Allegedly, Nas’s first baby mama Carmen Bryan is homeless, and has been since last summer. Perception is not always reality, so we could see this. It has been said that Nas cut Bryan off a little while after his daughter turned 18. It looks like that tell-all book didn’t do numbers. Allegedly, Nas cut her off after she spread lies about him on social media. It has also been said that she’s been house squatting in Queens, hopping from house to house telling old stories from the ’90s, and after that gets old she uses buddy passes to do the same in Atlanta and LA. We hope this isn’t true!
Rumor has it that photographer Giordano Cipriani says Kendrick Lamar used his photo of a woman breastfeeding to promote his single, “The Blacker The Berry” without permission or payment. Allegedly, Ciprani has filed a lawsuit, stating that K. Dot used his photo to promote his single across Youtube and Facebook. Apparently Ciprani wants Kendrick to pay him $150,000 for each time the photo was used, and he wants the rapper to pay his legal fees. We will see if Kendrick has to pay up.
It seems like Safaree should just give it up. People aren’t really here for him or his music career. It’s terrible for your whole existence to be overshadowed by being Nicki Minaj’s ex and for being corny. This crowd looked beyond dead and bored. We don’t see it getting better.
After joining Jacquees on his single “Come Thru”, Rich Homie Quan returns with new solo track “Break A Table”. This track will live on the upcoming Strictly 4 The Traps N Trunks 96 tape. Stream below!
It seems like a fake Amber Rose Twitter account has been throwing plenty of hate Tyga’s way. The funny thing about the account is its handle is very similar to Amber Rose’s, and the tweets actually seem like things she would say. Remember she didn’t hold anything back when she went in on the Kardashians not too long ago. Since many were naive enough to believe it was really Rose, she took to her Instagram to clear things up.
Many of you know Pap & Remy’s story, the trials and tribulations they have endured not only as a couple; but as a family. While the upcoming season of Love & Hip-Hop will surely delve deeper into the couples day-to-day, with “Michael Jackson” featuring Remy Ma & Ty Dolla $ign, Papoose delivers what he describes as an “autobiographical and audio testament to me and Remy’s story; a story of true and enduring love”.
“Michael Jackson,” can be found on Papoose’s upcoming sophomore album, You Can’t Stop Destiny, which will be released on July 17th and features appearances and production from Remy Ma, Ty Dolla $ign, DJ Premier, Troy Ave, Havoc Showbiz, AG, Ron Browz, Maino & Red Café.
July 11th, 2015 marked the 11th anniversary of the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. Common was the headliner and even though a Chicago native, Common confessed, when he moved to NYC, he lived in Brooklyn and has love for the BK Borough. But, Common was wise enough to still bring a BK representer and who he calls a “legend,” BK’s own Foxy Brown.
Foxy Brown was a total surprise to everyone and she aimed to please as she rocked the crowd to Jay Z’s “Ain’t No N*gga” and closed off with “Oh Yeah,” Foxy was a welcome surprise.
Common adds,
I feel like it’s fly to bring her [Foxy] out, because she’s fly. You can picture certain people that Common may bring out but, Foxy Brown is no another level, it’s like something unique and fresh and different.
A.R.K is from Tulsa, Oklahoma working on his new project called “Texoma” with features from Gunplay, Yung Simmie, Pouya and production from Reazy Renegade. He will be an opening act for Yung Simmie’s upcoming 275 Smoke 1 Tour starting in August… Be sure to follow on Twitter and check out his new single “Stash House”.
Richie Wess releases new video for “Im Good” the response has been a great 100k in a week! This is the 3rd visual off his most recent project with Yung Dred titled My Brother and Me.
Slide Dillinger staying true to his word as announced he is ready to start taking things to the next level. “$piteful Monday’$” is now in full effect he is here with a new freestyle titled “R.I.C.O.”. The original “R.I.C.O.” track was a Meek Mill featuring Drake release. Listen to how Slide Dillinger delivers slick wordplay through out this track. There is alot more to come for him tracks, videos etc. stay tuned.
In support of his debut independent album, Broke With Expensive Taste, Azealia Banks will be touring with K. Michelle this fall. The two will be joining forces to embark on a 20-city tour that will kick off on Sept. 15th in Indianapolis. They will be performing in cities like Detroit, Baltimore, New York, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas and Denver before having the grand finale in Los Angeles on Oct. 15th.
“Centric and BET are excited to sponsor K. Michelle and Azealia Banks on tour,” said Constance Orlando, Senior Vice President of Specials, Music and News for BET Networks in a statement. “Partnering with these bold and authentic female artists aligns perfectly with Centric’s position as the first network designed for Black women.”
Take a look at when they will be coming to a city near you below.
Sept. 15 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre
Sept. 16 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
Sept. 17 – St. Louis, MO – Fabulous Fox Theatre
Sept. 18 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theater
Sept. 19 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion
Sept. 20 – Washington, DC – DAR Constitution Hall
Sept. 24 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center for Performing Arts
Sept. 25 – Cleveland,OH – Hard Rock Live
Sept. 26 – New York, NY – Best Buy Theatre
Sept. 27 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Sept. 30 – Richmond, VA – Carpenter Center
Oct. 1 – Portsmouth, VA – nTelos Wireless Pavilion
Oct. 2 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheatre
Oct. 3 – Louisville, KY – Palace Theatre
Oct. 5 – Nashville, TN – Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Oct. 9 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
Oct. 10 – Dallas, TX – Verizon Theatre @ Grand Prairie
Oct. 12 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Oct. 14* – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater (*K. Michelle performing only)
Oct. 15 – Los Angeles, CA – Microsoft Theater
Benzino has moved on from his days as a reality television star and will be opening his own restaurant. The former Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta star will be opening Benzino’s Crab Trap on July 19th in Marietta, GA, TMZ reports.
“NEXT SUNDAY JULY 19th, get ready to taste the best CRABS in GEORGIA!!!! #BENZINOSCRABTRAP Tailgate party Delk road MARIETTA,” he wrote on his Instagram.
The menu will be filled with Zino’s favorite crab dishes, with the seasoned crab being is signature dish. A pound of snow crabs will selling at the restaurant for $16.99.
50 Cent has reportedly fallen on hard times. After being deemed as one of hip-hop’s cash kings for almost a decade, Fif filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 13, according to reports. He reportedly has assets and debts that range between $10 and $50 million.
After a judge ruled that he pay Rick Ross’ ex, Lastonia Leviston, $5 million for intentionally releasing a sextape of her and being ordered to payout $17.2 million to Sleek Audio after it was determined he ripped off one of their designs, the “I Got Money” rapper is short on cash.
The G-Unit general filed for bankruptcy just two months after he ranked at no. 4 on the Forbes Five list, which listed the wealthiest people in hip-hop. His estimated net worth was $155 million thanks to his business ventures with SMS Audio, Effen Vodka, SK Energy and Frigo underwear.
Two weeks after its release, Meek Mill’s sophomore debut, Dreams Worth More Than Money, is still holding the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. The project has now sold 307,000 copies, selling an additional 61,000 copies after moving 246,000 its first week, Billboard reports.
DWMTM, which is the “Monster” rapper’s first no. 1 album, is already on its way to performing better than his 2012 debut, Dreams and Nightmares, which sold 165,000 its first week and ended up only selling 414,000 units. It is also the fourth best selling album of 2015 besidesKendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and Mumford and Son’s Wilder Mind.
Papoose is on pace to have the biggest year of his career as he expands his brand into new arenas. The Brooklyn rapper and his wife Remy Ma have signed on to join the next season of the hit show Love & Hip Hop: New York. The extra exposure on VH1’s reality series will surely draw new followers to the couple, but the TV drama is not side tracking Pap from his first love of making music.
The Bed-Stuy emcee is all set to drop his sophomore studio album You Can’t Stop Destiny this week. The follow-up to 2013’s well received The Nacirema Dream includes features from Remy, Troy Ave, Ty Dolla Sign, AG, Maino, and Red Cafe. Papoose also recruited production wizards DJ Premier, Ron Brownz, Havoc, Showbiz, DJ Tip, G.U.N. Productions, and Gemcrates to provide the soundscape for YCSD.
AllHipHop.com spoke with Papoose about his new project and more. In part one of the exclusive interview, the independent artist shares his thoughts on the “New York Hip Hop sound” and his claims of being a better lyricist than fellow BK representative Jay Z.
Can you talk about the concept for the album title? Was there any particular message you’re trying to convey with this project?
Yeah, definitely. Just sending the message out that you might have ambitious goals to accomplish and certain people may try to get in your way. That message is there on a positive note. For those other people that are on the hating side, you can’t stop destiny.
Whatever you’re destined to be in life, you’re going to be that. Can’t nobody prevent that. That’s basically the message of the album and the title – regardless of who or what, you can’t stop destiny.
How old are you in the picture on the cover?
I was about 13 years old in that picture, around 13 ½.
I think the image conveys the message you were just saying – seeing you as a teenager and then knowing where your life would go.
Right, you can see when I was young, I was still on my Hip Hop sh*t. That’s what I was destined to do. At the end of the day, can’t nobody stop that.
Speaking of Hip Hop sh*t, I listened to the album. For me, it’s always cool to hear DJ Premier’s scratches on a record. A lot of people consider him one of the greatest – if not the greatest – Hip Hop producers ever. You guys have worked together before. What is it like working with him?
It’s an honor. growing up as a fan of Hip Hop, it was always one of my dreams to work with Premier. I wouldn’t have done an album without having him on it. He was on my first album, so I wouldn’t do an official project without having him part of it.
I feel like you had to be a high caliber emcee to get a Premier track. You had to be really nice. That’s what he always represented to me. A real, true emcee with a real official producer coming together. For me, Prem is the East Coast Dr. Dre.
You also released the track “Mobbing” with Troy Ave. Havoc produced that track. There’s three NYC reps on that song, and each one kind of represents a different era. You have Havoc from the 90’s, you came up in the 2000’s, and Troy Ave who represents the 2010’s.
We’ve seen a lot of New York City collaborations in recent years. Even Troy had several NYC rappers on his new album. In the prior decade, it felt like the city was competing against each other. Some people believe that’s why the south rose at that point.
First and foremost, I think great music is timeless. It’s not that Havoc represents an era, I represent a different era, and Troy Ave represents a different era. You get put in that time capsule when you have a limit to your music. I feel like if you’re great at it, that sh*t is timeless. A Havoc beat is timeless. It can play now, back then, and in the future. The same with myself and Troy Ave.
I don’t think because artists weren’t collaborating is why other regions got in position. I think other regions got in position because the people that are in power in our city wanted to be followers. When you go to those other regions – the weather, the food, and the music you hear makes you feel like you’re in that city.
When you come to New York – the weather and the food make you feel like you’re in New York. But when you turn on the radio it makes you feel like you’re in the south. You see how that works? That’s just the truth.
When I’m in [Atlanta], I feel like I’m in the A. When I’m on the West Coast, I go get some Roscoe’s, I enjoy that good weather, and I turn on the radio and hear West Coast music. In New York we lost that. Some people who were in positions of power started following. And not just the radio, some of the artists started rapping like they’re from other regions.
That’s cool. We all have to support each other across the globe, but we can’t lose the foundation of who we are. We still have to support our own, and I think that’s where it’s f*cked up at. It affected everybody. The clubs, the DJs, everybody took a hit, because n*ggas weren’t supporting their own.
A$AP Rocky did an interview where he was saying he doesn’t necessarily know if there is even a “New York sound” anymore, because of the internet and people’s ability to hear styles from all over the world. Do you think there is even a “New York sound” anymore?
Hell yeah, it’s a New York sound. As time goes on, it’s young New Yorkers coming up who give you that feeling of being in New York. Of course, there’s a New York sound.
It’s cool to be versatile. You gotta be versatile. But the foundation of what you are when you’re talking in your interviews, you can’t fake that. These dudes imitate down to the tee. It’s not just about music. It’s everything as a package.
Of course, there’s a New York sound. Bobby Shmurda had a New York sound. When you heard Bobby Shmurda, you heard Brooklyn. He put a little twist to it, but he still had a New York feel. You heard the New York slang. These cats are sounding like they’re straight from somewhere else.
You don’t gotta be super lyrical to have a New York sound, but you can still have that New York feel to it. When somebody from New York hears it or someone from out of town that’s been here, they identify it as, “Wow, that’s that New York sh*t.” There’s always gonna be a New York sound.
I was listening to the “Illuminati” track. You didn’t mention any names on there. But in my view, it felt like some of those lines were directed at Jay Z. Especially knowing that you’ve have had some things to say about him in the past.
None of that is accurate though. If you look at the Vlad situation, I never said nothing about him wearing the 5% medallion. I said that’s a good thing that he’s wearing that. I said we embrace that. But when we have these “Show & Prove” events every year for the kids in the neighborhood, I would love to see him out there.
“Show & Prove” is an event Nation of Gods does where kids come out and have a good time. Artists come out like myself, Kay Slay, and the list goes on. We had one at the Apollo, and a lot of artists came out.
Did you or anyone in the Five-Percent Nation have a conversation with him?
What I’m saying is, I said I would love to see him there. If you’re wearing the flag, I would assume you know what’s going on within the cypher. I would assume you would at least take interest and find out what’s being done on the productive side of it. I didn’t say we had a problem with him. I said we embrace that.
As far as me taking shots at him, I did an interview. At the very end of the interview the guy’s asking me, “Do you think you’re the best?” I said, “Of course I am.” Who’s not gonna say they’re the best?
He said, “Do you think you’re better than a lot of rappers?” I said, “Yeah.” He asked, “Even Jay Z?” I said, “Yeah.” So he only took that one part of the interview, and made that the headline. When he made that the headline, everybody went crazy like, “Ooh, he said he’s better than Jay Z.” It wasn’t even about him.
That’s when I made the track [“Current Events”] where I rapped, “I said I’m better than Jigga, cause I’m better than Jigga.” You’re supposed to have that confidence and be competitive. People can take it how they wanna take it. I don’t sit around and think about Jay Z. I don’t give a f*ck about that. I’m focusing on my endeavors.
Over the weekend, Drake and Oliver El-Khatib launched the OVO Sound Radio on Apple Music. For the first installment, a few exclusive tracks were played from Drake and newcomer Roy Woods.
On “Sweeterman” and “Drama” Drake slows it down and leaves the bars behind for some smoother vocals.
Rihanna’s navy is full of die hard fans but one man in particular has taken his obsession with the Bajan beauty too far. Police are now tracking a man who has been stalking Rih and recently threatened her via social media, according to TMZ.
The man, who goes by Ralph Alexander and Alex Mercer, is being tracked through his social media accounts, phone records and computer. Police almost caught him on April 30th when he snapped a selfie in front of the “BBHMM” singer’s home but when they arrived he was gone. The next day, he posted a threatening via Twitter saying “Should of killed @rihanna a minute back I would be good right now. Sorcery is a weapon I use guns, bout to get a gun license, can’t use my hands.”
Take a look at the pic and a few tweets below.
Imma marry @rihanna Lord willing s#omebody might die or somethin
(AllHipHop News) Tyga has expressed he is not bothered by the low sale numbers for his latest project The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty, but it seems the head of Cash Money is not too pleased about the roll out of the LP. According to TMZ, Birdman is p##### that Tyga released TGA for free on music streaming platforms.
Our sources say the Cash Money honcho thinks Tyga sunk his album — which sold just 2,200 copies in its first week — because everyone could listen to the songs for free. By comparison, Tyga’s last record sold nearly half a million copies.
Insiders also tell TMZ Birdman believes the California rapper was trying to pull a “stunt” in order to get out of his contract with Cash Money. Apparently, the label is not counting The Gold Album as an official release, so Tyga still owes the company one more album.
Drake was also caught up in a contractual dispute with Cash Money over an “album” release. In February, Datpiff.com’s Kyle “KP” Reilly confirmed Drake and CMR agreed instead of dropping If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late as a free mixtape it would be released as anofficial Drake album under his contract.
“It was a mutual decision since he wanted to give it away,” said Reilly. “[The label] said, ‘Hell no,’ not in those words, so they ‘agreed’ to do it this way as a middle ground and it would count towards his Cash Money deal album total.”
(AllHipHop News) When new reports emerged showing Bill Cosby admitted to giving women Quaaludes in order to have sex with them, many of his supporters finally turned on the comedy legend. Even staunch ally Jill Scott stopped backing Cosby.
Another famous music artist still has an issue with the public response to the allegations Cosby raped numerous women. Chuck D expressed his thoughts on the controversy on Twitter.
The Public Enemy member made it clear he was not defending The Cosby Show creator, but Chuck did address the call to remove Cosby’s likeness from television and public spaces such as the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Read Chuck D’s tweets below.
No way Im defending Cosby.But this wiping history out wit a swoop is akin to Nazi book burning.Context is everything.PhilSpector still plays
