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Judge Sends Boosie To Prison For 4 Years For Violation

Baton Rogue, Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie has been sentenced to four years in prison for violating the terms of his probation.

 

The rapper, born Torrence Hatch, was to serve two-years of a ten-year suspended sentence and was placed on active supervised probation for his third offense on a marijuana possession charge.

 

The sentence was the result of an October 22, 2008 arrest that uncovered drugs and a gun in Baton Rogue.

 

When Boosie was sentenced in September, Judge Chip Moore warned the rapper to stay out of trouble and to keep away from felons, guns and trouble in general.

 

At a sentencing hearing yesterday (November 9), Judge Moore double the original two-year sentence to four years, because Boosie’s house arrest ankle bracelet indicated that he had violated the terms of his release several times.

 

As a result, Lil Boosie, 25, was sent straight to prison to begin serving his prison sentence.

 

The Baton Rogue, Louisiana based rapper appeared at the 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta where he spoke to AllHipHop.com about his original two-year prison sentence.

 

“It’s just a minor setback,” Lil Boosie told AllHipHop.com. “I am not even a convicted felon and they are giving me time.”

 

Upon release, Lil Boosie must complete at least two years of supervised probation in order to have the gun charge dropped from his record.

 

Lil Boosie’s album Superbad: The Return Of Boosie Bad Azz is in stores now.

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AHH Stray News: Sean Price, Michael Eric Dyson, Wendy Williams, Redman

Duck Down Records’ Sean Price is promoting his official mix CD, Kimbo Price, by joining Raekwon on the East-Coast leg of his current tour. Price, aka Ruck made his first appearance on Friday (November 6) in Providence, Rhode Island before continuing on to Northampton and New Haven, Connecticut over the weekend. Raekwon and Price will next perform in Philadelphia at the First Unitarian Church on Tuesday (November 10), after which they will hit Baltimore for two shows: at Bourbon Street Ballroom on November 11 and University of Maryland on November 12. Sean Price is currently working on his next album Mic Tyson as well as a joint project with Guilty Simpson and Black Milk under the group name Random Axe.

 

Author and radio host Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai, an assistant professor in African American Studies at the University of California, have recruited several Hip-Hop scholars, including Bobbito Garcia, to contribute to a biography of sorts about Nas’ seminal debut album Illmatic. The new book Born To Use Mics: Reading Nas’ Illmatic examines the change then 19-year-old Nas effected on the Hip-Hop landscape by analyzing each song on the classic 1994 release. Born to Use Mics, which draws its title from the single “N.Y. State of Mind,” will be available December 28.

 

Former syndicated radio personality Wendy Williams was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame on Saturday (November 7) during a black-tie gala in Chicago. Williams was part of the first class of inductees to be selected by entirely by fan vote, after being nominated by a 27-member committee charge with preserving the rich history of radio and recognizing its role in society. In July 2009 Williams cancelled her New York-based “The Wendy Williams Experience” after eight years on WBLS-FM and in syndication. Former co-host Charlemagne tha God presented Williams with the honor.

 

Before Redman releases his seventh solo album Muddy Waters II in 2010, his alter ego “Reggie Noble” will be making his Def Jam solo debut. According to Redman, Reggie Noble 9 1/2, due out December 8, is a departure from his previous releases as it is a conceptual album, complete with Auto-Tune usage and a pop record. No word as to whether Muddy Waters II will also be released via Def Jam.

Hip-Hop Rumors:Eminem Goes Horror! Katt’s Cool Mug Shot! NY Rubs It IN!

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.READ THE RUMORS!Illseed here! I wrote some rumors and I would love you to read them. Thanks and click here to get to them!KATT WILLIAMS’ MUG SHOT!

 

All I hope is that Katt Williams is OK. This mug shot does NOT make me comfortable that he is. He just looks too happy. Crackishly happy. I hope he is OK, in all seriousness.

 

 

 JAY-Z’S BODYGUARD JACKS SOMEBODY UP?

 

Check out what Splash News is reporting.

 

Jay-Z was leaving Capitol City sports bar in Hollywood. As he exited, a paparazzi got too close to [Mr. Carter] and was allegedly violently pushed into a valet parking booth by a burly bodyguard. The videographer, who is believed to be named Rick and works for the X17 photo agency, suffered a nasty cut to the forehead.

 

JUST IN CASE!

I know some of you may not know what Sammy Sosa used to look like. If not, see below. If you ask me, Sosa looks too happy in his lightened state. If that was me, I wouldn’t come out the house until my color was restored. Sosa’s next excuse is going to be, “It kept me light-skinned…OOOPS…I’m stuck like this.”

 

CHANCE ENCOUNTERS! (Check out what illseed’s homeboy has to say!)

TOLD YA

Remember when I told you Eminem was in talks to make some kind of horror movie or movies?  Well they’ve closed the deal and Shady Talez

should be coming to a theater near you soon.  It will be in 3D and Mr.

Shady will produce and star in it, playing a few different roles.  The

writer for the hugely succesful Twilight movies has signed on and

Marvel has agreed to release a limited Shady Talez comic book series.

Shouts to Trav at

the end, he’s next up at G-Unit and pretty dope, you should get up on

him early … Here he is spittin’ over “The Truth” beat on my show:JAY-Z HEARTS THE YANKEESAt

one point Jay-Z was considering an offer to buy a piece of the Yankees

but that never (or hasn’t) panned out.  Nowadays he settles for hanging

out with them.  On Friday Jay spent the whole day with A-Rod including:The Yankees victory parade:

Dinner at Nello’s:

A Knicks game, where they joined pitcher CC Sabathia (That black guy in the 3rd row is Chris Rock):

Then off to the 40/40 for drinks with some friends:

THE OTHER CARTERCheck

out the trailer QD3’s documentary on Weezy … it premiered at The

Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and looks like it’s going to

be pretty interesting.  Also a few interesting facts about the film:

Wayne tried to block it’s release because it hurt his image-Starts

9 days before The Carter 3 drops and even with the leaks Wayne was sure

he’d do a million the first week and plans to sell 5 million next go

around.-The greatest gift his daughter says he ever gave her was his time (awwwwwwww).-Cortez Bryant (manager) refuses to ride on Wayne’s bus because of his drug addiction.-Wayne is VERY serious about not drinking … alcohol.

I’M JUST SAYIN’

Serena Williams wants to be an action star … I’d go see her run, jump and kick a** for a couple hours.

Joe Jackson has asked a judge if he can get an allowance from Michael’s estate.

Michaels dermatalogist says the reason those kids could describe

Michael’s penis so well is because he loved to pee in front of people (he thought it was funny) and thats how they saw it … ummmmm ok.

Congratulations to Teyanna Taylor for locking down the starring role in Stomp The Yard 2.

RiRi doesn’t seem to be clear on wether she loved CB, she told Glamour she didn’t then told 20/20 she loved him very much.

Jay-Z tells Gotham magazine one of the goals he hasn’t accomplished yet

is a trip to the moon.  I hear it costs about $30 million.

Kid Cudi just did a song with Shakira … definietly a good look…”Hips Dont Lie” was one of Wyclef’s biggest records.Ice

T’s wife CoCo says “Soulja Boy’s not even a rapper to me, he’s more of

a dance guy.” … come on Snoop said he’s good, he’s good.Chris Brown’s friends went bizerk defending him after clips of the Rihanna interview dropped … Chris simply says “the details should remain a private matter between us”.

Hip-Hop Scholar Michael Eric Dyson has penned a Nas biography focusing on the impact of Illmatic…it hits bookshelves December 28:

Peace – CHANCECDR @ Twitter or Gmail

HAPPY DAYS, WE LOVE YOU!!! MORE LATER!

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].

  

Live Chat With Freeway: To Address Joe Budden,The Roc & Music

There are so many things to ask Freeway and you can get all your questions tonight at 8pm EST!

 

There are so many things to ask him, we decided to give up an opportunity to interview him and pass the “roc” over to our loyal readers.

 

Freeway will be doing a live chat on AllHipHop.com to answer any and all questions about his life and times.

 

And, you know, there are a lot of things to talk about. Recently, his good friend Beanie Sigel started to express his discontent about his “brother” Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter. On top of it all, Joe Budden reportedly said “rap circles around Freeway,” which has already started fanning some fires. Most importantly, Free way has been consistently churning out good music as a member of the Roc-A-Fella Family and now as a member of Cash Money Records.

 

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Baby On Wayne Jail Time, B.G. Arrest; Calls On Atlantic To Release B.G.

Cash Money CEO addressed Lil Wayne’s upcoming jail stint, which will make him the third Hot Boy to be incarcerated, putting the group’s possible reunion on hold.

 

The Hot Boys feature group members Lil Wayne, B.G., Turk and Juvenile. Turk is currently incarcerated doing a 10-year-bid for shooting a SWAT team member during a drug raid in Memphis in January 2004.

Young Money CEO Lil Wayne is facing up to a year in prison for a weapon violation in New York, while B.G. was arrested for possession of guns and drugs during a traffic stop in New Orleans last Tuesday (November 3).

“We got a hell of a plan and hell of a strategy,” Baby told Eric B. & Friends on AllHipHop Radio today (November 9).

“I promise you, you’ll think he [Lil Wayne] never left the streets. It aint much about the music at this point with my son, like f**k the music,” Baby said. “We got to go through something family wise, that the fans and nobody else will ever have to go through. This is the first time I will ever be without my child that means the world to me. This is where Blood stick together.”

As for B.G.‘s recent arrest, Williams revealed that the rapper is being held t o his contract with Atlantic Records, which will co-promote his upcoming album Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood, which is being released on December 8 through a deal with E1 Music.

“I just talked to him. If you know B.G., he’s still in that jungle where it prescribes to carry tools [guns], or you can be the next n***a with a tag on your toe,” Baby stated. “Atlantic release the lil n***a so we can try to get him so money. See they don’t know how he’s living. I know how he’s living, so I was trying to say yall let him go, let me take him, I’ma get him so money, I’ma bring him with me, he can come to Miami and be a part of everything we got. But they don’t know the significance of a n***a’s lifestyle, they just think the n***a is a business. He already hurting, yall aint doing nothing for a n***a. I got love for him. I’ll bring him in and give him a life and a lifestyle, but now he’s heading for another life and another lifestyle.”

Baby revealed that he talked to Turk often and revealed that he was working towards mending his relationship with Hot Boy member Juvenile, who is gearing up to release his new album Cocky & Confident, which is also being released via deal between Atlantic and E1 Music.

“Me and him [Juvenile] spoke bout a couple of months a go for really the first time,” Baby continued. “Me and him talked and really honesty, I aint tripping and I don’t think they are tripping. N***as done got older and are trying to figure out ways to feed their families.”

The Hoy Boys recorded as group for Cash Money Records from 1997-2001 and hit the charts with singles like “We On Fire” and “I Need A Hot Girl” “Project B**ch” and others.

Baby stated that the highly anticipated Hot Boys reunion album is finished and could be in stores as soon as the Summer of 2010.

“They recorded a whole album and we are looking to put it out for the summer time,” Baby told AllHipHop.com.

 

 

Pac D##: Grown Kids Syndrome

 “What

it is one time, Pac D##!” Hailing from the West Coast, Pac D##

consists of brothers Like, Mibbs and longtime friend BeYoung. The trio

are putting their stamp on the West Coast sound with songs like the

anthem, The Mayor and Pac D##. In 2006, Pac D## released

Sealed for Freshness: The Blend Tape

and their latest, released earlier this year, Church League Champions,

generated an enormous buzz through out the LA scene forcing Hip Hop

to take notice. Legendary acts ranging from Legendary Roots Drummer

Questlove, Hometown Hero Snoop Dogg to even Millionaire Mogul Diddy

couldn’t deny the “Pac”, and their hustle managed to gain

attention from the major record label, Universal Records and the trio

is prepping to change the tide of the industry with their debut release,

Grown Kid Syndrome in the first quarter of 2010.

      AllHipHop

sat down with the hilarious trio to discuss internet rap, CA Hip Hop,

their album and what to expect from them in the near future. 

AllHipHop.com:

Break down your new album Grown Kids Syndrome. What’s the new

record gonna reflect? 

Like:

The Grown Kids Syndrome reflects a lot of honesty coming from

a place as three young men in their mid-20’s who didn’t graduate college,

who didn’t pursue their parent’s dreams, who didn’t live in college

dorms but junky apartments, it speaks to all the people that have no

plans basically to show them that the idea that syndrome comes in, we

have friends in our mid 30’s, we have friends who are complete dead

beats in their life, it’s still a syndrome because they still eat their

parent’s food at the house. They still don’t have a job, that’s grown

kid’s syndrome. We know all about that.  

AllHipHop.com:

Tell me a little bit about some of the tracks on the record. 

Mibbs:

We have a couple of joints on Grown Kids Syndrome,

actually it’s not even done with the recording process. We are about

70% done. The Mayor record is on Grown Kids Syndrome.

We have a joint on Grown Kids in which we are talking where my

brother just explained people get pink slips, we got a song on there

called Chaos where it describes the recipe for chaos, anything or any

type of situation where it can become chaotic. Like Like talk’s about

how I just had a girlfriend I broke up with and I accidently sleep with

her friend so stuff like that. [Laughs] She gets me drunk and

we sleep together. Yeah, that’s what it’s about, like, those are a couple

of the tracks that we have on the album.     

AllHipHop.com:

Take us through your creative process of making music, what do you think

about? 

BeYoung:

In the creative process, we try not to put any pressure on it, we gotta

let it come, as normally and free flowing as we can, we don’t try to

make it into “Oh, I gotta do this, oh, I gotta do that.” We

just like to play off of the emotions and feelings that we get from

the track we’re doing and we just channel it.   

AllHipHop.com:

Let’s talk about the idea of internet rap, Pac D## has used the computer

as a major marketing tool for artists with no deals, you’ve been able

to create such a buzz with the computer, how did you use the computer

to your advantage? 

BeYoung: We didn’t have any restrictions. I mean at the time, as we were saying,

our paychecks worked to shoot our own videos, we would’ve taken those

paychecks and going straight to shooting videos, and putting them on

the internet, going to the studio, taking pictures, just making sure

the quality of our image match the quality of the music so that we can

put it on the internet so that we can broadcast it to the world.  

   

AllHipHop.com:

What about the transition from net mc to budding label stars? How different/hard

is it? 

Like:

It’s not difficult, we don’t look at difficulty. Everything is just

done naturally and it’ll take it’s natural course. We don’t consider

ourselves internet stars, or label stars or any of that. We just do

what we do and let it flow naturally.  

AllHipHop.com:

If you hadn’t chosen to have gone down the path of making music, what

would you be doing with your lives right now? 

Like:

I don’t know, somewhere making money or trying to. [Laughs] We’re

doing that no plan, plan. I would be at my parents house, with my Dad,

eating his food, stealing my Mom’s car keys driving somewhere.  

AllHipHop.com:

What, if anything, has changed and/or evolved in your music – your sound

Mibbs:

Life happens, I mean just things that happen in your life, just changes

you as a person and as rappers, we were rappers from day one, like,

we been knowing how to rap, so like, we understand how to adapt to the

times and how to adapt to the changes and just get better as a rapper

every time, every day and things that happen to you, just brings more

honesty into our music. It becomes, like the person that we are, who

we are, it comes out of our raps.   

AllHipHop.com:

What, if anything has changed about your approach to the industry,

your lifestyle(s) from 2006 when the three of you as Pac D## began to

take offs and your release of the Sealed For Freshness Blendtape,

to 2009; the recent release of your mixtape Church League Champions

and your upcoming debut, Grown Kids Syndrome

Life:

Whooo! Yeah, there is a change of lifestyle a little, we don’t work

at jobs anymore, we are under a constant pressure, not in a bad way,

but to perform at every opportunity, I don’t know, just opportunities,

more opportunities come our way, at our door steps and we take advantage

of it. It’s no rush but this is what we signed up to do and we like

it, we enjoy it.   

AllHipHop.com:

The legend goes that Biggie had to have fried chicken in the studio.

What is unique about your studio experience? 

Mibbs: In the studio,

man, all we need is some water and maybe a little bit of Hennessey,

and just clean air. [Laughs]  

Like:

We don’t really need much, just give us a mic and we got protools or

whatever, we use, it gotta be a nice beat, that’s pretty much it really.

We’re not really super picky guys like that, we don’t really need a

dream catcher, or anything like that or boiling pots, [Laughs]

just music, just a good microphone, a good mic.   

AllHipHop.com:

What are some of the musical elements outside of what most would define

as Hip-Hop that have helped you build your craft? 

BeYoung:

Everything. Everything from the older music, to the legends of the older

music. Prince, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, those type of guys, it

might be our uncle. The inspiration can come from anybody. Anybody has

something that they going through. So we just draw from all that and

incorporate it into the music.   

AllHipHop.com:

Let’s talk about CA Hip Hop, how has it influenced your rhymes? 

Mibbs: How it has influenced

our rhymes is that the lifestyle out here is very laid back, the air

is cooler, I mean it’s not really cleaner, the air is nice out here,

like, we don’t got to stress about it snowing, it’s not cold out here,

it’s pretty chill, it’s a pretty easy place to live in, yes, it comes

out in your raps, it comes out in everything you do, the way you walk,

the way you talk, it’s just easy. Everything is laid back and easy out

here.  

AllHipHop.com:

So talk to us about 2009/2010. What can we expect from you? 

Like:

Just expect it all, just expect the world’s introduction to Pac D##,

the production to international notoriety. It’s going to be everybody’s

introduction to who we are and what we are about and I think people

are going to really like, gravitate towards it because its honest, its

fun, it’s real, it’s energetic. it’s authentic, it’s Pac D##.  

AllHipHop.com:

Is there a release date? 

BeYoung: We are probably

looking at the first quarter of 2010.

Fan Fights Shut Down Free New Boyz Concert

The New Boyz barely began their free concert in Flint, Michigan yesterday (November 8) before police were forced to end the show due to multiple fights throughout the venue.

 

The free event took place at the Genesee Valley Center, and promoters reportedly only planned for 300 concert-goers instead of the1500 fans that showed up.

 

The concert area was not enough to hold everyone, and people were forced into nearby stores as shoving and pushing began.

 

The tension built up over several hours, with fans congregating in the area at noon despite the show not starting until 4PM.

 

The New Boyz could not quiet the crowd, and found themselves manhandled by several excited female fans.

 

“Fights broke out. They were grabbing on the singers and wouldn’t let them go,” one eyewitness told The Flint Journal. “One girl had him by the shirt collar…It’s sad. People wonder why we can’t get stuff like this in Flint. It’s because we don’t know how to act.”

 

A mall employee reported that she witnessed fights all around the venue, which resulted in one individual being stabbed with a pen, another having a seizure, and six people passing out.

 

The New Boyz temporarily left to allow police to regain control.

 

But the situation only became exacerbated anytime the young duo made an appearance.

 

“About half the crowd chased them down the hallway,” said the employee witness. “They were going to come back and sign autographs and then another fight broke out right in front of the stage.”

 

By the time the mall was shut down at 4:30PM, the New Boyz had only been able to complete one song.

 

At press time, the New Boyz nor the concert promoters have verified whether the show will be rescheduled.

When Will Rap Artists Stand Up For Their Rights?

When Will Rap Artists Stand Up For Their Rights?

 

“Our troops need to leave Iraq/

And Rap Ni**as need to go on strike so

we could get more cash/”

—Raekwon ft. Ghostface Killah, “Cold

Outside,” Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II,

2009.

“The highest paid artist gets like 26

cents off a dollar. And they sell your sh*t for $20. I can’t use my own music

without getting your permission? I wrote it, paid a Ni**a for the beat; I paid

you for loaning me the money, I paid you back your money; now, we splitting

because you owed me the money but you own my sh*t. I don’t owe you a

motherfu**ing thing. Why [are] you holding on to my sh**? And that’s standard.

Get the f**k out of here, man.”

Those are the words of none other than

DMX—still one of the most prolific voices Hip-Hop has been blessed with. For

all his erratic impulses and character flaws, it’s always been a blessing to

wrestle with the concerns X has continually raised throughout his career. Those

comments, made in an interview

with Sounds Like Fire, a forum for

independent artists, are as profound and courageous as it gets.

DMX is ringing the alarm, but, as with

the epigraph to this editorial, how many peers are likely to listen up and take

appropriate action anytime soon?

While the dominant Hip-Hop media plays

into the hands of major label executives who hope to keep the fan-base

everlastingly fixated on the most supercilious of spats, rappers are still

being swindled, left and right, for all their worth. In this new age, where CD

sales are plummeting faster than failed parachutes, the labels have found news

ways to make up for lost ground, essentially ensuring that even if music

downloading takes over, as it’s poised to, as the wave of the future, they can

still make as much money—if not more—from artists as they once did.

They searched far and wide for

mechanisms to bring into fruition this desire, and they found it: The

360 deal.

I know of no other contractual clause

more draconian than the 360 deal. It is the Patriot

Act of the recording industry. It effectively robs the artist of any and

every opportunity to make money independently—without the major labels’ claws

deep into his/her pockets. What it says, with no attempt at equivocation, is, You work for us. Your blood, sweat, and tears are ours. We own you. Now, pay us!

For

two pertinent commentaries, see:

Interview:

Did the Marketing Department Kill Hip-Hop?  

The

Death Of Record Labels: Artists: Take Charge!

The giant, but crawling, labels are not

only having a field day with these deals; they’re increasingly becoming

mandatory. The excuse given is that since fans no more purchase music or buy

records, the only way a label can reasonable make profit is to tax every venture an artist is involved

in.

Of course this is convenient amnesia at

work. As I’ve written before, the same suits seemingly at a loss for words over

the sharp decline in record sales know just why this is so, but would rather

feign ignorance. The same free market fundamentalist sensibility that humbled

the national economy to its knees is no different than the deregulated,

mass-reproduced, oversight-devoid music supply that reduced the insatiable

demand fans once had for creative and meticulous music production. 

You see, these label executives share

the same spirit with European pimps who strike deals with certain relatives of

indigent young women in African, or Asian, or Latin American countries, then

transport—smuggle—them abroad, only to confisticate their passports upon arrival,

lock them up, hold them hostage, and inform them of the enormous cost involved

in the traveling expenditures, and just how they’re expected to make up for

it—from then onward. The point: An ATM machine is only as functional as the amount it contains.

Once upon a time, artists understood

that the best a label could do is solicit a few radio interviews and magazine

front covers. So, all they wanted, and asked for, was a foot in the door, and

the rest would be history. They would

work hard in building key, strategic relationships, respectfully promoting

their brand, and engaging in extracurricular

ventures that guaranteed a stable, and to an extent excessive, lifestyle. Movie

roles, TV advertisements, endorsement deals, and merchandise sales were but a

few of the avenues explored. For a while, these artists managed to make a

considerable amount of money, more so because, as Redman

recently confessed, “Hip-Hop is not paying all the bills.” 

Hip-Hop alone has never been able to pay

all the bills. Artists learned quick to forge business partnerships with

corporate America and, in turn, diversified their brands. But the labels just

couldn’t see the children of Israel cross over the red sea into freedom. And

thus arose the need for the 360.

Cedric Muhammad, economic guru and former

General Manager of the Wu-Tang Clan, recently put

in explicit terms the logic behind the 360 in an age of economic uncertainty.

The appeal of a 360 to rap artists is even stronger, he noted, because most

“will do almost anything to avoid heavy-duty critical thinking and the nuts and

bolts of business activity because it saps their energy and free spirit.”

Of course it boggles the mind that the

same macho-minded artists, quick to brag out loud about past violent exploits,

wouldn’t raise so much as a whimper when jerked by far less threatening

executives.

Chuck Creekmur, entrepreneur

extraordinaire and co-CEO of AllHipHop.com, was prophetic two years ago when he warned developing

artists not to “wait around for a major label to hook you up, because that

system is about to be dead in the next 5 [years].” The brand new era bubbling,

he explained, would eliminate outright the need for “a label to put your music

to the world.” 

I’ve said it before and it begs

repeating: There is absolutely nothing an artist, at this stage, requires from

a major record label which cannot be done with a small, strong, focused,

professional team. With a resourceful publicist, a diligent manager, a new

media expert, and God on your side,

any artist with requisite talent can still make money off Rap. If you truly

believe major labels are still in the business of development, marketing, and

promotion there’s a bridge in Brooklyn I’ll be happy to make you an offer in six

figures for.

If artists would be courageous enough to

admit it, they would find themselves in lockstep with Talib Kweli who

complained a couple of years ago that his then-label, Geffen, was “totally

inept. They do no marketing, no development. They don’t do no work. For them, I

was like a tax write-off.”

Rap artists, managers, pioneers, attorneys,

elders, critics, and fans must come together to decide what kind of future

Hip-Hop entrepreneurship is to morph into. The SellaBand

concept is admirable but, in my view, myopic—as it fails to establish any real, non-market based, organic

relationship between fan and artist.

Most importantly, rappers would have to

come to terms with their future and

choose if they prefer to remain captives or captains of their destiny.

I write this editorial under the heavy

influence of narcotics (post-surgery medication), so kindly forgive any grogginess; but

this is one issue that cannot be left unaddressed.

Tolu Olorunda is a social commentator

and a columnist for BlackCommentator.com.

He can be reached at: [email protected].

UPDATE: Katt Williams Arrested For Burglary

Comedian Katt Williams was arrested outside of Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday night (November 8), following an incident that resulted in charges of burglary and criminal trespassing.

 

A deputy at the Coweta County jail, about 40 miles south of Atlanta, confirmed that Williams remains in custody morning (November 9).

 

According to Major James Yarbrough of the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office, an unidentified Newnan, Georgia homeowner called police around 9 p.m, alleging Williams had “gained entry by breaking into the home.”

 

Yarbrough, who did not have further details on the incident or the arrest, stated that jewelry was taken from the residence.

 

Authorities believe the entertainer is currently working on a film in the Atlanta area.

 

The arrest comes a year after Williams was arrested in New York City on weapons charges on November 5, 2008.

 

Williams was in New York for his debut performance at Carnegie Hall, which was scheduled for November 6.

 

In the early morning hours of that Thursday, however, NYPD officers pulled him over for driving a car without license plates.

 

Upon searching the car, police discovered a gun and proceeded to arrest Williams and others in his entourage.

 

The following week, the comedian allegedly underwent a mental health evaluation for possible hospital commitment after run-ins with city and county officials in Sumter, South Carolina.

 

On July 23, the New York City district attorney’s office moved to dismiss Williams’ gun charges because they could not “prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.”

 

This latest incident also comes almost three years to the date since Williams was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on November 6, 2006, after authorities found a gun in his briefcase.

 

He pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of carrying a concealed firearm and received three years’ probation.

 

The 38-year-old actor/comedian, born Micah Williams, is scheduled for an arraignment Monday afternoon, where a magistrate is expected to set a bond amount for his release.

Plies Drops ‘Three Headed Monster’; Responds To Critics

Fort Meyers, Florida rapper Plies dropped three brand new singles over the weekend, including one that addresses recent criticism of the rapper.

 

Plies released the singles “Awesome,” “Chirpin’” and “Letter” as part of the “Three Headed Monster” promotion, in which the rapper tackles three subjects.

 

Big Gates, Plies brother/manager and CEO of Big Gates Records told AllHipHop.com that Plies wanted to creatively address each topic.

 

“He wanted to cover three different aspects of the game,” Big Gates told AllHipHop.com. “One being the industry, two being the club and three being the streets. So the ‘Three Headed Monster’ concept meant that we were serious about addressing these three aspects of the game.”

 

Plies’ tracks, including “Letter” come after the rapper was scrutinized by a variety of artists earlier this month, including Jamie Foxx and DJ K-Slay, who accused the rapper of failing to appear in a video from his upcoming album More Than Just a DJ.

 

Several lines appear to be directed at DJ Kay Slay, who claimed Plies refused to be featured in the video for “Blockstars,” resulting in Kay Slay’s album being delayed.

 

Everybody want favors/ who you n***as f**king kidding/my brother went to prison/and now you n***as f**king visit/A n***a want me on his album/take care of f**king business/Paper work artists splits/That’s how you know the business finished/

 

Later in the song Plies addressed Kay Slay’s claims that the Florida rapper refused to come to New York to shoot the video unless he was escorted by security and uniformed NYPD officers.

 

Plies must be scared keeping security with him/Security aint for you n***a/My security for these b***hes/A million dollar n***a/Ya $30 dollar d**khead/N***a I was toting choppers/when n***as was riding 20’s/

 

The three brand new tracks come as Plies makes plans to shoot a video to his single “Medicine,” featuring Keri Hilson.

 

The video will be shot next week on location in New York.

Monday Fashion Feature: Cop or Drop: Ocean Runners By Greedy Geniu$

The much anticipated “Ocean Runner” by Greedy Geniu$ is set for release on Black Friday – Novemeber 27th, 2009.

 

Jamie Foxx in the Big Blue Ocean Runnerby Greedy Geniu$

 

First previewed back in spring 09, the high top sneaker has a boat shoe feel and comes in multiple solid colorways, including the latest addition “Big Blue”.

 

 

 

Unlike some of the Greedy Geniu$’ flashier looks, these clean kicks feature tonal nubuck upper and lacing details on the sides. The brand also unveiled a full grain leather navy/white colorway that will be released at the same time.

 

 

Greedy Geniu$ launched back in 2005 with men’s sneakers, graphic tees, hats and more. The brand introduced its women’s line, La Femme GN$, in 2008. Greedy Geniu$ has quickly spread into almost every major city around the world and has collaborated with huge international companies like Toyota, AT&T and Proctor & Gamble. Jamie Foxx, Ludacris and Trey Songz are just a few famous fans.

 

Ludacris in Greedy Geniu$

 

Are you feeling the Ocean Runners? Check out some of the latest Greedy Geniu$ kicks on DrJays.com:

 

The Dominator by Greedy Geniu$

 

The Rojo by Greedy Geniu$

 

See more from Greedy Geniu$ by clicking HERE. Images: Bossip, HypeBeast

Hip-Hop Rumors: Joe Budden’s New Girl! Coolio Replaces DMX! Boosie Arrested?

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.

COOLIO IS MORE WILLING TO FIGHT THAN DMX?

This has got to be one of the most ironic twists in Hip-Hop history! You know that DMX has backed out of the boxing match in Arizona. We were all ready to see exactly how tough DMX is! But, the dog didn’t want to go through with that for whatever reason. Now, I told you they were going to replace DMX with another person and, my intel tells me that person is none other than COOLIO! Yes. Mr. Gangsta’s Paradise is quite possibly the next person to jump into the ring. As you know, Coolio is good an getting these sorts of gigs and I believe he has done this before.

JAY-Z TRYING TO BE FUNNY?

I know Jay-Z hasn’t returned fire towards his “brother” Beanie Sigel, but anybody that knows Jay, knows he can be subtle. So, somebody emails me and tells me about a recent show with Jay and, suddenly, Jay introduces Memph Bleek as a part of the show. When Bleek comes out, he doesn’t rap his own songs, I was told. Bleek comes out and raps a bunch of State Property songs. Now, no disses or jabs were said. He just rapped the songs. My source told me that it just seemed to be some sort of message from Jay and Bleek.

PRETTY RICKY GOT BEAT UP…

but good luck finding it! the guys must have a serious 911 internet team, because all videos of them getting beat down either resulted in a “This video is no longer available” message or something else like the player not working. Anyway, there are plenty confirmations that it happened. I just want to see how “pretty” Ricky is after a good scrap!

BOOSIE ARRESTED AGAIN?

I’m not sure if this is true or not, but it sure doesn’t sound good. One of my homey’s from Louisville, KY told me that Lil Boosie was either arrested or apprehended by the police in that area. Apparently, this happened at a “going away” concert at a club in Indianapolis called Tropicana on Washington Street. Boosie was supposed to perform with Webbie, but Webbie and others ended up doing the whole show! Sources in the management of the club reportedly stated that Boosie MAY have been arrested for a “strap” and some “smoke.” I’m not sure if this is true, but I would hope that Boosie wouldn’t be looking at more time.

The more I think about this, I think this source confused BG with Boosie!

WE ALL KNEW THIS!

There was no real question that something like this would come out. The dude Chance and Real his brother have been suspected as gay for the longest time. Well, it would seem that one of the girls from their show is telling on Chance. She claims that he asked her to “pound” him after he smoked a blunt. Here is an interview, but honestly, there is no source on the interview. It could very well be fake.

Hot Wingz: : He turns to me and say ‘I want you to POUND me.’ . . . I was confused . . . I was like HOW, I’m a female. What am I supposed to do POUNDING you. I’m a girl.

Interviewer: So wait, hold up. He asked you to ‘POUND’ him?

Hot Wingz: : Yes and then he said it again. I looked at him like, huh? And he said it again. He didn’t even say it once, he said it twice. Then the n*gga rolled a blunt and turned on Sade.Poor Sade–SMH!

BEYONCE’S RECORD LABEL PART 2

I reported on this a ways back, but Beyonce is reportedly in the early stages of her own lable. The venture is supposedly a deal that will align her with Columbia Records, her longtime recording home. She is going to supposedly release her regular albums the way she has in the past and then switch things over! I heard that this move will entail her breaking off from her father’s management and direction. Lastly, she is rumored to be starting some kind of “Making the Band” or “American Idol” type of show to find talent.

JOE BUDDEN AND HIS NEW GAL

Aw man, this doesn’t seem “right” to me. Feels made up…contrived!

Here is Joe and his new babe, Somaya Reece, who has been on the internet as a model for quite a few years now. On second thought…errrr…look….Joey is looking like an epic winner.

And she can cook?

ILLSEED’S QUICKIES

People are trying to say 50 Cent and my ex Kelly Rowland are romantically involved. SMH!

Sources stated that Thunder Promotions may pursue legal action against DMX for bailing on a celebrity boxing match.

Toni Braxton and her husband Keri Lewis have file for separation. This is wild, because Toni recently kissed Trey Songz in the mouth at the Soul Train Awards while her spouse watched. They have a bunch of kids and were married eight years.

Nicolas Cage is Broke! Man, that’s crazy!

There is a big movement of people that want Rihanna to fessup and admit she was violent towards Chris Brown.

ILL PICS

This chick had her breasteses signed by Nicki Minaj

You sure that doesn’t say “Nick Cage?”

SAMMIE SOSA’S GETTING LIGHTER!

They say he’s going through some sort of skin process that temporarily made his skin looking like Michael Jackson.

This dude looks like Sammy Jackson!

J SMOOTH PUTS IT IN PERSPECTIVE.

SMH.

MILEY CYRUS NEVER HEARD JAY-Z RAP

Jay-Z has not commented on this, but somebody close to Jay said that Jay has never heard one of her songs either.

“I’ve never heard a Jay-Z song. I don’t listen to pop music and it’s not even my style of music.”

SIGNS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END

This should get all the feminists in a nice lil frenzy! In Memphis, an 18-year-oldman stands accused of raping a woman. Well, police say Hector Barreto forced himself on a woman and his girlfriend, 25-year old Karina Vazquez, helped. The alleged victim escaped from the scene after Vazquez and Barreto started to have sex after the rape. Here is the super duper catch…the rape victim was friends with Vazquez! So, Vazquez helped her boyfriend rape her friend. Both Barreto and Vazquez have been charged with aggravated rape and kidnapping. Sources say the pair may have gotten a hold of some bad “stuff” or simply drank themselves into a frenzy.

RUMORS, WE LOVE YOU!!! MORE LATER!

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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