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Casting Agency & Studio Issue Apology For "Straight Outta Compton" Casting Call Notice

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) A casting notice for the upcoming N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton sparked controversy for language many perceived as being racially insensitive and stereotypical.

The casting call ranked potential actresses into four different categories based on attractiveness, skin color, and hair. The lowest ranked group was to include African-American women with medium to dark skin tone and be “poor, not in good shape.”

[ALSO READ: Ice Cube’s Son To Play Him In N.W.A. Biopic]

The agency responsible for the posting has now issued an apology via Facebook. Kristan Berona of Sande Alessing Casting wrote:

I’ve been wanting to say this for two days and now I can.

I would like to sincerely apologize for recently posting a casting announcement that used offensive language to recruit women for a film our agency is working on. My intention was not to offend anyone and I’m so deeply sorry for not realizing the insensitivity in its content.

Universal Pictures, the studio producing Straight Outta Compton, also issued a statement about the casting call notice. The Hollywood Reporter published Universal’s statement:

Universal Pictures and the filmmakers for ‘Straight Outta Compton’ did not approve and do not condone the information in this casting notice. We regret and sincerely apologize for being in any way associated with the offensive descriptions it contained.

[ALSO READ: Eazy-E’s Son Upset He Was Not Cast In N.W.A Biopic]

50 Cent & Slowbucks Continue Beef With New Pics

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) The feud between 50 Cent and Slowbucks continues. The latest round of attacks come in the form of Instagram posts. Slowbucks fired first with subliminal IG picture. The photograph featured the Slow Bucks Over Everything (SBOE) crew hanging out at 50’s old Queens stomping grounds.

[ALSO READ: Slowbucks Crew Drops 50 Cent/G-Unit Diss “0 – 300 Real Sh*t”]

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50 caught wind of Slowbuck’s sub post and uploaded a response pic to his Instagram page. The photo of rats included the caption, “Unity SBOE, nice to see you all together LMAO.”

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The recent 50/SBOE dispute began when Fiddy took issue with Slowbucks for posting a picture with 50’s son. The situation then exploded at Hot 97’s Summer Jam concert when Slowbuck’s chain was snatched while he was on stage. That resulted in press conferences, allegations of snitching, and diss tracks.

[ALSO READ: Shyne Clowns Slowbucks For Getting His Chain Snatched]

Dame Dash Blasts Kanye West For Being Disloyal (VIDEO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Dame Dash’s 2014 public statements have been mostly occupied with taking shots at what he calls “culture vultures” in Hip Hop, but the mogul turned his attention to one of his former Roc-A-Fella brethren in a recent interview. While speaking with Shade 45, Dame called out Kanye West for not being more supportive of the Roc co-founder Kareem “Biggs” Burke after his incarceration.

[ALSO READ: Dame Dash Explains Difference Between Working “With” & Working “For” Corporate (VIDEO)]

I’m a little tight with Kanye because he hasn’t reached out to Biggs. I don’t like that s**t. So, Kanye, holla at me. I don’t like that s**t… Biggs was the one that was like, ‘Yo, Dame. Pay attention to what Kanye’s doing. Make sure you send him that music.’ No one’s reaching back. Certain n***as have, that’s why I’m not calling everybody out, but Kanye hasn’t. And he hasn’t checked on his kids. He hasn’t checked on his family. No trial. And the s**t I’m hearing him complain about is irrelevant based on the fact that he doesn’t look back to the people that helped him. So period, until he holla at me – we gotta have a conversation. Period.

Kareem “Biggs” Burke pled guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 100 kilos of marijuana in 2012. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Biggs played a huge part in the founding of Roc-A-Fella along with Dash and flagship artist Jay Z in 1995. Kanye was brought onto the roster in the early 2000’s.

[ALSO READ: TV Star Disses Kanye West In New Interview]

Watch Dame Dash’s interview below.

Drake & 50 Cent Reportedly Recorded New Song Together

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Did OVO and G-Unit unite for a track? According to 50/50 Konvict Muzik A&R and artist D-Teck, Drake and 50 Cent have put together a new song that will be a banger. D-Teck revealed the news on Twitter.

[ALSO READ: Jay Electronica Mentions Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Wale & 50 Cent In Cryptic Tweets]

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If and when a Fiddy and Drizzy collabo will be released is still unknown. The Queens emcee and the Toronto rapper/singer will surely make waves the moment a track featuring the two stars hits the Internet.

[ALSO READ: 50 Cent Shares His Thoughts On Jay Z’s Drake Diss]

Former Gangster Disciples Member Harold "Noonie" Ward Releases New Book

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Harold “Noonie” Ward was once a high-ranking member of the Gangster Disciples, but the Chicago native turned his life around and started putting his energy into stopping the violence in his hometown. Noonie is also taking on the role of author with his new book Gangstanomics.

[ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: Chicago OG Noonie Ward Weighs In On Common, Kanye, Violence In Chicago; Calls On Rappers To Act]

Through Gangstanomics, Noonie explores the parallels between the street world and the corporate world and explains how the two segments of society cannot exist without the other. Two of Hip Hop’s most successful moguls contributed to the book as well. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson provides the foreword. Sean “Diddy” Combs wrote the afterward.

Consumers that attend Gangstanomics book signing events will also have the opportunity to purchase the new single “Money In Your Hands” featuring Kanye West, Trey Songz, Twista, and Dwele.

Noonie is also currently running to be a state representative in Illinois as an independent candidate. His campaign is centered around reducing the violence in Chicago.

To purchase Gangstanomics visit Amazon.

[ALSO READ: Trey Songz & Harold “Noonie” Ward’s Songz 4 Peace Foundation To Hold Toy Drive]

 

Hip-Hop Rumors: Has Floyd Mayweather Increased Security? Did He F**k Up Messing With T.I.?

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Headlines
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So, Floyd Mayweather said something that he probably should NOT have – or at least it sounded like it! Remember he not only called T.I. a “b**ch,” but he seemed to say “I was f###### his b####. Money maker gonna make it do what it do, baby.” However, the man known as “Money” recanted the next day – UBER QUICKLY! The sources I know are suggesting strongly that Mayweather is (or his team) are seriously concerned that this whole thing could go completely LEFT. There have been some talks that T.I. has forced Mayweather to increase security or that he will. A bunch of people think that T.I. is on some Cosby stuff now that he’s all on TV and whatever. But, he ain’t. Tip is still super thorough out in “the world.”

I think there could very well be some truth to this, based on the expeditious speed by which Money May respectfully responded. A wise man once said:

“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.

Illseed, Out.

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Signs The World Is Coming To An End: NYPD Kills Asthmatic Father Of 6, Cop Striped.

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Headlines
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I thought the NYPD was headed in the right direction, but I see some things have NOT changed in the city of big dreams. I see they need to be called the city of broken hope, because there doesn’t seem to be any hope for them. A 43-year-old Black man apparently was repeatedly harassed by the police and spoke out to them. And they then proceeded to choke the life out of him. He repeatedly complained that he couldn’t breath but they ignored his pleas. Fortunately the entire ordeal was recorded on somebody’s camera phone. Thankfully! The irony of this is he was breaking UP a fight when they came around.

RELATED: Read about the protest march for Eric Garner.

The officer that put him in the chokehold has been striped of his badge and gun. They need to strip him of his freedom and arms.


As you can imagine, there are protest marches underway. I don’t know what other action can be taken, but I would like to see something more substantial happen.

Here is a report from InfoWars that runs it all the way down.

Eric Garner, a 43-year-old father of six, was tackled by police and immediately placed in a choke following a brief argument outside a local beauty supply store.

Garner, who suffers from asthma, can be heard pleading for help as more officers arrive and begin piling on top of him.

“I can’t breathe!” Garner says repeatedly.

Face first on the ground, Garner begins to lose consciousness as a seperate officer can be seen pressing his face into the concrete.

“Everybody back up!” an officer suddenly screams.

Noticing Garner’s lifeless body, police step back as another officer attempts to wake him.

“There’s something wrong with him,” a woman says.

Likely realizing they just murdered an innocent man, police begin ordering people to step back from the scene.

The video’s author, 22-year-old Ramsey Orta, described the incident in detail to the New York Daily News.

“They jumped him and they were choking him. He was foaming at the mouth,” Orta said. “And that’s it, he was done. The cops were saying, ‘No, he’s OK, he’s OK.” He wasn’t OK.”

According to one officer, Garner was approached for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes, not for breaking up a fight.

Garner’s wife, Esaw, told The News that she wasn’t alerted to her husband’s fate until she arrived at the hospital.

“I saw him with his eyes wide open and I said, ‘Babe, don’t leave me, I need you.’ But he was already gone,” Esaw said. “When I kissed my husband this morning, I never thought it would be for the last time.”

Click here for the rest of the story.

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Meek Mill To Stay Locked Up Until September

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) A judge has rejected Meek Mill’s request to get out of jail early, which was submitted through his lawyers.

The rapper has been in jail since July 11 after violating the terms of probation rooted in a 2009 gun conviction.

The judge rejected a request to have an emergency hearing that was an effort to get the 27-year-old rapper out of jail.

“All I’m asking for is a hearing to learn why [his jailing] is constitutional and they won’t even give me that,” Meeks lawyer, Christopher Warren, said yesterday. “The last thing I want to do is go running to another judge to tell another judge what to do. But we have no choice,”

Meek will have to file a request through his lawyers that will have the court go to a higher level judge to override the original judge’s deception.

Defense lawyers for Meek intend to argue that Meek didn’t receive advance notice of the previous infractions.

Boyz II Men Talk Career, New Album, and More On The Breakfast Club

By: Rea Davis @IamReaDavis Updated Category: Alternatives
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R&B legends Boyz II Men are returning this year with their 11th album Collide.The icons were also named R&B Group of the century by the RIAA. On a promo roll, last week they released the entertaining commercial for Wendy’s pretzel bun burgers, and have now paid a visit to ‘The Breakfast Club’ on Power 105.1 for a sit-down interview.

The Breakfast Club never lets us down, so Charlamagne, Angela Yee, and DJ Envy dove right into the questions. Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris, and Wanya Morris spoke about their incredible career, which is spanning nearly three decades. This interview also showed fans how down to earth the legends are as well as how much personality they have! They spoke about their performer residency in Las Vegas, their forthcoming album, the comfortable space they are in right now, and truly being blessed to be able to only do what makes them happy.

Charlagmane, as always, delivered the questions fans at home wanted to know like how they stayed on top for all of these years and the details about Wanya’s relationship with Brandy. Angela Yee closed out asking Shawn about allegations that had been recently suggested on blogs about him cheating. He answered gracefully “I made a mistake with a mistake.”

They also spoke briefly about their Wendy’s commercial, the departure of Michael McCary from the group, and the leadership of Michael Bivins. They also talked about how they came into their clean cut image, and how their music has lead them to mainstream crossover success and corporate gigs. Their new album Collide is slated for release in September.

Watch the interview below:

Trey Songz Reveals His Secret To His Trigga Album Topping The Charts

By: Rea Davis @IamReaDavis Updated Category: Alternatives
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Trey Songz recently landed his second No. 1 album on the Billboard chart, selling over 100,000 copies the first week. During a recent interview on “The Russ Parr Morning Show” the R&B crooner recently talked about what grabs fans attention enough to buy an album, his in particular. He shared his thoughts about his journey and why he thinks Trigga was a success. He stated that he believed your most valuable possession as an artist is the connection one has with their fans. He said fans don’t want to buy into anything that’s not going to be an experience. “Fans want to buy into something they can love and cherish,” said Songz. He also stated that this album was the most cohesive body of work for him because for the first time it was a full story all the way through.

Check out the clip below:

Zuse "Hookah" Freestyle

By: Rea Davis @IamReaDavis Updated Category: Music
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The Zooly Gvng artist Zuse has received praise from music industry veterans and top artists, like T.I., who recently took to Twitter advising his fans and followers to keep an eye out for Zuse’s upcoming mixtape, “Plugged,” hosted by DJ Scream and DJ Green Lantern. The project is scheduled to drop at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 24, on Livemixtapes.

The project, presented by Zooly Gvng, Defient, Hoodrich and Black Roses, is a mixture of original records from Zuse and freestyles over hit beats. The project includes features from Young Thug, Waka Flocka, Strap (Travis Porter), Trae the Truth, and Zooly Gvng members: Natasha Mosley, Saucelord, Mike Fresh and more!

While we wait on the mixtape, check out his video for “Hookah” below

Floyd Mayweather: T.I. Is a B*tch and "I Was F*cking His B*tch" (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Floyd Mayweather Jr will entertain a crowd of people no matter what it takes.

A day after Mayweather Jr’s altercation with T.I. in Las Vegas on May 24th, the undefeated boxer informed Nicole Bitchie that the fight stemmed from T.I.’s assumption that Mayweather Jr had sex with his wife, Tiny. During a recent press conference for his upcoming fight with Marcos Maidana in Washington, D.C., Mayweather Jr. answered a question about T.I. bluntly:

What about the b*tch? I was f*cking his b*tch. Money May gon make it do what it do, baby.

Check out Mayweather speak about T.I. and having a sexual relationship with Tiny at the 2:18 mark below:

Adrian Marcel Releases Weak After Next

By: Rea Davis @IamReaDavis Updated Category: Alternatives
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BET Music Matters artist Adrian Marcel has released the follow up to his 7 Days of Weak project with Weak After Next, which features Kelly Rowland, Snoop Dogg, E-40, Casey Veggies, and Kirko Bangz.

Marcel’s new project is hosted by Don Cannon, DJ Charisma and DJ Amen and features a Maury Show snippet and a flip of Drake’s “Girls Love Beyonce.” Musical genius, Raphael Saadiq, jumps on his protégé’s project with “Ray Ray’s Intro” as well as a track called “Searching.”

Marcel’s forthcoming album, #GMFU (Got Me F**ked Up) is slated to be released in February 2015. Also Marcel told us on the BET Awards red carpet that he would be joining Keyshia Cole on her “Point Of No Return” tour! Take a listen to Weak After Next below!

EXCLUSIVE: Wes Jackson Accuses MTV Of Racially Biased Coverage Of Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) The 10th annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival was a celebration of unity, the hangover is not as pleasant. Today (July 18th) Brooklyn Bodega President Wes Jackson and Head of Marketing Jules Pierrot discuss their accusations of MTV Two days after the 10th Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival MTV music journalist Rob Markman posted an interview with Mac Miller about performing with Jay Electronica over the weekend. Jackson took exception to the original article not mentioning the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival by name:

The article now includes the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, however Jackson accuses MTV of racially biased coverage of the festival itself over their coincidental choice of interview subject:

So, the one time in 10 years I get one white rapper and MTV’s like ‘Oh, let’s talk to him.’ But,I never seen you call Torae. Kweli was there. [J.] Cole was there. Jay Elec was still in town. Yo, why didn’t you call me? Why you didn’t call Jules? Why didn’t you call Tatiana? Why didn’t you call Ebony? Because this is one of the few organizations that are flooded with Black people.

Following the publication of the article, Jackson initially blamed Markman for “questionable” journalism, but in this interview admitted that he does not believe Markman to be a cause of the problem. However, Jackson supports Dame Dash’s  “over run by people with no respect for the culture”

We are fooling ourselves if we don’t think there are tons of white people at the control that would much rather push Mac Miller out there than Jay Electronica. I mean, come on. If you a 50 year old white dude at MTV and you got a choice: we can get the eccentric dude with gold fronts, who’s a Katrina refugee rocking an F.O.I. uniform. Or we get the smacked white boy. You know they’re making these choices.

Jackson recently self-published Ten Years Fresh: The Story of the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival exploring the history of creating the yearly music event. Paperback available at LuLu. Check out PART ONE of AllHipHop’s interview with Brooklyn Bodega:

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Heater Of The Day: Boaz Ft. Scarface "Hard To Forget It"

By: Scooby Wilson (@mcscoobins) Updated Category: Breeding Ground
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Pittsburgh’s own Boaz connects with the legendary Scarface for “Hard To Forget It”. This song will be on a mixtape series that Boaz will be introducing in the forthcoming weeks. His debut Rostrum album will be dropping late Summer/early Fall.

Los Angeles Clippers' Head Coach Says It's Hard To Recruit Players Because of Donald Sterling

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Uncertainty in basketball is purgatory on Earth for some coaches. In a recent interview, Los Angeles Clippers Head Coach and President of Basketball Operations Doc Rivers explains how Donald Sterling’s current ownership battle has hurt Clippers’ recruitment.

NBA free agency began on July 1st and Clippers have been able to sign a few players including free agents Jordan Farmar, Spencer Hayes and their draft pick CJ Wilcox. Two months before the start of free agency, NBA Commissioner banned Donald Sterling from participating in any basketball operations for the Clippers. With Sterling currently fighting the forced sale of the Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Rivers informed reporters on Monday (July 14th) that  the uncertainty of whom the Clippers’ owner is has hurt the team in recruiting players:

It has hurt us some this summer. You go in to talk to a free agent and most guys, teams will bring their owner. I go in, looking like this, by myself. I don’t know what effect that has had but that’s not been great for us

While meetings with Ballmer are not allowed, Rivers admits that two have had accidental “bump-ins” with his soon-to-be new boss. Los Angeles Clippers’ Head Coach Says It’s Hard To Recruit Players Because of Donald Sterling