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Hip-Hop Rumors: Consequence Talks Fight! Lupe Fiasco And Derrick Rose Win!

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Rumors
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WINNERS: LUPE AND DERRICK ROSE

DAMN. I haven’t done a sign the world is coming to an end in a minute. Why? It totally feels like the world is coming to an end. Seriously, a woman strapped her infant child to her and jumped 8 stories to their death. Why? Why’d she strap her kid on? A kid in New York cuts his moms head off AND takes pics of it? A baby in The Chi is shot five times and the father lives unscathed? What the? We got AIDS (America Is Dying Slowly).

But, if there is any sort of nicety to come out of this, Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls has stepped up to help the family of 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins. The super star ball player has agreed to pay for all of the funeral costs. The father was changing the baby’s diaper in the front seat of a mini van with the baby was shot 5 times. Police have no suspect but the father is working with the cops in full. At the present pace, Chicago will top the murder rate from last year, which was over 500.

RELATED: Derrick Rose To Help Pay For Funeral of 6-Month-Old Chicago Girl

Shout out to Lupe Fiasco who wrote “Jonylah Forever” in dedication to the slain baby.

Good to see some folks from Chicago caring.

Consequence is talking and he let the guts spill with Hot 97’s Angie Martinez about the fight with Tahiry and Joe Budden. I didn’t listen yet, but I will shortly.

ILLSEED QUICKIE

Damn. There are Meth naked pics leaking online.



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Twitter To Release New Music App

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) According to reports by Cnet.com, popular microblogging site Twitter is about to join other tech heavyweights Apple, Spotify, and Pandora in bringing music to your mobile devices.

At some point over the last 6 months Twitter bought We Are Hunted, one of the leading music discovery services, and the social media site is planning to use We Are Hunted’s technology to create its own application known as “Twitter Music.”

Users will be able to use Twitter Music to find artists and songs to listen to based on personalized recommendations. The user will then be able to stream the song on SoundCloud right from the app.

Twitter Music will have four tabs: Suggested, Popular, Emerging, and #NowPlaying. “Suggested” will recommend songs based on Twitter accounts a person follows. “Popular” will display trending songs on We Are Hunted. “Emerging” will track rising artists. “#NowPlaying” will show songs tweeted by people you follow when they include that hashtag.

Twitter is the latest social media site to move into music. In 2011, Facebook partnered with Spotify to launch integrated streaming, and Google reportedly signed a deal with Warner Music recently to create a subscription music service. Facebook also recently revamped its News Feed again which now provides a more prominent section that shows the music you listen to.

This could be big move for Twitter which is already the tenth most used website in the world. It may also be a boom for artists who have another way of promoting and sharing their music on a site with over 500 million users. There’s a good chance that musicians can turn those new Twitter followers/listeners into consumers.

A Nielson Entertainment report released last week at SXSW revealed that “Digital Fans” (consumers who get most of their entertainment news from smartphones and tablets) spend on average $363/year on music purchases including buying digital tracks, albums, merchandise, and tickets for live events.

Nielsen Entertainment executive David Bakula estimates that there is also approximately $450 million to $2.68 billion in revenue growth for the music streaming industry currently dominated by Spotify, Rhapsody, and Pandora.

The Twitter Music application may be available on iOS as early as the end of March.

[ALSO CHECK OUT: Tweet Talks Music, Relationship with Missy and Having a “Case” Against Twitter]

DMC, Doug E. Fresh, & Spinderella To Speak At Youth Conference in ATL

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Three of Hip-Hop’s legendary performers are set to travel to Atlanta later this month to participate at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s 46th National Keystone Conference.

Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run-D.M.C, Doug E. Fresh, and DJ Spinderella of Salt-n-Pepa have been tapped to provide motivational sessions at the youth leadership conference that will host more than 1,800 teens from 157 cities across the country.

This year’s National Keystone Conference (March 21-24) will feature the theme “ATL–All Teens Lead.” The young leaders will take part in various workshops covering topics like bullying prevention, financial literacy, and college preparedness as well as robotics, sports, and film making. Conference goers will also volunteer at service projects throughout the Atlanta area.

“Boys & Girls Clubs of America believes a critical step to ensuring success for teens is to actively engage them and empower them to lead through initiatives like the Keystone Conference,” said Jim Clark, President and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America in a press release.

The Keystone Conference will not just be all work and no play for the teens. Several social activities are planned as well as musical performances by American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and Atlanta native B.O.B.

The Boys & Girls Clubs partnered with the Taco Bell Foundation for Teens to create Keystone Clubs – leadership groups for young people ages 14-18 that focus on academic success, career preparation, and community service.

Keystone Club members are just part of the 100,000 teens served by the Taco Bell Foundation every year. The Foundation also awards over 350 educational and career grants and scholarships annually.

For more information about the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the National Keystone Conference visit www.bgca.org.

Daily Word: Enjoy Your LIFE!

By: Ash Cash (@IamAshCash) Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Happy Friday! Welcome to the absolute best day of your entire life…. EVERYDAY!! The day that you are given another opportunity to tap into your greatness! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to simply Enjoying Life! Eleanor Roosevelt once said “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” As you wrap up your week I need you to keep this thought in mind! You are perfect just the way you are! You need nothing and you are in a perfect position RIGHT NOW to be happy. Everything you want in life is already yours… The perfect health, the abundance, the right relationships and the endless opportunities. The only thing left now is for you to begin to live! Enjoy all of what you currently have and be grateful for this very moment! Appreciate that you are breathing and recognize that the only thing that can stop your happiness is you! You know what they say… You can complain because roses have thorns or you can be grateful that thorns have roses! Keep a positive perspective and simply ENJOY YOUR LIFE!! You have one life to live but if you do it right, then once is more than enough!!! -Ash’Cash

“Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.”-Corita Kent“Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.”-Marcus Aurelius

“If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.”-Norman Vincent Peale

“Begin doing what you want to do now.  We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snowflake.”-Marie Ray

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” -Henry David Thoreau

“When your daily activities are in concert with your highest priorities, you have a credible claim to inner peace.” -Hyrum Smith

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count.  It’s the life in your year.” -Abraham Lincoln

“Do what makes you happy, be with who makes you smile, laugh as much as you breathe, and love as long as you live.”-Rachel Ann Nunes

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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  

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EXCLUSIVE: KRS-One Celebrates 40 Years of Hip-Hop

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) KRS-One has always been someone that has championed the preservation of Hip-Hop culture.

From his tour in support of his Temple of Hip-Hop project where he described Hip-Hop’s raw elements, to his calling out of MC’s and record execs that have led to the commercialization of the genre, KRS-One remains a Hip-Hop historian and seeker of knowledge.

Recently AllHipHop spoke with the legendary rapper about the state of Hip-Hop and his feelings on the genre’s progression over the past few years.

“Its Hip-Hop’s 40 year 1973-2012, yo Hip-Hop turned 40 we are still here.  The revolution will not be televised.  You keep looking for real Hip-Hop on these b####### stations. You’re not going to find it!  Real hip-hop is meeting in small places.  Why? Because it’s real culture, it’s real street. We trying to preserve our culture. How do we preserve our culture?  We preserve our culture by preserving ourselves. We are Hip-Hop so when we preserve ourselves we preserve the culture. How do you preserve yourself? Knowledge of self.  How do you get knowledge of self? Create yourself. When you create yourself, you know yourself.  This is the key to Hip-Hop, self creation, so this is the movement here,” an enthusiastic KRS-One explained.

Performing “Step Into A World (Rapture’s Delight),” “Sound of the Police” and many other classics, KRS-One educated the crowd on how Hip-Hop was “back in the day.”

Snoop Lion Explains Path to Rastafarianism and ‘Reincarnated’

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: Features
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From his early days with the 213, to his days at Death Row, to his era with No Limit, to his more recent years as an international icon and superstar, Snoop Dogg now Snoop Lion has made his mark on Hip-Hop history forever. There will never be another like Snoop. A true artist and businessman, Snoop has stayed relevant thank in part to his amazing ability to brand and now, rebrand himself.  There’s his Adidas deal, his own cigarillos, several clothing lines and the GGN news show.

His latest venture, Reincarnated is a spiritual accomplishment.

Gone are the days of gang banging and music filled with negativity and violence. Snoop has found a new path; a path of peace, love and respect for his fellow brethren. Don’t get it twisted though, the street savvy Snoop Dogg is somewhere in there, behind the clouds of smoke and his effervescent personality.  Snoop clearly still remembers his days running the streets of Long Beach, with the 213 trio of himself, Nate Dogg and Warren G and in the movie he recalls the loss of Nate. In fact in his movie he draws comparisons between 213 and the Wailers, consisting of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. Reincarnated shows the striking similarities and also the pain that Snoop felt from losing Nate Dogg and others in his life. The footage is raw, extremely detailed and emotional.

“We were searching for true reggae music and the message of peace and hope it reflects,” says Snoop Lion of his movie and album Reincarnated. “It’s so much a part of who I am, and this record is all about paying homage and giving respect to those who created and love reggae music, and hopefully introducing it to a whole new audience. I feel truly honored to make this album and respect to all who blazed the path for me.”

In the film, Snoop shows his whole trip to Jamaica, from the spiritual reincarnation as he is “baptized” by the holy Rastas, to the process of recording his album. As an official selection of the critically acclaimed Toronto International Film Festival, the compelling VICE Films/Snoopadelic Films film chronicles the controversial journey of a modern-day icon in his spiritual awakening.

With production and songwriting from some the world’s most renowned songwriters, Snoop orchestrated a reggae and dancehall influenced album with the assistance of executive producer Diplo and the Major Lazer production team.  With features from Drake, Chris Brown, T.I., rapper Busta Rhymes, Akon, Rita Ora and dancehall stars Popcaan and Mavado, Snoop pulled out all stops to make this project right.

In all reality you won’t truly understand Snoop’s Reincarnation if you don’t see the movie and understand why he choose the path that to Rastafarianism. Snoop is looking to show growth at 40+ years of age and Snoop doesn’t believe in gang banging and violence anymore. This is a turn in a positive direction for Snoop and it shows that he wants to lead by example for the younger generations of rappers and those involved in Hip-Hop.

Take at look at our AllHipHop Exclusive interview with Snoop Lion below: 

Derrick Rose To Help Pay For Funeral of 6-Month-Old Chicago Girl

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Chicago Bulls superstar point guard Derrick Rose has not played a single basketball game this season but is still leaves his mark on Chicago.

According to CBS Chicago, the multimillionaire star player plans to assist in paying for the funeral of  Jonylah Watkins, a six-month-old girl who was shot while her father changed her diaper.  Her father, Jonathan Watkins, 29, was also wounded but is in stable condition and undergoing treatment at Northwestern Medical Hospital. The shooting is considered gang-related since Watkins, a member of the Gangster Disciples was the intended target.

The family’s spokesman Reverend Corey Brooks claims Jonylah’s father is fully cooperating with the police department. “If he knew who shot him, trust me, they would be arrested by now,” Brooks told the Sun Times.

The wake for the tiny victim will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at New Beginnings Church in Woodlawn, Illinois with her funeral following at 11 a.m.

The former NBA MVP has not publicly addressed the murder or his involvement in helping pay for the funeral services but has taken to Twitter to address the rise of  violence in Chicago.

Chief Keef Released From Detention, Grandmother Hints He May Not Be Baptized

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) After serving 60 days in Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center for probation violation, Finally Rich rapper Chief Keef is finally free.

According to the Chicago Tribune, upon exiting the detention center, the 17 year-old gangster rapper was greeted by family members, supporters and his baby daughter.

Also accompanying Keef was his uncle carrying a garbage bag full of notebooks, presumably full of lyrics.

The controversial entertainer was sentenced to 60 days at Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center on January 15th by Judge Carl Anthony for brandishing a firearm in an July 2012 interview with Pitchfork.

The man, born Keith Cozart, was serving an 18-month probation for pointing a gun at a police officer.

Reports came out of Keef tearfully pleading with Judge Anthony to not sentence him to juvenile detention.

[ALSO READ: Chief Keef To Be Baptized After Release]

While away, Chicago’s rooftop pastor Corey Brooks said he would baptize the troubled teen sensation at his church, The New Beginnings Church. However, Chief Keef’s grandmothers told DNAinfo.com that there is a chance he could ditch the whole baptism:

“That’s his old neighborhood pastor. There’s no telling what he told Corey, and if he’ll do something different. But Keith’s little sister says she wants to go with him. And my oldest son says he wants to get baptized again, too. … We’ll see what Sunday brings us.”

He may not be swimming in a Christ pool anytime soon but he is not wasting anytime diving back into the music scene. Coinciding with his return was the release of his new music video for “Now It’s Over” off his upcoming mixtape Bang Pt. 2. Keef is also scheduled to perform at Ray Ban’s SXSW 2013 showcase in Austin, TX on Sunday (March 16th).

Bang Pt. 2 is scheduled to be released on April 1st.

[ALSO READ: Twilight Zone: The-confusing State of What Is Real In Hip Hop]

Check out the video for “Now It’s Over” below:

Hip-Hop Rumors: Are Chris Brown / Rihanna And Kanye And Kim Kardashian Breaking Down?

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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In our own way…we want these couples to win. Admit it.

You may hate them on message boards or social media, but you secretly want Kanye to wife KK. And, even though he beat her a### like she stole his last piece of Church’s Chicken, we want Chris and RiRi to work out. The message: Love Prevails Over “home movies” and “intense violence.” YEAH.

But, the rumors in the streets are that both of these couples are having issues.

First, KimYe.

I was initially sure they were going to get married before the baby was born but now, who knows. First of all, people have started to ponder that all’s not well in Wonderland, because they have not been photographed together in a very long time. I guess. Perhaps they got sick of the paps for once? I don’t know. The other side is that “a source” is talking. “His passion for Kim has cooled. This is a man who was once so infatuated with Kim that he would do anything to win her love. Now he’s trying to get away from her, despite the fact that they’re having a baby. It’s making Kim very nervous. If Kanye abandons her and she ends up a single mom, it will be her worst nightmare.” Kanye abandons her? Hmph! I don’t like how that sounds and it sounds very STEREOTYPICAL! KimYe doesn’t work? Oh well! But, Kanye will be a father to that kid and I’d put my piggy bank on that!

Second, Chris Brown and RiRi. They don’t have a catchy name that anybody cares about yet.

Basically, this one boils down to CB has been seen with his ex…oh wait. I was not Karrueche Tran. Apparently, he was seen on the set of his new video with a person that looked identical to his ex. This foolery has prompted people to suggest he wants to see her again. Guess what? I can’t write another world.



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Hip-Hop Rumors: Tahiry Talks About Joe Budden / Consequence Fight!

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Rumors
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Joe Budden got sucker punched! Cons did it…and RAN!?

Tahiry is dropping a bomb…and Cons verified that she duffed him out. Tahiry said that she thought it was a girl that attacked him. The pair were holding hand and and but she said they are NOT getting back together YET. What does Cons have to say about this?

Tahiry left it open to getting back to Joe Budden….she didn’t open up, but lead people to watch the reunions show on Monday. She did deny that she had Herpes. Boy…the Breakfast Club don’t play.

Here is the video interview.

This is what Joe left. Whoa.



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Epic Win or Fail: The Game’s Obama Tat?

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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The Game has everything tatted on him, it seems!

He’s got NWA, the Startrak Logo, “Compton,” “LA” and even once had a butterfly on his mug. These days, he’s running out of space and possibly just bored. HE’s got that many tats. He will be telling his kids and grandkids stories for years!

But recently, Game managed to squeeze one more tat on his body that has a special historical significance. He has a tattoo of our first African American president, Barack Obama. Obama joins the prestigious ranks of Eazy-E, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Tupac on The Game’s body.

But, is he winning? I need to know about this so take the poll below!

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Just to give you some perspective, the Compton tat can be seen in the video below.

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I would like to know…why now?! Second term…what changed?

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Hip-Hop Rumors: The Real Reason Shawty Lo Needs That Reality Show!?!?

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Rumors
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I’m hearing something and I’m not really sure how true it is. Nevertheless it is from a source that hails from the A, and is pretty trustworthy. Still, I’m not sure about this one. Anyway, here it is. Shawty Lo may or may not be having some issues with his diabetes and therefore needs that reality show to make some cake for medical bills. Now, my source tells me this could be preventive measures, in that he’s not in any immediate danger, but it `may be just for him to stack chips. Hopefully, he’s in good health and standing. Remember, they once upon a time thought Shawty Lo had the “monster” his diabetes was affecting him so much.

What’s this all about though?

That hair….paint.



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Lil Wayne Hospitalized For Seizures Again

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop Rumors) Rap sensation Lil Wayne has been hospitalized again for seizures, reports say. The rapper was admitted to the hospital earlier in the week, according to TMZ.com.

The report suggests, through unnamed sources, that Lil Wayne went into the hospital after shooting a music video in Los Angeles on Tuesday. He was taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital and was released a few hours later on Wednesday. Apparently, the rapper has recovered considerably at press time.

The rapper has had several bouts with seizures in the past, two of them in October of 2012.

Reps for Wayne didn’t return request for comment.

Theophilus London Drives Like A Skater In New Chevrolet Commercial

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Theophilius London treats the new Chevrolet Sonic like an oversized skateboard in the first full commercial for Chevy’s “Find New Roads” campaign.

A simple trip to the store for milk transforms into scene out of any Tony Hawk video game for the Brooklyn MC.

The “Find New Roads” campaign consists of four different directors directing five commercials showing off the newest Chevrolet car models: the Volt, Spark, Sonic, Impala and Corvette. Chevrolet chose global advertising agency, Commonwealth to create these innovative commercials for their campaign.

“We really wanted to understand each car and personality,” says Linus Karlsson, co-chief creative officer of Commonwealth in an interview with AdWeek.

Theophilus London’s song “All Around The World” from his 2011 debut album Timez Are Weird These Days plays in the commercial.

The eclectic MC plans to release new music prior to his scheduled appearance at 2013’s Coachella Festival.

[ALSO CHECK OUT: Paris 96(Theophilus London x Jesse Boykins III- “Afternoon”]

 

Check out the full commercial here:

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Baby Fever: Lola Monroe and Los Have First Child Weeks After Wiz and Amber

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) The Taylor Gang family tree branches out further.

Fershgenet “Lola Monroe” Melaku gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday (March 12).

Roughly three weeks after Amber Rose gave birth to hers and Wiz Khalifa’s first child, Sebastian “The Bash” Taylor Thomas, the First Lady of Taylor Gang and rapper Los announced to the world the arrival of their first born, on Twitter:

Prior to her first child’s arrival, the Ethiopian rhyme vixen remained active on her music grind.

Back in January she appeared on Bad Boy recording artist Cassie’s remix to Trinidad James’ infectious “All Gold Everything” alongside veteran female MC, Trina.

Monroe recently revealed the artwork for her upcoming DJ Will-hosted mixtape, Lipstick and Pistols which may include the recently released collaboration, “Murder” with her baby’s father.

No release date is set for the mixtape but it is said to feature her Taylor Gang labelmates Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa.

[ALSO CHECK OUT: Los & Lola Monroe- “Bonnie & Clyde”]

Hip-Hop Rumors: Topanga and Waka Flocka? Couple Alert?

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Rumors
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What’s this I read on our partner site, Complex, and this is uh…cray. Who is Topanga? Her name keeps popping up and even after googling, I don’t understand. Here is what Complex says.

Twitter is such an incredible tool.

Out of the blue today, Waka Flocka Flame decided to reach out to Danielle Fishel, the actress who plays Topanga on Boy Meets World. Perhaps he had just seen the pictures from her Maxim cover shoot. Maybe he was just trying to compete with Gucci Mane, whom has been linked with Selena Gomez in recent days.

For whatever the reason, Flocka tweeted at Fishel, saying simply, “squadd.” Fishel responded almost immediately, asking what “squadd” meant. After Fishel got an answer from a random spectator, Waka continued the conversation with another simple tweet, “Whaddup doe?”

“Oh, not much. Just working,” Fishel answered. “Waddup with you?”

Flocka never did respond, but Fishel reacted to the conversation, shocked not only by the fact that she was talking to the Brick Squad rapper, but also to the reaction of everyone witnessing the conversation.

Moments like this just cannot be made up. Thank you Twitter gods.

SOURCE: COMPLEX

The other day, I asked what’s up with Waka and I guess…this is it.



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DJ Paul Sentenced For Taser Arrest In NYC

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Last October DJ Paul of the Memphis rap group Three Six Mafia was arrested in New York City for a misdemeanor weapons charge. The Academy Award winner was initially stopped by police for carrying an open Corona beer in public. He then admitted that he was also carrying a concealed taser.

[ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: DJ Paul Of Three 6 Mafia Arrested In New York With Taser; Open Container]

TMZ is now reporting that after first pleading “not guilty” to the possession and public drinking charges, Paul struck a deal with the prosecution and pleaded guilty to a lesser disorderly conduct charge.

Paul has been sentenced to 21 hours of community service and has to pay a $125 surcharge. Paul will serve his sentence in his current hometown of Las Vegas at a local soup kitchen.

“They’re all going to be eating a lot of barbecue and garlic butter,” said Paul’s defense attorney Seema Iyer (referring to the rapper/producer’s line of barbecue sauces) according to the New York Post.

“DJ Paul BBQ” was started in 2012 and includes both a barbecue rub and sauce available for purchase online.

Back at the time of the arrest Paul explained that he didn’t know that he wasn’t able to carry a taser gun in New York.

“I honestly didn’t know it was illegal. I thought it was at the same level as pepper spray,” Paul told TMZ. “My bodyguard wasn’t around last night, and I was by myself in NYC and anything can happen in the late hours down there.”

DJ Paul released his third solo studio album, A Person of Interest, just days after the arrest.

He has also released numerous projects as part of the legendary rap group Three Six Mafia. Paul and fellow 3-6 member Juicy J won an Oscar for Best Original Song for writing the single “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp” from the film Hustle and Flow.

[ALSO READ: Three Six Mafia Inducted Into Memphis Music Hall of Fame]

125 Arrested In Gun/Drug Sting in Missouri and Arkansas

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) After a two-year investigation, over 150 law enforcement officers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and local police rounded up 125 individuals in a two-state guns and drugs sting operation.

The suspects from southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas were arrested beginning Wednesday morning in what authorities called “Operation H.I.T.S.” (High Intensity Trafficking Suppression).

Officials say the campaign was conducted to end the high level of gun violence and the trafficking of weapons and illegal narcotics in the area. Over 240 undercover operations were conducted as part of the investigation.

“Law enforcement is here, and we are working everyday to try to rid the community of the scourge of illegal drugs, and certainly the added problem of guns along with those drugs and violence that comes with guns and drugs,” US Attorney Chris Thyer told WHBQ FOx 5.

Officials confiscated 108 guns, 3 pounds of methamphetamine, 3 pounds of crack cocaine, 26 pounds of marijuana, and various pills.

[ALSO READ: Molly: Affecting Kids and Hip-Hop]

The suspects range in age from 19 to 69. Some will be brought up on federal charges while others will face state charges.

71 defendants will face state charges in Missouri. The US Attorney’s office in Missouri will prosecute 22 cases. 14 will be charged in the state of Arkansas while 19 face federal prosecution in the Eastern District of Arkansas. One suspect will be prosecuted in two jurisdictions.

[ALSO READ: Hip-Hop Mogul Proposes “Guns For Greatness” Program Featuring Tickets To Beyoncé & Jay-Z Concerts]

To view some of the mug shots from Operation HITS visit arkansasonline.

Vanessa Simmons Scores First Leading Role In Film

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Reverend Joseph “Run” Simmons’ children have grown to become fashion designers, hip-hop artists and now movie stars, as Vanessa Simmons has landed a starring role in a new romantic comedy.

Published author and accomplished filmmaker Dominga Martin chose Simmons as the leading lady in her new film My First Loves.

In an interview with BlackFilm.com, Martin not only praised the 29 year old budding actress but compared her to legends:

“I believe she is this generation’s Diahann Caroll or Dorothy Dandridge. She has range; she’s classy, FRESH and has a quiet strength. She is the image of the character I created in my head. I was searching for someone fresh faced and untainted and Vanessa Simmons is everything I was looking for. She’s got next! I can’t wait to see her blossom and bring this role to life.”

The movie is gaining funding from Martin’s production company, House Of Ming’s crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo.com started in February of 2013 and plans to begin filming this summer.

The fundraiser campaign ends on April 4th, 2013.

Monty Ross, the producer of Spike Lee classics Do The Right Thing, She Gotta Have It and Malcolm X is apart of the project as well.

This is not Vanessa Simmons first foray into the theatrical world.

Before doing the film Dysfunctional Friends with Mega Good in 2012, Simmons appeared in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 2007 and Worst Prom Ever in 2011.

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Court Refuses to Dismiss Murder Indictments for Lil’ Boosie’s Alleged Triggerman

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) On Monday (March 13), Lil’ Boosie associate Michael “Marlo Mike” Louding, the alleged triggerman in a man named Terry Boyd’s death in 2009, received grim news for his trial scheduled for March 18th.

They 20-year-old, who was 17 at the time of the alleged murders was told by a judge that the courts are refusing to dismiss one of his first-degree murder indictments and have declined to suppress incriminating statements he allegedly gave Baton Rouge police in 2010.

According to Baton Rouge’s newspaper The Advocate, The East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office alleges Torence “Lil Boosie” Hatch paid Louding to kill Terry Boyd.

Louding has repeatedly denied killing anyone, telling the jury at Lil Boosie’s trial that he had no involvement in anyone’s murder.

According to reports, Boyd was shot while sitting on a couch at a house on Vermilion Drive on Oct. 21, 2009 through a window.

Louding also is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of local up-and-coming rapper Chris “Nussie” Jackson on Feb. 9, 2009; Marcus Thomas on April 25, 2009; and Charles Matthews and Darryl “Bleek” Milton on April 1, 2010. He is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Michael Smith on Dec. 18, 2009.

A jury acquitted Boosie last May on first-degree murder charges in the slaying of Boyd, aged 35.

But while Louding hopes to be acquitted of his charges, Adrian Pittman, the alleged getaway driver, plead guilty last November to manslaughter and will be sentenced April 24 by the courts.

In Louisiana, first degree murder charges are carried out with death by lethal injection, or life in prison.

Luckily for Louding, he will be tried as a juvenile, as he was only 17 at the time he allegedly committed the crimes.

No word on how this could affect Lil Boosie at the time of print, more news as details emerge.