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“One Dance” Rapper Wizkid Scammed Out Of Big Cash, By Female Impersonator

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Nigerian rapper Wizkid is experiencing unprecedented success, thanks to his hit single “One Dance” with Drake and Kyla.

Wizkid was an award-winning artist in Nigeria before his most recent hit single “One Dance” took off in the United States. He’s been touring around the world because of the breakout success of the single, but back home, his popularity has become a bit of a problem.

According to News Nigeria, a 19-year-old student at Delta State University named Ifeoma Nelly was living the life of luxury, by impersonating Wizkid and scamming the rapper out of hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last three years.

The woman sported a short haircut like Wizkid, dressed like a man and favored the rapper in terms of looks.

Police began looking into the matter, after Wizkid, his managers and numerous victims complained that someone was ripping them all off, with phony shows.

An investigation ensued, and the woman was arrested at a hotel, when she attempted to accept part of a $25,000 appearance fee, posing as the rapper.

“When it became serious, we had to refund the money to victims. Some people will just go, write in papers that Wikzid disappointed them,” Wizkid’s manager Sunday Are said. “They would say Wizkid and his manager collected money and didn’t come to perform.”

The student went to great lengths in order to defraud the unsuspecting promoters and other victims.

“Meanwhile, we didn’t know about those shows. The lady, not only used Wizkid’s name to open the Facebook accounts, but also used Wizkid’s name to register the phone she was using,” Sunday Are said.

Wizkid, his manager and local police set up a sting operation. When the target of the investigation arrived, everyone was amazed at how much the female impersonator looked the part, right down to her flashy Rolex.

“It took us three to four hours before we could believe she was a lady. She wore native clothes and spotted low cut,” Wizkid’s manager said.

The woman was taken into custody by Lagos State Police Command and hit with numerous charges.

Fans of the real Wizkid can catch the rapper as a headlining act on the One Africa Music Fest taking place in New York at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on July 22.

Snoop Dogg To Release New Album “COOLAID” July 1st

By: G.Avant (@G_Avant) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHopNews) Earlier this week on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” West coast Hip-Hop veteran Snoop Dogg revealed that he will be releasing a new project entitled COOLAID.

The Doggfather then went on to perform a couple of tracks from the album titled “Legend” and “Fireworks.”

Yesterday (June 3), Snoop Dogg took to Twitter and announced a July 1st release date, along with what appears to be the album artwork, in a picture with Kurupt.

COOLAID will be the fourteenth album from Snoop.

Check out a few clips from his appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Show below.

“The Greatest” Muhammad Ali Has Passed

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Muhammad Ali has died. He was 74.

A family spokesman broke the news that the “The Greatest” died on Friday.

Ali was a heavyweight boxing champion, a philanthropist, Civil Rights activist and one of the most famous people on Earth. He died in Phoenix, Arizona after he was rushed to the hospital for a respiratory illness. Ali suffered from Parkinson’s disease, an ailment that he lived with since 1984. He was put on life support prior to his death.

The funeral will be conducted in Louisville, Kentucky, Ali’s hometown. He is survived by nine children and his wife Lonnie.

The world mourns.

“God came for his champion. So long great one,” former champ Mike Tyson said on Twitter.

Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. in Louisville, Kentucky in 1942. He began training to fight at the age of 12 after a thief stole his bicycle. He went on to win six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles and two national Golden Gloves titles among a haul of early accolades. He picked up gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Clay’s amateur record was 100 wins with five losses. He first became the world heavyweight champion in 1964, after he beat Sonny Liston in one of the greatest upsets in the sport. He changed his name to Muhammad Ali after joining the Nation of Islam months later.

In 1967, Ali transcended the sport when he refused to be drafted into the U.S. military, citing his religious beliefs and opposition to America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. He was arrested and stripped of his boxing title. He did not fight again for almost four years, until his conviction was overturned in 1971.

Soon, he became recognized as the most famous sportsman of his generation and the finest fighter to ever step into a boxing ring. His greatest fights as champion included clashes with Joe Frazier and George Foreman.

He briefly quit the sport in 1976 to focus on his faith, having converted to Sunni Islam, and upon his return his doctor, Ferdie Pacheco, advised him to quit due to internal injuries from boxing. Ali refused and his longtime medic retired.

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He lost his title in 1978 to Leon Spinks in Las Vegas in part because he wasn’t physically prepared for the fight, looking seriously out of shape. Spinks was declared the winner by split decision. Ali was better prepared for the rematch in New Orleans, winning by unanimous decision. The win made him the first heavyweight champion to win the belt three times.

Ali announced his retirement from boxing in July, 1979, but came back for one more fight against Larry Holmes for the WBC belt for an unprecedented fourth time. Reporters started noting the sports legend was struggling with his speech and trembling uncontrollably at times, but Ali was given the OK to fight by medics at the Mayo Clinic and his return to the ring went ahead in October, 1980.

Holmes dominated the fight, which his trainer Angelo Dundee stopped in the 11th round. He fought one last time, in December, 1981, against Trevor Berbick, losing a 10-round decision.

Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson’s syndrome, a disease that commonly results from head trauma from activities such as boxing, in 1984.

He remained a hero to the masses and was honored by several presidents. After his boxing career was over, his life highlights included a trip to Iraq to meet with leader Saddam Hussein to negotiate the release of American hostages, and he had the honor of lighting the flame at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996. He also flew to Afghanistan in 2002 as a United Nations Messenger of Peace.

He was married four times and had seven daughters and two sons. He lived out his days in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife Lonnie Williams, who he married in 1986.

Troy Ave Supporter Kevin Gates Is Putting His Money Where His Grill Is!

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Rumors
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First of all, you need to know: Kevin Gates Diamond Teeth Are REAL. In this video, he shows that they are. Bruh is making a lot of money, CLEARLY! He also is a Troy Ave supporter. In the video, he says that he is gonna send his comrade some money to help him with his legal situation. If you listen carefully, somebody from KG’s crew mentions Ave and he says “I’ma send him some bread.” Even though matters are getting bad, this is a great gesture. Check out the video below.

Did Troy Ave’s Internet Squad Shade Taxstone?

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Rumors
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Taxstone has risen rapidly, but it has been a result of a lot of key disses. Now, it seems that the Troy Ave crew has risen up in a low-key way (the internet). The police say nobody is working with them, but they are working with themselves. In fact, they internets solved the case already. Cops, catch up! Anyway, the Troy Ave crew may have put this together. It is a compilation of tweets and comments Tax has said about other rappers, including Tupac, The Game, Cam’Ron and more.

I think Troy Ave might be looking at a decent case based on everything going on. Taxstone is definitely a G. He’s like the gangsta version of Charlamagne. LOL!

Rapper Maine Musik Threatened Donald Trump, Gets Arrested For Massive Gun Store Robbery

By: G.Avant (@G_Avant) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHopNews) Rapper Maine Musik, who recently made headlines locally for his anti-Trump social media rant, has been arrested.

The 22-year-old, whose real name is Demarcus Davis, was recently detained and is being held in prison in Baton Rouge, on charges of illegal possession of a stolen firearm and three counts of felony possession of a firearm.

According to WBRZ News, Maine Musik was charged for his alleged role in a robbery of Meaux Guns & Ammo in the city, on July 6th of last year.

The Secret Service paid Maine Musik a visit after he posted a threat to Donald Trump on his Instagram account.

In the clip, Maine Musik warned others not to challenge his crew and also included a threat to shoot presidential candidate Donald Trump, because the controversial Republican has criticized food stamp recipients.

Maine Musik also claimed to have a connection to ISIS and access to military weapons, leading to an official investigation.

According to law enforcement, all of the guns that were being flaunted by several individuals in his video for “Aint No Comin Down” match the makes and models of some of the 50 guns that were reported stolen in last July’s robbery.

In fact, a Glock pistol with a hundred-round drum Maine Musik flashed in the video for “Aint No Comin Down” is so clear, that specialists could read the serial number on the stolen weapon.

Maine Musik was brought in for questioning after running a stop sign, while in possession of what was apparently lean (Promethazine/Codeine).

Federal authorities are pondering if Maine Musik should also be charged with threatening Donald Trump as well, since all of the guns were not only stolen, they were real.

Prior to his legal issues, Maine Musik was a member of “The Luciano Family” featuring TEC, Ace B and Master P. No Limit Forever severed their ties with Maine Musik and TEC in 2015.

Check out the controversial video below.

Maine Musik denied the charges, in an Instagram post, fresh out of jail.

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Trap Beckham – “Birthday B####”

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Music
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Trap Beckham is the latest artist to snag a deal with Def Jam. His debut single is titled “Birthday B####.”

“My goal is to take it as far as I can take it,” Trap Beckham said of his fledgling career. “I’m going for more awards, more hits on the radio. My goal is to stay consistent. I want to be in the game for a long-ass time. I want to be one of those artists that didn’t really have to do anything but drop those hits.”

Mac Miller – “Best Day Ever” 5th Anniversary Official Trailer

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Videos
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Rostrum Records just released Mac Miller’s album Best Day Ever (5th Anniversary Remastered Edition). The label debuted a new trailer for today’s release of Mac Miller’s classic album.

Bishop Nehru – “Magic 19”

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Music
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Bishop Nehru has released Magic 19 mixtape, which is meant to be an appetizer before the release of his full album later this year.

Check out AllHipHop.com’s exlusive interiew with the 19-year-old rising star and take a listen to Magic 19 below.

John Amos Weighs In On Snoop Dogg’s Comments About Roots Remake (AUDIO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Snoop Dogg made headlines across the internet when he called for a boycott of the new rendition of the Roots miniseries.

The West Coast rap legend took issue with the entertainment industry making another story centered around slavery. The 76-year-old actor starred as Kunta Kinte in the original 1977 version of Roots.

“Each generation should be at least superficially exposed to it, if not in depth, so things have more meaning and more relevance in regards to where we are as a society now,” Amos said to ABC Radio about Snoop’s comments. “If you don’t know your history, you can’t learn from it.

“I think it’s good that it’s being retold in the new version of Roots,” Amos added. “But again, I think their work is cut out for them because people have so many choices today and quite frankly there is an aversion to looking back at our history and repeating it.”

While the first episode of the Roots remake did not draw in the incomparable 130 million viewers as the original, the History channel 2016 production collected the biggest overall audience for a cable miniseries opening in three years.

On Monday evening, 5.3 million people watched the first airing of Roots over the History, A&E, and Lifetime simulcast. The series based on Alex Haley’s Roots: The Saga of an American Family collected a total of 8.5 million viewers during the whole night including re-airings.

Chrisette Michele – “Equal” Featuring Rick Ross

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Music
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Chrisette Michele just dropped her new single “Equal” featuring Rick Ross.The track is taken from her 5th studio album, Milestone which is scheduled to drop on Friday, June 10th.

The pair hope they can recreate the magic they made on their hit song “Aston Martin Music” which also featured Drake.

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Did Toni Braxton Confirm That She’s Dating Birdman?

By: ClassicOne Updated Category: Rumors
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It looks like R&B legend Toni Braxton may have confirmed that she is in fact dating Birdman. Sources in attendance caught Toni and Birdman getting pretty cozy backstage at Toni’s Grammy Park performance in Brooklyn, and last night Toni brought out Birdman at her performance at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. Birdman and Toni have known each other for a while, and they even collaborated on Bidman’s song “Baby You can Do It.” She even jokingly told her fans to put some “respeck” on his name last night. There is also a rumor that Birdman will be appearing on Braxton Family Values, and that Birdman recently gave Toni a new record deal. Say it ain’t so!

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Vic Mensa Wants You To Vote, So He’s Giving Away A New EP

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Grammy nominated rapper Vic Mensa has teamed with the Respect My Vote campaign to engage young voters in the upcoming presidential election.

Vic Mensa is releasing an exclusive mixtape titled There’s Alot Going On with the Hip Hop Caucus’ (HHC) and their Respect My Vote initiate.

However, Mensa’s mixtape, which can be downloaded now, will not be available to the general public right away.

In order to obtain a download of Vic Mensa’s There’s Alot Going On EP, fans must first register to vote at http://RespectMyVote.com/TAGO from now until July 4th.

Vic Mensa is attempting to engage his audience and mobile a younger base of audience to get out and vote.

The partnership ends an interesting week for Vic Mensa and several others, who were supposed to perform at concerts affiliated with NYC Governors Ball Music Festival on Sunday (June 5th).

That show may have been canceled due to the Troy Ave incident last week at Irving Plaza, but Vic Mensa was still able to engage his fans at a show last night (June 2) in New York.

REVOLT kicked off the 2016 Governor’s Ball Music Festival weekend, where Vic Mensa headlined and performed a variety of new songs – for free.

The track list for Vic Mensa’s There’s Alot Going On and some flicks from REVOLT’s official “Gov Ball” kickoff party are below:

  1. Dynasty (Intro)
  2. 16 Shots
  3. Danger
  4. New Bae
  5. Liquor Locker Feat. Ty Dolla $ign
  6. Shades of Blue (co-p###. Vic Mensa & Smoko Ono)
  7. There’s Alot Going On (co-p###. Smoko Ono)

** All Songs Recorded Mixed & Produced by Papi Beatz

Photo credit: Walik Goshorn

 

 

DJ Khaled Teams Up With Drake Again With “For Free” (AUDIO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Music
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(AllHipHop News) DJ Khaled and Drake have history of making hit records together.

The Snapchat king and the 6 God reached the Top 40 with “I’m On One” and “No New Friends” (both also featured with Rick Ross and Lil Wayne).

The duo has connected once again for the another one.

The new song “For Free” debuted on Apple Music’s Beats 1 this morning and taken from DJ Khaled’s ninth full-length studio album MAJOR KEY.

MAJOR KEY will be released via Epic Records/We The Best Music Group.

Take a listen:

Rapper French Montana Preps “MC4” And Reveals The Key To His Success

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Rapper French Montana announced the release date for his second album, titled MC4.

Pre-orders are being taken for MC4, which will be released under Bad Boy Entertainment’s new agreement with Epic Records. The album is the follow to the rapper’s 2013 release, Excuse My French, which hit #1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart.

It has already been a busy year for French, who has made hundreds of cameo guest appearances on commercial records and mixtape tracks between 2010 and 2015.

This year, French released his Coke Boys mixtape “Wave Gods” and is currently featured on Fat Joe, Remy Ma and Infared’s#### song “All The Way Up,” which included a remix with a verse from Jay Z.

French is also a headlining act on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ 25-date Boy Family Reunion Tour with Diddy, Mase, Lil Kim, The Lox, Faith Evans and others.

[ALSO READ: French Montana & Max B Drop ‘Wave Gods’ (Mixtape) ]

French Montana revealed his secret to success was rather simple.

“I just pay attention to what people say,” French Montana told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “The people chose me. You can’t come out and say you hot. The people gotta choose you.”

This Tuesday (June 7th), French Montana will drop the video for “Lockjaw” featuring Kodak Black. The visuals for the single were directed by Spiff TV.

Click here if you want to pre-order MC4 through iTunes, Amazon Digital , or Google Play.

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Schoolboy Q and Kanye West Go On A Trippy Ride In “THat Part” Video

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Music
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Schoolboy Q is going full steam ahead. And in accordance with his movement, he has dropped the Kanye West-assisted video for “THat Part.” The visuals are indeed a trippy ride as Q and his crew do all sorts of weird stuff. Kanye, on the other side, stops a school bus and raps in front of it.

Schoolboy Q’s next album is all set to drop on July 8.

Kazi – “Demons”

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Music
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Oxnard emcee Kazi is back again with a single titled “Demons.” Kazi spits over an ominous beat, the showcases skills that have landing him collaborations with Madlib, Oh No, Peanut Butter Wolf and Lootpack,

”Demons is about the industry and fake friends for those, who this Hip-Hop is about pu##y money and flashing lights,” Kazi said.