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BIGGIE WEEK: Daily Word – “The 10 Life Commandments”!!!

By: seandrasims Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Happy Friday, my Movers and Shakers!!

Today marks the 15th Anniversary of the Death of Biggie Smalls! In commemoration of his life and to wrap up our #BiggieWeek theme, we are dedicating today’s Daily Word to the “10 Life Commandments”! My aim is to have fun on this one, but please take heed as well! I hope you enjoy!
-Ash’Cash

(Here’s the DJ Premier instrumental to Biggie’s version, in case you want to rap along!)

It’s time to take back your dreams, and get a better handle, the rules to the game, now written in a manual,
a step by step booklet for you to get, your life on track, with abundance not lack:

Rule number uno, never ever let go, of your dreams and goals, ’cause you know, Complacency breeds bad energy, Especially bad luck, tears your confidence up.

Number two, always prepare your next move, Don’t you know Opportunity meets preparedness, awareness. Your goals must have clearness. You done spent nights up on this wish, so don’t just let it slip.

Number three, never ever stop your belief, Your mind can open up doors, your goals are already yours,
its a universal law, that comes with no flaws, you can have anything as long as you have the galls

Number four, know you heard this before, You’ll never get by on just a 9-5!

Number five, always practice, what you’re best at, I don’t care if you’re already great, stay up late!

Number six, doubting all your greatness, is tasteless, To reach all your goals its gonna to take patience.

Seven, this rule is so underrated, Keep your negative emotions completed regulated! Success and bad thoughts don’t mix. Wanna fix your mind quick? Think positive and that will be it.

Number eight, never keep regrets on you, Whatever happened in the past will fix itself soon!

Number nine, shoulda been number one to me, If you’re going to think small, you might as well not think! Thoughts become things, take heed a listen.. There’s no need to start wishing if its not the biggest.

Number ten, a strong word called commitment, be determinant, it helps fulfillment, If you truly want your goal just say so, be always on your job, rain, sleet, hail, snow.

Follow these rules and love life when you wake up, no excuses 24/7, is your make up, Good thoughts hit your temple, watch your life shape up, all negative things you break up, in the past.

Your mind shine bright like Jacob, heard in three weeks your foes took a major pay cut! Heard you got so focused, don’t got time for haters!

Gotta go, gotta go, more lives to wake up, word up!

*** Ash Cash!!!!!!

One, two, three, four, five
One, two, three, four, five
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

It’s the 10 Life Commandments!

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.

Hip-Hop Rumors: French Montana Almost Rejected the XXL Freshmen Cover!

By: ginatorres27 Updated Category: Rumors
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Bad Boy artist French Montana admits that the he almost skipped out on XXL Magazine’s annual Freshmen issue, because he felt they were two years late on his buzz. Check out his comments below:

“I kinda like wasn’t gonna do it, because I felt like I deserved it two years ago, last year. You know how that goes,”

They were like, ‘This is based upon if you don’t have an album out.’ But to me, I looked at it as another stepping stone because I respect everything they do,” I said, ‘I really don’t have no album out and I’m still like a rookie to the mainstream world.”

Well, better late than never, I guess.

Non Hip-Hop Rumors: Were Rihanna’s Recent “Rice Cake” Tweets Racist?

By: ginatorres27 Updated Category: Rumors
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A few days ago Rihanna tweeted a package of rice cakes wearing sunglasses and gold hoop earrings with the caption “Ima make u my b*tch.”

A few hours later, The International Business Tribune published an article titled “Is Rihanna Making Racist ‘Rice Cakes’ Jokes About Chris Brown Girlfriend Karrueche Tran?”, because “rice cake” is a common epithet for those of Vietnamese descent.

Rihanna also says the lyric “I’m sweeter than a rice cake” in her new remix for “Birthday Cake” featuring Chris Brown. We have never read or heard that slur before, and I hope its just a coincidence. If not, we find the whole thing offensive and distasteful.

Do you think Rihanna knew it was a slur or is it just a coincidence?

BIGGIE WEEK: The Unsolved Murder of The Notorious B.I.G. Fifteen Years Later

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Today (March 9), The Notorious B.I.G. is being remembered by family, friends, fans, and music listeners worldwide, as this marks the 15th anniversary of the date the Brooklyn rapper life’s was ended at the young age of 24.

Christopher Wallace was shot with a rare ammunition in the early morning hours of March 9, 1997, after leaving a Vibe Magazine party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, while celebrating the Soul Train Music Awards. Rumors and speculation have circulated the rapper’s homicide from day one.

Caught in the crossfire of an apparent East Coast vs. West Coast feud, The Notorious B.I.G. left the world with a vault of records that have become known in nearly every crevice of the world, selling over 17 million albums in the United States alone.

His iconic stature supersedes any other Hip-Hop artist, aside from his former friend and West Coast rival rapper Tupac Shakur, whose death occurred merely six months before his own.

Fifteen years later after the gunfire has ceased, the FBI has released documents regarding the murder; however, the police have still yet to make any arrests or find anyone guilty.

Composite sketch of alleged Biggie Smalls shooter

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) opened up a homicide case after the Wallace murder and are said to have thwarted the murder investigation when findings showed that LAPD officers were directly linked to Notorious B.I.G. nemesis and Death Row Records head Suge Knight.

Numerous documentaries elude to Suge Knight playing a role in arranging the murder of Biggie in retaliation for Shakur’s murder, but the most concrete evidence about what happened can be found in recent FBI documents that show how Wallace was shot and killed with a very rare form of ammunition, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.

While most of the information is known, the FBI documents reveal details into what the agency knew about the case. The FBI investigation also stated that a variety Los Angeles Police Department officers, both on and off duty – with gang ties – helped the shooter escape, in addition to stymying the investigation, by not following up on witness reports, or properly documenting witness statements.

At one point, at least 10 witnesses were ready to provide information, but refused to talk to the LAPD. The FBI also has uncut video of the shooting.

In documents released by the FBI, it is also alleged that, at the time, Death Row was making millions from selling records by artists like Tupac, Snoop Dogg, and Tha Dogg Pound. Other associates working for the label were allegedly selling kilos of cocaine for $14,000, which were then re-sold on the East Coast, for $24,000.

According to the documents, B.I.G. was shot and killed with rounds of Gecko 9mm armor piercing ammunition, which is rarely found in the United States and made in Germany.

After an anonymous caller tipped other police that an unnamed Mob Piru Bloods gang member was involved, LAPD officers obtained a search warrant and found 9mm guns and more Geco 9mm rounds.

The LAPD never conducted ballistic tests, and according to documents, more officers were involved in thwarting the investigation, including two of former Chief Parks’ “personal recruits.” Check out the documents here.

Making matters worse, the whole feud’s inception seems to be linked to the work of Jimmy Henchman who reportedly arranged for Shakur to be shot in New York City at Quad Studios in 1994.

The Notorious B.I.G. left behind a widow, singer Faith Evans, his mother Voletta Wallace, daughter Tionna Wallace, budding actor/son, Christopher Wallace “CJ” Wallace, Jr., and countless released and unreleased Hip-Hop classics.

Jay-Z Tapped To Headline Free Festival in UK; 100,000 Expected

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Rap superstar Jay-Z will treat to fans a free concert this summer in the UK.

Jay-Z will headline Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend, which takes place in Hackney Marshes.

The show, which is expected to draw over 100,000 people, will also feature performances from Tinie Tempah, Florence and The Machine, Leona Lewis, Flo Rida, will.I.am.,
Professor Green and others.

The tickets are being given away by Radio 1, in what is the biggest concert ever organized by the UK-based company.

In total, over 100 artists from around the world will perform on six stages during the Radio 1 Hackney Weekend, which takes place on June 24.

More artists will be announced in the coming weeks, while tickets will be given away beginning on Monday, March 19.

Top Dawg Entertainment Signs Joint Venture Deal With Aftermath/Interscope

By: timsanchez818 Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) West Coast based Top Dawg Entertainment, the home to Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Ab-Soul, has just signed a joint venture deal with Aftermath/Interscope Records, according to the company’s founder Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith.

The label is set to release an official press release giving more details about the deal shortly.

According to reports, the deal includes a joint release between Top Dawg, Aftermath and Interscope for Kendrick Lamar’s upcoming album, and that future releases for his labelmates will be between Top Dawg and Interscope.

Frank Ocean & Rita Ora To Tour With Coldplay

By: @KareemTaylor Updated Category: Alternatives
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Odd Future member Frank Ocean and Roc Nation newbie Rita Ora are scheduled to join Alternative Rock group Coldplay on the Europe leg of their stadium tour.

From May to September, the two will be playing with the band across the continent.

Frank Ocean will join Marina and the Diamonds on Coldplay’s Copenhagen dates, starting on August 28 and finishing up in Hanover on September 22. Ora will play with the band from May 29 to June 10.

Ora recently visited Z100 with her boss Jay-Z to premiere “How We Do (Party)”, the debut and lead single from her upcoming studio album.

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Sa-Ra Member Taz Arnold Releases Solo Mixtape “Rad America”; Speaks On Future Fashion Ventures

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta) Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Fashion designer and one-third of Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Taz Arnold, has just released his debut solo project titled Rad America for free.

The 21-track mixtape features samples from Meek Mill, Drake, Chris Brown, and many more and acts as an introduction to Tesla, a new alias that Taz has created.

Download Taz’s album Rad America, which is also the first release from Taz’s TI$A Records imprint, for free here.

AllHipHop.com caught up with Taz at his Community 54 in-store appearance in NYC last month and got to ask him about his music and what he’s got coming down the pipeline on the fashion tip. Check it out below:

Hip-Hop Rumors: Jay Electronica Working On EP With… Lil B?!

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta) Updated Category: Rumors
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After taking to Twitter last night to announce that the New Orleans MC has officially completed his album Act II and will be turning it in tomorrow to the RocNation heads, he followed up with a tweet thanking Lil B for his “letters of encouragement”. The next part of his tweet is puzzling to say the least, “Let’s get busy on this EP we spoke of.”

Then the self proclaimed “Based God” tweeted back: “JAY ELECTRONICA I UNDERSTAND I WILL TELL BASEDWORLD RECORDS!! LIL B LOVES YOU AND SUPPORTS, THE WORLD IS NOT READY”

Riiiiiiiight…How in the hell these two can create a coherent sounding project together puzzles us but we’ve heard worse things in the past… V-Nasty and Gucci Mane *cough cough*.

The more important news out of all of this though is that ACT II is coming soon!

Flo Rida, LMFAO, Bruno Mars Pass 5 Million Sold; B.o.B., Em Certified Platinum

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Three top Hip-Hop/R&B artists were certified five times platinum last month by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Rapper Flo Rida Electronica/Hip-Hop/Electronic group LMFAO and Bruno Mars all received plaques for selling over 5 million downloads of their most popular singles.

Flo Rida’s 2009 song “Right Round,” LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” and Bruno Mars’ “Just The Way You Are” all received plaques for moving over 5 million copies each.

Hip-Hop continues to power the new digital revolution, with B.o.B checking in with a certification for 4 million singles sold for the hit song “Airplanes,” “Moves Like Jagger,” and “If I Die Young.”

B.o.B’s single” Strange Clouds” also took home a platinum certification for 1 million single sold.

Eminem and Royce Da 5’9 earned a double platinum certification for downloads as Bad Meets Evil.

Their single “Lighters” has sold over 2 million copies, while Eminem’s songs “Space Bound” and “Cinderella Man” have been certified gold.

Adele, whose album 21, was produced in part by Hip-Hop pioneer Rick Rubin, has been certified 8 times platinum.

Modern Day Marvin Gaye? Meet Aloe Blacc

By: @KareemTaylor Updated Category: Alternatives
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Really? A modern day Marvin Gaye? With pop-infused R&B dominating the radio waves, Aloe Blacc’s bringing back a sound many have missed. A sound that makes people feel empowered and ready to get up and do something.

“I Need A Dollar”, the theme song for HBO’s big hit (now canceled) “How to Make it in America”, was written and performed by soul crooner Aloe Blacc. Now, he’s got a new video for his Marvin Gaye-inspired track, “You Make Me Smile”.

“My purpose for music is positive social change,” says Orange County, California native. Overseas in France, Germany and the United Kingdom, Blacc’s already a hit, scoring gold status in all three countries.

“You Make Me Smile” appears on Blacc’s 2010 album Good Things.

Find more information on Aloe Blacc here.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Rihanna’s Dad Supportive of her Reunion with Chris Brown, Calls Her Fat!

By: ginatorres27 Updated Category: Rumors
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Rihanna’s father, Ronald Fenty, just can’t seem to keep him mouth shut to the press about his daughter. He recently did an interview with Heat Magazine where he revealed that Chris Brown is a “nice guy”, and that he told Rihanna “she was a little fat” the last time her saw her. Check out what he said below:

”Chris is a nice guy and everybody’s entitled to make mistakes in their life. God knows how many I’ve made,” Fenty tells the new issue of Heat magazine, when asked about the singer collaborating with her ex on two songs. “She’s her own woman now.”


“I actually thought she was a little fat the last time I saw her,” he said. “When I saw her at this year’s Grammys, I thought she was back to her normal size. I used to joke with her, ‘Robyn, you’re getting too fat.’ But I think she’s fine. I think she looked excellent, as everyone saw, at the Grammys. She’s dieting, she’s working out.”

Mr. Fenty, who Rihanna brought with her to the 2012 Grammy Awards, seems to have forgotten that his daughter stopped talking to him just two years ago for this very reason, among others, I’m sure.

“Maybe we’re not as close as we were when she was growing up here … But we are blood, we do not stay angry.”

Yeah, you two are blood, Mr. Fenty, but you can’t keep making the same mistake and thinking that you can get away with it every time. Learn the lesson, sir, and close your trap about your daughter to the media!

Hip-Hop Rumors: Are the “Hip Hop Honors” Cancelled?

By: ginatorres27 Updated Category: Rumors
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We are hearing rumors that the “2012 Hip Hop Honors” will be cancelled this year. Late last year, an inside source told us that the Honors would return – but it looks like those rumors have been squashed.

Our source revealed that they were trying to put the show together for 2012, which would be the final one, but all of their plans are falling through and it looks like they won’t be able to pull it off.

One can only hope they can get it together and work it out. There are still so many other people that need to be honored. People like Kool G Rap, EPMD, and of course, Jay-Z…who we hear actually refused to be honored. Who do you think deserves to be honored if the Honors do indeed come back?

The Vibe House Respect The West Showcase @ SXSW

By: Steve Raze (@SteveRaze) Updated Category: Slider
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The annual Vibe House is being presented by Cashmere Agency, Vibe Magazine and MMXLII and adidas Originals.

A number of top West Coast rappers are confirmed for the event, which will take place on Saturday, March 17 from 8pm – 2am at Kiss & Fly nightclub in Austin, TX.

Artists like Strong Arm Steady, Self Scientific, Terrace Martin ft. 9th Wonder, Pac D##, Dom Kennedy, Jay Rock, Ab Soul, Kendrick Lamar, Nispey Hussle and others are confirmed to perform.

For more details visit vibe.com/sxsw and to support on twitter use #VIBEHouseSXSW!!

If you won’t be at SXSW this year, The VIBE House will also stream live via Livestream, so fans around the world can tune-in to watch the entire show, exclusive at new.livestream.com/vibehouse  and AlliHpHop.com.

50 Cent To Perform “Get Rich Or Die Tryin” Album At Shady 2.0 SXSW Showcase

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) It’s been officially announced that this year at SXSW, Shady Records will be putting on a very unique showcase that will feature G-Unit founder 50 Cent performing his debut album Get Rich Or Die Tryin in it’s entirety.

In addition to 50’s performance, Shady Records artists Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf will also both have sets of their own at the showcase which is being presented by Beats By Dre, Fuse, Lipton Brisk and The Village Voice.

Shade45 and Rap Radar will also be involved with the Shady 2.0 showcase as they present “The Next Phase” which will be hosted by Sway and feature performances from Big K.R.I.T, Action Bronson, Don Trip, Schoolboy Q, S.T.S. and The Foodchain.

The Shady 2.o Showcase will take place on Friday March 16th at the Austin Music Hall. Doors open at 7 p.m.

For more information visit www.ShadyRecords.com

VibeHouse’s AllHipHop Breeding Ground Showcase @ SXSW

By: Steve Raze (@SteveRaze) Updated Category: Breeding Ground
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The annual Vibe House is being presented by Cashmere Agency, Vibe Magazine and MMXLII and adidas Originals.

Confirmed artists to perform during this year’s Breeding Ground showcase include Juvenile, Mystikal, Trae the Truth, Don Trip, Big K.R.I.T, as well as Breeding Ground Artists [BGA] Future, Travis Porter, Chevy Woods, Smoke DZA, Six Reasons, Erreon Lee, Dee 1, Tito Lopez, Rockie Fresh and the new additions of The Airplane Boys and Chase N Cash and others.

The first event to take place is AllHipHop.com’s Breeding Ground showcase, which takes place on Friday, March 16 from from 8pm – 2am at Kiss & Fly nightclub in Austin, TX

For more details visit vibe.com/sxsw and to support on twitter use #VIBEHouseSXSW!!

If you won’t be at SXSW this year, The VIBE House will also stream live via Livestream, so fans around the world can tune-in to watch the entire show, exclusive at new.livestream.com/vibehouse.

BIGGIE WEEK: Can Anyone Replace BIG?

By: seandrasims Updated Category: Uncategorized
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To say Biggie was phenomenal to me feels like a gross understatement. The man did things for the culture that haven’t been replicated or duplicated since. How many rappers can easily go from storytelling, to battle rapping, to romantic anthems that made the ladies swoon, to owning every collaboration he’s featured on? Not many, and very few who can do it all with the precision that Big Poppa had. He was clearly in a class by himself, ahead of his time, and left us as fans with a chasm-sized void that can never be totally filled…

That doesn’t mean that people haven’t tried…. a LOT!!!!

The first attempt that sticks out in my head came from BIG’s best friend, Sean-Puffy-Puff Daddy-P. Diddy-Diddy-Now-I’m-Just-Sean-Combs, with Shyne. Although Shyne didn’t look anything that resembled “Black and Ugly as Ever,” if you closed your eyes, he sounded a lot like him.

Unfortunately, we can’t ever know what heights Shyne could have reached because of an incident at Club New York that involved a gun, “American Idol” judge and Kohl’s spokesperson, Jennifer Lopez, and Ciroc Obama. The incident landed Shyne in the bing, and it did irreparable damage to his potential career.

The next “Wanna-BIG” that I remember was Guerilla Black. Not only did he have the girth, the look, and the sound, he was actually talented.

Sadly for him, Guerilla Black was so much like Biggie that people took to him with all of the enthusiasm that Snuggie owners had over the Slanket! Maybe it was too much too soon. Maybe we didn’t give him a fair chance to get out of what could arguably be described as the largest shadow in Hip-Hop. Any way you slice it, Guerilla Black was gone before you could say “UGHHH.”

It’s 2012, and on the 15th anniversary of the Notorious B.I.G.’s unfortunately premature demise, Hip-Hop is in need of something a little more solid. The radio is cluttered with a bunch of surface rap and sing-song styled, skinny jean (or worse yet, JEGGING) rap. Real Hip-Hop seems to have returned to the underground – a place where you won’t find reality show cameras or people with lackluster skills. It’s there that I ran across Philly Swain.

Before I get into who Swain is and what makes him special, I need to tell you that he’s not trying to be BIG. He’s trying to be HUGE.

Swain grew up in Philly, and although he lives in LA, he reps the East Coast… HARD! “If Biggie didn’t pass, I would have never taken rap seriously,” he says. “Biggie had an energy that changed the game. He died four blocks from my house (on Wilshire), and I just want to bring that energy back.”

Swain isn’t without credentials. He’s been a BET 106th & Park “Freestyle Friday” champion and a Red Bull EmSee Battle Champion. He’s the first rapper to have a battle on Pay-Per-View, in addition to having millions of hits on every site from YouTube to Facebook and everything in between. Paramount even shot a documentary on him called Hustle Diaries.

It’s rare that I endorse anyone, let alone put him in the same SENTENCE as BIG, but Philly Swain reminds me why I love Hip-Hop. He is REAL. His life story didn’t come from some other gangster, nor was it manufactured in some A&R’s office.

I miss gangster sh*t. I miss having fun when I turn on the radio or the TV. I miss lyrics that are actually SAYING something. Swain’s latest mixtape, Swain Storm, brings all of those things to the forefront.

No one will ever replace BIG.

He was a man so influential that he made Michael Jackson curse (see HERE), but Philly Swain will remind you of what Hip-Hop SHOULD be, and what it could be again. Check out more on Philly Swain HERE.

David Tazz Anderson is a Nationally Recognized Media Personality, Motivational Speaker and Author. His latest book, Common Sense Ain’t Common, is available at www.TazzDaddy.com or wherever books are sold. Follow him on Twitter (@TazzDaddy).