Photo via Fabolous’ Instagram via photographer @MaryJane_Bmyluv
It looks like ‘Freddy Vs. Jason’ aka the Fabolous & Jadakiss collaboration is coming soon. The two linked in Charlotte at Whiskey River during the very popular CIAA weekend. This sounds like some new heat is on the way. Are you here for it?
Photo via 50 Cent’s Instagram
50 Cent may have revealed why the mother of his old son hates him so much, or he may have just taken this opportunity to taunt her even more. 50 recently commented on his oldest son Marquise’s Instagram page wishing him the best out in the world as a grown man. 50’s baby mama Shaniqua wasn’t feeling it, and she accused him of being a miserable woman beater. She even took a shot at 50’s youngest son by suggesting that his motor skills may not be up-to-date.
“Your downfall is already here @50cent. Miserable, unstable, bum a** n*gga. You’re so miserable! Go pick on them boys who put that hot led up in your a**! Oh! I forgot you like to pick on women and children. Them boys in Brooklyn did you dirty! Go beat up your other baby mother, oh you did that already and you’re on 3 years probation. Go make sure son’s motor skills are correct. Can he talk? Get out of here,” said Shaniqua
50 finally responded to his baby mama by saying,
“So that’s the crazy b*tch you said, said I can’t talk. Yes Sire, I told you I don’t want you responding to nonsense. Oh I’ll never say anything to her, ummmm ain’t her child support over. YES (LMAO).”
It looks like the relationship went bad between all parties and the child support checks ending didn’t make it any better.
(AllHipHop News) Numerous music stars lent their talents to the #JusticeForFlint fundraiser on Sunday. Stevie Wonder, Royce Da 5’9″, Musiq Soulchild, Vic Mensa, Ledisi, Jon Connor, and Janelle Monáe were among the performers at the Blackout for Human Rights sponsored event. The showcase was able to raise over $145,000 for the victims of the Flint Water Crisis.
Other celebrities such as Selma director Ava DuVernay, Limitless actor Hill Harper, and Grey’s Anatomy actor Jesse Williams were also in attendance to call on concerned people to help the citizens of Flint, Michigan. #JusticeForFlint was streamed live via Revolt. Viewers were able to donate money by texting the word “Justice” to 83224 (donations are still being accepted).
Folks are standing up for Flint! Since last night's #JusticeForFlint show, 3635 activists have raised their voices w/ $145k toward recovery!
— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) February 29, 2016
Blackout for Human Rights was founded by filmmaker Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed). Members include Michael B. Jordan, Charles King, Ava DuVernay, Jesse Williams, Nate Parker, John Burris, Donald “Childish Gambino” Glover, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosa Clemente, Scott Budnick, David Oyelowo, Michael McBride, and others.
The organization’s website features the following message:
Blackout for Human Rights (Blackout) is a network of concerned artists, activists, filmmakers, musicians and citizens who committed their energy and resources to immediately address the staggering level of human rights violations against fellow Americans throughout the United States. We have witnessed enough. An affront to any citizen’s human rights threatens the liberty of all. So, we participate in one of the most time honored American traditions: dissent. We demand an immediate end to the brutal treatment and inhumane killings of our loved ones; the lives of our friends, our parents and our children have value and should be treated with respect. Our right to life is secured not only by our humanity, but is protected by law both federally and internationally by the Constitution of the United States of America and the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Watch the #JusticeForFlint event on loop in the video below.
(AllHipHop News) Did Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith get the last laugh? For choosing not to attend the ceremony over the lack of diversity in the acting categories, the famous couple became the butt of a few jokes during Sunday night’s 88th annual Academy Awards. It appears the Smiths were not the only ones tuning out on the Oscars.
According to Deadline, the event pulled in 34.3 million total viewers which is an 8-year low for the Oscars and the third lowest viewership ever. The disappointing tally comes after weeks of media hype surrounding Chris Rock serving as host and talk of Leonardo DiCaprio finally winning his first Oscar for The Revenant.
Some news outlets are not crediting the #OscarsSoWhite boycott as a factor in the low numbers, instead pointing to the fact few blockbusters were up for Best Picture this year. However, National Action Network founder Al Sharpton directly connected the boycott to the decline in ratings for this year’s Academy Awards.
“The early reports of a decline in the Oscar viewership is heartening to those of us that campaigned around asking citizens to tune out,” said Sharpton in a statement. “This is a significant decline and should send a message to the Academy and to movie studio heads. Though clearly we don’t take full credit for the decline, certainly one would have to assume we were effective and part of the decline. And to those that mocked the idea of a tune out, it seems the joke was on them.”
The Best Picture category rarely contains blockbuster movies such as 2015 crowd pleasers Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World, and The Avengers: Age of Ultron. The Oscar nominees did include Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, and The Martian which all made over $300 million at the international box office.
In 2014, American Sniper ($547 million) was the only major hit to earn a Best Picture nod. The last film to gross over $1 billion and get nominated for Best Picture was Toy Story 3 in 2011.
(AllHipHop News) After having a fairly successful run over the last month with exclusive releases by Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Kanye West, Tidal was once again hit with bad headlines. Yesh Music filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Shawn “Jay Z” Carter led streaming platform alleging John Emanuele, of the band The American Dollar, is owed royalty payments from Tidal.
The suit names Jay Z’s S. Carter Enterprises, “Black Panther Bidco,” and Aspiro (Tidal is a subsidiary of Project Panther Bidco, which is owned by Carter). Court documents filed by Yesh Music read in part, “Ironically, when Defendant CARTER purchased the TIDAL Music Service in 2015, it claimed it would be the first streaming service to pay the artists. Different owner, same game.”
Tidal responded to the lawsuit in a statement to Fader:
TIDAL is up to date on all royalties for the rights to the music stated in Yesh Music, LLC and John Emanuele’s claim and they are misinformed as to who, if anyone, owes royalty payments to them. As Yesh Music, LLC admits in their claim, TIDAL has the rights to the Master Recordings through its distributor Tunecore and have paid Tunecore in full for such exploitations. Their dispute appears to be over the mechanical licenses, which we are also up to date on payments via Harry Fox Agency our administrator of mechanical royalties.
The main compositions in question were release by The American Dollar and their entire catalogue streamed fewer than 13,000 times on TIDAL and its predecessor over the past year. We have now removed all music associated with Yesh Music, LLC and John Emanuele from the service. This is the first we have heard of this dispute and Yesh Music, LLC should be engaging Harry Fox Agency if they believe they are owed the royalties claimed. They especially should not be naming S Carter Enterprises, LLC, which has nothing to do with Tidal. This claim serves as nothing other than a perfect example of why America needs Tort reform.
(AllHipHop News) Top Dawg Entertainment has already started off 2016 with a bang. Kendrick Lamar picked up 5 Grammy trophies last month, but the rest of the year is looking to be huge for the West Coast label as well.
Company CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith revealed on Instagram that TDE is planning to release projects this year from Kendrick, Schoolboy Q, SZA, Isaiah Rashad, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock. Even more surprisingly, it appears the label has signed two new unknown acts.
Tiffith already announced Schoolboy’s next album will arrive before the summer. Plus, the white board in the IG photo suggests Q, K. Dot, Soulo, and Rock could finally unite for a long-awaited Black Hippy album in 2017.
Back in 2013, Tiffith also promised to drop 6 TDE projects the following year. But the label only released Schoolboy Q’s Oxymoron, Ab-Soul’s These Days…, Isaiah Rashad’s Cilvia Demo, and SZA’s Z in 2014. To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar and 90059 by Jay Rock both hit stores a year later.
(AllHipHop News) It’s Brooklyn vs Brooklyn. Troy Ave has taken his issues with Joey Bada$$ to wax. Last July, the two rappers exchanges messages on Twitter about which NYC native was the top independent artist in Hip Hop. Now Troy has released a diss record aimed at Joey titled “Bad Ass.”
Apparently, Troy was sparked to fire lyrics at Joey because the Pro Era member mentioned him on the “Ready” record. Joey rapped, “My n*gga Kirk just out sold Troy Ave.”
Troy Ave faced tremendous bad press and social media ridicule after his Major Without A Deal album reportedly only sold around 7,000 copies in its first full week of release. In comparison, Joey’s B4.DA.$$ moved over 53,000 (57,000 SPS) copies in its first week [editor’s note: official sales numbers for Kirk Knight’s Late Knight Special could not be determined].
In response, Troy spits, “You sold a couple records, but nobody cares. You’re never on the radio, because nobody cares. You don’t matter, so you’re mad bruh. Nobody cares. Just an internet rapper. Nobody cares.”
Gotta lose some respect for people who support people that dissed them in the past. I was raised to show gratitude and never 4get who helped
— TROY AVE (@TroyAve) March 1, 2016
Congratulations, YOU PLAYED YOURSELF.
— BADMON (@joeyBADASS) March 1, 2016
Listen to Joey Bada$$’ “Ready” and Troy Ave’s “Bad Ass” below.
Honoring Black History Month Karega Bailey and King Keon rep for their love of Black History Month and the Black race. While society has oppressed Black culture over time, Karega Bailey proves that by standing strong and unified in the fight against injustice, Black people can and will overcome the prejudice that has existed for so long in America and world-wide.
50 Cent’s financial situation seems to be all over the place lately. However, documents surfaced today by the Daily Mail, that 50 cent’s assets and finances are much higher than he claimed.
When filing for bankruptcy a while back, the Queens native claimed assets ranging from $16-$50 million. In these new documents, appraisers say 50 cent actually has more than $64 million in property and assets, which is a big difference from the $16 million he was claiming. The G-Unit rapper does have liabilities totally more than $36 million though and also has $10 million in checking and stock. His G-Unit company as well as other business ventures are reportedly worth more than $44 million.
According to the appraisal, 50 Cent’s monthly income is about $184,000. He also makes a reported $29,000 every month off music royalties. Now add up all the cars, jewelry and other material assets and 50 probably has well over the bankruptcy amount.
50’s bankruptcy case had challenges of its own after he posted photos of himself with stacks of money. He also posted a photo spelling out the word “broke” with stacks of $100 bills.
So 50 needs to decide whether he wants to stick with the bankruptcy role or the flossin role, because clearly he can’t be both.
When you perform in NYC and you bring out 50 Cent, we gotta give you your props. So Post Malone… these are your props – well done sir. Sporting the NY Yankees jersey and all, the homie from Dallas, TX puts it down on stage for the fans with a new song. Check it out below!
Last Fall, BIA shook up the net with her Future sampling ode R&B legend “Bobby Brown.” Today, she debut’s the first single off her highly anticipated ‘Knock On Wood’ project. Entitled “Whip It,” the CardoGotWings & JohnnyJulihani produced street ballad is raw and uncut, living up to the i am OTHER / RCA recording artist’s self proclaimed “Perico Princess” moniker.
The release of the new song is accompanied by the announcement of the Boston native joining Pusha T’s ‘Darkest Before Dawn’ Tour, which kicks off March 3 in Vancouver, Ca. Stream the hard hitting track along with the ‘Darkest Before Dawn’ tour dates below and expect for K.O.W. to drop early April!
The Weeknd performed his Oscar-nominated single “Earned It” live at the 88th Annual Academy Awards last night. The star-studded show took place at Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California. The song was featured on the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack and nominated for “Best Original Song,” but lost to Sam Smith’s “Writings On The Wall.”
Watch his full performance below.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3uy3nu_hd-video-earned-it-the-weeknd-in-oscars-2016_music
Kap G is set to release his forthcoming mixtape, El Southside next week, March 7th which will also hosted by DJ Drama. In the meantime, to get fans ready, he serves up the visuals to project’s track “Power” that features YFN Lucci.
Watch below and check back next week for Kap G’s project in full.
Yesterday, audio surfaced of a conversation between Kylie Jenner and Tyga addressing marriage and pregnancy rumors. Kylie denied the rumors, claiming they are not true because her boyfriend, Tyga, is “slacking.” She then denies that in a joking matter and says she’s too young for any of that in her life just yet.
Check out the audio below, as The Breakfast Club reported the news early dis-morning on their ‘Rumor Report’ segment.
Crooked I and Statik Selektah joined forces for a full length album earlier this month and today, the duo serves up a new visual off the project with “Let’s Go” featuring Termanology. The video was directed by @jFlei of Candid Films and shot at the The Compound in Bronx, NY.
Watch below and be sure to purchase a copy of their LP “Statik KXNG,” available on iTunes now.
Acclaimed production crew J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League teams up with 8 Bars to create their own rendition of Ye’s album cut, “I Love Kanye.” Here’s what they told Genius’ Rob Markman about their remix:
“If you miss the old Kanye West you can buy his old albums, or if you’re J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League you can hit the studio and throw some music under Yeezy’s “I Love Kanye” acapella from his new The Life of Pablo album.
“It wasn’t just about making a beat, because that’s not what J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League does. We aren’t beat makers,” says Rook, who is 1/3 of JL. “We wanted to take Kanye’s verse and make it into a full-blown song. You’re welcome, now go to luxurysoundsociety.com and cop our new album J.U.S.T.I.C.E. For All.”
Stream below.
The ‘Wave Gods’ tape has millions of impressions as a project to date and now French adds to that with his visual featuring Belly and some big booty strippers. In the visual French pays homage to Max B via a phone call with Max B talking that sh*t on the phone. You can also see French pouring champagne on a stripper’s backside if that’s what you’re into.
(AllHipHop News) According to Lord Acton, “absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Several prominent celebrities have taken issue with the lack of ethnic diversity that was nominated at this year’s Oscar awards. Hosted by the astute, Chirs Rock, the comedian’s opening monologue included the powerful lyricism of Public Enemy’s classic track, “Fight The Power.”
Chuck D’s cathartic pen wrote most of the classic track’s lyrics. While using his official Twitter, the social advocate appealed to the masses to champion the arts as much as athletics. Emphatic in in eloquence, the PE front man challenged people to reinforce their words with resounding action.
“The song FightThe Power is beyond me & the crew. The point of the song is a call to making change eventually not just applauding the thought,” he wrote. The legendary lyricist continued to provoke thought.
“Oscars are like a TRADE show,” he tweeted. “If you ain’t in that business why should you care? It’s like winter baseball meetings, how many care about that.”
The song FightThe Power is beyond me & the crew.The point of the song is a call to making change eventually not just applauding the thought
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Art speaking. Fight The Power. Make change.Demand respect. Do your own awards RIGHT & give indie artists & actors a chance to make a LIVING
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Again I mention the support of HipHop depends on IT being a Academy of its own. Where are the so called moguls? USC got 30m while HHHOF cant
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Well pay attention to what artists do now & could be the future. Fight The Power & DoTheRightThing zero in 1990 DrivingMissDaisy & GLORY won
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Regarding the ARTS I MEAN what I say. NO HYPE-Addresses Oscars Using Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' | Billboard https://t.co/8U9AbpYJ72
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Our records NEVER were played supported on RADIO TO BLACKS like RAPsongs past 20yrs.SO we play stadium arenas & heard on sports & big events
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Shout out to @chrisrock – incorporating @IAmKRSOne & ODB into The Oscars + Fight The Power. @MrChuckD @TheAcademy pic.twitter.com/URx462IQkA
— HipHopGods (@hiphopgods) February 29, 2016
Fresh off his RNB 3 mixtape released late last year, PnB Rock is back with a new 2-in-1 music video. The dual visual features “Pull Up” – a previously unreleased record – and RNB 3 track, “What U Want.” The Philly rapper/singer is currently working on his next project.
Watch below.
Scotty ATL decides to take a break from the studio and ride around the city of Miami in his latest visual, “Speed.” The Black Metaphor-produced track appeared on his latest album “The Cooliagn,” which has received high acclaim since it’s release. Scotty is currently on his own headlining tour, the #NoHandsOutTour, performing throughout the country.
Watch below.
