Eve brought some Philadelphia flavor to New Orleans Sunday, July 8 as she hit the stage at the 2012 Essence Music Festival. The former Ruff Ryder performed "Tambourine," "What Yall Want" and more.
Eve is expected to release her new album, Lip Lock later this year
The internet has been buzzing since Saturday after rapper 40 Glocc was jumped by The Game and his crew after leaving a part in Los Angeles. The two sides have continued to put out their versions of what went down via Twitter, and yesterday video footage emerged of the fight.
40 had the chance to talk to Vlad TV to clear the air. The Zoolife boss said he was jumped several times and guns were drawn.
"It's just regular street sh*t. It's entertaining at the same time," 40 said. "I'm dealing with weenies. I'm solo, if you want a problem with me let's get it in. Don't pull burners on me and chase me down with pistols."
40 added that he didn't swing back because he wanted to avoid getting shot and that the video footage was edited to make it look like he wasn't getting jumped.
"You gotta take a L in certain situations. I take a licking and keep on ticking," he continued. "My motto is if you aint got a gun and they got some you better run. I walk out from getting jumped by all these n*ggas I never got no busted lip, no missing teeth, no black eyes, no nothing."
The Cali rapper revealed that he and Game actually saw each other inside the party but the BWS leader didn't say anything to him, so he assumed there wouldn't be any beef.
"We seen each other at the party, but he acted like he wasn't looking at me, so I was looking at him. Then, I'm like 'Ok, he ain't trippin; then I ain't trippin',' " 40 explained. "I posted up for a while. Then I was ready to go, I left, boom. When I [got down the hill], all I saw was a gang of n*ggas, like 'Turn it up, turn it up,' screaming. I turn around, these n*ggas got guns and running at a n*gga. What was I supposed to do? Run towards them? I couldn't run towards all them n*ggas with guns. So I had to high tail it. I couldn't get to a pistol if I wanted to."
There's a lot more to the interview so check it out below.
Mississippi native Big K.R.I.T. teams up with Houston veterans Lil Keke and Slim Thug for the video to "Me & My Old School" remix. You can find the original version on K.R.I.T.'s mixtape 4eva N A Day available for free on Datpiff.
K.R.I.T.'s debut album Live from the Underground is also available now via iTunes.
DMX finally drops the official visuals for "I Don't Dance" featuring Bad Boy's Machine Gun Kelly. The song is the first single off of Dark Man's upcoming album, Undisputed.
Cassidy drops the latest installment of his Apply Pressuremixtape.
Tracklist:
1. Intro 2. Ain’t gonna happen- produced by Frankie Piff Beatz (D.B.K.)
3. Half to a Hole thing- produced by Butter Beats (D.B.K.)
4. Do it Big – produced by B.O.S.
5. Goon Music-Feat. Fred the Godson – produced by Stoopid on the Beat (D.B.K.)
6. Game don’t Change – Feat. 50 Cent. Vocals by Karlie Voice
7. Mind of a Grinda- produced by P.KillaTracks
8. We Working – Feat. Chubby Jag – produced by T Dot
9. Narcotic for sale – produced by Butter Beats (D.B.K.) Vocals by Emmaculate
10. Look at Him (Look at the Bul) – produced by Vinylz
11. Wake up – produced by Bubz Ramos
12. Mayhem Music – Feat. Chubby Jag and ArAb T.G.O.P. – produced by Cassidy/Butter Beats
13. I Don’t Like – Freestyle
14. Same Damn Time – Freestyle
15. Cash Out – Freestyle
16. Shaq and Penny – Feat. Chubby Jag- produced by T Dot
17. Rondo – Feat. DeCypha – produced by Spaid
18. I Get it in – Produced by AListFame (D.B.K.)
19. She Off the Hook Produced by Twain the Beat Maker
20. Belive in a Dollar – Feat Jadakiss- produced by Duane DaRock
21. What the Fuckk a Real Nigga Do – Feat. Chubby Jag – produced by Butter Beats (D.B.K.)
22. GOD is so good to me
Usher's 11-year old stepson is in critical condition in an Atlanta hospital two days after being involved in a jet ski accident.
11 Alive News is reporting that Kyle Glover, the son of Usher's estranged wife, Tameka Foster, was in an inner tube on Lake Lanierbeing pulled by a boat when a 38-year old man riding a jet ski struck him. Both Kyle and a 15-year old girl who was also in the inner tube were seriously injured.
TMZ reports that Kyle was hit in the head and unresponsive when pulled from the water.
Both victims were life-flighted to Children's Healthcare at Egelston Hospital.
Lake Lanier
Despite the fact that he is going through a divorce from Foster, Usher chartered a plane for Tameka, who was out of town, so she could be by her son's side.
Usher's friend, Russell Simmons, tweeted to his followers asking them to pray for Kyle.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is investigating the accident. DNR Sgt. Mike Burgamysays it is too early to tell if any charges will be filed, and that alcohol was not a factor in the accident
*UPDATE*
TMZ is reporting that Kyle has been declared brain dead. Doctors say has not experienced any brain activity since he was admitted to the hospital.
At this point no decision has been made at whether or not take him off of life support.
Usher and former wife Tameka Raymond pose for photos with their children, including Kyle Glover, third from the left.
Ludacris took part in day two of the Open Air Frauenfeld Festival in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday, July 7. The Atlanta rapper performed some of his biggest hits including "Move B*tch," "My Chick Bad," "How Low," "Areas Codes"and more.
Day two of the Open Air Frauenfeld Festival in Zurich, Switzerland saw some of America's biggest rap artists take the stage. Nas, Lauryn Hill and A$AP Rocky were three of the acts to perform and luckily we have footage of their shows.
A$AP Rocky "Bass"
A$AP Rocky "Peso"
A$AP Rocky "Goldie/ Kissin Pink"
A$AP Rocky "Trilla"
A$AP Rocky "Get Lit"
A$AP Rocky "Wassup"
A$AP Rocky "Purple Swag"
A$AP Rocky "Brand New Guy"
A$AP Rocky "Hands On the Wheel"
A$AP Rocky "Roll One Up"
Lauryn Hill "Ready or Not"
Lauryn Hill "Lost Ones"
Lauryn Hill "Everything is Everything"
Lauryn Hill "Fu-Gee-La"
Lauryn Hill "Killing Me Softly"
Lauryn Hill "That Thing (Doo Wop)"
Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead"
Nas "NY State Of Mind"
Nas "It Aint Hard To Tell/Represent"
Nas "The World Is Yours"
Nas "Street Dreams/If I Ruled The World" ft Lauryn Hill
Kanye West played the second of two special shows at the Revel Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, July 7. During the show he brought out G.O.O.D Music rapper Pusha T to perform their song "New God Flow."
The bad blood between 40 Glocc and Black Wall Street continued last night, July 7. 40 was leaving a mansion party in Los Angeles when he had guns drawn on him and was jumped by The Game and around 10 other people. 40 was by himself during the attack. This is the second fight between 40 and a member of BWS. He was involved in a brawl with Compton Menace last May.
After this latest altercation 40 took to Twitter to explain what had just happened and posted a picture of himself.
Video footage was later posted by The Game of him punching 40. You can check that out below.
Machine Gun Kelly was quoted recently as saying he hated his song "Invicible" and resented Interscope boss Jimmy Iovinefor making him record it.
“First off, I hated the song,” he reportedly told Tampa’s WILD 94.1 back in June. “It was brought to me by corporate America. Jimmy Iovine was like hey, first off they didn’t even come to me with the song, it was like a contest between the Interscope rappers like Yelawolf, Kendrick Lamar and myself, which I [later] found out.”
MGK has since changed his mind about the song and he talked to Karen Civil about how he feels about it now, his relationship with Jimmy Iovine and why he refuses to engage in a war of words with Yelawolf.
Flo Rida has been riding an incredible wave of success with his new album Wild Ones and he doesn't plan on slowing down anytime soon. He's got a remix lined up with 50 Cent for "Thinking of You" off of the project which will be dropping soon.
Flo called into Shade 45 today to talk to DJ Whoo Kid about the remix and the influence 50 has had on his career.
Normally rap videos and scantily clad women shaking their assets in and around a swimming pool would be seen a normal, but a new video featuring a six-year old rapper is causing lots of controversy.
"Booty Pop" features young Albert Roundtree Jr. rapping "I can make your booty pop, booty pop, booty pop," while women in bikinis dance around him. The video has been flagged and age restricted under youtube's Community Guidelines policy. That hasn't stopped it from being viewed by over 500,000 people since it was uploaded on July 2nd.
The video's director Tyler Council, told the Miami New Times that Albert's parents paid him to shoot the video in the hopes their son will become a big rap star. He also says he doesn't regret filming the clip.
"It's supposed to be a joke, but I'd say about 30 percent of the people watching it find it funny," Tyler said "But I still don't regret it. He's just trying to imitate his idols that he hears on the radio. There's no touching going on, there's no drug abuse."
Council added that Albert's parent's have commissioned him to shoot a new video entitled "Girls, Girls, Girls," which will be dropping soon.
"I haven't had time to think about anything besides 'Booty Pop' because it's destroying the internet," Council says. "His belly button is more important that Andy Griffith dying, and Obama getting the healthcare act past the Supreme Court. I think it's ridiculous. I guarantee people freaking out about 'Booty Pop' don't have any idea how many soldiers died in Iraq last week."
Take a look at the video below and let us know what you think.
Some of the biggest names in hip hop are in Zurich, Switzerland this weekend for the OpenAir Frauenfeld Festival. J. Cole was one of the main attractions on Friday, July 6th and he held it down for his Roc Nation family.
50 Cent was in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday, July 6th for OpenAir Frauenfeld, one of the biggest music festivals in the world. The G-Unit boss performed alongside Tony Yayo for the packed crowd.
50 had new tattoos prominently displayed on his arms during the show. HHNM reports they may have been temporary because they weren't there after the show.
He removed the tats from his arms in 2009 for his film career. 50 explained the decision at the time in an interview with AllHipHop.com
"I took some of the tattoos off because on the movie set, if we got a six oclock call time, I have to be there two oclock the night before," he said at the time. "I gotta go through four hours of make up before we go ahead and play the role. So, I just took it off my arm. My right arm.”
Would you like to see 50 bring his tats back permanently?
Details are very sketchy at this point, but former Three Six Mafia member Crunchy Black was shot in the face and leg while out in Las Vegas last week.
Fresh out of the hospital he hits the studio and grants an interview to Too Real For TV. Black talks about the shooting and where his career is headed. The Memphis rapper says the incident won't stop his grind.
"Just cause a n*gga shot me in my jaw, man you ain't do nothing but make me look like Popeye and eat some spinach n*gga," Black said.
Kanye West played the first of two concerts at Revel Resort in Atlantic Cityon Friday, June 6th. By all accounts Yeezy put on a great performance during his two hour set.
The G.O.O.D Music boss performed "Runaway," "Way Too Cold," "Mercy," "All of the Lights," "Dark Fantasy," "Stronger," "Lost in the World" and more. His lone guest on the was Pusha T.
West will play a second show tonight at the same venue.