(AllHipHop News) Run DMC and Usher are the subjects of a new lawsuit from R&B singer Syleena Johnson’s Father.
Syl Johnson, a musician in his own right, maintains that Usher and the surveying members of Run DMC own him money for sampling his music. Johnson has sued the two entertainment giants for sampling his 1967 hit song “Different Strokes” without permission.
Sony Music and Universal Music Group are also named in the lawsuit.
In 2011, Johnson also sued Jay Z and Kanye West for similar reasons on Watch The Throne. The case was settled out of court.
Floyd Mayweather basically destroyed the boy Canelo last month, if you were on a vacation in the Bermuda Triangle. So, now everybody is looking to see who Floyd is going to fight now. Well, well, what do we have here?
Some signs were pointing to the rumors that Amir Khan would be Mayweather’s next opponent that surfaced earlier this week. A report from the Daily Mail by Jeff Powell in Britain suggested that Khan and Mayweather would meet in the ring on May 3, 2014 in Las Vegas and expected to rake in $6 million. The report picked up steam due to the fact that Amir Khan’s December 7 showdown with Devon Alexander has hit a few speed bumps and the deal for the fight hadn’t been finalized. Rather than risk a huge bout with Mayweather, the story suggests that Khan will focus on training for the next seven months with Virgil Hunter in San Francisco to prepare for the biggest fight of his career.
We all know that when reality stars feel ignored in between seasons–nude pics and/or a sex tape leaks.
So, in the case of Nikko and Mimi Faust from Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta, it’s no surprise that some photos that surfaced on the web could potentially be them. Follow this link to take a look for yourself but it looks like a shoe in.
Kim Kardashian has been traveling with Kanye a lot lately but without North West in tow. The separation from her new little one is starting to get to her so she tweeted her feelings along with a photo of Nori.
Ohhhhh shoot! Its looking like 2014 is shaping up nicely. DJ Quik may have issues with Three Stacks, but that doesn’t stop our glee knowing that the OutKast may be coming back. Seems like he was in Tree House studios in Atlanta recently. Now, to be honest, I’m not sure if they did any work, but people have started the rumor talk already.
In related talk, Andre is on the new Future album with some music made by Mike Will Made It. Speaking of dude…
Mike Will speaks on getting a call from MJ…Yep. Jordan.
When E-40 gives you your name, there’s not much you can do but make slaps. For his latest release L.A. street king Kenny Kingpin links up with Will Fury and producers The Traptronics for the high-energy, trapped-out remix to his anthem “Launch”. From a deal early on with the infamous Rap-A-Lot records, to rapping alongside band mates Tech N9ne and Yukmouth as The Regime, to making hits with French Montana, Kenny Kingpin’s road to the top has been one paved with greatness. With no signs of slowing up, there’s no telling what’s in store for the future.
(AllHipHop News) The internet shows once again why it is the most influential force in the world. Less than a week after former Next Media Animation employee Marina V. Shifrin used Kanye West’s “Gone” song in her resignation video from her job, the young stand up comedian appeared on The Queen Latifah Show.
When Latifah asked the unemployed viral sensation if she was looking for work she elaborated on a potential position on her show:
I like to be surrounded by cool, creative, interesting people. With your experience maybe I can create a position. What if I created something called Digital Content Producer, would that be something you’re interested in?
Shifrin took to her personal Twitter account to show her gratitude:
Real talk: @IAMQUEENLATIFAH, you have changed my life and confirmed my belief that humor fixes everything. We will talk again soon! #QLShow
(AllHipHop News) Future is in his feelings and wants you to be there as well . The Atlanta born singer spoke with Billboard about his new album, Honest, romantic content and gives his thoughts on Drake’s Nothing Was The Same.
Future compared his upcoming album to Drake’s latest disc and claimed his had more evocative content than Drake’s:
Drake made an album that is full of hits but it doesn’t grab you. They’re not possessive; they don’t make you feel the way I do. I want to make you want to fall in love.
Future also reveals a surprising collaboration with the reclusive Andre 3000 whom Future changed the original name of the album Future Hendrix for due to Andre’s involvement in an upcoming Jimi Hendrix biopic. According to Future, the ATLien infomed him “I’m a big fan. My son loves you. I want to hear some of the album.”
Future’s Honest album has been delayed until either late 2013 or early 2014 due to the rescheduling of Drake’s “Would You Like A Tour?” and other obligations such as TV appearances.
Follow Hip-Hop star Nelly during the album release week of his seventh album “M.O.” Nelly’s busy schedule has him traveling throughout New York City and Connecticut and we document the whole process as he promotes his new album.
In this first teaser, Nelly is on ESPN’s First Take with Stephen A. Smith, Skip Bayless and Cari Champion and our cameras are rolling after the ESPN cameras are off. See what Nelly says about Kobe Bryant in the first teaser of Next 48 Hours With Nelly!
(AllHipHop News) Do not let the alluringly innocent appearance fool you, Elle Varner has a razor tongue and is not afraid to use it. The prolific songwriter exclusively spoke to AllHipHop about Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse, her boyfriend at the time, Iman Shumpert’s response and her own response to Beyonce’s “Bow Down”.
In mid-March, Beyonce sent the music industry in a stir with her song “Bow Down” wherein she essentially told her R&B competition whom may have been inspired by her to “bow down, b*tches. While Elle believes the song was really good, she did say she might have a diss song in the holster:
I actually made a song kind of dissing everybody. It’s called “Coming For Your Neck”. Who knows, I might put it out. But at the end of the day, I’m a writer and I’m a great writer. So, I might say some sh*t one day but then it’d be like “la la la, playing in the forest.”
Elle also commented on the reaction to Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse. The loquacious singer gave a “no comment” when her friend J. Cole was mentioned but did speak on Iman Shumpert’s response to the polarizing Kendrick Lamar verse:
I give him props, because he does whatever he wants to do. Everybody doesn’t have the confidence to do that. So say what you want but the man did something the next day and we’re still waiting on a few responses.
Check out the rest of the interview below where the songstress discusses her writing skills, says it’d be “unfair” to the rap game if she started rapping and more:
