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Prodigy of Mobb Deep and his protege' Boogz Boogetz stopped by Tony Touch's Shade 45 show recently and blessed the mic with a freestyle over Snoop Dogg's "Tha Shiznit" instrumental.
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JoJo is back with a brand new single produced by Drake's beat maker Noah ’40′ Shebib. The track will be available on iTunes August 28th.
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Meek Mill has caught some flack recently for his song "Amen." The track, which also features Drake has been criticized as being blasphemous by pastor Jomo. K. Johnson and others for some of it's lyrics. During an appearance on 106 & ParkMonday, July 16th Meek said he never intended for the song to be offensive to anyone.
"I don't think no preacher or no church approve of any type of rap music because rap music period there's a lot of bad stuff that's being said, but at the end of the day it's real life," Meek said. "And me I wasn't trying to disrespect no religion or anything like that. My whole family is Christian. I have a half Christian, half Muslim family. The situation, the song, that's what energy it felt and if anybody feel disrespected, I ain't do it in that way."
Meek said when he heard the song it gave him a certain feeling and he went with that feeling while writing it.
"I did [the song] because it was a good feeling," he continued. "Like when you hear the beat it's got the church organs in it. That's the feeling it gave me, so I said Amen or church. I didn't do it with bad intentions at the end of the day.”
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If you thought Bangs was horrible maybe you haven't heard Sudanese rapper Riak. In the past he's rapped over 2Pac's "Do For Love" and he's just released a new video for "How You Want Me To."
Is he the worst rapper ever? Check him out below and let us know what you think.
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Future teams up with Gorilla Zoe and Laudie for "Diamonds" off of his upcoming Super Future mixtape.
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G.O.O.D. Music and Radio Killa make a good combination don't you agree? Super producer/singer The-Dream teams up with Pusha T for the official "Dope B*tch" music video. The track is the lead single off of The-Dream's upcoming album Love IV MMXII, which will be released on September 20th.
Childish Gambino teams up with Jay Rock for a new track that didn't make it onto his Royalty mixtape.
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50 Cent revealed some huge news during a recent chat with Digital Spy in the UK. He said that the first single off of his upcoming album Street King Immortal will feature Dr. Dre and Alicia Keys. He added that it will be released today.
50 also talked about wanting to work with Rihanna and Frank Ocean. Check out the full interview below.
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Nemo Hoes aka Snoop Dogg sat down with Krondon and Phil The Agony of Strong Arm Steady in the latest episode of GGN News. Besides the work he's done for his own group, Krondon has written a lot of songs behind the scenes like Xzibit's "Criminal Set" and Snoop's "Gangbang Rookie." He talks about his inspiration when he's writing. They also discuss Eminem's ghost writing abilities and Jay-Z penning "Still D.R.E." for Dr. Dre.
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Nas made a special appearance yesterday on the Late Show with David Letterman. The Queens, New York rapper performed "Daughters" off of his just released album Life Is Good.
Check out the performance below and pick up a copy of Life Is Good from iTunes.
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Wiz Khalifa has said that she is the best female MC in the game. That is yet to proven but Lola Monroe continues to show she is one to be reckoned with as she drops a new video. This time the Taylor Gang rapper goes in over A$AP Rocky's "Goldie" instrumental.
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Lil Wayne is getting ready to deliver his highly anticipated tenth studio album I Am Not A Human Being II. He gives fans a preview of what to expect in this new Big Sean assisted video for "My Homies Still."
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A young woman has come forward with testimony that George Zimmerman molested her for a decade and that he and his family are racist against black people.
The woman, identified only as "witness 9," said the Zimmerman's "don't like black people if they don't act like white people. They like black people if they act white."
In one part of her recorded testimony released today witness 9 recalled a conversation she had with George's mother.
"Somebody was talking about Obama and I said 'Oh yeah did you hear about that?' And [Zimmerman's mom] asked what? I said 'something to do with Obama, we were talking about it.' And she said 'I don't like Obama.' And I said 'why not?' just thinking she was joking. And she said 'because he's black, I am a racist.' just loud and proud," witness 9 said.
Witness 9 also said that George began molesting her when she was 6-year old and he was 8.
"This is the first time in my life I'm not afraid of him," she told investigators according to ABC News. "I know he is not going to be out in public. I'm not afraid of him now."
She said the incidents would often happen during family get-togethers. She claims George would touch her against her will.
"Every time that we would go up there, I would look at him and he would give me a certain look and I would know it would happen," she told investigators. "I wanted to believe that everyone was good and that people change. I wanted it to just stop. I didn't want to ever have to tell anyone. I didn't want to be sad and Georgie always made himself look so good. He always sucked up to my dad. He was charming…When I got there no one was there, but I was already scared. I wanted to run, but I didn't know what to do. He told me to lay on the bed but I did. I felt that he had an erection. I was scared. I didn't know what was going to happen but I got up and ran."
Witness 9 said in 2005 she finally told her family who confronted George at a restaurant.
"Instead of talking about it, he sat down at the end of the booth and said I'm sorry, and just got up and walked out," she said.
She added that she never saw the family act on their racist feelings even though they talked about them often.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara made a last-minute attempt to block the release of witness 9's statement as well as the jail calls. He filed a motion this morning at the Seminole County Courthouse, asking that their release be delayed. He argued that the testimony would never be used in the trial and would do harm to his client in the court of public opinion. but Special Prosecutor Angela Corey's office made the decision to release them anyway.
Zimmerman, 28, is awaiting trial on a charge of second-degree murder. He killed 17-year old unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida.
Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch captain at the time. He said he killed Martin in self defense after being attacked.
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A$AP Mob, Sony Music Entertainment, and Fader Media Network are being sued in New York County Supreme Court by a stage manager who is claiming he was beat up during a 2011 FADER Fort show.
Anthony Montalbano, who works for Best Instrument Rental, the company hired by Fader Media for the event claims he was attacked by A$AB Mob. He says the group "shouted obscenities indicating their dissatisfaction with the microphones and damaged musical instruments and equipment that was on the stage."
According to Courthouse News, the band started breaking the sound equipment at one point. Montalbano says he was told by Fader Media Network to go save the equipment, but was not provided with security.
"Plaintiff was then grabbed by the defendants and continuously punched in the face and head for several minutes and said defendants hit plaintiff in the head with a microphone," the complaint states. "Plaintiff was covered in blood and sustained serious and lasting injuries, including but not limited to an open scalp wound, concussion, abrasions, lacerations and pain in his head, neck, back, knees and ribs."
Montalbano says three band members were charged with assault and that he needed 10 stitches to close a wound in his scalp.
He is seeking "compensatory and punitive damages for negligent hiring, emotional distress, assault and battery and negligence."
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DJ Scream is prepping his Long Live the Hustle project. Here he teams up with 2 Chainz, Future, Waka Flocka Flame, Yo Gotti and Gucci Mane for the first leak off of it.
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(CBS News) Beyonce is front and center in a new video posted online by President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, reading a letter she wrote to first lady Michelle Obama.
In the letter, which was first posted as a handwritten note on Beyonce's official blog back in April, the Grammy-winner praises Mrs. Obama as "the ultimate example of a truly strong African-American woman."
"She is a caring mother, she's a loving wife, while at the same time, she is the first lady. No matter the pressure, and the stress of being under the microscope, she's humble, loving and sensitive," the letter continues.
Beyonce, who welcomed daughter Blue Ivy Carter in January with husband Jay-Z, adds, "Michelle, thank you so much for every single thing that you do for us. I am proud to have my daughter grow up in a world where she has people like you, to look up to."
In the video, the singer explains, "I wrote a letter to the first lady because I wanted her to know that I'm very grateful for everything she's doing for our country, and also for women around the world."
Mrs. Obama responded to the letter via Twitter back in April:
In May, the first lady took daughters Sacha and Malia to Beyonce's concert in Atlantic City, N.J. The singer also performed during the inauguration celebrations for the Obamas in January 2009, singing "At Last" as the president and first lady danced.
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Frank Ocean's decision to reveal that he is bisexual caught many people off guard. While there has been a lot of public support for the singer, some have decided they would no longer listen to his music. 50 Cent talked to MTV recently about Frank's decision and the G-Unit boss doesn't think too highly of people who turned their backs on Frank because of his sexual orientation.
"Anyone that has an issue with Frank Ocean is an idiot," 50 Cent told MTV. "I think Frank Ocean is a talented artist, I think he's created material that made me know his name, that impressed me, with things he said on a song like 'Novacane.'"
50 went on to compare Frank to Luther Vandross. Vandross was universally loved for his soulful music even though he was rumored to be gay.
"To say you don't like Frank Ocean is to say maybe you don't like Luther Vandross. Or maybe you don't like Kenny Greene," 50 continued. "Because there are artists before who have made these choices just not having made the choice to expose it to the general public before an actual release of music."
50 said that when someone like President Obama stands up for same-sex marriages it makes you take notice.
"Obama is for same-sex marriage," he said. "If the president is saying that, then who am I to go the other way?"
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French Montana was in London recently and stopped by the BBC Radio 1 studios of Tim Westwood. He talked about being on the road touring with Drake on the Club Paradise tour, how to remember lyrics, his upcoming album Excuse My French and more.
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Troy Ave stopped by the Shade 45 studios to visit Sway In the Morning recently and went in on the "Five Fingers of Death" freestyle. Troy also speaks on his hustle game before he got into music.
Pick up Troy's new mixtape Bricks In My Backpack 3: The Harry Powder Triology for free on Datpiff.
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Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar have struck up a friendship which might lead to a future musical collaboration. Gaga first revealed that she was a fan of the Compton rapper a couple of weeks ago on Twitter. She told one of her followers that she liked his lyrics and thanked Kendrick for calling her while she was overseas.
The interesting dialogue continued on Sunday, July 15th.
“@kendricklamar #womenweedandweather listening to The Recipe. Can your new album come out now so i can go out to clubs and dance again," Gaga tweeted to Kendrick yesterday. "@kendricklamar sitdown DRANK stand up DRANK. are you teaching a lyric writing program in compton? ‘Swimming Pool’ is so cool,” she continued in support of his new single.
She even retweeted one of Kendrick's tweets about his hair.
Also on Sunday at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, where Kendrick was performing the two were spotted together. Gaga stood by the side of the stage and watched Kendrick's set.
The Source caught up with the Southern California MC to ask about his relationship with the singer.
"That's a real good friend... a real good friend," Kendrick explained.
When asked about a possible collaboration between the two Kendrick said he was hopeful.
"God willing .... for now I just like the friendship thing," he said.
Kendrick's new album good kid, m.A.A.d city will be released on October 2nd. Would you like to hear a collaboration between K Dot and Gaga on it?
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