AllHipHops DJ Hustle talked with Hennessy Global Ambassador Mr. Maurice Hennessy , 8th generation descendant of the Hennessy family. The event was hosted at the lavish Hercules Estate in the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. The first was a private tasting and luncheon in the early afternoon, followed by an intimate tasting and dinner that evening.
Hennessy Prestige Range tasting including Hennessy XO, Hennessy Paradis Impérial, and Richard Hennessy with Mr. Maurice Hennessy. Throughout the tasting, Maurice spoke proudly about the brand, its refined marques and the history of the almost 250-year old spirit. Delectable meals followed the tastings which were prepared by renowned celebrity chef Gary Arabia who crafted each entree to complement the rich selection of cognacs. Mr. Maurice Hennessy says what’s in store, there will be Hennessy stores coming soon.
Radio and TV personality Charlamagne The God is loved (and hated) for his unfiltered thoughts and controversial opinions. His antics have helped him not only maintain his spot on Power 105.1’s morning show The Breakfast Club but also helped him earn a residency with MTV2. Besides appearing on Guy Code, which is one of their highest rated original series in network history, he will now be hosting his own show, Uncommon Sense With Charlamagne. The pilot will consist of a panel of comedians debating and wisecracking over social media-inspired news.
The show is being jump started by Rich Korson, who played a major role in putting together Comedy Central shows like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. No word on when this pilot will be debuting.
This isn’t the first time the South Carolina native has had his own pilot on the network. Last year, he hosted Charlamagne & Friends with a panel of journalists and comedians, similar to his new gig.
TMZ reports that Big Bank Hank of the legendary hip-hop group Sugar Hill Gang has passed away. Hank, born Henry Jackson, died early Tuesday morning (Nov. 11th) in New York City after battling cancer.
His fellow group members Master Gee and Wonder Mike expressed their grief to TMZ.
“So sad to hear of our brother’s passing. Rest in peace Big Bank.”
Hank was 57-years-old.
The Sugar Hill Gang released hip-hop’s first mainstream hit “Rapper’s Delight” in 1979, which went on to sell 10 million copies.
It’s no secret that Atlanta has been the place where Hip Hop has resided and nurtured over the last 10 years whilst New York struggles to reclaim rights to their proverbial throne. In an industry that is constantly looking for the next best thing, Father and the Awful Records crew are making hits and making moves.
Father kicked the door in this past summer with his bass riddled and hypnotizing hit “Look At Wrist”. It’s the song you just can’t seem to get away from. That fact becoming blatantly apparent during this year’s CMJ Week as Father and Co. performed at every major venue you can imagine.
From ” SOB’s to Webster Hall, Fader Fort and a Mass Appeal Pop Up show, they showed up, turnt up and let New York City know that Awful is here and here to stay.
AllHipHop.com caught up with Father and fellow Awful Records label-mate Abra to discuss their NYC takeover, who’s the best artist out of the crew and exactly what it means to spread the Awful gospel.
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The New York doctor received a plasma transfusion from the second American Ebola patient, Nancy Writebol, on Oct. 25th and underwent plasma and antiviral therapies while being treated.
New York mayor Bill de Blasio called Spencer a hero for volunteering to treat Ebola patients in Guinea, where he contracted the virus.
“He’s a guy who went toward danger, went to where the need was greatest in the whole world. He suffered a lot these past few weeks but he’s come back really strong.”
Dr. Spencer is the last Ebola patient to have had the virus in the U.S. He was the first to be diagnosed in New York.
Since releasing the lyric video for her new single “Only” on Saturday, Nicki Minaj has been bashed because people believe the video has Nazi-like imagery. In the video, the Young Money logo resembles a s####### while the rest of the five-minute clip looks similar to the Third R####.
The Head Barb took to her Twitter to apologize for the offensiveness of the video.
The artist who made the lyric video for “Only” was influenced by a cartoon on Cartoon Network called “Metalocalypse” & Sin City.
This isn’t the first time Nicki has received backlash over visuals associated with her music. Back in February, she was slammed for using a famous photo of Malcolm X holding a rifle as the cover art for the song “Lookin Ass N—a.”
“Only” serves as the first single from Nicki’s long awaited third album, The Pinkprint, which drops Dec. 15th.
(AllHipHop News) The reported problems brewing between Troy Ave and ILoveMankonnen have led to all types of speculation including rumors the Brooklyn rapper was involved ILM being assaulted in NYC. Troy stopped by Hot 97’s Ebro In The Morning to discuss the alleged beef between the two entertainers.
“Man that’s just like Twitter stuff. Everything is overhyped now,” said Troy. “I don’t know what it was… I never met the dude. I just liked his record, so I remixed it. I do it to everybody’s record.”
ILoveMankonnen’s disapproving tweets about the remixes to his hit song “Tuesday” led to the perceived issues. That same day Troy posted a tweet that read, “#we gon see about thum comments when we see u fat b#tch!”
“I be realizing now that the bigger I get in music that everything gets taken out of context. Even a tweet,” stated the BSB Records emcee. “The internet thugs and the Twitter guys they outnumber the real ones. They can blow something out of proportion and make it look bigger than it is.”
Troy goes on to question how someone that was a former hairdresser can rap about selling drugs. He acknowledged if ILoveMankonnen was involved in dealing narcotics then that is “his prerogative,” but Troy added artists that did not live that lifestyle should not step into his lane of making music about the drug game.
“When I rap about it I give you the good, the bad. I don’t just give you glorified – ‘getting money, getting money,'” Troy explained. “Sometimes people listen to a rapper who talks about all the pros. And then if a kid or somebody that’s influenced by that gets into a jammed up situation they can’t look to their music to show them how to get out of that situation.”
(AllHipHop News) Eminem dropped a new video for the “Shady Cxvpher” featuring Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf, but it was lyrics from Em’s verse that received some negative feedback including a response from Azealia Banks. The “212” rapper apparently had an issue with the Shady Records leader’s lines directed at singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey.
But I may fight for gay rights, especially if the d### is more of a knockout than Janay Rice/Play nice? B***h I’ll punch Lana Del Rey right in the face twice, like Ray Rice in broad daylight in the plain sight of the elevator surveillance/’Til her head is banging on the railing, then celebrate with the Ravens.
Banks took to Twitter to offer her advise to Del Ray on how to respond to Em.
Banks has been open about addressing other artists throughout her career. Earlier this year she had a public feud with T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris.
Eminem is known for throwing lyrical jabs at pop stars like Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, NSYNC, and others. The “Guts Over Fear” emcee has also had issues with other Hip Hop figures such as Canibus, Ja Rule, and Benzino.
The “Shady Cxvpher” video is part of the promotion for the upcoming two-disc Shady Records greatest hits compilation Shady XV. Songs by Em, Bad Meets Evil, Slaughterhouse, D12, 50 Cent, Yelawolf, and Obie Trice are part of the project.
(AllHipHop News) August Alsina dropped by The Breakfast Club to talk about a range of topics. The discussion began with Alsina sharing his thoughts on the dating app Tinder.
“I don’t have a Tinder, but some people around me have Tinders. And I’ve seen Tinder come through,” said August. “It’s just really weird that you sign up to be a w####… I believe that Tinder is for sex and sex only. Tinder is for whoreness and whoreness only.”
The conversation later turned to Alsina’s recent health scare. The performer fainted during a show in New York City in September and had to be hospitalized. Reports at the time suggested that he suffered from a seizure that may have been caused by drug use, but Alsina denies narcotics caused his medical condition.
“I think what happened was, it was a case of me just basically putting other people before myself,” he explained. “Just overworking myself and exhaustion. A lot of people would say, ‘He fell out cause he’s on some coke, or he’s sipping lean.’ It’s like, ‘What are y’all talking about?'”
August also added that not eating played a part in him passing out. According to the singer, he suffered from over ten seizures and was in a coma for three days where he dreamt about speaking with his late brother. Alsina also revealed he spoke with incarcerated MMG rapper Meek Mill about the situation.
“I was talking to Meek, and basically our conversation was sometimes God can find away to sit you down,” August said. “In his case it’s just another form of him having to sit down and rest for a minute. A very f**ked up case, but it all goes together. It’s an opportunity to step back and realize some things.”
(AllHipHop News) Artists are constantly trying to discover ways to market their music and stand out from their peers. R&B star Usher has decided to take it back to childhood days by offering his new single “Clueless” via a cereal box.
The track will be available for download with specially marked Honey Nut Cheerios boxes at Walmart stores. Usher previously worked with the breakfast food brand for a commercial that featured his song “She Came To Give It To You.” The “Clueless” cereal promotion begins today (November 11).
Usher is set to release his next album UR in the near future. The project will be the follow-up to the gold-selling Looking 4 Myself. He is also currently on tour with “No Love” performer August Alsina.
(AllHipHop News) Feuding with Drake may not be the biggest concern for Tyga at the moment. The Young Money artist was pulled over by police officers in South Central Los Angeles on Monday. The rapper was filming a music video for his song “Make It Work” at the time.
According to TMZ, the LAPD has confirmed Tyga was stopped for reckless driving. He was cited with a traffic violation, but his bodyguard was reportedly detained for possession of an unregistered handgun.
News of the incident in L.A broke around the same time it was announced Tyga will be a special guest performer on the Chris Brown/Trey Songz “Between The Sheets Tour.” The trek begins January 28 in Hampton, Virginia.
While we wait on the upcoming compilation album to hit shelves November 24th, Shady Records decide to bless us with a cypher featuring the whole team. Em I see you still got hit, homie.
Royce Rizzy teams up with Zaytoven and Cassius Jay for a new mixtape that he will be dropping December 2014. Earlier this year, Royce Rizzy inked a deal with SoSoDef/RCA Records. He dropped his Determination EP hosted by DJ Don Cannon & Jermaine Dupri earlier this fall. Now He’s bringing his new project “FAT FLY N####” hosted by DJ Smallz, DJ Lil Keem & DJ Grady. As you now Zaytoven is responsible for the signature sound of Gucci Mane, Migos, Young Jeezy and many other artists. Cassius Jay is the right hand man of Zaytoven, known recently for his production of August Alsina, Bankroll Fresh and PeeWee Longway. Rizzy is releasing his first offering from the tape titled “Watch Out”.
Hip-Hop has progressed leaps and bounds from its inception as a male dominated art form. From man, woman, and child, the game has been blessed with some incredible talent. From Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, and Jean Grae, to the burgeoning skills of Rapsody and Nitty Scott, MC, among others, the women of HIp-Hop have shown, and proved, in effort to break free from the industry’s stigma of what it takes to succeed. Bringing together a new wave of versed wordsmiths on the mic for a lethal trifecta, Queens producer, DJ JS-1 unites Dynasty, Eternia & Sara Kana to do their thing on “Give A Damn.” DJ JS-1’s latest compilation project, It Is What It Isn’t, is now on CD through Fat Beats and UGHH, and available for download via iTunes, and all major digital retailers. Pick up the 21-track opus, today.
Check out Namebrand’s new joint “No Limit” Produced by Seige Monstracity, The Great Tape 2 coming Nov 24th. Hosted by The LA Leakers on Livemixtapes.com and DJBooth.net
chief waKiL has production credits with Big Sean, Frank Ocean, Kelly Rowland, and more but today he presents us with his new single titled “LOVE.” After the success of his most recent project, the Kansas City artist continues to impress us.
Who knew Waka Flocka Flame had an interest in politics?
Last week on Election Day, the Atlanta native was spotted at a watch party for the elections at a Buckhead hotel. Surprisingly, Waka was there showing support to a Republican, GOP Senate candidate David Perdue.
It was reported that he showed Perdue love via Twitter back in July but later deleted his tweet after his fans felt some type of way. After Perdue secured his GOP nomination, Waka called him to congratulate him.
R&B veteran Tyrese has been working on his next studio album Black Rose for a while now. To prepare fans for its release he shared his first release off the upcoming double album. The star actor and singer croons over a feel good ’90s inspired track about his past relationship mistakes. “Black Ty” admits to making bad decisions in his romances, but really wants to be exclusive with his No. 1.
“Why would I want to start over when I got you at home / Tryin to get a million girls I’m just gonna end up alone,” he sings. Tyrese calls on Snoop Dogg to lay down a nice verse, and he even brings out his rap alter-ego Black Ty for an additional verse. His sixth album, Black Rose, is slated to hit stores next year, and he has claimed it will be his last solo album.
David Cash returns with a new track that comes backed with the sounds of his producer alter-ego, DC Beatz. After initially hitting us with a couple collaborative efforts, Cash takes an unaccompanied route and unveils a spacey, eerie sounding track titled “Alienation”. California C.A.S.H. will come loaded with features from Metro Boomin, Jay 305, Eric Bellinger, Young Thug, Scotty ATL, Alley Boy, and more.
Nice line right here. Talib Kweli rounds up Curren$y, Big K.R.I.T. and Kendra Ross for a new joint “Everywhere I Go“. This was featured on Talib’s new project “The Cathedral“, which dropped earlier today.
