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Gulfport, Mississippi native Tito Lopez is gaining a lot of attention in the hip hop world these days. He keeps that buzz going by releasing a brand new music video for "They Told Me." The song is off of his mixtape, The Hunger Game.
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Robert Greene, best selling and internationally acclaimed author of The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War and co-author of 50 Cent's The 50th Law has just released a new book titled Mastery.
What did Charles Darwin, middling schoolboy and underachieving second son, do to become one of the earliest and greatest naturalists the world has known? What were the similar choices made by Mozart and by Caesar Rodriguez, the U.S. Air Force’s last ace fighter pilot? In Mastery, Robert Greene’s fifth book, he mines the biographies of great historical figures for clues about gaining control over our own lives and destinies. Picking up where The 48 Laws of Power left off, Greene culls years of research and original interviews to blend historical anecdote and psychological insight, distilling the universal ingredients of the world’s masters.
Temple Grandin, Martha Graham, Henry Ford, Buckminster Fuller—all have lessons to offer about how the love for doing one thing exceptionally well can lead to mastery. Yet the secret, Greene maintains, is already in our heads. Debunking long-held cultural myths, he demonstrates just how we, as humans, are hardwired for achievement and supremacy. Fans of Greene’s earlier work and Malcolm Gladwell’sOutliers will eagerly devour this canny and erudite explanation of just what it takes to be great.
Order your copy of Mastery today from Amazon.
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Back with volume 2, Fusion does it again. Undiscovered : The Mixtape Volume 2. Hosted by Ms Mimi of Shade 45 and Mr Get Your Buzz Up, this mix tape is not disappointing. 24 Undiscovered tracks for your Ipods!
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Boston's very own Bishup Bicardi teams up with G-Note recording artist Governor aka Gentleman G for his new single "Ring On You."
Video directed by Chris "Broadway" Romero and Alex A.
You can download the single now from iTunes
Follow the team on Twitter:
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If you're a fan of R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" r&b opera and haven't seen all of the first 22, Kels gives you a quick recap in this two and a half minute trailer titled "Chapter 23."
Kelly has 30 more chapters in the vault. He will be delivering 20 of them on IFC the day after Thanksgiving.
"I'm so glad to know there are a lot of fans still waiting to find out what the package is, and I'm coming, you guys," Kelly told MTV in August.. "In four weeks, I just did 30 chapters of "Trapped in the Closet" and I'm proud of it; I'm very excited about it because it took on a life of its own. It took me over."
The singer added that fans should expect plenty of plot twists in the upcoming episodes.
"This is what 'Trapped in the Closet' is doing for me right now, it's kind of pulling me. It has pulled me, and there are a lot of cliff hangers, a lot of different chapters, and other characters that have created themselves in the story. It's very very off the damn chain."
If you would like to watch the first 22 chapters IFC has posted them on their website. In the meantime watch the trailer for "Chapter 23" below.
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Freeway releases his new Freedom of Speech mixtape. The tape has features from Young Chris, Sean McGee, Diamond, Jakk Frost, Malik B and more.
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Miguel's new album, Kaleidoscope Dream, has been well received by both critics and fans. The budding r&b superstar made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live yesterday to perform "The Thrill" off of the project.
Kaleidoscope Dreamis in stores now everywhere
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Here's an unreleased gem from Max B. The song is actually a reference track Max recorded for Diddy and was meant to be a single on Notorious B.I.G.'s posthumous album, Duets: The Final Chapter.
The beat was eventually sold to L.A. Reid and became Christina Milian's hit record "Say I" featuring Young Jeezy.
This reference track was released by TheGCodes. Check out what they had to say below.
This post was actually a reference or rather an idea done by me and Max B. Right after Puff recorded this song for Jim Jones "What You Sipping" I decided to give the homie Max a shot. Puff and I actually liked Max B, I wish I could have signed him. That's whole other story. However what I will say is the beat was originally for Puff for the Biggie Duets, actually was supposed to be a single. Then Cool and Dre,weeks after having the beat, their manager at time said she sold the beat to LA Reid. Fast forward it was a single for Christina Milian. Well this song is for the Max B fans and for my homie A$AP Yams! Max B aka Mr Prolific keep your head to the sky (Pause).
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It was a homecoming rally to cheer on the Waverly Wolverines football team. They were undefeated this year. Everyone was proud.
Then, in the midst of the cheers and a sea of red and white pom poms came a 30-second skit that, for some, turned an afternoon of school pride into one of shame.
Three white male students involved in the skit made light of domestic violence, and they did it in racist manner, say some.
Two were in blackface as they re-enacted a 2009 domestic abuse incident in which singer Chris Brown assaulted then-girlfriend Rihanna. The student who played Brown was vying for the school's "Mr. Waverly" title -- a school tradition in which skits are performed and the one that garners the most applause wins the title.
On Monday, Waverly alum Matthew Dishler posted a photograph of the skit on CNN's iReport. He says someone shared the image on Facebook.
The photo went viral.
By Tuesday afternoon, the CNN iReport had more than 46,000 views and showed up on Huffington Post, Buzzfeed and Gawker and in local newspapers.
Suddenly, Waverly High School became synonymous with racism and sexism.
Twitter lit up with comments about the skit. Many were critical, but some defended the skit.
"I don't think it was offensive at all," said Chelsea House, who earned her high school diploma from Waverly last year and moved to Alabama but returned for homecoming last week and saw the skit.
"There's nothing wrong with blackface. There's nothing wrong with dressing up as a black person. Black is but a color," House said.
Waverly Central School District Superintendent Joseph Yelich said Tuesday that he did not believe the students in the skit intended to offend anyone.
Waverly resident Thomas Rumpff, a 2007 graduate of the high school, said he believed most of the kids were unaware of thehistorical context of blackface, a form of theatrical makeup used by white people in minstrel shows that perpetuated racist stereotypes of African-Americans.
Rumpff said the Rihanna incident had also been satirized online and on television before.
"Was this a little bit inappropriate? Yes," he said. But said the incident "has been completely blown out of proportion."
Other incidents of blackface have surfaced this year, including a Colorado Springs second-grader who offended a teacher when he painted his face black to resemble the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Waverly High skit was approved by school officials before it was performed, Yelich said. He acknowledged the problem and said he was speaking with students, teachers and staff at the school in the coming days.
"My concern is to start making something teachable out of this particular circumstance," he said.
The desire to win likely fuels outrageous behavior, said Fran Bialy, assistant director of A New Hope Center, an agency that aids victims of rape, domestic violence, assault and hate crimes.
Other skits at the pep rally involved Tarzan and a dairy farmer milking his cows. Last year, a student played Tiger Woods, also in blackface. "I have heard about blackface, but ... they're portraying Hollywood events," alum Ryan Bronson said. "It would be the same thing if he bought a mask."
Bottom line, Bronson said: People are being too sensitive.
"They go crazy about every little thing," he said. "The school and everybody are going to basically stop letting kids be kids."
Dishler said he posted the image not to cast a harsh light on anyone but to prod the school to do better with issues of diversity.
"I don't believe the kids really knew what they were doing is as offensive as it is," Dishler said. "The administration was watching this go on, and they let it happen."
Alum Vlad Chituc also blamed school officials.
He said Waverly, a small town off Interstate 86 just west of Binghamton, New York, could easily be seen as a place that affirmed stereotypes of all sorts.
Of Waverly's 4,444 people, 4,312 were white, according to 2010 census data.
Chituc said he was "extraordinarily offended" by the skit and ashamed that his school seemed to be OK with it.
"On the one hand, I can't blame the kids for being ignorant," Chituc said. "It's a small town, and the kids don't know any better. It's the responsibility of the administration to let the kids know this is not how you behave in 21st-century America. ... They've been failing at that spectacularly.
"The administration should be creating an environment where minorities are welcome, not the butts of racist jokes that make light of domestic violence."
Chituc contacted Waverly High School Principal Kim Forero by e-mail.
He sent CNN Forero's response, which read in part:
"Thank you for your concerns. We will continue to address issues of diversity and respect for all. The format of pep rally will need to be reconsidered. I appreciate your concern for your alma mater."
Yelich, for his part, said he could see how the skit could have been misconstrued and that he intends to set clearer expectations for behavior.
"I have some opportunities here to make positive change," he said.
CNN was not able to obtain the names of the students involved in the skit.
Whatever their intentions were, one thing was clear: Their portrayals of Chris Brown and Rihanna fell short -- the kid who played the dairy farmer was crowned Mr. Waverly.
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Precious Paris lands a spot in the October issue of EnveOnline. The issue is titled "Respect Our Mic Vol. 2" and give's you an inside look at the industry from a woman's perspective.
The G-Unit emcee also sat down with the publication for a video interview to talk about a wide variety of subjects. Check that out below.
EO: How do you fit into G-Unit?
Paris: Well I'm from Queens. It seems like a lot of us here are from Queens. Me and 50 kinda have the same story except I'm showing you my story from a woman's perspective. We're from the same block. He's telling you what he did. I'm probably coming from the girlfriend;s perspective... the hustler's girlfriend on the same block. I have a different story from my man that's going to jail. There's different struggles that I go through as a woman, but at the same time it all coincides with each other because we're going down the same road together. It's just different bumps that we hit. So I think I fit in perfectly, I feel very comfortable here. I don't want to be anywhere else. I say that all the time and I mean that.
Describe the approach you took making your mixtape.
I remember meeting Snoop a long time ago. I'm sure he doesn't remember meeting me. We were in a club and his record came on. Everybody was jumping to it and mind you this record was like fifteen years old. I'm like everybody is feeling your song as if it just dropped yesterday. How do you do it? He said, 'I spit from my heart.' And that's what I did on this album. I didn't care about what people thought. I just wanted to feel it in my veins. I feel like if I feel it in my veins other people will too. Nothing fake, nothing fabricated, it's real.
You just started off when you did the Smooth Magazine cover before your mixtape dropped. Do you think that changed certain people's view of you as an emcee? Not a woman, but as an emcee?
No, because once I open my mouth it's a wrap. Yeah I threw on a bathing suit because in the "Queens" video [I'm wearing] a fitted hat. Guys was like, 'I like her swag, but what she really look like?' So I showed them and then I went back into my mode. I can go there real quick. Stilettos to sneaks, sneaks to stilettos real quick. But as soon as I open my mouth and I spit that will dead all of that.
What is the best advice 50 Cent has given you?
He told me the four qualities that I needed to have to be an artist when he first called me in to join the roster. Great music, personality, stage presence and your look. And he said, 'If you got that boo, you're good.' So I just worked on it. I'm a perfectionist.
Who's in Rida Gang?
You know it's not always gonna be me and Kidd Kidd. It is a subdivision of G-Unit, like a pyramid. Me and Kidd Kidd are holding Rida Gang down at the moment and we're gonna make it as big as it can possibly be. I love the name. I love Kidd Kidd. I love being in a clique because I'm competitive. So it kind of keeps me on my toes to be with guys that are so talented and their spit game is so impeccable. We compete all the time. If Kidd Kidd did fifty songs I'm doing fifty two.
What topics do you want to discuss through your music?
I'm really not feeling domestic abuse. I'm really not feeling guys hitting on females. And females, some of y'all be beating y'all dudes up too. Y'all gotta stop it. If you hit him don't think he's not gonna hit you back like a man. I don't put my hands on guys anymore, so I wanna talk about that. I learned the hard way when I got laid out, but we can talk about it. We can talk about a lot of topic for teenage girls that don't have guidance. Teenage girls that get pregnant, raped. I have a lot of ideas in my future. I wanna start organizations and foundations for girls that have no guidance, role models and no direction. If I can help through music to inspire them to let them know that I went through this. I'm gonna go from my perspective because I've been through some things. You're suicidal? OK, everything's gonna be OK believe me. You're feeling a little crazy right now, your whole world is gonna end. But tomorrow the sun is gonna shine and you're gonna feel gorgeous again. I just want people, especially young girls to know your worth.
To check out the October issue of EnveOnline, which also features Nitty Scott, MC, Nyemiah Supreme, Angela Yee, Ms. Jade and others click below.
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Busta Rhymes releases a new music video for "Movie" featuring J-Doe. The song is off the Cash Money rapper's free album Year of the Dragon.
Download the album from Google Play.
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South African rappers Ninja and Yolandi Visser better known as Die Antwoord have just released a music for "Fatty Boom Boom" that is not going to make the folks over at their former label, Interscope Records happy at all.
For starters they have a Lady Gaga look-a-like who gets hijacked. She then makes her way to a gynecologist when her v*gina won't stop itching.
"I've just been having the weirdest f*cking day. First I get hijacked, now there's something really funny going on down there. I think I might have picked something up," Gaga says.
What the doctor finds can only be described as disgusting.
Gaga later gets eaten alive by a lion.
According to Spin, Die Antwoord's dislike for the American pop star started when they were still signed to Interscope. The label heads asked them to open for a Lady Gaga tour. They turned down the opportunity.
“We like making pop music, but we like making hardcore music at the same time, mixing them, but they’ve got, like, soul. It’s not like weak, superficial sh*t. You know?” Ninja said at the time, explaining the groups decision for not wanting to tour with Gaga.
The group didn't just single Gaga out in the "Fatty Boom Boom" video. Kanye West, Nicki Minaj and The Black Eyed Peas also take shots.
At the 0:46 mark there is graffiti of West and Minaj as multiheaded cat with devil horns taking a crap on the faces of the Peas.
The song appears on Die Antwoord's latest album, Ten$ion.
Watch the hilarious video below.
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Sway from MTV, FunkMaster Flex ,Kid Capri, legendary Marley Marl and Clinton Sparks align with Power Moves executive Shawn Prez to announce the first ever Global Spin Awards and its nominees. Global Spin Awards will be the premiere DJ Awards and Ceremony
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Battle rap legend Big T of Chicago has released his 4th Edition of The Big T Tuesday Series This song is more of a melodic word play and a street anthem. Produced by Rio Bxc.
A songs that every one can relate to
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Yo Gotti is releasing his CM7: The World Is Yours mixtape tomorrow, October 17th. Here we get some nice footage of what an artist goes through when selecting songs for a project.
Gotti carefully sifts through tracks trying to find the right bangers.
Guest appearance from Jadakiss.
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Here is Wiz Khalifa's new mixtape, Cabin Fever 2. The project has features from Juicy J, Problem, Chevy Woods, Menace, Donato, Lavishand more.
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It's Tuesday, so that means it's time for another segment of XXL's Show N’ Off Freestyle's with Statik Selektah.
The next emcee to step up to the mic is YMCMB/Militia's own Cory Gunz.
Watch Cory do his thing below.
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Many people wondered where Young Dro was at when Grand Hustle did their 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards cypher. Well he's still doing his thing with the crew and showed up for a freestyle session on Sway in the Morning along with D.O.P.E.
Check out their freestyles below.
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As many of you may know, 50 Cent has been giving back to the community with his philanthropic endeavors set up through Street King energy shots and SMS Audio.
50 has aligned SMS Audio with Feeding America to donate 250 meals in the U.S. for each domestic purchase of a headphone at SMSAudio.com.
The G-Unit boss has also teamed up with the World Food Programme to provide a meal for a person in need in famine devastated parts of Africa. A single purchase of Street King energy shots provides a meal.
In a new PSA released by Feeding America we get introduced to a gentleman by the name of Scott. Scott tells the story of being an every day middle class working American who found himself in need of help after he lost his job. With a family of four to feed he turned to the food bank to get the help he needed.
"Today one in six Americans don't know where their next meal is coming from," 50 says. "Scott here could be your neighbor, your co-worker, your friend. He's just like you and you probably don't even know he's struggling. But you can make a difference in Scott's life today. So visit www.FeedingAmerica.org/hunger and find a local food bank to help."
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Here's Machine Gun Kelly's new music video for "See My Tears." The SPORDY19XX-directed clip shows what the Cleveland artist means to his fans as we see a disabled person inspired by MGK's music walk for the first time onstage at one of his shows.
Produced by the J.U.S.T.I.C.E League
MGK's Lace Up album is now in stores.
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