Alex Rossi, 20, of South Carolina, allegedly beat down his 54-year-old father over an argument they had over instant macaroni and cheese. A powdered cheese packet that creates the cheesiness went missing and all hell broke loose.
Via the NY Daily News: Alex Rossi, 20, allegedly freaked out after his 54-year-old pop Brian yelled at him for finishing off the cheese he wanted to use in the dish.
Deputies claim the young buck “ran after his dad and began to punch him in the face and head.”
He then “eventually took his father to the ground and continued to hit him.”
When officers arrived at the pair’s Spartanburg home, they saw that “Brian had a fresh laceration beneath his left eye with bruising and swelling.”
The Smoking Gun reports that, during questioning, the younger Rossi confessed to punching his father in the face.
But he also claimed that he’d been hit, too.
The son was arrested for misdemeanor assault and battery.
Since his major production debut in 2011, Mike WiLL Made It has crafted some of the illest beats in hip-hop. From Future’s “Turn on the Lights,” to “Bands A Make Her Dance,” from Rihanna’s “Pour it Up,” to 2 Chainz “No Lie,” his hits have been the soundtrack for two summers and contributed to millions of records sold. Mike WiLL also won Producer of the Year at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards.
This week, Mike WiLL hosted a live event called Mike WiLL Been TriLL in collaboration with Been Trill and The Overthrow with exclusive merch items for purchase, live performances, and never before heard music from the mixtape of the same name.
The evening started with a DJ set by P-Nasty and Marz, two producers that are a part of Eardrummers Entertainment. Their set was followed by a DJ set from Heroes x Villians, and then one from Virgil Abloh, founder of Been Trill. Mike WiLL hit the stage to a packed house and, along with DJ Osh Kosh and DJ Kash, partying with the crowd and running through through the full slate of his hits, bringing out guests along the way. Guest performances came from: Project Pat, Migos, Trinidad Jame$, 2 Chainz, T.I., Young Jeezy, and more. Check out these pics.
Follow Mike WiLL on Twitter @MikeWiLLMadeIt
Photos by DJ Blak Magic and Paul Duke
Mike WiLL is currently the executive producer of the new Miley Cyrus album, “Bangerz,” and also preparing to release his own debut album on Interscope. Est. in 1989 pt. 3 (The Album), is set to feature appearances by Future, Kendrick Lamar, and Miley Cyrus on the single, “23” with Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J.
Lyricism is making its way back into the game. Several up and comers have helped to restore hardcore lyricism into the rap game. Chox-Mak is among these artists redefining hip hop as it is known. Working his way up the ranks, Chox-Mak has caught the attention of heavy-hitters. Earlier this year, Chox-Mak and DJ YRS Jerzy linked up. Finding immediate chemistry and identical work ethics led to the two coming together. The mixtape features the single “It’s On” with Fluid. Other standout tracks from the project include “Far Away,” which features crooner, N-Tone. Putting the finishing touches on a defining year, Chox-Mak has more heat, but for now it’s all about Death by Design.
(AllHipHop News) Dr. Dre is releasing something music related in a month. No it’s not Detox, but instead is his much anticipated music streaming service Beats Music he is releasing through Beats By Dre.
Formerly known as “Daisy”, Beats Music is a collaboration between Dr. Dre and Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor and is aimed at “helping people re-discover the magic in the experience of listening to music,” according to Jimmy Iovine in March of this year. The service aims to provide playlists and suggestions for new music curated by music experts and musicians as opposed to computer generated results.
The service received a $60 million investment in March from Access Industries and a group of private investors. The service is still in beta, however anyone can pre-register their username for the service before its January release date.
Y’all know Rashidah Ali from Love & Hip-Hop and who also got off for allegedly giving a buck fifty to a NYC bouncer, right? Welp, we haven’t seen much of her on this season of Love & Hip-Hop but the latest news is that she’s getting a spinoff show.
Ali told Bossip that she was working with Executive Producer Shaunie O’Neal with Mona Scott-Young’s blessings, to produce a reality docu-series about her wedding. Does anyone else think there will be mucho shenanigans of the ratchet variety?
I love Jay Z as much as the next stan and will certainly indulge in the social festivities to a degree. However, I have come to feel terrible about the fact that there are several other stars that also have a birthday on this dear day of December 4!
That said, it is high time that we properly and justly recognize this other celebrities that have blazed trails in their own respect.
Lets get started with a Hip-Hop legend!
Duval “Masta Ace” Clear, legendary rapper from the Juice Crew and creator of the masterpiece album SlaughtaHouse before for those 4 rappers got together.
Tyra Banks – Actress, model and personality that
Grouchy Greg’s still has a crush on.
Cassandra Wilson, jazz singer that you mother f**ks need to know!
Its a group of men with mad celebrities in it (Lionel Richie, Roland Martin, Duke Ellington, Doitall of Lords of the Underground, Keenan Ivory Wayans and more) – Happy Birthday/Anniversary to the men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc!
Sergey Bubka, Olympic pole vaulter – he’s just here!
Fred Armisen, former SNL actor that does a mean Obama impression even though he’s quite close White…or something.
Chelsea Noble, actress from 80’s sitcom “Growing Pains”
Lauren London, the lovely actress and unfortunate (for me) Lil Wayne baby mama
Tony Todd, The Original Dark Man X – google that!
Jeff Bridges, That Jeff Bridges
Orlando Brown, actor…that’s been arrested recently
Patricia Wettig, the one and only actress. Get to know her.
Marisa Tomei, she’s still hot through all these years!
Bernard King, retired NY Knick, once regarded as the King of New York, but now seems to give Jay Z the side eye.
(AllHipHop Feature) Today (December 4th) is the 44th birthday of one of the greatest emcees of all time – Shawn “Jay Z” Carter. The Brooklyn rapper’s impact on the culture is undeniable, and it all began in 1996 with his first studio album Reasonable Doubt.
One of Jay’s many rap descendants is fellow BK rhymer Skyzoo. To show his appreciation to HOV’s first musical offering, Skyzoo connected with producer Antman Wonder to release their new project An Ode To Reasonable Doubt.
The 9-track “pay-what-you-want” EP pays homage to one of Hip Hop’s most celebrated debut albums by reinterpreting classic cuts like “Dead Presidents II” as “Meeting The Presidents” and “Can I Live” as “In Love With Living.”
AllHipHop caught up with Skyzoo to speak with the renown lyricist about his new effort. In part one of the interview the Bed-Stuy rapper discusses what sparked his decision to make An Ode To Reasonable Doubt, his opinion of Jay’s recent music, and what fans can expect from Sky in the future.
Why did you decide to revisit Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt for this project?
Honestly, the idea came off of Twitter. About two years ago, right after Elzhi dropped Elmatic, I got a tweet from a fan that said, “Would you ever do Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt the way Elzhi did Nas’ Illmatic?” I retweeted it out of fun. Upon retweeting that I got endless retweets and questions like, “Yo is this for real?” I saw that it was really taking off so I said, “I never really thought about it, but who knows?” I left it at that. Every single day over the past two years I received a tweet about it. I never even said I would do it. I just said it would be something cool. It just wouldn’t stop.
At the same time I met a producer by the name of Antman Wonder who, on his own, was recreating all the beats from Reasonable Doubt just for fun. When I heard about the beats it just looked like divine intervention to me. This is supposed to happen. It kind of just all made sense. If it wasn’t for that tweet this project wouldn’t even be happening. I don’t remember who the tweeter was. I wish I did, because I would show them a ton of love on Twitter.
There are some Jay fans that feel like Reasonable Doubt is one of those albums that should never be touched. Were you ever concerned that some of his fans may not be as open to what you’re doing?
I was concerned that it would put people in a different sense until they heard it. When they hear it nothing else can be said. I don’t want people to think it’s an album that I’m trying to go straight retail with. It’s not that at all. That’s why it’s called “An Ode To Reasonable Doubt.” I named it that solely so people would know in no way was it disrespectful to Jay or anybody else. I did that out of respect for him, what he’s’ done, and his legacy of being the greatest of all time in my eyes.
That album came out about seventeen years ago. There are kids that were born when that album came out who are now graduating high school this year. They know nothing about it, but they deserve to know about it because it’s an album that shaped Hip Hop. Maybe this is a way to introduce it to them. If they’re a fan of me and hear it, maybe they’ll go back and hear the original and fall in love with it.
Why did you decide to go with a “pay-what-you-want” model for the project?
Because the option is still there for it to be free. I wanted people to get the option to get the music at the end of the day. If you want to pay zero, then you pay zero and get it for free. I was getting tweets from people that said, “I hope it’s available for sale because I want to buy it,” “I hope it’s available on vinyl. I want to support you.” I said well, if you want to support me then I’ll give you that option to support. However you get it, I just want you to get it.
We’re also doing a contest. We’re doing a deal with Burn Rubber out in Detroit. If you pay $7 your name goes in a raffle, and you can win $250 worth of sneakers. At the end of the day, I just want people to get it. If people want to click zero and download it, then click zero and download it. I just want it to be the music you ride out to for the rest of the year.
The original Reasonable Doubt had 14 tracks on it, but you’re releasing your Ode as an EP. How did you decide which of the tracks you wanted to reinterpret for this project?
It came down to me working with Antman Wonder. When he produces, he composes, so there are string and horn sections. It came down to which records made the most sense when they are reimagined that way. So a record like “Brooklyn’s Finest,” would that beat sound right with a string and horn section? I didn’t think it would. That beat is more straight to the point, so I think if you turned that beat into something with strings and horns it would take away from it as oppose to adding to it. So records like “Brooklyn’s Finest,” “Cashmere Thoughts,” and “Friend and Foe” aren’t on it, because I felt like when you reimagine those records with an orchestra they don’t hit the same with just a sample and a drum.
Producer Antman Wonder
You’re a big fan of jazz, and you did a live acoustic performance earlier this year. Have you considered doing a full album with all live instrumentation?
Absolutely. That’s something I definitely want to do later on. I definitely want to do a whole album with a jazz band or a full jazz section.
You’ve been a fan of Jay Z since Reasonable Doubt. What is your opinion of where he is now musically?
I think he’s in a great space. You look at what he’s achieved with everything on his plate outside of writing records, and then you look at the fact that he still writes records of the highest order. How many people are involved in as many things as he has and still makes great music? You look at how many people have a clothing line, a business and it pulls away from the talent, from the artistic expression. It pulls away from the records they’re making, and those records start to suffer or they stop making records. But with him it hasn’t happened. He still goes in every year and gives you fourteen, fifteen bangers. He gives you two or three records for the summer.
I thought the Magna Carta Holy Grail album was great. I loved where he went on certain things, especially records like “Picasso Baby,” “F*ckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt,” “F.U.T.W.,” and “Oceans.” There’s a nice chuck in there where everything just hits back-to-back. He was just grand slamming these. I think artistically he’s in a great space.
What’s the status on your book When Paintings Talk?
It’s definitely coming out next year. I haven’t been able to work on it as much as I want to because of different projects like this one. My goal is to get that out next year. I’m looking forward to it. It’s going to be really dope. The fans are looking forward to it. My fans they are dedicated. When they know about something’s coming they’re ready.
What else can your fans expect to hear from Skyzoo in the near future?
Next year, probably around March, an album with me and my man Torae. We’re doing a collabo album – The Barrel Brothers. Also, hopefully by the end of next year is my next solo album Music For My Friends. So it will be a busy year again next year.
In part 2 of AllHipHop’s exclusive interview, Skyzoo shares his thoughts on Trinidad James recent comments about New York, the new generation of emcees from the city, and ghostwriting in Hip Hop.
To download/purchase Skyzoo and Antman Wonder’s An Ode To Reasonable Doubt visit www.aotrd.com
Evelyn Lozada, who is expecting a baby with mystery man, has been keeping extremely tight lips about the identity of her child’s father. But if we know anything about the Basketball Wives star, we know that the man she’s in a relationship with is probably doing really well financially.
Evelyn’s rep said that the father is someone she’s been dating for a year. That’s cool but nosey folks (*coughs* Wendy Williams) still want to know who it is so we’re all digging and apparently don’t have to go too deep because word in the industry rumor mill is that the father might be a baseball player by the name of Carl Crawford, from the Boston Red Sox.
(AllHipHop News) The name of the Tupac Shakur has been uttered by thousands of rappers, his image has been “resurrected” as a hologram and now an unheard interview of his has been turned into an animated video. For PBS’ webseries “Blank on Blank”, the audio recording of Tupac’s 1994 interview with Entertainment Weekly reporter Benjamin Svetkey is unearthed for the first time.
The interview occurred in March of 1994, approximately 4 months after he was accused of raping a young woman. Tupac claims the “press machine” altered his fans and supporters’ perception of him and ruined his life during the lengthy court case:
I have no friends. I have no resting place. I never sleep. I never close my eyes. It’s horrible. Can you imagine what it’s like..for you to be, who I am, who I was, for them to say that I raped a woman and for the whole world to entertain the thought. It’s hell.
Tupac eventually was convicted of two counts of sexual abuse and sentenced to a minimum of 1 and a half years in prison. In October 1995, he was released on $1.4 million bail paid by Suge Knight and Death Row Records in exchange for an album deal. The most intriguing and possibly prophetic part of the interview was shortly after when he discusses the possibility of facing jail time for the rape charge. Tupac says he would die in prison and would be dead inside even if he was released from prison:
I can not live in a jail cell and that is why I do not rob people and stick up people. But for you to put me there and I didn’t do it, I wouldn’t go that route. I would die in jail. That’s what they want. They want me to go through all of that, then come out. But I’m already dead. No creativity. I’m finished.
Check out the full interview below and hear Tupac speak on how him dying would have been the “worst case scenario” for him in 2009:
