Saturday (Aug. 1) marked a year that Remy Ma stepped out of New York’s Bedford Hills Correctional Facility after serving a seven-year sentence. In 2008, the “Conceited” rapper was convicted of two charges of assault, weapons possession and attempted coercion.
The Bronx femcee took to Instagram to reflect on what it was like to be back home.
The I’m Around rapper also posted a loving message to her husband Papoose, whom she tied the knot with before she began serving her sentence.
Photo via Azealia Banks’ Instagram
It was all good just a week ago! Just when it seemed like the cancelled tour of K. Michelle and Azealia Banks would end with no bad blood, that was all too good to be true. Azealia Banks has already taken shots at K. Michelle calling out everything from her failed relationships to her “fake” body. K. Michelle just made up with Tamar Braxton, and now it seems like she is falling out with Banks. This should be a pretty interesting beef if it escalates. Both K and Azealia have a mouth on them. K. Michelle seems to be in a positive place, so she may not respond.
AllHipHop.com and M.C. W.A.R. Promotions is teaming up to broadcast the upcoming lyrical face-off between Keith Murray and Fredro Starr. The battle was originally scheduled for last September, but fans can now watch the Def Squad representative and the Onyx member finally engage in a live rap joust on October 4, 2015.
M.C. W.A.R.’s partnership with AHH will also feature predictions from Hip Hop’s leading emcees and special announcements of guest hosts/performers. A behind the scenes segment titled MC WAR 24 will follow Murray and Starr prior to their battle.
The match-up has been moved from Atlanta to New York City. Battle rap followers in the Tri-State area can catch the two Hip Hop veterans clash at Milk River Restaurant in Brooklyn.
“We feel this historic event should take place in the home of Hip Hop,” says M.C. W.A.R.’s Chief Operating Officer Amir James. “Thousands of fans expressed disappointment the battle wasn’t being hosted here initially, so during the process of reorganizing the project it made sense that it take place in New York City!”
James ensures the financial difficulties that plagued the initial 2014 battle have been resolved. Starr recently told Angry Fan Radio, “Everybody’s paid in full, and we’re gonna do this in October.”
Tickets for the live event are available at mcwar.com. People unable to make it to NYC will be able to view the Keith Murray Vs Fredro Starr battle right here on AllHipHop.com.
Looking to bridge the gap between both the conscious and cool, DMV native Jay IDK is currently prepping the release of his highly anticipated debut body of work, SubTrap. #SubTrap, short for Suburban Trap is paradox for trap music with substance. Loosely based on the life of the London born emcee, the forthcoming album gives an unbiased account of life on both sides of the drug game. Personified through the characters: Chris, Jon Jon, Matt, Ed and King Trappy III (pictured on the LP’s artwork) who you should already be familiar with if you’ve listened to the albums 1st single “The Plug”, which was liberated back in March via COMPLEX.
Mixed by Delbert Bowers (Yeezus, Long.Live.A$AP, The Marshall Mathers LP2), the projects artwork was crafted by graphic artist Nicky Chulo (GoldLink, Chaz French, REVOLT TV) while production duties were split between in-house instrumentalist Lo-Fi, TDE frequent collaborator Skhyehutch (Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city hymn “I’m Dying of Thirst”), Tobari, GameBrand, The Glitch Mob, Noose, Mister Temptation, The Watcherz and Jay himself. #SubTrap releases on August 25th via iTunes.
(AllHipHop News) The third episode of Pharrell Williams’ 2-hour Beats 1 Radio show OTHERtone featured Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs. The Bad Boy Records founder stopped by the program to discuss his history with Pharrell and more.
Pharrell talked about meeting Puff (aka Diddy) for the first time at Daddy’s House Recording Studios. The then relatively unknown producer and his Neptunes partner Chad Hugo got the chance to work with Bad Boy artists Total on 1996’s “When Boy Meets Girl” and Ma$e on 1997’s “Lookin’ At Me.” P credited Puff with giving him and Chad the confidence to release music as the Hip Hop group N.E.R.D. aswell.
The conversation also included Puff discussing his move toward a positive thinking lifestyle. The New York City mogul has been involved in a couple of violent incidents over the last year. He reportedly smacked Drake in Miami, and Diddy was arrested for allegedly assaulting a UCLA coach. But Diddy claims he is now fully embracing a peaceful mindset.
Puff Daddy said:
I was rapping with this cat. I didn’t really know him. We were just talking about negative and positive. I was telling him, “I’m really trying to be more positive.” He just said, “If you’re faced with something negative and you hit it with a negative, it’s only gonna give you another negative. The only way to turn around a negative is to hit it with a positive.”
I was like, “Damn, it’s been that simple the whole time.” So I made a decision on what I want to put out there. I don’t wanna give you nothing but love. I don’t wanna give you nothing but positive vibrations. Yes, Puff Daddy has become a hippy.
Watch a clip from Puff Daddy’s appearance on Pharrell’s OTHERtone radio show and listen to their collaboration “Finna Get Loose” below.
Excited for ep 3 of OTHERtone with @brokemogul @iamdiddy @Thundercat & @chelseavperetti! Today at 12pm PT on @beats1
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— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) August 2, 2015
With strong Harlem roots and down south grooming,Young Caliber is self-proclaimed to be the next best thing to hit the music scene. Infamously known as the “North-South Kid”, Caliber brandishes his skills to integrate both the swagger of New York Hip Hop with the hard bounce of the South, culminating the “best of both worlds”. As a child, writing rhymes and playing basketball were two skills that came natural to Young Caliber. He attributes his love for Hip Hop to legends like Kanye West, Notorious B.I.G. and T.I. Being raised on the tough streets of Harlem, until he was eleven years old, Young Caliber found himself in and out of the juvenile system for most of his young life. Eventually getting on the right track, Caliber finished high school, in Hilton Head High, SC; he was given a partial scholarship to play basketball.
After a year and a half of attending college, and struggling to maintain financially, Caliber realized the NBA wasn’t in his future and decided to leave the university. He soon moved back home to Bluffton, S.C. where he focused on perfecting his writing skills, and devising a plan to break into the music industry. With a hustler’s grind and determination, and being the only member still able to pursue their dream, Caliber decided to go full throttle and pursue a career as a solo artist. Over the next few months, Caliber worked diligently in the studio recording music, and in 2008, he released his first mixtape ‘The Heart of the Streets’. The mixtape received rave reviews and street credibility. In 2013 Young Caliber dropped a single called “ALL on ME ” which garnered support and spins from 93.1, one of South Carolina’s biggest radio stations. 2015 has proven to be another great year as Caliber has just released his first new single “LoCo” which is available on iTunes currently! Young Caliber has been making an impact on the industry and has opened up for T.I., Pastor Troy, Trina, Yo Gotti, 2 Chainz, and many more! Caliber is currently working on his fourth mixtape, ‘Now or Never’ which is slated for release late winter. Music lovers can expect to hear a refreshing sound that blends the North and South to perfection. Take a listen to “LoCo” below!
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(AllHipHop News) Who’s better to provide commentary on the hottest feud in Hip Hop at the moment than the man that created the classic diss track “No Vaseline”? Rap legend/actor Ice Cube was asked about the Meek Mill versus Drake battle, and the West Coast representative made it clear the rhymer from Toronto is in the lead at the moment.
“Drake is winning right now,” Cube told The Daily Beast. “But, you know… Meek could come back.”
Cube took shots at his former groupmates and manager Jerry Heller on 1991’s “No Vaseline.” Some Hip Hop historians partially credit the song for leading to the rest of N.W.A. disbanding. Dr. Dre left the group not long after the track was released.
The story of Cube, Dre, Eazy, MC Ren, and DJ Yella’s rise as one of the most iconic rap groups of all time is depicted in the new movie Straight Outta Compton. One real life moment does not appear in the biopic. In The Daily Beast interview, Ice Cube revealed he had a discussion with Eazy about their famous conflict.
“At one point – and this isn’t in the movie — me and Eazy got on the phone after our feud,” said Cube. “We were like, ‘We should just keep this on wax, no matter how mad we get and how much sh*t we talk. Let’s keep it on wax because once we take it to the streets it ain’t Hip Hop no more. It’s gangbanging.’ We all fought to try to get out of the gangbang lifestyle and not have to deal with that every day. Why go back?”
Another day in Russia I guess. Watch this driver get in a crazy accident while trying to pass a truck.
If you don’t have those hands, don’t even bother fighting. Dude probably let his friends hype him up for this loss..smh.
GUY GOT HANDS!
Posted by Ghetto fights & Crazy videos on Thursday, July 23, 2015
Master P said despite the recent violence in Louisville, he will not stop the biggest concert of his career.
This will be a peace concert for the city of Louisville. Cole’s Place is one of the top night spots for the hood and has been a target, but is not the problem. Master P said people who commit crime are looking for people they have beef with anywhere, it can be at church, it could be at McDonalds, 7/11 it could be the nice neighborhood or the projects but we are not going to let this stop the Aug 7th Event that people are coming from everywhere to be a part of. Its a peace event that will have extra security and police. It will be one of the safest places to be on Aug 7th and this is the way all clubs that have a lot of people should prepare for large events and crowds for the safety of attendants. Aug 7th we will all come together as a community and enjoy each other. Tickets on sale now at Cole’s Place this will be a sold out event. Also we will be celebrating Romeo birthday bash. They are not going to stop us and make us go somewhere else. This is going to be the biggest event in the city and the safest at Cole’s place. All the stars are coming in town.
https://youtu.be/kApDK85pY3k
(AllHipHop News) First Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal was hit with a $50 million lawsuit by Cash Money’s Birdman. Now Hov’s other business Roc Nation Sports is facing a $20 million lawsuit from two boxing promoters.
According to The New York Daily News, Star Boxing’s Joe DeGuardia and Banner Promotions’ Artie Pelullo filed a suit last week in New York State Supreme court. DeGuardia and Pelullo claim Roc Nation attempted to steal boxer Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade away from them.
The complaint suggests Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sports offered Andrade $550,000 to reject a fight DeGuardia and Pelullo negotiated with Showtime. Roc Nation then planned to buy out his contract and become his new promoter, according to the suit.
Andrade pulled out of the Showtime deal, but Roc Nation is being accused of not paying Andrade the $550,000. The lawsuit also claims R.N. never bought out Andrade’s contract from DeGuardia and Pelullo.
“Roc Nation’s promise to Andrade was made under false pretenses, namely, that Roc Nation was negotiating to purchase Andrade’s contract from the promoters and thereafter would negotiate a more lucrative bout for Andrade on HBO,” states the lawsuit. “Ultimately, Andrade agreed to Roc Nation’s false inducements and spurned the professional boxing match the promoters had negotiated with Showtime.”
Andrade is the former World Boxing Organization light middleweight champion. His record currently stands at 21-0, 14 KOs. The Rhode Island native has not fought since June of 2014, and the WBO stripped him of his title for inactivity.
The Roc Nation Sports boxing roster includes Andre Ward, Miguel Cotto, Javier Flores, and more. The management company also represents other athletes such as Kevin Durant, Dez Bryant, Robinson Cano, Victor Cruz, and Skylar Diggins.
(AllHipHop News) It seemed the only Hip Hop story that mattered last week was the ongoing saga between Meek Mill and Drake. After Twitter rants, diss records, and reference tracks being leaked, fans have taken sides on who came out the winner with most of the public going with Drizzy. A$AP Rocky agrees.
The Harlem native spoke to MTV about the war of words between the “R.I.C.O.” collaborators. Rocky compared the back-and-forth to watching the Super Bowl and thanked both artists for providing good entertainment. But he also made it clear he feels Drake came out the victor.
“I think Meek will be fine,” said Rocky. “I think he has a fanbase of his own, and I think that at the end of the day, there had to be a loser in the outcome, and it was Meek. So it is what it is.”
The Meek/Drake drama began after the Dream Chasers head accused the OVO leader of having someone else pen his rhymes. Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex then released four different alleged reference tracks of Atlanta’s Quentin Miller performing Drake verses. Rocky was also asked for his opinion on ghostwriting in Hip Hop.
“If you ask me if that matters, or if the public cares, that’s two different questions. I think that it doesn’t matter at this point for the public — they seem like they don’t care. I don’t know. To me it matters,” stated Rocky.
Prepping his debut, rapper E-Reign has released his newest single “Need More” to introduce his brand to a wider audience. “Need More” is a flurry of hi-hats and snares, a soulful sample chorus, and wavy synths that create a New York vibe (something the rapper feels many artists from his city are afraid to stand behind) and a go-and-get-it attitude to match, brought on by E-Reign’s desire to further his craft and build his
empire.
Seattle’s Silas Blak presents his official visual for “Cops On My Back”, a powerful track from #BlakFriday: The Mixtape produced by Kjell Nelson, who also appears in the video.
“The system is derelict. We can’t replicate that and ask for respect. Let’s build my people, off camera.” ~ Silas Blak
(AllHipHop News) The album known as Detox may not ever see the light of day, but Dr. Dre will be dropping a full album this week. The Good Doctor announced on his Beats 1 Radio show, The Pharmacy, that he has curated Compton: A Soundtrack.
The project was inspired by the upcoming N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. Dre and fellow N.W.A. member Ice Cube served as producers on the film. They work closely with the movie’s director F. Gary Gray.
“I was leaving the set, coming to the studio and I felt myself just being so inspired by the movie that I started recording an album,” said Dre during The Pharmacy. “And I kept it under wraps. And the album is finished.”
My grand finale. #Compton
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— Dr. Dre (@drdre) August 2, 2015
Straight Outta Compton is scheduled to hit theaters on August 14. The movie stars O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Aldis Hodge, Neil Brown, Jr., and Paul Giamatti.
Compton: A Soundtrack will be available for purchase on August 7. Pre-order the album on iTunes.
Check out the tracklist for Compton: A Soundtrack below.
1. “Intro”
2. “Talk About It” (Feat. King Mez & Justus)
3. “Genocide” (Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay)
4. “It’s All on Me” (Feat. Justus & BJ the Chicago Kid)
5. “All in a Day’s Work” (Feat. Anderson Paak & Marsha Ambrosius)
6. “Darkside/Gone” (Feat. King Mez, Marsha Ambrosius & Kendrick Lamar)
7. “Loose Cannons” (Feat. Xzibit & COLD 187um)
8. “Issues” (Feat. Ice Cube & Anderson Paak)
9. “Deep Water” (Feat. Kendrick Lamar & Justus)
10. Jon Connor, “One Shot One Kill” (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
11. The Game, “Just Another Day” (Feat. Asia Bryant)
12. “For the Love of Money” (Feat. Jill Scott & Jon Connor)
13. “Satisfiction” (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Marsha Ambrosius & King Mez)
14. “Animals” (Feat. Anderson Paak)
15. “Medicine Man” (Feat. Eminem, Candice Pillay & Anderson Paak)
16. “Talking to My Diary”
(AllHipHop News) Andre “3000” Benjamin is headed to the small screen. After starring in feature films such as Four Brothers and All Is By My Side, the OutKast member is set to star in season two of the ABC series American Crime.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Andre will play Michael Lacroix, an architect married to returning cast member Regina King (Terri). The wealthy couple’s son gets caught up in a scandal at his private school.
“Personally, I couldn’t be more excited than to work again with Andre,” said American Crime creator John Ridley. “He is an amazing individual, a true artist, and All Is By My Side is one of the reasons I was given the reins on American Crime.”
Ridley and Benjamin previously worked together on the Jimi Hendrix biopic All Is By My Side. This will be Andre’s debut as a television regular.
American Crime is also set to feature Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton, Richard Cabral, Elvis Nolasco, Lili Taylor, Angelique Rivera, Connor Jessup and Joey Pollari.
Season one of the anthology drama is nominated for ten Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special.
Yo Gotti returns with new visual for his single “Rihanna” featuring Young Thug. New album ‘The Art of Hustle’ coming soon. Purchase the single now on iTunes!
In celebration of his 21st birthday, Lil Uzi Vert releases new track “No Wait” produced by Metro Boomin.
Once again, Young Thug is pushing his debut project Hy!£UN35 back. In an interview with FUSE, Thugga explains that though the album may be set for September 24th, there’s a chance that it will be pushed back even more. Check out the official video below.