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Daily Word: Practice Stick-to-it-ive-Ness!

By: Ash Cash (@IamAshCash) Updated Category: Lifestyle

Happy Thursday my creatures of undeniable greatness! Welcome to the 2nd day of the best year of your life! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to consistency! The secret to attaining your dreams and aspirations is no secret at all… If you believe in yourself and work hard towards your dream there is absolutely no doubt that you will receive it! The problem is that many of us put time limits on our dreams so if it doesn’t happen when we say it will we either give up or compromise. Criss Jami once said “Most people either compromise or drop their greatest talents and start running after, what they perceive to be, a more reasonable success, and somewhere in between they end up with a discontented settlement. Safety is indeed stability, but it is not progression.” Make this year, the year that you refuse to be regular… The year that you tell yourself that you will stick to your dream and achieve it no matter the obstacles and no matter the circumstance! As the saying goes…. You don’t drown by falling you drown by staying there! Don’t drown your dreams away! Be consistent and stick to it by all means!! NOTHING CAN STOP YOU BUT YOU!! -Ash’Cash

“It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.”
-Anthony Robbins

“Rain puts a hole in stone because of its constancy, not its force. Just keep knocking on doors until the right one opens”
-H. Joseph Gerber

“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.”
-Jim Rohn

“Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.”
-John C. Maxwell

“It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.”
-Louis Sachar

“Do it badly; do it slowly; do it fearfully; do it any way you have to, but do it.”
-Steve Chandler

“As long as there’s breath in You – PERSIST!”
-Bernard Kelvin Clive

“It’s good to remember that success may be just beyond the next failure, and you’ll get there, not because you’re destined to, but because you’re determined to.”
-Steve Goodier

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Ash’Cash is a Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Financial Expert and the author of Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom. For more information, please visit his website, www.IamAshCash.com  

Lotta Zay Says Top Tier Battle Rappers Scared To Compete

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

(AllHipHop News) Battle rapper Lotta Zay is calling out what he calls the “top tier” of his peers. In an interview with VladTV, Zay expressed he feels some of the more well known competitors are avoiding jumping in the ring with him.

“A lot of these n***as is too comfortable with they spot. They don’t want to lose,” said Zay. “A lot these n***as is fake a** emcees. A lot of these n***as is ducking me.”

Zay goes on to explain that everybody loses, but a lot of unnamed rappers are “scared to get knock out.”

During the interview Lotta Zay also talks about the rise of the battle rap scene over recent years. He credits the battle culture’s rawness for saving Hip Hop and refers to battle rap emcees as “lyrical athletes.”

[ALSO READ: UW Battle League’s “High Stakes” To Be 1st PPV Battle Streamed In HD Real-Time]

Watch the VladTV interview and the Shotgun Suge vs Lotta Zay battle below.

Ice Cube & Kevin Hart Scheduled For Reddit AMA Session

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

(AllHipHop News) Hip Hop legend Ice Cube and comedian superstar Kevin Hart are both starring in the new movie Ride Along that is hitting theaters January 17th. Before the film debuts on the big screen later this month, the two actors are scheduled to participate in the popular “Ask Me Anything” segment on Reddit.com this week.

[ALSO READ: Pilot For Kevin Hart Based Sit-Com Heading To Production]

Fans will get the chance to ask the two actors about their upcoming action comedy which also features Tika Sumpter, John Leguizamo, David Banner, and Jay Pharoah. Questions covering other aspects of Cube and Hart’s respective careers will sure to be a part of the discussion as well.

[ALSO READ: Chance The Rapper Discusses Dream Collab, The N-Word Vs The F-Word, & More In AMA Session]

Ice Cube and Kevin Hart’s AMA session is set for January 4 at 2:30 pm ET.

Check out the trailer for Ride Along below.

Mac Miller: 2013 Will Be A "Special Time" In Hip Hop History

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

(AllHipHop News) Last year produced some memorable music and big moments in Hip Hop. Albums from veteran performers like Kanye West, Jay Z, Eminem, Killer Mike, and Pusha T had fans and the media talking all year, and young rap stars like A$AP Rocky, Drake, J. Cole, and Wale topped the Billboard 200.

Throw in projects from Chance The Rapper, Action Bronson, Blu, Tyler, The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, A$AP Ferg, Danny Brown, Troy Ave, and many more, and 2013 may become a standout year for the culture’s new generation of emcees. One of the contributors to rap’s run last year expressed his belief that the current state of Hip Hop is close to what many consider the apex of the culture – the late 80’s/early 90’s.

[ALSO READ: Mac Miller Releasing Live Album “Live From Space” (Cover Art/Tracklist)]

“I think that in many years this year will be looked back on as a very special time and there hasn’t been anything that as a movement has been as big as this since the quote-unquote Golden Age,” shared Mac Miller with Thestar.com.

Miller’s Watching Movies With the Sound Off helped Hip Hop break a chart record back in June. Along with Kanye’s Yeezus, Cole’s Born Sinner, and Wale’s The Gifted, WMWTSO‘s top three placement on the album chart secured the first time that Hip Hop albums controlled the 1-3 spots in the country for three straight weeks.

[ALSO READ: 10 Biggest Stories From “The Summer Of Hip Hop” 2013]

“Artists right now are making some of my favorite music in Hip Hop that’s ever been made,” added Miller.

Hip Hop projects were consistently near the top of ever major music publication’s “best of the year” lists as well. Rap music’s dominance in 2013 was even acknowledged by The Recording Academy.

Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are among the artists leading in Grammy nominations. Jay got the most nominations with nine total. Kendrick and Macklemore each got seven nods including “Best New Artist” and “Album Of The Year.”

[ALSO READ: Kendrick Lamar & Macklemore Up For Album Of The Year & Best New Artist Grammys]

Onyx To Release New Album This Year

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

(AllHipHop News) The East Coat rap group Onyx is set to return with a new album later this year. The NYC crew announced their project will be arriving in 2014 on social media.

[ALSO READ: Cypress Hill To Drop Album In 2014; Says It’s “Anti-Everything That’s Popular”]

Onyx

The trio is best known for the hit single “Slam” from 1993’s Bacdafucup. Group members Sticky Fingaz and Fredro Starr have also appeared in films and television programs. Sticky can be seen in movies like Dead Presidents and In Too Deep. Fredro had a recurring role on Moesha and starred in Sunset Park. Onyx was also featured on last year’s Trap Lord album by A$AP Ferg.

[ALSO READ:  A$AP Ferg Says New York Hip Hop Never Had A Specific Sound]

Sticky, Fredro, and Sonsee will all be performing at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles on January 29th. For more information visit here.

Rick Ross Wins Lawsuit Against Freeway Ricky Ross

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

(AllHipHop News) Former drug kingpin Freeway Ricky Ross lost his lawsuit against rapper Rick Ross (born William Leonard Roberts) on First Amendment grounds. The case originally began in 2010 and later appealed to a higher court after the lawsuit was ruled to be “untimely” since the real Ross knew about the entertainer’s stage name since 2006.

After first acknowledging that he did not necessarily agree with the reasoning behind the original decision in the case, California appeals court judge Roger Boren once again sided with Roberts. Judge Boren stated that while the rapper’s stage persona and career were influenced by Ross, they are not the “very sum and substance of Roberts’ work.”

The ruling also affirmed Roberts’ constitutional right to free speech and free expression:

He was not simply an impostor seeking to profit solely off the name and reputation of Rick Ross. Rather, he made music out of fictional tales of dealing drugs and other exploits –some of which related to plaintiff. Using the name and certain details of an infamous criminal’s life as basic elements, he created original artistic works.

[ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: Freeway Ricky Ross Addresses Recent Drug Dealing Rappers Comments & Jay Z’s Barneys Statement]

via THR

Happy New YOU!!

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines

Happy New Year and Happy New YOU! Welcome to the absolute first day of the rest of your life! Today is the day that you continue to make your dreams come true! No matter which way your prior year went, TODAY gives you the opportunity to do it better than you have ever done it before! The time for procrastination and excuses is officially over! Ready or not, you have graduated to the next level of life! The level that only excepts actions and results! No more intentions and no more false starts! It’s NOW or NOW!! Losing has never been and will never be an option that you have the luxury of taking! The mere fact that you have breathe in your body is all the indication that you need, to know that you still have a purpose in life and by all means you need to fulfill that purpose! Imagine crossing a bridge into an unknown land and as soon as you reach that land the bridge is burnt down…. Yup!! that’s what this is! You’ve have entered the point of no return and your only choice is to win! You are powerful beyond belief and now is the time to settle into your greatness! Are you ready??? (Don’t Answer that…. It was a trick question!) Strap up your boots, put on your war-gear,  and get ready for your best year yet!! NOTHING CAN STOP YOU BUT YOU!!!
-Ash’Cash

“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
-Oprah Winfrey

“No matter what happened yesterday it is insignificant when compared to what lies within the core of your being today.”
-Sandy Brewer

“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.”
-Rick Warren

“Today is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.”
-Brad Paisley

“What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.”
-Vern McLellan

“If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you’ve made, if they don’t realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go.”
-Steve Maraboli

“A diamond doesn’t start out polished and shining. It once was nothing special, but with enough pressure and time, becomes spectacular. You are that diamond.”
-Solange nicole

“Let go of your regrets. Today is a new day, a new year, a new you. Now is the time.”
-Unknown

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Ash’Cash is a Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Financial Expert and the author of Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom. For more information, please visit his website, www.IamAshCash.com    

Diddy's Exclusive New Year's Eve Party On Star Island

By: keepitexclusive Updated Category: Lifestyle

With Drake on the wheels of steel, Sean “Diddy” Combs hosted the most exclusive party of the night, at his home on Star Island. T.I. & Tiny, Jamie Foxx, Terrence J., Scott Storch, Fat Joe, Trey Songz, The Weeknd and more were in attendance, including Jay Z, Beyonce and The Dream, who were spotted engaged in deep conversation.

Thaddaeus McAdams / ExclusiveAccess.Net

James "Uncle Phil" Avery Of Fresh Prince Fame Dies

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines

(AllHipHop News) James Avery, the “Uncle Phil” of the Fresh Prince show, has died in a Los Angeles hospital after a prolonged illness.

Early reports suggested Avery was with Will Smith aka “The Fresh Prince” as he and DJ Jazzy Jeff reunited in the opulence of Dubai. However, more details have emerged and those reports are untrue.

Alfonso Ribeiro, another star of “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” made the startling announcement on Twitter.

“I’m deeply saddened to say that James Avery has passed away. He was a second father to me. I will miss him greatly,” Ribeiro tweeted.

Avery was 65.

Rick Ross Flirts With Khloe Kardashian On Kanye West's "Bound 2" [NEW MUSIC]

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

Got a thing for Khloe, Lamar lost his feet

Rick Ross is in great spirits after a judge ruled last week that rapper Rick Ross’ usage of the name was protected under the First Amendment from Freeway Rick Ross’ allegations of . Ross starts the year by proclaiming “double R, I am” and flirting with Khloe Kardashian over Kanye West’s “Bound 2”.

This comes less than three weeks after Khloe filed for divorce from her husband of four years, Lamar Odom.

Check out Rick Ross’ remix of Kanye West’s “Bound 2” below: