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Shanell's new single "My Button" gets official visual treatment as the YMCMB singer gears up for her debut album, which will be released later this year. The video features cameos from Lil Wayne, Mack Maine, Birdman and Lil Twist.
The track is produced by "N*ggas In Paris" beat maker Hit Boy.
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Tyga's "Rack City" has gone from being just a strip club anthem to a full blown hit for the young Compton rapper. A not so safe for work video of the cut was released last year, now here's the official version.
The track will be featured on Tyga's upcoming sophomore album Careless World: Rise of the Last King.
DJ Whoo Kid leaked this heater from Bow Wow featuring Lloyd Banks Saturday, now here's the dirty version. The track is off of Bow Wow's upcoming album Underrated.
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"I heard you say you aint a b*tch 'cause you sing/You a b*tch 'cause you cling like a b*tch that's 18" - Common "Stay Schemin" remix
As we previously reported, Drake and Common are beefing and it looks like Com is not even playing around as he fires off on Drake on the remix to "Stay Schemin." It's a direct reply to Drizzy's verse on the song.
“I just ask that when you see me, you speak up n*gga that’s all/Don’t be ducking like you never wanted nothing,” Drake raps on the track. “It’s feeling like rap changed, it was a time it was rugged/Back when if a n*gga reached it was for the weapon, nowadays n*ggas reach just to sell their record.”
There was immediate speculation that the verse was directed at Common, who previously dissed Drake on the song "Sweet"
“He [Drake] opened his mouth and said some things, so if that’s what he want, all that subliminal [talk]…you could do that too, but say it now,” Common told Sway of MTV News and Shade 45's "Sway in the Morning" back in December when asked if "Sweet" was directed at Drake. “The verse is about me but when you hear some of the stuff on the chorus it’s like you can’t help but think about dude and I guess that’s what he felt. So at the end of day he fits in that category, he already embraced it, so wear it.”
The battle is in full swing now. Check out Common's new diss below.
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Tyga's "Rack City" is really a strip club anthem, but mix in a grandmother with a weird sense of humor and her grandson rapping the lyrics, then you have the ingredients for a viral video.
This is either pure comedy or madness.... you decide.
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Cory Gunz and Meek Mill team up with director John Colombo to deliver official visuals for "YMCMB MMG." The song is featured of Cory's mixtape Son Of A Gun.
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Nicki Minaj is back with a second joint from her upcoming sophomore album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. While she doesn't say her name it sounds like she's going at Lil Kim... again. Expect to hear a Kim response soon.
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded drops on Valentine's Day.
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Young Money singer Shanell aka SNL aka Gypsy drops new visuals for her song "What Is Love."
The track is produced by Timothy Bloom and Donnie Scantz.
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You ever wonder what Lil Wayne looked like as a kid? Well, check out this clip of "Baby Lil Wayne" singing the hit song "How To Love."
The most hilarious part is when "Baby Lil Wayne" gets a text from Birdman telling him he kissed another man. The kid immediately snatches Stunna's picture off the wall and trashes it.
Peep it below.
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Meek goes in over Drake's "The Ride"
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B.G. is sticking by the street code of "no snitching."
The former Hot Boys rapper, real name Christopher Dorsey, pleaded guilty Wednesday (December 7) to charges of being a three time convicted felon in possession of a firearm and witness tampering.
According to Nola.com, B.G. didn't cut a deal with prosecutors to testify against his co-defendants.
B.G., 31, was arrested in November 2009 along with Demounde Pollard, 17, and Jerod Fedison, 28, following a traffic stop in New Orleans. During a search of the car police found three guns, along with loaded magazines and two extended magazine clips.
In court yesterday B.G. admitted to owning some of the weapons. He also plead guilty to trying to coerce Pollard into signing an affidavit falsely claiming ownership of them.
In the 2011 music video "I Aint Tellin" B.G. speaks on not talking to the police and taking your own charge if arrested.
"Man, this f*cking ratting sh*t is getting out of hand," B.G. says in the video. "It's called t.y.c. man, take your charge."
B.G. will be held in jail until his March 14, 2012 sentencing, where he could get up to 40 years in jail.
News coverage of B.G. pleading guilty
B.G. "I Aint Tellin" music video
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A Drake fan has guaranteed her spot in the history books by committing one of the dumbest acts ever to show her love for the Young Money rapper. The woman walked into a Los Angeles tattoo shop and demanded Drake's name be tattooed in bold letters across her forehead.
Tattoo artist Kevin Campbell of Will Rise gave the young woman exactly what she asked for. Now she has the rest of her life to think about it.
Vice.com caught up with Campbell to find out how the idea of the tat came about and why he did the artwork.
VICE: Hi Kevin, so who took the picture?
Kevin: Norm, my boss. It sucks because the photo makes the tattoo look all crooked and janky, but it's actually pretty well-applied and straight as an arrow. The other before, during, and after photos taken by my co-worker are better. But when Norm took the now famous picture, one of her shaved eyebrows was tensed up a bit, making the "A" in "DRAKE" look like dogsh*t. Her eyebrows were shaved when she came into the shop, by the way. Her head was shaved too.
How did you react when she told you what she wanted done?
The funny thing is, I didn't know who Drake was. I figured it was her hood or some sh*t, not some goofnugget R&B dude.
Did she talk about what it meant to her? Had she been planning it for a long time or was she kind of just like, "put it on my forehead" and that’s it?
Yeah, she was really psyched about it. She had the sh*tty font all picked out on her iPhone ready to go and was pretty adamant about putting it on her forehead. She didn't say a word about what it meant to her. Some of the guys at the shop asked her, and she just kinda giggled at them. When I printed up the first image of the lettering, she wanted me to go bigger, so that it went pretty much from each side of her hairline to the other. I thought she shaved her eyebrows for the procedure, so when I put the stencil on the first time, it was right over her (missing) eyebrows, but she had me enlarge it a bit and push it up towards the hairline. But yeah, she acted as if she had planned it out for a while, but I'm not really sure how much extended coherent thought could actually go into getting such a stupid tattoo on your forehead.
Wow. Do you feel sort of bad about it after the fact?
My whole deal with people wanting completely outrageous and potentially life-ruining tattoos is this: I'll ask them three times if they really think it's a good idea, I tell them what the potential consequences of getting a tattoo on their face might be, and after that, the bad decision is on them. I believe that people get the tattoos that they deserve. The shop where I worked prior to Will Rise was in the center of the Harbor City Crip neighborhood, so I'm not really a stranger to tattooing gang sh*t on faces, which is what I originally thought that this was. I guess I feel bad that this dumb*ss got the name of the softest motherf*cker in hip-hop tattooed on her forehead. But what makes that any less valid of a tattoo to her? I lost a little sleep over it that first night, wondering if I wanted to be known as the a**hole who tattooed "DRAKE" on some crackhead's forehead. None of the face tattoos I had done prior to this got any publicity, so I was a little surprised that this one took off like it did. I'm still kinda debating whether or not I should send you guys the whole set of pictures, I don't really want to paint the shop in a bad light, but it is what it is. In the end, she paid me to do this to her, which really means she did this to herself.
So you see it as your job to give people what they ask for?
There is a way of steering the customer in a direction that would make their whole tattoo idea something that would look better on their skin when the concept they have in their mind sounds good to them but wouldn't translate well into a tattoo. This usually comes up when they come in asking for something like a tattoo of a rose but with 20 names and dates hidden in the petals or something. When it's something as simple as lettering, I could have tried to steer her into a prettier font maybe, or a different location (obviously), but she was already set on this letterman jacket-style font.
But as far as having a choice, yeah, sure, I could have turned her away, and I'm already getting a ton of flack from other tattooers for this, but the way I see it, if she's got her little heart set on getting her forehead tattooed then she'll just keep on trying until somebody finally goes through with it. I think that getting a color portrait of the Joker from Batman is a dumb idea, but who the f*ck am I to judge? If some cat from MS 13 comes in and wants me to "blast" that sh*t on his chin or forehead or whatever, who am I to judge the validity of them getting what they get and where they get it? If I tattoo a huge "BK" on a Crip or tattoo "DRAKE" on some R&B-crazed girl's face, what's the difference? Who am I to say which one is wrong and which is right?
Are you surprised at how quickly the photo spread?
Honestly, I didn't think this thing would get so much exposure. I'm still kinda debating whether or not it's a great idea to have my name attached to this sh*t more than it already is. Seeing as how I haven't really established too much of a name for myself, I don't particularly want this one tattoo to represent my whole body of work. It’s not something I’d want to write home to mom about, if you know what I mean. I've actually done some way crazier facial tattoos recently, but was really careful not to blast the sh*t all over the internet. There are so many kids walking up and down Fairfax with ridiculous facial tattoos that I didn't think too much about it before I did it. Plus, the whole shaved eyebrow thing usually means you just got put on to your neighborhood or whatever, so I figured she was just some crazy shermed-out cholla who was "down for her calle" or whatever.
In my opinion this whole world's going to sh*t, and sh*t rolls downhill, so I might as well just jump in, hold my breath, and pray to God that there's a nice big soft puddle of diarrhea for me to land in once everything hits the fan.
I wonder what was going through her mind when she decided to do it.
Man, I wish I could get you in touch with her. I'm sure the story's pretty intense. Sadly, she didn't leave a number on her consent form, just her name. But she is supposed to be coming back to finish the tattoo once it heals (she only had enough money for the outline) and I could probably talk to her then. She was on a pretty good one when she came in, but I think by the time I finished she was coming down, because her attitude changed pretty drastically once the tattoo was finished.
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Bow Wow has issued a statement denying a news report that he owes the IRS a grip of money.
According to TMZ, the Cash Money rapper owes $91,105.61 in unpaid taxas for the year 2006, but Bow Wow insists the report is bogus.
"TMZ saying they are about to runa story on me thats once again “Not True” as im sitting in my beautiful condo as of RIGHT NOW that they said i dont have anymore. (Bow Wow with no home thats like a whore that doesn’t like d**k) We all know not to believe anything the media writes or blogs its their job to entertain the minds of the simple minded," he wrote on his blog.
He then goes on to explain why his new album Underrated isn't coming out this year as originally planned.
"I hear yall jokes 'His sh*t aint never droppin' it is dropping. When I Feel like its right tho. My album sounds nothing like what you've heard come out of the camp PERIOD so far."
With so many artists on the YMCMB team it's inevitable that some album release dates may get shifted around. Bow Wow insists that isn't the case for him.
"I know yall want this album just as much as i want to deliver it. The thing is tour just ended like 3 n half weeks ago. I left studio to tour which of course set me back. I have to mix all the records which i have just now kinda started. "Sweat" video will be out in a week or 2," Bow Wow writes. "Took a minute to finalize all the graphics and detail because of the CGI effects. Also dont forget im stil working on my tv sitcom with Ice Cube as well. I think people forget i got 2 jobs (Rapper/Ator) hahaha.. Record just went to radio as well. Not only that but im trying to get India Irie to sing on "Boy Or Girl" being that that sample you are hearing on that record is her. I figured it would be so meaningful and better with her apart of it live. Its taking so long because im putting my all into it. This is not just an album its my pain my life my story me in the now how im feeling."
To read the rest of Bow Wow's open letter head over to his blog.
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Drake made his way to the Chelsea Lately show yesterday (November 22). The two talked about his ethnic background, how an older woman got him hooked on white whine spritzers, why his songs tend to have a lot of sexual content and whether or not he's ever "tapped" Nicki Minaj.
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French Montana and Coke Boy, Chinx Drugz hijack Tyga's "Rack City" instrumental and flip it into "New Jack City."
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