(AllHipHop News) Another Southern-bred MC is picking a fight with Hot 97, this time Funkmaster Flex specifically. During a recent performance , Chainz responded to Flex calling Chainz’ freestyle on The Funkmaster Flex Show the worst ever on the show.
Two weeks ago, Funkmaster Flex stated on ESPN’S Highly Questionable show that 2 Chainz had the worst freestyle he ever had on his show and stated Chainz “couldn’t handle it”. 2 Chainz freestyled on The Funkmaster Flex Show back in June 2012. In the freestyle Chainz stated “no bus driver, but I take ’em to school.”
During a recent show Chainz responded to Flex by saying “I don’t give a f*ck what Funkmaster Flex got to say about this motherf*cker from Atlanta.”
Check out 2 Chainz address Funkmaster Flex on stage below:
Pittsburgh rapper Lua’Proc is building a huge movement one fan at a time. His style is a blend of reality rap and braggadocios lyricism. His sound hearkens back to the days of hard body beats and grimy rhymes delivered with authenticity.
AllHipHop.com: Firstly, for those who are not familiar with you, give us some background info as to who you are.
Lua’Proc: I’m one of Pittsburgh’s “Made Men.” I’m a rapper, a boss, a business man and a father. I sit at the helm of High End Society Entertainment. I’m working hard to show the world that Pittsburgh has a lot of great independent talent and no one is going to hold us down or block our shine. My music has been featured on TheSource.com, InflexWeTrust.com, YoRaps.com and more. I’ve also been profiled in XXL magazine. My power is with the people. My Power is with the streets.
What single or project are you currently pushing?
Lua’Proc My current project is called “Fish Tailing.” It is my debut album. It contains nothing but pure bangers. I take the listener on a journey in to my world. It is like an audio movie. I have tracks on there for the streets, the clubs, and the ladies. The album features the singles “WHATICALLIT (WHAT I CALL IT),” “LEAN,” and “GOOD LIFE.”
What your philosophy that you live by?
Lua’Proc: My philosophy is “Go Hard or Go Home.” Hard work and dedication to your craft will always payoff in the end. No matter what you do, whether it is hustling in the streets or the boardroom, success always boils down to your work ethic.
Tell us about your live show. What is a Lua’Proc concert like?
Lua’Proc: My stage show is relentless and energetic. I am a master at rocking the crowd. I come out to entertain. My job is to provide the crowd with an experience and impact them in such a way that they will remember my name. I have performed all over the country. I’ve opened up for Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj just to name a few. Also I have performed at the Coast2Coast Live Mixer, The Core DJ Retreat, Mixshow Live ATL and on the Big Heff Industry tour.
Any final words for the people?
Lua’Proc: Thanks to AllHipHop.com for this opportunity. Shout out to all of the real n*ggas in Pittsburgh. Much respect to everyone who supports me and hold me down. I make music for the underdogs. I am not sitting back and waiting for an A&R to come sign me. I am kicking in the door and letting these phony industry cats know that I am here to stay. Respect my grind. Check out my website at www.luaproc.com.
(AllHipHop News) In Hip Hop, there’s “inspiration”, there’s “biting” and then there’s just plain delusion. Today (May 1st), Kolley speaks EXCLUSIVELY with AllHipHop about the controversy surrounding DJ Khaled’s “They Don’t Love You No More”artwork’s similarities to his #RNS mixtape cover.
Yesterday (April 30th), reports surfaced that Kolley’s representatives at Bigg Bank Entertainment filed a cease and desist order against Khaled for allegedly copying the artwork style. Kolley admits that the cease and desist order came from his “thirsty a*s lawyers” and not himself:
I greatly appreciate the luv from all my people back home.. I salute the real. #RNS tho i can care less about these industry n*ggas. But I got some thirsty ass lawyers and I can’t blame em for that trait. Do ya job homie.. Tru I can’t own a pose not the first n*gga to bite his chain want be the last. But subliminal shots won’t define me as a artist only my works. The grind never stops.
This weekend, Floyd Mayweather will square off with Marco Maidana in a highly publicized and hyped fight that goes down in Sin City, Nevada. The undefeated Money May is an overwhelming favorite in this bout, but Maidana is expected to put up a spirited fight. Many experts speculate that the champ may actually knock out his opponent on his road to retirement. Knockout Nation hosted a conversation with Royce Da 5′ 9″, Glasses Malone, Andreas Hale and Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur, all boxing enthusiasts. Is Maidana already just another notch is Mayweather’s belt or does he have a punchers chance? Will these seemingly easy bouts tarnish the undefeated champion’s legacy? And what about Manny Pacquiao? Could age catch up to Floyd? These questions and more get answered in this live video chat.
(AllHipHop News) Imagine the highlight monopoly a team with Lebron James and Blake Griffin would have on the game of basketball. That may have been a fantasy of Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling a few years back; one that Lebron James quickly destroyed.
Before Lebron James shattered Cleveland Cavilers fans back in the summer of 2010 with “The Decision”, James was a free agent testing the NBA waters. In an interview with ESPN, multibillionaire music and film mogul David Geffen informed ESPN’s David Schapp that James informed him that the Clippers were one of his potential choices, if not for their owner being Sterling. Geffen did not explicitly state why James refused to play for Sterling, vaguely remarking, “the reasons are pretty clear.”
Less than a year before Lebron James entered free agency in 2010, Sterling paid out $2.75 million in a housing discrimination settlement where he was accused of evicting and not renting to individuals based on their race. Yesterday (April 30th), James spoke about NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s decision to ban Sterling from the NBA for life for the first time:
We’re fighting to get an owner out of our league who shouldn’t be a part of our league. No matter how long it takes, no matter how much money it costs, we need to get him out of there — and whoever is associated with him doesn’t belong in our league.
Aw man! I may have totally been wrong in some of the stuff that I heard. I heard a rumor that Mimi wasn’t really making any serious money on their highly publicized “sex tape” (which is really a cheaply made p###). I heard that they got under 100k to show it all off. But, I heard they got crazy cake on the backside with royalties. That’s bank, if the rumors are truthful. You know rumors though. Anyway, the crazy thing is I’m hearing there may very well be a part 2 to this movie! A source has revealed that there was enough footage to have another full “sex tape” that may hot hit the market like the first one did. They also said it may be a totally different tape altogether. I wonder what creative stuff they may do in a second one. What can they do with a riding mower or a sump pump? I mean, how can they top the shower rod selling out. I just hope they get a deal with John Deere if they decide to do the “wild thing” (Word to Tone Loc) on a riding lawn mower!
In the meantime, Mimi is still trying to “fix her life” so look for her to be on Oprah’s Network. Yeppppppppppppp!
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
(AllHipHop News) Over the last 20 years, every one of Nas’ 10 solo albums have reached platinum or gold status, so he is not new to hearing his name mentioned with success. However, Nas explains the trance an 18 year old unknown Nasir Jones was in after he first heard himself on the radio.
The first audio recording featuring Nas that was made commercially available was Main Source’s “Live at the Barbeque” posse cut. According to Nas in an interview with NPR Music, he unexpectedly heard the song on the radio walking back home one night and the mesmerizing verse couldn’t capture EVERYONE’S attention at the time:
I’m walking through the projects late one night. And I see these older dudes by the radio — by a car. They sittin’ by their car, talking. They were drinking beers and they were — late! And they were playing the radio out they car. So I’m just sitting there; I ain’t have nowhere else to go at this point. I ain’t seen none of my boys, so I’m just hanging out where they at. And then the record comes on. So I’m like, ‘Yo, that’s me! Yo, that’s me!’ So I’m like, ‘Yo!’ I’m trying to tell them, ‘Yo, that’s me!’ But they all in they conversation, they yelling and talking amongst each other. They not listening to the radio. I’m trying to tell them that’s me, they like, ‘Yeah, all right, all right.’ They not even — so I block them out. I’m just in my zone. I’m listening to me. So that walk from 12th Street to Vernon, back to my block, I was in a trance.
Miss Info, whom under the pseudonym Shortie, penned the legendary Five-Mic review of Illmatic for The Source back in 1994. Minyah “Miss Info” Oh claims that it was the realism of Illmatic that attracted her to the project and points out a certain slang term used that helped:
There’s a line about being ‘telephone blown.’ And it’s not about your telephone blowing up, and ringing. It’s about your face being opened up with a razor, which was called a ‘telephone cut’ because it went from your ear, to your mouth and it was gruesome. And I knew lots of kids walking around — even girls — with these scars. So those are little tiny things that make it very realistic. And I think that the bravado that is in a lot of the songs was totally realistic. Everyone had to feel somewhat invincible in order to just not get downtrodden.
(AllHipHop News) Floyd Mayweather may have experienced the greatest swing in social media popularity of all time. In less than 24 hours after he posted video of Lil Wayne and Drake recording “Believe Me” on Instagram, he posted the abortion documents from his former fiancé on Facebook.
Last night, Mayweather decided to reveal to the world why him and his ex-fiancé Shantel Jackson called it quits on his personal Facebook account. Mayweather released a photo of abortion documents, allegedgly from Jackson. According to Mayweather’s caption for the photo, he did it for the kids:
The real reason me and Shantel Christine Jackson @missjackson broke up was because she got a abortion, and I’m totally against killing babies. She killed our twin babies. #ShantelJackson #FloydMayweather #TheMoneyTeam #TMT
This past Monday (April 28th), Jackson was spotted with Nelly, court-side at a Miami Heat/Charlotte Bobcats game after Nelly posted a photo of Jackson on his personal Instagram with the caption “#WomanCrushWednesday”. A few days later on Wednesday, Mayweather posted a photo of Jackson with no makeup on his personal Instagram account with the same caption as Nelly’s photo. Jackson responded with an Instagram photo of her own, a day before Mayweather released the abortion pictures, and told her side of why the pair broke up in the photo’s caption:
What women doesn’t have a day like this. The reason why I left!!! It’s been a year now. Don’t you have a fight.
Check out the abortion documents and Jackson’s response to Floyd below:
(AllHipHop News) According to reports, rapper and close friend of Justin Bieber, Lil Za has agreed to a plea deal in his drug possession and vandalism case. Za (born Xavier Smith) pled “no contest” to charges stemming from his arrest on Bieber’s home in January.
L.A. County sheriffs were sent to Bieber’s Calabasas, California residence after a neighbor accused the pop star of throwing eggs at his house. Authorities then took Za into custody after finding the illegal substance MDMA (aka Molly) in his room. The 20-year-old was later charged with vandalism after destroying a phone at the jailhouse.
Along with the three years probation, Za was also ordered to pay $600 for the phone damage, a $1,000 fine, attend an outpatient drug treatment program, and work on a highway cleanup crew for 20 days. The judge in the case said he was impressed by Za’s good behavior in court and believes he will take his probation seriously.
Last month AllHipHop.com spoke with Za’s longtime friend Yung Stet about the perception that Za and Lil Twist were seen as bad influences on Bieber.
“I’ve known them since they were young teenagers like 14. They’re really good-hearted people,” said Stet. “I just hate that the media puts so much negativity on Twist and Za for Justin Bieber’s faults. Not even faults, because he’s just growing up in front of the spotlight. He’s young, rich, and successful. People are hoping to try and put negative things on him, but he’s his own man. I know first-hand that Lil Twist and Lil Za are not influencing him to do negative things.”
(AllHipHop News) Soul singer Erykah Badu is catching heat from the Human Rights Foundation for singing “Happy Birthday” to Swaziland’s King Mswati III. The organization calls Mswati a “corrupt tyrant.”
“She owes us all an explanation. The king is a kleptocrat who lives in the lap of obscene luxury while most of his countrymen toil in abject poverty for less than $2 a day,” said HRF’s Alex Gladstein said in a statement.
I don’t keep up with current events [in Swaziland]. I’m touring eight months out of the year. I wish I was more educated — and I am also not so quick to judge before I find out any information,” said Badu. “I was in attendance with half of the citizens of Swaziland, who cheered him on, and shared a stage with 20 performers, and all of them were Swazi.
I want to address the people, not a group or a government agency. The people know I was not endorsing the king or helping to further his political agenda. I have no agenda. I went into a situation not completely knowing the political climate of the kingdom. I can’t be held responsible for the situation in the kingdom because I signed up as an artist, not as a political activist. I don’t belong to anyone or to anything. Anything I do is because I am a human being, and I am for the people.
This is an opportunity for groups claiming they are for the rights of humans to shine a spotlight on this situation using me as a tool. The people that I’ve walked with for the past 15 years know who I am and how I move and need no explanation. The people who don’t know won’t understand anyway, so why explain?
Badu added there is not a place on the planet she will not go, and she sees “freedom ahead for those enslaved and the slave masters.”
The over an hour-long discussion included the Queens mogul talking about his decision to leave Interscope, his issues with Steve Stoute, his current relationship with Nas, Jay Z vs Drake, his thoughts on some of the rising NYC rappers, writing for other artists, and a lot more.
“Jennifer told Puff that he should work with me. So me and him worked together and I wrote some things for him… That was 2000 after I got shot,” reveals 50. “I wrote ‘Paradise’ with Amerie and LL Cool J.”
