In an attempt to call out Donald Trump for his controversial statement about Mexican immigrants, Kelly Osbourne said something stupid and offensive too. She asked “If you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump?”
Rosie Perez’s reaction is priceless.
(AllHipHop News) Tony Award nominee David Alan Grier is the latest star to join the cast of NBC’s live broadcast adaptation of The Wiz. The actor/singer will play the role of the Cowardly Lion.
The announcement of Grier’s participation in the remake of the classic musical follows the previous news that Queen Latifah (The Wiz), Mary J. Blige (the Wicked Witch of the West), and Stephanie Mills (Auntie Em) will appear in the production as well.
Kenny Leon (A Raisin In The Sun) is directing The Wiz Live!. Tony-winner Harvey Fierstein is providing new written material. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (The Sound of Music Live!, Chicago) serve as executive producers.
Grier broke onto the national stage as a player on the Fox hit sketch comedy series In Living Color. His filmography also includes A Soldier’s Story, Boomerang, and The Woodsman.
The Detroit native has received three Tony nominations for his turns in The First, Race, and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. He is also set to lead the upcoming NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show premiering August 26.
The Wiz Live! is scheduled to air in Thursday, December 3 on NBC. The performance is produced by Universal Television in association with Cirque Du Soleil Theatrical.
Watch David Allen Grier talking about The Carmichael Show below.
Growing up listening to various genres of music including gospel, Tchi-neaux got his start in Hip-Hop and R&B groups thoughout New Orleans as a youth. The emcee/singer drops his new cut “All I Have” with some art that shows just how tatted this young artist is.
(AllHipHop News) While most people following the Meek Mill/Drake feud believe Drake is clearly coming out on top, Meek has actually raised his national profile a great deal because of the back-and-forth. Billboard calculated how both rappers have been faring on social media since their rivalry went public.
From July 20 to August 4, the Dream Chasers founder and the OVO leader have both gained over 600,000 followers respectively on Twitter. They have been mentioned on the network over 4 million times. Over on Instagram, Drizzy collected 804,000 new followers and Meek picked up 377,000 new followers. The two rap stars had a combined 17 million likes on IG.
Drake and Meek have also seen movement on several of Billboard’s weekly charts. Drake’s diss track “Back to Back” debuted at #19 on the Rap Airplay chart and #37 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.
“Back To Back” entered at #3 on the Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks chart. Meek’s response “Wanna Know” opened at #6 on the same chart.
The Billboard Artist 100 features Drake jumping from 10-6. His place on the Social 50 chart went from 14-7 (the prior week he was at #25). Meek actually saw drops on both charts. The Philadelphia native fell from 7 to 9 on the Artist 100 and 5 to 6 on the Social 50 (the prior week he was at #21). Meek still managed to receive 1.6 million Twitter mentions during the charts tally period.
(AllHipHop News) The topic of ghostwriting in Hip Hop has become center stage thanks to Meek Mill’s allegations that Quentin Miller wrote several of Drake’s verses. Rap legend Ice Cube was asked about the practice of performers having other people write their lyrics during an interview with MTV.
“Ghostwriting is a part of music,” said Cube. “It’s been a part of music since music has been able to be recorded and probably before that.”
Some “Hip Hop purists” are not supportive of rappers not writing their own rhymes. Or they at least take issue with the term “emcee” being applied to anyone that uses ghostwriters. The N.W.A representative falls into that group.
“As far as a purist in Hip Hop? I’m not a fan of it. I respect rappers more when they write their own lyrics,” added Cube. “But as far as making a song, anybody can put a song together. It don’t matter how it comes together. All that matters is what’s coming out the speaker. So, as far as making music and making records, it don’t matter who writes it. As far as emceeing and being a rapper, you should write your own stuff.”
Watch Ice Cube’s interview and take our poll below.
(AllHipHop News) If people thought Meek Mill was just going to lay down in his feud with Drake, they would be wrong. The MMG rapper fired more shots at Drizzy during the Charlotte stop of Nicki Minaj’s The Pinkprint Tour, and Meek went personal with his on-stage comments. The “Wanna Know” rhymer told the crowd that Drake does not even have the support of his YMCMB camp.
“Wayne don’t f*ck with you. Stunna don’t f*ck with you. Tyga don’t f*ck with you,” says Meek,
Besides suggesting Drake is not on good terms with Cash Money members Lil Wayne, Birdman, and Tyga, Meek also questioned why Drizzy did not respond to other rappers that have challenged him such as Pusha T. The Virginia native took aim at Drake on the 2012 track “Exodus 23:1.”
“Pusha came at you. You ain’t reply back. Why’s that?” Meek raps.
Watch footage of Meek Mill’s performance below.
(AllHipHop News) EA Sports has tapped numerous artists to provide music for the soundtrack to the popular video game Madden NFL 16. The tracklist includes cuts from The Weeknd, Fashawn featuring Nas & Aloe Blacc, King Los, Yelawolf, and more.
“For the last few years, our Madden soundtracks focused on recreating the stadium experience,” explains Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing for EA. “But with Madden ‘16, we’ve now returned to our roots for introducing new artists and new music. This soundtrack is truly one of our most adventurous, and one we think fans will enjoy the mix of genres and artists we’ve included. Once again, ‘Madden Music’ will define the sound of the upcoming season.”
All of the tracks on the collection are available for streaming on the Madden NFL Spotify profile. Fans can come back every week during the NFL season for “Madden Music Mondays.” Fresh songs and artists, as well as special themed playlists hand-selected by NFL teams, will be featured on that day.
Madden NFL 16 is scheduled for release on August 25.
Check out the full tracklist for the Madden NFL 16 soundtrack and the game’s official E3 Gameplay trailer below.
Travelin’ – Man A Thousand Horses
Get Some Freedom (feat. Dragonette) – Big Data
Holding All the Roses – Blackberry Smoke
Rubber Band Stacks – Brooke Candy
Automatic – Don Broco
Something To Believe In (feat. Nas & Aloe Blacc) – Fashawn
I Used To Be (feat. Redman and Method Man) – GOH vs. Sugarstarr
Through The Roof (feat. Young Tapz) – Hermitude
Collide – James Bay
House Of Moody – Jimi Charles Moody
Come and Get It – John Newman
Destruction – Joywave
Ghetto Boy – King Los
Sirens – Lee Brice
Ain’t Too Cool – LunchMoney Lewis
Make You Mine – Modestep & Teddy Killerz
Intro – NF
Odyssey – No Wyld
Ban All The Music – Nothing But Thieves
Wolves – Rag ‘n’ Bone Man
Better Days – Robert DeLong
Higher (feat. Labrinth) – Sigma
I’m Rockin’ – The Cadillac Three
Can’t Feel my Face – The Weeknd
Heavydirtysoul – twenty one pilot
Flash – Viv And The Revival
Superpower – X Ambassadors
Animation (feat. Diamond Eyes) – Xilent
Fiddle Me This – Yelawolf
Knock Me Down – Youngblood Hawke
(AllHipHop News) No Limit founder Master P and Ace B introduce the new premium liquor Yeah Vodka. P is auctioning off an autographed bottle to fans. According to the New Orleans native, all proceeds from the sale will go to help local kids. To place a bid for the collector’s item visit www.YeahVodka.com.
Watch Master P and Ace B discuss Yeah Vodka in the video below.
Gimini & Ncredible Hero have joined forces for the track “Doe UP’ produced by Beat Doctor and executively produced by Cecil “Big Steve” Stevenson (UTLMMG). Their video for the single will be featured in an episode of this season of LA Hair on WEtv!
Take a listen to the single “Doe UP” below!
During Nicki Minaj’s Charlotte, NC stop of The Pinkprint tour, Meek Mill took the stage tonight and had some pretty harsh words for Drake & his OVO crew……even threatening to give them “a wedgie”.
LOL come on Meek…..really??
We just heard Larry June link up with OG Maco on “Ain’t Worried,” and today he’s back with a brand new solo cut. “F’d Up My Leg” uses absurd humor akin to Maco’s breakthrough hit, “U Guessed It,” with a hook that blames an excess of bands for causing Larry a leg injury. His ad-lib game is similarly inspired, making it the driving force of the hook in many ways.
The record is a bonus cut off June’s upcoming release,#GoodJobLarry, which is set to drop later this month. How are you feeling about the OGG rapper so far?
Dusty McFly releases video for “Fleez Baby” produced by IcePic & Sergio and shot by Marty McFly/Fly Visuals, off his upcoming project “Sincerely Fleez” due out August 14th.
Grammy nominated, singer/songwriter, BJ The Chicago Kid, sits down with DJ Smallz and discusses being featured on “Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre” on a record called “It’s All On Me” and reveals the biggest advice he received from the legendary producer/rapper.
“Lil Piggies” feels like the release of all of the two’s anger visualized in the most grindhouse era Tarantino film fashion. In the first scene, three beautiful women flank !llmind, cementing his status as a ruthless mafioso boss and a man on a mission. He is on the way to meet his assassin, who happens to resemble Ortiz. The Slaughterhouse rapper is mostly only seen in a butcher shop that would have Hannibal Lecter’s mouth watering and stomach rumbling. Human bodies hang from meat hooks, covered with strange pig masks. Ortiz dons a creepy, manic smile as he talks about killing other rappers and swings a machete around, in preparation for tonight’s murder.
If you had any doubts that !llmind and Ortiz are still hungry, “Lil Piggies” should put your mind at ease. While it errs on the side of horror and has a lot of memorable imagery, the video still clearly depicts the passion and focus these two have for their art and their willingness to take down all adversaries to get to their rightful spot. Check out the video below.
Hip hop legend Warren G will be releasing his new EP Regulate…G Funk Era Part II this Thursday, August 6. This will be his first project since 2009 and feature unreleased tracks from the late great Nate Dogg along with guest appearances by E-40, Too $hort, Young Jeezy, and Bun B.
Scott King drops a new mixtape entitled “Connected”, Hosted By Heavy Hitters own DJ Infamous and DrumSquad DJs own DJ LOMAXX. The Brooklyn MC showcases his lyrical skills over classic hip hop beats. Listen below.
OG Maco revisits his Live Life 2 EP to shoot a video for Gang produced by Cardo.
While most seventeen year olds are worrying about prom and graduation, Detroit native Lil George is worrying about stolen hooks and his place on the billboard charts. Not a bad problem at all. Have a seat and peep as the “Sauce” rapper sits with MrMecc to discuss past mistakes and future plans.
From “Thought It Was A Drought” to the other tracks like “Where Ya At” Ft Drake Future explains that this project is not just about lean. According to Future, “It’s a culture and a lifestyle, and the music is at an all time high.” There’s no doubt Future is servin bass on this project, check it out as he talks about it below.
Plenty of rappers love to glamorize life in prison, or at least the things that get you in there. But very few ever speak on the damage that’s done to the people left behind. In a very candid moment, upcoming L&HH star Papoose sits with AHH’s MrMecc to talk film family and finally having his wife home.
