Philadelphia, Pistolvania emcee Action Newz of the Original Block Hustlaz team is gearing up to release his debut project entitled Breaking Newz: The American Dream. Here's a new banger off of it called "What They Gon Give Me."
Get 5 Songs Instantly With Your iTunes Album Pre-Order Including "Good Lovin" feat. Miguel, "Call Ya Bluff," "Beast Mode," "Come And See Me" feat. Big K.R.I.T.," & "Charge It To The Rap Game"
Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemondwill never be a free man again. Already serving a life sentence for running a drug ring, Rosemond has been sentenced to a second life term for his role in the death ofG-UnitaffiliateLowell "Lodi Mack" Fletcher.
According to the New York Post, the former CEO of Czar Entertainment, hired 2 men to carry out the 2009 hit in the Bronx, New York.
Brian “Slim” McCleodwas paid with$30,000worth of cocaine to lure Fletcher to a Bronx street corner, where his accomplice Derrick “D” Grantfired the fatal shots.
Manhattan federal Judge Colleen McMahon called Rosemond's crime "heinous" and told him “there’s nothing I can do to alter your fate.” She handed down the life sentence on Tuesday, March 24.
UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey appeared on ESPN's First Take on Wednesday, March 25.
She explains why Manny Pacquiao will beat Floyd Mayweather Jr., talks about her 14-second win over Cat Zingano, the possibility of fighting Laila Ali and Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino, plus more.
Former hoops starLarry Johnsonis staring at a huge child support debt. The only problem he's dead broke.
TMZ reports that the 46-year old has filed for bankruptcy in California earlier this month, citing the $300,000 in debts he's drowning in. The filing might not help him when it comes to the $120,000 in back child support he owes for 5 children he fathered with 4 different women.
Johnson was picked No. 1 overall by theCharlotte Hornetsin the 1991 NBA draft. He played 10 years in the league before retiring.
Former Shady Records artist Ca$his will release his new album, County Hound 3, on April 7. The project Young Buck, Problem, Mac Lucci, Roscoe, Emilio Rojas and more. Pre-order it now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-county-hound-3/id976258748.
Check out the full track list below, as well as the lyric video for the new single "Kingpin" featuring Young Buck, Arez Cobain and June B.
County Hound 3 Tracklist
1. CH3 Intro Prod by Rikanatti
2. Let Me Be Prod by Rikanatti & Cin-a-matik
3. Turn Up Prod by Rikanatti
4. Kingpin ft Young Buck, Arez Cobain & June B Prod by The Coalition & Rikanatti
5.Thug Boy Prod by Eminem
6. Work ft Young Buck, Project Pat & Sullee J Prod by Rikanatti & The Punisher
7. Come 2 Tha Hood Prod by Rikanatti & J Speck
8. Live That Life Prod by Rikanatti, Johnny & Nate
9. You Aint The Homie Prod by Rikanatti
10. Itz Nothin -G Mix ft Beeda Weeda Prod by 909 Cartel
11. I'ma Ride- G Mix ft Problem, Roscoe(DPG), Mac Lucci (DPG), Vibe, Britizen Kane, R Land & Big Doty Prod by Rikanatti
12. Defy Odds Prod by Rikanatti
Bonus Tracks
13. Certified Hustla ft Sara Shine Prod by Rikanatti & The Punisher
14. A-Rod ft Emilio Rojas Prod by Rikanatti & Lil Lyss
VladTV offers another exclusive with Alchemist courtesy of Leyla Stacked.
The clip commences with the veteran MC turned beatsmith being challenged to name his favorite artists to work with, and Alchemist names a legendary emcee in his response. "This is not the most fun or favorite artist, but I feel like I need to get back in with Nas again. It's been a long time since we've worked [together]."
Soon the conversation turns to how Hip-Hop impacted his life as an adolescent growing up in Beverly Hills. Revealing that he's never really pondered it, Al adds, "Rap was raising us. In Beverly Hills -- or wherever people were growing up -- at that time we were raised off of Rap -- "Yo! MTV Raps," [and 93.5] KDAY radio." He lightens the mood by adding, "I dunno, I guess I'm like the hardest sh*t to ever come out of Beverly Hills. I outdid Lenny Kravitz; that was my competition."
Next, Alchemist speaks on how his race has affected his musical maturation. The acclaimed producer maintains, "We know how the world is; we all know what exists in the world." He explains that there have never been in "incidents" where racism prevented his creativity from flourishing. Al reiterates, "You listen to music; you close your eyes and listen to the sh*t."
Lil Durk is preparing to release his new album entitled "Remember My Name" on May 12th. Check out his new single featuring Jeremih, "Like Me." The track was produced by Vinylz and Boi-1da.
Young Thug continues to release new music. Here's two new tracks from Thugger. The London On Da Track-produced "Beat It" and "Halftime." Give both tunes a listen up top and below.
R&B star Ne-Yo linked up with McDonald’s for their imLovinIt24 campaign. The result is a new song entitled "Everyday with Love" featuring Sonna Rele. Give it a listen up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
After dropping the the audio for this heater a couple of weeks ago, former Wu Tang Clan affiliate Fes Taylor releases an official music video for "Don't Get Smoked" featuring his Nueliphe World partners in rhyme M Dolla $ign a.k.a. Mic Check, Hason and Morris Biggs. Download it here http://www.audiomack.com/song/paperchaserdotcom/dont-get-smoked
Music video shot and edited by Fes Taylor for Black Out City Films.
LAS VEGAS (Associated Press) — The first ticket has yet to be sold, but the richest fight in boxing history is getting richer by the day.
New estimates show Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s payoff for fighting Manny Pacquiao could easily be $180 million, up substantially from earlier predictions of $120 million. Pacquiao gets the short end of the purse, but even that is expected to be well over $100 million by the time everything is tallied up.
The money is staggering, though not exactly unexpected. Five years of waiting seem to have only piqued the public's demand for the one fight even casual fans of the sport want to see.
"For whatever it's worth, the buildup over these years has certainly enhanced the fight," promoter Bob Arum. "Everybody knows about it now, even people who don't follow boxing. Plus we have a good economy, unlike in 2009 when people were out of work and didn't have the money to spend."
Fans will certainly have to pay a price to see the May 2 welterweight title bout, especially those lucky enough to score a ticket inside the MGM Grand arena itself. Ticket prices there range from $1,500 in the upper deck to $7,500 at ringside — and only a small percentage of the tickets will actually be put on public sale.
Arum said Tuesday the gate at the MGM alone will be more than $72 million, obliterating the previous live gate record of $20 million in Nevada set by Mayweather's 2013 fight with Canelo Alvarez. Though the MGM will provide some tickets for its biggest gamblers, Arum said even the celebrities who can normally get free tickets to sit ringside will have to pay full fare for the fight — if they can get their hands on tickets at all.
Promoters announced a deal Tuesday with Sky Sports to televise the fight on pay-per-view in England and parts of Europe, part of another $35 million expected to come in from foreign rights. Add in another $10 million in sponsorships — Tecate beer will be the main sponsor — and the fight will gross more than $100 million before a single home in North America buys the pay-per-view.
Less certain is how many people will spend what is expected to be $100 or so for the pay-per-view in the U.S., but that could easily break records, too. Mayweather's 2007 fight with Oscar De La Hoya currently tops the charts with 2.44 million buys, but many think Mayweather-Pacquiao could do more than 3 million homes despite softness in the pay-per-view market in the last few years.
"That's the one element that's a mystery," Arum told The Associated Press. "It seems like it will break the record, but who really knows? Anyone who predicts the total pay-per-view is whistling in the dark."
Cable networks HBO and Showtime have yet to announce the pay-per-view price, saying they are still in negotiations with cable systems and satellite providers. Those negotiations are mostly about how the money will be divided between the broadcasters and the fight promoters, who historically have split revenues fairly equally.
With promoters holding the upper hand for this fight, though, that split could end up 65-35 in favor of the promotion. And if 3 million homes buy the fight at $100, that would mean about $200 million in revenue to Mayweather Promotions and Arum's Top Rank from pay-per-view alone.
Add in the other money and the two camps will have more than $300 million to divvy up. With Mayweather getting a 60-40 split, that would mean a purse of $180 million or more to Mayweather and $120 million or more to Pacquiao.
Both purses would dwarf the biggest ever in boxing, including the 2007 fight with Mayweather in which De La Hoya made a reported $52 million. Mayweather's biggest payday was against Alvarez, when he was guaranteed $41.5 million and may have made another $20 million off the pay-per-view sales.
"You get to this level where you're making nine figures in 36 minutes," Mayweather said at the fight press conference this month in Los Angeles, "and you have to be a winner."
Judging from the money on the table in this bout, it's hard to find a loser.
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