A glitch that was exposed in reports last year could have played a role in Prince’s death according to an investigation that started last year into the 9-1-1 response system.
According to an investigation, a serious glitch in the software the powers the 9-1-1 emergency system prevents operators from immediately knowing the person’s location where they are calling from. If someone doesn’t know the address, countless minutes are spent on the phone with an operator attempting to determine the caller’s location.
This is very problematic in emergency situations when a caller is frightened, injured or in serious danger. Take a look at this investigative video that just came out detailing how long it took for the people at Paisley Park to get their physical address to the 9-1-1 operator.
(AllHipHop News) Authorities investigating the circumstances surrounding Prince’s death have executed a search warrant on his local Minnesota pharmacy.
The superstar had been photographed making a stop at his local Walgreens on the eve of his death, and on Thursday (April 28) officials carried out a thorough search of the pharmacy, looking for prescription records which could shed some light on his medical issues.
According to TMZ.com, Prince had made four prescription runs to the Walgreens in the week leading up to his untimely passing, days after he was briefly hospitalized in Moline, Illinois for what his representative insisted was just a nasty bout of the flu.
The health scare on April 15 had forced the pilot of his private jet to make an emergency landing in Moline as they traveled home following a gig in Atlanta, Georgia, and reports have since alleged Prince had actually suffered an overdose of Percocet.
Authorities had descended on the Walgreens pharmacy searching for paperwork in Prince’s name or any possible aliases, and they are said to be targeting other medical officials who may have also provided medication to the singer.
Prescription pills are also alleged to have been found at his Paisley Park pad.
An autopsy was performed last week, but the cause of death is pending further test results. His body was cremated on April 23, after which a private memorial service was held at his Paisley Park home.
Meanwhile, a rare piece of Prince memorabilia from his 1984 cult film “Purple Rain” is heading to the auction block.
The black and white blazer he wore for a motorbike scene, which also featured co-star Apollonia Kotero, is expected to fetch at least $6,000 when it goes up for sale as part of a Profiles in History auction on June 29.
The original seller claims her sister, a make-up artist, was gifted the jacket from Prince after they worked together on “Purple Rain.”
It’s Friday and it’s well past time for this week’s “Empire” season 2, episode 15 recap. Like we always stress in sharing these latest homemade Cliff’s Notes on Fox television’s very own “Game Of Thrones” gangsta rap remix, don’t read this if you do not want to know or if perhaps you aren’t quite sure. Just like Neo taking that “Matrix” pill from Morpheus, once you know you can’t ‘un’ know – just the rules of the game. But we will say that getting the lowdown on the most current aggressions and feral treacheries that we’ve come to know and love from the Lyons, their besties and their enemies… it’s pretty high up there on the guilty pleasures list, so if you slip and take a peek we won’t fault you. So, spoiler alert here it goes:
Anika Calhoun (Grace Gealey) gets vital support from Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson) in her time of need. In the surprise twist of twists, Cookie, for the sake of Hakeem’s (Bryshere Y. Gray) unborn baby, actually calms down Anika when she is on her way to the hospital in an ambulance. When the paramedics can’t calm down Boo Boo Kitty’s crazy, Cookie is actually a maternal pillar of strength for the corporate side chick that she loves to hate. But wait a minute… why is Anika on her way to the hospital?
Anika has some sort of unexplained panic attack that puts her in the hospital. Right before Cookie is set to ‘handle’ the problem that Boo Boo Kitty poses as the new human incubator for the next generation of the Lyon dynasty, she runs smack dab into the paramedics taking Anika out of her house on a stretcher. Early on, Cookie calls it as a panic attack – but is it? Honestly, it’s hard to tell seeing as Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) has threatened Anika’s life and Anika has been known to stalk Hakeem’s fiancee Laura (Jamila Velazquez), the woman who in all likelihood will be her baby’s step mother. Only time, or perhaps the two remaining episodes up until the end of season 2, will tell.
Empire board members intend to elect Lucious Lyon and Cookie Lyon as the new co CEOs of Empire. Honestly, with all of the deft public mending that Cookie has done to keep the family together as a cohesive business entity, we could have seen this one coming, but it’s still pretty darn shocking. Even more shocking is that Lucious, upon hearing about it from the board holders, graciously declares that he thinks this is a good idea – to the slack jawed surprise of Cookie. Factual hiccup – when Cookie got out of jail in “Empire” season 1, didn’t Lucious say that per federal law, as a convicted felon Cookie could never hold the office of CEO in a company like Empire, let alone a publicly traded company? Hmmmm. However, no matter what the logistics, seeing the hug that Lucious gives Cookie after hearing the news, one can’t think that this hug has less of a relationship to celebration versus direct kinship with the kiss of death.
Soon after becoming Empire’s very public face for Bipolar Disorder, Andre (Trai Byers) learns that Lucious’ mother, Leah Walker (Leslie Uggams) is alive. Courtesy of the rage of yet another woman sexually scorned and betrayed by Lucious, this particular one being that shameless journalist Harper Scott (Annie Ilonzeh), Andre learns the exact details and location of his dear old departed bipolar grandmother, who is in fact not departed at all, as she is living just outside of Philly. With this revelation, it’s a good guess that there are more bombshell inconsistencies lurking in the dark picture that Lucious has been painting publicly and privately with regards to his complicated relationship from mother to son. And so the plot thickens….
(AllHipHop News) “My Neck, My Back” rapper Khia, born Khia Shamone Finch, took time to diss Beyoncé today on a radio show causing her name to trend on several social media platforms.
Afterwards the radio outburst, the female rapper who goes by @QueenKhia on Twitter and khiathugmisses on IG then proceeded to drop a litany of Tweets aimed at Beyoncé and her husband Jay Z.
Throughout the charade, Khia continued to refer to herself as “#MotorMoufMoufAlmighty.”
In addition to calling out Beyonce in a series of inflammatory statements on air, Khia also tried to include Oprah’s Harpo Productions in the put-on.
“Why was Serena humping on the floor?? After all the years of tennis trainging with her father…” Khia continued.
After the initial rant, Khia then proceeded to share her beliefs on race and the plight of Black women in 2016 as it pertains to Beyoncé and her recent Super Bowl performance that drew controversy from conservatives, police forces and the media.
“Haaaaaaaaaaahaaa The Black Women Is The Most Disrespected??? Bishhhhhh Where????????? #MyThoughts #Lemonade #FuckHer #OshunDontKnowHer #LiveAndOutLoudRadio #WhySerena #TurnUpTuesdays #MotorMoufMoufAlmighty”
(AllHipHop News) This week Trinidad James dropped a video dedicated to plus sized models and women who are outside of the modeling industry’s typical slender shape.
The Jon J directed music video showcases the vibrant Hip-Hop artist along with guest artists Mystikal and Lil Dicky as they celebrate full figured women.
In the video for “Just A Lil Thick (She Juicy)” Trinidad is filmed at an Atlanta house party where plus sized models flank the rapper and his featured counterparts.
“Don’t hide it. Celebrate it this summer and every day that you live… cause what I do know is life is a speeding bullet out the chamber and this bullet of life can penetrate and surface as long as you believe it can! #JALT is a Female Anthem delivered through the perspective of a Curvy Woman,” says Trinidad James.
The Atlanta rapper continues, “every song I heard for the last 3 summers that were ‘per say’ dedicated to the females were always delivered with either “Vixen,” “Bad B####,” “Model Chick,” or “Slim Thick” as the canvas.”
“Nothing wrong with that, cause I love those women too, but what about my #CurvyWarriors?! Society has a weird way of showing appreciation for one another. Just let the person on the other side know, somebody got LOVE 4 YOU. Be Big, Be Fine, Be You my Loves.”
On Wednesday this week (April 27), the artists hosted a New York Pop Up Event for their new DJ Mustard produced hit single where the guys premiered the music video and performed sets by each of the 3 artists.
Be sure to catch the #Trindicktikal trio’s outrageous appearance on Funny Or Die that premiered on the #1 comedy brand last week.
In this cautionary tale called “Watch Yo’ Self,” the 3 rappers find themselves responsible for customer safety at a liquor store. Watch the hilarious video below.
Despite new music and a tour with Ja Rule, Ashanti is recovering from a bout with a stalker after a man named Devar Hurd flooded her Twitter timeline with lewd Tweets and attacked the R&B singer with text messages.
Aside from touring and music Ashanti is currently producing an upcoming movie called Mothers and Daughters due in cinemas next month.
The film will hit cinemas two days before Mother’s Day (May 8).
“I am so excited to have the opportunity to work with this great cast and crew on my first feature film executive producing efforts,” Ashanti . “I have such a close relationship with my Mom, who is also my Manager, aka Momanger so I really related to this project.”
Tickets for the concert with Ja Rule range from $30 – $60 and can be purchased online or at San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino in Highland, CA just an hour East of Los Angeles.
(AllHipHop News) Today (April 29) incarcerated rapper Gucci Mane has dropped a surprise project dubbed Meal Ticket.
For fans that have been waiting to hear more from the “Bricks” rapper, this project will fill the void with 36 new songs.
The project boasts a host of features including Makonnen,Quavo (Migos), Young Scooter, Trinidad James, DJ Drama, Reese, Fredo Santana, Verse Simmonds, Sy Ari Da Kid, Rich The Kid, Smurf, OGD, Dr. Phill, Sonny BSM.
But one of the most surprising features comes from comedian, Andy Milonokis on the track “Right Now” that also features Chief Keef.
Waka Flocka and Gucci also are reunited on this project, squashing the inter-squad beef officially on wax.
“We dissecting beef / We eat these n####’s flesh / Brick Squad for life n####, Inked in my flesh” – Waka Flocka on “Beef”
While we haven’t been blessed with a schedule of releases in some time, Gucci’s management told Pigeons and Planes that he still guides his team through releases.
“Gucci tells me when he wants it to drop, too. He’ll want it to drop at a certain time, and this, this, and this, I want to drop a new song at 10:17, and I go ahead and do what I gotta do to do that. Don’t get it twisted. It’s not like he’s just in there, and I’m coming up with s###. He’s guiding me through it. And then I come up with my own ideas,” Sean Paine explained.
Production on the project comes from Zaytoven, Drumma Boy, MikeWillMadeIt to name a few.
Born Radic Davis, the currently imprisoned rapper has recently had rumors swirling about his release datethis year, but that was postponed.
More news on Gucci’s release date as details emerge.
For now aside from streaming on Spotify below, fans can pick up the project on iTunes.
On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 “Keanu” had it’s star studded movie premiere at the historic Cinerama Dome Theater in Hollywood, California. All Hip Hop was there right on the red carpet with the stars and creators of this first major motion picture film directly from the minds of Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele , writer Alex Rubens and director Paul Atencio, all formerly of Comedy Central’s huge hit series, “Key &Peele.”
All Hip Hop was able to catch up with stars Keegan-Michael Key, Tiffany Haddish, Luis Guzman, Will Forte and more, but the animal stars were also out and on the prowl for this movie night with the stars. See all the interviews and red carpet antics – both human and feline – right here in living color:
“Keanu” from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures, opens nationwide in theaters this Friday, April 29, 2016.
(AllHipHop News) Streaming wars are again reaching new levels as Pandora has announced that it will have Drake’s Views project for fans.
With fans first jumping to Tidal for Prince and Beyoncé and now Apple Music to hear Drake, Pandora is jumping in on the hype and will be spinning Drake’s Views album at 3 pm PST today (April 29).
With the release of two singles on the project, Drake has racked up more than 16 million spins on Pandora.
Since April 8th, the track “One Dance” has reached more than 9.1 million spins, while the track “Pop Style” has reached more than 7 million spins since April 8th.
In addition, Drake’s had over 630,000 station adds since the release of his two singles.
Previously it was publicized that the project only initially be available exclusively on streaming giant Apple Music.
Access to Drake’s latest album Views was thought to be exclusive to the Apple Music streaming service for one week.
Drake’s highly anticipated ‘Views’ album is finally here, but is everyone feeling it? We have a few questions for you: Is ‘Views’ an epic masterpiece or does it come across as a less compelling effort? Is the album offering monumental rap moments; have the previous ones done so? Is there too much singing on the album? Some are arguing that Drake still has failed to deliver a classic album, so therefore he can’t completely be counted among the greats. Is it Drizzy season or nah? Is it fair to say that Drake hasn’t delivered a classic album? Do you consider ‘Thank Me Later’, ‘Take Care’, ‘Nothing Was The Same,’ or ‘Views’ to be classic?
300 Entertainment’s T-Wayne is co-signing Hefe Wine, a native of Houston, TX, that is well known for his drama surrounding Iggy Azalea. This time the two team up with to provide visuals for their collaborative single “Ice Skater.”Bolstered by an indelible hook courtesy of the “Nasty Freestyle” rapper, Hefe is able to captivate the listener with his billowing vocals and even-tempered delivery.The Isaac Yowman-directed video crisp, equipped with foreign whips, icy watches, and an attractive woman who is gifted a fresh pair of ice skates filled with banknotes. Hefe Wine’s forthcoming album, Solomon, is set to arrive this Fall, but “Ice Skater” is currently available via iTunes.
Cash Money co-owners Birdman and Slim recently revealed that they are currently in the early stages of developing film scripts for a Cash Money biopic. Birdman said,
“Everything we’ve ever did – and I got 20 plus years selling records – nothing we ever did is worth more than that script. I’m excited about the script. That’s something I really want to do.”
Birdman was inspired by ‘Straight Outta Compton’ and its success.
“I think that Dr. Dre and Ice Cube…I think they are geniuses for what they have done and accomplished. For them to do that and to make it trend-setting, they opened doors for us. And I just think that what we have is way more special, because we’re in modern times,” said Birdman.
Slim revealed that the biopic will feature a lot of untold stories of things that happened in the background of their company before their deal with Universal. There are no dates set in stone as of right now, but seeing the Cash Money story on the big screen would be dope. What’s your favorite Cash Money hit?
It looks like Pharrell plans to bring us some new heat soon. Pharrell has been in the studio cooking up new music with not only Missy Elliott, but also Kirk Franklin. Kirk recently collaborated with Kanye West on his ‘The Life Of Pablo’ album, so we would love to see Pharrell and Kirk work their magic. Does this mean Pharell may have a new album on the way or do you think he’s just producing for others?
Rihanna’s Navy fan base surely thought ‘ANTI’ was going to be their favorite album this year, but rumor has it that RiRi has already begun working on her next studio album. Rihanna also has a record with music producer Cardo. Cardo told Complex,
“There’s so many records we’ve been working on that’s about to come out. I can’t say anything beyond that, but we got a record with Rihanna. That’s all I can say, I can’t say anything more, but there’s a Rihanna and Cardo record.”
(AllHipHop News) The legal issues continue on for Young Dro as a warrant has been issued for Young Dro’s arrest.
The rapper, born D’Juan Montreal Hart, skipped court yesterday (April 28) after alleged theft charges.
The theft charges stem from Dro’s theft of stripper Robyn Fly’s Cadillac CTS.
When Dro was asked about the car theft with the Breakfast Club in September last year, he gave a broken and barely audible response as DJ Envy asked the rapper to speak up.
Ultimately Dro explained that his “brothers from hood in the trap” ended up borrowing the car and they got pulled over.
“She was following the car, she had tracking on the car, she knew it wasn’t me in the car,” Dro told The Breakfast Club.
In March of 2015 Dro was reportedly charged with theft by conversion of leased or rented personal property for an incident that occurred in February earlier that year.
Sooner or later, the world may hear something with DJ Khaled and Chance the Rapper. Recently, the DJ/motivational speaker took to Snapchat (as always) to spread the news that linked up with the Chi-Town rapper in Little Havana, before his performance at Beyonce’s “Formation” Tour in Miami. According the clips, the two were recorded dancing for a video shoot, and you can hear a sample of their new music playing in the background. However, no official leak of the single is available, yet.
Check out the clip below.
DJ Khaled and Chance The Rapper were shooting a music video for a new song in Miami today 👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/WpTB9GWa5V
With the overall hype from his single “White Iverson” and earning credit for contributing to Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo, Post Malone is now looking to drop his upcoming album. A couple of weeks ago, the Dallas rapper/artist officially made the announcement that his album was on the way via Instagram.
With his album coming out soon, Malone released a set of visuals for his latest single titled “Go Flex.” Just like “White Iverson,” Malone’s new track has a huge bass kick to follow his crooning. However, unlike his hit single, the artist breaks the guitar out to sing over pure acoustic. The video itself screams both rap and country culture of Texas, with Malone traveling across country fields, in front of fire and sparks, as well as him performing his song in a barn and with a beautiful lady. Now word has been made on when his project would officially release.
Last week, we covered De La Soul’s performance at the National Cannabis Festival in Washington, DC. Along with the legendary rap group’s long list of hits performed, as well Plug One’s performance of “Excursions” to honor the late member of A Tribe Called Quest, Phife Dawg, De La premiered the single “TrainWreck”, a track that was supposedly from their highly anticipated album, And the Anonymous Nobody.
The project was slated for a August 26th release, featuring big names including Snoop Dogg, 2 Chainz, Little Dragon, and many other artists. However, to keep fans excited for the release, De La Soul dropped a project titled For Your Pain & Suffering. Obviously poking fun on the release date of their crowd-funded album, For Your Pain And Suffering is a free four-track EP with only one feature from producer Dave West, also featuring “TrainWreck on the project as well.
(AllHipHop Features) Washington, DC is set to host the annual Broccoli City Festival this Saturday at the St. Elizabeth East Gateway Pavilion. Among the acts sharing their talents that day will be rapper-on-the-rise Ace Cosgrove.
The DMV representative will hit the stage in front of his home crowd with his band BobMoeKill. The musicians made up of mostly George Washington University students are set to assist Ace as he runs through songs from his well received projects Us Vs Robots, Egos, Potential & Halos, and Baby Need Food.
Before he was putting rhymes together for his own work, Ace took on the task of trying to put his friends on. However, a tragedy five years ago led to the Gaithersburg, Maryland native to step behind the microphone.
“My homie ‘Gino’ Cosgrove passed in 2011. He was doing the whole rap thing, and I would try to manage him – you know, set him up with producers and studio time, sh-t like that,” Ace explains to AllHipHop.com. “When he passed, I started to live at my homie Shane’s house where he had a studio set up. I would just see a bunch of rappers come by, and I kind of just started rapping myself.”
While Washington’s Hip Hop scene has been building its reputation over the last several years, at the time Ace began rapping, the city was mostly getting national press for political battles and the controversy over the football team’s mascot. A young Cosgrove initially had to travel outside of The District to locations like New York and Philadelphia in order to gather fans for his growing brand.
DC is now demanding the attention of the Hip Hop industry. Ace is a member of a collective of local artists known as Hostile Youth, a unit helping to raise awareness about the talent surging in the nation’s capital.
“My homie Hassani Kwess had the whole Hostile Youth thing already going. I met him, Vaunfe, and Black Diamond through Uno Hype. We just started connecting and making music together,” Cosgrove states.
Besides DC, the DMV region is also composed of another major city in Baltimore, Maryland. Forty miles to the north of Washington is the site where Freddie Gray fell into a coma while in police custody and later died as a result of the questionable treatment by BPD officers. The 25-year-old’s death led to a youth driven uprising and the State’s Attorney charging six officers with various crimes.
Beatles legend John Lennon is quoted saying, “I think the music reflects the state that the society is in.” The current state of American society involves necessary public conversations about police brutality and social justice.
Cosgrove personifies Lennon’s declaration by using his music to confront the relevant issues his generation has had to face. In particular, the song “Freddies Dead” addresses the anger many young people felt after learning of the circumstances of Gray’s killing.
“I think what happened in the Freddie Gray case is sad as f-ck. I think music is the most powerful thing in the world,” says Ace. “So as a Hip Hop artist, I think it’s my job to express with my music what other people are feeling but are scared to say.”
The 24-year-old performer is not afraid to speak on the subject of spirituality either. His catalog features cuts like “Lost Of Faith” and “Lord Have Mercy.” The latter song has a hook where Ace announces “the devil couldn’t stop me.” Those are not just inconsequential lyrics. The words represent a personal mentality that drives the man who recites them.
“Religion plays a big role. I’m not a super-religious person, meaning I don’t go to church every Sunday, but to me I feel like I made it this far because of my guardian angels and hard work,” responds Cosgrove when asked about the role of religion in his creative process. “I think sometimes when we as humans reach a low point we tend to lose our faith, so I talk a lot about that in my music.”
Like any person walking this Earth, Ace Cosgrove experiences moments of dejection and disappointment. On his song “Burning Slums,” he opens up about having to deal with individuals around him being jealous of the productive moves happening in his life. However, the ascending rhymer is attempting to avoid those resentful cynics in his outer circle.
“I’m a pretty distant person to begin with, so I deal with envious people by just saying, ‘F-ck it, f-ck them. I’m going to make the music even better and see if they are more envious when I drop this new sh-t.’ I’ve always been the type to not need people in my life anyways. If they stick around, cool. If not, f-ck em. They can eat a d-ck,” Cosgrove declares.
The number of haters surely rose when Ace’s 2014 song “Making Moves” was featured during a recent episode of House Of Lies. The popular Showtime series starring Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell selected the track for the season five premiere which aired earlier this month.
“Making Moves” has currently totaled over 24,000 plays on SoundCloud. Going by the user comments on SC or the top search suggestions on Google, House Of Lies sent a large number of listeners in Cosgrove’s direction.
“I got connected to House Of Lies through ‘the plug’ [laughs],” says Ace.
He continues, “My reaction [to the song’s placement on the show] was just like, ‘Yes, I’m doing something right here.’ I think the song started picking up a lot because of House Of Lies. The song is almost two years old. Before the House Of Lies placement, the views were much lower than that, so shout out to the plug.”
More tunes from A.C. are on the way. Just this week he dropped his Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz inspired single “Bia-Bia” produced by Super Miles. A follow-up effort to Baby Need Food is inevitable, and other festival appearances such as the one at Broccoli City is likely in the future as well.
As his fan base expands, Ace Cosgrove is ready to take on the position as one of the musical leaders of the DMV. But don’t look for the creator to become part of the paparazzi culture that dominates entertainment news at the moment. His focus is the artistry not the fame.
He conveys, “I never want to get super-duper famous to where I’m in TMZ every other day. I just want to make really epic music that inspires people, move to London, and get paid well because of it.”
(AllHipHop News) Chicago rapper Chief Keef and Atlanta producer Zaytoven have connected on songs together such as “Let Me Know” and “Flattered.” But Sosa fans should probably not expect to hear the rhymer on any other Zay tracks in the near future.
Footage of Keef talking on FaceTime about Zaytoven made its way to the internet. The clip features the 20-year-old explaining why he has not released any other Zay-produced records.
“I got no Zaytoven beats. I’m going to tell you why though. I ain’t gonna tell you right now though. But yeah, it’s some fu sh-t going on. It’s a lot of little goofy sh-t,” stated Keef. “Plus, he gives everybody the same beat.”
Chief Keef went on to accuse Zaytoven of giving other artists such as Icewear Vezzo, Cash Out, Migos, and 21 Savage beats that he already rapped over. At one point Keef said, “That n-gga Zaytoven had to be drunk.” He even called out fellow Atlanta based producer Metro Boomin – “Zay and Metro do that sh-t. Sonny Digital don’t do that sh-t.”
After admitting he recently gave the same beat to different people as well, Keef added, “I ain’t gonna lie. I just got on my Zaytoven sh-t. If Zaytoven do that sh-t, f-ck it. I’m finna do that sh-t too… That sh-t is not right. That ain’t cool.”
UPDATE:
Zaytoven has issued a statement to AlllHipHop.com about Chief Keef’s comments. Read his statement below.
I send out beats to a lot of these young guys that I really think are talented and got something special. And I do it without receiving any money and a lot of them use the beats on their mixtapes and albums without me even knowing.
