G-Unit's Tony Yayo delivers his brand new mixtape featuring Too $hort, Bun, B, Slim Thug, Cory Gunz, Danny Brown and Ron Bowz.
G-Unit's Tony Yayo delivers his brand new mixtape featuring Too $hort, Bun, B, Slim Thug, Cory Gunz, Danny Brown and Ron Bowz.
Grand Hustle artist Iggy Azalea releases her long awaited Glory EP. The 6-track project features T.I., Mike Posner, Pusha T and B.o.B.
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Keyshia Cole recruits Young Money boss Lil Wayne for her new single "Enough Of No Love." The song is the lead single off of Keyshia's upcoming album Woman to Woman.
“Conceptually I wanted to do something that was strictly fashion and beauty and just a little of narrative,” explained director Benny Boom. “I just wanted people to see her come back, just performing crazy. So I came up with this idea of her sort of being in this padded room as if she had lost hermind over love.”
Directed by Benny Boom
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The family of Flesh-N-Bone's teenage daughter have reported her missing.
According to TMZ, San Bernadino police say 15-year old Monica Howse of Big Bear City was last seen on July 23rd at around 4 PM after being dropped off for work at the Taco Bell in Big Bear Lake. When she did not return home after her work shift ended, Monica was reported as a missing person to the Big Bear Station.
Police believe Monica is in the company of 23-year old Alberto Silva Sanchez (pictured with Monica above).
"We hope and pray for the safe return of our daughter. We ask anyone with information on her whereabouts to please contact the authorities," Flesh told TMZ.
Sanchez, a resident of Big Bear City is reported to be driving a 1997 black Ford F150 single cab truck with Kansas license plates.
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The man who discovered Drake is suing his management company, claiming that he is being cheated out of his share of royalties. In addition the lawsuit claims that Drake is also being screwed out of money he has earned.
James "Jas" Prince, the son of Rap-A-Lot Records CEO J. Prince, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court against Cortez Bryant, Gerald Roberson, Derrick Lawrence and their firms, including Aspire Music Group LLC, Laurant Management and Three Kings. Prince says they have refused to provide an accounting of what he is owed.
The lawsuit states that in or around 2007/2008 Prince discovered Drake on Myspace and introduced him to Lil Wayne, Bryant, Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records, Inc. Prince claims that despite an agreement to split the profits associated with Drake's success, he hasn't been paid a dime.
The suit also alleges that Drake hasn't been paid either.
“He hasn’t been paid, and we haven’t been paid,” Prince’s lawyer, James McMillan told the New York Post.
McMillan told the New York Daily News that the companies are hiding behind one man, Ronald Sweeney, who represents both Drake's managers and the record company that pays the royalties.
McMillan says the companies are controlled by Lil Wayne and have sold over 5 million copies of Drake's albums.
"It's one big shell game," McMillan said.
Julia Beverly of Ozone Magazine points out that on page 2 of exhibit F of the lawsuit, Drake's lawyers appear to be attempting to get Drake out of his YMCMB contract.
The PDF file of the lawsuit is attached here.
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Here's the official recap of the Coast 2 Coast Music Industry Mixer that went down in New Orleanson Thursday, July 26th.
Young Jack Thriller @JackThriller
(ThisIs50.com/G-Unit Comedian)
DJ Pain 1 @DJPain1
(Certified Gold Producer for Young Jeezy, Yo Gotti, 2 Chainz, Soulja Boy & More)
DJ E.F. Cuttin @EFCuttin
(Core DJ / Jet Life Tour DJ / 91.5FM WTUL)
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Waka Flocka Flame gets wild and rowdy in his new video for "Fist Pump" featuring B.o.B. Bobby Ray doesn't appear in the video but we get plenty of concert footage of Waka out on the road performing and partying with fans.
Directed by Blind Folks Vision and FTS Creative
The song is featured on Waka's new album, Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family available now on iTunes.
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Via CBS News
(CBS/AP) CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Colorado prosecutors filed 24 counts of murder charges Monday against James Eagan Holmes, the former neuroscience student accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 others at an Aurora movie theater.
For each victim who died in the rampage, Holmes, 24, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one for allegedly intending to cause harm and another for allegedly acting with extreme indifference to human life, according to court documents.
Prosecutors also filed 116 counts of attempted murder against Holmes, who Aurora police said booby trapped his apartment with the intent to kill any officers responding there the night of the theater attack. Among the charges Monday was one count of possession of explosives and one count of committing a crime of violence.
Holmes appeared just as dazed as he did in his first court appearance last week, but at one point exchanged a few words with one of his attorneys in the packed courtroom. He was not expected to enter pleas on Monday. He ultimately could verbally enter a plea, or his attorneys could enter it for him.
Unlike Holmes' first court appearance July 23, Monday's hearing was not televised. At the request of the defense, District Chief Judge William Sylvester barred video and still cameras from the hearing, saying expanded coverage could interfere with Holmes' right to a fair trial.
Last week, Sylvester allowed a live video feed that permitted the world its first glimpse of the shooting suspect. With an unruly mop of orange hair, Holmes appeared bleary-eyed and distracted. He did not speak.
Investigators said Holmes began stockpiling gear for his assault four months ago and bought his weapons in May and June, well before the shooting spree just after midnight during a showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises."
The four guns retrieved from the shooting were purchased legally at three Colorado gun stores between May 22 and July 6, CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports. A federal law enforcement source told CBS News that Holmes spent $15,000 fortifying his arsenal online. Authorities found a shipping label from BulkAmmo.com in a dumpster near Holmes' apartment, the source said. EBay was the vendor Holmes used to purchase some body armor, the source said.
Holmes was arrested by police outside the theater. Analysts said that means it's likely there's only one main point of legal dispute between prosecutors and the defense.
"I don't think it's too hard to predict the path of this proceeding," said Craig Silverman, a former chief deputy district attorney in Denver. "This is not a whodunit. ... The only possible defense is insanity."
One development over the weekend brought more grief. A woman who was critically wounded and whose 6-year-old daughter was killed suffered a miscarriage because of the trauma, her family said Saturday. Ashley Moser's daughter, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, was the youngest person killed in the attack.
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Meek Mill covers the new issue of The Source. The Maybach Music rapper will be releasing his debut album, Dreams & Nightmares next month on August 28th.
“It’s all about me thinking what type of first album am I gonna present to the people. [I got] something for the streets, the clubs, storytelling, soulful songs, deep songs," Meek told The Source of his new album.
He also talked to The Source about the Chris Brown/Drake fight.
“I was there, and sh*t got real. I had nothing to do with it. I don’t have a problem with Drake….It was a lot of unknown guys throwing bottles," he said.
The magazine hits news stands on August 7th.
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Chris Tucker is officially back out on the road doing what he does best, and that is making people laugh. The comedian just released a video showing fan reactions from his shows in San Antonio and Birmingham.
Check out the dates for some of his upcoming shows. More Dates to follow including: UK, Atlanta, Australia, NYC, Boston, and DC.
Aug 4 Columbia, SC
Aug 10 Hollywood, Fl
Aug 11 Baltimore, MD
Aug 17 Dallas, TX
Aug 24 Pittsburg, PA
Aug 25 Cleveland, OH
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With his new single "New Day" featuring Alicia Keys and Dr. Dre already receiving lots of positive reviews, Interscope Records has announced that 50 Cent's next album, Street King Immortal will will be released on November 13th.
The disc will be distributed via Shady/Aftermath/Interscope.
You can pick up a copy of "New Day" now on iTunes.
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Big Snoop Dogg headlined the second day of the Catalpa Music Festival on Randalls Island in New York on Sunday, July 29th. The West Coast veteran performed his classic album Doggystyle plus more with some help from Tha Dogg Pound and The Lady of Rage.
Check out the footage below courtesy of @EMETakeover.
Snoop performs "Tha Shiznit, Ain't No Fun, G'z Up, Hoes Down"
Snoop performs "Murder Was the Case"
Snoop performs "Aint Nothing But A G Thang"
Snoop performs "Gin and Juice"
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The Catalpa Music Festival was held this past weekend in New York on Randalls Island. Among the artist to perform were AraabMuzik, A$AP Rocky and A$AP Mob.
Watch A$AP and the Mob perform "Bath Salt" and "Pretty Flacko" and AraabMuzik's set that mixed hip hop, DubStep and more.
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A$AP Rocky and A$AP Mob perform "Bath Salt" x "Pretty Flacko"
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Cosmic Kev sat down with Nas to talk about his song "Daughters" which appears on his album, Life Is Good. Nas also speaks on how the song would have been different if it had been written for his son.
"As a grown man talking to a young man in the making. That's a whole different conversation," Nas said. "When I'm talking to my daughter it's like I've been single, I've been young, I've been living fast, I've been dating. You know, I've been doing what I'm doing, seeing different girls all over the world and then that day comes when you have a daughter yourself. It just hits you right in the face and just changes your whole idea about everything. You wanna protect her. It's kinda like we're contradicted because we're out there doing what we're doing living an adult life, but we don't won't that for our kids ever."
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After getting positive reception from the release of his debut album, Unexpected Arrival, Diggy Simmons is getting back into the swing of things by dropping freestyles over popular instrumentals. His latest video features him spitting over Kanye West and Pusha T's "New God Flow."
Check that out below.
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Here is a video recap the Coast 2 Coast Industry Mixer Houston Editionheld on Wednesday 7/25/12.
Celebrity Industry Judges Included:
Young Jack Thriller @JackThriller
(ThisIs50.com/G-Unit Comedian)
DJ Pain 1 @DJPain1
(Certified Gold Producer for Young Jeezy, Yo Gotti, 2 Chainz, Soulja Boy & More)
J. Ellis
(A&R at Rap-A-Lot Records)
Big Swift
(Producer for Scarface, Getto Boys, Slim Thug, Devin The Dude & More)
Video Shot & Edited by Colin Stewart- felt-creative.com.
For more information on this event visit: http://coast2coastmixtapes.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?eventid=76
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Grand Hustle boss T.I. has been dividing his time between working with his acts like Iggy Azalea, Trae Tha Truth and Chip and working on his next solo album. Here we find him filming a brand new video for a new song titled "Go Get It."
The video is being filmed by Alex Nazari
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Rap star 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Jr. plan to take the UFChead-on for the hearts and wallets of the next generation of fight fans, after forming a company that could dramatically shift the power-base in boxing.
In a revealing interview with News Limited Newspapers, 50 Cent outlined plans to challenge the domination of boxing promoters Golden Boy and Top Rank "immediately", with their new company TMT (The Money Team) Promotions.
Mayweather has been co-ordinating raids to sign boxing's best stars from jail - he is due to be released August 3 - with 50 Cent negotiating the deals and yesterday signing Australia's IBF featherweight champion Billy Dib to a three-year contract.
50 Cent and Billy Dib
"We want to change boxing," said 50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson, who's amassed a $110 million fortune in the music game.
"The goal initially is to create a company by fighters, for the fighters, which breaks the traditional vibe of promoters taking advantage of fighters.
"We're going to change the demographic also, appeal to the younger demographic.
"You look at UFC and MMA, when their festivities start the place is full, whereas the tradition in boxing is you wait until the main event starts.
"We want to put on cards where there are five main event fights, where there is entertainment from start to finish, cards that command attention all over the world."
50 Cent said TMT Promotions would put on their first show in November, most likely in Las Vegas. That show would likely feature Mayweather's return to the ring.
Many disillusioned boxing fans have switched to the UFC in recent years, tired of mismatches, politics and meaningless alphabet titles, though Mayweather remains the most watched combat athlete on the planet and earns an estimated $40 million per fight.
With the undefeated Mayweather's boxing credentials, and 50 Cent's mass appeal beyond the sport, several contracted top fighters are expected to defect from GBP and Top Rank to join TMT.
"I've already had fighters say to me, 'I wish I could join [TMT] but I've got this contract'," 50 Cent said.
"To me, the options are pretty clear. You can deal with a snake in the grass, a snake in the street or you could try something new."
50 Cent has a well-known story of a tough upbringing in New York, going from teenage drug-dealer to the globe's most recognisable rap star and a successful businessman earning $100 million in a deal to market vitamin water.
"I come from a background where not everything is in your favour, but I always anticipate success, I approach things with a positive outlook," said 50 Cent in reference to his latest venture.
Sydney's Dib is the third fighter on TMT's roster, with stars Yuriorkis Gamboa and Andre Dirrell already on the books.
Andre Dirrell
"I really want to associate myself with the best possible talent, and Billy falls into that category," 50 Cent said.
"Floyd asked me to sign him, he has been watching his career and he has always been a big fan.
"When you have talent, it is important to showcase that talent."
50 Cent and Billy Dib talk about Dib's signing to TMT Promotions
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Ludacris gets wild and crazy in his new video for "Jingalin," the first single off of his upcoming album Ludaversal. Luda plays judge while a bunch of females get down and dirty while jello wrestling. It's definitely a fun video to watch.
Cop the single now from iTunes.