Whew! Freddie Gibbs just dropped off some pure lava in the form of a song titled "Money, Cash, Hoes." Gangsta goes in over a sinister beat produced by The Beat Bully and co-produced by Sid "Speakerbomb" Miller.
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(Reuters) Martin Shkreli faces a new legal headache, a lawsuit claiming that his $2 million Wu-Tang Clan album contains illustrations ripped off from a New York artist, who now wants the former drug executive to pay for them.
In a complaint filed on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, Jason Koza said he never allowed his fan art depicting Wu-Tang members to be used in packaging for the hip-hop group's "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin," the sole copy of which Shkreli bought.
The one and only copy of Wu-Tang Clan's album "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" includes a leather-bound lyric book, featuring stolen sketches by Jason Koza, the suit says.
Shkreli has bragged that he had no plans to listen to the album, but bought it to "keep it from the people."
The 32-year-old is also known for sparking outrage last year among patients, doctors and politicians after his former company Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of the anti-parisitic infection drug Daraprim by more than 5,000 percent.
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Koza, 34, of Copiague, New York, said he thought his nine works would appear only on the website WuDisciples.blogspot.com.
But the Fashion Institute of Technology graduate now blames Wu-Tang leader Robert "RZA" Diggs for including them in the "Shaolin" album, and Shkreli for allowing three works depicting Inspectah Deck, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Raekwon to accompany a Jan. 29 article at Vice.com.
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"Mr. Koza was happy when his work appeared on the website," the complaint said. "Mr. Koza never granted a license for his works to be copied or displayed anywhere (else)."
Other defendants include Paddle8, which auctioned the album, and Wu Tang-affiliated producer Tarik "Cilvaringz" Azzougarh.
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Koza said Cilvaringz has acknowledged the infringement, asking in a Jan. 31 email "if you want to skype discussing the use of your drawings. Thanks bro."
Benjamin Brafman, a lawyer for Shkreli, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Wu-Tang did not immediately respond to a similar request. A Paddle8 spokeswoman declined to comment.
Last Thursday, Shkreli invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination at a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on drug pricing, and later tweeted that lawmakers in Congress were imbeciles. (Full Story) He also faces separate federal securities fraud charges.
Koza is seeking unspecified damages plus profits stemming from copyright infringement.
His lawyer Peter Scoolidge said in a phone interview that Shkreli "didn't need to know" the illustrations were protected to be liable. "There is no intent requirement for copyright infringement," he said.
The case is Koza v Diggs et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 16-00956.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Marguerita Choy and Alan Crosby)
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Houston heavy spitter Killa Kyleon recruits Styles P, Freddie Gibbs and Raheem Devaughn for "The Grind." This is off of Killa's forthcoming album titled "Blessed to Raise Hell," set to be released on February 12. You can pre-order it now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blessed-to-raise-hell/id1077970578
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WDNG Crshers member and alleged Drake ghostwriter, Quentin Miller, drops off a new song titled "Jaw Droppin." The track was produced by Reno. Give it a listen up top.
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For those who have waiting for something new from emerging boston recording artist Daetyme. Daetyme wets the appetite of his fans with this Smoke anthem "Smoke Tonight" This is a must have hip-hop song…
“Smoke Tonight,” is enough to show the listener that Daetyme isn’t your everyday rapper. Stylish, Unique, full of rhythm and bringing endless amounts of creativity and newness to the rap game.
Daetyme's label Body Team Ent aren’t here to simply distract or entertain they’re here to take over the music industry. Daetyme is currentely working on his new highly anticipated mixtape coming in 2016 "Each record has a character and life all its own, and all are representations of my creativity. "Can't wait to share it with all my fans and supporters says Daetyme."
A$AP Mob member A$AP Ferg hops on the instrumental to Rihanna's new "Work" single featuring none other that Drizzy Drake. Give Ferg's remix a listen up top.
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B.o.B. releases a new music video for "Blank Mafia." This is off of his EP titled "Water." You can download it now for free from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/pop-mixtape-download.php?id=mda3f8ce
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Ghostface Killah has responded to Martin Shkreli's disses and threat to slap him in the face while a guest on The Breakfast Club, and for raising the price of Daraprim, an anti-parasitic drug used by AIDS patients and pregnant women from $13.50 a pill to $750 per pill overnight when he was the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals.
In a new video the legendary emcee goes in on Shkreli, the man who bought Wu Tang Clan's "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" album for $2 million.
"I don't even know how it came to this. It's Ghost vs. Peter Pan in 2016," Ghost says in the clip. "Walking around with fake goons like he's tough and he ain't got a real bone in his body. I'm just letting everybody know he's a fraud. Then on top of that you gon' come at me when you bought a Wu Tang album for $2 million, acting like we washed up rappers? I'm a washed up rapper, but you done bought a washed up rapper album for $2 million. Who washed up now? I don't care how much money you got 'cause money don't make you a man, bruh. Don't come at me with that little punk ass shit.
This the dude that raised the pill from $13 a pill to like $750," Ghost continued. He raised it by 5,000 percent. People can't pay that much. How they gon' live, man? You're a real killer, man. But you a soft killer. Something's wrong with you. You don't do that to the people."
This feud started in January when TMZ asked Ghost what he thought of the pharmaceutical executive buying Wu Tang's one of a kind album. The rapper replied that Shkreli was a "shithead" for raising the price of Daraprim.
Shkreli responded by saying Ghostface was past his prime as a rapper.
Ghost mad that Shaolin outsold his last 5 albums… dude’s a non-profit rapper. Calls himself ironman, but sounds rusty AF @GhostfaceKillah
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) January 22, 2016
That was followed by another TMZ interview with Tony Starks.
"This the man I'm beefing with? The Michael Jackson nose kid?" Ghost asked while showing a photo of Shkreli on his phone. "Come on bruh, you don't even wanna do it. I'll break your heart in four days."
Shkreli's response to that was a video in which he demanded a written apology from the Wu Tang Clan rapper or he would erase his vocals from "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin."
As mentioned in my video, I expect a written apology, @GhostfaceKillah. At least 500 words, no grammatical errors and Shaolin stays intact.
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) January 28, 2016
Shkreli later appeared on The Breakfast Club and said he would smack Ghost in the face if he saw him.
There you have it.
**UPDATE**
Martin Shkreli promptly took to Twitter to offer a response to Ghostface Killah's video that was released today
"Never seen someone real cry to his momma to handle his biz. Soft-serve ice cream rappers should shut they mouth before they get told again," he wrote.
The format of your apology was unacceptable, @GhostfaceKillah. The consequences will never be the same. (Also, stop making medical claims.)
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 9, 2016
Never seen someone real cry to his momma to handle his biz. Soft-serve ice cream rappers should shut they mouth before they get told again.
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 9, 2016
Ghost was a guest today on the Fox Business Network show "Mornings with Maria." Host Maria Bartiromo asked him why Shkreli's purchase of "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" was a problem for him.
"It wasn't really a problem for me. The problem I had with him when I was being interviewed was that he has no respect for life," he responded. "He raised the price [of Daraprim] from $13.50 to $750 a pill for these AIDS victims. How could you do something like that? I know people that passed away from AIDS. And I know how hard it is when they don't have no health care. You got people that need this medicine every day. How are you gonna pay $750? They can't make it, so basically you're just killing them. You're killing these babies and it's a shame."
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DMX almost lost his life on Monday, January 8, according to TMZ.
Police were called to a Ramada Inn in Yonkers, New York when the 45-year old rapper reportedly stopped breathing and had no pulse. Cops were able to bring his pulse back after a minute of CPR.
He was then given Narcan, a drug used for the complete or partial reversal of opioid overdose, including respiratory depression. X became semi-conscious and was taken to a hospital where he is listed in stable condition.
Dark Man's camp says he suffered an asthma attack, but a witness told police that he had ingested "some sort of powder" before losing consciousness.
X, real name, Earl Simmons, has had a long battle with drug addiction.
Story developing...
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50 Cent stopped by The Rachel Ray Show on Monday, February 8, but there was a special twist. He was a "mystery guest" and Rachel had to guess who he was based on several clues. When she finally realized it was him she totally lost it.
Once things calmed down a bit, the two sat down and Rachel told the music icon he was her biggest crush. He talked about being being starstruck the first time he met Meryl Streep, the one thing he wouldn't do and reveals he's a Miley Cyrus fan.
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Future's split from former fiancee Ciara has been bitter and it just got worse.
In a July 2015 interview with The Breakfast Club, Future was highly critical of his baby's mother over a photo of her current boyfriend, Russell Wilson, pushing their one-year old son Future Zahir Wilburn in a stroller.
"You never do that in our community," the rapper said at the time. "You don't even bring a man around your son. You've only known this dude for a few months and you're bringing him around your kid. Who does that?"
Charlamagne Tha God suggested that Wilson shouldn't have put himself in that position.
"He probably didn't know," Future replied. "She set him up. I'm not for the publicity stunts. Leave my son out of the publicity stunts."
Last month the "Honest" hit maker took his feud with Ciara to Twitter, accusing her of making him jump through hoops to see his son.
"This bitch got control problems," he wrote. "I gotta go through lawyers to see babyfuture...the fuckery for 15k a month. I jus want babyfuture that's all. I been silent for a year & a half. I ran outta patience."
Ciara has fired back by filing a $15 million slander and libel lawsuit against her ex.
TMZ reports the suit states that the singer has done everything she can to make sure Future gets frequent visitation, claiming he has had at least 19 visitations since December 2014.
Cici wants her baby's father barred from making more malicious public statements about her. She also is asking that all derogatory tweets be deleted and for Future to refrain from talking about private family matters regarding their son.
**UPDATE** February 10
Future Hendrix is considering filing his own lawsuit in response to Ciara's. TMZ reports that he is waiting to see the documents from his former fiancee before deciding whether or not to pursue legal action of his own.
The 32-year old rapper, real name Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn, claims Ciara has been doing the same thing she's accusing him of.
A source within his camp says he could have sued Ciara over her 2015 single titled "I Bet," but decided not to. The song is widely believed to be about Future's infidelity when the two were together.
"So I'm supposed to believe that it's Fellini's calling your phone? / I'm supposed to believe that they're asking you if you're home? / I wasn't born yesterday, not me / Can't get that over me, not me / I love you, but I won't be a fool for you / That is just something that I wouldn't do, babe / I mean, I'mma stay if you could tell the truth / But you can't, no matter how much time I ask," she sings.
Expect this to drag out for quite a while longer.
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Mansa Imani is a smooth songwriter, producer and vocalist out of Oakland, California. This week, he introduces himself with a very smooth and sensual R&B track in "Uncomfortable."
Fellow Bay star Mista FAB, is on record saying on record “Mansa is the next star of Oakland.” Take a listen to "Uncomfortable" below and see if you agree with that sentiment.
Boosie Badazz teams up with Slim Thug to shoot an official music video for their collaboration titled "Wanna B Heard." This is off of Boosie's new album, "Out My Feelings In My Past," available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/out-my-feelings-in-my-past/id1081080917
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This is as close as most fans will probably get to actually being in the studio Rihanna. The singer has released a short behind the scenes glimpse at the making of her song "Work" featuring Drake off of her new album titled "ANTI."
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Shad Da God drops off an official music video for "Hold My Cup" featuring Young Thug. This is taken from Shad's "2000 and God" project, available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/2000-and-god/id1040332528
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We Run This Vol. 13
with T.I., Travis Scott, Young Dro
Atlanta - "We Run This Vol. 13" is a brand new entry in the exciting series. It's a collaboration between the DJ "Mr. E" and the independent record label "Hustle Gang Music", their sixth joint effort so far. Previous "We Run This" compilations have proven popular throughout Europe, Japan, Australia, the U.S., and many more places across the globe.
Highlighting Hustle Gang musicians like Travis Scott, Yung Booke, Trae Tha Truth, Young Thug, and BIG K.R.I.T., this tape includes 35 tracks. It's for sale on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, and Spotify.
Grand Hustle Records, also known as Hustle Gang Music, is an Atlanta, Georgia-based record label, founded in 2003, by American hip hop recording artist T.I. and his business partner Jason Geter. Up until December 2012, the label was distributed byAtlantic Records. It currently operates as an independent record label. The label is home to artists such as B.o.B, Young Dro, Trae tha Truth and Travis Scott, among others. Source: Wikipedia.
For his part, Mr. E is a well-respected DJ and the entrepreneur behind the We Run This Mixtape series. While the german DJ normally resides in Nuremberg, Germany, he has established on his "We Run This" compilation series, some of the best and most notable artists to emerge over the past 2 decades like: T.I. Jadakiss, B.o.B, Talib Kweli, Mobb Deep, Styles P, 8Ball & MJG or Ace Hood.
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