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AHH Stray News: Drake Extends “Club Paradise Tour”; Bangladesh Signs To YMCMB; Curren$y Announces New EP

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) After wrapping up the first leg of his well-received “Club Paradise Tour” with Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, and Chase N. Cashe, Drake has announced 27 dates for the second U.S. leg of the tour, to kick off after his European dates are completed. Drake has enlisted J. Cole, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, French Montana, and Waka Flocka as openers for the tour that will kick off in Concord, California, on May 7 and wrap up in Boston on June 17. Information on dates, cities, and tickets can be found at LiveNation.com.

Grammy Award-winning producer Bangladesh is the latest act to sign, in some fashion, with the YMCMB label after signees Limp Bizkit, Ashanti, Christina Milian, and Mystikal were recently announced. Bangladesh made his name with YMCMB after producing the hit “A Millie” from Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III. He later claimed that he was never compensated for his work on the record and yet, he produced Wayne’s first single from Tha Carter IV, “6 Foot 7 Foot.” It seems that the two camps have resolved their conflicts, as Bangladesh recently announced to MTV News that he was signing a “song deal” with the  label.

“We just did some nice business together. They just bought a whole bunch of tracks, that’s about it,” said Bangladesh. “They gave me a song deal, basically, first song deal I ever had, so shouts out to Cash Money.”

While he puts the finishing touches on his next LP, The Stoned Immaculate, New Orleans native and Jet Life Recordings founder Curren$y has announced plans via Twitter to release a 5-track EP with producer Harry Fraud titled Cigarette Boats. Harry Fraud is the sought-after producer behind recent tracks from Action Bronson, French Montana, Smoke DZA, and more. The news comes less than a month after Curren$y released The 1st 28 EP with Styles P. No release date for Cigarette Boats has been announced.

Mac Miller Releases New Mixtape “Macadelic”, Drops Video For “Loud”

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Nearly five months after being the first independent artist in over 10 years to debut at #1 on the Soundscan charts, Pittsburgh’s Mac Miller has delivered a mixtape full of new material for his fans.

Macadelic features 17 brand new tracks from the Rostrum Records signee, who teamed up with a number of producers including Big Jerm, Ritz Reynolds, ID Labs, Lex Luger, Cardo, Clams Casino, Teddy Roxpin, and many more to create the project.

Guest MCs on Macadelic include Sir Michael Rocks, Kendrick Lamar, Iman Omari, Juicy J, Cam’ron, Joey Bada$$, Lil Wayne, and Casey Veggies.

In addition to the mixtape, Mac dropped a visual directed by Ian Wolfson for the Macadelic track “Loud”, which can be viewed below the tracklisting:

1. Love Me As I Have Loved You (p###. Ritz Reynolds)
2. Desperado (p###. ID Labs)
3. Loud (p###. ID Labs)
4. Thoughts From A Balcony (p###. Sap)
5. Aliens Fighting Robots ft. Sir Michael Rocks (p###. Brandun Deshay)
6. Vitamins (p###. ID Labs)
7. Fight The Feeling ft. Kendrick Lamar & Iman Omari (p###. Iman Omari)
8. Lucky Ass B#### ft. Juicy J (p###. Lex Luger)
9. The Mourning After (p###. Two Fresh)
10. 1 Threw 8 (p###. Black Diamond)
11. Ignorant ft. Cam’ron (p###. Cardo)
12. The Question ft. Lil Wayne (p###. Wally West & ID Labs)
13. Angels (When She Shuts Her Eyes) (p###. Clams Casino)
14. Sunlight ft. Iman Omari (p###. Teddy Roxpin)
15. Clarity (p###. ID Labs & Ritz Reynolds)
16. America ft. Casey Veggies & Joey Bada$$ (p###. Hannibal King)
17. F### ‘Em All (p###. ID Labs)

Mac Miller’s Macadelic is available now for download.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Kat Stacks Admits to Lying On Soulja Boy About Cocaine

By: ginatorres27Category: Rumors

Notorious groupie Kat Stacks is still behind bars, but that hasn’t stopped her from choppin’ it up with her “fans” on Twitter.

In a moment of clarity, Stacks confessed to lying about Soulja Boy being a “coke head.” If you don’t remember, back in 2010, Kat Stacks recorded a video at the Intercontinental Hotel in Atlanta where she was sharing a room with Soulja Boy, and recorded what looked like numerous lines of cocaine on his dresser. Check out the video below:

Kat says that she didn’t act alone, but takes full responsibility for it. Check out her tweets below:

Do you believe her?

Diamond Passes On “Love & Hip Hop,” Discusses New Album

By: Mikey T The Movie StarCategory: News

(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rapper Diamond recently sat down with AllHipHop.com’s Mikey T The Movie Star to speak on declining an offer to appear on the upcoming season of “Love & Hip Hop,” which is shooting in Atlanta, Georgia.

While official cast members have yet to be revealed, early rumors suggested that Diamond, Lil Scrappy, K. Michelle, Rasheeda, Ms. Rici, Phaedra Parks, and others were on board.

“I will absolutely not be a part of ‘Love & Hip Hop’ for Atlanta,” Diamond told AllHipHop.com, stating that she is focusing on her career instead.

“I’m just not trying to surround myself around drama,” Diamond told AllHipHop.com. “I just have worked so hard to get away from that. I’d rather put my life into music, rather then just be on a reality show. I’m just not one to gamble with my life and career like that.”

While Diamond admitted that TV and film could play a role in her career, she has decided focus on her solo album.

Diamond, who joined Atlanta rap group Crime Mob in 2004, left the group for a solo career in 2007 and has maintained a presence through mixtape releases like B#### Music 1-4, Cocaine Waitress, and others.

“I’ve been in the studio working on my first ever solo debut CD, been working with a lot of great producers. I am in the process of signing a major record label deal.”

No air date or official cast members  list for “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” has been announced as of press time.

Watch the first part of the exclusive interview with Diamond below.

Follow Mikey T The Movie Star on Twitter @MTMovieStar

SXSW Video: Talib Kweli, Bun B & Friends Rock the Roof off a Parking Garage

By: seandrasimsCategory: Features

Any rapper worth his salt will use the annual South By Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival as the perfect fertile ground for which to plant his budding success into. But, what if you’re already established as one of the best MCs in the game?

Then you use SXSW as just another MC’s playground for you and your superhero crew of rap friends.

Predictions rolled in pre-SXSW around the AllHipHop offices as to which Hip-Hop artist would get the most bang for his buck at the festival. There were calls for Big K.R.I.T. as the man to bring his sturdy work ethic, along with A$AP Rocky, and a few others.

Still, it was Talib Kweli who would prove the hardest-working man at SXSW 2012, performing across so many stages on last Saturday alone, one would think his hustle is brand new. He even found time to float through and show his face at a few of the other big showcases of the week – like the AllHipHop/Vibe House Breeding Ground Showcase. Perhaps that is his genius; the Blacksmith head honcho was skillful at bringing his wordy intelligence to a new crop of fans and listeners in Austin, Texas – just the kind of thing you might be into if you’ve spread the gospel for as long as Kweli has.

Watch the video below as the “Gutter Rainbows” rapper invites friends Bun B, Jean Grae, Pharoahe Monch, 9th Wonder, and Mela Machinko onstage to help him rock the house – or, in SXSW fashion – the parking lot roof:

Follow Talib Kweli and his trans-world adventures on Twitter (@TalibKweli).

Hip-Hop Rumors: Will T.I. Be Starring As A Superhero In A New Marvel Comics Film Franchise?!

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: Rumors

We’ve already seen Sticky Fingaz of ONYX rock the black leather and swords as the vampire-slaying “Blade” character made famous by Wesley Snipes for the short-lived Spike show several years ago, but now it appears another rapper is in talks to get his “hero” on.

With B.o.B by his side, T.I. spoke to Forbes down at SXSW about his upcoming business ventures. In the interview, Tip revealed that he could very well be donning a superhero uniform for Marvel in the near future.

After he briefly mentioned projects he’s working on with Kevin Hart, Omar Epps, and even Tom Cruise, T.I. dropped the real bombshell, “There is a Marvel Comics franchise that has been inquiring about my availability for quite some time…I will not let any cats out of any bags prematurely, however there is a Marvel Comics franchise that has been requesting my availability.”

Black Panther? Luke Cage? Falcon? Blade 2.0? Nothing is confirmed, and chances are the “talks” will stay under wraps for awhile, but if you could see T.I. starring as a Marvel superhero, who would it be?!

More importantly, do you think Tip’s got the acting chops to pull off a role like this for an entire movie or, better yet, a franchise?

Check out his interview with Forbes below. The Marvel and other film talk starts around the 3:00 mark: