“Welcome To The D.M.V.”
Rampage P###. by LzBeatz
“Put Your Back In It”
Game Ft. Mysonne
“Shake Remix”
Alternative Pick: Anthony Hamilton
“Oh Lord”
Nick Speed
“Fast Lane”
Sav Killz
“Slow Down (Ha Ha) Freestyle”
Pitbull Ft. Akon P###. by DJ Felli Fel
“Act Like You Know”
Supa Chino Ft. Mr. CG
“U Can Get It”
Solar Accused Of Physically Abusing Guru
(AllHipHop News) Solar’s ex-girlfriend and
former 7 Grand Records employee Tasha Denham has lashed out at Solar over
his alleged abusive treatment towards Guru.Denham explained her claims in an extensive interview with HipHopDx.com.”There was one night we were
at Guru’s house,” Denham said of an altercation between Guru and Solar.”I
was about three months pregnant at the time. Guru kept defending
himself. Guru actually stood up and kind of got in Solar’s face about
it” Denham stated. “Next thing I know, Solar punched him in the face.
From that point in time, he just started kicking him and hitting him.” “Guru was fighting back, he wasn’t just sitting there being a punk,
but at the same time, Guru had severe asthma. He didn’t have his
inhaler. He started really hyper-ventalating and really having a hard
time, and Solar kept beating him. It wasn’t a fight anymore, it was
beating him. I felt that it was so bad that I got in between the two of
them and broke it up, because I knew he wouldn’t hit me of course. At
that point in time, I was pregnant with his child….that’s probably one
of the first times I was like, ‘Wow, this relationship is really
unhealthy. It’s a really sick relationship.’ After that, if I didn’t
physically see it myself…I saw [Guru] punched in the face numerous
times with no provocation. It [would just be] that he’d get upset with
something Guru would say and punch him in the face. I know he knocked a
tooth out of Guru’s. I know he gave him a black eye [so Guru would] have
to wear glasses for photo-shoots and concerts.”
Additionally, Denham says that Solar stopped Guru from connecting with his loved ones, family members and friends. He allegedly would even take Guru’s cell phone from him as well. As previously reported, the family of deceased rapper Guru have announced plans to hold a public memorial in his honor.Guru, born Keith Elam, died of cancer at the age of 48, on April 19th.According to reports, the rapper was cremated shortly after the family came in possession of his body.Plans for a memorial are being planned for July 17th, Guru’s birthday,according to Guru’s sister, Patricia Elam.According to Patricia, the family is also planning to launch a website that honors Guru’s legacy, while posting official information surrounding the emcee.Meanwhile the family continues to criticize Guru’s former partner Solar of mishandling the release off information surrounding Guru’s health condition.In a recent interview with MTV, Patricia said that Guru’s nephew Justin heard about his uncle’s health via the Internet, while Guru’s nine-year-old son learned of his father’s death over the radio, while riding in a car.”[My son] Justin found out on the Internet and called me. I had to call my dad,” Patricia told MTV News. “[Keith’s 9-year-old son] KC found out riding in the car, hearing it on the radio. That’s not right if you care about someone. That’s not how you treat them. My brother would never have wanted us to find out that way. Never in a million years. Especially his son. Come on, now.”Patricia said that the body was released to Solar, who was acting as Guru’s healthcare proxy.Patricia labeled the experience a “nightmare” and revealed that Guru’s brother had to call various funeral homes in search of the rapper’s body.”My son Justin was looking online and saw something that the body was going to be cremated,” Patricia continued. “My father was calling the hospital looking for the body and they were like, ‘We released it to the health-care proxy.’ Luckily my other brother happened to be in New York on something unrelated and he started calling funeral homes in the area, if you can imagine. Fortunately the third one he called was the right one. He said, ‘Listen, I’m the brother of Keith Elam, do not release that body to anyone but me.’ Thankfully he was able to get there in time.”
Plies Launches Goon Affiliated Giveaway; Gears Up for New Album Release
(AllHipHop News) New music wont be the only thing in store for fans of Plies. Sources tell AllHipHop.com the rapper will launch a new contest to coincide with the release of his forthcoming album Goon Affiliated. The Goon Affiliated 25 Giveaway will kick off Saturday May 1 and run through May 25. Various prizes will be awarded to winners each day, including a brand new car, four-year scholarship, mortgage payments, healthcare insurance, shopping sprees and Apple iPads. The name of each winner and their state of residence will be posted on various websites on the Internet as well as an audio/video link that will be available at 3 p.m. (EST) each day on the Goon Affiliated 25 Day giveaway calendar. Participating website include www.myspace.com/Plies, www.facebook.com/Plies, www.twitter.com/GoonAffiliated, www.pliesworld.com, www.myspace.com/BigGatesRecords, www.twitter.com/ThisIsBigGates, www.youtube.com/BigGatesRecords and www.twitter.com/BigGatesRecords. News of the giveaway comes as Plies returns on the scene with the Goon Affiliated album. The Atlantic Records offering, which includes the singles Becky, Medicine featuring Keri Hilson and She Got It Made, will feature cameos from Young Jeezy, Fabolous and Trey Songz as well as production from J. R. Rotem, Clinton Sparks and Polow da Don. Although the Goon Affiliated giveaway is meant to be a tool for promoting his fourth studio album, the contest carries a deeper meaning for Plies. According to the rapper, the giveaway is a way to expand efforts to give back to fans and the community at large. My music is very much reflective of the plight and ills of our community and real talk, there are people out there struggling to make ends meet in this economy, said Plies, who co-founded the Big Gates & Plies Power of Visions foundation with his brother, Big Gates, to help support educational endeavors and develop essential life skills of disenfranchised youth in urban communities as well as provide instruction and assistance for those who are affected by the negative impact of the penal system with preventative methods and societal transitioning support. This giveaway to me is more than just a countdown to my album release, its about giving back to my community and anybody who knows me knows thats what its all about. So for me, this giveaway is about being able to help out where help is needed. To qualify for the giveaway, participants can register once by sending an email to [email protected]. All e-mails must include the participants full name, age, address, and telephone number. For a chance to win one of the 25 gifts, registered participants must call in to Plies official Goon Affiliated 25 Day Giveaway telephone number (1-866-983-2111). The participants registration email must be submitted prior to calling. All winning participants will be contacted via information submitted. The Goon Affiliated 25 Day Giveaway Calendar will be updated daily to highlight the items that will be given away each day. Plies will be on hand from May 1 to May 25 to answer the phone to notify the caller of the prize he or she will receive for that day. Deadline to submit information and register for the contest is 11:59 PM (EST) May 25.Those who submit their registration e-mail by Friday (April 30) may qualify for pre-giveaway gifts in addition to the daily grand giveaways that will be awarded during the contest. Bonus gift winners will be randomly selected from the registration email database and are not required to be the caller of the day. Winners of the bonus prizes will be notified via telephone or email. With so many giveaways, people give away things that are not a necessity, Plies stated while distinguishing his contest from others that have come before it. The Goon Affiliated 25 Day giveaway gives people a chance to be given something that they really need, which could save a familys home, grant a college education, or allow someone to see a medical professional for treatment and I feel blessed to be able to contribute. Its so much more than a giveaway to me. Plies Goon Affiliated album is slated to hit stores on May 25.
DJ Premier Talks Guru’s Legacy, Gay Rumors, Solar and Reunions
On Gurus Deathbed Letter
Well, I would love to see that letter. I would love to see the handwriting. Because I know Gurus handwriting like the back of my hand with all the bills we had to pay together. I know its not him.
On Solar Tarnishing Gurus Legacy
Guru was able to get two gold albums; he was able to do the Jazzmatazz album. So everything that we gained makes you think, You mean to tell me you are going to blow it all away and act like thats not an important part of what made us who we are? With a silly ass letter like that??? When you say Ex-DJ where is my name at? Because there are two other DJs that was DJing with Guru besides me. There was Doo Wop and Shawn Ski, who was our backup DJ when I had to go back to college. He always held us down. Calling me the ex-DJ doesnt mean anything to me. Why dont you just say Christopher Martin?
On Guru Gay Rumors
I dont believe it. All these little rumors about Guru and some other s### it cant be. Because he had too many women. Click here for more.
Guru’s Sister Says Family Found About Death Via Media
Patricia Elam says the family of Keith Guru Elam found out about his death the day after he died, through the media.
“[My son] Justin found out on the Internet and called me. I had to call my dad,” Patricia Elam told MTV News in an exclusive interview. “[Keith’s 9-year-old son] KC found out riding in the car, hearing it on the radio. That’s not right if you care about someone. That’s not how you treat them. My brother would never have wanted us to find out that way. Never in a million years. Especially his son. Come on, now.”
Furthermore, when they sought to find the whereabouts of Gurus body, it was en route to a funeral home for cremation.
“The hospital released the body in [Solar’s] care. I don’t know how it was determined what funeral home it would go to,” Patricia said. “My son Justin was looking online and saw something that the body was going to be cremated. My father was calling the hospital looking for the body and they were like, ‘We released it to the health-care proxy.’ Luckily my other brother happened to be in New York on something unrelated and he started calling funeral homes in the area, if you can imagine. Fortunately the third one he called was the right one. He said, ‘Listen, I’m the brother of Keith Elam, do not release that body to anyone but me.’ Thankfully he was able to get there in time.”
Solar has not commented on these recent allegations, but admitted to MTV that things “got weird in the end” with The Elams.
Gurus body was eventually cremated, as he requested prior to dying. Patricia Elam also stated that the family will have a private memorial, but looked to have a public one for fans and friends of the Gang Starr rap legend.
Ideally, such a memorial would take plac on Gurus 49th birthday, July 17.
“I don’t have any more specifics at this point in time. There’s also talk of a musical tribute; I don’t have the specifics on that yet. We want something for the public and for fans. We’re also working on a website so fans can post things. We’ve gotten so many wonderful, loving messages and tributes from around the world. We want fans to have a place for that, she concluded.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Did Nicki Plot To “Steal” Diddy!? Lil Wayne Jail Rumors! Bobby Brown Still MIA?!
DISCLAIMER:
All content within this section is pure rumor
and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have
whispered in our ear. Read on.
THE DAILY TWO SENSE
Yo…real talk. Jay-Z did the right thing for not messing with Game on the rap battle tip. Dude is a BEAST. Here is the video for “400 Bars.”video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
Oh..more real talk. Tell me the game does not NEED Eminem?
BOBBY BROWN – WHERE YA AT?
Bobby Brown…you there, buddy? Wave your arm. Get arrested. Go to court. Do something. We just want to know that you are alive. As I mentioned yesterday, there is this super crazy rumor that Bobby is dead. Still nobody seems to be able to refute that he is not dead. In my heart, I know he is alive…but I am looking for proof. Click here if you want the full rumor about Bobby.
MORE WAYNE IS JAIL RUMORS
I’ll be the first one to admit, I’m not a gangster like the e-thugs. I am under the impression that neither is Lil Wayne. Now, I am not one to question his street cred at all. Here is what I am hearing from a CO in Rikers. I heard – as we have heard before – that Wayne is pretty much to himself. From what I am getting, he seems to be to himself even with the Blood gang members that are in the place with him. If you don’t know, Wayne is a flag waving member of the Blood gang. But I am hearing, he’s not doing any jail house walk-bys with the homies. I am being told that some of the Blood brothers are not so happy about this, because he is supposed to be one of them. Well, I guess Weezy is just looking to do his time and get out of there safe. I heard that some of the homies were throwing signs at Wayne, but Weezy is really…just keeping it moving. Some apparently feel that this is disrespectful. I agree with Wayne..do the time and get on with your RAP career.
USHER IS ENGAGED!?
Before I get into this recent mess of a rumor, I want to clear up another. Usher is not going to get dropped by his label at all. I don’t know what is up with dude and his music, but he’s not getting released at all.
SO…on to the next one.
Apparently, over at theybf.com, they are reporting that Usher is now an engaged man. Remember that older babe he liked? Grace Miguel is her name and they are also saying URSH and she are about to have another baby.
Opps…uhmmm..,Usher and his people have denied that he is engaged and that notion that he is about to have another child. So, you can basically forget everything I just wrote.
In the meantime, Usher’s ex-wife was reduced to a classless gossiper at the sight of her ex with his new babe and her kids.
Where do these people come from and can they be more childlike? I’m just saying – GROW UP!
THE BEEF WAS OVER, BUT HERE IS MORE
Here is Jim Jones talking about the peace treaty with Cam’Ron.
DID YOU NOTICE THIS?
Drake borrows a bit from dead prez. I can’t believe it has been 10 years since “[Bigger Than] Hip-Hop.”
“Uh, one thing ’bout music When it hit you feel no pain White folks says it controls your brain I know better than that That’s game
and we ready for that Two soldiers head of the pack” – dead prez -2000
“One thing bout music, when it hits you feel no pain
And I swear I got that s### that make these b###### go insane
So they tell me that they love me, I know better than that, its just game
Its just what comes with the fame, and Im ready for that, Im just sayin” – Drake 2010
Shout out to Sweeney! Oh yeah. ..I might add that first line is actually credited to Bob Marley in a song “Trenchtown.”
Dead prez!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets get into some more music with meaning.
ILLSEED’S QUICKIES
Remember Divine Brown? She is the prostitute that was arrested with actor Hugh Grant way back in 1995. Pretty infamous. Well, she is trying to get a reality show.
The man that supposedly killed Malcolm X is out on parole now. I wonder if he was an agent of the government.
Charlamagne got a job down in his native North Carolina! Congrats homey! Remember there were rumors that Charlamagne got fired after he had Beans on his previous Philly job talking about Jay-Z. I think that’s it. DID NICKI PLAN THIS DIDDY SWOOP!?
Hey, did you know that Nicki rapped, “I’m plotting on how I can take Cassie away from Diddy”? I didn’t realize it until DRiX reminded me. Looks like she got what she wanted. I wonder if Diddy’s son feels a way about it since Nicki was his date for his 16th. Poor kid. Daddy took his gal. LOL!!!!!
SIGNS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END!
Peep This:
In a bid to raise cash and keep the peace in crowded jails, wardens nationwide are offering inmates the chance to order meatball subs, cheeseburgers, chicken parmesaneven a Pizza and Wings Party Pack, complete with celery, blue cheese and a Pepsi.
The program goes beyond the old-fashioned prison commissary, with its cup-a-soups and bags of chips, and it can be quite lucrative for corrections departments.
We have to be creative in tough fiscal times, said Edwin G. Buss, commissioner of Indianas Department of Correction.
But critics worry the service will trigger jealousies, promote unhealthy diets and coddle prisoners.
The service, launched in 2006 by food-service giant Aramark Corp., took off in the past two years amid the recession. Inmatesor, more often, their relativesplace orders on Aramarks iCare Web site. The company tailors its menus to each jails rules.
Prices generally run $7 to $12 for a hot meal and $20 to $100 for a junk-food box filled with beef jerky, iced cookies, vanilla cappuccino or other goodies not available in the commissary.
The Indiana state prison system is on track to make more than $2 million this year on sales from the service. In San Antonio, Texas, the Bexar County jail, which makes 45 cents on every dollar in sales, projects its revenue could hit $500,000.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
– I will cite when given.
OPEN LETTER TO HIP-HOP
Hey Illseed,
This is my OPEN letter to Hip Hop. Please forward this to the Hip Hop world.
Dear HIP HOP,
First and foremost, please understand that you, the customer, control HIP HOP. Not the artists, not the radio, and certainly not the old white guys at the heads of these labels. These people have a lot of power but if they don’t produce the numbers that is expected of them, they will eventually become POWERLESS. You and I are those numbers.
Together we can make changes.
It all started last week when that Lauren Hill video from TMZ was posted on the net. Then Illseed posted a short interview of her and at the bottom he wrote “She is so Smart”. A couple of days later, i was cleaning up and I decided to put in a CD instead of just turning on my itunes. I had to use my blu-ray player cause my CD player wasn’t even hooked up. LOL. It’s been that long. Anyways, i put in the “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”
Wow, what have WE done to HIP HOP???
That album is a masterpiece. That is Music. PLEASE, I BEG ALL OF YOU THAT READ THIS LETTER TO LISTEN TO THAT ALBUM AGAIN, AND IF YOU NEVER HEARD IT PLEASE LISTEN TO IT FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. Its very important to listen to the entire album from the beginning to the end and in the the proper sequence. Listen to that album and only buy albums that MATCH THE GREATNESS OF IT and we can change HIP HOP back to what it was.
Artist don’t make albums anymore, and i know why. It’s because in today’s industry artists are forced into thinking only about the GIMMICKS: the ring tones, the merchandising, etc…(a. Gimmick: A device employed to cheat, deceive, or trick, especially a mechanism for the secret and dishonest control), But all these gimmicks wouldn’t be so relevant right now if artists made good music. Gimmicks were invented because your album sucks and your single sounds more like a jingle then a song. Your label and management have to think up of crazy ways to make themselves money because they know a jingle when they hear one. Note to artist: I said make themselves some money.THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU, or us
Let me get back to us, the people, the customer. People please stop calling your radio stations, e-mail video stations and requesting this wack music. These artist can make better music, believe me. We can make them change.
HIP HOP needs all of its categories: Underground, Main Stream, Pop HIP HOP, Ganster Rap, Rap, Back Packer, Hip Hop Soul, etc……, but it doesn’t need all the junk in between.
Lastly, i know a bunch of you are going to say that there is a lot of good HIP HOP out right now but i’m talking about HIP HOP that can be played on the radio and win a Grammy for Album of The Year. Anytime a good artist tries to go commercial, all they make is JUNK.
PS. If any body thinks “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” is not a HIP HOP album then you need to do more then just read this letter, you need to re-learn what HIP HOP really is.
Thanks Illseed,
PS. I read the rumors everyday and it was funny when you were having some problems with ALLHIPHOP.com and the Staff was posting the rumors…LOL @ the staff. You aint Illseed, but nice try cause we all had a good laugh. BOBBY
BROWN,
WE LOVE YOU!!!
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about
them then they should worry!
-illseed
WHO: illseed.com
WHAT: Rumors
WHERE: AllHipHop.com, MySpace.com/TheIllseed
HOW: Send your rumors and ill pics to illseed at [email protected].
Game – “400 Bars” Official Video and BHS Footage
The Game’s new video for “400 Bars” looks like an ad for Dr. Dre’s headset line. That’s OK. The video is dope and so is the behind the scenes footage. Check it out.
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Behind the Scenes footage.
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Hip-Hop Rumors: Bobby Brown DEAD?
DISCLAIMER:
All content within this section is pure rumor
and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have
whispered in our ear. Read on.BOBBY BROWN DEAD?
I got this from one of the Delaware homeboys.
What up Illseed This Tekneek out of Delaware man i just got a crazy text you prolly already heard of the rumor and will be posted on ahh tomorrow but just in case you didn’t They saying Bobby Brown Died Today (April 27th) of lung cancer. Don’t really know what facts are really haven’t looked it up just though i would tip you off with that..
At first I thought this was a big, ole joke or something, but I did some looking and I found out that this may have something to it. Nobody has confirmed or denied this, but it is running rampant on the internet! The rumors seem to have started with Twitter, but we’ll have to see. I doubt it is true…but you never know.
DON’T HAVE SEX, YOUNG GIRL!!
Freeway and Kendra G are doing the thing for the girls. Stay a damn virgin until you know what you’re doing, kid!
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HELP HAITI! Text ‘YELE’ to 501501 and donate $5!
–>BOBBY BROWN,
WE LOVE YOU!!!
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about
them then they should worry!
-illseed
WHO: illseed.com
WHAT: Rumors
WHERE: AllHipHop.com, MySpace.com/TheIllseed
HOW: Send your rumors and ill pics to illseed at [email protected].
RZA To Produce GZA’s Liquid Swords 2
Raekwons Only Built For Cuban Linx II may have inspired another Wu Tang sequel.
RZA, the architect of the Wu Tang sound, has announced that hell be producing the next installment of the GZAs Liquid Swords, which is largely considered a classic album.
RZA made the announcement via Twitter.
IT’S TRUE: “LIQUID SWORDS 2” PRODUCED BY THE ABBOT RZA COMING FALL 2010. WHO’S READY FOR THE WU? BONG BONG.
Liquid Swords is the 1995 second album from the GZA, but the first during his tenure as a leader in the Wu Tang Clan.
Last year Raekwon released Only Built For Cuban Linx II and the opus was met by worldwide accolades.
No release date has been announced for Liquid Swords 2.
Shane Mosley: Ready for War
Youve seen the 24/7 episodes. Read the extensive interviews here with trainers Naazim Richardson and Roger Mayweather. But just 5 days from now, all the hype and opinions cease, and welterweight champion Shane Mosley will seek to seal his legacy by being the first man to defeat Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
After dismantling Antonio Margarito nearly 16 months ago, Mosley became the avoided man at welterweight, with writers proclaiming him as the man Floyd Mayweather would never face. Now that the fight is signed, the boxing press and many fans have done a 180, stating due to Shanes age, inactivity and alleged lack of ring acumen, Mayweather will be the man thats victorious on May 1. None of that matters to Shane, who spent that last several months with his sole focus on the legacy-altering showdown this Saturday.
Whoever you believe or blame for the fight not happening in the late 90s at lightweight, or in 2006 in welterweight, no one can dispute that no time but now would Mayweather-Mosley be as huge as it is now.
AllHipHop.com: I know you cant reveal everything thats going down, but talk about what youve been focusing on now in camp being that things are now winding down.
Mosley: Im just working on being comfortable and being the best Sugar Shane Mosley when I get to the ring. I know I have speed and power, and Im making sure I use those things because thats what its going to be all about [to get the victory].
AllHipHop.com: This isnt youre first superfight, but with all the hype with 24/7 and the drug testing, would you say this is your biggest professional fight ever?
Mosley: Yeah this is a pretty big event. The fights with Oscar [De la Hoya] got me to this point. And this one will solidify my spot in history and make my legacy.
AllHipHop.com: Have your sparring partners been able to replicate Mayweathers style well?
Mosley: Thanks to Naazim [Richardson] hes putting 3 or 4 different guys to build Mayweathers fight style. One focuses on one part of Mayweathers style, and the next comes in and does another. But the problem is there is no other Mayweather, because if there was hed be fighting for the championship right now.
AllHipHop.com: I brought this up with Naazim, but I wanted to give you the chance to speak on it. The big rumor for the past week is that you have been looking bad in sparring. What are your thoughts on that?
Mosley: Thats not true, but if people want to believe that theyre entitled to. I dont know where they would get that rumor from since I train at my house behind closed doors [laughs]. But thats not accurate at all though.
AllHipHop.com: A big criticism of you has always been that you cant adjust tactics in the ring. Even in our last interview, you admitted that sometimes it costs you when you push for the knockout too much, like in the Miguel Cotto fight. How are you sure now with Mayweather that wont be the case, and is the previous criticism valid that you have no diversity in your offense and defense?
Mosley: Well if you look at my fight history you see that I do different things. Even in the fights that I score knockouts its been with my right and left hand. I can also move and box or I can punch. I can do everything! Thats the difference between me and other fighters; Im not just some one trick pony.
AllHipHop.com: Naazim speaks very highly of you and ranks you among the best fighters hes ever trained. How does he compare to some of the other trainers youve had like your father Jack?
Mosley: Naazim is a strategist, and comes up with different ways to beat guys. One way you can tell a great trainer is if theyve brought up guys from the grass roots, what they can build from the beginning. Not just getting someone when they are up the top of their game and saying oh I built this champion, when they already were great. Greatness shows when you get someone that just walks into the gym and you build him from there. Naazim has done that. Hes brought his son up to being an Olympian and then a professional. And then you see what hes done with Bernard Hopkins and me. So you can see from that that Naazim is a great trainer.
AllHipHop.com: You felt confident in a knockout of Margarito before that fight last year. Do you have a hunch on how you expect the Mayweather fight to go?
Mosley: I think its going to be a technical fight. But I think my speed will give him problems [the most]. Hes been fighting a lot of guys that are a lot slower and smaller than him. These guys have been either lightweights or junior welterweights [Writers note: the opponents referenced are Mayweathers last two opponents: Ricky Hatton and Juan Manuel Marquez]. The guys Ive been fighting are welter and junior middleweights. S###, Winky Wright right now can fight at super-middleweight! These guys I fight have been big boys, while Mayweathers guys are kind of small. [Thats a] big difference.
AllHipHop.com: Being undefeated has become a big thing in boxing. Do you place more blame on the fighters like Mayweather who harp on that, or the media and television networks?
Mosley: I think it might be more of the media. The great fighters are the ones who lose and come back from adversity. And thats how you can tell where they are at mentally. You cant really tell from a person who wins every fight, and frankly I dont think Mayweather has won all of them. Ive watched the tapes of a few where he might have lost and it was given to him. So that claim can be kind of questionable.
AllHipHop.com: Youre on record as stating the Olympic drug testing has not been a hindrance to training. Instinct-wise from what youve seen in this sport and experienced personally with the BALCO scandal, are steroids widespread or just something done by a select few in the sport?
Mosley: I think that in boxing its not a big deal. I think people from other sports are infiltrating into the boxing world and trying to figure out ways to make fighters stronger. So the testing is good to block these strengthening trainers from using substances. Thats the problem in the sport.
AllHipHop.com: Youre good friends with Manny Pacquiao, and there has been criticism his way for not taking the drug tests. Do you feel his reasons are genuine and he should get the benefit of the doubt, or do you think people have legit reasons to be suspicious?
Mosley: I really dont know and cant speak for Pacquiao. [Pauses] I cant say what he really believes. But I dont think hed jeopardize his career and put himself in that position.
AllHipHop.com: Before the Berto fight, you told me you had been watching tapes of Roberto Durans fights with Edwin Viruet, and gotten some ideas. Have you been watching any past legends and gotten any ideas of how to go at Mayweather?
Mosley: Ive been watching a lot of Sugar Ray Leonard. I watched the fight of him and Floyds father. [Writers Note: Leonard TKOd Floyd Mayweather, Sr. in 1978]. Its always good watching Roberto Duran against other fighters, the way he goes about it. You can learn from the older fighters. Back then, they fought hard and for pride. Tommy Hearns and guys like that.
AllHipHop.com: You brought up Winky Wright earlier. If you would have gotten past him, there was a fight waiting with Felix Trinidad. That would have been a great fight. How would you have approached that bout circa 2004?
Mosley: Probably like Winky did, just outbox him. Trinidad was a very hard puncher with the left hook, but you see how Oscar did, you can outbox him. I might have been able to put him on the floor a few times with the power.
AllHipHop.com: Theres the speed advantage, too.
Mosley: Yeah, speed of the hand and foot. And the timing is there with me.
AllHipHop.com: You, Pacquiao, and Mayweather are the top guys at welterweight. Even though we dont have a 4th guy, it reminds me of the Fab Four of Leonard, Hearns, Duran, and Hagler in the 80s. Can you see that happening where you 3 all end up fighting each other?
Mosley: It could happen that way. You have one willing fighter [in me], maybe two [in Pacquiao]. We just need the other one to get into it as well. That would help boxing and get it on the plane its supposed to be on.
AllHipHop.com: Youve said that after you beat Mayweather hes going to go into retirement. Based on that statement, do you believe Mayweather doesnt have the mentality to come back from defeat based on how important his undefeated record is to him?
Mosley: That is yet to be seen, even though Ive said different things about knocking him out. Well see what he does after May 1.
AllHipHop.com: Thanks for your time champ and good luck on fight night.
Mosley: No problem and thank you.
Writers Note: The wait is nearly over. The final 24/7 episode airs on Friday (April 30) at 8:30PM. Mayweather-Mosley will be live this Saturday, May 1 on HBO PPV. I will be Las Vegas providing extensive coverage of all news and developments. Dont miss it!
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After being incarcerated for nearly a decade, Shyne has a new sound and out to get your attention. After a week of new freestyles exclusively on AllHipHop.com, the NEW Shyne is showing us that he still has the skills to compete in today’s music market.If you missed any of his new music, take a listen below and DOWNLOAD the 5 freestyles HERE and tell us what you thought about the NEW SHYNE.Shyne Ft. Malcom X “There Will Be Blood”Shyne and Rihanna “Rockstar Remix”Usher Ft. Shyne and Lola “Lil Freak”Fat Joe Ft. Shyne and Jeezy “Slow Down RemixShyne “Brooklyn”
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(AllHipHop News) Afeni Shakur, mother of world famous rapper Tupac Shakur, will appear in court in May, after she was arrested earlier this month and charged with posession of marijuana.
According to the Fayetteville Observer, Shakur was arrested by state alcohol agents.
Police arrested Shakur on Friday, April 16th and hit with a number of charges, including felony possession of marijuana, maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for a controlled substance and simple possession of a controlled substance.
Shakur, 63, lives in Lumberton, North Carolina, where she oversees the estate of Tupac Shakur.
Mrs. Shakur was released on $10,000 bond and is due in court in Robeson County District Court on May 10th. Tupac chronicled his mother’s battle with substance abuse on his hit 1995 single “Dear Mama.”
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