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D'Angelo paid tribute to late music icon, Prince, by covering his 1986 song "Sometimes It Snows in April" during his appearance earlier this week on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The singer was assisted by Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum's cover band, Princess. Watch the powerful performance below.
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It has been said that real gangsters move in silence. In the case of Havoc (of Mobb Deep) and legendary producer The Alchemist, the duo chose to let their music speak for themselves. On the newly announced collaborative album, The Silent Partner, Havoc serves as the smooth-talking, gangster mouthpiece to the Alchemist's gritty, one-of-a-kind instrumental backdrops.
One of the most decorated producers in hip-hop today, The Alchemist’s relationship with Mobb Deep dates back to 1999 when Cypress Hill’s DJ Muggs introduced the then-upcoming producer to the revered New York duo. The Alchemist would go onto forge a strong bond with the group, resulting in a myriad of classic tracks throughout the years.
Today, the duo has let loose the second single from The Silent Partner featuring Wu-Tang brethren, Method Man. On "Buck 50's & Bullet Wounds," Havoc and Method Man display razor sharp bars over The Alchemist's bulletproof production. The song premiered via RapRadar.
The Silent Partner is a magnificently organic album that brings together one-half of the Mobb with their favorite producer for a modern day hip-hop classic. The Silent Partner features guest appearances by Method Man, Prodigy (of Mobb Deep) and Cormega and will be released on May 20th via Babygrande Records.
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Pee Wee Kirkland has been mentioned in a host of rap songs, including Ja Rule's "Always on Time" and Fat Joe's "Lean Back," which the basketball legend spoke about during a recent interview with VladTV. Pee Wee went on to say that he's honored that they would put him in a verse.
Moving along, Pee Wee spoke about the importance of family values in music, which he said he's happy to see is finally coming back to the genre. He then added that hip-hop has made a lot of young people turn on their families, but Pee Wee said that loving and caring for your mother is the most gangster thing that anyone can do.
To hear more about what Pee Wee had to say, including speaking to at-risk kids, peep the clip below..
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Mass Appeal debuts J. Dilla's music video for "The Sickness" featuring Nas. This Madlib-produced gem can be found on Jay Dee's posthumous album titled "The Diary." It's available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-diary/id1085118201
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Young Thug no longer wants to take a violent approach in his beef with Power 105.1 radio personality, Charlamagne Tha God.
As we previously reported, Thugger threatened to "torture" CTG because of his contentious interview with Birdman on The Breakfast Club last week.
After having some time to reflect the Atlanta rapper decided it wasn't worth his time.
"I wouldn't ever put my hands on a radio guy, to small for me/for me," he wrote on his Twitter page Tuesday, April 26.
I wouldn't ever put my hands on a radio guy, to small for me/for me
— Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) April 26, 2016
Ok then...
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After Drake's ghostwriting scandal broke Hopsin took to Twitter to reveal his thoughts on the situation, telling followers that Drake having a ghostwriter was "not hip-hop." The West Coast rapper expanded more on his thoughts during a recent interview with VladTV, where he told us that while he still really likes Drake's music, he can't respect his lyrics after the ghostwriting claims.
We also asked Hopsin about his thoughts on Royce Da 5'9" telling VladTV that he wrote Dr. Dre's verses for "The Message," and the former Funk Volume rapper told us that he has too much respect for Dre to hate on him for having a ghostwriter.
Check out more of the interview below, and hear Hopsin share his thoughts on what he believes is true artistry.
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It's official! Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier will headline UFC 200. This fight replaces Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz as the marquee match up at the big event, which takes place on July 9, 2016 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Because McGregor refused to fulfill his promotional obligations he was taken off of the card.
THE main event for #UFC200: @DC_MMA vs @JonnyBones II
— UFC (@ufc) April 27, 2016
Here. We. Go. https://t.co/vvnbpPFA24
UFC President Dana White made the announcement Wednesday, April 27, on Good Morning America.
It's on!! Daniel Cormier vs. Jon Jones 2 at #UFC200!! Tix on sale this Friday https://t.co/HGlgFO78nt
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) April 27, 2016
Daniel Cormier (left) and Jon Jones square off at UFC 182
This is the second time Cormier will face Jones.
Bones retained his Light Heavyweight title in their first bout with a unanimous decision victory at UFC 182.
Jones was later stripped of his title after fleeing the scene of an April 2015 hit-and-run accident. On September 29, 2015, Jones plead guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and was sentenced to up to 18 months of supervised probation.
The UFC immediately reinstated Jones, but while he was gone Cormier had become the new champion by defeating Anthony "Rumble" Johnson via submission at UFC 187.
Jon Jones delivers an elbow to the face of Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 197.
Following a 15-month layoff, Jones, returned to the octagon on April 23, 2016 at UFC 197. He beat Ovince Saint Preux by unanimous decision.
Saint Preux was a late replacement for Cormier, who had suffered a leg injury in training camp.
Jon Jones (@JonnyBones) is "ready to dominated Daniel Cormier" again in #UFC200. @UFC #UFConGMA https://t.co/TjkC3DfSum
— Good Morning America (@GMA) April 27, 2016
"I don't think that in July it should be a problem." - Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) on fight w/Jon Jones. #UFC200 @UFC https://t.co/ULuULWTtTx
— Good Morning America (@GMA) April 27, 2016
Cormier vs Jones 2 should be a great fight. The two men legitimately hate each other and Cormier is obsessed with beating the man who handed him the only loss of his UFC career.
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A$AP Ferg is out promoting his new album titled "Always Strive and Prosper." The Harlem, New York native made a pit stop by Hot 97 to chop it up with Ebro, Laura Stylez and Peter Rosenberg about it and more.
Ferg discussed hid label's support, being hands on and controlling his career, performing at this year's Summer Jam, dispels rumors that A$AP Mob split up, making sure A$AP Yams' mom is taken care of, Kanye West and Jay Z acknowledging his work.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince's sister believes the superstar musician didn't have a will and asked a Minnesota court on Tuesday to appoint a trust company to temporarily oversee his multimillion-dollar estate.
Tyka Nelson, Prince's only full sibling, said in the court filing that immediate action was necessary to manage Prince's business interests following his death last week at Paisley Park, his famous home and recording studio complex in suburban Minneapolis.
Tyka Nelson says her brother had no will
The documents don't estimate how much his estate may be worth, but Prince made hundreds of millions of dollars for record companies, concert venues and others.
And estimates of how much licensing his personal brand will generate after his death reach to the purple clouds. In just three days, the outpouring of grief and nostalgia after his death prompted fans to buy 2.3 million of his songs.
Nelson asked that Bremer Trust, a corporate trust company, be named administrator of the estate. The court documents say Bremer Bank provided financial services to Prince for many years. The court didn't immediately rule.
Prince owned a dozen properties in Minnesota, most of it undeveloped land and some houses for relatives, worth about $27 million, according to public records. He also sold more than 100 million albums, according to Warner Music Group. And Pollstar, a concert industry magazine, said that in the years that his tours topped the charts — 10 years over four decades performing — the tours raked in $225 million in ticket sales.
But what remained in Prince's hands is less than the sum of ticket and album sales, given payments to record labels, staff and to cover other expenses.
If he left no will or trust, divvying up his fortune could get complicated, said Susan Link, a top Minnesota probate lawyer. Link said attorneys will need to get Prince's siblings to agree on asset distribution, and that it could get extremely complicated if they don't.
"They will try to set the family down," said Link, who isn't involved in the case. "They're not going to try to light the match and get a big fire going and get everybody fighting about this."
However, someone could still come forward with a will or trust document. When Michael Jackson died in June 2009, longtime lawyer John Branca filed a will six days later, upending moves by Jackson's mother to become his estate's executor based on her assuming there was no will. Just last month, the estate sold off Jackson's stake in publishing company Sony/ATV to Sony Corp. for $750 million.
Public records show Prince set up more than a dozen companies, though most are now inactive. He also shuffled through lawyers and business managers regularly, meaning he could have created a will at some point without others knowing about it.
"I really can't believe in the short time since he died that they made a thorough search," University of Minnesota law professor Judith Younger said.
Irwin Feinberg, a Los Angeles trust and probate lawyer, noted that wealthy people usually create trusts to avoid the public spectacle of probate court, and that it would be unusual for Prince not to have done so.
"If a shoe is going to drop, one would think it would drop fairly soon," he said.
Prince's post-mortem earnings could match top-earning dead celebrities like Elvis Presley, estimates Mark Roesler, chief executive of CMG Worldwide, which handles licensing for the estates of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and other late stars. Presley's estate made $55 million just in 2015, according to Forbes magazine.
Prince "was as big as they get," Roesler told The Associated Press late last week. "Will there be a business built up around Prince 60 years from now like James Dean? The answer is unequivocally, 'yes.'"
Nelson's court filing Tuesday said she had "no reason to believe" that Prince executed a will or any other documents saying what should happen to his estate upon his death. Nelson said she doesn't know her brother's assets or debts, but said he had "substantial assets" that require protection.
Custom-made purple piano manufactured for musician Prince by Yamaha Entertainment Group
Her attorneys released a statement saying they're not at liberty to discuss the case "in order to uphold the privacy that Prince and the Nelson family have always maintained."
Under Minnesota law, if a person dies without a will — and with no surviving parents, children, or grandchildren — the next people in line to share in the estate are the surviving siblings, including half-siblings.
Prince wasn't married and had no known living children. Nelson is his only full sibling, though he has five half-siblings (two other half-siblings have died).
Court fights in recent years suggest money wasn't free flowing. In April 2013, Prince lost a lawsuit filed in New York State's Supreme Court brought by perfume maker Revelations Perfume and Cosmetics Inc. for failing to promote the "3121" perfume line named after his 2006 album. He touted the product once, during a massive concert in July 2007 in downtown Minneapolis that ended at 5 a.m. at the First Avenue club, a famous venue from "Purple Rain."
He was ordered to pay $4.4 million, but never did. Instead, plaintiff lawyers went searching for assets, found about $3 million in various Minnesota bank accounts and used court orders to freeze them, according to Brian Slipakoff, a lawyer who represented the perfume maker. Prince later settled for a lower amount.
"It doesn't suggest there was oodles of cash lying around," Slipakoff said last week.
Prince encountered tax difficulties several times, including owing back taxes to France in 2012, which he paid up, and overdue property taxes around $450,000 in 2010. In 2013, the IRS filed a federal tax lien against him in Carver County Court in Minnesota for $1.6 million. What happened with that case is unclear.
Records on file with Carver County, where Paisley Park is located, show that he was up to date on his property taxes when he died.
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Nakashima reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press writers Nekesa Mumbi Moody in New York, Doug Glass in Minneapolis and Kevin Burbach in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and AP researcher Rhonda Shafner contributed to this report.
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Jack Thriller and Thisis50.com present: 16orBetter episode 100. Watch and listen as Milly Miyagi x Passport Gift x King Pen drop bars.
Hosted by Marc John Jefferies and Welven Da Great!
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Taylor Gang boss Wiz Khalifa drops off an official music video for "Bake Sale" featuring Travis Scott. This is off of Wiz's "Khalifa" album. Available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/khalifa/id1077051655
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Harlem, New York rapper Azealia Banks releases an official music video for "The Big Big Beat." This is off of her "Slay-Z" mixtape, available now on http://www.datpiff.com/Azealia-Banks-Slay-Z-mixtape.774498.html
Directed by Matt Sukkar | http://msukkar.com
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Tru Life is back home after spending six years in prison.
The rapper, real name Robert Rosado, was sentenced in 2011 to eight years for manslaughter. He and his brother Marcus Rosado were involved in a 2009 fight that led to the stabbing death of Christopher Guerrero and the wounding of Jason Gray.
Jay Z signed the Lower East Side, New York native to his now defunct Roc-La-Famila record label in 2005. His biggest song to date is the 9th Wonder-produced gem titled "New York."
Tru was also involved in an infamous beef with The Diplomats. In 2007 he allegedly punched Cam'Ron in the face outside of a New York City club.
Expect new music from the rapper soon. Check out video recorded after his release below.
Y'all ready to hea some New Music from Tru Life ??? pic.twitter.com/s4j428lxqc
— ITSBIZKIT (@itsbizkit) April 26, 2016
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Whether or not you’re a man or woman of God, we all face moments in our lives where we put our personal faith in question. That goes for whether it’s a particularly trying time or a situation where doing the wrong thing seems right. Either way, anyone can relate to the core feelings of Eff Yoo’s stirring new video, “God Hates Me", featuring The Audible Doctor, Airon Azure and Chicago producer Rediculus.
The story here is a chilling one that centers on a priest, portrayed by the Queens rapper, battling personal demons that stem from a decision to murder the man who killed someone close to him. Eff even goes so far as to kidnap the murderer (portrayed by The Audible Doctor), all the while riding around and questioning himself with Azure seemingly as his conscience.
The video is directed by both Eff Yoo and New Jersey’s Skrewtape, a multi-talented artist who has previously worked with Mr. Green and Miilkbone. And here, he’s taken the message of “God Hates Me” and turned it into a suspense/horror short-film.
"The Eff Word" LP, which also boasts features from Big Noyd and Spit Gemz, is now available for stream and download through iTunes and all major digital retailers and can be purchased on CD via Platformz Records.
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As most of you know by by now Birdman stopped by The Breakfast Club last week to warn hosts Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy and Angela Yee to "respect his name."
During the abbreviated appearance Charlamagne questioned why the Cash Money Records co-owner was confronting "the radio guy."
"I wanted to see you. I wanted to talk to you as a man in your face," Baby told CTG. "I knew a few places you was at. I could have pulled up, but I don't think that was gangster. I wanted to come look you in your face like a man and tell you how I feel."
"Did you pull up on [Rick] Ross that way or Trick Daddy?," Charlamagne shot back.
Birdman said he was done talking and walked out on the interview.
Soon afterwards Birdman affiliate, Young Thug, released a video threatening the Power 105.1 radio personality.
"Charlamagne ... you gon' make niggas torture you, boy," Thugger says in the clip.
CTG responded during an on air segment Tuesday, April 26.
"Who wants to go out in these streets when you got Young Thug out here saying he gon' torture me? I don't wanna get tortured by Young Thug," Charlamagne said. "All I'm thinking [he means] is blunts and penises ... and I don't want no problem."
What do y'all make of this entire Charlamagne/Birdman/Young Thug drama?
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DALLAS (AP) — Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge stemming from a domestic violence complaint by his ex-girlfriend.
The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner and Texas A&M star was accused by ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley of hitting her and threatening to kill her during a night out on Jan. 30. Crowley said in court documents that Manziel struck her so hard that she temporarily lost hearing in one ear.
Colleen Crowley
The indictment accuses Manziel of striking Crowley and "forcing (her) into a vehicle and against a vehicle dashboard."
Manziel faces a charge of misdemeanor assault related to family violence, which carries up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
Dallas police referred the case to a grand jury in February, asking the Dallas County District Attorney's Office to present the misdemeanor assault case.
Manziel was cut by the Browns in March after two tumultuous seasons marked by inconsistent play and off-the-field headlines about his partying and drinking, including one stint in rehab. His future in the NFL is uncertain at best, and might be nonexistent without a second stint in treatment that two agents have demanded. The league also has tougher standards regarding domestic violence cases after revising its policy in August 2014 following the Ray Rice case, which could complicate any attempt by Manziel to return.
The first agent, Erik Burkhardt, cut ties with Manziel after last season. Burkhardt's replacement, Drew Rosenhaus, dropped Manziel last week. His marketing agency dropped him before the charges were filed, and Nike confirmed last week that it no longer has an endorsement deal with Manziel.
Crowley alleged that the 23-year-old quarterback accosted her at a Dallas hotel and later struck her when they drove back to her apartment in Fort Worth. She was granted a protective order that requires Manziel to not see her for two years, stay at least 500 feet from her home and place of work, and pay $12,000 in legal fees.
Crowley alleged she and Manziel had a confrontation in the hotel room that eventually continued downstairs to the valet station. She said he forced her into a car and a valet disregarded her pleas for help.
The two eventually drove to where her car was parked in front of a Dallas bar, she said in an affidavit. She said Manziel got into the driver's seat and began to drive. Crowley said Manziel stopped when she tried to jump out of the car, but then he dragged her back inside and hit her.
She said Manziel threatened to kill himself as he drove her back to Fort Worth, about 30 miles west of Dallas, where police were called.
Dallas police said Feb. 5 that they were investigating the case, a day after they issued a statement saying they considered the case to be closed.
In the wake of the allegations, Manziel's father said the family had made two recent, unsuccessful attempts to get him into a rehab clinic. Manziel — who entered the NFL with a reputation for partying and drinking — spent 73 days last winter in a Pennsylvania treatment center specializing in care for alcohol and drug dependency.
Manziel was cleared of any wrongdoing last year after he and Crowley got into a heated roadside argument near his home. Witnesses to that incident saw Manziel arguing on the side of a highway with his girlfriend and pulling her back into his car as she tried to leave the vehicle. He was not arrested, and Crowley told police she didn't want to press charges.
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Fat Joe teams up with singer Bryson Tiller for a new song the ladies will love titled "Love You to Pieces." Give it a listen up top and get ready for Joe and Remy Ma's forthcoming joint album, "Platas o Plomo,"
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Trinidad James is not letting his departure from Def Jam affect his musical output. He's back with a new single titled "Just A Lil' Thick (She Juicy)" featuring Mystikal and Lil Dicky. It's available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/just-lil-thick-she-juicy-feat./id1101313734.
Check out the music video for it below.
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YG and Nipsey Hussle recently released a song and video titled "Fuck Donald Trump." Soon afterwards, YG, said the Secret Service contacted his record label about it.
"The Secret Service hollerin' at the label," he told TMZ. "They asked to see the lyrics on my album ... to see if I'm talking about him on my album. 'Cause if I'm talking about him on my album they gon' try to take it off the shelf."
YG didn't specify which album they were looking into. He's released two and has another on the way titled "Still Krazy." We would assume it would be the latter.
The rapper said the main message he and Nipsey wanted to convey via the song is how important it is to get out and vote.
"We trying to touch the people. Get all the young people to vote," he said. "Really take your time out and vote on who should be in office because it's important. If not, it could be all bad for us."
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