It looks like Petey Pablo may be returning to the scene with new music. Wednesday night he had a surprise cameo on Fox’s#### show ‘Empire’. He recently said, so much more is on the way. We haven’t heard from Petey in a while as he was locked up on weapon charges for almost two years. Timbaland also took to his Instagram page to say stay tuned to what’s next from the both of them.
Flashback:
Big Boi & Phantogram come together as Big Grams and release their Epic Records self titled debut album. The project includes 7 tracks with features from Run The Jewels & Skrillex. Stream the album below and purchase now on iTunes.
Photo via Rick Ross’ Instagram
Did we miss the wedding? Rick Ross‘ fiancee posted Lira Galore posted a video to her snap chat with the caption “The Roberts.” Is she saying the two have already gotten married? Did our invitation get lost in the mail? These days people throw titles and exaggerations around easily so it’s no telling if the two eloped or not.
(AllHipHop News) One statement from Hopsin during an interview on Sway In The Morning ignited a lyrical contest between his Funk Volume label and the Horseshoe Gang. The Los Angeles based rapper said he would put up $500,000 against any other Hip Hop roster willing to battle him, Dizzy Wright, and Jarren Benton.
The four-man team of Horseshoe Gang struck first with “Half A Meal.” Funk Volume fired back with “Free Meal.” Kxng Crooked I’s little brothers then responded with “Same Day.”
AllHipHop.com caught up with Funk Volume’s Jarren Benton to get his thoughts on the back-and-forth between FV and HG. The “Silence” creator made it clear the face off was all in the spirit of friendly competition.
“There wasn’t real beef with Horseshoe Gang. Actually, we consider Crooked I extended family,” says Benton. “It was just all in fun. We’ll still do it if anybody else wants to step the f*ck up. We’ll go ahead and knock you out too.”
The Benton/Hopsin/Wright versus Julius/Demetrius/Kenny/Dice battle did not involve the half a million dollar bet since Horseshoe Gang did not match the money. According to Benton, the offer still stands for any other group or labelmates that want to take the challenge.
“All three of us are competitive. We really feel like we got the dopest squad,” declares Benton about his Funk Volume comrades. “So who’s next? We gave Horseshoe Gang a free one. We really put the money on the line.”
In an era when most of the clashing among artists takes place on social media, Funk Volume is looking to take the combat back to wax. Benton adds, “I wish more rappers would do that, instead of all the Twitter talking. If y’all want to do it, do it. Whoever wants to do it, let’s go.”
Read AllHipHop.com’s #ATLRiseUp feature on Jarren Benton here.
Watch Funk Volume’s appearance on Sway In The Morning below.
After hitting the net heavy with “Deposits”, Trel Mack keeps the music coming with new record “Walking With God”.
Norm Kelly is still riding hard for Drake, and still taking shots at Meek Mill in the process. Kelly is a Drake stan for sure. It was hilarious to hear from the Toronto Councillor initially, however some feel like its overkill at this point. It’s still hilarious either way.
T.I. back on his hustle trap sh*t – remember when he couldn’t talk all crazy after his legal issues. Well TIP is all the way back to his previous form and his is talkin all that street that only a multi-felon like T.I. would know. From the EP, Da’ Nic. Out now on iTunes:
Just like the Bad Boys franchise, Men in Black films can’t be brought up without mentioning Will Smith. In case you didn’t know a fourth sequel is being added to the franchise, but unfortunately Smith will not be involved.
Filmaker couple Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, who both produced Men In Black, sat down with The Hollywood Reporter and revealed that they will be revamping MIB without its star.
“Most likely no,” Parkes said when asked if Smith would be involved in the new film. “It will be reinvented as a trilogy,” MacDonald added.
Even though he won’t be apart of Men In Black, the Philly native has other projects he is working on. Besides focusing on building a sitcom similar to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air with his company Overbrook Entertainment, the Hancock actor will be teaming up with Jay Z to produce a HBO miniseries about the late Emmett Till.
Still riding the wave from his recently released Concrete Rose project and “Run Ricky Run,” Manolo Rose returns with the new single, “Dope In My Blood,” which was premiered today by XXL. “Dope In My Blood” also features Fame School and is produced by Fame School Slim (also the same cohorts featured on “Run Ricky Run) is taken from the forthcoming A3C Volume 5 compilation.
Even though it has been two decades since Eazy-E’s death, there is still speculation that he contracted AIDS at the hands of someone who had malicious intent against him. A rapper was signed to Eazy’s label, Ruthless Records, has now come forward supporting this claims but with more details.
A rapper named Frost sat down for an interview with Siccness.net and said that Eazy was given tainted needles while receiving acupuncture. He says that the N.W.A frontman was in a 4-wheeler accident and underwent acupuncture to treat his injuries.
“They gave him tainted needles with acupuncture,” Frost said. “Needles that tainted him, they gave it to him.”
Frost also implied that the man behind this was Suge Knight.
“I don’t wanna say that name ’cause it’s the devil’s name, but another person in Rap, if you know you’re history of Rap, calls him the devil. If you know the history of Rap, West Coast Rap, you know who I’m saying. I was told even in my last conversation from Eazy not to even talk to that man. Not only that, but I think that they really had a stronghold of giving him tainted needles with the AIDS virus in him with acupuncture.”
Watch the interview below.
The Game returns with his latest track “Standing On Ferraris” featuring Diddy. This track will live on the upcoming double disc album “The Documentary 2 dropping next month. Pre-order the album now on iTunes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOSP9YWj8WI
Check the track below:
A few days ago (Sept 23rd) Afro-Samurai game publishers Versus Evil teamed up with RevoltTV for a special one of a kind event to celebrate the release of Afro-Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma. Highlighting the artists featured on the project, RevoltTV hosted the party in Hollywood where there were performances with refreshments and food.
The RevoltTV event was part of the recently announced partnership with video game publisher Versus Evil and Fearless Media for the launch of Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma, which is a third-person action adventure game that builds on the original games success.
The game has a great Hip-Hop soundtrack and has gotten co-signs from The RZA and Big Sean to name a few.
“You know a lot of gamers now, like to continue to receive more content. Open up other secret vaults and things like that to build up their repertoire. This game is a game that’s going to continue to grow,” the RZA explained.
Big Sean has also gotten behind the game as well and can be seen playing it with the lead developer, David Robinson in a GameZone.
Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma will be available for digital download on PC and PlayStation 4 on September 22nd. Coming soon to Xbox One. Visit www.afrosamuraigame.com/for more information.
As she prepares to release her new album Unbreakable on October 2nd, Janet teams up with Missy Elliott for her latest offering “BURNITUP!”. Pre-order the album now on iTunes!
Brooklyn native Moe Fundz has been dropping new content at a rapid pace these last few months as he looks to capitalize on the upcoming 4th quarter. After dropping the official visual for “Bank Account” a few weeks ago today the Brooklyn native drops his Manolo Rose featured single “Gina.” Moe Fundz & Manolo Rose go back and forth as they describe their perfect definition of a down chick or in this case a “Gina.”
Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole are rumored to be putting out a mixtape called. Reminiscing. But is it real? A lot of people that we have talked to have said this is the figment of the internet. And it just happens to come out on the heels of Drake and Future? Anyway, most people that are not fanatically tied to the concept don’t think this is real, as official as it appears to be. Hell, I hope it is real!
After George Clinton appeared on Kendrick Lamar’s “Wesley Theory” the two reconnect for the updated version of “Aint That Funkin Kinda Hard On You” produced by Louie Vega. Purchase the track now on iTunes!
Rick Ross had been accused of pistol whipping and beating his groundskeeper and he has finally broken his silence about the matter, saying he feels that 50 Cent is behind the matter, TMZ reports.
Rozay claims that he never laid a finger on the man, named Jonathan Zamudio, who also filed a lawsuit against him for the assault.
The Black Dollar rapper says that Zamudio called 911 three hours after the incident and didn’t sound like a man who had been brutally beaten. In fact, Zamudio never mentioned being pistol whipped or assaulted during the call. Ross believes that 50 Cent is the one behind Zamudio’s lies. He believes that this is 50’s way of getting revenge because he had to award the mother of Ross’ child $7 million in a lawsuit after it was ruled that he posted a sextape of her on his website with malicious intent.
The MMG boss was charged with aggravated assault and aggravated battery and spent a week in jai He was released on $2 million bail.
Listen to Zamudio’s 911 call below.
TV’s most anticipated show returned to FOX Wednesday night (Sept. 23) and had millions of eyes glued to the screen. Empire’s premiere episode for the second season brought in 16 million viewers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The first episode garnered more viewers than each episode of the first season, excluding the season finale which had 17. 6 million viewers.
The first episode was star-studded, with guest appearances from Swizz Beatz, Don Lemon and most notably Chris Rock, who left the funny behind to play ruthless gangster Frank Gathers. Other celebs who will be making appearances include Ludacris, Kelly Rowland, Tyrese, Vivica A. Fox and Zac Efron. Due to the ground breaking success of season one, which had 12 episodes, season two will have 18 episodes.
Empire out-performed FOX’s new series Scream Queens, which only had four million viewers. Cookie and Lucious also did better than ABC’s The Muppets, which reportedly had 8.9 million watchers.
Tune into Empire every Wednesday on FOX at 9 p.m.
After uploading a SnapChat video of smoking what seemed to be marijuana in the presence of his one-year-old son, Rich Homie Quan is being investigated by Georgia’s Child Protective Services, TMZ reports. Child Protective Services and the Fulton County Police Department have collaborated to conduct the investigation.
The authorities are looking to bring in the “Walk Thru” rapper to ask him a few questions to assess to his parenting, including what was he smoking and how often he does so with his child around. The Atlanta native could face charges of endangering a child and reckless behavior.
Watch the video below.