(AllHipHop News) California representative Tyga had a pretty rough 2015. In February, he was the target of lines from Drake’s “6PM In New York” track off If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.
Then in June Tyga’s The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty only opened with around 2,200 copies in first week sales. The 26-year-old rapper was also constantly the butt of jokes and the recipient of online vitriol for his relationship with 18-year-old Kylie Jenner. Add in some legal and financial issues, and it was a torrent of negative press in ’15.
This year was not all bad for Tyga. The Young Money signee premiered his own reality show Kingin’ with Tyga on MTV2, and he had a role in the well received movie Dope. T-Raww is looking to have a much more productive 2016 with appearances in Barbershop 3 andGoing Under.
Tyga plans to rebound musically as well. His Rawwest N*gga Alive mixtape is expected to arrive in January. According to the recording artist, the songs he is creating cannot be compared to anything on the market at the moment.
“Even though so many people are doing music, I still feel like what I do is not comparable,” Tyga told Yahoo. “It can’t be duplicated. When you start looking at all the other people, that’s you losing your faith in what you’re supposed to do.”
Despite the negative turn of events in his career, Tyga is still confident he is one of the potential greats of his era. Apparently, T-Raww does not want to be defined by his 2011 Top 10 hit “Rack City.” The Lil Wayne protegé believes his best days are still ahead of him.
“Everything that I’ve done to this point doesn’t even matter. When I hear ‘Rack City,’ it doesn’t even matter,” added Tyga. “I’m only doing this to sit with the gods. There’s no other way I see it for myself.”
(AllHipHop News) Before Wiz Khalifa became a household name with 2010’s “Black and Yellow,” the Pittsburgh rapper frequently teamed up with New Orleans emcee Curren$y on music. Wiz went on to become a regular on Top 40 radio while Spitta built a supportive fanbase as an underground artist.
In a recent interview with DJ Smallz, Curren$y spoke about his friend’s rise to becoming a commercially successful performer. The creator of the recently released Canal Street Confidential album also addressed the media’s tendency to want to pit the How Fly and Live In Concert collaborators against each other.
“Once you cross over to that sh*t, you got people that are there just because they don’t like you. There’s no way of knowing now, because you’re in that world,” said Curren$y about becoming a mainstream star. “But for [Wiz] to exist there and for me to be doing my thing in the underground, and with people in the media always asking us questions about one another in a way to try to create something.”
(AllHipHop News) Earlier this year, Los Angeles rapper The Game was charged with making criminal threats and assault and battery after an altercation during a basketball game with an off-duty police officer. According to reports, Game has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The “100” rhymer was arrested and later released on $50,000 bail. The March incident was caught on video. LAPD officer Onyebuchi Awaji also filed a civil suit against Game, claiming he suffered brain damage from being punched by the 36-year-old entertainer.
No trial date in the criminal case has been set yet. Game is scheduled to return to court on January 11.
(AllHipHop News) Atlanta-based rap stars Big Boi, Killer Mike, and T.I. are defending a Mississippi high school student’s First Amendment rights. The trio is among a host of concerned citizens that filed a brief to the United States Supreme Court on why rap music is an art form protected by the Constitution.
Taylor Bell (aka T-Bizzle) was suspended from his high school in 2011 after releasing a song about two school coaches accused of sexually harassing other students. The allegations have not been denied by the school. Bell was forced to transfer, and he later sued his original school. While he lost in a lower court, he is now hoping the Supreme Court will take his case.
Killer Mike, T.I., and Big Boi were also joined by Pharoahe Monch and Jasiri X in adding their names to the brief filed on behalf of Bell. Erik Nielson of the University of Richmond, Charis E. Kubrin of the University of California-Irvine, and Travis L. Gosa of Cornell University are among the main authors. Professors from several universities including USC, Columbia, Georgetown, Northwestern, and UCLA also signed on as friends of the court supporting Bell.
The brief references the artistic value of several Hip Hop acts including Afrika Bambaataa, Jay Z, Tupac Shakur, Eminem, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, and more.
Check out some of the passages from the amici curiae brief for “Taylor Bell v. Itawamba County School Board” below.
Hip Hop history/Afrika Bambaataa
Hip hop—a cultural movement comprised of performance arts such as MCing (“rapping”), DJing (“spinning”), breakdancing (“b-boying”), and graffiti (“writing”)—began as a response to these dire conditions. Pioneers like Afrika Bambaataa (once a gang leader himself) used spiritual and political consciousness (“knowledge of self”) to develop hip hop as a tool for ending gang violence by providing an outlet that transformed the inherent competitiveness and territoriality of gang life into something artistic and productive. Dance competitions, rap battles, and other competitive performances replaced actual fighting, and rap in particular eventually became an alternative, legal source of income for blacks and Latinos otherwise cut off from labor market opportunities.
Jay Z
In his memoir, Decoded, Jay-Z—one of the best-selling artists in history—recounts being following around New York City by the same “hip hop cop” for seven years and, at one point, being arrested for no reason other than so police could “paint the picture of me as a menace to society.” JAYZ, DECODED 162 (2011). Jay-Z explains why rappers, as opposed to artists in other genres, receive such treatment: “The difference is obvious, of course: 11 Rappers are young black men telling stories that the police, among others, don’t want to hear.”
2Pac
Perhaps recognizing the transformative power of hip hop, both in the U.S. and abroad, the Vatican included the song Changes by Tupac Shakur (a rapper well known for using violent rhetoric to attack institutions of power) on its official MySpace playlist in 2009. Jo Piazza, Tupac Song Selected for Vatican Playlist, CNN (Dec. 4, 2009). The song includes lyrics like “Give the crack to the kids, who the hell cares, one less hungry mouth on the welfare” and “My stomach hurts, so I’m looking for a purse to snatch.” The Vatican— unlike the Disciplinary Committee and Fifth Circuit—apparently recognized the difference between artistic expression and literal truth.
Like Tupac Shakur, Taylor Bell was using his music to effect changes. In the final portion of the video for his song PSK da Truth, Bell says that in rapping about sexual misconduct at his high school, he is trying to raise awareness about similar injustices around the world: “It’s something that’s been going on, you know, worldwide for a long time that I just felt like, you know, I needed to address.”
Nas
Songs like Ether reveal some of the most basic characteristics of rap as a creative form. Not only is the genre imbued with an inherent sense of competitiveness, it also is “a complex linguistic art where words are constantly in flux, changing meanings and intentions, texture and sound.” ADAM BRADLEY, BOOK OF RHYMES: THE POETICS OF HIP HOP 89 (2009).
Conclusion
The decision by the court of appeals punishes a student for his art—and perpetuates unfair and inaccurate stereotypes—by mischaracterizing often used rap music phrases as “threats.” The decision either failed to understand, or failed to acknowledge, Taylor Bell’s rap song as artistic expression. As a result, Bell’s petition for certiorari should be granted.
(AllHipHop News) R. Kelly has been hounded by allegations he sexually assaulted underage girls for over a decade. When the R&B singer was asked about those past issues during an interview with HuffPost Live, the “Switch Up” performer walked off the set.
Kelly informed host Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani that he would leave the interview if asked another “negative” question. He was then asked about the sexually content in his music.
“I will say this, I did not come here to get interrogated. I didn’t come hear for a deposition,” stated Kelly.
He added, “This is not about R. Kelly. This is not about music. This is not about someone who works hard on his music and has an album out. This is about trying to interrogate me. And this is about disrespect.”
After asking Tehrani if she ever got drunk to make the point that line of questioning had nothing to do with her job, Kelly gave her the opportunity to ask one more question. Tehrani then challenged the Buffet album creator on whether the public’s belief that he has had sex with teenagers affected his albums sales.
(AllHipHop News) Prodigy is planning to release two new books next year. The Mobb Deep member is collaborating with Kathy Iandoli for the upcoming cookbook Commissary Kitchen and memoir The State vs Albert “Prodigy” Johnson.
The 10-chapter Commissary Kitchen details Prodigy’s prison experience through his meals. Some of the recipes will be classic prison offerings while others will serve as the catalyst for greater stories from his three years being incarcerated at Middle State Prison Facilities.
Prodigy’s overall prison experience will be chronicled in The State vs Albert “Prodigy” Johnson. The book will also cover the challenges of life after prison and the effects the prison term has had on his personal life and career. In addition, the authors will dissect the dichotomy of what happens when a public figure enters and exits the prison system.
Previously, Prodigy released his first memoir My Infamous Life in 2011. Commissary Kitchen and The State vs Albert “Prodigy” Johnson are slated for release in the second half of 2016.
Prodigy’s publishing company Infamous Books will also release the posthumous fiction narrative of Mazaradi Fox based on the story of his life. Fox, a longtime friend of 50 Cent, was killed in January 2014.
Pittsburgh heavy spitter J spoolz is back with the video for Andale Featuring Livesosa. This is going to be one of those videos that we look back at and say “This Was A Turning Point In Music.” J spoolz’s “The Dreamers EP” is slated for a winter release.
On Saturday, ‘The People’s Station’ V103 celebrated it’s 40th anniversary with its star studded Winterfest R&B concert at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA. V103’s own Wanda Smith, Ryan Cameron, Big Tigger, Ramona DeBreaux, DJ Greg Street and the rest of the V103 family held it down for the evening! The sold out show featured Keith Sweat, Tyrese, BBD, Silk, 112, and Jagged Edge. Fans were excited to see Atlanta’s own 112, Silk, and Jagged Edge rock the same stage once again as well. Jagged Edge, Silk, and 112 brought down the house performing their hits like “Meeting In My Bedroom, “Gotta Be”, and “Only You”.
Jagged Edge surprised the audience when they brought out Nelly to perform! The “Country Grammar” rapper not only performed his verse on JE’s “Where The Party At,” but he also gave fans a nice treat when he performed his hits “Hot in Herre” & “E.I.” Tyrese wanted to make his set more intimate as he pleaded with security to let some of his fans come closer to him before captivating those in attendance with his hits from “Sweet Lady” to “Shame.” He even covered Jodeci’s “Freek N U.” Keith Sweat couldn’t just sing some of his soulful ballads; the R&B legend decided to pull out all of the stops and give fans a full out experience at “The Sweat Hotel.” Sweat even brought out fellow R&B legend and father of New Jack Swing Teddy Riley to perform “Just Got Paid.”
Silk was also featured during Keith’s Sweat Hotel set. The quintet serenaded fans with their lush harmonies as they opened singing their hit “Loose Control” as the groups front man Lil’ G played on a white baby grand piano. Sweat wasn’t done with the surprises! He also brought out R&B legend and veteran Johnny Gill to perform “My Body.” “9-1-1-0-0-2-4.” RIP Gerald Levert. BBD turned the show up with their hit “Poison” before slowing it down with “When Will I see You Smile Again?” There’s nothing like timeless and classic R&B, and V103 delivered just that. Check out more photos from the event below. Photos by Paras Griffin @ThePhotomanLife
On Friday, media maven, Karen Civil teamed up with Grammy Award-winning artist, Lil Wayne, to brighten up the holiday season for over 500 students in Haiti. The Christmas celebration was a partnership with Live Civil and included sponsors Trukfit, Scholastic Corporation & L’union Suite.
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During the Live Civil Christmas Giveaway each child was gifted an outfit from Lil Wayne’s Trukfit clothing line and an exclusive Live Civil ‘Thinking Cap’ from Karen Civil’s partnership with New Era. In addition to gifting the young thinkers with a few new clothing items to celebrate the holidays, Haitian-American professional boxer Andre Berto, surprised the kids by dressing up as Santa Claus and passing out toys!
Although the Christmas Giveaway excited the young children with new toys and clothes, it did not deter from the original message of the Live Civil playground and school remodeling; which emphasizes the importance of literacy, education and fun. The United States’ largest children’s publishing company, Scholastic Corporation, donated a book to each of the 500 children, while Karen Civil did a live reading of her new book, Be You & Live Civil.
“A lot of people tend to forget about those who are less fortunate during the holiday season, not many understand how receiving just one item could bring so much joy to a child’s life, especially if they don’t have the same everyday luxuries that the more fortunate tend to overlook. I’m just grateful to be able to give back to Haiti in any way possible,” said Lil Wayne.
Lil Wayne’s partnership with Karen Civil shouldn’t come as any surprise, as the two Hip Hop figures have worked together in the past with the creation of Lil Wayne’s personal blog weezythanxyou.com. Karen was able to fund her Live Civil Playground in Pétionville within Port-au-Prince, Haiti with the help of various notable Hip Hop celebrities. Since then the Haitian-American entrepreneur has expanded the educational playground by remodeling the middle school located near her playground. As a first generation American, Karen has always felt obligated to go back to her parents’ home to give back.
“The Live Civil initiative in Haiti is something that brings me joy! Being able to put a smile on the kids faces during the holidays is a gift within itself,” stated Karen.
With 2016 vastly approaching, Karen will continue to help expand the Live Civil brand through the United States and abroad. In addition, Karen Civil recently released her first book, ‘Be You & Live Civil’ available now. Check out more photos below!
Photos by: Dezobri & Frederick Alexis.
Los Angeles artist/producer and Taylor Gang member, Ty Dolla Sign, sits down with DJ Smallz and gives a tour of his hometown, including his favorite food, nightlife destinations and more.
Social media sensation Lala (@lalasizahands89) painted a positive picture of how her impromptu performance during a Kendrick Lamar concert went. Judging from the video she posted on her Instagram page, it appeared like she was rocking the crowd. It didn’t take long for other videos to surface showing the truth. Apparently not only did Lala get booed off the stage, Kendrick had to also check her on behalf of the crowd for getting on the stage when she really wasn’t from Houston. Lala posted,
“So @KendrickLamar asked a girl to get on stage and @blameitonkway was screaming for him to put me on– here’s what happened.”
Apparently she edited in footage of the crowd having a good time. Kendrick had to kick her off the stage because the crowd felt bamboozled as he asked for someone to come up and rep H-Town! Lol you have to get this publicity anyway you can nowadays huh?
Rumor has is that Tyga has set his eyes on a new younger girl. A source told Ok Magazine that Tyga has been trying to hook up with a 14-year-old girl he met on Instagram. The source claims the two haven’t hooked up yet, but he texts her everyday telling her how beautiful she is, and how he can’t wait to hang out with her. The girl is reportedly an aspiring model and high school freshman. Like any high school teenager, she was excited to have gained the attention of a star, and shared the alleged DMs of Tyga telling her she was dope and asking her if she’s ever in L.A. The fact that he was allegedly getting it in with Kylie long before she was 18 makes your ask; is Tyga a pedophile?
A few months back there was a rumor that Fetty Wap’s former Remy Boy group member P-Dice was jumped by Fetty’s crew for disrespecting the “679” rapper. It has been said that P-Dice only came around once “Trap Queen” blew up, and Fetty wasn’t feeling it, nor was he feeling the fact that he didn’t put in the same work as the rest of the crew did. Well apparently P-Dice and Fetty still haven’t settled their differences as Dice is now telling the world that Nitt Da Gritt (@Nittdagrit) won’t let him out of his contract because he knows he will actually surpass the entire crew. Apparently P-Dice is after Fetty and the whole Zoo Gang now, and this is the reason P-Dice popped up at Fetty Wap’s house. Should they release him from his contract so he can continue his career? Do you think he’s better than Fetty Wap?
As you know Yo Gotti has steadily been trying to win over his crush Angela Simmons! Yo Gotti recently attended one of her events and sent her flowers congratulating her on her new venture with Sanya Richards Ross. We knew it was real when he rapped about her in his “Down In The DM.” It turns out that Angela’s brother Jojo Simmons is a Yo Gotti fan. Jojo is trying to finesse a chain and verse out of Yo Gotti before “handing over” his sister. Do you think Yo Gotti will let Jojo be a part of the CMG family?
Andrea “Kat Stacks” Herrera, embodies the American dream. As a young child, the Venezuelan-born sensation would come stateside at the age of 8 years old. As soon as the temporary visa expired an undocumented existence began. Her formative years were not spent with baseball and apple pie. By the time she was 14, Kat became baptized in her own personal hell. Innocence and tenderness were snatched away from her runaway soul, by a ruthless pimp, which whom she was “dating.” Soon, a living nightmare consumed her reality.
Within this AllHipHop exclusive, Kat Stacks speaks on the bittersweet feelings associated with her former pimps. Also, after writing her book, Becoming Kat Stacks, she details how women in similar situations reach out to her for help. She now refers them to Children of the Night. Widely known for her illicit social media shenanigans, this mother breaks down how she plans to explain her past to her son.
Press play and discover why justice and anger still reside within her soul.
On August 9, sports legend Frank Gifford passed away. It was later determined the Pro Football Hall Of Famer was yet another former NFL player to have suffered from the degenerating brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
Gifford joined Junior Seau, Dave Duerson, Terry Long, John Mackey, Jovan Belcher, Lou Creekmur, Chris Henry, and dozens of others on the list of ex-football players that battled life altering symptoms such as depression, memory loss, impulse control issues, and suicidal thoughts caused by CTE.
The first NFL star to be posthumously diagnosed with CTE was Pittsburgh Steelers great Mike Webster. The post-mortem condition was initially discovered by neuropathologist Bennet Omalu. The story of the Nigerian born immigrant’s breakthrough medical work and conflict with the NFL is now being told through the new film Concussion.
Golden Globe nominated actor Will Smith stars as Dr. Omalu with Gugu Mbatha-Raw playing his Kenyan wife Prema Mutiso. The Peter Landesman directed movie also features Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Paul Riser, Luke Wilson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Hill Harper.
Concussion plays out as part medical drama, part murder mystery, and part love story. Mbatha-Raw’s Prema is an essential supporting force for Smith’s Bennet as the determined doctor battles against a multi-billion dollar corporation that one character rightly declares “owns a day of the week.”
AllHipHop.com spoke with Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle, Beyond The Lights) about her role in the powerful new film and the impact Concussion may have on the American public’s view of its present favorite pastime. The Oxford, England native also shares an amusing behind-the-scenes moment with Smith as well as her love for the award-winning Broadway Hip Hop musical Hamilton.
Can you talk about your character’s significance to the film?
I play Prema Mutiso who then becomes Prema Omalu. Prema is the wife of Bennet Omalu. From my perspective, Prema is the emotional driving force of the film and the moral compass for Bennet’s character. When they met, they’re both foreigners to America. They meet in church, drawn together by their faith.
They bond over their similar own ways of assimilating into America. Bennet is very much more ahead of Prema. He’s enamored with becoming accepted as an American, and I think Prema is a bit more grounded in her own culture.
It’s sort of an unconventional love story in many ways. They kind of come together almost as an arrangement, and then they fall in love. As Bennet makes these discoveries about CTE and bringing them to the NFL, Prema suffers these emotional, personal costs of taking on the truth.
You spoke about both characters having to learn to assimilate to American culture. As a British national could you relate?
Absolutely, growing up in the U.K., we didn’t have American football in our culture in the same way it is here. So I certainly related to Prema’s journey on that level, because I was really starting from square one with football just like my character in the film. [laughs]
There’s something about the movie where it explores the idea of the American dream. Bennet says in the film he believes America is where God sent all of his favorite children. As funny as that sounds, I think there’s a definite quality to Bennet and Prema. They are both in the country for opportunity, to make the best of themselves, and for a new life.
Obviously, I’ve had some fabulous opportunities in America with work. My cultural leap from the U.K. to America is not as vast as coming from Kenya to America, but I think that immigrant story and what perspective you have to contribute to a new culture is interesting. As well as also trying to stay true to yourself, I relate to that for sure.
The concept of the film is very timely. Especially coming off the recent news Frank Gifford suffered from CTE. How do you think this movie will impact the conversation about head injuries in football?
I hope it will spread awareness. I think it’s about information. That’s the wonderful thing about a movie. Not many people will read a science textbook about CTE. It’s not a documentary. It’s definitely entertaining and a very powerful film.
It’s a chance for people to understand, on a graphic level, the truth of the situation. When people understand the potential risk of football, then they can make an educated choice if they want to pursue the sport or their family members to pursue the sport.
As far as the impact, it’s just the tip of the conversation. In terms of us understanding the brain in general, there’s a lot we don’t know about how the brain works from concussions, mental health, and all sorts of issues that could be related to brain trauma.
Football is still the most popular sport in America. What would you say to someone that hasn’t seen the film, but just off the talk around it may think Concussion is “anti-football” or “anti-NFL”?
It’s definitely not an anti-football film. I would say the film is for the evolution of football and the players. Who wants to live in ignorance? We all appreciate and celebrate the game of football in the film. There’s some wonderful football footage in the film that’s described as “beautiful” and “Shakespearean.” There’s no denying this is a movie that is also in love with football.
But because of it being in love with football, there’s also a need to be transparent. [We need] to say, “If football is still going to be around in 20 years, we need to be aware and maybe adjust how it’s played.” It’s not about operating from a place of fear. It’s about operating from a place of knowledge and understanding.
This is for AllHipHop, so I did want to ask you about music. Were there any particular artists you found yourself listening to a lot this year?
I actually saw a Hip Hop musical last night – Hamilton. That was really fascinating to me, because I was a musical theater obsessive as a kid.
I explored Hip Hop for my research for Beyond The Lights. I was never a major Hip Hop fan, but I certainly learned to appreciate it when I was playing Noni. So to then see a musical on stage that mixed my childhood musical self with the elements I learned doing Beyond The Lights – it was a wonderful fusion. [laughs]
I bought the [Hamilton] soundtrack. I’m looking forward to listening to that again. The way the lyrics are spoken and the fact that it’s historical and also modern at the same time is a really interesting combination.
I recommend it, if you can get a ticket. [laughs] If you’re a Hip Hop aficionado, you really have to see Hamilton, because it takes Hip Hop and puts a historical spin on it. It’s really very unique.
You played a singer in Beyond The Lights. Do you have any interest in doing like Jennifer Lopez or Jamie Foxx and become a double threat actor-singer?
[laughs] The music in Beyond The Lights was written for that character. The-Dream wrote some amazing songs for Noni. It wasn’t really me as Gugu becoming a Hip Hop artist. Although the way that we researched it, it did almost feel like me and the character were molding at one point.
But you never say never. Right now I don’t really write music, but I learned a lot from working with artists in the industry. I enjoyed the process of playing Noni but not having to be her all the time. I think it would be hard work to be an artist full time. I like acting where I could be one character and then move on to the next.
Going back to Concussion, Will Smith started off as a rapper/musician, and then he transitioned into acting.
We have a dance scene in the club, and Will’s character can’t dance. I knew that was really hard for Will to pretend that he couldn’t dance. [laughs]
We were shooting this club scene for hours with the same song on a loop. All of the extras had to dance all day, and everyone was really lagging. At one point Will jumps up on the desk and starts singing The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song. The whole club started singing along.
It was really fun. Watching him having to pretend he couldn’t dance all day, and then to have that moment, was a great morale booster. It was a very generous way to perk everyone’s energy up for the rest of the shoot.
I hope that’s on the DVD extras. [laughs]
[laughs] I don’t know if the behind-the-scenes people caught it or not.
Finally, what are you looking forward to next year?
I have the movie The Free State Of Jones coming out in May which I am really excited about. It’s a true story, historical epic set in the Civil War with Matthew McConaughey. I had a great time shooting that in New Orleans.
I just got back from South Africa after shooting an episode of Black Mirror for Netflix. It’s a really unique story written by Charlie Brooker. He’s a complete genius. If you haven’t seen the show, check it out. Black Mirror is really cool.
(AllHipHop News) The cast of the upcoming ABC Family series Nicki based on the early life of Nicki Minaj has been announced. Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg (The Color Purple, Ghost)will guest star as Miss Martha, the young Nicki’s neighbor.
Model/actress Selita Ebanks (Real Husbands of Hollywood)was selected to star as Nicki’s mother Grace. Wesley Jonathan (The Soul Man)will play Nicki’s father Vincent, and McCarrie McCausland (Army Wives) will play Nicki’s older brother Jaylen. The sitcomwill feature Ariana Neal (Fruitvale Station, Get Hard) as the Trinidadian born superstar-in-the-making.
The “Anaconda” rapper is also expected to appear on the show. She has signed on as an executive producer as well. In addition, fans of the Queens representative will be able to see Nicki in the upcoming Barbershop 3 film due out on April 15, 2016.
“I am honored and excited to announce that I’ve literally hand picked the main characters of my scripted series Nicki,” Minaj wrote on Instagram. “I’ve been going to the auditions falling in love with some incredible people. Looking forward to unveiling this groundbreaking new show for you guys in 2016!”
(AllHipHop News) 50 Cent once again found himself in a major online controversy after he and his ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins exchanged insults via Instagram. The Queens rapper posted a picture with his eldest son Marquise Jackson which included a caption that read, “This kid is gonna hate his mother [Tompkins] when he realizes what she did to him.”
Tompkins fired back with a response claiming 50 lied about getting shot 9 times and the G-Unit boss got an “order of protection” from his Murder Inc rivals Ja Rule and Irv Gotti. She also wrote, “Take accountability for your actions! You don’t have a relationship with my child because you choose not to, you want to bully him, threaten him and talk about his mother in a disparaging manner.”
After the story exploded on the internet over the weekend, 50 returned to IG with a new pic this morning. The latest photo was of his other son, but it seemed to include a message to Tompkins and anyone else that had something to say about the back-and-forth between the two parents. He deflected from the entire ordeal by focusing on the holiday season.
50 posted, “What the fu?k are these people talking about, we going shopping it’s CHRISTMAS. LOL”
(AllHipHop News) Who would have thought Raven-Symoné is a Hip Hop head? Turns out The View panelist leans more toward lyrical rap than Trap anthems. AllHipHop.com caught up with Raven on the Growing Up Hip Hop premiere red carpet in New York City. The Cosby Show star let it be known she can turn up on occasion but just easily drop bars from one of Jay Z’s album cuts.
(AllHipHop News) At one time conflicts among emcees played out in songs. In today’s world, a “rap beef” is more likely to take place on social media than on diss records. New York City’s A$AP Ferg recently told Hot 97 the online spats have allowed people to avoid lyrical competition.
“I think the internet makes people more p*ssy,” said Ferg. “I think nobody wants to compete against each other. I think nobody wants to have interactions anymore.”
The A$AP Mob member was also asked about his friend Meek Mill’s much talked about feud with Drake. While most observers believed the battle was one-sided toward Drizzy, Ferg still valued the two stars going head-to-head for the culture.
“I felt like it was good for Hip Hop. Where I come from battling, – that’s what we did,” Ferg stated. “It was fun just being competitive. I thought [Meek vs Drake] was good for Hip Hop.”
