Any chance you get to sit and get game from the OG’s you have to take it. With that said, MrMecc got the chance to get more than a few gems from the YO originals The LOX. Kiss, Sheek & Ghost speak on retiring, agism in Hip-Hop and why you must learn.
Kim didn’t appreciate the interview and even went as far as calling K. Michelle an “insecure pathological lying sick psycho b####.”
Now y’all know it was only a matter of time before the Memphis native clapped back:
I was expecting a little more bashing from K., but maybe she’s toning things down a little bit…
Malik Ferraud gives us his new music video for “Infinity.” This will serve as the title of his upcoming album and is also the title track. Check it out.
Photos by Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic, by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS
Following their much anticipated reunion performance at the 2014 Soul Train Awards, Jodeci is really back to clam their place in R&B royalty. The quartet is taking advantage of the momentum with the release of a new single (“Nobody Wins featuring B.o.B), comeback album, and a major tour with R. Kelly. There has yet to be a formal confirmation of the tour however, Radio and TV personality Big Tigger shared on twitter that he was told that it is in fact happening.
“I was just told this…. The #RealKings of R&B Tour is real!! JoDeCi & R. Kelly together!!! #jodecimusic #rkelly @rkelly @jodecimusic,” Tigger tweeted.
R&B fans get ready! Oooooooooooooo Yeah! I mean does it get better than Jodeci and R. Kelly on the same tour?!? Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men even posted a question on Instagram to his fans with a picture and caption asking would they like to see Jodeci and Boyz II Men on the same stage together. Yes please! It will be like the 1992 MC Hammer Tour where both groups opened up for Hammer.
Columbus Short has admitted to drug use being the cause of the demise of his career.
In an interview with Access Hollywood Live, the actor said he used cocaine for “numbing” purposes during tough times.
“I’ll be candid: I was struggling with drugs,” the 32-year-old admitted. “I had a lot on my plate, and you know, I was using unhealthy ways to kind of self-medicate and deal with a lot of heavy duty stuff in my life… I was doing cocaine and drinking a lot, and trying to balance a 16-hour work schedule a day, and a family and I just lost myself back then.”
After exiting the Scandal cast and being charged with battery and spousal abuse, Short says he has been coping with this rough time by doing music.
“I had to move, and my therapy really was my album. Working on my album changed my life,” he said. “Music changes things, and that is a fact. And, you know, writing it out. And I have a lot of crappy songs that I wrote, that are just like me ranting, and then I have great [ones], and I put together a great EP with the team, [and] that’s how I got through this.”
Watch the interview below.
Benzino has seen the light!
The former LHHATL cast member and his wife Althea were removed from the show’s lineup a few months back, after they were attacked by cast members Joseline and Stebbie Stevie J.
Now he has a few harsh words for Mona Scott-Young, the show’s creator.
VLAD TV interviewed Zino and this is what he had to say:
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Is Benzino right? Are we witnessing new age minstrel shows when we tune in to the ratchetry known as Love and Hip-Hop on Monday nights?
Andre 3000 will be dropping some new heat soon, but it won’t be an album.
All 47 of the jumpsuits he wore during the Outkast reunion tour were on display at the Miami Art Basel last week and during a sit down with Hard Knock TV three stacks said that he will be transforming the jumpsuit designs into a t-shirt line. The t-shirts will feature the same quotables on the jumpsuits like ” I pray there’s a God at the end of all this, “big girls are beautiful to me,” “everything is temporary,” “ok hand over the cure and stop playing” and many more. All those quotes were written by 3000 himself.
“It started off as one message and I kind of continued it from there,” said the Atlanta spitter told Hard Knock TV. “They’re just thoughts that I’m having…Since day one I would always draw out and design what I would wear on stage.”
A release date for the t-shirt line has not been revealed but he says we’ll “be able to see that really soon.”
Watch the interview below.
Nas’ Time Is Illmatic is coming to a small screen near you.
For those of you who missed its screening at this year’s TriBeca Film Festival, Showtime is airing the documentary this Friday (Dec. 12) at 9 p.m. The 74-minute film depicts how Nas’ upbringing in New York City’s Queensbridge projects laid the lyrical blueprint for what was to become his classic debut album Illmatic. Viewers will also get a look into the album’s creative process and the moments that led up to the God’s Son getting his first record deal at the tender age of 20. The flick, which was directed by One9 and written by Erik Parker, features commentary from Pharrell Williams, Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip and many more.
Press play to view the trailer.
Looks like life is good when you’re in the headphone business.
Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre has topped the Forbes Highest Paid Musicians of 2014 list, bringing in $620 million in earnings this year. This is the most money that a musician has ever made in a year.
Dre’s deal with Apple that included him selling his Beats Electronics imprint for $3 billion is largely responsible for his big payday.
Coming in strong at the number two spot was Beyoncé, who pulled in a cool $115 million this year. Yoncé made the most she has ever made thanks to her surprise self-titled album, The Mrs. Carter Tour and her Pepsi and H&M endorsement deals.
Other artists on the list include Justin Bieber, who earned $80 million this year, Katy Perry with $40 million and Miley Cyrus who racked up $33 million.
Read the full list here.
A woman who publicly accused Bill Cosby of sexually assault is reportedly now slapping him with a defamation lawsuit for calling her a liar after she made allegations against him.
Tamara Green says after she spoke out about the attack in 2005, Cosby’s lawyer and publicist slandered her name and tried to make her look like a liar. However, Cosby is the lawsuit’s only defendant. Green says that she hopes that filing a lawsuit in federal court will help unveil the truth about what she says Cosby did to her.
“So this will give me and other women … a chance to go to a forum where we will speak our stories and tell our truth,” she said during a news conference in Washington D.C. on Wednesday (Dec. 10). “And the most important thing is that Bill Cosby will be required to appear in court and to speak, and he will finally be heard.”
Green said she met Cosby in either 1969 or 1970 through a mutual friend and that he asked her to raise money through investors for a club he wanted to open. She said after she told him she did not feel good one day, Cosby invited her to have lunch and then gave her red and gray pills that he told her was medicine. She says the pills made her weak and dizzy and that Cosby then took her to her apartment and sexually assaulted her. In an interview with the Today show back in 2005, Green said that Cosby petted, kissed and groped her, but during an interview with MailOnline in November she said Cosby “digitally penetrated” her.
Cosby is currently under investigation by the LAPD due to a woman, Judy Huth, alleging that he sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 1977 when she was 15-years-old.
Rich Homie Quan is back with the official remix of his single “Blah Blah Blah” featuring Dej Loaf, Fabolous & Ty Dolla $ign. Stream below and purchase now on iTunes.
Image source: Instagram.
I don’t know what is going on with these dames, but Lil Kim and K. Michelle have a beef of some sort. Apparently, Lil Kim had to refute some lies told by K. Michelle. Honestly, the BS in the clap back, I never even heard the original rumor. But, Lil Kim tells it all in her reply. Peep.
I wasn’t even going to respond to this insecure pathological lying sick psycho b#### @kmichelle I got bigger fish to fry but enough is enough. I need to put an end to this once and for all. Remember this picture y’all right? . This was the first and only time I have ever met this chick. She says I asked her this day backstage to be the Godmother of my child. If what I’m about to say doesn’t convince you of how much of a Looney Tune this chick is then I don’t know what will. You ready for this one?! NO ONE EVEN KNEW I WAS PREGNANT AT THE TIME OF THIS PICTURE… NOT EVEN MY OWN MOTHER!!!!! So why the F### would I ask this nobody ass Prozac popping bipolar b####, tripping over $50 from my girl Paris @whoisparisphillips , who is a good and loyal friend, to be my child’s Godmother. Case closed. I don’t want to hear about this s### again. You’re done. And as far as you talking about the presence that I grace in front of peasants like you. Surely jealousy and hate is the reason why haters like you attack my image which never stops nothing!!! Cause I’m moving out here!!! and n##### love me!!!! Chicks like you who pretend to love me just really wanna be me. My mother always told me never argue with a crazy person because from a distance you can’t tell who the crazy one is. So stop trying to use me as a respirator to sell whatever you got going on at the time but I am into giving back to the community so here’s my charity donation to you. I heard you dropped an album and I wish you all the success in the world and I hope you sell a ton of records. Let’s get ready for the new year y’all !!!! ������������ #lilkim #kmichelle #toasttoabeautifulan dprosperousnewyear
Here is K. Michelle talking about Kim on the Breakfast Club.
The internets is talking and they dead up wrong. They trying to say that the Queen Latifah – queen goddess almighty is with child. Now, not to get into the rumors of all rumors, but lets just address this pregnancy rumor. They say…because of this:
Well, I won’t talk too much about it. While the Queen wears it well, this is just a bad and old picture from about 2012.
And thats that.
A select number of audiences were given the chance to check out Chris Rock’s new film Top 5 ahead of its upcoming release. The trailers do not do the film justice, as Rock stars as a fading comedian who desperately tries to be taken seriously as an actor, as he prepares for his upcoming wedding to a reality star (Gabrielle Union) while a NY Times journalist (Rosario Dawson) tries to figure out why he’s no longer interested in comedy.
With appearances from Cedric The Entertainer, Adam Sandler, Whoopi Goldberg and more, the smartly written film had audiences laughing from start to finish, proving that Rock just may have his own franchise in the making.
Co-produced by Jay Z and Kanye West, Top 5 is officially slated to hit theatres on Friday, December 12.
As waves of protests continue to grow around the country, many celebrities have began using their platforms as a means to make their own voices heard. Various NBA players including Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Kyrie Irving and more have recently been seen wearing “I Can’t Breathe” shirts in support of Eric Garner, who died as a result of an illegal chokehold at the hands of the NYPD.
Well known for showing his hometown love, Jay Z recently came under fire as some took to Social Media to question why he hasn’t been more vocal during the current turmoil surrounding the Garner verdict. What many failed to realize however, is that Hov has been instrumental in providing funding to Ferguson protesters as well as paying the tuition of Sean Bell’s children, who was killed by the NYPD in 2006; as was revealed recently in a DailyKos.com article.
Once again moving under the radar, the Brooklyn emcee met with New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo in an effort to advocate for a reform of the social justice system.
According to Cuomo’s Director of Communications Melissa DeRosa:
“Governor Cuomo and Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Csarter had a productive conversation about doing a top to bottom review of the Criminal Justice system and how we can all work together to pass a reform package that ensures equality in the eyes of the law.”
If you’ve peeped our Breeding Grounds lately, then you have seen this dude Buggs Tha Rocka’s name pop up a lot. The Cincinnati rapper’s lyrical talent and wide array of beats aren’t a part of the norm, which is why we’ve kept our eyes on this young high-top wearing MC. Today, Buggs dropped his official album Scattered Thoughts Of An American Poet via Bandcamp. The album includes features from artists like Tanya Morgan and Chuck Inglish, with production from !llmind, Hop Trax, Sal Dali, and Jake One. Stream Scattered Thoughts Of An American Poet below.
White Gzus go from rags to riches and gettin it out the dirt in the new video for “Out This Bish/Forever Ballin”.
PA’s own Goldsmith links up with fellow 412 artists The Come Up & Beedie
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Now that London MC Ikes’ current single, “No Commercial” sits firmly atop the Record Breakers Chart since last week,
a remix is the next logical step. Never one to disappoint, Ikes got his courtesy of The Klasix (Joe Budden, Joel Ortiz, J.Cole ,Kat Deluna, Idris Elba, Avery Storm etc) and even went one further, he shot a video…..
