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The Hipster Vs. The Hopster

The above illustration pretty much encompasses the characteristics of a hipster. For those not familiar with the term by now, the Urban Dictionary breaks it down:

Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20’s and 30’s that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter. The greatest concentrations of hipsters can be found living in the Williamsburg, Wicker Park, and Mission District neighborhoods of major cosmopolitan centers such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco respectively.

Other key components? Perhaps a filthy pair of white Converse kicks, battered grey skinny jeans, vintage tees, Ray Bans, greasy hair and a beaten up bicycle—all which look like they were picked out of a dumpster, but are probably name brands with healthy price tags. Mary Kate OlsenNow, there is a newer breed of the hipsters called “hopsters”. Basically, while the hipster is more into indie rock, the hopster is likely to be into indie hip hop. The difference in style? The hopster favors colored denim, neon, bold graphic tees and flashy high tops. Their style is more retro 80s hip hop while the hipster is closer to the grungy 90s. New BoyzThe common denominator between the hipster and hopster? Skinny jeans! Check out how you can get both looks: Hipster: Thanaz Slim Straight Leg Jean by DieselStar Player Mid Top by ConverseKozac Straw Fedora by Goorin BrothersBruce Vu Tee by Cheap MondayHopster:Anarchy Robot Tee by KidrobotSlim Peex Jean by 55DSLStraight Jacket by Radii

Jay-Z Sued Over $250,000 Jet Bill

(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z is being sued by a private jet company, who claims the rap mogul failed to pay a $250,000 bill for flying. According to TMZ.com, Air Platinum Holding claims Jay-Z flew 18 hours in 2009, at a cost of $4,500-per-hour, at a cost of $81,000. Other costs Air Platinum is suing for include catering for 17 domestic flights for a total of $8,500, catering for 4 international flights totaling $3,000, International fees totaling $8,500 and taxes totaling $12,285.Air Platinum is also seeking another $24,200 from Jay-Z, for a luxury trip to England. The total bill Jay-Z owes is $137,485.00 plus almost another $100,000 in damages. Air Platinum was a company based in Miami, owned by Frenchman Mickael Cohen, who offered celebrities like Jay-Z, Paris Hilton and others, luxury concierge services. For $163,000 a customer could receive 15 hours of flight time for an entire 14-passenger Gulfstream GIV, to or from anywhere in the world. Additional perks included the use of Cohen’s 80-foot yacht, a condo at the Aqualine Resort and Spa and the usage of a variety of luxury cars. The company collapsed when it became entangled in a myriad of lawsuits, resulting in Cohen losing over $1.9 million dollars in the venture. `“All this mess, it’s only the revenge of my pilots because, we found a lot of breach of trust about the expenses, the hotels rooms, etc., because I’m French [they think] they can take what they want,” Cohen told the Miami Herald earlier this year.

Macy Gray: No Sell-Out

Macy Gray may be many things, but she’s a far cry from being a “sell-out.” Since her 1999 debut, she has pushed the envelope on commercial expectations and limitations on artists within the music industry complex.  And unintentionally, whether Macy knew it or not, her brilliant distinctiveness challenged music lovers – at the very same time – to recognize that the “beauty in the world” around us comes in varying shapes, sizes, sounds, and colors.

The Sellout stands as the fifth studio album in Macy Gray’s decade-plus career.  In the midst of a promotional tour for the album, the singer managed to squeeze some time out of her busy schedule and settle down for an interview with Clayton Perry – reflecting on marketing struggles, her purpose as an artist, and age discrimination within the music industry.

AllHipHop.com:  With three years passing since Big, your last release, is there a particular memory from The Sellout’s recording process that immediately comes to mind?

Macy Gray:  I was really nervous, especially following Big, you know.  It’s almost like when you know you have a baby on the way.  It’s one of those types of feelings – where you don’t know what’s going to happen. But it was really exciting to put this project together, since I haven’t been out for a while.

AllHipHop.com:  At the moment, the dance remix of “Beauty in the World” is currently No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Club Play Songs – which is a career-high for you.  Considering the current economy, in conversation with others, what elements of the song do you think contributed most to the song’s success?

Macy Gray:  Those remixes are really amazing!  And content-wise, they’re pretty light, and people can really relate to the lyrics.  Sometimes we just need to sit back, enjoy the simple things in life, and be grateful.  Beauty surrounds us – in everything. But we just need to open our eyes and take a deep breath.

AllHipHop.com:  In some of the promotional materials for this album, you noted that “[you] spent over a year making this album without any pressure or opinions and being able to choose the co-writers, producers and artists that felt good to me.”  Throughout your career, is there a piece of advice or inspiration that allowed you to maintain your artistic integrity and be uncompromising on your individuality?

Macy Gray:  Well, I was on my own. I went in and started working on it on my own. And for the first time, in a long time, I didn’t have a label pressuring me, or anybody to answer to.  When you’re on a label, you always have meetings, and I didn’t have to go through any of that this time around.  It was really liberating, and it reminded me of what that was like to be artistically-free, and not have to worry about the influence other may have in what you are doing or the direction you are going.

AllHipHop.com:  Last week, I read your Huffington Post piece on age discrimination in the music industry.  When you reflect on your experience, what do you consider to be a blessing, or perhaps a curse, of being a mature artist in the music industry?

Macy Gray:  Everybody knows you have a shelf life. Like, for example, you can only be an athlete for so long.  So there is a lot of pressure.  People don’t really think about the music industry in that way. But we have to remember that music is for everybody.  There will always be an older generation of listeners.  And right now, agents and labels tend to ignore them.  And when you think about it, there are very few artists that are marketed to speak to them and their life issues.  So I never really got the point of why it is so important to be a teenager, and why the vast majority of music is tailored for them.  There are people in their 70’s with money to spend! [laughing]

AllHipHop.com:  When you hit your 40s, is there a particular insight that you gained about the music industry?

Macy Gray:  Yeah, definitely.  You learn to just be yourself and make music that makes you happy.  I’ve learned that you’ll always regret the compromises that you make along the way.  And you also evolve. So as you grow older, you become better. I’m a better singer, and a better songwriter, and I’m always trying to get better.  So even though I’m older, it doesn’t really make sense for me to turn away from music, simply because I am older.

AllHipHop.com:  Eleven years ago, you made your grand debut with the release of your first solo album, On How Life Is. Over the years, is there a particular song on The Sellout that you think is a shining example of your growth as a singer and songwriter?

Macy Gray:  I really like “Lately.”  That is one of my favorite songs.  But I really like my vocals on the whole album.  They may not be technically perfect all the time. But I really love the imperfections, too.

AllHipHop.com:  I’m a really big fan of “Lately” as well, and “Help Me,” too.  Those are my two favorite tracks on the album. If you don’t mind, walk me through the recording process for “Lately,” and shed some light on the inspiration behind the lyrics.

Macy Gray:   “Lately” – I recorded it with Kaz James, who is a big dance producer in Australia.  So automatically, with him, you are going to do an up-beat dance record.  But with me, he wanted to keep it completely organic. So it turned into a great disco track. But it’s completely 2010.  Right now, everybody is trying to make dance tracks.  But this song really sounds like modern disco.

AllHipHop.com:  And on “Help Me,” I really gravitated toward the lyrics, which spoke to me spiritually.  I can really feel the emotion when you cry out: “Am I going to heaven?”  Were these lyrics inspired by a personal experience, or an observation?

Macy Gray:  Yeah.  It’s all about the realization that you don’t ever know what’s going to happen to you, or what tomorrow holds for you.  You might be doing everything right, but them tomorrow some s**t could happen.  So all you can do in life is just get up and have as much fun as you can.

AllHipHop.com:  You have gone on record to state that “[y]our purpose as an artist is to make great music. To contribute.”  Was this a philosophy that was embedded in your spirit at an early age?

Macy Gray:  It was something that I really had to grow into.  When I first started out, I liked to party a lot, and just have a good time.  But now, I really have a new focus.  I want to be an artist that people can listen to twenty years from now.  I want to be one of those artists that when people are digging through their crates, they pull out one of my records from the attic, and it still speaks to them decades later.

AllHipHop.com:  Considering the fact that you have spent over a decade in the music business, what do you think has allowed you to have such longevity?

Macy Gray:  In life, you just gotta keep stepping.  No matter what happens, or how many people put you down, you just have to remember that you have a purpose.  In everything, you got to get up and keep going.  That is one thing I really learned from my parents.  Growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s, I saw them go through a lot.  I don’t think I think about it a lot. But it’s something that I have always held with me – knowing that you have to keep on moving to get to where you want to go.

AllHipHop.com:  Those are some really good words of advice.  And when I think about your career, I have always respected your individuality and the fact that no one could ever put you in a box, mold, or genre. When you look over your career, what behind-the-scenes struggles have you had to overcome from a marketing standpoint?

Macy Gray:  I’m not your typical R&B girl in the industry. I don’t dress a certain way. I don’t wear any weave! [laughing] I’m just totally opposite. And it’s not for everybody. And I realize that. But that’s cool with me.  I’ve tried everything, and it really didn’t look right on me.  I get it.  That’s what’s hot. But not for me! [laughing continues]

For more information on Macy Gray, visit her official website: http://www.macygray.com/

Game: Black, White and Red All Over

Like a solider readying himself for war, Game and his entourage ride the elevator up to his trendy New York hotel room. Along the ride, he raps sporadically to the music in his headphone. “This year Halloween fell on a weekend. Me and Geto Boys trick-or-treatin,” he says. Later on that evening at the 2010 Hip Hop Honors: The Dirty South, with DJ Domination on the 1’s and 2’s, Game and Willie D (1/3 of The Geto Boys) would perform the classic hit, “My Mind Is Playing Tricks On Me”, in tribute to J Prince and Rap-A-Lot. Once inside the hotel, he appears exhausted. But in the midst of a 40-day promotional tour, who wouldn’t be? Nevertheless, he straightens up, puts on his professional hat and prepares to speak candidly about his past beef, music, Dr. Dre, his looming R.E.D. Album and a possible conspiracy against 50 Cent. AllHipHop.com: So you’re back with Interscope. Are you with Aftermath or is it just Interscope? What’s that whole situation like?Game: It’s a conglomerate of s**t. It’s Aftermath, its StarTraxx, Interscope, its Black Wall Street, its Goon Squad, it’s like everybody’s involved this time. It’s Geffen. It’s AllHipHop. Everybody. Yea.AllHipHop.com: Last time we talked, we talked about you album. Let’s talk a little bit about the album and refresh the reader’s memories.Game: Yea um, the album is titled R.E.D. And um, that’s R.E.D. for some folks and it’s pretty much a rededication of myself to music in general. To my fans and my life and my family. It’s like the re-birth or starting from the beginning if you will because everything this time around feels so brand new. AllHipHop.com: You and 50 have had a roller-coaster relationship since the beginning of your career. Where do you two currently stand, business-wise and/or personally?Game: Um, I think that in life anything can be mended. Right now, I haven’t talked to 50. I don’t talk to him but um, I’m not saying that that can’t happen in the future or that it will or won’t. But I think he’s fine doing him and I’m fine doing me. And if the stars ever aligned and if that day comes where we can have a conversation and then chop it up and we can come to some type of happy medium, you know, I’m wit’ it. But as of now, I guess he’s doing him and I’m doing me.AllHipHop.com:  A lot of people said that when you guys first peace’d it up that it was fake. Do you think it was just for publicity? Game: Nah, we uh, I think it was a situation where we both were not forced into it. But I think it was too early for that to happen. I think that if they would of let it [be], waited for a minute, let it simmer down and let us have a conversation which was needed, you know, then it would have been not so short-lived and had longevity to it. And we could have squashed it and got back in and worked. But that ain’t what happened. They wanted to do it like the next day. And there was still a lot of attention in the air and it just didn’t work but it definitely wasn’t staged. AllHipHop.com: Now, Dre is on the album right? He’s done a lot of work on the album, right?Game: Yea.AllHipHop.com: Have you heard Detox? Are you featured on the album at all? Game: Yea, I’ve done some work on Detox. I’ve also feature on some tracks. I don’t know which one will necessarily make it but yea I’ve been working on Detox.AllHipHop.com: Can you tell us what we have to look forward to? You know a lot of people wanna know…Game: (Smiles but remains tight-lipped) Nope. Ain’t nobody gonna tell you what’s up with Detox. AllHipHop.com: Any females in the industry that interest you right now? Professional and/or personally?Game: I think that uh, Nicki Minaj is on everybody’s radar. Just cause she’s like that new Lil’ Kim/Missy. I like her. Her vibe is cool. You know, all the young girls like her and they’re into her. So I think that that’s cool for Hip Hop. Personally, you know, I’m not interested in nobody. I’m just doing me, chillin’. I’m happy with my family and my kids and that’s it.

Game speaking on his willingness to work with 50 Cent again.

AllHipHop.com: Is there any reality T.V. in your future?

Game: Reality T.V.? I don’t think that my reality can be televised. My reality show, you would have to blur the whole screen. And it would have to be beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. It’s gonna sound like a traffic jam in New York.AllHipHop.com: What’s one of your biggest pet peeve?Game: I don’t like girls who wear open-toe sandals and have like corns on every foot. I think that you should just forever be in socks. You know what I’m saying? That kinda is just like, ewww.AllHipHop.com: Let’s talk a little about Twitter. Finish this sentence, #IfHipHopwashighschool…Game: #IfHipHopwashighschool then I’d probably be the bully. AllHipHop.com: Really? Why would you say that?     Game: Uh, because I mean in Hip Hop that’s what people label me as. I guess in the early stages of my career that’s what it seemed like it was. I was just speaking for other people. Yea, I’d definitely be the “bully” and “most likely to succeed” all at the same time. AllHipHop.com: Katt Williams tweeted a few days ago about how he doesn’t understand why celebrities don’t tweet with their fans. He feels like he can talk to celebrities at any given time. Do you actively respond to your fans?Game: As an entertainer, you can’t respond to every fan. I respond to my fans but I don’t have time to respond to everybody. And if you don’t respond to one person, then they get mad but they just don’t understand and they will never understand until they become a star and they see. But it’s difficult to juggle the family and then work and respond to fans. I do the best I can. And anybody that don’t like it, f### you. That’s how I see it.AllHipHop.com: I follow some pretty cool people. I follow The President. I follow Oprah. Everybody follows Diddy cause he’s always saying the cool s**t. I follow like about 300 people. AllHipHop.com: Drake’s album [“Thank Me, Later”] recently hit the streets. Have you had the opportunity to hear it?Game: I’ve heard a couple of tracks on it.AllHipHop.com: Do you think he’s gonna knock it out the park with this album?Game: I think the leak doesn’t matter. I think that, that kid is gonna do his numbers and it’s good for Hip Hop. So everybody just stop what you’re doing for a minute and cheer him on. Give him his lane and let him breathe. AllHipHop.com: Any interest in working with Drake?Game: Uh, it’s Hip Hop. You can look forward to it. It might happen and it might not. It’s Hip Hop and you never really plan to work with anybody. If I record something and I feel like it needs something, I’ll reach out. And vice versa.AllHipHop.com: I’m going say five names and/or words and I want you to tell me the first thing/word/phrase that comes to mind. Wacka Flaka. Game: Oletsdoit.AllHipHop.com: Barack Obama. Game: The man.AllHipHop.com: Betty White (Golden Girls).Game: Get crackin’!AllHipHop.com: Marijuana.Game: Love it.AllHipHop.com: The Game. Game: Life. Game reveals his pet peeves in women.

AllHipHop.com: The original Black Wall Street started out as something to help Blacks during some of the most strenuous times in African American culture. Had you researched the name before you decided to name your company that?

Game: I had already knew what was up with it. Yea.AllHipHop.com: Do you think you’ve fulfilled its legacy?Game: I think that I’ve don’t a lot for a lot of people. If not directly with my music. I’m motivating people and I’ve changed lives. And I’ve helped people see life in a different light. And I know it’s because I’ve gotten feedback from the fans when I see them, so I guess, I mean, I’m doing my part. But I’m not tarnishing it’s legacy or the name. Black Wall Street meant to me African Americans progressing and teaching and I feel like that’s what I’ve done.AllHipHop.com: What’s up with Black Wall Street? Any new artists to watch out for? Game: I got a couple of new artists I’m working with. I recently just signed Misson from New York, he’s out the Bronx. I got a kid name Mad Max from Englewood. He’s like the gangster Kid Cudi. But uh, he’s dope. Chick out of Watts names Canary. She’s pretty good. You know, if I meet somebody and they got the music and sparks for my ear, I’ma take it to the label and see what we can do.AllHipHop.com: Over the years you have expressed the need and/or urgency for music that is more political or that retains more sustenance. What do you think happened to the political landscape in Hip Hop?Game: I think Nas just took a break and it sort of disappears for a minute. Nas is the most political A-List artist and I think that whenever he takes breaks we’re gonna lose that aspect for a little while.AllHipHop.com: Have you gone political on this new album at all?Game: I’m pretty sure there’s always something. A line or two. Or half a song or a verse that you can describe or say it’s political. But I don’t get too much into politics. I just like making my music. AllHipHop.com: A lot of people are blaming Barack Obama for the oil-spill situation that’s going on right now. How do you feel about that?Game: Get off his d**k. AllHipHop.com: Are you bored with Hip Hop or do you still feel you have more to contribute?Game: I think that this point Hip Hop is pretty fun. And a lot of people don’t like these Wacka Flacka records or this Soulja Boy, you know, (raps) Pretty. Boy. Swagg. But I think it’s cool. I think it’s fun for the kids. And I think it’s dope. It goes hard in the clubs. I was just in the club last night having a ball to a bunch of the songs. A lot of people are like, oh, Wacka Flacka ain’t no emcee. I don’t think he’s tryna be an emcee. I think he’s tryna get it crackin’and have fun. When I’m in the club, I get it crackin’ and have fun to those songs. And I’m not looking for it to be Nas, I’m looking to have fun. And I think that’s what a lot of people get misconstrued by Hip Hop. It has different facets. Whatever you need, You go find it. If you’re looking for politics, then you listen to Nas or Talib Kweli or Mos Def. If you’re looking to have a good time, you go Soulja Boy or Drake and Ludacris and Pharell and all of those guys. Or if you want some hardcore then you go to me, Jeezy, Ross. Whatever you want, go find that and stop dissin’ people all the time.

The Game explains the old Black Wall Street and how he signed a “Gangsta Kid Cudi”

AllHipHop.com: Does Game do “The Dougie” in the club?

Game: I don’t know how to do “The Dougie”. Teach me how to Dougie. Teach me, Teach me how to Dougie.AllHipHop.com: We’ve seen how national politics affected Hip Hop in the 80s and 90s. How do you think national politics is affecting Hip Hop right now?Game: Um, I think that Hip Hop has gotten so big over the years, it is itself national politics. We’re directly involved because whatever happens in the world, we’re artists and we paint these pictures on our records and those politics are involved. It’s like when the earthquakes came, you got people mentioning it in their raps and the oil spill and Hurricane Katrina. We become directly involved  because we are multi-cultural writers and we’re always gonna involve world news.AllHipHop.com: Personally, I’m looking forward to seeing you in some more movies. I saw Belly 2 and I was a little confused about the plot. I wasn’t sure how it tied to Belly 1…Game: Yea, it didn’t. Originally it was called something else. And they sold it to Lionsgate, who out Belly 1. And then they just called it Belly 2 out of no where. And then I saw it. And people was like, yo, I saw you in Belly 2. I was like s**t, I’m in Belly 2? You know what I’m saying? But, it was just a real quick little hood flick that me and my dudes did and then we flipped it over and then we sold it. At that point, they can do whatever they want with it. And then they put it out. But we was watching it the other day on the bus and we was just laughing and thought it was cool. It was just a cool little hood flick. Like one of those BET movies. So it was cool.AllHipHop.com: Some of Hip Hop’s elite have all faced or are currently facing issues within our legal system. Game: I’m done (with the legal system).AllHipHop.com: Wayne, Gucci, T.I., etc. What keeps The Game out of jail?Game: S**t, just probation. I got about 5 more months on my probation so after that, try me if you want. But for now, I’m just walking a straight line. AllHipHop.com: What are your thoughts on the Illuminati? Game: Who the f**k are the people saying it. The Illuminati? Who they f**k are they just some bored a** people mad at they job and mad cause Rihanna getting it poppin’. Doing her rude boy s**t. And Jay man, Jay is a mason, man just, who gives a f###? That’s just one person’s opinion on they computer. You know these lap-tops and stuff give people the power to…AllHipHop.com: Do stuff…Game: No, cause you could be on there and you could be anybody because nobody knows what you look like, nobody knows anything about what you look like, it’s just words. And so you have the power to do and say what you want. But then you have to go back to your life and be as pitiful as you are. So man, f**k them people. AllHipHop.com: When you first came out, it was you, 50, Em, Dre. How difficult is it to remain friends [given the whole 50 situation]? For example, I can talk to this person but I can’t talk to that person…Game: I think at this point, I feel like you can talk to Dre and not talk to nobody else because Dre’s the man and whatever message you wanna get across you just send it through Dre and he’ll analyze it. And if it’s important enough, he’ll make that happen. He has the power to do so. But I’m not lost without those entities but of course it would have been a bigger picture if we would have just, you know, did the right thing. But I can’t look back and regret that because it happened and I can’t change it. Maybe one day we will have a rebirth of that situation. But until then I’m just coasting. AllHipHop.com: A lot of people see you working with Ashanti and have raised a lot of questions and/or started a lot of rumors. Is there a conspiracy against 50?Game: I can only speak for myself. But um, I met Ashanti and she’s pretty cool and I don’t have no problems with her. Nobody should have a problem with her. She’s not one of those guys, she’s a girl.AllHipHop.com: Lastly, can you kick a little rap or free-style?Game: I can’t free-style. I ain’t never free-styled in my life. But you know what free-styles is? Free-style is just somebody running over a bunch of words. I like to think cause I don’t want anything to come out my mouth that I’ll regret. That’s what free-styling is, you just throwing words out. You might say some s**t that you don’t necessarily mean.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Jay-Z & Em JUST Performed! Why Joe Budden Is AWOL! Slim Thug Finds A Friend!

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.

Send your rumors, sightings and ill pics to illseed at al*************@***il.com.

LIL KIM AND NICKI MINAJ HAS A SONG?What’s up with this?

JAY-Z AND EMINEM JUST PERFORRRRRMEEED!

LMAO! Jay and them got us all good! They cancelled the rooftop performance, because it got out, but it didn’t really get cancelled…they fronted. It just happened. I don’t have details, but…’tis true.

DAMN AMALGAM DIGITAL!

I curse thee Amalgam Digital! Have you heard the new song with Eminem and Slaughterhouse? If not, peep this:

Eminem ft. Slaughterhouse – Session One (p###. Just Blaze) | Mediafire

Here is the rumor, as if you didn’t already know. I was informed that Budden and Amalgam was working out their issues. Well, it seems that they didn’t. I am hearing that Joe wasn’t permitted to be on this official release, because it is on the extended version of Eminem’s new album. Doh! Hopefully, Joe makes a remix version that will make the Slaughterhouse whole. I wonder how D-12 feels. Hmmm…no beef, just a thought.

TAYE DIGGS DEFENDS SLIM THUG

Hmmmm…how did Slim Thug and Taye Diggs find common ground? Weird.

“You know… I understand,” Diggs says. “It’s a situation that’s unfortunate, but at the same time, being a black man, I understand. I understand the idea of having something that you call your own, and how it could feel when a member of your clan, so to speak, chooses to be with someone from another clan. I get how that could make someone feel rejected.

    “But that being said, I can’t tolerate that because it’s 2010 and I don’t have time for that. When I was younger I did get caught up with that. When I was growing up, there were guys who dated everybody, there were guys that only dated black girls, and there were guys who only dated white girls. Back then, I used to judge the black guys that only dated white girls and for so long, I wanted people to know, I’m not one of those guys.

Source: HelloBeautiful

 

MASE GOT EVE OFF THE STRIPPER POLE

I missed this last week, but its still worth a mention. Mase is a good dude. Here is how Eve explains what happened, via Contact Music.

“He came into the club and looked at me and literally was like, ‘What’s your name?’ And I gave him every stripper name under the sun! I was like, ‘I’m Ginger, I’m Sassy!’ He was like, ‘Why don’t you go get dressed, let’s go just talk.’ And we did, we talked throughout the night. He was like, ‘You’re really talented. What are you doing? You know you’re not supposed to be here. You know it.’

“It was a confirmation for me that all these thoughts, all this sadness. All these times that I wake up in the morning, I’m like, ‘Why do I feel like this?’ And I know I’m not supposed to be there. It just woke me up.”

DON’T DO IT DREAMSTER! CHEATING ON CHRISTINA MILLIE?

Scoop this off H.B. too.

We have yet to see The Dream out and about with his new wife Christina Milian since she gave birth to his daughter Violet.  But, we HAVE  seen him with a few ladies at the club.The producer was recently spotted with yet another chick who is NOT Christina!!! The Dream has spoken out in recent interviews that his marriage is intact, so why haven’t we seen them out and about??

I hope Christina Milian doesn’t record an album of diss records. But seriously Dream says he’s not out swinging outside of his marriage. Those girls far friends. And he’s working. And C. Millie is in LA. Uh Huh.

 

ILLSEED’S QUCKIES

Lil Wayne’s daughter is forbidden from seeing him in Rikers.

The evil media is reporting all the wrong info regarding Boosie, as I have been told. Some of my sources down there are about to hit me with some new info.

Rumor has it, Ciara’s CD is not coming out. Man, they did everything, including KFC to get that think to come out! Actually, that was last year…but, you get the point.

NEW DRAKE SONGS!

Look what I found over at thisis50! One of these songs I heard before.

Drake – You Know You Know

Drake – Still Got It:

 

Drake – Greatness:

Download:

 

Drake – Greatness Thanks to Thisis50.com

Drake – You Know You Know

Drake – Still Got It

WHO IS THIS GUY?

Al B. Sure had it poppin’ back in the 80’s and 90’s. He was one of the leaders of the light-skinned domination. Now…not so much. Still, he is on Omarosa’s new reality show with Donald Trump – unibrow and all.

Here’s his No. 1 hit, “Nite and Day.”

 

EPIC WIN OF THE DAY!

Ron Artest…this song is bumpin! HAHAHAAH! Ron has come a long way as a rapper. Lakers…I’m not a fan, but I can’t even hate.

LADY GAGA AND HER BUMP

LMAO! By the way, she has been banned from Yankee Stadium for her presumed drunken tear.

 

 This chick is ethering everybody from Kelis to Xtina Aggy. M.I.A. needs to just say in her original lane and live happily ever after.

 NICKI AND SEAN

 I know you have a crush, Sean. Stop it. Seriously, they shot a video in Jamaica over the weekend or something recent.

 

Some have speculated that Nicki’s outfit is supposed to be a bee and therefore a slick dis to Lil Kim. I don’t know.

 

NICKI’S NEW COVER

Rumor has it Nicki won’t do an interview without being on the cover! But the covers are nice. I need to start a magazine.

 

SOULJA BOY’S NEW VIDEO

Here are a few pics from “Pretty Boy Swag.” You know, I’m tired of cats saying they “pretty.” WTF. Next thing, they will be calling themselves “lesbians” in their raps. Oh. Wait. They already do that.

 

 

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Video: J. Cole: “Who Dat”

J. Cole debuted his new video for “Who Dat” today on BET’s “106 & Park” and the mini-movie is impressive. Slightly reminiscent of Xzibit’s “What U See Is What U Get,” but wholly original in today’s context. Check it out below.

Rap Star Fabolous Rings NASDAQ Opening Bell

(AllHipHop News) Brooklyn, rap star Fabolous has been named National Music Ambassador of the After-School All-Stars non-profit, which was founded former actor and current Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Fabolous teamed with the 2010 After-School All-Stars Benefit this morning and rang the NASDAQ stock market’s opening bell. The rapper joins NBA stars LeBron James and Kobe Bryant as celebrity ambassadors for After-Scholl All-Stars, which Schwarzenegger founded in 1992. Fab rang the NASDAQ bell along side After-School All-Stars CEO Ben Paul and Chairman Paul Wachter. Earlier this week, Fabolous attended a benefit for After-School All-Stars at a swanky bash inside the Mandarin Hotel last week in Manhattan. The benefit featured guests like Governor Schwarzenegger, Francois-Henry Bennahmias, the President and CEO of Audemars Piguet watches, and Grammy Award Winning & Oscar nominated songwriter Siedah Garrett.

Police Question Fat Joe, Entourage Over Sexual Assault In Madison, WI

(AllHipHop News) Madison, Wisconsin police are investigating the claims of a local, 33-year-old woman, who claimed she was sexually assaulted by the rapper inside of his Cadillac limousine after a performance last night (June 20th). The unidentified woman called the police around 12:46 AM (June 21st), shortly after a concert at The Orpheum Theater featuring Fat Joe, born Joe Cartagena. Police said the concert started at 7:00 PM on June 20th. After the concert was over, the woman was inside of the Cadillac limo with Fat Joe and his entourage with the destination being a hotel on Madison’s West side. After “some time had elapsed,“ there were allegations of inappropriate touching “involving the female,” who reported the incident to police, according to prosecuting officer, Howard Payne. “This investigation is ongoing. Details are continuing to be developed in this matter,” said Officer Payne.  “Cartagena was questioned along with others in his entourage. Detectives briefly detained subjects involved in this matter, and released parties after interviews were completed.”

Yukmouth: Capo Regime

Yukmouth, the smoked-out Oakland native and Luniz rapper, makes his return to AllHipHop.com with this new, dramatic feature. The last time we spoke to the Regime Boss, he was releasing his last album on Rap-A-Lot Records called Million Dollar Mouthpiece back in 2008. Since then he released The West Coast Don in 2009 on his own imprint Smoke-A-Lot Records and has now released his latest album, Free At Last. Aside from his musical projects, Yukmouth has also been in the media lately due to an unfortunate robbery at a Ralph’s Supermarket out in Woodland Hills, CA located in Los Angeles County suburb, the San Fernando Valley. News outlets and Police statements indicated that former Death Row boss Suge Knight was involved in the incident and Yukmouth was quick to state that was not true. Yukmouth talks about that situation in this new detail as well as new release Free At Last which is now in stores. AllHipHop.com: You are back with a new album in stores now called Free At Last. The obvious reason is about your freedom from the labels, but is there another meaning behind that title?Yukmouth: Yes. For this album I was free from jail. The last album, West Coast Don, I was locked up in the L.A. County Jail. I went in for driving without a license. I literally wrote that whole album in jail. Being free from jail allowed me to network and search for the beats to match the songs. That makes a difference and this is a totally different album for that reason. I’m free from record labels. Free from Rap-A-Lot. Free from Virgin Records. I’m able to do my own thing now. When you are under contract to a label, sometimes you are not free to carry out your own ideas. For that reason, I couldn’t do the Regime album and other projects that I wanted to do. Now that I’m free at last, I can f**kin’ do whatever the f**k I want to do. I’m doing the Thug Lords album – that’s me and C-Bo. I’m finally doing The Regime album after pushing it for 13 years. I’m able to spread my wings and fly away and that’s the basic meaning behind Free At Last. AllHipHop.com: I’ve always wondered why so many rappers get busted for driving without a license or having a suspended license. Yukmouth: My thing is this; motherf**kers like us don’t feel like standing in the DMV line for hella hours. We’ve got hella sh*t to do. We have our girls or family members get the cars in their names. We just drive the thing until we get pulled over. Then the car gets impounded for 30 days and we go the f**k to jail (laughs). If you get 10 of those, then they are going to give your a** some time, like they gave me. I had 10 tickets for driving without a license and they got tired of my a** and gave me time. I originally was sentenced to 7 months but I only served 3. It also has to do with luxury cars. I’m driving nothing but Benz’ and Range Rovers, so when the cops see a young black man driving those cars, they want to pull them over. They ask questions about where I got the car or where did I get the money for it. Then they find out that I have no license – it’s off to jail.

“Motherf**kers want me to buy it back. I

ain’t buying that chain back! You can have that motherf**ker. I’ll buy a

new chain before I buy that one back. It will have more diamonds…”-Yukmouth

AllHipHop.com: Did you finally just bite the bullet and stand in that DMV line for your license?Yukmouth: Yes! F**k that! I’m licensed the f**k out! They can’t tell me sh*t anymore. I’ve got my Cannabis Club license, my drivers license – all that sh*t. They can’t f**k with me now. I’m MC Hammer – 2 Legit 2 Quit! AllHipHop.com: Tell us about your L.A. County Jail experience. Yukmouth: I was on Celebrity Row which is where they put all of the celebrities that are locked up in County. They have to keep you away from the rest of the jail population or you can sue them. They automatically threw me in there. Celebrity Row was were O.J. Simpson was held. The Game was held there too. When I was there they had Lawrence Phillips, the football player, next to me. I happened to be in the same cell that held O.J. My homie Caffeine from the movie Menace II Society was locked up with me. We all talked cell to cell everyday, passing things down the fish-line. They call it fishing when you connect the thread to something. You rodeo swing that sh*t and throw that motherf**ker down the hall. Don’t think Celebrity Row was some corny sh*t. We weren’t up there with those pink gay n****s. We were up there with n****s who were in there for serious things. AllHipHop.com: The Game was locked up at the same time with you?Yukmouth: No. He was there like a month before me. He only did a week – so he came in and got the f**k out. It wasn’t a picnic in there. Celebrities got harassed too. Caffeine kept getting thrown in the hole. I heard Game got harassed too. The inmates that were there told me that they (jail guards) were f**king him up just because of who he was. You’ll go to take a shower and come back to find your cell tore up. AllHipHop.com: You’ve been in Los Angeles for a while now. What are your thoughts on the city?Yukmouth: L.A is cool. I came out here for the industry. I was 18 when we got our record deal as The Luniz and my focus was on the music and getting away from the hood. I was too involved in the streets. I turned a drug deal in to a record deal – literally. Virgin Records is based in Beverly Hills, so we were flying out every week and we just decided to move out there to avoid all of that. I’ve been networking ever since. I’ve got movies, a SAG card, p####’s – all types of sh*t. Things that I wouldn’t have been able to do in the Bay Area. The networking is outrageous out here. I was at Roscoe’s Chicken N Waffles and this dude was like, “You got the face! You got the face!” He did that little camera squared thing with his hands. Next thing you know I’m on flight to Phoenix, AZ dressed in some Zulu sh*t for $7,000. It’s just things like that – that happen out here and won’t happen out in the Bay Area. I also mix in with the rap scene out here too. On my new album you’ve got 211 from Inglewood, he’s a Blood. Roccett from Carson is on there too, he’s a Crip. Jay Rock who’s a Blood from Watts is on the album too. On my last album I had Glasses Malone. Crooked I is my ace. I f**k with all of the young n****s in the game that’s coming up in L.A and the OG’s too. I’ve done songs with MC Ren and MC Eiht – I get love out there.

“I saw the comments on your site with

people calling me a snitch. A snitch presses charges, goes to court and

testifies. I didn’t do none of that s**t!”-Yukmouth

AllHipHop.com: Looking back over your career, you seem to be a lightning rod for trouble with other rappers. Why is that?Yukmouth: A lot of it was due to loyalty. The Too-Short beef was out of loyalty to my record label because they had problems with his record label. The G-Unit beef was loyalty to Rap-A-Lot because  they had an allegiance with Murder Inc. and they felt we should get involved with their little beef. A lot of it was just being loyal to my crew and to my record label. I’m not a bully and I don’t attract beef – and that’s why I don’t have any right now. Everything in the past was either defense or being loyal to my crew. I don’t just wake up on the wrong side of the bed and say, “F**k this n***a.” That’s not my land. I don’t have to diss someone to make people listen to my album. AllHipHop.com: I know that you squashed your beef with The Game but I have to ask you about a member of Black Wall Street named Menace holding up your chain on his Twitter after your recent robbery. He stated that he wasn’t the one who took it but it did make some wonder if there were lingering issues between you and The Game.     Yukmouth: I’m break that whole sh*t down. Like I said, I don’t have any beef with G-Unit anymore or The Game. Lately n****s have probably seen me with 40 Glocc and he has an issue with that rapper you mentioned. They are beefing and doing what they do. Now me and 40 Glocc are cool but I’m not in Zoo-Life and he’s not in Regime. We see each other, we hang out, go in the studio – and that’s it. But I guess to antagonize 40 Glocc and even me for hanging out with him, he had that picture with a message  for 40 Glocc to come get the chain back. Some little b*tch a** sh*t trying to involve me in their beef in which I have nothing to do with. Whatever their beef is, it’s theirs. Now if The Game had said that, it would be different. But it was the n***a that had beef with 40 Glocc that knows that I get along with 40. I don’t have beef with The Game though – we’re good. AllHipHop.com: Did you ever get the chain back?Yukmouth: I’ll let the street sh*t stay in the street. AllHipHop.com: No problem. I was just curious if it was back in your possession. Yukmouth: Naw, naw, naw. (Pauses) I’ll put it out there. I could have gotten it back. I could’ve had it the next day. Motherf**kers want me to buy it back. I ain’t buying that chain back! You can have that motherf**ker. I’ll buy a new chain before I buy that one back. It will have more diamonds and I’ll make the price sign bigger. All this has done is make me turn it up more on n****s. Watch what my next jewelry set. Most artists buy their sh*t back but I don’t do that ransom sh*t. I’m a real street n***a and rap n***a. You’re not going to get me like that cashing out – f**k that! I’ll cash out at the jewelry store for another one before I do that sucker sh*t. AllHipHop.com: When I roll to Ralph’s Market, I’m in my sweats and slippers. I’ve been wondering why you were at that market with all of that jewelry?Yukmouth: Let me get this clear. I was coming from my video shoot. I was shooting for “The Hard Way” in Woodland Hills, CA at a Mansion. I’m coming down the street and I pulled over at Ralph’s to talk to somebody. That’s when the motherf**kers got up on me, jumped me and robbed me. I pulled up to Ralph’s to go holler at one of my people’s. I don’t go to f**kin’ Ralph s with $80,000 worth of jewelry. I was on my way to the next set of the video shoot so I had my outfit on. AllHipHop.com: Do you feel you were set up? The circumstances look a little fishy.  Yukmouth: No. I just think I was caught slippin’. I shouldn’t have pulled over to Ralph’s. That market is on the main street. You know how many people drive down Ventura Boulevard? N***s saw me, bust a U-Turn, came to the lot and did what they did. I never should’ve pulled over to stop. I just caught slippin’. A set up is someone calling you somewhere and then having someone there to get you. I was the one that pulled over. It happens to the best of us. You are from L.A so you know how things go down. These n***as touchdown at every B.E.T. Awards and event. N****s get robbed at restaurants, hotels, and broad daylight. This was my first incident and it wasn’t at gunpoint. A lot of n****s jumped me and they snatched my chain. Ask these rappers. I ain’t even going to say names. Ask the biggest producers and your favorite rappers how many times they’ve been robbed out here. That sh*t happened in a confrontation. I wasn’t at a hotel room or at Roscoe’s where n****s come in and rob me at gunpoint. For me to get jumped and having my chain snatched as opposed to n****s getting shot like Waka Flocka – I’m good. I got jumped but I came out looking like Mohammed Ali. I wasn’t looking like Lil B The Base God, Waka Flocka or none of them n****s. I shot a video 3 days later with no black eyes or anything – so I’m good.

AllHipHop.com: The police indicate that Suge Knight was involved and then you stated that he had nothing to do with the robbery. What is the truth?Yukmouth: I pulled over to talk to Suge. The police asked me what was I doing with $80,000 worth of jewelry on and I told them that I pulled over to talk to another mogul. This is my n***a Suge. They decide that they were going to put it on him. I’m like, “No! It was 11 n****s that pulled up and surrounded the both of us!” Suge got up on out and they got up on me! But since I said that I pulled over to talk to Suge, they decide that he was involved in it and they forgot about those 11 other n****s. They didn’t even pay attention to what the witnesses at Ralph’s said. They were the one’s who called the police. Let me make that clear because I did not call the police. There were people in the Ralph’s parking lot that saw everything go down. They called the Police and they rolled up in there hella fast. Police out here got TMZ on speed dial. AllHipHop.com: I appreciate you clearing that up. Yukmouth: I had too! I saw the comments on your site with people calling me a snitch. A snitch presses charges, goes to court and testifies. I didn’t do none of that sh*t! N****s need to watch what they say when it comes to me. I never did any of those things, so how am I a snitch? The cops want to go after Suge because he’s a big name and they want to make a name for themselves with a big story. They are trying to false accuse this man because they want him. They don’t give a f**k about the 11 n****s who surrounded me with their cars. All you hear is Suge, Suge, Suge. Man I was just talking to this n***a! Suge was about to get robbed too! AllHipHop.com: The last time we spoke to you in 2008, you told us how you were at odds with your Luniz partner Numskull. Has there been any progress since?Yukmouth: I don’t have any problems with Numskull. Whatever his problem is with me, it is what it is. That’s still my brother for life. He’s in jail right now so all we can do is pray for him and his family. When he gets out hopefully we can heal the wounds and do a Luniz reunion album. It’s on him. I’m always game. I created everything about the Luniz from the name, the logo and our rap names. Why would I ever quit that? I came up with the whole formula. It’s Luniz for life with me.  

Rapper DMX’s Wife Auctions Off Platinum Jay-Z Plaque For Non-Profit

(AllHipHop News) DMX’s wife Tashera Simmons has officially launched her new organization Women of Strength Group, a new, tax exempt, non-profit organization aimed at helping children, women and families deal with abuse.Simmons has started raising funds for the non-profit by hosting an auction on eBay, where a rare Roc-A-Fella plaque with Jay-Z’s signature is being sold. The authentic plaque’s starting bid is $5,0000 and features numerous platinum plaques bearing some of Jay-Z’s best known albums.Additionally, the plaque features a message from Jay-Z, which says “16 million and counting. Thank you for your support, Jay-Z.”Women of Strength is a foundation that dedicates its time and resources for women and children who lives have been affected by drug abuse, abandonment, and other social conflicts,” Mrs. Simmons told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “Our goals is to shelter and guide them to a new start in life by providing workshops that focus on the mental rehabilitation needed to re-enter society. We help kids of women affected by unfortunate situations that they have no control over and help them get through their emotional detachment.” Tashera Simmons has dealt with serious issues as the wife of superstar rapper Earl “DMX” Simmons. The internationally known rapper/actor has been arrested every year since 1999, on multiple charges, ranging from impersonating a police officer to animal abuse.DMX is currently finishing a six-month sentence in Arizona for failing a drug test last June. He even addressed his drug issues in a new track titled “Yall N***as Bounce,” which hit the Internet last week. As Mrs. Simmons, she has stayed with her husband through the arrests, extra-marital affairs and the prison time, much of which was chronicled on BET’s reality series DMX: Soul of A Man.“Woman of all ethnic backgrounds, religions and social classes can benefit from Women of Strength nationally,” Simmons stated. “Pregnant teens, runaway woman, and domestic abuse victims can find open arms and a place of hope at the woman of strength foundation.”To bid on the Roc-A-Fella plaque, click here. All proceeds will benefit the Women of Strength Group.