All the way out of Long Island, NY, the hip-hop group Team Fire is storming the industry. Formed in 2006, this rap family is more like a band of brothers. “We are family” says member Just Schultz, 1 of the 10 members who make up this pioneering group.
“Shout” is the first single off the long awaited, self-titled Team Fire mixtape featuring members Grime-E and Just Schultz. S/O Bizkit for passing this one along…
Jermaine Dupri has been a mogul in hip-hop for over 20 years and now he is sharing his knowledge with aspiring entrepreneurs. The So So Def CEO is visiting the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Technical University on Mar. 26th to give a lecture to their students, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports.
The Atlanta native launched So So Def in the early 90’s with acts like Kriss Kross and Da Brat at the forefront. Besides establishing his signature sound as a highly sought producer, he has also penned songs for Usher, Monica and Mariah Carey. He’s also worked with TLC, Jay Z, Ludacris, Nelly and let’s not forget his role in Bow Wow’s career.
Cory Levy, who is the co-founder and chief operating officer of the mobile app ONE, adviser to about.me and founder of Internapalooza,will also be giving a lecture to the students.
The second coming of A$AP Rocky is approaching and he’s dishing the details on his upcoming project, titled A.L.L.A. In a recent interview, he revealed the meaning behind the title.
“I’m claiming ownership of my legacy,” the Harlemnite told GQ. “Look at it: At.Long.Last.A$AP. A-L-L-A. Like slang for ‘Allah.’ It’s the return of the god MC.”
[ALSO READ: ASAP Rocky Previews A Verse From Upcoming Album ‘A.L.L.A’ (VIDEO)]
The 26-year-old said he drew inspiration for the album title from his government name.
“I’m named after Rakim, and I’m finally facing what it means: I was born to do this s###,” he said. “And I hope I get to do it for a very long time.”
A.L.L.A does not have a set date but Rocky is planning for a summer release. Juicy J and the late A$AP Yams executive produced the album, which Rocky says is done.
Taraji P. Henson has been vocal about her son being racially profiled while visiting the University of Southern California’s campus and now a school representative is speaking out.
Executive director of USC’s Department of Public Safety John Thomas issued a statement addressing the incident, saying that he would like the matter to be investigated and still meet with the actress and her son.
I was deeply disturbed to read news reports about a prospective student who felt profiled on or near campus because of his race. We encourage reporting of allegations of bias and I hope for the opportunity to have a conversation with the young man and his mother.
I would like to look into this matter further and better understand who was involved and what took place. As someone who personally experienced racial profiling as a teenager, I have a stake in learning more about this incident and doing all I can to reach a just resolution.
It is not clear to me which police departments were involved. Any allegation of bias or unequal treatment by university officers would trigger an investigation that I would supervise along with the university’s Office of Equity and Diversity. It is my expectation and that of the university that our department uphold the highest standards of constitutional policing, affording equal rights and respect to all persons.
In an interview with Uptown Magazine, the Empire star said her 20-year-old son, Marcel, was profiled by police when he visited the campus.
“My child has been racially profiled,” said the D.C native. “He was in Glendale, California and did exactly everything the cops told him to do, including letting them illegally search his car. It was bogus because they didn’t give him the ticket for what he was pulled over for. Then he’s at University of Southern California, the school that I was going to transfer him to, when police stopped him for having his hands in his pockets.”
Because of this issue, Henson says her son will attend Howard University, where she also attended.
“I’m not paying $50,000 so I can’t sleep at night wondering is this the night my son is getting racially profiled on campus.”
Drake nearly broke the internet when he dropped his surprise mixtape If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late last month. Its short notice made no difference, as it gained 6.8 million streams in one day on Spotify and reportedly has sold over 774,000 digital copies so far. Now the digital release will be issued in CD form to retailers Apr. 21st according to HDD.
The almost platinum project will be have two extra tracks, “How’Bout Now” and a new track called “My Side.”
[ALSO READ: Drake’s Entire Album Is On Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart]
Top Dawg Entertainment’s Kendrick Lamar is expected to top the charts again next week with his To Pimp a Butterfly.
Based on one day predictions, the Compton excess will push about 100,000 more copies of the opus that some have already regarded as as classic.
Other rappers that should fare well on the charts included Action Bronson and Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt.
Hits Daily Double expects Action Bronson of Atlantic Records is slated to move upwards of 40,000 (40-45k SPS/35-40k albums) with Earl Sweatshirt moving 30,000 35,000, including album streams.
Rampage is back with a new single titled “Gimmie The Night”, sampling George Benson’s #1 hit “Give Me The Night” produced by Felony Muzik. Rampage’s new project “Remington Steele” drops April 1st. Stream below.
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It’s all Cali everything on “Shuv It,” as brothers Kurupt and Scoe unite for a new track from producer J.Wells forthcoming “Inebriated” album which will drop this summer and will include features from Ray J, Kurupt, Ne-Yo, Big Gipp, Tyrese, Slim Calhoun, Nipsey Hussle and others.
The leader of the New School Kendrick Lamar performs his new hit I love myself!
With “Madi Gras 2” dropping tomorrow, Juvenile drops another track titled “Thats On Everything”. Stream below.
Chicago native Vell aims for the crown with his new single ‘Small Thing To A Giant”. The visuals show Vell taking emcees to task in a post industrial backdrop with the adssitance of guest emcee Dialo Askia and his DJ. “Giant” is the first release from Vell’s forthcoming “Ambush” arriving this spring.
Clavin calls the shots on “Taste”, the explosive first single from his forthcoming project “Between Heaven & Hell”. Catch appearances from Save Money’s Joey Purp and ATLien GoDreamer as they assist Clavin in declaring the finer things in life.
T-Pain isnt slowing down with the leaks, this time he teams with HS87’s Audio Push for “Sun Goes Down”. “The Iron Way” drops this Friday March 27th.
Chinx is back with the official remix of “Dope House” featuring Jadakiss with French Montana adding a verse. Produced by Velous. Download Chinx latest project “Cocaine Riot 5” here. Stream “Dope House (Remix)” below.
http://www.audiomack.com/song/vicarious-music/dope-house-yaymix
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Have Iggy Azalea and her legal team reached such a breaking point that they are sinking to some low tactics? There have been rumors of lynch mob tactics floating around Houston alleging that Azalea has people obtaining personal information and attacking Hefe Wine (her common law husband). Hefe Wine recently filed for divorce from Azalea. Azalea was caught in lie after lie after talks of a sex tape surfacing around with her and Wine whom she claimed she didn’t even know. She later had to admit she once dated him, and later revealed they actually lived together for a couple years in Houston and in Atlanta. Emails from Iggy Azalea to Hefe Wine also surfaced.
Iggy Azalea allegedly made the following statement to Hefe Wine via past emails:
“I would sue you if you ever told anyone all the things I’m saying to you – I’m white I can do things like that you know.”
Iggy’s ex-husband is also allegedly making a song about her and they are involved in a big legal dispute about copyright infringement since he’s tried to release songs they did together on their joint label. Allegedly Azalea’s legal team attempted to serve Hefe Wine with legal papers requesting he remove music from iTunes which he wrote and produced for Azalea while they were in a relationship in Texas that lasted so long they were acknowledged by Texas laws as husband and wife. Since Wine filed for divorce, there have been some strange occurrences. Allegedly Wine has been in fear of his life.
Freddie Roach says “Mayweather got his ass kicked in sparring” & “Pacquiao knocked him down on mitts!”
Ronda Rousey speaks on fighting, and who will win the most anticipated fight of the decade Mayweather or Pacquiao.
Brooklyn femcee Sonja Blade introduces her artist Ferrari Tanna’s new single titled “Knock Em Off” which features O.V.O.G & Rich Jit, this new release is produced by 30 Roc.
