Kanye West has tapped acclaimed director Hype Williams to document his Yeezus tour for an upcoming film. Aside from a trailer, which you can check out on West's website, not much else is known about the documentary other than it will be shown in theaters at some point.
We will keep you updated as more information becomes available.
So far the trek has stopped in 33 cities. 5 more dates are scheduled for Australia in May.
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Before they're heading to Europe, the three assassins, B-Real, Demrick and Xzibit are dropping a brand new visual for “Angels Come Calling” produced By DJ Khalil. The video was shot at the recent Cannabis Cup in San Bernardino, where B-Real was crowned “Stoner Of The Year" as well as during the most anticipated High Times Magazine cover, for which B-Real will be posing with Snoop, Method Man and Redman.
To follow up their critically acclaimed project Serial Killers Vol.1 (released October 31, 2013), the three MCs are taking their killer show on the road for a 12-city European tour.
Serial Killers Tour Dates
March 25 Haarlem (Holland)
March 26 Hamburg (Germany)
March 28 Santiago (Spain)
March 29 Malaga (Spain)
March 30 Barcelona (Spain)
April 01 Madrid (Spain)
April 02 Vienna (Austria)
April 04 Laax (Switzerland)
April 25 Zurich (Switzerland)
April 08 Vilnus (Lithuania)
April 09 Moscow (Russia)
April 10 Ekaterinburg (Russia)
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Lucky Don of the Black Flag Mafia teams up with Big Bz, F. R. Easy, Rich Kid and Big Grand for "Banned from the Radio," a 2014 remake of N.O.RE.'s 1998 classic song "Banned from TV," which featured Nature, Big Pun, Cam'ron, Jadakiss and Styles P.
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Hot 97's DJ Mister Cee drops his latest installment of Throwback Thursday." The Wallop King kept the old school favorites coming for forty six minutes straight. Take a listen up top and download it if you're digging it.
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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.
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Turk is preparing to drop his new mixtape entitled Reflamed very soon. He links up with T-Wayne for "Juiced Up," a track that will appear on the project.
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Paula Patton and Robin Thicke have split up after 9 years of marriage. The two issed a statement announcing their separation to People.com.
"We will always love each other and be best friends, however, we have mutually decided to separate at this time,"
Thicke was involved in a couple of controversial moments with other females on the night of the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.
The first involved his performance with Miley Cyrus at the show, where she twerked on him and used a foam finger to touch his private parts.
Then at a VMA after party he snapped a photo with a blonde women. In it his hand can be seen grabbing her butt.
Who knows if those incidents played a factor into the couple's split, but I'm sure they didn't help.
**UPDATE** February 27
Paula Patton initially tried to hide her embarrassment after her husband's 2013 MTV Video Music Award performance with Miley Cyrus.
The actress gave a couple of interviews saying she wasn't surprised at what she saw, and that Robin and Miley had practiced their routine days in advance of the August 25, 2013 show
"Honestly, they rehearsed for three days beforehand, and I don't know how not to dance with someone having their booty in your...all my friends do it like that," Paula said during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, in September 2013. "And I don't really know what the big deal is."
Turns out it was a really big deal. According to TMZ, Miley improvised the raunchy part of the routine and Robin just went with the flow.
Paula felt "utterly disrespected" watching Robin let Miley grind on his crotch in front of a national television audience.
Things got worse when the photo of Robin grabbing a female fan's butt at the after party surfaced. The couple argued constantly after the incidents until Paula finally decided to end their marriage.
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Here are two brand new tracks from Chicago emcee Lupe Fiasco. He gets an assist from Ty Dolla $ign on "Snitches." The second track is a follow up entitled "Snitches 2."
Lupe is expected to release his album Tetsuo & Youth later this year.
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Schoolboy Q delivered one of the best live performances I've seen from him on Wednesday, February 26, when he appeared on the Arsenio Hall Show.
Watch Schoolboy command the stage during "Man of the Year." This is off of his new Oxymoron album.
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Justin Bieber fled California to get away from constant problems, but his move to Atlanta doesn't appear to have helped him exorcise his personal demons.
TMZ reports that the singer's weed and lean use are out of control. Justin developed an addiction to sizzurp while in Cali. His team kept him busy though, which didn't allow him as much free time as he now has in Atlanta.
According to the report, sources close to Justin say he rarely leaves the house and is, "Drinking more lean, smoking more weed than ever."
Justin's lean sipping brand of choice is Activis prometh with codeine cough syrup. A brand TMZ calls the "champagne of sizzurp." It costs around $800 a pint. That's chump change to the pop star whose net worth is around $130 million.
In 2013 Forbes ranked Justin No. 9 on their list of The World's Most Powerful Celebrities. Hopefully someone will be able to save him from himself before he throws away all he's worked hard to achieve.
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Meek Mill has been all over the place the last several weeks. His latest vlog takes you behind the scenes as he performs on Nick Cannon's Wild N' Out show, hits the studio and attends the En Noir Fashion Show in New York and the NBA's 2014 All-Star Weekend in New Orleans.
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Mississippi rapper Dirt is putting in heavy work this year. He's been in the studio recording nonstop and will choose the best out of 100 songs for his forthcoming mixtape. In the meantime he releases the track "Nino Brown," a remix of Que's "O.G. Bobby Johnson."
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Santos reminds us of a young, hungry NFL linebacker, but instead of sacking quarterbacks or causing running backs to fumble, the Philadelphia emcee lyrically destroys beats.
Check out how he goes in over Future's Mike Will Made It-produced "Shit" instrumental in this new video shot by Kyle Wit Da Camera.
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50 Cent stands with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski and Kurt Busch on pit road before Sunday's Daytona 500.
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Written by Jay Pennell for Fox Sports
When hip-hop artist, actor, philanthropist and entrepreneur 50 Cent visited Daytona International Speedway for the 2014 Daytona 500, he was mostly questioned about last year's awkward encounter with reporter Erin Andrews during the Daytona 500 pre-race show on FOX.
Yet, the rapper's second consecutive year of attending The Great American Race entailed more than reflections on his 2013 experience.
Last year, 50 Cent -- whose real name is Curtis Jackson -- was at Daytona as a guest, taking in the sights and sounds of NASCAR's biggest race. He sat on Mark Martin's pit box, nearly kissed Andrews on the live FOX broadcast, and then went back to his world of hip-hop, SMS Audio and being an overall badass.
But here's the thing: 50 Cent did what other celebrities from outside the NASCAR world often don't do: He came back. And he also got more involved.
Jackson's company, SMS Audio, signed an exclusive partnership with Swan Racing, and drivers Cole Whitt and Parker Kligerman, to serve as an associate sponsor for the next two seasons.
In the world of NASCAR, that's a huge commitment, and it shows 50 Cent is here for more than just a free trip to the Daytona 500.
"When we have a sport big enough to for someone like 50 (Cent) to take knowledge of what we have here and what we have to showcase, it says a lot about our sport," Whitt said. "At the end of the day, I'm here for my sport and what's best for it. Attracting these kinds of sponsors -- SMS Audio, Speed Stick Gear on our car -- that's the kind of stuff that can make this industry go to the next level."
"I've already won (by) being here. Do you see anyone from my genre of music?" the rapper asked rhetorically during his latest Daytona visit. "It creates a separation and allows me to have the 70 million loyal fans that watch NASCAR to take notice of SMS Audio and 50 Cent and recognize my vision.
"It's a great cross for me," he added. "I feel like I'm in the right place."
And 50 Cent spent plenty of time in Daytona this past weekend. He first arrived on Friday for FOX's Bash at the Beach, followed by a team dinner with Swan Racing.
He hit the Sprint Cup Series garage bright and early Saturday morning, touring the No. 26 team's garage with Kligerman, asking many questions about the cars, before strapping in for a 'hot lap' around Daytona for three laps, including a simulated pit stop.
On the day of the race, he was formally recognized at the drivers meeting, accompanied Whitt and Kligerman to driver introductions, mingled with drivers such as Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Danica Patrick and Kurt Busch, and was interviewed with the Miss Sprint Cup girls by Michael Waltrip during the FOX pre-race show.
He then watched the start of the race from the No. 26 team's pit box, before switching to the No. 30 pit box after about 30 laps.
Although he had to leave the race during the rain delay, he closely followed developments and let his Twitter followers know the action was back on FOX when the track drying efforts were complete.
This all sounds like a great celebrity visit, but how can 50 Cent help grow NASCAR in ways other celebrities may not?
By attending his second Daytona 500 this past weekend, he may have helped bring NASCAR to an entirely fresh, young and diverse group of people.
Just consider 50 Cent's social media reach. He currently has 7.39 million Twitter followers. Remember, NASCAR just celebrated the fact Danica Patrick reached the one million mark and that Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s following has grown to from 230,000 followers to more than 500,000 in just two days.
An Instagram video of a Swan Racing pit stop posted by 50 Cent received more than 15,300 likes. An image of him and Whitt received more than 23,800 likes. Another picture of him in the garage garnered over 35,7000 likes. You get the picture.
He then watched the start of the race from the No. 26 team's pit box, before switching to the No. 30 pit box after about 30 laps.
Although he had to leave the race during the rain delay, he closely followed developments and let his Twitter followers know the action was back on FOX when the track drying efforts were complete.
It's going down @NASCARONFOX is back on the air.check out my team @SwanRacingCo back at it at 8:30 #NASCAR
— 50cent (@50cent) February 24, 2014
The key market demographic that NASCAR often targets with specific marketing campaigns and the Drive for Diversity program are listening to 50 Cent, and following his moves on social media.
To put it another way: If 50 Cent sends a NASCAR-related tweet, he reaches more people than anyone inside the sport. And, ultimately, he's reaching the right people -- a very diverse non-NASCAR fan base.
"As I get more chances to speak more about the actual (NASCAR) experience, the more interested people will be about coming out. You just have to lead by example," Jackson told FOXSports.com. "People don't understand (NASCAR), and people usually go against what they don't understand. They haven't experienced it. When they get a chance to come out, it'd be different. The other half of the stands would be full."
50 Cent greets NASCAR fans
Jackson's first exposure to NASCAR came long before he knew anything about the sport. As a child, he already had an attachment to racing, through the cars he was given as toys.
"I've always had a chance to watch on television, but when I experienced my last trip on my first visit here last year, it's an entirely different experience," he said. "I think those at home need to get out and see an actual race at some point, because it's a whole different energy and feeling connected to hearing the cars go by, and feeling the actual cars go by."
And if that doesn't work out, 50 Cent offered this tidbit of knowledge to his friends and counterparts after last year's trip to the Daytona 500.
"Honestly, I told them the women are extremely hot, and ... outside of going to church, maybe, you can find good women in NASCAR," he said.
While you might not be seeing NASCAR logos on the next 50 Cent album to drop (Animal Ambition), and it's unlikely 50 Cent will be featured in the next NASCAR commercial, him talking about the sport and attending races can potentially go a long way toward bringing NASCAR to a whole new generation of fans.
Photo And Video Sources: NASCAR, Tuckahoe Strategies and 50 Cent's Instagram
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Louis gives his fans and Followers a new video "Gotta Feel It" off his Upcoming Project set to drop March 16th. Project84 Hosted By Dj Mustard! Executive produced by DJ Necterr. Visuals he took back to his old neighborhood where he grew up and gives fans insight on what the meaning of Project84 means. Be on the lookout for this rising star, he is making noise on the west coast and the Northwest!
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Cell phone video shows the fight that led to the shooting death of Kansas City firefighter Anthony Bruno by police officer Donald Hubbard.
The incident occurred on December 1, 2013, but the video was just released to the public on Tuesday. A Jackson County grand jury decided not to pursue second degree murder charges against Hubbard, who said he feared he would be killed if he didn't use deadly force.
KCTV5 has the story. Read the report by DeAnn Smith and Dave Jordan, then watch video of the fight to decide for yourself whether or not you believe Hubbard's life was in danger.
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Cell phone video captured the final moments when a routine arrest turned into a fatal confrontation between an off-duty firefighter celebrating his wedding reception and a Kansas City police officer working security.
The Kansas City Police Department's office released the 180-page case file on Tuesday in response from a Missouri Sunshine Law request from KCTV5. On Feb. 14, a grand jury cleared Officer Don Hubbard in the fatal shooting death of Anthony Bruno.
Ashley Janzen, a nurse who witnessed the fight and shooting, told police, "It is a situation that went wrong."
Bruno had been celebrating his recent nuptials during a reception that lingered into the early morning hours of Dec. 1. Bruno got into an altercation over a fare with a cab driver who had driven him, his bride and a friend from a downtown restaurant to a nearby hotel.
Hubbard, who was working off-duty security at the hotel but in uniform, responded. He chased Bruno and was in the process of putting him in handcuffs when Bruno began to pummel Hubbard, authorities said.
Police say Bruno pinned Hubbard to the ground and repeatedly punched him in the face, leaving Hubbard no choice but to fire his service weapon. The grand jury agreed.
Because he was working off duty, Hubbard was not assigned a Taser.
Hubbard suffered significant injuries including broken facial bones. Bruno was shot twice in the chest. Bruno's blood-alcohol content was .21, according to his autopsy. You are considered legally intoxicated at .08. Video taken at Anthony's restaurant where the Brunos and friends went after their hotel wedding reception showed Bruno having trouble standing up and stumbling about 1:45 a.m., according to the case file.
Stephanie Bruno told police that her husband was "somewhat intoxicated" because he had been drinking in celebration of their wedding.
"He wasn't slurring his words or falling over," she told police.
The case file shows surveillance video and cell phone video capturing the confrontation. Jason Reinhard and Janzen witnessed the actual events and Reinhard's cell phone video was provided to police.
"That's a very aggressive stance that the cop is taking," Reinhard said as Hubbard rolls Bruno from face down to about halfway on his side as he attempts to cuff him.
The video captures the verbal exchange between the two men and the moments the arrest turned from routine to the two wrestling during the arrest.
"Don't fight the cop," Reinhard yells at Bruno.
As the two roll around, Bruno pins Hubbard to the ground and holds his head down against the ground while punching his face repeatedly.
At that point, Hubbard fires the shots, causing exclamations from the couple watching the events unfold. Janzen is a critical care nurse at a trauma unit, and she did CPR on Bruno as a bloody Hubbard put compression on his wounds.
Janzen said Bruno tried to talk, and she believes Bruno said, "Don't let me die." She told police that she believed Hubbard had no choice but to fire his weapon after he had his head repeatedly smashed against the concrete sidewalk.
"I did not see any other circumstance than to shoot him. I mean he has to do something because he was going to get a head bleed from the traumatic brain injury," she said. "And since I am a nurse and I saw the officer's head getting smashed against the cement, he was definitely going to get a subdural hematoma."
She said Hubbard didn't know that Bruno was a firefighter, and she said Bruno went into a defensive mode.
"I think it's just, you know ... not really anybody's fault. It is a situation that went wrong," Janzen said. "He had his head beaten against the cement and he had no other alternative than to react by shooting the guy and it's just a horrible kind of tragedy for both of them."
She said she wishes she could have changed the circumstances, but she said she didn't want to get in Hubbard's way. She said she did her best as a nurse to save Bruno's life.
"I did everything I could," she said, adding she hopes it gives his family peace.
Two off-duty firefighters from Nebraska heard the gunshots and they ran to give assistance. One of the off-duty firefighters took over from the woman and was giving CPR until an officer pulled him off Bruno and "frisked" the off-duty firefighter, according to the man's statement.
Responding officers quickly determined an off-duty officer was involved and asked to have superiors alerted while ordering two ambulances to the scene.
After calling 911, the nurse's friend began to continue to record the response on his cell phone. One of the first responding officers told Reinhard that his recordings were evidence and he should stop recording.
"He then stated to me something to the effect of, 'What I have can be used against the officer.' After he stated that to me, I then grabbed his cell phone out of his hand, closed his case on the cell phone and then placed it on the hood of my police car because I believed that it contained evidence of what occurred," Officer Jacob M. Moore said.
Reinhard told police that he initially began recording because he felt that the officer was using aggressive and unnecessary force. He said he thought it would become a legal matter and "cameras are the ultimate accountability."
He said he reviewed his video with Bruno's family, including parents. He said Bruno's family were grateful he took the video and had relief. He said they share his thoughts that Bruno did not initiate the situation.
Reinhard said he believes Bruno was cooperating and only fought back in reaction to a blow to the head.
"I saw a man who wasn't really resisting and I saw a cop use a lot of force that caused injury. He dropped a knee on the victim's head, and at that point the victim started fighting back and that is when shots were fired," Reinhard said. "I think the cop got himself into a situation that he shouldn't have been in and wasn't prepared to deal with and then had to escape it in a means in which someone lost their life. And I don't think anyone had to die in that situation."
He said he has few regrets about his actions, and is glad he could provide an account of what happened.
Hubbard submitted a three-page written statement on Dec. 11.
He said he pleaded with Reinhard and the nurse to call for help since he was alone battling Bruno.
Hubbard said Bruno got him in "an extremely vulnerable position," and he was hit in the face so many times that he began to black out.
"He continued to strike me and I started to lose consciousness and I believed the suspect was not going to stop hitting me until he killed me," Hubbard said. "I feared for my life and I drew my weapon, fired two shots center mass, I believe on his left side, because he was on top of me," he said.
Officer Don Hubbard in the hospital after fight with Anthony Bruno
Hubbard said after firing his weapon he reholstered it and then blacked out for a few moments.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HUBBARD'S ENTIRE STATEMENT.
In her statement, Stephanie Bruno, who was still wearing her wedding dress as the tragedy unfolded, said her husband hit the taxi driver after the driver flung the $20 for a fare back in her face and called her a noun commonly used in the most derogatory of circumstances to refer to a woman's anatomy.
The taxi driver said Anthony Bruno hit him without mercy and he felt like Bruno wanted to kill him. He said he believed Stephanie Bruno told her husband to run when those who watched the altercation said the police were on their way.
Anthony Bruno was rushed to the hospital where he would be pronounced dead within an hour of the shooting. Fire Chief Paul Berardi was at the hospital and identified the body.
While being beaten, Kansas City police officer shoots suspect
Report, video showing altercation, released in firefighter Anthony Bruno's death
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STAR talks NY Knick Raymond Felton pulling a gun on his wife, Nicki Minaj being sued by Terrence Davidson for 30 Million dollars and Robin Thicke and Paula Patton ending their marriage.
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.
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Star Speaks On Robin Thicke & Paula Patton's Split, Nicki Minaj Being Sued For $30 Million, N.Y. Knicks Player Raymond Felton Pulling A Gun On His Wife
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Here's the official music video from Maino for his song "Tupac Problems." This is taken off of the Black Flag Mafia boss' EP, King of Brooklyn. You can download it now for free from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Maino-KOB-mixtape.576654.html.
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Check out the latest video "Do My Thang" from Snoopzilla & Dam-Funk's project 7 Days of Funk, out now on Stones Throw Records. Get your copy of the album on iTunes today!http://smarturl.it/7daysoffunk
"Do My Thang" also features both artists wearing Snoop Dogg's latest paisley and rose printed Neff collection, available now at Tilly's.
Director - John Mazyck
Executive Producer - Ian Mallitz
Producer - Frank Vasquez
Producer - Ron Alvarez
Director Of Photography - Bryant Jansen
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In Episode Six of Noisey Chiraq, we tag along with rising super-producer Young Chop, who despite being the most successful beatmaker to emerge from the Chicago rap scene, still doesn't have his drivers license (his mom drives him around). Song-maker for artists like Chief Keef, French Montana, Juicy J, Big Sean and Pusha T, Chop visits Chicago's Bean for the first time ever and we find out the extent of racial segregation in the city.
Chiraq - Ep. 1: http://bit.ly/1lCLPuG
Chiraq - Ep. 2: http://bit.ly/1lCLGHt
Chiraq - Ep. 3: http://bit.ly/1lCLxE7
Chiraq - Ep. 4: http://bit.ly/1hcngGq
Chiraq - Ep. 5: http://bit.ly/1fh9JKo
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