Coming from Harlem NYC both of these artist met in the St. Nicholas housing projects as competitors on the black top playing street ball. Those pick up games would spawn a partnership that transitioned from the basketball court to the street corner. After several failed attempts to get into the music industry the company Selfmade Inc. was started. RIZSELFMADE and MAC-CALI both entrepreneurs would use their profits to invest in themselves to push the brand forward. After a Decade long partnership RIZ and MAC never lost sight of the objective and here they are today opening up for 50cent a Living Legend in the Manchester Arena in front of 20,000 people. Check out the performance below as RIZSELFMADE and MAC-CALI perform “Look To The Stars” a song composed by MAC-CALI himself as he prepares to release his debutAlbum Titled “Addicted To The Trap” This song “Look To The Stars” will be featured on RIZSELFMADE’s new Album “DATMADELIFE 2” which is slated to drop Late November Via the RapidTechSolutions LTD powered Selfmade Inc. App which will soon be available for iPhone and Android users, peep the performance below.
North Carolina lyricist RAIN910 has been making his rounds promoting his upcoming album "A Perfect Day To Die" dropping Friday November 13th. His performance on The 2015 BET Cypher, his video for "Blow Me Away" and his recent track "Too Many" featruring Houston legend Paul Wall has propelled him back in the spotlight. This video "Who Wants To Die" features his long time friend/former Militia group member and YMCMB artist CORY GUNZ . The track is produced by critically acclaimed super prdducer NOTTZ.. Support real Hip-Hop!!!
New video from Young Thug for "Thief in the Night" featuring Trouble. This is off of Thugger's "Slime Season 2" mixtape. Produced by C4 and Supah Mario.
Several Atlanta area organizations including Street Watch Radio, Streetz94.5fm, Urban Edutainment, the Georgia Spartans, and Get WELL Soon (GWS), have come together to debut the first annual "Atlanta Turkey Classic & Holiday Dinner Donation" on Saturday November 21st from 12pm-5pm at the Andrew & Walter Young YMCA (2220 Campbellton Rd SW, Atlanta, GA 30311).
This event is a combination of service to our local communities, an investment in the healthy sustainable lifestyle of local Atlanta residents, and a showcase of talent from local celebrities and nationally ranked basketball players who are "Ballin' for a Cause." The Atlanta Turkey Classic & Holiday Dinner Donation event will consist of a distribution of canned goods, fresh turkeys, and additional food items to needy families as well as a celebrity basketball game. The giveaway will last from 12pm to 2pm and the basketball game will be held from 3pm-5pm at the Andrew & Walter Young Family YMCA on Campbellton Rd in SW Atlanta.
We plan to provide 100 families with turkeys or other goods this holiday season! Join us as we ignite change in the community! We invite you to participate in the wonderful event by becoming a sponsor and or by donating food or clothing items. If you are interested in performance slots, becoming a sponsor or donating please contact us @770-896-5685.
Staten Island’s own G4 Boyz long awaited Control Your Jealousy mixtape is slated to be released onTuesday, November 17th. The project hosts appearances by Skippa DAFLIPPA, OG Maco, Jose Guapo, AD, & production by Yung LAN.
Madeline Kirksey, a Christian author, is suing after she was fired from a childcare center for refusing to call a transgender student by a boy's name
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(Houston Chronicle) A federal discrimination complaint has been filed on behalf of a Katy-area educator who says she was wrongly terminated for refusing to address a 6-year-old girl as a transgender boy, the teacher's attorneys said Tuesday.
Madeline Kirksey, of Houston, who worked at the Children's Lighthouse Learning Center location on Clay Road, was fired Nov. 3 after she would not agree to treat the child as a male and call the child by a new male name, according to a copy of the filing with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Attorney Andy Taylor pointed to Kirksey's protected class as a black female over 40 who holds religious convictions. "All of those rights were not vindicated but destroyed," Taylor said.
Attorney Andy Taylor speaks on behalf of his client, Madeline Kirksey, during a news conference, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Houston.
Taylor represented the plaintiffs who challenged the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, which was originally passed by the city council but was repealed by Houston voters last week. Taylor is joined in Kirksey's case by attorney Briscoe Cain. Kirksey's pastor also attended and spoke at a morning news conference at a Galleria-area hotel.
Reached by phone Tuesday, Jamie Izaks, a spokesman for the Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers, said Kirksey was not fired because of the matter relating to the transgender student. He said he could not comment on matters related to employment.
The learning center franchises, first established in Fort Worth, exist in multiple states, and the company promotes itself online as "the leading values-based educational child care system in the U.S." Izaks said the schools are accepting of all religions and have a reputation for nurturing and raising great students.
Taylor stressed that the child had been attending school since the start of classes as a "little girl."
Using fake names, Taylor said that the child left school Friday as "Sally" and returned on Monday going by "Johnny."
"They had a real issue on their hands," Taylor said of the school staff.
Taylor maintained the child's gender identity wasn't set in stone. He said the child continued to use the girls' bathroom. The 6-year-old also played football with the boys and, when hit hard, cried and said, "I'm really not a little boy."
Taylor likened the imposition of such a decision over gender on a child to "child abuse." At such a young age, he said, kids haven't even decided what ice cream or cereal they prefer.
The attorney praised Kirksey for standing up to protect the child from ridicule, as well as keeping the other children at the school in mind who would have been "mightily" confused.
The EEOC enforces federal discrimination laws on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
50 Cent fires back at Vivica Fox by releasing unseen footage of her after she accused him of being gay. Hear what Vivica Fox rants about after a heavy night of drinking and pill popping in this topical sketch by All Def Digital.
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The hilarious comedian/actor/host Jack Thriller (@jackthriller) joins the show in studio and provides a ton of laughs. He discusses being on Wild 'n Out on MTV, his relationship with Nick Cannon and 50 Cent, his role in Straight Outta Compton, movies in the works, his role in mainstream comedy, 16 or Better, his fight with 40 Glocc, his Muhammad Ali impersonation, and much more. Get prepared to laugh for 35 minutes.
Lil Wayne's bank account is about to be $96,000 lighter after he was ordered to pay Pyrotek Special Effects.
TMZ reports that the company was never compensated for the pyrotechnics they provided for Weezy's 2013 tour. They sued the rapper, but came to an out of court settlement. The problem is, they never received a dime from Wayne.
PSE took theYoung Money Recordsboss back to court and and got the $96k judgment.
This latest financial setback comes on the heels of assets being seized from Wayne's Miami home to pay off a $2 million debt to a private jet company.
The Los Angeles Police Department has opened a criminal battery investigation, looking into an alleged attack on a club security guard by Azealia Banks.
TMZ reports that the 24-year old rapper was partying at Break Room 86 in L.A. last month, when she and her crew became rowdy and were asked to leave.
As Banks exited, a security guard says she tried to pull the fire alarm. The guard attempted to stop her, leading to the alleged attack by Banks and her friends.
Big things are popping for Pusha T. Not only is he putting the finishing touches on his next album, King Push, he's also been named the President of G.O.O.D. Music.
Billboard reports that the 38-year old rapper, real name, Terrence Thornton, will take the reigns of the Def Jam imprint, effective immediately. His longtime manager, Steven Victor, is the new A&R.
The Virginia representative talked to Billboard about his new position. Check that out below.
A big congratulations are in order. Just got word that you will be the president of G.O.O.D. Music. How was the offer presented you?
Actually, I was flying home and I had just got into my car at the airport. ‘Ye had called me and he was like, "Tell me something. What do you think about being the president of G.O.O.D. Music?" And I was like, "Well, what are the things that you’re looking for?" And he was basically just like, to manicure the label, make it profitable and be very business-oriented about it going forward in a manicured type of way.
What was going through your mind in those four months since? Any pros and cons that you were weighing?
It wasn’t really any time to me. I always look at it as an opportunity to help the team and I think that artistically, me and Kanye have the same vision. He respects me as an artist, a really manicured artist. I’m not out here shooting in the dark, doing any and every thing. When it comes to albums and things like that, I have a very manicured process in which I get to take my time and I think he sorta respects that I get to take my time. It’s never no pressure simply because I think he looks at me and my other businesses and understands that’s why I have this luxury of time in whether it be my clothing stores, my clothing line, just things like that. He just notices me and him don’t ever have that type of pressure, tension, producer-artist relationship. I think he respects that a lot and not to mention, ever since I’ve been on G.O.O.D. Music, there’s been a host of artists that I’ve brought to the table, tried to sign, brought to his attention in trying to sign, whether something was super hot or I called it it’s not going to stand the test of time, it’s wack. I been pretty right in a few regards. Those are the things he keys on as far as I go and just as far as being a part of the culture. He knows I’m outside all the time. He knows that I’m of the people. He knows that I’m in those specific mixes of things that are bubbling up, whether it’s online or before it even really gets hot online. He knows I study those different avenues.
In a perfect world, what would G.O.O.D. Music look like to you in the next five months?
I just look at capitalizing on everything that I feel like G.O.O.D. Music brings to the music industry, our following, and the culture. First of all, we have incredible artists. It’s definitely about getting those albums out in a very manicured fashion. We have great artistic talent that sort of walk the lines of bringing that excitement back in regards to just the art that goes along with it like DONDA, the merch and things like that. Things that kids are really into these days. You see how fashion takes over and these pop-up shops take over and how the music business is a real touring business now, just the things associated with it. Just building it out to make sure that everybody on the label is really capitalizing off of all the assets that really come with GOOD Music, that we really started, that we’ve really been good at. Just really executing all the different avenues of music, art, culture and fashion as well.
Charlamagne Tha God awarded the "Donkey of the Day" for Monday, November 9th, to Vivica A. Fox.
The 51-year old actress tried to insinuate 50 Cent was gay during a Sunday interview on "Watch What Happens Live." This comes just months after she declared the "I Get Money" hit maker the "love of her life" on the The Meredith Vieira Show.
Charlamagne says Vivica violated the "One Crack Commandment." To find out what that is listen up top.
Mississippi rapper/producer David Banner doesn't have any kids yet, but when he does he plans on being a responsible parent.
The 41-year old, real name Lavell Crump, chopped it up with DJ Smallz about the importance he places on being a good father. And why he'll put his kids before his career.
"I remember hearing a story...I don't know how true it is. But I heard Andre 3000 drove all the way from Atlanta to Dallas to pick up his son. And make sure he was there on the first day of school. That's what I wanna be. That's the kind of parent I wanna be," David said. "And if I would have had kids I couldn't be this David Banner I am now. My kids gon' come first, fuck some music."
50 Cent and G-Unit were in Stockholm, Sweden on Sunday, November 8th, for a show at Fryshuset Arena, while on their European trek.
50 stopped the show for several minutes to talk about the Meek Mill vs. Drake beef.
"[Meek] poked at him. The nigga started the shit. It's like you were picking on somebody in the schoolyard and the motherfucker says, [makes swinging motion] 'get the fuck away from me motherfucker,'" 50 said. "He thought he was gon' pick on Drake and got the shit slapped out of him."
The G-Unit boss then asked the crowd if anyone knew the name of Meek's response diss to Drizzy's "Back to Back," but it didn't seem like anyone did.
50 Cent was recently in Pittsburgh to promote EFFEN Vodka. He used to opportunity during stops at Fine Wine & Good Spirits and CONSOL Energy Center to pose for pictures with fans, talk about "The Kanan Tape" EP, cross promoting EFFEN with efforts from Yo Gotti, Future and Uncle Murda, remaining relevant in the music business, SMS Audio and more.
“I’m using the platform that I previously used to sell music to sell alcohol. It worked and was effective for the Cîroc brand. I’m incorporating it into everything that I do. You should expect to see product placement throughout my show ‘Power’ and in my new music (videos) that will be coming out in the next few weeks and I have so many artists connections and I’m working with them and you will see the product there too,” 50 Cent said to a room full of fans at a CONSOL Energy Center industry insider invitation-only meet-and-greet event.
If Vivica A. Fox was looking for attention, she just got it, but probably not in the way she had hoped.
The recent addition to the Empire cast appeared on Watch What Happens Live on Sunday, November 8, to promote her new gig. During her chat with host Andy Cohen she was asked to comment on supposed 50 Cent remarks that the show was suffering a ratings dip because of too much gay content.
50's rep later clarified the situation: "Mr. Jackson [50 Cent] reposted something on Instagram that originated from a blog in relation to the decrease in Empire's ratings. When he realized there was additional content in the blog post that he did not agree with, he immediately deleted the post as that is not a reflection of his views at all."
Despite that fact Vivica still threw shots at her former boyfriend.
"First of all, you know the pot called the kettle black is all I'm saying," Vivica responded.
Andy then asked her to clarify her comments.
"No, he's not [gay]. We had a great time," she replied. "But he just seems like he's got something that's not quite clear. I just never forget there was a Vibe cover with him and Soulja Boy, that made me kinda go...hmmm."
It didn't take long for 50 Cent to respond with ether in a series of Instagram posts.
"Oh No!!!, Now she thinks I'm gay because I let her lick my Ass. LMAO. Wait,I didn't want her to,she forced me, my hands were tied. 50 shades of grey," the music icon wrote. "Man somebody should have told her I'm a Troll. I got my asshole merit badge on now. bitch remember when you told me fuck Halle Berry and you could have played all the roles she did better then her? And I just looked at you like what the fuck kind shit did you take? LMAO."
Soulja also threw a shot.
The craziest part in all of this is that during an interview in February on The Meredith Vieira Show, Vivica said that 50 Cent was the love of her life.
"He is absolutely the love of my life," the 51-year old actress said. "I really, really cared for him and I loved him very, very much and I always will, but he just wasn’t right for me. That’s hard when you really, really love a person in your heart, you want to be with them, but you finally have to say, 'He's just not right for me.' I wish him the best, he is amazing and baby, he's fine, but... sometimes love ain't always right," she explained. "The heart wants what it wants, but sometimes it’s just not right. [I learned] to trust in my heart and know to take the time not to settle. I think as women sometimes we’re afraid to be alone or we think, 'Oh my god, he’s a great catch.'"
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