(AllHipHop News) Actor/singer Jamie Foxx used his speech at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington to encourage his fellow African American celebrities to take on a greater role in the civil rights movement of today.
Foxx explained that his interest in social activism was inspired by the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin, the Sandy Hook school shooting, and a conversation he had with singer, actor, and social activist Harry Belafonte.
“Harry Belafonte saw me at the Image Awards and he asked, ‘what am I willing to do?'” said Foxx. Belafonte, Foxx, and Foxx’s 19-year-old daughter had a further discussion over dinner where the 86-year-old “King of Calypso” recalled his time marching with Martin Luther King Jr., Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson.
That sit down between the two entertainers and the teenage girl led to Foxx suggesting that he and his peers should follow in the footsteps of Belafonte as role models in the fight for social justice for future generations.
“What we need to do now is the young folks pick it up now,” said Foxx. “So when we’re 87 years old, talking to the other young folks, we can say it was me, Will Smith, Jay Z, Kanye, Alicia Keys, Kerry Washington- the list goes on and on.”
Watch Jamie Foxx’s 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington speech in the video below.
(AllHipHop) Taylor Gang’s Ty Dolla $ign teams up with Hustle Gang’s B.o.B. for a new version of “Paranoid”. The track will be available for purchase on iTunes on September 10th. Ty Dolla $ign’s Beach House 2 mixtape is available for download now at datpiff.com.
AllHipHop’s correspondent Valerie Lora was at the VMA red carpet and we caught up with a lot of celebrities with a lot to say. Check out Cedric The Entertainer, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Kim, MGK, Macklemore, Riff Raff, Iggy Azalea and more!
(AllHipHop News) Kendrick Lamar may be speaking to Hot 97 tomorrow morning but Big Boy and Power 106 LA just released Kendrick Lamar’s first response to the controversy around his “Control” verse.
Speaking frankly on , the embattled MC says he was surprised by the response but was able to gain perspective by speaking to the unnamed “ACTUAL Kings of New York” during the week of the MTV Music Video Awards:
The irony of that line… for the people who actually understood it and got it.. were the actual kings of New York. Me sitting down with them this past week and them understanding It’s not about being the king of an actual coast, it’s about leaving a mark as big as Biggie. As big as ‘Pac
The full interview will be on Big Boy’s Neighborhood tomorrow morning (August 29th) at 7:20 A.M.
(AllHipHop Features) For years producers-turned-moguls like Dr. Dre, Diddy, and Pharrell have taken their start in Hip Hop and parlayed it into multi-million dollar brands. The next Hip Hop veteran on the path to expand his business portfolio beyond rap music is Long Beach legend Warren G.
The G-Funk rapper/producer recently inked a deal with Bronco Wine Company to promote their Allure Moscato line, and according to Warren that partnership is just the beginning of his takeover of the wine industry.
In part one of an exclusive interview, AllHipHop spoke with Warren G to discuss his new Allure campaign, other ventures on the horizon, and if his focus on non-music related businesses means new records from the Regulator will have to wait.
AllHipHop: What was it about Bronco Wine’s Allure Moscato brand that made you want to link up with it?
Warren G: First of all, I like Moscato, and Bronco Wines is such a huge company to be in business with. They’re a very successful company. I’m trying to venture out into other businesses other than Hip Hop. I want to get out and do other things like guys like Diddy, Dre, Snoop. These guys are branding themselves outside of music, and now it’s my turn. I’m starting to brand myself outside of music. Wine is one of the most elegant and grown up alcohols in the world. It’s just a great combination.
Bronco Wines are cool people. I came out and visited with them, and they showed me how the wine was made. It was a nice tour of the facility, and they showed me a lot about wine. I was like, you know this would be a good move, because it’s no other artists that’s involved with wine. I’m one of the only one stepping in that lane in the wine world. Just being able to go up to Napa Valley and see how they work, I was like I got to get involved.
Did you reach out to them or did they reach out to you?
They reached out to me through a couple of guys I work with – Tony Clark and RC Mills. They reached out to them, and they got at me and asked me if I was down to do the campaign with Allure. At first I was kind of like, “I don’t know,” but once I learned about the company and learned about how successful they are in the wine business, I said okay.
Getting the chance to sit down and chat with the biggest wine guys in the world was out of this world. Fred, the owner, he’s such a cool cat and that’s the kind of people I want to be in business with. I think that’s why the relationship is going the way it’s going. Plus, I drink Allure Wine so it all worked out.
Are there any plans to connect with any other brands?
I got a lot of people reaching out to me. Sort of the same type the things with the headphones and stuff like that, but I want to be different from what my brother’s doing and what Snoop is doing and what Diddy is doing. I want to be different. I just went into a whole other lane with the wine. I also got my own wine that I own that’s coming. It’s going to be through Bronco Wine company also.
Do you have a name for your wine yet?
I’m still in the early stages. I got names for different wines, but I can’t really let them out right now. I can just tell you that’s it’s a lot of great wines that are coming real soon from myself and my partners. I’m just ready to keep branching off into other businesses. Don’t get me wrong I still love my Hip Hop. It’s just another branch on the tree for me to be successful.
I was going to ask does this mean you’re putting music on the back burner for now?
I’m never going to stop doing my music. My production is at its best right now. On the artist tip I’m working on an EP sponsored by Allure and G-Funk. I’m going to drop that shortly. Just give the people some good music to go with the wine. I think once the people get this music and have a sip of that Moscato, they’re going to be like okay this works. It goes together.
But I’ll never stop doing music. That’s my number one love, but it comes a time when you get older and you want to venture out into other businesses. It’s more out there in life that you can be successful in. Dre was example of that by him doing what he did with Beats and Diddy with Cîroc. Jay Z with the ventures he’s done. Those guys showed me it’s more than just Hip Hop. It’s showing Hip Hop it can be more than just rappers and producers. It shows the people who are always doubting us that we can be businessmen. Everybody is not just a drug dealer or a gang-banger. We’re businessmen too. We do things outside of what people stereotype us as.
Have you ever had a conversation with Dre about moving into that mogul lane or asked for advice about it?
No, we’ve never had a conversation about it. I look up to him. I’ve always looked up to him. He basically molded me into who I am as a producer. That’s my big brother so I want to be successful like that. I’m doing it on my own without being in this person’s footsteps or that person’s footsteps. I’m grown now. I’m out in the world trying to make my own brand just as big as the rest of these guys.
Do you have idea when your EP will be dropping or when the first single will be released?
We looking at October right now. I got a record with me, Too $hort, E-40, and Nate Dogg that’s off the chain. I got another record with me, Young Jeezy, Bun B, and Nate Dogg that’s dope. I’m trying to decide which one I really want to go with, because I don’t’ think I’ll use both them. I got my 20th Anniversary album coming up in June. I want to drop it on June 6th, the same date that I dropped the first Regulate…G-Funk Era.
I’m thinking about saving one of those for that, but I got collaborations with a lot of the young artists like YG, Problem. I’m working on a record right now for me and Snoop to get on. Then I’m going to reach out to other artists that I really like, and I want them to be a part of my EP. I’m going to reach out to Kendrick [Lamar] to get a hot 16 from him. I like Nas. I’ve also wanted to work with a lot of these cats, so we’ll see how it turns out. But I’ll tell you this, it’s going to be banging.
(AllHipHop News)Detroit and “beef” is as synonymous as Miley Cyrus and twerking. After seemingly resolving their dispute over Big Sean’s Detroit credibility, Danny Brown still maintains that Big Sean’s music isn’t authentic Detroit.
In a recent interview with Sway In The Morning, the Old rapper said Big Sean trying to prove his Detroit authenticity by noting his holiday giveaways didn’t mean anything:
I wouldn’t be in the hood either. Sh*t, n*ggas is starving. And then he got to talking about giving out turkeys and all this sh*t, man, who don’t come to the hood on the holidays? Everybody come to the hood on the holidays. So sh*t, that don’t mean sh*t.
In an interview with Hip Hop Nation, Sean stated he’s the only new rapper “who was paying for Thanksgiving dinners last year, buying Christmas gifts.”
Brown did assert that him and Sean are cool and no beef would arise.
This past Saturday, August 24, The Ailey Extension, The Ailey Organization’s program of dance and fitness classes for the general public, and beloved actress, songstress, dancer and TV personality, Adrienne Bailon hosted PRETTY GIRLS SWEAT BACK TO SCHOOL ZUMBA PARTY presented by Teen Diaries and Women on the Move.
It was a day full of SWEAT-spiration and excitement as The Ailey Extension’s Shahidah Ansari Zumba® Jammer (Choreography Specialist) & Instructor led a class of approximately 80 girls ages 13-18 who danced non stop to high-energy Zumba mix alongside Adrienne and participating mentors. Mentors included, radio personality and marketing maven, Simone “Boss Lady” Amelia, VH1’s Love & Hip Hop’s Tahiry Jose, ESSENCE Senior Health and Relationships Editor, Sharon Boone, Black Girls Code’s Donna Knutt, Balan Inc. co-founder, Michou St. Jules, Celebrity Nail Artist, Dawn Sterling, Dr. Afriye Amerson, Ernst & Young’s Erin Hajj, and Island/Def Jam digital marketing manager Christina Smith. Emerging Latin pop singer Veronica Vega also stopped by to inspire teen guests with her fitness story.
I am hearing that Lil Scrappy is in some sort of trouble again. It seems the “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” star was arrested last night at a gas station in East Point. The crazy thing is, he was fighting with one of his boys. The cops were called in and I am hearing that Scrappy has officially violated his probation. Remember, Scrappy had to go to Rehab for WEED, after his pee tested dirty. Now this could be way more serious than just failing a drug test, since the rapper was booked for assault and some other charges. Yesterday, Scrappy kinda dissed his ex, Erica on Twitter yesterday at the same time he shouted out his new boo thang, Bambi Johnson.
Ill never talk down on erica but I'm tellin y'all wuts good for me I give much respect to @AdizBAMBI c## she was their when I was down
AARON HERNANDEZ ON THAT SHERM??
Damnnnn Aaron Hernandez was wildin’ out. Rolling Stone did a deep investigation into Aaron Hernandez, and found out some crazy stuff. They said that the guy has been paranoid the last year, all because he has been smoking weed laced with PCP..aka that SHERM and just that PCP. The drug made him so ‘noid that he carried a gun with him all the time and rolled with some serious gangsters. When he was a kid, his mom cheated on his dad with a violent drug dealer, then after his dad died, she moved the guy in! The Rolling Stone episode is supposed to come out in September.
BANNED INSTAGRAM HASHTAGS
I found this funny. Instagram has banned a bunch of hashtags, some for obvious reasons, others, it’s not so clear. There are some funny ones that they have banned like #curlyheadedf**k and #Classyb**ch, but others I am not so sure. There are some hip-hop related hashtags that didn’t make the cut on Instagram too. #F**kTyler (I think it’s Tyler the Creator, but maybe it’s someone else), #b**chdontkillmyvibes, #bubblebutt and #bigbootyhoes are all banned. Ohh by, the way today is #SexualWednesday.
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
