As we all know by now, 50 Cent and Fat Joe put their long running beef to bed during the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta last weekend. The two have been receiving universal praise for being big enough men to look past their differences while honoring Chris Lighty.
Peter Rosenberg spoke on the situation this morning and gave the two men well deserved props.
"Time to give some props to Fat Joe and 50 Cent. You gotta respect it man," Rosenberg said on Hot 97's show The Realness. "They put their differences aside. It may have taken way too long, but at least they finally settled it. Two guys who are doing very well in life and really have nothing to fight about anymore. They buried the hatchet for their friend Chris Lighty and I couldn't be happier about it."
Would you like to see 50 and Joe collaborate on a song together?
Roc Nation MC J. Cole recently hit the studio with Odd Future singer Frank Ocean and producer No I.D. No word on what they were working on or where it will end up, but that's a lot of talent in one room.
Check out some pics from the session below courtesy of FSD.
Kid Cudi previewed a snippet of this song a few days ago during a video clip, now we get the full CDQ version. "King Wizard" is set to appear on Cudi's upcoming album, Indicud.
Kendrick Lamar was the musical guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon yesterday. The Compton, California rapper performed his hit "Swimming Pools (Drank)" off of his upcoming album Good Kid, m.A.A.d City, which drops October 22nd.
G-Unit affiliate Mike Knox stopped by Philadephia radio station Hot 107.9 to talk with Q Deezy about the altercation with MMG rapper Gunplay that went down at the BET Hip Hop Awardsin Atlanta Saturday (September 29th).
Video footage emerged from the fight that showed Gunplay punching Knox in the back. Knox explains that he had just been pepper sprayed after lumping Gunplay up, but the footage doesn't catch that part.
"You know what happens in those type of situations when people are fighting. They usually pepper spray the person that's being the most aggressive or the biggest person, and I was the biggest person," Knox explained. "He wasn't pepper sprayed at the time. They pepper sprayed all of us, so everybody tried to run from it and I slipped. And anybody knows that if you've been pepper sprayed before you can't see anything, you can't really talk, you're trying to get yourself together because you're caught off guard. And I caught a real big batch of it. So when the video starts I'm already on the ground and you can see the pepper spray in the air. Then [Gunplay] jumps up and runs over and starts to hit me in my back. So if that's what he felt that he needed to do to redeem himself, to make it seem like he did something that's cool, but you gotta treat it like a dope fiend."
Knox said that when they caught Gunplay he was running from the Jeezy/Ross altercation.
"[Gunplay] was running from an a$$ whooping," Knox said. "Whatever was going on with that other situation. He was running from that and ran into an a$$ whooping. We seen him and he got a little ignorant. I guess he thought I was security and I damn near broke my hand on him. He got dealt with as if like he was gave a package, a bundle in the hood and he messed it up or he didn't pay his credit for the dope that he be using."
Knox explained that 50 Cent wasn't even involved in the fight. He said that Gunplay was throwing 50's name in there to get media attention.
"I know he wanna do mixtapes and diss records and make it a whole 50 Cent/G-Unit when that's not what it's about," said Knox. "It's about you being a dope fiend and you need help. You need to go and sign up to a drug treatment program and get yourself together. You making your team look bad."
For Big T Tuesday, he drops off "Reason." A track he calls "crazy but hard joint excellent word play and a very aggressive cadence and art work of your choice."
There's simply no denying Miguel's talent. The R&B crooner burst onto the scene in 2010 with his debut album All I Want Is You, which spawned the title track hit, as well as "Quickie" and "Sure Thing."
He's bounced right back in 2012 with the album Kaleidoscope Dream, which already has one monster hit in "Adorn." His latest single is the smooth track "Do You."
Peep the video for "Do You" below and do yourself a favor by grabbing Kaleidoscope Dream from iTunes.
XXL kicked off a new segment today called Show N' Off. Each Tuesday they will feature new freestyles from both hip hop's up and coming and most well known MC's. Statik Selektah will be the host.
This week they kick things off right with a freestyle from Beanie Sigel that was filmed prior to him getting locked up.
A bonus freestyle from Prodigy will be featured this Thursday so keep it locked here because you know we will have that.
Ashanti recruits R. Kelly for "That's What We Do." The song is the latest single off of Ashanti's upcoming fifth studio album, Braveheart, which will be released via her own Written Entertainment label.
You can download "That's What We Do" now from iTunes.
Alicia Keys will be releasing her fifth studio album titled Girl on Fireon November 27th. The singer is currently shooting the video for the title track.
Check out a few behind the scenes photos from the Sophie Muller-directed video.
Machine Gun Kelly lived up to his wild boy image during the BET Hip Hop Awards weekend in Atlanta. The rapper was hired to perform at The Source Power 30 party on Friday (September 28th) that was held at a Microsoft store.
During his performance, MGK hopped from table to table barely missing the computers that were on them. Despite being asked to get off the tables the Bad Boy artist refused. At one point he gave store employees the middle finger.
“Suck my d*ck, I’m up in this motherf*cker. MGK in this b*tch. F*ck these computers.” the rapper said according to AllHipHop.
At that point his mic was cut off and cops were called.
No word on if MGK got arrested, but it's probably safe to assume he won't be getting any Microsoft endorsements.
In Vlog No. 3 of Yelawolf's Slumerican Tour, the Shady Records rapper takes us behind the scenes as the tour stops in Tallahassee, FL, Starkville, MS and Memphis, TN.
Appearances by DJ Vajra, Rittz, Trouble Andrew & friends.
The world's "Most Hardest MC," Styles P is back with brand new visuals for "Holiday Any Emcee." It's a nice track from the D-Block veteran. The Rakim sampled hook helps to set it off.
Lil Scrappy was arrested Monday for violating his probation. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the DeKalb County jail listed the probation violation as having occurred on Sept. 4.
According to TMZ, Scrappy, whose real name is Darryl Richardson, is on probation stemming from a 2008 marijuana conviction.
At that time he was sentenced to five years probation and ordered not to use illegal drugs or possess any alcoholic beverages. He was also ordered to perform 240 hours of community service and complete an alcohol/drug education program.
A picture of Scrappy being taken into custody can be seen below.
The "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” cast member Tweeted: "I just got locked up pray for me."
His management team later sent out a Tweet saying they were working to get the rapper released from custody.
In the last four years Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has raked in a fortune from his NFL salary and various endorsements, but the money is being spent at an alarming rate.
TMZ reports that Vick has blown through $29 million, or roughly 95% of his total income since filing for bankruptcy in 2008.
The QB made $31 million during that time period. "Of that, $10.9 went to taxes, $9.2 mil went to creditors, $2.7 went to lawyers and accountants, and the rest is for various things, including child support and living expenses." That leaves Vick with $1.5 million, which is nothing to sneeze at, but he's still taken a huge financial hit.
The good news is that he signed a 6 year, $100 million contract in 2011 with the Eagles. That includes almost $40 million in guaranteed money. That will hopefully ensure that the 32-year old player won't be hurting for money even after his career is long over with.
Nas finally drops the official music video for his single "Cherry Wine," featuring the late great Amy Winehouse. The song is featured on Nas' latest album Life Is Good.
Kendrick Lamar's new album Good Kid, M.A.A.d City will be released on October 22nd. To get fans even more hyped up than they already were he drops this Dr. Dre assisted, Just Blaze produced ode to his hometown of "Compton."
We also get our first look at the album's tracklist. Kendrick has enlisted the help of Jay Rock, Drake, MC Eiht, Dr. Dre, Mary. J. Blige and more for the project.
Tracklist:
1. Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter
2. Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe 3. Backseat Freestyle 4. The Art of Peer Pressure 5. Money Trees Ft. Jay Rock 6. Poetic Justice Ft. Drake 7. good kid 8. m.A.A.d city Ft. MC Eiht 9. Swimming Pools (Drank) [Extended Version] 10. Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst 11. Real Ft. Anna Wise 12. Compton Ft. Dr. Dre
Deluxe
13. The Recipe Ft. Dr. Dre 14. Black Boy Fly 15. Now or Never Ft. Mary J. Blige 16. Collect Calls 17. Swimming Pools (Drank) (Bonus)
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