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Hip Hop Rumors: Are Ciara And Future Still Walking Down The Aisle?

Since the birth of their baby, Cici and Future haven’t been spotted out together, and she also hasnt been rockin’ her engagement ring.

A few days back Ciara posted a message via Instagram, hinting that there may be trouble brewing.

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Seems as though the body party may be coming to an end.

5 Hip-Hop Trends That Need to End

Hip-Hop music and culture is over 40 years old, and, in four decades, its reach has grown from block parties in the South Bronx of New York to all seven continents around the globe.  And just like anything that is more than a flash in the pan, endurance was essential if rap expected to survive the test of time.  And it has proven its resilience over and over again.  However, some changes and trends that Hip-Hop has become a part of are more harmful than helpful.  Yes, they do help keep DJ Kool Herc’s creation in the headlines and on top of the charts… But at what expense?  And how do they help continue to push rap forward so that it will be around to inspire future generations?

AllHipHop.com has come up with a list of disturbing trends in rap that need to be addressed.  If they go unchecked, these self-destructive tendencies will continue to harm a culture that has helped so many.  And that is the last thing that anybody wants, especially those people (myself included) who are proof positive that Hip-Hop can change lives for the better.

5). Self-Declared Classics: Rap is very competitive, and so confidence is essential.  Yet, to declare your own work a classic, that’s presumptuous even by Hip-Hop standards.  It not only gives a project lofty expectations, but also seemingly restricts the artists whoiggy-azalea-new-classic-cover put that status on their own work.  Because after you reach the top, or put yourself there, there’s only one way to go.  And especially for new rappers who do that, it could potentially stall a career just as its getting started because the song or album becomes bigger than the artist (or the project flops).  The people are who ultimately determine the affect of an artist’s work, and while Hip-Hop legends do have some material that’s widely regarded as “classic” under their belts, it’s the entire body of work that have made them iconic.  Not just a single release.  There’s another name for that and it’s “one-hit wonder.”

4). Biting: Biting rhymes in Hip-Hop isn’t anything new, but, nonetheless, it is still something that’s  been going on a long time and is counterproductive to the authenticity that Hip-Hop prides itself on.  And while in a few cases it’s perceived as paying homage, like with Jay Z’s “What More Can I Say”: I’m not a biter, I’m a writer / For myself, and others / I say a B.I.G. verse, I’m only bigging up my brother.  In many others, it’s seen as nothing more than theft and artistic laze.  Fortunately, with the issue of recycling rhymes recently brought up via Drake using Rappin’ 4-Tay’s lyrics and then reportedly paying him $100,000, biters are now being held accountable for being “overly” inspired by others.  Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come if rappers continue to steal from each other.  Or, best case scenario, they just stop doing it.

3). Calling Yourself God: Similar to biting, Hip-Hop’s references to religion have been around for a long time.  And expressing one’s faith or belief in a higher power through Hip-Hop is great (e.g. Rakim’s references to the Five Percent Nation and its ideology, Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks” record,   Malice becoming No Malice, etc.).  But, in some instances, rappers referring to themselves as God with no context other than to be provocative or to brag does nothing more that put forth an affront to many people’s deeply-held beliefs and /or make an emcee look really stupid.  A few cases in point – Lil B on “Look Like Jesus” (I’m God / I look like Jesus / And I’m coming with that motherf***ing heater) and A$AP Ferg on A$AP Mob’s “Persian Wine (Young Trap Lord, might die on a cross / Gold link chain swing down to my balls).  Considering many  people regard Jesus as a peaceful savior and that lots of religious organizations have its members take a vow of poverty, those two lyrics are not only potentially very offensive, but also make no sense at all.

2). Face Tattoos: To be fair, a “bad” tattoo is subjective, and so what some might perceive that way could be viewed as “good” by others and/or it has the ability to be covered up.  But based on what has been seen, there are definitely questionable choices that have been made by a number of rappers – especially the ones who get ink on their face.  And while it is true that someone like Game will2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors - Arrivals probably never have to go to a job interview, the tattoo on his face that has changed three-times might limit his chances for business deals.  And I want to be clear: I’m in no way singling Game out, but using those artwork choices as an example of how if Hip-Hop expects to produce moguls beyond just entertainment, rappers who are face tattoo recipients might want to consider getting them removed before entering an environment that could have people in it who have never even heard a rap record.

 1). “Culture Vultures”: Recently, Hip-Hop has been receiving a lot of attention from people within it accusing the powers that be of trying to exploit rap and disconnect it from its essence as well as glorify ignorance.  From Damon Dash criticizing Lyor Cohen to Chuck D having a war of words with Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg to Wes Jackson calling out MTV for their coverage of the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, it is clear that Hip-Hop is at a crossroads.  Perhaps, now more than ever, it is important for rap, its trail blazers, and its power to be recognized so that its history doesn’t get distorted.  Everyone, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, etc., has a place in Hip-Hop!  But if there is no balance and credit isn’t given where it’s due, it puts the integrity of it all in jeopardy and that is unacceptable.

What do you think?  Are there other trends that need to stop?  Please share your thoughts in the comments section!

Signs The World Is Coming To An End: Man Fakes Death To Not Pay Child Support!

This is a funny one! The world of social media has people permanently idiotic! This dude was asked a simple question and then acted like he was in a press conference.

All they wanted to know was why didn’t he pay the damn money for his kids’ support.

Well that’s simple: HE DIED.

How you here now bruh????

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EXCLUSIVE: Ace Hood Talks "Starvation" Bundle, "Everyday" Remix Contest & Collabing With Skepta

(AllHipHop News) Florida based rapper Ace Hood recently re-released his Starvation series as a BitTorrent Bundle. The package includes 22 hand-picked tracks from Ace’s three mixtapes as well as the bonus song “Supposed To Do” featuring Skepta, eight music videos, and a Hood Nation merchandise coupon.

[ALSO READ: Dub-O Premieres “Doing Numbers” Video & Discusses New BitTorrent Bundle]

“To me I saw it as an opportunity to do something new and gain a new fan base,” Ace Hood tells AllHipHop.com about partnering with BitTorrent for the Best of Starvation Bundle. “It’s an opportunity to expand my brand and get my music out to the masses in a different way.”

Ace is also interacting with his followers in another inventive way. The We The Best Music Group representative is giving aspiring artists a chance to appear on the opening verse of his single “Everyday.” Entries for the remix version will be judged by Ace himself.

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“I’m looking for hunger. I’m looking for passion. Flows as well,” explains the Cash Money Records affiliate. “See who is able to ride the beat right. You know, see who’s able to give it that bounce.”

Rappers interested in submitting vocals for the contest must unlock the remix track via the bundle, record a verse, and then upload the mix to the Everyday Remix Soundcloud group. All verses must be uploaded by 12 pm PST on August 11, 2014.

While Ace looks for a guest feature to appear on the “Everyday (Remix),” he is also proud of his recent collaboration with British rapper Skepta. Ace and Skepta’s “Supposed To Do” track serves as musical union that expands across the pond.

“I felt like it was right to get down with Sketpa and get London and the UK on that which was big for us. It was a connection,” Ace adds. “Because I feel like a lot of people feel a disconnection between the artists in the States and the European artists. I wanted to show them that us doing a feature was possible.”

The Best of Starvation bundle does not mean the mixtape series is ending as a trilogy. Ace Hood plans to continue with a part four in the future.

“You can definitely expect a Starvation 4,” says Ace. “Don’t know when and don’t know the date, but you can definitely expect it.”

[ALSO CHECK OUT: Ace Hood “0 To 100 (Freestyle)”]

Download Ace Hood’s Best of Starvation BitTorrent Bundle below

1. Best of Starvation mixtape featuring 22 tracks and 8 music videos
2. Exclusive Everyday contest track with open verse
3. Bonus Track Supposed to Do feat. Skepta
4. Exclusive Best of Starvation Artwork
5. Photo Set
6. Hustle or Die Wallpaper
7. Merchandise Store Discount

 

Common Talks Playing Green Lantern With Latino Superman, Asking Serena Williams About Drake + MORE (VIDEO)

(AllHipHop News) Common once remarked “I got my SAG card, baby I’m an actor” on his 2007 song “Break My Heart” and has been waving that card around ever since. During a recent interview, Common spoke on talking to Serena Williams about Drake, once playing Green Lantern

Back in 2008, Common revealed he was casted as Green Lantern in a potential movie entitled Justice League of America. The movie was scrapped by Warner Bros due to the Writers Guild of America going on strike, but Common reveals on The Breakfast Club the movie included a Latino Superman:

I was the Green Lantern for a minute ’cause we were doing the movie Justice League. Yeah, I had the gig. We went down to Australia and i had the suit on and everything. [Laughs] I was ready, man. I was geeked, ’cause I was like at that time, this is 2008, I was like ‘there really ain’t Black super heroes out there.” It was a Latino brother too, he was playing Superman. At the time, we were like “man, Black and Latino kids are going to see us and be like I can be a superhero. If you think about it, a lot of the superheroes they seeing are only white.

Two weeks ago, Common spoke on his 2011 beef with Drake stemming over rumors that Drake was in an intimate relationship with Common’s ex-girlfriend Serena Williams. Common admits for the first time that during the beef he spoke directly to Serena about the allegations:

I definitely talked to her about it. [Laughs] I definitely talked to her about it. But you know, at the end of the day, once she ain’t your lady, ain’t too much…you know, what else can I say?

Check out Common’s full interview on The Breakfast Club below:

Third "The Best Man" Movie Has Release Date Revealed

(AllHipHop News) It will not take 14 years for the next installment in The Best Man series. Universal Pictures announced yesterday (July 22nd) that the follow up to the successful 2013 The Best Man Holiday will be released in the Spring of 2016.

The official release date of the as-of-yet-untitled third The Best Man movie is slated as April 15th, 2016. According to Deadline, Nia Long, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall and all of the other original cast members of the two films will return in the third film. Sean Daniel returning as producer and Malcolm D. Lee retuning as writer.

The Best Man Holiday was released on November 15th, 2013 and accumulated a $30 million box office showing in its opening weekend.

Coolio Will Release New Video and Music On P### Site (VIDEO)

(AllHipHop News) Sex + rap = the past 20 years of Hip Hop. Coolio has reportedly decided to release all his new music and an upcoming music video on popular p### site, P### Hub.

Coolio recently shot a video for his song “Take It To The Hub” in Sherman Oak, CA while wearing a “PornHub” shirt. The video shoot included appearances from popular p### stars such as Skin Diamond, Missy Martinez and a few others.

Coolio is not the first rapper in the past few years to blend the worlds of p### and rap. Back in 2012, Tyga appeared in the p### flick “Rack City XXX”. A few months before that video was released, Mystikal informed TMZ that he would be interested in shooting a scene with p### star Pinky.

Check out behind the scene footage of Coolio’s video “Take It To The Hub” courtesy of TMZ, below:

Miscegenation: White Chicks Started It & Brothas Finished It!

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*Miscegenation—“The interbreeding of people considered to be of different racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, sexual relations or procreation.”

“I dated a white woman once. For the first three years she thought her name was ‘White-H####-B####’!”—Richard Pryor.

I ain’t tryna start nuffin’ but… this whole idea that black men love white chicks (to the exclusion of black women)—that once a black man gets some substantial Negro-pennies he’s leaving the sista and finding himself a white chick to share his wealth with—might be true for many stars and athletes, but for the average brotha, a chance encounter with a white woman is usually incidental. Like, most black guys don’t really seek out the pink toes white women and those few that do are just on that self-loathing b#######!

As a man who’s dined at the table of many nations of women on the earth, I can say that no woman cooks as good as the black woman! (And I ain’t talumabout food either!) I don’ had some extraordinary cooking—including some Caucasian women that put it down with the best of them (sistas)! I think every young black man should indulge in some white chick stank-box before he settles down. Indeed! Many of the stereotypes and mythos surrounding white women are true!

I ain’t here to lie on my hang-low! The first white chick I seriously date—after a month of methodical brainwashing and applying that bozack penile injection, she was ready to sell the farm and elope with a n####! We ended up having an 8-year relationship that included ménage a trios (with other chicks) and allowing me to have chicks on the side, just as long as daddy came home.

Not every white woman is this sexually liberated (or foolish). I’m just telling you what my experience was. Tru’ spit! Now!

Like any good sociologist/historian who examines the past and the proclivities of different racial groups, black men have reason to be attracted and drawn to white women. This s### is deeper than “Jungle Fever” and exploring racial taboos! This black-man-white-woman thingy is rooted in slavery and has been ingrained in the DNA and psyche of the black man since 1555 (or whenever the first captives were taken from Africa!) Did you know that there was a time when the black man wanted nothing more than his African Queen? And then, white women threw that thang-thang on him and the po’ brovah tain’t neva looked back!

Imagine this!

Virginia. 1750. The Auction Block. Ten strong Mandingo warriors draped in nothing but loincloths, ripped muscles, glistening with sweat, standing before a crowd of potential slave masters, as they bid on these black bucks. Mr. Charlie (the white man) surveys his stock for the strongest of the bunch, not knowing that his wife, his sister and his daughter gaze at the slaves from afar, but not as servants—as sexual brute beasts, capable of bringing a woman to maximum climate with the tool, which is hidden behind their loincloth. The word has gotten around that these African men possess a member that is gianormous in comparison to the slave master’s.

Straightway, Southern white women, in droves, flocked to the black man for sexual satisfaction and gratification. This is the untold and unspoken history of the antebellum South, which gave rise to such movements as the “Knights of the Ku Klux Klan” as seen in such movies as D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” (ca. 1915). White fear of the mythical (and in many cases, real) big, black dick phallus spread throughout the South.

Black men, in slavery times were put in a difficult and precarious position; Give up the dick to “Miss Ann” (the white woman) behind her husband’s back or suffer the wrath of the slave master when Miss Ann reported to her husband that a slave had leered at her in a sexually suggestive way—all because he wasn’t trying to tap dat ass!

Yes! We are quite aware of the slave master’s penchant for that big-ol’ “Hottentot Venus” ass that black women toted around the plantation. The white man’s lust for black women is unparalleled—thoroughly documented all the way back to Thomas Jefferson, who was raping f###### the bejesus out of his slave w####, Sally Hemings, whom he impregnated and had several “suckers” (babies) with. But there has been a curious hush-hush on the sexual interactions of black men and white women during this period, so I’m-a let historian Lerone Bennett Jr. give it to you, straight, no chaser, lest you think I’m fabricating history to make excuses for this modern-day black man/white woman dynamic. In his book, “Before the Mayflower” Bennett writes:

“[In 1609] …white women showed such a preference for black men that the planters organized a century-long campaign of terror and intimidation… forty years later colonial [white] males were whipping white women at the post and selling them into slavery to keep them from black males… Miscegenation in the South, the larger part of such race mixture was due to the union of black males and white females …I have seen more white women married to, and deluded through the art of seduction by Negroes… There are perhaps hundreds of white women thus fascinated by black men in this city… [Philadelphia 1805]…” 300-307.

And you thought it was only white men raping black women in slavery times! They don’t wanna talk too loud about the white woman’s desire for black slave meat because history wants to preserve Miss Ann (da white chick) as the symbol of (white) womanhood.

Back in slavery times, trust when I tell you that black men were beating the brakes off Miss Ann’s stank-box—many times, in retribution for the master having his way with the slave’s wife or daughter. Splitting a white woman down to the white meat Having sex with white women was the black man’s way of retaining some sense of dignity and more importantly, his manhood, given his “s###-uation.”

Ask any black man today how does he get over lost love? I’ll tell you! He goes out and finds another chick and screws her with bad intentions and reckless abandonment! He really wants to wreak havoc on her love hole! So imagine how the slave felt when he saw his wife or daughter go into the master’s quarters for an all-nighter!

Screwing the white woman was his way of exacting revenge. It was an act of rebellion! But clearly understand that it was the white woman who initiated the action. The black male slave knew that pushin’ up on a white woman (making sexual advances) was a death sentence! He dare not be the aggressor. White women were adulteresses and vindictive as a serpent! When she saw her husband taking a liking to a “slave w####”—her jealousy pushed her into the arms of the plantation’s black buck who gladly ran rough-shod over her snatch.

I mean, I can’t even lie! I’ve been in some white stank-boxes and had fantasies of screwing in retaliation for my ancestors—for all the black women who were raped by the slave master and while “said” white woman thought I was just this fantastic long-winded black lover—in my mind, I was punishing her for the sins of her forefathers. Any black men know what I’m talumabout? If I can feel this way 160 years removed from physical slavery, just imagine being in the moment—in some white v##### circa 1850? Smh.

I contend that those white chicks from slavery times started this s### (miscegenation aka Jungle Fever), but brothas finished it! White chicks been on black men’s c####! This didn’t start with the movies, “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner” or “Jungle Fever!” The die was cast some 400+ years ago on the plantation when “That Peculiar Institution” (slavery) pitted the African male against the Caucasian female. She was as curious about the African man as the white man was about the African woman and through coercion she was able to manipulate the African man into her boudoir (bedroom) with threats and intimidation.

Peep the following clip from the movie “Mandingo” where the wife of the slave master threatens to tell her husband that he raped her if the slave doesn’t f### her. Talk about coercion!!!! Watch!

The mythos and stereotypes about black men and white women are true! A stereotype is a generalization, not a concrete finite fact. Black people are a rhythmic people. Who’s gonna debate that? (Yes, I know some black people who have no rhythm!) It is a true stereotype about black people. Now heap on all those other stereotypes about black men having large phalluses and white women being sexually freaking and you have the makings of sexual attraction that must be explored—by both!

Black men don’t worship white women! Eff outta here! Black men seek out white women for several reasons, but on the top of that list—to check the sexual appetite that they’ve heard about growing up! As Chris Rock so aptly put it; “White women give head! Black women perform f#######!” (Wait for it…) LOL! And so it is with white women! They ain’t checkin’ for a black man because they’ve heard he has good credit and is college educated! They’ve heard about the myth of the black man’s hang-low (penis)!

So I say, in a Utopian world where racism does not exist—where two people of different nationalities could be in love based on mutual attraction without myths, stereotypes and taboos—where love is love, because of love—a white chick wouldn’t be claiming that black men worship them because they are a superior breed of women. But, unfortunately, the foundation of this black/white sexual interaction in America is not a Utopian experience, but rather a sexual cesspool of rape, coercion and white superiority founded before this country became a nation.

The tickle-down effect is the above picture. Deluded, racist white women who think black men worship them—who think they can tell black women a thing or two about keeping and loving a black man. Never realizing that the white woman herself has taken on the physical characteristics/aesthetics of the black woman—from the collagen she puts in her lips to make them full to the ass-shots she injects to have a rounder (i.e. blacker) booty to the tanning she does to go from pasty-white to brown to the black dick she takes! Dare I say the black woman still reigns supreme?

Yeah, white chicks started it, but brothas finished it!

 

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

Whitney Houston's Mom Says No One Working On The Lifetime Biopic Knew Whitney

(AllHipHop News) A mother will always defend her daughter. In a recently released statement, Cissy Houston slams the upcoming Lifetime biopic about Whitney Houston’s relationship with Bobby Brown, claims the family is not involved in the film.

Back in May, Whitney Houston’s co-star in  the film “Waiting To Exhale”, Angela Basset was announced as the director of the upcoming Lifetime biopic. While Bassett starred in the movie with her, she admitted to Entertainment Weekly on June 26th that she does not consider the two to have ever had a close relationship:

No, I don’t. I can’t. I can’t say that, but I think that I had an opportunity, of course, to appreciate and love her from afar and then to spend time with her in a working situation.

According to Cissy Houston’s statement obtained by Entertainment Tonight, “Lifetime has chosen to go ahead with the movie about Whitney in spite of my family’s objections.” She does not name Bassett by name but does remark that the people working on the film did not have intimate knowledge of Houston’s life:

No one connected with this movie knew Whitney or anything about her relationship with Bobby. In the two years since Whitney’s death, many people have stepped forward to speak about their close relationship with her. I find it difficult to believe people who knew and supposedly loved her would participate in a movie about her done by folks who didn’t know her.

At the end of the statement, Cissy writes “Please please let her rest.”

Whitney Houston’s music will be featured in the Lifetime biopic, however they will be covers sang by Deborah Cox due to Lifetime’s inability to secure her song rights.

 

 

Clippers Interim CEO: Doc Rivers Will Quit If Donald Sterling Keeps Team

(AllHipHop News) Donald Sterling’s battle for control of the Los Angeles Clippers could cost the team its championship winning head coach. The franchise’s interim CEO Richard Parsons testified at Donald Sterling’s trial against his wife Shelly Sterling that Doc Rivers does not want to remain the Clippers coach if Donald remains in charge of the team.

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“Doc is troubled by this maybe more so than anybody else,” said Parsons. “If Mr. Sterling continues as owner, he does not want to continue as coach.”

The loss of Rivers could cause a “death spiral” for the team added the former Time Warner and Citigroup executive. Parsons also stated Donald Sterling continuing as the owner may lead to players, sponsors, and fans abandoning the L.A. sports team.

Rivers took over the Clippers coaching job in 2013. In his first season at the helm, he led the team to a franchise best 57 wins. Rivers previously coached the Boston Celtics to the NBA title in 2008.

Donald Sterling is fighting the sale of the Clippers to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. The 80-year-old businessman claims his wife did not have the authority to make the deal and she mislead him about mental tests that were used to determine his capability to run the organization.

[ALSO READ: Donald Sterling Blasts Wife, Her Lawyer & The Media During Clippers Ownership Trial]