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50 Cent's SMS Audio Partners With NASCAR's Swan Racing Team

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines

(AllHipHop News) Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s entrepreneurial empire continues to grow. His latest business venture is a new partnership between his SMS Audio brand and NASCAR’s Swan Racing.

[ALSO READ: Carmelo Anthony Partners With 50 Cent’s SMS Audio]

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“Swan Racing and its up-and-coming drivers are the perfect match for SMS Audio,” states 50. “They are as passionate for the sport of racing as we are for our audio products, and we’re confident that the music-loving NASCAR fan base is going to enjoy our headphones – whether at track or at home.”

SMS will be an associate sponsor for the team’s No. 26 and No. 30 Toyota Camrys during the 2014 and 2015 Sprint Cup Series seasons. The deal includes Swan-branded SMS Audio headphones featuring stock car drivers Cole Whitt and Parker Kligerman. SMS will also be branded on Swan vehicles and driver’s uniforms.

“Swan Racing is very proud to partner with a growing worldwide brand like SMS Audio and to include an entrepreneur like 50 Cent as part of our team,” says Swan team owner Brandon Davis. “The SMS Audio brand will be featured on both our cars and I know our fans are going to love the product.”

The Statesville, North Carolina based Swan Racing fields two teams driven by Whitt and Kliegerman respectively. They compete full-time in 36 nationally televised races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

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Parker Kligerman

“I am pumped up for this partnership to say the least, as I am a huge Hip Hop fan. I am a huge 50 fan and I rely on headphones to get me in the right pre-race mindset,” says Kligerman.

“From a personal point of view I use headphones every day when I’m doing my workouts and video gaming, so I am definitely excited about my SMS Audio headphones and promoting them to our fans,” adds Whitt.

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Cole Whitt

Pro Football Player Tamba Hali Flexes His Rap Skills

By: Steve Raze (@SteveRaze) Updated Category: Features

Don’t let Bo Jackson or Deion Sanders fool you; there are few athletes that can play two professional sports, let alone excel in them. However, there’s another transition that’s even harder, going from athlete to artist. Yet for Kansas City Chief outside linebacker Tamba Hali, a childhood passion for music has only intensified as an adult.

Tamba took the time to speak about his own music career, his label and his future with the Chiefs:

AllHipHop: What prompted you to even venture into music?

Tamba: I’ve always been into music. I sang in the choir, I played the drums; it’s always been a passion of mine, I just happened to be kind of good at football and got drafted. (Laughs) I wasn’t turning down millions.

AllHipHop: Which one do you love more? Football or music?

Tamba: I have a well-paying job and love what I do, but if I hadn’t of been drafted I probably would have chosen music.

AllHipHop: You actually own Relumae Records which includes artists StarrZ and Gillie Da Kid; is there anything from your own artists that we should be looking forward to?

Tamba: Gillie is currently shooting a video for his “Ass Like That” single and has an album dropping April 7 while StarrZ is pushing his “Live Forever Die Dope” project. Not only am I an artist myself, I’m also a label head so it’s up to me to put these kids on the forefront.

AllHipHop: Does having your own label eliminate the chances of you potentially leaving the league to pursue music?

Tamba: I can do it while I’m still in league. I create songs here and there; I just can’t put out a full LP or tour because of my conflicting schedule with the team.

AllHipHop: As an artist how would you categorize yourself?

Tamba: I’m more of a lyricist, a backpack rapper.

AllHipHop: So where do you see your path leading to after you retire from the league?

Tamba: I’ve been into music since I was kid, leaving the league won’t change that. I’m still going to be heavily involved in music in some aspect.

AllHipHop: Which artists inspired you growing up and are there any current ones that you potentially like to collaborate with?

Tamba: I grew up listening to Biggie, Pac, Jay Z, Nas, etc. I’m not searching for people to work with me, but if they want to I’m all for it. Right now I’m focused on collaborating with one of my own; Gillie or StarrZ.

AllHipHop: In regards to football you’ve faced a lot of changes this season. How has the transition with new Quarterback Alex Smith been?

Tamba: Alex has definitely brought a new dynamic to our team. I think before, we were hoping to win with guys we really weren’t that confident in.

Stay informed: Relumae.com
Follow Him: @tambahali91

Tamba Hali "Jodeci Freestyle"

By: Steve Raze (@SteveRaze) Updated Category: MOBILE

This song is from Kansas City Chiefs Linebacker, Tamba Hali. He is really good football player and he has some good skills on the mic too. Check out our full interview with Tamba here where he explains his love of rapping , his label and his artists StarrZ and Gillie Da Kid!

 

Nas Performing Illmatic In Entirety At Coachella + New Illmatic Documentary

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines

“Time is Illmatic, keep static like wool fabric/pack a 4 matic, then crack ya whole cabbage”-Nas on “Life’s a Bi*ch”

(AllHipHop News) Nas fully understands the historical scope of Illmatic‘s impact and is beginning to craft a 20th anniversary appropriate for such a seminal album. According to a press release from Legacy Recordings, Nas will release a 20th anniversary edition of Illmatic with unreleased songs and remixes.

The 20th anniversary re-release of Illmatic, entitled Illmatic XX will be released on April 15th and will be a double disc with the digitally remastered original album on one CD and 10 unreleased and remixed tracks on the other. Nas acknowledged the importance of Illmatic to his career:

With Illmatic, I didn’t think about it. I just did it. I believe everybody has good instincts. Now I’m a man from that past and I’m supremely grateful. There’s a Nigerian proverb ‘What is past is prologue’.  I’m here today because of Illmatic.

Nas also announced that he will be performing the entire Illmatic album on tour this year, including at his scheduled performance at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival April 12th and 19th.

In conjunction with the 20th anniversary Illmatic campaign is the upcoming 2014 release of a feature film documentary about the making of Illmatic entiteld “Time is Illmatic”. According to the official website of the film, Time is Illmatic will not only chronicle the making of the album but also Nas’ father, Olu Dara and his musical legacy along with “the social conditions and environmental influences that contributed to Nas’ worldview”.

Here’s the tracklist for the unreleased/remix songs on the 2nd CD of the 20th anniversary edition of Illmatic:

  1. I’m A Villain (previously unreleased)
  2. The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show on WKCR October 28, 1993 (previously unreleased freestyle)
  3. Halftime (Butcher Remix)
  4. It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Remix)(promo single)
  5. One Love (LG Main Mix)
  6. Life’s A B#### (Arsenal Mix)(promo single)
  7. One Love (One L Main Mix)
  8. The World Is Yours (Tip Mix)
  9. It Ain’t Hard To Tell (The Stink Mix)(UK single)
  10. It Ain’t Hard To Tell (The Laidback Remix)(UK single)

Fans can pre-order Illmatic XX at iTunes and Amazon.

Check out part of the interview and freestyle from Nas’ appearance on Stretch and Bobbito Show in ’93 below: