Rumor has it, Sean “Diddy” Combs has completely changed his ways. Long gone is the super playboy! He’s also moved out to Los Angeles, a far cry from his native New York. In a recent interview, he revealed that all of his kids live out there in LA. Oddly, that means his baby moms do too…and Cassie. I smell a reality show! Sounds like a good deal.
Jay-Z doesn’t take too many losses, but apparently his 40/40 Club in Atlantic City has shut down. Its not a real loss though. It was on the shore and the damage from Sandy made and the surrounding circumstances made it hard to maintain.
Its been closed since October which is crazy. That’s like a dead man sitting on a park bench and nobody knows he’s deceased.
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry! -illseed.
(AllHipHop News) The unresolved case of 17 year old Trayvon Martin’s egregious murder at the hands of George Zimmerman has experienced a problem that could change its complexion. The unnamed girl, known in the case as Civilian Witness 8 and suspected to be Martin’s girlfriend at the time, erroneously told prosecutors she was in hospital on the day of his funeral. On Tuesday (March 5th) The defense checked her medical records and discovered she was in fact not admitted in a hospital at the time of Martin’s March 3rd, 2012 funeral.
The unnamed Civilian Witness 8 has produced a few inconsistencies in this case. Martin family attorney, Benjamin Crump asserts that she was 16 at the time of Trayvon’s murder, while prosecutors claim she was 18 and of legal adult age.
This is the most recent surprise in the case. On the same day it was revealed Civilian Witness 8 lied about her whereabouts, Zimmerman’s attorneys waived his right to a hearing on the Florida “Stand Your Ground” law set for April 22nd. The “Stand Your Ground” law states that if a person is murdered, all criminal proceedings stop and the murderer is given immunity if they can prove it was in self-defense. This is quite odd since a positive outcome from the April 22nd hearing would have immediately absolved Zimmerman of all criminality in the Trayvon Martin murder and stopped the court proceedings.
Zimmerman is charged with second degree murder and trial is set to begin on June 10th, 2013.
(AllHipHop News) Kim Kardashian returned from Paris’ fashion week with a nearly devastating pregnancy scare.
According to New York Post Page Six, Kanye West’s baby mother was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday following her return.
An anonymous insider claims the Keeping Up With The Kardashian media mogul was experiencing complications before her plane even touched down in Los Angeles:
“Kim started feeling ill on the plane from Paris, and called friends as soon as she landed,” an insider said. “She was rushed to her doctor Tuesday night in tears. She thought she was having a miscarriage.”
Luckily those feelings were a false alarm as Kim and her unborn seed were released from the hospital around 12:30 a.m. after obtaining doctors clearance.
While the reality star might have escaped a miscarriage this time, sources claim doctors informed Kim that her hectic lifestyle is detrimental to her child and a source revealed she’s “not respecting her pregnancy”:
“She’s running around, working out seven days a week. She’s working with two different trainers to control her weight, including Tracy Andersonand a pregnancy trainer.”
Kim Kardashian needs to look no further than her gal pal Beyonce on the dangers a hectic lifestyle can have on a baby. In her recent documentary, Life Is But A Dream, Beyonce revealed she experienced a miscarriage in late 2010 at a time where she was writing for her 2011 album 4, opening Cosmetology centers and performing.
MANNNN…SXSW is coming up and its a BEAST as usual. I have not heard a lot of rumors but I heard a that AllHipHop is doing about three shows out that BISH! What the f? Stay tuned for details as I don’t know them myself yet. But, the names that are flying around ensure this will be EPIC. Now, I’ve been hearing that there are a lot of things that are going to shock and amaze those that attend, but I cannot quite confirm. The names that are floating are Kanye, Rae and Ghost, Trini James, Snoop, Mobb Deep among lots of other names floating around the streets of Austin, TX.
Please let me know what you may hear.
WHAT? KRIS MAY SUE KIM?
Kanye’s got a bug in her hear and Kim is reportedly listening. Kim may quite reality TV and her mom, Kris Jenner, is NOT feeling it. She’s rumored to be ready to sue if Kim, her daughter, quits. Money corrupts.
“I swear, f### them n##### this year/ I made Forbes list, n#### / F### your list, everything’s lookin’ gorgeous.”
Here’s his shot at his former compadre, the Weeknd:
“I show love, never get the same out of n#####/ Guess it’s funny how money can make change out of n#####/ For real, some nobody started feeling himself/ A couple somebodies started killing themself/ A couple albums dropped those are still on the shelf/ I bet them s#### would have popped if I was willing to help.”
Addresses his beef with Chris Brown:
“Bad press during the summer over allegations/ I ain’t lyin’, my n####, my time is money/ That’s why I ain’t got time for a n#### who’s time is comin.”
Rihanna:
“Where you think she at when she ain’t with you?/ Wildin’, doin’ s### that’s way out of your budget/ Owl sweaters inside her luggage, you gotta love it/ Damn, this s### could go on a tape.”
Also, was ths a shot at Common:
“I’m headed to the bank n####/ Sinatra lifestyle, I’m just being Frank, n####.”
Well Drake has a lot on his mind so, I hope this eased the tension in his life, let’s see if there will be any response to this track.
(AllHipHop News) Apparently femcee Lil Kim is sick and tired of talking about rap rival Nicki Minaj. Kim called into the Hot 97’s The Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg Show this week to introduce her new artist Tiffany Foxx, but the second question Rosenberg asked Kim was about Minaj.
“Let me tell you something. I’m about to shut you down right now,” Kim directs at Rosenberg. “This is about Tiffany Foxx. And this about I.R.S., Queen Bee.”
Rosenberg tried to defend his question saying that he most likely would have faced criticism for not bringing up the subject, but Kim gave the radio host some advice on how to handle his possible critics.
“You don’t have to succumb to the b#######,” says Kim. “I’m not going to sit here and keep talking about it.”
Rosenberg then offered to mediate the long-standing feud between the two female rap stars.
“I’m going to bring everyone together,” says Rosenberg.
“What? No you’re not. You don’t even believe that yourself,” responds Kim. “You don’t even like her. So stop it.”
Rosenberg had an infamous spat with Minaj in 2012. After Rosenberg made comments about her song “Starships” at Hot 97’s Summer Jam, Minaj and the rest of Young Money pulled themselves from the show.
In the interview, Kim then goes on to scold Rosenberg for trying to create tension between female rappers instead of focusing on their talents.
“This is the reason why females can’t do this. You have a nice shot at helping to introduce somebody who is a new artist and very special,” says Kim. “And you wanna bring in some mess. Don’t do that.”
Tiffany Foxx has been working with Lil Kim for several months. The St. Louis native recently released the video for her song “Twisted” featuring a verse from Lil Kim and an appearance by pop singer Miley Cyrus. “Twisted” is off Foxx’s debut mixtape Yellow Tape.
Lil Kim and Tiffany Foxx continued their media tour yesterday when they stopped by MTV’s RapFix Live. Kim talked about getting over the death of Notorious B.I.G., missing the opportunity to appear on Sisqó’s “Thong Song,” and he new business relationship with former Chairman and CEO of EMI Records Charles Koppelman. Foxx ended the show freestyling along with Black Star emcee Talib Kweli.
You can watch footage of the full Hot 97 interview and Foxx’s new video for “Twisted” below.
AHHHH…f**k it. Its a slow morning. I was looking for something to write about NOT to write about the Ice-T BS. But, there is nothing going on really so, here we go. The dude AP.9 is now on a vendetta…why? Because Coco called him a stalker or a stan or something. WELL, he’s aggravated and he’d slowly but surely releasing everything. All along, the dude has claimed he indeed smashed Coco and, again, he’s revealing more info that is making his claim harder and harder to refute. He’s also released texts between him and Ice-T in a recent interview with 106KMEL. DAMN IT, KMEL! Ain’t y’all a Cali radio station? Ice-T and Coco have not responded, only that they are not getting a divorce. One of the key moments in the interview is that Coco has allegedly admitted to the affair to Ice-T so they are now, apparently and rumored to be, dealing with it.
(AllHipHop News) G.O.O.D. Music’s resident alternative emcee Kid Cudi is set to drop his 3rd studio album Indicud on April 23rd.
The media shy rapper/producer/director recently spoke with Billboard about what his fans can expect to hear on his latest project.
Cudi admits that he hasn’t finalized the tracklist for Indicud yet, but he did say that listeners can look forward to appearances from Too Short, RZA, and Kendrick Lamar.
He is also working with A$AP Rocky and the indie rock group Haim.
On Cudi’s debut album, Man On The Moon, he enlisted Chicago rap legend Common to chronicle the LP. This time around Cudi is using audio samples from films to provide the commentary between the songs.
“Throughout the album I wanted to include clips from some of my favorite movies to kind of narrate the album a bit and liven it up and give it some personality,” says Cudi.
Cudi also takes on a bigger role on the production side for his latest LP.
He produced the first three singles – “Just What I Am,” “King Wizard” and “Immortal” – and even revealed that he created some of the tracks in under half an hour.
“‘Just What I Am’ took me all of 10 minutes to make. ‘Immortal’ maybe took 30 minutes. It’s not hard for me,” says Cudi.
What you should not expect from the Cleveland native is a traditional album roll out.
Cudi says his business model is to focus on the art and let the music speak for itself. He’s not paying much attention to getting played on the radio or doing a ton of interviews.
“I feel like the traditional way of doing things in the business is for dinosaurs. I’m not for that,” says Cudi. “I think m############ get so caught up in that s### they forget about the artistry. And that’s why people’s music sucks.”
According to Cudi, the music on Indicud will be the truest reflection of who he is an artist.
“Indicud is almost what my first album should have sounded like, had I really been able to channel all of the ideas I had into music,” says Cudi. “That’s the beauty of this album. The ideas are coming straight from me and me only.”
Indicud is scheduled for release on April 28th through G.O.O.D. Music/Universal.
Watch the videos for “Just What I Am” and “King Wizard” below.
(AllHipHop News) Former Roc-A-Fella rapper Beanie Sigel was sentenced to 6 to 23 months in county prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to drug charges from an August 2012 arrest in Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania according to reports by the Delaware County Daily Times.
Sigel (born Dwight Grant) and a companion were stopped by state troopers on I-95 for traffic violations around 3:00 a.m. on August 29th. Police found prescription pills and marijuana on the driver of the vehicle, Gerald Andrews.
Sigel was asleep in the passenger’s seat at the time the car was pulled over, but was searched by the officers as well. Police then found codeine, pills, and $4,500 in the Philadelphia emcee’s possession.
A .38 caliber Smith and Wesson was also discovered in the car. Sigel and Andrews are prohibited to carry a firearm because both men are convicted felons.
Sigel had been detained in jail since being arrested on drug possession, possession with the intent to deliver, persons not to possess firearms, firearms not to be carried without a license and conspiracy charges.
Yesterday, he pleaded guilty to the illegal prescription drug possession which is an ungraded misdemeanor.
“Mr. Grant has been a successful entertainer and musician in the Philadelphia community for decades,” said Sigel’s defense attorney Carson Morris. “Obviously, he’s had an incredible amount of success and opportunity in his life. He’s also made some mistakes, which have ended up putting him in custody. He’s ready to go ahead and put that behind him and move on with is life.”
Beanie Sigel has had several run ins with the law. He served a one year federal sentence for a gun charge he received in 2002. He was arrested twice in 2003 for assault and attempted murder. He was not convicted of either crime.
In 2010, Sigel pleaded guilty to tax evasion after the IRS accused the rapper of avoiding to pay $728,536 in federal taxes from the years 1999 to 2005. He was sentenced to 24 months in prison.
Sigel’s attorney also mentioned to the judge that the rapper is experiencing serious financial issues stemming from owing back taxes.
Sigel released his last album, This Time, just hours before his August 29 arrest.
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