50 Cent stopped by Community Spirits in Indianapolis over the weekend to promote Effen Vodka. While in town he chopped it up with Keisha Nicole of radio station 96.3.
The business mogul dispelled rumors that he has a third son, talks about his aggressive social media approach, artists today not having to work as hard to get their content out to the public, Desiigner, relationship with Floyd Mayweather Jr., "respek" on his name and Prince's death.
Listen to the interview up top and check out video and photos from 50's visit to Naptown below.
Afeni Shakur was fiercely protective of her son, Tupac Shakur's, music, likeness and earnings following his death in 1996, and assured that would still be the case after her passing.
The former Black Panther Party member set up a trust protecting Tupac's valuable music catalog. Income generated will only go to specific family members and select charities. Former head of Warner Bros. Records, Tom Whalley, has been named executor.
A rep for the estate told TMZ that the "paperwork is flawless," meaning the estate will be protected during ongoing divorce proceedings in North Carolina from Afeni's husband of 12 years, Gust Davis.
Davis had previously asked the court for half of the income Afeni received from the estate, for the remainder of his life.
Aswe previously reported, Afeni died Monday May 2, after suffering what is believed to a heart attack at her Sausalto, California home. She was 69-years old.
She is survived by her sister, Gloria, and a daughter, Sekyiwa Shakur ... Tupac's half sister.
JonnyEastCoast is not your average MC. He likes to look at every situation as a positive one. When it comes to writing, producing, and mastering the songs he is a perfectionist. Never skipping a step always looking for the smallest detail. He is a kind hearted father, brother, and friend. He always puts everyone's needs ahead of his own. JonnyEastCoast is the type of guy flow to a beat or just study and write one never backing down from a challenge to battle. He started writing and producing music at a young age. He started to fall victim to drugs and crime as a teen. Only to lead to harder prescription drugs and alcohol. Eventually leading to selling drugs and robbery to pay for and fund such a fast life style. Not to long after he would end up in state prison for a 5 year sentence. In the prison is where he studies his rhymes and rhythm to come to the streets with an understandingof the hip hop seen and the music production. When JonnyEastCoast was released on April 2014. He came to the streets with nothing and no one so he turned back to hustling and low level dealing. When he realized he could head back to prison he took full advantage of the rhyme book and focused his time and energy into hip hop. Now a couple years later he is on his rise to stardom. Chewing rappers up and spitting them out. So him and his brother started a record company from the ground up. Chipping away at the industry door. Now he has platforms on all the major sites. While never loosing site ofwhy he is doing this to create more rehabs and programs. Also create more recreational programs for our youth to grow up in. So be sure to check out Jonny EastCoast on all of your favorite sites (I'm sure he's there). And support him by listening and sharing so we can one day be in a position to do great. Thanks, Jonny EastCoast
For a person who’s always considered the studio a second home since the age of 9, It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Malz Monday making serious noise with a growing fan base not only online but in the streets as well. Malz began making a name for himself releasing weekly videos remixing popular songs consistently for months on in. thus spawning the moniker “Malz Monday “. That same year Malz birthday (July 18) landed on a monday and not only that but he also came across a horoscope book that revealed for his sign (Cancer) and the year he was born, Monday was the most favorable day to take advantage of in life. That was a pinnacle point in Malz life. It assured him that not only was this a dream but it was destiny. Since then Malz has excelled to a whole new level of dedication and has been cooking up his own original content. He’s proven he was an exceptional “Rapper” through his week series, now he’s on a mission to show the world he’s an exceptional “Artist” and he’s definitely on the right path. Backed by his PINE NATION movement which is an acronym for Progressive, Innovation, Never, Ends, which promotes pushing your limit of success. The Nation part is for the unity of all who follow that mind state. If It’s one thing you need to know about Malz it’s that his burning desire to succeed only grows. So expect something monumental.Check out "We On It" HERERead more…
Kevin Hodge AKA Microphone Strong, age 23, was born and raised in the sugar hill section of Harlem and has lived there for his entire life. A place full of culture and definitely heavily influenced by hip hop music. Strong, who has been rapping only since the age of 19, has always had a way with words and but it wasn’t until he was asked to write a rap for a talent show he hosted in college that he noticed that music and being a raw influential MC was his passion.Strong attributes his love for hip hop to his idol’s: Nas, Biggie, 2pac, Mase, Eminem and Dipset. Currently Mic Strong has performed in several venues and is working on his first official mix tape entitled “New Jack City” where he freestyle raps over old school beats. Strong’s style of rap he defines as “chip on your shoulder rap”, a style constantly leaving him to feel as having something to prove lyrically and he says it keeps him on his toes and always ready to write a hard 16. Strong just recently released his first visual for his heavily barred “Who Dat” single which is currently turning heads. Strong’s style is unmatched, his flow is untouchable and his presence is demanding!!Make sure to keep up with Mic Strong and follow on Twitter: @KIING_STRONG or Instagram: @KIING_STRONGFor Bookings Email MICSTRONGMUSIC@GMAIL.COM
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The one and only Big T kicks off his Tuesday freestyle series by dropping bars over the instrumental to Drake's song, "Pop Style." Give it a listen up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
Lil Duval and Michael Blackson stopped by Snoop Dogg's GGN News recently to talk about their new movie "Meet the Blacks." The interview goes in a few hilarious directions. Check it out below.
Young Gifted have been around for quite long and have produced dozens of hit songs in their more than 25 years appearance on the hip hop music scene. Yet, all their beats and sounds seem to have been launched just yesterday. Young Gifted are always ready to test the limits of the hip-hop genre in the most creative ways. In their new single titled “STILL” the group explores into the mindset of the streets and the cipher language of the hood through its code phrase “play to keep.” This legendary group originates from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Even though they carry in their blood the sounds and images of their born place and the experiences of the challenging life there, their songs speak to a much wider audience mostly on the east coast, but also elsewhere, in US and abroad. “STILL” is not to be an exception. Early in the year, they launched: Blood Type, Get”Em. and Cash Flow. All three singles were on the playlist of top mix shows in the country and were hailed by the group’s fanatic followers. Of course, Young Gifted are true representatives of hardcore rap music, no doubt about that. However, they often bring together tunes, rhythms and wording of the early days and Gangsta rap, with influences of the new school and the second wave, along with a modern contemporary tone, in their own completely original style. Because of this, their music could form a subcategory in hip hop on its own right, without this statement being much of an exaggeration. Young Gifted has been featured on numerous magazines, including Hip Hop Weekly and XXL, and was also profiled byInflexWeTrust.com, MTV.com/artists and TheSource.com. Songs of Young Gifted can be found online, some of them free to download and share.
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Philadelphia rapper and the boss of the Original Block Hustlaz, Ar-Ab, teams up with Kevin Gates for his new single titled "How I Do It." It will be available on iTunes May 6. Pre-order it now https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1105289867?ls=1&app=itunes
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Russell Simmons shared his thoughts on the lack of diversity in Hollywood, including the lack of black higher ups in the infrastructure of the industry, which the Def Jam co-founder told us was a problem. He also touched on the recent #OscarsSoWhite controversy that ignited over the lack of diversity at this year's awards show, and Russell told us that he is more outraged by the overall segregation in the industry. Speaking more about the situation, Russell explained that in Hollywood, black comedians are lumped into specific nights of the week like "Chocolate Sunday" to do their routines instead of being integrated with all types of comedians.
Moving along, Russell spoke to VladTV about the importance of black entertainers making friends with white higher ups, whom he believes are the big decision makers in the industry. However, at the end of the video Simmons states that "integration ruined the black community," which you can hear more about in the clip below.
World renowned battle rapper Serius Jones is also a well respected song writer. He stopped by 16ofBetter for episode 102 to perform his new single titled "The Plug." Video directed by Jack Thriller.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield was charged Monday with the rape of a "developmentally delayed" woman, prosecutors announced.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office said Stubblefield, a former defensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders, allegedly assaulted the woman on April 9, 2015, at his Morgan Hill home after interviewing her for a baby-sitting job. He is charged with five felony counts and faces a "substantial prison sentence" if convicted.
A day before the assault, Stubblefield contacted the then 31-year-old woman on a baby-sitting website and arranged an interview, prosecutors said.
"This was a crime of violence against a vulnerable victim," Deputy District Attorney Tim McInerny said. "She was looking for a job, and she was unconscionably assaulted."
Bail for Stubblefield, 45, is set at $250,000. His arraignment is scheduled to take place within 24 hours.
According to a report by the Morgan Hill Police Department, the interview of the woman by Stubblefield lasted about 20 minutes. She later received a text from Stubblefield saying he wanted to pay her for her time that day, and she went back to the house, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
After raping her, Stubblefield gave her $80 and let her go. The woman immediately went to the Morgan Hill Police Department and reported the rape. DNA evidence matched that of Stubblefield, the report said.
Stubblefield's attorney, Gary Winuk, said the sex was consensual and that his client is being unfairly targeted because of his wealth and celebrity.
Stubblefield provided prosecutors with lie-detector results and with evidence that shows the sexual encounter last year was consensual, including proof that the woman asked his client for a job and money afterward, said attorney Ken Rosenfeld, who is also representing Stubblefield.
"Dana Stubblefield is being unfairly targeted due to his celebrity and wealth by someone with full motivation to lie," Rosenfeld said. "Mr. Stubblefield passed a lie-detector test with flying colors and will present a full, vigorous defense against these false allegations."
Afeni Shakur, the mother of music icon Tupac Shakur, has passed away.
PEOPLE reports that the Marin County Sheriff's Office responded to a call of a possible cardiac arrest at a Sausalto, California home on Monday night, May 2. Afeni was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead at around 10:28 p.m. She was 69-years old.
Renown rap artist #Tupac Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur Davis, age 69, died late last night in Marin County. pic.twitter.com/oP0crvINm8
— Marin County Sheriff (@MarinSheriff) May 3, 2016
Sheriff's Coroners Office will lead investigation to determine exact cause & manner of Afeni Shakur's death.
— Marin County Sheriff (@MarinSheriff) May 3, 2016
A year after 2Pac's 1996 death, Afeni, founded The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, a performing arts center for the youth based in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
The former Black Panther Party member also founded Amaru Entertainment, a record and film production company that oversaw the posthumous releases of her son's music and recently signed off on the upcoming biopic, "All Eyez on Me."
2Pac dedicated the 1995 song"Dear Mama"to Afeni.
Afeni was preparing to face off in a North Carolina divorce court with her husband of 12 years, Gust Davis.
Davis is seeking half of the income Afeni received from Tupac's estate for life, in addition to a Jaguar, the rights to live in the soon-to-be ex-couple's 50 acre North Carolina ranch and the keys to their houseboats.
New York underground artist Jo-Bread released his new music video “WHEW” earlier this week.Make sure to catch up with him on instagram @breadwonder and on twitter @jobreadgvngFor bookings please contact jobread@gmail.com#SVMarketingsLLC x #BREADGVNG
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Nipsey Hussle the Great breaks his fans off with some pure West Coast piffery in the form of a new banger titled "Ocean Views." The track was produced by Mike & Keys + DJ Khalil.
Irish singer Sinead O'Connor is throwing comedian/actor Arsenio Hall under the bus ... Accusing him of supplying Prince with drugs for over twenty years via her Facebook page. She also claims Hall drugged her years ago at superstar Eddie Murphy's home.
"Two words for the DEA investigating where prince got his drugs over the decades.... Arsenio Hall (AKA Prince's and Eddie Murphy's bitch)," O'Conner wrote Monday May 2. "Anyone imagining prince was not a long time hard drug user is living in cloud cuckoo land. Arsenio I've reported you to the Carver County Sherrif's office. Expect their call. They are aware you spiked me years ago at Eddie murphy's house. You best get tidying your man cave."
Hall's rep toldTMZ that O'Connor's accusation is "absolutely false, ridiculous and absurd."
O'Connor found worldwide fame in 1990 when she released a remake of the Prince song"Nothing Compares 2 U."
She had never met the music icon prior to that, but claims there was a violent confrontation when they finally did.
"I met him a couple of times. We didn't get on at all. As a matter of fact we had a punch-up," O'Connor said during a 2014 NRK interview. "He summoned me to his house after 'Nothing Compares.' I had made the song without him. I’d never met him. He summoned me to his house – and it was very foolish to do this to an Irish woman. He told me he didn’t like me saying bad words in my interviews. So I told him to fuck off. He got quite violent. I actually had to escape out of his house at 5 in the morning. He packed a bigger punch than mine."
Prince denied O'Connor's version of events long before his passing on April 21, 2016, after being found unresponsive in an elevator at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota. He was 57. An exact cause of death is pending the results of his autopsy.
Hot 97's Ebro Darden and Laura Stylez flew out to Miami to interview Birdman at his $30 million mansion.
Things got right down to business as Baby discussed his issues with Power 105.1's Charlamagne Tha God "slandering" his name, Rick Ross stepping out of line by speaking on his situation with his "son" Lil Wayne, believing he and Wayne will work out their differences, wanting the world to hear "Tha Carter V," Drake's success, Nicki Minaj being the biggest female artist, shoots down talk by Trick Daddy that he's gay, the Cash Money Records biopic, his upbringing, the Bible changing his life, his upcoming documentary that will come with a soundtrack, solo album "Ms. Gladys," "Rich Gang 2" project and more.
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