Rich Homie Quan has a new tattoo of one of he biggest boss in the world. Not Donald Trump, but the Atlanta rapper got Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar inked into his skin.
Rich Homie posted the finished product on his Instagram today and the art covers his forearm. He explained himself, since Escobar is mostly known for selling massive amounts of illegal drugs.
Rich Homie Quan said, “If you don’t know the REAL Escobar, Pablo fed his people and took care of his family; and THATS what I stand for. If u don’t like it unfollow me. Kno the meaning why I got the [tat]. Wat man do u kno make 60milliin a day. So I don’t really care Wat y’all think.”
Ryan Jenkins (@ryanjenkinstattoo) was the artist that etched the portrait in RHQ’s skin.
While we wait for Young Roddy’s debut album The Kenner Loop. Roddy teams with fellow Jet Life member Curren$y for the album’s first single, “My Business”. Produced by Blair Norf. Pre-order now on iTunes!
Paying homage to his fallen soldiers, Jeezy drops the emotional video for “Streetz.” As he continues to release content several times a week in preparation for his album, we can see Jeezy is FOCUSED. The boss of Atlanta keeps it dark in this visual filming directly in a cemetery. YIKES! Jeezy’s Church In These Streetz drops Friday Nov 13th.
Sigh. Rappers in 2015 can be an extremely repetitive pack of people. You can watch a million interviews by a million different artist and still end up hearing the same answers. Between being too afraid to offend folks to honestly not knowing what to say, artists tend to fall flat when it comes to talking off the mic. Thankfully, for all sides involved, west-coast mainstay Glasses Malone doesn’t have that problem. With his new album GH2 in stores, the beach cruiser came through AHH to talk about everything from Ty Dolla Sign to Gang-banging and to Young Thug. Check the technique.
“Im afraid to have a kid. He could like Young Thug”
“I could name them all because at the end out the day I watched them come up”
Yesterday was a huge deal as Weezy’s $11 million home was stripped of an undisclosed number of valuable possessions. As is the case, Lil Wayne is probably upset. He vented on Twitter, but I can’t figure what he is saying after reading this three times.
As Puff Daddy celebrates his 45th birthday, he releases his surprise 13 track mixtape titled “MMM” aka Money Makin Mitch. Features include French Montana, Future, Travis Scott, Wiz Khalifa and more! Puff’s final album “No Way Out 2” coming soon. Stream below!
Gillie Da Kid recently released his debut album“Welcome to Gilladelphia”. Today the King of Philly drops off a fresh visual performing the record “Single”. In this video viewers will get a chance to see Gillie summon his inner Pharrell and Robin Thicke, surrounding himself with beautiful, animated women. Watch below!
RZA has made a hefty donation to the Hip-Hop Chess Federation, which has led to the launch of a program that will teach juvenile inmates how to play the game, Okayplayer reports. RZA has also been appointed to the board of trustees for the organization.
This year, the Wu-Tang rep visited 400 St. Louis high school students and also played chess with youth who are serving time behind bars. He was then inspired to make the donation to the nonprofit’s CEO, Adisa Banjoko, asking her to establish a program to empower St. Louis’ youth.
“It’s a game of chess in one sense, but in another it’s a study of life,” RZA told the youth while visiting the juvenile hall. “We in the Hip-Hop Chess Federation are striving to bring awareness to American’s, to Black youth, but to the whole of American youth… That chess study, along with martial arts, along with music- is the best way to help develop your mind and body and protect you from pitfalls in life that will surely come at you.”
Genius, formerly known as Rap Genius, has teamed up with another one of hip-hop’s elite. After partnering with Nas and Pharrell, the lyric-hub has now joined forces with Eminem, Billboard reports.
Eminem’s annotations will replace the explanations provided by the fans for his new tracks while Genius will serve as the official lyric engine for Eminem.com.
“Coming up we would always obsess over the lyrics from our favorite MCs. Picking everything apart, trying to get into their heads,” Slim Shady said in a statement. “I still do that today and Genius helps to make it a worldwide conversation. Pretty amazing to me.”
Genuis first called on Em earlier this year to annotate his hits like “Rap God,” “Stan” and “Lose Yourself.”
Adidas is paying homage to the late Jam Master Jay with the release of their “Superstar” sneaker, VIBE reports.
The limited edition kicks will be released on what would have been Jay’s 51st birthday, Jan. 21st, 2016. With a white color scheme, the tongue will boast black and gold with Jay’s name etched into the design. The sneaker is similar to the Pro Model sneakers Adidas released earlier this year, also in Jay’s honor.
To celebrate his 46th birthday (Nov. 4), Puff Daddy is gifting new music to the masses. Diddy will be dropping his long-awaited project Money Makin’ Mitch sometime today, according to reports. The Bad Boy CEO hosted a private listening session in New York City last night (Nov. 3) where he announced that he would drop the free mixtape at 7:00 a.m Wednesday. At press time, it had still not been released.
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Ty Dolla $ign, Big Sean, Lil’ Kim, Future, Wiz Khalifa, French Montana and more are reported to be featured on the mixtape. MMM will be available via Spotify and Apple.
“Before I used to make records when I made my music,” Diddy told the audience at the listening session. “Then I decided to make culture. And as I got older, I decided I’m going to make fashion. Ladies and gentlemen, listen and watch some fashion.”
The cover art features a photo snapped by Annie Leibovitz of Puff and model Kate Moss back in 1999.
He is still working on his next full length album, No Way Out 2, which does not have a release date yet.
Rapper Slim Jesus’ claim to fame is that he is honest about lying in his raps. He spits trigger happy lyrics but has never done any of the things he detailed in his songs and has no problem admitting it. When AllHipHop’s Mr. Mecc asked Silkk the Shocker about the Ohio rapper, he praised him for at least being honest about his fraudulent raps.
“How many rappers are honest?” he asked. “He’s not a real gangsta but then you have rappers who pretend to be and then they are not but they never tell us they’re lying.”
Funk Flex must’ve got under Future’s skin by playing out of town music in the A first. Future told Flex,
“Funk master flex thanks for the extra motivation…u gone play intown music 1st over outtatown music”
Future says he is going to drop so much heat with his ‘Monster 2’ release that Flex and other DJs are going to have to play his music first. He also said that his comments weren’t disrespectful, and he is just letting people know what time it is! Do you think ‘Monster 2’ will be that heat that you’ve been waiting for? Was ‘What A Time To Be Alive’ even that great? #FutureHive
Waka Flocka has upset some Chiraq rappers by saying he started the drill movement. Fans clearly have been divided by region. Some fans felt that Atlanta music influenced Chiraq drill music, and some suggested that drill is something that was born out of the Chi. One rapper in particular that had a problem with Waka’s claims is Smylez (@IamSmylez). Smylez claims King Louie started drill music. Some called him out saying that he knows Waka started it. They also called him out for ironically hanging with a crew of Chicago men that call themselves Brick Squad. Another debate was did Waka “influence” drill rap or trap rap? What are your thoughts? Who do you feel started drill?
Atlanta, Georgia is constantly producing new musical talent to add onto the list of notable acts that have risen from the Southern city. One of the latest young emcees to represent for the ATL’s eastside is Phonic.
The 21-year-old Decatur native is making waves in his hometown as a member of the All Black Congress collective. In 2012, the tight-knit family of emcees and producers began waving the ABC flag as Phonic, T. Mason, Shinobi X, and Quent Eastwood formed together outside of music. Since that time, the crew has released several efforts including Phonic’s Saturday Morning Blues mixtape.
Phonic is now on the verge of dropping the follow-up to his freshman project. Next March will see the arrival of 12 original songs in the form of Thoughts Of Whatever.
The new generation disciple of the Dungeon Family sound plans to use the collection to present his artistic and personal journey from the last two years. Listeners can expect Phonic’s Thoughts to present compelling storytelling, vivid imagery, and a Trap-free soundscape that he enjoys hearing “in the back of a Cadillac rolling through Five Points.”
AllHipHop.com connected with Phonic for the latest edition of the “Three Questions” series. Get to know the poetic rhymer in this exclusive interview.
When money’s not on your mind, what are you thinking about the most?
Anime, family, and fashion.
What are your Top 5 albums by an Atlanta rapper?
My Top 5 Atlanta albums would have to be ATLiens from OutKast, Back For The First Time from Ludacris, Cee-Lo Green And His Perfect Imperfections from Cee-Lo Green, Trap Muzik from T.I., and Dirty South Classics from Goodie Mob.
What separates Phonic from all the other ATL rappers on the come up?
The sound. I feel like Atlanta is having a very successful run in Hip Hop with influencing the Trap movement, with everybody wanting to be the next “dope boy moving weight.” That’s fine, but I’ve always felt like there needs to be something else. Hip Hop receives it from other states, but Atlanta hasn’t moved yet. I’m looking to move things, introduce the world to Phonic as well as All Black Congress.
Chief Keef decided to share some interesting details on his song “Walnuts.” The rapper claims to have had sex with one of DMX’s baby mamas.
“I fu-ked DMX baby mama. Yadera, Shakira, or whatever that b-tch name is. She threw it back for me. I hit her, I sent that b-tch a plane ticket.”
Apparently the woman Keef is referring to is Yadira Barrego, a model that DMX dated (intermittently) for over 9 years. X also has two children with Barrego. “Walnuts” is set to appear on Keef’s forthcoming mixtape, Back From The Dead 3. Chief Keef’s claims may not be too far fetched as there have been rumors that Barrego was also linked to Soulja Boy, Fat Trell, and 2 Chainz.
(AllHipHop News) Battling has always been part of Hip Hop culture. There are very few top emcees that have never gone back-and-forth with another rapper on wax. With all the great lyrical feuds in rap history, which one rises to the top? Ja Rule – who had his own issues with 50 Cent – was asked to rank the greatest Hip Hop beefs of all time.
“Our Hip Hop beef has got to be top 3,” said Ja about his rivalry with 50. “You got Big and Pac. You got Jay and Nas. I would put me and 50 over Jay and Nas even.”
Ja stated he has moved past the conflict with 50. The star of MTV’s Follow The Rules argues the improvement in his life circumstances show he came out a winner in the end. While defending Meek against the idea he is constantly “taking Ls,” Ja Rule also added he wish he had not been brought into the MMG artists’ clash with Drake this summer.
(AllHipHop News) It has been 12 years since 50 Cent burst onto the mainstream music scene with his debut studio album Get Rich or Die Tryin ‘. From there, the Hip Hop mogul has expanded his brand to include music, fashion, film, television, and liquor.
Big Issue caught up with the G-Unit leader for the “Letter To My Younger Self” series. 50 used the opportunity to discuss two of his mentors – Jam Master Jay and Eminem. The “Wanksta” rhymer also reflected on Get Rich or Die Tryin ‘ selling over 872,000 copies in its first week.
I started writing lyrics full time in 1997. I met Jam Master Jay from Run DMC and he had his label, which would take people on and develop them until they were ready to go to a major. Jay taught me how to count bars – and when the chorus should start and stop. And I kept practising. Sometimes hard work beats talent. I wrote all the time, and so I got better and better.
I think Jay liked me ‘cause I looked like the lyrics. I had all the jewelry, I looked like a hustler. I’d been on the street so long, people respected me. The honest truth is, at that point, the drug dealers were the leaders of the neighborhood. They had more money than the rappers. The things LL Cool J and Run DMC wanted were the things guys hustling already had. Now, of course, the artists are way richer than the dealers, the hip hop culture has grown so much.
On Eminem:
Eminem had this competitive energy that made him the guy all the other rappers worried about. From early days, he was this great battle artist. The guys who were up against him would think of everything you could say about him, then he’d say those things about himself first. So everything they had against him, he took it away. He was writing all this personal stuff. I was never anything like that. I came into music with songwriting intentions ‘cause that’s where the money was.
On releasing get Rich Or Die Tryin’:
If I could go back to any time, I’d go back to when the sales figure for the first week of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ came out. I went to sit at the back of the tour bus and just thought, wow. I couldn’t believe it. When I got those sales I knew that from now on I didn’t have to wait for someone else to say it was okay, I could say it was okay myself. But I also knew that feeling, that confirmation, that finally you have the momentum – you only feel it once. I knew I would never have that feeling again. ‘Cause everything was about to change.
Read 50 Cent’s full “Letter To My Younger Self” here.
Rumor has it that Rick Ross called off his engagement to his fiancee Lira Galore. To make matters worse, Rozay apparently deleted all pics of Lira off his Instagram except one. There has also been a rumor that Lira slept with Wiz Khalifa. Lira jumped online to say that she has never met Wiz, and that Amber Rose is one of her best friends. She explained that she has never met Wiz because she met Amber after the split. She had time to address whether she allegedly slept with Wiz or not, but she hasn’t addressed if she’s single or not. She did say Ross had her heart though, so we shall see.
