Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 25, 2015 at 12:15pm
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KXNG Crooked, formerly known as Crooked I, opened up about attending the "Straight Outta Compton" premiere and his thoughts on the film.
The former Death Row artist revealed that he found Suge Knight's depiction in the film to be hilarious, especially the hand rubbing gesture they had the actor. While Crooked praised the film for its excellence, he went on to say that he couldn't validate Suge's character because he was not around the former record exec. during the period covered in the movie.
During the conversation he also spoke about Eazy-E, and how he believes NWA's "F*ck Tha Police" is still fitting today, which you can hear more about in the clip below.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 25, 2015 at 6:00am
The last couple of months have been a whirlwind for Drake. He found himself in the middle of a beef that he did not start with Meek Mill over ghostwriting allegations. By most accounts the Toronto rapper emerged victorious. Then he dropped a successful mixtape with Future.
FADER selected him for the cover of their 100th issue. In it Drake discusses the Meek conflict publicly for the first time.
“I’m just gonna bring it up ‘cause it’s important to me,” he says. “I was at a charity kickball game—which we won, by the way—and my brother called me. He was just like, ‘I don’t know if you’re aware, but, yo, they’re trying to end us out here. They’re just spreading, like, propaganda. Where are you? You need to come here.’ So we all circled up at the studio, and sat there as Flex went on the air, and these guys flip-flopped [about how] they were gonna do this, that, and the third. Given the circumstances, it felt right to just remind people what it is that I do. In case your opinions were wavering at any point.”
Drizzy released "Charged Up" as a response. Then sat back and waited for Meek to fire back. There was no immediate reply so he dropped "Back to Back."
“This is a discussion about music, and no one’s putting forth any music?” he says. “You guys are gonna leave this for me to do? This is how you want to play it? You guys didn’t think this through at all—nobody? You guys have high-ranking members watching over you. Nobody told you that this was a bad idea, to engage in this and not have something? You’re gonna engage in a conversation about writing music, and delivering music, with me? And not have anything to put forth on the table? It was weighing heavy on me,” he says. “I didn’t get it. I didn’t get how there was no strategy on the opposite end. I just didn’t understand. I didn’t understand it because that’s just not how we operate. I was like, ‘I’m gonna probably just finish this.’ And I know how I have to finish it. This has to literally become the song that people want to hear every single night, and it’s gonna be tough to exist during this summer when everybody wants to hear [this] song that isn’t necessarily in your favor.”
Drake then addressed the issue of ghostwriting.
“It’s just, music at times can be a collaborative process, you know? Who came up with this, who came up with that—for me, it’s like, I know that it takes me to execute every single thing that I’ve done up until this point. And I’m not ashamed.”
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 24, 2015 at 3:19pm
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Like other West Coast artists, B.G. Knocc Out has stories for days when it comes to his affiliation with Eazy-E, Suge Knight and the Death Row family. Days before Eazy-E was diagnosed with AIDS, him, B.G. and Dresta were in the process of recording "D.P.G. Killa," the diss track aimed at Tha Dogg Pound. It was then Eazy had another bout with his bronchitis, a condition not many were aware he had at the time. 'People don't know Eazy's voice sound the way he does is because his lungs wasn't that good," B.G. explains. "That's why he projected that sound out of his voice."
"Yeah there's foul play, ain't no doubt about it," B.G. continues as he's asked about the conspiracy-theories revolving Eazy's death. "He just went from having it, and dying from it in a matter of weeks." B.G. doesn't necessarily believe Suge Knight killed him, but he definitely feels the Death Row Records executive was "made privy to it." "Just the fact that he said that, and where he could've got the information from, I have no clue," says B.G. in reference to Suge's "joke" about injecting people with AIDS needles. "But that's how most of us feel, that's what really happened. "I don't think it was him, though, to be honest." Had he had the authority to do so, B.G. says he would have "exhumed his body and really checked."
B.G. is later asked about the well-known time Suge and his crew allegedly jumped Eazy, an incident he claims Dr. Dre was behind all along. "Eazy was smart so, he didn't put his real signature on the paperwork and that's why it never held out," he explains. "Dre set it up, though."
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 24, 2015 at 2:55pm
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(Reuters) At least 717 pilgrims from around the world were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, in the worst disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage for 25 years.
At least 863 others were injured. Saudi King Salman said he had ordered a review of haj plans after the disaster, in which two large groups of pilgrims arrived together at a crossroads in Mina, a few kilometers east of Mecca, on their way to performing the "stoning of the devil" ritual at Jamarat.
Thursday's disaster was the worst to occur at the pilgrimage since July 1990, when 1,426 pilgrims suffocated in a tunnel near Mecca. Both incidents occurred on Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice), Islam's most important feast and the day of the stoning ritual.
Photographs published on the Twitter feed of Saudi civil defense on Thursday showed pilgrims lying on stretchers while emergency workers in high-visibility jackets lifted them into an ambulance.
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Other images showed bodies of men in white haj garments piled on top of each other. Some corpses bore visible injuries.
Unverified video posted on Twitter showed pilgrims and rescue workers trying to revive some victims.
The haj, the world's largest annual gathering of people, has been the scene of numerous deadly stampedes, fires and riots in the past, but their frequency has been greatly reduced in recent years as the government spent billions of dollars upgrading and expanding haj infrastructure and crowd control technology.
Safety during haj is a politically sensitive issue for the kingdom's ruling Al Saud dynasty, which presents itself internationally as the guardian of orthodox Islam and custodian of its holiest places in Mecca and Medina.
BLAME
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the Saudi government should accept responsibility for the crush, in which more than 100 Iranian nationals were reported to have died.
"The Saudi government should accept the responsibility of this sorrowful incident ... Mismanagement and improper actions have caused this catastrophe," Khamenei said in a statement published on his website.
King Salman offered deep condolences.
"We have instructed concerned authorities to review the operations plan ... (and) to raise the level of organization and management to ensure that the guests of God perform their rituals in comfort and ease," the monarch said.
The Interior Ministry spokesman, Mansour Turki said the investigation would look into what caused an unusual mass of pilgrims to congregate at the location of the disaster. "The reason for that is not known yet," he told a news conference in Mina.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the White House offered condolences.
"The United States expresses its deepest condolences to the families of the hundreds of haj pilgrims killed and hundreds more injured in the heartbreaking stampede in Mina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," White House spokesman Ned Price said.
Iran's Tasnim and Fars news agencies reported that 125 Iranians were among the dead. Fars reported that Tehran summoned the Saudi charge d'affaires to lodge an official complaint over the disaster.
South African Acting President Cyril Ramaphosa extended condolences to families of the victims and said his government was awaiting information about his country's pilgrims.
JAMARAT
Street 204, where the crush occurred, is one of two main arteries leading through the camp at Mina to Jamarat, the site where pilgrims ritually stone the devil by hurling pebbles at three large pillars. In 2006, at least 346 pilgrims died in a stampede at Jamarat.
"Work is under way to separate large groups of people and direct pilgrims to alternative routes," the Saudi Civil Defence said on its Twitter account.
It said more than 220 ambulances and 4,000 rescue workers had been sent in to help the injured. Some of the wounded were evacuated by helicopters.
An Arab pilgrim who did not want to give his name said he had hoped to perform the stoning ritual later on Thursday afternoon but was now too frightened to risk doing so.
"I am very tired already and after this I can't go. I will wait for the night and if it not resolved, I will see if maybe somebody else can do it on my behalf," he said.
Efforts to improve safety at Jamarat have included enlarging the three pillars and constructing a three-decker bridge around them to increase the area and number of entry and exit points for pilgrims to perform the ritual.
More than 100,000 police and thousands of video cameras are also deployed to allow groups to be dispersed before they reach dangerous levels of density.
"Please pilgrims do not push one another. Please leave from the exit and don't come back by the same route," an officer kept repeating through a loudspeaker at Jamarat.
Two weeks ago 110 people died in Mecca's Grand Mosque when a crane working on an expansion project collapsed during a storm and toppled off the roof into the main courtyard, crushing pilgrims underneath.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 24, 2015 at 1:10pm
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The Jack Thriller vs. 40 Glocc fight is still going to happen at some point, it's just taken a slight detour. As Jack explained to Mikey T The Movie Star, the previous promoter didn't handle his business, so the comedian is now promoting the fight himself.
Listen to what Jack had to say below.
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Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 24, 2015 at 10:57am
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On Saturday, September 26, Loaded Lux will face off against Charlie Clips at URL's (Ultimate Rap League)Summer Madness 5 event.
Lux chopped it up with VladTV about the battle, Clips' unorthodox style, his opinion that everything is personal when you go against an opponent at this level of the game and gave his prediction on the card as a whole.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 24, 2015 at 10:15am
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Chris Brown's Australian fans probably won't get to see the superstar perform in their country because immigration officials want to keep him out because of his 2009 Rihanna assault.
"People need to understand if you are going to commit domestic violence and then you want to travel around the world, there are going to be countries that say to you, 'You cannot come in because you are not of the character we expect in Australia," immigration officials said in a statement.
The singer has three December dates booked for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Those shows are up in the air while local officials decide whether to accept or reject Chris' visa application.
The activist group Getup! has started a petition calling for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton to deny Chris' entry into the country.
"I'm clearly not going to preempt a decision by the minister, however I can assure you what my strong recommendation would be," Australian Minister for Women, Michaelia Cash said Thursday.
He's already been turned down in Britain, Canada and New Zealand, according to TMZ.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 24, 2015 at 9:35am
Fetty Wap will release his self-titled debut album on Friday, September 25. He's given NPR the green light to stream the entire thing. The 20-track project features Monty and M80.
1. Trap Queen 2. How We Do Things (feat. Monty) 3. 679 (feat. Monty) 4. Jugg (feat. Monty) 5. Trap Luv 6. I Wonder 7. Again 8. My Way (feat. Monty) 9. Time (feat. Monty) 10. Boomin 11. RGF Island 12. D.A.M. 13. No Days Off (feat. Monty) 14. I’m Straight 15. Couple Bands 16. Rock My Chain (feat. M80) 17. Rewind (feat. Monty) 18. Let It Bang 19. For My Team (feat. Monty) 20. Whateva (feat. Monty)
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 24, 2015 at 9:14am
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Benton Harbor, Michigan beat maker, Honorable C.N.O.T.E, sits down with DJ Smallz and gives his definition of what a producer is. It goes beyond just sitting behind the boards crafting the music. Take a listen to what he had to say below.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 24, 2015 at 8:37am
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Manolo Rose, Mike Zombie, Bizzy Crook, Telli, and Black Dave all team up for the hard hitting video for “Facecard”. Biz has done it again by delivering the sharp new visual in partnership with Dinner Land. The original content features some of the biggest voices in the game and can be viewed below.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 24, 2015 at 7:30am
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Empire's second season premiered Wednesday, September 23, on Fox. The show that 50 Cent constantly reminds fans is a knockoff of his hit STARZ drama series Power, finally took the bait and actually mentions him in the story line.
"50 Cent is still taking jabs at us," Cookie, played by Taraji P. Henson says. "Look what he put on [Instagram], thirsty ass."
50 replied almost immediately with a hilarious IG video.
"I can't believe Cookie would say some shit like that about me," the music icon joked. "Thirsty? Me, thirsty? Come on, you stupid? Man, me and Cookie go way back. You know I hit that."
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 23, 2015 at 6:56pm
CeeLo Green has unveiled the album cover for his forthcoming fifth solo project, which will be released on November 13th. You can pre-order it from iTunes beginning on Friday.
47th&7th/Empire presents new singer/songwriter Lexz Pryde and her single Motivate ft. Snoop Dogg from her upcoming EP Cyberspace.
It’s not every day that an emerging artist has a chance to make a song with an established music legend. Often, the opportunity can be a vehicle to help gain valuable credibility and visibility. But when a song’s theme runs parallel with an artist’s struggle, success almost seems destined.
Such is the story of Motivate, the song artist Lexz Pryde envisions as “the catalyst for a movement with a mission to inspire people to pursue their dreams despite obstacles.” According to Lexz, the obstacles she had to overcome to make Motivate’s release a reality made her realize what success really is- it’s staring defeat in the face and still charging forward. This is the impact she wants “Motivate” to have on listeners, you CAN achieve your dreams. The video, which features Snoop Dogg, Blade Brown and street artist Skyler Grey is living proof that dreams can come true. “Motivate iz not just a song.. It’z a movement,” confesses Lexz.
Recently, Lexz performed alongside DJ Self at the trendy No. 8. The NYFW Event, sponsored by Bartholomew Gold, Ranbeeri Denim, Denim Vodka and Jahlookova, drew celebrities from every walk of life. This summer, Lexz has also performed in South Korea, Croatia, and Ibiza, plus she will debut her new sound in Tokyo with Ultra Music Festival. Not a bad start for the pop sensation.
Directed by Regg Rocc Produced by Nick Price, LG (The LG Experience) & AB Money
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 23, 2015 at 11:30am
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Rich Homie Quan was on SnapChat recently when he decided to light up and smoke what appears to be weed while holding his 1-year old son, Royal Lamar.
While it could have been tobacco Rich was smoking this just doesn't look right. Check out the video below.
**UPDATE** September 25
Georgia authorities are looking into the parental activities of Rich Homie Quan after seeing the video of him smoking a yet to be determined substance while holding his baby.
TMZ reports that both Child Protective Services and the Fulton County Police Department have now teamed up to investigate.
This goes beyond whether or not Rich is a fit father. Depending on the outcome of the probe, the rapper could face criminal charges of endangering a child and reckless behavior.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 23, 2015 at 10:16am
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During his visit to Los Angeles radio station Power 106, Fetty Wap chopped it up with The Cruz Show about getting to the money, touring with Chris Brown, being choosy with collaborations, his wide ranging fan base, meaning behind his name, first job and more.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 23, 2015 at 9:30am
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Snoop Dogg is expanding his business portfolio into an area he's very familiar with. Earlier this week the West Coast icon appeared at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015, to announce that he'll be launching a new website, www.MerryJane.com, that will incorporate all things marijuana related.
"I stand very high on the legalization of marijuana around America because it's necessary," Snoop said. "If you look at all the medical studies of the people it's saving, the lives [and] the kids with the seizures. It's doing a lot of great things out there as opposed to what it's not doing."
The site will feature video and editorial content. Topics will include how to cook with weed or pair food with the plant. It will also include celebrity interviews and information about the business and politics of the marijuana industry.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 23, 2015 at 8:30am
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The lovable legend of Yogi Berra, that ain't ever gonna be over.
The Hall of Fame catcher renowned as much for his dizzying malapropisms as his unmatched 10 World Series championships with the New York Yankees, died Tuesday. He was 90.
Berra, who filled baseball's record book as well as "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," died of natural causes at his home in New Jersey, according to Dave Kaplan, the director of the Yogi Berra Museum.
Berra played in more World Series games than any other major leaguer, and was a three-time American League Most Valuable Player.
For many, though, he was even better known for all those amusing "Yogi-isms."
"It ain't over `til it's over" is among eight of them included in Bartlett's.
"When I'm sittin' down to dinner with the family, stuff just pops out. And they'll say, `Dad, you just said another one.' And I don't even know what the heck I said," Berra insisted.
Short, squat and with a homely mug, Berra was a Yankees great who helped the team reach 14 World Series during his 18 seasons in the Bronx.
"While we mourn the loss of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, we know he is at peace with Mom," Berra's family said in a statement released by the museum. "We celebrate his remarkable life, and are thankful he meant so much to so many. He will truly be missed."
Berra served on a gunboat supporting the D-Day invasion in 1944 and played for the Yankees from 1946-63. His teammates included fellow Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford.
"No! Say it ain't so. He was a good man, my former manager and friend! RIP Yogi," former Yankees star Dave Winfield tweeted.
Lawrence Peter Berra, the son of Italian immigrants, got his nickname while growing up in St. Louis. Among his amateur baseball teammates was Jack McGuire, another future big leaguer.
"Some of us went to a movie with a yogi in it and afterwards Jack began calling me Yogi. It stuck," Berra told the Saturday Evening Post.
He was a fan favorite, especially with children, and the cartoon character Yogi Bear was named after him.
Until recent years, he remained a fixture at Yankee Stadium and in the clubhouse, where the likes of Derek Jeter, Joe Torre and others in pinstripes looked up to the diminutive old-timer.
In 1956, Berra caught the only perfect game in World Series history and after the last out leaped into pitcher Don Larsen's arms. The famous moment is still often replayed on baseball broadcasts.
After his playing days, Berra coached or managed the Yankees, New York Mets and Houston Astros. He led both the Yankees and Mets to pennants.
In 1985, his firing as manager by the Yankees 16 games into the season sparked a feud with George Steinbrenner. Berra vowed never to return to Yankee Stadium as long as Steinbrenner owned the team.
But in 1999, Berra finally relented, throwing out the ceremonial first pitch of the Yankees' season-opener.
"We are deeply saddened by the loss of a Yankees legend and American hero, Yogi Berra," the Yankees posted on Twitter.
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Berra, who played in 15 straight All-Star Games, never earned more than $65,000 a season. He died on the same date, Sept. 22, as his big league debut 69 years earlier.
Growing up, he was anything but a natural.
Chunky and slow, Berra was rejected by his hometown St. Louis Cardinals after a tryout in 1943. But a Yankees scout recognized his potential and signed him.
He reached the majors late in the 1946 season and homered in his first at-bat. The next year, he continued to hit well, but his throwing was so erratic he was shifted to the outfield, then benched.
His breakthrough season came in 1948, when he hit .315 with 14 homers and 98 RBIs while improving his fielding. In 1949, he compiled a .989 fielding percentage and did not make an error in the All-Star Game or World Series.
"I don't care who the hitter is," Yankees Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel told the New York Journal-American, "(Berra) knows just how he should be pitched to."
Berra was the AL MVP in 1951, 1954 and 1955. He holds World Series records for most hits (71) and games (75).
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972.
"You never think of that when you're a kid," Berra said. "But egads, you gotta be somethin' to get in."
Among his boyhood friends was Joe Garagiola, who went on to a career as a major league player and broadcaster. In rejecting Berra at the 1943 tryout, the Cardinals signed Garagiola, another catcher, instead.
Berra was born in St. Louis on May 12, 1925, the son of Pietro, a laborer in a brickyard, and Pauline Berra. He grew up in "The Hill," or Italian district, with three older brothers and a younger sister.
Berra was forced to drop out of school in the eighth grade and go to work to help support his family. He took jobs in a coal yard, as a truck driver and in a shoe factory.
He continued to play amateur baseball, which brought him to the attention of major league scouts.
In 1943, his first professional season with the Yankees' farm team in Norfolk, Virginia, was interrupted by World War II.
Berra married his wife, Carmen, in 1949. The couple met in their native St. Louis. Carmen died in 2014. Yogi is survived by their three sons.
Dale Berra, a major league infielder, who briefly played for his father on the Yankees in 1985; Tim, who played one season for the NFL's Baltimore Colts, and Lawrence Jr.
Berra published three books: his autobiography in 1961, "It Ain't Over ..." in 1989 and "The Yogi Book: I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said" in 1998. The last made The New York Times' best seller list.
In 1996, Berra was awarded an honorary doctorate from the state university in Montclair, N.J., where he and his family lived. The university also named its baseball stadium for Berra. The adjoining Yogi Berra Museum opened in 1998.
The museum houses Berra memorabilia, including what he said was his most prized possession, the mitt he used to catch Larsen's perfect game.
He tickled TV viewers in recent years by bringing his malapropisms to a commercial with the AFLAC duck. ("They give you cash, which is just as good as money.")
His wife once asked Berra where he wanted to be buried, in St. Louis, New York or Montclair.
"I don't know," he said. "Why don't you surprise me?"
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