(AllHipHop News) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis took their first Grammy honors by storm in the Rap categories.
The pair won the Grammy Rap awards for best performance and best song for Thrift Shop and best album for The Heist.
Early in the show, they also took home the Grammy for best new artist.
The pair are also on the ballot for album of the year.
Pharrell Williams won producer of the year, his first award of the evening.
.
(AllHipHop News) Tyga has been ordered to pay $200,000 to a former jeweler for stealing his jewels.
The ruling was dropped last week after a suit was filed, according to a report by TMZ.
Jason of Beverly Hills sued Tyga last year because he said that the Young Money rapper didn’t pay $91k in jewelry that he bought in 2012. Additionally, Jason wanted a late fee applied because of the rapper’s delinquency.
A judge approved the late fee and ruled in favor of the plaintiff.
Tyga’s rep told TMZ that the whole matter is “all a misunderstanding.”
See the images below, courtesy of TMZ.
Yesterday, performing rights society BMI hosted their annual “How I Wrote That Song” at The House of Blues in West Hollywood.
The panel, which was moderated by Catherine Brewton, BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Atlanta, featured Grammy nominees Wiz Khalifa, songwriter Dallas Davidson, Linda Perry and the legendary Charlie Wilson.
Each panelist explained how they wrote and or produced some of their biggest hits, for artists like Pink, Rihanna, Eminem and numerous others.
Check out some images below:
Photos courtesy of Araya Diaz
(AllHipHop News) Kendrick Lamar is set to have a pretty big week. The TDE emcee is up for seven Grammys at tomorrow night’s (1/26) awards ceremony, and the Hip Hop superstar will also grace the upcoming cover of Jet.
The headline for the magazine’s Black History Month Special Edition is “Can Kendrick Lamar Save Hip Hop?” In an exclusive interview, K. Dot talks about entertainers’ roles as social leaders and shares some of the people that have served as inspirations in his life.
[ALSO READ: Kendrick Lamar & Macklemore Up For Album Of The Year & Best New Artist Grammys]
“Hip Hop plays a huge part in Black history,” states Lamar. “It’s bigger than music. Entertainers are actually leading a generation today as role models, whether they want to or not.”
Besides mentioning civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King and members of his own family like his father and his uncles, the Black Hippy member also points out another rap star as someone who provides a blueprint for his career.
“People forget that Jay Z is from the projects – but that inspires me,” said Lamar. “If this guy can go from the streets to the corporate world, that lets me know I’m open for anything.”
Kendrick also recognizes the role he plays for his fans, and he discusses why he focuses on the messages he presents in his music.
“The songs aren’t for me,” he says. “They are for that person who needs to hear them. People who live their lives to this music. So I take it a little further than just coming up with a clever line.”
The rest of Kendrick Lamar’s Jet interview can be read in the February 17th issue arriving on newsstands January 27th.
Hip-Hop star Wale brought out a number of celebrities during his party at The Roxbury to officially launch the weekend.
Artists like Meek Mill, Rihanna, J Cole, and co-host Melissa Forde popped bottles and hung out during the event, which was promoted by The Supreme Team.
Check out some flicks below:
(AllHipHop News) No Malice, half of The Clipse, has destroyed the notion that the Virginia-bred group is working on a new album.
In the recent interview, No Malice revealed that he’s aware of the rumor and also offered the sobering truth.
“There is no Clipse album in the works. It’s not going down,” he told The Fader. “I don’t know where the rumor stems from. And I don’t know how this keeps coming back up—this isn’t the first time. But I would never play with the fans like that and act like something’s about to happen and it’s not.”
RELATED: Pusha T Addresses Reports The Clipse Are Reuniting
In the past, No Malice has been relatively closed to the idea of a Clipse album, because of the group’s lyrical history in drugs and otherwise illicit content. But, he revealed now that there are possibilities when Pusha-T is ready.
RELATED: Pusha T Hits the Studio w/ Scott Storch for New Album ‘King Push’
“I’m very certain that it could happen. A Clipse album could be done. There would be nothing like it. At this point in time, my brother and I attack music from two different perspectives,” the said.
Pusha T is presently working on another solo album with Scott Storch and The Neptunes.
Kokane’s Commercial for NEW album entitled, “SHUT DA F UP & CUT DA CHECC!” is NOW EVERYWHERE ONLINE & IN STORES!
iTunes Purchase Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/shut-da-f-up-cut-da-checc/id785825903
The Artist is also having a contest giving fans a chance to win an IPad & other money cash prizes or a free hook from Kokane himself.
::: #S### CONTEST DESCRIPTION :::
Enter the Contest by sending a SCREENSHOT of your Purchased CD of Kokane’s new album “SHUT DA F UP & CUT DA CHECC”
Send your FULL NAME, your ADDRESS, & your PRIZE CLAIM to: [email protected]
The #S### Contest ends on February 14, 2014.
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run-D.M.C. once told me, “Personally, I thought Public Enemy was way, way better than us.”
That should come as no surprise, even coming from one of the kings from Queens, seeing as how Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, the S1W, and Terminator X turned the world on its ear with their seminal albums in the late 80s and early 90s as Public Enemy. They are widely regarded as one of the best and most important acts in Hip-Hop history. In addition to brilliant production work by The Bomb Squad, P.E.’s use of rap as a platform for social and political commentary remains unrivaled. This is due largely in part to the intellect, ability, and insight of the group’s aforementioned front man, Chuck D.
And while Chuck puts more substance in a single verse than most emcees do in an entire album, he still has extended his reach into book writing, speaking engagements, radio hosting, and being a spokesperson for a variety of organizations.
On January 21, 2014, Chuck D gave a lecture at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as one of the school’s events to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. After Chuck addressed students and faculty in the Sneden auditorium, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee spoke with AllHipHop.com about Dr. King’s dream, what America can learn from the rest of the world, and, of course, music.
Chuck D is one of Hip-Hop’s greatest teachers; here is some of the knowledge that he was graciously willing to share.
AllHipHop.com: In what ways has Dr. King’s dream been realized? In what ways has it not yet?
Chuck D: I think in the way that people dealt from the inside, from the inside as far as relating to people a lot more. The content of character is at least starting with people relating to each other by their likemindedness instead of just their characteristics a lot more in the millennium. The quality of the content (of character) has not been reached. It has not been manifested yet, so I think the accountability that Dr. King exemplified at 26, 27- he didn’t use youth as an excuse. Today, we have used youth too much as an excuse for not doing or not being. That’s the big difference from when Dr. King was actually living.
Young adults who were Dr. King’s age, (he himself) was a doctor and made a whole lot of positive movement at such a young age that it was never an excuse. Like I said (of how Dr. King’s dream has been realized), the positive aspect is that at least more people have dropped their obvious segregated ways [and found ways] to relate to each other. We can work on the reasons- everybody just being multi-color at a party, but with the derogatory [content] to Black history and legacy going on in the party and in the music is something that seriously needs to be looked at.
AllHipHop.com: You’ve obviously traveled the world many times and seen how other countries deal with things like race and equality. What do you think America could learn, for better or for worse, from the rest of the world in regards to those matters?
Chuck D: America can learn from the rest of the world that this effort that’s made upon not having people chastised for who they are and not having their histories and legacies be looked upon frivolously. The rest of the world tries to work on equality of its populations and America says it, but really keeps everything segregated because it’s such a big place. So the segregation actually is still in effect because it works in many ways.
AllHipHop.com: Just a little more subliminally than it was at one time?
Chuck D: Yeah. America could learn so many things, or the United States I should say. We could learn more about geography. We could learn about where people are at dealing with their histories and dealing with their climates. The United States can really learn so much from the rest of North America- Canada, the Caribbean and Central and South America. We’ve just got to take the time to re-enforce that.
AllHipHop.com: How do you think Hip-Hop culture has benefited the most from the legacy of Dr. King?
Chuck D: Dr. King was never afraid. I think Hip-Hop has benefited off of the boldness. Hip-Hop artists in the 80s and early 90s, they had a boldness. But they also had an accountable boldness too, so its (Hip-Hop) benefited off of that. Wether it’s actually fulfilled that? I don’t think it’s been truthful and bold for all the right reasons.
AllHipHop.com: You were obviously talking about how music can affect people in a way that nothing else can (in your lecture). Keeping that in mind, what were your thoughts when you first heard LL Cool J and Brad Paisley’s “Accidental Racist” song?
Chuck D: I understood the angle that LL and Brad Paisley took to try to bring worlds together and kind of drop some differences, but explain the differences. It’s a misstep, but no different than the misstep where you have people out there screaming the N-word and telling everybody it’s popular culture. And everybody seems to sanction it and say, ‘Yeah, it’s real.” Both of them are wrong, but LL came from the other direction with it.
You can definitely have this printed: the whole thing of using the word to desensitize and make it less impactful is some bulls**t. Who said that? ‘If we keep using the word ‘ni**a’ that means in a while it’ll be used so much that it loses impact.’ But who told you that? Who came up with that one? And nobody ever seems to find the ubiquitous “they,” but they said… who’s “they”? Nobody ever seems to find this person that says, “From this day on…” When people started coming down on LL, I knew they were also coming down on the bitter themselves. There’s a lot of things to be called out as well with that, that should’ve led a trail of people being called out for letting the N-word and the B-word slide so easily through popular culture.
[Davenport University’s Dr. Andre Perry then speaks up after some encouragement from Chuck.]
Dr. Perry: The most offensive thing in Hip-Hop to me in recent time was the whole Jay Z / Harry Belafonte thing. From this regard, Harry Belafonte and his entire clique at that time, they risked it all. I think as men and women we’re equivalent and Harry Belafonte is no better than Jay. But it’s one of those respect things. I was like, ‘Wow, you (Jay) are going to disrespect a true leader.’
Chuck D: In the entertainment business, if we had to say pecking order, honor your mother and father. You honor them. Harry Belafonte is the first multi-faceted – the movie, the platinum-selling record. And then he said with all that I’m still going to go out there and make better in the marches with our leader and go hand-by-hand with him, not just plug in, plug out. You’ve got to honor that and you’ve got to honor it with some kind of activity.
AllHipHop.com: Hip-Hop recently turned 40. What does it need to do to remain relevant for another 40 years?
Chuck D: Hip Hop turned 40. It needs to be relevant when this country embraces itself to the world of Hip-Hop, then it’ll probably step up right. Local artists must be supported. There’s so many local artists that have been part of Hip-Hop. Their communities can’t be afraid to support them. Also, the global impact of Hip-Hop is not being respected. Also, groups (and collectives) have to take place in Hip-Hop more. Also, women as groups and individuals need to be included in Hip-Hop. If none of these things take place, then it’s defeating its purpose of how it began and where its gotta go.
For the recorded interview of everything above and more, give this audio a listen.
(AllHipHop News) Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, and Craig G are set to perform their hit song, “The Symphony” tonight at Radio City Music Hall, AllHipHop has learned exclusively.
The Marley Marl-produced 80’s smash is widely regarded as the greatest “posse cut” ever, as it assembled some of the brightest starts. Also, all members were in the Hip-Hop collective known as The Juice Crew.
All of the facets of the “Symphony” crew have not performed together in years.
Last year, at the Global DJs Award show, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G rocked the show, but noticeably missing was Kool G Rap.
The show, organized by another legend Rakim and also features
The Juice Crew Reunion will happen during Big Daddy Kane’s set, a source told AllHipHop.
It hasn’t been an easy road to the world of fashion for designer Kim Stylez. Bad decisions early on in life, led Kym to a life of crime but despite all of that, she was able to learn from her mistakes and turn her life around to become a positive and productive force. This story is for all of those out there, male or female, looking for a second chance. Kym is proof positive that you can overcome and start all over again by renewing your attitude and applying the skills that you have been given. AllHipHop.com caught up with the Southern California fashion designer to hear her great little story. Here’s to the overcomers!
You became a mother at 15 years old?
Yes and I also lost my mother that year, so I became a mom while losing one. By the time my son was a little over a year old, I wound up in Prison.
What did you do?
I was robbing people.
Was this like a straight thug “give-me-your-money” type of robbery?
Yes. People always tell me that they can’t believe I was like that. My father is a lawyer, after all.
What brought you to do that?
It was sheer ignorance, lots of it, and desperation for funds. Part of it was rebellion and proving a point that I didn’t need anyone. I knew what I was doing wasn’t right. It didn’t take long for me to realize that I needed to stop. I didn’t have to go through a bunch of bad experiences to finally learn. I took that one lesson and grew from it.
You took steps to start improving your life once you got out of jail?
I actually started doing that during my rehabilitation period. I began to read books, pursue my cosmetology license and obtain my GED. I already knew how to sketch since I was an artist so that made fashion my focal point when I was released from Prison. I went back to school and attended Long Beach City College to further pursue my fashion goals. As soon as I did what my father originally wanted me to do, which was get an education, things started to fall in place naturally.
So you are a natural artist?
I loved comics but I could never bring one to life but the idea of it pushed me in to the fashion world by being able to sketch. I just celebrated my 10th year in the fashion industry. I’ve presented for two years in a row at L.A. Fashion Week.
Angela Simmons recently wore one of your designs?
She wore my “Lovers” T-Shirt on 106 & Park for a whole hour and I almost died. She also wore one of my pants with my name on the back of it. That was amazing. I had to grab my phone and post pictures on Instagram of her wearing the Kym Couture Kollection. I’m getting ready to have a Grand Opening In February for my Boutique store in Beverly Hills, so I’m real excited about that too.
What’s your message for other young single mom’s out there?
Love your children enough to do better for yourself. The well-being of your children comes first and you should do everything in your power to make that happen.
And to those who have made wrong decisions that have landed them in jail?
Don’t allow yourself to be labeled by others. People will try to label you and put you in a statistical group- don’t fall for that. If you’re a good person, it will come through. I can’t say that everybody that has made mistakes is a good person but if you are a good person it will come through eventually.
Where can people find your work and learn more about you?
You can learn more about me and my designs at www.kymcouturekollection.com and you can follow me Instagram @kymquaintrelle – especially because I’m addicted to that!
(AllHipHop News) Charly “Max B” Wingate is set to be the subject of an upcoming film called Charly Rambo: The Max B Story according to Amalgam Digital CEO Anyextee. In an interview with DZI-thevoice.com, the head of Max B’s label also reveals the movie will feature unreleased music from the incarcerated emcee.
[ALSO CHECK OUT: Max B Ft. French Montana & Daft Punk “Been Around The Wave” (P### By Harry Fraud)]
“I just did a deal for the film I have coming out entitled Charly Rambo: The Max B Story, and you can expect to hear exclusive Max B tracks in the movie,” said Anyextee. “I will also say this, there are still quality unreleased Max B tracks and Pro Tools sessions.”
Besides information about new tracks and a new movie, Anyextee gave more details about the Harlem native’s legal situation as well. After selling Max B’s catalog to raise money for another legal team, Anyextee says the call of “Free Max B” could soon be a reality.
“We recently sold Max B’s catalog as part of a play to help get him out. He and his family were excited about this as the company we sold it to has agreed to put up the required capital to fund a proper legal defense using the defense attorneys that we always wanted to use,” explains Anyextee. “It’s possible Charly could be out as soon as two years if the legal team is successful in their strategy. He already has time served under his belt.”
In 2009, Wingate was convicted on murder, kidnapping, and armed robbery charges and sentenced to 75 years. He was accused of sending two associates to commit a robbery that eventually led to the killing of David Taylor. His most recent appeal was denied.
Anyextee also has other projects he is preparing to release. The Amalgam boss is set to drop his first album as an artist, Executive Decisions, on February 25th. He directed the new documentary Egypt Through The Glass Shop about the Egyptian Revolution as well.
[ALSO READ: Amalgam Digital CEO Anyextee To Release Debut Album]
In today’s episode of “People Sure Like to Post Their Criminal Activity on the Internets,” we have 19-year-old Depree Johnson, of South Florida, who was charged with 142 felony accounts after his Instagram page caught the attention of local authorities.
According to Yahoo, Johnson already had a rap sheet that included grand theft, burglary, and felony possession of a firearm but he still posted incriminating photos of himself flaunting cash, jewelry, drugs and weapons on the social networking site.
A local sheriff spotted his page and called for a search warrant. Police found $250,000 in loot including illegal guns and ammo, and Johnson was eventually named the ringleader in a string of 30 to 40 burglaries in Palm Beach-area senior centers.
Johnson has been charged with 142 counts of being a felon in possession of a weapon or ammo.
Officers also arrested four other people alleged to be working with Johnson.
(AllHipHop News) No matter what you do, you can not ban the snowman. After years of public feuding, Rick Ross announced today that Young Jeezy will be on his new album Mastermind.
In a promotional video for his upcoming album, Ross revealed the cover for the album. In addition, Ross announced that the Jeezy collaboration would be entitled “#WarReady”
Check out the promotional video below:
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards are upon us and they stars will be in the building at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. As expected, the audience will be chock-full of celebrities of all levels, hues and stature.
The seating chart has been released and it shows the coveted hierarchy of Hollywood. And guess who is at the front and in the center? Kay Z and Beyoncé are a major draw and they are appropriately seated. But, there are plenty others in the near vicinity. Drake, Miguel, Daft Punk, Katy Perry, Madonna, Timbaland, Alicia Keys and many more are right there.
But, the stage is what’s truly going to generate the excitement people want. Kendrick Lamar, Daft Punk, Pharrell and Stevie Wonder, Robin Thicke with Chicago, Macklemore, Gary Clark Jr., Lorde, John Legend, and others will grace the stage.
Hip-Hop will be in the building as LL Cool J plays host to the coveted event.
See the seating arrangements below.
This is some mess!
A 17-year-old teen mom was shot and killed by her 14-year-old brother because he was mad that she put too much bleach on his clothes. They got into an argument about it and he shot her. Wow.
Kim Kardashian says that Khloe Kardashian actually wasn’t pregnant, contrary to what the public was led to believe. Viewers watched on Keeping Up With the Kardashians as Khloe Kardashian was told that she wasn’t ovulating and that getting pregnant would be an issue.
Khloe, who seemed gungho about having children with Lamar Odom, appeared to be devastated and felt left out of the fun watching her sisters do mommy stuff.
But last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kim Kardashian sang a different song. She told the host that Khloe actually wasn’t trying to get pregnant because she knew that her relationship wasn’t working out.
“She wasn’t showing up to these doctor appointments on purpose and behind our backs because she knew [the marriage] wasn’t working,” said Kim.
So…basically what we saw on TV was fake or extremely exaggerated.
