(AllHipHop News) Is Young Money rapper Lil Wayne now affiliated with the Universal Zulu Nation? According to a Twitter message from Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest that may be the case. Tip posted a tweet on November 26 that asked his followers to welcome Lil Tunechi (aka Wayne) to the Zulus.
The New York native has long been associated with the Hip Hop awareness group started by the legendary Afrika Bambaataa. Q-Tip’s next album is currently scheduled to be titled The Last Zulu.
If Wayne has teamed with the Zulu Nation, he joins other prominent rappers with close ties to the worldwide movement like Rakim, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, De La Soul, and many more.
(AllHipHop News) The reviews for Shady Records’ Shady XV compilation have not been that great. The album’s current Metacritic rating is 59/100 signifying a mixed response from music critics. There also seems to be at least one rapper that is not too fond of the project either.
Tyler The Creator took to Twitter to expressed he was not feeling Eminem on Shady XV. The Odd Future frontman posted a tweet that read, “i love you marshall [Eminem], you are my favorite rapper but dude shadyxv is f**ing ASS hahaha why wont someone who loves him tell him NO.” He later deleted the tweet.
Like he mentioned in the post, Tyler has been a very vocal champion of Slim Shady throughout his career. The “Yonkers” performer called Eminem’s Relapse one of his favorite albums.He even opened for Em at London’s Wembley Stadium in July.
The Detroit emcee has expressed his appreciation for Tyler and OF too. Em spoke about the California collective with MTV’s Sway Calloway in 2011.
“I think that from the stuff that I’ve heard – I haven’t heard a lot from them, I still have to go check out everything that they’re doing, but I’ve heard enough to know that it feels like they’re pushing boundaries and buttons, and that’s definitely one of the things that I’m familiar with, especially when I first came out,” said Em. “I love it. I love the fact that they’re doing that. And the dudes can rhyme.”
(AllHipHop News) The videoofKiller Mike’s passionate speech about his reaction to the Ferguson grand jury’s decision to not indict officer Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown went viral almost instantly. During the on stage address, the Atlanta rapper shared he is fearful for his children and referred to the current state of social affairs “us against the machine.”
Killer Mike went into further detail about his response to Wilson not facing criminal charges in an interview with Tom Power. The Run The Jewels member shared what happened for him the moment he heard prosecutor Bob McCulloch reveal Wilson will not be arrested. He compared having to speak on the death of Brown with his children to his grandparents having to speak with him on the killing of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955.
The creator of the critical acclaimed album R.A.P. Music spoke on the need for racism, poverty, militarization, and the prison-industrial complex to be confronted as well. He also expressed his belief that the African-American community is just as valuable to the American system as any other race and what he sees as being the burden of being Black in this country.
In a portion of the Q&A, Mike said:
We’re not a bad people. We’re the same as any other community. We love one another. We do stupid things. We’re humans. We’re just human beings. To live in a country in which – the legacy is we were brought here. And since we’ve been brought to this country, we’ve been nothing but good for this country. Economically, it was built on the back of slavery. Civil Rights not only helped us, it helped push along women’s rights. It helped open up rights for immigrants that were there. To this day, African-Americans are fighting on behalf of legal and illegal immigrants.
There’s never been a time in American history from the day Crispus Attucks was one of the first person killed in the American Revolutionary War to right now – there’s never been a time in this country that Blacks have not been a positive contribution to this country. Even with that said, our skin is a scarlet letter. And that is just a tremendous burden to have to bear. It adds so much stress and anxiety to your regular life that you’re always tuned into a frequency that you don’t necessarily want to be a part of. It’s paranoia and fear, not only about the general world, but even about the people who run the municipalities that are over your life.
(AllHipHop News) Maybach Music Group boss Rick Ross released his 7th studio album Hood Billionaire this week, but a former associate of Ross is calling out the Miami rapper over the name of his latest LP. Jojo Capone claims Ross stole the title from his Global Gangsters’ song “Hood Billionaires.” The track was released three years ago.
“Rick Ross was eating pears, while Global Gangsters were the original hood billionaires,” states Capone.
Ross and the Global Gangsters CEO have a history together. Capone claimed he was the one that connected Ross with Larry Hoover Jr which helped end the rumors that Hoover Jr had beef with Ross over his 2010 song “B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast).” The Teflon Don single featured a reference to Hoover’s father, founder of the Gangster Disciples. It was the GD’s that also reportedly had issues with Ross in 2012.
Alleged members of the gang from around the country posted messages online demanding Ross “check in” and “pay his dues.” Some of the videos featured masked speakers expressing they did not appreciate Ross “perpetuating their lifestyle” in his songs.
While Capone said he made the connect between Ross and Hoover Jr, he also added that he would not get directly involved in squashing the beef between Ross and the Gangster Disciples.
“He put himself in that line of fire, and he’s got to get himself out of it – if he can,” said Jojo in an interview 2012.
The fallout from the slaying of Mike Brown has resulted in a mass boycott of consumer products on the huge shopping day Black Friday.
The boycott is a shift from mass protests that have taken place over the nation in the days after Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson was set free with no indictment for killing Brown.
Now the plan is to continue to march for the end of police brutality, but also to strike from an economic angle.
Blackout for Human Rights (Blackout) is a network of concerned artists, activists, and citizens who committed their energy and resources to immediately address the staggering level of human rights violations against fellow Americans throughout the United States. We have witnessed enough. An affront to any citizen’s human rights threatens the liberty of all. So, we participate in one of the most time honored American traditions: dissent. We demand an immediate end to the brutal treatment and inhumane killings of our loved ones; the lives of our friends, our parents and our children have value and should be treated with respect. Our right to life is secured not only by our humanity, but is protected by law both federally and internationally by the Constitution of the United States of America and the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Solange has always been an outspoken artist, but the singer may have made her biggest statement yet.
The singer has opted not to release her new sneaker collection from Puma on Black Friday to stand in solidarity with mass boycotts of the mammoth shopping day.
The newly wed released a statement on Instagram stating why she was delaying the release.
“To echo my feelings shared surrounding the Outcome of the Michael Brown case, I have solely decided to postpone the release of my Puma collaboration originally scheduled to release this Friday, November 28th to Monday December 1. I am truly grateful for everyone’s support and excited to share this collection with you soon…” — Solange”
The nation has erupted in unrest after the city of Ferguson failed to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer that shot and killed unarmed teenager Mike Brown.
Solange’s ‘Wild Wonder’ collection will be now be released on December 1 and will present colorful rendition of Pumas Suede Classic shoe and the Puma Trinomic XT2 footwear.
AllHipHop is on the scene at today’s New York City’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and things are getting ugly. Objects were being thrown off the roof at NYPD officers at 37th street and sixth avenue and police are steadily making arrests. It turns out that this uproar was all planned, according to the New York Post.
Today’s disorderly activities are a continuation of the protests from Monday night (Nov. 24) after people became outraged over the grand jury’s decision to not indict officer Darren Wilson. After protesters were able to march and shut down major New York City roadways like the FDR Drive and the West Side Highway without police interference for two nights in a row, they set sights on today’s parade and were lead by an organizer named Magiq.
“The police aren’t going to arrest us and they are not going to shoot us,” said the 27-year-old Brooklynite to two dozen people in Union Square. “They’re walking right by us now with their heads down and their tails between their legs.”
Through the hashtag, #StopTheParade Magiq was able to gather people and further organize more chaos for today’s festivities.
People are still getting arrested, with six being taken into custody already for throwing the object off of the roof. Watch footage of one of the arrests made today here.
Noisey and Hennessy are teaming up to coordinate one of the biggest records hip-hop has seen in a while. They called on 30 of the finest emcees to spit their best bars on a track called “The Rap Monument.” The song’s lineup includes Pusha T, Killer Mike, YG, Nipsey Hussle, Raekwon, Prodigy, Action Bronson, Problem and many more. The songs is expected to drop in December. The track was recorded between New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta and Noisey was there catching it all on video. Check out the footage for the recording sessions below.
Taylor Gang chief Wiz Khalifa tried to break Instagram last night (Nov. 26) by posting a pic that bared it all. In a flick snapped by photographer Dan Folgers, The purple dreadhead is standing in a shower pouring water on his head while covering his man parts. Baby Bash’s dad also took to Twitter to give his followers a heads up that he was up to something.
Surveillance of a 12-year-old boy being shot and killed by a rookie police officer in Cleveland has been released.
Last Saturday (Nov. 22), a man called 911 to report that someone was waving a gun around scaring people at a playground at the Cudell Recreation Center. He told the 911 dispatcher that the gun was most likely fake, however that tidbit was not told to the responding officers. Rice was playing with an “airsoft” replica toy gun that shoots pellets.
In the video, Rice can be seen pointing the gun at times while pacing the sidewalk. At the 7:10 mark, the police car rapidly pulls up and officer Timothy Loehmann hops out and immediately shoots and kills Rice. Police said that when Loehmann and his partner Frank Garmback were approaching Rice, he began to reach for his toy gun.
The family of the 12-year-old reportedly advocated for the release of this surveillance footage.
A grand jury will decide if the officers will be charged for Rice’s death. Watch the footage below (footage may be disturbing).
To promote their new Beats Solo2 headgear, Beats by Dre reached out to some of hip-hop all-stars for their #SoloSelfie campaign. In the minute-clip, 2 Chainz, Fabolous, Big Sean, Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson, Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex, Nicki Minaj and more flex in an colorful array of the lightweight headphones.
During their first time in Puerto Rico, Kendrick Lamar and Pro BMX rider Nigel Sylvester crossed paths for Noisey’s Back and Forth series. Posted up on a balcony, the two chopped it up about how they kicked off their careers, the roadblocks on their paths to success and pursuing their dreams. K. Dot revealed his past obsession of having a radio hit and not being concerned with longevity while Sylvester says he’s been riding bikes his whole life and suffered many breaks, bumps and bruises along the way.
Smoothly making the transition from actor to artist, Astro (also known as Astronomical Kid) is hungry to show his growing lyricism as he prepares to release his first commercial project through his own Grade A Tribe Records. Calling the EP Computer Era, he says it refers to the negative impact that modern technology has had on music creativity and authenticity.
Turning his own bedroom into a studio, he carefully crafted the EP with production from Boi-1da and BrandUn DeShay and features from Nathaniel and Bishop Nehru. Available on iTunes December 2, that same day Astro will debut “Champion” the first video from the project, on BET’s 106 & Park.
Mixed by Edward J. “UK” Nixon and mastered by T.R. Waterman, the standard version of the EP includes 11 songs and a digital booklet, while the deluxe has 13. Physical copies will be available at www.gradeatribe.com.
Every year, family, friends and transverse back and forth across the U.S. and celebrate the glorious holiday called Thanksgiving, which recalls a fond moment where the wondrous Indigenous People of this land ate with the visiting Pilgrims. For the last for years I have been increasingly vocal about my disdain for celebrating such a holiday. Additionally, I’ve been gradually reacquainting my daughter with the truth about the holiday, which yields gut-busting meals and family time with loved ones. Thanksgiving is a fallacy and a fraud as a day of giving thanks and here are 5 Reasons To Tell Kids The Truth About Thanksgiving.
1. The Whole Day Celebrates Genocide
Imagine a holiday that celebrated slavery at the root. How would Black people feel? Children should understand that the result of Europeans coming to this American land resulted in the mass death of another people. Now, Thanksgiving Day, as an event, has no historic link to genocide or massacres, but in a general sense, many regard it as “ThanksTaking Day” or a general “Day of Mourning” for what eventually happened to the Native Americans.
2. Thanksgiving Is Actually Based On A Myth
The early settlers, known as Puritans, never invited this mass of Native Americans for a happy sit down meal. They invited one person – Massasoit, the Wampanoag leader. Now, history is blurry on this, but I’ve read that Massasoit was a pretty smart dude. He came to the Puritan Party with 90 or more of his Native brothers and sisters – most likely for safety. They brought most of the food. It was not some joint harvest. The settlers didn’t even bring any grub. And an encounter of this sort never happened again, history says There was no prayers and there was no “giving thanks” at this time of supposed happy harvest. They never sat down for a happy harvest. It simply never happened.
3. Thanksgiving Is Actually A Holiday About War
The funniest thing is that what we deem Thanksgiving has almost nothing to do with Pilgrims, Puritans or even the Native Americans. The holiday most are acquainted with Thanksgiving was the result of the American Revolution for Independence. In 1777, the war was looking absolutely dismal for the American “rebels.” Eventually “Honest” Abraham Lincoln, president at the time, made a bold Proclamation of a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1863 to boost national morale during the Civil War. It was for a day of prayer and thanksgiving. But, do we really want to be celebrating war as we take time with our families and loved ones? (There are conflicting historical accounts of this. Some reports state that there was an actual Thanksgiving dinner than took place after the massacre of hundreds of Pequot natives.)
Here is the sinister new visual for Da Mafia 6ix’s “Hear Sum Evil”, the title track from their latest mixtape. Horrorcore fans should be delighted with this very graphic video, and you’ve been warned…
Hear Sum Evil features appearances from MJG, Paul Wall, Lil Wyte, La Chat, DJ Zirk, Fiend and more.
Like their upcoming full-length album Watch What U Wish, Hear Sum Evil also features vocals from the late, great Lord Infamous, who played a major role in getting Da Mafia 6ix together in 2012 to create their critically-acclaimed first project 6ix Commandments, currently on iTunes.
It’s the holiday season, and Louie V Gutta is giving thanks for the amazing Fall 2014 he’s had with the release of his highly praised New Legend mixtape. Thank you to the web and the fans for the support! BUT, there’s that other matter of how things are these days between Louie V Gutta and his former Dreamchasers partner in rhyme, Meek Mill. While the world waits for Meek’s return, Louie checked in with journalist Mikey T The Movie Star to tell him how running into Rick Ross recently helped put things in perspective
“The Return” is the latest single from Trademark Da Skydiver’s highly-anticipated forthcoming album Return of the Super Villain. On “The Return”, Trademark provides his fans with a taste of what they can expect from his latest album as he delivers witty lyrics over an undeniably chill instrumental courtesy of Canis Major.
Return of the Super Villain hits stores worldwide on December 2nd via The Barnes Corp / iHipHop Distribution. Pre-order Return of the Super Villain on iTunes.
Monster’s new 24K Headphones, introduced in the Hip-Hop world by Meek Mill’s IG posts, have finally arrived. The gold headphones is a glistening example of where Monster Headphones is making an impression with this device. Meek Mill helped usher these elite headphones into our social media but, artist like Rick Ross, Swizz Beatz, Yo Gotti bit also athletes like Marshawn Lynch (Seahawks RB), Jadevon Clowney (Texans DE) and Andrew Wiggins (Timberwolves SF). With all the star power backing this product, you want to see if the product matches the hype.
After examining the packaging I see that you have a tangle free DJ in-line mic cable and your standard in line cable with the ControlTalk Universal™ In Line Controls. Also, you get a 1/8 studio converter and a cloth carry case.
Sound. Now the moment I’ve been waiting for, the moment I placed the super plush headphones over my ears, I instantly noticed that there’s of starch contrast to any other headphones a place around my ears. Now it’s time to do the soundcheck, I start playing Drake’s “0 to 100,” I immediately hear the bass. The depth of sound is so intense, I actually heard instrument differentiation that I didn’t experience on my other previous headphones. The sound on the 24k is superior to much of what is out today.
Since these headphones are all about style, I take these headphones along to a meeting that I have with Jimmy Cozier’s manager, Spice. I showed Spice the headphones and he was impressed. I ask him to give them listen with a couple song’s and the first thing he said was “these are DJ headphones.” You definitely get that DJ/studio feel when you have these headphones and as an added feature, the ear cups actually swivel back as an aded use for the DJ while he is spinning and hearing his environment. If your a DJ, you really want to have a pair of these to rock your next set.
Style. So my next test is the style factor. I take headphones on a stroll through the city and test the microphone out with a phone call. Of course, people noticed these gold headphones, the whoa factor was evident by other people’s faces as they took a second peek at the headphones. My phone conversation was the best I’ve ever had on any set of headphones. Clear audio and now issues with the other party hearing me at all. They passed my phone call with flying colors.
Vibing Out. Now it’s time to take it to a few full music test. I’ll start playing random songs to my playlist and then I realized that with this base I have to check out Rick Ross featuring Jay-Z “Movin’ Bass.” Again, the music range is incredible, the bass was superb. The lows and highs are very clear and the bass so rich. The quality of sound matches style of these headphones, so you would want to show them off visually and won;t be afraid to let them listen to them with that classic Pure Monster Sound, however; I’m sure you want let them go further than 10 feet before you make sure your friend doesn’t “forget” your headphones on their head!
The only issue that I have with these headphones, is that if you have something so flashy, I would hope that there would have been a hardshell carrying case for the headphones. They did include a monster clean cloth which, I thought was a great touch, but the cloth/fabric case that is provided I thought was not adequate for these type of headphones.
Overall, I have to say, these are one of the best sounding headphones I’ve ever heard and as for style, the 24K headphones get a 10. If you walk down the street with these 24K headphones, you’re sure to get stares, complement and inquiries on where you got these headphones. Just to give example of the quality of these headphones, I wrote this entire article through my microphone on the Monster 24K. The best feature of these headphones is the bling factor. Style and sound encapsulated in one scorching hot headphone. Theses area sure fire hit.
Fresh off the release of his “All About The Money” (Remix) with Ghostface Killah, The Chef returns with a new verse he cooked up over Dej Loaf‘s “Try Me” joint.
