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Hip-Hop Rumors: Is Hip-Hop Corrupting Justing Beiber? Akon Wants To Mentor The Beebz?
Justin Beiber may be heading to the dark side too soon in his young career. The Beebz may have people worried and Hip-Hop may be to blame, some folks seems to be saying. I got a bit of a tip that I really didn’t care about until this Akon story came along and then “wa-la” rumor. Seriously, it seems that insiders are worried that Justin Beiber may be hanging out with the wrong people and those people are influencing him to do stuff like smoke weed. Now, depending on your views, weed is no big deal. But, think about it, Beiber is a pop star with no peer (yet). He used to be seemingly very religious but more recently has been dogged in the public. But the weed stuff was the lil twist that got everybody in a tizzy.
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So they are concerned.
Then there is Akon, who has volunteered to mentor the guy (for some points on the next album I bet!).
“I gotta talk to Justin. I didn’t know he was smoking. That’s my little man. Hopefully, I’ll make an impact. He’s a responsible kid,” Akon told TMZ.
An impact? An impact like this, Kon?
SORRY, I HAD TO! Remember when Akon tossed that fan from the stage for throwing something at him from the crowd?
I think Akon is a good dude, for real and will do a good job if the boy wonder talks to him.
For the record, I think the Beebz may be corrupting Hip-Hop! Check out this recent clip of him busting Tupac and Biggie raps!
Dude’s high school principal FLEW to him to make sure he was doing his actual school work. Damn. Screw life.
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry! -illseed.
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Signs The World Is Coming To An End: 90 Year Old Shot Twice
A 90-year-old-woman was shot in New York, caught in the middle of a gun fight. Check out this report from ABC and tell m what you think? Thank goodness she didn’t die. The gun law hounds are going absolute gaga over this one.
A 90-year-old woman was shot three tiems in East New York, Brooklyn. It happened at around 4:25 p.m. near the intersection of Blake and Miller Avenues.
The victim, who police say was shot twice in the arm was taken to Brookdale Hospital and remains in stable condition.
Officials say the woman was with her home health attendant at the time of the shooting. She was shot and hit in the elbow.
The streets of East New York were cordoned off with crime scene tape Wednesday night, and what a crime it was. Think of all Gloria Johnson has seen in her 90 years, but she never saw this coming. On the way to the Laundromat she was shot twice.
“She didn’t know she’d been shot until she saw the blood,” said Ellen Johnson, the victim’s granddaughter.
Stephan works at a nearby deli and he came out to help Mrs. Johnson.
“She couldn’t talk, she’s was just nervous like shaking. She saw the blood and that’s when she got worried too much,” said Stephan Ali, an eyewitness.
Police believe the 90-year-old woman was caught in a gun battle between two people who had a beef that had nothing to do with her. But people in the community were not eager to hear any excuses.
“Shame on you for busting shots at 90-year-old ladies, shame on you, embarrassing that this has happened in our community. It’s bad enough that we are going through enough troubles in life, to have a 90-year-old lady shot in our community,” said John Rodriguez, a resident.
This as the governor and lawmakers are considering new gun laws.
“Folks in Brooklyn, in Queens, in Manhattan, in the Bronx are dying out here. Our young people and now our elders are being shot with these illegal handguns and this has to stop today,” said Tony Herbert, a community activist.
Three generations of family members are just happy Mrs. Johnson is OK.
“She’s fine, she wants to go home actually. She’s strong, she’s been through a lot and we just need your prayers,” said Stacey Holt, the victim’s granddaughter.
Sources say a silver car, belived to be an Acura, pulled up near the intersection and fired at a group of people standing at the corner of Blake and Miller Avenues.
Police say the victim was not the intended target.
GOD WAS WITH HER!
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Three Questions For: Big Tigger
Big Tigger is one of hip-hop’s most well-known icons. Not only was he a staple of BET — Rap City’s Tha Basement, 106 & Park — Tigger current hosts the only nationally syndicated hip-hop show, “Live in the Den with Big Tigger.” When one of the country’s biggest hip hop markets called, Tigger was more than happy to answer.
Replacing Ryan Cameron as the drive time show host on V-103 WVEE, Big Tigger has gotten a warm welcome since arriving to the Peach State. AG Entertainment–Atlanta’s premier party promoters– threw him a Welcome to Atlanta party on New Year’s Day that was hosted by none other than T.I. An emerging media market, a lot of attention is being paid to Atlanta and now Tigger.
AllHipHop.com was excited to get on the phone to talk to our good friend, Tigg and ask him about his new digs, his secret hobby, and which #OOMF he’d love to spend a day hanging out with.
AllHipHop.com: So, welcome to Atlanta! Are you excited to be here?
Big Tigger: Hey man, I’m having a good time so far. Southern Hospitality is a true term. In the A, they are showing me a lot of love. Whether it be on the air, or going to the store…Target (laughter), people are like, ‘Hey, Tigger, welcome to the A.’ I attribute that to the hospitality here in the south, and my syndicated show has been playing here for a while and people still remember me from BET. It’s good to feel welcome in a new city. ATL is a big media market, there are various television outlets, and other things popping here aside from the artists. So, it’s perfect for me, I love radio and television, I grew up with it, and that’s what I do. So this is kind of like the perfect storm and the perfect opportunity for me. I’m glad I had the opportunity to take advantage of it.
Do you have a little-known hobby or habit?
I think a lot of people know I like motorcycles, I don’t know if people know I love playing and watching basketball. One of my other hobbies, and I still do it even though I am a Ciroc boy and we rep Ciroc all day, I’ve been a collector of Cognac (for years). I have like 69 different brands, different marks, different levels of cognac from around the world. My crown jewel in this achievement, one of my favorite bottles costs $5,000, it’s in a Lalique crystal glass, and if you went out to a club to order it, it would cost about $500 a shot. Yeah, especially when I was with BET and Rap City we got to travel around the world and I would see bottles, like, ‘Oooh, I want that bottle…’ and it became like a hobby. It can be a rather expensive hobby because cognac bottles can range anywhere from $25 to $5,000, and there’s a good, I’d say, 60 bottles I’ll never open.
Who do you follow on Twitter, that you wish you could follow in real life for one day?
Our President, Barack Obama. I would just see what his day is like. The interactions, his struggles, his triumphs; as a Black man who does not have a family yet, I would love to see his interactions with the First Family. How he raises his daughters, how he interacts with the First Lady. I think for anybody, that would be an amazing experience, but especially for me that would be boss. So, Barack, let me know. Let me shadow you for a day.
Listen to the all new Big Tigger Show on WVEE V-103, Monday-Friday from 2pm to 6pm or listen to Tigger online or with the iHeartRadio app.
EXCLUSIVE: Freeway Rick Ross, Warner Brothers Going To Trial Over Rapper’s Name “Rick Ross”
(AllHipHop News) Lawyers for Warner Brothers and former drug kingpin/community activist Freeway Ricky Ross faced off in court yesterday (January 9), in downtown Los Angeles.
Both sides were in Superior Court, for a hearing in the ongoing battle over the name “Rick Ross.”
Judge Rita Miller finally set an August date for a trial by Jury, to hear the lawyers’ arguments regarding the case.
Freeway Ricky Ross told AllHipHop.com that he would be deposing some of the industry’s biggest executives in the case, all of whom are associated with the rapper Rick Ross.
“We will be deposing Sean Combs, Stephen Cooper, Lyor Cohen and Todd Moscowitz,” Freeway Ricky Ross told AllHipHop.com today (January 9).
Freeway Ricky Ross claims that despite the ongoing court battle, Rick Ross is still flagrantly ripping off his image.
The rapper recently revealed the title of his upcoming sixth album will be titled Mastermind.
According to Freeway Ricky Ross, the rapper continues to subtly, or not so subtly associate himself with words, images and phrases that will fool fans – or search engines.
“He uses Mastermind that’s exactly how the Wall Street Journal described me and my life story,” Freeway Ricky Ross pointed out to AllHipHop.com.
Rick Ross dropped a slick trailer for his new album Mastermind earlier this week.
It featured Curtis Mayfield’s classic “Gimme Your Love,” along with a shot of the cover from the soundtrack to the 1972 movie “Superfly.”
“This guy is literally trying to have people confuse him with me as an actual person,” Freeway Ricky Ross told AllHipHop.com. “In every interview I mention ‘Superfly’ as the movie that pushed me into powder cocaine. I even said it in the VH1’s ‘Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and The Crack Generation,’ that was shown around the world. Then he comes out with this new video with the ‘Superfly’ movie cover as the centerpiece?”
Freeway Ricky Ross is a former drug kingpin with a cult following, who served over 25 years in prison.
He was convicted of heading up a large-scale drug empire in the 1980s and nineties, that was infamously tied to President Ronald Reagan and the Iran-Contra Scandal.
The staggering amounts of drugs that Freeway Ricky Ross pushed around the country have been the subject of numerous documentaries and news articles, including the Pulitzer prize-winning series from the San Jose Mercury titled “Dark Alliance” by Gary Webb.
Freeway Ricky Ross’ original $10 million lawsuit claimed that rapper Rick Ross used these sources to steal his image and turn it into a multi-million dollar brand.
Freeway Ricky Ross appealed the ruling, but lost another round in court on a technicality in March of 2012, when a judge ruled that he waited too long to file a new lawsuit.
“The use of my name and image helps him in internet search globally. Its career launching high value to be believed to be the only hip hop artist on this list,” Freeway Rick Ross told AllHipHop.com. “Initially it grounded his career in the confusion, now it helps clean up the inauthenticity that came out about being an officer. I don’t need my name and image diluted and confused that way without license. The use of the ‘Superfly’ movie in this new video is directly connected with me personally as said prior.”
A Jury will hear arguments from both sides in Los Angeles Superior Court, on August 27.
“We feel good about our case, and look forward to letting an LA jury make the decision,” Freeway Ricky Ross told AllHipHop.com.
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ratchet: What Has Reality Television Done To Hip-Hop?
To the new generation of lost souls/Student loans, iPhones, reality TV shows/It shows a host of wise but blind drones. — Joey Bada$$ feat. Ab-Soul, “Enter the Void”
We can’t escape reality television and hip-hop has seemed to jump right into bed with it. BET, WE, Bravo, Oxygen, and the reality TV champion VH1 are making millions off of hip-hop themed shows. In addition to making a profit these programs are making lots of enemies. Countless petitions have been created online calling for the cancellation of shows like “Basketball Wives” and “All My Baby Mamas.” But it’s hard to pull the plug when millions tune in each week.
Reality television is either the greatest marketing tool ever, or another way for a culture to lose gray matter. Whatever the reason, hip-hop been infiltrated like The Carter! There was a time where actual programs came on, and then MTV hit us with “The Real World.” The show had it all; the educated militant black man, the angry black woman, the naive white girl, and the white guy who just wanted to be heard. However from one came many.
The Good
Who’s House……MTV’s Run’s House was very reminiscent of a modern day Huxtable Family. Viewers met Rev Run the husband, the father, and minister. Sure, he is hip-hop royalty, but he is a father first. We watched the Simmons children evolve before our very eyes. We watched Jo-Jo (the eldest son) trying to make it as a rapper with Team Black Out, daughters Angela & Vanessa becoming entrepreneurs, and coming into their own under the watchful eye of an over protective father. (Later getting their own reality show) Rounding out the family Justine and Run’s children, Diggy and Russy. Justine the matriarch of the family, tried to hold the fort down while keeping Rev Run in check. In season 6, we were introduced to Miley the daughter they Simmon’s adopted after Justine faced the loss of a baby.
How can you not love T.I’s call for a “Family Meeting” on VH1’s “Tiny & T.I: The Family Hustle”? From incarceration, raising a blended family, the first family of the south allowed viewers us to see another side to the “Rubber-band Man.” We watched as T.I and Tiny taught their cildren valuable lessons on hard work and ethics. The show introduced us to the OMG Girlz, a great marketing too,l and it probably gave T.I a boost in sales with his new album “Trouble Man:Heavy is The Head”.
The Bad
Diddy knows how to put on a show, and”Making the Band” did not disappoint. We got laughable moments from the contestants walking to Juniors for cheesecake, to the contestants giving us laugh after laugh trying to impress Diddy. But the downfall of the show was the actual band. The sales were lackluster, the album was not great, and to top it off where are they now? Most of the contestants have went back into the underground mix-tape scene or the independent road to success. But a brief moment in time Diddy had us glued to the small screen wondering what antics were next. It allowed Bad Boy to have a resurgence and got viewers talking and vying for a chance to meet the man who some say will hold you in a contract for life.
The Ratchet
Just when you thought television could not sink any lower, VH1 gave us “Flavor of Love”. Can you believe hoards of women fought to get in the house to canoodle with Public Enemy’s hype-man Flava Flav? The dramatic women, bottles flying,and the cat fights were endless. This show produced two spin offs “Charm School” and “I Love New York”. It catapulted other women into the 5 second of fame limelight Shay “Bucky” Johnson, London “Deelishis” Charles, Tiffany “New York” Pollard, and Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander.
Mona Scott-Young and the “Love & Hip-Hop” series has caused many to raise some serious eyebrows about what the show is perpetuating. In an earlier article Catfights and Consequences allhiphop.com looked at all the bottle throwing, love triangles, and arguments that take place on the series. In an interview with creator Mona Scott-Young stated the purpose of the series was to give a behind the scenes look at women in the industry. Have you gathered that from watching the show?
The 3rd season of Love & Hop premiered on VH1 and the antics did not disappoint. Arguments fights and foolery were at an all time high.
The show leads to a lot of stereotypes of minority culture being amplified. Women are lacking self-esteem, need validation through material objects or a man, and belittle the next woman trying to make it. The men are amused by the antics pit women against one another and capitalize off the entire venture.
What may have started as a good product has now spiraled out of control and it may be too late gain control. Only time will tell.
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DEBATE: Beyonce Or Rihanna: Who Has The Hottest GQ Cover?
Rihanna and Beyonce are the two reigning females in urban music (and beyond). Today, GQ revealed Beyonce’s new cover, a nod to the Super Bowl in which she will be performing. Just a few months ago, Rihanna held the distinction of gracing GQ’s cover and she set the internet afire as well with her penchant for nudity.
No slouch, B, – who had a child just a year ago – seems to be back in the rarest of forms – a true M.I.L.F.
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Rihanna has continuously captivated the public’s pallet even thought she’s got a flair for taking pictures with out clothing.
Both women are sexy as all get out so…the inevitable must be asked: WHO HAD THE HOTTER COVER?
Hip-Hop Rumors: The KKK Is Rapping As The Grand Wizard?
THE KKK IS RAPPING?
AHHHHHH! I heard a rumor that the Ku Klux Klan had created a rap group and they were about to put out an artist under the name Grand Wizard! I was so p##### that my blood pressure when up and I hit the link ready to raise hell. All sorts of thoughts entered my mind, because nothing is really a shocker these days. I couldn’t help but think this was possible, because, in Hip-Hop, everything is now possible. Or so it seems. Especially when you see the stats on Black people and violence – its staggering.
I’m happy to say, this rumor is just that, but the song is not so much of a rumor. Its some lyricists that got together to write a parody against Black-on-Black crime in the form of a KKK Grand Wizard. Nice poem at the end too. Here is the song Grand Wizard.
Sadly, the KKK really doesn’t have to rap. Their work is already being done.
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Detroit Prepping for Second Annual Dilla Day Tribute Concert
(AllHipHop News) The Detroit Hip-Hop community will honor the late and highly influential producer J. Dilla for the second annual Dilla Day Tribute.
According to the Detroit Free Press, Royce da 5’ 9” and Talib Kweli are set to headline the annual tribute on February 9 at the Fillmore in Detroit, Michigan.
It has been roughly seven years since the highly revered Detroit hip-hop producer, born James Yancey, passed away from complications lupus at age 32.
Dilla Days have become popular around the world as an homage to one of the genre’s most influential producers.
Also set to perform is rap duo Frank n Dank; soul-jazz group the B. Williams Experiment and J. Dilla’s younger brother, John “Illa J” Yancey, who recorded with J Dilla in a group they called The Yancey Boys.
In addition to the aforementioned acts, several DJ’s will take the stage as well including, DJ House Shoes, DJ Sicari and DJ Spinna, along with classical arranger Miguel Atwood-Ferguson.
The show is set to be co-hosted by Yolanda (Yo-Yo) Whitaker and Grap Luva.
Tickets range from $20-$50 and went on sale yesterday (January 9th) via LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the J. Dilla Foundation, a nonprofit group started J. Dilla’s mother, Maureen (Ma Dukes) Yancey.
The February 9 show will include the premiere of Lost Scrolls Volume I, a collection of Dilla work to be released by Delicious Vinyl Records.
“Dilla,” as his friends called him, suffered from Lupus and passed away at the early age of 32, after being hospitalized for pneumonia.
While battling his illness, J. Dilla became widely regarded as one of the most influential and prolific producers of all time, staying busy amid his waning health conditions.
Producing for the Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, Common, Erykah Badu, Janet Jackson, The Roots, Busta Rhymes, De La Soul, D’Angelo, and his own group, Slum Village, Dilla developed a cult-like, post-mortem following.
His legacy includes production for some of today’s biggest Hip-Hop stars, as well as the release of the critically acclaimed, 31-track “Donuts” album just after his passing.
Check here to purchase tickets via LiveNation.com or at TheFillmoreDetroit.com
Behind the Scenes: Lil Scrappy and Ice Berg Join Bizerk on New Single ‘Count Dat’
(AllHipHop News) Rappers Lil Scrappy and Ice Berg joined former Bottom of Da Map frontman Bizerk as he wraps up work on his new EP, titled “Drugs x Girls.”
Bizerk hopes to find success at the start of 2013 with the release of the EP and his latest single, “Count Dat.”
AllHipHop.com went behind the scenes to catch every moment of the action at the legendary Circle House recording studio with Lil Scrappy, Ice Berg and Bizerk.
Check out the footage below.
A release date for “Drugs x Girls” was not available as of press time.