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As police look for a suspect in the shooting, Slim Dunkin’s family, along with 1017 Brick Squad members Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame are planning a lavish funeral for the rapper.

Waka continued to mourn for Slim Dunkin via Twitter.

“My #GrandmaMillie told me don’t question God but why Dunk, i did way more f**k s**t in my life then lil bra. it should of been me.”

Slim Dunkin’s funeral will begin at 11:00 am.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Quickies Edition With T.I., The Throne, Kendrick Lamar, R. Kelly, Mac Miller and More!

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: RumorsDecember 21, 2011

This post is a collection of news, rumors, and tidbits from across the Internet-sphere. As always, sound off in the comments!

T.I. Drops Trailer For New Year’s Eve Mixtape, “F*ck Da City Up”:

Can T.I. top the year of enormous success he reached before he got locked up? Is 2012 Tip’s year?

Danny Brown Calls Mac Miller “The Worst Guy Around”

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the XXX rapper was asked about his thoughts on Childish Gambino’s debut album Camp, and he fired back with his feelings about a certain Pittsburgh native:

“I listened to it. Hey, it’s better than Mac Miller’s. That’s my response. It’s better than Mac Miller’s. He’s the worst guy around. Don’t get me started. His album cover is like, ‘Ugh, what is this?’ He’s trying to be artistic, huh? If I see him, I’m just going to have to apologize to him, like, ‘Man, I just want to apologize for hating you so much. Because I’m not going to stop. You’re probably a cool guy. I don’t feel violent in any way, but I really hate you. I hate your music, man.’ It’s just bad.”

Mission: ~~Impossible~~ Paula Patton!

Mrs. Robin Thicke is looking extra sexy in the new issue of GQ. Check out the rest of the pictures here.

More Quickies:

-The Throne has officially performed “N*ggas In Paris” live for a total of 613 minutes and 20 seconds in the past year. You’re telling me someone actually counted? Damn. That sh*t kray.

-Nicki Minaj WILL be performing at the Super Bowl in February alongside Madonna. Entertainment Weekly also named her song “Super Bass” as the #1 single of the year.

-The 6th and 7th Fast and Furious sequels will be one epic story split into two movies. Fast Five was, hands down, one of the most entertaining movies of the year, so here’s to hoping they can top themselves with Fast and FuriSix and Seven. No, those are not the official titles, and yes, The Rock will be back.

-R. Kelly has 32 more chapters of “Trapped In the Closet” ready to go according to the man himself in a recent interview with TMZ. Yes, that just said 32 chapters. F*ck.

-Kendrick Lamar will be working with Just Blaze, Dr. Dre, and Pete Rock, just to name a few, as producers for his album. Epic potential here.

–HBO canceled three shows yesterday: Hung, Bored to Death, AND How to Make It In America. EPIC FAIL!

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Sentenced to 90 Days In Jail

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: NewsDecember 21, 2011

(AllHipHop News) Earlier today (December 21), TMZ reported that boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be serving a 90-day jail sentence, following a guilty sentence from a domestic violence incident back in 2010.

He is expected to turn himself in by January 6th.

According to charges, the September 2010 incident involved Mayweather hitting the mother of his children in front of them, and then later threatening to beat them as well.

He later reached a plea deal where he would plead guilty to a misdemeanor and no contest to two harassment charges.

Via TMZ: “Floyd was sentenced to six months in jail, but three months of that sentence was suspended. He also gets three days credit for time he has already served.”

As part of the plea deal he reached with prosecutors, Mayweather was sentenced to serve six months in jail; however, three months of that sentence has been suspended.

He will also need to complete 100 hours of community service, pay a $2,500 fine, and attend a year-long program for domestic violence.

Floyd Mayweather can currently be seen sharing the cover of the December/January issue of XXL with friend 50 Cent.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Joe Budden & Tahiry Getting Back Together?!?!

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: RumorsDecember 21, 2011

Here We Go Again! (LOL)

“Bumped into an old friend recently (in her house, but still bumped into nonetheless)… That word “court” always seems to spawn something interesting …………Thoughts ?” -Joe Budden

Shouts to MissInfo.tv for the video, a detailed history of these two’s relationship, and the transcription below the video of one the clips more humorous parts:

Tahiry: Be honest, in all the running around you’ve done in the last 2 years, and all the crazy s–t, you’re not gonna tell me that you don’t want to give this another chance.
Joe: To be perfectly honest, I’m in a very vulnerable place right now….but I don’t feel like I gotta court someone that I been with for 5 years…
Tahiry: With the other chicks you run around and have heated toilet seats and here let me do this and that, but that’s your “representative”. But when they get to really know you, they can’t deal with you. But me who really knows you, why can’t you try to do the special things to get me back?
I’ve been out dating, I know what it’s like to be treated like a woman…
Joe: Get the f outa her, they took you to One Fish Two Fish**….
Tahiry: Well it beats you taking me to McDonalds for 5 f###### years.
Joe: I took you to the nicest pizza place on River Road.
Tahiry: ….Love Mario’s pizza. But I got tired of eating #1’s. I worked I helped you out, I was your support team to the fullest. I lost myself in that relationship….so now you’re gonna come back into my life and you think I’m gonna sit around and eat Mario’s Pizza?

Only time will tell what happens, but we think these two lovebirds are made for each other…don’t you??

Tha Chill from Compton's Most Wanted: "Chillafornia" O.G.

By: timsanchez818Category: FeaturesDecember 21, 2011

If you’re a ’90s or West Coast Hip-Hop fan, then you defintely know about Compton’s Most Wanted (CMW). Widely known for their songs, “Growing Up In The Hood,” “Duck Sick,” and “The Hood Took Me Under” among many others, CMW became a cornerstone for gangster rap during its hey-day. Although MC Eiht was the main face of the group, Tha Chill was his right-hand man on many of those classics, providing his complimentary voice and flavor.

The group itself hasn’t been heard from in years, but it seems like a CMW album is inevitable as MC Eiht and Tha Chill have been recording together for their own solo projects as well as their West Coast super group 1^st Generation (which also includes Kurupt, King T, Jayo Felony, Gangsta, and Sir Jinx). Tha Chill invited AllHipHop.com to his studio to listen to some new music and give us a nice, little update on all of the stuff he’s been working on. Download his new album Big Homie Muzik Volume 2 for free right here.

AllHipHop.com: It’s been a while since you’ve released an album. Tell us about the new project that you released this month.

Tha Chill: It’s called Big Homie Muzik Volume 2. It’s got MC Eiht, Kurupt, King T, Weazel Loc, and Spice 1. It’s a West Coast slapper. Then I’ve got the Chillafornia album dropping in February, and then the 1^st Generation album is going to drop after that.

It’s that time for the O.G.s to shine one more time. No disrespect to the young ones. There’s a lot of cats doing their thing, and there’s good music on the West. My album, Chillafornia, has that good gangsta sh*t on there. Most of the members of 1^st Generation on it. I did some cuts with Eiht for the fans of Compton’s Most Wanted. Daz and Kurupt of The Dogg Pound are on it, as well as Kokane. I stayed in my lane for the album. I didn’t want to do one with all of the new cats – that would look like I’m trying to tap in to their fanbases if I did that.

AllHipHop.com: What’s going on with the 1^st Generation group? You guys released a song earlier in the year, and we haven’t heard anything else after that.

Tha Chill: We dropped “Killin’ Me Softly,” shot a few videos, and did a few shows together. We all have other obligations as well, though. The album is pretty much done – I’m just mixing it. I’m keeping my ear to the streets to see if people are going to enjoy it. We’re some old school cats, and we still have fanbases, but we’re trying to figure out the best way to give it to them. This won’t be a record that comes out and just gets overshadowed by everything else coming out.

AllHipHop.com: So the 1^st Generation album is coming out for sure? It’s not going to be one of those projects that gets announced and then we never hear from it again?

Tha Chill: 1^st Generation is coming out in 2012 – guaranteed. I will say by the summer of 2012. Kurupt might say January. Eiht might say April. Jayo might say tomorrow [laughter]. We all have our opinions on when it’s going to drop, but with me having the masters, I’m predicting by the summertime of 2012.

AllHipHop.com: You mentioned that you recorded some songs with MC Eiht for your album, but what about a full Compton’s Most Wanted reunion album?

Tha Chill: We talk about it all of the time. I think what’s more important is that Eiht and Chill from Compton’s Most Wanted are still crackin’. In the future, yes, we will do another album.

AllHipHop.com: You two have had your ups and downs over the years. What finally patched things up between you two?

Tha Chill: It’s a brotherhood that we have like EPMD, RUN-DMC, The Dogg Pound – all of these great duos. Kings clash at the top. Eiht is my brother. I know his mom and kids and vice versa. Our beef wasn’t going to last. That wasn’t even a beef. We were just mad at each other for a second. I produced some tracks for Eiht’s Which Way Is West album that he’s putting out with DJ Premier.

AllHipHop.com: What about the other Compton’s Most Wanted members like DJ Slip? Do you still talk to them?

Tha Chill: The group consisted of myself, Eiht, Mike T, DJ Slip, Ant Capone, and Unknown. I talk to DJ Slip as much as I can. That dude is so talented. Slip was real technical with Unknown and then he started producing the records himself. Overall I guess he got bored producing and money started getting short, so he went out and got a mega job. That man is building underwater robots way out in the Gulf and other places overseas. Slip is on that technical high-grade sh*t right now [laughter].

AllHipHop.com: If he’s doing it big like that, we’re never going to see or hear from him in the music world again.

Tha Chill: I talk to him on Facebook and Twitter. He’s still got a spot out here, and whenever he’s around, I’ll go see him, and we’ll barbeque and talk about good old times. He’s proud that I’m still producing, because he’s the one that taught me my craft.

AllHipHop.com: You mentioned earlier about not really working with younger artists because you don’t want to feel like you’re just going after their young fanbase. Clarify that.

Tha Chill: I’ve produced a few cuts, and I’ve performed with some of the younger artists. These kids were ecstatic over the young artists. They loved my music and respected me as the O.G. from Compton’s Most Wanted, but the music that they really like is on a much different level. I respect them for it but it’s not my lane. Now there’s Pop, Techno, Drumming Bass, Dub-Step – all under the Hip-Hop umbrella. I’m not from that lane. Artists today are on some other sh*t. If it’s funky, it’s funky. But if it’s crap, it’s crap.

AllHipHop.com: Thanks for the update on what you’ve been up to. Is there anything that we missed?

Tha Chill: Me and Duane “Da Rock” Ramos just produced an album for Kurupt called Liven 4 2aday. I did about 80 percent of it. I got some sh*t on Xzibit’s new album coming out. I did some stuff for Lil Eazy and also for my man Kokane who’s out in Seattle now. I’m just doing music. If they like it, they like it. If they don’t like it, then I don’t give a sh*t – I like it.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Common Admits That Drake Beef Over Serena Williams!

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur)Category: RumorsDecember 21, 2011

COMMON COMES CLEAN LIKE JERU!

I told you! I told yall it was about SERENA! A whole freakin MONTH AGO…over a month! Here is the link..if you care. But here is some updated stuff…..

Here is what Common said yesterday:

Sway: So you’re inviting Drake into battle…
 Common: Aye, he opened his mouth and said some things, so if that’s what he wants. All that sublimal, you might as well say it now….
The verse is about me, but when you hear some of the stuff on the chorus, you can’t help but think about dude, I guess. And that’s what he felt. So yeah. At the end of the day, you fit in that category. He already embraced it, so wear it.
Common: He’s a very successful artist obviously. He’s a very talented artist too, I give credit where it’s due….but any artist can be a target…it’s just about mc-ing, when you step in there, you in the ring, baby. Especially if you say you’re the greatest. I’m on “Sweet” saying I’m the greatest too…

And here is Drake bucking back.

NOW, HERE IS HIM TALKING ABOUT SERENA!

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Book Notes: A Breakdown of the Latest Urban Reads

By: seandrasimsCategory: LifestyleDecember 21, 2011

It’s holiday time and books make great gifts. Books are affordable, portable (especially with eReaders!), and provide hours of escape from the harshness of everyday living. There are tons of great books being released this season from children’s books to coffeetable books which double as artwork. If you are looking for a special, last-minute gift for someone on your list, consider the gift of reading, and give them a book.

Life Upon These Shores (Looking at African-American History: 1513-2008) – Dr. Henry Louis Gates

Rating: 9 of 10

Got a history buff in the family? Someone who always wants to debate about what it means to be Black in America? Harvard professor and scholar of African-American history, Dr. Henry Louis Gates has the perfect book. His newest tome, Life Upon These Shores, is a coffeetable book that should come complete with a degree in African-American history at the end. The book consists of over 700 images including ancient maps, fine art, cartoons, and photographs, along with the latest scholarship on Black history from the arrival of the first Africans on American shores. *Hint: they weren’t slaves!

Our Bodies, Ourselves – Edited by The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective

Rating: 8 of 10

40 years after the original release, the new Our Bodies, Ourselves, is a resource for women of all ages full of information about their bodies, sexuality, and reproductive health. The book has been completely revised and updated, including the addition of information about safer sex, environmental health risks, and body image. Together with its companion website, www.ourbodiesourselves.org, this book is a one-stop resource for women of all generations. It’s a great gift for any special woman on your list.

One Day It’ll All Make Sense – By Common

Rating: 8 of 10

While Maya Angelou is currently disappointed with some of the language that Common used on his song, “The Dreamer,” she did call his memoir, “magnificent.” One Day It’ll All Make Sense is an uplifting book, one of the most insightful Hip-Hop memoir releases. Any fan of music, film, or Hip-Hop culture will enjoy following Common through his life and development into how he became one of the most enigmatic figures in rap.

The Neelys’ Celebration Cookbook – By Pat and Gina Neely

Rating: 8 of 10

The husband and wife team from Food Network’s#### show, “Down Home with the Neely’s,” presents their second cook book, centered around recipes for parties. A lot of people think cookbooks are just for older women, but everyone gets tired of eating the same old things. That’s where a great cookbook comes in handy. The Neely’s offer everything from turkey burgers, to smothered pork chops, to deep-fried Cornish hens. The Neelys’ Celebration Cookbook has everything that the aspiring chef needs to help get the party started for the holidays and beyond.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Method Man Cooking Up "Last Album With RZA"!! RZA Bigs Up Kanye!!

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: RumorsDecember 21, 2011

Could “Crystal Meth” Be On the Way!?!

This rumor comes from Wu-Tang’s official Facebook page, which was updated on Monday (December 20) with the cryptic message you see below. What’s so cryptic about it? Well, this either means that this will be Meth’s last album period, OR just his last album with RZA handling production. Neither has been officially confirmed, so for now, let your imaginations run wild.

All that really matters is that we’re about to (hopefully) get an incredible Meth album (finally). In other Wu-Tang related news…

RZA Speaks On Kanye’s Work Ethic:

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/32666835]

Gotta appreciate one of the greatest for biggin’ up one of the best!

Daily Word: Celebrate The Struggle!!

By: seandrasimsCategory: LifestyleDecember 21, 2011

Wonderful Wins-Day, my Glorious Great Ones!!

Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to celebrating the struggle! We often have the tendency to only celebrate when we think things are going well! We pray for struggles to be over and rejoice as we see the light at the end of the tunnel! What we truly need to realize is that struggle is the path to greatness!

As we fully except our struggles as the cost needed to rid ourselves of our weaknesses we will then start to appreciate its true value! Celebrate the struggle! Embrace adversity and know that once you have overcome, whatever obstacle that seems to be stopping you, the floodgates will begin to open!

Never give up! Don’t struggle in vain! Stick to your plan and get everything that you came for!! Those who really want it find a way, those who don’t find excuses!! Be what you will but know that the choice is yours!! Some say it is what it is but I say it is what you make it!! Make it great and make it happen!! Nothing can stop you!! -Ash’Cash

“Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled.” -Unknown

“Strength does not come from always winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger

“For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real.” -Unknown

“It is better to lose some of the battles of life in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you’re fighting for.” -Paulo Coelho

“Nothing is given to man on earth – struggle is built into the nature of life – the hero is the person who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the path he has chosen.” -Andrew Bernstein

“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” -Frank A. Clark

“The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.” -William J. H. Boetcker

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” -Kenji Miyazawa

“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” -Harry Golden

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.

Asher Roth Talks To AllHipHop About "Pabst and Jazz" & Def Jam Deal

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: NewsDecember 21, 2011

(AllHipHop News) Newly signed Def Jam artist Asher Roth released his new mixtape, Pabst and Jazz, yesterday (December 20).

The new project features appearances from Action Bronson, Pac D##, Chip Tha Ripper, Rockie Fresh, Phil Ade, and more.

Roth’s beats are concocted primarily by production duo Blended Babies on 14 out of 16 songs, while Chuck Inglish of the Cool Kids and 1500 or Nothin each have a song as well.

Recently, AllHipHop.com got the chance to speak to Asher about his newly signed deal at Def Jam.

“Major labels are major labels; it is what it is. You’re dealing with a monster, and a lot of people, and a lot of agendas, and a lot of egos,” he said. “But I feel fresh, I feel brand new, and I feel excited, and Def Jam is excited. I feel like they understand what we’re up to, and I think they really believe in what we’re trying to do, and that this isn’t something that happens overnight, it’s something that you build through hard work, focus, and discipline. They get all of that.”

He continued, “They also understand that the rules have changed with digital music, and they are one of the few record labels that do…They have to understand new artist development and doing the small things to help an artist succeed, because it’s not about just throwing a song on the radio and becoming huge; that’s not really how it happens, and when it does, it’s lightning in a bottle. I think they believe that I have the talent necessary, and now it’s just about applying the work ethic, and I’m excited, man. How could I not be? But there is a lot of work ahead of me.”

Download “Asher Roth – Pabst and Jazz” Now!