Kid Cudi has offered up a treat to his fans in the form of the title track off of his forthcoming album, "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven." The song was project by Plain Pat and Cudi himself.
The rapper explained that he hoped this would make up for him having to delay his tour.
Kylie Jenner is getting plenty of attention for her new Interview magazine photo shoot. The 18-year old reality television star is snapped by photographer Steven Klein rocking lots of latex, assless chaps and posing in a wheelchair.
The wheelchair prop is causing enough controversy that reps for the publication have issued a statement via E! News.
"At Interview, we are proud of our tradition of working with great artists and empowering them to realize their distinct and often bold visions. The Kylie Jenner cover by Steven Klein, which references the British artist Allen Jones, is a part of this tradition, placing Kylie in a variety of positions of power and control and exploring her image as an object of vast media scrutiny. Throughout the Art Issue, we celebrate a variety of women who are both the creators and subjects of their artistic work, and the Kylie feature aims to unpack Kylie's status as both engineer of her image and object of attention."
Mendeecees Harris was sentenced to eight years in a federal penitentiary on Tuesday, December 1, for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that shipped large amounts of heroin and cocaine from downstate New York to Rochester, from 2005 until August 2012.
Harris pleaded guilty in April.
He could have been sentenced to as much as 20 years if he had chosen to go to trial and gotten convicted. Harris will get credit for 15 months already served. The Democrat and Chronicle reports that with good behavior and changes to drug sentencing guidelines he could be a free man in five or six years.
U.S. District Judge Frank Geraci Jr. said that Harris, his brother and one other man shipped two to five kilograms of cocaine monthly, plus up to seven kilograms of heroin.
Authorities brought an end to the drug ring when they raided two New York City homes in August 2012. $615,000 in cash was found in the homes. Another $911,000 was found in safety deposit boxes connected to the drug ring, according to the Democrat and Chronicle.
The 36-year old star of Love and Hip Hop: New York issued a statement via his Instagram account after sentencing.
"I want you all to understand something. I completely accept responsibility for all that is going on," he wrote. "My transition to be a better person a productive person started well before this case. However in my past I made some bad decisions. Young men let my life be an example to you now before it's too late. Better who you are now in your children's lives and in society so you can change the path of your fate. Lack of opportunities, a fatherless home, the unforgiven neighborhood and circumstances you grew up in can no longer be your excuse. Trust me I tried. And it doesn't make the pain your family feels any different. Young man educate your self and break the cycle. Don't become a number on the DOA (dead on arrival) list or on the incarceration list. To my wife and children you are all strong and well prepared for this. This is just another brick laid down towards our house of happily ever after , walk with your head held high knowing I would never past the buck and put another family through what we have endured. Continue to walk in faith and love as you've done so well. To my peoples thank you for all the encouragement and support please continue to encourage my family. Thank you again all."
Harris' wife, Yandy Smith, was in court with the couple's 10-month old baby. While understandably upset that her husband would be in prison for so long, she said the sentencing "brought closure."
"Now we have a definitive number (with the sentence) and we can move forward," she said outside of a Federal Building in Rochester. "I know there is an end."
Harris has already paid the federal government$170,000of his earnings from LHH and public appearances, as part of an agreement.
Young Thug opened up his private life to the world on Monday, November 30, when he took to Twitter to vent about his baby's mothers, child support and wanting custody.
The 24-year old Atlanta rapper, real name Jeffrey Williams, reportedly has at least 11 children. We're not sure how many baby's mothers, but he specifically addressed one of them, Gucci Red.
Check out the exchange below.
Gucci Red responded via Instagram by saying$1000child support a month isn't enough and Thugger will never get custody of their daughter.
Atlanta's own Migos talks to DJ Vlad about their involvement in Noisey Atlanta, a 10-part series regarding the popularity of the city's hip-hop scene and culture. Both Quavo and Takeoff address previous statements that the docu-series had been scripted with scenes showing off some pretty serious assault rifles. "They shot a hell of a movie. That was a nice movie... I ain't never shot reality TV," Quavo belies.
Stemming from their initial arrest in April, Migos' third member Offset, is still being held without bond over drugs and gun charges which violated his probation. When the duo were asked if they thought the online video channel tried to stereotype the southern rap stars, or if they actually thought it was scripted, they stated, "If HBO come to me, and tell me they need me to be then meanest killer they want me to be, I will be."
The interview then turns to authencitiy in hip hop and how the pair feels about Slim Jesus and what it means to the culture. Watch the interview below.
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Christina Milian gets an assist from Lil Wayne on her new single titled "Do It." This is off of her forthcoming "4U" EP, due out December 4th. Check out the visuals below.
A Louisiana concert promoter is suing Future for $165,000 for failing to show up for a 2014 concert.
According to TMZ, Robert Caillier says he gave the rapper a $15,000 advance, but because he was a no-show he's out of an additional $150,000 in expected profits.
Future Hendrix's reps say the lawsuit is bogus. They claim the "Honest" hit maker not only showed up, he performed one song before his team stopped the show when they realized Caillier didn't have the rapper's full payment.
Caillier wants the advance repaid, plus the profits he lost.
A judge will decide on this one. No word on a court date.
Being called a "thot" isn't worth $5 million. As a matter of fact it's worth zilch, according to a North Carolina judge who ruled against Christine Chisholm in her lawsuit against 2 Chainz.
Chisholm sued the rapper in July 2015, for referring to her as a "thot" in a 2014 viral video that was filmed backstage at a Tity Boi show.
"Is this your thot?" 2 Chainz asks someone in the clip, before telling Chisholm she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. "I think you should go that way. Because while you're back here, you're in a blog territory."
"Oh shit, this is going on a blog for real?" Chisholm asks. "This is going on a blog and you're really recording?"
Chisholm sued 2 Chainz for $5 million, claiming the negative attention from the video caused her to lose her job, led to harassment and abuse.
The judge dismissed the case, ruling that being called a "thot" didn't rise to the level of "extreme or outrageous conduct," according to TMZ.
(Reuters) A judge on Monday set a $1.5 million bond for a white Chicago police officer charged with murder after a patrol car's dashboard camera video showed him shooting a black teenager 16 times.
Protesters including NAACP President Cornell William Brooks were arrested on Monday, tweets from Brooks and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said, as demonstrations continued against the 2014 shooting and 13-month delay in releasing the video.
At Monday's hearing, Cook County Criminal Court Associate Judge Donald Panarese, Jr. ruled police officer Jason Van Dyke, who appeared in shackles, must post 10 percent of the total amount. The police union president said that union members would help Van Dyke's family meet the amount.
Last week Van Dyke was denied bail because the judge wanted to see the video first. Prosecutors asked on Monday that the previous ruling stand, but Van Dyke's lawyer, Daniel Herbert, said his client posed no flight risk. Herbert said he did not know when Van Dyke might post bond.
There have been several days of protests in Chicago following the release Tuesday of the video, which showed Van Dyke gunning down 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in the middle of the street on Oct. 20, 2014, as he was walking away from police who had confronted him. Van Dyke, 37, was charged with first-degree murder.
The case is among several high-profile killings of unarmed black men at the hands of mainly white law enforcement officials in U.S. cities over the past two years, reigniting a national debate on race relations and police tactics and sometimes leading to violent demonstrations.
Herbert said Van Dyke is prepared to defend himself. "He is very scared about the consequences that he's facing. He's concerned for his wife and his children. But he's handling it like a professional," Herbert said.
Herbert said the video alone does not show the shooting to be justified, but he decided after consulting with Van Dyke and experts in the field that the case was "absolutely defensible."
"When you see the video alone it does not seem like a justifiable shooting," Herbert said. He said there were certain things he knows that "quite frankly no one else knows."
Dean Angelo, president of the local Fraternal Order of Police union, said on Monday he saw the video of the shooting. "I think Officer Van Dyke steps into his training mode and takes action that he believed at that time to be justified," he said.
The case was linked to an online threat that closed the University of Chicago on Monday. A University of Illinois at Chicago student was arrested in connection with the threat and had threatened to kill 16 white male students or staff in retaliation for the shooting of McDonald, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Over the weekend DJ Whoo Kid had the opportunity to speak with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Right off the top Floyd shouted out Young Buck for the new music he's putting out, talked about artists on his record label, looking to build the next boxing sensation through Mayweather Promotions, his real estate investments, wanting to help Ronda Rousey with her stand up game, fighting 17 times in one year during his career and addressed Oscar De La Hoya dissing him.
"Sometimes drugs, jealousy," Mayweather said, hinting at possible reasons De La Hoya is hating on him. "Drugs and jealousy. I wish him nothing but the best. I understand the reason he's probably going after me. It's because of the drugs and because of the jealousy. You know that comes with the territory."
Money Mayalso talked about retiring with all his faculties,Adrien BronerdissingThe Money Team, upcoming fight between Broner and a Mayweather Promotions boxer, knowing50 Centwants to see him go for his 50th win and more.
After serving up an appetizer over the weekend in the form of his "Before the Party" mixtape, Chris Brown will deliver the main course with his seventh studio album titled "Royalty" on December 18th. The project features Future and Solo Lucci.
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It's probably safe to say that Erykah Badu has been crossed off of Iggy Azalea's Christmas gift list.
Badu was the host of the 2015 Soul Train Awards on Sunday, November 29th, when she poured wet cement on the Australian rapper's head.
She kicked things off with a monologue/skit explaining why no rappers would be allowed at the event. The singer took pretend calls from Young Thug and her baby's father, Andre 3000. She explained to them that they were cool, but the night was going to be dedicated solely to R&B.
A call then came in from Iggy Azalea.
“Uh yes? Who is this? Iggy Azalea? Yeah, hey. Oh no no no no, you can come, ’cause what you doing is definitely not rap," Badu quipped.