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50 Cent Collaborates With Marvel And Reebok For SMS Audio Headphones Lines

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2) Updated Category: News
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50 Cent is planning to collaborate with Reebok and Marvel for two separate lines of SMS Audio headphones.

Fif sat down with Fortune to discuss the new partnerships and said he chose those two brands because of their longevity.

“Those brands don’t go anywhere,” said the G-Unit general. “They’re not going away.”

The Marvel-themed headphones will be superhero inspired but Brian Nohe, president of SMS Audio, warns that they won’t be “toy like.”

“All that stuff we do, it’s classy,” Nohe told Fortune. “Like on The Avengers headphones, it won’t be a picture of Thor running around. It will be a little symbol, and have the same colorways.”  

These SMS headphones will sell for $99.

The Reebok line of headphones will be geared more towards the fitness junkies and will be sold at select Reebok stores and online.  50, who is the CEO and founder of SMS Audio, said that he learned about design and is offering more in the packaging than just these headphones. If you buy the Reebok edition, you will also receive two washable covers for each side, a zip case, a detachable cable with a built-in controller, stickers and a towel.

Nohe also demonstrated how unbreakable the headgear is when he roughly twisted it in a demonstration.

“This is why we say it’s better quality, better sound, better value,” he said.

Read the full feature here.

 

DMX Addresses Being Accused Of Robbery (VIDEO)

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2) Updated Category: News
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DMX has come forward to address the allegations that he robbed a man at a New Jersey gas station and escaped with $3,200.

“I have no idea what this is about,” he told the TMZ cameraman. “It comes with the territory…It’s not the first thing I’ve been accused of that I didn’t do. If I did it, you would have known about it.”

[ALSO READ: DMX Accused Of Robbing Man In Newark, NJ]

X’s lawyer, Murray Richman, said these allegations are “completely absurd” and said that the young man making the accusations became upset after he offered X drugs and he declined.

Watch what DMX had to say below.

DMX: I Shall Not Steal …The Devil Is Working Hard To Destroy Me
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Kanye West Talks About His Ego And Calls Himself An Activist

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2) Updated Category: News
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Kanye West is more self-reflective than he has ever been. he’s able to look back at his less than classy moments and use them as learning experiences and even befriend the people that he has embarrassed during his tongue lashings (except George Bush).

He chucks these moments up to his ego and in a recent interview he compared it to a new piece of furniture in his house that he wanted to get rid of but couldn’t.

“I have this table in my new house,” West told the New York Times. “They put this table in without asking. It was some weird nouveau riche marble table, and I hated it. But it was literally so heavy that it took a crane to move it. We would try to set up different things around it, but it never really worked.” He continued, “I realized that table was my ego. No matter what you put around it, under it, no matter who photographed it, the douchebaggery would always come through.”

The “douchebaggery” almost took over again at this year’s Grammy ceremony when Beck beat Beyonce in the Album of the Year category. West it’s difficult to watch unfair things happen and not be compelled to do something about it.

[ALSO READ: Kanye West Reaches Settlement With Photographer He Assaulted]

“I’m not a celebrity, I’m an activist,” he said. “The fact that when I see truth it’s really hard for me to sit back and just allow it to happen in front of me on my clock makes me, a lot of times, a bad celebrity.”

Yeezus also revealed that he speaks to his anger management therapist “all the time,” a requirement of his paparazzi run-ins that resulted in a civil lawsuit that he recently settled.

Read more about his new serenity, fashion endeavors and more here.

What Street/Hip-Hop OG Is Writing A Book?

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Rumors
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I am hearing that J. Prince, the founder and OG of Rap-A-Lot Records is writing a book about his life. The details are non-existent really, because you are hearing it here first. But, it is my understanding that he will reveal to a new era and the Golden one all that went on behind the scenes of Rap-A-Lot Records. I also hear a lot will focus on the time where they were at their apex with the Geto Boys. Also, some may not realize, but J. Prince is the only mogul to survive the government. Suge Knight, J. Prince and Murder Inc were heavily targeted by governmental forces and the Houston OG was the only one that survived. Also, apparently, there will be this reoccuring theme that Rap-A-Lot Records is not his greatest accomplishment. We’ll see where that goes, but we do know that he’s got a family legacy, industry (like keeping Drake safe from wolves) and other random stuff.
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Drake Now Has His Own Search Engine

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2) Updated Category: News
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If you’re reading this, Drake has his own search engine. The “Let Me Drake That For You” search allows fans to enter terms and then the engine searches the web for everything related to the words entered and OVO’s own.

The search engine also has a soundboard of Drizzy’s ad-libs and plays snippets of his hits in the background.  When you click the “I’m Feeling Drizzy” option, some Drake’s best GIFs pop up.

Search for all Drake everything here.

 

Former Roc-A-Fella Affiliated Rapper Charged With Promoting Prostitution

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Malcolm “Wais P” Byer was once a member of Jay Z’s Roc-A-Fella crew. He appeared on the Hip Hop legend’s “I Should Die” off 1998’s Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life. The 41-year-old Brooklyn native is now facing a single charge of promoting prostitution.

[ALSO READ: Warren Sapp Fired From NFL Network Following Prostitution Bust]

The Wall Street Journal reports Wais was arrested on Wednesday and arraigned on Thursday. He was one of three men that has been indicted on similar charges since December. Authorities claim all four suspects were arrested in connection to an ongoing Midtown prostitution investigation known as “Bright Lights…Big City.”

31-year-old Karmik Grant-Byas, 31-year-old Jamal Mobley, and 40-year-old Christopher Rose are awaiting trail on indictments ranging from sex trafficking to promoting prostitution. Police monitored the alleged pimps through wiretaps and seized financial records.

Wais was placed under investigation starting in 2013, and a Manhattan grand jury indicted him last week. He is currently being held without bail.

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Along with Haph, Wais P was one half of the rap group Da Ranjahz. They were part of Jay Z’s Carter Faculty under the Roc-A-Fella umbrella. They never dropped a full album under the company, but the duo did release the independent project Who Feels It Knows in 2003.

“We were there from the beginning. We were there when the Roc was a pebble and the records used to come to Jay’’s house. It’’s bigger than music with us,” Wais told AllHipHop.com in 2007. “I still go to Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners with Jay’’s aunt in Brooklyn. It’’s a family thing.”

[ALSO READ: Beanie Sigel & Young Chris: This Is Roc-A-Fella For Life, I’m Still On The Payroll]

Did Lil Wayne Send More Shots At Young Thug Over Thugger's "Carter Six" Album Cover? (VIDEO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne may have just sent another subliminal diss to Young Thug. The two rappers have been sending sly shots back and forth in recent months. Even though he did not mention Thugger by name, the Young Money leader made a not so subtle remark which seems to be clearly directed at his Rich Gang foe.

[ALSO READ: Did Lil Wayne & Young Thug Send Subliminal Shots At Each Other?]

While performing at a recent show, Wayne told the crowd, “I want y’all to do me a favor and stop listening to songs by n***as that pose naked on their motherf**king album cover.”

Young Thug recently released the artwork for his forthcoming debut studio LP Carter Six. The Atlanta rapper used a nude photo of himself for the album cover.

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[ALSO READ: Turk Talks Birdman Blocking Reunion With Lil Wayne & Young Thug Naming His Album “Carter Six” (VIDEO)]

Watch video of Lil Wayne’s statement below.

Shots fired ?…Do us all a favor, and stop listening to these nikkas posing naked on their album cover… #2loudmag #houston #1 #hippop #hiphop #magazine #lilwayne

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Dame Dash Launches His Entertainment Seminar Program Poppington Academy (VIDEO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) “Everyone’s gonna be a boss,” echoes Dame Dash’s voice in a new promo video for Poppington Academy. The mogul that has kept his name in the headlines in recent weeks is looking to pass on information about the entertainment business to others through his new seminar program.

[ALSO READ: Dame Dash & Lee Daniels Settle Legal Dispute Over “The Butler” & “Empire”]

Dame has not announced many details about Poppington Academy. At the moment, its website just offers the opportunity to sign up for a newsletter and to enroll in the course with a $500 PayPal payment.

Poppington Academy’s Instagram page suggests some top-notch individuals from the music, film, and fashion industries are involved in the workshops. “Special guests” are expected to be announced in the coming weeks with the opening seminar starting April 22.

Our facility is our studio. Our creative producers are our faculty. We have some of the best in-house creatives in the game! We have produced platinum records, award winning films and some of the dopest fashion in the world. Come learn and network with [Poppington Academy].

[ALSO READ: Dame Dash: Business Is War… I Take It Personal (VIDEO)]

Check out IG posts from Poppington Academy and Dame Dash and the promo video for Poppington Academy below.

Subscribe now for our emailing list and register for our April seminar. @duskopoppington will be giving you his unique perspective on his experience in the game. Special guests will guide you through workshops. Each member will get an exclusive collaboration bucket hat at the end of their term.

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@hip_hop_motivator will be at @poppacademy by the way enroll now

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The Game Posts #TBT Picture With 50 Cent (PHOTO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) The issues between The Game and 50 Cent have been ongoing for a decade. When G-Unit got back together last year, Game was left out of the reunion. Both rappers made comments suggesting that reconciliation was unlikely to happen. 50 said Game was “almost bi-polar,” and Game stated that he and 50 are “sworn enemies.”

[ALSO READ: G-Unit Announces 2nd EP “The Beast Is G-Unit”; 50 Cent Explains Why Game Was Left Out]

Game either had a change of heart or was feeling overly nostalgic this week, because the Los Angeles emcee posted a “Throwback Thursday” picture of he and 50 on Instagram. The caption reads, “#TBT Hurricane x 5th circa 2005 #HateItOrLoveIt.”

Before the two stars had a falling out, Game and 50 appeared together on hit records like “Hate It or Love It” and “How We Do.” Later this year, Game is set to release The Documentary 2, the sequel to his debut studio album released on G-Unit Records.

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[ALSO READ: Jimmy Henchman Sentenced To Life Term For Murder Of G-Unit Associate]

Ebro Curses Out & Threatens Caller During Radio Show (VIDEO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Ebro Darden was not having any of a caller’s shenanigans during his Hot 97 show. An unidentified man dialed into the station to speak with co-host Laura Stylez, but when the man snapped at Peter Rosenberg, Ebro snapped back.

[ALSO READ: Star Threatens To Slap Ebro Darden & Peter Rosenberg (VIDEO)]

“I ain’t talking to you n***a. I’m talking to Laura Stylez,” the listener expressed to Rosenberg.

Ebro responded, “Shut the f**k up n***a. Come down here. I’ll slap the s**t out your b***h ass. Don’t f**king call up here with that bullsh*t. You p***y ass n***a. What’s wrong with you? Don’t call up here talking tough. Ain’t nobody scared of you. Come down here n***a. Wassup?”

The caller eventually apologized for being disrespectful. Ebro later addressed his behavior on Twitter.

[ALSO READ: Kendrick Lamar, Big Sean, Meek Mill & More To Perform At Hot 97’s Summer Jam 2015]

Watch Ebro curse out a caller in the video below.

Kendrick Lamar Discusses Musical Influences For "To Pimp A Butterfly" During Interview With Flying Lotus

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Kendrick Lamar was a guest on producer/artist Flying Lotus’ BBC Radio 1 Residency show. Fly Lo spent 2 hours celebrating the TDE emcee’s new album To Pimp A Butterfly.

The program included Flying Lotus playing songs by artists that directly influenced the sound on Kendrick’s sophomore major label LP. Listeners got to hear tracks by Funkadelic, Dr. Dre, J Dilla, Bilal, Ice Cube, Lalah Hathaway, The Isley Brothers, and more.

[ALSO READ: Kendrick Lamar To Appear On Remix Of Kanye West’s “All Day”?]

Kendrick provided commentary about the project:

The ideas and influences from this album was me collecting every little bit of music that I’ve learned to live with and love since the day I was born – my father’s influences from oldies to gangsta rap. That was it for me, and not be in fear to show the influences.

A lot of artists get to a point where we like to stay redundant, we like to stay compromising what we really want to do. I said I wasn’t going to do that on this album. I give that advice to any artist out there. Do what your heart tells you to do, because the rewards are even that much better.

Flying Lotus contributed to K. Dot’s To Pimp A Butterfly. He co-produced the album opener “Wesley’s Theory.” The L.A. native has released his own critically acclaimed projects such as Los Angeles, Until the Quiet Comes, and You’re Dead!

“Working with Kendrick was like one of the best things that happened to me in the last few years of my life. [He’s] a real creative genius, very exploratory and open to different perspectives creatively,” said Fly Lo. “From the minute we started working I definitely felt the connection to what was happening.”

Listen to Flying Lotus full radio show featuring Kendrick Lamar here.

[ALSO READ: Drake, Flying Lotus, Logic & Bishop Nehru Tapped For Governors Ball Music Festival 2015]

Will Manny Pacquiao Knock Out Floyd Mayweather? His Trainer Says Yes!

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Features
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This interview originally appeared on KnockoutNation.com.
Freddie Roach on May 2: “The 2015 Manny is going to fight the perfect fight…to knock Floyd out.”

On the surface it’s understandable to see why many people feel the impending May 2 showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather is “five years too late.” When the bout was first negotiated years ago for a March 2010 date, Floyd Mayweather was one fight into his return from a two-year sabbatical, having easily shut-out Pacquiao nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez. And Pacquiao had spent the previous year brutalizing Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto, two of the top fighters in their respective 140 and 147-pound divisions.

Five years later, Mayweather is still undefeated while Pacquiao has taken two defeats – one dubious (Timothy Bradley), the other crushing (Marquez IV). But there just might be a silver lining in this agonizing delay if you’re Team Pacquiao. The Filipino icon’s trainer, Freddie Roach, explains why the 2015 version of Manny has the makeup to hand Mayweather his first defeat.

Which version of Manny Pacquiao would have had a better chance to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr.: 2010 or 2015?

That is an interesting question because there are obviously tradeoffs between the two versions of Manny.  But I am convinced that the 2015 ‘model’ is the more formidable fighter for a few reasons.

Back in 2010, Manny was still growing into a welterweight.  His first two welterweight fights were against Oscar De La Hoya in 2008 and Miguel Cotto in 2009 where he only weighed 142 and 144 pounds, respectively, and in between, he dropped down to 138 to fight Ricky Hatton.  Floyd had been campaigning as a welterweight since 2005 and weighed 150 in his fight against De La Hoya so that might have given Floyd an advantage.  I still like Manny’s chances in that fight but I think the Manny of today has a lot more in his favor.

In 2010 the two-year age difference between the fighters was not significant to either, but that’s not true today.  Floyd at 38 is doing things he didn’t do in the past.  Floyd is a defensive genius but he has always depended on his legs to perform and you can see now that his legs do not have the same spring or fluidness of his earlier years.  He cannot run the ring for three minutes per round as he did in the past and he covers that up by saying he is now fighting a more fan-friendly style by engaging more with his opponents.  BALONEY!  He’s engaging more because he can no longer move like he used to do.

The 2015 version of Manny is more mature, smarter and less reckless than the 2010 version.  He will be treating the ring like a chess board anticipating Floyd’s moves – ready to cut him off and attack every time he creates an opening.  Manny’s footwork and hand speed are still the best in the game and  though I still consider him a small welterweight, Manny now has five more years experience fighting at the welterweight level.  The 2015 Manny is going to fight the perfect fight.  I look at this the same as I did I when Manny fought Oscar De La Hoya.  I have all the confidence in the world that Manny is going to knock Floyd out on May 2.

Mayweather-Pacquiao: At Last, a special film presented by HBO Sports detailing the road to the most anticipated fight of this era, debuts Saturday, April 18 at 12:00 a.m. ET/PT on HBO.

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao takes place Saturday, May 2 from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas live on pay-per-view beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.      

Princeton University Students Petition Against Big Sean

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: News
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A segment of the student population at Princeton are trying to stop Big Sean from performing on the campus this spring, charging that the Roc Nation rapper is a misogynist.

Students Rebecca Basaldua and Duncan Hosie are attempting to convince their student government to dump the rapper for their bi-annual Lawn Parties celebration. Thus far, 500 students have signed the online petition.

“After I saw that video, I started researching Big Sean’s language and I found language that was both misogynistic and homophobic. We wrote an op-ed piece that we published on Google Docs [on Sunday] and wanted to see the number of supporters,” Hosie said to The Daily Princetonian.

It maybe too late though, as the contracts are already signed.

“The contracts are signed and it’s unrealistic to stop this from happening,” said Simon Wu, Social committee chair.

Lawn Parties is set for April 17.

Click here for more on this controversy.

Cheeks Bossman – "Buss It Open"

By: @ivyysanders Updated Category: Music
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Serving as the first official single from his upcoming project “Pre-Snap 2”, Tampa, Florida native Cheeks Bossman serves up his ode to sex he’s appropriately titled, “Buss It Open”. The Blackboi featured cut holds nothing back and sends one clear message throughout the duration of the song; relationships aren’t necessary to have fun and kick it with a boss. Look for more releases on the way, including the follow up to this one, “Sex You Up”, and his next mixtape release, “Hijacked”, hosted by DJ Cnazty.

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Vinny Virgo Ft. Key! – "Wave"

By: @ivyysanders Updated Category: Music
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On his latest effort, Tampa, Florida native Vinny Virgo throws us in his ocean of sound and takes us for a ride on his “Wave” with ATL buzz artist KEY!. The now California transplant joined forces with Risky Beats to bring the noise for this anthem of sorts and when this one hits land you better believe it has all intentions of destroying everything in its path. With a long list of accomplishments on his back, Vinny’s taking this one right into a splash of releases and features, including collabs with some of the game’s brightest young talent. His still-to-be-titled EP is slated for release in the near future, but in the meantime, look for a video for this one to even sooner. Stay tuned for more info!