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It's been a minute since we've heard from Plies, but he's back on the scene.
This new video is off of his latest mixtape On Trial.
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If you're a Rihanna fan following her on Twitter you might want to avoid criticizing her about her relationship with Chris Brown or risk having her and her 14 million "army" members on the social networking site get ratchet on you.
The latest episode all started when a user @JuhReeV expressed disappointment in Rihanna for recording two songs with Brown recently.
After that insult from Rihanna @JuhReev kept going in on the singer until Riri told her followers she was being cyber bullied.
Who got ethered?
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Nottus Tre is a new artist out of Seattle starting to make some noise. He drops a new video for "Da Scrilla" featuring Glasses Malone. The Abaz Beats and X-Plosive produced track will be on Nottus' latest project F.N.S. 3, which is due out in May.
Follow Nottus @NottusTre and like his official Facebook fan page.
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In a recent interview with American rap icon Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, we discussed his evolving philanthropic efforts, bridging business with social responsibility, and what’s next on his radar.
Rahim Kanani: What was the moment upon which you decided to become active in the philanthropic space?
50 Cent: Once I achieved success in 2003 with my first album, Get Rich or Die Trying, I quickly realized how I could use my success to make a difference. Shortly after, I launched the G Unity Foundation. And since its launch, we have given out numerous college grants, created a community garden with Bette Midler’s New York restoration project, and done many community events.
Rahim Kanani: How did the partnership with your Street King energy drink and the United Nations World Food Programme come about, and what kind of success have you had thus far?
50 Cent: While touring in Africa, I was shown places where the poverty level was more extreme than I had ever seen or known existed. I knew I wanted to do something. I was introduced to Chris Clarke of Pure Growth Partners and together we founded Street King. We were looking for a charitable partner and the UN World Food Programme was a perfect fit. They have been a great partner and we recently traveled together to Kenya and Somalia and saw firsthand the devastating famine there.
For every Street King energy-shot sold we give one meal to a hungry child. We have provided 3.5 million meals since September 2011, but we have a long way to go to reach our goal of 1 billion, and I hope fans will continue to join me in the quest to put an end to the suffering in Africa and around the world.
Rahim Kanani: Building on this work, you recently launched a partnership between SMS Audio and Feeding America to make an impact here at home. Was this a natural progression of your efforts?
50 Cent: It was clearly the next step. While the starvation is so severe in Africa, you can’t ignore the fact that so many children in the United States are going to bed hungry. So with my audio company, SMS Audio, for every pair of headphones sold in the United States, 250 meals will be provided through Feeding America.
Rahim Kanani: If you were speaking to your fellow artists in the world of hip hop and beyond about why philanthropy should be an important part of their careers, what would you say?
50 Cent: According to World Bank numbers, contributing 1% of business to charitable organizations could alleviate extreme poverty around the world. So with conscious capitalism, I hope to influence my peers and other entrepreneurs to create a new standard of making change.
Rahim Kanani: With respect to “all-things” 50, what’s next on the horizon?
50 Cent: Speaking of all things, my film “All Things Fall Apart” was just released on DVD on February 14th. I’m also busy working on new products for both SMS Audio and Street King. In addition, I am completing my next album, working on a fitness book, and developing several new films as well as a TV series. There are many other things in the works that I’m sure you will hear about soon.
Rahim Kanani is a writer, advocate, strategist and entrepreneur for global social change. His articles, opinions, and interviews with global leaders can be found at www.rahimkanani.com. Follow Rahim on Twitter@rahimkanani and on Facebook. Have an idea for a great interview? Email rahim@rahimkanani.com.
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With his Street King initiative and work with the World Food Programme as well as FeedingAmerica.org, 50 Cent is proving to be a man with a big heart.
As we previously reported the G-Unit boss visited a refugee camp in the dangerous country of Somalia as a guest of the WFP. The trip was documented by ABC's Nightline. Accompanied by reporter Dan Harris, the record mogul turned humanitarian greeted children, handed out meals and even rapped at the request of some of the kids who had walked miles to get food and medical help.
"I want to be more, not just as an artist but as a person," 50 told Harris "[For] my legacy, what's left behind. I don't want to be a guy who's just remembered for writing a few cool songs."
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Red Cafe was out in sunny California recently and decided to drop a freestyle over Dr. Dre's "Still Dre" for the L.A. Leakers.
Check it out below.
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As part of All Star Weekend the NBA held it's celebrity game Friday (February 24). There were plenty of laughs and highlights as the East beat the West 86-54.
Comedian Kevin Hart took home the MVP trophy with 8 points and 6 assists. One of the assists was a highlight reel alley-oop pass to J. Cole who slammed down the dunk.
Cole also owned Common with a blocked shot late in the game.
Peep the highlights below.
Celebrity All-Star Game highlights
J. Cole slams down alley-oop dunk from Kevin Hart
J. Cole blocks Common's shot
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Diggy Simmons and Jadakiss are "still spending money from '88" in the latest video for a track to be featured on Diggy's debut album Unexpected Arrival.
Uncle Rush also makes a cameo appearance.
You can pre-order Unexpected Arrival from DiggysWorld
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Well here it is, the all-star remix to Tyga's "Rack City." The Young Money rapper recruited Wale, Meek Mill, Fabolous, T.I. and Young Jeezy.
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Yet another new track from Breezy has been leaked. Hopefully he's got plenty more in the vault for his Fortune album.
L.A. Leakers on the audio
Jump Off Joe Budden hops on Usher's sure fire hit "Climax"
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Here's a new track off of Talent's upcoming project aNewLight--this one features Houston's Killa Kyleon.
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Jay-Z stopped by iHeartRadio's Z100 and KTU today to introduce his new artist, Rita Ora, and to world premiere her new single "Party and Bullsh*t." Rita is expected to deliver her debut album later this year.
Check out her new song and let us know if you think she has what it takes to make it big.
Jay-Z introduces Rita Ora and her new single
Rita Ora "Party and Bullsh*t"
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AFTER WEEKS OF BEING SPUN BY DJ'S SUCH AS DJ SELF, DJ KAY SLAY, CRAIG G, AND DJ CHUBBY CHUB, M. RECK FINALLY RELEASES HIS NEW JOINT
"CAN'T GET ENUFF" TO THE STREETS. PRODUCED BY DJ NU. VIDEO COMING SOON!!!!
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It's been a minute since we've heard from Trick Daddy, but he's definitely still around and has a lot to get off his chest.
Julia Beverly of OZONE Magazine caught up with the Miami rapper recently for a no holds barred interview that is sure to rub more than a couple of people the wrong way.
Check out an excerpt from the interview below.
On Rick RossEverybody’s doing music. They read my interview in OZONE or hear my interview on the radio and then they go from being a Trick Daddy fan to thinking they can be better than Trick. Think about someone who has a clean [criminal] record who graduated at the top of their class. They have a clean driving record and always say “yes ma’am” and “yes sir.” If he gets on a record and tells all these lies about robbing and killing and dope dealing and you fall for it, and later you find out [it was a lie], he should be punished for that. I never did music like that; that’s why my music is timeless. People don’t do that anymore in rap music, it’s all LaLaLand, so when the rainbow washes away it ain’t nothing but a sad story. Everybody’s looking crazy and dumb and all the fourteen, fifteen, sixteen year old killers are on First 48. I refuse to be the victim. I refuse to be the one on the other end of the stick and they’re saying, “Yeah, he’s locked up for killing Trick.”
Are you referring to a fellow Miami rapper who’s occupational background may or may not affect the credibility of his music?
I said it before and I’ll say it again. I’ve always been a fan of the man’s talents. I never really had a problem with it. I think what blew [the whole situation] out of proportion was that he had a problem admitting it. I don’t have a problem with him. We never had no beef or nothing like that. I just felt like the people who were around him at that time when [that news] came out could’ve avoided all that. You can’t have too many yes-men and mini-me’s and me-too’s around you. I think if the right people had been around him, [that situation] wouldn’t have went that far.
I know you and Plies had issues at one point. Was that ever squashed?
Plies is a b*tch. Me and Plies’ problem started because I walked up on Plies [in Orlando at the Roxy] talking about he didn’t want me at his show, and I was only coming to support. Ever since then he has refused to even get on the phone like a man and talk to me about it. Anytime I walk by accidentally they start running. When I shot the [DJ Khaled] “Out Here Grindin’” video shoot in New York, Plies wouldn’t come because he didn’t know I was on the record.
What would you want to tell Plies?
I just hope he understands he’s still a Trick Daddy fan. That “bruh bruh” sh*t, that’s some Miami sh*t. He just took it and ran with it. I know he’s still a Trick Daddy fan. Don’t let the animosity and envy that you have for the man interfere with the legacy.
But why would Plies would have animosity towards you in the first place?
Some n*ggas just ain’t built for this. I don’t like Kobe Bryant. I love his basketball game, but I don’t like him as a man. I don’t like the sh*t that happened with him and Shaq and what happened between him and Pau Gasol. I didn’t like [the alleged rape] situation. He went straight from high school to the league with a hundred something million dollar contract. You never see him at parties. You never see Kobe on TMZ. He doesn’t have any friends. He’s not sociable. He’s very arrogant. He thinks he’s better than a b*tch.
You could be the greatest player in the world but [that attitude] takes a lot away from you. But I saw him say something last week that made me understand him. They asked [Kobe] on [TV], “How do you compare yourself to Robert Parrish and Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and all the big-name basketball players?” Kobe said, “I would never put myself above them because I got everything I learned from them.” If Plies would realize that I’m the ni*ga who made him wanna get in his ugly ass ‘vert and ride to Slip N Slide Records and sign [a record deal], he shouldn’t have no hatred in his heart about me.
I just think Plies should just realize that it’s easier to be amongst us than on top of us. When I listen to [Plies’] music, he tries to be so ghetto and hard. Then I research and find out the n*gga graduated at the top of his class. The n*gga went to college. I would trade for that. You could be Trick Daddy, sh*t. If I could go to college and have a clean record and graduate as valedictorian, I’d trade Trick Daddy for that.
There's a lot more to the interview. Trick Daddy talks about his issues with Slip-N-Slide Records, new trends he hates in rap like skinny jeans, Nicki Minaj, Trina and more. Head over to OZONE to read the rest.
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We wanted to wish Floyd Mayweather Jr. a happy birthday. The boxing great turns 35-years old today. Floyd is in training for his May 5th fight against junior middleweight titleholder Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but he took a pre-birthday break last night to catch the Miami Heat/New York Knicks game at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.
Check out those picks below. #MoneyTeam
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MTV News' Hottest MCs in the Game debate isn't solely about the 10 MCs who make the hotly contested list.
Before MTV News' Hip-Hop Brain Trust convenes at the roundtable, each member submits his or her own individual list of 10 MCs they'd like to nominate for the discussion. After all of the nominees are tallied, approximately 20 rappers are taken into consideration; the artists with the most nominations are weighted at the top.
So outside the 10 chosen, MTV had a handful of other MCs to consider based on a combination of criteria like impact, buzz, sales, lyrics, style (commonly referred to as swag) and the intangibles. Though Maybach Music Group's Wale eventually had his #10 spot cemented, many were considered.
Now, MTV News presents our Hottest MCs honorable mentions:
J. Cole
J. Cole had a phenomenal 2011. His debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, has gone gold and yielded a platinum single with "Work Out." Cole, who was once an underground favorite, broadened his fanbase by touring with Rihanna on her Loud Tour.
T.I.
Tip might have gotten off to a late start, since he was released from prison at the very end of September, but the King of the South wasted no time getting back into the swing of things. Immediately after finishing his bid, Tip jumped on some of the hottest songs in rap, creating his own remixes to 2 Chainz's "Spend It," Future's "Magic" and the Throne's "N---as in Paris." Tip capped it all off on New Year's Day when he dropped his F--- Da City Up mixtape.
Eminem
Last year, Eminem stood as the #1 Hottest MC in the Game. It was hard to deny him after 2010's Recovery dominated the charts. Em's lyrical ability is never a question, and in 2011, King Mathers once again proved that very few (if any) can match him on the mic. Rather than churn out the commercial smashes he is known to make, Em took things back to the underground and hooked up with Royce Da 5'9" for their fan-favorite Bad Meets Evil EP Hell: The Sequel.
Young Jeezy
It may have taken the Snowman a minute to put out his long-awaited TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition album, but Jeezy wasn't just sitting around twiddling his thumbs. While fans salivated for his major-label release, Young fed the streets with a pair of DJ Drama-helmed mixtapes in 2011. (The Real Is Back and The Real Is Back 2). By the time Jeezy finally released his latest installment from his Thug Motivation series in December, he had earned himself a #1 rap album.
2 Chainz
A little artistic reinvention never hurt anybody. The MC formerly known as Tity Boi broke out from his group Playaz Circle and embarked on a solo mission that paid huge dividends. As 2 Chainz, the ATL standout fired up the streets with mixtapes like Codeine Cowboy and T.R.U. Realigion. With street bangers like "Spend It" under his belt, 2 Chainz stood as the poster child for rap's underground and then cashed in when he signed his major-label deal with Def Jam this month.
Fabolous
With or without an album, Brooklyn's Fabolous consistently slays his completion. Fab didn't release his Loso's Way 2 LP, but he did serve his fans a dose of that raw with his Christmas Day mixtape There Is No Competition 3: Death Comes in 3's. On the tape, Funeral Fab goes in, freestyling over beats made famous by Tyga, Travis Porter and, of course, 2 Chainz. By the end of the 15-track ride, Fab proved that he is eternally hot no matter what his competitors may throw at him.
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Lenny Green of New York radio station 98.7's Kissing After Dark show got a major announcement out of Lil Wayne during a recent interview.
Lenny was chopping it up with Weezy about Cash Money signing Teena Marie prior to her death and the possibility of them signing more r&b acts when Wayne revealed they had signed veteran rock group Limp Bizkit.
"As far as Cash Money, they're always listening and looking at acts," Weezy said. "So honestly it's like every other day I'm hearing about somebody new just signed to Cash Money. Not speaking about r&b. Just for example, the other day I found out Limp Bizkit signed to Cash Money."
Wayne also mentioned that Cash Money was in talks with Ashanti.
"I don't want to step across any boundaries right now, but I think we're working with Ashanti," he said.
Ashanti just formed her own label, Written Entertainment, and has already secured distribution for her next album through eOne Music so it will be interesting to see what develops there.
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Lola Monroe, the newest member of Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang drops visuals over the "Stay Schemin" instrumental.
Video directed by Bill Paladino.
What do you think of Lola's skills on the mic?
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T.I. and Young Jeezy "F*ck Da City Up" in the new video for the title track off of Tip's latest mixtape.
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