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Lupe Fiasco Set To Appear At His Foundation’s Annual Block-By-Block Feeding Initiative

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Lupe Fiasco is set to appear next month at his charitable foundation’s 4th Annual Block-By-Block Initiative in Chicago, which launched earlier this week.

According to the Lupe Fiasco Foundation website, the “Community Feeding Initiative’s” goal is to feed “at least 100 people daily and target inner-city communities such as Austin, East Garfield Park, Auburn-Gresham, and West Englewood.”

Lupe is scheduled to make an appearance at the event, which kicked off on July 24 and will last until August 17; however, the specific date and location have yet to be disclosed.

The initiative is determined “to provide a healthy meal or snack during the month of Ramadan in efforts to provide healthy eating and lifestyles in partnership with community organizations,” the foundation reports.

Organizers added that after lasting for a day in years past, the event grew over time to approximately 20 days, with the goal of increasing its impact annually.

Partners of the “Community Feeding Initiative” include New Birth Christian Center, Iman Foundation, Soul Vegan, Brown Sugar Bakery, and Fresh Moves Mobile Produce Market.

For more information and a full list of feeding sites, visit www.LupeFiascoFoundation.org.

Hip-Hop’s Cultural Comebacks: When Everything Old is New Again

By: seandrasims Updated Category: Features
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They say there’s nothing new under the sun. That definitely seems to be true when it comes to cultural trends. Remember Dwayne Wayne’s glasses? Well, if not, just take a ride past your nearest high school. Many of the trends you remember from skinny jeans to jean skirts, from oversized sweatshirts to combat boots, are back in style and in a major way.

There are some cultural trends that are making a welcome comeback, like around-the-way girls with extensions in their hair, and bamboo earrings (at least two pair). Janet Jackson’s “dookie” braids from Poetic Justice are back. Colored Levi’s and Converse are reemerging on the scene as well. Still, there are also some trends that we hope never return – like Cross Colours, Starter Jackets, and pump sneakers.

All this week, AllHipHop.com ponders the “Age Effect” on Hip-Hop, both then and now. As we reflect on the youth of our culture, we take a look at some of the cultural trends that were once old, but are now brand new again.

High Top Fades
In high school, all the boys I loved rocked high top fades. The high top was one of the most original and unique haircuts black culture had seen since the Afro. Popularized in the late 1980s, Big Daddy Kane rocked it best, Kwame rocked it most creatively, and Kid, well… Kid rocked it the highest and flyest. Once the high top fade phenomenon fizzed in the mid ’90s, I was sure that it would never be seen nor heard from again.

But in recent years, high school boys all across the country have been rocking the high top again. From plain black to accented with streaks of blond or red, the high top is making a triumphant return in classrooms and prom pictures by young men who may have had a father with the same hairstyle. Of all the cultural comebacks, this one probably brings back some of the best memories.

Skinny Jeans
In the 1950s, jeans had no choice but to be skinny. When Elvis shimmied in his Levi’s, they were cut to fit. The cut remained the same for almost 20 years, when the disco era rocked them funky and flared. The ’80s saw the skinny cut come back in for a brief moment, until the ’90s when what some would call the influence of “jail culture” saw young people rocking their jeans baggier with no belts. Now, skinny jeans are back again in a big way. As hipsters create their own cool culture, and urban style icons include eclectic personalities like Lil Wayne, Pharrell and Kanye West, skinny jeans have made their way from the punk rock underground back to the streets.

Asymmetric Haircuts
The young ladies are also rocking throwback haircuts. There was no hairstyle more definitive of the ’80s for urban teen girls than “The Asymmetric.” Named so because it was short on one side and long on the other, this hairstyle was taken mainstream by Salt N’ Pepa who were as known for their hairstyle as they were for their rhymes.

The asymmetric haircut has been rocked recently by Rihanna, Megan Good, and young women all around the country. In fact, Alicia Keys recently cut her long locks into an asymmetric and debuted it on Instagram.

These are just a few of the cultural trends that we are happy to see returning again. What were some of your favorite trends from your youth? And if you’re on the younger end of the Hip-Hop spectrum, which ones do you hope make a comeback, and which ones will you never, ever rock?

EXCLUSIVE: Yelawolf On Recording From The Back of a Bus and Why There Is No MGK Beef

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News Feature) First off, all talk about having words with other rappers aside, Shady/Interscope’s Yelawolf has been working.

The Alabama MC and renowned word flipper recently sat down with AllHipHop.com at DJ Skee’s infamous Skee Lodge in Los Angeles, California, to give us a firsthand breakdown of the concept behind his most recent effort Heart of Dixie, produced by Alabama’s own M16 and hosted by DJ Frank White.

Yelawolf says he spontaneously put out the collective of songs for fans earlier this month, and has since stayed busy also working with Travis Barker on their dual effort called, Psycho White. To boot, in addition to the aforementioned projects, Yelawolf has also been putting touches on the follow up to his acclaimed Trunk Muzik, dubbed Trunk Muzik Returns.

“Me, M16 and DJ Frank White are all from Alabama, so the name [Heart of Dixie] was fitting, and we just ran with it and the title; it’s just us coming together,” Yelawolf explained.  “This was just a burner for me to get in there write and just get some sh*t off lyrically; you know, M16 flexing some beats, Frank White, just having fun. I mean, really, [M16] shot me some beats, and I recorded it on the back of the bus while I was touring.  And we dropped it just’ cause I really just want to rap. ”

Heart of Dixie may be Yelawolf’s personal therapy, coming amidst recent comments that he made about his label Interscope not releasing as many singles as he would have liked. In the aftermath Yelawolf says that while he is still happy with his label situation despite the release issues, he felt the MC urge to give the fans something, given the lull of released material:

“I just wanted something to – well, I feel like I hadn’t dropped anything, and I didn’t want to put just anything out there. But at the same time, I didn’t want to f*ckin’ work on something for two months. I wanted to just go knock some sh*t out and put it out, not caring about sh*t but the statement of I’m still around, like, ‘I’m still around motha f**ker.’ Like, I’m still here and I’m writing.”

The music is priority number one, still there were questions to be answered about recent beef, and “Catfish Billy” as his fans call him, reluctantly and yet candidly offered a few answers regarding the purported beef with Cleveland rapper MGK.

“Where does our September run start? Alabama? Huntsville, Alabama? “Slumerican” tour begins. It’s an amazing tour; it’s gonna be incredible and breathtaking, circus tricks and all that sh*t,” Yelawolf said jokingly. “All that other sh*t can…I’m exhausted with nonsense. I just don’t know how to f*ckin’…everybody’s f*ckin’…if anybody, man, I don’t have any problems with f*ckin’ nobody in the world.”

But, there was more.

“Man, I put it like this, I wish MGK the best. I hope his career pans out, and I wish the best for him, like period. I don’t want problems with nobody. And, you know, outside of MGK, or to MGK, this is for anybody, if you f*ck with me, you’re f*ckin’ up, like for real. Like, just don’t f*ck with me, because I don’t f*ck with nobody. I’m like the old man on the front porch not f*ckin’ with nobody – with the loaded shotgun.

“I’m not f*ckin’ with nobody, so don’t come over here with that sh*t. Keep it over there, because, the team…it’s just… There’s nothing to say, if there was something to say, then it would be said, and it would be handled. But I wish that dude the best; I wish everyone the best.”

Yelawolf’s “Slumerican” tour kicks off on September 13 with Rittz, Trouble Andrew, and DJ Vajra  in Huntsville, Alabama.  

Yelawolf and tour mates will hit cities such as Jacksonville, Memphis, New Orleans, Brooklyn, Las Vegas, Nashville, and more, before wrapping the tour up on November 17 in Atlanta, Georgia.

50 Cent Goes In On Oscar De La Hoya

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Rapper 50 Cent is already shaking up the boxing world, after getting into a war of words with boxer Oscar De La Hoya, via Twitter.

50, who has jumped into the world of boxing via The Money Team Promotions (TMT Promotions), recently landed his New York promoters permit, and has one pending in Nevada.

Last night, he began taunting the world-famous boxer, who currently promotes Floyd Mayweather via his company Golden Boy Promotions.

“I don’t gamble Floyd do, but I bet you won’t be promoting Floyd Mayweather no more. TMT,” 50 Cent tweeted last night (July 25) making reference to the new Money Team company.

From there 50’s taunts got worse.

“Baby girl,@oscardelahoya, baby girl you here [sic] me,stop hating STOP IT RIGH[T] NOW.”

Oscar De La Hoya replied to the comments last night as well, but has since deleted most of them.

“your a boxing promoter? good luck maybe we can work someday. #success #nextgeneration #GBB #TMT,” De La Hoya tweeted.

50 kept on the pressure on the boxer and took another shot at Oscar De La Hoya’s masculinity.

“Great back pedal,can you swim backwards like that to girl?lol I except that as a apology.#GBB #TMT more success a head.”

Floyd Mayweather is currently incarcerated at the Clark County Detention Center in Los Angeles, for domestic battery charges.

He is scheduled to be released from prison on August 3.