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Pharrell: It's Impossible For A Man To Be A Feminist (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) The majority of Pharrell’s historic 2013 run and his recent 2014 G I R L album has been the empowerment of women. However, in a recent interview, Pharrell explains how as much as he supports women, it is impossible for him or any man to be a feminist.

During his interview with the United Kingdom’s Channel 4 News, Pharrell . According to Pharrell, his association with feminism has an inherent limit that he, and no other man, can change:

I’ve been asked, am I a feminist? I don’t think it’s possible for me to be that…I’m a man. It makes sense up until a certain point. But what I do is—I do support feminists. I do think there’s injustices. There are inequalities that need to be addressed.

The Pharrell-assisted Robin Thicke hit “Blurred Lines” has been criticized in the media for “r####” lyrics and was banned by more than 20 university unions around Britain. When interviewer Krishnan Guru-Murthy mentioned the sexual connotation of the song’s “I know you want it” lyric, Pharrell referred back to the song’s overarching concept for salvation:

Okay cool. But does that make it off-limits for me to use in a song, especially when the overarching context is that there are good women who also have bad thoughts? If a good woman can have sexual thoughts, is it wrong for a man to have a correct guess that a woman might want something?

Check out the full interview below:

Troy Ave: 50 Cent Calling Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks My Hypemen Was Wack

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AlHipHop News) Troy Ave is one of the hottest rappers coming out of NYC at the moment. The Brooklyn born rhyme spitter’s 2013 project New York City: The Album was received positively by critics and helped him land a spot on XXL’s 2014 Freshmen cover.

[ALSO CHECK OUT: XXL Freshmen 2014 Troy Ave Freestyle]

Troy’s debut album also created a lot comparisons to fellow New Yorker 50 Cent. The G-Unit leader admitted that he saw a lot of himself in Troy and wanted to see him succeed, but there was another comment made by 50 that Troy did not take as a compliment.

In an interview with Hot 97 in April, 50 referred to his former G-Unit partners Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks as Troy Ave’s “hypemen.” While he claimed the statement was not a “shot” at Yayo and Banks, some people did see it as disrespectful to essentially label the veteran rappers as a new artist’s sidekicks.

[ALSO READ: 50 Cent Calls Tony Yayo & Lloyd Banks Troy Ave’s Hypemen (VIDEOS)]

Apparently, Troy agrees. He responded to 50’s hypemen comment during an interview with the Breakfast Club.

“I think that was wack. That’s they personal issues. I don’t really be having an opinion on other people’s personal issues,” said Troy. “I think it was wack. I wouldn’t have said that about my people, but I don’t know what they got going on. Lloyd Banks is definitely in my new video, and I don’t feel like they were hypemen. I felt like they were doing what you were supposed to do.”

Troy goes on to add that no one would  have called established rappers from other regions hypemen for supporting young rappers out of their area. It was that lack of unity that he says was the problem with New York Hip Hop.

“They ain’t gonna call T.I. or Young Jeezy a hypeman if they get on whoever record coming up,” argues Troy. “That what’s wrong with New York Hip Hop, or what was wrong with it. That’s why I had to come through and restore the feeling.”

[ALSO CHECK OUT: Troy Ave – “My Grind”]

Watch Troy Ave’s interview below.

SOLD: The L.A. Clippers Have A New Owner

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) The former CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer has seemingly become the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Ballmer has submitted a $2 billion offer to buy the team, a record bid for an NBA team.

The the business man’s bid bested Oprah Winfrey, David Geffen, Larry Ellison and others looking to purchase the basketball franchise.

Only the $2.1 billion Magic Johnson and The Guggenheim Partners paid for the Los Angeles Dodgers tops Ballmer’s offer.

Donald Sterling recently signed a letter to give him wife authorization to field offers for the team and she has accepted this bid, reports the Los Angeles Times. Sterling, who was decimated in the court of public opinion for racist comments, has to agree for the sale to be finalized. Previously, he has vowed not to sell at all.

Ballmer lives in Seattle, but has promised to keep The Clippers in Los Angeles. He is worth $20 billion.

Kanye West & Kim Kardashian Set Instagram Record

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) The most talked about wedding of the year also produced the most liked Instagram photo of all time. According to People, the pic of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian sealing their marriage with kiss has received more likes on the social media site than any other picture.

The pic was uploaded to Kardashian’s IG account on Tuesday and has since garnered over 1.95 million likes. The previous record holder was another celebrity couple. Justin Bieber posted a picture of him and Selena Gomez five months ago that racked up 1.82 million likes.

In case you’re wondering, the most liked Facebook picture in history – with over 4 million “thumbs up” – is the photo of President Barack Obama hugging his wife Michelle after his 2012 election victory. That snapshot was also the most tweeted pictured on Twitter until Ellen DeGeneres’ super celebrity selfie from this year’s Academy Awards totaled 3.4 million retweets.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Does Nas Have A Comic Book?

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STRAIGHT FROM MARVEL COMICS – THIS IS FALSE!

-OH WELL!

A picture of Nas is in circulation on the internet. It is starting rumors.

There no mystery that Nas has seriously bossed up in the last few years with his business ventures. But this one could take it all over the top if it should come true. The internets are talking that Nas is working on a comic book with Marvel Entertainment. I honestly don’t know what this could truly be.

I dunno. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.

Illseed, Out.

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Hip-Hop Rumors: A Love And Hip-Hop Member Is Looking At Serious Jail Time!!

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“I’m beautiful and allegedly deadly.”

When will these stupid people learn? Da Brat may not be stupid, but she did something stupid. And that was cracking a woman in the head with a bottle. Well, here is the BS. Shay Johnson aka “Buckeey” from Flavor of Love (back in the day) now has allegedly done the same damn thing. She’s now a staple on “Love And Hip-Hop Atlanta,” but I ain’t watched in a long time. There is a video of the situation and it doesn’t seem like the bottle broke, because you here a “BONG” but no class breaking. And after that “bong,” somebody yells in pain. Then, the fight began. I don’t know why women with these gigantic weaves don’t learn judo something because JUDO KNOW what can happen. They go for that weave. Anyway, the bottle didn’t break but skin reportedly did and the women has pressed charges in the incident that allegedly happened in February.

Here is a video of the alleged incident!

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Hip-Hop Rumors: Dame Dash Blasts Former Accountant.

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Mannnnnnnnn! Rappers and Hip-Hop heads need to have accountant insurance or something! Because these accountants seem to be either incompetent or just plain ol’ rip-off artists. Dame Dash has had his share of money woes and still deals with it to this day. But, he put this dude on full blast on his instagram. Check it:

This is Barry klarberg…he was my accountant when all those taxes didn’t get paid…the funny thing is I was paying him 250 grand a year to watch my money…oh also he took a million dollars out of my account from the Rocwear deal without telling me…he’s been robbing our culture for years…he Robs athletes and rappers…I could tell you a few famous people from our culture he has taken advantage off but I’m not speaking anybody’s biz but mine … But Whoevers money he is watching now please have him audited…I bet money he is robbing you…#ceobeefpause #culturerobber….and Ive been suing him and company for 5 years but the post and daily news never talk about that….

I can tell you that Dame is in much better hands accounting-wise, from what I understand.

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911 Call Reveals Maya Angelou Did Not Want CPR If She Died (AUDIO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Maya Angelou was always a woman who did things on her own terms. In a recently leaked 911 call from one of Angelou’s caregivers reveals that the late poet legend ordered her staff to not resuscitate her in the event that she passed.

Maya Angelou was found unconscious in her Winston-Salem, N.C. home by one of her caregivers yesterday (May 28th). When the 911 operator attempted to walk the caregiver through the steps to perform CPR on the unconscious Angelou, the caregiver explained how that would be in direct conflict with the late poet’s wishes.

Check out the full TMZ-acquired 911 call from one of Maya Angelou’s caregiver’s after she was found dead, below:

Manny Fresh Talks Not Sequencing "400 Degreez", Previews New Song W/ Mos Def + MORE (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Mannie Fresh is one of the most accomplished music producers of the past 15 years and claims to have over 200 songs in the stash. In his recent interview with NPR’s Mircophone Check, the self-proclaimed “Manny Glover” speaks on not sequencing Juvenile’s first album, recording with Mos Def and more.

After naming Juvenile’s album 400 Degereez was the best representation of Mannie Fresh’s signature sound, Mannie revealed how there was no sequencing involved in the making of the album. According to Fresh, the recording session were reminiscent of old Motown sessions of the 70s:

Pretty much like if it was an old Marvin Gaye/Motown session. We pretty much had a count-off and we played. We played for however many bars that song was. Juvie rapped those songs next to use while we were playing. On some of the songs, you can kind of hear where it’s 14 bars in his rap instead of 16 so we had to improvise to make the hook work.

Mannie Fresh admits that Mos Def’s recording process is “weird” but they are finishing up the upcoming collaborative album OMFGOD. Detailing their recording process, Fresh admits that recording with Mos Def involves lectures:

We have to listen to him talk, for about two or three hours about life. [Laughs] We got to let him get it all out. He has to give us all of his conspiracy theories and all of that and all of this. Then we like, “ok, dude, you good? You ready?” He’s like, ‘Okay, I’m ready.”

Fresh previewed a new song from their upcoming album, entitled “Let’s Go” that features. Speaking about the influence of technology on music production, Fresh says it has caused a rift between “producers” and “beatmakers”:

When you have something do it for you. It’s nothing wrong with saying ‘ok, I can get an app or a plug-in that’s an 808 plug-in. But, when I buy something and it can, I guess, imitate and emulate the beat, then I’m not really working. You have things now that you can buy that pretty much have chords in it. That have  piano patterns in it. Well, why do I have to work? That’s why we have to define things between ‘beatmakers’ and ‘producers’.

Check out the Mannie Fresh preview “Let’s Go” and his full talk with NPR’s Microphone Check below: