Slaughterhouse emcee Joell Ortiz drops off an official music video for "Precious" featuring Raven Felix. The 20th Letter-produced song is off of Joell's forthcoming album titled "That's Hip Hop," which is set to be released on March 15th. Pre-order it now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thats-hip-hop/id1084128855
Detroit producer/rapper Black Milk is gearing up to release a live instrumental album titled "The Rebellion Sessions" with his band, Nat Turner, on April 4.
Here's a joint he calls "The Rebel," which won't appear on the project, but will hopefully hold fans over until the project drops.
Things were humming along smoothly for TIDAL, Jay Z's music streaming service, until they experienced technical difficulties and lost the streams for Rihanna, Celine Dion, Shakira, Britney Spears and Whitney Houston. Luckily, their intern Chloe has a great singing voice and was able to save the day.
Check it out as Ariana Grande nails impressions of the singers and even earns praise from Jay himself in this Saturday Night Live skit.
Hudson Mohawke took to his Twitter account over the weekend to air out Kanye West and Drake for allegedly not paying him for production he's done for them. At one point he threatened to leak unreleased songs from the pair.
“Literally about to release zip of kanye and drake songs I’ve done that I got [zero] for,” he wrote. “Mannn so tired of making careers for ppl who take my work n add 1 hi hat n take all the credit…exhausting shit.
Mannn so tired of making careers for ppl who take my work n add 1 hi hat n take all the credit...exhausting shit
Mohawke did extensive work for West on the album's "Yeezus" and "The Life of Pablo." He's credited with production on "I Am a God," "Blood on the Leaves," "Famous," "Freestyle 4," "Waves," and "FML."
He produced "Connect" off of Drake's 2013 album, "Nothing Was the Same."
In the end, Mohawke, decided the legal headaches he would have to deal with for letting the music of two of hip hop's biggest artists go without permission would be a really bad move for his career and pocketbook.
But he did throw a couple more darts before he was done.
I love yous too much to put myself into a huge legal battle for no reason n prevent me releasing my own music
"Donald Trump, this message is for you. My name is Clifford 'T.I.P' Harris. I say this as non violently, but unapologetically as possible. Fuck you and fuck what you stand for. Nobody who supports me will support you. End of message," the rapper says in the video.
The "Rubber Band Man" hit maker took it one step further in the caption of the video on IG.
"I ain't going for it... Mr Trump, if u beat me u won...but I WILL NOT BE FOOLED!!!," Tip wrote. "I know u got plans for my people that are contrary to OUR BEST INTERESTS. Make no mistake... WE AINT ON THE SAME SIDE. Whatever U ARE,IM NOT!!!! Be CLEAR!!!! I have a family, I have children, I have ancestors that I WILL NOT LET DOWN. If me & mines ain't safe, if me & mines in danger.... Guess what??? It's gon take all my air to keep me from #Goin⬆️ Heh... U Have No Idea. May God Be with U sir. Have a nice day Mr. Trump."
Kid Ink keeps the promotion of his "Summer in the Winter" popping by releasing an official music video for "Promise" featuring Fetty Wap. Produced by DJ Mustard.
Slink Johnson, Mu Johnson and Teddy Ray switch things up at their latest barbecue when they invite a white family, the Bullocks, to join in on the festivities. Check out what happens below.
[CREDITS] Starring: Slink Johsnon, Mu Johnson, Teddy Ray, Monica Bullock, Steve Bullock, Terry Hartman Directed by: Desiree Alcaraz Producer: Desiree Alcaraz Director of Photography: Adam Bial Camera Operator: Charles Gibson Sound Mixer : Sam May Production Assistant: Travis Brown, Denzel Jackson, Cameron Howard Post Supervisor: Rich Song Edited by: Momo Aoi VFX: Arthur Castillo
Recently, Orlando Brown has been heavily covered in the media regarding his frequent arrests, his Raven-Symone "abortion" lyrics, and rumored drug issues. In an interview with VLADTV, the child star particularly clears up his drama surrounding The View host and his "It's like Raven aborted my baby" line. "I said 'it's like.'" He explained, "It's clearly a play on words, and It's a metaphor. Basically, what I mean by that is, y'all want me to go crazy, and then y'all motherfuckers want to play a nigga."
Last week former republican presidential candidate Ben Carson dropped out of the race and endorsed the man who once compared him to a child molester, Donald Trump.
What we didn't see during the endorsement was Carson getting punched in the face by Trump supporters who mistook him for a protester.
The character Felicia "Snoop" Pearson portrayed on HBO's hit series The Wire wasn't too far off from her past reality. Born and raised in Baltimore where the show took place, Pearson continues to give back to her community by hosting block parties that benefit up and coming artists and children from the area. Had it not been for the show, Snoop believes the streets would have made an example of her. "Honestly, from the bottom of my heart, I'd probably be dead or in jail," she admits in this moving exclusive.
Being from Baltimore, Snoop had ties to many - even Freddie Gray, the man whose death by police incited riots and protests across the nation. Though she only saw him in passing, Pearson remembers him as "a cool person" who'd joke around whenever they saw one another. Watch as the actress recalls the day she found out of his death and more below.
Action "Mr. Wonderful" Bronson and VICELAND roll out the second episode of this season's "Fuck That's Delicious."
Driven by a need for freshest salmon, most grass-fed lamb, and legal weed, Action makes a pit-stop in the Pacific Northwest enroute to a concert in Vancouver.
There's no letting up in G Herbo's grind. The Chicago rapper continues to remind fans that his "Ballin Like I'm Kobe" project was one of 2015's hip hop highlights. Peep his official music video for "Bottom of the Bottoms."
(AP) — Donald Trump says he can unify the country. Now, he gets a chance to prove it.
The Republican presidential front-runner canceled a Friday night rally in Chicago rather than enter a tense cauldron of animosity between his supporters and protesters — some of whom then proceeded to face off in several violent altercations as the political gathering veered dangerously close to a riot.
It was an ugly incident unlike anything seen in presidential politics in decades, adding a dark chapter to the already unconventional 2016 White House campaign. And it comes as Trump makes calls for unity a central part of his closing argument ahead of Tuesday's slate of primary elections in five delegate-rich states.
The Chicago chaos presents the biggest leadership test yet for the Republican outsider, the deeply divided Republican Party and an even more sharply splintered nation that he seeks to lead.
And while extraordinary by any standards, perhaps the biggest surprise was that it didn't happen sooner.
Since casting Mexicans immigrants as rapists and criminals in his June announcement speech, Trump has encouraged supporters to embrace anger tinged with xenophobia. In recent weeks, his rallies have featured several minor incidents of violence involving protesters, almost all of them minorities, with Trump repeatedly encouraging his supporters to fight back — and to do so with violence if necessary.
On Friday morning, Trump cheered a supporter who punched a black protester in the face earlier in the week. The aggressor was later charged with assault.
"The audience hit back," Trump said, suggesting his supporter was provoked. "That's what we need a little bit more of."
At a Friday afternoon rally in St. Louis, before the canceled event in Chicago, he panned protesters as weak "troublemakers" and ordered them to "go home to mommy."
"These are not good people, just so you understand," Trump said. "These are not the people who made our country great. These are the people that are destroying our country."
Dismissed by his critics as an entertainer woefully unprepared to lead a nation, Trump now has an opportunity to demonstrate leadership in a crisis. Yet he showed little evidence in the immediate aftermath of the incident that he would make good on his pledge to unify the country with any kind of contrition.
"I don't take responsibility. Nobody's been hurt at our rallies," he told CNN during one of many television interviews he gave late Friday, during which he said he decided to cancel his appearance to avoid more serious violence or even death. "There's very few people hurt. And we should be given credit for that."
Republicans have spent months tip-toeing around Trump, fearful of alienating his loyal and enthusiastic supporters. Trump has filled the void left by party leaders' tepidness with rhetoric aimed squarely at Hispanics, Muslims and those who come to his rallies to protest.
At Thursday night's GOP debate, less than 24 hours before Trump's Chicago rally, all three of his remaining presidential rivals side-stepped questions about whether they were concerned about earlier incidents of violence at the front-runner's event. None directly said Trump bore responsibility.
On the debate stage, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said candidates "need to show respect to the people," but also sympathized with frustrated Americans. Ohio Gov. John Kasich said he worried about violence at rallies and broadly called for unity.
And Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said that while he's concerned about "violence in general in this society," Americans should use their anger as motivation to take action.
But with the scenes from Chicago blanketing cable news Friday night, they were suddenly far more willing to put the blame on Trump.
"In any campaign, responsibility starts at the top," Cruz said late Friday. "Any candidate is responsible for the culture of the campaign. And when you have a campaign that disrespects the voters, when you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence, when you have a campaign that is facing allegations of physical violence against members of the press, you create an environment that only encourages this sort of nasty discourse."
Rubio said Trump needs to "own up" to the impact of the rhetoric he's used. "There are consequences to the things people say in politics," he said.
Trump's rivals are faced with the prospect that they've taken a stand too late — and that their earlier silence has amounted to tacit support for the brash billionaire's actions. The high-stakes primary contests in Ohio, Florida and three other states are just a few days away.
Trump blamed the state of the nation's economy and President Barack Obama's leadership when asked about what prompted the violent clash at his rally.
"It's a divided country," he said. "It's been that way for a long time. It's very sad to see. It's divided among many different groups."
Voters now get to see whether he can help bridge those divisions, or will make them worse.
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Steve Peoples has covered presidential politics for The Associated Press since 2012. Follow him on Twitter at:http://twitter.com/sppeoples
Julie Pace has covered the White House and politics for The Associated Press since 2008. Follow her on Twitter at:http://twitter.com/jpaceDC
Original Block Hustlaz boss Ar-Ab a.k.a. The Top Goon of Philly delivers his highly anticipated third installment of his "Who Harder Than Me" mixtape series.
1.Intro 2.All Of Da Block 3.Morals ft Dark Lo 4.Get Back ft Lil Moss 5.Die Wit Me 6.Never Change 7.War Lords ft Bizzy Bam, Dame 8.Toy Soldiers 9.Bars ft Razor, C-Dot, No Brakes Bras 10.By Your Side 11.Back Door ft Sha Money, Stacks Ruega 12.Whoever Thought 13.Promise ft Breeze Bagetts, Newz 14.I'm A Star ft Dark Lo 15.Don't Believe Em 16.Columbia 17.Dark Side ft Skinny Me, Reese Buck, Osama 18.Ride For My Niggaz ft Fudge 19.Make It Home 20.Don't Stop
Smoke DZA releases an official music video for "100K." This is taken from his new album titled "He Has Risen," which was produced entirely by Harry Fraud. It's available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/he-has-risen/id1079212281