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Hip-Hop Rumors: Crooked I Comments On Ice Cube!

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Rumors
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DISCLAIMER:

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.

CROOKED I COMMENTS ON ICE CUBE

Doesn’t look like Crooked I want any parts of Ice Cube. LOL! Nah, nah, nah! I’m just saying…is not responding the new responding. Or the new battling is not battling? I don’t know what it is, but here is what Crooked had to say about Ice Cube.

We on to the next.. U 2 mr. Jackson

about 22 hours ago via mobile web

Man…. My west og n##### need to let 96 be 96. It’s 2010 bro

about 22 hours ago via mobile web

SUPREME MCGRIFF’S NEPHEW DISSES 50 CENT

ILLSEED’S QUICKIES

Lil Wayne finally signed Cory Gunz. Isn’t this like two years too late.

I want to know why Memphis Bleek didn’t go with Jay to see the president!

I heard the secret on Lloyd Banks’ new album is Lloyd? HUH? You think?

The Roots are still hoping to get Run DMC together for the reunion.

On the real, Solar, Guru…whoever…we need a new publicist. The rumors are out of control.

Slick Pulla may be in some “mess” for his alleged attack of Waka Flocka. You know, he’s fresh out of jail. Now, they are saying he didn’t do it at all.THE EPIC FAIL OF THE DAY

Jermaine Jackson’s son Jermajesty took a super L when his brother Jaafar knocked him out! But the epic fail goes to Jermaine, because apparently he needs to teach these dudes how to act.

CHANCE ENCOUNTERS

Chance hit me with these rumors yesterday…my bad!

KANYE CHECKS IN

Have you been wondering what’s been going on in that mind of Kanye’s???  Well he checked in yesterday and spoke on creating art, how his life has changed since College Dropout, relating to Alexander McQueen and a bunch of other stuff.  It’s a long read but it’s good…a few jewels in here…especially about the pyramids (you’ll see):

“I’m on the plane listening to [his 2004 debut LP] The College Dropout,” the post reads in part. “It brings back so many memories.” He then talks about the deaths in his family since that time, and the early days of his career. “We were the underdogs,” he continues. “I never feel like I’m not the underdog. I never felt completely comfortable. I’m tormented by the need to create. With the loss of McQueen I feel like we lost one of the faces of modern creativity’s Mount Rushmore. … Maybe McQueen felt his job was done because his last collection was the greatest of the decade. We are all so hurt. I know we’re selfish because he brought us so much joy and inspiration. I know how it feels when the night demons come. We can’t let them control our hands and feet. … I was blessed with the opportunity to bring my and others dreams to life. It’s like performing magic or something. It’s surreal. We bring the unrealistic to reality. … When I wake up in the morning and brush my teeth and look in the mirror it’s like I see Michael [Jackson, presumably] and my mom and Malcolm [X, presumably] … Who’s that African in the background Mom? Oh, he created the original layouts for the pyramids, but he was written out of the history books and his MTV award was given to ‘Aliens.’ … Everything is an opinion. The way you dress is an expression of your opinion. Your religious beliefs are your opinion. The music you turn up loud is your opinion. For most people it’s easier to just agree. For me the hardest thing is to ‘just’ agree and that is what sparks creativity. The feeling that something can be better, the feeling that something’s missing, the feeling that something’s needed.”

CHILLI GETS A TV SHOW

Sounds like this is gonna be like Pep’s show.  Apparently Chilli is searching for love and inviting the cameras into her life to show her journey.  Wonder what Floyd has to say about all this???

I’ll be tuned in … Chilli is a hot tamale!!!!

NY-Z

Remember back on September 11, 2009 when Jay-Z tore down Madison Square Garden in a televised performance before a sold out crowd???  Well Absolut Vodka was shooting a documentary on the entire event for a documentary entitled “NY-Z” and on March 22, 2010 they will debut it on their Facebook page.  Check out this trailer looks like it’s gonna be pretty dope.

I’M JUST SAYIN’Rihanna is working on her next album slated

to be released this summer.  She says it’s way more upbeat than Rated

R.  She has been working with Ne-Yo, Davida Guetta and Sean Garret.

A judge has said Snoop Dogg  is welcome back in the U.K.  He was banned a while back.Even with the host church taking out a $1,000,000 insurance policy the school where DMX’s Gospel Rap Extravaganza was supposed to go down says it’s too dangerous and has canceled the event.

 T-Pain says he and Jay-Z had a moment at the Grammys and that whole “beef” is behind them.Zoe Saldana says she’s not having enough sex … anybody wanna help her out?Kelly Rowland says the gals of DC are still very close.  They’re just not focusing on a reunion.

The Carters stopped by The Obama’s house on the DC leg of the BP3 tour.

Peace – Check Out More @ ChancesWorld.com

BARACK, WE LOVE YOU!!!

They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about

them then they should worry!

-illseed

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Guru, Heart Disease and Hip-Hop: We Are Not Immune

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Heart disease touches all types of

people with unforgiving and deadly fingers.  Nothing saves you from its

touch – not money, fame or power.  This is even more apparent after

the untimely heart attack suffered by Gang Starr’s Guru on March 1,

2010.  Although it has recently been reported that he has come out of

his coma, survived surgery, and issued a short statement, the fact that

a young man of 43 has suffered a heart attack should be a wakeup call

for everyone.  You can now mention Mr. Magic, Bill Clinton, Guru, and

Dick Cheney all in the same conversation as they have all been affected

by heart disease.  As the face of Hip-Hop matures, the risk for

health related problems increases in our living legends.

Keith Elam, also known as Guru and

one half of the rap group Gang Starr, seemed invincible on the microphone

to my generation of hip-hip heads.  Gang Starr came on the scene

in the late 1980’s adding flavor to the rap game.  Guru took

hip-hop bebop with his first solo album Jazzmatazz Volume 1 which fused

hip-hop and jazz.  This album brought together jazz aficionados

such as Donald Byrd, Branford Marsalis, and Ronny Jordan.  Although

sales were not as thriving as predicted, it was a solid endeavor and

succeeded at fusing the two genres’.

So what is this apparition we call

heart disease that could put Dick Cheney in the same sentence as hip-hop? 

Fred Sanford used to call it the “big one” but it is actually a

number of abnormal conditions that affects the heart. The most common

type of heart disease and the number one cause of heart attacks is coronary

heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease (CAD). 

Individuals with CAD have hardened and narrow arteries, the pipes that

supply blood to the muscles of the heart.  In order for the heart

to beat efficiently, it must receive nutrients and oxygen via blood. 

The average adult heart beats approximately 100,000 times a day. 

If the blood vessels are blocked or narrowed, the heart works harder,

increasing strain on the heart which leads to a heart attack. 

Both a massive heart attack or heart failure can severely debilitate

and/or kill a person; however, the key is to know what causes these

disorders and how to prevent them. 

We cannot change some risk factors

for heart disease – age, gender, race, family history, and previous

history of heart attack or other forms of heart disease.  As we

get older, the risk of heart disease increases.  This is not to

say that younger people don’t have heart attacks, but the chance does

increase with increasing age.  Although men have a greater risk

of heart attack than women and they have heart attacks earlier in life,

CAD has become the leading cause of death in American women. 

The best way to protect your self is

through knowledge, wisdom, and understanding.  It is very important

to know your family history.  If your first-degree relatives (mother,

father, sister, or brother) have heart disease, this increases your

chances of having the same problem.  The discussion at the dinner

table and family reunion when we are healthy and happy should include

“the talk” about the state of the family’s health.  Don’t

be afraid to ask about your inheritance – what illnesses are in the

family?

Although it has not been disclosed

as to what contributed to Guru’s cardiac episode, his loved ones will

want to include this experience in the picture that they present about

their own health.  And because he now has known CAD, he will want

to make sure that he continues a close relationship with his doctor,

eat properly, exercise, and take all prescribed medications.  Unfortunately

most individuals are on seven to nine medicines after a heart attack. 

Alternatives to these treatments are available, but only in consultation

with a doctor who understands supplements and Integrative Medicine. 

That’s why it is so important to create a good relationship with a

doctor that you trust.  If it is not financially possible for you

to go to the doctor because of a lack of insurance, look for public

health services in your area, health fairs, or free clinics like the

one sponsored by the National Association of Free Clinics that occurred

in New Orleans in November 2009 and that continue to occur across the

nation. 

Contributing factors that increase

your risk for coronary artery disease include cigarette smoking, the

single most preventable cause of death in the United States.  Obesity

is running a close second, and both are major contributors to the health

care cost in our country.  Cigarette smokers are two-to-three times

more likely to die from coronary heart disease than nonsmokers.  There

is nothing wonderful about smoking and everything damaging about trying

to “look cool” or imitate what we see others doing.  Make the

effort now to stop smoking or encourage those around you to stop before

it is too late. 

Furthermore, it is important to get

moving.  Exercise for at least 30 minutes a day five to seven days

a week. You can start with walking and then bring it up a notch by dancing

through five or six songs – hip-hop has a great beat that will get

you off your couch.  Try some of the old school legends – you

will enjoy their lyrics and the music is sure to have more than you

head moving.  You can also consult with a certified personal trainer. 

Whatever you do, just move and keep moving every day.

You’re not in this struggle by yourself. 

There is a wealth of information available to you to increase your chances

of preventing coronary artery disease.  The American Heart Association

is a major contributor in the effort to raise our awareness about this

disease and provides tools to protect us.  Log on to www.americanheart.org 

to learn more about heart disease.  Don’t let heart disease take

you or any more of our living legends away from us.  

Dr. Rani Whitfield is a board certified

Family Practice Physician with a Certificate of Added Qualification

in Sports Medicine.  He is known as the Hip Hop Doc and combines

music and medicine in the form of comic books and CD’s to educate

young people on health issues.  If you would like more information

on the Hip Hop Doc go to www.h2doc.com.  For a short list of hip-hop artist

and affiliates affected by health issues www.h2doc.com/main/timeline/.

Stat Quo on ‘Statlanta,’ Eminem, Dr. Dre & ‘Detox’

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) After years of delay as an artist on Aftermath/Interscope Records, Atlanta rapper Stat Quo is finally on the verge of releasing his highly anticipated album Statlanta.

The album, which is slated for May 4th, will be released on Sha Money XL’s Dream Big Ventures, through digital distributor, The Orchard.

Stat Quo remained tight lipped on the details about the album, but he did disclose the release will feature 12 tracks.

“For this album I’m not telling anyone anything or anything about who is on it because I feel a lot of artists always tell who is going to be on a record and then it takes some of the mystery away,” Stat Quo told AllHipHop.com. “So I would rather just wait and have you get the album and then you can see what’s going on with it.“

Stat has released the first single off the album titled “Success (Back To You),” which also has an accompanying video. “Yea it is the first single off the album. A lot of people would say that it is not a traditional single, because its not targeted towards radio,” Stat Quo told AllHipHop.com. “I just want to make good music and not worry about BDS [radio spin tracking service].”

The video “Success (Back To You)” features Stat going through various situations that he has been through, in an attempt to become successful.

“When I heard the beat and chorus, when you hear it, you may think that I am talking about a woman, but it really I am talking about my relationship with success,” he told AllHipHop.com. “The video takes three aspects of my life, like working a corporate job. You got another situation, me selling CDs, what I believe in. And another situation is me graduating from school and being successful.”

While many people may not know, Stat is one of many rappers that has earned his college degree.

In the early 2000’s Stat finished received his degree from the University of Florida with a double major in business and economics.

“Graduating in business and economics, it allows me to step outside of me just being an artist. I had to look at the business side of things. Hundreds thousands of people at those companies depend on Dr. Dre and Eminem’s album sales, so I can understand why it was so pertinent to get those albums out when they did. I didn’t understand at the time, but now I understand”

Finally Stat Quo gave an update on working with Dr. Dre on Detox and his relationship with Eminem.

With respect to working with Eminem and Dre, Stat said, “I enjoyed working with them, and I enjoy working with them. I learned so much from both of them on how to be a better MC and person, and I continue to learn from them. I’m not going to say me and Em talk on the phone, or that we have had contact, it’s been a while, but at the end of the day I still got love for him and that’s never going to change. When it comes down to Dre, what can I say? Dude is the end all and be all as my mentor, he held me down and continues to.”

Stat confirmed that he will be a part of Detox, although the album has no set release date as of press time.

“On his record I feel so important, his album is just so important to Hip-Hop. I am blessed to have an opportunity to be in the situation to work on it. S**t is going to be a classic from beginning to end,” Stat Quo told AllHipHop.com.

Stat Quo will next be performing at SXSW in Austin, Texas later this month.

Jo Jo Simmons Debuts With Mixtape ‘Most Improved Player’

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Reality TV star Joseph “Jo Jo” Simmons recently dropped his debut mixtape, titled Most Improved Player under his rap name, Young Simmons.

The rapper, son of rap legend Joseph “Reverend “Run” Simmons, teamed with DJ Spin King to drop the 21-track mixtape under the name Young Simmons.Young Simmons’ mixtape was released to the Internet on Wednesday (March 3). As a co-star of MTV’s#### show Run’s House, millions of viewers watched Rev Run’s eldest son begin his career as a Hip-Hop artist.

According to Young Simmons, he released the mixtape to showcase a different side of him that he does not reveal on the television show.

“All the hate I’ve been getting motivated this mixtape,” Simmons told AllHipHop.com. “I love music that’s why I make music. I feel like no matter what I do, hot or not, people don’t like me because of the personality they see on TV. Hopefully this mixtape will help people get to know me better.”

Young Simmons tackles the issue of his family’s fame on “Related to Russell” and addresses his arrest for possession of marijuana in May 2009, over Waka Flocka Flames’ “O Let’s Do It.”

Most Improved Player features appearances by Matic, Blackout, Young Jerz, Allie, Zach, Da Professor, Legacy and others.

Former Three 6 Member Mr. Del Lands Gospel Album Nomination

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(AllHipHop News) Former Three 6 Mafia member Mr. Del’s career is in full swing as a gospel rapper, as the MC has been nominated for best album during the upcoming 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards.

His June 2009 album Thrilla, which was released via the Dedicated Music Group (DMG), is nominated for best Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year.

Del, born, Delmar Lawrence, is now officially a Pastor and has founded his own church, City of Refuge, where he also heads up his own record label, Holy South.

In 2005, he released his first gospel album titled The Future and he has released two other solo albums, including Thrilla.

Other artists that received nominations include Mary Mary, tobyMac, Jars of Clay, Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir, Tenth Avenue North and others.

The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards will take place on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at Nashville’s famed Grand Ole Opry House.

The show will be televised nationwide on the Gospel Music Channel (gmc) on Sunday, April 25, 2010 from 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. EST.

Fans of Mr. Del can find his preaching each Sunday and Tuesday at City of Refuge, which is located in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.

TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE: Memphis Bleek

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Reviews / Music
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“I’m not going to be biased and put Jay in my Top 5 and n***as gonna be like ‘Of course he gonna say Jay.” – Memphis Bleek

 Memphis Bleek has been kickin’ it with Hip Hop’s finest since the Marcy Projects-the big homey Jay-Z. But in all fairness, the Brooklyn native couldn’t just put his man on his Top 5 Dead or Alive even if he’s  at the top of some many others (including the author of this text). With that, Bleek opened up about who this feels reigns supreme in the field of rap.

AllHipHop.com: Who would up say are the top 5 emcees, Dead or Alive – for Memphis Bleek?

Kool G Rap

“He was the first rapper that showed me some guns in a video and how to tie a n#### up. He was spittin’ the real. He was the M.O.P. before M.O.P.”

KRS-One

“KRS-One was the lyricist of lyricism back in the day. He was the first person to ever destroy somebody and build his career off of destroying him. He was the first 50 Cent. (laughs) Let’s clear that up!”

Rakim

“Rakim was before his time. You can put on a Rakim album and it sound like it was recorded last month. He was spittin’ harder than rappers spit now. [He was] way before his time.”

B.I.G.

 “When you get to the new school, you gotta put B.I.G. up there. B.I.G. made it cool for fat dudes to get fly and steal our chicks. And he was just funny. B.I. brought the comedy to rap. He made it fun again.”

Tupac

“My last Top 5 pick is Tupac because Pac was real. Pac was a revolutionist. People look at Pac for the thug.  But you gotta look at all the other songs, ‘Brenda’s Got A Baby’ ‘To My Unborn Child,’ ‘Dear Mama.’ Pac was the truth man. He wasn’t about lyricism. He was about getting the message to you and making sure you understood that he was dead serious about it and I loved that about him.”

THE SIDEBAR

AllHipHop asked Bleek what was his favorite Hip-Hop album of all time and he relized he needed to add on to his Top 5:

“What made me say to myself ‘Man, I wanna do that. Cause these dudes is killin’ it! Big Daddy Kane man, Long Live the Kane. That made me say, “Wow, I gotta in this business, these n****s are killin’ it! Wow! I need a top 10 man, how he not gon’ be in my top five? When I was younger, I wanted to listen to Kool G Rap and them. But now, you go back and listen, [Kane] was dropping gems man that people need to follow now. Word up!”

Whitney Nichole Stevens contributed to this story.

 

Solar Denies Stopping Guru’s Family From Seeing Rapper

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(AllHipHop News) Solar, partner of Guru, has issued a new statement that addresses the allegations that he has prevented the GangStarr founding member from seeing his family members.

“I have nothing but the deepest love and respect for The Elam family. But I have not stopped anybody from seeing him,” Solar said. “Guru’s brother, sister and niece has visited with him and his brother was here for three days. I am in touch with them on a daily basis.”

Solar also stressed that Guru has requested privacy with this health matters, a demand that may include family members.

“Guru’s family dynamic and who he wants to look out for his interests is Guru’s business and best left to Guru to discuss. I will state that Guru wanted this matter to be kept private to protect his loved ones and fans from this ordeal and from it becoming a circus, which it is becoming,” he continued. “Guru has made clear he does not want anything to do with certain people from his past, and for them too be making false statements about his health is unacceptable.”

Justin Nicholas-Elam Ruff, who claims to be Guru’s nephew, said that he and other family members were prevented from seeing the rapper.

“My family has no way of knowing what is going on with Guru’s situation,” Ruff stated. “Solar has complete control over the flow of information given from the hospital, and will not disclose any information with us. The doctors and staff won’t discuss any information with Guru’s family.”

Solar reiterated that his only concern was to make sure Guru would return to normalcy after suffering a major heart attack in February.

“The hospital records will show that Guru’s Brother, sister and Niece visited him last week, Fact !” Solar said. “Guru’s well-being and need to heal is what I am concerned with, and that Guru’s wishes in this matter be observed,” he said.