Brooklyn natives Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel broke into the music business together as part of the GS9 collective. The “Computers” collaborators also plead guilty in the same New York conspiracy case from 2014.
Now that Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel are out of prison, the two rhymers have refocused on their respective recording careers. However, Rowdy has also taken time to speak on the legal situation involving two other rappers.
“Everybody that’s dying out there is because there’s no n#### to be like, ‘Nah, my fault. I’m sorry,'” said Rowdy Rebel on a recent episode of Math Hoffa’s My Expert Opinion podcast.
Rowdy Rebel continued, “When King Von died, that Lul Tim n####, he didn’t have to get out of the car and start squeezing right away… His mind off the rip went to kill. How you went to kill? How much hate do you have already to kill this man?”
Bobby Shmurda Also Sits Down With Math Hoffa
During his own conversation with My Expert Opinion, Bobby Shmurda offered a different take on the killing of Chicago-bred rapper Dayvon “King Von” Bennett. Welcome to O’Block album creator King Von lost his life on November 6, 2020, following a dispute with Quando Rondo’s crew in Atlanta.
“I felt like that s### came out wrong. He meant it in a good way, like that he wished that none of that s### would’ve happened because he’s a fan of both,” said Shmurda about Rowdy Rebel’s comments. “But sometimes, you can’t talk on other people’s s###. Period. Rowdy knows he’s in the wrong for that.”
The “Hot N*gga” hitmaker added, “It’s like sometimes these emotions are going to come out. So when emotions are high, you don’t want to talk on situations. Sometimes, you gotta say, ‘Man, I just wish the best for everybody.’ And that’s it. Keep it at that. Shut the f### up and don’t say s### about the situation.”
Rowdy Rebel Wants The World To Know Shmurda Is Still His Brother
Bobby Shmurda’s response to his GS9 brethren gained a lot of attention on social media. Rowdy Rebel then took to his Instagram Story to address his relationship with Shmurda and the backlash sent his way by internet users.
“I said what I said 🤫,” posted Rowdy Rebel. A couple of hours later, the Rebel vs. Rowdy mixtape creator returned to the platform to write, “I [could] never beef with my brother Bobby. He [freed] me from a whole bid. But [you] other n##### [heard] what I said. 😩.”
In a 2016 interview, Bobby Shmurda revealed he took a seven-year prison sentence instead of a five-year plea deal in order for Rowdy Rebel to receive a seven-year sentence too. Last year, Rowdy praised Shmurda for helping him avoid serving 12 years behind bars.
Hip Hop producer Metro Boomin dropped his sophomore studio LP, Heroes & Villains, on December 2. The Boominati Worldwide label founder also continues his humanitarian work in conjunction with his latest music project.
Metro Boomin officially launched the“Single Moms Are Superheroes” campaign. He partnered with the Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation to invite 26 single moms and their children to watch theAtlanta Falconsversus Pittsburgh Steelers game on December 4.
The special guests also took part in the Atlanta Falcons Anthem Program. This initiative allowed the families to sing the national anthem while standing next to the players on the sideline inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Metro Boomin and the Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation previously supported 150 women at the Single Moms Enrichment Retreat. Plus, the campaign provided one mother with a $25,000 scholarship to continue her education.
“Our mission is to ensure the needs of the whole family are met and we know that the most important part of that nucleus is the mom,” says Sharon Page, Executive Director of the Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation.
Heroes & Villains features contributions from John Legend, Future, Chris Brown, Don Toliver, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, Young Thug, The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, Takeoff, Gunna, and more. The LP follows 2018’s chart-topping Not All Heroes Wear Capes.
Metro Boomin also scored a No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Savage Mode II in 2020. That collaborative project was the sequel to Metro and 21 Savage’s Gold-certified Savage Mode EP which peaked at #23 in 2016.
A California jury will likely decide the fate of Daystar “Tory Lanez” Peterson in the coming weeks. The Canadian musician pled not guilty to assault and firearm charges.
The pending case stems from Megan Thee Stallion accusing Tory Lanez of shooting her in the feet in 2020. The incident allegedly happened after the two rappers attended a party at Kylie Jenner’s home.
According to Rolling Stone reporter Nancy Dillon, billionaire reality show star Kylie Jenner could play a role at the trial. Corey Gamble, the boyfriend of Kylie’s mother Kris Jenner, may have to take the stand too.
“Tory’s lawyer told the judge that Kylie Jenner and Corey Gamble are on his list of possible defense witnesses because they were present at Kylie’s pool party before the July 2020 shooting,” tweeted Nancy Dillon on Monday night.
Earlier in the day, Dillon reported, “Tory Lanez released from house arrest as his trial for allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion begins with jury selection in L.A.” The judge in the case overruled an objection by the prosecution.
Tory's lawyer told the judge that Kylie Jenner and Corey Gamble are on his list of possible defense witnesses because they were present at Kylie's pool party before the July 2020 shooting
Tory Lanez, Megan Thee Stallion & Kylie Jenner Appeared On IG Live Together Before The Alleged Shooting
It seems clear that Tory Lanez, Megan Thee Stallion, and Kylie Jenner partied together on the night of July 12, 2020. All three celebrities appeared together poolside on Instagram Live at the time. Lanez’s attorney claims the argument between Tory and Megan started at Jenner’s house.
Many people around the world are still engrossed in the tale of Casey Anthony, a Florida mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. Hip Hop star Cardi B appears to be one of those people.
Last month, the Peacock streaming service premiered a new docuseries titledCasey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies. The three-part program features Casey Anthony providing her side of the story.
Cardi B Suggests The Anthony Family Knows What Happened To Caylee
Apparently, Cardi B has been following the latest media attention on the death of Caylee Anthony. The Invasion of Privacy album creator took to Twitter to share her thoughts about the Anthony legal saga.
“I don’t give a [damn] how they flip it, switch it, turn it, toss it – Casey Anthony is a disgrace of a mother and she shouldn’t have a uterus,” tweeted Cardi B on Monday afternoon.
The NYC-raised Grammy winner continued, “I don’t feel bad for her or for the daddy. YALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED to that baby!!!!” Cardi’s tweet collected over 4,300 retweets and 39,000 likes.
I don’t give a deum how they flip it ,switch it,turn it ,toss it Casey Anthony is a disgrace of a mother and she shouldn’t have a uterus.I don’t feel bad for her or for the daddy YALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED to that baby !!!!
A significant portion of Netflix’s Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness centered around speculation that Carole Baskin killed her husband and fed him to big cats. Baskin denies those allegations. She later criticized Cardi’s “WAP” music video for supposedly glamorizing private tiger ownership.
“I’m not gonna engage with Carole Baskin on that,” said Cardi B in an interview with i-D at the time. “Like, that’s just ridiculous you know? Oh, Lord. Like, girl, you killed your g###### husband.”
Saweetie said she’s not dissing anybody on her new single after she seemingly addressed her exes on ‘Don’t Say Nothing.”
The song appears on The Single Life, a six-song LP about her new life as a single woman and is about men who “speak on who they be f#####’ on.” Fans speculated the Bay Area rapper spoke on the rumors that she dated Lil Baby and her ex-beau Quavo on her new track.
However, despite the gossip, Saweetie said: “Ain’t nobody dissing them boys.”
Saweetie addressed the rumors head-on during a recent Instagram Live session. She admitted that she’s aware of what fans are saying, but it’s not true.
“Ain’t nobody dissing nobody,” she stated. Saweetie also said she already denied taking any shots during her Caresha Please interview. “Ain’t nobody dissing them boys. So you can kill those rumors,” she said before teasing, “y’all don’t even know who I’m talking about, anyways.” Check out the clip below and listen to the single at the end of the page.
Cousins! While vibing out with her Icy crew on Instagram live tonight Saweetie addressed rumors that she was sneak dissing Quavo and/or Lil Baby in her latest single “Don’t Say Nothing” pic.twitter.com/T9KlKjADIE
Saweetie shared the inspiration behind “Don’t Say Nothing” during her Caresha Please appearance. She revealed her frustration at being gossiped about by the men she chooses to date.
“Last year was my first time just being single. I’ve encountered men — we’ll have a good time, then after that, I hear them talking,” she explained to Yung Miami. “Telling people that we hanging out and that we doing some extra stuff. It’s like, ‘Boy, just shut your mouth.’”
She explained she liked to keep her private life away from prying eyes. “I like to have a mutual understanding. Like, we not public, so don’t say nothing. As soon as they do that, I cut them off,” Saweetie concluded.
Kanye West has gone on another rant about Jewish people in his latest interview with a controversial political figure, claiming Hitler’s reputation for “murdering Jews” was inaccurate and “made by Jewish people.”
The DONDA creator linked with podcaster and Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes for an interview two days after his infamous Infowars appearance where he professed his love for Hitler and the Nazis.
According to Southern Poverty Law Centre, Ye’s newest host insists his group of self-described “Western chauvinists” are not a racist movement despite their “anti-white guilt” agenda. The SPLC has designated McInnes’s Proud Boys an extremist hate group. They claim the group “regularly spout white nationalist memes and maintain affiliations with known extremists.”
In a teaser clip ahead of the interview, due to be released later today (Dec. 6), Gavin McInnes announced his new series with Kanye West, titled “Saving Ye.” The show aims, as stated by the host, “to prevent Ye West from becoming an antisemite or a Nazi.”
In the bombshell snippet, Kanye West discusses the controversy surrounding his recent remarks about Hitler. When McInnes suggested his statements could negatively impact his stab at the election in 2024, Kanye disagreed.
“It’s awesome for a presidential campaign to have someone that’s honest,” Ye stated. He added he “understands the state of the world,” and is “ready to listen to what the American people need.”
Kanye West On Hitler
However, McInnes doubled down, noting that Hitler had a “pretty bad reputation,” before Kanye fired back, “Well who made that reputation? That was made by Jewish people.”
After McInnes pointed out the dictator got his reputation for “murdering Jews,” Kanye again countered his argument. “Some of it’s incorrect,” Ye stated. “Also, The Holocaust is not the only holocaust,” adding “abortion,” which he referred to as “eugenics,” and “genocide,” is “the holocaust that were dealing with right now.”
In another clip, Nick Fuentes and Gavin McInnes laughed while Kanye admitted his prejudice towards Jewish people. Check it out below and watch the interview trailer here.
SZA is one step closer to dropping her highly-anticipated upcoming album, S.O.S.
Her sophomore LP, the follow-up to 2017’s Ctrl, will arrive at midnight on Friday (Dec. 9), after a five-year wait. The TDE singer teased the album earlier this week, sharing the apparent cover art on Instagram.
On Monday, SZA continued her rollout by dropping the S.O.S. tracklist, revealing the project had a whopping 23 tracks. Among the guest appearances is her “Love Galore” collaborator Travis Scott who joins the singer on “Open Arms.” The late Ol’ Dirty Bastard is featured on the closer, ending the project with “Forgiveless.” Other features include Don Toliver and Phoebe Bridgers.
SZA also shared a series of singles in the lead-up to the album’s release, including hit songs “Good Days,” “I Hate U,” and “Shirt,” which she performed on the Dec. 3 edition of Saturday Night Live. She also debuted her new single, “Blind,” during the show after she first teased at the end of the “Shirt” visuals.
A banner in the background announced S.O.S. arrives on Dec. 9. Check out a clip below.
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Earlier this year, SZA opened up about the project, revealing that she found S.O.S difficult to describe.
“I have no idea what it sounds like to anybody else,” she told Complex in October. “I really don’t know.”
“It’s weird that I can’t put my finger on it,’ she explained before adding, “It’s a little bit of everything. It’s a little aggressive. Some parts are incredibly soft. Some of them are ballads. I don’t know. It’s all over the place. It’s just where my heart is.”
Nelly and Ashanti’s recent onstage chemistry had fans calling for a reconciliation after the former couple reunited for Power 98.3 and Power 96.1‘s “Under The Mistletoe” concert last weekend.
The pair ended their decade-long romance in 2014 and some fans never got over it, hoping they would one day give love another shot. The duo rocked the stage with their 2008 smash hit, “Body On Me,” but Nelly’s reactions to Ashanti dancing on him ensured he went viral.
Clad in a magenta bodysuit and matching thigh-high boots, Ashanti flaunted her perfect figure while serenading Nelly. At one point, the Grammy Award-winning singer got low, grinding on her ex as they performed for the crowd. His facial expressions said it all, and Nelly soon began trending on Twitter after clips of their intimate performance surfaced online.
Nelly and Ashanti putting that old chemistry to use performing their track “Body On Me” last night
Many fans called for the pair to get back together, pointing to their red-hot chemistry.
“Ashanti is single. Nelly is single. Ok y’all walk with me,” wrote one Twitter user, while another said they should follow Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s example.
“I mean, there’s Ben & Jen.. can we get a Nelly & Ashanti reboot pleaseeee 🥴” the fan begged.
“The toxic in me is LIVING for this 😂😈,” another fan tweeted. “Sis knew McZACHLEE what she was doing. Grind on that n#### sis and make him remember who his best was!!”
Others couldn’t get over the rapper’s reactions. “Nelly up there fighting for his life LMAO,” one fan joked while another mused, “Me too Nelly me too!!!” Check out some of the reactions below.
The toxic in me is LIVING for this 😂😈 Sis knew McZACHLEE what she was doing. Grind on that n#### sis and make him remember who his best was!! @Nelly_Mo@ashantipic.twitter.com/JxpAMJWxkg
— That H#### With The Good Hair (@infamousRIOT) December 5, 2022
Ice Cube continues to fight for the rights to the Friday franchise after claiming in 2021 that the studio is refusing to make another sequel to the popular series.
During a new interview on the Hotboxin’ With Mike Tyson podcast, the West Coast icon admitted he doesn’t own any rights to the franchise in which he wrote and starred. According to Ice Cube, he’s still fighting for the franchise despite several scripts being ready for another film.
Ice Cube Says ‘Friday’ is “My Movie”
“I don’t know. Warner Brothers is weird right now. I don’t know what they’re doing, they don’t know what they’re doing,” he said. “We’d love to have it back. I think it’s going to be close to a time when we get it back. So, we’ll either wait for that time, or we’ll keep trying to convince them that they need to let us control the movie. It’s my movie, but they have distribution control.”
Ice Cube co-wrote the first Friday movie in 1996 with DJ Pooh before taking over writing the two sequels: Next Friday in 2000 and Friday After Next in 2002. Fans have had a two-decade wait for the fourth installment, tentatively titled Last Friday.
However, Ice Cube refuses to buy the rights to the franchise from Warner Bros. in order to gain control of any future movies.
“I ain’t putting s### up for it. F### no,” he declared. “They need to give it to me, and they gon’ make money. I’m not about to pay for my own stuff, that’s stupid … They need to do the right thing, get it to us, let us turn it into more money, and make the fans happy … We can do a lot with it.”
Ice Cube revealed Warner Bros. turned down two scripts for the fourth Friday movie. While executives said “the timing wasn’t right” for the first iteration, the second version is stuck “in development hell.”
Tory Lanez will not remain on house arrest while facing trial for allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion.
According to Rolling Stone, a judge released Tory Lanez from house arrest on Monday (December 5). His $350,000 bond was not affected by the decision.
“I will terminate the house arrest at this point,” Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Herriford said. “The main reason is that during trial, it’s difficult to have a client who’s not accessible. I’m doing this mainly for the trial preparation aspect.”
Prosecutors objected to the ruling, expressing concerns about witness intimidation. They asked Judge Herriford to keep a GPS monitor on Tory Lanez, but the judge sought more time to decide if monitoring was necessary.
Judge Herriford placed Tory Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, on house arrest in October. At the time, prosecutors wanted the 30-year-old rapper/singer taken into custody for defying court orders and posing a danger to society.
Jury selection in the Tory Lanez trial began on Monday. Prosecutors accuse him of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in July 2020.
The Canadian artist was charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Nike officially cut ties with Kyrie Irving on Monday (December 5).
The company dropped the Brooklyn Nets guard after he posted a link to an antisemitic film on Twitter in October. Kyrie Irving’s agent Shetellia Riley Irving confirmed the split in a statement to CNBC.
“We have mutually decided to part ways and wish Nike the best in their future endeavors,” she said.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania was the first to report on the end of Nike’s eight-year partnership with Kyrie Irving. The NBA star initially reacted to the news by posting gifs on Twitter.
“There’s nothing more priceless than being free,” one of the gif’s text read.
A few hours later, Kyrie Irving shared more thoughts on the split. He thanked fans who purchased his Nike releases.
“Anyone who has even spent their hard earned money on anything I have ever released, I consider you FAMILY and we are forever connected,” he tweeted. “It’s time to show how powerful we are as a community.”
He added, “To my Tribe : ‘I am because you are.’ I pour libations and pray for all of my people today and everyday. I am. Hélà.”
Last month, the Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for posting an Amazon link to an antisemitic film and initially refusing to apologize for it. Nike also suspended its relationship with the 30-year-old point guard.
“At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech and we condemn any form of antisemitism,” Nike said in a statement. “To that end, we’ve made the decision to suspend our relationship with Kyrie Irving effective immediately. We are deeply saddened and disappointed by the situation and its impact on everyone.”
Kyrie Irving later apologized and rejoined the Brooklyn Nets. He returned to the court after serving an eight-game suspension on November 20.
Lil Wayne fired back at a lawsuit filed by his former assistant Andrew Williams, who accused the 40-year-old rapper of assault.
According to court documents obtained by Radar Online, Lil Wayne asked a judge to throw out the lawsuit. The Young Money founder argued he acted in self-defense and didn’t inflict any injuries on Williams.
Earlier this year, Willams sued his former boss for allegedly punching him. He was fired after the incident.
Willaims claimed he tried to intervene in an altercation between Lil Wayne and a pilot on a private jet at a terminal in Los Angeles. The lawsuit accused Weezy of punching Williams in the jaw during the incident, which occurred in June.
The punch allegedly caused extra damage due to “numerous rings and large jewelry” on Lil Wayne’s hands. Williams said he got off the plane and went to urgent care for treatment.
Williams sued his ex-boss for assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and wrongful termination. Young Money Entertainment and Signature Flight Support were also named as defendants in the lawsuit.
Lil Wayne said his former assistant wasn’t wrongfully terminated. The New Orleans native wanted the lawsuit to be dismissed, claiming Williams didn’t “exercise reasonable care and diligence.”
An attorney representing Takeoff murder suspect Patrick Xavier Clark denied allegations claiming Clark tried to flee to Mexico at a court hearing on Monday (December 5).
Clark’s lawyer Letitia Quinones admitted her client purchased tickets to go to Mexico, but she insisted it was a pre-planned vacation. Quinones said Clark, 33, wasn’t trying to flee the country to escape arrest.
“There’s other circumstances surrounding that,” she told reporters. “That was something that was already pre-planned. And it was canceled before he was arrested. I think that’s important. He wasn’t trying to go anywhere.”
Police said Clark had a passport and a large amount of cash on him when he was arrested for Takeoff’s murder. Prosecutors believed he was a flight risk.
A judge set Clark’s bond at $2 million. Clark’s lawyers asked for a bond reduction hearing at Monday’s court appearance.
Clark was arrested and charged with Takeoff’s murder on December 1. Investigators used videos, prints from a wine bottle, phone records and a vehicle to help identify Takeoff’s killer.
“We had to rely on a large volume of video, cell phone, things that surfaced over time,” Homicide Division Sgt. Michael Burrow said. “We had to sift through that, physical evidence, shooting evidence and things that surfaced over time.”
Takeoff was shot and killed at a Houston bowling alley on November 1. He was 28.
According to the Daily Beast, the producer-turned-rapper-turned-designer-turned-politician fired Yiannopoulos after appearing in several media appearances on behalf of the Grammy award-winner.
The reason? Rumors say that he has been involved with much infighting within Ye’s camp.
Yiannopoulos said in a Sunday post on Telegram, the split was a “mutual” decision.
“Ye and I have come to the mutual conclusion that I should step away from his political team. Ye is a genius whom I have come to love and respect. We remain friends” Yiannopoulos wrote, “I will continue to pray for Ye and all his endeavors.”
Yiannopoulos popped up in the Kanyesphere when Ye attended a dinner at former Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on Tuesday, Nov. 22
According to NBC News, Yiannopoulos said he was the one to arrange the dinner between Ye and Trump, where Ye also brought white supremacist Nick Fuentes to attend, as an effort to “make Trump’s life miserable.”
He said, “I also wanted to send a message to Trump that he has systematically repeatedly neglected, ignored, abused the people who love him the most, the people who put him in office, and that kind of behavior comes back to bite you in the end.”
Fuentes said that was not true.
Both Yiannopoulos and Fuentes were removed from Ye’s Twitter account on Thursday, Dec. 1.
GMK has been through hell and back, and he’s here to tell his story through his music. From multiple run-ins with the law to experiencing mistreatment behind bars, the rising star creates his own version of heartfelt, pain music, speaking nothing but the truth in all his songs.
Originally hailing from Jacksonville, Florida but now based in Houston, Texas, GMK is excited as ever to be releasing his highly-anticipated debut album titled Born To Be Free.
The 15-track project features standout appearances from Future, Toosii, and frequent collaborator Yungeen Ace. It’s also home to previous singles “Get Back” feat. Lil Kooley, “Free Ksoo” featuring Backstreet TK and JayDaYoungan, and “Letter To Yasir.”
Speaking on the project, GMK states, “I want people to listen with an open mind, listen to the lyrics. Take every song for itself, because every song delivers a different message. All the messages accumulated still deliver the same message, Born To Be Free. Tap in and think about that when you vibing. But most of all, enjoy the music. Because that’s what I do it for.”
AllHipHop spoke with GMK to discuss the new project, the cover art, the making of “Free Ksoo,” collaborating with Future, “Hood Vet” with Yungeen Ace, and more!
AllHipHop: How are you feeling? Happy release day!
GMK: I appreciate you, I’m feeling good. I keep refreshing and it keeps going up, so it’s doing what it’s supposed to. It’s been a long time coming.
AllHipHop: You’ve been working on this since you got released on October 1st, 2021. How’s it feel to have it out?
GMK: I feel the progress, I see the progress so it feels good. But I still don’t feel complete. I’m still not out of that grind mode, I’m still not out of that drive mode. I’m still turning up. I’m already thinking about when I’m going to get back in the studio, what my next project gon’ be. I’m ready to grow. I want to snowball this s###.
AllHipHop: Why’d you call it Born To Be Free?
GMK: That was a logic that I came up with, going through all the s### that I went through in life. At the end of the day, regardless of what nobody was going through, regardless of our different perspectives on situations, everybody’s born to be free. We gon’ thrive the best when we’re in our freest environments. That won’t always be physically, sometimes that be mentally. Wherever you free at, wherever you thrive at, wherever you prosper. Everybody’s born to be free, just have their own s### going on.
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AllHipHop: What’s the meaning behind the cover art?
GMK: The cover art was so meaningful to me. They’re both me. The way that the cover art was made I basically took half of my mugshot and half of a more recent photo to show the contrast. I had it with a lot of memories. If you look at the middle left, that’s my little brother. He got 17 right now. That’s who I be talking about. You got the bottom left, that’s one of my homeboys. He passed away. Bottom right, you got Ksoo. Middle right, you got my son. My first son I had when I came home. Top left, you got a picture of me on a video visit when I was doing 23 hour lockdown in the box. Top right, you got a most recent photoshoot that I had. You see the jewelry, you see everything. I did that to show now from then, n*gga had to go through a lot.
AllHipHop: I want to touch on “Free Ksoo” real quick. I was watching the music video and it was so crazy to see him being handled like that by the correction officers.
GMK: That’s a b#### ass officer though. That b#### ass officer was in there with me when Ksoo and I was in the room together. He’s inhumane, they know what’s going on in there. They overlook it because they feel like we got it good or some s###. Because they see who you is, they see what you done made. But they don’t know what you’ve been through to get through that. They see you in there and feel like you got clout or you’re a rapper, and they try to make an example out of you.
AllHipHop: What was Ksoo’s reaction to the song?
GMK: Ksoo loves the song and the video going dumb, we about to hit million in under a month. Ksoo loves that s###. At the end of the day, he going through what he going through, but he got high spirits. Everything’s looking good.
AllHipHop: Talk about having JayDaYoungan in the video too.
GMK: Okay, so JayDaYoungan himself wasn’t in the video. What happened was, that’s JayDaYoungan’s brother. Me and Jay were gonna make the “Free Ksoo” song, we had locked in the studio. Unfortunately, we had to leave earlier. Me and Jay was talking throughout that week, he was supposed to come back out and finish it. We had literally started the song a week before he passed. He never got the opportunity to finish it.
All he had was me and him going back at first. We still wanted to produce the “Free Ksoo” song and push that, and now it’s meaningful because it’s Forever 23. We’re going to put it all together and send it that way with a bang. I’m thinking who will be best for it? Who better than Ksoo’s blood cousin, my main man. I put my spin on it, all of us did our thing. Whenever we get together, the songs go down like that.
AllHipHop: Someone said they love the whole album, it’s a masterpiece.
GMK: Nah for real for real. It took me a long time to make an album. A lot of songs were written without no beat. I just dropped the video for “Out For The Season,” I wrote that I wrote that whole song in the box. Without no beat, without nothing. I just wrote it with a pen.
AllHipHop: How do you find the beat afterwards?
GMK: By the grace of God. It be so hard to find it, that’s what be taking so long for the tape. I be taking so long. They send me beatpacks, I’m scrolling through the beats. I’m trying to see what fits, but I ain’t gon’ force nothing. I gotta feel it.
AllHipHop: Definitely want to touch on “Dark Days” with Future.
GMK: I f### with that track. To me, that was one of the most significant tracks I had made because it was something I had waited a minute for. I ended up being in the studio with Future. I was listening to my music, he was showing me s###. This right before he dropped his last project. He was showing me some songs the week before they had dropped. He playing music, I’m playing mine. When I get to playing mine, “Dark Days” came across. It was a song I already had complete, but he said “load it up, I want to put something on this.” I loaded it up, his engineer cooked it all up and got it right. Opened a verse for him and he slid.
AllHipHop: How did y’all tap in in the first place?
GMK: Through Scooter. I f### with Scooter for real for real. I f### with Scooter in general, whether it’s on some studio s### or not. If I’m in the same city with bruh, we tap in. I pull up.
AllHipHop: What about “If I Called” with Toosii?
GMK: We already knew who each other was, but Toosii showed love when I came home, definitely. I always had f##### with his style of music. I f### with more that melody too sometimes, so I really wanted to tap in with that. I ended up getting that sample beat sent to me. When I did that, I knew what it was. Off the bat when I made it, I said oh yeah, I need to put Toosii on this b####. I sent it to him, then we ended up being in the studio together in Atlanta one day. He hopped on the verse and we made it.
AllHipHop: Do you have a favorite song on the album? I know they probably change every day.
GMK: It’d definitely one of the melody songs. It’ll probably be out of “Out For The Season” or “Letter to Yasir.”
AllHipHop: I love “Letter to Yasir,” That video was so beautiful.
GMK: That’s what I’ve been on lately. I’ve been doing my run and guns. All my videos, I want to be more personal. I don’t want everything to be me performing and singing songs. I want people to see what I’m talking about and feel my perspective, so that’s what I tried to do for “Out For The Season.” Show people know where I was from, everything like my family.
AllHipHop: You and Yungeen Ace have bangers on bangers, but talk about “Hood Vet.” Was that just one of them ones you guys made?
GMK: That’s crazy because me and Ace just got off the phone talking about “Hood Vet.” I might end up shooting a video to that. This was towards the beginning when I first came home, so I wasn’t really booking a whole lot of sessions. Ace was working on his All On Me tape at the time, so we was in the studio every night. I’d pull up and be vibing. But I hop on the mic every once in a while. If he got a little block, I might try to lay some s###.
I was more so listening to beats and trying s###. I just felt the beat. I don’t even be high in the studio, just feeling s###. I felt the beat and that’s what I produced, he hopped right on it. We made that song in under an hour, but it’s a great song. At the time, it was definitely one of my top 5 songs. As the months go by, I feel I make better songs, new songs every day. But it’s a great ass song. Everything on the tape is pressure.
AllHipHop: Ace said this is your first project ever?
GMK: Yeah, this is my first project that I ever dropped, ever. I’ve never dropped a mass collection of music.
AllHipHop: Why is that?
GMK: Just circumstances. Anytime I was building up or I had an idea for a project, life had obstacles in the way. I come home or whenever I overcome whatever I overcome, now I got a whole new idea for the project. I already had it to myself. In the room, I sat there with me and Ksoo. I said I’m a make my s###, I’m a call my album Born To Be Free. We’re like that’s a bet. He’s like “that s### raw.” [laughs] See but as far as this mug shot right here, I was trying to obtain my juvenile mugshot. I had a mugshot from when I was 14, but I wasn’t able to get it. Just legal issues, so I went with the next best choice.
AllHipHop: What was GMK like at 14?
GMK: GMK at 11…hmmm. Like a little parana or some s###. [laughs]
AllHipHop: Yungeen Ace said he can’t wait for you to reach your full potential. Where do you see your full potential? What does that look like?
GMK: I don’t know, I know it’s up though. I gotta see which way Allah takes me, but I’m happy with how far I made it right now too. I’m not satisfied, but I’m happy. I’m ready to keep leveling up, keep progressing. This the first tape and look how that s### turned out, off the muscle. Everything on the tape off the muscle. It wasn’t no label s###, it wasn’t no payments or nothing. Everybody was showing me love, I was showing them love. They locked in, it was all a vibe. Everything was creative ability.
Murcia in the Mar Menor, Spain has in their hands, one of the most talked about rising Spanish rappers in the music community. Cristian B. Salinero known globally by the alias Berrebe has been showing no limitations to his creative genius across multiple mediums. Versed in both the music and film industries, Berrebe continues to extend his fame and popularity through his company Hdhrecords.
His career holds various achievements, and the world has yet to see the many layers still uncovered with his craft. His previous single “Lights Off” shook the hip-hop fandom with the legendary collaboration featuring Young Dirty Bastard, the son of the icon Old Dirty Bastard. If fans thought that was the height of his art, they were dead wrong. His latest single, “Momentos” has taken the bar and shot it up even higher.
Simply put, the single is impeccable. Berrebe delivers a performance on wax that deserves the title of standout talent of 2022. With smooth fast paced rap flowing over the trance-like guitar strings and drifting beat, Berrebe builds the vibe, pouring energy that can be felt as his emotion floods the track. Just when you think the song can’t get any better, the hook comes through with a melody that takes you away, leaving your mind hanging on every word echoing in your head.
Berrebe is certainly an artist in immaculate form. He has yet to disappoint with a release. “Momentos” is another banger entered into his growing catalog of hits. Be sure to stream the latest single as his debut album “Por Vicio” draws near.
Many people hide their challenges to protect their image or to seem better than they are, especially if the story involves jail time. However, telling your success story and including the challenges and lessons learned will significantly impact society. Speaking your real account with your identity, trials, and success is rare nowadays. People tend to hide parts of their stories or change them to fit the perspectives they want others to see. However, the angle of Carlos Cole’s story is different. Carlos is an artist and manager popularly known as Slo. He talks about his life full of misfortunes and mistakes, hoping it will help others.
Carlos narrates how he went from being a kid to going in and out of jail. However, after completing his five-year jail term in 2013, he immediately enrolled in college. In his first year, Carlos finally managed to get full custody of his son, which was a great win for him. He went ahead to graduate with an associate degree in criminal justice. With life experience and education, Slo has offered 1,000 volunteering hours at Walden. He is also a counselor to teens at Southern Maryland Youth Home.
Looking at his life, Carlos notes that when it comes to challenges, he has had a bigger share of them than most. One of his biggest challenges was being separated from his kids and providing for them while in jail. However, the stigma he has to bear in society as someone with a record is worse. Trying to fit into a judgemental society is a huge challenge.
He says he has been denied many jobs despite being overqualified for the positions, all because people will always look at his past, which is changed and forgotten. However, he strives to maintain a positive attitude to rise up to these challenges, always searching for a way out. He also notes that his life on the streets makes it easier to adapt to any situation.
Slo believes that there are no rules in life and that the world never plays fair. Therefore, you should constantly evaluate your actions, work hard, and always put God first to overcome obstacles. For Slo, selling drugs at an early age was a decision that landed him in trouble but eventually led him to a greater life.
Despite all the challenges, Slo is determined to become a top-five manager with a great team of artists who have diverse musical talents. Slo’s dream is to buy his mom and family a mansion and let them enjoy the fruits of his labor. He is also working on becoming a motivational speaker to encourage others and stop people from making the bad decisions he did. In a nutshell, Carlos Cole is the true definition of a star rising from ruins to prosperity.
Natalie Portman posted screengrabs of tweets from U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris condemning anti-Jewish sentiments and hate speech.
Biden seemingly wrote his tweet on Friday in response to the controversy surrounding Kanye West.
I just want to make a few things clear:
The Holocaust happened.
Hitler was a demonic figure.
And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides.
In an Instagram post on Sunday, the “Thor: Love and Thunder” actress sent “extra love” to her fellow Jews amid the rise in antisemitic comments on social media.
“Seeing the re-emergence of antisemitism makes my heart drop,” Natalie wrote in her post. “This hatred must be combatted with boundless love for each other.”
The actress continued, “Today, I send extra love to my fellow Jews. And I send love to all those standing with us against these violent words and actions. It’s been painful and frightening to listen to, and I’m extremely grateful to those who continue to speak up against antisemitism with us, and against all forms of racism.”
On her Instagram Stories, the Oscar-winning actress shared an article from The New York Times about the rise in hate speech on Twitter since Elon Musk’s takeover in October.
According to the report, antisemitic posts increased by 61 per cent in the two weeks after the tech billionaire’s acquisition, a claim he called “utterly false” on Twitter.
Lil Baby earned his third #1 album when It’s Only Me debuted atop the Billboard 200 in October. The project contained a few bars apparently directed at controversial media personality DJ Akademiks.
“Really straight to war, n#### can’t beat me. Akademiks know he ain’t as rich as me. Brodie’s ready to eat for a twenty-piece. I ain’t got nothing to say to you mini-mes,” rapped Lil Baby on the “From Now On” song featuring Future.
The “Top Priority” track also included Baby saying, “Academics n##### think they can’t get touched. I don’t be on computers much. CED turned me on to YouTube. I keep tryna tell em I’m different from what they used to.“
VladTV recently caught up with DJ Akademiks. During the sit-down interview, Ak addressed Lil Baby’s perceived It’s Only Me lyrics about him. The Off The Record podcast host slammed the Quality Control recording artist.
DJ Akademiks Says Lil Baby Is Battling Percocets & Demons
“My new nickname for Baby is Short Bus Baby,” DJ Akademiks told DJ Vlad. “He’s clearly just not that smart… Because of my history with him, he thought I was talking about him when I wasn’t talking about him. He hit me up privately, I explained to him I’m not talking about him, and he was still super upset.”
In response to “From Now On,” Ak also added, “I didn’t think that was a slight. I just thought that was him being stupid. He has one of those Tourette’s moments every now and then. You see him in the corner, he’s just punching at the air, he’s just flipping the water bottle. He’s battling the Percs and a lot of demons. I get it, wasn’t mad at that.”
DJ Akademiks does believe Lil Baby’s “Top Priority” bars can be taken as a personal threat. The Jamaica-born YouTuber offered a veiled warning of his own by claiming the media has the power to shape the general public’s opinions of celebrities.
“Some people said, ‘Oh, it’s not a threat.’ I took it as a threat. Here’s the thing, I’ve said this to every rapper in the game, you will never win versus the media. I don’t know why rappers go at the media. You’ll never win,” stated Akademiks.
Baby Previously Claimed His “Top Priority” Bars Were Not About Akademiks
Lil Baby discussed his shots at DJ Akademiks during an appearance on The Breakfast Club. The Atlanta native explained, “I said, ‘Academics n##### think they can’t get touched,’ meaning somebody that be on the computer all day. It wasn’t really saying him.”
However, The Breakfast Club interview also included Baby telling the radio hosts, “But, I seen another interview where [DJ Akademiks] was like, ‘Rappers broke and lease their cars.’ Stop playing bro… He [compares himself financially to me] all the time, though… Yeah, with me. Why he say me?”
