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Peter Rosenberg Responds to Nicki Minaj Controversy, 'Not Sorry'
(AllHipHop News) After a media firestorm, his name becoming a trending topic, and after Young Money artist Nicki Minaj cancelled her performance at Hot 97’s Summer Jam, Peter Rosenberg has taken the time to speak out about his recent comments on the Summer Jam stage.
In an interview with TMZ, Peter Rosenberg elaborated on his comments made about Nicki’s song “Starships”, while introducing Kendrick Lamar on the Summer Jam stage.
“Basically it was the festival stage, which is traditionally the more underground stage, up and comer stage, and I went out there to introduce Kendrick Lamar from Compton, and you know, I just said if you are not about that ‘Starships” crap and you are about the real stuff – and I’m editing a bit, I’m about the real Hip-Hop. Let’s bring Kendrick Lamar,” Rosenberg explained to TMZ.
Rosenberg appeared to be surprised by the social media backlash after having made similar, if not worse, comments about the song in the past.
“Why would she listen to me? I’m a Jewish kid from the suburbs of Maryland who grew up on hip-hop and loves hip-hop. And I take it seriously. But it’s just an opinion, man. I don’t hate Nicki Minaj. I don’t have any beef with her at all,” Rosenberg told TMZ.
Since Rosenberg’s comments, Nicki Minaj has scheduled a free concert for her fans in the New York and New Jersey area.
Mysonne Ft. Cory Gunz and Lumidee "Loko"
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Sun Ft. Kurupt "We Don't Give A F###"
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Los "Whoopin Ass"
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Neef Buck and Freeway "With or Without"
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GLC Ft. Gwop "Pagers"
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Rob IE Ft. Chevy Woods and Smoke DZA "Twisting Facts"
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Vorheez Ft. El da Sensei and Homeboy Sandman "Place To Be"
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Roscoe Dash "Hard Work"
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Roc-A-Fella Co-Founder Kareem "Biggs" Burke Sentenced to Five Years In Prison For Conspiring to Distribute Marijuana
(AllHipHop News) Kareem “Biggs” Burke, who is most famously known as one of the co-founders of Roc-A-Fella, was sentenced earlier today (June 5) to five years in prison for conspiring to distribute over 100 kilos of marijuana.
The NY Daily News is reporting that Burke, 38, “was snared in a federal drug sting called “Operation Green Venom,” which targeted a trafficking ring that controlled most of the wholesale pot market in the city.” The drug sting led to the arrests of over 50 people involved.
Reports state that Burke swore to Manhattan Federal Court Judge Loretta Swain that the two would never see each other in court again. She responded, “Nothing personal, but I’m going to keep you to that promise.”
Back in October of 2010, Burke, along with 40 others, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for their involvement with a narcotic ring at the time. Special Agent Jim Hayes told the NY Post at the time of arrest regarding the narcotics ring, “It was transported in bulk from Florida to New York. From there it was divvied up among three main cells in the NYC-area and distributed to their clients. As the investigation continues, we want to make sure that other rival networks or other co-conspirators cannot use the same tools.”
Burke, along with Dame Dash and Jay-Z, co-founded Roc-A-Fella records in 1996. The business trio went there separate ways in 2004 where Jay-Z eventually landed his own situation with his current label, RocNation, while Dash created DD172.
Nicki Minaj Planning Free Concert In New York
(AllHipHop News) This morning (June 5), Nicki Minaj revealed that she would play a free show in New York to make up with her fans that were disappointed that she didn’t play Hot 97’s Summer Jam after a conflict with the radio station.
Nicki Minaj told the Power 105 FM’s Breakfast Club (Angela Yee, Charlamagne and DJ Envy) that she was going to move forward with the efforts to make her fans happy, confirming what was previously rumored.
“Its still in the works, but its definitely gonna happen,” Nicki said of the free concert. “We gonna make it work.”
“This was actually Wayne’s suggestion. Wayne was like ‘Yo Nick, we can do our own show for the people. You don’t have to feel bad.’ Obviously, I felt bad. I don’t want to let my fans down period,” she continued. “We’re going to have fun.”
“In the beginning I felt it was horrible and then afterwards, I felt this happens for a reason. And like I said last night [to Funk Master Flex], [Summer Jam] needs to value [me]. No one has the right to treat you like this. I don’t care who you are.”
[Read: Breaking News: Nicki Minaj Talks To Funk Master Flex Over Summer Jam Debacle]
Nicki continued to implore that she was singled out because she was a female and that her stance was one that all females should assume in order to demand their respect from men.
“You could be at a freakin’ hot company and it doesn’t have anything to do with music. If you walking in that room and you are the only woman, especially, and you have men making fun of you and insulting you, you’re not going to walk in that room. You’re going to say, ‘Check yourself, get your s**t together. I put in my work like every man here. And until you can respect me, I’m not even walking or sitting in that room.”
“People saying, ‘You should have still walked on that stage and showed them.’ I don’t gotta show anybody s**t. I’m going to show you by what I don’t do. And what I don’t do is perform at a place where people don’t respect me.”
Nicki ended the interview where she called to thank The Breakfast Club for supporting her through the years.
FEEL RICH VIDEO: Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s Lil Cease Goes Hard Body
Editor’s Note: “Feel Rich” is our partnership with QD3, the talented son of music legend Quincy Jones. “Feel Rich” is all about creating a healthy lifestyle for Hip-Hop culture – both the artists and the fans. Enjoy!
Junior M.A.F.I.A. rapper Lil Cease sat down with Feel Rich to talk about taking personal time to workout, and how the image of being healthy has changed. As a kid, he grew up eating cheap and unhealthy food, but now, paying attention to good health has changed his body and mind for the better.
Here are a few tips on how you can save money and keep your calorie count down.
For breakfasts, the quick sugary solutions tend to be a bowl of cereal and milk. So a box of cereal can average to be about $4.50 and a gallon of milk at $2.00, when the better choice would be a carton of eggs that are about $2.99. Eggs are a high source of protein and are low in refined carbohydrates. Also, the eggs will give you energy to get through your day. So the choice is clear – eggs over cereal. You save money and you will get better results that will make you feel rich.
For lunch, salad. When selecting the base of your salad, choose cabbage over romaine lettuce because of cost and nutrients. Cabbage costs about $0.62 a pound, and romaine lettuce costs about $1.90 a pound. In fact, one cup of cabbage gives you more than half of your daily vitamin K requirement – and it’s $1.29 less per pound than Romaine.
For snack, eat carrots over celery. Both are about the same price per pound, but one serving of carrots has two times as much fiber as celery – and 43 times as much Vitamin A.
For dinner, chose a poultry that is lean and packed with nutrients. It’s best when eating chicken to chose the leg over the chicken breast. A dark chicken leg will save you 89 cents a pound—and it scored higher in nutritional value.
Follow Lil Cease on Twitter (@LilCease).
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THE ROOTS RECAP: The Kings Of The Picnic Bring Out Rakim, Wale, Danny Brown and Beyond
Join us back here all week for select ARTIST VIDEO PROFILES from The Roots Picnic 2012, including the god MC Rakim, Detroit’s Danny Brown, hometown hero Freeway, and more!
From in front of the stage, it was what you might expect from an event billed after a legendary Hip-Hop band that has stood the tests of nearly a quarter century together. For Roots Picnic-goers, this past weekend (June 2 and 3) was a two-day occasion for the ages.
Host Amanda Seales, a.k.a. TV and rap’s Amanda Diva, kept the flow of the daytime acts going which, for a festival of its size, ran amazingly close to on time. (Shout out to Okayplayer and Live Nation for that.) Seales even pulled MCs from the crowd during one break in the action on Saturday, holding her own with humor in front of a largely Philly, partially tough as nails crowd.
On Day 1, there was the “income tax swag” of Danny Brown – with his toothless grin and hyper showmanship, the diverse crowd was all in while he commanded the stage. He talked “progressive Hip-Hop” with AllHipHop.com backstage, clearly unapologetic about his zany, permed hair and unruly lyrical content. Beyond his unique sound was that of OCD: Moosh & Twist, Stretch Armstrong, Diplo, and a host of DJs both on the main stage and a huge tent nearby.
The Roots led the crowd of several thousand into the night on both days, saving the heavyweights for perfectly chosen breaks in their nearly three-hour long sets.
On Saturday night, Black Thought rocked over a vicious go-go inspired set, paying homage to late genre king Chuck Brown, who passed just weeks ago. The late MCA of the Beastie Boys wasn’t forgotten either, as he received another of several tribute moments performed in his honor by Black Thought. And, reminiscent of his Lyricist Lounge appearance the week before, Mos Def a.k.a. Yasiin Bey made his lyrical domination felt during his set with The Roots.
The go-go music (handled amazingly on percussion by drummer ?uestlove, and slaughtered in the “pocket” by The Roots lead MC) played the segue for Maybach Music Group’s Wale to enter stage left and rock along with Black Thought. It was a welcome treat to hear the D.C. rapper make a quick time travel back to his go-go heavy days of just a few years ago. He nailed his performance, running through his recent hits such as “Sabotage” and taking a step back on the go-go track, “Pretty Girls”, which featured Gucci Mane on the album version.
Native Tongue legends De La Soul served as an anchor to “the roots” of Hip-Hop during their appearance, which blended new “First Serve” material with late ’90s classics like “Oooh.” Never missing a beat, it was refreshing and welcome to see the vets keep Hip-Hop timeless and talented.
On Day 2, another set of Hip-Hop heavyweights stopped by – Lord Jamar and Sadat X of Brand Nubian – on their way to a show with Roxanne Shante and Sweet Tee in Philadelphia’s Germantown section. Check out a video greeting from Malik B, one of the original Roots MCs, followed by Sadat X and Lord Jamal of Brand Nubian (sans a still-around Grand Puba) talking the end of “Old School” and more:
A passing Philadelphia thunderstorm on Day 2 threatened to shut down the funktastic festival gathering, but Mother Nature had mercy on the Hip-Hop, and the show kept going. First, there was a run-through of classic Roots songs, dating back to around the turn of the millennium. With ease the live instruments grooved as Black Thought took a trip through their lyrical and musical legacy.
Then. There was the shop stopper. Rakim, the elusive rap legend of over 25 years, rocked a nearly 45-minute set, first with Black Thought and The Roots and then by himself – not once showing signs of being marred by time, but rather, by a pesky, thunderstorm rain-logged sound system that kept giving out during the set. Ever the professional, Rakim obliged, giving the capacity, outdoor crowd what they’ve been missing, in the form of his classic Eric B collaborations, “Paid In Full”, “Microphone Fiend”, “I Ain’t No Joke”, and many more.
When “smoke in the cockpit of his plane from L.A.”, according to one of his road crew members, kept Kid Cudi from his scheduled appearance, Philly’s own Freeway was more than happy to oblige a trip to the stage. He also took a few moments to speak with AllHipHop.com about the legacy of The Roots Picnic, why he stormed the Jay-Z/Mayor N##### stage a few weeks earlier, and what he and State Property were lining up for the rest of 2012.
From behind the stage, in the “well-stocked” artist/VIP village, it was truly a picnic atmosphere. A couple hundred people filled the catering tents, artist trailers and dressing rooms, and a large open space for doing whatever it was you did – libations and herbals included. And, ever the hometown heroes, there was also a booth to allow VIP concertgoers to support The Roots charitable causes for women and girls – the GrassROOTS Community Foundation – through the purchase of a T-shirt or a monetary donation.
The fact that all of couple hundred people (mostly family members, artist entourages, journalists, and VIP ticketholders) in the artist village were likely just two to three degrees of separation from just two people – Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and Amir “?uestlove” Thompson, who started out as youngsters jamming together in Philly – is proof positive that The Roots reign supreme.
…In Philly, worldwide, and possibly on planets far beyond our galaxy.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Where's T.I.? Young Dro's Car Gets Repo'ed!
It’s a recession, people! Rappers, athletes and actors are not exempt. Case in point, Grand Hustle artist Young Dro is the latest “celebrity” to be put on front street for their lack of funds. Dro’s money troubles reportedly have him in the hole to the tune of $61,220.37 – the sum he owes the leasing company for his 2007 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT.
Dro’s Maserati has been repossessed by the leasing company, and the company is now suing him for defaulting on his loan plus attorney fees.
The rapper began leasing the car in January 2008. According to documents obtained by TMZ, Dro put a $7,500 payment on the car and agreed to lease it for monthly payments of $1,606.62. Somebody call T.I. and let him know his artist needs him to cut a check!
Hip-Hop Rumors: Lauryn Hill Says She Was Not Nicki Minaj's Special Guest – Nicki Responds!
Lauryn Hill was rumored to be a guest of Nicki Minaj’s at HOT 97’s Summer Jam, but Lauryn begs to differ with that assumption and tweeted a letter out to her followers saying that she was asked to perform by Nas and not by Nicki.
Check out the letter below:
No disrespect to Nicki, but I need to clear up an inaccuracy. I was not scheduled to be a special guest on her set at Summer Jam, I was invited by Nas to perform with him. I don’t have details on exactly what transpired between the station and the artists, but I do support artists standing by their beliefs, and walking with integrity. We have to find a better way to commercially exploit music, while giving artists their proper respect. This cannot be done while taking their contributions for granted, or trying to control the scope of their growth and power through threats and fear tactics. We can do better than this, there is a better way, or else ‘we’ (the proverbial we) find ourselves in danger of being hypocrites!!!
Ms. Lauryn Hill
While Nicki was appreciative of the supportive words from Ms. Hill, she couldn’t help putting Lauryn in her place and letting her know that, technically, Lauryn was going to be performing with Nas during her set, so she WAS her guest. Check out what Nicki tweeted below:
“Thank u Lauryn. Nas was coming out on my set, u were coming out 2 perform w/him. That was within my set that was going 2 continue w/foxy,” she tweeted. “Coming from Lauryn it means the world. No one deserves this treatment. We’re all out here working. Have respect for your guests.”
What do you think about Nicki’s public response to Lauryn?
Hip-Hop Rumors: Nicki Minaj to Host Free NYC Concert For Disgruntled Summer Jam Fans
I heard her say this briefly: “I am going to have a free show this summer.” So, here is the rumor Nicki Minaj is going to do a free concert for her fans that missed her at Summer Jam yesterday. From what I understand this is a good time, because the concert season has not been fully realized for the summer in NYC. She’ll likely be able to get a spot relatively easy.
Also, if you didn’t know, Peter Rosenberg refused to apologize to the Barbz. Here is what he said!
“Hey, I went out there, I was hosting, I was in the zone of doing real hip hop. I just said what came to mind and everyone made a big deal about it… Now the Barbz are all hitting me and asking me to apologize. There’s a get-me-to-apologize movement, to which I can say… I’m absolutely not apologizing because I didn’t do anything wrong.”
Nicki said sorry to her fans, but from what I gathered, Hot 97 wants to get their reciprocity for Lil Wayne cancelling the performance.
Nicki denied the reports that she said she would never do Summer Jam again. She wanted Peter Rosenberg to say “Shorry” though.
Email me rumors at kingillseed [at] gmail.com
Breaking News: Nicki Minaj Talks To Funk Master Flex Over Summer Jam Debacle
(AllHipHop News) After bailing on Hot 97’s Summer Jam, Nicki Minaj called Hot 97 with Funk Master Flex and explained why she didn’t make an appearance.
“What happened was this, my fans didn’t appreciate his comments,” Nicki Minaj said live on the air. “Like I told you Flex, this was not about 2,000 people that he talking to. This was streamed to the world. that stream was posted on my website”
“This is being broadcast to the world,” Nicki said of the event was streamed across the internet.
“Flex, its not about his opinion, because I have opinions about DJS at Hot 97 and hot 97. I wouldnt dare come on your stage leading put o that concur. Everybody is grown enough to keep their opinions to their self. When you disrespect Nicki Minaj, your’e disrespecting my fans. Don’t make those three million people…that their inferior for their personal taste in music.”
Peter Rosenberg, a host on the morning show, said some disparaging comments towards Nicki Minaj in the name of “real Hip-Hop.”
Nicki responded: “When you invite somebody to your home, you treat somebody with respect.”
Nicki said that after Lil Wayne called off Summer Jam, she was forced to not to perform even though she wanted to continue on.
“Nobody would have even known I had a problem with this. I’m not a quitter and I don’t back down from anything.” “Wayne gave me a very good lesson on knowing my worth. Wayne has been my mentor, Wayne got me in this game. Lil Wayne gave me a lesson self worth.”
Nicki said that she promoted the annual Summer Jam concert, attended by about 60,000 people, on her website and other means.
“Know that Nicki Minaj sold a lot of tickets last night.” Nicki said and suggested it was an attack on woman. “I am the only woman not that stage holding it down for woman. I respect men that hold it downs for women.” Lauryn Hill did perform, but there weren’t a lot of women to grace the stage.
For a moment, Nicki took Funk Master Flex to task.
“Why you ain’t diss Wayne? Why you ain’t diss Wayne?” Nicki asked of Flex, suggesting that she was being singled out.
“I’m not scared of Wayne,” Flex eventually retorted.
After a while, the pair began to explain what happened. It seemed that communications were strained because cell and mobile receptions were not sufficient to to the sheer volume of traffic.
At press time, the pair were still conversing about the matter, but the nature of the talk had lightened significantly.
Earlier, Flex was rumored to “end careers,” but a talks became this public interview.
Nicki further called Flex to task later in the interview.
“Yesterday, you made a lot of disrespectful comments about me. You said something about my record sales and so I need you to pull up your roster from yesterday and I want you to listen to these statistics.” Nicki then proceeded to run down to Flex all the records that she sold. “Do the math,” she implored Flex.
Flex wanted to differentiate between album sales in the United States and international. Right now, Nicki’s album has yet to sell gold domestically.
Yesterday, Flex had much more to say.
“We ain’t fu**in’ with commercial rappers no more. If you lost the fu**in’ streets, it’s your fault. If you don’t go gold, it’s your fault,” he said yesterday as tensions were at their height. “I’m dedicated to tearing you down. If you not buying no more commercial albums, hit me on Twitter right now.”
“Everybody’s wrong here. For real, for real.” Flex said after ranting that “everybody’s egos” got in the way of what was best for fans at the Summer Jam show.
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