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Watch Drake’s Appearance On SNL (VIDEOS)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Young Money performer Drake was the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, and the Nothing Was The Same creator showed off his comedic acting chops in several skits for the late night program.

[ALSO READ: Drake, Diddy & DJ Funk Flex To Play REVOLT Concert Super Bowl Weekend]

In his opening monologue, Drake revisited his Bar Mitzvah by rapping about being half Black and half Jewish. In another sketch, the OVO leader played both his mentor Lil Wayne and his “Pound Cake” collaborator Jay Z. He also hit the stage to perform “Started From The Bottom/Trophies” and “Hold On, We’re Going Home/From Time” featuring Jhene Aiko.

Check out a few of Drake’s appearances on SNL in the videos below.





Q-Tip Is Working With EDM Act Disclosure

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Fresh off his recent joint project The Abstract and The Dragon with Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip is apparently back in the studio working on new music. The actor/rapper revealed on Instagram that he is now collaborating with English EDM duo Disclosure. The caption for the picture read, “Studio tonight with these guys.”

While it is not clear where the tracks may end up, Q-Tip has mentioned that his next album will be titled The Last Zulu. Besides Disclosure’s Guy and Howard Lawrence potentially contributing to Tip’s fourth solo album, last year the Queens emcee also posted pics of him and Kendrick Lamar in the studio together. Earlier in 2013, he said he hoped to get all the members A Tribe Called Quest to appear on the LP as well.

[ALSO READ: Q-Tip Wants An A Tribe Called Quest Reunion For His ‘Last Zulu’ LP]

Knockout Nation: Foe Of Lucian Bute And Friend Of 50 Cent

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Lifestyle
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The last time Jean Pascal appeared on HBO was two years ago. He was making history, but not in the way he had originally envisioned going into his rematch with Bernard Hopkins. Like numerous young fighters before him, he found himself on the wrong side of a unanimous decision to then 47 year old master. Afterward, Pascal faded from view due to injuries and contract issues until launching his comeback on December 2012 and beating two second-tier opponents since.

The fighter Jean Pascal faces Saturday night (January 18) is Lucian Bute, and it’s a “superfight” that marks a return to elite competition for both men. While the fight has drawn much attention in Montreal with over 20,000 paid fans, questions remain regarding if these two men still have the ability, and more importantly, the mindset, to deliver world-class performances.

In this exclusive interview with Knockout Nation, Jean Pascal answers the criticism about being a “four-round fighter, why he’ll defeat Bute, and how the Hopkins fights made him a better fighter.

Knockout Nation: This is a significant fight for Canada and the light-heavyweight division overall. How did you adjust your training for it?

Jean Pascal: I basically approached this fight as it’s the biggest of my life and career. This fight is Canada’s Pacquiao-Mayweather. I know Bute will be well-prepared but so am I. I went all the way to Big Bear [California] to get away from any distractions to remain focused. One thing that people don’t understand is that you win the fight at training camp, not press conferences. When I train good, no one should beat me.

Knockout Nation: It’s interesting you bring that up about focus because the knock on you is that you are, as Hopkins coined, a four-round fighter that lacks stamina and focus. Do you feel this camp has completely eradicated those bad habits?

Pascal: Well, people make me laugh. The only fight that I faded was against Bernard Hopkins in the first fight. The reason was because I didn’t have the proper training. I trained hard, but sometimes hard is not enough. You need the good work.

If you look at my second fight with Bernard, I finished strong and stunned him in the 12th round. Even though the judges gave him the 12th, I don’t know how or why, but he was stung if you look at the fight. With Dawson, exploding the last minute was a tactic. I told myself I’ll let Dawson punch himself out the first two minutes of the round and then I’m gonna come on strong every round until I knock him out. If he’s still around in the 12th, I’m gonna go all out for the KO. That was a technical approach for me.

Saying I fade or only fight for a minute every round is not true. People think just because it’s a big rush for a minute I’m not doing anything else. I’m boxing the entire round. I am an accomplished fighter that knows what he’s doing.

Knockout Nation: You’ve had a year-plus layoff before. However, you had the luxury of coming back against a lower-level tune-up opponent. Bute is jumping right back into the elite level. Knowing what you went through, how rusty and gun-shy do you expect him to be early on?

Pascal: Honestly, it’s hard to say. It’s all about confidence – if we see a lack of it like in the Grachev fight, he’s going to be in a lot of trouble. Boxing is 75% mental and 25% physical. I don’t think it’s going to be a war because I don’t think Bute wants that. I think it will be a chess game. But if he wants to brawl, I’ll be ready for a war.

Knockout Nation: I noticed you were ringside at the Dawson fight with 50 Cent. Any plans for you guys to do business in the future, boxing or otherwise?

Pascal: Who knows? 50’s a friend of mine but we really don’t talk too much about boxing business. He’s a cool dude to hang around. He very gentle, simple and down earth – that’s what I like about him. We may do business in the future.

Go to KnockoutNation.com for more.

UPDATE: Shots Fired At Nipsey Hussle Concert Date

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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UPDATE: Reps for Nipsey Hussle have refuted that anybody in their camp were injured in the events in Chicago. They maintain the rapper had left the city and was headed to St. Louis when the shooting occurred.

(AllHipHop News) Shots were fired at a concert date for Nipsey Hussle in Chicago, AllHipHop has learned exclusively. Additonally, one of Nipsey’s friends was stabbed. The rapper was out for the “Proud 2 Pay” tour (also known as “The Crenshaw Tour”) when shots were fired around the vicinity of his tour bus. Nipsey wasn’t injured in the disruption, but a member of his crew was stabbed. Rimpau, a member of Nipsey’s rap collective, suffered a punctured lung after he was stabbed in the chest. He appears on “That’s What Hoes Do” with Nipsey. A total of 6 shots were fired. No suspects have been arrested at press time.

Juicy J – Blow Out (P###. by Crazy Mike)

By: DJ V.I.P. (@djvip510) Updated Category: Music
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After recently revealing the winner of the $50,000 scholarship, Juicy J decides to kick start the weekend with a brand new track titled “Blow Out”. Track is produced by Lil Awree and co-produced by Crazy Mike. No word on where this one will end up. Give it a listen and download below!

Floyd Mayweather Announces Date Of His Last Fight Ever

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) One of the most illustrious and flawless professional boxing careers of all time has an end date. At a recent gala dinner in South Africa last night(January 17th), Floy Mayweather is reported to have said “September 2015” will be the date of his final fight.

Unfortunately Associated Press‘ report might have decreased the chances of the showdown with Manny Pacquio that has been anticipated for years. This past Wednesday (January 15th), Mayweather stated that Britain’s Amir Khan and Argentina’s Marcos Maidana are the two contenders for possible opponents in his May 3rd fight in Las Vegas.

Floyd Mayweather started his professional boxing career in 1996 and is a perfect 45-0 with 26 knockouts.

EXCLUSIVE: Alchemist & Evidence Talk Lord Steppington, Anti-Aging Remedies + More (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) With hilariously brag lyrics such as “never had a pretty woman keep me in the friend zone” littered throughout their upcoming debut album Lord Steppington, it is completely normal to end up discussing anti-aging techniques with Evidence and Alchemist. In an exclusive interview with AllHipHop, the brothers of step discussed

It’s 2014 and both men, who have each been in active in the music industry for over 15 years, understands their penchant for pop culture references could be be lost in generational translation. Evidence explains why he rapped “we got to move these refrigerators/we got to move these color TVs” on the chorus for “Mr. Kimble” from Lord Steppington:

That reference is from a group called Dire Straits. That song [“Money For Nothing”] came out in 1984.

Even with the changing age of the hip hop listeners, the pair have always remained relevant. Evidence says the physical preservation is all due to a rather unorthodox method:

The fountain of youth is p*ssy juice. If you put p*ssy juice all over your face, you wash your face and you bathe in it, you won’t age. Have chicks sit on your face as much as possible.

Check out Alchemist have a sudden bout of narcolepsy, their list of favorite duo’s (Chewbaka and George Lucas make an appearance) + more in the full video interview below:

WTF News: South African Pastor Makes Congregation Eat Grass to Get ‘Closer to God’

By: Friday Foster Updated Category: Rumors
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You already know that some people will do anything, no matter how ridiculous, in the name of religion. Apparently, the following pastor was told by God that his congregation should eat grass to be closer to the lord. Someone even said that the grass tasted like “macaroni pasta.” Mmkay.

 

Hip-Hop Rumors: Police Officer Accused of Lying in Chris Brown’s D.C. Assault Case

By: Friday Foster Updated Category: Rumors
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Washington D.C.police have launched an internal affairs investigation into statements made by a police officer who responded to reports that Chris Brown had punched a man outside a hotel.

 Via Billboard:

The investigation centers on a disputed conversation between the officer and an unidentified acquaintance of Brown.

The acquaintance reported being told by the officer that the alleged victim said Brown never hit him, according to the police records. The officer was then interviewed by detectives and denied having even spoken with the acquaintance. However, a uniformed Secret Service officer at the scene told detectives that he overheard the conversation with the officer and confirmed the acquaintance’s story. The accuser also denied having told anyone that Brown never struck him, the documents state.

An Associated Press reporter who had previously asked the police department about that conversation was contacted this week by an internal affairs investigator assigned to the probe. The investigator confirmed a review was underway.

“We are aware of the discrepancy among witness statements in the Chris Brown case. This is not uncommon in cases with multiple witnesses involved. We have received no complaint of misconduct on the part of any officer in this matter,” Police Chief Cathy Lanier said in a written statement.

In an interview Thursday, Lanier added, “Nobody has accused anybody of lying. One person says one thing, one person says something else. Nobody has made an allegation that an officer is lying or covering anything up.”

Brown was charged with assault after a man said Brown and his bodyguard punched him after he tried to get into a picture while the singer was taking with two other individuals.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Amina Buddafly is Really Pregnant, Peter Gunz Still Cheating

By: Friday Foster Updated Category: Rumors
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I just got some tidbits of messy information that picks up from the last rumor we heard about Amina Buddafly of Love and Hip-Hop. This source says that Amina Buddafly really is pregnant by hubby Peter Gunz. There’s speculation floating around about the alleged pregnancy that she has neither confirmed nor denied. However, said source says it’s official.

Amina Buddafly and Peter Gunz are still married and living together but Peter Gunz is not doing right by wifey. He allegedly still cheats on her, like we’re surprised, and Amina is still holding on to the hope that she and Gunz can be a happy family.

The rest of us call that turning a blind eye, but were we really shocked? No.

You know what the old folks say, how you get ’em is how you keep ’em, a leopard won’t change it’s spot and all that jazz.

T-Pain Sings Without Auto Tune + Talks Group Sex W/ Wife (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) T-Pain’s unorthodox ways led him to reimagining autotune, but also to keeping his marriage fun. During his recent interview on The Arsenio Hall Show T-Pain shed the autotune and demonstrated his natural singing voice as well as shed a little light on the private relationship of him and his wife.

T-Pain did not invent or introduce autotune to the world and he even reveals he used the software “incorrectly” but claims that mistake became “a new era of music.” Pain points out that musicians such as legendary Roger Troutman used a vocoder which requires one to have a connected tube in their mouth while playing their instrument. Later he put to rest all doubts of his singing ability and sang a bit of “Buy You A Drink” live.

The always loquacious singer/producer revealed an interesting way him and his wife of 11 years, Amber Najm keep their relationship “fun”. According to Pain, him and his wife travel the world and occasionally “involve other people in our marriage”:

Sometimes we have extraordinary partners. We like to travel around the world and go to different strip clubs and see what those are about. Sometimes the employees, we like to see what those are about too. It keeps it fun. It keeps it real nice and fun.

Check out T-Pain’s interview on The Arsenio Hall Show below:

WTF News: School Bus Driver Leaves Child on Bus and Goes to Zumba

By: Friday Foster Updated Category: Rumors
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Not sure how it’s possible to forget about a child but it happened.

A school bus driver in Houston faces felony child endangerment charges after she accidentally left a child alone on a bus while she went to Zumba class.

Via Khou:

Administrators at Fonwood Early Childhood Center placed a call to the child’s parents to confirm the absence for the day, which is standard procedure. The child was supposed to be in school, however, arriving by Garcia Bus Co.

Authorities immediately began searching for the child, who was found unharmed inside the parked bus at a facility where Contreras was attending a workout session.

Contreras did not see the child on the bus when she dropped the other kids off at school and did not check the bus thoroughly before ending her route, according to investigators.

Her bail was set at $2,000.

 

Master P Performs “Lonely Road” On Queen Latifah Show (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Percy “Master P” Miller wants the world to know that his career is far from over and reflected on  it on this past Tuesday’s(January 14th) episode of The Queen Latifah Show.

Master P also spoke on his non-profit organization Let The Kids Grow. Master P gave AllHipHop an exclusive statement on his appearance on The Queen Latifah Show and praised the female Hip Hop mogul for her diversification:

I think it was refreshing to see someone from Hip-Hop be at the head of  TV show. To be able to diversify in Hip-Hop and to be on the top of other business. And to have a cross over fan base to accept and know more about who we are.

Check out Master P performing the first single off his album The Gift Album, “Lonely Road” on The Queen Latifah Show below:

Cast & Crew From “Juice” Share Behind The Scenes Moments From The Movie

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Today marks the 22 year anniversary of the classic Hip Hop drama Juice. In celebration of the flick that starred Tupac Shakur and Omar Epps, Myspace has provided first hand accounts about the film from those who helped make the picture come together in their article “Oral History: Tupac, Fist Fights and the Making of Juice.”

Cast members Epps, Khalil Kain, Jermaine “Huggy” Hopkins, Treach, and Fab 5 Freddy all shared their memories of Juice. The movie’s director and co-writer Ernest Dickerson, co-writer Gerard Brown, and co-producer Peter Frankfurt participated as well. Some of the people behind the Juice soundtrack like Big Daddy Kane, Hank Shocklee, and DJ Muggs also gave insight.

[ALSO READ: 10 Essential Hip-Hop Soundtracks You Need In Your Music Collection]

Some excerpts from the article:

Treach: So Pac went and read. I’m sitting outside, but I’m about to run up into the office because I think he’s fighting in the room. All I hear is, “Yo motherf**ker…you gotta die for this s**t!” So as I’m coming to the door Pac is walking out and I’m like, “Yo, what’s good?” And Pac goes, “Nah, I was just reading for them.” I just looked at him and said, “Yo, I know you got that role.”

Omar Epps: I remember the first day of shooting somebody got shot right outside the location…there was a dead body with a blanket over it. I knew the experience of filming Juice was incredible, but I also knew there were real life things happening around me every day.

Jermaine “Huggy” Hopkins: I never would have eaten those eggs, but at that time that’s what those characters would have been doing. Steel would have done something like that. What’s crazy though is that scene actually started a craze, man. People started putting beer in their eggs!

Ernest Dickerson: We were fortunate to get Queen Latifah because in the original script her character was actually Afrika Bambaataa. But he didn’t want to do the movie. And I had just met Latifah because I had just worked with her on Jungle Fever. She was a homegirl from my hometown of Newark, New Jersey. It was one of her first jobs in a movie.

Gerard Brown: I was not happy with the way Juice ended. It was our first film, so we had to acquiesce to a lot of crap. Originally, the way the script was written, at the end of the fight scene between Bishop and Q,  I had Bishop and Q falling through the roof, but the producers said that’s too much money. So I had Bishop hanging over the ledge with Q pulling him up. But Bishop hears the police sirens and says to Q, “I’m not going to jail, man!” So in the script he breaks Q’s grip and he falls to his death.

Hank Shocklee: It had to be authentic. Otherwise, it wasn’t going to believable to the audience. So every aspect of the DJing in Juice had to be on point. The big battle scene in Juice was huge. There was a friend of mine, at the time, I knew named Cam-Ron. He was a good DJ that could also instruct. I put Omar in a room for a week with Cam. I said, “Yo, man…just give him the basics.”

Head over to Myspace to read the full article.