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Soul singer/songwriter Anthony Hamilton is known for love songs that ignite passion, such as the aching ode “Charlene,” or the occasional social commentary about Black girls lost on his new track, “Baby Girl.”
Yet, he is no stranger to Hip-Hop. Over the course of his music career, Hamilton has collaborated with some of rap’s big shots, including Jadakiss, The Game, Twista, Nappy Roots, and even a deceased Tupac Shakur on 2002’s “Thugz Mansion.”
AllHipHop.com spent some time at RCA Records with Hamilton this week to hear more about his latest release, Back To Love, which debuted at #12 this week, his highest release ranking to date. While we were there, we got him to share his “Top 5 Rappers Dead or Alive” – where he throws in an interesting collaboration offer to a certain MC at W.A.R.:
Back To Love is available in stores and on iTunes now. Be sure to cop the Deluxe Edition, which includes four, must-listen bonus tracks.
(AllHipHop News) Police in Northern New Jersey are investigating the stabbing death of a man who was killed during a show featuring rapper French Montana.
Over 450 were gathered for a pre-Christmas bashing Friday (December 23) at The Mirage Banquet Hall in Edison, that was promoted by Hot 97’s DJ Wallah and featured French Montana as a surprise performer.
According to reports, French arrived with an entourage of about 40 people, who became unruly when they could not access the VIP section of the hall.
“Everyone was enjoying themselves,” Mirage’s co-owner Shaun Mehtani told The Star-Ledger. “The trouble began when his entourage arrived.”
According to my Mehtani, French Montana’s entourage began arguing with people in the VIP and taking their drinks.
A scuffle ensued, and The Mirage’s 10-man security force was quickly outnumbered.
Security ended the party early, and the 400- 500 strong crowd spilled into the venue’s parking lot.
In the parking lot, several other fights broke out, resulting in the stabbing death of 21-year-old Jayson Perry.
Five other people were also stabbed during the melee, while one man suffered from a superficial gunshot wound.
Prosecutors in Edison and Middlesex New Jersey have opened an investigation into the stabbings and the death of Perry.
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and Happy Kwanzaa, my blessed and highly favored!!
We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to wish you and your family a happy holiday!! As we take this time and season to be jolly, we also need to take time to be grateful! Whether good or bad, we must always appreciate the fact that we are still here! We must appreciate the fact that we can do it better tomorrow! And, also appreciate that we have everything we need right now!
Do not make this season only about receiving!! Remember that to whom much is given much is required!! Be grateful by appreciating everything you have and everything that you will continue to get!! Then show gratitude by giving back!! Whether it’s time with your friends and family, or whatever you feel in your heart… whatever it is, know that the world is a much better because of your donation back to it!!
Live, laugh, love!! You are rich and abundant now!! Realize this fact and enjoy everything that is in your favor!! -Ash’Cash
“If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.” -Unknown
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” -Unknown
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” -Oprah Winfrey
“If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.” -Frank A. Clark
“If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.” -Robert Quillen
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.” -Meister Eckhart
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” -John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” -Buddha
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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) Flavor Flav is ringing in the new year by launching his own line of signature vodka.
The legendary rapper/reality show star has launched his newest business, LeFlav Spirits.
Flavor Flav started his promotional campaign yesterday (December 23) for the company’s first line, LeFLAV Straight Up vodka.
The rapper launched LeFLAV Straight Up in Las Vegas and he continued the promotions at various liquor stores today (December 24).
Locals have already been able to purchase LeFLAV Straight Up at establishments like Total Wines & More and all four locations of The Liquor Outlet.
As of press time, LeFlav will retail for $23.99 and comes in a 4 carat bottle draped in Swarovski crystals.
As of press time, LeFLAV Straight Up is available in Las Vegas, New Jersey, New York and California.
Flavor Flav is hoping to expand the brand internationally in 2012, in addition to launching flavors like hemp juice, bubblegum and grape.
Flav also revealed that he would be launching a new fried chicken restaurant in Las Vegas, in the coming months.
Tyler Releases “Statement” About What Went Down Last Night:
No he didn’t smash that car windshield above, but after an Odd Future homecoming show last night in Los Angeles, Tyler was taken to jail after being arrested for vandalism of… sound equipment???
“duding RADICALS, i was on the piano playing the breakdown, only to notice that the music and sound was low, lights went off and that s### wasnt right, i get up, look, and notice that it was two girls hurt from the mosh pits behind them. i grab my mic to tell the crowd to come calm down and inform security because it was none around in the front, but i then find out the sound dude turned everything off. so im on stage while its mosh pits and chaos on stage ( i played live with Trash Talk, and it was a home show so everyone from OF was there wildn) pointing at my mic tell sound dude to turn it up turn it up, hes shaking his head no.i keep doing this for at least 70 seconds until i get fed up and run over to him threw the crowd. i jump on his sound board and say’ n#### turn my f###### mic up its b###### hurt, let me tell the crowd to calm down, they listen to me’ this n#### goes on saying he doesnt have control his manager said this and that. i keep asking, we go back and forth. i kick the plexi glass and stomp on the cheap ass soundboard, then throw my mike on the floor. go back on stage just in time to throw a couple gifts out to the crowd ( it was the xmas show). someone states ‘ lets get you outta here’. i walk outside to like 20 cops, helicopters, shotguns and some other s###. jail is really cold dude, i had no socks on. im fine tho, bail was alot even tho i didnt hurt anyone, i damaged some s###. and idk why rappers talk about jail like its cool, omg i would go crazy. all i could think about was skating the bowl like 8 hours before haha. i havent looked but the media prolly made it seem more epic than it actually is. but overall, i finally feel black.” –Tyler
Kanye Previews New Tracks at London Club:
Rap-Up has reported that at a Christmas party in London the other night, host and Dj for the night, Kanye West, reportedly played new music from his own solo album, as well as the G.O.O.D. Music compilation album that will be dropping in the Spring.
It’s going to be interesting too see what Yeezy’s been cooking up and how he’s going to top the Grammy-nominated My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Jay-Z also mentioned that a sequel to Watch the Throne could be out sometime next year too, making that a total of three albums that Kanye drop in 2012!
Rick Ross Mixtape Gets A Name and Cover:
Rich Forever has no release date but you could expect it to drop sometime in January.
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(AllHipHop News) The Air Jordan XI Retro Concords were officially released today (December 23), to a frenzy of anxious sneaker enthusiasts looking to purchase the heavily anticipated sneakers.
Despite the positive attention the shoes have garnered from fans of the Air Jordan series of shoes, there have also been several instances of fighting and even death over the shoes.
According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, in Tukwila, Washington just outside of Seattle, approximately 20 people were sprayed by police during a fight that ensued, as customers were waiting for the new shoes.
Police have also been called to shopping malls in Florida, Indiana, Texas and Virginia to control the crowds, ABC News reported.
“I don’t remember anything like this in the recent past at all, definitely not with the iPhone or anything like that,” Linda Jackson, a spokeswoman for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, explained to ABCNews.com.
In New Jersey, one shopper told MyFoxPhilly that a fellow shopper had threatened gunfire if he didn’t get the shoes.
The Air Jordan XI Retro Concord hype reached its height with reports about the death of an 18-year-old named Tyreek Amir Jacobs.
The report is allegedly a hoax according to the Baltimore Sun, although a memorial page dedicated to Jacobs claims the death is real.