(AllHipHop News) The recreation of the world of Aaliyah is slowly being completed. According to reports the actors set to play Timbaland and Missy Elliott in the upcoming Lifetime movie, Aaliyah: Princess of R&B.
Chattrisse Dolabaille and Izaak Smith have been cast as Missy Elliott and Timbaland in the upcoming film. Dolabaille has never been a lead actress in a film with Smith acting in 2012’s Mirror Mirror as well as So You Think You Can Dance?
The film is set to resume filming later this summer to be released this Fall.
(AllHipHop News) Lil Kim’s return to verbally assaulting Nicki Minaj on records has opened the door to discuss the longstanding feud between the two female rappers. Billboard spoke with T.I. about the beef, and the Hustle Gang boss believes all the talk about Nicki “taking Kim’s spot” or being the “Queen of Rap” has added fuel to the fire.
“Just because you heard another person say that you gonna be on edge,” said T.I. “I feel like that’s more of the case with Kim and Nicki, even though I don’t know what started any of this, it’s a little more complicated to put to bed because of that fact.”
Tip also added the constant comparisons between Kim and Nicki would “put a chip on your shoulder in a different way too.” He was then asked about the rumored beef between Minaj and his close collaborator Iggy Azalea.
“That’s a little more preposterous,” he stated. “Like ‘what the f**k’ because they’re not even in each other’s lane.”
Nicki’s speech at the this year’s BET Awards sparked reports that she was sending subliminal shots at Iggy. While accepting the trophy for Best Female Hip Hop Artist, Nicki said, “When you hear Nicki Minaj spit, Nicki Minaj wrote it.”
On the other hand, Iggy and Kim have been very supportive of each other publicly. Tip even hints to Billboard a Lil Kim/Iggy Azalea collaboration could be happening in the future.
The leading female voice in Hip Hop for the past several years is stamping her name in the history books as well. According to Young Money HQ, Nicki Minaj has set a new mark on iTunes.
The Queens bred performer’s The Pinkprint single “Anaconda” has helped her become the first female to have a number one solo single on the iTunes chart. Add in Nicki’s featured appearance on Jessie J and Ariana Grande’s “Bang Bang,” and the leader of the Barbz also becomes the first female rapper to have two lead singles in the top two spots on iTunes simultaneously.
Minaj recently filmed a video for “Anaconda.” She released snippets and behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot.
Big Hud & Beeda Weeda unveil their new track “Hella Turnt” featuring Bay Area hip hop legends Too Short & E-40. The energy filled track is the lead single from Big Hud & Beeda Weeda’s upcoming collaborative album “The Storm” scheduled for release on September 30th.
DJ Khaled debuts his new single “Hold You Down” featuring Chirs Brown, Jeremih, Future & August Alsina. Khaled’s eight studio album “I Changed A Lot” coming soon. Purchase the new single now on iTunes.
(AllHipHop News) Epic Records artist Bobby Shmurda cleared up rumors surrounding the beat for his buzzing street single “Hot N***a” originally belonging to Lloyd Banks. During an interview with Jenny Boom Boom, Shmurda revealed the track’s producer, Jahlil Beats, told him Banks never purchased the track.
“Really, he never bought the beat. Jahlil called me and told me he never bought the beat and I snatched it up,” said Shmurda. “I guess he never put it out. He put it out but, I don’t know.”
The beat that eventually became “Hot N***a” was also the beat for Bank’s “Jackpot.” That version was released in 2012.
Shmurda also talked about a few of his personal favorite rappers, and the 20-year-old performer named Jay Z and Jadakiss as the best lyricists.
While Shmurda showed love to some of NYC’s Hip Hop legends, the Brooklyn native has received some blowback from listeners and other rappers for what they feel is his sound too closely resembling styles from other regions.
When asked about his music being compared to Chicago’s Drill Music, Bobby responded, “They gonna say that cause we both young, and we doing – I’m not gonna say the same thing, but kinda like the same thing. We’re doing stuff similar. It’s kids over there having the same type of problems we having over here.”
Durham, NC artist Thee Tom Hardy has returned with a new single “The Reason Y”, produced by Brad Brown. This song is featured on the upcoming project “Another Guerrilla Broadcast”.
(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne and Drake are facing off during their co-headlining tour, and the two Young Money rappers are giving the fans the opportunity to decide which star will be the first to hit the stage.
Weezy and Drizzy revealed the “Drake VS Lil Wayne App” in a new promo video posted to Drake’s website. Concert goers at each tour stop can use the free app to vote for either Drake or Wayne. The winner will open the show.
For more information about the tour visit youngmoney.com.
(AllHipHop News) According to reports, anger over the deadly police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown has gone from peaceful protests, social media hashtags, and candlelight vigils to looting and vandalism. Brown, who was unarmed, was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri on Saturday.
Brown and another man were stopped by the cop. Authorities claim Brown then got into a struggle inside a police vehicle with the officer over his firearm. Police say Brown was shot once inside the vehicle and then multiple times in the street.
However, witnesses of the incident say that Brown was shot as he held his hands in the air signifying that he was not resisting. The officer has been put on leave of absence pending an investigation.
Members of the Ferguson community demanded justice for Brown’s killing. Several nonviolent demonstrations sprouted up throughout the city, but some residents have turned to looting and destruction of property.
The unrest reportedly spread to neighboring towns. Heavily armed law enforcement personnel has been sent to the area.
Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, has reportedly condemned the rioting stating the looting is disrespecting the memory of her son. The recent high school graduate was set to attend Vatterott College this fall.
Michael Brown
Watch the ABC News report on Brown’s killing and footage from Ferguson below.
Our own DJ Hustle is on turn tables giving you The Jump Off Mix Volume #6. DJ Hustle is blending and mixing on AllHipHop.com. DJ Hustle received your requests, in this mix it’s all about you the heat 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. Our sixth mix features songs from Riff Raff, Too Short, Waka Flocka and more.
In an era where gentrification is running wild, I don’t know what to think of this one. You know, Whites moving into Black neighborhoods and taking them over is all the rage these days! But, some people created an app to counter this nighty movement. SketchFactor is apparently an app that will appear in the iTunes app store and will help White folk avoid “sketchy” areas. The crazy thing is that the company that created it is located in Manhattan! I’m thinking that this is not going to work since what is going on in NYC is the opposite! I am thinking this is one racist-a$$ app though! I’m not even going to talk about it anymore. I want White people to accidentally move into Lefrack City or QueensBridge on accident so they can really get a taste of the bass! Enoy! Get at me, dun!
I heard some disturbing rumors last night out of Harlem, New York. You know, rumors aren’t what they used to be and a lot of stuff goes viral quickly. But, I heard that Juelz Santana may have been beaten up yesterday in Harlem. Now, a female told an AllHipHop worker this and the worker told me. There isn’t much to this rumor, other than Juelz may have been knocked out in the streets. She said, “I just heard Santana got knocked out. He from around here. I don’t know details, just that he got beat pretty bad.” For the record, I hope there is no truth to this one. Santana is a cool dude, as far as I can tell.
Anyway, you already know Dipset may be getting back together. I don’t know how factual that is, but check out “Dipsh*ts.”
This is a weird one. I don’t know what is going on with Soulja Boy and the fake money. But, I have a clue about the mess that he’s in with Superhead aka Karrine Steffans. It seems like Superhead p##### the boy off so fast, so crazy that he dissed her a quick 20 min after proclaiming his love for her. Apparently, he tweeted that she was his “ride or die” and then said “f**k that b**ch.” LOL!!!!!
She deleted all her pics with SB as well. I smell a book coming!!!!!!
As Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hits theaters today (Aug 8th), we as a Hip-Hop culture are reminded of our genre’s ever-present ability to spread like an amoeba to other corners of globe and to other areas of pop culture. Case in point the whole Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series of movies and cartoons. The four brothers have always had an affinity for Hip-Hop growing up in New York City, the birthplace of Hip-Hop, so you know they represent in the new movie. Who can forget in the cartoon when the turtles were breakdancing and spinning around on their shells à la Crazy Legs and other famous break dancers?
Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign – “Shell Shocked” ft. Kill The Noise & Madsonik
But, this movie takes on a whole new level of action as the film enlisted the talents of the famous Megan Fox and summer blockbuster producer Michael Bay. Balancing a level of darkness, while still keeping true to the turtle’s ability to appeal to young audiences, director Jonathan Liebesman found the perfect balance for all viewers.
We don’t want to give anything away, but ironically enough the writers of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) movie are natives of New York City and they grew up listening to Wu-Tang other key players of the New York Hip-Hop scene of the early to mid 90’s. Writers Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Evan Daugherty all felt the need to incorporate Hip-Hop in the movie enough that theme song on the soundtrack is the Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign and Juicy J featured song. While there’s been some controversy as Vanilla Ice hated on the song, it slaps and hits as hard as some of the kicks in the movie. Be sure to look out for the Hip-Hop undertones throughout the flick, from the great one liners, to the overall appearance of the turtles.
Fans of the TMNT can also check out some of the movie content below and also check out the official website here: www.teenagemutantninjaturtlesmovie.com. Also be sure to like and follow the official pages on Facebook and Twitter.
