Kendrick Lamar has graced the cover of the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone, which hits newsstands and the iTunes store on Friday, Mar. 13th.
The cover story has not been unveiled, but in a brief excerpt, K. Dot gives a vague explanation behind the album’s title, To Pimp a Butterfly.
“That will be taught in college courses someday,” he says about the title. “You take a black kid out of Compton and put him in the limelight, and you find answers about yourself you never knew you were searching for,” he told RS. “There’s some stuff in there, man. It’s a roller coaster. It builds.”
The Compton emcee also described the album as “honest, fearful and unapologetic.” He also gives accounts about his bouts with depression and trauma he’s been through while living in the CPT.
It’s seems as if T.I. and Shekinah will NEVER get along. T.I. is no stranger to hurling public insults at his wife Tiny’s best friend Shekinah. As usual Shekinah always claps back at both T.I. and those who want to talk reckless on her Instagram page. Shekinah recently posted a picture of her FaceTiming Floyd Mayweather who also happened to get into it with T.I. in Vegas Last year. The Instagram instigator fans of course had something to say asking Shekinah where her loyalty was. Shekinah let fans know that T.I. is not her friend and that Mayweather treats her with respect unlike Tip. She also revealed that T.I. kicked her off the show last year while apologizing to her fans that didn’t know. Poor Tiny lol. Was T.I. too harsh for kicking his wife’s bestie off the show? Is Shekinah going to far going in on her best friend’s husband? Check out some of the IG post below.
We The Best Music Group artist Nino Brown releases his new project “The State Of Florida Vs. Nino Brown” with minimal features from Rick Ross and Just Brittany. Stream his latest project below.
On an episode of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, hosts discussed Waka Flocka Flame’s response to the video of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members and bashed rap for normalizing the use of the word.
Host Mika Brzezinksi slammed Flocka for saying he was shocked and appalled after watching the SAE members chant the racist rhyme “There will never be a n—-r in SAE/You can hang them from a tree/But they’ll never sign with me.” She says that he shouldn’t be disturbed because he uses it all the time in his music.
“He shouldn’t be disgusted with them. He should be disgusted with himself,” Brzezinski said after calling Waka’s music “a bunch of garbage.”
As fellow hosts Joe Scarborough and guest host Bill Kristol chimed in about how corporations make major bucks off of rap and that a lot of hip-hop listeners are white and now use it because it is said frequently, host Willie Giest made a point that the racial chant and rap are not comparable.
“I would love to never hear that word again in a song white, black or otherwise but there is a distinction between a bunch of white kids chanting about hanging someone from a tree and using that word in a hateful way,” Giest said.
Pop Princess Ariana Grande has no reservations for showing her love for her man rapper Big Sean. The two have been all about public displays of affection lately. Grande recently took to her Instagram to say:
“w my baby in the D #detroit #duh #NottheonlyDtho #what #gottagobye #ifyoudonthaveasenseofhumorpleaseunfollowme”
Hmmmm it seems like Ariana Grande is loving the D and we ain’t talking about Detroit… well apparently neither is she! Remember when Big Sean first came out and told everyone why his name was BIG Sean hmmmmm alluding to his male parts lol.
Hailing from Decatur, Georgia, Murder Gang rep Maybaxh Hot is preparing for the release of his upcoming mixtape while out on the road for the Loud Pack Tour XIIV. The first single off Hot’s forthcoming tape is the Sonny Digital-produced single titled “Money & Sex” featuring his brother and Maybach Music Group’s own Tracy T. The new single utilizes the knocking production that we’re accustomed to hearing from Sonny Digital, while Maybaxh Hot and Tracy T detail their flashy lifestyle.
Along with the release of “Money & Sex,” the Atlanta native looks to build anticipation for his mixtape Hot Wixh with a new weekly series titled #MaybaxhMondays, which will provide us with new releases on a regular basis leading up to the project, so stay tuned.
So help ‘Ye God. Someone stole Kanye West’s laptop.
While in Paris, someone reportedly swiped his PC, which may be the reason why his new track “Awesome,” which is a tribute to Kim Kardashian, is floating around the web.
G.O.O.D Music rep Malik Yusef took to Twitter to say there is an investigation underway.
We have the PRIVATE INVESTIGATION FIRMS ON TOP OF @kanyewest STOLEN LAPTOP!!!!!
The culprit has even created a Twitter account, @kanyelaptop, mocking the fact that robbed Yeezy. On the account’s page, the user has threatened to leak a song entitled “YZ 2.0.”
No statement has been released from Kanye’s camp but this may affect the release of his upcoming album, So Help Me God.
UPDATE: A Def Jam representative has confirmed with XXL that Kanye West did not have his laptop stolen and that the leak of “Awesome is unrelated.
Actor, comedian, and singer Jamie Foxx is making his way back onto the R&B scene with his new single “Pretty Young Thing”. The triple threat previously released a 2 Chainz assisted party single, “Party Ain’t A Party,” and “Ain’t My Fault,” now Foxx is hitting us with another one.The song was produced by DJ Mustard, and is a modern cover of Michael Jackson’s 1982 classic, “P.Y.T.” Foxx sings about a woman that has certainly captured his attention. The question is.. will any of these tracks be found on an upcoming album from Foxx? R&B fans are screaming for another Unpredictable esque Jamie album.
(AllHipHop News) Hot Boy Turk’s lawsuit against his former label Cash Money Records has entered a new phase. AllHipHop.com reported on February 19 that New Orleans rapper served the company a summons requiring Cash Money to respond to the suit within 21 days. Turk has provided AllHipHop an update to the legal situation.
“Today was the final day for Cash Money to answer the lawsuit, but they have asked for a 30 day extension,” says Turk. “It only means that the ball is still rolling, and we are trying to resolve this matter without any litigation if possible.”
Turk sued Cash Money and Money Mack Music for at least $1.3 million for unpaid music royalties and advances. The suit claims Turk never received any payments for the music he released during his tenure with the label.
Kendrick Lamar’s sophomore album has a cover and a name after all. Shortly after midnight, the good kid made a rare appearance on Instagram to unveil the cover and the title, To Pimp A Butterfly. The album art shows shirtless black men posing happily with cash galore in their hands and mouth in front of the White House while standing over a deceased judge.
The album title was seemingly inspired by one of K. Dot’s friends in Compton, as he attributed the quote in the caption of the post to a “lil’ homie.”
“Don’t all dogs go to heaven? Don’t Gangsta’s boogie? Do owl s### stank? Lions, Tigers & Bears. But TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY. Its the American dream n####….” – lil Homie,” he wrote on IG.
A photo posted by Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) on
The left coast rep has already snagged two Grammys for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for the album’s first single “i” and woke up the world with “The Blacker The Berry.”
To Pimp A Butterfly is available for pre-order on iTunes and will drop on Mar. 23rd.
Empire’s ratings continue to soar through the roof each week! With an all star cast already in place, the show’s producers are steady calling on the industry’s top artists to continue to make the show one of the most entertaining imprints in television. The Queen of Hip Hop soul, Mary J. Blige, has been added to the show’s original soundtrack (in stores March 10). She will also make an appearance on this week’s episode. Mary J. and Terrance Howard (who stars as Lucious Lyon in the show) deliver a new song titled “Shake Down”, bringing all types of emotions that come about when past lovers reconnect.
RTMG’s Young Freq drops a new video for “Fed” from his Road 2 Perfection mixtape out now. Produced by Trackslammerz. We’ve posted Freq before, now we return to his posse track.
“I’m the biggest boss that you’ve seen thus far,” rapped Rick Ross on his Trilla track “The Boss” featuring T-Pain. Since making that declaration on his sophomore album, Ross has grown the Maybach Music Group imprint into one of the most successful in the game, opened Wingstop locations across the country, and consistently made it onto Forbes’ “Hip Hop Cash Kings” list.
Rozay is set to launch another business venture with Atlanta music executive Dina Marto. Last month the longtime associates announced their new joint project Artists First. The platform will include a talent search for the next MMG artist.
AllHipHop.com caught up with Rozay and Marto at ATL’s Twelves Studios. The “Hustlin'” rapper was asked to participate in the “Top 5 Dead or Alive” series. Ross names his current top five bosses DOA, and Marto offers advice to young women wanting to break into the business side of the music industry.
Sighs…here come the “I’m legally blind” jokes and references…
Suge Knight’s defense in his murder case will be that he is legally blind in his left eye due to glaucoma, a side effect of diabetes.
Knight’s attorney Matthew Fletcher is saying Knight hit the men because he didn’t have a clear view of them.
TMZ reports:
“When Suge pulled back and struck Cle “Bone” Sloan the first time … he didn’t have a clear view of his left side, which may have prevented him from turning left, which would have allowed him to escape down the street.
In addition, Terry Carter was on Suge’s left side when he re-entered the parking lot, so Suge may not have clearly seen him before striking him with the truck.
Suge also claims Carter screamed something to the effect of, “Should I shoot him?” Fletcher says because of Suge’s vision problem, he couldn’t see that Carter was not brandishing a weapon.”
This died just can’t stay out of trouble. Always got some s*** goin! Anywho…P.O.P. Hol it down! (sorry I had to)
Amber and Chyna are trying to keep up with the ex-significant others and were spotted making it ran in their former place of employment; the strip club.
TMZ reports:
“Wiz Khalifa and Tyga’s exes refuse to take a back seat to them when it comes to making exotic dancer support payments (just sounds classier) — cause Amber Rose and Blac Chyna went big in an L.A. strip club.
The girls hit up Ace of Diamonds in Hollywood Monday night … the same club where Wiz went crazy a few weeks earlier. Once inside, Amber and BC bumped and grinded with some of their ex comrades-in-lucite.
Our sources say both women were paid for their appearance at AoD — though it’s unclear how much … some of it went back to the employees. We’re told they rained $10K on the strippers … right on par with what Wiz and his crew spent.”
(AllHipHop News) While Jay Z’s early days include working with Big Daddy Kane and Jaz-O, some Hip Hop historians cite his collaboration with fellow Brooklyn emcee The Notorious B.I.G. as the biggest co-sign of Jay’s career. The two wordsmiths traded bars on the classic Reasonable Doubt track “Brooklyn’s Finest,” but a video for the cut was never filmed.
Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash spoke with Hip Hop Motivation about the 1996 Jigga and Biggie collabo. According to Dame, Jay finished his part first, and it took Big about four months to record his verse. But once it was complete, why didn’t the duo shoot any visuals for the song?
“The messed up thing about it was we were going to do the video, and Puff wouldn’t clear it,” stated Dame. “He’s alive. Somebody just ask Puff why he didn’t clear that.”
Besides alleging Sean “Puffy” Combs blocked the “Brooklyn’s Finest” video from happening, Dame also claimed he co-produced the track along with Clark Kent even though he is not credited for his contribution.
Dame also discussed Jay asking him for the rights to Reasonable Doubt for the Roc-A-Fella name, gave advice to aspiring entrepreneurs, addressed how to be successful in the fashion industry, and explained why he dates women of different races.
(AllHipHop News) As a producer, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ name is attached to tracks by The Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, Jay Z, The Lox, and many others. Over the years the founder of Bad Boy Records has turned his attention to other endeavors, but he is now ready to return to the studio as a board master.
Diddy announced on his Instagram page he is back to creating production for various artists including Kanye West, Pusha T, The Lox, and A$AP Ferg. His return to producing will only last for one year though.
Yes the rumors are true. It’s been a long time since I had been really focused on producing music. My first love. Is the type of love that Will never go away! So I’ve come back for 12 months only ! So I’m working on Kanye West LOS GIZZLE THE LOX [Pusha T] [A$AP Ferg] [Cassie] [The Weeknd] and many more announcements to come! I’m back behind this BOARD B!!!!!!!!! Real n***as and real music are back in style! #MMM
Reared on the Golden Era’s lyricism Detroit’s, Jovie, pays homage to the classic duo of Gang Starr. Here his interpretation of “Mass Appeal” is seen through a 2015 lens. Gritty metaphors reinforced by respected wordplay have compelled outlets such as MTV to show the Motor City MC love.
(AllHipHop News) Waka Flocka Flame was scheduled to perform at the University Of Oklahoma next month, but the Atlanta resident announced he would not be performing after video of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members singing a racist song emerged online. Waka posted a message on Instagram that included the hashtag #DeathToRacism.
CNN’s Brianna Keilar interviewed Waka about his decision to pull out from his show date at OU. He spoke about his initial reaction to seeing the footage of the fraternity members chanting, “there will never be a n****r in SAE.”
“I was more hurt, more disgusted, because I knew those kids. I performed for those kids. They made me feel like a brother,” said Waka. “Just to see what a person does behind closed doors is disgusting. I wasn’t angry. I was just disgusted.”
Waka performed for the University Of Oklahoma SAE chapter last year. The “O Let’s Do It” rapper expressed he never felt any racial discrimination from the frat at that time.
“I really can’t blame the kids. That’s passed down,” Waka added.
The university has kicked SAE from the campus and expelled members Parker Rice and Levi Pettit. The family of Pettit and Rice have issued apologies.
“We were as shocked and saddened by this news as anyone,” stated Brody and Susan Pettit. “Of course, we are sad for our son, but more importantly, we apologize to the community he has hurt. We would also like to apologize to the entire African American community, University of Oklahoma student body and administration.”
Rice said, “I am deeply sorry for what I did Saturday night. It was wrong and reckless. I made a horrible mistake by joining into the singing and encouraging others to do the same,” he said.
