Sources close to Kid Cudi are spilling the beans that the rapper allegedly bedded Bad Boy artist Cassie. According to the source, Diddy found out about the alleged hookup, and now Cudi is said to be living in fear for his life. Cudi is allegedly completely paranoid and believes that Diddy is plotting to get revenge on him.
We hear that the “affair” happened a few months ago. Cassie had befriended Cudi and leaned on him a lot as she was going through her personal issues with Diddy. Cudi has allegedly been “spitting game” at Cassie for a while and took advantage of her while she was in a vulnerable state.
Sources say that while Diddy was allegedly initially very upset, the affair seems to have brought Diddy and Cassie closer.
Earlier this week, Cudi claimed his Twitter hacked after these messages appeared:
The surce also says Cudi left clues about the affair in his latest song, “Dennis, Hook Me Up With Some More Of That Whiskey!”, which dropped last week. Listen to the song below:
“They 100% had sex,” the source tells Bossip. “And that’s where the lines “Ni**az really want me dead, HATE Not my fault Im intriguing’ are from. Diddy wanting him dead when he found out.”
(AllHipHop News) Miami rapper/producer/personality DJ Khaled was forced to cancel a concert in Orlando, Florida, after his tour bus blew up.
DJ Khaled was supposed to perform at the 2012 Grad Bash last night (April 27), but could not make the show.
Khaled tweeted photos of his tour bus, which caught fire and exploded on the side of the highway.
“I’m sry I couldn’t make it 2 grad bash it was out my control my tour bus caught on fire & blew up!” DJ Khaled tweeted. “The gd thing me & my team is ok!”
DJ Khaled actually owned the vehicle in question, having purchased it in late 2010, after paying too much to rent buses for his tours.
“I was sick of renting tour buses, because that s**t is expensive,” DJ Khaled said in an interview in late 2010. “What I did was bought me a new tour bus. We going to be on the road a lot, we going to be in them clubs a lot and we going to be in them stadiums a lot. We’re going to be everywhere. This is the way we got to travel, so I wanted to do it right.”
Luckily all occupants escaped the fire unharmed.
Check out the customized bus before it went up in flames.
Ludacris’ former artist, rapper Shawnna, is on the comeback trail, and the industry heads are going crazy over her new material.
We hear that Shawnna, who is readying her new mixtape, SHE’S ALIVE, which is slated to be released on May 24, is currently looking over several serious offers from TVT/Gracie, which is run by super-producer Bangladesh and Bricksquad.
Shawnna was one of the illest out there, and was the first female ever signed to Def Jam! Over the weekend, she performed alongside Rick Ross, Meek Mill, and Wale in Detroit. So could this mean a MMG deal is on the table as well? It’s certainly possible.
AllHipHop.com contributor, Raven The Blazin Eurasian, checks back in with an exclusive interview with longtime New York rap duo, Smif N Wessun. At an unprecedented time period in the Rap industry, where the so-called “Old School” might be rendered irrelevant, rappers like Smif N Wessun are proving that multi-generational Hip-Hop has no age limit.
In this in-studio interview, Raven and Smif N Wessun discuss why some rappers “suck” and are like toddlers. They talk about the influence of EPMD, Public Enemy, and Das EFX on their music, as well as why you won’t ever hear about Smif N Wessun beefin’ with other rap groups, and why they will never break up. Steele of Smif N Wessun also talks about why jail is not something that they feel is a product of listening to Hip-Hop.
Chill and learn something from the masters, kiddies! Watch the video:
“Raven The Blazin Eurasian” is an AllHipHop.com contributor. Check out more of her interviews HERE, and follow her on Twitter (@BlazinEurasian).
We hear that the L.E.P. Bogus Boys were banned from performing as part of A$AP Rocky’s upcoming “BEEN TRILL” concert at the Chicago House of Blues on May 3. But it wasn’t A$AP Rocky who banned the rap group…it was actually the Chicago Police Department who issued the banning due to the violent nature of their lyrics. What the?!
The Chicago Police Department sent an e-mail and threatened to shut down the whole concert if the L.E.P. Bogus Boys perform. But, the truth is that the Bogus Boys have no history of violence at any of their shows, and are advocates of always coming and going peacefully.
AllHipHop.com caught up with Jadakiss recently on the red carpet for the New York City premiere of Think Like A Man, and the D Block general spoke with us about an array of things – from his new mixtape, which was released on April 27, to the biggest misconception out there about him.
“Sometimes people come up to me and think I’m mean.” I’ll meet somebody that I’ve seen a few times in life, and they’ll say ‘I thought you were a snob, or I thought you were mean.’ But I’m very humorous, very down to earth.”
Jadakiss, whose upcoming album, Top 5 Dead Or Alive, should hit the masses by this summer, also shared with us why he chose that phrase as the title for his new album.
“It’s just a slogan that I’ve been attached to for a few years,” said Jadakiss “I was actually going to change it, but I went to my Twitter and asked the people should I change it ,and everybody was like ‘nah’…so we’re going to go with that.”
Check out the video below of Jadakiss talking about his new mixtape, The Consignment, his new music, and what he truly thinks about DMX being on VH1’s “Couples Therapy”.
As we look back on the 20th anniversary of the Rodney King/ LA Uprisings there are a few things to keep in mind that’ll hopefully bring all that went down April 29th 1992 into a clearer perspective..
The vicious beating of unarmed motorist Rodney King which was caught on tape, March 3 1991 by bystander George Holiday angered many. But at the same time it gave people some sort of hope that things would change. The video tape was seemed the crucial piece of evidence that many had long been waiting for that would vindicate thousands of Black and Brown folks living in Southern, Cali who had long complained about the brutality of LAPD…Many felt it would lead to the arrest and criminal punishment of the 4 officers who were seen striking King over 50 times with batons and tasering him. The video tape underscored the long list of social and political conditions that were leading up to the 92 Uprisings. You can peep that infamous video HERE
The Sordid Legacy of Daryl Gates and LAPD
Prior to the Rodney King beating, many in the mainstream (whites) were dismissive of complaints from people in the hood about LA police brutality. In their minds they figured whatever was done by the police was justified, after all many had come to believe that areas like South Central LA, Watts, Compton and East LA to name a few, were ‘infested’ with out of control gangbangers who needed to be ‘suppressed’ at all costs.
I use words like ‘infested‘ and ‘suppressed‘ deliberately because that’s the dehumanizing language often used by the main antagonistic to Black and Brown communities in LA at that time, former Police Chief, the late Daryl Gates.
For those who don’t know, Gates was a media savvy, sadistic man who ran a well-heeled media campaign that convinced the world that his police force needed to be further militarized. Building off the legacy and policies of his mentor and predecessor LA’s police chief William H Parker, Gates started dressing his officers in military garb and supplying them with military weapons. He also got the department to adopt intrusive tactics more associated with Marine invasions vs protecting and serving the community which is the slogan seen on LA police cars.
Gates used the influx of crack cocaine and fights over drug turf as the rationale for ramping up his force. He even went out and got a tank that was modified to knock down crack houses. This tank was immortalized in the song Batter Ram by LA rapper Toddy Tee.. The Batterram garnered headlines when zealous officers knocked down the homes of innocent people thanks to faulty information or them being overzealous. Gates was unapologetic.
His campaign was suppression of the Black and Brown folks, no matter what walk of life. Under an infamous policy known as Operation Hammer, everyone from those communities who came in contact with LAPD was seen as a gang member. Again this is not exaggeration. Part of Gate’s strategy was to establish an extensive gang database, hence anyone pulled over for a traffic violation or stopped and detained for minor infractions was most likely to be entered into the database.
Gate’s policy was simple; you were associated with a particular gang based upon the neighborhood you lived in. The result of this policy was aggressive and harsh treatment, suspicion & profiling and oftentimes arrest when police pulled you over or detained you and found your name listed in the gang database.
Any crime committed against you was tainted as ‘gang related‘. The implication was , you were a victim of a robbery, or assault because of gang ties. This resulting in many crimes not being taken seriously. On top of that, complaints against the police was put on the back burner, especially if it could be shown that you were a ‘gang member’ listed in the database. By the time the Rodney King/LA Uprisings kicked off, a whooping 47% of Black males between the ages of 21-25 in Los Angles were deemed gang members thanks to the database.
LAPD’s Unwritten Policy of Suppression
The unwritten policy of LAPD dating back to the 1950s under Chief William H Parker was to establish dominance send a strong message to the growing population of Black and Brown folks that the police were in charge. This was done two ways. First, Parker notoriously recruited officers from states throughout the South, which were still immersed in Jim Crow. Many of the officers harbored strong anti-Black sentiments and carried it with them to their new jobs in Los Angeles.
Second, his officers would make it a point to stop and detain Black youth while they were pre-teens or in their early teens. This was Parker’s way of as a way establishing presence. He wanted certain residents of LA to know the police were always around and ready to roll and clamp down. Parker’s attitude was get to them while they’re young and put fear in them. The adults who were stopped by his men were treated even more harshly. Oftentimes they were talked to in a demeaning manner i.e. being called ‘boy’ or a racial epithet.
Parker’s cops were known to purposely embarrass adults in front of their kids or on husbands in front of their wives.. All this hostility was complicated by the fact that LA at that time was very segregated and had on its books housing covenants which restricted the areas that Black and Brown folks could live..
Watts was the main Black area was known among police officers as ‘the Duck Pond‘. Here officers who patrolled it, did so with the goal of containing Black residents and keeping them from entering into white sections of the city.
There was study done in the 60s that showed that 90% of the juveniles arrested by LAPD were not charged. This was essentially Stop-N-Frisk ala NYPD decades before it showed up as police practice in NYC. Many say Parker’s harsh policing policies led to the 1965 Watts Riots/Rebellions..
It’s important to understand this history when looking at the Rodney King uprisings. Its important for folks to know and understand how deep rooted and systemic police/ community relations were and the type of discontent that it caused. In the 1965 Watts rebellion, in spite of the resulting 39 dead and over a 1000 injured, conditions and policy didn’t change too much in LA. If anything they got worse.
By the 1980s LA’s first Black Mayor Tom Bradley continued that harsh policing when he famously ordered massive roundups and arrests via Daryl Gates, of Black and Brown men as LA hosted the 1984 Olympics. It’s reported that over 25 thousand were locked up. A few years later Gates implemented Operation Hammer which was a system of gang sweeps and massive arrests. One weekend he locked up over 1200 residents suspected of being ‘gang members’.
Gates said there was a war going on in the streets and his police force was determined to fight it. However, as we now know Gate’s war machine should’ve been directed at the government who supplied infamous drug dealers like Freeway Rick with the cocaine and not the community who were catching hell on both ends. On one hand, many in Black and Brown communities fell prey to crack addiction or crack related violence. While on the other hand, they also felt the the wide sweeping brunt of Daryl Gates and his brutalizing police force.
Latasha Harlins
In looking at the Rodney King uprisings, many believe you can not overlook the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins at the hands of Korean grocery store owner Soon Ja Du. her death happened 2 weeks after Rodney King was beaten.. A video tape surfaced showing Harlin’s being shot in the back of the head as she attempted to leave a store where she was suspected of ‘stealing a soda.
According to court transcripts, what went down was; Harlin put a soda in her backpack and went to the counter to pay for it. Ja Du not seeing the money in Harlins’ hand grabbed her and a tussle ensued. During the struggle, Du threw a stool at Harlin, she in turn picked up the soda and threw it on the counter. Harlins then turned to leave the store at which point Du pulled out a gun and shot her in the head claiming she feared for her life.
Tensions between Black and Korean merchants exploded. Korean merchants felt that they were frequent victims to violent crimes at the hands of Blacks. Black customers felt they were always being far too often deemed suspicious and treated badly by Koreans who were getting money from the community yet didn’t live there or show respect. Harlins murder was the tipping point.
Verdicts Gone Wrong
The trials demanding justice for Harlin and King looked to be open and shut with convictions eminent. Many in the Black community were hopeful, after al,l both incidents were caught on tape. Unfortunately these trials were anything but simple.
In spite of the video and contradictory testimony Du was sentenced to 5 years probation at the conclusion of her November 1991 trial. A news report at the time showed a Korean man being sentenced around the same time for being cruel to a dog. He received 30 days.. That was contrasted with the Harlin’s verdict and caused widespread outrage. You can peep that video HERE.
The Rodney King trial took a longer path. First, it was moved out of LA to Simi Valley which is home to a lot of police officers. defense lawyers claimed there was too much pre-trial publicity.
Second, there were no African-Americans on the jury. The trial to convict LAPD officers Stacey Koon, Laurence Powell, Theodore Briseno and Timothy Wind was heard by a jury consisting of ten whites, one Latino and one Asian..
On April 29 1992, that Simi Valley jury acquitted all 4 officers. Once the word got out, all hell broke loose. The result? 53 people dead, about 2,500 injured and more than $400 million in property damage.
The sentiment was Black life didn’t matter and there would never be any justice for those who found themselves on the receiving end of oppression and abuse.People were angery and felt hopeless, as if nothing they did mattered or would be given a fair shot.
Mayor Tom Bradley visibly taken a back by the verdict publicly stated; ‘the jury’s verdict will not blind us to what we saw on that videotape. The men who beat Rodney King do not deserve to wear the uniform of the L.A.P.D.‘
Then President Bush sr stated; ‘viewed from outside the trial, it was hard to understand how the verdict could possibly square with the video. Those civil rights leaders with whom I met were stunned. And so was I and so was Barbara and so were my kids’.
Daryl Gates defended his department and his decision not to have extra officers on hand after the verdict was read.. He claimed that his department would shut down any disturbance. After the uprising, Gates was asked to step down, by Mayor Bradley, he steadfastly refused and a huge public dispute between the two men emerged. Gates finally stepped down, two months later in June 1992.
6 months after the uprising Gates showed his true sadistic colors when he acknowledged that he made errors in judgement around handling the uprising. He said; “Clearly that night we should have gone down there and shot a few people… that’s exactly what we should have done. We should have blown a few heads off.’
The 92 Gang Truce
The LA Uprising brought to life a beautiful facet that had been in the works for a couple of years prior and had been cemented two days before the infamous Rodney King verdict.
Rival Blood and Crip sets in Watts signed historic Gang Truce on April 27th. More than 300 gang members showed up at City hall to mark the occasion. Many didn’t realize a truce had went into effect until all the turmoil jumped off and folks noticed that rivals gangs were working hand in hand, calling for unity and exuding a spirit of cooperation. There were signs painted all over the city that read Crip, Bloods and Eses Together. Many thought the lopsided verdict brought everyone together overnight. The truth of the matter was the ensuing rebellion underscored and accentuated the peace and healing work various cliques had been working toward…
What led to the truce was gang members tiring of senseless deaths. LA had its highest murder rate two years in row leading up to the uprising. Much of the violence was around drug turf. In response gang members in Watts began to wake up and start a process that would eventually lead to peace.
Landmark meetings with Minister Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam and later numerous gatherings at the home of former football legend Jim Brown played key roles in helping facilitate the various peace process gang members had undertaken..Its said Brown put almost half a million dollars of his own money into efforts to lay down a foundation for peace.
The 92 Gang Truce set off similar efforts throughout LA and around the nation. Its also one of the most under reported facets of what went down 20 years ago.
We recently sat down with Aqeela Sherrills who was part of that important process. In this interview he gives an indepth run down of what took place and what’s going on now in LA, 20 years later. He talks in great detail about the decrease in crime because of the Truce. He noted that LA has its lowest crime in over 40 years and that its currently in its 8th year of decreases. He also talked about how the 92 Gang Truce was an inspiration for the Million man march which took place 3 years later.
He also goes into detail explaining the attempts to break the Truce.. The main culprit? LAPD. He noted that the police had strong economic incentive to keep the chaos going due to the huge amount of income they were generating via overtime pay and the formation of specialized task force. It was in their interests to play up the fear and downplay the truce.
In our interview Aqeela also talks about the Black/ Brown conflict. He explains how a lot of the beef has been rival gangs (one Black one Brown) going at it and not so much due to racial hatred..
Here’s a link to this insightful interview..that aired yesterday on our TRadioV show
Below is an incredible clip just days after the Rodney King Uprising..It aired on Nightline w/ Ted Koppell and features gang members Bone and Lil Monster
We went digging in the crates to pull out an insightful interview w/ former Gang member Twilight Bey who was the inspiration for the PBS show Twilight LA…He gives a solid breakdown of the 92 Gang Truce and what led up to LA Uprisings.. Much of what he said 10 years ago holds true today.. Below pt 1 of the 4pt conversation..
As we close out we have to acknowledge the role music and Hip Hop played in the Rodney King/ LA Uprisings.. First a bit of history… Back in 1965 during the Watts Rebellion, the media and the police blamed popular African-American disc jockey Magnifigent Montague for setting it off. Montague was heard on KGFJ where he frequently peppered his on air banter in between the hottest R&B and Soul songs of the day with tidbits about African American history. He would often have guest on his show including Malcolm X. Martin Luther King name checks him in a couple of speeches praising him for his activism.
Montague had a slogan that he used whenever he played a hit record.. That phrase was ‘Burn Baby Burn‘. Listeners would call up when he played a dope song and repeat the phrase. During the Watts Rebellion in 65, folks in the streets adapted the phrase. Some flipped it and said Burn Whitey Burn..
Montague was on the air encouraging folks to go home, but that didn’t stop Chief William Parker from publicly calling for Montague to be fired. LAPD also stepped to him to stop using the phrase. Montague kept his job, but dropped the slogan and changed it to Learn Baby learn as he committed himself to working with youth and calling for peace.
The scapegoating of Montague should be noted because years later during the 92 Uprisings, folks blamed rappers like Ice Cube for setting a tone that would lead to social unrest. Folks looked at songs like Black Korea, which Cube did in homage to Latasha Harlin 7 months before the 92 unrest where he warned Korean merchants to respect the Black fist or get burned to a crisp.. When folks went after Korean stores during the rebellion, Cube was called to task and accused of being racist..
What was overlooked was that Cube and many others were soundtracking the emotions and sentiments held by many at that time.. We could look back to Toddy Tee doing Batterram and Ice T doing 6 N the Morning as giving us early glimpse into what Black folks in LA were struggling with..
NWA‘s F### tha Police took it to a whole other level and became an anthem, which netted response from police departament and the FBI.. Police in cities throughout the country pressured venue owners to not allow the song to be played.. An FBI member sent a letter to the group condemning the group.
After the uprisings Cube shunned his critics and turned up the heat with songs like We Had to Tear This Mother Up Here he talks about going after the Simi Valley jury and personally assaulting the 4 officers who were aquitted. He name checks each of them and drops a line explaining the violent manner he would like to see befall them.
Meanwhile, his then newly signed artist Kam who was apart of the Gang Truce documents and celebrates it in his song Peace Treaty . His video brings to life the beauty of unity that was unfolding in Watts.
In the wake of that dozens of songs emerged referencing the 92 Gang Truce, the LA Uprisings and anger toward the police.
Conclusion
As we look back on the 20th anniversary, lets allow what occurred to be an inspiration. Lets learn lessons from the historic gang truce, lets try to bring similar efforts in our own communities. Lets also learn the lessons of a police force that refuses to change. 20 years after the Uprisings we seen the police departments get worse. It was just last week that we saw the investigation into LA sheriffs about a group of rogue cops calling themselves the Jump Off Boys.. The struggle continues..
With the NBA Playoffs kicking off today, we thought it would be fun to note the comparisons between rappers and NBA ballers!
We see them kick it in the club at NBA All-Star Weekend every year; they listen to Hip-Hop before games to get hype, and some NBA players love the music so much, that they even go on to start rap labels (i.e. Carmelo signed Cassidy…what!?!?).
But, what if the existing NBA Players were some of today’s top rappers? And what if rappers were some of our favorite NBA players? Who would they be? Who are their parallel artists or ballers?
We know everyone wants to be like Mike, but everyone can’t be MJ. This might be all barbershop talk and heresay, but this is a lil’ run down of our choices for the closest comparisons between NBA Ballers vs. Rappers:
Delonte West vs. T.I.
Ridin’ around strapped is what these dudes do. Well, T.I. might not anymore because he’s on that “Family Hustle,” but Delonte for sure. We all know about T.I.’s famous arrest a few years back before the BET Awards, but what about Delonte West? Getting caught riding around on the 2009 Can-Am Spyder motor bike with a 9mm Beretta on his waist, a Ruger .357 strapped to his leg, and a shotgun inside a guitar case slung over his back. WOW! CHILL, HOMIE!
Let’s not even get into the fact that they both like women who are a lil’ bit older.
Dirk Nowitski vs. Drake
Man, Drake ain’t finna hurt NOBODY. He sure didn’t hurt Common. And neither is Dirk. He can def be a marshmallow in the paint. Honestly, though, they both got game the ring and the hit records. Both have CRAZY RICH owners… Is Birdman the Mark Cuban of Rap? HA!
But, bottom line, these dudes are kinda S.O.F.T…
Hey, Dirk did pop bottles at Liv with Young Money when he won it all last year. Eh, it fits – let’s just go with it.
Jeremy Lin vs. Chamillionaire
Chamillionaire said it himself. According to Cham, he is Jeremy Lin before he blew up, and the world’s media went into frenzy. Cham believes that his time to shine again is right around the corner. “Right now, I’ll be honest, I’m Jeremy Lin before he got off that bench. Capable of doing something good, but people have yet to see it. Had a little bit of success, but now I’m on the bench, so that’s me. I had a little bit of success, but now I’m ready to show people what I’m capable of doing. And I even don’t like New York teams,” Chamillionare told AllHipHop.com.
Cham definitely ain’t Scottie Pippen… Remember that run-in a few years ago when MJ wouldn’t sign Chamillionaire’s memorabilia??? LMAO!
It’s all good, though. Chamillionaire is def a good dude, and he works hard… kinda… like Jeremy Lin.
Meta World Peace vs. DMX
In the words of Ed Lover, “C’mon son! GTFOHWDBS.” Who does that, Meta? Dude BLASTED James Harden in the back of the head. Let’s not talk about him running into the stands to jack people throwing beer on him a few years back as a Indiana Pacer.
At least he has settled down a little bit as a Laker, and he’s not drinking from a flask at halftime like he used to do back in the day. Meta represents DMX’s unpredictable personality, as he’s had his run-ins with the law himself. It’s sort of like you don’t know if Meta or X is gonna wile’out and hit you, or if they are gonna dap you up.
Either way, don’t mess with these dudes. Period. Legendary, but please, please don’t F*CK with X.
Carmelo vs. Jadakiss
Both talents hold it down for New York. Melo doesnt have any rings yet, but he’s made his mark on the League and will likely go to the NBA Hall of Fame. Jada is legendary in rap and undoubtedly, will never be forgotten…
Nobody hits punchlines so consistently like Mr. So Raspy, and who could forget his signature… “Hehhhhhaaaaa!” *Jada voice*
Maybe Knicks fans will disagree, but you can generally expect Carmelo is gonna ball (and make his opponents look silly) when healthy. He consistently puts up numbers. We just need to see if he can work with Amare and Lin to put it all together.
Birdman vs. MGK
Simply put, these two are tatted up and straight WILD! Birdman was on dat ish for a sec and got kicked out of the League for doing that “H”. Machine Gun Kelly has a song called “Wild Boy” – call them both “Steve-O”, ’cause this was a comparison we saw instantly!
Josh Howard vs. Wiz Khalifa
This man Wiz don’t play no hoops… except for in the BING commercial! (Which was pretty dope.) We didn’t even really have a comparison for Wiz – UNTIL we remembered Josh Howard’s comments about ole’ “Mary 3x” that raised eyebrows across the League a few years back.
“I think a lot of people have that problem [smoking marijuana]. How that could stop me from getting drafted, though? How many guys in the lottery smoke pot? The weed thing, just about everybody smokes,” said Josh Howard. WE FEEL YOU, BUT FALL BACK, JOSH!
“Yeaaaa, uh-huh, you know what it is…”
Lebron vs. 50 Cent
Most hated, yet most accomplished. But really, though, both guys are also going down as two of the all time greatest.
It’s undeniable: Power of a Dollar, Guess Who’s Back, Get Rich or Die Trying? Those are kinda like Bron Bron’s early years in the League with the Cavs. They also both look like they could throw somebody 100 feet in the air. Both have crazy, ridiculous amounts of paper from endorsements via sponsors and business ventures.
And, why not? 50 even said that he would ‘buy Lebron a ring if he came to New York.” That was all back when Lebron was looking for a new team, before “The Decision.” Lebron envisions his own Jay-Z comparison, but hold up. He doesn’t have the rings yet, while Jay-Z has classics and platinum projects for days.
Dennis Rodman vs. Lil Wayne
We took it back a little on this one, but…
Yo, that new Trukfit gear is WILD, SON! Wayne is the king of bright colors and crazy gear. You don’t want to admit it, but we know you see the similarities! Facial piercings, tats, and all. You also gotta give Dennis Rodman credit because he was one of the best rebounders that ever lived, and he has the rings to show for it! All he did was rebound.
Wayne, you know all he does is rap (and sing), too! That boy got bars on bars on bars, “long hair don’t care,” and probably enough Certified RIAA Platinum records to match Dennis Rodman’s rings.
Also, didn’t Baby kiss Wayne? We gonna leave that one alone, since everyone knows Wayne got a new lady. CREW LOVE?
D Wade vs. Rick Ross
Perhaps Rick Ross puts it best in the song “Party Heart” when he says, “Me and Dwayne on the same strip….” These two both have been running the show in South Beach for some time now, and pretty much seem to have a pulse of the city.
From their humble beginnings to their larger than life pads in MIA, these two are the “South Beach Kings.” Rick even performed at D Wade’s birthday party (pictured below).
They’re both killing the game. Not much more you can say about that.
Kobe vs. Kanye West
Both have had a lil’ lady drama in their lives, but it’s all good because they kill it on the court and on the tracks. Kobe’s got six rings, Kanye has five or six classic albums, so they are also a pretty close comparison. They also had the commercial together! #KobeSystem.
Both keep it playerific on the international front – Kobe lived in Italy, and Kanye just moved to London and stays in the fashion game in Paris.
Woops! We were thinking about Kanye and Kris Humphries, but we’re just gonna let that one go, too, since Kanye gettin’ up in Kim nowadays, and that’s a touchy subject for a lot of people.
Lastly, both these dudes have serious egos! Just look at the “smugs” on those faces below!
Michael Jordan vs. Jay-Z
We can’t even list all of their accolades and come-ups, so just call them the “Kings of Everything.”
With all of the Jay-Z references, the endorsements, the rings, the lyrics – “When I come back like Jordan, wearin the 4-5, it ain’t to play games with you…”
Come on. We couldn’t give anyone else this look… “Cause every fourth quarter, I’m likely to Mike Jordan ’em,” – Jay-Z
Don’t forget to leave your comments about our list, and make your own comparisons.
(AllHipHop News) Watts-based rapper glasses Malone has issued a challenge to the racist fans to the racist Boston Bruins fans who tweeted slurs against Washington Capitals player Joel Ward.
Joel Ward became the first black player in NHL history to win a series for his team with the overtime goal.
But the celebration turned sour, after some fans of the Boston Bruins directed a series of racist tweets at Joel Ward after his game 7 goal in overtime eliminated the team from the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Glasses Malone, who has worked with artists like Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, T-Pain and The Cataracs, would like to meet the racist tweeters “face-to-face” for a “chat.”
“It was simple for me. I was checking out a sports blog being the boxing fanatic I am and read a report of a couple guys tweeting some racist things,” Glasses Malone told AllHipHop.com. “I decided to extend an invitation with a few of them. Just a face-to-face conversation for clarification. That’s it. Stand for something or fall for anything.”
Joel Ward was diplomatic about the racist comments, which have been making more headlines than his game-winning OT goal.
“I know what I signed up for. I’m a black guy playing a predominantly white sport,” Ward told reporters. “It’s just going to come with the territory. I’d feel naive or foolish to think that it doesn’t exist. It’s a battle I think will always be there.”
Even the Bruins distanced themselves from the racist tweets after the story hit the media.
“The Bruins are very disappointed by the racist comments that were made following the game last night. These classless, ignorant views are in no way a reflection of anyone associated with the Bruins organization.”
The Capitals will face the New York Rangers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals today (April 28) at 3:00PM.
