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5 & Done: Dave Ea$t

By: Niki Gatewood (@THE_NikiG) Updated Category: Breeding Ground
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Innocence lost and faith regained through personal redemption, Dave Ea$t, possesses the poetic soul of a black rose. Lyrical symphonies derived from the corner to the collegiate classroom, his evolved perspective resonates with a universal appeal. Repping the east side of Harlem, he strives to utilize his talents and drive to create another Hip-Hop renaissance.

Black Rose, the latest offering from emerging MC is the proof. It clearly demonstrates that those who ensnarled by impoverished living conditions may transform compacted pain into a sustained meaningful existence.

AllHipHop.com: For the folks who are unfamiliar with your journey, who are you as a man and as an MC?

Dave Ea$t: As a man, I’m 100 percent; I’m loyal. It means that I don’t act like somebody that I’m not. I have no reason to lie to nobody. I keep it 100. As an MC, I’m different. I mean, I got an old soul, but I’m 26. I’m young, you know what I mean.  Of course, I’m going to have a new energy with me. But, I don’t listen to new n*ggas. So, my whole energy is based on what I came up on. You know—Jay [Z], Styles P, Biggie, Nas, [Jada]Kiss—you know, that’s what I came up on. So, that’s the energy that I rap with.

AllHipHop.com: So far, from what I heard from you, the grittiness reminds me of Mobb Deep.

Dave Ea$t: It’s grimey—I f*ck with the Mobb. I’m in the ‘Bridge [Queensbridge] every other day. I got family in the ‘Bridge; so, I f*ck with the ‘Bridge heavy. Nas is the big homie. You know what I’m saying. I’m just not nobody—I don’t have to lie. A lot of people ask me, ‘Yo, how do you write so fast?’  ‘Cause it’s coming straight from my head—what I just saw, what I was doing yesterday. I’m not trying to create nothing, it’s coming straight from my head. I’m really in the streets. That’s the difference between me and a lot of rappers. I be outside. I’m in the studio, but I’m not no “studio rapper.” I go to the studio then I’m back outside. So, that’s why it sounds a little different.

AllHipHop.com: What best describes your voice as an MC; why do you feel compelled to share your art?

Dave Ea$t: Hungry! I feel like I just sound hungry—my voice, it sounds different because—I feel like my voice is strong. You know when it’s me on a record. The hunger is there. More than anything it’s Harlem; you hear it. If you’re from Uptown—if you’re from Harlem—then you know what I’m talking about. In the Rap game that’s what my voice is.

Honestly, because I feel like my story is different. A lot of sh*t goes on in my life that goes on in a lot of other people’s lives. There’s nobody talking about it. I feel like a lot of n*ggas are talking about the clubs, the cars the jewelry, and the girls. But what I’m talking about is the everyday –you gotta go to work, or you gotta go sell drugs—the regular person, I feel like they’re going to relate to me. That’s my voice in Hip-Hop.

AllHipHop.com: Notable Hip-Hop proponents like, Sway and Shaheem Reid, respect both your words and your work-ethic. What factors motivated you to bring your musical aspiration to fruition?

Dave Ea$t: I think it’s just being outside every day and being able to talk on what’s going on. Nobody can really speak on what’s going on where I’m from. So, I feel like I’m the one. I feel like that’s my job to talk about what’s going on on the East side of Harlem. That’s the difference with me. I feel like I have to do that. I need to let people know what’s going on where I’m from. I feel like that story is that strong. As strong as a Dr. Dre or as a Snoop story is in L.A., I feel like my story is just as strong in the east side of Harlem.

AllHipHop.com: Your supporters believe you’re the new face of New York’s Hip-Hop. Which of your tracks best transcend that distinction and will be universally endorsed my Hip-Hop?

Dave Ea$t: Right now, I feel like any music that I make will have a New York sound to it. I’m from Harlem; so, you’re going to hear that in my music. I don’t want to be under the umbrella of being just a New York artist. That’s a great title, but I want a little more distinction than that. Black Rose is my most recent work. It shows how I’m feeling at this point in my life…

Just make sure that you download that. I put a lot of heart and soul into this tape. If you really want to hear the essence of New York City—the production, the stories with lyricism—all that I feel like you should definitely check it out. It’s definitely Harlem. It’s me; you can listen to that tape and get into my life. You’ll know all about me.

BET Hip Hop Awards Nominees Announced, Snoop Dogg To Host

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) While not factually correct, for all intents and purposes, Young Money/Cash Money owns BET. Today (September 4th) it was revealed that Drake will lead all other artists with the most nominations at the 2014  BET Hip Hop Awards.

YMCMB’s Canadian dynamo nabbed eight nominations, five less than his 13 nominations from last year’s BET Hip Hop Awards. Drake goes up against Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, J. Cole and fellow labelmate Nicki Minaj in the Lyricist Of The Year category and MVP of the year category (sans Eminem and Kendrick Lamar) which Drake lost both awards to Lamar at last year’s award ceremony. Drake’s “Started From The Bottom” won Track of the Year at last year’s award ceremony and his “Worst Behavior” song will be nominated for Track of the Year.

Snoop Dogg will return as host of this year’s award ceremony and is tapped to perform. AllHipHop is also nominated for Best Hip Hop Online site.

The 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards will be taped Saturday, September 20, 2014 at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta, GA. The show will air on Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Check out the full list of nominees below:

Best Hip Hop Video

  • Drake – “Worst Behavior”
  • Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino – “Move That Doh”
  • Iggy Azalea f/ Charli XCX – “Fancy”
  • J. Cole f/ TLC – “Crooked Smile”
  • Nicki Minaj – “Pills N Potions”
  • Wiz Khalifa – “We Dem Boyz”

Best Collabo, Duo or Group

  • Eminem f/ Rihanna – “The Monster”
  • Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino – “Move That Doh”
  • JAY Z f/ Justin Timberlake – “Holy Grail”
  • ScHoolboy Q f/ BJ The Chicago Kid – “Studio”
  • YG f/ Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan – “My Hitta”

Best Live Performer

  • Drake
  • JAY Z
  • Kanye West
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • T.I.

Lyricist of the Year

  • Drake
  • Eminem
  • J. Cole
  • JAY Z
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • Nicki Minaj

Video Director of the Year

  • Benny Boom
  • Chris Robinson
  • Director X
  • Dre Films
  • Hype Williams

DJ of the Year

  • DJ Drama
  • DJ Envy
  • DJ Khaled
  • DJ Mustard
  • DJ Scream

Producer of the Year

  • DJ Mustard
  • Drumma Boy
  • Hit-Boy
  • Mike WiLL Made It
  • Pharrell
  • Timbaland

MVP of the Year

  • DJ Mustard
  • Drake
  • Future
  • JAY Z
  • Nicki Minaj

Track of the Year

  • “Cut Her Off” (Remix) – Produced by Will-A-Fool (K Camp f/ Lil Boosie, YG & Too $hort)
  • “Move That Doh” – Produced by Mike WiLL Made It (Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino)
  • “My Hitta” – Produced by DJ Mustard (YG f/ Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan)
  • “Studio” – Produced by Swiff D (ScHoolboy Q f/ BJ The Chicago Kid)
  • “Worst Behavior” – Produced by DJ Dahi (Drake)

Album of the Year

  • Drake – “Nothing Was The Same”
  • Eminem – “The Marshall Mathers LP 2”
  • Future – “Honest”
  • Rick Ross – “Mastermind”
  • ScHoolboy Q – “Oxymoron”
  • Yo Gotti – “I Am”
 Who Blew Up Award

  • Iggy Azalea
  • Migos
  • Rich Homie Quan
  • ScHoolboy Q
  • YG
  • Young Thug

Hustler of the Year

  • Dr. Dre
  • Drake
  • JAY Z
  • Rick Ross
  • T.I.

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)

  • A$AP Rocky
  • JAY Z
  • Kanye West
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Young Thug

Best Hip Hop Online Site

  • AllHipHop.com
  • Complex.com
  • HotNewHipHop.com
  • NecoleBitchie.com
  • RapRadar.com
  • WorldStarHipHop.com

Best Club Banger

  • Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino – “Move That Doh” (Produced by Mike WiLL Made It)
  • K Camp f/ Lil Boosie, YG & Too $hort – “Cut Her Off” (Remix) (Produced by Will-A-Fool)
  • Migos – “Fight Night” (Produced by Stack Boy Twaun)
  • Wiz Khalifa – “We Dem Boyz” (Produced by Detail)
  • YG f/ Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan – “My Hitta” (Produced by DJ Mustard)
  • Young Thug – “Stoner” (Produced by Dun Deal)

Best Mixtape

  • Action Bronson – “Blue Chips 2”
  • Fabolous – “The Soul Tape 3”
  • Migos – “No Label 2”
  • Rich Homie Quan – “I Promise I Will Never Stop Going In”
  • Wiz Khalifa – “28 Grams”

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse

  • B.o.B – “Paranoid” (Ty Dolla $ign f/ B.o.B)
  • B.o.B – “Up Down” (Do This All Day) (T-Pain f/ B.o.B)
  • Drake – “Who Do You Love” (YG f/ Drake)
  • Kendrick Lamar – “Control” (Big Sean f/ Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica)
  • Pharrell – “Move That Doh” (Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino)

Impact Track

  • Common f/ Vince Staples – “Kingdom”
  • Lecrae – “Nuthin”
  • Lupe Fiasco – “Mission”
  • The Roots f/ Patty Cash – “Never”
  • Talib Kweli f/ Abby Dobson – “State of Grace”

People’s Champ Award

  • Drake – “Worst Behavior”
  • Future f/ Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino – “Move That Doh”
  • Iggy Azalea f/ Charli XCX – “Fancy”
  • Wiz Khalifa – “We Dem Boyz”
  • YG f/ Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill & Rich Homie Quan – “My Hit

S.K. – “Fix Your Face”

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: MOBILE
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“Fix Your Face” is the breakout single from S.K. who has gained widespread recognition online for this song.  Renaissance Republic artist/producer S.K.’s “Fix Your Face” is the first official track from his long-awaited EP, Speak Easy, which is set to release later in the year.

Profiles In Battle Rap: Hollow Da Don

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Features
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(AllHipHop Features) Hollow Da Don has been one of the premier battle rappers in the game ever since he dominated 106 & Park’s “Freestyle Friday” competition in 2006. The native New Yorker took home the show’s weekly battle crown seven times in a row.

Hollow parlayed that TV success to numerous battle rap league victories and an eventual co-sign from Young Money superstar Drake.

With a stat sheet that includes matches against elite battlers such as Arsonal, Big T, Illmaculate, Aye Verb, Hitman Holla, Tsu Surf, and Loaded Lux, Hollow still broke new ground when he went face-to-face with major label signee Joe Budden at Total Slaughter I.

There are two other top-tier battlers that Hollow has in his immediate lyrical crosshairs. In AllHipHop.com’s fourth edition of “Profiles In Battle Rap,” Da Dinininon shares his personal hit list, favorite battles, rap producers he has worked with, and one of his slept on lines from the match with Budden.

[ALSO READ: Profiles In Battle Rap: Dizaster] 

Hometown

Born in Brooklyn. Grew up In Queens.

Years Experience

Professionally, in front of a wide audience 7-8 years. In total battling period, about 12-13 years.

Style Known For (ie aggression, wordplay, punchlines, freestyle)

Untouchable is the best way to put my style. It’s unpredictable. You don’t know if I’m going to go punchlines, jokes… keeping opponents on their toes, not knowing how to come at me.

Crew

I wouldn’t call it a crew. It’s more of a movement – Loyalty Over Money (LOM).

Slogan

“Loyalty Over Money”

Leagues Competed In

I’ve done every possible league and dominated every league – 106 & Park, Fight Club, Grind Time, WRC, URL/Smack, Total Slaughter.

Mixtapes/Albums

Loyalty Is A Way Of Life, Money Changes, Loyalty Don’t. I decided to stop making music to just focus on battling. I still write. I just haven’t recorded. I ain’t really been in my bag lately. I’m just letting it flow. I might drop singles, but I don’t plan on dropping a whole project.

Favorite Battle (Participant)

Me vs. Big T


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Favorite Battle (Non-Participant)

Conceited vs. Arsonal

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One Of Your All Time Hottest Line

In the Joe Budden battle I said, “You know who the hell is Joe?/That funny Martin episode/He talk about that hoe tell (hotel) when in the end/He’s fighting with the rat.” They didn’t catch that. A hotel is actually an “inn.” In the end of the Martin episode, he was fighting with the rat in the hotel.

Your Battle Rap Mount Rushmore

Me, Loaded Lux, Murda Mook, Illmaculate

One Mainstream Rapper You’d Like To Battle

Anybody that’s a lyricist. It ain’t about attacking the mainstream. I’m definitely trying to go at an Eminem, Cassidy – lyricists that I respect. But there’s no official mainstream rapper that I’m gunning for.

Name One Battler You Think Could Possibly Beat You On Their Absolute A Game

Any top-tier battle rapper. Anybody you name. That’s what they don’t understand about battling. Everybody wants Jordan to have 63 points against Boston, but he may have different nights where he might have 32 and 10 rebounds. It’s still a good night, but they don’t appreciate it because they want to see the classic night they remember that you got famous off of.

Different nights you are going to have great performances. It’s just a different type of performance. That goes to say, with anybody that’s a top-tier battle rapper – as long as they’re on their A-game and having a great performance – you’re not going to beat them. You know who the top-tier cats are.

Artists You’ve Worked With Musically

I’ve worked more with producers like Alchemist, Chuck Inglish. I was just in the studio with Scott Storch. I mess with a lot artist too, but I’m just not the collab type of guy. I’m the guy that chills, kicks it, and if I’m feeling the vibe, I’ll hop on the track. I hate to force the issue. This is when I was doing music. Like I said, I’m not doing music anymore. I’m not a rapper.

Your Battle Rap Hit List

Charlie Clips first and foremost. Maybe even Mook, if he wants to jump in the way and get stupid. It’s still “ABG” – anybody can get it. No exceptions.

Top 5 Emcees DOA

Not in order: Biggie, Pac, Eminem, Big Pun, Pimp C

Do You Prefer To Participate In A Debatable Battle Or A Clear Victory?

Honestly, it depends on how much you really hate the person. If you hate the person you’re battling you want to win no matter what. If you’re battling somebody you respect, a classic will always be the best, because those are the ones that get talked about the most.

Where Do You See Battle Rap Going In The Future?

It’s just going to get bigger. At the end of the day, it’s going to be a sport that’s respected like any other sport. That’s what we’re hoping for. We don’t expect it to change the world and bring peace. None of that is going to happen with battle rap. It’s an aggressive sport. It’s underground. We just want to get respect, because we respect rap and music period. So we want to get respect in the same breath.

[ALSO READ: Profiles In Battle Rap: Okwerdz]

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Follow Hollow Da Don on Twitter @hollowdadon and Instagram @DonLennonLOM.

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.

Cash Money/Young Money Partners With Funkmaster Flex For Stunnalife

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Young Money/Cash Money Records is just digital flexing. Yesterday, Funkmaster Flex was named the Content Creator and Director of the label’s new website Stunnalife.com and the accompanying Stunnalife app.

The new website and app will contain all of Cash Money/Young Money artists’ music and news. Last April, Flex partnered with Loud Digital to release his InFlexWeTrust app which exclusively distributed his Who You Mad At? Me or Yourself? mixtape.

Flex’s app has accumulated over 500,000 downloads in under a year and a half. In a press release, Flex stated he is “excited to partner with Birdman on this venture. He has built one of the biggest machines in music, and he creates superstars, so moving forward together is a no-brainer.”

The Stunnalife app will be available on Google Play and iTunes App Store this Fall along with the release of the website.

Mixtape Download: Veto Vangundy – "The Last Hope"

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Breeding Ground
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Chicago rhymer Veto Vangundy drops the sequel to his From Pain To Glory mixtape. His latest effort The Last Hope is a 15-track project that features production by Black Metaphor, BolotheProducer, and fellow Chicagoan Csick. The project also includes the buzzworthy single “Keep It Wu.”

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Theophilus London Ft. Jesse Boykins III "Tribe"

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: MOBILE
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Theophilus London releases the Brodinski & Club Cheval-produced first single “Tribes” featuring frequent collaborator Jessie Boykins III from his upcoming VIBES! album which hits stores this fall. The single features artwork shot by legendary designer, artist and photographer Karl Lagerfeld.

Ja Rule Reality TV Show Coming To MTV, Compared To The Cosby's Show (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Ja Rule…Hip Hop’s Bill Cosby? MTV has announced that Ja Rule’s family life will be documented in a new reality TV show entitled Follow The Rules.

The half-an-hour reality TV show will focus on Ja Rule raising his three children with Queen Latifah and Irv Gotti as two of the executive producers. While Rule states “family tradition will never be the same again b*tch” in a press release for the announcement, MTV’s President of Programming Susanne Daniels has loftier adulation of the show:

Ja Rule is the modern day reality rap star version of Bill Cosby’s role from ‘The Cosby Show.’ He embraces a unique parenting style with his teenage kids that feels fresh and funny.

There is no word on when the show will premiere. Check out a preview of a few scenes from Follow The Rules below:

Hip-Hop Rumors: Future And Ciara Back Together?

By: kubeezz Updated Category: Rumors
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Rumors have been flying about here, there and everywhere that Future was stepping out on Cici with his stylist, Tyrina Lee. 

Ciara called off the couple’s engagement and the two haven’t been spotted out together in months, but sources are saying that they are living together again and want to “work things out for the sake of their child.”

Recently a source for E! News gave more insight in to what’s going on behind closed doors with the couple, “They are working things out and are supposed to be getting back together,” the source said. “She really cares about Future and still loves him. She is going to try for her family.”

Should this couple stay together for the sake of Baby Future or should they go ahead and let it go?

SOURCE: LA TIMES

 

G-Unit Talks Jimmy Henchman And Game, Floyd Mayweather Jr's Mike Brown Challenge + MORE (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Understatement of the year alert: G-Unit does not forget its enemies. During a recent interview earlier today (September 4th), G-Unit discusses why Game will not be apart of the G-Unit reunion, responds to Floyd Mayweather Jr’s $750,000 challenge and more.

Jimmy Henchman, longtime associate of Game was sentenced to life in prison on October 25th, 2013 over cocaine trafficking, witness tampering and money laundering. Tony Yayo was arrested in 2007 over allegedly slapping Henchman’s teenage son. Before calling Game a “snake that won”, Yayo explains on Ebro In The Morning how Game’s connection to Henchman rules out his inclusion in any G-Unit reunion.

I just feel like with the Game thing it’s like y’all know what it is. He was messing with Jimmy Henchman. It’s deeper than rap. Y’all keep asking that dumb question when his OG’s had FEDS knocking at my door. It’s like the industry, y’all don’t get it, ’cause it’s the streets.

Yesterday (September 3rd) Mayweather Jr challenged 50 Cent to donate $750,000 to Mike Brown’s family. Buck revealed that he turned one of his lyrics from “Ahh Sh*t” addressing the Mike Brown shooting into a shirt. 50 Cent addressed Mayweather’s challenge by revisiting his original challenge:

Tell him to read Page 3 in Harry Potter. Same 750 [thousand] for Page 3 in Harry Potter.

Check out the full interview below:

Hip Hop Rumors: Stevie J And Joseline Better Watch Their Backs!

By: kubeezz Updated Category: Rumors
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Waka’s wifey Tammy Rivera posted a pic via Instagram yesterday letting the world know “daddy was home,” but from the looks of things, they couple may be takin’ shots (literally) at coked out couple Stevie J and Joseline, after Joseline attacked Rivera on the LHHATL reunion.

Waka-and-Tammy-StraightFromTheA-unsensoredPhoto Cred: StraightFromTheA

The post has been removed, but the damage is already done, we know EXACTLY who y’ll taking aim at.

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D.Prince "Never"

By: Scooby Wilson (@mcscoobins) Updated Category: Music
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Brooklyn emcee D.Prince releases “Never” featuring crooner Johnny Blue and produced by upcoming Swedish visionary Ibra Heem. This song will appear on D.Prince’s upcoming project Black Sinatra, slated for release in November.

Hip Hop Rumors: Remy And Papoose Expecting Already?

By: kubeezz Updated Category: Rumors
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Gahdamn its only been a month…

MediaTakeout is reporting that the couple is a few weeks in to their first pregnancy, and considering Remy Ma was locked down for 7 years, they probably both had some pressure built up.

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An insider for MediaTakeout Remy was spotted out and about at Jeezy’s album release party in NYC and she accidentally let the cat out the bag and wasn’t sipping’ anything either.

If the news is true, CONGRATS!

Nick Cannon Publicly Speaks On Divorce Rumors With Mariah Carey For The 1st Time

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Hard to see paradise through all the tweets. Yesterday (September 3rd) Nick Cannon took to his personal Twitter account to publicly address the rumors of him divorcing from his wife Mariah Carey.

On August 21st, Entertainment Weekly’s The Insider quoted Nick Cannon as stating there was “trouble in paradise”. Before refuting he gave The Insider that quote, Cannon stated he never made any statement regarding his marriage yet does not refute reports that he and Carey are set to divorce:

Cee Lo Green's TBS Show Gets Cancelled After Rape Tweet Controversy

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Each and every day another celebrity realizes that Twitter is real life. Tuesday (September 2nd) TBS canceled Cee Lo Green’s The Good Life unscripted reality show after only one season.

Hours before TBS cancelled Green’s show, Green apologized publicly on Twitter for controversial tweets regarding rape following pleading no contest to furnishing ecstacy to a woman in 2012. Women’s rights group Ultraviolet petitioned TBS and parent company Time Warner to have the show canceled.