Virginia Beach’s Young FP releases the much anticipated video for the Johhny Versace produced, “Need Your Love”. The video, which was shot and directed by Ali Dope, is the first offering from his “Indica Winter” EP. Hopefully just the tip of the iceberg for Young FP.
Watch “Need Your Love” below and purchase it on iTunes by clicking here.
(AllHipHop News) The Department of Justice is likely not to pursue civil rights violation charges against former Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of teenager Michael Brown, but CNN reports U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is preparing to bring a lawsuit against the Ferguson PD.
Results of a DOJ investigation into the death of Brown is expected to reveal a pattern of discrimination by Ferguson police. The potential lawsuit against the department could move forward unless the Ferguson PD changes the racially discriminatory tactics on its own. The feds could request court supervision over the department’s involvement with the local minority community.
“I have received nothing new,” Ferguson Chief Thomas Jackson told CNN. “Everything they suggested in the past has been reasonable and we have tried to comply.”
Watch CNN’s report about the Department of Justice’s potential lawsuit below.
All Star Weekend 2015 kicked off with an array of events including REVOLT TV, Dash Radio and Verizon’s “Above The Rim”. The Breakfast Club’s own Angela Yee hosted Stage 48 with familiar faces such as Jordin Sparks and Questlove who played in between performances by the beautiful Elle Varner and Bridget Kelly. New York native, Joey Bada$$ made an appearance to preform with rising purple-haired singer Justine Skye for their collaborative single “Messin’ With You”. The night ended with an amazing performance by rap veteran Raekwon who took us home with a Wu-Tang classic, “C.R.E.A.M.”
When Lil’ Wayne tweeted that he wanted off Cash Money Records, he shook up hip-hop. He called that record label home since his pre-teen years and fans were shocked that there was trouble in such a seemingly harmonious business and personal relationship. Wayne shocked us more when he slapped Birdman with a $51 million lawsuit over unpaid advances and the stalling of the Tha Carter V. Now, Wayne has broken his silence.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, he spoke on the drama with the man who formerly referred to as his daddy. Weezy said they are not speaking right now. “I have no words,” he said. “I’m super-numb to it, to tell you the truth.”
The Young Money captain also further confirmed that Tha Carter V is done and that he is still eager to release it but can’t. “It’s super-done,” he said. “Cake baked, icing on top, name on top, candles lit. I would have released it yesterday if I could. But it’s a dead subject right now. It’s a jewel in the safe. It’s that stash-house money.”
Earlier this month, Wayne revealed via Twitter that he would be dropping a free project, The Free Weezy Album, to keep fans satisfied until the wait for The Carter V is over. The album, which he is putting in 12-hour shifts to record, will be released in March.
“I’m working on it every day, man,” said the 32-year-old. “I guarantee it’s going to be something dope. If you don’t want a musician being creative, don’t get The Free Weezy Album.”
Wayne also spoke on his previous comments about retirement. “I’ve thought about it,” he said. “But for a person like me that bleeds, eats, sleeps and s#### music, it’s hard to do.”
Unfortunately, Iggy Azalea has been plagued with Twitter drama throughout her career. Besides the fact that she often uses her 140 characters to respond to critics and haters, the “Goddess” rapper is often sent less than nice tweets that slam her music, her outfits and anything else that trolls feel like attacking her for. The 24-year-old has also clapped back at fellow celebs who have critiqued or ridiculed her including Azealia Banks, Eve, Jill Scott, Q-Tip, Tyler the Creator and many others. Her mentor, T.I recently, said that he wants her to stop responding to the haters by venting on her timeline and his wish is coming true. Iggy has quit Twitter, saying all the negativity she endures is changing her for the worse.
Read her tweets where she bid her farewell to social media below.
Just got back from a great vacation, came online and saw apparently it's shocking and unheard of to be a woman and have cellulite. Lol.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015
I just want to have peace and relaxation time without a perve with long distance lense hiding out taking pictures, everyone deserves peace.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015
I feel the hatred and pettiness i see online at all times is at making me become an angry person and I cannot be that.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015
I feel the hatred and pettiness i see online at all times is at making me become an angry person and I cannot be that.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015
But I also want to let my fans know iam taking some time away from social media. I need to be happy and it is too negative and draining.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015
My management will tweet/run my accounts from today onwards with updates etc unless any message is signed -IA. Love you all. Peace out!
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015
The Internet is the ugliest reflection of man kind there is.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015
Nick Gordon says that the Houston and Brown family have forbade him from seeing Bobbi Kristina as she remains in Atlanta’s Emory University Medical Center on life support, according to reports. Gordon’s lawyer, Randall Kessler, released a statement Wednesday (Feb. 18) saying that he has not visited his girlfriend because her family doesn’t want him to.
“Nick has been trying, privately, to do everything he can to see Bobbi Kristina cooperatively,” Kessler said. “He has respected the family’s wishes and for that reason alone has not returned to the hospital and risked a public confrontation. But he desperately wants to be with the one he loves and continues to hope that his request will be granted.”
The 21-year-old’s family told TMZ that Gordon has not made a single attempt to be by her bedside and that the pictures he took in front of the hospital recently were just for show. Published reports have alleged that Bobby Brown’s family has threatened to put “hands on him” if he showed up.
Gordon is currently being investigated for any involvement in Bobbi Kristina being found unconscious because marks and bruises were found on her body.
There have been reports about the Houston and Brown family taking Bobbi Kristina off of life support but they have yet to confirm anything. She was found face down in her bathtub at her Atlanta condo on Jan. 31st.
For the most part Meek Mill’s baby momma Fahimah Raheem keeps a pretty low profile.
That’s why when she started liking Nicki Minaj’s ex Safaree Samuels Ig posts, there was no way the ish was gonna go unnoticed.
Mill got wind of the ‘innocent’ likes and blasted Raheem in a post of his own:
Word is once Meek saw what was going on he started blowing up Raheem’s phone non-stop. Raheem claims liking the posts was innocent, for the most part I’m really trying to believe her, but COME ON NOW. You know damn well what you were doing.
Raheem clapped back at her baby daddy’s antics in a message of her own:
Is she right? Should it matter whose pics she likes on IG if Mill is content with the baddest in the game? Hmmm….
Thanks to North West, no kids are allowed at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York.
Last week at Kanye West’s adidas show as well as Alexander Wang’s show, North had a temper tantrum while sitting in the front row. As she fussed, cried and screamed other attendees like Beyonce, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, Nicki Minaj and P. Diddy looked noticeably uncomfortable with the one-year-old’s behavior.
The disruption has led to organizers banning children from all New York Fashion Week events. Photographer Kevin Tachman told US Weekly that he started North’s crying spell at Saturday’s (Feb. 14) Alexander Wang show. He has a Monkey Shutter Hugger Toy that is on top of his camera and when North saw it and couldn’t get it she had a fit.
“I brought the monkey to have fun with the models as I primarily shoot backstage and it’s always a good way to make the girls smile, ” he said. “Then I realized as word came that they were coming to sit front row that she may become fixated with it. I took the front row pics and all was fine but ended up shooting the show right across from them. So of course she wanted the toy.”
The newlyweds were also reportedly scolded by Wintour for bringing the child to the Fashion week shows.
As TDE stans patiently wait for Kendrick Lamar’s second album, he is steadily building the momentum. He released the aggressive and socially conscious “The Blacker The Berry” last week and now it has been announced that he will be headlining the 2015 Essence Fest.
The festival, which is set for July, will take place in its annual home of New Orleans, LA. K. Dot will be sharng the headline with Mary J. Blige. Other artists who will be taking the stage at the Superdome include Erykah Badu, India.Arie, Common, Floetry, Kelly Price, Lianne La Havas, Elle Varner, Esperanza Spalding, Raheem DeVaughn, Mali Music, Eric Roberson, Teedra Moses, Avery*Sunshine, Bilal, Goapele, Robert Glasper, Trombone Shorty, Kool Moe Dee, Doug E. Fresh, Mystikal, Slick Rick, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Nico &Vinz, SZA, Dee-1, Tonya Bond Cannon, Leon Bridges, Andra Day, Kindred The Family Soul, Tweet, Jeff Bradshaw and Tank & The Bangas.
This summer, the good kid will also be performing at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in June and the Wireless Festival in London also in July.
Chris Brown and his on-off again lover Karrueche were sitting front row at the Michael Costello runway show this past Tuesday (Feb. 17) for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City. Pictures of them were uploaded to Instagram that showt hem donned in furs, which of course left PETA feeling disgruntled.
The animal rights organization released a statement slamming Breezy that reads:
“There are few things more out of touch than draping yourself in the skins of animals who were beaten, electrocuted, and even skinned alive for their fur. Pink’s New York Fashion Week PETA billboard shows that true beauty comes from kindness — Chris Brown’s furs are just more of the same from him: ugly violence.”
The “Ayo” singer has yet to respond.
New leak off of DJ EFN’s upcoming project “Another Time” available March 3rd. Pre-order now om iTunes.
COALITION QUEEN ELBA EVERLASTING TAKES THE CLUB BY STORM WITH BANGER “WORK” FEAT DA BOI ICE & HEMI.
http://youtu.be/nU-soT_Ddc8
For times when the haters try to throw shade at your dreams, take a page from Roga Raph’s playbook. “Fck Wut They Say,” the first video from his forthcoming free release, Visionary Shift, has the New York rapper dropping knowledge darts over his self-produced, jazzy instrumental. The Ques Williams directed visuals constructs an honest glimpse of Raph as he casually meanders through various downtown whereabouts with his crew, while enjoying every bit of the journey. Visionary Shift is set for a late February release date, so mark your calendars and keep this on repeat.
Afroman, the rap singer known for the 2001 hit “Because I Got High,” has been arrested for punching a female fan that got on stage with him.
As the singer played on stage, the woman eased up on him and began to dance. Afroman then hauled off and cracked her with a roundhouse right hook that stunned the crowd. According to reports the woman was left bleeding and wept openly as the audience booed.
The performance, which took place Tuesday in Biloxi, Mississippi, was promptly cancelled.
Joseph Edgar Foreman, Afroman’s real name, was arrested on assault charges and released on $330 bond.
A rep for Afroman said that the rapper was caught off caught and may have been the woman’s fault for getting on the stage without being a part of the show.
”This was a completely involuntary reflex reaction to people infringing on his stage space,” the rep said in a prepared statement to Billboard. “It was uncharacteristic behavior that was initiated by outside uncontrolled forces.”
In a tweet Afroman said, “It is what it is.”
Everyone that reaches the top falls from grace. It is a part of life that you can only be so good and consistent for so long before you have to wind it down. Jordan playing for the Washington Wizards is not how anyone is going to remember him. Same is to be said for Brett Favre in Minnesota or New York. What makes hip hop so compelling is that it is the closest to a sport that you can have in music. So much is predicated on what an individual can do with words and the breeds a competitiveness that no other genre has. In saying that every rapper lyrically just doesn’t have it anymore, and as of 2015 Lil’ Wayne is on his last leg.
Personally, I have always felt that Lil’ Wayne has been overrated but I also have felt the same about LeBron James. At neither point did I diminish the fact they are very talented individuals and are the upper echelon in what they do. But listening to Lil Wayne seems like punishment opposed to enjoyment. The Carter III was the peak of this man’s popularity and artistic value. That was in 2008. The Carter III had sold a million in a week which was and is unheard of in this current rap climate. He was nominated for album of the year in the Grammy’s, while winning best rap album that same year. Clearly he was on top whether you loved it or not.
Now this isn’t the first editorial piece written about how Lil’ Wayne has fallen off, there are countless articles and threads about it, is almost like this taboo subject that everyone speaks about privately but not publicly. It could be due to that Wayne has positioned himself with a lot of powerful people in hip hop so saying how he has ‘lost it’ could result in not getting on that new DJ Khaled record that is inexplicably going to get way too much rotation at radio. Maybe he is just more likeable too. When Jay-Z started creeping up there in age, bloggers and rappers left and right were coming out saying how done he was and that he needs to give the new guys shine. What I think can be learned here is that it’s not about your age in hip hop but more so mileage.
Sample size is everything. Lil’ Wayne raps…like a lot. While he is only 32 look at how many mixtapes, albums, and features this man has been on.
. Studio Albums
• Tha Block Is Hot (1999)
• Lights Out (2000)
• 500 Degreez (2002)
• Tha Carter (2004)
• Tha Carter II (2005)
• Tha Carter III (2008)
• Rebirth (2010)
• I Am Not a Human Being (2010)
• Tha Carter IV (2011)
• I Am Not a Human Being II (2013)
• Tha Carter V (2015)
• Free Weezy Album (2015)
That does not include the Drought, Squad Up, and Dedication series. The Sorry for the Wait tapes or any other one offs such as No Ceilings. Not to mention the endless guest verses he has put on a remix or just one of his artist projects. Even his most diehard fans will tell you that he isn’t the same. Now the point of drop off goes anywhere from his stint in Riker’s Island to the Dedication 3 up towards the extreme idea he never was that damn good. Wayne’s domination came when rap arguably was at its weakest overall in that 2006-2009 era. Could it be that with the emergence of more versatile and talented artists such as a Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and his own protégée Drake that he is being exposed possibly?
There is only so many times that you can tell us what the “F” in Weezy F. Baby stands for. Your uncanny lust for giving a redbone oral pleasures while flicking a lighter signalling you are about to, how do you say ? ‘Go in’. Lil Wayne will go down as one of the best, where you rank him is always on you but he will get at least an honourable mention by most from this generation. He has always flirted with this notion of retirement and I hope it comes sooner than later. Nostalgia usually works in most people’s favour but it is getting to the point that the bad is becoming as memorable as the good with Lil Wayne. We remember Jordan hitting the buzzer beater against Utah game 6, that is how I’m trying to remember this man’s catalogue but it I think we are getting a clearer picture of why the Carter V maybe being kept in Birdman’s bushes.
Jarvis G (@JarvisG_)
Hatian born and Florida raised emcee Habanero Show comes through with his latest cut, which is appropriately titled for the day, Katy. That “white girl” is in full swing here as he pays tribute to his favorite EDM DJ’s and Pop Star with a double standard on the line, making reference to one of the world’s biggest money makers, with the hopes in one day he gets to meet the singer as well. The DJ Spin hosted track will live on the singer/songwriter’s upcoming project “I Am A Group” which you can look for in the near future. Play this back to back!
https://soundcloud.com/baneromusic/katy
Reel 2 Real Records own Jayryde & Sleep keep it in the family and come together for their new street influenced track, DRUGS. The Iceberg produced cut can be played in the hood, whip, club or anywhere else you can catch the beat to the point it’s almost as addicting as the title suggests.The duo from St. Louis work well together and if this is any indication of what we can expect moving forward, you’re sure to be hearing a lot more from them. Both are releasing new projects where this one will be featured with Jay’s “THE PHENOM 3” and Sleep’s “Don’t Sleep On Sleep Vol. 2” coming sooner than later. Look out for those!
https://soundcloud.com/jayryde/jayryde-x-lil-sleep-da-king-drugs
Houston rapper and T.R.U. member, Short Dawg aka Fresh, sits down with DJ Smallz and explains the drank culture, revealing his first experience with lean, if he’s addicted to it, getting his pet dog involved, health issues surrounding the drug use, and the recent discontinuation of Actavis.
Dipset drops another scorcher for the streets in light of their recent reunion.
Following the release of their 1st leak “Have My Money”, The Diplomats let go of their new single, “Do Something”. The radio rip of the record’s Funk Flex premier hit the internets last night, but now Dipset blesses us with the tagless, CDQ version of the single. Production handled by Remo The Hit Maker.
KAE Hock drops some verses over a souled out sampled beat rapping about staying true and not selling out. Touched up with some hook work, this song didn’t even make KAE Hock’s album so there’s a good chance his album has some real gems on it. Peep this here!