Last week during the AMA’s ABC aired a rather bizarre cough drop ad featuring Waka Flocka Flame.
Now I wasn’t sure if it was a joke or not, but apparently its real and major networks have already shut down airing the commercial, including NBC and CBS due to its apparent “controversial” drug references.
ABC has yet to comment. Wonder if VH1 will allow it to air in between Ratchet Love and Hip-Hop episodes. Watch the ad below and decide for yourself:
Bill Cosby has lost an accolade because of his recent rape scandals.
It has been reported that the University of Masschusetts-Amherst has severed ties with the comedian over the slew of sexual assault allegations brought against him.
Cobsy was asked to step down as a honorary co-chairman of the school’s $300 million fundraising campaign and agreed.
“Bill Cosby has agreed to resign as an honorary co-chair of UMass Amherst’s capital campaign,” said Ed Blaguszewski, a spokesman for the school. “He no longer has any affiliation with the campaign nor does he serve in any other capacity for the university.”
[ALSO READ: NBC, TV Land & Netflix Step Away From Bill Cosby While Raven-Symone Denies Molestation Allegations]
Cosby earned his master’s and doctorate degree from the college during the 70s.
Though the 77-year-old has never been formally charged and prosecuted for these allegations, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says that those accusations contradict the university’s efforts to prevent campus sexual assault. Coakley is the one who sent a letter to UMass requesting that they remove Cosby from their committee.
Seventeen women have accused Cosby of rape and sexual assault. A former NBC employee has also come forward saying that he delivered money to the women for Cosby to keep them quiet.
Wiz Khalifa sure seems to be rebounding with ease…
As we all celebrated with fan and friends yesterday, reality star Deelishis stewed more drama than your family at the dinner table when she posted a pic of she and the rapper coupled up at his show.
Photo: Bossip
Throughout the evening more photos popped up online, but the original pic of Deelishis and Wiz “magically” disappeared. Deelishis responded to the allegations by denying the rumor via Instagram.
“I don’t f**k married men,” she said in a video.
Wiz also made it no secret last week that he appreciated Deelishis’ twerk video and posted to his page to display his admiration.
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It was announced back in June that hitmaker Pharrell Williams would be gracing the Hollywood Walk of Fame with his own star. The star is set to be unveiled to the Pharrell and the public on Dec. 4th at 11:30 p.m PST time.
When it was first revealed that the Oscar-nominee would be getting his own spot, the committee regarded Pharrell as one of the best, along with Pitbull who is also getting his own star.
“We know that the new selections represent the best of the entertainment industry,” said Maureen Schultz the chair of the Hollywood Walk Of Fame Selection Committee. [They] will be a great addition to the Walk of Fame for both the Hollywood community fans from around the world who visit Hollywood every year.”
The Voice mentor’s brass star will be the 2,537 star in the lineup along Hollywood Blvd.
Without dreams we would be a dejected society. Our dreams give us not only something to strive and reach for, but they give us hope on a day to day basis that if we want something bad enough we have the ability and power to go out and get it no matter the circumstance. Atlanta, Georgia native Will EQ lays the groundwork for his aspirations on his brand new single “Dreamers” that begs any and everybody with an objective of their own to push forward towards it. Gaining daily inspiration from his fans and supporters, Will is determined to not get caught up in the struggles of life that take people out everyday as they try to achieve their goals. The Psyconautz produced track serves as the second release from his upcoming project “Social Insecurity 1.5: Rise of the Machine” which is slated for release later on this month.
Just like every other year, Mistah Fab returned to his hometown this past weekend and gave back to the community. Team give back.
Christmas came early for the high school that used to house Brooklyn phenom Joey Bada$$. Due to a successful partnership with the J Dilla Foundation and Akomplice Clothing, the 19-year-old emcee returned to his alma mater, Edward R. Murrow High School, to gift them with $10,000 worth of electronic music equipment for their music program, the Music Institute of Murrow.
[ALSO READ: Joey Bada$$ Featured In The Adidas 2014 Skateboarding Fall/Winter Lookbook]
During his visit to his old stomping grounds, Joey and his PRO ERA crew paid a visit to their old teachers and reminisced about when they put their rap crew together. The equipment that was donated will be used to put together a music production room for the students to put to use.
Watch his visit below.
Big Sean has scored his third no. 1 hit on the Billboard’s Hot R&B Hip-Hop/Songs charts with his track “I Don’t F**k With You.” The song also hit the top spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs after sales had risen four percent with 67,000 downloads. The G.O.O.D Music spitter is also dominating the streaming services with 2.5 million weekly plays on Spotify and 7.5 million streams on all services overall.
The “My Last” rapper’s other no. 1 singles include “Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay” and his posse track “Mercy.”
(AllHipHop News) Odd Future member Frank Ocean is back with new music. While the world waits for the follow up to his Grammy-winning album channel ORANGE, Ocean unloaded the track “Memrise” via his Tumblr page.
[ALSO READ: Frank Ocean Working With Hit-Boy & Rodney Jerkins + Hires New Management]
The singer-songwriter also posted the lyrics to the song on the website. Listen to Frank Ocean’s “Memrise” and read the lyrics to the song below.
I memorized the wayward expressions
Never look down
Never let you see me down
I memorized the way no directions
Can I come over now
I’d like to stay a little while
I memorized your body exposed
I could f**k you all night long
From a memory aloneI never forget a face
Don’t go plastic on me
Nothing’s set in stone
You’re not dipped in gold
Dipped in gold
You can’t breathe if you’re dipped in gold
You are not on paper
You are not a copy
You’re so, you’re so..so thick, so thick
(AllHipHop News) One of the key moments that took place during the shooting of Michael Brown was what exactly were his actions after he ran away from Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson’s vehicle. Wilson claims Brown charged at him. Witnesses have stated that the teenager simply turned and put his hands in the air to signal he was surrendering.
[ALSO READ: Two Men Ran From Atlanta To Ferguson To Bring Awareness To Mike Brown Shooting & Racial Injustice]
Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden did an interview with Charlie Rose, and she gave her opinion on what she believed took place on that Missouri street on August 9. McSpadden insists her son complied with the instructions given by officer Wilson.
“I believe that [Wilson] asked my son to stop, and I believe that’s what he did. He stopped, and he turned around to get down on his knees like the officer asked him,” said McSpadden. “I believe he was shot close up, and I don’t think my son was lunging at him in any kind of way.”
Both McSpadden and Brown’s father Michael Brown Sr both added they felt Wilson gave inaccurate details about the encounter to cover up his wrongdoing. A grand jury decided not to indict Wilson on any charges related to the shooting of Brown. During an interview with George Stephanopoulos, Wilson expressed that he would not have done anything different in that situation.
“He knows he was wrong for what he done,” stated Brown Sr.
[ALSO READ: Officer Darren Wilson Gives First Televised Interview (VIDEO)]
Watch a clip from Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr’s interview below.
(AllHipHop News) Is Young Money rapper Lil Wayne now affiliated with the Universal Zulu Nation? According to a Twitter message from Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest that may be the case. Tip posted a tweet on November 26 that asked his followers to welcome Lil Tunechi (aka Wayne) to the Zulus.
[ALSO READ: New Book Sets Out To Prove Lil Wayne Is A Genius On Par With Shakespeare & Bob Dylan]
The New York native has long been associated with the Hip Hop awareness group started by the legendary Afrika Bambaataa. Q-Tip’s next album is currently scheduled to be titled The Last Zulu.
If Wayne has teamed with the Zulu Nation, he joins other prominent rappers with close ties to the worldwide movement like Rakim, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, De La Soul, and many more.
[ALSO READ: Macklemore & Q-Tip March In Mike Brown’s Honor; August Alsina Cries Over No Indictment Decision]
(AllHipHop News) The reviews for Shady Records’ Shady XV compilation have not been that great. The album’s current Metacritic rating is 59/100 signifying a mixed response from music critics. There also seems to be at least one rapper that is not too fond of the project either.
[ALSO READ: Eminem’s Shady Records To Release 66-Track Mixtape]
Tyler The Creator took to Twitter to expressed he was not feeling Eminem on Shady XV. The Odd Future frontman posted a tweet that read, “i love you marshall [Eminem], you are my favorite rapper but dude shadyxv is f**ing ASS hahaha why wont someone who loves him tell him NO.” He later deleted the tweet.
Like he mentioned in the post, Tyler has been a very vocal champion of Slim Shady throughout his career. The “Yonkers” performer called Eminem’s Relapse one of his favorite albums. He even opened for Em at London’s Wembley Stadium in July.
The Detroit emcee has expressed his appreciation for Tyler and OF too. Em spoke about the California collective with MTV’s Sway Calloway in 2011.
“I think that from the stuff that I’ve heard – I haven’t heard a lot from them, I still have to go check out everything that they’re doing, but I’ve heard enough to know that it feels like they’re pushing boundaries and buttons, and that’s definitely one of the things that I’m familiar with, especially when I first came out,” said Em. “I love it. I love the fact that they’re doing that. And the dudes can rhyme.”
[ALSO READ: Tyler the Creator – “The One Minute Show”]
ok now im gonna delete everything goodbye
— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) November 28, 2014
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(AllHipHop News) The video of Killer Mike’s passionate speech about his reaction to the Ferguson grand jury’s decision to not indict officer Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown went viral almost instantly. During the on stage address, the Atlanta rapper shared he is fearful for his children and referred to the current state of social affairs “us against the machine.”
[ALSO READ: Killer Mike Addresses No Indictment Of Officer Darren Wilson During Concert (VIDEO)]
Killer Mike went into further detail about his response to Wilson not facing criminal charges in an interview with Tom Power. The Run The Jewels member shared what happened for him the moment he heard prosecutor Bob McCulloch reveal Wilson will not be arrested. He compared having to speak on the death of Brown with his children to his grandparents having to speak with him on the killing of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955.
The creator of the critical acclaimed album R.A.P. Music spoke on the need for racism, poverty, militarization, and the prison-industrial complex to be confronted as well. He also expressed his belief that the African-American community is just as valuable to the American system as any other race and what he sees as being the burden of being Black in this country.
In a portion of the Q&A, Mike said:
We’re not a bad people. We’re the same as any other community. We love one another. We do stupid things. We’re humans. We’re just human beings. To live in a country in which – the legacy is we were brought here. And since we’ve been brought to this country, we’ve been nothing but good for this country. Economically, it was built on the back of slavery. Civil Rights not only helped us, it helped push along women’s rights. It helped open up rights for immigrants that were there. To this day, African-Americans are fighting on behalf of legal and illegal immigrants.
There’s never been a time in American history from the day Crispus Attucks was one of the first person killed in the American Revolutionary War to right now – there’s never been a time in this country that Blacks have not been a positive contribution to this country. Even with that said, our skin is a scarlet letter. And that is just a tremendous burden to have to bear. It adds so much stress and anxiety to your regular life that you’re always tuned into a frequency that you don’t necessarily want to be a part of. It’s paranoia and fear, not only about the general world, but even about the people who run the municipalities that are over your life.
To listen to full interview click here.
[ALSO READ: Killer Mike Talks Militarization Of Police & “War On The Black Male” (VIDEO)]
(AllHipHop News) Maybach Music Group boss Rick Ross released his 7th studio album Hood Billionaire this week, but a former associate of Ross is calling out the Miami rapper over the name of his latest LP. Jojo Capone claims Ross stole the title from his Global Gangsters’ song “Hood Billionaires.” The track was released three years ago.
[ALSO READ: Rick Ross – Hood Billionaire]
“Rick Ross was eating pears, while Global Gangsters were the original hood billionaires,” states Capone.
Ross and the Global Gangsters CEO have a history together. Capone claimed he was the one that connected Ross with Larry Hoover Jr which helped end the rumors that Hoover Jr had beef with Ross over his 2010 song “B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast).” The Teflon Don single featured a reference to Hoover’s father, founder of the Gangster Disciples. It was the GD’s that also reportedly had issues with Ross in 2012.
Alleged members of the gang from around the country posted messages online demanding Ross “check in” and “pay his dues.” Some of the videos featured masked speakers expressing they did not appreciate Ross “perpetuating their lifestyle” in his songs.
While Capone said he made the connect between Ross and Hoover Jr, he also added that he would not get directly involved in squashing the beef between Ross and the Gangster Disciples.
“He put himself in that line of fire, and he’s got to get himself out of it – if he can,” said Jojo in an interview 2012.
[ALSO READ: Hip-Hop Rumors: NOW Black Masons & More GD’s Have Beef With Rick Ross?]
Watch Global Gangsters’ “Hood Billionaires” video below.
The fallout from the slaying of Mike Brown has resulted in a mass boycott of consumer products on the huge shopping day Black Friday.
The boycott is a shift from mass protests that have taken place over the nation in the days after Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson was set free with no indictment for killing Brown.
Now the plan is to continue to march for the end of police brutality, but also to strike from an economic angle.
Below is a statement from the official website of blackoutforhumanrights.com.
Blackout for Human Rights (Blackout) is a network of concerned artists, activists, and citizens who committed their energy and resources to immediately address the staggering level of human rights violations against fellow Americans throughout the United States. We have witnessed enough. An affront to any citizen’s human rights threatens the liberty of all. So, we participate in one of the most time honored American traditions: dissent. We demand an immediate end to the brutal treatment and inhumane killings of our loved ones; the lives of our friends, our parents and our children have value and should be treated with respect. Our right to life is secured not only by our humanity, but is protected by law both federally and internationally by the Constitution of the United States of America and the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Solange has always been an outspoken artist, but the singer may have made her biggest statement yet.
The singer has opted not to release her new sneaker collection from Puma on Black Friday to stand in solidarity with mass boycotts of the mammoth shopping day.
The newly wed released a statement on Instagram stating why she was delaying the release.
“To echo my feelings shared surrounding the Outcome of the Michael Brown case, I have solely decided to postpone the release of my Puma collaboration originally scheduled to release this Friday, November 28th to Monday December 1. I am truly grateful for everyone’s support and excited to share this collection with you soon…” — Solange”
The nation has erupted in unrest after the city of Ferguson failed to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer that shot and killed unarmed teenager Mike Brown.
Solange’s ‘Wild Wonder’ collection will be now be released on December 1 and will present colorful rendition of Pumas Suede Classic shoe and the Puma Trinomic XT2 footwear.
AllHipHop is on the scene at today’s New York City’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and things are getting ugly. Objects were being thrown off the roof at NYPD officers at 37th street and sixth avenue and police are steadily making arrests. It turns out that this uproar was all planned, according to the New York Post.
Today’s disorderly activities are a continuation of the protests from Monday night (Nov. 24) after people became outraged over the grand jury’s decision to not indict officer Darren Wilson. After protesters were able to march and shut down major New York City roadways like the FDR Drive and the West Side Highway without police interference for two nights in a row, they set sights on today’s parade and were lead by an organizer named Magiq.
“The police aren’t going to arrest us and they are not going to shoot us,” said the 27-year-old Brooklynite to two dozen people in Union Square. “They’re walking right by us now with their heads down and their tails between their legs.”
Through the hashtag, #StopTheParade Magiq was able to gather people and further organize more chaos for today’s festivities.
People are still getting arrested, with six being taken into custody already for throwing the object off of the roof. Watch footage of one of the arrests made today here.
Noisey and Hennessy are teaming up to coordinate one of the biggest records hip-hop has seen in a while. They called on 30 of the finest emcees to spit their best bars on a track called “The Rap Monument.” The song’s lineup includes Pusha T, Killer Mike, YG, Nipsey Hussle, Raekwon, Prodigy, Action Bronson, Problem and many more. The songs is expected to drop in December. The track was recorded between New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta and Noisey was there catching it all on video. Check out the footage for the recording sessions below.
Taylor Gang chief Wiz Khalifa tried to break Instagram last night (Nov. 26) by posting a pic that bared it all. In a flick snapped by photographer Dan Folgers, The purple dreadhead is standing in a shower pouring water on his head while covering his man parts. Baby Bash’s dad also took to Twitter to give his followers a heads up that he was up to something.
See the pic below.
Oh my gosh look at Wiz.
— Cameron (@wizkhalifa) November 26, 2014
Surveillance of a 12-year-old boy being shot and killed by a rookie police officer in Cleveland has been released.
Last Saturday (Nov. 22), a man called 911 to report that someone was waving a gun around scaring people at a playground at the Cudell Recreation Center. He told the 911 dispatcher that the gun was most likely fake, however that tidbit was not told to the responding officers. Rice was playing with an “airsoft” replica toy gun that shoots pellets.
In the video, Rice can be seen pointing the gun at times while pacing the sidewalk. At the 7:10 mark, the police car rapidly pulls up and officer Timothy Loehmann hops out and immediately shoots and kills Rice. Police said that when Loehmann and his partner Frank Garmback were approaching Rice, he began to reach for his toy gun.
The family of the 12-year-old reportedly advocated for the release of this surveillance footage.
A grand jury will decide if the officers will be charged for Rice’s death. Watch the footage below (footage may be disturbing).
