Top Dawg Entertainment took over on the second night of the iTunes Festival at SXSW on Wednesday, March 12. Here's Schoolboy' Q's full high energy set. Check it out and pick up Schoolboy's Oxymoron album from iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/oxymoron-deluxe-version/id799676139.
Trey Songz drops an official music video for his DJ Mustard-produced single entitled "Na Na." The clip was directed by Trigga and Gil Green. Cameos from Rosa Acosta, Massy aka Mankofit, Brie Bella and Nikki Bella aka The Bella Twins and Jazzma Kendrick
Petey Pablo was released from Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution in New Jersey on Thursday, March 13.
Pablo, real name Moses Barrett III, was arrested at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on September 11, 2010, when he tried to carry a stolen and loaded 9MM pistol onto a US Airways flight while en route to the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.
On September 26, 2011, the rapper was sentenced to 35 months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing a stolen firearm.
Petey is most famous for the hit songs "Raise Up" and "Free-a-Leek." According to AllHipHop, the North Carolina rapper is ready to resume his career with help from super producer Timbaland.
I just want to say that I’m totally glad to be back in the race and behind the wheel of a car that has been fine tuned for the greatest performance. I’m now headed to the workshop to begin what will be noted as my best work ever with one of the greatest producers of all time. My brother, my friend, my partner for life mega producer Timbaland, the king. See ya in a few, shirt still spinning!
A drunk driver fieeng from police plowed into a crowd of people early Thursday morning (March 13) at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin.
2 people were killed and 23 are injured, 5 in critical condition.
Police Chief Art Acevedo said an unidentified man driving a Toyota was pulled over for suspicion of drunk driving at around 12:30 a.m. The suspect initially pulled into a Shell gas station, but then took off at a high rate of speed, driving the wrong way down Ninth Street. The driver made a turn onto Red River, where he struck dozens of pedestrians and hit a man and woman on a moped, killing them.
The suspect then hit a taxi, injuring two people, before crashing into a parked van. He then exited his car and tried to get away on foot before being tasered and taken into custody by police.
Police Chief Art Acevedo talks to reporters Thursday morning
"This suspect will be charged by the Austin Police Department with two counts of capital murder," Acevedo said at a news conference. "He will also be charged with twenty three counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle."
Acevedo urged anyone with video footage of the event to turn it over to police and not post it online.
Here's the official music video for Asher Roth's single, "Tangerine Girl." This is off of his forthcoming Retro Hash album, which will be released on April 22. Visuals directed by Matt Spicer.
DJ Mustard has been rising fast over the last couple of years. The Los Angeles native continues his ascent with the release of his new single entitled "Vato" featuring Que, Young Jeezy and YG. Premiered by Power 106. Album coming soon.
Soulja Boy is gearing up to release his King Soulja II project on March 18. Here's a new collaboration with Migos entitled "Make It Work," which will be featured on the tape.
Rapper 360 will be performing at the South By Southwest Music Festival this week. Before heading out he drops off a new record entitled "Heads Will Roll" featuring Vinny Cha$e. The song was produced by ETHE.
2 Chainz was performing at the South By Southwest Music Festival on Tuesday night when his performance got cut short. The venue turned off the rapper's mic mid rap. He then threw the mic up in the air and walked off stage.
Tity Boi later came back only to have the same thing happen again. Completely frustrated at this point the rapper flips the mic high into the air and leaves for good.
19-year old Mori Montgomery nearly died in February when she was brutally beaten and kicked from a moving car by her boyfriend. The aspiring model made the decision to share her story and document her recovery via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to help bring more awareness to domestic abuse.
Mori Montgomery in January
In one post Mori described in detail what happened.
This might be a little graphic but I just want to let everyone know that I am okay. I am a survivor of domestic violence with a boy I dated for 8 months. I really thought everything was fine but he constantly questioned me about cheating and flirting. Nonsense. I never looked at someone the way he looked at me. Thought I loved this boy. How can someone that ‘loves’ me do this to me? The scars on my chest are way worse and extend down to my right nipple, completely scarred. The skin on my shoulder has been completely skinned. And I have bruising on my rib cage, neck, and my muscles. I was kicked out of a moving vehicle, then beaten and dragged, as I blacked out and was left lying there in my own puddle of blood. Doctors said I could have died if not made it when I did. I am so blessed and beyond lucky to be alive and have so much support from friends, family, and strangers. As I try to recover I ask to please keep me in your prayers. I have to wear a neck brace for 3-4 weeks, an arm cast and I can barely walk for now. Thank you for all the love. I hope to be an inspiration to women and anyone involved in domestic violence.
“I met my ex through my best friend and some friends and we just all hung out,” she told news.com.au. “We were really close and hung out everyday. He was always jealous and extra aggressive. We were playing around one day and he slapped me really hard. He apologized straight after so I didn’t think anything of it really, until this all happened. I pressed charges,” said Ms Montgomery, who has moved cities to distance herself from her now-ex boyfriend. Everyone’s shocked that I’m okay with talking about it, let alone to the world, but my way of coping is talking about it. I needed love and support, and that’s what I’ve got.”
Some people have accused Mori of being an attention seeker by posting the videos and photos, but she's not letting that stop her or get her down.
Mori's most recent video posted on March 11 shows just how far she has come in her recovery.
We wish Mori the best. She's a very strong woman and an inspiration to many.
In our final episode of Chiraq, we discover what the Nation Of Islam thinks about the Chiraq phenomena then finally get an audience in the court of Almighty Sosa, a.k.a. Chief Keef, a.k.a. young Keith Cozart. Filmed at his house in the suburbs of Chicago, Keef spends his time whipping donuts around the backyard on an ATV. There, we talk to the rapper and meet fellow GBE members who show us what happens when Sosa drops 10,000 dollars on paintball equipment.
50 Cent performed at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, March 11. The G-Unit used the occasion to premiere the song "Hold On" off of his forthcoming album, Animal Ambition.
STAR talks his new favorite rapper Rondo Numba Nine, Transgender battle rapper Noshame, Americas new coon Sweet Brown, classic Hot 97 footage (Part 2) and cutting back on texting.
Radio legend Troi Torain (STAR) always delivers hard-hitting objective truth. As a culture critic he is vicious, as a businessman he is relentless, as a luminary he is un-matched.
Considered a radio pioneer by many, STAR has set precedents on the urban landscape and was recently inducted into News One's "Top 20 Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time."
STAR & BUC WILD made the national stage on MTV (1999) but it was their radio show on New York's Hot 97 and Power 105 (2000 - 2006) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.
Torain's resume includes The Source magazine, MTV Networks, Hot 97, Power 104.1, Power 105.1, Pulse 87, Hip-Hop Weekly magazine, Vladtv, Thisis50, 100.3 The Beat, shot97.com and VH1 (The Gossip Game).
This clip is from STAR's LIVE show (12noon -- 2pm) on http://shot97.com.
Gucci Mane teams up with Young Fresh and Jose Guapo for a brand new track off of his forthcoming mixtape, Brick Factory Volume One. "My Customer" will serve as the project's into. The tape is scheduled to be released on April 1.
The Breakfast Club Interviews Mekhi Phifer. Speaks on his 20 year career in the acting business including his roles in Paid in Full and Clockers, says he never wanted to be an actor, speaks on black roles in Hollywood and says they are very limited, says he wish Hollywood would produce more than slave movies, speaks on his ex wife actress Melinda Williams, speaks on his investments, failed rap career and more!!!
Snoop Dogg releases a new music video for his song "Gangstas Don't Live That Long" featuring Mr. Porter, who also produced the track. This is off of Snoop's DJ Drama-hosted mixtape entitled That's My Work 3. You can download it now from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Snoop-Dogg-Thats-My-Work-3-mixtape.584766.html.
When Freddie "Gangsta" Gibbs departed from Young Jeezy's CTE World imprint it was not amicable. Gibbs has previously let his feelings be known about the situation in various interviews.
The Gary, Indiana native fires more shots on a new diss track entitled "Real." This is off of Freddie and Madlib's forthcoming album, Piñata, which drops on March 18.