Nicki Minaj certainly knows how to get people's attention. First she deletes her Twitter account leaving behind 11 million followers, now she is talking about leaving the rap game altogether.
In a new interview with Tim Westwood, the Harajuku Barbie expressed frustration with the response her latest album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded has gotten. The disc debuted at No. 1 in both the U.S. and the U.K., but the sales figures (253,000 U.S.) weren't as high as some expected for the opening week and more than a few critics have given the disc poor reviews.
"People aren't even giving the kid props for taking it back to the essence," she said in one of her many accents. "This is my fourth mixtape really. The kid did it like that to feed her fans. But really, now the kid is thinking maybe she should leave the game."
At that point her hype man Safaree said people are ungrateful.
"Not my babies, not my Barbz," Nicki replied. "But these other folk finna make the kid leave the game."
Mr. Porter is a busy man these days. He recently left D12 and is hard at work on his solo debut album The Memo, as well as handling production duties for other artists.
Hip Hop-N-More recently caught up with the rapper/producer formerly known as Kon Artist and got some some insight into his work with 50 Cent and G-Unit.
Check out an excerpt from the interview below.
HHNM: You produced 50 Cent’s chart topper ‘P.I.M.P’ but I don’t think you worked with him again after that apart from G-Unit’s ‘Stunt 101’. What’s the reason?
Mr. Porter: Man, when it comes to that situation, we’ve done a lot of records in between. What happened was really just timing. I went different ways and all that. What people don’t realize about 50 is that, that guy held our ship for a long time. We were going through turmoil and 50 was out there by himself. I think that’s the story that should be told. He has been recording music to my beats but they just didn’t make the cut or whatever. 50’s the man though. He held it down for Shady/Aftermath when we weren’t going through a good phase. Dre lost his son, we lost Proof. 50 was out there grinding by himself.
We recently have been talking a lot about some records. Maybe it will happen on his new album, I don’t know. I wasn’t giving it my 110% on the records that I was sending him since I wasn’t in a right space but hopefully, that will change now and we will work soon.
HHNM: So did you recently send him any beats? Any possibility you could land up on his new album?
Mr. Porter: Yeah, actually I am currently looking for a record for him. I gave one record away that was specifically for him. I had to give it to another artist because it was a deadline issue. It had to be turned in, in time.
HHNM: And who’s the artist that you gave the beat to?
Mr. Porter: Umm..well I’ll say it will be coming out around next month. And it was a group, not a solo artist.
HHNM: Ahh..Slaughterhouse?
Mr. Porter: Maybe. And the crazy part is that I actually gave away one of my singles. It was a single I wrote for myself. Then I thought it would be perfect for 50 and then the whole situation came up and went to somebody else.
The video for the lead single off of Slaughterhouse's upcoming album welcome to: Our House premiere's Sunday [April 22] on MTV2 and MTVJams. In the meantime check out this sneak peek of the clip below.
1. Come Fly Wit Me (Prod. By LG & Jae Millz) 2. All In My Mind Feat. Smoke Dza & Gudda Gudda (Prod. By Cash Hits & Jae Millz) 3. Palm Trees, Sunshine & The Sand (Prod. By Cash Hits) 4. Living Better Than I Look (Prod. By LG) 5. Dear Smoke Alarm (Prod. By LG & Jae Millz) 6. Live From The Lenox Lounge (Prod. By LG) 7. This Is 4 Her (Prod. By Cardiak) 8. Everyday Is 4 20 (Prod. By Cash Hits)
01. Members West (Intro) 02. So Hard (Prod. by Mars) 03. LOVE (Prod. by Nottz) 04. Join The Gang (feat. Mistah FAB) (Prod. by Sid Roams) 05. Warning Jacket (feat. JellyRoll) (Prod. by DJ Khalil) 06. One Mistake (feat. Washay Choir) (Prod. by Lee Bannon) 07. Got No Gun (feat. Obie Trice) (Prod. by The Art Teacher)
Nicki Minaj appeared on The Graham Norton Show recently alongside actor Mark Ruffalo and comedian John Bishop. The Young Money star entertained the audience talking about her new album, kissing Madonna, deleting her Twitter account, balloon boy and a lot more.
Curren$y is getting ready to drop his new album The Stoned Immaculate on June 5. The project boasts features from Wale, Marsha Ambrosius, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa and more.
Peep the full tracklist below.
Tracklist:
01. What It Look Like (Feat. Wale) 02. Privacy Glass 03. Armoire (Feat. Young Roddy & Trademark) 04. Take You There (Feat. Marsha Ambrosius) 05. Showroom 06. Capitol (Feat. 2 Chainz) 07. No Squares (Feat. Wiz Khalifa) 08. Sunroof (Feat. Corner Boy P) 09. Chasin’ Papers (Feat. Pharrell) 10. That’s the Thing (Feat. Estelle) 11. Chandelier 12. Fast Cars Faster Women (Feat. Daz) 13. Jet Life (Feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Wiz Khalifa) 14. Audio Dope 3 (Bonus Track) 15. One More Time (Bonus Track) 16. J.L.R. (Feat. Young Roddy & Smoke DZA) (Bonus Track)
Suge Knight has a problem with Rick Ross for appearing on the song "Tupac Back" with Meek Mill. Suge feels so strongly about the issue that he sent a warning to Ross that he will physically harm him if the two ever cross paths.
Knight let his feelings be known Friday [April 20] during an interview with L.A.'s 93.5 Tattoo and Cee Cee show.
"I can't sit up here and say I'm bitter to Rick Ross, 'cus like anybody else, we don't know Rick Ross," Suge said according to HipHopDX. "That's a guy who uses somebody else's name. This guy comes from being a correctional officer. I don't got nothing negative [against him] personally, I just feel like he do do good music, and you can't take that from him. That boy got bars, he's gonna write…at the same time, I feel like there's a line you cross, and Rick Ross crossed that line. If you're gonna be with guy [Diddy] who killed Tupac, you can't go turn around and do a record [called] 'Tupac Back'…Rick Ross is a grown a$$ n*gga. I'll beat the dog sh*t out of Rick Ross for manipulating these people out here."
Ever since Tupac Shakur died in 1996 there have been countless conspiracy theories as to what really happened to him. Some people believe that he faked his own death and is somewhere chilling. Former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight, has just added fuel to that fire.
Knight appeared on 93.5 KDay in L.A. with Tattoo and Cee Cee Friday [April 20] and said he's not convinced Makaveli is really gone.
"Maybe the question is, Pac's not really dead. Pac's somewhere else," Knight said. "Nobody seen Tupac dead. The thing is this, the person who supposedly cremated Tupac... his mother [Afeni Shakur] wanted it done quickly if he passed. This guy got about $3 million personally from me, cash. And next thing I know I never heard from the guy or seen him again. He retired and left."
A Florida judge Friday set a $150,000 bond for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager and touched off a firestorm of controversy about race and the American justice system.
Zimmerman, 28, appeared in court in a dark suit and gray tie, and, in a surprising move, took the stand. There, in a voice verging on meek, he apologized to the family of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old he admits he shot -- but only, he says, in self-defense.
"I wanted to say I am sorry for the loss of your son," he said to the parents, who attended the hearing in the central Florida city of Sanford, where the shooting took place. "I did not know how old he was. I thought he was a little bit younger than I am, and I did not know if he was armed or not."
Zimmerman turned himself in to authorities on April 11 after learning he would be charged with second-degree murder in the February incident. Seminole County Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. set the bond after a sometimes-contentious two-hour hearing in which attorneys for the state repeatedly brought up two incidents from Zimmerman's past. The first was an arrest for assaulting an undercover officer during an underage-drinking crackdown; the second was an injunction filed by a former girlfriend who said Zimmerman struck her.
In the end, Lester decided that the arrest was a "run of the mill" incident in Florida, and that the injunction was "somewhat mild." He granted the bond, with numerous conditions, including an order that Zimmerman wear an electronic global positioning device so that authorities can track his location. Zimmerman also surrendered his passport.
Zimmerman's attorney,Mark O'Mara, argued that his client needed to remain in a secret location due to threats on his life. O'Mara asked Lester if his client could leave the state. The judge told the attorney to see if he could work those details out with law enforcement authorities.
The hearing was also notable for the extensive grilling that O'Mara gave one of the investigators for the state attorney's office, Dale Gilbreath, who helped prepare the probable cause affidavit that was the basis for Zimmerman's arrest.
The affidavit says Zimmerman "confronted" Martin, after which a struggle ensued. In a likely preview of the defense strategy at trial, O'Mara questioned the use of the word "confronted."
"Do you know who started the fight?" he asked the investigator at one point.
"Do I know? No," Gilbreath said.
"Do you have any evidence that supports who may have started the fight?"
Chinx Drugz is starting to get a lot of attention due to of the amount of quality work he's been putting in for French Montana's Coke Boys. Check out his latest visuals for the remix to "Flexin Hard" featuring French and Jadakiss.
Today is 420, a day when all weed heads celebrate Snoop Dogg's favorite plant. Jimmy Kimmel Live hit the streets of L.A. to ask the question "have you ever smoked pot?" His audience had to guess each person's answer prior to it being revealed, which was pretty easy to do in some cases.
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