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Hip-Hop Rumors: NSFW -Trina’s Phone Allegedly Gets Hacked

All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.

TRINA HAS SOME NUDE PICS FLOATING

Aw man! I don’t know what the hell this mess is, but they are going in on the homey Trina! I must say this is NSFW (that means, not safe for work, not safe for wife, not save for anybody under the age of 18.) I hope Trina can get rid of this one, because she’s making a remarkable comeback.

TRINA, WE LOVE YOU!!!

They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!

-illseed

WHO: illseed.com

WHAT: Rumors

WHERE: AllHipHop.com, MySpace.com/TheIllseed

HOW: Send your rumors and ill pics to illseed at [email protected].

Hip-Hop Rumors: Jay-Z Lets Female Fan Perform And She Killed It…With A Twist!

 

All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.

FAN PERFORMS WITH JAY-Z AND TALKS SLICK TO BEY!

“There was no Beyonce just me and you!?”

Shout out to my homey Al from Mobile, AL, who hit me up with this “rumor” that ended up turning into the real deal.

Here is how this video went down at the Jay-Z stop in New Orleans. Jay was getting ready to do “Encore” and he was just talking to the crowd and some chick was yelling for him to do “Song Cry.” Then she started to yell that she wanted to do it with him. Jay told her to come on up. Took her a few mins cause she had on a short dress and some heels, but security finally got her on stage. She killed it, Al told me. She altered the lyrics to bust the line, “there was no Beyonce just me and you!” Jay just had to laugh at that one. Clearly, the girl must have been sitting at home remixing Jay-z songs to fit her. Here is the video.

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THICK JAY-Z FAN, WE LOVE YOU!!!

They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!

-illseed

WHO: illseed.com

WHAT: Rumors

WHERE: AllHipHop.com, MySpace.com/TheIllseed

HOW: Send your rumors and ill pics to illseed at [email protected].

Hip-Hop Rumors: Beyonce Catches ‘Tude! Soulja Boy Talks Berg Chain! Detox Dance?

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All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.

BEYONCE CATCHES A LIL ‘TUDE!

AJ, who used to be on “106 & Park,” interviewed Beyonce and and he tried to get slick with the Jay-Z questions. Bey caught a lil’ attitude. Funny stuff, but she held it together. AJ almost got a stiletto up his a$$!

Bey is good though, very refined.

50 CENT’S ASSISTANT SET THE FIRE?

Uh oh! This is not going away. A man named Dwayne McKenzie is accused of setting the fire at 50 Cent’s mansion a couple years ago. The man was turned in by his ex-girlfriend! She must have wanted to nail him to the wall, because this was a cold case! Dude’s ex-gf Shana Chin says D-wayne often talked about burning the house down! I’m not sure if this dude still works for 50 or not, but it has been suggested that he does!

SOULJA BOY TALKS ABOUT YUNG BERG’S CHAIN!

“We ain’t got no problems with Yung Berg. We had got the chain up off of somebody else who had the chain. So we were just holding that sh*t. We just got it from somebody who had it so we were like, ‘Ah sh*t!,’ we didn’t want that sh*t floating around no more so we just holding on to it until he trying to get it back. Yeah [I know what it looks like,] I know people looked at it the wrong way but people were probably thinking ‘They weren’t thinking when posting them pictures’ but it wasn’t nothing like that though. We ain’t robbed that dude or nothing. Right, no beef no beef.”

A related story is: Yung Berg Should Quit The Rap Game

What do you think? Should he quit?

ILLSEED’S QUICKIES

I know this is trivial, but I heard a fan in Seattle didn’t have anything for Jazzy Jeff to sign so Jeff signed his cell phone. Priceless. Shout out to Justin!

I don’t know if you saw this, but the NYC papers are saying that Snoop messed up Juelz’s party. I think they messed up.

DETOX DANCE MUSIC?

Man, somebody tried to tell me that Dr. Dre is going to have “dance” music on Detox. Its not a rumor I believe, but they said:

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

On the real, Dre has done dance music before:

SIGNS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END

People still drink 40 oz’s of malt liquor? Whoa! In Memphis, Tenn at least one person is on that brown water! The mother of an elementary schooler drank a whole 40 and then went to her kids’ school. Guess what happened after that? She took a sword to the to confront the parent of another kid. Apparently, the day before the kids or the parents (I’m not sure) had a fight that consisted only of spitting. Very nasty. I guess, the 40 oz drinker lost or something. She ran through the halls looking for the other parent. Police came on the scene, stopped her and arrested her too.

I’m sure you know about the earthquake in Chili. Now, that’s a real sign the world is coming to an end. Scary stuff.

Shout out to Brian for the tip!

EPIC FAIL OF THE DAY!

What is going on with the Hip-Hop crowd? A male groupie fan runs up on stage and kisses Kid Cudi! I didn’t even watch, but I’ve been informed that it happens around the 2 minute mark.

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PRAY FOR CHILE!

This was a way larger than the one in Haiti, but I was told that Chile is way more prepared.

RAEKWON: TEACHING THE TRUTH TO THE YOUNG BLACK YOUTH

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YUNG BERG, WE LOVE YOU!!!

They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!

-illseed

WHO: illseed.com

WHAT: Rumors

WHERE: AllHipHop.com, MySpace.com/TheIllseed

HOW: Send your rumors and ill pics to illseed at [email protected].

Hip-Hop Rumors: Game & Dre: THE TERMS! Rappers Smash A Tranny?

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All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.

THE GAME AND DR. DRE: THE TERMS!

 

Well, we all know this news and are happy about. The Game and Dr. Dre are back working together. Well, I know everybody has been looking at this as if it was some sort of slight to50 Cent. From what I am hearing, that’s not exactly the case. From what I understand as a rumor, there are some specific terms that The Game and Dre have lined up. The main one is that The Game cannot diss 50 Cent on The R.E.D. Album. I mean, I think that’s why they had a falling out in the first place!

WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!!!

This women is VERY well known by some of your favorite rappers. 

Her name is Nadia and word is she’s been sleeping around Hollywood for

a little while now.  I heard about her skills early last year.  There’s

only one problem…she’s a tranny.  I’m not sure what kind of equipment

“she’s” working with…I’ve never been there, but she was definitely

born a man.

The problem is this budding entrepreneur is starting a boutique and

will document the entire process via reality TV and how will she

generate interest for her show???  You got it!!!  A few artist should

be getting nervous (Bow Wow) as word is she will be throwing a few

people under the bus Karrine Steffans style.

IS THAT A…???Nope…it’s a

d####.  Lady GaGa appears in a new magazine spread holding a d#### in

her pants.  She says since everybody is saying she has a _____ anyway

why not “give them what they want”?  The spread has already been banned

from Borders, they didn’t give a reason but I’m sure you can see why. (illseed: i heard it was a potato.)

WHAT’S THE POINT???So

about a month ago Beyonce said she was going to go on a 6-month hiatus

and go in on her bucket list.  I was under the impression NOT recording

music would be part of that break but I guess I was wrong.  She linked

up wit AJ backstage at one of her concerts and said she WILL be in the

studio during her “hiatus” she says recording is on the list and when

he asks her if she’s taking 6-months off she says “I’m taking off as

many as I can”…hmmmm sounds like she’s back peddling.  I wonder if an

album, a world tour or any movies are on that “list” too???  She also

says she’s killed Sasha Fierce.

I’M JUST SAYIN

Eve is currently in the studio with Canadian producers MSTRKRFT, working on her forthcoming album Lip Locked.

Nick Cannon says a very popular gossip website is funded by the Klan lol.

That Shyne/DJ Khaled record everyone hates has been dropped from the final project.

Them AKA’s complained their way into 1st place…if the shoe were on the other foot all hell would break loose. 

They’re saying Rihanna was sleeping with T.I. before he went to jail and while her and CB were trying to work things out.

Nicki Minaj isn’t rushing the album…doesn’t sound like she’ll drop this year.

The Dodgers are worried that dating Rihanna may cause Matt Kemp to lose focus this season.  He says he can handle it.

Congrats

to super-producer Maestro (Lil Wayne, The Game, Clipse etc) who is

expecting a child with celebrity photographer Joi Pearson.

Trina says she wasn’t dating Soulja Boy … the pictures of them were taken while they were shooting a video for one of his songs.

PEACE – Come to “Chances World” For More

YUNG BERG, WE LOVE YOU!!!

They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!

-illseed

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WHAT: Rumors

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IYAZ – 11 Million Views And Running

 In case 11 million youtube views weren’t enough…the interview begins after “Replay.”

 

 

As the newest addition to Beluga Heights Records, IYAZ is following in the footsteps of Sean Kingston to become one of the Caribbean’s greatest musical exports.  With the release of “Replay,” Keidran Jones has experienced chart-topping success in Australia, Britain and the United States—conclusively cementing his status as an international superstar.

Straddling the lines of hip-hop, pop and R&B, IYAZ has found a welcome home in the hearts of a diverse swath of music lovers, who have embraced his curse-free music and care-free persona.  On March 30, 2010, he will release his debut – My Life – via Warner Music Group.

In the midst of a promotional tour for My Life, IYAZ managed to squeeze some time out of his busy schedule and settle down for an interview with Clayton Perry—reflecting on the industry’s growing appreciation of Island music, his artistic responsibilities as a “role model” for youth, and his admiration of Bob Marley and Wyclef Jean.AllHipHop.com: With your music, you have made a concerted effort to make sure that your lyrics are curse-free? There are few male rappers that take that kind of stand.  In fact, the only person that immediately comes to mind is Will Smith.

IYAZ: I just felt that that was the way I wanted to go. I hate to see young kids cursing. I don’t want them to be singing the words of my song and using cursing words non-stop. So I just try to keep my music curse-free, so that everybody can sing it and there’s nothing bad that anyone can say about it.

AllHipHop.com:  Is it safe to assume that you feel that artists have a certain responsibility for the images and lyrics they present to the public?

IYAZ: I think every artist should feel that way. Not just myself. In everything I do, no matter what the song is, the rest of that message I want to get across, I’m trying to make it as positive as possible.AllHipHop.com: Your mom always kept you on your P’s and Q’s. Now that you are a grown man in your own right, what particular things do you think she still keeps you in check on?IYAZ: She still keeps me in check on everything! [laughing] My mom doesn’t care how old I am. I’m not too old to get a butt-whooping! [laughing] She still calls me to make sure I say my prayers before I go to sleep [laughing]. She doesn’t play with that, you know? But she doesn’t really have to keep me in check though. I was brought up the right way, so I just stick to what I know from growing up.”The best advice that Sean gave me is “sleep when you die.” I have a

one-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He told me you can’t just sit around and

not work for it.” – IYAZ

AllHipHop.com: Your government name is Keidron Jones. What’s the story behind your stage name?

IYAZ: Iyaz means “the boss,” the one in charge. That was actually my godfather’s name. And I used to be around him a lot. They called me “mini Iyaz,” but as you can see I’m not mini anymore. So there you have it, the big IYAZ.AllHipHop.com: What special bond did you and your godfather share?

IYAZ: Everywhere he went, I went. I wanted to be just like him. So I just gradually took the name from him.

AllHipHop.com: Over the past decade, several Caribbean artists have exploded here in the States: Sean Paul, Rihanna and Sean Kingston, in particular.  As a member of this Caribbean music invasion, why do you think a lot of American listeners have gravitated towards “island music”?

IYAZ: Island music is cultural music. It’s feel good music. You can’t help but listen to it. When people think of paradise and vacation, they think of the Islands, right? So, that’s why I think people tend to gravitate to it. It’s something different. Something special.  And it’s not the typical stuff you hear every day, all day. 

AllHipHop.com: When did you really gravitate towards music? At what point did you determine that music-making is what you were born to do?

 IYAZ: As far as I can remember, I always wanted to be involved in music. When I was in college, I was studying to do something in video. And I knew production. But I just wanted to be involved in music, no matter what it was. It could be recording. It could have been engineering. It could have been video. I could have been the artist.

AllHipHop.com: So when you look back on your college experience, how did it enhance your artistic career? What skills did you develop during that time?

IYAZ: It helped me big time. I didn’t have to sit around and wait until I get in the studio to come up with great ideas. I could work outside the studio. I’m great at what I do, so I will sit down. If I have ideas, I’ll just record them into my laptop, engineer them — because I have a little program on my laptop — so I’ll just sit down, engineer them and then send them up to J. R. to see what he says. And then whatever he doesn’t like, I change. That way by the time I do get back to L.A. to record, there’s no sitting around trying to pick through ideas, or whatever. It’s just record, record, record and then get back on the road.”Island music is cultural music. It’s feel good music.

You can’t help but listen to it. When people think of paradise and

vacation, they think of the Islands, right? So, that’s why I think

people tend to gravitate to it.” – IYAZ

 AllHipHop.com: Now that you have signed with Beluga Heights and frequently collaborating with Sean Kingston and J.R. Rotem, what professional lessons have you learned from them? What’s the best advice they have given you?                                                                                                                               

IYAZ: The best advice that Sean gave me is “sleep when you die.” I have a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He told me you can’t just sit around and not work for it. You’ve made it this far, you’ve got to work hard to make sure you stay relevant and stay on top of the game. And as far as J. R., he’s just so creative and thinks outside of the box. What he does on the keyboard, I do with my voice. I tend to just take different elements of his creativity, his different vibes — I can’t even explain how he is, because he’s kind of weird! [laughing]  It’s just how he is. I try mimic him when I want to be creative or when I have writer’s block.

AllHipHop.com: You spent the bulk of 2009 on the road—touring in support of “Replay.” How do you keep your batteries charged when you are constantly traveling?IYAZ: Music keeps me healthy, man. No matter how tired I am, just put some music on and I’m good. The second you stop playing music, I’m definitely going to fall asleep. Definitely. Like, I’ll be in meetings and whatever. The second they put music on, it’s, “Wow!” Because that’s the one thing that I love. I love performing. I love hearing music. That’s what I’m all about. I’m about making music, doing music, performing. That’s what I like. I don’t really get time to rest. And when I do get downtime, I’m just blasting music. Blasting off. That’s all I need. 

AllHipHop.com: So when you need to relax, what kind of music helps you stay in a chill mode?

IYAZ: I listen to a little bit of everything. Green Day, Rihanna, Lil’ Wayne. I listen to a little gospel. I listen to everything, man. Everything! [laughing]

 AllHipHop.com: As you criss-crossed the globe, how have you improved as a performer?

 IYAZ: I used to reach out to the crowd, a lot, like you know, hands out touching the crowd and stuff. I don’t really do that too much. I started to notice that when I did that everybody would push forward and trample the people in the front. So, I try to be cautious when I do small, little stuff like that. At my show, I just wanted everyone to have a good time. I don’t want anyone to get hurt or nothing like that.

AllHipHop.com: This past week, “Replay” became the number-one single in the U.K. How does it feel to have your work validated by an international audience?

IYAZ: It feels good, you know? I just visited for the first time, like a week ago. And in that first time being there, that’s when my record went to the top of the charts.  So I actually found out when I got there. They announced it at my first interview, then they announced it live on the radio. The U.K. fans, they all love me, support me just as much as my U.S. fans support me. And it feels great to know that. It definitely, definitely feels good.

AllHipHop.com: Although your album has not been released yet, I had the chance to hear “Breathe,” which is my favorite tracks out of your catalog. What details can you share about that particular song?

IYAZ: “Breathe” is actually one of the songs that I got signed off of. That’s what Kara DioGuardi – who brought me to Warner – that’s one of the songs she loves. Pretty much, in that song, I was talking about me being in love with my best friend. In all my songs, I tend to write about stuff that I’m going through, and that was happening to be one of the things that I was going through at that point in time. So we’re talking about me having a girl and I’m trying to explain to her and tell her I’m actually in love with my best friend because I knew my best friend before I actually knew my girl.

AllHipHop.com: I’m not sure if you ever get the chance to travel back home [to the British Virgin Islands], but when you do get to travel back home, what has the response been like?

IYAZ: Back home, it’s crazy! You’d think that I was Michael Jackson or something! [laughing] It’s 100 percent love. They definitely love what I’m doing for the Islands and want to see me go far.

AllHipHop.com: Do you feel any pressure being a role model for your country?

IYAZ: There is pressure, but I’m not really trying to be a role model. I’m actually trying to do what I love to do, which is make music. So that comes first before anything. Like I said, I try to keep my music positive. I try to keep it curse free music. As you can see, everything I do is for music, because I love music. Music comes first. I love recording music for me, first.

AllHipHop.com: When you were growing up, which artists did you consider to be your biggest musical influences?

IYAZ: I used to look up to Bob Marley and Wyclef [Jean]. I listen to them a lot.

AllHipHop.com: What about those two men do you most admire?

IYAZ: Just the way that they can carry themselves. They were both doing something positive. They were both making good music. Had a great following. People looked up to them greatly and the music that they were making was world music. I love to make world music. That makes it feel good and change people, like people still know the power of music. But they may not know how powerful music is. Music is like good medicine.

For more information on IYAZ, visit his official website: http://www.iyazmusic.com/

Yung Berg Should Quit The Rap Game

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are the views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of AllHipHop.com or its employees and affiliates.The other day I listened to Rev. Al Sharpton and Tavis Smiley arguing on live radio.

This is not about them, but follow me here. It was a pretty disturbing display between a pair of well-respected Black leaders. Throughout their belligerent banter, which was focused on Obama’s Black Agenda (or lack of), both men continued to proclaim their love and respect for each other.

“Respectfully and lovingly” were the reoccurring words of the disagreement. (So, before you start with a barrage of “pauses,” listen to the audio of Rev. Al and Tavis argue at the bottom of the page. It will give you some perspective. ) The civil leaders used the words over and over.

With that, I want to make a sharp left to Yung Berg.

Respectfully and lovingly, I’d like to see Yung Berg call it a day in this rap game. Yes, I would like to see him quit. Quitting is an aberration in Hip-Hop, especially in the present day internet era with so much opportunity to maintain visibility. But there is a time for everything. Even a time to quit.

Respectfully and lovingly, Berg has morphed from a promising young talent into the whipping boy of the music industry and the streets that seem to prey on him. He’s been robbed, sucker punched, assaulted more than I can even recall at this point. In other instances he seems – at times – detached from reality, getting into physical confrontations with heavies like Maino. His Transformer chain is probably more famous than he is, since it has been on national tour since a 2008 encounter in Detroit. I may be the only person that has not worn it.           

Almost a year ago to this day, AllHipHop respectfully and lovingly chronicled this sad saga in an objective story called “The Quick Rise and Long Fall of Yung Berg…A Timeline.” Read it. There isn’t a speck of hate in it, but it absolutely recounts the promise that he once had as an artist. And the reason I use the past tense is because Hip-Hop and talent is a distinct gumbo of credibility, marketability, believability and other ‘bilities. While, I’m quite sure this Chicago native can still rhyme, he’s been relieved of everything else in these public escapades.

From a media point of view, Yung Berg is great. Let us be honest. He’s become a train wreck that seems to crash a few times a year. From “dark butts” comments to chain snatchings, people log on, watch, read and they talk. Berg seems to have a bullseye on his back somewhere now and he’s just being targeted. He could moonlight in the Public Enemy logo. Recently Berg sarcastically thanked the media for the publicity associated with recent reports that he was robbed. He plugged some projects that he was working on. I can’t remember what he was talking about honestly. 

It doesn’t matter whether or not the recent incident in Los Angeles is true or not. It simply serves as a reminder that it is truly time for Berg to pack it in, adjust and assume a different lifestyle. Although he is excellent fodder for the news, blogs and gossipmongers, I’m sure there are loved ones that worry for his welfare. Hell, I care about his wellbeing and we’ve only met once. For the most part, he’s a good dude. But, we are now to the point where Yung Berg’s got to do something very stupid to reclaim his respect in these evil streets. Seriously. I don’t advocate going that route, because that only turns rappers into legends for all the wrong reasons.

Respectfully and lovingly, I just want to see Christian “Yung Berg” Ward 23-year-old go on to live an acceptable life, not one that is marred with a lot of sideshow beef and debilitating nonsense. Not one that makes one believe that rap is the only way to validate existence on earth. Being a celebrity is not everything, believe me. He’s been victimized long enough.

Its his life and he’s going to live it his way, which is all any of us can hope to do…but…

Lovingly…

And…

Respectfully…

Give the rest of life a chance, young man.***

 Soulja Boy reportedly bought the Transformer Chain

EbenGregory Talks Yung Berg, Maino, Trick Trick and more.

Yung Berg’s Stolen Moments

For kicks, here is Rev. Al Sharpton and Tavis Smiley arguing very lovingly and respectfully. This is another editorial altogether.

 

Men Busted At Juelz B-Day For Ordering Over $25K In Moet

(AllHipHop News) Two men were arrested after they tried to use a fake credit card to purchase over $25,000 in champagne during Juelz Santana’s 27th birthday on Tuesday (February 23).

Juelz hosted a rowdy birthday bash at M2 Ultra Lounge, which included guests like Ashanti, Lil Kim and Snoop Dogg, who arrived with a 20-man entourage.

According to The New York Post, the two men, Robsson Depeine 23, and Jeff Sylvain, 24, reserved a table and showed up with five other friends. The pair ordered 10 bottles of Moet Nectar Rose – which cost $400 per bottle – and even sent some over for Juelz Santana’s table to enjoy.

They were arrested when they attempted to settle the $24,500 bar tab with a fake American Express card, according to M2’s general manager Dan Devlin.

Juelz Santana’s birthday party has been in the headlines the past week. So many people showed up to celebrate with Juelz that police had to close down the streets around the club and even the party’s host, Sean “Diddy” Comb’s refused to enter the venue, due to the chaos.Later in the evening, a fight erupted between members of Maino’s entourage and other guests near a crowded V.I.P. area.