Vince speaks on the best places to get Mexican food and he talks about what its like being in Long Beach and how he stays away from the police. His debut project ‘Summertime 06’ comes out June 30th via Def Jam so this will be a big project literally as the effort will be a double project.
Being from NYC Troy Ave has a edge to him, but some regard it as an attitude. Check it out as Ebro, Laura & Rosenberg grill Troy Ave on his album sales and whether or not Troy Ave is an “angry rapper.” Troy says that he sold 7,700 copies of this project, is that a lot for an indie these days? See what he has to say about this below!
Is July 11th Gucci Mane’s release date? Hmmmmmmmm he was arrested in 2013 and sentenced to 3 years in 2014. Maybe it’s time served and good behavior. Maybe he’s just releasing some new music on the 11th. We shall see.
In a recent interview with UK-based DJ Charlie Sloth, the “Checks” rapper said that fans can expect appearances from Chris Brown, Future, The Weeknd, Drake, Swizz Beatz and his bae Nicki Minaj.
Meek’s album was supposed to drop last year but it was pushed back after he was sentenced to a 5-month stint in jail. Earlier this month at Hot 97’s Summer Jam, the Philly spitter announced that the album would be released before June’s end.
The Doppelgangaz released their latest body of work, Parts Unknown, via a premiere with DJbooth. Parts Unknown is their most progressive and forward thinking release to date; A free release as well that will allow for fellow sharks in Shark Nation to spread that Doppel Gospel to potential newcomers.
Hailing from Upstate, NY, U-Neek takes his talents to Brooklyn and connects with GS9 affiliate Ronny Godz for the visual to Black On Black. Directed by Chris Zino, the clip gives off a dark element that meshes perfectly with the crisp lyricism provided by the duo. The track, which is produced by June Bizzle, will appear on U-Neek’s soon to be released project, Time To Get Em’. Check out the visual below.
Say what now? Big Fendi has always had a lot to say over the years, and he’s often been quite controversial. We aren’t even sure that we are too shocked at his recent Instagram post. Big Fendi apparently went to the funeral of his “biggest hater”. But the reason he went is wild. Fendi says he wanted to make sure he was really dead. When is it too far?
As part of his #MonsterMondays series, Future returns with a new Nard & B produced track “News Or Somethin” instead of the usual video he drops every Monday. Listen to “News Or Somethin” below.
Classic City Records is a local indie label out of Athens, GA that consists of Maniac, MadMan, TL, and Picasso (Also known as T.E.A.M). The label is proud to announce the new group’s first single since signing with the label titled “Tell Em Naw”.
Two men have plead guilty in the shooting death of Wiz Khalifa’s uncle, the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette reports. Imani Porter, 20, was killed in January 2014 in a drug deal gone bad.
Michael Wolford, 21, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, firearms violation, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. He was sentenced to 30 to 60 years. Jaron Young, 19, also plead guilty to third-degree murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery and two forearm violations. He was sentenced to 12 1/2 to 25 years in prison. Homicide charges were withdrawn in Paul Sanders’ case and he plead guilty to drug related conspiracy charges and felony drug charges.
Sanders reportedly drove Wolford and Young to a local Steak N’ Shake for a heroin sale with Porter. After Young asked to get some drugs for free, Porter was shot in the head. Sanders was not in the car during the shooting.
Wiz has not commented on the convictions but when Porter was murdered he tweeted, “Rest in peace, Imani. [You’re] with Allah now. My uncle was younger and more level headed than all of us. I would have never seen this happening in a million years.”
50 Cent loves to cut up, so it’s no surprise that he is currently standing trial for his “Pimpin’ Curly” leak of Rick Ross’ former girlfriend’s sex tape. To gauge the evidence, jurors had to sit through the entire sex tape which was completely unedited. The jurors were supposed to be paying attention to 50’s crude narration, but we are sure it’s hard to focus on just that when you are watching p###. Apparently, the sex tape was so disturbing that the judge let the jurors go home early.
Lil’ Wayne claims that Nicki Minaj and Drake are getting the same ill treatment that he got when he was at Cash Money and they may be jumping ship soon too.
TMZ reports that Weezy filed new documents in his lawsuit against Cash Money alleging that Nicki and Drake are being mismanaged. He claims that he is not the only one that the label owes and that they are refusing to pay other people what they are owed as well. The Young Money boss says that the shady business will lead to the two parting ways with the company soon.
The man who discovered Drake, J. Prince, also alleges that Birdman promised him a big percentage of Cash Money’s profits from Drake’s career and only gave him $2 million. Drake has reportedly grossed $40 million for the label.
“[Q-] Tip done told me that you’re dope, and I done checked you,” YP relates to AllHipHop what Hip-Hop icon, Nas, had to say about the Chicago native’s work. ” Meeting one’s Hip-Hop heroes can either be a jubilant experience or one that turns out to be dangerously fraudulent — for YP who recently dropped his Untitled EP — it turned out to be a truly invigorating one.
As he opens up about the surreal situation of conversing with the “Ether” MC, the “Let Us Pray” lyricist explains that Nas also told him, “I appreciate what you’re doing for the culture. Man, you’re gonna be one of the ones that push it forward.” Check out the full clip to find out which artists help arrange this motivational memory.
(AllHipHop News) The rise of Hip Hop culture was partially centered around creating an alternative to the gang mentality sweeping across sections of New York City in the early 1970’s. “Hip Hop came out of gang culture into the culture of music,” relayed rap pioneer Melle Mel to AllHipHop.com in 2013.
Part of that emergence of a musical outlet grew from the highly important Hoe Avenue Peace Treaty in December 1971. The meeting of rival gangs was an attempt to quell the violence consuming the streets of The Bronx. That historic moment of peace has been captured in the new documentary Rubble Kings.
The Shan Nicholson-directed, John Leguizamo-narrated film provides first hand accounts and original footage of the 70’s street gangs. “Yellow” Benjy Melendez, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc, Red Alert, Joe Conzo, Blackie, Carlos “Karate Charlie” Suarez, D.S.R, Ed Koch, Felipe Luciano, Harlem Cody, Jazzy Jay, Jee Sanchez, Lorine, Marshall Berman, Nono, Rolando Ruiz, and Topaz are all featured in the doc.
Rubble Kings debuted in theaters on June 19. The 68-minute movie is also available for download as a BitTorrent Bundle. The $9.99 package includes exclusive video content and photographs. The film can be streamed for $4.99 at rubblekings.com.
(AllHipHop News) Marvel is set to relaunch the Spider-Man comic book series this fall, and a new face will be behind the iconic mask. The New York Daily News reports half-Black, half-Puerto Rican Miles Morales will replace Peter Parker as Spidey.
“Many kids of color who when they were playing superheroes with their friends, their friends wouldn’t let them be Batman or Superman because they don’t look like those heroes but they could be Spider-Man because anyone could be under that mask,” writer and co-creator Brian Bendis expressed to the Daily News. “But now it’s true. It’s meant a great deal to a great many people.”
Morales originally appeared in 2011 as the popular alternate version of the web slinger in Ultimate Spider-Man, but the biracial character will now be the protagonist in the comic’s main titles.
“Our message has to be it’s not Spider-Man with an asterisk, it’s the real Spider-Man for kids of color, for adults of color and everybody else,” added Bendis.
Actor/rapper Donald “Childish Gambino” Glover was selected to voice Miles Morales on Disney XD’s Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors. The former star of Community lobbied for years to play Spider-Man on the big screen. However, fans should not expect Miles to appear in the blockbuster movie franchise in the near future.
Thug Misses Khia has kept us talking over the years with her wild antics. It’s been 13 years since she hit the scene with her debut album Thug Misses and lead single “My Neck, My Back.” She never stays gone too long….. well on social media at least. The internet got a hold of Khia’s version of Michael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana” and weren’t too happy about it. Khia basically said F the whole Jackson family, and she alleges that Janet Jackson wanted to do some freaky things to her. Check out Khia’s responses below. SMH
(AllHipHop News) Writer Dream Hampton ignited a firestorm three years ago when she suggested on Twitter that Nas used New Orleans rapper Jay Electronica and Dead Prez member stic.man as ghostwriters on the Untitled album. Jay E later stated Nas did not need ghostwriters, and stic said his contributions to the album were “collaborations.”
Fast forward to 2015, stic along with Dead Prez partner M-1 were once again asked about the allegations of writing rhymes for the Queens legend. Both emcees reiterated they never penned any of Nas’ lyrics.
“We worked with Nas, but I never ghostwrote anything for Nas,” said M-1.
“Come man, that’s Nas. That’s like saying I did all of Bruce Lee’s stunts,” added stic.
Nas addressed the rumors on his 2014 song “The Season.” The track included Esco rapping, “Jay Elec doesn’t write it.” During a concert later that year, Nas did admit his brother Jungle provided him the first four lines of his Stillmatic classic “One Mic.”
(AllHipHop News) Minister Louis Farrakhan has been addressing the Hip Hop community in recent weeks. The Nation of Islam leader has appeared on Power 105’s The Break Club and Shade 45’s Sway In The Morning to talk about the culture and other relevant topics.
While reaching a widespread audience by going on the radio, the minister recently spoke directly with one of the representatives from the younger rap generation. Atlanta performer Young Thug posted an Instagram video of Farrakhan having a conversation with him.
“I can step back, because I’m an old man going out of the world. But if I can feed the minds of the young [that] we’re giants, then I can go out happy,” the minister can be heard telling Thug.
Farrakhan has also met with Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, and The Game in the past few months.
(AllHipHop News) Pop megastar Taylor Swift is very serious about the effects of music streaming on artists. She pulled all of her music from industry leader Spotify after complaining the company’s payout is unfair. Swift then turned her attention to the new Apple Music service.
Swift posted an open letter on Tumblr explaining why she decided not to allow her latest album 1989 to be streamed on Apple Music. The “Bad Blood” singer titled the piece “To Apple, Love Taylor,” but also added she wrote the letter for all the artists, songwriters, and producers afraid to speak out.
Swift wrote in part:
I’m sure you are aware that Apple Music will be offering a free 3 month trial to anyone who signs up for the service. I’m not sure you know that Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those three months. I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company.
The tech giant heard Swift’s message loud and clear. Less than 24 hours after the public criticism, Apple reversed course and will now pay full royalty rates during the three-month trial period. Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, announced the changes on Twitter.
#AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming, even during customer’s free trial period
Last night (June 21), Hip-Hop superstar, Kanye West and his wife, reality-TV personality, Kim Kardashian confirmed the sex of their unborn child. As it turns out, they expectant couple will be welcoming their first son into the world, this according to Yahoo News.
Precious moments like this when we were traveling on tour with you are what I live for. You’re such a good daddy to North & yo will be the best daddy to our new son too!
With over 36 million Instagram followers, Kim K. shared the above caption which accompanied a photo of her husband, Kanye holding their daughter North, which seems to have been taken in a hotel room. Earlier this month, on an episode of ‘Keeping Up With The Kardasians,’ the highly-accomplished couple detailed their desire to have more children and their struggle to conceive.
It looks as though their prayers have been answered. Congrats go out to both Kim and Kanye. Check out the photo of Kanye and North. What do you think they’ll name their little boy?
