Riot “Let Me Be”
Harvey Stripes Ft. Jeremih “Any Way You Want It”
Mach Five “Dirty Disco”
Hip-Hop Rumors: Is Kendrick Lamar Ready To Talk?
Well, the word on the street is that Kendrick Lamar is just about ready to do some talking. The platinum-seller is reportedly going to do some explaining when he touches down in New York.
SEE ALSO: NYC Emcee Bishop Nehru Added To Kendrick Lamar’s Brooklyn Show
Well, as September approaches, Kendrick will be doing his very first post “beef” interview in September. No word on what Kendrick is really going to do or say, but I suspect that he’ll be very easy, because 1) it wasn’t that serious to begin with and 2) he really is flying so very high right now.
Congrats on platinum!
RELATED: Kendrick Lamar Breaks Through To Platinum
By the way, there is a new person proclaiming to be the King of New York and…he kinda really is. Check out the video:
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Dark Skinned J. Cole May Not Have Been As Successful According to J. Cole
(AllHipHop News) Light-skinned Jermaine believes we are still mentally shackled to the idea that “light skin is better.”
In an interview with BET.com, J. Cole spoke on how race affects the success of himself and President Barack Obama:
Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That’s just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin. I’m not saying that for sure, I’m still as talented as I am and Obama is still as smart as he is, but it’s just a sad truth…
[ALSO READ: J. Cole Hopes Macklemore “Opened The Door” For Black Rappers On Pop Radio]
Cole framed his comment with a story of a recent run in with the law in New York City’s Time Square. According to Cole, he was stopped by police while driving because the officers believed his front window was too tinted. Cole even hinted at ulterior motives of the the police during the stop:
I had my hat low and I think I was looking “suspicious” just as a Black man with my brim low, when I was really just trying to cover my face. They came to my window, pulled me over. I feel like if I was a white man driving, they wouldn’t question me about my tints. They told me to roll down my back window; they look in my car as if they’re looking for something. I feel like that was the real thing, they were trying to catch somebody slipping.
Curren$y: I Missed Wiz Khalifa’s Wedding Because I Got High (VIDEO)
(AllHipHop News) Curren$y has recorded numerous mixtapes, performed hundreds of shows and appeared at dozens of events while under the influence of marijuana. However, on Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose’s wedding day , the THC debilitated him to the point he missed the ceremony completely.
Talking with TMZ, the noted marijuana enthusiast spoke on missing the highly anticipated nuptials:
“We were totally like baked and I totally just smoked off my appearance. But he knows it’s love and we definitely spoke and it’s all good.”
Check out the video below where Curren$y explains missing Wiz’s wedding along with his “botany degree”:
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Hip-Hop Rumors: Did Pharrell Get Married?
Maybe there is another celebrity Hip-Hop couple? According to reports, ok MediaTakeOut, Pharrell may have gotten married recently. This almost slipped past and went into the news section of the site! Whew! So, this is just a rumor. So, the rumor is Pha-Real had a very small, intimate ceremony – under 50 people of family and friends. There were reportedly no celebrities present at the wedding in France. For a long time, Helen Lasichanh has been the fiancee and mother of Pharrell’s 4-year-old son Rocket. Congrats if this is true.
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Signs The World Is Coming To An End: 17 Year Old Services Men At Eminem Show…Now Wants To Die?
Slane Girl.
Maybe she needs to be called “Slain Girl,” because the word on the streets of Ireland is that she wants to die. If you missed it, this 17-year-old girl went around an Eminem concert at Slane Castle in Ireland and was making out with mad dudes. In some cases, she went down on them during the concert! Like, all of this was documented and promoted on social media and the Slane Girl was born. But, the comments on the matter has reportedly driven the Slane Girl to the brink of insanity. According to reports, Slane Girl has been committed to a mental hospice to address his internal issues as a result of “cyber bullying.” That’s right..she was blowing guys at a festival and people have an opinion, however harsh…and its called cyber bullying. I’m assuming people didn’t know the girl was only 17, but who am ? Nobody. So be it. But, you cannot just go around giving men blows and letting them g#### you and not expect there to be come controversy. Forever this girl will be known as the one that serviced dudes at an Eminem festival. Life decisions, people, life decisions.
A lot of people were serviced on Facebook and Twitter for publishing the very inappropriate images.
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Juicy J Is Giving A $50,000 Scholarship To Woman Who Twerks Best
“You a college chick/keep twerking, baby, might earn you a scholarship”-Juicy J
(AllHipHop News) Shaking what her momma gave her could net a lucky woman $50,000 in college scholarship money from philanthropist/twerk enthusiast Juicy J. In another inventive promtional scheme, Juicy took to his personal Twitter account to somewhat announce his upcoming twerk contest:
im giving out a 50k scholarships to the best chick that can twerk
— juicy j (@therealjuicyj) August 22, 2013
Juicy J is truly maximizing the promotional potential of twerking as he recently made Stay Trippy available to be streamed early to those who completed a video game. In the game, fans unlock songs from Stay Trippy as they throw cash at strippers to pain them.
Stay Trippy will be released on August 27th.
Check out Juicy J’s collaboration with A$AP Rocky, “Scholarship” from his upcoming album Stay Trippy below:
EXCLUSIVE: $100,000,000 Lawsuit Accuses T-Pain, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled and Others Of Stealing Music
(AllHipHop News) A new lawsuit has been filed against popular producers T-Pain and DJ Khaled, as well as rappers Rick Ross, Pitbull and Cash Money Records, and dozens of other publishing companies and record labels affiliated with the producers.
A lawsuit has been filed by Paul Batiste, who represents The Batiste Brothers band, a popular jazz ensemble that was founded in 1976, in New Orleans.
The lawsuit, which was filed in United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana last week, accuses dozens of producers, rappers and record labels of stealing The Batiste Family’s music and illegally incorporating it into their own, without permission or compensation.
The 118-page lawsuit specifically names T-Pain, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Ace Hood and Cash Money as defendants, who have released “an immense number of songs infringing upon Plaintiff’s catalog.”
The lawsuit claims popular songs like”Blame It,” and “Booty Wurk” by T-Pain and “All I Do Is Win,” by DJ Khaled were taken from various songs created by The Batiste Family.
The group, which has been a major influence on the New Orleans jazz scene, is popular in Louisiana and even has its own school and a marching band named after them.
The lawsuit names dozens and dozens of songs produced by the aforementioned, that allegedly illegally incorporate The Batiste Family’s music.
“Defendants have blatantly poached beats, lyrics, melodies and chords from Plaintiff’s songs,” the lawsuit reads.
The lawsuit claims that “many of the Defendants songs have been released multiple times, in multiple versions and that each release constitutes an independent act of copyright infringement.”
The lawsuit claims damages are believed to be in excess of $100,000,000.
In addition to the rappers and producers, numerous publishing companies owned by the defendants, as well as a number of record labels including Def Jam and RCA/Jive, are named in the lawsuit.
Batiste is seeking a full accounting, award of actual damages, as well as profits and a permanent injunction to prevent the defendants from using any more infringing material without permission.
Check out copies of the lawsuit below:
Omari Hardwick To Star In Lead Role For 50 Cent’s Upcoming “Power” TV Show
(AllHipHop News) Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is executive producing a program for the Starz Network called Power, and Omari Hardwick of the A-Team has been tapped to star in the lead role. Hardwick will play James “Ghost” St. Patrick, a nightclub owner/drug kingpin looking to go straight.
[ALSO READ: 50 Cent’s ‘Power’ TV Show Headed To Starz In 2014]
“Omari is an actor of incredible range and versatility,” said Starz managing director Carmi Zlotnik. “When we met Omari, we knew he had all the tools needed to play such a complicated and complex character. We look forward to him bringing Ghost to life on the screen.”
The Decatur, Georgia native was previously seen in Sparkle, The Middle of Nowhere, For Colored Girls, Miracle at St. Anna, and Kick-Ass. Hardwick also played football at the University of Georgia and has performed as a spoken word artist.
The first season of Power will begin filming later this fall. The show is set to debut on Starz in 2014. The Goodwife‘s Courtney Kemp Agboh created the show and will serve as the program’s showrunner.
Watch Omari Hardwick performing one of his poems in the video below.
Scott Storch Confirms Robbery On RapFix Live
(AllHipHop News) News broke recently that producer Scott Storch had been robbed outside New York City’s Platinum Studios. The 39-year-old creator of tracks like Lil Kim’s “Lighter’s Up” and Chris Brown’s “Run It!” confirmed on RapFix Live yesterday that the stick-up did take place.
[ALSO READ: Scott Storch Robbed At Gunpoint In New York]
“I was coming out of the studio around like seven in the morning and just unexpectedly, two 7-foot thugs came out of nowhere and bam, they got me… gunpoint,” Storch told MTV’s Sway Calloway. “They said give it up or they was gonna shoot and had the gun like pressed up on me and everything. It was crazy.”
Storch lost a $50,000 diamond necklace, a $50,000 Rolex and an associate’s briefcase containing $5,000 in cash. Storch hopes the incident serves as a warning to other celebrities in NYC for MTV’s Video Music Awards.
“People are on the hunt right now. There’s a lot of chains and watches out there when the VMA’s are on, so people gotta make sure their security is right,” said Storch.
Watch the full interview below.
Marvin Gaye’s Son Speaks On Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” Lawsuit
(AllHipHop News) Last week Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and Clifford “T.I.” Harris filed a lawsuit against the family of the late soul singer Marvin Gaye. The suit was an attempt by the trio to prevent the Gaye family from suing them first over the mega hit “Blurred Lines” which the Gayes say was blatantly inspired by Marvin’s music.
[ALSO READ: Robin Thicke, Pharrell, & T.I. Suing Marvin Gaye’s Family & Bridgeport Music Over “Blurred Lines”]
“There’s a way to do business and a way not to do business, and we’re not happy with the way he went about doing the business,” Marvin Gaye III told TMZ. “Let alone he’s suing us over something where he clearly got his inspiration from at the least.”
In the interview Marvin III says that he currently suffering from kidney failure and Thicke’s lawsuit is causing duress on him and his entire family. He also mentions that this legal matter is taking away time for him to promote his own music project, but felt he needed to step up and defend the legacy of his father.
“If you listen to the music, I’m sure anyone will see the similarities between what my father does and what Robin Thicke has been trying to do,” said Gaye.
Gaye would not confirm whether he or any other family member is planning to sue Thicke over “Blurred Lines,” but he did reveal he has been speaking with his lawyer about the situation.
Watch the full interview below.
J. Cole To Reshoot “Crooked Smile” Video; Hopes Macklemore “Opened The Door” For Black Rappers On Pop Radio
(AllHipHop News) J. Cole fans looking for the visuals for his Born Sinner song “Crooked Smile” will have to wait just a little while longer. The Roc Nation emcee revealed in an interview with MissInfo.tv that he is going to redo the video.
“We have to reshoot it,” said Cole. “It came out nice but it just didn’t come out exactly how I wanted. It’s such an important song so I want the visual to match. If this was my first video then I would have panicked.”
[ALSO READ: J. Cole Talks Trayvon Martin, Graduating Magna C## Laude, The Illuminati & More In WSJ Interview]
The North Carolina native also shares his opinion that Seattle rapper Macklemore may have provided a lane for black rappers to break into non-Hip Hop radio markets.
“I think Macklemore’s ‘Thrift Shop’ gave me hope for a song like [“Crooked Smile”]. I think he kinda… as weird as it is, and it’s always happens like this, the white boys got to open the door for black people at white radio,” said Cole. “It happened with Elvis, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, and now hopefully Macklemore with a song like ‘Thrift Shop’ can allow ‘Crooked Smile’ to get its proper shine at Pop radio.”
[ALSO READ: Macklemore Says He Would Not Be As Successful If He Were Black]
Jay Z’s Made In America Festival Documentary To Premiere At Toronto Film Festival
(AllHipHop News) In 2012 Jay Z added another line to his impressive resume when he took on the role of curator for the Made In America Festival. The first annual event was captured on film by Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, and now a documentary about the festival is set to debut at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The movie was co-produced by Jay Z, Steve Stoute, and Brian Grazer.
[ALSO READ: Steve Stoute, Director Ron Howard Discuss Jay-Z’s Vision For “Made In America” Film]
“This will not be a concert film,” Howard told AllHipHop.com in 2012. “It’s a reflection of the fabric of what it means to be Made in America – what the festival represents, why Jay is doing it and how he relates to each artist.”
“Made in America is the soundtrack to pursuing your passion, excelling at your craft, being authentic and embracing cultural diversity,” added Stoute. “It’s the tapestry that ignites new ideas and brings us all closer together. That’s what we’re setting out to accomplish with this festival and film.”
The first Made In America featured performances from Jay, Rick Ross, Drake, Jay Electronica, Run-DMC, and a surprise closing night set from the G.O.O.D. Music crew.
The 2013 edition of the Philadelphia fest is scheduled for August 31 – September 1. The line-up includes Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Miguel, Public Enemy, Solange, and Emeli Sandé.
[ALSO READ: Jay-Z’s Made In America Tour Returns, 2013 Line Up Revealed]
The Toronto International Film Festival will take place September 8-18.
Watch The G.O.O.D. Music performance from the 2012 Made In America Festival below.
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Kendrick Lamar Breaks Through To Platinum
(AllHipHop News) Was it the recent controversy that took Kendrick Lamar over the top?
Nevertheless, the Compton rapper has made a big leap as his major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, has been certified platinum.
SoundScan reports that the opus has moved a total of 1,002,000 units.
The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and held the second slot on the big Billboard 200 when it dropped last November.
It pushed 241,000 copies during its first week.
Kendrick Lamar has largely been quiet since Big Sean released his song “Control,” where Kendrick called out several of his peers and proclaimed himself the “King of New York.”
Drake Goes From Boy To Man On New Album Covers
(AllHipHop News) Drake’s long awaited third album Nothing Was The Same was pushed back a week to September 24th but Drake didn’t make fans wait to see the album covers.
Drake opts for portraits of himself as a child and as a man for his album covers. Chances are one of the covers will be for the deluxe version of Nothing Was The Same. He released the album covers on his personal Twitter account.
Check out both covers below:
Kanye West Faces New Woes In Lawsuit
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West is not out of the legal woods yet even though he will not face felony charges after a scuffle with a paparazzi videographer at LAX.
RELATED: Kanye West Allegedly Assaults Papz
High-powered celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred will now represent celebrity chaser Daniel Ramos in hopes of gaining more traction in his effort against the rapper/producer.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Allred and Ramos held a press conference Wednesday where they outlined their grievances. Allred even suggested that Ramos would accept an apology as a big first step to resolution. “That would be a start. Kanye needs to do the right thing,” Allred said.
Ramos charges in his complaint that he has suffered “great mental, physical and nervous pain and suffering” and was “was prevented from attending to his usual occupation as a photographer and has suffered, and will suffer, lost earnings.”
SEE ALSO: Kanye West Was Booed And Had To Be Relocated At Dodgers Game
Furthermore, he said the assault resulted in “sustained injuries to his right hip, as well as accompanying pain and emotional distress.”
They did not reveal if they would seek civil damages against Kanye West.
Kanye still may be slapped with misdemeanor charges.