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According to TMZ, despite numerous attempts to locate the rapper, Tyga was unable to be reached and was an eventual no-show to his San Diego, CA performance at the World Beat Center earlier this month.

When concert promoters told the crowd of hundreds of fans that Tyga wouldn’t be performing, fans began to trash the World Beat Center, destroying the walls, floors, and other pieces of property in the venue.

Eventually, 12 police officers were called to the scene to break up the disturbance that resulted in Tyga being banned from the venue for further concerts.

Tyga’s reps could not be reached for comment at press time.

Exclusive: Black Thought Deconstructs The Roots’ Critically-Acclaimed “undun” Album

By: seandrasimsCategory: FeaturesJanuary 17, 2012

Since 1987, they’ve made an unquestionable mark on music – not just Hip-Hop music, but quite possibly the entire history of recorded song. Pulling from their hard-knock hometown’s storied past and their own unique blend of lyrical and instrumental talents, The Roots have become synonymous with artistry and longevity.

Anchored by the foundations of the group – rapper Black Thought and drummer ?uestlove – The Roots are members of rap’s elite 10+ Club, having recorded 10 studio and one collaboration albums in the 25 years since their “Illadelph inception” at Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts.

Times have changed, and the industry is nearly unrecognizable when compared to rap’s Old School and Golden Eras, where The Roots first showed signs of greatness. Still, as Black Thought would agree, when an artist or group’s foundation is sturdy and timeless, the old fans remain loyal and the new fans become mesmerized by the new material – such as the critically-praised undun album, released in early December 2011. The work also remains steady – touring and a long-term house band gig on “The Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Show” hold The Roots down between albums.

Black Thought welcomed AllHipHop.com into his amazing home on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, where we received a schooling on how to create a genius concept album and also received some scoop on what’s next for The Roots:

The Black Thought exclusives aren’t over! Check back all this week for our interview all up in the crib of The Roots MC!

Daily Word: Never Compromise!!

By: seandrasimsCategory: LifestyleJanuary 17, 2012

Happy Tuesday, my Glorious Great Ones!

Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to not compromising yourself! You have dreams! You have desires! You know exactly how you want your life to be! Sometimes while on the road to achieving our goals, we are presented with options that are not exactly what we want! We contemplate and somehow convince ourselves to accept less than we deserve!! We rationalize and find excuses why this is a good option…. All the while knowing that we are settling!!

Make sure as you are on your road to greatness that you understand your worth and never compromise that value, no matter what! Believe in the abundance of the world, and know that you can get exactly what you want out of life if you believe that you can receive it! The only lack that exists is in the mind! Never compromise!! Stand Tall for what you believe in, and go after it like a runaway train!!! Absolutely Nothing can stop you!!!
-Ash’Cash

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.” -Janis Joplin

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” -Nelson Mandela

“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.” -Maureen Dowd

“Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another–too often ending in the loss of both.” -Tryon Edwards

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” -Beverly Sills

“If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.” -Vince Lombardi

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” -Confucius

TO HEAR THE AUDIO VERSION OF THE DAILY WORD – CLICK HERE.

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.

Funk Legend Jimmy Castor Passes Away at 64

By: Jake CratesCategory: NewsJanuary 17, 2012

(AllHipHop News) Legendary saxaphone player Jimmmy Castor passed away over the weekend (January 16th) of unknown causes.

Fans were alerted that the funk and disco player, oft sampled throughout hip-hop’s history, passed via a family member’s Twitter page.

Eric B. and Rakim, the Ultramagnetic MCs, N.W.A., Kanye West, Mos Def, Kool Moe Dee and 2 Live Crew are groups widely recognized for having sampled the late great artist.

“Bboys in heaven are jammin. The creator of their national anthem has joined them. RIP Jimmy Castor. Essential Hip Hop Ingredient. Peace.,” Questlove of the Roots told his fans via Twitter.

From Jamirquoi, to the Spice Girls, to Pharrell, Castor’s music is ever present in a wide variety of modern music, not only in the form of sampling, but in the actual composition of music.

“Oh man. RIP jimmy castor 🙁 been in my bubble all day. #legend,”Just Blaze Tweeted.

“Another Legend passes away! R.I.P. Jimmy Castor…Hip Hop owes him a lot to the culture…Troglodyte, BerthaButtBoogie, It’s Just Begun,” DJ Premier Tweeted.

Songs like “It’s Just Begun” and “Troglodyte (Cave Man),” reached critical and commercial success as the latter was RIAA Certified Gold.

Details regarding the funeral proceedings have not yet been disclosed.

R.I.P. To Dr. King’s Dream (1963-2012)?

By: seandrasimsCategory: UncategorizedJanuary 16, 2012

I don’t really think Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would hardly care about a monument being erected in his honor on the Washington Mall.

He probably would have rather that money be spent helping the poor. And now, an insignificant debate is forcing the statue to undergo alterations, after critics complained that the abbreviated “drum major” quote changed the meaning and made Dr. King sound egotistical. Who really cares, right? Shouldn’t the focus be on who is carrying out the meaning of that “drum major” quote? Are we no longer focused on doing the works of Dr. King, but rather on being skilled quotologists arguing over an inscription? Dr. King wouldn’t approve of this.

He was assassinated 10 years before I was born. As an elementary, middle, and high school student, I learned about him once a year through plays, books, lectures, and his ever-quoted “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington. However, like many of my classmates at that time, I did not truly understand Dr. King because all we heard was that he was the dreamer, the dreamer, the dreamer.

When I got to college, I discovered that we had been robbed of the true essence of this man and his evolution that took place before his last days among us. I learned more about a wide-awake Dr. King that rallied against the Vietnam War to call on America to take care of its poor at home. Do you think Dr. King would have joined Occupy Wall Street and supported the Arab Spring?

I learned about a Dr. King that delivered an anti-war speech titled “Breaking the Silence” in 1967; a Dr. King that said, “I’m tired of marching for something that should have been mine at birth;” a Dr. King that was spied on and plotted against by J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI COINTELPRO from 1961 to 1968; the Dr. King that was lied on by the government; the Dr. King that met one-on-one with the Honorable Elijah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam in 1966; and the Dr. King that many in America did not like, yet his face has adorned a U.S. postal stamp.

My eyes came open to a different Dr. King than the one my teachers gave to me. This disturbed me, because I wondered why we were not taught these things about Dr. King early on in school. Unfortunately, this cycle continues in 2012, with schools force-feeding our young people a watered-down Dr. King by omitting his post-”I Have a Dream” years. This man wanted an end to what he called the “triple evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism.” Are our children being robbed?

“Celebrating” Dr. King’s birthday has even become a lucrative business for corporations, ahem The 1%, and for those today that so-call “praise” him, but never would have been with him post-”I Have a Dream.”

The Dr. King of 1963 was not the same man in 1968. His life was cut short just as he was evolving. We all evolve as human beings, but it seems as if we want to only minimize his impact to one speech, one march, one moment. This is not to say I don’t think the speech was and is powerful—because I do.

Yes, Dr. King cared about the condition of Black people and called on us to do something for self, get better organized, build economically, and grow in political power. Read this and more in his 1967 speech “The Black Power Defined.” I’m sure some will be quick to call this “separatism”, “Black nationalism” or “racism.”

In 1968, Dr. King and the SCLC organized the “Poor People’s Campaign” to address issues of economic justice and take a stand for the poor of all races in America. How much more could you and I do for the poor in our communities, cities, states and country?

If Dr. King were here today, I believe he would still be beating the drum of the anti-war movement and would not be silent. I believe he would oppose the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and any moves being made to go to war with Iran. I believe he would oppose what is being done by Israel and the billions of dollars in aid being given to them by America. Furthermore, I can’t honestly think he would be encouraging our young people to join the military to go and fight unjust wars. Matter of fact, Dr. King would be a conscientious objector.

Dr. King would be condemning the death penalty and would have been protesting the murder of Troy Davis alongside his family. As for President Barack Obama, I think Dr. King would be one of those whom he would have to get off of the streets and detain in the name of the National Defense Authorization Act. Could you imagine President Obama arresting a man who paved the way for him? I could.

Dr. King would want us to honor him – not with just parades, floats, songs, dance, plays, speeches, t-shirts, street signs, statues or even a national day off from work. How about we teach more than the “safe version” of Dr. King? How about we fight for the poor? How about we accept responsibility to build our own communities?

If we’re not doing the works of Dr. King, then the dream is dead. Isn’t it time to move pass just dreaming? It takes more than dreaming. It takes action by all of us.

Follow Brother Jesse Muhammad on Twitter (@BrotherJesse).