Brick Star Boyz boss Troy Ave A.K.A. Harry Powder is back with new visuals for "Blanco." The song is off of Troy's new mixtape White Christmas, hosted by DJ Holiday.
DJ-EV is gearing up to release the third installment of his B*tch I'm From Cleveland mixtape series. Check out the 1st leak featuring Machine Gun Kelly Ft. Ray Jr, E-V, Tezo, Dub-O, JP and Pooh Gutta.
S-1 (Symbolyc One) has been enjoying the success that comes along with producing records for artists such as Beyonce, Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, Erykah Badu and many others.
His latest hit record is 50 Cent's "My Life."
HipHop-N-More recently caught up with S-1 to talk about how that record came about and get his take on what it was like working with 50.
HHNM: Let me start off by saying that I love 50 Cent’s new single ‘My Life’ featuring Eminem and Adam Levine. How does it feel to work with 3 heavyweights like them on the same song?
S1: Oh man, it’s truly a blessing. It’s one of those things that as a producer you long to do. You desire to work with artists you grew up on. I’ve been a fan of 50, Eminem and Maroon 5. So just to be producing a track with all of them on, it is surreal.
HHNM: I’ve heard that the beat is almost 2 years old and 50 was holding it for a really long time. Can you please explain the background story to it and how the three artists came together on the song.
S1: Yeah so I met Dre McKenzie about 2 and a half years ago. I was sending records to 50 through Dre and Tony, the A&Rs up at G-Unit. Dre hit me one day and was like ‘I have held these 2 records for 50, he’s really diggin’ them’. One weekend I just happened to be in New York and decided to stop by G-Unit office. I talked to Dre, he played the two beats that 50 wanted. And coincidentally 50 happened to be there. He got out of his meeting and came to me and was like ‘yo, you got some crazy stuff’. He pulled me into his office and he played me the ‘My Life’ beat and started doing his verses and the hook right there to show me how he wanted the song to be.
HHNM: Oh so he already had the idea before you got there.
S1: Yeah, he already had the idea when I connected with him. But he hadn’t recorded the song yet. He spit the lyrics over the beat live for me in the office and was like ‘yo this could be really big’. And that was the last time I talked to 50. Throughout the 2 years or so I was hearing things from different people. Like this cat at Universal told me Eminem hopped on the record. Somebody else then told me Adam Levine jumped on it too. I was only getting little pieces of information until maybe like a few weeks before the song actually released when all the paperwork had to be done. That’s when I found out that they are about to release it as a single.
HHNM: Crazy. So do you have more work with him? Any chance he may have recorded to another beat of yours?
S1: I know he has one other beat of mine that he really likes but I’m not sure if it’s gonna make the album. He does have more of my production with him that he’s digging. I guess as we draw closer to the release of his album Street King Immortal, we will know better.
S1 was also behind the boards for Kanye West's 2010 banger "Power." Check out what he had to say about the record and his relationship with the G.O.O.D. Music CEO.
HHNM: ‘Power’ is definitely one of the most memorable songs you have produced. Are you working or planning to work with Kanye again?
S1: Yes, I’m always working with Kanye. In fact, I’m actually part of his production team Very G.O.O.D. Beats.
HHNM: Yeah I’ve heard something about that. So that’s like an official production team with producers signed to it?
S1: Yup, that’s his production team Very G.O.O.D. Beats and I’m very much a part of that. I’m always working with Kanye. He has maybe like 20 records with me (laughs). Where they’ll end up I have no idea but yeah, I’m always involved with stuff he’s working on, whether it’s his solo project or a G.O.O.D. Music compilation album. I’m always contributing my ideas of work to him.
HHNM: 20? Wow. Well he’s supposedly working on his new solo album so hopefully we’ll hear you on that.
S1: Oh yeah, he’s gearing up to like really go in on that. I’m definitely excited about being a part of that.
To read more about what kind of software and equipment S1 uses to craft his music, his 3 favorite producers, his upcoming projects and more head over to HHNM.
Over the weekend popular youtube personality and aspiring rapper Freddy E took his own life. Immediately afterwards the internet was buzzing with rumors that he did so because of a failed relationship with Honey Cocaine.
Honey sat down with MTV recently to clarify their relationship and offered her opinion on why she thinks Freddy may have killed himself.
"I think he was just going through a lot, and that's his personal business. I'm not going to speak about what he was going through, but as his friend, I did communicate with him often, And he was going through some things," Honey said. "Sometimes people can't handle it. If I could have dome something, I would have done something but I had no idea of the situation or the fact that he was tweeting those things. I wasn't aware of any of that. I just feel like he couldn't handle his problems anymore."
Despite reports to the contrary, Honey says she and Freddy were just good friends.
"What they don't understand is that we were friends, we were just friends," she explained. "Blogs are saying that I was his ex-girlfriend and he did what he did because of a failed relationship. That has nothing to do with anything. I need people to understand that it was just a friendship. I just want people to know that we were just friends, and we did everything for each other as friends."
Brick Squad Monopoly rapper Frenchie is out on the road promoting his Concrete Jungle 2 mixtape. In part 3 of his vlog documenting the tour he makes a stop in Toledo, Ohio.
Shawty Lo has a lot of people talking about him these days. Last month a preview of his new reality show All My Babies' Mamas hit the net and sparked a lot of debate.
A lot of people love that the show represents an African American man who takes care of his responsibilities as a father. However there are some detractors that worry the show plays on racial stereotypes.
Despite the criticism, the Oxygen network stands behind the show.
“Oxygen’s one-hour special in development is not meant to be a stereotypical representation of everyday life for any one demographic or cross section of society. It is a look at one unique family and their complicated, intertwined life," Oxygen Media told Radar Online. “Oxygen Media’s diverse team of creative executives will continue developing the show with this point of view.”
Shawty, real name Carlos Walker, isn't worried about the critics either. The 36-year old D4l/G-Unit artist told MTV he provides well for all of his children and their mothers.
"You can hate all you want to, I didn't ask for it. It just happened. Now that it happened, I'm supposed to turn my back against it?" Shawty told MTV News. "If I wasn't taking care of my kids then you would really dog me out, but I'm taking care of my kids, providing for my family. I don't know what else to say."
Shawty explained that he had a really rough upbringing. His own father was never in his life, his mother was on drugs, so his grandmother had to raise him. His grandmother died from cancer when he was 17-years old forcing him out on his own. He began to deal drugs as a way to survive. He estimates that he was a millionaire by the time he turned 21. The more money he made hustling, the more women he attracted.
"I came to be one of the largest drug dealers to come from Atlanta, Bankhead area and I started havin' kids. When the money came, a lot of women came," he said. "Once you feel like a girl was your girlfriend or whatever, the rubber probably came off. "They wouldn't have an abortion. They used to take the money and run with it, and they'd have a baby by the most popular guy in the street, and that's how I had all them kids."
The "Dey Know" rapper is now determined to be a positive role model. He leads by example, starting with taking care of his family.
"I take care of all my kids. Out of all the 10 baby mamas, I just have problems outta one. That's it," he said. "She has two kids by me, and she feel like I'm supposed to do more for her kids, and she don't wanna work. She just want me to straight take care of them, but it's all love. I handle it. It's a lot of fathers don't take care of one; I gotta deal with 11. I gotta deal with nine girls and two boys."
All My Babies' Mamas is set to air this spring on the Oxygen network
New 106 & Park host Miss Mykie sat down with The Breakfast Club crew of DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee.
The 27-year old Houston native talked about putting her singing career aside once she landed a job at BET, teaching Theatre Arts at a middle school, Rocsi brushing her off initially, why she cut off her signature mohawk, working with Bow Wow and more.
Katt Williams was taken into custody Tuesday outside of his home in Los Angeles after a Sacramento judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest for missing a court date there. His bail was set at $100,500. The arrest stemmed from a bizarre episode in November 2012, when Katt led Sacramento police on a wild chase while riding a three-wheeled motorcycle. Officials say he nearly hit five people during the chase.
Police suspended the chase for safety reasons, but Katt was later charged with charged with evading a police officer while driving recklessly, a felony. He was finally arrested on December 7 in Dunnigan, Calif. He bailed out of jail the following day and was scheduled to be back in a Sacramento court on Monday.
The 41-year-old comedian, whose real name is Micah Sierra Williams, told TMZ he missed his court date in Sacramento because he was in an L.A. court fighting to get back custody of his four children.
His kids were placed into protective custody last month when he was charged with child endangerment following an investigation by the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services. They concluded the home was not a safe environment for the kids after guns and illegal drugs were found.
Miguel was the musical guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday January 7. The singer performed his smash hit single "Adorn" off of his sophomore album, Kaleidoscope Dream.
A photo has leaked online of the cover for GQ Magazine's100 Sexiest Women of the 21st Century, and Beyonce is featured. The 31-year old beauty shows off her great post-baby body in a cutoff jersey, leopard print bikini bottoms and a gold necklace.
Fans will be seeing a lot of Beyonce in 2013. She will be the halftime performer at Super Bowl XLVII next month in New Orleans, has an album on the way and will premiere a documentary on HBO February 16.
In addition the pop star has signed a $50 million "brand ambassador" deal with Pepsi. She will be featured in print ads, tv spots and even have her likeness on the beverage giant's soda cans.
**UPDATE** January 9th
Yesterday we presented you with a low quality leaked pic of the cover. Today a much better high quality photo has been released by GQ..
The full shoot will be released on Tuesday January 15th.
**UPDATE** January 10th
GQ has been kind enough to unveil Beyonce's full photo shoot a few days early. The publication has named the singer the #1 Hottest Woman of the 21st Century, and it's hard to argue with them.
Enjoy the pics and an excerpt from B's cover story with GQ below.
Beyoncé is ready to receive you now. From the chair where she's sitting, in the conference room of her sleek office suite in midtown Manhattan, at a round table elegantly laden with fine china, crisp cloth napkins, and take-out sushi from Nobu, she could toss some edamame over her shoulder and hit her sixteen Grammys, each wall-mounted in its own Plexiglas box. She is luminous, with that perfect smile and smooth coffee skin that shines under a blondish topknot and bangs. Today she's showing none of the bodaciously thick, hush-your-mouth body that's on display onstage, in her videos, and on these pages. This is Business Beyoncé, hypercomposed Beyoncé—fashionable, elegant, in charge. She's wearing the handiwork of no fewer than seven designers, among them Givenchy (the golden pin at her neck), Day Birger et Mikkelsen (her dainty gray-pink petal-collar blouse), Christian Louboutin (her pink five-inch studded heels), and Isabel Marant (her floral pants). She does not get up—a video camera has already been aimed at her face and turned on—so you greet her as you sit down. You have an agreed-upon window of time. Maybe a little more, if she finds you amusing.
You're here to talk about her big post-baby comeback (Blue Ivy, her daughter with Jay-Z, is a year old), which Beyoncé is marking in classic Beyoncé fashion: with a Hydra-headed pop-cultural blitzkrieg. This month, two weeks after she headlines the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVII, she will premiere an HBO "documentary"—more like a visual autobiography—about herself and her family that she financed, directed, produced, narrated, and stars in. This is a woman, after all, who's sold 75 million albums, just signed a $50 million endorsement deal with Pepsi (her flawless visage will festoon actual cans of soda), and will soon embark on a world tour to promote her fifth solo album, as yet untitled, due out as early as April. Who wouldn't want to know how she getsthe job done?
"I worked so hard during my childhood to meet this goal: By the time I was 30 years old, I could do what I want," she says. "I've reached that. I feel very fortunate to be in that position. But I've sacrificed a lot of things, and I've worked harder than probably anyone I know, at least in the music industry. So I just have to remind myself that I deserve it."
Anytime she wants to remind herself of all that work—or almost anything else that's ever happened in her life—all she has to do is walk down the hall. There, across from the narrow conference room in which you are interviewing her, is another long, narrow room that contains the official Beyoncé archive, a temperature-controlled digital-storage facility that contains virtually every existing photograph of her, starting with the very first frames taken of Destiny's Child, the '90s girl group she once fronted; every interview she's ever done; every video of every show she's ever performed; every diary entry she's ever recorded while looking into the unblinking eye of her laptop.
"Stop pretending that I have it all together," she tells herself in a particularly revealing video clip, looking straight into the camera. "If I'm scared, be scared, allow it, release it, move on. I think I need to go listen to 'Make Love to Me' and make love to my husband."
Beyoncé's inner sanctum also contains thousands of hours of private footage, compiled by a "visual director" Beyoncé employs who has shot practically her every waking moment, up to sixteen hours a day, since 2005. In this footage, Beyoncé wears her hair up, down, with bangs, and without. In full makeup and makeup-free, she can be found shaking her famous ass onstage, lounging in her dressing room, singing Coldplay's "Yellow" to Jay-Z over an intimate dinner, and rolling over sleepy-eyed in bed. This digital database, modeled loosely on NBC's library, is a work in progress—the labeling, date-stamping, and cross-referencing has been under way for two years, and it'll be several months before that process is complete. But already, blinking lights signal that the product that is Beyoncé is safe and sound and ready to be summoned— and monetized—at the push of a button.
And this room—she calls it her "crazy archive"—is a key part of that, she will explain, so, "you know, I can always say, 'I want that interview I did for GQ,' and we can find it." And indeed, she will be able to find it, because the room in which you are sitting is rigged with a camera and microphone that is capturing not just her every utterance but yours as well. These are the ground rules: Before you get to see Beyoncé, you must first agree to live forever in her archive, too.
To read the rest of the interview head over to GQ.
Ca$his dropped his latest album The Art of Dying last year in addition to the Loose Cannon mixtape. He's now gearing up to release another new mixtape titled The Vault 2. Here is a track off of that project
DJ Suss One, The Feature Presentation teams up with Maino and his Black Mafia crew members. The team goes in over The Notorious B.I.G. and The Lox's "Last Day" instrumental.
During an interview with VladTV a couple of weeks ago, Serius Jones called Murder Mook a "weirdo" for some of the suspect things he does.
"Mook is a weirdo. Most people know that. It's OK... he's still a talented battle rapper," Jones said at the time.
Today a picture surfaced of a shirtless Mook smoking an e-cigarette that was being held between someone's toes. It was sent to Jones on Twitter, who immediately starting having some fun at Mook's expense.
"Soon as they Get Money they Get Funny #ChargeitTotheGame," Jones wrote.
Mook replied that he was just having fun with his wife in the picture.
That didn't stop Jones from clowning on Mook a bit more.
"They Only know what you SHOW," he continued. "Even when I Show em the Ropes.. i give em enough room to Hang theyself With Em, or Climb Up."
KELS Entertainment presents Welcome To Cassie's World at Spotlight in Miami, Florida. The event is being hosted by Young Jack Thriller and Cassiie Melinda. Peep the flyer up top for more information.
MarieDriven of Team Execution, Lisa Lrizarry and Vh1’s Janine Detore would like to thank all who attended Sunday's premiere party to celebrate the start of the third season of Vh1’s hit show, MOB WIVES.
Hosted by Mob Wives breakout star Angela “Big Ang” Raiolaand Big Ang show regular, Janine Detore, the packed event was held at Big Ang's crazy night spot, The Drunken Monkey. Music was provided by DJ Teso. Also Included in the evening were complimentary cocktails provided by Soul Cachaca Rum, hors d'oeuvres and delicious desserts including a Big Ang big boob cake.
Celebrity guests included Jersey Shore’s Vinny Guadagnino and Angelina Pivarnik, Tough Love’sElizabeth Vashisht, Jerseylicious’ Tracy DiMarco andCorey Epstein, _Love Games' Casey Cartel, _Bad Girl Club’s Florina 'Flo' Kaja, Amazing Race’s Joseph Lasella, Big Ang’s Jennifer Patafio, Linda Torres and Frank Russo, Making The Band's Dylan Dilinjah ,Brooklyn 11223’s Kelly Linton, Angelina Favuzza,and Christie Livoti.
Much thanks to our amazing sponsors:
Justin De Pasquale, owner of DePasquale The Spa, Isabella Creations, Orgasmic Cuisine, Feisty Flavors Catering, Soul Cachaca Rum, Elite Team Event Planning Firmand Dana D. Hair Studio.
Pictures provided by celebrity photographer Kinnison Cyrus
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