T.I. was supported by friends, family and celebrities at his Akoo clothing fashion show in Atlanta last night. Keri Hilson, Future, Yelawolf, Kevin Hart, Sara Chapman, Lisa Wu, Tameka Raymond and many more attended the event.
Tip's family was also there in full force. Tiny, his mom Violeta Morgan and his sons Damoni, King and Messiah lent their moral support
Tip's son Domani showed he might be ready to follow in his famous father's footsteps when he grabbed the mic and performed.
Check out pics and video from the event below.
Keri Hilson Sings Happy Birthday to T.I.'s Son Messiah at AKOO
Mannie Fresh is one of the most well known and respected producers in the game. He was responsible for almost all of Cash Money Records early hits. "Bling Bling," "The Block Is Hot," "Go DJ," "Ha," "Back That Azz Up" and countless other songs that put the record label on the map were all produced by Mannie. Now a free agent the New Orleans native might have found a new recording home.
He sat down with HipHopDX recently to talk about his future plans. While he was hesitant to reveal too much, he did mention that he has been in talks with Kanye West G.O.O.D Music label.
DX: Going back to that [tour] clip, you’re seen in there giving a nice little motivational speech to the G.O.O.D. Music fam. So does this mean you’re officially G.O.O.D. Music in-house yourself now?
Mannie Fresh: Well, we working that out. I’m kind of funny about signing with people. Dude, I’ve been through so much. And I’m not saying I think Kanye is a bad person, but I can’t tell you what that is right now. It’s really on me, and what space I’m in. I’m not saying that I wouldn’t do it, but it’s gotta be something that makes sense for me.
DX: Was any sort of formal offer put forward, or any extending of the hand saying “If you want to, come on”?
Mannie Fresh: I can’t really say if [there was]. It’s one of them things where – Let me just put it like this, Kanye is kinda mysterious about the things that he do. And I can’t really let no cats out the bag. I’m sorry to give you an answer like that, but I can’t really say what’s in the works. Y’all just gotta wait to see what happens.
To read the rest of the interview head over to HipHopDX.
Would joining G.O.O.D Music be a good look for Mannie?
Two former Shady Records artists have teamed up to form a new group. Bobby Creekwater and Stat Quo, together known as FUPM release their latest track "Dope Out My Window."
Expect to hear a lot of new music from the two Atlanta spitters in the near future.
Madonna still has some nice moves for a woman 53 years old. She recruits some help from M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj for the first single off of her upcoming album, MDNA.
We'll be see a lot more of Madonna on Sunday when she entertains millions as the halftime performer at Super bowl 46.
Why there hasn't been an official video released for this song makes no sense. Maybe it's on the way at some point. In the meantime enjoy this fan made for "N*ggas In Paris" put together by Tom Laroc of the United Content Providers.
Over 1000 hours of concert footage from The Throne's recent tour was combed through to make the clip.
When Trae Tha Truth dropped his Street King album in 2011, the track "I'm On" featuring Wiz Khalifa, Lupe Fiasco, Wale and MDMA instantly became one of the best of the year. Trae has managed to do the impossible by topping it with a monster remix.
"I'm On 2.0" features Big K.R.I.T., Jadakiss, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, B.o.B, Tyga, Gudda Gudda, Bun B and Mark Morrison.
With the ink barely dry on her new contract with Interscope Records, Iggy Azalea is already having to make big decisions about her debut album, The New Classic. T.I. has reached out to the Australian rapper to see if he can executive produce the project.
"T.I.'s gonna be helping me with it, kind of A&R-ing, kind of executive producing," Azalea told MTV. "He called me up like, 'Please?' and I was like, 'Definitely. You're Tip; I love you, of course.' So he's gonna be helping me out. Just reaching out to people and helping me find production and pointing me in the direction of things that I might like. We're going to start on that next week."
It's obviously a big decision for Iggy. Her album will be the first time a lot of hip hop fans will hear her music even though she has been gaining national attention from her mixtape, Ignorant Art.
She and Tip will begin work on the project very soon.
"We'll probably start next week," she said. "I'll probably fly out to Atlanta and we'll do it there because he's weird with traveling and stuff. Hopefully that will be really dynamic and help speed things along. In terms of writing the record, that's not the part that really worries me; that's easy, It's finding the production and finding something cohesive that's right for the direction of the album. It could happen next week or I might go until the end of February and not find it. You just never know when you're gonna have that magic."
Yesterday we previewed J. Cole's "Road to the Grammys" as part of Pandora, PepsiCo Inc., and The Recording Academy's Best New Artist series. Today we take a look at Nicki Minaj, who along with Cole is up for the award against Bon Iver, Skrillex and The Band Perry.
"I'm not gonna be nervous about winning because I really don't think I'm gonna win anything," Nicki says. "The way I look at it is, I know eventually in my career I'm gonna have Grammys. This year is just about being nominated and feeling grateful. Feeling like my fans and I have come a very long way. And we're just gonna celebrate this moment."
Nicki is nominated in four total categories. She will also perform at the event.
The 54th annual Grammy Awards airs February 12 at 8PM ET on CBS.
When you put Nas and The Roots together something special is bound to happen.
Late night with Jimmy Fallon is in Indianapolis, Indiana this week for the Super Bowl. Yesterday (February 2) Nas was the musical guest. The Queens, New York spitta performed "Nasty" with The Roots, and it was mean.
Drake released this video yesterday via his OctobersVeryOwn blog spot. It features a thick female dancing to "Practice." A track off of his platinum selling "Take Care" album. It initially looks like some random clip the young lady put together until Drizzy walks in near the end and gives her a big hug. While not the official video we're pretty sure most guys won't hate on it.
Drake is asking his female fans to submit videos of themselves dancing to his tune. It's not clear if the winner will appear in an official video for the track or if Drake just wants to see how many sexy ladies will actually send videos in.
Ladies if you're interested head over to Drake's website for information on how to submit your "Practice" video.
French Montana is undoubtedly one of the hottest rappers in the game right now. He sits down with Thisis50 and Young Jack Thriller to talk about how Max B is holding up in prison and why he chose to sign with Diddy over Jay-Z and Kanye West.
As part of their Best New Artist series, The Grammys teams up with Pepsi and Pandora to give viewers an inside look at this year's nominees. This episode features Roc Nation's J. Cole, who will battle it out with Nicki Minaj, The Band Perry, Bon Iver and Skrillex for the coveted trophy.
Cole talks about his early influences like Nas and Tupac, getting his demo tape rejected by Jay-Z initially and what it was like to move from Fayetteville, North Carolina to New York City to attend St. John's University and get his rap career started.
Cyssero is getting ready to drop a brand new mixtape and EP entitled Libra Scale. Check out his latest video and the Virus proves he's still got bars for days.
Libra Scale on iTunes coming sooner than you think!