(AllHipHop News) Throughout Nicki Minaj’s career the Queens native has been associated with Big Fendi’s Dirty Money, Gucci Mane’s Brick Squad, and Lil Wayne’s Young Money, but there were also rumors that she was close to being part of 50 Cent’s G-Unit.
G-Unit members Lloyd Banks and Young Buck discussed the “Anaconda” performer almost joining the label during an interview with Jenny Boom Boom. The crew were asked if it was true that the Unit was not interested in signing Nicki.
“Nah, if anything, it never would have came from me,” said Banks about Minaj being passed over.
“I know I definitely wouldn’t have said that,” added Buck.
Jenny then mentioned that Nicki supposedly auditioned for 50 at one point. Neither rapper confirmed that was true, but Buck and Banks did respond to the speculation.
“I don’t remember that,” claimed Banks.
“If that did happen, and I wasn’t there then I feel like, ‘Yo Fif. Come on bruh. You at least could have let me be there,'” Buck stated.
Jay Pharaoh is one of the funniest men on the planet, but a cushy gig on Saturday Night Live simply isn’t enough for the Virginia native. Jay decides he wants to bust a rhyme and put out an EP to prove he can rap with the big boys. Guess what? he can. Now in his mid-20’s, Jay has been rapping since he was 13, when he started sharpening his blade in the battle rap circuit. Last month, Jay released The Resurrection EP to critical acclaim with a splash of hate from those unaccustomed to a funny man spitting serious bars. Chuck Creekmur, AllHipHop’s CEO, chatted with Jay Pharoh and got his take on all of it, including what Nicki Minaj really should have done with “Anaconda.”
AllHipHop: How would you describe your current form of Hip-Hop?
Jay Pharaoh: I definitely would say I’m absorbing a lot of Ludacris, J. Cole, Kendrick…I would say that I’m like all of those into one…a little Kanye too. Its like everything together in a different style. Sometimes its kamikaze. I can spit fast. Sometimes, I slow it down. I can relax on the track. Sometimes I can be aggressive. Its like a pot of gumbo that I don’t think Hip-Hop has seen in a minute.
We heard the music and I was impressed. I was actually a little surprised.
You hear that? Chuck said he’s impressed.
[Rubbing chin] It was like one of those moments where you’re like, “Hmmm…ok…hmmm.”
[Jay Laughs]
You thought it was going to be all jokes. I got bars, man.
You have bars but you also have a lot of variety too. The ones I really like are like, “Yo…he’s spitting.” And then there are the ones for the ladies we’ll be hearing 8 times an hour.
Its all about women. F**k the guys. We want what the women want. They like Drake and you don’t like Drake? Guess what? Yo’ a** is going to the concert. Its a woman’s world. I know James Brown said its a man’s world, but…
Well they drive the sales…
Well they do! look at that Nicki Minaj “Anaconda” video! It was like “Oh my God…look at her butt.” We couldn’t help but look at her butt. That’s all that the video had in it. It was full of butts!
Buttfest!
Buttfest. They should’ve called it “My A**.” That would have been perfect.
Check out Jay Pharaoh talk about how the chiefs at Saturday Night Live feel about his rap project, how he recorded it and worked at the same time. Oh…he busts a freestyle off the time of the dome too. Check it!
(AllHipHop News) T.I.’s protege Glenn ‘Doe B’ Thomas was killed last year, and the 22-year-old rapper was laid to rest in Montgomery, Alabama. According to reports, Doe’s grave was recently disturbed by unknown suspects.
It was discovered that someone began digging up Doe’s plot at the Greenwood-Serenity Cemetery. The perpetrators got about a foot and half into the grave before stopping.
Cemetery workers found a shovel sticking upright out of the ground Monday morning. Police believe someone got through a fence the night before.
“It’s crazy. I mean I can’t understand it. I mean what are they looking for? He’s dead,” said Doe’s mother Shirley Thomas.
Ms. Thomas explained her son was not buried with any valuables on him. She added she doesn’t know who might have desecrated her son’s grave.
“I think they were trying to make a statement,” said Thomas.
Doe B was shot on December 28, 2013 at a club in Montgomery. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Two other people were killed from the shooting. Jason McWilliams and Darius Thomas were charged with three counts of capital murder as a result of the incident.
Doe was a member of Atlanta rapper T.I.’s Hustle Gang crew. He released several mixtapes and appeared on Hustle Gang’s G.D.O.D. (Get Dough or Die) project.
(AllHipHop News) The Wu-Tang Clan’s reunion album A Better Tomorrow now has a release date. Speaking with Billboard, RZA revealed the project will be out in time for the holiday season.
“The full-length album should be available by Black Friday,” said RZA. “It’s a record to me that merges the way music was made in the classic essence, in an analog way. As well as merging what’s going down the digital way.”
The Wu will also be presenting the project in innovative packaging. Only 3000 limited edition portable speakers by Boombotix will be made available. It will come loaded with the full album and an additional 8 bonus tracks.
“This thing here, a tangible item, like your old Walkman or your old cassette, or your old record, that’s what this is bringing back,” explained RZA. “As far as this company Boombotix, there’s a few people reaching out to us: ‘Put your Wu logo on this.’ But something about this company resonated. I think the ruggedness.”
(AllHipHop News) Red Bull BC One is providing fans of B-Boying the chance to play a retro, 8-bit game centered around the culture. The interactive BC One Battle for Paris is now available on smartphone, tablet or PC at www.redbullbcone.com/battleforparis.
The Red Bull BC One World Final will take place in Paris on November 29th. The 16 B-Boys selected to compete in the final will be integrated into the game.
Earlier today Troy Ave decide to remix ILOVEMAKONNEN’S “Tuesday” single. After the release hit the nets, ILOVEMAKONNEN took to Twitter to give his thoughts on it and wasn’t to pleased. Troy Ave then felt some type of way and responded back. No chill zone.
California singer and actress Alycia Bellamy aka Lyssi debuts a new song “F*ck Boy” featuring West Coast rapper E-40. The Jeremy Jay-J produced track is available on iTunes now.
“It’s just a fun record. I know girls can relate because f### boys are everywhere and I feel they have to chill,” says Lyssi. “I’m just trying to bring some awareness, haha.”
Having already claimed more than 3,000 people throughout West Africa, including a handful of American physicians and volunteers lending their services overseas, the Ebola Virus continues to rage across the region. Today the CDC (Centers for Control and Disease Prevention) held a press conference to announce a patient held at a Dallas hospital has tested positive for the disease, making it the first documented case in the United States.
Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital advised that the unidentified patient was “admitted based on symptoms and recent travel history” following a recent trip overseas.
Like the two Americans who were recently transported back to the states and successfully treated at Emory University Hospital, this patient seems to have been exposed to the virus in Liberia as well.
Many believe that the U.S. is better equipped to deal with such an outbreak, as many of the affected areas were hit hard due to a shortage of healthcare workers and medical resources.
Said Director of Dallas County Health & Human Services Zachary Thompson, “This is not Africa. We have a great infrastructure to deal with an outbreak.”
At this time there are no other suspected cases in Texas.
Somebody hit me on the mobile device. And they told me that there have been a number of attempts to rob Rich Homie Quan’s dad’s barbershop. The last robbery (attempt) resulted in Corey Lamar getting shot 4 times. This is the crazy thing…I hear Rich Homie’s dad is really, really cool and is a great dude in the community. The other side of it is that he’s also given RHQ a solid foundation for being the artist that he is right now. There is this rumor that the repeated shots at the barbershop are the result of some Rich Homie related beef. I don’t have much more to add other than GET BETTER SOON, BRO LAMAR!
Rocko & TM88 (of 808 Mafia) come together to form Carte Blanche. Check out their latest release “Chill” featuring Yakki Divioshi. This will appear on TM88’s project Bartsquiat Masterpiece.
Guilty Simpson & Oh No collab for “The Simpson Tape” with 5 new tracks all produced by Oh No. Check out 1 of the 5 tracks titled “Rap Stampede” and cop the cassette/digital only release here.
This mess just keeps getting more and more complex.
Peter Rosenberg from Hot 97 claims Amber Rose caught Wiz with not one, but TWO women in bed with him (a set of identical twins by the way, who had pics with Wiz on their joint IG account which has since been deleted).
Rosenberg says that he and his wife are good friends with Rose, and admits that the couple had problems but had no knowledge of the marriage being over. He also defends Rose and says she was never cheating.
(AllHipHop News) Online Hip Hop fans had been debating for months whether underground emcee Your Old Droog was actually rap legend Nas in disguised. Droog released a self-tiled EP in June, and while reports have concluded that he is not Nasir Jones, the rumor still lives on via Hip Hop forums and social media.
Nas was asked about the Droog speculation during an interview with MTV. The Queens representative claims he has not been following the stories of him secretly dropping a project under a different name.
“What do you mean a secret Nas album?” asked Esco. “I have no idea what you’re talking about… I don’t even know what [a secret EP] means. I don’t want a secret EP. I want you to know it’s me when I drop.”
Are the police shooting their own to justify more force and munitions down there in Ferguson? So, according to reports, a pair of cops have been shot in Ferguson in the last couple of weeks. Now, we know that protesters have been largely peaceful down there with the “hands up, don’t shoot” campaign. BUT, they also had to watch the cops allow somebody to burn a memorial for Mike Brown. Why would they do something like that for a slain youth? And then there was the assertion that the police have been needlessly trying to harass youth down there. Its still very hot! That said, I don’t know fully if this is true, which is why it is a rumor. But here is the food for thought, as told to me. The cops in the 70’s used to set up the Black Panthers in similar ways. They would shoot a rookie or another cop and blame it on groups that were causing “trouble.” They do it to drum up sympathy for their plight when they are losing, as they are with the Mike Brown case. That boy was murdered in cold blood and everybody knows it. These are off duty cops…cops are the only ones that really knows that BS. The cops need to be re-charged and need to shift the Mike Brown narrative. The details of the case are very vague and sketchy. Also, the cops names have not been released last time I checked. I don’t put anything past anybody. This is revolution in progress and I think they will do anything to stop it.
Even though he’s on tour right now, Troy Ave still makes time to get in the booth and lay some bars and he does just that over ILoveMakonnen’s single “Tuesday“.
Fashawn calls on Dom Kennedy for the first offering off his upcoming debut album “The Ecology“, dropping sometime next year. The single is titled “Golden State Of Mind” and is produced by Exile. Definitely something to play while cruising the streets late night with the windows down.
(AllHipHop News) The non-profit organization Beats Rhymes And Life (BRL) is teaming with the Oakland Public Library and Oakland Parks and Recreation Department to offer its Hip Hop Therapy initiative to the California city.
Youth between the ages of 12-19 will participate in the 20-week-long workshops that seek to increase literacy and vocabulary, creative and critical thinking skills, positive coping strategies, and self-esteem. Mental health clinicians, teaching artists, and peer mentors engage the participants through a therapeutic program rooted in Hip Hop. The young people will also get to record a collaborative album and perform at a showcase.
BRL was founded by social worker Tomás Alvarez III and Hip Hop artist/youth advocate Rob Jackson. The organization has also operated Hip Hop Therapy programs in San Francisco and the South Bronx. Approximately 70 youth per year are served through BRL’s Therapeutic Activity Groups.
In 2004 after piloting a ‘Hip Hop Therapy’ program at a public high school, I witnessed the immediate impact it had on its youth participants, many of whom were chronically truant from school and at-risk for dropping out. 100% of the youth that participated completed the Hip Hop Therapy program, and shortly after we saw an increase in their grades and attendance. They also reported that Hip Hop Therapy changed how they felt about therapy and mental health in general. Others started clamoring to sign up. At that point I realized I had something special.
The 2009 independent film A Lovely Day followed the lives of Oakland teens that participated in BRL’s program. For more information about Beats Rhymes And Life visit brl-inc.org. To sign-up for BRL’s fall program in Oakland click here.
Reports have been flying about that Amber Rose caught Wiz in bed with another woman, and of course the streets don’t keep quiet for too long.
Bossip is reporting that this woman, video model Taylor Hall is the one caught creepin’ with Rose’s hubby.
Wiz may be claiming he’s single but the papers don’t lie. Sounds like homegirl couldn’t wait for the chance to get with the rapper even though he’s still married. SMH.
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