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Billboard Chart Favorite Trip Lee Combines Forces with Lecrae for “I’m Good”

The Dallas, Texas native Trip Lee, the #2 gun at Reach Records with regards to sales, released his lead single “I’m Good” featuring the label’s #1 gun, Lecrae. Trip’s last album peaked at #10 on the U.S. Rap Billboard chart and will likely surpass that achievement with his fourth solo album, The Good Life, set to release on April 10.

“I’m Good” – Trip Lee ft. Lecrae

Purchase “I’m Good” on iTunes now and follow Trip Lee on Twitter (@triplee116). Find more from AllHipHop.com contributor Chad Horton at www.rapzilla.com.

How Did Diddy Start with Those Shiny Suits in the ’90s?

June Ambrose has been changing Hip-Hop for quite some time, unbeknownst to most in the masses. More recently, the fashionista has stepped forward and now has her own show on VH1.

One feather in her cap is her decision to style Sean “Puffy” Combs and Ma$e in shiny suits in the ’90s, a move that has had all sorts of mixed reactions through the years. One thing is for sure, we’ll never forget her contributions to Hip-Hop. In an exclusive interview with Media Bistro’s Media Beat, Ambrose explains how she got a reluctant Bad Boy CEO to wear those infamous reflective stylings.

“I showed [Diddy] the red metallic, and he said, ‘I am not wearing that.’ I had to make one red leather outfit and one metallic leather outfit and… I won!” the star of VH1′s “Styled by June” said. “You have to go into this business very fearless, and you have to have integrity for what you do… I said to him, ‘You have to just trust me. I know that sounds wild, but I put my career on this moment. I’m telling you it will make a huge difference.’ Once he saw the first take and he looked at playback, he looked at me and said ‘okay.’ And that was the beginning of not only a great working relationship, but a great friendship.”

Pics: Evander Holyfield Referees at Phoenix Suns Celebrity Shootout

Photo credit: Hernan Rodriguez, hernanphotography.com

Over the past weekend, Evander Holyfield joined a number of athletes, musicians, actors, and entertainment personalities for a celebrity shootout and basketball game at the US Airways Center, home to the Phoenix Suns.

Isaiah Rider, Anthony Anderson, Calais Campbell, Donald Faison, Terrell Owens, Columbus Short, Bubba Watson, JoJo, Brian White, and many more all took part in the 11th Annual Jack In the Box Celebrity Shootout.

The events served as benefits for the Phoenix Suns Charities and Suns Nite Hoops. Check out a gallery of pictures from the event featuring Holyfield and some of the “players” below:

Follow Evander Holyfield on Twitter (@holyfield).

Big K.R.I.T. Shows Fans the Right Way to Listen to His “4EvaNaDay” Mixtape

It’s only right that after dropping yesterday’s highly-anticipated mixtape, 4EvaNaDay, Mississippi’s own Big K.R.I.T. wants to show the fans exactly how to his new offering should be heard.

Maurice Garland caught up with Big K.R.I.T. to ride around and listen to songs from his project 4EvaNaDay and hear it, the right way. K.R.I.T. also reveals the concept behind the album and how it feels to hear his music in other people’s cars.

Check out the video below:

Big K.R.I.T.’s 4EvaNaDay is available for download now.

Non Hip-Hop Rumors: WikiLeaks Releases E-mails Suggesting Bin Laden Not Buried at Sea but Flown to the U.S.!

WikiLeaks is at it again! According to several classified e-mails released today, the U.S. Marines did not bury Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden at sea following his execution in a Pakistan raid, but instead Bin Laden’s body was “bound for Dover, [Delaware] on [a] CIA plane” and then “onward to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Bethesda [Maryland]…”

The e-mails were leaked from the U.S. intelligence firm Stratfor. Wikileaks started leaking the Stratfor emails in February were more than five million e-mails were reportedly stolen from one of the firm’s e-mail servers by notorious hacker group Anonymous.

“If body dumped at sea, which I doubt, the touch is very Adolph Eichman like,” wrote Stratfor’s vice-president for intelligence, Fred Burton. He was referring to the death of one of Adolf Hitler’s henchmen, who carried out Hitler’s “final solution” by murdering millions of Jews in death camps in Nazi Germany.

“Eichmann was seen alive for many months on trial before being sentenced to death and executed,” wrote Burden. “No comparison with suddenly burying him at sea without any chance to view him which i doubt happened,” Stratfor CEO George Friedman replied.

In another e-mail, Burton says Osama’s body “is a crime scene and I don’t see the FBI nor DOJ letting [the body be buried at sea].”

Let the conspiracy theories begin!

Hip-Hop Rumors: Does Akon Have a $20 Million Life Insurance Policy on Lady Gaga?

Yes, you read that right! We are hearing that Akon has allegedly purchased a life insurance policy worth $20 Million for Lady Gaga! Sources have been reporting that Gaga has been depressed and has joked around about giving the ultimate performance and killing herself while on stage. NOT COOL!

Akon is reportedly doing everything in his power to keep Gaga’s spirits up, but is also protecting his golden egg by purchasing the policy on Gaga via his Kon Live Distribution record label. Crazy!!

Exclusive: Meek Mill’s DJ, DJ Malc Geez, Talks Touring with MMG; Explains Road to Success

(AllHipHop News) As part of our dedication to recognizing the DJ and producers on AllHipHop.com, we sat down with DJ Malc Geez, Meek Mill’s official DJ, to discuss his life on the road with the Maybach Music Group.

Malc Geez has lived an exciting life on the road, while holding down the tables for Meek Mill and the Dream Chasers collective, one of Hip-Hop’s biggest movements in the streets.

But the story of their musical connection isn’t like most, as it dates back to when Meek Mill was doing a brief stint in jail.

The two developed a relationship via radio when Meek used to listen to Bat Cave Radio on 91.7 WKDU, where Malc Geez was a DJ.

In many ways, the show brightened Meek’s spirit while he was incarcerated.

“He used to always go and listen to the Bat Cave Radio, and I always used to spin at 91.7 WKDU and at the time he was down, and he was locked up and he was listening inside the jail on Wednesday night to my show,” Malc Geez explained to AllHipHop.com in an exclusive interview. “I was liking his flavor and I was playing a lot of his music and the streets was loving it. He
was feelin’ me, so when he got out, it was like in motion from there. After that it was a go and everything was live. Every show was live.”

Since then, Malc Geez has been having nothing but fun and working hard on the road with Meek and the team going everywhere from the Bahamas to California to Miami to New York City and back again.

“It’s all good we just having fun man, fun, fun, fun fun, fun,” an enthusiastic Malc Geez told AllHipHop.com.

When asked about the craziest thing that Malc Geez has seen while on tour, he recalled a recent trip to the Bahamas, where Meek jumped off the stage at the show’s conclusion and ran to a nearby 4-wheeler.

“Meek loves the 4-wheelers and bikes and in the Bahamas its a real big bike town. So right after the show he jumped off the stage and rode straight on his bike back to the hotel, didn’t even stop, poppin’ wheelies and all that,” Malc Geez recalled.

As a DJ, Malc Geez likes to use traditional equipment, preferring a natural feel with the Techniqe 1200 turntables.

“I gotta go old school with the two 12’s, the mixer and a microphone. You gotta have the new stuff with the MacBook Pro, and I usually use the 57 Serato mixer. At most of the shows I use the CDJ’s but I prefer turntables. I grew up on vinyl, I got a million crates in my basement, so I like used the 1200’s to get that natural feel. That’s my flava, Techique 1200’s,” Malc Geez explained.

Remaining humble has been the key to Malc’s success, as he strives to maintain a positive attitude while continuing to chase his dreams.

“My role is how we go by, the Dream Chasers, go after your dream and chase it. It’s not hard, its only hard if you make it hard. You have to have fun and have a good mind and you have to follow your dream. If you have a bad attitude it’s not gonna work. If you stay angry, you gonna be angry.”

Malc Geez remained silent when it came to Meek Mill’s debut release.

“All I can say is its gonna be one of the best albums ever to hit the streets. I can’t say no more because I don’t want to get in trouble, but he is working with some really dope artists,” Malc Geez said.

Kanye Readies for Second Paris Week Fashion Show; His Shoes Cause an Uproar

From our friends at Vibe.com

Kanye West’s $5,800 Giuseppe Zanotti shoes are causing a bit of a tizzy in the modeling world. According to model Jourdan Dunn, the shoes which she wore in his show during Paris Fashion Week are “sexy” but painful to walk in.
Model Leomie Anderson tweeted that Dunn got cursed out by West for complaining about the shoes.

The shoes are calf skin, adorned with pearls, and feature a 4-inch heel. The shoes are sold exclusively in Paris at the ultra-trendy boutique, Colette.

Kanye West’s second Paris Fashion Week show is scheduled for today, where he will debut his Fall Winter 2012 collection. West’s Paris debut was blasted by critics last year and prompted him to restyle the line, launching DONDA, a design house dedicated to his late mother.

For more info on Kanye West and Paris Fashion Week, click HERE. For the full story, visit www.vibe.com.