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Lil Scrappy Lands New Deal

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rapper Lil’ Scrappy has inked a new deal to release his upcoming album The Grustle.

According to reps for Lil Scrappy, the rapper has partnered his G-Sup label with a company named S–Line, which is owned by his manager, Kevin Clark.

G –Sup and S–Line have created a joint venture with Bonzi Records, a label that label is owned by platinum Chicago producer Jay Wells, who has worked with Keyshia Cole, Snoop Dogg,  Goodie Mob and others.

The deal will allow Lil Scrappy to release The Grustle, which will be distributed by Universal/Fontana in early 2012.

Reps for Lil Scrappy told AllHipHop.com that The Grustle will feature guest appearances from Twista, Bun B, 2 Chainz and others.

The first single from the album is titled “Helicopter” featuring 2 Chainz and Twista and is currently on sale now on iTunes.

Piers Morgan Goes Hip-Hop With 50 Cent

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Queens, New York rapper 50 Cent made a high-profile appearance last night (October 31) on CNN’s talk show “Piers Morgan Tonight.”

Piers Morgan, who took over for legendary journalist/personality Larry King, made a shocking revelation during a lengthy interview with 5o Cent.

Piers Morgan revealed that he’s a fan of hip-hop music, and that he works out to 50s hit single “In Da Club.”

“No one is going to believe me when I say this, but I work out to that song,” Piers Morgan told 50 Cent. “Literally it’s on my iPod. It’s the top of my gym collection. It never fails to get me going. It’s one of the great workout songs ever.”

50 Cent agreed with Piers Morgan and stated that the hit single, which is the most played song on radio in history, is obviously a staple of his performance catalog.

“The problem with that kind of song, Piers, is you got to create something that’s equivalent to it… every day, it’s someone’s birthday, so it’s relevant all over again,” 50 Cent said. “That’s the old reliable. I can’t move the crowd, put it on. It’s going to work.”

50 touched on a number of topics during the interview, including his new anti-bullying book “Playground” and his efforts with his Street King energy shot, which has a program designed to provide meals for 1 billion people who are starving.

In one of the more interesting parts of the interview, Piers Morgan questioned  50 Cent about his father.

According to 50, he has no desire to meet the man who fathered him.

“I never knew my father,” 50 Cent said adding that he was “grateful” that the man has never attempted to contact him, especially since he has become a world famous star.

During the interview 50 also stated that he still has bullet shrapnel in his tongue from a 2000 incident, when the rapper was shot nine times.

“I slur a little bit from time to time. But this is the new voice, the voice that works,” 50 Cent said. “The one that I had before I actually got shot and went through that actual altercation was only strong enough to make people aware of me in the ten-block radius that I grew up in musically. And this voice is the one the world embraces.”

A$AP Rocky: King of “The New Kids on the Block”

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta) Updated Category: Features
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Harlem’s self proclaimed “pretty mother f*cker” has taken the viral Hip-Hop game by storm as of late. Making his debut on the scene with the infectious ode to Houston screw music, “Purple Swag,” A$AP Rocky immediately raised eyebrows, taking all curious minds away from a slew of fellow recent viral stars, and placing the focus on his Uptown crew – who simply like to hold each other down, get high, drink brew, and kick it.

Then, his follow-up single dropped, the even better tune, “Peso,” which found its way straight to New York radio airwaves as Hot 97 quickly adopted the loose hit. His eclectic grace makes most wonder how a young Harlem cat can bust on the scene with early Houston-influenced flows, “swaggy” bars similar to Wiz Khalifa, and a brotherhood lifestyle last depicted in the early ’90s on the West Coast. Fond of Old English 40’s and tied up gangsta-style bandannas – A$AP Rocky is going in for the kill, and he’s bringing his crew alongside with him.

AllHipHop.com spent some time with the newly-signed artist at the Polo Grounds Music offices in Manhattan. In the first part of the interview, Rocky speaks on his rumored $3 million deal, his new label, A$AP Worldwide, and what venues that book him in the future need to know after his well-publicized Fader Fort performance/debacle during October’s CMJ Music Marathon in New York City:

The rapidly rising star will soon be seen touring alongside Drake and Kendrick Lamar as part of the “Club Paradise Tour.” In the second part of the interview, he shares his thoughts on his tour-mates’ music before he compares Drake to “the modern day Jay-Z,” and Kendrick Lamar to a combination of OutKast and Nas. He then comes up with an interesting comparison for himself involving two Hip-Hop titans and one Rock ‘N Roll idol:

His first mixtape, Live.Love.Asap, released for free on Halloween, mostly features in-house production and guest verses coming from the likes of Clams Casion, A$AP Ty Beats, Spaceghostpurrp, and more. Aside from being a collective of rappers and producers, “the new kids on the block,” as Rocky refers to all of the A$AP crew, includes a number of “fashion n*ggas,” too. In the last part of the interview, he speaks on his mixtape and the entire A$AP movement:

During the interview, Rocky also revealed that he had recently directed the music video for Fool’s Gold rapper Danny Brown’s new single, “Blunt After Blunt.” On the set, he shared that artists like Mos Def and Kendrick Lamar made appearances, as did comedian Dave Chappelle. You can check a video of Rocky sharing some advice that Chappelle gave him here and also see and hear his thoughts on the rumored Odd Future beef here.

Download “A$AP Rocky – Live.Love. A$AP.” Now!