored military veterans and their families with a concert special in the White House’s East Room.
TDE emcee Kendrick Lamar and singer-songwriter Janelle Monáe were tapped to perform. Lamar ran through several of his hits including “Money Trees,” “Swimming Pools (Drank),” “B-tch, Don’t Kill My Vibe,” and “Alright.”
K. Dot and Monáe assisted the Commander-In-Chief in singing happy birthday to Malia Obama as well. The First Daughter turned 18 years old on July 4.
Previously, Kendrick met with the President to discuss the My Brother’s Keeper program. Obama also named the Compton native’s “How Much A Dollar Cost” off the To Pimp A Butterfly album as his favorite song of 2015.
Watch footage from President Obama’s Fourth of July celebration below.
Guwop’s making moves.
One month after being released early from prison, Gucci Mane already has an album in the works and three singles under his belt.
With the release of his first project post-jail Everybody’s Looking dropping later this month, Gucci Mane is literally documenting the making of the album and the rapper has more material than we’ve thought.
Recently, Gucci posted a video on his Snapchat, showing all of the raps he wrote while in jail.
In the brief clip, the Atlanta emcee had his home studio’s wall covered with verses written over his three years of being incarcerated.
Expect Everybody’s Looking is going to be a long album.
Check out footage of Gucci’s wall below.
(AllHipHop News) – Despite the fact that publications as mainstream and unbiased as The Washington Post and Time Magazine recently issued full transcripts of the speech that Jesse Williams gave on June 26, 2016 at The BET Awards, apparently not everyone agrees that Williams’ words are something to be applauded.
On July 1, 2016 Erin Smith started a petition on the popular site Change.org claiming that ABC needs to fire Williams from it’s long running show “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Smith launched the petition on the grounds that his words were not political, but a “racist rant” pitted against “law enforcement and white people” as per the Change.org petition.
While it is not known exactly what spurred Smith to take to Change.org to voice displeasure with Williams’ speech in such a public forum, it is should be noted that a former member of Black Hollywood’s in crowd was the first to call Williams’ words a direct affront to white people.
On Wednesday, June 29th, former “Clueless” star and habitual Fox News pundit Stacey Dash went on record via blog post to incongruously call Williams ” the perfect example of a Hollywood plantation slave,” while also stating that Williams’ words were “nothing short of an attack on white people.”
As reported by ET Online and other news outlets, Dash also painted both BET and Williams with the same brush, accusing both the “Grey’s Anatomy” star and the cable network of “keeping racism and segregation alive.”
In keeping with Dash’s views, Smith’s petition also labels William’s words as hate speech leveled specifically at white people.
As of this article, Smith’s petition has gained 1334 supporters with a goal of 1500 to send Smith’s petition to ABC.
However, on Change.org. Williams would seem to already have his defenders.
In direct answer to Smith’s petition, on July 2, 2016 Dawn Murphy started another petition on the popular site supporting Williams.
Murphy’s petition, aptly titled “Don’t Let The Racists Win! ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ Don’t Fire Jesse Williams,” currently has 13,080 supporters.
If the petition reaches it’s goal of 15,000 supporters, it will be sent directly to “Grey’s Anatomy” creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes.
Shonda Rhimes, who was named by Time Magazine as one of 2007’s 100 People Who Help Shape The World, is one of television’s most successful and formidable executive producers.
She is also African-American.
So far no official statement has been issued from either ABC or Shonda Rhimes in regards to Williams’ speech or either petition.
(AllHipHop News) Kim Kardashian has shot down rumors suggesting her post-baby body has been digitally enhanced in Fergie’s new music video for “M.i.l.f. $.”
Kanye West’s wife, who gave birth to second child Saint in December, has been showing off her slim physique in recent weeks after shedding her pregnancy pounds with regular work outs and the help of dieting program Weight Watchers.
She further flaunted her sexy figure with a raunchy appearance in a clip for singer Fergie’s new promo, released last week, in which a blonde Kim douses herself in milk while wearing a t########## T-shirt and cut off denim shorts.
The footage prompted some critics to question whether her small waist had been altered using computer software program Photoshop, but the 35-year-old shut down the claims in a post on social media app Snapchat late on Sunday.
Sharing behind-the-scenes clips from the video shoot, Kim made her feelings clear by writing, “F**kYoPhotoShop”, before crediting a waist-training corset for her sexy new look, adding, “#Corsetlife.”
Kim and her sisters Kourtney and Khloe have all previously posted images of themselves wearing the popular corset contraptions on social media, claiming the belts have helped them achieve their famous hourglass figures.
The new mom is joined in Fergie’s video by Ciara, Devon Aoki, Amber Valletta, and models Chrissy Teigen and Alessandra Ambrosio, who both appear with their children.
It’s not the first time Kim has been accused of having her image digitally retouched.
She sparked similar controversy in 2014, after posing for her infamous ‘break the Internet’ nude photoshoot for Paper magazine, but magazine editors quickly dismissed the allegations.
“So many people have asked us, ‘Oh, is that butt… it can’t be real, it’s padded, you added to it, in retouching…’ That is all 100 percent Kim Kardashian,” Paper’s editorial director, Mickey Boardman, told E! News at the time.
However, he confessed a few changes were made to the cover photo, simply to “make it look as good as it can for a magazine cover”.
“We did not create a body. We did not shave pounds of her waist,” he added. “That is who she is. That’s what she looks like. That’s why she’s a superstar.”
(AllHipHopNews) The digital legacy of Prince will live on as the pop icon’s official websites from 1994 to the present will be archived by The Prince Online Museum.
“This Museum is an archive of that work and a reminder of everything he accomplished as an independent artist with the support of his vibrant and dedicated online community,” says Sam Jennings, director of the Prince Online Museum and webmaster of Prince’s NPG Music Club, which provided exclusive Prince content from 2001 to 2006 through subscription.
According to The Fader, the website currently hosts 12 of the 20 plus Prince websites.
There will reportedly be no downloads sold and no membership fees required, according to Jennings, because the project was executed by individuals close to Prince, simply out of love.
The archiving of Prince’s digital legacy is slightly ironic as Prince banned Youtube and iTunes from hosting his music and actually deemed the internet as dead in an interview with The Daily Mirror in 2010.
“The Internet’s completely over. I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can’t get it,” said Prince, who also revolutionized the way independent music was sold online as well.
“The internet’s like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good.”
Prince died on April 21 at the age of 57 from a synthetic opiate overdose. You can give the legend’s digital archive a look here.
(AllHipHopNews) Drake’s dominance on the charts overseas shows no signs of subsiding as the MC hit the top of the Australian singles chart with his track “One Dance” featuring WizKid and Kyla.
This is the track’s seventh week on the top of the charts down under with the Rihanna assisted “Too Good” coming in at fifth place and “Controlla,” claiming the 50th spot.
Overall, Drake has had five songs reach the Top 50 and even he held the #1t on the albums chart in Australia in May with Views, which is currently sixth place on the charts.
The news comes as the Toronto native landed his ninth consecutive week at the top of the Billboard Top 200 album chart, which beat out the previously held record set by Eminem’s 2000 release The Marshall Mathers LP.
Drake’s “One Dance” track is also making waves in the UK as the smash hit set the record for the longest reign at the top of the singles chart in the market in 22 years.
(AllHipHop News) Miami rapper Zoey Dollaz celebrated Independence Day by dropping his new mixtape “Port-Au-Prince.”
Zoey released the tape at 5:09 PM, as a tribute to Haiti. The timing of the release is more than a coincidence – “509” is the telephone area code for the island nation.
Port-Au-Prince was executive produced by rapper Future, who makes guest appearances on two of the 16 tracks featured on Zoey’s new mixtape.
Lil Durk, Casey Veggies and K Camp also check in to assist Zoey, who is signed to Future’s FreeBandz label, which is distributed by Epic Records.
Check out the full mixtape and tracklisting below:
Essence Festival weekend certainly belonged to Oprah Winfrey and her OWN network as it’s new series ‘Queen Sugar’ took over with a star-studded screening, reception, as well as a Q&A moderated by Essence’s entertainment director Cori Murray, on the festival’s main stage. This was the Queen of all media’s first time at the Essence Festival, during it’s 22 year history.
The Q&A featured the cast of the show as well as the creator, ‘Selma’ director, Ava DuVernay. Winfrey & DuVernay teamed up once again to bring the new drama to the network. Winfrey also delivered an inspiring keynote speech at the convention center, and the OWN weekend closed with a cocktail reception at Legacy Kitchen with key influencers, tastemakers, an industry insiders celebrating the new series.
‘Queen Sugar’ is adapted from the novel by Natalie Baszile and tells the story of three siblings who inherit their father’s 800-acre sugarcane farm. After a family tragedy, the family must navigate the triumphs and struggles in order to run the ailing farm in the deep south. ‘Queen Sugar’ is DuVernay’s first television series, and all episodes in the debut season will be directed by women. Winfrey and DuVernay hope to break many barriers with this new series. Winfrey told those in attendance,
“The experience of Sugar has been elevating on every level. I knew that it was the beginning of a new day for our network. It’s a different kind of television. It’s luxurious, sensual, elevated, and it’s real.”
“We stand here in a space by the only Black woman who owns a network,” said DuVernay.
Cast members in attendance included Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe, Omar Dorsey, Tina Lifford, Dondre Whitfield, Nicholas Ashe and Bianca Lawson. Oprah, Ava DuVernay, Gayle King, Lynn Whitfield, Tina Knowles-Lawson, Richard Lawson, Adrienne Bailon, Loni Love, Lalah Hathaway, Stevie J, Mona Scotty-Young and many more were also in attendance.
‘Queen Sugar’ will debut as a two-night event on Tuesday, September 6 and Wednesday, September 7 at 10PM ET/PT on OWN. The series will regularly air Wednesday nights at 10PM ET/PT for the remainder of its first season.
Check out a recap of the reception via RevoltTV below!
(AllHipHop News) The Golden State Warriors have signed former foe Kevin Durant to a two-year $54.3 million.
The financial gain for Kevin Durant is obvious but he received another windfall – from rapper Lil B.
Lil B took to Twitter today to announce that his five-year curse on Durant is lifted now that he will be playing for The Warriors.
“’The BasedGod’ wants to speak. As life unravels and superstars make decisions that change lifes, welcome home KD the curse is lifted.”
Kevin Durant and Lil B’s issues started back in 2011, when Durant called the rapper “wack” on Twitter.
Lil B put a curse on Kevin Durant and claimed the NBA star would not win a championship, until the curse was lifted.
Now that Kevin Durant will be teammates with Steph Curry and the Warriors, the curse is history.
Welcome to the Bay where the players play @KDTrey5 👌🏿👍🏿💯
— E40 Mogul Entrepreneur (@E40) July 4, 2016
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— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) July 4, 2016
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