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Daily Word: Keep Planting Seeds!!

Rise, Grind, Shine and Give Thanks!

Welcome to Today! The day that we should be grateful for everyday! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to the planting of your seeds in life. The life you are living today is based on the seeds you planted yesterday. The life you will live tomorrow is going to be based on the seeds you plant today.

What’s done is done. If you are not particularly satisfied with your today, you are simply going to have to ride it out, but it is imperative that you continue to plant new seeds. Be clear… Just because you don’t see them sprout immediately doesn’t mean its a waste of time. You must
have patience and know that what you reap is what you sow! Keep planting seeds!! What you will harvest may take you by surprise!!
-Ash’Cash

“All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of yesterday.” -Proverb

“Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.” -Robert Collier

“Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.” -Robert Louis Stevenson

“The first principle of success is desire – knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.” -Robert Collier

“Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting Golden Delicious.” -Unknown

“The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation only; it is most available by labor.” -Jim Rohn

“By seeing the seed of failure in every success, we remain humble. By seeing the seed of success in every failure we remain hopeful.” -Unknown

“Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow – perhaps it all will.” -Albert Einstein

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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.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Is 50 Throwing Shade At Yeezy Again? Says “One Man’s Trash Is Another Man Treasure” About Kim Kardashian

50 Cent is at it again. The best trash talker in Hip-Hop was recently asked what he thought about Kanye West’s track, “Bad B*tch,” which is about Kim Kardashian. Check out how he answered that below:

“I mean…if that man feel like she perfect, then she’s perfect. He could mean it and you’ll end up singing the words to it because he’s Kanye. You know how it is? One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” 50 said in an interview with XXL Magazine. “[Is there a perfect chick?] I’m not sure. The smartest guys I know have lost being a bad judge of character in that area.”

So do you think 50 was throwing shade at Yeezy? Was he calling Kim K. “trash?”

Side note: have you seen the new Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and Kevin Hart MTV VMA promo? It’s hilarious! You can check it out here.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’s K.Michelle Says She Wants To “Slap” Toya Carter

Do you watch VH1’s “Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta”. If you do, you know all about singer K.Michelle, whose storyline alleges that her ex-boyfriend, music executive Memphitz physically abused her. She also accuses him of squandering her $2 million recording budget and using some of it to buy his wife, Toya Wright, an engagement ring.

If Toya Wright’s name looks familiar, it’s because she was previously Toya Carter and, of course, married to Lil’ Wayne.

Both Toya and Memphitz have denied the accusations and have used Twitter to speak out with Toya, even calling K.Michelle “a bonafide schizophrenic.” If you watch the show, you know K.Michelle is no punk. Rumor has it that she knocked out fellow cast member Rashida at the reunion show. It was a 1-2 punch-out, and we hear the ambulance had to be called. Anyway, K.Michelle went in on Toya on Twitter and threatened to “slap” her.

Check out K.Michelle’s tweets below:

Oh, those references to K.Michelle’s son are in response to Toya tweeting that K.Michelle’s son was taken into government custody. You can’t make this stuff up.

Side note – I just heard that “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” is the #1 show on cable TV right now. Do you watch the show? I watch, and Stevie J and Joseline are crazy. I bet they’ll get their own spinoff show at some point. It seems like Chris Brown watches the show as well. On Monday, he instagram’d a photo of his “Stevie J” face. Check out the funny picture below:

Nice impression, Breezy!

Wiz Khalifa Speaks On Criticism Of “O.N.I.F.C.” Cover Art; Delays “Live In Concert” With Curren$y

(AllHipHop News) The official release of the cover art for Wiz Khalifa’s O.N.I.F.C. yesterday (August 8) cause quite a stir among some onlookers, and Wiz took to Twitter last night to respond to some of the naysayers.

“To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Expected #BossUp Im Helpin Everyone Get In Touch With Their Inner Sleaze,” he tweeted. “If U Dnt Wanna Let It Out, Ill Express It For You I’ll Be Brave Enough.”

“Onifc Is Not For The Scary. Iss About Taking Risks So The People Who Believe What We Believe In Can Feel Free The Cover Art Should Give You Confidence And Let You Know You Can Fully Be Yourself In Front Of People No Matter What They Say Or Think You Dont Have To Hide That S###. Let It Out!!!”

He continued,”Thass What The Artwork Really Represents And If Your Still Scared, I’ll Do It For You Lets All Grow Together!!!”

Additionally, today (August 9) was supposed to be the day that Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y released their highly-aniticpated new collaborative mixtape, Live In Concert; however, due to issues with clearing samples, both Wiz and Spitta have decided to hold off until all legal matters are resolved.

Curren$y tweeted, “We wldnt feel comfortable droppin #LiveInConcert until we get the samples cleared.with how these suits keep poppin up.. Mixtapes ain’t safe. Lots of law suits being handed out to folks for makin free mixtape jams..Wiz,Mac,myself even..We gotta play this one smart.

“Just As Spitta Said We Gotta Make Surr All The Samples Are Cleared Before We Drop The Tape To Respect The Artists And Publishers We Sampled,” Wiz confirmed. “Kush Castles Will Still Be Appearing From The Sky. Just Not Today :-(”

There is currently no new release date for Live In Concert.

FAIL SHOW | Episode 10 Ain’t Gone Hurt Nobody

“Fail,” an online urban comedy show for youth, will premiere its second season exclusively on AllHipHop.com in a partnership with Hip-Hop legend Christopher “Play” Martin of Kid-N-Play, and acclaimed producers, Vanessa Baden and James Bland. Watch the exclusive airing of “Fail” Episode #8 here on AllHipHop.com.

FAIL SHOW | Episode 10: Ain’t Gone Hurt Nobody

At the Open Mic Showcase, CK and Petey Pete finally get the chance to settle their feud and see who’s the better rapper in an all-out freestyle battle, and the college janitor drops some knowledge on them.

Catch up on previous webisodes of FAIL SHOW:

FAIL SHOW | Episode 9: 106 & Park

FAIL SHOW | Episode 8: Cereal Killa on Trial

FAIL SHOW | Episode 7: Rock the Vote

FAIL SHOW | Episode 6: One More Chance

FAIL SHOW | Episode 5: Where the Party At

FAIL SHOW | Episode 1: Teach Me How to Study

FAIL SHOW | Episode 2: B.J. Finds Herself

FAIL SHOW | Episode 3: How To Get The Answers

FAIL SHOW | Episode 4: Desperate Measures

VIDEO: Sir Michael Rocks’ Solo Career Kicks Into First Gear With “Lap Of Lux”

Most famously known as one half of The Cool Kids, Sir Michael Rocks has been paving his way via the solo game for a couple of years now.

His most recent release, Lap of Lux, shows an MC who is more ready than ever to step out on his own, and show just what he has up his sleeve both creatively and lyrically.

Since The Cool Kids debut album, When Fish Ride Bicycles, dropped in 2011, both Rocks and his “brother” Chuck Inglish have released solo projects in the form of Premier Politics 1.5 and WRKING/WRKOUT respectively and Lap of Lux is the foremost work that Rocks wants the fans and listeners to hear that may have missed out on his prior solo work.

Sir Michael Rocks spoke to AllHipHop.com at Chung King Studios in New York City about Lap of Lux, the goals and expectations he does and doesn’t have for the project, why this is the right time to unleash it on the world, and what this next chapter of his career holds.

Check out our exclusive interview with Sir Michael Rocks below:

Check back next week for the rest of our interview with Sir Michael Rocks.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Swizz Beatz Responds To Bangladesh – “Don’t Let This Clown Pump You Up”

Earlier this week in an interview with XXL Magazine, Bangladesh was quoted as saying that Swizz Beatz is not “relevant” and the only reason people still check for him is because he’s married to superstar Alicia Keys.

Talk about a low blow. We’ll Swizzy was not going to take that lying down. In a recent interview with Thisis50, Swizz responded to Bangladesh’s claims and went in on him. Check out what Swizz said below:

“Y’all going to start this relevant s###?” said Swizz. “Don’t let this clown pump you up with this relevant. We at this video shoot right now. But you know anyways man, it’s all positive energy from me. I can’t get in that zone. I’m just happy to be here. Been doing this since 1998, 300 million-something sold. Domestically.”

You can check out the interview with Swizzy below:

Bangladesh had already back peddled on his statements on his twitter, tweeting:

You gotta watch what you say in these interviews. Do you believe Bangladesh when he says that his interview was edited to make it look like he was bad mouthing Swizz?

 

Jimmy Henchman Sentencing Delayed

(AllHipHop News) Sentencing for James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond has been delayed AllHipHop.com has learned.

James Rosemond stood trial for two weeks during the month of June, on federal cocaine distribution charges, stemming from allegations that he ran a Continuous Criminal Enterprise (CCE).

Rosemond ran Czar Entertainment, which managed artists like Game, Mario Winans, Brandy, Sean Kingston and others.

But federal prosecutors claimed Rosemond supplemented his legitimate music industry business by heading up The Rosemond Organization, a drug gang.

The Rosemond Organization allegedly imported hundreds-of-kilos each week to New York, while sending millions in illegal proceeds to the west coast, using road cases for recording equipment.

On June 5, 2012, a jury found James Rosemond was found guilty of all charges levied against him. Rosemond was supposed to be sentenced on October 18, but the sentencing date has been delayed.

Rosemond’s publicist said the mogul’s family remained positive, despite the fact that he is facing a life sentence for the drug distribution charges.

“I’m not exactly sure why Jimmy’s sentencing was postponed but I do know Mr. Rosemond is doing well and is remaining positive and his family and colleagues will be at the sentencing and remain supportive,” Sibrena Stowe de Fernandez, of LaChic Media told AllHipHop.com.

The same month (June of 2012), James Rosemond and six other men were indicted for the murder of Lowell “Lodi Mac” Fletcher, a Bloods gang member and associate of 50 Cent’s, who was gunned down in the Bronx.

Lodi Mac had served two years in prison, in part, for his role in striking James Rosemond’s young son, during an altercation in Manhattan involving Tony Yayo.
Police claim Rosemond offered Brian McCleod, Torae Jackson and three other men a few kilos of cocaine in exchange for murdering Lodi Mac, who was shot and killed in September 2009.

James Rosemond’s next hearing for sentencing isn’t unti April 26, 2013.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Is Aaliyah’s Family In Support Of Drake Working On Her Album Or Not?

There are so many rumors going around regarding this new Aaliyah posthumous album that my head is starting to spin. I sure do hope the publicity leads to album sales for the estate of Aaliyah.  As we all have heard, Drake and 40 are “commanding” the project and Timbaland is rumored to have already worked on two songs.

Drake had initially said that he had the support of Aaliyah’s family, but Aaliyah’s brother Rashad posted that the family was not in support of the album – You can read that story here.

Shortly after, Aaliyah’s record label, Blackground, which is run by her uncle Barry Hankerson, released a statement to Miss Info, saying that the family IS in support of the album and they were the one who leaked it, not Drake as previously reported. Shesh! What is really going on here?

Well now in an interview with Much Music, Drake has reinforced that the family is in support of the album. Check out what he said below:

“People should be really excited. People thought it was my single; it’s not my single. It’s all off of an Aaliyah project that me and 40 are commanding and 40’s just doing some incredible, some incredible music right now.”

“To get 13, 14 new Aaliyah songs, everybody should be excited. It’s not about me. It’s not about 40. It’s about her and her fans and us just getting the opportunity to give you something that we feel is great. And the people around her, everybody from her family to her old management and label, were like, ‘If there’s anyone out that can do it right now, it’s [you] and 40.’ And that was an honor and we’re going to pull in some classic people, anybody who used to work with Aaliyah that was essential in her career we definitely hope to have them involved. So it’s great. You get a new Aaliyah album this year on top of everything.”

Drake sounds pretty sure about her family being “excited” about the project and he seems to be going about it the right way by including Timbaland and the people who use to work with Aaliyah.  Let’s see if Rashad releases another statement or not. Do you believe that Aaliyah’s family is really in support of the project?

The full Aaliyah album will be out later this year.

Epic Fail Of The Day: Cops In Pittsburgh Walk For Beating College Art Student!

Jordan Miles beating PittsburghMan, I hope they are p##### out there in Pittsburgh! And the world! Why? Because the cops have won again in a case that should have been open and shut. People have been fighting for justice in the case of Jordan Miles from day one, but it doesn’t seem like justice was fighting for the boy. He’s not even a boy. He was a college student before they beat him down and yanked his braids out. Why? They thought a “bulge” in his pocket was a gun. It turned out to be a bottle of Mountain Dew. Sound familiar? Cops that didn’t identify themselves as such and ran up on the young brother. They asked him a lot of questions about drugs and such. He’s a college student. He reacted in a way that made them more “suspicious.” Sound familiar!? There are more details to the case, but a jury declared a mistrial in the case and the cops are claiming the victory! Here is a piece of a story in the local Gazette.

An eight-member jury decided in favor of three Pittsburgh police officers on Jordan Miles’ accusation of malicious prosecution and a judge ordered a mistrial on two other counts, ending a three-week civil trial but setting up an as-yet-unscheduled retrial on whether the officers falsely arrested the young Homewood man and used excessive force.
“We feel this is a win, obviously a major win,” said James Wymard, attorney for Officer David Sisak.

The officers welcome the next trial, their lawyers said.
“They want to be vindicated on the other two counts,” said attorney Robert Leight, attorney for Officer Richard Ewing.
Mr. Miles’ attorney, J. Kerrington Lewis, said his client “believes in this case. … We’re going to go back at it.”
Mr. Miles’ other attorney, Timothy O’Brien, said there are evidentiary issues that may be decided differently the second time around, which he felt could favor the plaintiff.
Officer Ewing and co-defendant Officer Michael Saldutte left U.S. District Court without saying a word. Officer Sisak did not attend the reading of the verdict.
Mr. Miles and his mother, Terez Miles, likewise declined comment.

Source: illseed.com

These cases happen all day, even day and they don’t get any press. With that, I cue up NWA.


Chip Tha Ripper Signs With CAA; Changes Names To King Chip

(AllHipHop News) Cleveland native and Kid Cudi protege Chip Tha Ripper has officially signed with one of Hollywood’s top talent agencies, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and changed his name to King Chip.

Chip tweeted, “Had to make it official and call the CAA my home – special thank you to Cara Lewis,@cherylpags & everyone else at the CAA. #TEAMCARA #CAA.”

Chip will join a home that also includes Kanye West who signed with the agency in July.

In addition to his signing, Chip also announced his name change: “There has never been any rap artist to get as much paper as me and or sell as many units as me without ever having a company backing. I am King Chip. Actually born in the ghetto slums of east Cleveland, Ohio.”

“Rest in Peace my mentor & former King Hawk,” he continued. “His death made me….King Chip. My birth name is Charles Jawanzaa Worth. Jawanzaa is Swahili and it means ‘great leader and great warrior’. Look it up. I am King Chip,” he added.

King Chip’s last project was his January-released Tell Ya Friends mixtape. He was most recently featured on “Busta Ass N*ggas” with Bun B from Hit-Boy’s HITstory mixtape which dropped on Tuesday (August 7).

Chip is currently at work on his debut album, Charles Worth, as well as a collaborative project with Kid Cudi that is rumored to be titled The Almighty GloryUS.

Hip-Hop Rumor Exclusive: Is Eminem Having A Secret Show In NYC Tonight?

An exclusive source has told us that Eminem is going to have a secret show in NYC tonight! Word is that Slim is going to perform at the G-Shock 30th Anniversary party at a secret location in NYC, and his label mates Slaughter House will be joining him on stage. DJ Drama will be in the house as well serving as the official DJ to the mini-concert.

I wonder is Slim will debut some of that new material he’s been working on? We are working on getting a writer in the house, so check out news tomorrow for a full recap and hopefully some rumors too!

Young Jeezy Named Senior VP Of A&R At Atlantic Records; Still Signed To Def Jam As Artist

(AllHipHop News) Young Jeezy has been named Senior Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records according to Atlanta’s Greg Street, who announced the news last night on his V103 radio show.

The news was then tweeted out by DJ Folk, one of the masterminds behind Jeezy’s CTE movement, and later confirmed by Complex. He wrote, “Young Jeezy is now the Senior VP of A&R over at Atlantic Records. Woah.”

Although no details have been revealed regarding Young Jeezy’s full role in the position, it is interesting to note that he is still signed as a solo artist, with Def Jam Recordings.

Young Jeezy has been with Def Jam since his first album, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, was released in 2005, up to his fourth studio album, TM103, which dropped last December.

His most recent feature appears on the new single, “Hold On (Shut Up),” from Machine Gun Kelly’s Bad Boy debut, Lace Up.