Miami native Doobz delivers a track that can cure even your darkest Winter blues. ‘Drift Away’ has that 90s’ easy going feel to it where you can just hit play lay back and enjoy the record for what it is. Doobz effortlessly flows over the instrumentals, speaking about his journey in life, where he lays his head and how he pictures his life as a whole. This track will be featured on his upcoming EP ‘Peace Of Mind’. While no release date has been set yet, you can expect the emcee to keep the new material coming.
After dropping his Biggie assisted track Revitalized, New York rhyme-slayer LuCkii brings his cultivated verbs to life with ShotByMGF assisting on the lens work. As he goes about his daily, LuCk posts up with his people and talks tales of the everyday struggle with A. Da God providing the story’s backdrop. This one lives on his “Should Of Been The Album” EP which is slated for release early this March. His next single is said to be a certified classic so stay tuned for that as well.
Madonna took a major tumble down at a recent concert and boy did she fall. A dancer at the BRIT Awards after she got pulled backwards down some stairs!
(AllHipHop News) On February 22, Dame Dash uploaded a message on his Instagram page accusing Brooklyn based attorney Donnell Suares of taking “advantage of weak women.” Dash also called Suares a “culture vulture,” “bottom feeder,” and “ambulance chaser.”
Suares reached out to AllHipHop.com to issue a response to Dash’s IG post. According to the lawyer, he represents the mother of Dash’s children in a pending child support case.
Mr. Suares statement reads:
My name is Donnell Suares, and I am an attorney who specializes in representing individuals who are seeking child support from financially delinquent parents. Mr. Dash made comments about me and my practice on Sunday on Instagram. It is important to note that I am not the attorney of record for Mr. Dash. I represent the mother of Damon Dash’s children. She retained me to represent her in seeking back child support from Mr. Dash. Mr. Dash described the mother of his children as “weak.” My client is a strong and intelligent woman seeking to recover what she is rightfully and legally owed according to the law.
I simply represent people who are seeking support for their children and are having difficulty collecting child support from financially delinquent parents.
It is my privilege to assist this brave woman in her fight to support her children. Despite these attacks, I will continue to help those in need of representation when they need it most. Further, I will not allow anyone to destroy my reputation with unprovoked, unfounded and unsubstantiated allegations of subterfuge, deception, and unprofessionalism.
-Donnell Suares, Esq.
Dash has two children with ex-wife Rachel Roy and one child with ex-girlfriend Linda Williams. Child support hearings are confidential, so Suares’ client could not be confirmed.
There have been public reports that Williams sought payments for Damon Dash Jr. in the past. She told Radar Online in 2011, “I just want Damon Dash to do the right thing by his son and pay his support and help me get him in college.”
Dash is pictured with his children in other recent Instagram posts. The co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records writes in the caption for one of the photos, “Woke up thinking about how lucky I am.”
With his new project dropping this spring, 21-year-old Los Angeles resident Tony Esko prepares for a promising year with the release of his new single. Produced by Sir Flywalker, Esko links with “Don’t Play” rapper Gino The Ghost for a West Coast excursion that finds the pair exchanging effortless rhymes. Expect Tony Esko’s new EP to arrive in April.
Trinidad Jame$ teams up with new Atlanta rapper Tyler Gartzman on a brand new music video titled “Since ’06”. The Vincent Lou Film crew capture Tyler venting about some of the adversity he overcame in 2006, his thoughts on justice today and his way of coping. Whereas, Trinidad Jame$ gives us a nice verse about his life before the money and fame. Since ’06 is the first song recorded from Tyler’s forthcoming EP, “Contrasting Colors” produced by 808 Mafia’s Chris Fre$h.
Legit Paper artist and Cleveland, Ohio’s native son, Ray Jr, ended last year on a strong note by delivering the official visual for his street anthem “Same Crew” (currently playing on MTV 2). Returning for the first time this year, Ray reaches back into the Legit Paper mixtape to provide an accompanying video for the intro to the 18-track project. On “Twenty 1 Six” the Cleveland rhymer looks inward as he gets introspective about his city, depicting tales of crime and violence, comrades he’s lost to the system, friends he’s lost to murder, as well as other personal struggles.
Little Brother OG Rapper Big Pooh keeps his new momentum going today with the visuals for “Augmentation,” the first video from of his forthcoming project, “Words Paint Pictures,” completely produced by Apollo Brown.
Directed by Jay Brown, the video follows Apollo from record store to studio, and Pooh through alleyways and parks of Detroit while he schools young rappers on life lessons. Set for a March 24th release, “Words Paint Pictures” will be Pooh’s debut project via powerhouse indie label, Mello Music Group.
After a successful release with EarDrummers producer Ducko McFli, Tim Gent decides to unleash another cut in preparation from his upcoming full-length project Clarksville Nights. This time Tim gets a unique assist from fellow emcee Tzee Tee and dope production from Free P. Keep a close eye on Tim over the next few weeks, as he quickly moves closer to his project.
Check out Big Daddy Kane and his new shoes that are set to hit the market. These shoes were poppin back in the 80’s with a bomber jacket and now Kane is bringing them back. While the legendary MC Big Daddy Kane isn’t only known for his trendsetting lyrics, the rap icon has style, and was even a big influence on a young JAY Z.
Now, the the hip-hop great has joined forces with the prestigious B Walker shoes for the limited edition Big Daddy Kane shoe. Only 500 BDKs will be made — so If you drop the hefty price of $168.00 for the fresh pair of foot-candy you’ll get a certificate of authenticity, shoehorn, travel bag and shoe polish to keep your BDKs from looking dusty. Check Big Daddy Kane talking about this below.
This video from some ATL young’ns in a slick group named, The WDNG CRSHRS (TheCoolisMac x Quentin Miller). They released the first visual from their new, really dope UTDinfiniti EP. Don’t sleep on these cats,TheCoolisMac is affiliated with Scotty ATL’s Cool Club and the music is pure.
Action Bronson is gearing up for the Mar. 24th release of his debut album, Mr. Wonderful and has released a trailer to prepare fans for what’s to come. In the clip, the Queens rep is in the studio laying hilariously sub-par vocals over a rock instrumental in hopes of getting a record deal as Justin of Party Supplies and Pete from Pete & Pete jokingly cheer him on. When he tries to get his demo tapes, things take a turn for the worst.
Peep the trailer below. Pre-order Mr. Wonderful on iTunes.
Kevin Gates features on Big Mota’s “Live,” available for free download and stream here. While Mota is still building his buzz, Gates has made headlines in recent weeks for smashing his cousin…
While there’s never been an artist to “blow up” from Arkansas, Blytheville, Arkansas rapper Fatality Ark is looking to be the first. Yea Arkansas is not known for its up and coming Hip Hop scene or any cultural trend that may put this small town on the map besides crime, but being just a short drive from Memphis, this Blythewood raised artist has survived the group homes, murder cases, and prison bids to bring you his experiences on his upcoming debut mixtape Razorback Hustle 2, which will be launching this summer. Check out Fatality’s premier single “Get Money” from his forthcoming project.
Big Sean took the Mike Jones route on his latest album, Dark Sky Paradise, and gave out his phone number. On the DJ Daho produced “Outro,” the D-Town native raps “N##### say I changed, how they damn, how they do / Say I’m hard to get in contact with, oh, is that true? / Well what about now? 3-1-3-5-1-5-8-7-7-2, b####, call me.”
“It’s been ringing so much that I tried to call it and it don’t go through,” the G.O.O.D Music signee told MTV News. “I get so much texts and calls but I’ma keep that phone on for as long as I can so people can get in touch with me. I’ve been answering a lot of calls and texting people back and following people. That’s a direct connection, you have my phone number.”
Watch him talk more about giving out his digits below.
Big Sean drops the video for Dark Sky (Skyscrapers) and it looks like everyone in the game is focused on what Sean has had to say over the past few days. From Ariana Grande to his projection for his first week sales, Sean is on top right now.
Iggy Azalea stops by #TheCruzShow to explain why she is a much happier person now that she no longer manages her social media. Dishing out the info on Power 106, Iggy explains how her management team will now be handling her social media going forward.
Hip-hop has been entering the academic setting more and more in the past few years. With an English class at Regents University based on Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city album, Lil’ B giving lectures at ivy league schools and legendary rappers becoming professors, the culture is becoming a classroom novelty that students and colleges are excited about. Producer and engineer Young Guru will be heading a “Hip-Hop Speaker” lecture series at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the U.S.’s top universities.
On Mar. 6th, Guru will present his “Design and Destruction” lecture about how technology and design create and reinvent opportunities in the music industry in efforts to spark engaging dialogue between leaders in hip-hop, students and professors.
Guru, who has produced tracks for Jay Z, Talib Kweli, Fabolous, Mariah Carey, Beyonce and more, is also an artist-in-residence at the University of Southern California’s Thorton School of Music where he encourages for hip-hop “to be studied and revered the same way you would study jazz artists or opera at a class in a university.”
Watch Fabolous kick off his 2015 NBA All Star Weekend at Michael Jordan’s 30th anniversary party followed by his “Lituation” at Griffin. Attending the Jordan Brand 30th year anniversary, Fab parties along side Jay-Z, LaLa, Spike Lee, Magic Johnson, Chris Paul, Ariana Grande, and of course MJ himself.