Cash Money Records/Rich Gang recording artist Caskey links up with Rich the Kid to shoot an official music video for their collaboration titled "Casting Couch."
Bricksquad stamped artist & Forever Music CEO Dolla Ru is back with his latest video called “Its Dolla Ru”. This is the video to his debut hit single which is featured on Vevo. Dolla Ru is giving us a description of who he is. The Brooklyn, New York emcee is one of the hottest rising stars on the East Coast. He has been seen on such websites at HipHopWeekly, Don Diva Magazine, ThisIs50.com, MTV Artists, Forbez DVD & more!
As 2017 is on the way,make sure you look for him to drop the new EP "Raised In The 90s" by checking out the first record "I'm Gonna Cry".
MIAMI (AP) — Fidel Castro's death triggered an emotional and long-awaited celebration in Miami's large Cuban-American community Saturday as peaceful demonstrators waved flags and honked car horns, many cheering with joy and others weeping for family members who didn't live to see this day.
Yet it was also a bittersweet time as most realize Castro's passing will not immediately translate into freedom or democracy on the oppressive communist island and that much work remains to enact change in Cuba.
"We need for the people of Cuba to have the freedom we have in the U.S., but this changes nothing. There won't be change until the people revolt," said Juan Cobas, 50, who came to the U.S. from Cuba at age 13.
Others saw Fidel's death as a sign that a generation that has ruled Cuba for nearly 60 years is passing from the world stage, many noting that his brother, current President Raul Castro, is 85.
"I'm feeling this is the beginning of the end," said Alex Pineiro, 32. "Fidel was the architect of what's going on. It's a mix of emotions, I'm happy he's dead, but I'm celebrating hope."
Within hours of the announcement early Saturday of Castro's death at age 90, thousands of people banged pots with spoons, waved Cuban and U.S. flags in the air and whooped in jubilation on Calle Ocho — 8th Street, and the heart of Little Havana. Honking horns and strains of salsa music from car stereos echoed against stucco buildings, and fireworks lit up the humid night sky.
Police blocked off streets leading to Cafe Versailles, the quintessential Cuban-American hotspot where strong cafecitos — sweetened espresso — were as common as a harsh word about Fidel Castro.
"Cuba si! Castro no!" they chanted, while others screamed "Cuba libre!"
Celebration, not grief, permeated the atmosphere. Castro has cast a shadow over Miami for decades, and in many ways, his policy and his power have shaped the city and its inhabitants.
"We're not celebrating that someone died, but that this is finished," said 30-year-old Erick Martinez, who emigrated from Cuba four years ago.
There were no reports of violence or any arrests during the demonstrations, Miami police
spokeswoman Kenia Fallat said Saturday. Miami-Dade County officials said there were no plans to activate the emergency operations center — another sign of the more subdued reaction to Castro's death than might have previously been expected.
"They are celebrating but in a very peaceful way," Fallat said of the demonstrators.
The U.S. Coast Guard was running regular patrols and not increasing staffing levels or taking other emergency steps, said Petty Officer Jonathan Lally. The Coast Guard has seen a sharp uptick in Cubans attempting to arrive in Florida by sea, with at least 7,411 Cubans attempting to migrate over the Florida Straits in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 compared with 4,473 in the same timeframe last year.
Cubans fled the island to Miami, Tampa, New Jersey and elsewhere after Castro took power in 1959. Some were loyalists of Fulgencio Batista, the president prior to Castro, while others left with the hope they would be able to return soon, after Castro was toppled. He never was.
Some tried for years to find a way to remove Castro by force, including the failed CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. Rafael Torre, 80, took part in that battle and wore a "Bay of Pigs Veteran" shirt to Saturday's demonstration.
"We tried for more than 50 years but couldn't do it. Now he's dead, and maybe things can change,' Torre said. "It might take three or four years. Maybe the revolution will be on the streets in three or four months."
Many others believed they would never be free under Castro and his communist regime. Thousands left behind their possessions, loved ones, and hard-earned educations and businesses, traveling to the U.S. by plane, boat or raft. Many Cubans died on the ocean trip to South Florida.
The ones that made it to Miami took a largely, and vehemently, anti-Castro stance.
"He should not be revered. He should be reviled," said U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican who was born in Cuba.
On @CBSMiami: #Cuba is at last rid of #FidelCastro! We must unite 2 demand a new path 4 #Cuba - one chosen by its people in free elections
In this Dec. 23, 2004 file photo, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, sitting, is helped into his chair by his brother Raul Castro as he arrives to the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba.
Some people said the election of Donald Trump as president could lead to a tougher stance against the Havana government that might hasten change.
"I hope that Trump takes a hard line against the Castro regime," said Henry Marinello, 60, who left Cuba as a child in 1961,
On New Year's Eve every year, Cubans in Miami utter a toast in Spanish as they hoist glasses of liquor: "Next year in Cuba." But as the Cuban exiles aged, and as Castro outlived them, and as U.S. President Barack Obama eroded the embargo and younger Cubans returned to the island, the toast rang silent in many households.
News of Castro's death was long anticipated by the exiles. Rumors have come and gone for decades, and Castro's death had become something of a joke. This time, though, it was real.
"We're all celebrating, this is like a carnival," said 72-year-old Jay Fernandez, who came to Miami when he was 18 in 1961 after he was jailed twice by the Cuban government. He and his wife and another woman held up a bilingual sign he'd made four years ago when Castro first became ill. "Satan, Fidel is now yours. Give him what he deserves. Don't let him rest in peace."
Several blocks away, at the Bay of Pigs memorial, Antonio Hernandez, 76, rode his bicycle up in a light rain and stood at the eternal flame that honors the men who tried to wrest Cuba from Castro's grip.
"Everybody's happy. Now this guy won't do any more damage," said Hernandez, who came to Miami on the Mariel boat lift in 1980. "His brother will now go down, too. But the world has to pay attention to this, not just we Cubans."
Many Cubans made successful livings and raised families in Miami despite having to learn a new language and start their lives over. Exiles who arrived as teenagers with no money in their pockets became millionaires, political leaders, clergy members and teachers.
Gabriel Morales, a 40-year-old financial executive, monitored social media early Saturday from his home in Miami. His parents both left Cuba decades ago. His father left Cuba before Castro took over, and then returned to visit during Castro's regime. He vowed never to return until the regime changed, Morales said.
Morales' mother left after Castro assumed power; her family had their property taken by the government, Morales said.
"Feels weird," Morales said in a text message to an Associated Press reporter. "Been waiting to hear this news all my life. Seems unreal."
___
Lush reported from St. Petersburg, Florida, and Anderson from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Associated Press writers Adrian Sainz in Memphis, Tennessee and Josh Replogle in Miami contributed to this story.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 26, 2016 at 12:21pm
Video After The Jump
Smack and The Ultimate Rap League rolled out a battle from it's Born Legacy 3 event. This one features Queens, New York emcee TH3 Saga vs Chess Smack of the Bronx, New York. Check it out and let us know who you think won.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 26, 2016 at 10:21am
Only the Family boss Lil Durk drops off a new mixtape titled "They Forgot." Features include Lil Reese, Mozzy, 21 Savage, Meek Mill, BJ the Chicago Kid, Dej Loaf, YFN Lucci and more. Grab a copy now from Datpiff: http://www.datpiff.com/Lil-Durk-They-Forgot-mixtape.814857.html
They Forgot Tracklist:
1.Intro 2.They Forgot (produced by KidWonder) 3.Too Late (produced by C-Sick) 4.Hard Shit featuring Lil Reese (produced by KidWon) 5.Baller (produced by TyMadeIt) 6.Rico (produced by DonisBeats) 7.Young Niggas featuring Meek Mill (produced by LondonOnDaTrack) 8.We Dem Niggas featuring Mozzy, OTF Ikey (produced by C-Sick) 9.Shooter2x featuring 21 Savage 10.Back 2 Back featuring Hypno Carlito (produced by TyMadeIt) 11.Victim (produced by Young Chop) 12.Rider Chick featuring DeJ Loaf (produced by KidWonder) 13.Rich Forever featuring YFN Lucci (produced by Chopsquad DJ) 14.Street Life featuring Bj The Chicago Kid (produced by DonisBeats)
2016 XXL Freshman G Herbo delivers his highly anticipated "Strictly 4 My Fans" project. The eleven-track tape boasts excellent production from C-Sick, DJ L, Tapez, Chase Davis, Kid Deezy, Kid Marquis, Southside, DP on the Beat and Charlie Handsome.
The lone vocal feature comes courtesy of Lil Bibby.
1. “Strictly 4 My Fans (Intro)” [prod. by C-Sick & DJ L] 2. “Gutta” (prod. by Tapez) 3. “Crazy” (prod. by Chase Davis) 4. “Run It Up” (prod. by Kid Deezy) 5. "Pull Up" (prod. by Kid Marquis) 6. “Control” (prod. by Charlie Handsome) 7. “Tired” (No Limitation Preview) Feat. Lil Bibby [prod. by DJ L] 8. “Havin Shit” (prod. by C-Sick) 9. “Something” (prod. by DP on the Beat) 10. “Eastside Story” (Swervo Preview) (prod. by Southside) 11. “Jay-Z (Outro)” [prod. by C-Sick & DJ L]
(Washington Post) Authorities said a 62-year-old white man in Charleston, W.V., showed no remorse when he admitted that he fatally shot a black teenage boy earlier this week during a heated encounter in the city’s East End.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported that William Ronald Pulliam has been charged with murder in the shooting death of the teen, who was identified in local news reports as 15-year-old James Harvey Means.
“The way I look at it, that’s another piece of trash off the street,” Pulliam reportedly told police, according to a criminal complaint cited by the newspaper.
Charleston police have now called on federal authorities to determine whether the case could be considered a hate crime, according to the Associated Press.
“That review is in its early stages, and the fact that a review is being conducted should not be taken as any indication of what the review’s outcome will be,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Ruby said, according to the Gazette-Mail.
The newspaper reported the statute “establishes a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for willfully using a firearm to kill another person because of the victim’s actual or perceived race, color, religion or national origin.”
It was not immediately clear whether Pulliam had an attorney.
“I don’t care if they’re white or black,” he said. “Nobody is going to do me like that. It doesn’t make any difference if he’s black. My God, everybody that lives around here is black. I get along with all of them — ask them.”
Witnesses told police that Pulliam and the teen knocked into each other on the street Monday night near a Dollar General and got into an argument, according to a criminal complaint cited by the Gazette-Mail.
Pulliam then went into the store and the teen sat down with some friends on a nearby porch, according to the court records.
On his way back, Pulliam passed by the porch and the two continued to argue, witnesses told police. The teen crossed the street and, as he approached, Pulliam allegedly shot him twice, according to the reports.
But Pulliam told WCHS that as he was walking to Dollar General, the teen and his friends were laughing and threatening him.
“The guy goes, ‘What the f— did you say?’ I said, ‘Man, I didn’t say anything,” Pulliam told the news station, alleging that the teen flashed a gun at him and the teen’s friends encouraged him to pull the trigger.
Pulliam said that he walked on to the convenience store. On the way back, he said, he set out on the opposite side of the street to avoid them, but the teen crossed the road and started taunting him again with a gun.
“I just shot him,” Pulliam told WCHS.
“I felt my life was in danger. I’m sorry, but I’m 62 years old — I’m not going to take a bunch of punks beating me up,” he added.
Police said Pulliam shot the 15-year-old twice in the abdomen, according to the Charleston Gazette-Mail. The teen was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The Gazette-Mail reported that Pulliam shot the teen with a .380-caliber revolver, though it’s unclear to whom the weapon belonged. Pulliam is not permitted to carry a gun because he was once convicted in a domestic violence case, according to the newspaper. Still, Pulliam told WCHS that he is a “good citizen.” “I don’t do anything to anybody — never have done anything to anybody,” he said.
“I don’t like it. I mean believe me, I did not want to kill anybody but, you know, they’re not going to kill me,” he told the news station.
Following the deadly encounter, Pulliam allegedly went to dinner and then to visit a female friend, according to the criminal complaint.
In 2013, Pulliam pleaded guilty to domestic battery.
According to another criminal complaint in Kanawha Magistrate Court, Pulliam struck his pregnant daughter in the face several times with a closed fist and kicked her in the stomach. He also shoved his wife to the ground during that incident, according to the complaint.
Pulliam’s daughter had visible bruising to her left eye and was bleeding from her lip, Charleston Police Cpl. P.S. Kapeluck wrote in the January 2013 complaint, and Pulliam’s wife was bleeding from her elbow.
Prosecutors dropped one count of domestic battery, and Pulliam pleaded no contest to the other. He was sentenced to 36 days in jail, but Kanawha Family Judge Mike Kelly, who retired in 2014, suspended that sentence. The judge placed Pulliam on a year’s probation and gave him credit for six days he had already spent in jail.
After Monday’s shooting, Nafia Adkins, the boy’s mother, told WCHS through tears, “My son is in a safer place now, and we all love him.”
“I’m going to leave everything up to the courts to take care of this man and do whatever they have to do to make him be punished,” she said.
A GoFundMe page has raised more than $46,000 for the boy’s funeral expenses.
G-Unit's lyrical assassin and Southside, Queensbridge, New York native, Lloyd Banks, links up with frequent collaborator, producer Beat Butcha, for a new banger titled "Misunderstood."
It's a great week for Troy Ave. The Brooklyn, New York rapper gets to celebrate his "Birthday" and Thanksgiving on back-to-back days.
"2Day is My Actual Birthday! But im Droppin This Gift off to Ya'll Since Everyday is a Celebration of Life ..... i call this Track - BIRTHDAY & its produced by @YankeeCrownKing & @TrilogyMuzik," he writes.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 23, 2016 at 10:12am
Detroit's singer/rapper Dej Loaf puts her own dope spin on Beanie Sigel's classic song "In the Air." Give it a listen up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
Kid Ink releases official visuals for the songs "Noodles & Ramen" and "Before the Checks" featuring Casey Veggies. Both can be found on Kid Ink's "RocketShipshawty 2" mixtape, out now on Datpiff: http://www.datpiff.com/Kid-Ink-RSS2-mixtape.800504.html
It’s Thanksgiving time, and you know what that means. Yes, obviously your drunk uncle and the button on your pants are about to make things super uncomfortable, but that’s not what we’re talking about right now. Keeping his annual tradition alive, Snoop Dogg hosted an intimate dinner for several of his rowdiest, raunchiest entertainer friends just to give thanks and have a good time.
On this special Thanksgiving edition of GGN, Snoop is joined by Daz Dillinger, Christina Milian, Ricky Harris, Slink Johnson, Alex Thomas, Too $hort, Red Grant, Luenell, Bishop Don Magic Juan, and the Mariachi Lindas Mexicanas. As you might imagine with such a cast of characters, Trap Kitchen’s delicious bird wasn’t the only thing getting carved up. Watch the video to see them skewer each other, dudes who have money, cocaine, Melania Trump, and more. It’s the perfect escape for when your own family becomes too much to bear—and that’s truly something to be thankful for.
Gucci Mane performed during halftime of the Atlanta Hawks vs. New Orleans Pelicans game in Atlanta, Tuesday, November 22, 2016, but that was hardly the big news of the night.
During the fourth quarter he and longtime girlfriend Keyshia Ka'oir were featured on "kiss cam." Gucci used the occasion to pull out a diamond ring and propose to Ka'oir.
4Hunnid Records boss and Compton, California native, YG, is set to release a new mixtape titled "Red Friday" on November 25.
The rapper will be at Beast Mode in Oakland to personally sign 1,400 hard copies of the project, which will sell for $100 each. Digital copies will also be made available.
"So I just linked up with bro @nipseyhussle & his Proud 2 Pay direct to consumer Platform To do THE WORLDS 2ND $100 CD," YG captioned an Instagram photo. "SUPER FANS & SUPER SUPPORTERS ONLY. Mixtape in - store and signing will take place @ BEASTMODE store in OAKLAND, Friday the 25th, 10am - 4pm. 811 broadway Oakland ca, 94607 Hard kopies $100 each, And only 1,400 kopies made."
The eight-song mixtape features 21 Savage, RJ and Mitch. Check out the full tracklist and cover art below.
Red Friday Tracklist:
1. Public Service Announcement 2. I’m a Thug Pt. 2 3. Get Out Yo Feelin’s ft. RJ 4. I Know ft. Mitch 5. I Be On ft. 21 Savage 6. Down Bitch 7. I Ain’t Lyin 8. One Time Coming