When Snoop Dogg filmed his "Lavender" remix video he probably expected it to draw a lot of attention. With nearly 5 million views in 3 days, reactions from the POTUS, 2 senators, as well as T.I. and Bow Wow, the hip hop legend has gotten what he hoped for.
TMZ recently caught up with Common in Los Angeles and got a different perspective than had previously been offered by others, on the scene in the video that depicts Snoop shooting President Trump.
"Hip hop has always been about freedom of expression. That's one of the most powerful things. Hip hop has been a voice for so many people," Common said. "If you think about the days of Public Enemy and you fast forward to Kendrick Lamar. Hip hop artists have always been speaking up and saying what they feel. if it's a president they don't like ... if it's a politician they don't like. I was just listening to KRS [One] and he was talking about Clarence Thomas back then. If you didn't like what was going on, you speak up. We're entitled to do that as people."
(Reuters) A defiant Donald Trump has pledged to appeal against a federal judge's order placing an immediate halt on his revised travel ban, describing the ruling as judicial overreach that made the United States look weak.
In granting the temporary restraining order in response to a lawsuit by the state of Hawaii, U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson found on Wednesday that "a reasonable, objective observer ... would conclude that the executive order was issued with a purpose to disfavor a particular religion."
Early on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in a similar case in Maryland brought by refugee resettlement agencies represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center.
Chuang ruled that the agencies were likely to succeed in proving that the travel ban portion of the executive order was intended to be a ban on Muslims and, as a result, violates the U.S. Constitution's religious freedom protection.
"To avoid sowing seeds of division in our nation, upholding this fundamental constitutional principle at the core of our nation's identity plainly serves a significant public interest," Chuang wrote in his ruling.
The actions were the latest legal blow to the administration's efforts to temporarily ban refugees as well as travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries. The president has said the ban is needed for national security.
However, the orders, while a victory for the plaintiffs, are only a first step and the government could ultimately win its underlying case. Watson and Chuang were appointed to the bench by former Democratic President Barack Obama.
Trump, speaking after the Hawaii ruling at a rally in Nashville, called his revised executive order a "watered-down version" of his first.
The president said he would take the case “as far as it needs to go,” including to the Supreme Court, in order to get a ruling that the ban is legal.
The likely next stop if the administration decides to contest the Hawaii judge’s ruling would be the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Three judges on the Ninth Circuit upheld a restraining order on the first travel ban issued by a Washington state judge.
At that point, the government’s legal options were to ask for a hearing by a larger panel of judges or petition the Supreme Court to hear the case. Instead, the administration withdrew the ban, promising to retool it in ways that would address the legal issues.
If the Ninth Circuit were to uphold the Hawaii court’s ruling, an appeal to the Supreme Court would be complicated by its current makeup of four conservative and four liberal judges, with no ninth justice since the death of Antonin Scalia more than a year ago.
The travel ban has deeply divided the country on liberal and conservative lines, and it is unlikely that a ninth Supreme Court justice would be seated in time to hear an appeal in this case.
Trump signed the new ban on March 6 in a bid to overcome legal problems with his January executive order, which caused chaos at airports and sparked mass protests before a Washington judge stopped its enforcement in February.
Watson's order is only temporary until the broader arguments in the case can be heard. He set an expedited hearing schedule to determine if his ruling should be extended.
Trump's first travel order was more sweeping than the second revised order. Like the current one, it barred citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the United States for 90 days, but it also included Iraq, which was subsequently taken off the list.
The revised ban also excluded legal permanent residents and existing visa holders and provided waivers for various categories of immigrants with ties to the United States.
Hawaii and other opponents of the ban claimed that the motivation behind it was Trump's campaign promise of "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States."
In Washington state, a group of plaintiffs applying for immigrant visas asked U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle - who suspended the first ban - to stop the new order. Robart was appointed to the bench by Republican former President George W. Bush.
Judge Robart said he would issue a written ruling, but did not specify a time line.
(Reporting by Dan Levine in Honolulu, Mica Rosenberg in New York and Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Writing by Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Editing by Toby Chopra)
Shad Moss pka Bow Wow probably has his public relations people scrambling to put out the inferno of controversy he caused on Wednesday, March 15, when he jumped into the Snoop Dogg vs President Trump beef.
As I type this I'm realizing how absurd it is for the President of the United States to be involved in a dispute with a rapper, but we'll table that discussion for another day.
To make sense of all of this we need to double back to our story about Snoop depicting a mock assassination of Trump in his new "Lavender" remix music video.
The scene has drawn criticism for Republican senatorsTed CruzandMarco Rubio. It also elicited a direct tweet to Snoop from Trump, who believes the "Murder Was the Case" hit maker would be in locked up if he had the same thing using former presidentBarack Obama.
"Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!" Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, March 15.
Which brings us to Bow Wow. He came to the defense of his former mentor by tweeting to Trump that if he didn't back off of Snoop he would put his wife, Melania Trump, to work as a prostitute.
"Ayo @realDonaldTrump shut your punk ass up talking shit about my uncle @SnoopDogg before we pimp your wife and make her work for us," Bow Wow typed.
Trump hasn't responded, but the savages on Twitter did. Check out some of the reaction below.
Harvey Finch Enerprise recording artist HooNoz (who knows), takes a break from working on his upcoming 11th project release and sits down with PaperChaserDotCom to discuss the busy past and future of his music career, Harvey Finch Enterprise and more.
Meek Mill ran into some legal trouble on Wednesday, March 15, at St. Louis International Airport. According to TMZ, the 29-year old Philadelphia native, born Robert Williams, got into a physical altercation with an airport employee.
The alleged incident began when the employee asked for an autograph. Meek turned the request down, triggering a fight.
Two airport workers and the "House Party" rapper were charged with misdemeanor assault. They were given a summons to appear in court in lieu of arrest.
This normally would not be that big of a deal, but because Meek is already on probation for a 2009 drug and gun conviction in Philadelphia, this incident could result in a violation.
Local Broward County Rapper "Rude Boy" Releases his Highly Anticipated mixtape titled "Where Should I Start." On this project Rude Boy raps about Trends, His struggles, Growing up, His family issues, His love life And His hood "1800 Block". He Also pays homage to Rapper Kodak Black who is from the exact same hood. In less than 24 hours after its release, "Where should I start" Received more than 35,000 Plays.
"Where Should I Start" is available now on Mymixtapez, Spinrilla, Soundcloud, Youtube and more!
Listen for yourself and see why everyone is saying Rude Boy is up next!
Like everyone else, T..I. saw President Trump's tweet Wednesday morning, March 15, in response to Snoop Dogg's "Lavender" remix music video in which Trump is the victim of a mock assassination.
"Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!" Trump wrote.
Tip responded to Trump's tweet via Instagram.
"@snoopdogg is a Fuckin Legend u Fucking Tangerine Tanned Muskrat scrotum skin, Lacefront Possum fur Wig wearing, Alternative fact,Atomic Dog diarrhea face ass man!!!!" T.I. captioned a photo of Trump's tweet. "Leave our legends names out ya fuckin old ass puppy piss smelling ass mouth & continue to focus on dividing minorities,building barriers, alienating immigrants, &fuckin this country up like u been doin.... #UWannaBeDictator #PresidentialLevelFuckBoy."
You can bet Trump's Twitterfingers will fire back as soon as he gets the time. In the meantime check out the video that started this all below.
Wiz Khalifa rounds up his Taylor Gang crew, consisting of Raven Felix, Ty Dolla $ign and Tuki Carter to drop off an official music video for the song "For More."
Belly was in Los Angeles recently and made a pit stop by Power 106 to chop it up with the Los Angeles Leakers crew. Check out the bars as he spits an ill freestyle.
Rochester, New York emcee Lil Eto and Harlem, New York super producer V Don make a great. Following the release of their EP, "Omerta:The Film," they're right back with a new joint titled "ASICS."
Posted by Indie Castle on March 15, 2017 at 9:43am
We been waiting on Bigg Z next move. The wait is over. He dropped his Mixtape titled "The Godfather" and gave us a video to his single "Diamonds" check it out.
Donald Trump is upset that Snoop Dogg depicted his assassination in the music video for his "Lavender" remix.
The president vented via his Twitter account on Wednesday, March 15, that Snoop is benefiting from a double standard. Trump argued that the rapper would be in huge trouble if acted out a mock assassination of former president Barack Obama.
"Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!" Trump wrote.
Aswe previously reported, Snoop said the idea to mock assassinate Trump was his attempt to wake up other artists.
"I feel like it’s a lot of people making cool records, having fun, partying, but nobody’s dealing with the real issue with this fucking clown as president, and the shit that we dealing with out here," he explained. "So I wanted to take time out to push pause on a party record and make one of these records for the time being."
We'd like to congratulate Fabolous for recently being recognized for his many accomplishments during his nearly two decade career.
On March 7, he received the Icon Award. A special dinner held in his honor was attended by Omari Hardwick, DJ Clue, Swizz Beatz, Ryan Leslie and more.
"Congratulations to my brother Fab for being the secret weapon," Swizz said. "I call him the secret weapon.He’s the secret weapon for fashion, the secret weapon for music, the secret weapon for creativity. He’s the secret weapon behind a lot of artists doing what they do today. We gotta support Fab by any means necessary because the culture ... they need Fab."
On March 9, Eric L. Adams, Borough President of Brooklyn gave the "Make Me Better" hit maker the key to his hometown and announced that a street would be named after him, during an event at Borough Hall.
"Thank You to the Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams for presenting me with a Citation, the Key to Brooklyn, & honoring me by naming a street in Brooklyn after me later this year!" Fab captioned an Instagram photo. "I will continue to live by the words of your presentation & keep 'bending the wire.'"
It's been 13 years sinceThe Matrix Revolutionshit theaters. It was supposed to be the third and final film in the revolutionary sci-fi thriller series that grossed nearly$1.8 billion worldwide.
Now, however there is talk that The Matrix may be rebooted.
Deadline reports that Warner Bros is looking into possibilities to make it work. A group of writers are rumored to have been assembled to figure out a way to breathe new life into the franchise.
At this point it's not known if any of main actors, Keanu Reeves (Neo), Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus) or Carrie Ann Moss (Trinity), will be involved or if there will be an all new cast.
Don't think for one second that a character's death in one of the previous films would prevent them from resurfacing in the next. Hollywood has a funny way of making that happen if need be.
What do you y'all think? Would you be interested in seeing The Matrix 4?
Paypaman is back with a refined sound that describes the culture of Chicago “Ballin or Politickin.” Produced by Xcel Beats, Paypaman uses this simply track to spit lyrical metaphors, comparing himself to Chris Paul, Kyrie Irving. Putting himself in boss status, Paypaman describes not only his ability as an artist but his lifestyle. Campaigning to be the best out of the Chi, Paypaman brings a unique edge to music that has been missing in Chicago hip hop.
Posted by Indie Castle on March 14, 2017 at 8:26pm
On the back of signing a publishing deal with Sony/ATV and his single ‘Car Key’ featuring UK femcee Ms Banks getting massive support and acclaim internationally, UK-based Nigerian musician KC Pozzy returns with an exciting new music Audio for yet another Afrobeats monster single titled ‘My Promise’. Kc Pozzy + Monique Lawrence
Produced by Ayo Beatz, , and is certainly going to be a favourite this summer, among audiences in Africa and internationally.
We can still expect the release of KC Pozzy’s next mixtape Ice Water Boy that hits stores later summer, as well as an upcoming UK nationwide college tour, set to take place in July. In the meantime, expect ‘My Promise’ Video, directed by Eric Myers for Bosss Media dropping in the summer.
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Paypaman is back with a refined sound that describes the culture of Chicago "Ballin or Politickin." Produced by Xcel Beats, Paypaman uses this simply track to spit lyrical metaphors, comparing himself to Chris Paul, Kyrie Irving. Putting himself in boss status, Paypaman describes not only his ability as an artist but his lifestyle. Campaigning to be the best out of the Chi, Paypaman brings a unique edge to music that has been missing in Chicago hip hop.
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