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(AllHipHop News) Nicki Minaj gave the disclaimer of “no shade” during her acceptance speech for the BET Award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist after implying other female rappers did not write their own lyrics.
On her personal Twitter account, Nicki Minaj stated the perceived feud between Iggy Azaela and herself is merely a product of the media’s sensationalism. According to Nicki, she has congratulated Azaela on her success in the past and her speech was simply to empower women to write their own lyrics:
The media puts words in my mouth all the time and this is no different. I will always take a stance on women writing b/c I believe in us!
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
I’ve congratulated Iggy on the success of Fancy, publicly. She should be very proud of that. All the women nominated should b proud.
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
That will never change my desire to motivate women to write. Our voices have to be heard. I hope I inspire up & coming females to do that.
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
[ALSO CHECK OUT: Nicki Minaj Laughs At Forbes’ Article About Iggy Azalea Running Hip Hop]
Back in May, Nicki appeared on The Breakfast Club and addressed Forbes’ article dubbing Azaela as the queen of Hip Hop. According to Nicki, Forbes proclamations in Hip Hop are not only uninvited but also baseless:
We rely on Hip Hop journalism and blogs for THAT kind of information. So we appreciate that, but no thank you.
Rahzel Jr., son of the legendary beat boxer Rahzel of The Roots, brings the heat with his latest record, “The Culture,” a tribute to the hip hop culture we know and love.
“The Culture” is hip hop for hip hop fans, by a hip hop fan who’s grown up with the culture–and those who’ve shaped it–firsthand.
Cali bred and Atlanta based rapper Rayven Justice teams up with Migos for an Atlanta radio friendly song. Previous songs include collaborations with Iamsu! and Keak da Sneak.
“Who’s your Top 5/Jay, Biggie, Pac, Nas/I ain’t trying to hear another name if it’s not mine.”-Black Thought
At this point, Statik Selektah is the unofficial Make-A-Wish foundation for dream rap collaborations. The latest song release from his upcoming album What Goes Around features Black Thought, Action Bronson and Royce Da 5’9 massacre Statik Selektah’s jazzy production.
What Goes Around is in stores August 19th.
Check out Statik Selektah ft. Action Bronson, Royce Da 5’9, & Black Thought- “The Imperial” below:
(AllHipHop News) A thug changes, love changes and best friends become strangers. During BET Awards weekend last week, Elle Varner addressed K. Michelle’s recent inflammatory remarks about her relationship with Meek Mill and allegations that her single “Cold Case” was written by Michelle.
Over the weekend, K. Michelle took to her personal Instagram account to allege that Elle Varner did not get attention for her music and commented on a recent photo of Varner and Meek Mill. During an interview with The Jasmine Brand, Elle Varner refused to engage in the feud:
That’s unfortunate that she feels the way that she feels…I don’t, I never have and that’s something–I can’t; I don’t do drama.
Check out the full interview here.
(AllHipHop News) While Good Kid, mAAd City is Kendrick Lamar’s major label debut, 2011’s Section.80 was the first project he released for sale. Today (July 2nd) reports surface that Lamar is being sued over sampling issues for one of its songs.
According to reports, U.K. company Woolfsongs Limited is suing Lamar for an unspecified amount over his song “Keisha’s Song (Her Pain)” from Section.80. Woolfsongs Limited alleges that The Alan Parsons Project’s “Old and Wise” is illegally sampled in the song and attempts to resolve the issue with Lamar in April were not returned on Lamar’s end.
The lawsuit demands an injunction on the sale of the song as it is featured in many marketplaces including iTunes, Spotify and Google Play Music.
(AllHipHop News) Troy Ave may follow in Nicki Minaj’s footsteps and become another rising New York talent who signs to a label owned by a Down South artist. During the BET Awards weekend, T.I. confirmed that Troy Ave and himself are in the process of ironing out a recording deal for the upstart.
T.I. does not reveal much details on the deal, however during an interview with Power 105.1’s Angela Yee spoke briefly on the impending signing:
It’s in the works. We have verbals. Our lawyers just have to do their thing. But, it’s definitely something that we are looking forward to.
Last week Troy Ave spoke on his relationship with T.I. during an interview with DJ Absolut. According to Troy, T.I.’s assistance in his career to how “50 [Cent] had to go with Eminem and Dr. Dre to get put on.”
Check out T.I.’s interview with Angela Yee below:
The internet is funny! Nicki said some stuff at the BET Awards and it seemed like she was dissing Iggy. I’m thinking she knew it would go down this way. She blames the media but it wasn’t the media only, because the while world took it as a diss to Iggy. So, Nicki stop. Stop the madness. Somehow, Lauryn Hill comes into this rant. just see what she has to say.
The media puts words in my mouth all the time and this is no different. I will always take a stance on women writing b/c I believe in us! I believe we’re smart enough to write down our own thoughts and perspective, just like the men do. I’ve been saying this for 5 YEARS. I fell in love with Lauryn Hill b/c I knew she was the author behind those amazingly profound and articulated songs on the Miseducation. I wondered how Lauryn tapped into my brain and wrote an album on love, betrayal, passion, pain, triumph, brokenness…. Did she read minds? It’s the same reason I have a different level of respect for Missy. I know she’s a writer and a producer. Women MUST aspire for more. I’ve congratulated Iggy on the success of Fancy, publicly. She should be very proud of that. All the women nominated should b proud. That will never change my desire to motivate women to write. Our voices have to be heard. I hope I inspire up & coming females to do that.
What’s she talking about? People saying that somebody got at Nicki and made her take it back, but I don’t think so. Anyway….I don’t know where this originated, but I’m sure its from Twitter or Instagram.
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Hailing from the city of Brotherly love, this Philly up and coming talent has worked with everyone from Pharrell to YG to Young Thug as you can hear on this celebratory song, “We On.” Garci has been closely affiliated with Meek Mill after the two are familiar with eachother from the Philly rap scene. Garci is gaining recognition across his city from both rappers and media alike as he was recently featured on the infamous Power 99 show with DJ Cosmic Kev.
The Solange elevator beatdown scandal may have opened up a floodgate in The Carter’s household.
While performing live onstage in Ohio Saturday, Beyonce threw out a few hints that hubby Hov may have been sneaking around.
Queen Bey changed the lyrics to the song “Resentment,” instead of the original line, “been riding with you for six years” she belted out “been riding with you for 12 years.”
There’s a few other lyrics switched up as well, but apparently Bey changes lyrics a lot during live performances. Let’s hope thats what it is, and that Hov wouldn’t actually step out on the baddest in the game.
(AllHipHop News) Dave Chappelle joked that Black people have come from a broth of unsolved mysteries. Later this month, National Geographic will re-examine the Tupac murder mystery as apart of their special The ’90s: The Last Great Decade?
Tupac Shakur was shot on Las Vegas Boulevard on September 7th, 1996 and then transported to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. According to the director of Tupac’s music video “2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted” Gobi Rahimi and members of The Outlawz patrolled outside of the hospital in fear of their lives:
I think they had weapons in their car because the whole time we were there, we were fearful [whoever shot Tupac] was gonna come finish him off.
Outlawz member E.D.I. Mean stated that Tupac’s murder is being concealed, because “Tupac did shoot two off-duty police officers down in Atlanta so law enforcement around the country weren’t Tupac fans.” Arsenio Hall expounds on that point and makes a startling proclamation:
“I believe that if Justin Bieber had gotten shot in Tupac’s car, we’d know more.”
National Geographic’s The ’90s: The Last Great Decade? special airs July 6th to July 8th at 9 p.m. EST. Check out the clip on Tupac’s murder here.
Hip-Hop stars Rich Homie Quan and Trinidad James kicked off the BET Awards Weekend with a red carpet daytime soiree, hosted by (The Ambassador) Earl Stevens Selections and powered by Monster®, inside Cosmo Hollywood to celebrate their nominations this year. The duo were joined by their Think It’s A Game Entertainment (TIG) team and CEO/Visionary FLY, as well as a myriad of celebrity friends including Slim (112), Kevin McCall, Karen Civil, Drumma Boy, Gangsta Boo, Ming Lee, Kenny Kingpin, DJ Vlad, Kataztrofee, Big Pope, (Houston’s celebrity jeweler) Revolt TV’s DJ Damage, Dj Carisma and more.
DJ Jae Murphy (popular on Revolt TV, Skee TV, BET) rocked the packed house with hit after hit including unreleased music from both nominees, while guests sipped on “Function Red” and “Mangoscato” wine samplings from E-40’s Earl Stevens Selections. The celebration marked Rich Homie Quan’s nomination for “Best New Artist” and Trinidad James’ run for “Best Collaboration” with August Alsina for the smash single “I Luv This,” at this year’s BET Awards to be held this Sunday. Lead by CEO and Visionary FLY, Atlanta-based TIG has undoubtedly become one of the leading independent record labels in the music capital of the nation. With a roster of talent starring Rich Homie Quan, Trinidad James, Jacquees and Forte Bowie, TIG has only just begun its rise to worldwide fame.
Every couple dreams of moving in to their dream home, and building their family from there.
Yeezy and Kimmy are no different, but from the looks of things, their home may be more of a hassle than a blessing…
The Daily Mail reports via US Weekly:
“Over a year ago they splashed out $11 million on a Bel Air mansion.
Ever since, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have sunk even more millions into the sprawling Mediterranean villa, tearing down walls and adding new ones, so the property would be perfect for their A-list lifestyles.
But just when it seemed as if the house should be done and the parents to North, aged one, could finally be moving in, UsWeekly reported on Monday that the couple will be actually be selling the home.
The home looked ripped to shreds in January with walls missing and the pool removed. It was said that the Wests wanted to add a new gym, cinema, bowling alley and basketball court.
The couple reportedly were hoping to move in by July 2014. If they list it, they will most likely work with Mauricio Umansky who is married to Kim’s friend Kyle Richards and is on Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills.”
Did the wait become too much or were the funds running low? Hmmmm….
Its no secret that Chris Brown affiliates himself with Blood, but considering that dude just got out of lockup, he better put the signs and s*** down for now.
Sunday after the BET Awards, Breezy got a little past tipsy and was caught inside of a nightclub throwing up gang signs and shouting out Fruit Town Pirus and sadly TMZ got some of the footage.
“Chris Brown vowed to stay away from bad people when he got out of jail … so imagine our surprise when we got this video of the singer throwing up Bloods gang signs Sunday night in a club.
The video is clear … Chris dancing at a BET afterparty — the one where he got wasted and had to be carried out — and he wants everyone to see him gang banging.
Chris is specific … giving a verbal shout out to a specific subset of Bloods — the Fruit Town Piru. FYI … Piru is a street in Compton where the first known Bloods gang was formed.
Right before Chris got locked up … he was tagging “Fruits Piru” on a wall in Hawaii. In fact, we’re told several Fruits Piru gang members lived with Chris before he went to jail.”
Peep the video below:
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The 2014 BET Awards was a night full of electrifying performances, emotional speeches and unforgettable moments. The awards, hosted by Chris Rock aired live from the Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE on Sunday, June 29.
Pharrell Williams opened the show with an energetic performance and brought out his surprise guest Missy Elliott. Chris Brown gave fans an energetic performance of “Loyal” with appearances by Lil Wayne, Tyga and Travis Barker.
Icon Lionel Richie received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Young Money and Beyoncé took home the most trophies with three awards, as did acclaimed film “12 Years A Slave” which swept the film award categories.
Troop, Color Me Badd and Silk took the stage for a ’90s throwback medley of “All I Do Is Think of You,” “I Wanna Sex You Up” and “Freak Me”, and a taped performance of Beyoncé and Jay Z closed the show.
Before all of the awards fun AllHipHop was on the red carpet to catch up with the likes of Meek Mill, Ty Dolla $ign, Wale, B.O.B, and more. Find out what they think of the current state of hip hop and what they are currently working on below!