Last Fall, Suge Knight’s ex finance revealed that she was going to write a book about their life together. Storney Ramdhan was all set and got MAD press in the blogs. But, what happened to the book called “My Life With The Knight?”
Here is a behind the scenes video, before I carry on.
Stormey has maintained that the former Death Row honcho has abandoned the whole family – her and the kids – for whatever else is out there in the streets. And, therefore, she decided to write a book. So, there was a massive press push last year and a release date of February 2014. But February came can went. The website has not been updated and the publisher has no evidence of this book coming out. That is the research that I did prior to revealing what my source has told me. BASICALLY, (re-read the headline) I heard that Suge Knight got at somebody up at the publishing house to stop that s**t cold turkey. Now there is no evidence of it coming out now. My source says its iron clad info, but I am not so so sure. Still, when Suge was on Arsenio, he sure was intimidating still.
Arsenio Hall: Suge Knight’s Playful Threat To Brian Williams Was Unscripted (VIDEO)
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
(AllHipHop News) Bun B had some listeners confused, others angered after his statements during Lil Boosie’s post-prison press conference earlier this week. The southern rap legend mentioned the late Nelson Mandela during his remarks about Boosie’s recent release from prison.
“You’d be surprised to see how many people don’t want to see a young, black man come from prison and succeed,” stated Bun at the press conference. “When you keep it one hundred with the people, the people will wait as long as possible to stand up for you. They waited years for Mandela. They waited years for Pimp C. They waited for Pac, and they waited for Boosie.”
The Breakfast Club’s Charlamagne Tha God was prepared to give Bun the “Donkey of the Day” for his statement, but the emcee called into the radio station to discuss the controversy.
“People think that I’m comparing Boosie to Mandela which is ridiculous. There’s no comparison if we’re looking at it in that sense,” explains Bun. “What I’m doing is basically laying out how Mandela was not popular in his country at his time that he went to jail. His people stood up for him and waited for him to come to celebrate his release. That’s all I was saying.”
“I’m not saying that Boosie finna win a Nobel Prize or anything,” adds Bun. “[Boosie] is a ghetto revolutionary. I have reason to believe that if Boosie comes home and says the right things right now there’s a lot of hoods in America that may calm down a little bit.”
(AllHipHop News) Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs took to the stage in Chicago to air out his former CTE boss Jeezy. In a new song called “Real,” Gibbs has some choice words for the Snowman.
“I say this s**t cause you ain’t man enough to come discuss it, you wanna be Jay Z, n***a you just a f**king puppet,” raps Gibbs. “Don’t make me expose you to those that don’t know you… Ross had you scared to drop a diss record. No nuts got the whole team looking weak. I guess that why they ran up on you at the BET.”
Gibbs is preparing to release his next album. Piñata, a joint project with Madlib, is scheduled for release on March 18th via Madlib Invazion.
(AllHipHop News) Schoolboy Q is either experiencing major label growing pains or may have some regrets about his rap career.
In an interview with Hartford, Conneticut’s Hot 93.7, Q states that TDE no longer does mixtapes and instead only commercially released albums. Q then goes on to say tha he “did wrong by signing a rap contract”:
I’m not talking about TDE, but how we ventured off with the majors. I wish we would have still stayed indie. I don’t care about being on like 100 radios or s### like that. I love Interscope, but I wish I could have just stayed with TDE.
In a recent interview with Grantland, writer Amos Barshad stated that Interscope’s desire for radio-ready singles is what led to Oxymoron‘s delay:
He’d planned on only one radio-friendly song on the album, jamming the rest of the track list with his raw goods. But Interscope demanded three singles before he could get the green light — which, perhaps, is why it’s taken more than two years sinceHabits & Contradictions for Oxymoron to see release
(AllHipHop News) Yesterday (March 10th), Boosie and C-Murder’s collaboartion “Came 2 Da Can” was released hours before Boosie’s press conference and everyone heard it…including Master P. Today (March 11th), Master P sent a statement EXCLUSIVELY to AllHipHop addressing his disappointment in Boosie for appearing on the song.
Check out the full press release
“I want to see Lil Boosie get a second chance and take over this Hip Hop
game as a Louisiana street artist but getting on that song with C was
disappointing. Honestly, the beat was wack and outdated. He gotta know that
C has a problem and we’re dealing with family issues. I’ve always put C and
family first. It’s funny when I seen the press conference and Boosie talked
about doing a project with C but he said it would be “down the line”
because he got “bigger business to do” like take care of his family. And I
respect that. But I’ve made C a priority while taking care of all of our
families in good and bad times, but he got more love for his friends. My
grandfather told me, “If you don’t have a dollar, you don’t got a friend” I
told C that you shouldn’t be putting out negative music while you’re
fighting a life sentence. They’re going to use those words against you. I
taught him the music business, it is sad to hear him talk negative about
his family and take advise from people who are in it to just get what they
can get from him even while he is incarcerated. I love my brother but at
times he can be ungrateful and disrespectful. I didn’t look at the record
as being a diss, i thought it was more hilarious, like a comedy then
gangsta rap.
I’ve spent millions of dollars towards his legal fees in
fighting all of his cases. Even when I’ve told him, “No”, I still came
through. If that isn’t love, I don’t know what is. I’m not God, I can’t
break somebody out of jail. I wasn’t at the club with him that night, he
put himself in that predicament, he just beat two cases before that, in
which I paid for and supported. It’s funny how when I say “Yes” 99 times
it’s all love but I say “No” once, then it’s all hate. I know he’s innocent
but he needs to grow up and face reality. He chose to put his friends over
his family and his freedom. Why isn’t he angry with them, none of them
turned themselves in, only testified against him, nobody else gave him a
dollar for his case, visit him in the can or put money on his books. I’m
the on that should be upset but I’m not, I never received a birthday card,
Christmas card, belt, wallet or anything; not even a thank you.”
“As a man, we have to be responsible for our own actions. I realize this
is not about love, this is about money. And this often happens to families
that are dealing with relatives with addictions, lack of education and
financial literacy. I was taught that wise man learns but a fool never
will.” At the end of the day, all family fuss and fight but when it get
real only your family gon be there for you. I’ve been dealing with this
for 10 years now with C, but never really responded to it. It’s just a
sad day for our family, It hurts but this shouldn’t be media gossip.
“God gives His strongest soldiers the toughest battles. Today, I’m
growing up as a man, I will no longer enable immature, unappreciative
people in my life, even if they’re family. The money that I was sending to
lawyers, instead I’ll continue to donate and help even more underprivileged
kids that would appreciate my love and support. I forgive C, I hope my
brother will pick up a bible, I will always love him and keep him in
prayer. Just to keep it 100, I would never do a song with Webbie talking
bad about Boosie even if we has just mad at him. I got love for the lil
homies and I want to see them do well. Nobody is perfect, we all got issues
we’re dealing with. I can’t change people, I can only change me. And I’m
going to continue doing what’s right. There is no limit to what you can do
when you put God first, educate yourself and grow up. This is just
motivation to me, the devil can’t stop what God has planned for The Miller
Dynasty… No Limit Forever.”
It shouldn’t be us against us, it should be us against the world. Look at
the love i have in my heart, on my new record “Let it Happen Twice” from
“Return of the Ice Cream Man”
“Im Screaming Free C Murder
MyBrother Innocent Homie, I Dont Mess with you Haters, Cause Most You Haters
Be Phony, I Say Love Your Hitter, Hug Your Hitter, When Boosie Touchdown We
Gon Flood These Rivers”
C-Murder has accused Master P of not visiting him, hurting his criminal case and not providing support and on the song says he does not love his brother anymore. According to P, it was “disappointing” to hear Boosie appear on the song which was dissing P and reasserts that he has been helping his brother:
I want to see Lil Boosie get a second chance and take over this Hip Hop game as a Louisiana street artist but getting on that song with C was disappointing. Honestly, the beat was wack and outdated. He gotta know that C has a problem and we’re dealing with family issues. I’ve always put C and family first. It’s funny when I seen the press conference and Boosie talked about doing a project with C but he said it would be ‘down the line’ because he got ‘bigger business to do’ like take care of his family. And I respect that. But I’ve made C a priority while taking care of all of our families in good and bad times, but he got more love for his friends.
P even goes on to say he “would never do a song with Webbie talking bad about Boosie even if we has just mad at him.” P maintains that he has warned his brother about making negative music with a pending murder case as it could be used against him in court, ironically, similar to Boosie in 2012 with the Terry Boyd murder:
I love my brother but at times he can be ungrateful and disrespectful. I’ve spent millions of dollars towards his legal fees in fighting all of his cases. Even when I’ve told him, “No”, I still came through. If that isn’t love, I don’t know what is. I’m not God, I can’t break somebody out of jail. I wasn’t at the club with him that night, he put himself in that predicament, he just beat two cases before that, in
which I paid for and supported.
P states he has no ill will towards his brother or Boosie and references the lyrics to his song “Let It Happen Twice” off his recent mixtape The Gift (The Return of the Ice CreamMan) as evidence.
Listen to a stream of his song “Let It Happen Twice” below:
If you have looked and studied Cam’ron, you know he’s working on some serious stuff. He’s got capes, shoes and Dipset clothing coming. Hell, he’s even got this:
Cam’ron has something else poppin. You know this woman?
This is Yandy Smith. She’s the fly former manager of Jim Jones. She’s also a wheeler and dealer that’s married (or something) to Mendeecees Harris. Anyway, the point is, Yandy is making a big play for TV, perhaps a younger Mona Scott Young? Just saying. Anyway, the real point is that Yandy is rumored to be producing a TV Show for Cam’ron and his girlfriend JuJu. Do you know JuJu? She and Cam are all over Instagram together.
Well, I am hearing the reality show is going to look something like this.
I don’t know much else, but I am hearing it will be full of entertaining exploits that will be perfect for TV.
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
(AllHipHop News) Unless you live under a rock (or just been busy) Lil Boosie is free from prison after serving 52 months and he has a lot to say. In part one of our EXCLUSIVE interview with Lil Boosie he discusses how he reprimanded his daughter for using the N-word on Instagram, what he did in prison to keep himself from crying, the hip hop police and much more.
When news came out that Boosie was released last Wednesday (March 5th), millions of people were elated but none more than one of his daughters. In the Instagram video seen ’round the world, Boosie’s daughter was so elated upon hearing her father was being released she went on a mini rant saying “I told y’all n*ggas.” According to Boosie, while he does not approve of the language, his punishment was light:
I was too happy to fuss. You know, after that I told her I didn’t want her saying the word. But, she was one of those that went through ‘your daddy ain’t coming home’, ‘yo daddy this’ in schools and such. So, I think it was just..when I called her and told her I was coming home, I think it was all the stuff she went through coming out. I didn’t know she had it in her. [Laughs]
On his C-Murder collaborative song, “Came 2 Da Can”, Boosie spoke on friends who were disloyal to him while he was in jail. While Boosie is admittedly more cautious of who he keeps in his circle, he did not let that deter him from developing friendships while incarcerated and explained how they helped him:
You around somebody so much you develop a certain kind of association with somebody. When y’all both exchange stories about pain from y’all families, y’all have a lot in common. You never trust them 100 percent. But, you know, you just..it be somebody who be like, ‘keep your head up, man. Look at how much time I got?’
Check out Lil Boosie talk how he’ll stay off the Hip Hop police’s radar, his potential Justin Beiber collaboration and more below:
In 2012, Boston George, a then street made but little known elsewhere Houston rapper garnered national fanfare for his “Molly” single, a catchy club track released right during the height of the molly drug craze in pop culture. His flow, raspy at times has a sense of hit making ability to it, churning out a sought after mixtape with Boo Rossini as well as another longstanding Houston club hit, “Strip Club”. Houston’s own Rumplestilskin of sorts, George can seemingly weave any track into gold.
In between leading his AMG label and managing other artists; he’s also managed to craft a new project, and that’s just on a light day.
AllHipHop.com: I’ve got to ask, is your stage name in reference to George Jacob Jung?
Boston George:[laughs] Yes that’s one of the places I got it from. I actually stopped by a Subway and after paying for everyone’s food it was like “Who you think you are Boston George?” and it kind of just stuck.
You first jumped into rapping in 2009 before pulling back to focus on running AMG (Authentik Music Group) behind the scenes; who’s currently active on the roster?
Boston George: It was started by me and my boy Whoadie. It was intended for me run, but after I realized it would be harder than I thought he stepped up to help. Marcus Manchild, Poonie, Champ, Bulu and myself are active.
How hard has it been to create a balance between running the label and managing artists and continuing your own career?
Boston George: I’m not worried about Marcus (Manchild) at all, he gone be good regardless. I’m just going from the momentum if my own situation. In some regards, I have to help myself to be in a better position to help others. It’s a little hard to balance both sometimes but get it done. I wanna do like Birdman did; I can find special people but rapping comes with talent and practice. I have plans for everybody.
You were named one of the “Best of 2013” by the Houston Press for your “Drug War: Da Mixtape” project; did you anticipate everything taking off the way it did?
Boston George: Not at all. It still trips me out. A lot of people already knew me, but it’s about getting people to actually listen to you.
You actually released the Future and Lil Boosie assisted “Rich Off Lean” prior to Boosie’s release; how did you get clearance for a feature from him?
Boston George: Me and Boosie and his brothers are cool. The song was actually done before he got locked up. I been had that song. With Future, I already had a verse from him.
You were actually self-made prior to getting into the industry; has this helped in any way?
Boston George: I have an advantage in a way because I can travel which makes it easier to connect and bump into people. I’m always on the go, just living crazy.
Your Trappin’ In Traffic project with the acclaimed DJ Drama and Texas powerhouse DJ Mr. Rogers is slated for the end of March. Who else can we expect on the project?
Boston George:Rich Homie [Quan],Kirko Bangz, Rick Ross are on there.
In regards to your career, what path do you see it leading you to?
Boston George: It’s so much different s### happening, people hearing my name. I’m just trying to build the momentum.
(AllHipHop News) The female voice in Hip Hop has played an important role in the continued success of the culture since its early days.
Groundbreaking artists like Roxanne Shanté, Sha-Rock, Sister Souljah, Queen Latifah, and MC Lyte paved the way for the following generation of femcees like Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliott, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Eve, and then eventually Nicki Minaj, Iggy Azalea, Azealia Banks, and Angel Haze.
While women in Hip Hop have produced chart topping singles and classic albums over the last three decades, major labels are still not signing the lyrical ladies at the same rate as their male counterparts.
Evidence of this difference is the fact that in 2010 only 3 female rappers were signed to a major label record deal; at one point there were 40. Subsequently, there was not one solo album by a female rapper that broke into the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart in 2013.
NPR reported the lack of female rappers at the major labels in a recent blog post by Erik Nelson. The writer also points out that Nicki Minaj’s 2010 album Pink Friday was the first solo LP by a female rap artist to go platinum since Lil Kim’s La Bella Mafia in 2003.
Pink Friday is the last album from a female rapper to sell over a million units as well. Minaj’s Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012) is only certified platinum by the RIAA for shipments of 1 million units. It is currently around 825,000 copies in actual sales.
The presence of female Hip Hop artists on a national level appears to be fading once again. Nelson spoke with rap legend MC Lyte about the current status of female rappers in the mainstream.
“We’ve gone backwards,” said Lyte. “This is pretty much what it was like when women weren’t able to get major recording and release opportunities.”
MC Lyte became the first female rapper to release a solo album on major label with Lyte as a Rock in 1988. She went on to drop Eyes on This, Ain’t No Other, and Bad as I Wanna B. Lyte has also worked extensively in other media fields, and she started the non-profit foundation Hip Hop Sisters Network.
While Lyte works with her organization to promote positive images of woman of color, the New York native suggests the level of disrespect for women in Hip Hop has created a market that is unfavorable to female rappers.
“It has gotten to the point that we have been subjected to such harsh verbal treatment — assassinated even — that who would want to listen?” Lyte added.
While mainstream female rap is represented almost entirely by Nicki Minaj at the moment, there are numerous femcees making waves with listeners. Jean Grae, Rapsody, Nitty Scott, Tiffany Foxx, 3D Na’Tee, Brianna Perry, Awkwafina, Sasha Go Hard, and others are all working to keep the female voice in rap music alive without significant mainstream attention.
Well, this is a simple rumor. They are saying that Ciara’s water has dropped all over the place and she is in labor as well. Seems like Future is about to be a father – for the first time with Ciara- very soon. He’s got other kids in the field though.
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
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