2015 was an epic year for K Camp. Rolling out feature after feature, show after show and track after track, K Camp was highly active this past year. The only way to get there was playing chess not checkers as you will see in this visual that Camp drops to close out the year. Check it out below:
AllHipHop’s Tim Sanchez caught up with Ice as he blew some heads off in “Call of Duty.” In this new two-part exclusive, Ice-T talks everything from fatherhood, terrorism in today’s world, politics, the ever changing music business and his future business plans.
The winds of change have been pretty gusty in 2015 and few people know this as much as Ice-T. The Hip-Hop icon and his wife Coco welcomed their newborn daughter Baby Chanel Nicole into the world. Yes, at the age of 57, the original gangster Ice-T is tackling the role of dad once 24 years after the birth of Lil Ice, his last child. This time, he said Coco shoulders the majority of the burden. “I don’t change diapers,” Ice tells AllHipHop. “I can and know how to do it and I’ve actually changed a lot of them in my day. The present situation doesn’t call for it because my wife is around.” The gangster rap pioneer more than willing to re-enter the world of fatherhood.
Change. Ice-T has continued to evolve, taking on a talk show and podcast host duties to his already busy world of acting and music recording. He even created a huge two-city music festival to go along with his documentary “The Art of Rap.” True heads know that Iceberg is more than just an entertainer. He’s always had an affinity for the politics and community. And he does not mince words.
AllHipHop: There was a terrorist attack in Paris a few weeks ago and now we just recently experienced one here at home in San Bernardino, CA. What are your thoughts on it?
Ice-T: I don’t think any place is safe considering the situation that the United States has itself in. There are people who are unhappy with us and at any time, a small group cell can decide to take action. We have ISIS now and before that it was the Taliban, and in the future, there will probably be more groups with their own ideologies that think our country is evil and that we need to be done away with. It’s unfortunate, but I think that’s the future our kids are going to have to grow up in. There is no real way to prevent it. Every time it happens, people yell “guns” but there’s 270 million guns on the streets already. You can make them all illegal tomorrow, but there’s still going to be 270 million guns out there. To me, that’s not the answer.
The United States likes to try to fix problems that we’ve allowed to fester for hundreds of years. Then you get someone like Donald Trump who doesn’t want to allow Muslims into the country and do mass deportations, and that’s the worst thing that you can do because that will cause more people to hate us.
AllHipHop: Since you mentioned Donald Trump, what are your thoughts on him?
Ice-T: I think the man can run a good hotel. He’s a businessman in that sense, but he made his money in hotels and golf courses, that doesn’t mean he knows how to put a tire on a car or cook spaghetti. Just because you’re intelligent in one facet of life doesn’t mean that you can run the country. The other guy, Ben Carson, is a genius as a surgeon, but that doesn’t make him qualified to run the country either. The people of this nation are, I hate to say it, dumb – in that anyone who can out-do them in anything is deemed smarter. To run the country you have to be a special type of person. You need to know how to talk to our enemies, and move with strategy. People hate President Obama, but he’s a cool motherf**ker, talking real smooth in the cut. He’s ill! Nobody knew he was going after Bin Laden and Saddam like that. Trump, on the other hand, will loudly declare war on a motherf*cker and say some wild sh*t. You’ve got to be more calm use some strategy as a leader. Dude just talks too crazy, and you know it’s easy for anybody to say that they can wipe out ISIS. And then he talks about killing family members, just crazy sh*t. Even if that was your plan, you can’t just say it. I’m like, “What the f*ck is wrong with this dude?”
AllHipHop: Isn’t it weird how he could say dumb stuff like that yet attain higher poll numbers each time?
Ice-T: It’s wild how he can say stuff like that. Like I tell people, “I’m crazy but I’m not stupid.” I say crazy s**t, but I know what I’m doing. You’ll have to search hard to find me saying some dumb sh*t. Some people don’t think before they speak. I’ll tell you what the problem with the United States is. The people that support the likes of Trump, the radicals, they are the ones that show up when it’s time to vote. The people that he’s reaching are active whereas those that oppose him are more laidback when it comes to voting.
I voted for Barack Obama because I liked him and I believe that he had an agenda. I know that when he got into office that he really couldn’t go through with it because you really don’t run sh*t as the President – and he got a wake-up call. This time around, I’m probably going to vote just to help defeat Trump. I really think he’ll get us all killed. The Commander-In-Chief is a powerful position, I was in the military, so I know. To be able to send troops out is some heavy sh*t. Trump scares me in that aspect.
AllHipHop: Have you settled on a candidate yet?
Ice-T: I’m a Hillary fan because of her husband – I like Bill Clinton. Someone mentioned Bernie Sanders to me the other day and I got him confused with Ben Carson for some reason. I don’t know anything about Bernie though – I haven’t really investigated yet.
AllHipHop: Bernie seems to be the guy that the Hip-Hop crowd is leaning towards. He just got an endorsement from Killer Mike.
Ice-T: I f*ck with Killer Mike – I like him. He’s an intellectual. But you know, politics has always been confusing to me. I’ve made it to the age that I am and over the years it seems like whoever was President never made a difference in my life. I’m more concerned about war and foreign situations that can easily be a United States situation, especially with the wrong person in charge. F*ck taxes, I’m worried about bombs. People are worried about how much they’ll have to pay in taxes with a certain President in charge but what good is that if we’ve got missiles being launched at us?
AllHipHop: I had a discussion the other day where I told someone that we will make more enemies if we shut off our borders.
Ice-T: You can shut off the borders and make guns illegal, but you still got everything that’s inside the country already. You’ve got Muslims in the United States that aren’t radicalized. How are you going to treat them? You’ve got millions of Mexicans in the country already. You’re going to have to go running up in businesses to snatch motherf*ckers. You really think that’s going to go smoothly? But hey, like I said, we’ve allowed this country to get dirty for 400 years and now they want to try to clean it up. Good luck.
AllHipHop: 2016 is going to be an interesting year for sure.
Ice-T: Hey, I was telling Coco that yesterday. I told her that this upcoming year is going to be very f**king interesting. I’m just going to try to stay in my crib and watch TV and monitor it from my bunker.
AllHipHop.com: Congratulations on the birth of your new daughter Chanel. She’s beautiful.
Ice-T: Thank you, she’s sitting right here with me watching me play video games and blowing up s**t.
AllHipHop: That’s awesome. She’s going to be a gamer just like her daddy, huh?
Ice-T : You know, kids adapt to their environment. If you have music playing in the house, they just vibe into it. Lil Ice grew up in a recording studio, but this one here, she’s just chillin’ – she sleeps right through it.
AllHipHop: It’s been a while since you’ve had a baby in your life. How has the adjustment been?
Ice-T: It’s not a real adjustment for myself since Coco takes care of the kid. She slid right out into the family, we brought her home, and the dog took a couple of sniffs and was like, “Ok. It’s got a face, nose and eyes. It must be a little person.”
Coco is on top of everything. When the baby cries at night, she wakes up. I can sleep through a shoot-out so much hasn’t changed for me. The only thing that’s a challenge is when it’s time to go somewhere because we’ve got the two dogs and now the baby – it’s turning into the Griswold’s from Family Vacation.
AllHipHop: So no diaper changing or bottle feeding?
Ice-T: I don’t change diapers. I can and know how to do it and I’ve actually changed a lot of them in my day. The present situation doesn’t call for it because my wife is around. Bottle feeding is easy because Coco will load them up and one of us will feed it to the baby.
AllHipHop: Did Coco have an easy or difficult labor?
Ice-T: It wasn’t difficult. What happened was this, Coco had a doctor’s visit and he informed us that since she had reached full term already, they could induce labor and do it all in a controlled environment. We checked in to the hospital the following Friday and they did a small inducing procedure and she woke up the next morning with a feeling that the baby was ready. The doctor’s gave her brief breathing and pushing instructions and by the time we reached he third push – out popped the baby.
AllHipHop: I bet some women are reading this right now wishing they had it that easy.
Ice-T: I think every woman has their own particular journey when it comes to pregnancy. The worst thing you can do is listen to what other women went through because it’s not going to be the same. Coco was very fortunate and the doctor told us that a lot of it had to do with her fitness. It was a dream pregnancy, and it doesn’t necessarily mean that it won’t happen for anybody else. I’ve noticed that women come with these horror stories and make it seem like it’s going to be the end of the world.
AllHipHop: That’s a blessing for you because I had a friend whose wife turned in to the exorcist during labor and cursed him out.
Ice-T: They have epidurals for difficult pregnancies but I guess some women refuse them. I don’t know if they get a medal or a prize for doing it the hard way – that’s on them. They offered Coco one when she first started to get a little inconvenienced and said yes. I left the room and by the time I came back, she was chillin’ like she was ready to have some champagne. But the women that want to do it naturally, I guess they get a prize or something for doing it the difficult way – I don’t understand it.
AllHipHop: The baby has been pretty quiet since we’ve been on the phone. Is she always like this?
Ice-T: She’s a very quiet baby, as all of my kids have been low-key. I’m a low-key individual so I guess it runs in the family – we’re all pretty chill. I think if kids are in loud households where there’s screaming and yelling, they’ll pick on it as they tend to mimic their environment. Coco and I are kind of like yuppies in the sense that we do everything organized. We prepare so that we can eliminate surprises. That’s just how we run our household.
Coming soon, Part 2 of this exclusive conversation with the legendary (and extremely busy) Ice-T.
With his upcoming The Abstract With On Vacation dropping Christmas Day, Busta Rhymes and Conglomerate members J Doe & O.T. Genasis join in for “God Plan”. Produced by Jahlil Beats.
Listen below.
When Breezy gets a phone call from Scott Disick about an “emergency friend call” Chris is forced to help out his friend in need at a party. When he get to the party cameos gallore start popping up as French Montana, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg and the whole A$AP Mob appear ready to take on some guy breaking up the party. This is a mini-movie comedy def worth several replays.
Everyone remembers their first time – from the first love to the first time they had a drink, to the first time they saw something, whatever the experience we all have firsts. Check out French’s new joint as he goes in on the concept with Diddy. French Montana‘s album Mac & Cheese: The Album drops tomorrow.
With one of the biggest influencers of 2015 on her side, Bia sits down with Jen and talks about working with Pharrell. While Bia explains work with the “Happy” singer, she also goes into a story about getting in a terrible motorcycle accident, almost losing her leg! She’s ok though, check it out as she performs her new single ‘Bobby Brown.’
Photos provided by The Ravenel Agency
Tony Durant, along with his mother Wanda Pratt, partnered with AutismOklahoma.org and hosted their 3rd Annual Durant Family Toy Drive yesterday at LifeChurch, located at 9001 Broadway Extension, OKC. The mission of the Durant Family Christmas Toy Drive is to assist the Oklahoma City community, by providing a tangible sign of love to children who would not otherwise receive a gift during the Christmas season.
“We want every kid to leave with a toy, and a smile,”
said Tony Durant.
Children from birth to 16 years who would not normally receive a present for the holidays were welcomed to come to the event to get a present, take pictures with Santa, and enjoy holiday activities. AutismOklahoma.org is a non-profit organization that believes that every person with autism is unique and important.
“We were very excited to be a co-sponsor of the Durant Family Toy Drive, and to connect with the community and share the joy of Christmas,”
said Melinda Lauffenburger, Executive Director.
Check out more photos from the event.
It’s finally here and starting today until 12pm ET on December 24th you can win it with just an easy RT of this article with the #AHHEmpireHBA hashtag.
Because it is what we do, in a special holiday collaboration with the folks at Empire and the fashion house Hood By Air, AHH will be giving three lucky readers a chance via twitter to win three Hood By Air Empire themed goody bags bursting with fashion and home items from Hood By Air with a retail value of $395.
A sneak peak of some of the deluxe grip on offer:
All in all, not a bad way to ring in the holidays and the New Year for three lucky twitter followers.
As the saying goes, if you want to win you’ve got to play, and the playing is easy. To enter all you’ve got to do is RT this article with the lovely hashtag #AHHEmpireHBA. The twitter game starts now and ends promptly at midnight eastern standard time Dec 24, 2015, so do your tweeting early and don’t miss your chance to come up with that Cookie.
What a year it has been for Young Dolph. The Memphis rapper peppered 2015 with three new projects; High Class Street Music 5 (The Plug Best Friend), 16 Zips, and most recently, Shittin On The Industry. Dolph has also released a slew of visuals and he’s back again with another one as he tackles the Drumma Boy-produced single “What I Gotta Do.”
When speaking with The FADER about his choice to pair a video with “What I Gotta Do,” the Paper Route Empire rapper said, “I chose to shoot a video to this song because it’s one of my favorites,” going on to add that, “I listen to this song for motivation.”
Watch below.
Photo via Kat Stack’s Instagram
Wait a minute!!! What part of the game is this? It’s one thing to accuse someone of biting your style, but it’s another thing when what you are known for is being an industry h**. Just when the game thought Superhead, Kat Stacks, and others like them were too much, reality television brought us the one and only Cardi B. Even Drake has been keeping his eye on Cardi’s social media! Kat Stacks claims that Cardi B wants to be her so bad. Kat even says Cardi isn’t a real h*e, and that she is actually is one because she has prostitution charges in Atlantic City, New York, and Florida. If you had to pick your daily dose of ignorance, would you pick Cardi B or Kat Stacks?
Photo via Kevin Gates Instagram
Now this is interesting! Lil’ Scrappy says when he looks at Kevin Gates he sees a black Eminem. He says it’s because both rappers do what they want to do and talk how they want to talk. Now Eminem is often revered and referred to as one of the greatest rappers to do it; Kevin Gates isn’t even looked at in this manner for today’s artist. For Lil’ Scrappy’s reasoning alone, is this a fair comparison? Is this accurate? Should Kevin Gates even be mentioned in the same sentence as Eminem. We also know everyone isn’t an Eminem fan, so does Em get too much credit?
Photo via Dej Loaf’s Instagram
It looks like Lil’ Durk is doing record number streams with his mixtape ‘300 Days 300 Nights’ that recently dropped. Durk had 1 million listens in just 6 hours. He posted a screenshot of a conversation between him and My Mixtapez which confirmed that he is indeed doing crazy numbers. Durk posted that he’s the GOAT as the My Mixtapez rep told him he may have surpassed Lil’ Wayne. Is Durk the new GOAT? You need way more than just streams to be the GOAT! Is Lil’ Durk even that great of a rapper? Let us know your thoughts?
Sometimes when you look at our current moguls, you forget how they got to where they are today. I was following Master P around at The Plaza in NYC as FOX 5 breaks down their set after their hour long interview. As I looked on and heard Master P respond to a question as “the first Hip-Hop artist to sign a sports player.” If you forgot, Master P’s No Limit Sports signed University of Texas, Ricky Williams, to NFL’s New Orleans Saints in 1998. I remember that deal, and I was couldn’t believe that Hip-Hop jumped into the NFL, that was a major deal.
This got me thinking. Master P had a lot of “firsts” in the Hip-Hop gene of music. Who was doing the cult classic hood movies like P with I’m Bout It. Not only did he star in the flick, he directed, produced and Executive Produced the film. That has to be a Hip-Hop first. So I get to thinking some more, what more “firsts” did P achieve? Record deal, TV Shows (currently first to have the biggest ratings in Reelz Network history), movies, clothing, Billboard charts and that’s just a start.
Well, Master and his No Limit co owner Boz, run down this and many more “first” from a Hip-Hop mogul and legend.I think you’ll be pretty amazed at what Master P has contributed to our culture.
Photo via Kim Kardashian’s Instagram
While Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are celebrating the newest addition to their Kardashian & West empire, Saint West, the couple may have received some bad news. Allegedly doctors are telling them they need to think twice about having another child since Kim’s first two pregnancies were so high risk. Kim K previously opened up about having placenta accreta where the placenta grows too deeply into her uterus. TMZ claims a source told them two babies is enough for the couple. Who knows; maybe they will adopt later on.
“I’m the dope. Nah, for real,” announces Chilly Chills on the title track of his project Dope. Within a few minutes of being in the presence of the Atlanta native, it becomes clear Chills fully embraces those words musically, personally, and spiritually.
That description is not mere self-aggrandizing hyperbole. The stimulant metaphor serves as an example of the message Chills promotes through his artistic brand. A message that conveys the power of overcoming struggle, yearning for knowledge, exhibiting patience, and presenting a burning passion to paint a picture bigger than himself. It all comes together under his “sophisticated ignorance” lifestyle.
“I’m from the heart of the city. I’m not in a gang. I don’t sell dope. Everybody else wants to do that in order to be a rapper. I’m from the most criminalistic place in Atlanta, yet I come with a positive spirit,” Chills tells AllHipHop.com. “I’m not shunning those people. I’m bringing those people with me to kick it with the people who aren’t on that. It’s a bridge between the gap.”
Chills is a product of the Mechanicsville neighborhood located adjacent to the Turner Field baseball park. At the age of 9, his family moved from Chicago to the Atlanta locale made famous in the film ATL starring Tip “T.I.” Harris and Lauren London. Mechanicsville has also gained a reputation for its violent crime statistics and illegal narcotics economy.
While most people tend to avoid revealing the drug history of their loved ones, Chills puts his family’s past out in the open. His lyrics even include mentioning his father was a crack cocaine smoker. The vulnerability in his raps is one of the ways Chills uses entertainment as a vessel to spread the importance of sincerity and insight to his listeners.
“I’m tricking the mainstream market into knowledge. I’m tricking my people into going back to values,” explains Chills. “Not saying we lost them. We just don’t flex them. We’ll flex that Lamborghini. Ain’t nothing wrong with flexing that Lamborghini, but let the folks know you got off MARTA before you got in that motherf*cker.”
Part of Chills’ willingness to express honesty through art is an extension of his early beginnings as a poet. He developed his poetry skills at Southside High School, and there are still clips on YouTube of the young rhymer performing his spoken word pieces.
The conversion to Hip Hop music in 2012 was the result of Chills’ getting tired of waiting for the rap game to change. So he began to record his own songs and took on the role of being a tastemaker for the sounds he had been looking for in others.
“Though we got a lot of rappers, people are just rappers. They don’t even know themselves,” Chills states. “The acronym for rap – R.A.P. – is rhythm and poetry. I started doing poetry. All I needed was rhythm.”
It is not surprising Chills eventually took the emcee route. His parents were known to listen to top stars of the culture such as 2Pac, DMX, and Jay Z. In addition, Chills viewed Atlanta underground rappers Hitman Sammy Sam and Big Gee as influential prototypes on how to grind to success.
Cuts from the Chilly Chills collections Poppin In Here and Dope are Southern-based Hip Hop at their core, but the Georgia boy also looked to legends of Soul/R&B to inspire his live presentation. A Chills show usually does not take place without seeing the spitter maneuvering around a microphone stand on stage.
“I was influenced by Michael Jackson and James Brown. I was influenced by The O’Jays, people who used mic stands back in the day to do Doo-Wop dances. It’s a very pivotal part of my performance,” relays Chills.
Not only do icons of yesteryear inspire Chills, but superstars of today have proudly cosigned the rising ATLien as well. His well received appearance at the Birthday Bash 20 concert in June led to him hanging out with Grammy-winning acts Kanye West and OutKast. Andre 3000 and Big Boi were even blessed to hear Chills recite his “Little Things That Amount To Much” poem in a Waffle House parking lot.
“It makes me appreciative of that whole experience. It really confirms things that perhaps people in the city won’t confirm,” says Chills about meeting Kanye and Kast. “We’re living in a crab in the bucket mentality in this city of mine right now. So something new, something that has great potential but is foreign to what’s going on, is not being accepted in the city of Atlanta to an extent.”
He continues, “That confirmation from a legend just lets all the people who thought they were big shots know not to be mistaken with this kid. I’m the dope.”
Chills’ grievance with the lack of support from his hometown is not a stand alone objection. Earlier this year, he dropped a freestyle called “Pay Style” where it was made clear The Ville representative’s style is not free.
“‘Paystyle’ is really me being frustrated. That was to let people know, ‘Yeah, I’m a poet. I do it from the heart. But my style ain’t free,” Chills declares. “I don’t mind presenting you this awesomeness, but be compensational. Love is about being reciprocal. So if we’re going to talk about love, it’s got to go both ways.”
Up until this point, Chills has built his movement as an independent artist, and he enjoys the ability to dictate the complete direction of his career. Connecting with a major label is not out of the question. He’s just not pressed about forcing any partnerships at the moment. Also, Chills established on his Dope track “Purpose” that selling his soul is not an option.
“You have these instinctual sounds in your head when something ain’t right. Perhaps that’s a divine message. Those things we call a ‘conscience.’ Perhaps those things God or the divine power communicates to us, ‘That ain’t what you want,’” says Chills. “I ain’t selling my soul. Like I said, love goes two ways. To the labels, it’s just telling them I demand respect. No disrespect to what you represent as a label or an executive. But as an artist who I feel means so much to a generation, I will not have a lesser opinion of myself do to your opinion.”
Chills’ self-confidence acts as a shield against his doubters as well as a symbol to his supporters. The child of Mechanicsville, Atlanta is fully aware of his capability to impact young minds.
Question him about his capacity to touch other people’s lives, and Chills showcases his understanding of how the youth study music to discover a way to escape their hardships and carry their soul to its intended destination. The next great move will be to push future musicians to advance his covert mission of introducing higher level thinking to the unaware.
“If we could get some dope, positive lyrics over some the hottest beats from the hottest beat makers, I think subconsciously the world would change,” advocates Chilly Chills. “As soon as that Dirty Sprite [by Future] dropped, everybody was on the lean. Sh*t, I sip lean, but I spit poems to the kids at Slater Elementary or speak at Alabama State too. It’s a balance of sophisticated ignorance.”
Purchase Chilly Chills’ Dope on iTunes.
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King Push has been at it for a while, so his upcoming project Darkest Before Dawn is big one for the OG. As the newly anointed G.O.O.D. Music President the homie has some big responsibilities on his plate, but for now we are just enjoying his new project that got bars and production that might make it one of the best projects of 2015. Check out this interview below as the Hot97 staff gets acquainted with the ideas behind the new Pusha T project and what he has in store for the coming months.
(AllHipHop News) The Queen of Neo-Soul Erykah Badu spent five hours answering questions as part of a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session. Users questioned Ms. Badu about various topics including which young rap talents are her favorites at the moment.
The creator of the recently released But You Caint Use My Phone mixtape named Kids From Devine Council, Earl Sweatshirt, Young Thug, John Poppy, Wiz Khalifa, and Future as her “New School” favs. She also threw Kanye West and Gucci Mane on the list.
Another user wanted to know Badu’s favorite album of 2015. The Texas bred songstress showed love to Kid Cudi’s 26-track alternative project Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven.
“You know what? I’m really digging what Kid Cudi just put out. Courageous, ” she wrote.
Badu was also asked questions about her son Seven with OutKast’s Andre 3000. The 18-year-old sees his father daily, and he is currently studying for the SAT/ACT.
Another one of Erykah’s ex-boyfriends was brought up as well. A user attempted to find out when Jay Electronica’s long-delayed debut album was coming. Badu simply replied, “They’ll find big foot first.”
For decades people have died over their colors in LA. Everyone knows about the Bloods and the Crips out West and with the gang killing spree “100 days/ 100 nights” taking off last Summer, The Game and other rappers have been doing what they can to quell the violence . That being said, fans of the West Coast rapper may find deeper meaning in this video “My Flag / Da Homies.” In the visual Game brings to life the historical animosity that exists between both the Crips and Bloods with a bevy of featured acts including Ty Dolla $ign, Jay 305, AD, Mitchy E-Slick, Joe Moses, RJ & Skeme. The first half of the video is all red, the second half of the video is all blue. Pick a side if you must but keep the peace and stop the violence!
(AllHipHop News) A simple end of the year music list has ignited serious debates and disses. Hot 97’s Ebro Darden blasted Complex for placing Rae Sremmurd’s SremmLife as the number 3 album of 2015. Swae Lee and Slim Jimmy then fired off some bars back at Ebro during a freestyle on Tim Westwood’s show. Now Pusha T has joined the conversation.
King Push was asked about his favorite group Rae Sremmurd during an interview with Ebro In The Morning. The new president of G.O.O.D. Music expressed he thought Ebro took the list placement too personally which the radio host agreed with. But Ebro and Pusha disagreed with the idea of SremmLife being named the third best album of the year.
“I’m happy with it. I’m good with number 3, totally,” said Pusha.
“That’s f*cking embarrasing,” replied Ebro.
Pusha T’s Darkest Before Dawn album is scheduled for a release on December 18.
Watch Pusha T’s interview and take our poll below.
Martin Shkreli, 32, became an instant celebrity when he purchased a one-of-one album Wu Tang album and then proclaimed he wanted to bail out Bobby Shmurda. Today, the FBI arrested him.
The pharmaceutical entrepreneur, loathed for raising an HIV drug from $13.50 per pill to $750, was arrested by agents Thursday morning for securities fraud-related infractions. The feds say Shkreli illegally took stock from Retrophin Inc., a company he started in 2011, and paid debts to other businesses unrelated to Retrophin.
He was later ejected from the company.
Shkreli’s lawyer has no responded to inquiries from other media.
Shkreli recently threatened RZA over the $2-million priced Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, sided with Action Bronson and offered to bail out Bobby Shmurda. He said Shmurda’s release would be conditional and said that the young rapper would have to perform or record in exchange for his debt.
Some fans of Wu rejoiced on social media.
