With his "Freddy vs Jason" project with Jadakiss on the way, Funeral Fabolous, cuts loose a solo freestyle over the instrumental to "Desiigner's smash hit single titled ":Panda."
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Rolling Stone pays tribute to late music icon Prince with it's latest cover, shot by Richard Avedon/© The Richard Avedon Foundation. The issue hits newsstands on Friday, May 6.
Check out an excerpt from the cover story below.
Prince Rogers Nelson was born on June 7th, 1958, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Minneapolis. From the beginning, he carried the hopes and burdens of his father's dreams. John Nelson led a group called the Prince Rogers Trio, though his day job was at Honeywell, a manufacturer of everything from thermostats to airplane parts. "I named my son Prince because I wanted him to do everything I wanted to do," John once said. His mother, Mattie Shaw, was a vocalist who brought to mind the wounded grit of Billie Holiday. She had sung with John's trio, but let it go after they married – the couple already had five children from previous relationships. Mattie was 17 years younger than John, and their personalities differed. "My mom's the wild side of me," Prince told Rolling Stone in 1985. "She's like that all the time. My dad's real serene; it takes the music to get him going." Wildness and serenity would be one of many contradictions he embodied throughout his life.
Music came to him young. "He could hear music even from a very early age," his mother told the Minneapolis Star Tribune in 1984. "When he was three or four, we'd go to the department store and he'd jump on ... any type of instrument there was. Mostly the piano and organ. I'd have to hunt for him, and that's where he'd be – in the music department." When he was no more than five, his mother took him to see his father perform. It was a burlesque show. As the dancers did their thing, the theater vibrated with screams and excitement. "From then on, I think I wanted to be a musician," Prince later said. Eros and music were fused, the power of the combination imprinted on his mind. It would never leave.
Both of his parents were strict Seventh-day Adventists; Prince would say later that the most he got out of religion was "the experience of the choir." He told Chris Rock on MTV in 1997 that the church's message "was based in fear," but he took much from his Adventist Bible study: The church focuses strongly on the Book of Revelation, and the imminent apocalypse that will precede the return of Christ. Prince would begin his breakthrough album,1999, with a song that turned the apocalypse into a celebration. And his greatest album took its name from the Adventist magazine Signs of the Times.
When Prince was about eight, his parents separated. He'd later remember constant arguments, with his father's music career as a fric tion point. His father "felt hurt that he never got his break, because of having the wife and kids and stuff," Prince said. "I think music is what broke [my mother] and my father up." John moved from their home in North Minneapolis into an apartment downtown. He left behind his piano, and this is when Prince gravitated to the instrument in earnest. "I had one piano lesson and two guitar lessons as a kid," he told the Star Tribune. "I was a poor student, because when a teacher would be trying to teach me how to play junky stuff, I would start playing my own songs." By the time he'd reached high school, he had already mastered keyboards, guitar, bass and drums.
Not long after the divorce, his mother remarried, and Prince moved in with his father. Their reunion didn't last long. When Prince was 13, his father kicked him out, perhaps because of a dalliance with a girl. Years later, Prince remembered calling him from a pay phone, begging to come back, and being refused. "I sat crying at that phone booth for two hours," he told Rolling Stone in 1985. "That was the last time I cried."
He moved in with his Aunt Olivia, but his domestic exiles created longing and anger that played out in his career: He would build a community in his music and his band, but then cut off band members whenever he felt it necessary; he would most often record albums by himself. He was the only one he could count on. "What if everybody around me split?" he said toRolling Stone in 1990. "Then I'd be left with only me, and I'd have to fend for me. That's why I have to protect me."
He was shy and quiet in public, but a cutup with his friends. At school, he was a disinterested student. Music and sports were his passions. James Harris III (later known as Jimmy Jam) met him in a junior-high music class. "As soon as the teacher left the room, we just started jamming," says Jimmy Jam. "His keyboard runs were amazing – things I couldn't dream of doing, and I thought of myself as a pretty good keyboard player." Prince made the basketball team in junior high and freshman year of high school, despite being not much more than five feet tall. "He was a great basketball player," says Jimmy Jam. "He would come up the court and girls would be screaming. He had a huge Afro, and if you had an Afro in those days, it was definitely a premium."
His first band came at 14, named Phoenix, then Soul Explosion. Prince played guitar, his friend André Simon Anderson (later known as André Cymone) played bass. When his aunt tired of the band's noise, Prince ended up living at André's house. Soul Explosion would rehearse in the basement. "We used to have a philosophy that when everybody else is eating turkey dinner and watching football games and doing all that kind of stuff, we need to practice," says Cymone. "We're going to be superstars, and if we're going to be superstars, we have to practice." There was a 10 p.m. curfew on music, but Prince eventually moved from André's room down to the basement, where he could turn down his guitar and play until 4 a.m. These nocturnal music-making habits would stay with him the rest of his life.
By 16, he was writing his own songs. The group became Grand Central (with Morris Day on drums), then Champagne. A demo session brought Prince to the attention of Chris Moon, who ran a local studio. When the rest of the band went across the street during a lunch break, Prince stayed behind. "I look out of the control room into the studio, and he's playing the drums," says Moon. "Then I see him wander over and play a bit of piano. And then he stops playing that and picks up the bass." Moon wanted someone who could add music to some lyrics he'd been working on. He proposed a partnership, and eventually gave Prince keys to the place. It took him about six months to master the studio well enough to run sessions for his one-man-band adventures.
Moon played a demo tape for Owen Husney, a Minneapolis promoter. "Most artists, their sound would be derivative," Husney says. "This didn't have that. He was attempting to create something new. And when I heard that vulnerable little falsetto voice, it was like, 'I want to protect this person.'" He signed on as manager and raised $50,000 so that Prince had new instruments and a place to live. Then he created an elaborate press kit to market his new artist.
Warners offered a three-album deal and signed a 19-year-old Prince in 1977. The label wanted Prince to collaborate with Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire. "The ink wasn't dry on the Warner Bros. contract, and he said, 'Nobody is producing my album,'" Husney says. A session was arranged so that Prince could prove to the label that he didn't need help in the studio. "He put down a guitar track and got it right," Lenny Waronker, then head of A&R for the label, remembered. "Then he put down the drums – wow. You could just tell – the guitar was locked in, the timing was good, you could tell it was easy for him."
To Read the full story written by Joe Levy head over to Rolling Stone.
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Boxer Adrien Broner was the latest guest on Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club.
AB says he's voting for Donald Trump, talks about why his relationship with Floyd Mayweather Jr has become strained, says he'll beat Money May in the ring, speaks on Marcos Maidana fight, regrets dissing Jay Z, but would still turn down Roc Nation's $40 million offer, Bob Arum, believing he can beat Terence Crawford, wanting to leave his hometown of Cincinnati before he kills someone and much more.
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Alicia Keys is back with a catchy new song titled "In Common." Give it a listen up top.
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50 Cent stopped by Community Spirits in Indianapolis over the weekend to promote Effen Vodka. While in town he chopped it up with Keisha Nicole of radio station 96.3.
The business mogul dispelled rumors that he has a third son, talks about his aggressive social media approach, artists today not having to work as hard to get their content out to the public, Desiigner, relationship with Floyd Mayweather Jr., "respek" on his name and Prince's death.
Listen to the interview up top and check out video and photos from 50's visit to Naptown below.
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Afeni Shakur was fiercely protective of her son, Tupac Shakur's, music, likeness and earnings following his death in 1996, and assured that would still be the case after her passing.
The former Black Panther Party member set up a trust protecting Tupac's valuable music catalog. Income generated will only go to specific family members and select charities. Former head of Warner Bros. Records, Tom Whalley, has been named executor.
A rep for the estate told TMZ that the "paperwork is flawless," meaning the estate will be protected during ongoing divorce proceedings in North Carolina from Afeni's husband of 12 years, Gust Davis.
Davis had previously asked the court for half of the income Afeni received from the estate, for the remainder of his life.
As we previously reported, Afeni died Monday May 2, after suffering what is believed to a heart attack at her Sausalto, California home. She was 69-years old.
She is survived by her sister, Gloria, and a daughter, Sekyiwa Shakur ... Tupac's half sister.
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The one and only Big T kicks off his Tuesday freestyle series by dropping bars over the instrumental to Drake's song, "Pop Style." Give it a listen up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
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Lil Duval and Michael Blackson stopped by Snoop Dogg's GGN News recently to talk about their new movie "Meet the Blacks." The interview goes in a few hilarious directions. Check it out below.
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Philadelphia rapper and the boss of the Original Block Hustlaz, Ar-Ab, teams up with Kevin Gates for his new single titled "How I Do It." It will be available on iTunes May 6. Pre-order it now https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1105289867?ls=1&app=itunes
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Russell Simmons shared his thoughts on the lack of diversity in Hollywood, including the lack of black higher ups in the infrastructure of the industry, which the Def Jam co-founder told us was a problem. He also touched on the recent #OscarsSoWhite controversy that ignited over the lack of diversity at this year's awards show, and Russell told us that he is more outraged by the overall segregation in the industry. Speaking more about the situation, Russell explained that in Hollywood, black comedians are lumped into specific nights of the week like "Chocolate Sunday" to do their routines instead of being integrated with all types of comedians.
Moving along, Russell spoke to VladTV about the importance of black entertainers making friends with white higher ups, whom he believes are the big decision makers in the industry. However, at the end of the video Simmons states that "integration ruined the black community," which you can hear more about in the clip below.
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Remo The Hitmaker and New Wave Music present A1FIVE's freestyle over the instrumental to Young Thug's song, "Best Friend."
This is off of A1Five's "Atmore Alabama Freestyles" mixtape, available now on Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/A1FIVE-ATMORE-ALABAMA-FREESTYLES-mixtape.775911.html
A1's debut EP titled "Atmore to Harlem," produced entirely by Remo The Hitmaker, will be dropping soon.
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World renowned battle rapper Serius Jones is also a well respected song writer. He stopped by 16ofBetter for episode 102 to perform his new single titled "The Plug." Video directed by Jack Thriller.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield was charged Monday with the rape of a "developmentally delayed" woman, prosecutors announced.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office said Stubblefield, a former defensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders, allegedly assaulted the woman on April 9, 2015, at his Morgan Hill home after interviewing her for a baby-sitting job. He is charged with five felony counts and faces a "substantial prison sentence" if convicted.
A day before the assault, Stubblefield contacted the then 31-year-old woman on a baby-sitting website and arranged an interview, prosecutors said.
"This was a crime of violence against a vulnerable victim," Deputy District Attorney Tim McInerny said. "She was looking for a job, and she was unconscionably assaulted."
Bail for Stubblefield, 45, is set at $250,000. His arraignment is scheduled to take place within 24 hours.
According to a report by the Morgan Hill Police Department, the interview of the woman by Stubblefield lasted about 20 minutes. She later received a text from Stubblefield saying he wanted to pay her for her time that day, and she went back to the house, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
After raping her, Stubblefield gave her $80 and let her go. The woman immediately went to the Morgan Hill Police Department and reported the rape. DNA evidence matched that of Stubblefield, the report said.
Stubblefield's attorney, Gary Winuk, said the sex was consensual and that his client is being unfairly targeted because of his wealth and celebrity.
Stubblefield provided prosecutors with lie-detector results and with evidence that shows the sexual encounter last year was consensual, including proof that the woman asked his client for a job and money afterward, said attorney Ken Rosenfeld, who is also representing Stubblefield.
"Dana Stubblefield is being unfairly targeted due to his celebrity and wealth by someone with full motivation to lie," Rosenfeld said. "Mr. Stubblefield passed a lie-detector test with flying colors and will present a full, vigorous defense against these false allegations."
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Afeni Shakur, the mother of music icon Tupac Shakur, has passed away.
PEOPLE reports that the Marin County Sheriff's Office responded to a call of a possible cardiac arrest at a Sausalto, California home on Monday night, May 2. Afeni was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead at around 10:28 p.m. She was 69-years old.
Renown rap artist #Tupac Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur Davis, age 69, died late last night in Marin County. pic.twitter.com/oP0crvINm8
— Marin County Sheriff (@MarinSheriff) May 3, 2016
Sheriff's Coroners Office will lead investigation to determine exact cause & manner of Afeni Shakur's death.
— Marin County Sheriff (@MarinSheriff) May 3, 2016
A year after 2Pac's 1996 death, Afeni, founded The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, a performing arts center for the youth based in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
The former Black Panther Party member also founded Amaru Entertainment, a record and film production company that oversaw the posthumous releases of her son's music and recently signed off on the upcoming biopic, "All Eyez on Me."
2Pac dedicated the 1995 song "Dear Mama" to Afeni.
Afeni was preparing to face off in a North Carolina divorce court with her husband of 12 years, Gust Davis.
Davis is seeking half of the income Afeni received from Tupac's estate for life, in addition to a Jaguar, the rights to live in the soon-to-be ex-couple's 50 acre North Carolina ranch and the keys to their houseboats.
The couple didn't have a prenup.
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Nipsey Hussle the Great breaks his fans off with some pure West Coast piffery in the form of a new banger titled "Ocean Views." The track was produced by Mike & Keys + DJ Khalil.
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Irish singer Sinead O'Connor is throwing comedian/actor Arsenio Hall under the bus ... Accusing him of supplying Prince with drugs for over twenty years via her Facebook page. She also claims Hall drugged her years ago at superstar Eddie Murphy's home.
"Two words for the DEA investigating where prince got his drugs over the decades.... Arsenio Hall (AKA Prince's and Eddie Murphy's bitch)," O'Conner wrote Monday May 2. "Anyone imagining prince was not a long time hard drug user is living in cloud cuckoo land. Arsenio I've reported you to the Carver County Sherrif's office. Expect their call. They are aware you spiked me years ago at Eddie murphy's house. You best get tidying your man cave."
Hall's rep told TMZ that O'Connor's accusation is "absolutely false, ridiculous and absurd."
O'Connor found worldwide fame in 1990 when she released a remake of the Prince song "Nothing Compares 2 U."
She had never met the music icon prior to that, but claims there was a violent confrontation when they finally did.
"I met him a couple of times. We didn't get on at all. As a matter of fact we had a punch-up," O'Connor said during a 2014 NRK interview. "He summoned me to his house after 'Nothing Compares.' I had made the song without him. I’d never met him. He summoned me to his house – and it was very foolish to do this to an Irish woman. He told me he didn’t like me saying bad words in my interviews. So I told him to fuck off. He got quite violent. I actually had to escape out of his house at 5 in the morning. He packed a bigger punch than mine."
Prince denied O'Connor's version of events long before his passing on April 21, 2016, after being found unresponsive in an elevator at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota. He was 57. An exact cause of death is pending the results of his autopsy.
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Hot 97's Ebro Darden and Laura Stylez flew out to Miami to interview Birdman at his $30 million mansion.
Things got right down to business as Baby discussed his issues with Power 105.1's Charlamagne Tha God "slandering" his name, Rick Ross stepping out of line by speaking on his situation with his "son" Lil Wayne, believing he and Wayne will work out their differences, wanting the world to hear "Tha Carter V," Drake's success, Nicki Minaj being the biggest female artist, shoots down talk by Trick Daddy that he's gay, the Cash Money Records biopic, his upbringing, the Bible changing his life, his upcoming documentary that will come with a soundtrack, solo album "Ms. Gladys," "Rich Gang 2" project and more.
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Brothers Nick and Nate Diaz don't mess around when it comes to sparring and training, which is probably why veteran actor/martial artist, Jean-Claude Van Damme, decided to work out with them recently.
Nate is coming off of a huge upset win over Conor McGregor at UFC 196 back in March. Nick is expected back in the octagon later this year after serving a suspension for a positive marijuana test.
Check out the pics Van Damme and Nate posted to their social media accounts this weekend below.
Chillin with big @natediaz209
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An inside job is suspected in the burglary over the weekend of Blac Chyna's Tarzana, California home that netted thieves over $200,000 in cash and jewelry.
TMZ reports that Chyna's fiance Rob Kardashian discovered the safe in the crib had been broken into and called the police.
There were no forced sign of entry and the safe wasn't busted up, leading detectives to believe the culprit is someone the couple knows.
The revelation comes on the same day news broke that a sex tape of Chyna and her baby's father, Tyga, is being shopped around.
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AR-AB gives an in-depth look into his life and explains how he has become the top goon of Philly in a day in the life interview with Hip Hops Revival.
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