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Up Close & Personal: Tristan “Mack” Wilds Takes Acting Hiatus for Rap Career

By: @KareemTaylorCategory: Alternatives

With the buzzing single “Own It” out and a debut album on the way this September, singer turned actor Tristan “Mack” Wilds plans to be one of the years biggest acts.

When the world found out the new incarnation of The CW’s ‘90210’ was cancelled, so did the cast. When he learned of getting laid off, the actor decided it was truly time to focus on the music.

In our interview, Wilds admits:

“As soon as it ended, of course it was bittersweet, it seemed like it was an Omen. Like God was really on some ‘Well, go do what you gotta do.'”

A wake up call of sorts, Wilds went overtime in the studio with Salaam Remi (Miguel, Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys) and crafted a project he intends to release this Fall.

While at Salaam Remi’s studios in New York City, we chopped it up with Wilds on giving up acting for rapping, being from Staten Island and his idea of the perfect date. Watch below.

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“Own It”, produced by Salaam Remi and written by Ne-Yo, is the albums lead single. New York: A Love Story is scheduled for a September 17th release.

Listen: “Own It” by Mack Wilds

We Charge Zimmer-cide: Why Our Self-Destruction Is Not Self -Inflicted

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur)Category: Uncategorized

“You’re the one that was tryin’ to keep me way down/

Like the sun you know I found my way back round.”     
                                               J Cole On “Crooked Smile”

 Last week , Wild Bill O’Reilly went on one of his frequent rampages against  rap , blaming the genre for all of the problems facing the black community. However, this time the Fox commentator went extra hard, obviously, more than a little miffed by the way millions of black folks are outraged  over the George Zimmerman acquittal  for the murder of Trayvon Martin. So Bill used his bully pulpit to lecture 40 million black Americans on how to solve “the race problem.”  In his twisted right wing logic, he seemed to infer that if there weren’t  so many Black baby mamas who  listen to Hip Hop, Trayvon Martin would still be alive today! Well , it’s time that somebody put Ol’ Bill on blast. Now, O’Reilly wasn’t the first person in the last few weeks who blamed the Trayvon Martin murder on drugs, Black on Black violence,  rap music etc. But since he reaches millions of people every night, it is fair to say that  he is the loudest. O’Reilly’s Fox News team mate, Sean Hannity,  has had a field day with the Zimmerman Trial and former  “Mr. Party Like a Rock Star,” Ted Nugent referred to Trayvon  as a “dope smokin’ gangsta wanna be”

From the first day of the trial, the murmurs of “forget Sanford,what about Chicago ?” began to float around the conservative blogosphere. This has produced what is referred  to as  “Zimmer–cide” – the act of killing innocent Black children with impunity under the pretense of fear, then blaming the black community for the act.”

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjT0sCTZkJs OK. I would be the first to admit that we have some major problems in the African American community and we do need to have a convo. But I refuse to sit idly by and let the likes of Bill O’Reilly and rock-scum Ted Nugent define the parameters of the conversation and determine when we are going to have it! So, instead of talking about what black people have done wrong, let’s deal with the evil that white men do. Historically, white people have been incapable of blaming themselves for any of the atrocities that they or their ancestors have committed against not only African Americans, but the indigenous cultures of the planet earth. Some may argue that it is against human nature to blame ones self for one’s actions, as philosophers have had endless debates over the subject. Also, in his book, “The Great White Lie,” Jack Gratus attempts to use Kurt Godel’s theorem to explain the inability of the European to have an honest discussion on racism. Whether they admit it or not,  history has recorded their many acts of genocide that make the southside of Chicago look like Disney World. From the Congo of Africa  to the Great Plains of America, the European  has a lot more blood on his hands than the “Chief Keefs”  of the world have on theirs. Contrary to popular belief “genocide” does not just mean hauling people off and exterminating them in gas ovens. According to the 1949 United Nations “Genocide Convention,” it also means “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. ” So anyone who sets the climate for black kids in hoodies who listen to Lil Wayne to be murdered by overzealous neighborhood watch people are also , be definition, guilty of genocide. Although  Bill O’Reilly mouthed off a whole bunch of statistics about the pathologies facing black people , as they say , statistics can conceal more than they reveal. While he  named rappers that degrade the black community, what he did not mention is that the top shot callers in the entertainment industry are old white men.  (But since we are supposed to be too  ig’nant to read books like Fredric Dannen’s , “Hit Men,” I guess we weren’t supposed to know
that.) Also, while commentators keep  preachin‘  about the gang violence in Chicago, they forget the role that government agencies played in shutting down Fred Hampton’s attempt to stop the gang wars in Chicago as early as the 1960’s when COINTELPRO agents sent fake letters to Jeff Fort of the Black P. Stone Rangers ,claiming that the Panthers had put a hit on him. Even though they blame drug dealin’ for destroying the hood, they can’t seem to remember Gary Webb’s  “Dark Alliance” accusation that claimed it was the CIA that put crack in the ‘hood in the first place. The list goes on, but you get the point. What is most insulting about this whole charade , is that they are using their massive propaganda machines to paint the picture that there are not thousands black people across the country who have dedicated their lives to fighting social ills. There are also many Hip Hop thinkers that O’Reilly , Nugent and their ilk would never face on the intellectual battlefield. Those who would use the writings of Dr. Amos Wilson and Dr. Frances Cress Welsing  to properly diagnose  problems facing the black community and not just parrot some Moynihan report from almost 50 years ago. No matter how much these pundits want to blame black folks  for the “race problem,” truth is the problem ain’t the music we listen to or the clothes  we wear. It is global white supremacy and all issues we face stem from that fact. Like Wyclef Jean once rapped “Black on Black crime needs to stop/ya’ll can’t blame it on Hip Hop.

TRUTH Minista Paul Scott can be reached at [email protected] Follower on Twitter @truthminista  Be sure to check out Militant Minded Radio every Tuesday night at 9PM EST http://blacktalkradionetwork.com/page/militantmindedradio

Action Bronson Performs “Strictly 4 My Jeeps” At Nursing Home (VIDEO)

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

(AllHipHop News) Action Bronson will rap in a crowd, in a pimp costume, in a diner and apparently at a European nursing home. While in the United Kingdom, Bronson decided to give the residents at St Hildas East Community Centre a free show by performing his Saab Stories single “Strictly 4 My Jeeps”

Check out the performance below:

I Don’t Camouflage: Power Of Wu Tang Clan

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur)Category: Alternatives

“I camouflage everyday!” I Don’t Camouflage sat down with Power, the Executive Producer of Wu Tang Clan, Co-founder of Wu Tang Movement and Founder of Wu Wear, as he shared his take on camouflage-ing, the thin line between friendship and business and more. Power is also known as an actor and he was featured in Hype William’s film “Belly” (1998) with Nas and DMX , James Toback’s film “Black and White” (1999) with Mike Tyson, among others.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Cee-Lo And Usher Have A Problem

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur)Category: Rumors

Both of these guys were on “The Voice” and now a potential reality show now will give their ex-wives a voice. Radaronline.com has the scoop:

Usher and Cee Lo Green‘s ex-wives — Tameka Foster and Christina Johnson — are both in talks with VH1 to appear on the Atlanta-based version of Hollywood Exes, Star magazine is reporting.

The two men are not keen on the idea and an insider told the magazine that Cee Lo “joked that his ex may spill some of his dirty secrets” while Usher is genuinely concerned about the concept.

“Usher and Tameka don’t get along, and he knows she’ll be happy to talk about his personal life so that she can become the star of the show,” the source said.
“Usher’s concerned because she’s still bitter. Tameka is having financial problems and feels like this could be her meal ticket.”


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V.I.P [#BGA] – “Old School Screw Tape” ft Propain

By: Jake CratesCategory: Breeding Ground

Texas rap duo V.I.P. drops their visual to “Old School Screw Tape,” featuring up-and-coming Houston rapper Propain. After receiving widespread attention for the audio of the song “Old School Screw Tape,” the Austin, Texas based group releases the visuals to their ode to legendary Houston Hip-Hop DJ and icon, DJ Screw. Look for the guys upcoming and yet to be titled project this fall with features from Trae the Truth, Freddie Gibbs, Propain, Killa Kyleon, Big Chief and more.
[RELATED: VIP of SXSW: K-Paul and Pimpin Pen are V.I.P.]

Treach Talks Watching Beyonce Naked, New Jersey Tolls + More (VIDEO)

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

(AllHipHop News) Naughty By Nature’s Treach has numerous songs where he raps for 16, 24 and even 32 bars so it’s not surprise he was quite loquacious at Cipha Sounds’ Take It Personal event last Friday (July 26th).

[ALSO CHECK OUT: Naughty By Nature’s Treach Is Confused By New Marijuana Names (VIDEO)]

After discussing his peculiar marijuana problem, Naughty By Nature’s frontman delved into a variety of topics for Cipha Sounds’ Super Mega Dragon Squad to create some hilarious improvisational scenes. From refusing to watch Beyonce in his house naked to the $13 tolls to leave New Jersey to enter New York, Treach let’s it all out.

The performers, Anthony Atamanuik, Abra Tabak, Phil Jackson and Brandon Gardner transformed Treach’s stories into comedic gold.

Cipha Sounds’ Take It Personal Hip Hop Improv Show is every Friday at 9pm at the UCB Theater in the Lower East Side of New York at East 3rd St on Avenue A.

Check out the video below:

Rapper’s Lyrics Lead To His Own Arrest In Double Homicide Case

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: Headlines

(AllHipHop News) Local Virginia rapper Antwain “Twain Gotti” Steward faces murder, malicious wounding, and firearms charges in Newport News after the 22-year-old allegedly rapped about the crime in one of his songs. According to a report by the Daily Press, Steward is accused of fatally shooting Brian Dean, 20, and Christopher Horton, 16, on May 10, 2007. Steward was 16 at the time.

The case went cold for years, but police charged Steward with the two murder counts on July 9 citing his lyrics featured in a 2011 YouTube video as evidence of his guilt. The video has since been taken down from the site.

An affidavit for a Newport News Circuit Court issued search warrant provided the lines from the song:

Everybody saw when I [expletive] choked him. But nobody saw when I [expletive] smoked him, roped him, sharpened up the shank then I poked him…had me crackin up so I joked him, it is betweezy six feet ova, told ya [expletive] with my money I’ll roast ya

Witnesses at the time said that Horton and Steward had gotten into a fight before the shooting took place. Authorities allege that Horton and his visiting friend Dean were gunned down on the front porch of Horton’s house as a result of gang retaliation.

Steward is now being held without bond. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for October 2.

Twain Gotti’s Twitter feed has still managed to send out a series a tweets proclaiming his innocence after his arrest and detainment.

[ALSO READ: Rapper Who Tried To Sacrifice Friend To The Illuminati Heading To Prison]

Prodigy Launches Infamous Books Imprint

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) Prodigy is mostly known as one half of the rap duo Mobb Deep, but the New York born rapper has been diversifying his business options lately. In June Prodigy introduced a new clothing line called “Infamous,” and it was recently announced he has created a book publishing imprint of the same name.

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Infamous Books is a partnership with indie press Akashic Books to publish urban and crime literature. The first release from Prodigy’s Infamous was his own 90-page novella H.N.I.C. The book, co-written by Steven Savile, tells the story of young man trying to escape a life of crime, but is pulled back in to do one final job.

“Most of [my music] comes from my real life. So writing a fictional book is different because I’m just able to use my imagination more and just create scenarios. I really don’t do that too much with the music,” Prodigy told Brooklyn Based.

While Prodigy has added author to his résumé (which began with 2011’s autobiography My Infamous Life) he still has not given up on the music side of his talents. He teamed with producer Alchemist to drop the Albert Einstein LP this past June.

Upcoming projects from Infamous Books will include works by Diary of a Mistress creator Miasha, Street Dreams writer K’wan Foye, and the New York Times Best Selling author JaQuavis Coleman.

H.N.I.C is available now at Amazon.

Watch Prodigy discuss H.N.I.C in the video below.