JAY-E GETS AT 50…OVER FRENCH MONTANA’S SWAGGY WAYS….
This is the strangest thing to happen in the year of beef, but so fitting of somebody like Jay Electronica. But, it seems like Jay-E’s heart is way turnt up since he’s going at 50 Cent on Twitter.
“Truth be told French Montana is not a lyricall n***a but he got that Birdman swagg. Its the magnolia in me. So I f*x w frenchy but for not for the raps for the swag” “Ps, I dare 50 to say one word!!!” “50 where you at you sneak instagram a** n***a. I seen ya sh*t!! What’s good. Ricky rozzay LL cool jayd that a**” “Hhahahahhahhaahhaa I’m laughin at thjese n***as”
THE CATCH: Jay Elect deleted the tweets! In fact, he’s deleted all his tweets, ‘cept one on twitter.
50 Cent’s response:
AND GUESS WHO IS FREE?
That’s right. Kat Stacks is back and out of jail. I am hearing she has changed her ways and will not be entrapping Soulja Boy anymore. This gift came right before Christmas.
I heard about the infighting in Philly between some of the more popular rappers, but now they are YouTube-ing it. I’m not feeling this. Philly is already in need of more respect, Meek Mill aside. Anyway, Tone Trump is one of the bigger figures in the underground scene, but he’s also Young Jeezy’s artist. Louie V Gutta is Meek Mill’s artist. In a supreme act of silly, these guys got into an actual fight that played out on twitter. In a face to face confrontation in Philly, Tone reportedly said, “”I bet y’all n*ggas won’t turn up.” The dare seemingly came back in the form of violence and he allegedly lost his chain too.
BACK TOGETHER AGAIN!
Chris and Rihanna reunited at the Staple Center the other day. This whole thing is getting sillier and sillier. But I guess it is my job to speak on it. It all basically has fueled new rumors that the pair are now back together. It also helps shoot down the rumor that CB’s ex-gal Karrueche is going to get him back now. Looks like Chris is going to be the winner in all of this. By the way, Chris has threatened to leave music and the planet on his instagram. Not a bad idea.
AZEALIA BANKS TO RETIRE?
LOL! Azealia Banks is also speaking of retiring. This is funny to me since she just started it. She hope to drop a pair of albums in 2013 and stop rapping. She called rap “tacky and unladylike” as her reasons in a recent interview. But, the cool thing is she’s thinking about going back to school and venturing off into contemporary jazz. Contemporary Jazz’s only comment was the following:
Welcome to the very best day of your life, and the day you begin to make your life great! Today’s
Daily Word is dedicated to your expectations! They say there’s only two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations… and since you are a creature of greatness, the latter shouldn’t be an option!
Anything you want in life is yours if you believe you can have it! The reason why most of us do not live the life of our dreams is because we are too busy concentrating on what seems possible and probable. Dream Big and Expect to Win!
The universe is full of abundance so, effective immediately, I need you to remove that lack mentality you hold as your reality! Know and understand that the same energy it takes to dream small dreams and receive them, is the same energy it takes to get the big things in life! Stop doubting your powers and Expect the Very Best!! NOTHING CAN STOP YOU!!!
-Ash’Cash
“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” -Zig Ziglar
“The future you see is the future you get.” -Robert G. Allen
“Always keep your expectations higher than your reality. And the reality of your life will be sure to follow.” -Ralph Marston
“Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.” -Brian Tracy
“We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.” -Elbert Hubbard
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations.” -Unknown
“Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.” -Ralph Marston
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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.
(AllHipHop News) The Scratch DJ Academy is expanding in 2013 with the opening of its newest location, at the School of Audio Engineering (SAE) in Chicago.
Scratch DJ Academy, which was co-founded by Jam Master Jay and Rob Principe, will open its Chicago location on SAE’s campus in February 2013.
In total, the Scratch DJ Academy has four flagship locations: New York, Los Angeles, Miami and now Chicago.
“We’re very excited to launch Scratch DJ Academy at SAE in Chicago. This partnership will offer the most robust programming unmatched in the industry,” said Scratch DJ Academy co-founder Rob Principe
Over 50,000 people come to the Scratch DJ Academy annually, to learn the art of DJing.
The Scratch DJ Academy has implemented its own copyrighted curriculum, which allows fans to practice on state of the art equipment, while being tutored by celebrity instructors.
“We’re thrilled to have Scratch DJ Academy join our campus in Chicago. The combined curriculums will give SAE Chicago students a competitive edge and deeper skillset,” said James Thomas, Director of SAE Institute in Chicago.
Shyne is the man. Dude speaks and we report on it. Welp! It looks like Shyne is setting his standards high in 2013. He wants to get Rihanna to come over to the Jewish side with him.
“Say blood, I’m a go on & jump out the window! My 2013 resolution is to convert @rihanna & make her my thug wife! She deserve a real mobster!”
I don’t know that he’s gonna be able to convert her. She’s a sexy savage.
TRINIDAD = JEROME?
LOL! You probably saw this a couple days ago, but I missed it shopping for my dog. Well, it looks like Trinidad James may have a lawsuit on his hand from the co-creator of “Martin.” “Nobody’s that unattractive in real life. Gold chains, gold rings, and rotten teeth, that’s Jerome!! …Martin created that,” said ‘Martin’ Creator Gerald Levin. Levin believes – as I did – Trinidad James is some parody, not a real rapper. This means he can be sued because he looks too much like the parody on “Martin.” He’s gonna sue for $5 million dollars if Trini James doesn’t chill!
I know what Trinidad thinks.
END OF THE LINE FOR SKILLZ!
Did you hear the latest “Rap Up” from Skillz? I think he’s gotten tired of this yearly wrap up. Well, at the send of the 2012 version of the song, he says that done with it. I know there are others lined up to do a new Wrap up. He sounds little like Meek Mill on this one. check it out.
Sounds like…uh…Rick Ross should have A&R’d the beat.
Freeway is in the giving spirit today, he releases the holiday season inspired Black Santa EP. The EP features records such as the recently released “Roc Reloaded” the Statik Selektah produced title track “Black Santa” and the bass trunk heavy “With or Without” (featuring State Property brethren Neef Buck), Black Santa also features Philadelphia veteran Gillie Da Kid, Tek one half of Smif-N-Wessun, Grammy nominated songwriter Saint Sann, undefeated boxer Adrien Bronner, and NY Knicks Iman Shumpert and Rasheed Wallace.
2. This Is It (P###. by DJ SNS)
3. Let It Go ft. Saint Sann & Gillie Da Kid (P###. by Most Famous)
4. DJ Self Interlude
5. Steve Young Jerry Rice ft. Sir Wooda & Adrien “The Problem” Broner (P###. by EX)
6. With or Without ft. Neef Buck (P###. by Jumbo Beats)
7. DJ Drama Interlude
8. Roc Reloaded ft. Chris, Neef Buck, Bleek, Peedi Crakk (P###. by Jake One)
9. Hol Fam ft. Tek, Rasheed Wallace, and Iman Shumpert (P###. by Dilemma)
Merry Christmas! And Happy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa! Even though today is a holiday, you know I have to continue to motivate and inspire! Being that it is Christmas and all, I have a special gift that I’m sharing only with you!
I recently had the pleasure of conversing with Eric Thomas, or ET the Hip-Hop Preacher, as many people know him. If you are not familiar with his work he is a renown speaker, educator, author, activist, and minister. He has risen to national prominence by delivering high energy messages that are teaching his audience how to live up to their full potential and greatness by breaking the cycles of mediocrity. His video, “Success: As bad as you want to breathe”, has garnered more than 22 million views on YouTube, and as you will tell by our interview, he is nowhere near finished… In fact, after 20 years of inspiring and motivating people into action and with countless successes under his belt, he is just getting started!
Without any further ado… The Motivator’s Motivator…
Ash Cash: So, ET, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk to me. I’ve been a fan of your work for some time now, so it is truly an honor to get to share your wisdom with my audience. So let’s jump right in… How did you become ET, the Hip-Hop preacher?
Eric Thomas: I was working at the University of Michigan, and one of the students actually gave me the name; it was my graduate assistant. I used to use Hip-Hop hooks as a way to attract young people and get their attention, and I knew they were familiar with the lyrics. A big part about learning is really making connections so in telling young people… if you study and handle your business, “you can have whatever you like” *T.I voice*, so that’s where the Hip-Hop came from. And then, a lot of people say my style of speaking is like “you preaching at me” like a preacher, so thus the name, ET, the Hip-Hop preacher. People have called me ET for years; when I was in school, ET the movie was out, so people referred to me as ET.
Ash Cash: When did you know that motivating and inspiring people to be better was your calling?
Eric Thomas: I’d say in college, you know, I did my first message. And you might laugh, but I was at an HBCU, predominantly-Christian institution, and my first message was “pimping ain’t easy but somebody gotta do it,” and people took to it! It was risky and way out of the norm, but the audience was receptive and responded to the rawness and transparency, and at that point, I knew I had something and I knew I had to develop it. I kind of knew that there were a lot of people that didn’t go to church and normally wouldn’t listen to people, but they would come and listen to me talk. At that point, around 19 or 20, I knew this was a unique opportunity.
Ash Cash: How did the secrets to success video change your life?
Eric Thomas: I tell young people all the time, because they think I’m an overnight success, I’ve been doing this for over 20 years! And that means inspiring and motivating people. I started as a GED instructor, I created my own GED program, and I realized that a lot of young people that don’t do well academically. It’s not that they don’t have the competency to do it or the skill set to do it; it’s just that they weren’t motivated to learn. They weren’t interested in school, so I started just talking to students and just really going in on them like, “Yo, this is life or death.”
So when I got to Michigan State University, I did the same thing in that particular program, and it’s a program that I did for free, so I’ve been doing this forever. But what YouTube has done is expose more people to my message. The Internet is global, so as a result I’ve been to Egypt to do some work. Now I’m on my way to London to do some work; I’ve gotten an invitation to South Africa and Australia. Not that the work changed; it’s just that YouTube gave me a platform or a stage that was much bigger than the stage I had prior to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.
Ash Cash: You talk a lot about waking up early. What’s the significance of that? Why should people wake up early?
Eric Thomas: Somebody asked me the other day, “Yo E, I don’t know if I’m an early person? Or a night person? I like to work at night.”… I said, “Listen to me. I’m going to keep it 100, because if you’re working at night, you are working on the dreams of the man who woke up at 3 in the morning. You’re making his dreams become a reality, because you’re working while he’s up at 3AM doing business plans. I’m discovering that the people that wake up early are really the trendsetters. They are up giving the commands on what the whole world needs to do, so the worker wakes up at 8AM, but the dreamer, the innovator, the creator, the engineer is up at 3 or 4 in the morning making it happen. So that’s why I feel you have to get up early. So what, you like to work late! Yes, I’m a worker, too, but I’m working on what I’m passionate about and what I believe in, not what someone else is passionate about!
Ash Cash: What is some advice you would give to Generation Now on how to succeed in business?
Eric Thomas: Work! Look at the secrets to success; look at your family, your community, your culture. Take a look at what they have done to be successful, and don’t fool yourself. Don’t think that you are going to get success on discount. So one of the things I know about my family, my generation, and my ethnic background is that we put in work, and I’m not just talking about just to eat. You have to think about the Civil Rights movement; they were putting in work, marching, walking miles and miles, sacrificing, getting on the bus, feeding one another. They had schools, voter registration. They were working! They were hard workers, so my advice is to work. Understand the value of work, and know that you get out of life what you earn.
Some things have to be taken; it’s not given to you. They are not handing out multi-million dollar contracts or degrees. You have to use your brain! I don’t just work! I think about my work, reflect on my work, and think of what changes can I make. How can I elevate my game? What adjustments need to be made? How do I prepare myself for a year from now, five years from now, 10 years from now? What can I do today to position my wife and kids, where they don’t have to worry about anything if I die? My community? My church? So I would say work!!
And appreciate the value of work; don’t look at work as something negative. Embrace it, and don’t ask yourself, “What can I get out of the process?” Ask yourself, “What can I become?” And finally, think big! Don’t be afraid to see yourself as a CEO, don’t be afraid to see yourself owning that company, don’t be afraid to see yourself with stocks… I tell my son, don’t just buy 59/50 [fitted caps], own some stock in 59/50. Dn’t just buy Jordans; own some stocks in Jordan. Get past the low-hanging fruit. Anybody can grab that! Elevate your thought process and your mind, and be creative.
Ash Cash: So far, you’ve worked with the Michael Jordan Classics, you opened up the NBA season, you have contacts with Nike, NFL, and college basketball teams, you have a best selling book… What’s next for ET?
Eric Thomas: Finishing this PhD in May! I’m behind a little bit, so I gotta put in some major work to graduate on time. So that’s immediate for me right now. I have a book coming out in 2013, and then I’m aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize! I’m trying to serve so many people! Somebody has to recognize me for blessing people, changing people’s lives, me pouring into people. And I don’t have to get it in my lifetime; I just want my kids to see that when you serve and put other people first and invest in other people, it will come back!
We live in a society that says “you gotta get yours,” and I’m not suggesting that you don’t handle your business, but I want to show people… Gandhi gave, Mother Theresa gave, Martin Luther King gave, Rosa Parks gave, Sojourner Truth gave, and these people had a rich life! They may have not had a Rolls Royce, Range Rover, or lived in the best neighborhoods, but they changed history forever, and they changed lives forever, and that’s what I aim to do. I want to change as many lives as I can. I want to help as many people as I can, and I want to let people know that serving and doing for people is not outdated – and certainly not overrated!
Eric Thomas is the author of The Secret to Success and owner of Eric Thomas & Associates, LLC. For more information, visit ETinspires.com.
I was originally tasked to do a review of the Pro Era mixtape that just dropped, and that’s still coming. But midway through writing it, I began to hear rumblings of one of the members taking his life. Initially, I thought nothing of it and just continued to write, but as the story finally tumbled out on every news outlet from MTV to Complex (to AllHipHop.com, of course), it became clear that something terrible had happened… and it was an instantly sobering moment, where the important things came into focus, more now than ever.
My first time ever hearing Capital STEEZ rap was on Joey Bada$$’ “Survival Tactics.” Being that I was already impressed with Joey and the Pro Era crew, I honestly began to wonder who would be the weakest link in the team (because that’s what we do! We compare, lol). After hearing his verse, I didn’t think it was STEEZ, exactly, but I still had my doubts. I felt his talent was raw, but I didn’t know enough to formulate an opinion on him.
That turned out to be a good thing, because after playing the aPROcalypse project and hearing his verses, he impressed me the most, arguably more than the lead man himself. It was refreshing, and the chemistry he had with the other members was notable in its own right, to me. And literally, as I’m still amazed to what I’m listening to (but honestly, still not quite comprehending that I stumbled onto someone great and brimming with talent), I read the note from Statik Selektah.
The horrific event should matter, not the date, I know. But I also know that anything can happen to anyone at any time; Newtown can attest to that, and so can Chicago if you’ve been paying attention… But even still, the fact is that the consumerism side of Christmas is themed around giving. It truly messed me up that after finding a member of a team that I was beginning to rock with, it’s done. Over before it began. That gift I had discovered while perusing music had a depressingly somber string attached. All of the potential, just… Dead.
From a musical standpoint, it’s one of the worst feelings I’ve had since I began writing for AllHipHop.com, because it hits too close to home.
I’ve been in the same unfortunate situation, where someone close to me did the same thing. It puzzled me to the core, and all I could think of to answer my questions… were more questions. How could I have been there? How I could’ve prevented that from taking place? How could I have stopped it? Were there signs? Was he trying to tell me? How in the hell did I miss it? How come I never really told him how much I appreciated him?
But with that being said, there’s no way to know how those connected to him feel right now. Statements don’t do it justice, and everyone reacts differently to things like this. Words can’t convey exactly what was lost, but maybe it can help us to understand that now’s as good of a time as ever to let people know you love them. What’s the point of places roses by tombstones when you have a chance to just hand it to them?
As a culture, we have a tendency to take things for granted. We make assumptions on the daily that when children go to school, they’ll be safe. We automatically think that a quick late night run to Taco Bell won’t end in us being injured or killed in a car crash, but instead with us plopping back down in front of our TVs to watch SportsCenter and wait for a Josina Anderson sighting (maybe that’s just me). Thankfully for a lot of us, we have a chance to eliminate some of those assumptions and be more appreciative over the course of the holiday season, especially to the ones we care about. Some people won’t get that courtesy, and that in itself should be the wake-up call to do better.
As for the Pro Era crew and everyone else affected by this… again, words can’t really put into focus how I feel about this. I hope it means something when I say that I’m truly praying for you all. I wish nothing but the best.
Illseed, Out.
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