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Hip-Hop Rumors: Ja Rule And 50 Cent End Up On The Same Flight, Same Row

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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WHAT ARE THE CHANCES!?

Ja Rule and 50 Cent are party to one of the biggest rap beefs ever! And they are of the type of beef where people were shot and beat up and all that crazy stuff. Not like now, where a tweet equals beef. Now, you think it would be possible that something could pop off, but it seems that time has allowed for cool heads to prevail off the top. Nothing happened at all. The only thing that happened was Ja Rule tweeted about it.

 

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

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EXCLUSIVE: Stream Kool G Rap & Necro (The Godfathers) – “Once Upon A Crime” LP

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Features
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(AllHipHop Exclusive) “Hip Hop sucks now, and it needed us do something because of it’s crappy a** state,” says producer/rapper Necro. The leading force in Death Rap hooked up with his all-time favorite emcee, Kool G Rap, to release the new collaborative album Once Upon A Crime.

The two life-long New Yorkers got together one day in Queens and over glasses of Hennessy decided it was the perfect time to combine Necro’s dark, grimy production with G Rap’s signature street rhymes for a full length body of work. The result was tracks like “Black Medicine” and “American Sickos” which provide macabre imagery while cuts such as “Gangsta” and “Trigga 4 Hire” incorporate classic mobster references.

[ALSO READ: Kool G Rap Reflects On Selling Crack Before Turning To Hip-Hop]

“It wasn’t put together in a way that it was a collision,” explains G Rap. “It was like certain songs we’re gonna go this direction and certain songs we’re gonna go more in a Mafioso direction.”

When two legends of the game come together for a project it’s more than just an album. It’s an event. To commemorate that distinguished partnership G Rap and Necro are providing their fans a choice of 4 different album packages to purchase.

The “Joe Pesci Krills Pack” includes the album, 7 art panels, and the 28-page lyric booklet. The “Roy Demeo Yao Pack” includes an autographed CD. The “Guy Fisher Smack Pack” also comes with a T-shirt, beanie, sticker, and poster. Those customers that ante up $100 for the “Gotti Crystal Meth Pack” will get the items above as well as a hoodie, fitted cap, autographed booklet, and a personal thank you from Necro in his next solo album.

The package extras are exclusive bonus items that fans will definitely appreciate, but the most valuable part of Once Upon A Crime is of course the music. Necro is proud to point out that the album is for those listeners who treasure high quality songs created by two of rap’s supremely skilled artisans.

“We were not trying to get it done off some Chef Boyardee s**t where you just open the can and heat it up,” says Necro. “This is more Hibachi. Some Benihana s**t. Some true tempura Hip Hop.”

[ALSO READ: Kool G Rap & Necro Give Their Top 5 Horror Villains, Gangster Flicks & Rap Duo Albums]

The Godfathers’ Once Upon A Crime will be released tomorrow November 19th. To preorder the album visit www.necroproduct.com.

Stream the Once Upon A Crime album below.

EXCLUSIVE: Sway Calloway Says EDM DJs Can’t Do What Hip Hop DJs Do + Talks Global Spin Awards

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Today (November 18th), the international community of the DJ culture will preside at New York Times Center in Manhattan for the 2013 Global Spin Awards. At September’s press conference to announce the nominees for this years Global Spin Awards, the show’s host, Sway Calloway gave an EXCLUSIVE interview with AllHipHop discussing the evolution of the DJ culture, new ways of branding and compares EDM DJ’s to Hip Hop DJs.

In the early 2000’s, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne and a litany of other MCs would attest that DJ-hosted mixtapes were integral in their eventual rise to rap superstardom. However, in the past five years, punctuated by the metoric rise of Drake’s So Far Gone, the DJ is no longer an essential piece in making a mixtape successful. Sway spoke on this change but hinted that award shows like Global Spin Awards and the recent rise of EDM as proof that DJs are regaining their spot at the top of music relevancy:

What happened was the DJ used to be the most important figure in Hip Hop. The dancer, the graf writer and the writer all kind of came behind the DJ. The DJ controlled the party. The rapper, the MC, was the guy that kept people hype. But when the rap business invaded the culture, the rapper became the front guy. In the process, the business did not care about the DJ, they cared about the front guy and who they can profit from. Who is the guy in the gold chain. Who was the guy who controlled the mic. That was the person that was in the video more so than the DJ.

Further delving into the evolution of Dj’ing, Sway spoke on how the human element of a DJ will always trump the convenience of internet-curated playlist generators such as Pandora:

I think people are realizing that it’s imperative that the DJ is apart of this process. Even as powerful as the internet has become, you still need the DJ. To really influence the audience. The internet has become a strong tool similar to a DJ. But you not going to turn on the internet when you go to a party. [Laughs] You not going to log on to Pandora when you at the party. So we’ve seen a lot of the evolution.

EDM DJ, Calvin Harris was the highest paid DJ of the past year, raking in $46 million with a reported $200,000 per show earning. While EDM DJs have skyrocketed into being the most sought after DJs in America over the past three years, Sway believes the skill set of a Hip Hop DJ still trumps that of a traditional EDM DJ:

When I was growing up, you had to spin all genres. Whether it was soul, whether it was dance, hip hop, polka, pop, whatever. [DJ] Scratch could spin on any platform. You could take him to those EDM parties. Dance music is the easiest  music to mix in my opinion, the BPMs are all the same, the melodies are all the same, the chords are all the same. They can kill that. But you cant take an EDM DJ and bring him to a Hip Hop party and expect him to kill it. There’s a lot of guys who do both but chances are they wouldn’t be able to do it.

The Global Spin Awards is tonight (November 18th). Check out the trailer for the event below:

Hip-Hop Rumors: Fake Nick Cannon Worker Robs People In The Name Of Mariah!

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Rumors
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A dude pretending to work for Nick Cannon has gone around robbing people of thousands in jewelry basically by saying that he works for the super star. Yeah. He goes to jewelry people and at Fred Segal and tells them Mariah needs some jewels and the gave it to him later. They delivered the stuff to a hotel by way of a female worker. The female worker gave another man, dressed up as a security guard. The security guard says Nick doesn’t want to pay taxes so he’s going to go up to the room and get the cash money for her. She still gives him the pricey stuff, trusting the crooks. That was the last time she saw the security dude. He never came back. Now, the police are on the case.

Anyway, shout out to Nick Cannon. While somebody was fake acting like they were him, he was on TV with a new stand up special called “F**k Nick Cannon.”

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Kanye West Speaks On Confederate Flag, Fashion & President Obama Calling Him A “Jacka**”

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Kanye West always has a lot to say about pretty much everything, and the Yeezus rapper shared his thoughts about a wide range of topics on Philly’s HOT 107.9 Morning Show with Shamara and Laiya recently.

[ALSO READ: Yeezy Taught Me? Kanye West Speaks At Harvard University (PICS/VIDEO)]

On fashion:

I got the opportunity to create with Louis Vuitton and they only let it happen one time because it was the biggest boom. Everyone wanted those sneakers, and it was almost the moment when I got to sip the clean water for one time… I had ideas of running up in the Louis Vuitton store and knocking sh*t over cause they weren’t recognizing my ability to create and my connection with real people. They just let me do one shoe and said “you can’t do it again” and I said “no, I’m bout to turn up like Neo from the [Matrix] and ya’ll need to understand what’s about to happen here.” So when I did “New Slaves” I put my face on all these stores- these luxury brands throughout the world.

On his father:

My dad was always running up on stage and grabbing mics. My dad was definitely the dad who said “you understand when you play pool why the white ball hits the 8 ball,” but really he is psych major who is a Christian marriage counselor.

On wearing the Confederate flag:

You don’t ever know what I’m trying to do. Black people stopping other black people from getting checks. What black people don’t know is that racism is something that white people don’t even have to do anymore because we hate each other more than white people hate us. It’s like a real estate on racism- it works on itself. People got bills. Don’t nobody care about the Confederate flag on that type of level.

[ALSO READ: Kanye’s Confederate Flag: I Sorta, Kinda Understand]

On being called a “jacka**” by President Barack Obama:

Just say you hate Kanye and there’s gonna be 30 other people who say they hate Kanye and that was kinda my position in culture and he kinda used that too “oh he’s a jackass” cause that’s how the world felt, but I don’t care if someone’s the President or not. I care about thoughts and how you’re helping people and what you bring to the world. My music brings joy to people. What I create brings joy to people… I think he shouldn’t mention my babymomma’s name because we both from Chicago. But no, I’m not gonna mention him no more I’m passed that. That’s out my thoughts. That’s lowering my priority of thinking at this point.

[ALSO READ: Legendary Singer Ronnie Spector Calls Kanye West “A D**k”]

Trinidad James To Address “Every New Yorker” On New Project Dropping Today

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rapper Trinidad James is apparently set to release his manifesto about New York City today. The “All Gold Everything” performer sent out a series of tweets over the weekend announcing he will be releasing a project called The Truth Will Set You Free specifically addressed to New York rappers and fans.

[ALSO READ: Trinidad James Says The South Runs New York]

He continued his announcement on Instagram:

To Every New Yorker. On Monday “The Truth Will Set You Free” comes out. No album…Just the truth. You gonna want to look and listen to this. God is my witness I had to pray about this. This is what you wanted so I gave it to ya. The Real.

Trinidad started another discussion about the current state of New York Hip Hop last week when he said “the South runs New York” during a performance in the Big Apple. The remarks led some NYC rappers like Maino to take shots back at Trinidad. Other rappers from the city partially agreed with Trinidad’s sentiment that southern Hip Hop dominates New York airwaves and clubs.

[ALSO READ: Brooklyn’s Troy Ave Agrees With Trinidad James’ “South Runs NYC” Comments]

Nick Cannon Says Mariah Wasn’t Referring To Nicki Minaj With “Satan” Comment

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Mariah Carey created a media stir recently when the Pop diva made some cryptic comments about her time as a judge on American Idol. Speaking with Angie Martinez the “Fantasy” singer said the experience “was like going to work everyday in hell with Satan.”

[ALSO READ: Mariah Carey Jokes That Working With Nicki Minaj Was Like Working With Satan In Hell (VIDEO)]

The comments were suspected to be referring to fellow former AI judge Nicki Minaj. The two performers had a really public feud that played on the reality show. Carey’s husband Nick Cannon revealed to Access Hollywood that he does not believe the Satan remark was aimed at Minaj or any of the other judges.

“I don’t think her comment was about anyone on the panel,” said Cannon. “I don’t think she was speaking directly about [Nicki Minaj]. I think she was talking about the situation in general.”

Carey mentioned during the Martinez interview that she was surprised when American Idol producers decided to add a fourth judge on the show after she was under the impression that she would be the only female on the panel.

[ALSO READ: “Wild ‘N Out” & “Ain’t That America” Returning For Another Season In 2014]

“The World Famous Wake Up Show Unplugged Series” Drops Two More Hot Videos [VIDEO]

By: Skyy Hook Updated Category: Features
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As we’ve previously reported, King Tech, Sway and DJ Revolution have been dropping phenomenal videos of emerging artists over the last few weeks and this week is no exception! The World Famous Wake Up Show recently created a Hip Hop experience like none other. They took Grammy Award Winning musicians who had never played together before and paired them with emerging Hip Hop artists. The result was a day of Hip Hop genius.  They are finally rolling out the videos from that amazing day and AllHipHop.com has got the exclusives! 

First up is a guy that we like to refer to as the Michael McCary of “The Wake Up Show Unplugged Series“! He had the deepest voice of all the kids who spit the day of the Wake Up Show Unplugged taping! (Michael MCary is the dope deep voiced guy in Boyz II Men who eventually left the group and who’s voice is missed on every new track! But we digress!) Gil Gatsby  came in grabbed the mic and had his way with both his flow and the music. His voice was more than deep…it was commanding and by the time he finished spitting he convinced all who had been talking with him all day that it was more than a dope tone of voice that got him there…the boy could spit gems too! Double threat! Check him out in the video below!

 

 

Next is a kid that stepped to the mic with a laid back yet serious super West Coast vibe! He unloaded on the mic in such a way that made all in the room sort of release a quick and much needed exhale and bob their heads along with his flow. For all who had come from far away to be there…R-mean‘s rhyme scheme was the very definition of California rap that they had hoped to hear someone spit! While there were several Left Coast artists in the room, no one quite captured the LA essence as in the case of R-mean! But the craziest part of it all is, that while he is from LA… he grew up overseas! We love stories like that! See what we mean below!

 

 

Well there you go! Two very different and very dope performances! Through the coming weeks there will be even more of them so stay tuned!

Check out www.wakeupshow.com  for new updates on both the “Wake Up Show Unplugged” project and to keep up with Tech, Sway and Rev about what’s going on with their show on Sirius XM/ Shade 45! You can also follow them on Twitter at @wakeupshow. Don’t forget to tune in Monday nights, Shade 45 on Sirius XM at 8 PM ET/ 5 PM PT!

Yeezy Taught Me? Kanye West Speaks At Harvard University (PICS/VIDEO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Rap superstar Kanye West dropped into Harvard University last night (11/17) to provide an impromptu speech to the Ivy League students. The Chicago performer addressed the topics of architecture, fashion, and creativity at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

[ALSO READ: Nas Speaks On Hip Hop’s Educational Value]

“I really do believe that the world can be saved through design, and everything needs to actually be ‘architected’,” West told the crowd. “I believe that utopia is actually possible, but we’re led by the least noble, the least dignified, the least tasteful, the dumbest, and the most political.”

Kanye also offered 300 free tickets to see his “Yeezus Tour” to those in attendance. His fiancée Kim Kardashian was on site as well.

[ALSO READ: Kanye West To Debut “Bound 2” Video On Ellen]

Check out pics (via Archinect) and video of Kanye at Harvard below.

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Hip-Hop Rumors: Illseed’s Quickies

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Rumors
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ODB TIME!

Over the weekend you may have heard some stuff went down at a screening of an ODB movie, called “Dirty: Platinum Edition.” The film was by NuHo Film Festival but AHH helped them get the word out, in the name of Russell Jones! But, all didn’t go well! The film wasn’t able to be screened at a live event in Brooklyn because of a cease and desist from the family. I WISH I could tell you all that I know about this, but I cannot. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, TRUST!

FOR MORE: Ol Dirty Bastard’s Estate Stops Brooklyn Screening of ODB Documentary

EW! A dude tweaked on Bow Wow at the closing of 106 & Park!

Man, f**k that dude Theodore P. Wafer! This is the man that shot a young Black woman that knocked on his door after her car broke down. He will be charged with second degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Renisha McBride on Nov. 2. Now, they are trying to build up a case against her saying she was drunk and all this BS. That don’t matter after a dude shoots her in the FACE with a SHOTGUN.

Prosecutors Charge Theodore Wafer, The Man Who Killed Renisha McBride, With 2nd Degree Murder

SNL spoofed Kanye and Kim K over the weekend. I’m thinkings Kanye is going to be beefing with Lady GaGa any second for her role in this.

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Daily Word: Find Your Peace of Mind!

By: Ash Cash (@IamAshCash) Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Happy Monday my livers of life! Welcome to the day we realize that the struggles of life are meant to be temporary not everlasting! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to living in peace! We know life has a funny way of getting its point across.. In school, we’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, we’re given the test that teaches us a lesson…. The funny thing is that if you do not learn and apply the lesson, the test will keep coming in different shapes and sizes until you actually get it! This is why many of us are constantly finding ourselves in the carousel of life challenges; going round and round and never finding a solution because we refused to look at the lessons that life is trying to teach us! It is imperative that we begin to accept the fact that life is easy! It is not created and meant to be a struggle! Rest in Peace is a saying constantly said to those who are now deceased but resting in peace is something we should practice while we are alive! Find your peace of mind and rest assure that life will give you EVERYTHING you want as soon as you take heed to what it is trying to teach you! Understand and know that the answers to all of life questions live inside… Stay calm, stay focused, stay prayed up, and find the bliss and tranquility that you are meant to have! As Russell Kirk once said “If you want to have order in everyday life, you first have to have order in the individual soul.” Find you peace of mind and live the life you deserve!

-Ash’Cash

“Rest and peace should not be left until you’re deceased. They are two vital life ingredients everybody needs and seeks.”
-Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“Elevate your inside game. A negative attitude is below the horizon…a place for lonesome hearts.”
-T.F. Hodge

“Peace of mind happens to a man only after he has developed deep insight, only after he starts seeing the things in the right perspective. ”
-Sam Veda

“Success, happiness, peace of mind and fulfillment – the most priceless of human treasures – are available to all among us, without exception, who make things happen – who make “good” things happen – in the world around them”
-Joe Klock

“You’ll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.”
-George Michael

“Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.”
-Napoleon Hill

Work and live to serve others, to leave the world a little better than you found it and garner for yourself as much peace of mind as you can. This is happiness.
-David Sarnoff

TO HEAR THE AUDIO VERSION OF THE DAILY WORD **CLICK HERE   

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Ash’Cash is a Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Financial Expert and the author of Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom. For more information, please visit his website, www.IamAshCash.com

D-Roc Of Ying Yang Twins Seeks Help With Unaffordable Child Support Payments

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) About ten years ago the Ying Yang Twins were one of the hottest groups in rap music. Popular songs like “Whistle While You Twurk,” “Salt Shaker,” “Wait (The Whisper Song),” and “Get Low” with Lil Jon were in regular rotation on radio in the early 2000’s, but apparently times are not as great for at least one half of the duo.

[ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: Ying Yang Twins Call Out French Montana And Kanye West, New Mixtape]

TMZ reports that group member D-Roc at on point was pulling in $19,000/month and as a result he was paying out $2,500/month to his daughter’s mother for child support. Fast forward to November 2013 and D-Roc now claims he is only making $2,860 every month.

Roc filed legal papers in Georgia asking that his child support payments be lowered to reflect his current income. His reduction request was answered, and he is now required to pay $550 a month.

The Ying Yang twins announced on Twitter last year that they had signed with Epic Records. The Atlanta-based group was expected to drop their sixth album All Around The World this year. They released the mixtape Ass In Session this past summer, but their last official LP was 2009’s Ying Yang Forever.

[ALSO CHECK OUT: Rhythm – Draws To The Side feat. Ying Yang Twins]

Kanye West To Debut “Bound 2” Video On Ellen

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Kanye West is set to premiere his new video for “Bound 2” on the Ellen this week. The G.O.O.D. Music leader will stop by the daytime talk show on Tuesday (11/19) and showcase the Yeezus track which features soul singer Uncle Charlie Wilson.

[ALSO READ: Kanye West Announces Updated “Yeezus Tour” Dates]

Ellen‘s website provider a half-teaser about forthcoming clip by announcing that the visuals “may or may not feature his stunning and curvalicious fiancée Kim Kardashian.”

Kanye is also expected to sit down with Ellen for an interview. West has provided several high-profile Q&A’s over the last several months including one with his future mother-in-law Kris Kardashian and another with Jimmy Kimmel.

[ALSO READ: Hip-Hop Rumors: Is Kim Dragging Kanye Down?]

Hip-Hop Rumors: Did Robert Downey Jr. Get Terrance Howard Dumped From The Iron Man Franchise?

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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The Best Man Holiday is supposedly one of the best movies out right now! GREAT! But, I heard Terrance Howard is finally talking about his misfortune with Iron Man. Remember he was in the first one as Iron Man’s homeboy Rhodey. Now, Don Cheadle is Rhodey.

I wasn’t real big on Terrance Howard being in the first Iron Man movie, but I dealt with it. But, as the second Iron Man was announced, it was implied widely that Terrance had gotten greedy and wanted more money. See, in the first Iron Man, he got more money than even Robert Downey Jr. But, there were conflicting reports on what happened. Marvel suggested early that T.H. insisted on more money and they promptly dropped him, bringing in Don Cheadle. But, what Terry is saying now is that Robert Downey snaked him! I am hearing he said that they wanted to cut his pay down and he asked the big dog to put in a good word with the brass over at Marvel. RDjr did nothing of the sort. In fact, its been stated that he ended up getting himself a pay raise with Terrance’s money. Then, Don comes in at a lower rate too.

A loss is a loss.

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Hip-Hop Rumors: K. Michelle Shows Off Her BOX!

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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I was trolling the internet like I have been known to do. And I came across this NAKED picture of K. Michelle. I looked at it and her lady parts were just all out in the open like crazy. Then, I looked closer and it wasn’t that, she basically has some crazy super skin tight cat suit that is showing her c########. And what a c########. And her donk is crazy too. I had no idea.

k michelle box

Make no mistake about it…K. Michelle knew what she was doing with this outfit.The video is below.

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Rock The Bells Festival To Return In 2014

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Rock The Bells is coming back in 2014!

The festival was forced to cancel key dates in Washington DC and New Jersey/ New York.

Guerilla Union founder Chang Weisberg detailed what happened with the unfortunate cancellations in his opinion in an exclusive interview with VIBE.

“It wasn’t the cost of the holograms that killed Rock the Bells, or anything like that. The bigger reasons, the macro-version,” Weisberg said. “There were a lot of great shows that were out touring in our same time period; that could be a factor. The fact that Jay-Z was on sale, the fact that Kanye was on sale, the fact that Drake was on sale; there were just a lot of great hip-hop shows, and I wish all of them well. I think competition increases the market, and I’m happy that all these acts can be touring, and ultimately, maybe, that was one of the issues.”

But, he said that perhaps the festival took on too much this year.

Weisberg said, “Maybe the vision was too great.”

In the video below he makes the statement announcing that Rock The Bells would return in 2014.

Kendrick Lamar and Team are P##### with GQ

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Kendrick Lamar and GQ are clashing over a cover story in the magazine’s coveted “Men of the Year” issue.

Kendrick and the TDE crew took exception to language in the article that seemed to suggest that African Americans rappers were generally lazy womanizing drug abusers. Additionally, the piece talked at length about the violence in Compton, where Kendrick was reared.

Jim Nelson, GQ editor-in-chief, spoke his peace over the disagreement.

“Kendrick Lamar is one of the most talented new musicians to arrive on the scene in years. That’s the reason we chose to celebrate him, wrote an incredibly positive article declaring him the next King of Rap, and gave him our highest honor: putting him on the cover of our Men of the Year issue. I’m not sure how you can spin that into a bad thing, and I encourage anyone interested to read the story and see for themselves. We were mystified and sorely disappointed by Top Dawg’s decision to pull him at the last minute from the performance he had promised to give. The real shame is that people were deprived of the joy of seeing Kendrick perform live. I’m still a huge fan.”

Earlier in the week, Kendrick skipped a performance at GQ’s Men of the Year party in apparent protest.

Top Dawg Entertainment’s Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith told TMZ, the images portrayed in the story were not accurate and felt biased.

“The interview portrayed him and his company in a negative light and he won’t stand for it. To say he was ‘surprised at our discipline’ is completely disrespectful … Kendrick deserved to be accurately documented. The racial overtones immediately reminded everyone of a time in hip-hop that was destroyed by violence, resulting in the loss of two of our biggest stars [Tupac and B.I.G.] … As a result of this misrepresentation, I pulled Kendrick from his performance at GQ’s annual Man Of The Year party. While we think it’s a tremendous honor to be named as one of the Men Of The Year, these lazy comparisons and offensive suggestions are something we won’t tolerate.”

Ol Dirty Bastard’s Estate Stops Brooklyn Screening of ODB Documentary

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Last night (November 15th), some of the founding members of Wu Tang, family members, close affiliates and droves of fans attended the NuHo Film Festival’s screening of “Dirty: Platinum Edition.”

Unfortunately, it didn’t happen.

Chris Kanik, NuHo’s owner and managing partner, informed the crowd that the film could not be screened due to a cease and desist order from the attorney of Ol Dirty Bastard’s estate.

Ol Dirty Bastard’s estate is under the control of his widowed wife Icelene Jones.

Cappadonna, Masta Killa, 9th Prince of Killaarmy, numerous relatives of ODB and others came out to support the film. Raison Allah, who was the filmmaker behind “Dirty” was noticeably absent.

As the event wound down, RZA spoke to the audience about lawyers and art, as it related to the event.

“You gotta protect yourself legally, but a film is something that can be portrayed in home, in public places like libraries and Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAMS), where art is given to the people,” RZA explained via Skype. “I can’t see how a lawyer can stop culture from being spread. This film is a documentary. That’s one of the biggest problems we have in this country – the problems of lawyers.”

“I don’t understand how ODB, who passed away nine years ago, who has children, who has family members who are sitting right there in that audience, he has fans who have supported his music, he’s a part of the Wu Tang Legacy…I can’t see how a lawyer, who never met him personally, can stop this film from being shown to the public.

Chris Kanik countered, “Its not a lawyer, its the estate…the widow.”

Many in the crowd became upset and frustrated and the police were even called in to settle things.

AllHipHop was unaware of the cease and desist order until minutes before the scheduled screening time. At the event, Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur offered an apology to those in attendance, including members of the family and Wu Tang. Below is a formal statement.

“AllHipHop would like to extend their sincerest apologies to those that came out to see and support the film “Dirty: Platinum Edition.” As a sponsor of the event, we sought only to offer attendees a means to see Ol’ Dirty through the eyes of those that knew him personally. We will continue to support Hip-Hop as a movement, and also ensure that our audience will have an enjoyable experience. In closing, we remain respectful fans of Ol Dirty and the Wu Tang Clan as a whole.”

This is the second time this year that the estate has stopped Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s likeness from being shown to the public. In mid-May of this year, Mrs. Jones filed a cease and desist order on the scheduled hologram of Ol’ Dirty Bastard for Wu Tang Clan’s Rock The Bells performance.

She revealed why she stopped the hologram from being shown and possibly gives a reason for why Dirty Platinum received a similar cease and desist order in an interview with HipHopDX.

I’m the administrator [of ODB’s estate] and the only authority to give anyone permission to do anything like this—any likeness, any music. They need to come to me. I’m so available. I’m accessible. I’m easy to contact. I just want to make that understood. I’m a nice person. It’s just that people are doing things without my knowledge.

AllHipHop will continue to offer updates on the legal case facing “Dirty: Platinum Edition.”