Check out Problem new music “Hennessy” produced by Problem with additional production from League of Starz and Mars. The track is from Problem’s new mixtape OT hosted by DJ Holiday. The mixtape is available tomorrow, Tuesday, February 24th at 3:54PM EST.
It looks like MSNBC is going through a total overhaul and the shows that are of the more liberal variety are on the chopping block. A recent article called “The Fall of MSNBC” outlined all the changes apparently to come.
Also removed from the airwaves was insipid afternoon host Joy Ann Reid, whose particular brand of racially charged progressive orthodoxy apparently appealed to few more viewers than did Farrow. If the Daily Beast is to be believed, this will not be the end of the shake. In addition, the Beast’s Lloyd Grove suggests, Al Sharpton “could eventually be moved from his weeknight 6 p.m. gig” and placed in a weekend graveyard slot, and Chris Hayes may be replaced by Rachel Maddow — who, in turn, would be dislodged by new talent. Thus, Politico’s Dylan Byers proposes, does MSNBC hope to “stem its cataclysmic ratings declines and waning relevance.”
At press time, Melissa Harris-Perry’s weekend show was not mentioned. Hopefully, they maintain a voice of the people.
Raekwon drops his new single off his upcoming album Fly International Luxurious Art LP will be released April 28, via an announcement on his twitter today. This scorching hot banger features French Montana and Busta Rhymes.
Raekwon has had a busy year. Last month he announced the release of The Purple Tape Files documentary. Now, a new single and album on the way, it’s gonna be a big year for Raekwon.
With Tyga and Chris Brown album’s Fan of a Fan: The Album on its way and Jay Z and Beyonce reportedly working on a collaborative effort, joint albums are seemingly becoming a thing. The Game has two in the works. He told MTV last year that he had recorded a slew of songs with UK crooner Ed Sheeran and now he’s hopping in the studio with Jim Jones.
The Game and Jim Jones have decided to collaborate and turn their 2004 hit “Certified Gangstas” into a joint album. Jones took to his Instagram and posted a pic of him the left coast spitter with the caption, “2 of America’s most wanted at th[e] same time in th[e] same place #CertifiedGansters #TheAlbum comin soon #eastVsWest connects again wait for it.”
Ever since Columbus Short had to bow out from Shonda Rimes’ Scandal series, he’s been keeping quiet to recover from his reported substance and has even been recording music. According to E! News, The former gladiator is ready to take on the small screen again and has been snagged for TV One’s Fear Files horror movie franchise.
Short will be playing a councilman named Harvey Jordan who wants to build a football stadium in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but the residents of the community are against it. When the main opposing resident to the stadium dies in a fire, all fingers point to Jordan as residents wonder if he plotted the murder himself. As the plot thickens, Jordan tries to enamor a local reporter, played by Erica Hubbard, in efforts to dodge the negative media attention.
“Buoyed by the positive viewer and social media response to the inaugural airing, we are pleased to be able to deliver another installment of this compelling and entertaining series,” Cathy Hughes, Radio One founder and chairperson, said in a statement. “Delving deeper in to the horror genre helps fulfill TV One’s mission of super-serving the Black audience with a wide variety of programming genres to reflect the diversity of content Black viewers crave.”
Tune in to TV One on Mar. 13th at 8 p.m to watch Fear and the rest of the Fear Files trilogy.
(AllHipHop News) On February 16, Rick Ross arrived in a rainy Atlanta, Georgia to make a major announcement. The head of Maybach Music Group revealed he is partnering with local businesswoman Dina Marto to launch the new platform Artists First.
Not only are Ross and Marto joining forces for their talent-based venture, the “War Ready” rapper and the former Island Def Jam executive are set to start an artist search for the next MMG star as well. Ross’ imprint is also setting up shop at Marto’s Twelve Studios, giving Maybach Music direct access to the buzzing ATL Hip Hop scene.
AllHipHop.com was on hand for the private event at Twelve. Rick Ross and Dina Marto sat down for an interview to discuss Artists First and Atlanta’s influence on the culture.
Stacey Dash has been slammed for her views on topics like rape and political matters, but this time she may get some brownie points. Last week on HuffPost Live, former talk show host and Celebrity Apprentice competitor Geraldo Rivera said that “hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years.” Dash totally disagrees.
On FOX’s The Five, the Clueless actress responded to Rivera’s comments and pointed out the positive affect of hip-hop culture while mentioning her cousin, Damon Dash.
“I love Geraldo, but I disagree. Coming from a Hip Hop family—my cousin is Damon Dash, and he started Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay Z—I know that this is a way for men to legitimize their lives. It sells, and it makes money, and it’s capitalist.”
DJ Hustle interviews Steve Raze & Chuck Creekmur of AllHipHop on the red carpet (Private Plane Experience) Post Grammy Party in Hollywood CA. In attendance, Grammy nominee Antonique Smith, 5 time Grammy winner/15 time Nominee Malik Yusef, Keith Washington the R& B Crooner and the list goes on. AllHipHop has jump to Los Angeles and DJ Hustle is the Official DJ & west coast Rep for AllHipHop. Malik Yusef took on the task of executive producing the Hip Hop Caucus compilation album Home (Heal Our Mother Earth). The project is centered around bringing awareness to climate change. Home features appearances by Yusef, Common, Ne-Yo, Elle Varner, Raheem DeVaughn, and more.
During All Star Weekend in NYC we spoke with Marc J Jefferies, aka Lil C’s of the Notorius movie. He talked about his upcoming role and what to expect from season 2 of “Power” on STARZ, as well as working with a “grown” Keke Palmer and Romeo Miller in their new movie, “Brotherly Love”.
When Chris Brown isn’t crooning, he’s Konfuzed, the graffiti artist.
At Fine Art Auctions Miami’s Urban Art Week, Breezy, alongside street artist KAI, painted seven works on-site over the course of three days. The duo even gave a vintage Porsche the graffiti treatment when they decked the hood out with some spray paint doodles. Two of Brown’s pieces sold for $25,000 each and another sold for almost $12,000.
Half of the sales will be donated to the Arts and Business Council of Miami.
See some of Konfuzed (Chris Brown) and KAI’s work below.
Have you ever looked around music and wondered who stole the soul? Hip-Hop has been flourishing with dope features and releases but in a world where one group is trying to look (and sound) like the other, it’s getting harder and harder to tell the rappers from the singers. With so crooners kicking trap raps and MC’s singing off key, it’s enough to make you wonder out loud where did the love go? Well if you’re looking for it, check no further than Raheem DeVaughn’s latest offering Love Sex Passion. In between promotional duties, the brotha known as Radio Raheem sat with AHH’s MrMecc to talk release dates, bonus tracks and the need for baby-making music in 2015.
J. Cole recently announced that he was hitting the road for his 20-date “Forest Hills Drive Tour” in March to visit cities “that never get no love” with his Dreamville brethrens Bas, Cozz and Omen. The Born Sinner has now added an European leg to his road trip and is taking Pusha T and Jhene Aiko along for the ride.
For this overseas trek, which he deemed “Act 2: The Journey,” Hollywood Cole kicks it off in Switzerland and then continues through Germany, Norway, Sweden, Holland, France, Belgium and then has the finale in the United Kingdom.
The “Fire Squad” rapper has also added additional dates for the stateside shows in what he calls “Act 3: Hollywood” featuring Big Sean and YG.
See all the dates below.
Act 2: The Journey
Act 3: Hollywood
July 12 – Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheatre
July 14 – San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 17 – San Diego, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 19 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
July 21 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
July 24 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 25 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre**
July 26 – Indianapolis, IN – Klipsch Music Center
July 28 – Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 30 – Pittsburgh, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
July 31 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
Aug. 3 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 4 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Aug. 6 – Boston, MA – Xfinity Center
Aug. 7 – Montreal, BC – Bell Center
Aug. 8 – Hartford, CT – Xfinity Theatre
Aug. 9 – Washington, DC – Jiffy Lube Live
Aug. 11 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend
Aug. 12 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Aug. 13 – Virginia Beach, VA – Farm Bureau Live
Aug. 15 – Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheatre
Aug. 16 – Tampa, FL – MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug. 18 – West Palm Beach, FL – Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Aug. 21 – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug. 22 – Austin, TX – Austin360 Amphitheater
Aug. 23 – Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavilion
Aug. 25 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Aug. 29 – Fayetteville, NC – Crown Colliseum
Toronto, ON – TBA
Ever since Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown was taken to an Atlanta area hospital late last month, news outlets have given conflicting accounts surrounding the 21-year-old’s condition. The media has also continuously reported strife within Bobbi Kristina’s family.
Bobby Brown’s nephew, Shayne Brown, is one of the few family members that has spoken on the record, mostly thanking the concerned public for the well wishes directed towards his cousin. Shayne also found himself in the headlines when TMZ claimed he got into a physical altercation with his mother Tina Brown.
Shayne then recently appeared as a phone guest on Troi “Star” Torain’s YouTube show. The exchange between the Shot 97 personality and Brown got combative when Star asked if Bobbi Kristina was still on life support.
According to Shayne, it was agreed that topic would not be addressed during the interview, and the conversation eventually led to Star telling Shayne to “f**k off” and “f**k your b***h ass uncle.” Shayne responded by warning the host, “Me and you will cross paths, and when we do, we’ll handle it then… I will see you.”
AllHipHop.com connected with Shayne Brown to address his argument with Star, rumors of tension among Bobbi Kristina’s kin, and the media’s portrayal of his family.
Can you explain why you’ve decided not to speak publicly about Bobbi Kristina’s condition?
Any interview I did, 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.
But what I can tell the people is that she’s getting better, prayers are working, and continue to pray. I just never spoke on Krissi’s condition out of respect for my uncle. That’s just not my place to do so.
How are you, your uncle, and the rest of the family holding up?
Everybody’s good. Everybody’s in good spirits. We’re coming together. Everybody just wants to see Krissi get better. Everybody’s doing well.
There were reports saying that a fight took place between you and your mother. Can you talk about what happened with that situation?
The situation involved me and my mother, Tina Brown. Basically, the media is going to take what they want and make it seem what they want it to be to the people.
At the end of the day, we had a get together for Uncle Bobby’s birthday. There was a family friend from the past who showed up who wasn’t supposed to be there. Some words were exchanged. My mother got frustrated and threw a glass.
I just so happened to walk in the direction the glass was thrown and got hit. Never did she deliberately mean to hit me with the glass, but that’s just the way it happened. So I ended up going to the hospital and got a few stitches.
The next morning I wake up, and it’s on TMZ and every other media outlet you can think of. Since then it’s just been a hectic ride, but it was really just blown out of proportion.
Bobbi Kristina Brown + Bobby Brown
Just to clear up the rumors, there were reports that you hit her and she purposely hit you. So that’s not true?
They’re trying to say that she spit on me, she hit me with a glass, and I hit her. These are false reports. I don’t know where they’re getting it from or who they’re getting it from. At a time when we should be together, worrying about Krissi, the media tries to make it seem like we’re fighting and arguing. That ain’t the case at all.
What’s the current relationship between the Brown family and the Houston family? There have been reports there are issues.
It’s all love on my end with all the Houstons. We all came together for Krissi. Any differences that anybody had between the Brown and Houston families – everybody put that to the side. At the end of the day, we’re dealing with something much greater than that.
This is our little cousin, our sister, our niece. This is a family member going through something. If anybody had any differences, it’s definitely been put to the side. As far as the Browns and Houstons right now, it’s all love. There’s no tension. It’s all peaceful.
Star reached out to my people about doing an interview. And like I tell everybody who asked me to do an interview – like when my people spoke to you, they told you that Shayne will not be speaking about Krissi’s condition. That’s the same thing we told Star.
First off, he called me. He reached out to my people and asked for my number. When Star called me, I told him I’m not talking about Krissi’s condition. If you listen to the audio, he came sideways from the jump.
I gave him pass after pass. 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.
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.
Like I told him, “You can do all the ranting and raving over the phone all you want to, but man-to-man when we see each other eye-to-eye, we’ll see each other then.” As far as you being on the phone yelling and screaming, you ain’t getting no reaction out of me with that. He just took it to another level.
There were some serious statements made during that conversation. On your part, was that out of anger or do you really plan to address it with him in person? You said, “Your mother might be on a machine.” He said some stuff to you. It got really heated.
I’m going to just be honest with you. Man-to-man, when I see Star, I’m going to punch Star in his mouth. That’s just on the strength of disrespect, because I didn’t come to his platform with no disrespect at all. I let the man know exactly what we can and can’t discuss, and he went against the agreement we made.
I didn’t come at him talking reckless. 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.
Is there anyway you could settle the situation before it gets physical?
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. We did enough talking over the phone.
Is there anything else you want the public to know?
One thing I definitely want to clear up is that there’s a lot of accusations coming out. US Weekly printed an article saying me and my mother are seeking compensation from media outlets for interviews. Did you pay me to do this interview?
Not at all.
Never once did we ever seek compensation for anything we did. Me and my mother never even did an interview about Krissi’s condition. Whatever media outlets we touched were media outlets that reached out to us to clear our family name.
Never once did we seek a dollar, because it wasn’t about that. It was about clearing our family name from the media trying to make us look like something that we’re not. That was our whole purpose for doing interviews.
It hasn’t been about compensation. It was solely on protecting our family name and making sure people got the truth instead of the lies the media has been putting out in the public. That’s the main thing I wanted to clear up.
The R&B Kingpen is hard @ work with his latest street single. This time Devin enlisted his brethren from ATL, Rocko, to join him on this superb track. Enjoy this decadent visual journey in a room full of ladies and plenty of bottles of bubbly.
(AllHipHop News) Chris Brown stopped by The Breakfast Club to run through several subjects related to the “New Flame” singer. Breezy talked about his setbacks with his Between The Sheets Tour with Trey Songz, his relationship with Karrueche Tran, racism in the music industry, working with Tyga, the Grammy Awards domestic violence PSA, The-Dream’s comments about R&B-rappers, and his thoughts on Drake.
“That dude don’t make me no check,” said Brown about Drake. “I didn’t make no record with him. He was just in the studio. He was a fan.”
When Charlamagne Tha God asked Brown if he was friends with Drake, the performer replied, “Nah, I’m cool.” The conversation then turned to CB’s ex-girlfriend Rihanna and other famous men she could potentially date after him.
“With old girl – the first one. Who else is she gonna go to?” Brown asked. “Who else in this game she gonna go to? Some corny singing rapper?”
Brown later explained the competition of the game leads to envy in the industry. According to CB, that dynamic makes it hard to make genuine friends with other artists.