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Three Questions With Kyle Lucas

Even at the age of 15, Kyle Lucas knew what he wanted to spend the rest of his life doing. The Atlanta area native took inspiration from Jay Z, Nas, AZ, The Firm, Chino XL, Ras Kass, and The Notorious B.I.G. as he recorded and mixed himself freestyling using Cakewalk on a home computer.

Hometown legends OutKast and Goodie Mob as well as his city’s traditional 808s-heavy sound also rubbed off on Lucas. Eventually, the self-described “skateboard kid” was even able to connect with one of his musical heroes – OutKast’s Big Boi.

Lucas signed with Big Boi’s Purple Ribbon label as a member of the alternative Hip Hop band Vonnegutt. Once the group disbanded, he decided to embark on his music career as an independent artist. However, the rhymer looks back at his time working with the Grammy-winning emcee as a valuable experience (“I’m forever grateful that Big even took a chance on me. I learned so much being signed to him.”)

The amicable split with Purple Ribbon is just one topic Lucas covers on his debut studio LP Marietta, Georgia: The Album. Chino XL, Jonny Craig, Jon Kunis, William Beckett, Little Lion, STS, Weather, and Marc Goone make appearances on the project as well.

In the latest installment of AllHipHop.com’s “3 Questions” series, Kyle Lucas discusses how Drake forced him to change the name of track 2 off Marietta, recalls a stage dive gone bad, and names which Atlanta R&B star is the best wifey material.

[ALSO READ: Vonnegutt’s Kyle Lucas Talks Big Boi, Upcoming Projects and the Everlasting Impact of Joe Budden]

Why did you let Drake steal your song title?

[laughs] That title came about because the first song I did for this album  – like a year and a half ago – was called “Madonna.” Then Drake drops the biggest album of the year [If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late] with a song called “Madonna” on it. I was racking my brain to come up with another title for like 3 months.

I’m a fan of Fall Out Boy’s song titles that are really long, especially “Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn’t Get Sued.” Then I was on tour with OnCue. We were talking about the “Madonna” title, and I said it would be cool to do something like that for it. Cuey came up with that and I loved it. I think it’s pretty funny.

What’s one of the wildest things you’ve done while you were drunk?

Oh man, way too many to name. One very funny thing was that I decided to stage dive at this Lollapalooza pre-party I played with Sammy Adams. I had never stage dove, and I was super stoked on how well my show went. But I was also super drunk, so I decided to stage dive during Sammy’s set and didn’t factor in the majority of the fans there were 15-year-old girls [laughs].

Here I am a 6’2’’ 200 lb guy jumping on them and expecting them to catch me. Needless to say, they dropped the sh*t out of me and f*cked my whole back up. I spent all Saturday in bed in the hotel and my official Lollapalooza performance was scheduled for Sunday afternoon. It worked out though. A couple of Jack and Coke’s and I was on my way [laughs].

F*ck, marry, collab: Monica, Ciara & Chilli of TLC?

Damn, that’s hard. I’m in love with all of them. I feel I would f*ck Ciara, collaborate with Monica, and marry Chilli. Chilli seems like she would be an awesome wife/mother.

[ALSO READ: Three Questions With ThisisDA]

Follow Kyle Lucas on Twitter @KyleLucas and Instagram @kylelucas.

Stream Kyle Lucas’ Marietta, Georgia: The Album on SoundCloud and purchase the project on iTunes.

Brian Viloria on Why He Wins 100%: “I Want It More Than Chocolatito.”

Gillie Da Kid Releases New Visual “Earned It”

Gillie Da Kid returns to the scene with riveting visual “Earned It” to usher in his new album “Welcome 2 Gilladelphia” (W2G). With #W2G set to release October 23rd Philly rapper promises fans he will be dropping music every day until then.

Following his well acclaimed project “KOP3”, The King of Philly is set to team up with the King of The South, Boosie Bad Ass on his sophomore album.

Tyler Thomas Talks About New EP “Birds I View”

Tyler Thomas has a dream “Bigger than his ego span.” A line from one of his favorite songs on his EP called “Back Again”  The Los Angeles native has newly released an EP called “Birds I View” and a clean new visual for “Lincoln Park”. We got the chance to discuss his project before release and get an exclusive freestyle. How could you not root for this unshakeable artist? The Freestyle was like a Busta Rhymes inspired flow. Not to mention he has been an influence in this artist life, along with Tribe called Quest, Big L, Pun and Dj Quik. Another favorite song  off the EP is called “Young N####” which has a dope concept and visuals for this song coming soon.

What inspired you to make this project? 

I released this project because I don’t want to come out with sporadic songs here and there. I used to do that a lot, this time I wanted the whole project to be released with visuals and be more consistent with my work.

What advice do you have for upcoming artist trying to breakthrough in this industry? 

Find something you want to talk about and make sure it’s not about yourself. People tend to get in their own way and get writers block. Find a message and spread it.

Tyler Thomas “make It Go”

What’s your process like in the studio?

There’s really no process. I’m always rapping constantly in my head or writing something down. We can be in the studio and someone is playing around on the keyboard or drums and i just start spitting. It doesn’t stop for me.

Who are some West Coast artist you would like to work with? 

I would like to work with Nipsey Hustle, Kehlani she has the whole TLC vibe, Dom Kennedy and I would really like to work with DJ Quik. That would be super dope!

Dead or Alive Top 5 Rappers? 

Andre 3000, Hov, Nas, Biggie, Pun And I have to throw Pac in there.“Lincoln Ave” Music Video 

Playboy To Discontinue Publishing Nude Images

Nudity has always been Playboy magazine’s signature but since everything of a sexual nature is easily accessible thanks to the internet, the mag has decided to make a major change. Starting in the spring, they are no longer publishing nude photos, the New York Times reports.

“That battle has been fought and won,” said Scott Flanders, the company’s chief executive. “You’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it’s just passé at this juncture.”

[ALSO READ: Azealia Banks Will Pose For Playboy]

This move is part of a redesign that will also be unveiled next spring. Playboy will still publish images of women in provocative poses and will still feature its Playmate of the Month but the pictures will be more “PG-13.”

Young Scooter Collabs With Young Thug For New Track “We Ready”

As we wait for Young Scooter‘s long awaited project Married To The Streets 2, he connects with Young Thug for the first leak “We Ready” produced by Chophouze. Listen below!

AllHipHop Presents The Fly Supply Clothing Gifting Suite Hosted by Epidemic

Saturday, October 17th starting at 12 o’clock noon, Miami’s premier urban couture line, Fly Supply Clothing (flysupplyclothing.com) joins forces with Outbreak Media Group to bring you an elite gifting experience. The Who’s Who of the industry will be cordially invited to a private suite at the Revolt Music Conference’s host hotel the world-renowned Fontainebleau that is presented by AllHipHop (AllHipHop.com). Complimentary refreshments will be provided while previewing the anticipated 2015 Holiday Collection, and listening to unreleased music by Miami native recording artist Epidemic. This is an invite-only suite that allows ‘All-Inclusive’ and ‘All-Access’ conference members to RSVP.

We are excited to partner with iconic and premier brands such as Waveborn (waveborn.com) Sunglasses, who recently partnered with sports elite Troy Aikman. In addition attendees will be gifted with Citizen e-Cig (shop.citizenecig.com), The world’s best electronic E-Cigars favored by industry mogul DJ Khaled, international recording artist Flo Rida, and written about in multiple popular lifestyle blogs. The event will showcase the smart board brand iswurveboards (iswurve.com) used by Hip-Hop guru’s Rick Ross, Yo Gotti and Pop-icons such as Chris Brown, Justin Bieber and many more!

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Does Maino Side With Matt Barnes?

People love drama! As you know Matt Barnes drove 95 miles to the home of his estranged wife Gloria Govan to assault Derek Fisher. Fisher and Barnes were teammates on the LA Lakers for two seasons, and Barnes wasn’t with Gloria moving on to someone so close apparently. This clearly isn’t Barnes first time showing rage. He’s been fined countless times for incidents with fans. When Maino was asked about his feelings on the situation, he said

“Shout out to Matt Barnes. That’s some real sh*t. You went there and whipped that n*gga a**. I like that.”

Is it too close for comfort to be dating your ex-teammates ex-wife?

John Legend And Chrissy Teigen Expecting Their First Child

John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen are expecting their first bundle of joy. The parents-to-be announced the news via Instagram and Twitter last night (Oct. 12).

John and I are so happy to announce that we are pregnant 🙂 As many of you know, we've been trying to have a baby for a while now. It hasn't been easy, but we kept trying because we can't wait to bring our first child into the world and grow our family. We're so excited that it's finally happening. Thank you for all your love and well wishes. I look forward to all the belly touching! Xx

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This good news comes a few months after the Teigen revealed that she and Legend were having a hard time getting pregnant.

“We would have had kids five, six years ago if it had happened,” the Sports Illustrated model told Tyra Banks during a sit down on TheFabLife. “It’s been a process. We’ve seen fertility doctors.”

The couple has been married for two years.

FRESH HEAT: Surreall Ft. Lil Keke – “Planes” (Remix)

 

Swisha House artist Surreall drops the remix for her latest single “Planes”. Listen as the first lady of Swisha House connects with Houston legend Lil Keke. Stream below and let us know your thoughts on Surreall’s remix.

A Conversation With The D.O.C. Part 2

Here is Part 2 of our conversation with The D.O.C. In this Q&A by Tim Sanchez, you get the real Doc, unfiltered. He takes us down memory lane, but also updates everybody on the status of his voice. A must read for Hip-Hop fanatics. If you missed Part 1, click here and enjoy.

THE DOC THE D.O.C.

AllHipHop: What’s your take on the accuracy or inaccuracy of some of those scenes in the movie?

The D.O.C.: Because it’s a movie, I allow for a poetic license. It’s a great movie and I support those guy’s vision a thousand percent. But was it a hundred percent accurate? No. It was well done and the way that they showed the group connecting is what I got in to the most. My character in the movie was as an outsider coming in. I was there but I wasn’t really engaging with those guys and that was true to form because I was Dre’s guy. I had seen bits and pieces of it beforehand because of Dre but I didn’t want to see the entire thing before it was released. I wanted to see it in the theater and enjoy it like everybody else.

AllHipHop: But were you happy with your character? And I ask that because there is a scene where you storm out of the studio and Eazy’s like, “Go get your drunk friend” to Dre.

The D.O.C.: I was drunk and I talked a lot of sh*t to Eric (Eazy) just like the guy in the movie did. But I didn’t really look at the movie from a personal perspective because that was their vision and they made the movie from their perspective – and I just supported it.

AllHipHop: Was it rough watching the scene where you’re unconscious in the hospital after your accident?

The D.O.C.: I’m finally past that and it took a long time for that to happen – but I’m past it. And no, that scene didn’t bother me. I mean, it was a trip but none of those things (in that scene) actually happened. But the movie is out there and it’s a part of history, and long after I’m gone I’ll be known as the dude who talked sh*t to Eazy (laughs).

AllHipHop: You’re album, “No One Can Do It Better,” has stood the test of time and many hip-hop fans have called it a classic. What is your favorite track off of that album?

The D.O.C.: The Formula, because I am a Marvin Gaye guy. I love all of them though because we did some good work on that album. I was just a young kid and I had no real clue of what I was doing but just brag to a beat. There was only one song that didn’t make the album and that was a cut called “Bridgette” but everything else that Dre and I did made it. As a matter of fact, songs like “Let The Bass Go” and “Whirlwind Pyramid” I did when I first came out to Los Angeles and I recorded those in Eazy-E’s mother’s garage. We came back to those songs a year later and they were untouched – those songs were just demos. We didn’t have a lot of time to make the album because we were touring, so we just used the songs to fill it out.

AllHipHop: All of them are great but I have two ultimate favorites and the first being “Portrait of a Masterpiece.” I dig the way you stopped the track to catch your breath and then once you got it, you finished out the song. Who came up with that idea?

The D.O.C.: That was a Dr. Dre thing – he’s good at those kinds of things. I might have actually been out of breath (during a take) and from there he suggested that we use it in the song.

AllHipHop: My other favorite is “The Grand Finale.” A producer friend of mine says it’s the greatest hip-hop song ever made, and I myself think it’s the best posse cut and ending to an album. From the way that the organ keys goes higher and higher until the horns drop to the verses. Even Eazy-E held his own on that record with three great lyricists!

The D.O.C.: It was a great record. We were a team on that one and worked hard to make Eazy look great. It didn’t have to be perfect but it had to be him, and from my perspective I made it (Eazy’s verse) funny so that people could enjoy it.

AllHipHop: Now that you mention writing for Eazy-E, which songs did you write for him?

The D.O.C.: Let’s see, “We Want Eazy,” “Still Talking Sh*t,” “Easier Said Than Dunn,” “Straight Outta Compton,” “F*ck Tha Police,” and more. It’s a lot of f*ckin’ records. I’d do a reference track for him and then he would take it and learn it. When he’d record it, it would be a little different, but it was him. He’d get the rhythm down and lay it down the best he could.

AllHipHop: Hip-Hop is competitive even amongst friends. Was there any competition going between yourself, Ice Cube, and MC Ren?

The D.O.C.: Hell yeah, all of the time. I took my sh*t back to re-write it plenty of times. Ice Cube would come through hard with a verse and I was like, “I can’t let him do me like that.” And he did the same thing too when it came to my bars. Ren wasn’t in to all of that though, he laid his verses and was like, “F*ck it, that’s it.” Cube and I re-wrote our verses quite a few times though.

AllHipHop: Did you guys have any rap battles to see who was better?

The D.O.C.: No, we didn’t do that. We were all in this together. Those were just same of the best days ever. We were young and having a ball riding around the country doing videos. I could see that Cube was going to be an actor because he was good in front of a camera. I fancied myself as an actor when I was a kid but as all know my life took a different direction due to circumstances.

AllHipHop: Speaking of acting, I recently saw a video where you played Ice Cube as a parody and you and Jerry Heller were clowning him hard. Someone on my Facebook timeline posted it and it was hilarious. I had never seen it before.

The D.O.C.: That was great, I loved it. Now that was before the break-up. Ice Cube was still with the group when we shot that. After he left, somebody took that and edited it to make it seem like we were dissing him. That was filmed the day before of the last NWA show on that final tour before the split. It was later edited to appear as a diss.

AllHipHop: So Cube was still with the group when you filmed that. Did he know about it?

The D.O.C.: No. I stole his hat and jacket – but we did stuff like that all of the time! I was just having fun. It was never meant to be a diss. I have a massive amount of respect for Ice Cube – Ren, Dre, Yella and Eric included. Those guys are like family to me.

AllHipHop: You guys were close but I’ve seen various internet reports over the years stating that you were a part of NWA. Were you ever at any point an official member of the group before the accident?

The D.O.C.: No and that was something that they (NWA) made very clear to me. I was never in the group, not even after Ice Cube left. My accident actually occurred not long after his departure. But before all of that, I couldn’t even get in to the “We Want Eazy” video even after I wrote the f*cking song, just because I wasn’t in the group. That stung and it made me feel a certain kind of way for a while.

AllHipHop: I was listening to NWA’s “Efil4zaggin” album recently and studying their change to a more up-tempo, loud, and hard-drum hitting style. I have a theory that they adapted to your style after Ice Cube left because some of those tracks like “Appetite For Destruction” and “Real N*ggaz” sound like they could have made for you had you not been in that accident.

The D.O.C.: When Cube left, the NWA that you previously knew changed and they lost something in their matrix. The other guys were there but the energy that Cube brought to these cast of characters on the first NWA album was gone and could be heard on his own release, “Amerikkka’s Most Wanted.” I did a lot of the writing for “Efil4zaggin” and that’s a good point you bring up in comparing the sound of their second album to my style.

AllHipHop: I was blown away just like everybody else when I saw the announcement of your returning voice on Twitter and even more so when I heard a sample of it in your interview with From The Press Box To Press Row.

The D.O.C.: That was a call-in interview that an associate set up. The NWA movie was out so anybody who was connected with it was getting interview requests and I agreed to do it. The part where I spoke in my returning voice tripped a lot of people out because nobody but a few had heard it up to that point. The reaction that I received was great – everybody wants me to do an album now so the pressure is on (laughs). The reality is, I’m trying to get one line to sound good – one line! If I can get one line right then I can translate that in to two.

AllHipHop: What was the exact moment that you realized your voice was returning and what was going through your head when you discovered it?

The D.O.C.: I was locked up in Texas for drinking and driving and one day during my sentence, I yawned, and I heard my regular voice. I tried to use my real voice again but I couldn’t except for when I yawned, and from there that’s how it started. I tripped out as it was all happening – making plans for my rap return and everything because it happened during the end of my sentence. I knew it was a G-O-D thing and I kept trying to use that voice more and more and even though I was making progress, it was still hard to control and maintain it. I began to have doubts about if I was going to be able to really make it work so I put it on the backburner and started working with kids again, trying to help these young guys do their thing.

AllHipHop: Does it hurt at all to use your newfound voice? Is there any dizziness involved?

The D.O.C.: No, and there is going to come a day when I open my mouth to speak and it will be this new one and not the raspy one, and it will be the raspy voice that will feel weird.

AllHipHop: While I was waiting to do this interview, I saw you recording verses with your new voice.

The D.O.C.: I’m trying! I really am trying to give it my best shot. My voice sounds deeper right now than what you’re used to hearing on my records and that’s another hurdle that I’m dealing with – not sounding like my old self. It’s hard to hear if I actually am coming out right and it can mean doing a lot of recording takes.

AllHipHop: That must be another big adjustment to since you’re the guy who did “Funky Enough” in one single take.

The D.O.C.: Oh, I can’t do that anymore (laughs). And yes, it is an adjustment but then again this whole process is because I haven’t really tried to record a song in fifteen to twenty years. I have to practice and build from the ground up, it’s like I almost have to create a whole new person and a whole new artist. It’s all baby-steps but I like where it’s going.

AllHipHop: Is your voice causing you to change the way that you write lyrics?

The D.O.C.: Yeah, I have to make an allowance for that because I can’t just rip it the way I used to. But it’s still goes within the context of making a good song because the song has to work regardless of who is recording it.

AllHipHop: I imagine that you have a plan in all of this. Where is all of this heading to? Are we really going to see an album from The D.O.C.?

The D.O.C.: Chuck D has a new album with Public Enemy called “Man Plans, God Laughs.” I’m going to answer that question with that album title to let you know that this is a G-O-D thing and not a D-O-C thing. I’m not making any plans, just following what I feel. I’m terrified to get up in front of people with this new voice but I feel it’s bigger than me and more important than those insecurities that I have. I feel that I can do so much more by being brave and battling through it, and not just for myself, but for those that can be inspired by watching a powerful black man stand up and not have bitterness or ill-will towards people in the past. And I mean that in regards to how things turned out for me, because none of that was any of their fault.
One of the reasons that I’m not mad at the NWA movie for not really spotlighting my accomplishments for the group, is that it gives me the chance to tell it myself. And let me tell you that my story is a hell of a f*cking story – a lot dirtier than the “Straight Outta Compton” movie. There’s a lot more pain and struggle in my story but at the end of the day I realized that I can be so much more than just a rapper. I can be of service to a lot of people in this world – it’s just me getting past this hurdle. Then I can be the father that I want to be, the son I want to be, and the friend that I want to be.

AllHipHop: So we are going to one day see and hear the full story of The D.O.C.? The good, the bad, and the ugly?

The D.O.C.: Oh yes, I’ve written it what feels like a thousand times just to get it off my chest. But now that the NWA movie is out, I am getting calls from people interested in helping me to tell my story. I began working on that documentary not too long ago and the album that will be attached to it – and that’s where I’m going to start and let it all go from there.

AllHipHop: When it comes time to tell your story, I just want to urge you to tell us everything, the good and the bad. Please don’t use it as an opportunity to just make yourself look good.

The D.O.C.: Oh yeah, you’re going to hear everything. I’m going to tell the story of an alcoholic, dope-fiend, who is a genius – and everything that goes along with that. That’s the only way that I feel that I can help someone – the next me, not be so like me.

Bobby Brown To Pen Memoir, ‘My Prerogative’

Bobby Brown has signed a deal with Dey Street Books to pen a memoir, Billboard reports. Titled My Prerogative, the book is set to release in June 2016.

My Prerogative is the story of a man who has been on the top of the mountain and in the depths of the valley and who is now finally ready to talk about his career and family life, from the passion and the excess to his creative inspirations and massive musical success,” according to a statement issued through Dey Street Books.

In a statement, Brown said that right after he agreed to the book deal, he lost his 22-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina, who was found face down in her bathtub back in January and later passed away in July. Throughout that heartbreaking time, Brown said that writing about life was actually therapeutic.

[ALSO READ: Nick Gordon Says He’s Banned From Seeing Bobbi Kristina]

“…To look at the entire arc of my life and to realize that although there has been considerable pain, I have also been incredibly blessed,” Brown said. “I hope my fans and other readers of this book will be entertained by this trip into the crazy, exciting, fascinating world of Bobby Brown. And I hope they will feel that I have been as honest and open with them in these pages as I have tried to be my entire life.”

Dey Street Books has assured that it will discuss Brown’s tumultuous marriage with Whitney Houston.

The memoir will be co-written by Nick Chiles, who has also written a book with Rev. Al Sharpton.

 

 

Iggy Azalea Isn’t Feeling Rita Ora’s “Lady Marmalade” Remake Idea

Photo via Iggy’s Instagram

Uh oh! Apparently Iggy Azalea isn’t here for Rita Ora’s “Lady Marmalade” remake. Rita told The Sun that she always wanted to remake the song, and that she would love to collab with Miley Cyrus, CharliXCX, and Iggy for the remake. The song originally debuted in 1975 by the group LaBelle, and had been remade by Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink, Lil’ Kim, with production from Missy Elliott in 2001. While we can completely understand Rita’s vision to remake a personal favorite of hers, we side with Iggy; some songs just need to be left alone. Iggy may really be trying to save herself from getting roasted any further also.

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Twitter Lays Off Over 300 Employees

Twitter has laid off 336 employees in efforts to put the company “on a stronger path to grow,” according to a statement from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. This amounts to eight percent of their 4,100 employees across their 30 global offices.

Cutting eight percent of their staff will help the social media giant save money since the workers were compensated so well. Unfortunately, it will also cost Twitter between $10 million and $20 million in severance costs.

[ALSO READ: Azealia Banks Calls Out Nicki Minaj About Her Miley Cyrus Comments]

“We feel strongly that Engineering will move much faster with a smaller and nimbler team, while remaining the biggest percentage of our workforce,” Dorsey wrote in the letter to all employees. “And the rest of the organization will be streamlined in parallel.”

Dorsey took over as the permanent CEO last week.

PREMIERE: Hatty Maines – “Jaws”

New Jersey is experiencing a rap resurgence. Up next is Hatty Maines. Like Banksy and MF Doom, Maines is letting his art – and not his face – completely represent who he is to the public.

“At the first show I ever played, I was stopped by security after my name was called up because I didn’t ‘look like a rapper.’ It should have been clear to me at that moment that I needed to do something different to be taken seriously.”  states Maines. “You don’t have to see much of my face to see all of my soul. This is music, not a fashion show.”

Listen to AllHipHop.com’s premiere of Hatty Maines’ “Jaws” below.

Did B.O.B. Hint That Sevyn Streeter Was Okay With Him Having A Side Chick?

B.O.B and Sevyn Streeter have been giving us all kinds of Love & Hip Hop behavior surrounding their recent breakup. Sevyn has remained pretty quiet for the most part, but B.O.B. has been letting it all hangout. B.O.B. seems to suggest that he didn’t cheat on Sevyn because it’s not cheating if your woman knows about the other woman. He also went on to tweet that some are cool with it, some aren’t but no one should judge him because he is being honest. Sevyn tweeted, “read receipts,” so there is clearly more to this story. It seems like everyone has a side chick these days. Is it more acceptable for men and women to have someone on the side these days?

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Suge Knight Is Headed Back To Court For Robbery Case

Suge Knight will be back in court on Tuesday (Oct. 13) to face a judge as prosecutors present evidence in a robbery case, Page Six reports. Knight’s lawyers tried to get this hearing delayed but L.A Superior Court Judge Ronald Coen rejected that request.

[ALSO READ: Former Suge Knight Associate Reggie Wright Talks Death Of Lead Investigator Into Biggie’s Murder]

Knight and Katt Williams were arrested in October of 2014 after a female photographer accused them of taking her camera after a verbal altercation with Knight, who was under the impression that she was trying to snap photos of his young son. The 50-year-old pleaded not guilty.

Besides the robbery case, the former Death Row CEO is still being tried in a murder case. Judge Coen denied Knight a lower bail back in July, leaving it at $10 million.

BET’s Stephen Hill Talks Hip Hop’s Role In Social Awareness (VIDEO)

(AllHipHop News) Hip Hop has a long tradition of using art to foster awareness about injustices in society. Over the last several years, there have been numerous Hip Hop artists such as Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Common, Killer Mike, David Banner, Mysonne, and many others that have used their platform as public figures to shine a light on the social and political concerns of their communities.

[ALSO READ: David Banner Discusses Difference Between Cops Killing Black Men & Black-On-Black Murder (VIDEO)]

Stephen Hill, President of Music Programming and Specials at BET, spoke with Sway In The Morning prior to the taping of the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta last week. Host Sway Calloway asked the longtime network executive about Hip Hop’s role in addressing social issues.

Hill stated:

I think Hip Hop is still doing its job. Hip Hop, obviously, started their job with this early on. I think they’ve continued. It’s gone in different directions. I love how Hip Hop is multidimensional. People talk about the ‘good old days.’ The ‘good old days’ had one form of Hip Hop, but I think that Hip Hop is socially conscious, it’s party music, it’s music that makes you think. Artists are now reacting to what’s happening, so I think you’re going to hear a lot of music in the future that comes from what’s happening right now.

BET (Black Entertainment Television) has faced heavy criticism for not airing the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March on Saturday. The march was organized to show solidarity among African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans in demanding equal justice under the law for all Americans.

As the name of the rally – “Justice Or Else” – was one of the top trending topics on Twitter throughout the day, users of the social media app continuously blasted BET. Some people have even called for a boycott of the Hip Hop Awards show’s broadcast in protest.

BET Boycott

However, BET’s online outlets did cover the event in Washington, DC. Several associated Twitter accounts tweeted about the march, and the company’s website has posted recaps of “Justice or Else” as well.

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Watch Stephen Hill’s interview below.