Will Smith and Jay Z are teaming up to bring the story of Emmett Till to the small screen in a miniseries. Entertainment Weekly reports that the two will be producing the miniseries for HBO along with Aaron Kaplan, James Lassiter and Jay Brown.
Emmett Till was murdered in 1955 in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. His killers, J.W Milam and Roy Bryant were acquitted of his murder and admitted to being guilty after the trial.
More star power has been added to the second season of Empire. Ludacris uploaded a pic of him in a correction officer’s uniform standing next to Terrence Howard (Lucious Lyon), which means he will be making an appearance on the upcoming season of the FOX show.
Luda isn’t the only guest star joining Cookie and Co. Alicia Keys, Kelly Rowland, Chris Rock and Zack Efron are also slated to join the Lyon family for their ongoing drama. The new season kicks off on Sept. 23rd on FOX at 9:00 p.m.
Eminem is taking over Twitter today, July 24th, for a Q&A session with his fans. But he isn’t just answering any random questions. Beginning at 1:00 p.m EST, Mr. Mathers is only answering a select 12 questions about the film Southpaw, which he executive-produced the soundtrack for. Fans should ask away using the hashtag #DearSlim. Southpaw, which stars 50 Cent and Jake Gyllenhaal, hits theaters today as well.
After releasing his single “W.A.N.W.” (Wish A N#### Would) earlier this year, J.Bles just released the visual directed by Chris Scales, the high-energy filled song is expressed visually in an intriguing cinematic debut featuring J.Bles and his very own Bonnie as they prepare to take on their next mission that leads them in the confines of a seedy hotel. The bass-thumping track is the first leak off his upcoming mixtape, Forever.Analyze.My.Everything, set for release later on this year.
Symba released (4) freestyles yesterday and we had to post this one, but you can hear the rest right after on his Soundcloud. After listening to a minute or two of Symba you know that he can rhyme and he’s got a chance to be heard. This is def an opportunity to hear the hunger in this Bay Area emcee’s catalog. He also flipped the “Classic Man” track and Symba def heats up on the second verse of that “Classic Man” one. Peep it below!
The “Juice” rapper announced via Instagram that he and his girlfriend are expecting their first child together. In the pic, Chance and the mother have their hands placed on her pregnant belly with the caption, “Coming soon.” No word on how far along she is her pregnancy.
“Chance is very happy and excited about his new life journey,” Chance’s manager Pat Corcoran told Billboard. A source also told Billboard that the couple have been together since 2013.
Quality Control presents the full studio release of their most recent addition, New Orleans
native Young Greatness. The tape just dropped exclusively on MyMixtapez.com. “I Tried To Tell Em” features production from CardoGotWings, M-Millz, Honerable C-Note, Monstabeatz and Jazze Pha with cameos being held down by Jazze, Magnolia Chop, Sonyae-Elise and label-mate Quavo.
(AllHipHop News) American R&B superstar Chris Brown was held in The Philippines for days after the country’s government barred him from leaving. Brown was scheduled to depart Manilla on Wednesday, but he was ordered to stay for allegedly not paying nearly $1 million to a concert promoter for a canceled New Year’s Eve show last year.
CB was finally cleared to leave The Philippines today after securing an emigration clearance certificate. The ECC cleared the singer of having any legal obligations in the nation.
A relieved Brown posted a video message to his Manilla fans on social media. The clip shows him walking on an airport tarmac. Brown tells the camera, “We finna come to Macau.”
A Christian group called Iglesia ni Cristo filed a fraud complaint against Brown for not showing up to their sponsored show last December. It is not clear what will happen with the politically powerful minority sect’s complaint now that the Virginia native has left the Southeast Asian country.
Brown previously denied any wrongdoing in the situation.
Go behind the scenes with Teedra Moses and Anthony Hamilton for an exclusive look from the “That One” video shoot. The chemistry between Teedra Moses and Anthony Hamilton is obvious as they get together for “That One.” This soulful duet track is from Teedra’s upcoming Cognac & Conversation album due out Aug. 7th.
(AllHipHop News) The ongoing feud between Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Lil Wayne took an unexpected turn this summer when reports claimed Birdman and Young Thug were involved in a RICO conspiracy to kill Wayne. According to TMZ, the Cash Money Records head is denying being part of any plot to harm his artist.
An indictment involving the case of Jimmy “PeeWee Roscoe” Winfrey suggested the alleged shooter pulled off the crime in conjunction with Birdman and Thug. Sources tell TMZ Birdman relayed to Wayne he had nothing to do with the shooting and is working to find out exactly what happened that night in Atlanta.
Police documents state Winfrey called Birdman’s phone soon after he allegedly fired gunshots at the bus. Someone in the Cash Money camp is saying both phones were in Birdman’s name, but they are simply company phones that several Cash Money associates use.
The source adds that the call listed in the indictment was supposedly from a member of Wayne’s team letting Birdman know Winfrey had been harassing Wayne at a club earlier that night. Winfrey was connected to Birdman by being Young Thug’s road manager. All three men are also accused of being members of the Bloods gang.
Winfrey has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and acts, criminal damage, possession of a firearm by a felon, criminal gang activity, reckless conduct, and discharging a weapon near the street. He was denied bond. Neither Birdman nor Thug have been charged with any crime involving the tour bus shooting case.
It’s been a big year for The Bay with an NBA Championship finally landing back in Northern Cali with a Golden State Warriors victory this past June. Since then everyone in the Bay seemingly has a winning mentality and rapper Big Cheeze is no different.
With a French Montana feature in the chamber Big Cheeze is looking to finish the summer strong, kicking things off with a track dubbed “Bad Behavior,” which is currently getting spin on Sirius/XM Radio.
While Big Cheeze is getting radio spin only recently, Big Cheeze has been planning his come up for years. Even as a young kid, Big Cheeze had aspirations to be in the rap game and found ways to surround himself with the music.
As a kid, Shock G of Digital Underground and 2Pac were recording at a local studio in his neighborhood. The guys took him to McDonalds a took him under their wing as he frequented the studio often from that day on.
“I’ve been around, I’ve done songs with Birdman, Master P, Snoop, a lot of cats, but right now I’m getting ready to release this new single with French Montana. This new single “Bad Behavior” has no features and I think it will show what I can do. These aren’t paid features, this is me in the studio with these guys and us putting something together in the studio,” Big Cheeze explained.
Aceimal comes out of nowhere with a banger featuring Matt Manus. The track “Die Rich” has dark beat and banging bass that’s backed by some descending chimes as Aceimal, declares that he will “Die Rich.” Backed by Big Heff of the Nerve DJ’s with Def Jam ties, Aceimal is likely to be picking up in the midwest and Cleveland over the next few weeks.
(AllHipHop News) Last year, data scientist Matt Daniels conducted a study to determine which Hip Hop artists had the largest vocabulary. Inspired by that research, song analysts Varun Jewalikar and Nash Vail at Musixmatch created their own list of the 93 best-selling musicians with the largest vocabulary. Four rap stars lead the pack.
Twenty-five genres were included in the analysis, but rappers Eminem (1), Jay Z (2), 2Pac (3), and Kanye West (4) dominated the tally. The only other act listed in the Hip Hop category was The Black Eyed Peas (6).
The selections were based on the Wikipedia list of best-selling artists. Pop music had the most representatives with 24 artists. Six R&B singers – including Beyoncé (15), Rihanna (49), and Whitney Houston (72) – made the list.
Hip Hop ranked at number one for average vocabulary size. Folk came in second, followed by Latin, Funk Rock, and Progressive Rock.
A description of the analysis reads:
To prevent the analysis from being skewed purely by the number of songs released, the vocabularies are compared across the 100 densest songs (by total number of words) that they have released. Only 6 of these musicians have released less than 100 songs, so it is a good threshold. Also, 100 songs comprises 8 to 10 albums of music which would span at least 5 to 10 years of work. This should give a fair idea of the overall vocabulary of these musicians.
(AllHipHop News) Even Eminem will say he is not as well-known for his production as he is for his rhymes, but the Detroit representative has produced tracks for some of the biggest names in Hip Hop. The rapper/producer stopped by his own Shade 45 to talk with Sway Calloway, and Em discussed producing for Jay Z, Nas, and Redman.
“Making beats like [Jay Z’s] ‘Renegade’ and ‘Moment of Clarity’, that sh*t is just fun for me. Just to even hear Jay rhyme over a beat that I did is like a f*cking dream to me,” says Eminem. “I’m a stickler for chord progression, and I always try to make sh*t that feels like something. Jay is so good at picking up on that, what the feel and mood of the beat is, and write sh*t to say to that beat, because it’s that mood.”
Besides Hov, Em has also worked with Nas on “The Cross” and Redman on “I C Dead People.” He discussed how grateful he is to have produced for emcees of that caliber.
“To make the beat for Nas, to do anything like that. Making a beat for Redman was like, ‘I’m making a f*cking beat for Redman,'” adds Em. “Those guys are some of my favorites of all time. Obviously, any accolade or anything that comes with this territory, I’m always appreciative of. I love it. I’m honored, but doing sh*t like that is hands down the best reward this could have ever brought.”
While Eminem admits he prefers writing raps to creating tracks at the moment, he does mention some of his producer peers whose work he enjoys. Slim names DJ Khalil, Denaun Porter, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, The Alchemist, and Dr. Dre among his favorites right now.
Eminem’s production talents can be heard on the Southpaw soundtrack. The album and the film are both out today (July 24).
(AllHipHop News) Jeezy is ready to put on for his city this weekend. The Def Jam recording artist will be performing his Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 albumat Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. Jeezy stopped by Hot 107.9 to discuss the anniversary concert and other topics such as El Chapo, President Barack Obama, Minister Louis Farrakhan, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The Snowman had already blasted Trump on Twitter, but he elaborated on his issues with the billionaire running for president. Jeezy said:
When you got any type of influence in your community, your words matter. You gotta speak up when it’s time to speak. This is America. This ain’t Dancing With The Stars. This ain’t X-Factor. Basically, what he’s doing is what you see people in this industry do. They try to get their bars up, so they can get a bigger check.
I just felt like he was making a mockery out of the whole presidential candidacy. If you really look at Donald Trump and follow his moves, he’s all about Donald Trump. He’s never been about nobody, so we can’t vote for you anyway. You’re just trying to be more famous than you already are.
You know the saying goes, “Rich people wanna be famous, and famous people just wanna be rich.” That’s what he’s really on. I take that to heart, because I know there’s a lot of problems in our community. There’s a lot of real things going on that somebody’s gonna have to deal with.
Jeezy also defended Republican senator John McCain against Trump’s recent claims the former POW is not a hero. The “My President” rapper then took Trump to task over his comments that Mexican immigrants are criminals and rapists, and he declared the business mogul will never win the White House.
The Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 10thAnniversary concert will stream live on Tidal via Tidal X. Special guests are expected to appear at the event.
With their debut album ‘Yung Rich Nation’ dropping next week, Migos give us an early listen of the album via Pandora. The album contains 15 tracks with the only features being Young Thug & Chris Brown. Pre-order now on iTunes.
Rising Richmond star Young Freud aka Igloo Maccin is back with a follow up to his debut “RIGGHT” If you don’t know open your ears because this guy is making noise in the streets of the Bay Area. This right hereis called “All This.”
San Diego native MJ The Great drops a real banger for the ladies featuring Fred Nice titled “T-Shirt N Panties”. Check it out below and his site SuperIndyKings.com
Last Night was the NBA edition at All Def Comedy Live in Hollywood, CA. This Comedy Show hosted by Tony Rock, Presented by Celsius & All Def Digital and Powered by The Brand Group had some true All Star Players show up for the Funniest Night in Hollywood. Keri Hilson’s beau Serge Ibaka sat in VIP with his boys and helped celebrate Dahntay Jones and “WEEN’s” own Valeisha Jones anniversary last night. Spotted not too far down the VIP row was All Star John Wall and his friends, and more. Tony Rock took to the NBA players poking fun at Serge and the guys.
Check out more photos from the event below. Photo Cred: Kass/Ken for The Brand Group.
This is an example of why you should always buckle up.
In Ukraine, a woman, speeding in a Smart car, loses control before slamming into oncoming traffic and getting ejected onto the roadway. The internet told me she’s in critical condition..
