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Lil Wayne Reportedly Reveals Cover Art & Release Date For "Dedication 5"

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(AllHipHop News) On August 14th, Lil Wayne tweeted to one of his fans that he needed about 10 more days to complete his Dedication 5 mixtape. The project did not drop on the 24th, but according to LilWayneHQ the Young Money chief did announced the actual release date and revealed the cover art for the tape over the weekend.

[ALSO READ: Lil Wayne Says Dedication 5 Mixtape Coming In About 10 Days]

The DJ Drama hosted Dedication 5 is reportedly dropping at the end of the week on August 30th. This will be Lil Wayne’s second full project released this year. In March he released his tenth studio album I Am Not A Human Being II.

IANAHB 2 did not do as well commercially or critically as his previous LPs. Wayne even acknowledged the lack recognition for his work by music media award shows this year on Twitter and committed to improving his craft.

[ALSO READ: Juvenile, Turk, Curren$y & Many More Share Their Favorite Cash Money Songs At The BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards Celebrating Birdman & Slim]

Check out the cover art for D5 below.

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#AlternativePick Daven Wilson – "Don't Know Me"

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: MOBILE
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Making the jump from acting to singing/rapping Nickelodeon star Daven Wilson steps into the musical world with a remix to Chris Brown’s song “Freak I’m Iz” aptly dubbed “Don’t Know Me.” Look for Daven in the upcoming movie So This Is Christmas with Eric Roberts and Vivica Fox coming out on October 1st.

Robin Thicke, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar Drop "Give It 2 U" Video

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) While his mega-hit “Blurred Lines” still dominates the charts, Robin Thicke has released the visuals for his newest single “Give It 2 U” featuring 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar. The clip, directed by Diane Martel, continues Thicke’s appreciation for beautiful women, but this time around they are all fully clothed with one even wearing a cotton candy outfit.

You can also see performances by the Alabama State and Albany State dance teams, and an appearance by Julian Fuego, Thicke’s son with actress Paula Patton.

Watch Robin Thicke’s “Give It 2 U” with Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz below.

Joey Bada$$ Releases Kendrick Lamar Response Track "Killuminati Pt. 2"

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Just when it seemed the talk about Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse was starting to die down, New York emcee Joey Bada$$ drops his response to the Black Hippy member titled “Killuminati Pt. 2.”

“You set yourself up for that one man. The King of New York, ha, we ain’t just gonna let that one hang. Last n*gga got dethroned and you ain’t from my zone. The rest of the real n*ggas is dead and gone. But f### it, I’m Biggie. I’m L. I’m Pun. I’m God’s Son. I’m Pac, Guru all in one,” spits the Brooklyn native.

[ALSO READ: Rappers React To Kendrick Lamar’s Murderous “Control (HOF)” Verse]

Listen to Joey Bada$$’ “Killuminati Pt. 2” below.

Eminem Releasing Marshall Mathers LP 2 on November 5th (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Eminem is ready to make 2013 feel like 2000 in less than 3 months. During the MTV Video Music Awards, Beats by Dre released a commercial promoting Eminem’s upcoming album The Marshall Mathers LP 2.

The sequel to the fastest selling rap album of all time is executive produced by Dr Dre and Rick Rubin. The first single is dropping on Tuesday and is titled “Bezerk”

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 will be released on November 5th

Check out the commercial below:

Hip-Hop Rumors: Over The Weekend VMA BS!

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: MOBILE
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The VMA’s are about to kick off in New York and a bunch of famous rappers are in town partying. Aside from Scott Storch getting Jacked, the weekend has pretty much been uneventful in terms of crimes and that kind of stuff. But the parties definitely have New York jumping.

Hennessy V.S. and The Agency group celebrated at a big party at Avenue, where a bunch of people showed up. Juicy J., Mack Wilds, Trinidad James, B.o.B., Mario and a bunch of other people were up in the place. Rap legends Doug E. Fresh and DJ D-Nice hosted the event. I heard a lot of them were smashed.

Swizz Beatz hosted a black-tie affair that I wasn’t invited to. But I heard Teyana Taylor was looking good and Swizz performed his new track “Hands Up” featuring Nicki Minaj, 2Chainz, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne. But they weren’t there. Swizz still suprised everyone when he brought out reggae singer Junior Reid and performed the song “One Blood.”

Check out a few flicks.

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Wiz Khalifa Debuts Converse Collection In Brooklyn

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Rapper Wiz Khalifa hosted an event with Converse yesterday (August 24), to celebrate his new collection with the brand.

Wiz was at Converse Rubber Tracks in Brooklyn, where he officially unveiled the “Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Wiz Khalifa” collection.

Wiz’ line features 12 new styles that were created by the rapper and the design team at Converse.

“I was excited to collaborate with the team at Converse because I felt they really got my individual style and vision,” Wiz Khalifa said. “The sneakers in my collection are dope and I’m excited to share them with my fans.”

Wiz also gave a special performance during the event, which also featured DJ Bonics on the turntables.

Check out some flicks from the event below:

Hip-Hop Rumors: RIP Aaliyah! Styles P. Vs The Police! Ace Hood's New Business!

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Headlines
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RIP AALIYAH

Singer Aaliyah was killed 12-years-ago today, after her plane crashed in the ocean just off of the Bahamas. She might be gone but never forgotten.

Well it seems like Lamar Odom’s problems go way beyond a little bit of that Cali good-good. We know he liked the white girl, but he really likes the white girl, according to the latest. But Lamar isn’t even tooting the stuff he’s straight smoking CRACK. He’s been going hard for a minute. Now some people are saying Lamar is in to pills and Oxy’s and all that. I don’t do any of that stuff so I can’t speak on this. Lamar’s pop was a drug addict so maybe that had something to do with all this, maybe not. One of his boy’s is known to do coke, they even had something about it on “Khloe & Chloe.”

Styles P harassed?
Styles P got pulled over by the cops over the weekend. So he got on Twitter to let everyone know. A few Tweets later on the same night, after talking about someone offering him some Molly, the Ghost was pulled over AGAIN! It’s a good thing all Styles does is smoke a little because if he took that Molly he could have landed in the slammer. Shout to Styles he was going to his famous juice bar which is in the Bronx.

Looks like the homie Ace Hood is doing pretty good. Even though he’s named in a 100,000,000 lawsuit, Ace Hood is going to be doing a new clothing line. I don’t think it has a name yet. Ace Hood just scooped up some Gold plaques with DJ Khaled. ‘

Check them out:

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Hip-Hop Rumors: Chris Brown the Blood?!! Naughty Still Beefing?

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: MOBILE
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Chris Brown’s a gangster?

Seems like Chris Brown can’t do anything without catching some flack.

Now he’s catching heat because he’s claiming Fruitpark Piru and he’s out in Los Angeles, home to the Piru’s. Chris is out in Hawaii where he was legally doing graffiti somewhere on the island.

He drew those monsters and a mural or whatever it is he was painting. Underneath he wrote, Fruits Piru, a nod to the Fruit Town Piru gang. He also wrote “F**k the police.”

Guess he’s still mad about having to do 1,000 more hours of community service. Check out the picture.

Chris Brown Painting

Naughty still beefing?

We were hoping that Naughty By Nature would patch up their differences after they publicly trashed each other.

Apparently Treach and KayGee are still cool because they are hosting a party together at Bamboo Miami Beach next weekend.

Well for whatever reason Vin Rock won’t be there, but guess who will be? DJ KOOL!!

Yeah the dude known for “Let Me Clear Me Throat.” DJ Kool isn’t replacing Vin or anything, but it seems like things are still tense within the Naughty camp.

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

Drake: I'm Literally Going To Light The VMA Stage Up

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) The MTV Video Music Awards has a very extensive history of jaw dropping performances. From Michael Jackson’s 15-minute grandiose performance at the 1995 VMAs to the 2000 VMA’s Eminem-led march of Slim Shady clones, the VMA’s is where artists save their most daring performances. According to Drake, he’s ready to up the ante for this year’s ceremonies by taking his “Hottest Rapper” moniker literal with a pyrotechnic performance for the ages.

Drake recently spoke to MTV News about the details of his 2013 MTV Video Music Awards performance hinting at bringing some fire to Barclays Center:

“We’re blowing the stage up, I got things going off, I had to test with the fire marshall and it’s gonna be good. I’ve been doing this for a while, pyro doesn’t scare me. You know I’m ready, if you’ve ever been on stage with Lil Wayne, he likes explosions and they’re loud you know, so I’m used to it.

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Drake also revealed that he’ll be performing his two singles “Started From The Bottom” and “Hold On Were Almost Home”.

The full interview will be on allaccess.mtv.com during “RapFix Live” on Saturday (August 24) at 5 p.m. ET.

Kid Ink Announces "Spaced Out" Tour Dates

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Rapper Kid Ink has announced the dates for his “Spaced Out” tour, which will kick off next month in Waterbury Connecticut.

The outing will stop in 15 markets, starting on September 19th. Kid Ink will wrap up the tour in Seattle, Washington on October 13th.

Reps for the rapper, who also recently announced a European “Roll Up” tour, told AllHipHop.com that five to six new dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

Check out the dates for the “Spaced Out” tour below:

September 19th – Waterbury, CT (Sin City)

September 20th – Providence, RI (Simmons 677)

September 21st – Revere, MA (Wonderland Ballroom)

September 22nd – Worcester, MA (Tammany Hall)

September 23rd – Columbus, OH (Skullys)

September 24th – Grand Rapids, MI (The Intersection)

September 25th – Detroit, MI (St. Andrews)

September 26th – Bloomington, IL (Castle Theater)

September 27th – Iowa City, IA (Blue Moose)

October 4th – Chicago, IL (Logan Square Auditorium)

October 5th – Cleveland, OH (Phantasy Theatre)

October 6th – Indianapolis, IN (Latitude 39)

October 11th – Spokane, WA (Knitting Factory)

October 12th – Eugene, OR (The Rok)

October 13th – Seattle, WA (Neumos)

Hip-Hop Rumors: More 2Chainz! Man Smashes Woman's Jaw On Tour Bus?

By: Mike Winslow Updated Category: MOBILE
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What in the world?

2Chainz’ tour bus is turning out to be something else. Not only did the cops tow the bus with a bunch of people on it, but the rapper was arrested for possession of drugs too. 

Now the word is a female who was on board one of the buses associated with the T.I., Lil Wayne, 2Chainz was beaten up pretty bad by some joker on the bus.

The girl said that she was invited on to the bus so she brought one of her girls. That’s when things got worse. One of the perv’s on the bus tried to put his hand down the girl’s shirt.

Here’s the cray part.

She smacked the dude and he clocked her in the face so hard she flew out of the tour bus. This supposedly happened right before 2Chainz was popped for drug possession.

[ALSO READ: 2Chainz Arrested, Tweets About It All]

Curren$y Says Upcoming Mixtape 'Bales' With Young Roddy On The Way

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) While on the red carpet for the BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards last night, the hardest working man in Hip Hop spoke about his upcoming project with fellow Jet Life comrade Young Roddy. Curren$y says the Bales mixtape is right around the corner.

[ALSO READ: Juvenile, Turk, Curren$y & Many More Share Their Favorite Cash Money Songs At The BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards Celebrating Birdman & Slim]

“My and Young Roddy got a tape called Bales. It’ll be out in a minute,” says Spitta. “When you hear bales you might think I’m talking about getting bailed out of jail, but I’m talking bales as in a whole lot of stuff for shipping. We just got a whole lot of music for shipping.”

Curren$y’s grind is nonstop. He is also in the final stages of prepping the release of a retail version of his New Jet City mixtape.

“New Jet City: The Director’s Cut. We’re mixing it down right now,” says Curren$y. The album will feature both new and old tracks.

Curren$y and Jet Life recently dropped the “Jet Life Bundle” through BitTorrent. The package included a tour poster, the documentary Chef Menteur, and the entire The Red Eye mixtape.

[ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: BitTorrent VP Matt Mason Discusses New Curren$y/Jet Life Bundle Available Today]

Check out Curren$y’s “Audio Dope 4” produced by Harry Fraud below.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Jay-Z's Secret VMA Show?

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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“Don’t tell nobody…”pic4I just got this from the AHH Wire and it says that Jay-Z has a secret show in Brooklyn tomorrow as a prelude to the VMA’s. Word? OK. That’s what’s up. So, you all saw the video for “Picasso Baby,” right? If not, here is another look.

Anyway, this was called “performance art,” whatever that is. Whatever that is, they are saying that Jay will be doing something similar tomorrow. Another video? I doubt Jay would do the same thing twice. But, I am sure that it will dope however they do it. Also, there are supposedly a pair of surprise guests that will be there too. WE’LL SEE!!!!

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

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EXCLUSIVE: Kevin McCall Says He May Leak Project With Marilyn Manson Soon

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Alternatives
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(AllHipHop News) Singer-songwriter Kevin McCall is looking to introduce a new genre to the musical landscape. The California native teamed up with shock rocker Marilyn Manson for a project that centers around what he calls “Rock & Soul,” and McCall reveals he may be dropping something sooner than later.

“You gonna see that soon,” says McCall. “I’m gonna leak some of that sh*t if they keep playing with me. You gonna hear that real soon.”

Songs from the McCall/Manson “Rock & Soul” project will likely grab a lot of attention when they see the light of day. The unlikely duo’s individual resume of hits is well-known. Manson’s band is responsible for rock classics like “The Beautiful People” and “Coma White.” McCall has helped craft records for Chris Brown (“Deuces”) and Keri Hilson (“One Night Stand”).

Even with his experience working with artists like Brown, Hilson, Diddy, Joe Jonas, and more McCall still does not have a specific formula for making a hit song. According to the Washington State University graduate, he just attempts to make a connection with as many fans as possible.

“I think you never really know what it is. I think when you try and find an equation and stuff to make a hit that’s when you’re gonna start losing,” explains McCall. “I just try and come from the heart and try and do something that everybody can relate to on different levels regardless of what race you are or what age group you are. I think when you find a song that little kids will love and their grandmother will also love and you fill in the gaps in between, you find yourself a hit.”

McCall released his mixtape Definition in February. The 13-track tape features 2 Chainz, Problem, and Travis Porter.

[ALSO READ: #AlternativePick: D&D Ft. Chris Brown & Kevin McCall “What’s Gucci (Remix)”]

Check out video of Kevin McCall & Marilyn Manson in the studio below.

Kendrick Lamar Earns 14 BET Hip Hop Awards Nominations

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(AllHipHopNews) BET has announced the nominees for this year’s BET Hip Hop Awards, and Kendrick Lamar is leading the pack with 14 nominations.

K-Dot is nominated across categories including: Best Hip Hop Video (Don’t Kill my Vibe), Best Live Performer, and Lyricist of the Year, which he won in 2012.

This year, the BET Hip Hop Awards will be hosted, for the first time, by Snoop Lion, and will be going down again in Atlanta, to be taped on September 28th. The show will air on October 15.

Drake followed Kendrick Lamar with 13 nominations, followed by J. Cole with 10.

Check out the full list of nominees:

Best Hip Hop Video: A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar – Problems,  B.o.B f/ T.I. & Juicy J – We Still In This,  J. Cole f/ Miguel – Power Trip, Drake – Started From The Bottom, Kendrick Lamar – Don’t Kill My Vibe

Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collabo, Duo or Group):  Ace Hood f/ Rick Ross & Future – Bugatti, A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar – Problems, J. Cole f/ Miguel – Power Trip, French Montana f/ Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne – Pop That, Kendrick Lamar f/ Drake – Poetic Justice, Wale f/ Tiara Thomas – Bad

Best Live Performer: 2 Chainz,  J. Cole, JAY Z, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West

Lyricist of the Year: J. Cole, Drake, JAY Z, Kendrick Lamar, Wale

Video Director of the Year: A$AP Rocky & A$AP Ferg, Benny Boom, Director X, Dre Films, Hype Williams

DJ of the Year: DJ Drama, DJ Envy, DJ Funkmaster Flex, DJ Khaled, DJ Scream

Producer of the Year: J. Cole, Hit-Boy, DJ Mustard, Mike WiLL Made It, Pharrell Williams

MVP of the Year: 2 Chainz, J. Cole, Drake, JAY Z, Kendrick Lamar

Track of the Year: Power Trip – Produced by J. Cole (J. Cole f/ Miguel),  Problems – Produced by Noah “40” Shebib (A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar), Don’t Kill My Vibe – Produced by Sounwave (Kendrick Lamar), Bugatti – Produced by Mike WiLL Made It (Ace Hood f/ Rick Ross & Future), Started From The Bottom – Produced by Mike Zombie & Noah “40” Shebib (Drake)

Album of the Year: J. Cole – Born Sinner, JAY Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail, Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city, Nas – Life Is Good, Wale – The Gifted

Who New? Rookie of the Year: Action Bronson, A$AP Ferg, Earl Sweatshirt, Joey Bada$$, Trinidad Jame$

Hustler of the Year: Diddy, JAY Z, Kendrick Lamar, T.I., Kanye West

Made-You-Look Award: 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, JAY Z, Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West

Best Hip Hop Online Site: Allhiphop.com, Complex.com, GlobalGrind.com, RapRadar.com, WorldStarHipHop.com

Best Club Banger: Ace Hood f/ Rick Ross & Future – Bugatti (Produced by Mike WiLL Made It), A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar – Problems (Produced by Noah “40” Shebib), Drake – Started From The Bottom (Produced by Mike Zombie & Noah “40” Shebib), French Montana f/ Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne – Pop That (Produced by Lee on the Beats), Trinidad Jame$ – All Gold Everything (Produced by M.e. (Devon Gallaspy)

Best Mixtape: Big Sean – Detroit, Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap, Travi$ Scott – Owl Pharaoh, Stalley – Honest Cowboy, Trinidad Jame$ – Don’t Be S.A.F.E.

Sweet 16 (Best Featured Verse): Diddy – Same Damn Time (Remix) (Future f/ Diddy & Ludacris), Drake – Versace (Remix) (Migos f/ Drake), Future – Bugatti (Ace Hood f/ Rick Ross & Future), Kendrick Lamar – Problems (A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar). Wiz Khalifa – U.O.E.N.O. (Remix) (Rocko f/ Future & Wiz Khalifa)

Impact Track: J. Cole f/ TLC – Crooked Smile, JAY Z f/ Justin Timberlake – Holy Grail, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Same Love, Wale f/ Sam Dew – LoveHate Thing, Kanye West – BLKKK SKKKNHEAD

People’s Champ Award: A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar – Problems, J. Cole f/ Miguel – Power Trip, Drake – Started From The Bottom, Kendrick Lamar – Don’t Kill My Vibe, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/ Mary Lambert – Can’t Hold U.

For more information on the BET Hip Hop Awards 2013 visit: www.bet.com

EXCLUSIVE: Tristan "Mack" Wilds Talks Mini-Doc 'New York: A Love Story' & The Best Season Of 'The Wire'

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Most people probably know Tristan Wilds as shy kid-turned-stick up boy “Michael Lee” from HBO’s The Wire or as aspiring musician “Dixon Wilson” on the CW’s 90210. The Staten Island, New York native now wants the world to recognize him as a real-life singer/rapper on the rise.

Under the moniker “Mack Wilds”, the 24-year-old multi-talented performer just released his mini-documentary New York: A Love Story to help the public better under his transition from actor to musician.

The film serves as a prelude to his upcoming album of the same name. The project is being executive produced by Salaam Remi (Nas, Amy Winehouse) and features appearances from Raekwon and Method Man.

“I just wanted people really to know where I’m from, who I am,” Mack tells AllHipHop on the red carpet of the BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards. “You see so many characters with my face. You really don’t know who Mack Wilds is, so before we go into this music and show you where I’m from, let me tell you what you’re getting yourself into first.”

[ALSO READ: Juvenile, Turk, Curren$y & Many More Share Their Favorite Cash Money Songs At The BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards Celebrating Birdman & Slim]

While Wilds is now focusing on his music career, he will forever be immortalized as one of the most important characters from The Wire. The show is considered by many to be the one of the greatest programs in television history, but there is still an ongoing debate among fans about which season of The Wire is the best. Wilds shares his opinion on the matter, and decided not to go with the season that made him a star, but instead picked the 2004 edition where Stringer Bell met his demise.

“I don’t want to be bias and say my season, of course, so I’ll say season three,” says Wilds. “It was a very amazing season. Season four was definitely amazing, but season three was what put me onto into, so I guess it’s a different nostalgia to it [for me]. ”

[ALSO READ: Up Close & Personal: Tristan “Mack” Wilds Takes Acting Hiatus for Rap Career]

Watch Tristan Wilds’ New York: A Love Story mini-documentary below via MTV.

Juvenile, Turk, Curren$y & Many More Share Their Favorite Cash Money Songs At The BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards Celebrating Birdman & Slim

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Features
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(AllHipHop News) Last night some of the biggest names in music gathered together at the Manhattan Center in New York City for the Broadcast Music, Inc R&B/Hip-Hop Awards hosted by Catherine Brewton and Ray J. The event celebrated the songwriters, producers, and publishers whose music made a major impact over the past year.

The showcase was also an evening to honor Cash Money Records co-founders Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams with the BMI Icon Award. Baby and Slim started the label in 1991. The highly successful imprint has since gone on to sell over 500 million songs worldwide.

Several rappers hit the stage to perform songs from the Cash Money discography. Hip Hop legend Doug E. Fresh took over hosting duties to introduce the tribute’s line-up. Trina showed up in a flowing red dress to cover Nicki Minaj’s “Moment 4 Life.” Curren$y gave an interpretation of Juvenile’s classic “Slow Motion,” and Mystikal rocked the crowd with Juvie’s “Ha.” The night ended with Cash Money associates Birdman, Lil Wayne, Mannie Fresh, Turk, and Juvenile reuniting for a run through of  “Back That Azz Up,” “Still Fly,” and “Bling, Bling.”

Besides Baby and Slim several other artists walked away with BMI awards. Nicki Minaj took home an award for “Song Of The Year” for “Starships,” and the Young Money rapper also shared the “Songwriter of the Year” award with Benny Blanco. Hit-Boy won “Producer of The Year.” Machine Gun Kelly was selected by fans on Twitter for the “BMI Social Star Award.”

AllHipHop also spoke with several entertainers prior to the show to get their all-time favorite Cash Money Records song. Find out which CMB track artists like Juvenile, Turk, Kid Capri, Bridget Kelly, and more choose as their personal jam.

[ALSO CHECK OUT: Peep Photos From The 2013 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards]

Ro James – “Drop It Like It’s Hot”, The Block Is Hot”

Kid Capri – “Get Your Roll On”

Consequence – “Bling, Bling”, “Back That Azz Up”

Sebastion Mikael – “A Milli”

Turk – “Bling, Bling”

Elijah Blake – “Back That Azz Up”

Curren$y – “#1 Stunna”

Juvenile – “Bling, Bling”

Bridget Kelly – “Back That Azz Up”

PJ Morton – “Bling, Bling”

Kevin McCall – “Back That Azz Up”

Sarah Lenore – ‘Tap Out”

Tristan “Mack” Wilds – “Back That Azz Up”

Corey Gunz – “The Block Is Hot”

Sean Garrett – “Back That Azz Up”

To find out the full list of winners at the 2013 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards visit www.bmi.com/genres/rb_hiphop.

Peep Photos From The 2013 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop Lifestyles) There were stars abound at the 2013 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards in New York City on August 22nd. Check out the pics below courtesy of BMI.

[ALSO READ: Juvenile, Turk, Curren$y & Many More Share Their Favorite Cash Money Songs At The BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards Celebrating Birdman & Slim]