(AllHipHop News) New York rap star 50 Cent is currently in Dubai, where he launched his custom line of headphones, SMS Audio.
50 Cent’s line of headphones will go on sale this November in the country, the rapper said during a press conference.
50 made the announcement during an appearance during the Gitex Technology Week conference that is taking place in the country this week.
The rapper also made an appearance at the Virgin Megastore in the Mall of the Emirates to launch the SMS Audio brand.
There will also be a charity aspect to 50’s business dealings in the Middle East, since a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Dubai Autism Center.
50 Cent also hosted a Q&A with students at the American University in Dubai, during his appearance in the Middle East.
The rapper hosted a talk to explain his philosophy on business, and success.
In related news, 50 Cent has revealed that he is taking over the management of his own business career, since the August suicide of his manager Chris Lighty.
50 made the revelation during a series of tweets earlier today.
“I manage myself now the Chris Lighty has passed,” 50 Cent tweeted. “I’m not going to rush my album out now that I’m doing both jobs.”
Tomorrow, R&B singer Ciara, Craig David, DJ Antoine and Skyblue from LMFAO are scheduled to meet fans at the Dubai Mall.
Troubled Chicago rapper Chief Keef has been making headlines ever since Kanye West jumped on his street single, “I Don’t Like” – but most of those headlines have been geared towards the negative. The teen rapper was previously in the news after an insensitive tweet he sent out after the death of rival rapper Lil’ JoJo sparked a police investigation into whether he had anything to do with the murder.
Well, now the rapper may be headed back to prison over his infamous gun range interview with Pitchfork. According to the Chicago-Sun Times, Chief Keef is on probation and having a firearm is in direct violation of his probation. In the interview which was video recorded, Keef shot a firearm – a no-no when you’re on probation.
Chicago prosecutors have requested that Chief Keef be put back behind bars for this violation, and the Chief of police has said that “anytime he is in Chicago, he is a potential target and anyone around him is in jeopardy, including innocent kids.”
Check out the interview/freestyle video below that has Chief Keef potentially going back to jail:
(AllHipHop News) Rapper/actor Ice-T will return to the small screen this November with his wife Coco in their hit reality series “Ice Loves Coco.”
The series, now in its third season, shows the inner workings of Ice-T’s life and his relationship with his wife, businesswoman/model, Coco.
The third season of “Ice Loves Coco” will take viewers behind-the-scenes of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” in addition to detailing the couple’s business plans for the opening of a dog park named Club Spartacus, after their beloved dog.
For fans of Hip-Hop music, “Ice Loves Coco” will also showcase Ice-T recording material for an upcoming studio album, in addition to his attempt to tackle a new career – stand-up comedy.
“Ice Loves Coco” is slated to premiere on Sunday, October 28 on E!. The series will then move to its regular time slot of 10:00 PM on November 4.
Welcome to the day you recognize your natural ability to do anything you want in life! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to tapping into your greatness everyday!
If you took some time out to define the word Greatness, you would see that it says it’s a concept of a state of superiority affecting a person, object or place. It will further display that Greatness can also be referred to individuals who possess a natural ability to be better than all others!
While it may seem that greatness is about predisposition (something you’re born with), the truth is that it is as common as a cold and can be attained by anyone! Life is habit, and habits shape your life! If you practice being regular everyday, then regular you shall be! If you only do just enough to get by, then getting by will be all you are capable of. Those who seek to be great must work at being great everyday!
Greatness is not a sometimes thing! You have to work at it as often as you take breaths! Beginning today and until forever, you must wake up with a commitment that you will be the absolute best that you can possibly be! You have the power to choose the life you want to live! Choose to be great!
-Ash’Cash
“Do your best every day and your life will gradually expand into satisfying fullness.” -Unknown
“It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.” -Anthony Robbins
“You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.” -Aaliyah
“Being great is an everyday full-time activity, Average is whenever you get around to it.” -Derrick McDaniel
“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.” –Jim Rohn
“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.” -Elbert Hubbard
“Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground.” -Ralph Marston
“The secret to success is constancy to purpose.” -Benjamin Disraeli
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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.
We’re living in “The Detox Era”. We want what we seemingly can’t have, when we should focus on what’s right in front of us. Sounds like my love life, but that’s a different story. The Hip-Hop culture forces upon us the notion that the next big thing is the only thing. So once this “Big Thing” arrives, we drop what we’re doing, plug in our high-end headphones and place our entire internal history of Rap music on the shoulders of a newbie.
Feels like forever since we’ve first heard about Detox. And in that time, we, as fans of the craft went from pandemonium to wanting to forget about Dre altogether. You don’t know how many times I’ve heard publicists close to his camp say, “Deshair, you can’t speak of this to no one but, Detox is dropping this fall.” That was back in 2009. After a while, I felt the album was nothing more than bait to talk about his headphones. I finally met Dr. Dre when the Diddybeats were released. Guess what we talked about…
Speaking of Diddy, around that time became a co-sign standout for the underground talent by the name of Jay Electronica. “As we proceed, to give you what you need,” screamed at the beginning of ‘Exhibit C’. Diddy’s calling card had it right. Jay Electronica was exactly what Hip-Hop needed. He embodied everything Rap enthusiasts required from a new artist:
Cadence (full vocals which made the beat better)
Sharp delivery
Heartfelt storytelling
Religious references to galvanize a larger base
Jay Electronica wasn’t new to the game. Every name dropped on that record was accurate to his story. On a mainstream Hip-Hop level, Diddy’s co-sign launched him above ground, presenting a sound reminiscent to his most successful artist. Analyze it as you may, but “Exhibit C” was “Juicy” reincarnated. Rap fans gravitated at first listen. Unauthorized remakes of “Exhibit C” flooded the market. But none of them held a candle to the original. We had the next big thing on our hands.
“Juicy”:
Jay Electronica continued on Diddy’s sunken path with ‘The Ghost of Christopher Wallace’. But we didn’t need another Biggie. And maybe that factored into Jay Electronica’s decision to sign with Jay-Z at Roc Nation (wait, nevermind). Diddy took his disappointment and failure to Twitter where Hip-Hop heads slandered the executive without prejudice. Overall, Hip-Hop was pleased with the results. Jay Electronica, a lyricist in every sense of the word, signed with one of the best to ever do it. While Diddy acquired a mild case of bronchitis. That was two years ago.
Since then, we’ve seen Jay Electronica everywhere except on the shelves. We’ve seen him in the studio, on a camel, in a Mountain Dew commercial, an alledged love triangle, everywhere except on the shelves. The tracklisting for his debut studio album, Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn), was released earlier this year. And the hopeful release for the album came and went. So what’s the hold up?
If you’re over the age of 28, pull up a chair for this one. Let’s be absolute here… if Jay Electronica signed to Bad Boy Entertainment, not only would he have a signature pair of headphones by now, you’d be on Twitter harassing Diddy about this. You’d swear Diddy was holding him hostage for tax purposes. But what about Jay-Z? *opens up the Book of Hovito*
Jay-Z was busy in Paris with his ‘upstanding brethren’. He came back to America and put on a successful festival. He’s campaigning for the President and recently christened the Barclays Center with gold bottles. On Tuesday, his wife, Beyonce was named the Halftime performer for the Superbowl. So yes, Shawn Carter’s plate is full. But does he owe Jay Electronica a release date before the end of the year?
Here is my Absolute Reason:
Let’s get this over with. Jay Electronica deserves a release date and Super Tuesday would do just fine. And furthermore, I’m growing tired of Strip-Hop. All day, every song sounds like ‘Peaches McGee’ is about to hit the pole. I could go for some modern, backpack influenced raps right about now. So I ask of Michael Jordan to please pass the damn ROC to “Afro” Kobe. Thanks.
Oh, before I forget. Did anybody else notice the influences “Exhibit C” had on “Otis”? Or is it just me? Again.
(AllHipHop News) Producer 9th Wonder and rapper Buckshot dropped the artwork for their new album the solution today (October 17).
The Solution features Duckdown’s founder/co-CEO Buckshot rhyming over 12 of 9th Wonder’s productions.
The album is the third collaboration between the pair, following 2005’s release Chemistry and 2008’s The Formula.
“For us, if I get in the booth to create, Im looking right at 9th,” Buckshot told AllHipHop.com in a previous interview in which he detailed his chemistry with 9th Wonder.
“If I dont get a reaction I know it. I always want that reaction,” Buckshot continued. “When it comes from 9th, were on point. If hes bobbin his head, were on point for the world.”
Check out the track list and artwork for The Solution below:
1) The Big Bang
2) What I Gotta Say
3) Stop Rapping
4) Crazy
5) The Feeling
6) SAM
7) Pat Em Down
8) Keep It Going
9) The Change Up
10) Shorty Left (Feat. Rapsody)
11) You (feat. DyMe-A-DuZin)
12) The Solution
The album is currently available for Pre-Order now.
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Lupe Fiasco is one interesting person. All of the musical geniuses are, aren’t they? Well, Lupe may have had a little help with his talent from an extraterrestrial visit as a child. According to the politically outspoken rapper, he has a mysterious scar on his ankle from what he describes as a an “extra-worldly experience” in his hometown of Chicago when he was a kid. Check out what he told Power 106 in LA.
“When I was 11, I definitely had an extra-worldly experience,” he explained. “I got a scar on the bottom of my ankle, and I don’t know where it came from – I never had surgery there, I never remember falling there. I’ve done martial arts my whole life, it could be something from that…[but] I remember waking up and just being shocked, like I was surrounded by all this electricity. I was trying to call to wake my cousin up and roll out the bed and I couldn’t move, right? And then I was surrounded by this blue electricity, and then It stops and I look out the window and I see a black disc fly down in front of the window, sits there and then flies out.”
Okay, Lupe. Check out the video of the interview below.
(AllHipHop News) UK rapper K Koke opened up about his recent attempted murder trial, after he was accused of shooting a man at a Harlesden train station in March of 2011.
The rapper and four teenagers were charged with various charges, including attempted murder for the shooting, just after K Koke had inked a deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation.
After a month-long trial and 7 months on remand, K Koke was acquitted of all the charges levied against him.
“They had a picture of someone that wasn’t me,” K Koke said in an interview, stating that the police still targeted him for his lyrical content.
“After I came out of prison for the attempted murder thing, I moved out of the area and they [the police] came and found my house, gave me a beat down in the house, looking for firearms,” K Koke said, laughing.
Now that his legal troubles are behind him, the UK rapper, part of the Usual Suspects/USG Entertainment rap crew, is working on his Roc Nation debut and slowly making plans to come to America.
“Once I do well over here [the UK], but I can’t go over there [the United States] now,” K Koke said. “I haven’t accomplished what I need to accomplish over here it’s the beginning of my journey, and just walking it right now.”
Although Swizz Beatz is a good friend of Jay-Z, and his wife Alicia Keys is a recent collaborator with Jigga, Swizzy makes it clear that he’s riding with the original NY team, The New York Knicks! At a recent press junket at Madison Square Garden earlier this week, Swizz revealed to the fans that he produced the new New York Knicks theme song and also had a few words about the “new place” in town.
“Now, I know there’s a lot of things going on around town with a bunch of other new places, but there’s no place like the Garden. There’s no team like the New York Knicks…[and] this year, I sat down with the fellas, and they said it’s showtime. What time is it? It’s Knicks time…I want y’all to get used to that all year ‘c## they’re coming out harder, stronger, better, and they’re coming to rush the building.”
Did Swizzy just take a few shots at the Barclays Center? Take a look at the video below courtesy of Page 31.
(AllHipHop News) Public Enemy hype man and Hip-Hop icon Flavor Flav was arrested this morning (October 17) in Las Vegas after reportedly assaulting a teenager and/or his fiancee at his house with a deadly weapon according to TMZ.
Police reported that Flavor Flav, born William Drayton Jr., was allegedly involved in a verbal disagreement with a teenager in his house, as well as his fiancee, when his significant other called 911.
According to reports, Flavor Flav allegedly threatened one person with a knife and physically harmed the other, but at press time, it is unknown exactly who he attacked in what manner, or whether the teenager in question in his daughter.
Flavor Flav was arrested at 3AM and placed in custody on felony assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor domestic violence charges.
(AllHipHop News) Music industry veteran Steve Lobel is launching a new music showcase /networking event that will initially launch Los Angeles, titled “We Working.”
Lobel has worked with a who’s who in the rap industry, including acts like Run-DMC, Fat Joe, Eazy-E, Common, Three Six Mafia, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Sean Kingston, Nispey Hus$le and others.
Lobel’s company, A-2-Z Entertainment, which was founded in 2001, is developing out the “We Working,” music showcase/networking event.
The purpose of the networking event is to recognize individuals who are making an impact in the music industry, be it artists or executives.
The inaugural “We Working” music showcase and networking event will feature superstar rappers like Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, YG, Ty $, Sean Kingston, Mann, Bobby Brackin’s and others.
Former WBC Welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, Joe Smith (LA Lakers) Porscha Coleman (BET host) Echo Hattix (legendary publicist), are a few of the executives will also be in attendance.
The first “We Working” music showcase/networking event takes October 20 at The Key Club in Los Angeles, California.
The red carpet begins at 1:00 PM, while the showcase and networking event will begin at 2:00 PM.
If Gucci thought T.I. was going to get involved in his beef with Jeezy, he’s dead wrong. The King of the South, who just participated in a “Cosby Show”-style photo shoot for In Touch, has decided not to publicly respond to Gucci’s tweet inviting him to get involved in the beef.
In a recent interview with Hot 107.9, T.I. practically refused to even acknowledge the beef going on between fellow Atlanta rappers, Gucci and Jeezy. The beef between the two was reignited when Gucci released a diss record towards Jeezy last week.
Gucci even went after Jeezy’s ex-girlfriend Keyshia Cole on the track, and accused her of sleeping with Diddy as well as with him! Keyshia denied those claims on Twitter and had a few choice words for Gucci as well.
Anyway, T.I. was not trying to get dragged into the beef and instead, he said he was focused on “that sack” and becoming the next Jay-Z.
I got my mind set on a big sack with a lot of money in it,” T.I. said. “Anything not of that understanding and of that nature, I don’t really see it. So I don’t really know what you’re asking me about it. [He’s got a situation with him and Jeezy?] And I think you just ended it right there. You said it all. You know what I’m saying, I don’t know. A lot of times things happen in life and we never know why. The focus is what counts, man. I’m focused on that sack, champ. I’m focused on that sack. I’m trying to get myself right up there where Jay[-Z] and them are at.”
Do you think T.I. or any rapper for that matter can ever reach the heights of Jay-Z?
Jay-Z isn’t the only artist repping for President Obama. Slaughterhouse’s Joell Ortiz tweeted along to yesterday’s Presidential Debate, showing full support for our Commander and Chief. And in the process, he took the opportunity to ask his followers to borrow “a couple trillion dollars.”
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs will return to Howard University this weekend, to celebrate homecoming festivities along with a variety of popular rap stars.
The 2012 Howard University homecoming, billed as “Legendary: The Essence of Icons,” is being produced by promoter Jacob York and his company Jacob York Presents.
The Howard Homecoming weekend will kick off with a release party hosted by popular model/actress Sheneka Adams, who will help Gucci Mane celebrate the release of his latest mixtape, “Trap God” tomorrow (October 18).
Diddy will host the official yard fest after party on Friday (October 19) at Ibiza Nightclub, while T.I. will close out the weekend on Saturday (October 20) with a special appearance at Fur Nightclub.
“Howard University has proven over and over again to be one of the biggest and most anticipated homecoming events for the urban community,” Jacob York told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “Everyone from Ludacris to Atlanta’s own Mayor Kasim Reed frequent this event yearly. As a premier nightlife brand, it was very important to us to continue the legacy by hosting three of Hip-Hops chart topping artists at this year’s festivities…one with whom got his start at Howard.”
Check out the full lineup below, or visit www.jacobyorkpresents.com for more information or tickets.
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
Gucci Mane Mix tape Release hosted by Sheneka Adams
Howard’s Homecoming Kick-off Party
Stadium Club | 2127 Queens Chapel Road NE | Washington, DC 20018
Friday, October 19, 2012
Diddy Howard Homecoming Yard fest After Party
Ibiza | 1222 1st Street NE | Washington, DC 20002
Saturday, October 20, 2012
T.I. hosts Howard Homecoming After party
Fur | 33 Patterson Street Northeast | Washington, DC 20002
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