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…
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.
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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.
Divine Styler is a rapper. Divine Styler is also a Muslim. An art form such as Hip-Hop not only pushes the boundaries of society, it also pushes one's personal beliefs. I asked the MC how much of his faith play a role in his art? Are the two usually in sync or does he find himself running into personal contradictions?
The final part of my interview with Divine Styler will be up soon. Meanwhile check out part 1 of the interview here thelibrarywithtimeinenkel.libsyn.com/the-li…part-1
#muslim #religion #faith #hip-hop #rap #art #Islam
Divine Styler is a rapper. Divine Styler is also a Muslim. An art form such as Hip-Hop not only pushes the boundaries of society, it also pushes one's personal beliefs. I asked the MC how much of his faith play a role in his art? Are the two usually in sync or does he find himself running into personal contradictions?
The final part of my interview with Divine Styler will be up soon. Meanwhile check out part 1 of the interview here thelibrarywithtimeinenkel.libsyn.com/the-li…part-1
#muslim #religion #faith #hip-hop #rap #art #Islam
Divine Styler is a rapper. Divine Styler is also a Muslim. An art form such as Hip-Hop not only pushes the boundaries of society, it also pushes one's personal beliefs. I asked the MC how much of his faith play a role in his art? Are the two usually in sync or does he find himself running into personal contradictions?
The final part of my interview with Divine Styler will be up soon. Meanwhile check out part 1 of the interview here thelibrarywithtimeinenkel.libsyn.com/the-li…part-1
#muslim #religion #faith #hip-hop #rap #art #Islam
When artists visit Uncle Snoop on his web series GGN, a puff-puff-pass session quickly ensues as they spark a convo. Jhene Aiko’s sit down went a bit differently. The room was kush-less as the LA songstress filled Snoop in on how she got started in the music business, her writing style and being a single mom in the music industry.
Peep the interview below.
How did a Georgia native end up on a crew based out of LA? What made him dedicate an album to a fallen soldier? What happens if Pharrell calls? Has he ever done a b####### feature? AllHipHop’s MrMecc asked the questions and Funk Volume’s Jarren Benton had the answers.
Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill have fans in a frenzy over the #Omeeka craze. The twosome hosted events together during All Star Weekend in New York City and are slated to make appearances together during CIAA weekend in Charlotte, NC. Now, the Young Money rapstress has added her alleged bae to her Pinkprint Tour.
In an Instagram post that thanked choreographer LaurieAnn Gibson and Vogue Italia fashion editor Rushka Bergman for being her ride-or-dies in such a dog-eat-dog business, the “Only” rapper revealed that Meek will be joining her on the American dates of her tour.
“#ThePinkprintTOUR comes to America this summer with @meekmill and MORE! Can’t wait to unveil the rest of the line up! Loveeeee,” she said on IG.
The dates that Meek Mill will be joining her on have not been revealed yet.
Compton rapper AD is back with a new record “I Go In” featuring R&B star Eric Bellinger off his forthcoming project “Blue 89” hosted by Adrian Swish set to release on April 13th.
Los Angeles based Hip Hop artist Rene Brown releases the 3rd installment to her “Who’s Checkin’ Wednesday” music series. “Tell Me” is produced by Dunk Rock.
Yelawolf is dropping his sophomore effort, Love Story, on April 21st. With Eminem as the executive producer and Malay and WLPWR as the main beatsmiths for the album, the Alabama native said this album was “more passionate” than his 2011 debut, Radioactive.
“I’m telling the truth about a lot of things,” Yelawolf’s said in describing the new album. “I try to be as honest as I can with everything I do.”
The “Till It’s Gone” rapper has already released three tracks from Love Story, “Honey Brown,” “Box Chevy V” and “Down.”
Yelawolf has been keeping busy in between albums though. He stepped outside of hip-hop and released two joint EPs with unexpected collaborators. One with Ed Sheeran The Slumdon Bridge and 2012 and Psycho White with Travis Barker. In 2013, he dropped two mixtapes, Black Fall and Trunk Muzik Returns.
(AllHipHop News) Video of Shot 97 host Troi “Star” Torain’s attempted interview with Bobby Brown’s nephew Shayne Brown has made its way around the Internet. The phone conversation became news, because Star and Brown got into a very heated exchange over questions about Shayne’s cousin Bobbi Kristina Brown.
According to Shayne, he was scheduled to appear on Star’s show to talk about rumors surrounding turmoil within his family. Brown says it was agreed upon that there would not be any questions concerning Bobbi Kristina’s medical condition.
Star proceeded to ask about Bobbi Kristina anyway, and Shayne refused to address it. Star then told Shayne to “f**k off.”
The veteran radio personality also relayed to Shayne, “And f**k your b***h ass uncle. I never gave a f**k about him.” Shayne reacted by telling Star, “Me and you will cross paths, and when we do, we’ll handle it then… I will see you.”
In an interview with AllHipHop.com, Shayne Brown addresses his over-the-phone confrontation. Brown makes it clear he is not settling the issue until he sees Star in person.
“His first question was about Krissi and life support. I’m like, ‘We already went through this. I’m not going to discuss nothing with you about Krissi’s condition.’ When you did that you disrespected me, because we already discussed what we’re going to talk about,” says Shayne. “After me telling him, ‘I’m not talking about that,’ he went off with the phone gangster rants. I’m not going to be on the phone talking no gangster s**t back-and-forth. That’s corny n***a s**t to me.”
When asked if the matter could be settled without it becoming physical, Shayne reiterated he is not open to talking it out with Star.
“I didn’t come at him talking crazy at all. He popped off, talking crazy to me. But man-to-man, when I see him I will smack the s**t out of him for that. That’s my true feelings,” Shayne added. “There’s no more talking. Once you say ‘f**k my family,’ going off, and making accusations about me and my mother – people that you don’t even know – there’s no more talking. The talking is done.”
Shayne also tells AllHipHop.com his decision not to speak about Bobbi Kistina’s medical condition is out of respect for his uncle Bobby’s wishes.
“I never spoke on Krissi’s condition, just out of respect for my uncle. At this time, he just wants his privacy on that, so I never spoke on her condition. Anything I ever spoke on was concerning myself,” says Shayne.
Read Shayne Brown’s full interview here.
New artist out of BK/Philly, Kuf Knotz, releases new single “Get Free” featuring singer Brian Dale Allen Strouse from his forthcoming album “A Positive Light”.
Problem releases new mixtape OT: Outta Town hosted by DJ Holiday. The mixtape features TI, Young Thug, Future, Rich Homie Quan, Jermaine Dupri, 2Chainz, August Alsina and many more. Be on the look out for the Diamond Lane America official album set to release this Spring. Stream “OT: Outta Town” below.