Smack and the Ultimate Rap League present St. Louis emcee Aye Verb vs. Bronx spitter Goodz from their recent NOME 4 battle rap event. Hosted by Jadakiss of The Lox.
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With his Signed To The Streets 2 mixtape dropping on the 4th of July, Lil Durk decides to release an official music video for "Picture Perfect." Directed by Mr. Fineus and D.R.I.S.
T-Pain's woman is driving him insane has the singer on the brink of committing "Love Suicide" in the visuals for his latest song featuring rapper Severe.
Vada releases his first R&B song in "About You" sang by Jaray aka Justin J. Vada is also a songwriter and is out to prove it to the world
This song is off of The Red Brick Road LP, which will be available July 14th. Stay tuned for his official video his single "Aye" premiering on VEVO July 7th.
Kevin Gates will be hitting the road with Taylor Gang rapper Chevy Woods for a joint tour starting on July 11th in Houston. Today the two team up for a new track entitled "Boat."
Wu Tang Clan emcee Raekwon The Chef remixes The Isley Brothers 1977 classic record "Footsteps in the Dark" for his latest Throwback Thursday release. Check the freestyle out up top.
Ariana Grande was the center of attention on MTV's special "Total Ariana Live" Wednesday, July 2. The singer interacted with the audience, premiered her new single "Break Free," performed "Problem" and played a game of Hip Hop Mix-Up that required her to sing a Broadway version of A$AP Rocky's"Fuckin Problems."
Young Money Records has a new artist and it's none other than Lil Wayne's daughter Reginae Carter. Weezy made the announcement on his latest Weezy Wednesday episode.
Check out her music video for "Mind Goin' Crazy" and be on the lookout for her forthcoming album entitled Becoming Reginae.
XXL had the cameras on as Kendrick Lamar tried his hand at karaoke. Watch the Top Dawg Entertainment emcee struggle to remember the lyrics to Eminem's"Me Name Is,"50 Cent's"Candy Shop" and "In Da Club" and Jay Z's"Big Pimpin."
Here's Ariana Grande's new single "Break Free" featuring Zedd. This is off of her forthcoming album, My Everything, which will be released on August 25th.
A Richard Pryor biopic has been in the works for some time now. Marlon Wayans was linked to the lead role, but that seems to have changed with Nick Cannon hinting that he will portray the iconic comedian in the Lee Daniels-directed film.
Cannon posted a side by side photo of himself and Pryor on his Instagram account. During a conversation with TMZ Live on Wednesday, July 2, he all but confirmed he is in.
"I never wanna jinx anything because you know movies work. If it's not in production it's not real," Cannon told TMZ. "All I'm saying is I'm doing the work right now. I'm doing everything I need to do to embody it when the opportunity is right. I've definitely sat with Lee [Daniels] who is a close friend and we've actually worked quite a bit on getting it right. When it comes to something as sensitive as a legend like Richard Pryor there's family, there's friends, there's production. There's so many things that go into weighing in on who should be this person. I don't wanna be out there like one one of those people like 'Oh yeah, I'm doing it' and then you look up and that's not the case. I'm just trying to play it close to the vest. I have been in the character. I'm doing everything that I need to do. The hair, I'm growing [my facial hair] out looking like I'm 40-years old, chain smoking. I told Lee the one thing I'm not gonna do is freebase."
Upon hearing the news Pryor's kids, Richard Pryor Jr. and Rain Pryor, immediately objected. They still want Wayans to portray their father.
According to TMZ, neither one of them believes that Cannon can pull it off and blame their stepmom, Jennifer Pryor, for this latest move.
Jennifer and Richard Pryor
The kids believe Jennifer has turned the entire thing into a "vanity" project designed to make herself look good.
Who do you believe should play Pryor? Take out poll and sound off in the comment section below.
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Nick Cannon speaks on preparing to play Richard Pryor
In the aftermath of the Math Hoffa and Dizaster scrap at Battle of Los Angeles 5 on Saturday, June 28, King of the Dot founder Organik has handed down a lifetime ban to Diz.
The harsh punishment is the result of Dizaster sparking the brawl by punching Math in the face during their battle. He can get back into the good graces of the organization after one year under two conditions. Read Organik's statement below to find out what they are.
The Los Angeles Leakers got their hands on a new leak off of Chicago rapper Lil Durk'sSigned to the Streets 2 project, which drops on the 4th of July. Check out his song "I Go" featuring Johnny May Cash.
The most anticipated rap battle of all time -- On July 12th Eminem's Shady Films with Watchloud.com present a night of Total Slaughter live on PPV. Featuring Hollow Da Don vs Joe Budden, Loaded Lux vs Murda Mook, and the road to Total Slaughter Championship.
"Total Slaughter will deliver three hours of intense competition and performance at the highest level of battle rap, including two highly-anticipated headlining battles: a long-awaited rematch between Loaded Lux and Murda Mook, and a face-off between Hollow Da Don and Shady Records' own platinum-selling artist Joe Budden. Undercard contenders for Total Slaughter will be determined by the competition reality series Road to Total Slaughter, currently airing on FUSE and WatchLOUD.com.
Battle rap fans everywhere can watch the Total Slaughter event live on cable PPV and online at 8:00pm ET on July 12, and On Demand following the event through cable and online from July 13 to 26. The event is $19.95.* PPV is through iN DEMAND cable affiliates across North America and the Caribbean, and can be ordered online for PC, Mac, and both Apple and Android mobile devices at www.TotalSlaughter.tv
Tickets to attend Total Slaughter in NYC are available through Ticketmaster. For more information and updates on the Total Slaughter league and event, please visit www.WatchLOUD.com and www.ShadyRecords.com."
Super producer Statik Selektah blesses us with a radio rip of his blazing song, "The Imperial" featuring Black Thought, Action Bronson and Royce Da 5'9. This is off of Staik's forthcoming project entitled What Goes Around, dropping August 19th via Showoff/Duck Down Music.
CyHi The Prynce reaches out to Slaughterhouse emcees Royce Da 5'9 and Joell Ortiz for guest appearances on the remix to his song "Huey." The original version can be found on CyHi's mixtape entitled Hystori. Grab it from Datpiff and download the remix up top.
Police are investigating a report that Katt Williams pulled a gun on a patron inside of the Comedy Store in West Hollywood on Wednesday, July 2.
The 40-year old comedian, who not performing at the club, was being heckled by someone in the audience about his race and height, according to TMZ.
Katt lost his temper and reportedly pulled a gun on the heckler. 911 was called and police responded to the scene with 6 patrol cars. When they arrived Katt had left.
“He’s being investigated, preliminarily, for threatening someone with a weapon,” Sgt. Dave Valentine with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said, according to the New York Daily News. “(Williams) wasn’t performing. He was just there, but he was gone when we arrived. The victim filed a report. Obviously we’d like to hear Mr. Williams’ side of the story. We’re not sure if it was a heckler.”
Katt has had numerous run ins with both police and fans over the years. In October 2012, comedian Faizon Love accused Katt of pulling a gun on him in a dispute over money.
**UPDATE**
Katt reached out to TMZ to give his side of the story. According to him, previous reports have been completely off base.
The comedian claims he was the victim of an attack by 4 Bloods gang members who repeatedly referred to him as a Crip by calling him "cuz."
Katt says the 4 gang members followed him to his car and attacked him, but at no point did he pull a gun. He also believes the 911 call was from one of the Bloods.