Last week, Sy Ari Da Kid shook up the net with the release of the official visual for his K Camp assisted club banger “Popular”. Today, we present to you his latest audio contribution, the Habib produced, “Don’t Make Me”.
The record comes just hours before his live performance at this years A3C Music Festival, which conveniently takes place in his stomping grounds of Atlanta . Stream the genre blending track below!
(AllHipHop News) Waka Flocka Flame is the latest rapper dude to get caught at the airport trying to transport a gun on a flight.
The 28-year-old rapper was arrested Friday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Friday morning.
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Real name Juaquin James Malphurs, Flocka was taken into custody, because TSA officials allegedly found a handgun in his carry-on bag as it went through security. He did not have a permit for the firearm, said police.
Flocka was taken to Clayton County Jail and charged with carrying a weapon in a prohibited place.
Coming on the heels of Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes being declared an “angry black woman” by the New York Times, another death by officer in St. Louis and a comic ran by the Boston Herald showing President Obama using watermelon flavored toothpaste, a new film titled Dear White People uses satire in an attempt to shed light on what many minorities experience on a daily basis.
The film focuses on a group of African American students as they deal with the politics of being minorities on a predominantly white college campus, an experience all too familiar for writer and director Justin Simien.
Having already won the San Francisco Film Festival award for Best Picture, as well as the Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, the indie project is set to hit theatres October 17th.
Check out the Trailer Here:
Our own DJ Hustle is on the turntables giving you The Foundation Of Hip Hop Volume #6. In this mix DJ Hustle is blending and mixing the hottest new hip hop on AllHipHop.com. Listen to DJ Hustle as he is slapping the hits from the streets. Weekly mixes will be posted for your weekly enjoyment. Let DJ Hustle know what you want to hear in the mix @AllHipHopcom or @DJHustle.
Devious returns with the remix of “Healin’ Music” featuring Fiend, produced by Niyo of Flight School. The song will be featured on his upcoming mixtape Life Is What You Make It.
John John Da Don once had dreams of making it as a professional basketball player, but he eventually realized that his main passion for performing was the route to go. John John took his love for music and transferred that into a career in battle rap where the 24-year-old rhymer has flourished as one of the top stars in the game.
After grinding his way through 106 & Park’s “Freestyle Friday” competition and URL’s “Proving Grounds”, John John reached the big stage in 2012 when he faced off against Hitman Holla at Summer Madness 2. Since then, JJDD has faced off against the culture’s best including The Saurus, Cortez, Charlie Clips, K-Shine, and Aye Verb.
One emcee he has yet to cross paths with in the ring is longtime rival Hollow Da Don. According to John John, he’s ready to take on Hollow in an “I Quit Match,” so that there can only be one “Da Don” in battle rap. During the 9th installment of AllHipHop.com’s “Profiles In Battle Rap,” John John Da Don also reveals his all time favorite battle, his Top 5 Rappers Dead or Alive, and more.
Hometown
I’m originally from Yonkers, New York. I was born there and stayed there until 2005. Then I came to the north side of Atlanta.
Years Experience
Battle rapping in its new format, I’ve been doing since between 08-09. As far as battling period like on the street, I’ve been doing that as long as I’ve been rapping. I’ve always been competing. On camera, my first battle was around ‘08 or ‘09.
Style Known For (ie aggression, wordplay, punchlines, freestyle)
I got one of the best overall styles, because I do the set-ups, the storytelling, the personals, the jokes. I’m known for bars. I’m also known for taking another n***a’s s**t and flipping it against them – killing my opponents with their own style. But mainly bars.
Crew
S.W.A.G. Inc, those are my brothers. We call it a fraternity. We don’t call it a crew or clique. S.W.A.G. Inc is an acronym for a lot of things – “Stuntin With A lot of Guap”, “Speak Wise Amongst Geniuses,” “Sleeping With A lot of Girls” [laughs].
Slogan
My main slogan is “Please don’t say the John if you ain’t saying it twice. And if you don’t add the Da Don you ain’t saying it right.” It’s about branding. You want them to know your name. Don’t ever f**k my name up.
Leagues Competed In
URL, King of the Dot, Gladiator School with Snoop for the BET Hip Hop Awards, MC War, Grind Time, Strictly Bars, 7 Cities Shark
Mixtapes/Albums
Shruglife, AppreciHATED, Shrug or Die Vol 1. Recently, I just dropped Once Upon A Don. You can get all of them on johnjohndadon.com.
Favorite Battle (Participant)
If I had to pick one, I’m going to say the battle with Hitman Holla, because that’s the biggest one. That’s the fourth most viewed battle on URL.
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Favorite Battle (Non-Participant)
Tsu Surf vs Big T
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Your Battle Rap Mount Rushmore
Murda Mook, Dizaster, Charlie Clips, Me
One Mainstream Rapper You’d Like To Battle
I don’t think any of them are competition as far as battle rap. Give me Eminem. He’s a battle god in everybody’s eyes.
Name One Battler You Think Could Possibly Beat You On Their Absolute A Game
Someone who’s on their “A Game” I feel like is a problem is T-Rex.
Artists You’ve Worked With Musically
Jadakiss, Migos, Boosie, Problem, Bow Wow, Sonny Digital, Honorable C.N.O.T.E.
Your Battle Rap Hit List
Hollow Da Don, that’s it. He’s been running for so long people don’t really want to see that battle like they used to, but I still want to kick his ass. I don’t care what anybody wants to see. I want to kick his ass. It’s been too much s**t talking. It’s been too much comparing. I want to kick his ass.
It would be stupid if we battled for the [Da Don] name, because who are we to really claim that name. But what I would be willing to do is whoever loses that battle can’t battle no more, so there can only be one “Da Don” battling. You can go on and do whatever else it is you wanna do. It can only be one [in battle rap]. We can do that. Get the paperwork.
Top 5 Emcees DOA
No order – Hov, Kiss, Biggie, Pun, Drake
Do You Prefer To Participate In A Debatable Battle Or A Clear Victory?
I like to fight. I don’t want anything easy. I love debatable battles where you can go back and keep watching it. Those battles are timeless. When you watch them again, you don’t know who’s gonna win all over again.
With a clear body bag, when you go watch it again you know what you’re going to watch it for. You know this n***a is about to kill this n****a. So I’d rather a debatable classic all day, every day.
Where Do You See Battle Rap Going In The Future?
I see battle rap getting as big as wrestling and MMA did. I see it going that route like really being a sport. I feel like it’s gonna be so big of a sport it’s almost not going to be that much Hip Hop anymore. It’s either gonna be a sport or just entertaining like a show. It’s going to get real, real big. It’s gonna outgrow Hip Hop.
Follow John John Da Don on Twitter @johnjohndadon and Instagram @johnjohndadon.
Read other “Profiles In Battle Rap” articles here.
What other battle rappers would you like to see featured in AHH’s “Profiles In Battle Rap” series? Share your picks in the comments section below.
Recently, there have been rumors that Tiny and T.I. are just staying married to keep their TV show on the air. Tiny addressed it.
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In some respects, I feel responsible for some of the gayness that has crept into hip-hop. I think I can safely say that my influence on the “gay question” in hip-hop has softened over the years. I came on the hip-hop scene sounding the trumpet of inclusion. I was on some hip-hop inclusiveness back then, never intending for these supposedly straight rappers to jump on the gay bandwagon and “act” gay. I wanted to see some legitimate gay rappers in mainstream that could rip the mic and make hit records! (That’s what being at the forefront of hip-hop’s inception will do for you! Make you understand that rap music is grassroots—speaking for all underdogs and marginalized groups, which, in my mind, includes gay people, who have stories that must be told!)
I’m talking 2007.
I’ve had a sit-down with Kanye West over homophobia (and gave him my book, “Hip-Hop Homophobes: Origin & Attitudes Towards Gays & Lesbians in Hip-Hop Culture; As Perpetuated by Rappers, Thugs, Athletes, Reggae Rastas & Religionists; Essays on the 3,000 Year Old Polemic Against Homosexuality; A Religious Hoax!” iuniverse.com 2007) and had a few war-of-words with industry Negroes—from Trick Trick to 40 Glocc to a bevy of lesser known rappers who got that keyboard chin-checkin’ for their homophobia. I’ve been quoted in L.A. Times and Spin Magazine on gay rappers—had many gay rapper blogs at Davey.D.com, Hoodgrownonline.com (my first blogging gig! Shout out to Christopher English!) and all over these Internets! I’ve been on DJ Kay Slay’s Streetsweeper Sirius Satellite Radio show with five gay rappers and even made the cover of Straight Stuntin Magazine—all for repping for gay rappers.
(That’s right! Got my name on the cover of DJ Kay Slay’s Straight Stuntin Magazine 2008 with an article entitled, ‘Why Gay Hip-Hop? And quoted in Spin Magazine 2009)
I’ve earned my way up in here at Allhiphop.com (The most respected hip-hop site on the net!) I know most of you hate everything I write! I would have it no other way! F### thinking like the herd!
But never, in a million years, would I have thunk that Negroes would resort to feigning gay to get on in this rap game! Reminds me of these male p### stars that claim to be straight, but will f### a dude up the ass for money—what they call “Gay for Pay.” All I know is this—the amount of money that someone would have to pay me to get an e####### and stick it in another man’s butt would be staggering! I’m not sure if a billion dollars could keep me e####! But yeah, there are supposedly straight guys that can pull this off. Side-eye on the “straightness” though.
(Me in New York in 2008 with 5 gay rappers and DJ Kay Slay on Sirius radio. The Drama King gives everybody a chance! Give him his props! *Guy on far left is not a gay rapper. He is Kay Slay’s producer.)
Apparently, battle rapper Daylyt and ATL rapper Young Thug have taken a page out of the “Gay for Pay” playbook and are finding the notoriety they so desperately seek by doing things deemed gay in hip-hop circles. Daylyt has uttered such gayness as telling Diddy he’d like to f### him and telling another battle rapper he’d “Lick his ass from the front.” WOWZERS! Young Thug likes to wear girl’s dresses and call his homies “hubby” and “bae.”
Do I really think these guys are gay? Hell no! They are engaging in shock-value and h###-erotic antics. They know exactly what they’re doing and they know exactly how we are responding! In the case of Daylyt—I’ve met him. He ain’t gay! Dude is just very good at performing. I actually admire him for not giving a f###. Tried to holla at dude on Twitter and get some understanding and all I got was “Quill”—whatever that’s supposed to mean! On Daylyt’s Twitter header he has “I hate Gay N#####.” Paradoxical as a double-minded man, which is it Daylyt? You’re either gay and love other gay Negus or you’re gay and want the whole dick & ass, top & bottom population for yourself! There’s plenty of boongy and rod to go around, so why are you hatin’ on other gay dudes?
(Me and Daylyt. Was this guy thinking about getting some 50-year old rusty-butt man-p####? I should think not! LOL!)
Young Thug claims that the h######### language that he uses is not gay. That’s the way he and his homies get down on the verbal communication tip. He aims to change the language and definition of “hubbie.” This is akin to Lil Wayne and Baby kissing, I suppose. We read “gay” into their actions and they are on some father/son affectionate ish that most of us are totally uncomfortable with.
Young Thug readily admits to wearing little girl’s dresses. Like Kanye West, he is pushing the boundaries of conformity and for that, I do like, but feigning gay is not keeping it real!
(Young Thug in two of his little girl dresses. Ain’t he cute? Awwww!)
How revolutionary would it be if Daylyt and Young Thug were really gay? But shakin’ & fakin’—exploiting the pain and life that comes along with being gay is not cool! Being “Gay for Pay” is selling out one’s self for that almighty dollar. This is what Daylyt and Young Thug are doing—selling their souls by feigning gay for a payday! I don’t believe for a second that these two rappers have any gay proclivities! I think they are being controversial to move their careers forward. They are making a mockery of the gay lifestyle (as some call it). It is like a white person putting on “black face.” They are putting on “gay face” and selling it to us. They’re “Milli Vanilli-ing” us.
So Daylyt and Young Thug listen up! There are a shitload of real, bona fide, openly gay rappers who would love to be heard in mainstream. You two-fakin’-da-funk-pseudo-takin’-it-up-the-a###-homoerotically-curious-girly-dress-wearin’-lickin’-a-n####’s-ass-from-the-front-dreamin’-of-Diddy’s-colon dudes need to cut the shtick or come clean!
(In my Scarface/Tony Montana voice, “Where do you think Kanye West got the balls from to speak out on homophobia? Me! That’s who!”)
Young Thug sucks as a rapper, but makes club bangers. Daylyt has bars, but I ain’t never heard his music in the club. He doesn’t need to “act” gay. Neither does he need to try and clean up his gay alter-ego with his Twitter tag, “I hate Gay N#####.” Being controversial is one thing. Being a hypocrite and a homophobe and a two-faced, contradictory, oxymoronic, double-minded man is a psychosis. At the very least, explain yourself and stop the “Gay for Pay” shtick before you run up on a real gay rapper who wants to test your gangsta and gluteus! (Butt)
Khalil Amani is a blogger for AllHipHop. He also writes for DJ Kay Slay’s Originators Magazine & Straight Stuntin Magazine. He is the author of six books, including the ground-breaking book, “Hip-Hop Homophobes…” iuniverse.com 07). Amani is gay hip-hop’s self-proclaimed straight advocate. Visit The Coonerific One athttp://www.khalilamani.ning.com Follow on Facebook/Twitter @khalilamani. Instagram @khalil_amani, Youtube @ yahweh 12 Kh*********@***oo.com Amani’s books are orderable at www.iuniverse.com. or any Barnes & Nobles, Borders.
(AllHipHop News) “They love a n***a’s spirit like Pac at the Coachella,” rapped Pusha T on “New God Flow.” While many viewers did feel watching Tupac Shukar’s hologram at the 2012 festival was like seeing his soul come back to life, DJ Quik claims he may have been visited by the actual ghost of the late Hip Hop icon.
[ALSO READ: Tupac Hologram Performs Alongside Dr. Dre And Snoop Dogg At Coachella 2012]
A TMZ cameraman caught up with Quik, and the photog asked the Compton rapper/producer if he ever encountered a supernatural experience. Quik revealed that while he was recording a remix to a Pac song with Big Syke in the allegedly haunted “Karen Carpenter Room,” Makaveli possibly stopped by the studio.
“Skye kicks back, hits a blunt, and starts laughing into the microphone. And he sounds eerily like 2Pac,” said Quik. “The lights just got a little weird. I got chills. It was like Tupac haunted the f**king studio.”
Quik is set to release his 9th studio album The Midnight Life on October 14. The project features appearances by Dom Kennedy, Bishop Lamont, Mac 10, and El DeBarge.
[ALSO READ: DJ Quik To Release “The Midnight Life” LP Featuring El Debarge, Dom Kennedy & More]
Watch DJ Quik discuss being haunted by Tupac Shakur’s ghost in the video below.
Tone Trump brings us another release from his upcoming and highly anticipated EP, “The Greatest Hustler Alive”. The new club banger, “Do It Right” produced by Peoples, features the Bay Area’s platinum songwriter, Mistah Fab and is an instant classic that will have the clubs jumping! “The Greatest Hustler Alive” EP drops November 30th.
(AllHipHop News) A photographer outside of the Louvre Museum in Paris may not have been familiar with Jay Z, but an Oscar winner believes the rapper and his wife, Beyoncé, are American royalty. In a video interview with Vanity Fair, Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games, X-Men: Days of Future Past) revealed she was a huge Destiny’s Child fan as a child. She also recalled meeting Hov for the first time.
[ALSO READ: Jay Z & Beyonce Reportedly Working On A Joint Album]
“I met Jay Z, and I was so embarrassed. You could see my knees bouncing up and down. He was like, “Are you okay?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, uh, bye’,” said Lawrence. “[Jay Z and Beyoncé are] king and queen of America – of music. Brad [Pitt] and Angelina [Jolie] are king and queen of movies.”
When it comes to finances, Jay and Bey have dominated the Forbes “Highest-Earning Celebrity Couples” list for years. The “On The Run” collaborators combined to make $95 million between June 2012 and June 2013. Brad and Angelina came in third on last year’s list with a $50 million total.
[ALSO READ: Jay Z & Beyoncé Named Top Earning Couple Again]
Watch Jennifer Lawrence’s interview below.
(AllHipHop News) A$AP Ferg and his A$AP Mob crew are known to be big fans of the fashion world. Ferg stopped by Complex’s “Fashion Bros!” show, and he was asked about meeting billionaire designer Ralph Lauren. The rapper/fashion designer offered extremely high praise for the creator of Polo.
[ALSO READ: Producers Salva & Nick Hook Discuss “Old English” Feat. Young Thug, Freddie Gibbs & A$AP Ferg + Other Projects]
“It’s like meeting God in the flesh. It’s definitely spiritual,” said Ferg. “A prophet. He’s like Elijah Muhammad.”
Ferg is not the only fashion conscious Hip Hop artist to highlight Lauren’s contribution to the industry. Kanye West famously downplayed Sway Calloway’s clothing brand by declaring “it ain’t Ralph though.” Lauren later expressed he felt it was cool that Ye changed his first name “Ralph” into a positive adjective.
[ALSO READ: Ralph Lauren Responds To Kanye West’s “It Ain’t Ralph” Rant]
Watch A$AP Ferg’s interview below.
(AllHipHop News) The accusations against Drake keep piling on. First there was Houston stripper Jhonni Blaze claiming the YMCMB artist may have sent people to threaten her. Now internet model Shaye G is accusing Drake of threatening her as well.
[ALSO READ: Police Launch Investigation Into Allegations Drake Threatened Stripper]
According to TMZ, Shaye received “angry texts messages” from Drizzy after she posted expensive items on Instagram that he allegedly bought for her. The texts supposedly included Drake telling Shaye if he sees her at the same location she would be “run up outta there.” Her father apparently got involved in the situation, telling the rapper to “back off.”
Shaye decided to report the matter to Arizona police after she heard about Blaze’s accusations. Authorities are now investigating the incident. The officers have not spoken with Drake as of yet.
[ALSO READ: Drake Gets New Emoji Tattoo, Guess Which One]
DJ Drama and Freeway Rick Ross recently hosted the Atlanta premiere of FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM, at CineBistro in Atlanta, Georgia. The premiere was attended by Keshia Knight Pulliam, Rob and Lisa Johnson (the film producers), and more.
FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity-more compelling than fiction, it’s the real story behind America’s longest war. This documentary, by award-winning filmmaker Marc Levin (SLAM, Mr. Untouchable, Brick City), exposes how the infiltration of crack cocaine destroyed inner-city neighborhoods across the country. At the center of it all is the rise, fall and redemption of Freeway Rick Ross, a street hustler who became the King of Crack and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Gary Webb, who broke the story of the CIA’s complicity in the drug war; whose story is featured in the upcoming Focus Features film,Kill the Messenger, starring Jeremy Renner. The film features exclusive interviews with FreewayRick Ross, Webb’s source Coral Baca, and wife Susan Webb; former Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff Roberto Juarez; and many more. The film’s release date is October, 17, 2014. For more information on the movie log onto www.CrackInTheSystem.com.
Check out more photos from the event below.
(AllHipHop News) Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs was the latest subject of Noisey’s “The People Vs” series. During his segment, Gibbs responded to a YouTube comment questioning the subject matter of his “Thuggin’” video. The user argued that Gibbs is sending a negative message to young people.
[ALSO READ: Game Ft. Bobby Shmurda, Freddie Gibbs & Skeme – “Hit ‘Em Hard”]
Gibbs’ answer centered around the idea that parents are responsible for what their children see and hear, not artists.
“I’m soon to be a parent, so I kinda understand [the criticsm], but I don’t. You’re supposed to control the media and the things kids see in your household. That’s not my job,” said Gibbs. “I do this to feed my family. My mom’s living good off these thug ass raps and me rapping about crack. You want me to stop my money?”
Earlier in the clip, Gibbs does express that he does not think smoking crack is cool. He just wanted the “Thuggi’n” visual to reflect real life situations. He also claimed the person in the video was smoking real crack.
[ALSO READ: Freddie Gibbs Says Young Jeezy Lied About Financing His Career (VIDEO)]
Watch “The People Vs Freddie Gibbs” below.
(AllHipHop News) Bishop Nehru has the luxury of being closely associated with two of the most gifted emcees in Hip Hop. The 18-year-old creator of the Nehruvia mixtape is signed to Nas’ Mass Appeal Records, and he just dropped a collaboration album with MF Doom.
[ALSO READ: Bishop Nehru & DOOM Release “NehruvianDOOM” Preview BitTorrent Bundle]
Speaking with GoodFellaMedia, Bishop revealed he hopes to get Esco and Doom on a track together for the first time.
“They would be great together. We haven’t seen that yet and I feel like it can happen. I feel like it can happen,” said Nehru. “I’m going to get it to happen. This is not a guarantee. Don’t mark my words, but I’m going to try to get it to happen.”
The joint LP between Nehru and Doom, titled NehruvianDoom, was released via Lex Records. Up next for Bishop is his debut album on Mass Appeal which will be executive produced by Nas. The Queens legend is already set to appear on the project, so maybe fans will get to hear a Nas-Doom collaboration on that effort.
[ALSO READ: Nas To Executive Produce Bishop Nehru’s Solo Album]
After remixing “Tip Toe Wing In My Jawwdinz” and “Hot N*gga“, Ludacris returns with a new Ludaverse over ILOVEMAKONNEN’s “Tuesday” joint. He also announced he will be dropping a new mixtape “Burning Bridges” in December and album “Ludaversal” March 31st.
“JAY Z’s Life+Times and vitaminwater® present the next episode of the new documentary series “Where I’m From.” This episode follows Inglewood, CA rapper Casey Veggies, and details how supportive his father was in encouraging him not to quit sports and music. Veggies speaks on Pharrell Williams as inspiration on music and style, and on proving yourself to be taken seriously as a young ambitious individual. This episode features early footage from 2007 of Veggies rapping on his laptop, as well as an exclusive look inside the Odd Future store.”
First single off Termanology’s new album, Shut Up And Rap, which will be released on12-9-14. Also, you can catch Termanology at A3C for the “Beantown Bullies” showcase on Friday 10/10 at Space2 (6-8:30pm) alongside Edo G, REKS and more. Purchase “The War Begins” on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/war-begins-feat.-h-blanco/id925729284
Raekwon isnt done remixing classics. For the 17th installment of his Throwback Thursday series Raekwon remixes the O’Jays 70s hit “Back Stabbers”.
