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Chevy Woods Talks About New Project And Meek Mill Losing The Battle

By: Emazing Smith Updated Category: Features
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Fresh off of tour with rock & roll heavyweights Fall Out Boy, Taylor Gang mainstay Chevy Woods took some time out from promoting The 48 Hunnid Project and kicked it with AHH MrMecc to talk fatherhood, Drake and the future of Meek Mill.

Sy Ari Da Kid Talks About Taking His NYC Grind To ATL

By: Emazing Smith Updated Category: Features
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How do you get 27 rappers from various levels of success to get on one song for a guy who’s NOT on a major label yet? Simple, you learn to hustle like Sy Ari Da Kid does. With a grind born in the Bronx and transplanted to Atlanta, Sy has ever plan to take the game by storm. Join us as the new jack sits with AHH’s MrMecc to discuss the moves he’s making and what moves are next.

 

Kreesha Turner Talks About Working With Nick Cannon

By: Emazing Smith Updated Category: Features
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If there’s one thing Nick Cannon is known for, it’s finding the hottest women who seem tailor-made for the spotlight. His latest choice, island sensation Kreesha Turner, looks like another perfect pick. But can the “Sexy Gal” singer handle the scrutiny of being one of Cannons angels? She sits with AHH’s MrMecc in the world famous SOB’s to figure it out.

Mannie Fresh Shares The Game With Young Emcees: “Don’t Be Afraid To Go Left”

By: @SimplyCecilia Updated Category: Lifestyle
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There’s no denying the impact that Mannie Fresh has had on the game. Recently the super producer teamed up with a group of students from Workshop Houston in order to drop a little knowledge about the industry, inviting the crew to the Beat Summit headquarters in Houston.

The in-studio session was a special treat for the kids, who are currently learning the basics of production, engineering and writing/recording their own songs as they prepare for a local concert called, “Small Hands, Big Dreams.” Offering some advice he explained, “Don’t be afraid to go left when everyone goes right.”

Check out a brief clip from the session below:

HorseShoe Gang: “A Lot Of These Rappers Behind The Scenes Is Girls.”

By: Emazing Smith Updated Category: Features
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Before the west coast quartet known as HorseShoe Gang got into a rap war with fellow west coasters Funk Volume, the boys in black sat with AHH’s MrMecc to go over the family matters with King Crooked, the tales of the grind and holdups that happen in the music business.

Warchyld Talks About Being From Philly

By: Emazing Smith Updated Category: Videos
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Photo Credit to Reji B Photography

Between Bill Cosby, The 76’s and Meek Mill, this just ain’t the same for the city of brotherly love these days. But with cosigns from clothing lines, liquor brands and headphone companies, PA native Warchyld seems to have the formula for success. He sat with AHH’s MrMecc to life on the grind and Philly after Meek.

Dom Kennedy Reflects On Growth Of His Career, LA’s Scene

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: Videos
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EBro, Lauren and the Rosenberg team up to interview Dom Kennedy in his brief visit to NYC. The LA based emcee talks about his come up and the growth of the LA Hip-Hop scene with artists like Kendrick and others getting mainstream nationwide attention. EBro asks Dom what he need to do to get over to experience the same success and Dom says it comes down to “advertising” more than anything. Check the full interview as Dom reflects on being in the rap game for nearly 10 years.

Lyric Michelle – “Directions” ft Fat Tony (P###. By Chris Rockaway)

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: Music
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Chicago-born, Houston-bred poet and MC Lyric Michelle falls in the class of artists that value making music with substance. The bass and piano-driven funk pop track produced by Chris Rockaway is based on Lyric’s life. Lyric’s decision to pursue a career in music did not go over well with her parents who wanted her to take another path.

Ashley Martinez Talks About Her Relationship And New EP Fire

By: Emazing Smith Updated Category: Features
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Toronto native Ashley Martinez doesn’t care if you know that she does NOT wake up as flawless as your typical IG filter. But the voice she’s spilling on her latest project Fire is going to be around morning, noon and night!. The Latina/Italian sat with AHH’s MrMecc to tell the world what separates her from the rest.

AllHipHop’s Woman Crush Wednesday: The Tantalizing, Tina Stitchell

By: Niki Gatewood (@THE_NikiG) Updated Category: Features
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Photo Credit: Instagram, Jod Racks, Andre Uncut, Dex R. Jones

Christina Stitchell — or, Tina for short — was born in Brooklyn and reared in the Bronx. Within those inner-city, under-resourced communities she refused to be confined to the block. Lead by a resilient spirit and diligent determination, she brought her dreams to fruition and has been a working model since the age of 14.

Her personified beauty has graced the pages of Vogue Australia, worked avant-garde fashions for the  Ann Taylor runway, and supplied an organic sophistication for different Hip-Hop music videos. Tina has also flexed her creative acumen as she has been an essential person to help develop online campaigns for established brands like Louis Vuitton, Diesel, L’Oreal, Ralph Lauren, and K-Mart.

Throughout her burgeoning career, the chocolate-coated, statuesque beauty has heard countless “Nos.” Learning to seek the good in each challenge, Tina has trained herself to accept many grunt positions that have eventually brought about greater opportunities to use her dynamic set of professional and interpersonal skills. Although, she can be seen around the country on numerous billboards, an ingrained humility asserts that she’s “just another New York nobody.”

Scroll through the gallery and enjoy the melanin-enriched natural beauty that is, Tina Stitchell!

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Method Man – “Water” ft. Chedda Bang [Official Lyric Video]

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: Videos
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Fresh off the release of The Meth Lab via Tommy Boy Records, Method Man drops the lyric video to his song “Water” ft Chedda Bang. The track drips along is classic Method Man with metaphors and a cool story about dodging the cops and life in the hood. Beyond that Method man evokes Malcolm X in his raps leading up to a chopped n screwed like hook.

Kirko Bangz – “Worry Bout It” ft. Fetty Wap

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: Videos
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With his new deal with industry conglomerate 300 Ent. Kirko Bangz gets a little help from Fetty Wap for his new visual to the earlier released song, “Worry Bout It.” The Isaac Yowman bring the song to life that will be featured on Kirko’s Bigger Than Me album set to be released in the coming weeks.

Azealia Banks Says Nicki Minaj Makes ‘Basic A** Music’

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2) Updated Category: News
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Azealia Banks has weighed in on the bad blood between Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus and came clean about how she really feels about them and their music. In a series of tweets during the wee hours of the morning, the “Wallace” rapper said the both of them , including Taylor Swift, were “basic.”

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The Young Money femcee was quick to clap back at Miley so let’s see how she handles Ms. Banks.

Curren$y Talks ST Customs, Old School Cars And Getting A Car From Lil Wayne

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: Videos
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Recently Curren$y spoke about one of the things he loves the most…. No it wasn’t good ‘ole mary jane, but it was the custom cars that he loves and that have seemingly taken over his Instagram with dope high quality images. Building his ST Customs chop shop in New Orleans Curren$y is the king of trickin out whips. Take a look below at his inteview with HNHH.

Watch The Musicians Behind Dr.Dre’s ‘Compton’ Discuss The Making Of The Album (VIDEO)

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2) Updated Category: News
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Dr. Dre was not the only musical force behind the Compton album. For the first time (and probably only time), all of the other musicians who helped the album come to life sat down for a in-depth interview with DJ Skee about the project.

Watch below to see what they had to go through to be selected to be apart of the album and much more.

Kanye West Was Originally Scheduled To Perform At The 2015 MTV VMAs

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2) Updated Category: News
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The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards had a lot of notable moments but the most unforgettable was the reflective rant/speech by Kanye West. It turns out that that moment almost didn’t happen.

MTV executive Van Toffler spoke to Billboard about the highs and the lows of VMA night. In the interview, Toffler said that Yeezy was supposed to take the stage instead of giving a 13-minute talk.

“We originally thought Kanye was going to do a medley,” Toffler said. “Then we thought he was going to not do music and talk. Then, about two acts into the show, we thought he would do a couple-song medley. This is after the show started. Then, about an act before, we found out that he might not do music and just speak — but we had to be prepared for both, so we had a track cued up. We were in the truck and we heard this 10 minutes before he was to accept the award.”

Even though people behind the scenes had no clue what Ye’ was up to, they were prepared regardless.

“We decided to be open to whatever Kanye wanted because he’s given us so many moments – unexpected ones. So we weren’t sure whether he would break into song or not. We had a track –he would have rapped to his biggest hits.”

Toffler also further confirmed that the moment between Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj was real.

“We had no idea what either of them was going to say, and we didn’t anticipate that,” he said. “Clearly, from Miley’s reaction, it was genuine.”

Read the full interview here.

The Game Will Be Giving Away $1,000 A Day To His Fans

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2) Updated Category: News
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The Game is giving his fans new music and some spending money to go along with it.

To promote his seventh album, the Compton spitter has decided to give away $1,000 a day for 25 days until The Documentary 2 hits stores. He took to his Instagram and told fans what rules they need to follow to qualify.

I'm giving away $25,000 to 25 of my fans… That's $1,000 a day until September 25th when #TheDocumentary2 drop…… All you gotta do is 3 things.. #1 FOLLOW @AvanteRoseGold right now !!! #2 hashtag #TheDocumentary2 & #KeepTheCityLit wit yo address in his comments & everyday for the next 25 days til my album drop in pulling up randomly at yo m########## house or yo m########## job & giving you a $1,000 to do whatever the f### you WONT to do wit it…….. & you ain't gotta just live in Los Angeles… Cause I'm I got enough money to get my ass on a airplane & pull up anywhere in the m########## world… & im bout to start promo tour for the album…. So if you not from LA… Yo ass can get $1,000 a day too….. I was bout to spend this s### on weed…. But I thought to myself… SELF, gih dat s### to yo people n####… So FOLLOW @AvanteRoseGold NOW & put yo address in his comments & we gone pull up…. ON GOD & HEAVEN ???????? #WatchThisShit #AndYouBettaHaveSomeFood #ThousandDollarsShouldAtLeastGetANiggaAPeanutButterAndJellySammich #SeeYouSoon #WhatYouGoneDoWitYoThousand ?

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[ALSO READ: The Game Is Facing Lawsuit Over ‘Ryda’ Single Cover Art]

The Documentary 2 will be available Sept. 25th. Keyshia Cole, Dr. Dre, Ab. Soul, Kendrick Lamar, Lil’ Wayne and more are expected features for the project.

Big Daddy Kane Sides With Macklemore!

By: ClassicOne Updated Category: Rumors
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Photo via Officialbigdaddykane.com

Big Daddy Kane has some words for the rappers of this generation as he addressed those who had a lot to say about Macklemore’s MTV VMAS performance. He called out rappers currently in the game for not paying homage to legends (in this case Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz) and being the same ones that criticize Macklemore for taking the initiative to do so. While people still wanted to call Macklemore a culture vulture, he applauded Macklemore for celebrating these artists. He said those (blacks) in Hip Hop don’t acknowledge our own enough then get mad when others do. Check out what he posted on Instagram below. For some reason he has since deleted the post.

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Did he have a point?

‘Welcome To Death Row’ Still Being Pitched As ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Sequel

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2) Updated Category: News
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Universal Studios shut down the idea of a sequel to the Straight Outta Compton biopic, but it looks like it still may be in the works.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, an agency is shopping a deal with a book and a re-released 2001 documentary, both titled Welcome to Death Row, written by S. Leigh Savidge. If picked up, the film would depict the years following the N.W.A breakup when Dr. Dre linked up with Suge Knight. It would also follow the careers of Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur.

[ALSO READ: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Is The Highest Earning Musical Biopic Ever]

The only issue is that Savidge has no rights to the music for the project, which complicate getting a studio deal.

Straight Outta Compton has spent three weeks at the no. 1 spot for the domestic box office, raking in a total of $141 million since being released on Aug. 14th. The N.W.A flick is now the top grossing musical biopic of all time.