Last month Waka Flocka dissed Wiz Khalifa for having "no swag" and "hyping" his way to the top. Wiz has steered clear of starting a war of words with Waka, but yesterday Snoop Dogg came to his defense.
"I'mma holla at Waka Flocka. That's where big Uncle Snoop come in at, 'cause we ain't about that negativity and none of that beef. We too old for that," he said on Big Boy's Neighborhood radio show. "I'ma snatch him up by the collar and say, 'Look here, partna. You got somethin' to say to Wiz, get at him personally.' We peaceful. We on nothing but peace right now. We'll get it right."
Snoop and Wiz have become good friends since filming the movie Mac and Devin Go to High School and recording it's soundtrack together.
"This is my guy right here," Snoop added. "I love Wiz 'cause he got the right spirit that Hip Hop needs. Too much negativity in the industry that always overwhelms his kind of spirit, and I'm here to let people know that this is the right kind of spirit to be moving with because it's gonna be here for a long time"
Waka Flocka says Wiz Khalifa "hyped" his way to the top
Snoop Dogg responds to Waka Flocka dissing Wiz Khalifa
The Alchemist and Oh No, together known as GANGRENE want you to have a good time when you cop their new album Vodka & Ayahuasca. As an example they just released a hilarious trailer for the disc and ask that you send in footage of yourself buying it while wasted. They claim they will use the footage at some point in the future.
Given The Alchemist's sense of humor you never know if they are serious or not, but check out the clip below and have a laugh.
Sugar Tongue Slim takes Goyte's hit records "Somebody I Used To Know" and flips it into a rap tune. The song will be featured on STS' upcoming project GOLDRush.
Drake and producer producer Noah "40" Shebib work very well together. The two have carved out a sound that has obviously been very successful. That success has led to competition and comparisons to other rappers and producers.
Drake is involved in an all out battle with G.O.O.D. Music affiliate Common. Current G.O.O.D. Music artist Pusha T is perceived to be taking shots at Drake on his recent "Don't F*ck With Me" and "Sweet" freestyles and 40 told Vibe in their August/September 2010 issue that Kanye West once cursed him out for "borrowing" his sound.
"There are more similarities between me and Ye on 808s and So Far Gone than to Thank Me Later," 40 said at the time. "Ye cussed me out one day about jacking his sound. '40 I don't think you should be in the studio right now because you might just hear my new sh*t and subconsciously steal my new sh*t and it wouldn't even be your fault.' I can't even be mad at him because the last CD I listened to was 808s & Heartbreak before I started doing So Far Gone. I swear to God I haven't listened to a CD since other than Erykah Badu's new album which I love. That's it. I try not to listen to too much music because I don't want to be subconsciously influenced and he's 100% right about that."
In a new interview with MTV, 40 insists there is no problem or competition between himself and the Louis Vuitton Don despite any past issues.
"He's a huge influence to me. I look up to that guy like crazy. I always have and I always will. To ever suggest something like that I think is way out of line," 40 said. "That's someone who's carved out a sound for rap music a couple of times, who has really influenced and changed the game as an individual. It would be crazy to say there's competition. I'm grateful to any and everybody that's ever influenced me, including Mr. West."
Shady Records artist Yelawolf teams up with rock veteran Kid Rock for "Let's Roll." The song/video is the latest single off of Yela's new album Radioactive.
50 Cent took over the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Tuesday (January 10). The hip hop mogul was on hand to showcase his new SMS Audio headphone line.
50 granted interviews, posed for pictures and signed autographs on the first day of the world's largest annual technology tradeshow. On Thursday 50 and DJ Pauly D will formally announce plans for a new line of SMS Audio headphones for the G-Note artist at the conference.
Check out pictures and video from 50's first day at the event below.
Please visit www.smsaudio.com for more information on products and pricing.
The accused killer of Brick Squad Monopoly rapper Slim Dunkin has been denied bond.
Vinson Hardimon aka Young Vito, will remain in Atlanta's Fulton County Jail on murder and gun possession charges following a court appearance Tuesday (January 10).
Detective David Quinn told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he's gotten witnesses to come forward in the case.
“I put up the testimony of two witnesses,” he said, referring to Tuesday's hearing. Quinn added that Young Vito left behind evidence at the scene of the crime.
“His laptop was left behind with his name on it,” Quinn said. “And his name was on the dry-erase board as next up to rap.”
Police say the 28-year-old shot and killed 24-year-old Dunkin, real name Mario Hamilton, on Dec. 16 at an Atlanta recording studio during a fight that started over a piece of candy.
According to AJC, Vito has been arrested at least four times since 2004 on charges ranging from aggravated assault, cruelty to children and gun offenses.
DJ Pauly D made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno yesterday (January 10). The G-Note Records artist talked about his hectic life and current business opportunities.
Among the topics covered were his love for motorcycles, his deal with Devoted Creations to produce his own tanning spray, Jersey Shore's season in Italy and becoming a DJ at age 15.
Pauly also discussed becoming the first DJ to have his hands imprinted at Planet Hollywood and talks about his admiration for 50 Cent and what fans can expect from his album.
"Dirty Middle Class" is a conceptual project made by young minds from Philadelphia, New York, Delaware and Los Angeles and serves as a prelude to Asaad's EP entitled "006". It features production by Bink!(Jay-Z, Kanye West, Rick Ross), Nascent & QB (50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, L.E.P. Bogus Boys), Ritz Reynolds (Mac Miller, The Roots) and more.
01. Black Kid’s Dream (Prod. by Bink!) 02. Mr. White Lighter (Prod. by Fall Out Beatz) 03. Ammo (Skit) 04. Dirty White Leathers (Prod. by Nascent & QB) 05. Paradise Jungle (Prod. by Juicy J) 06. Nobody Special Justin (Skit) 07. Mobbin’ (Prod. by Manny Wit Da Beats) 08. Mom & Nia (Skit) 09. Asaad’s New Groove (Prod. by Nicolay) 10. Mr. Porter (Skit) 11. Paint On The Fur (Prod. by Nascent & QB) 12. Suicide Supermodel (Prod. by KW) 13. Fuk My Life (Interlude) (Prod. by Ben Pramuk & Manny Wit Da Beats) 14. Fated (feat. Wyo & DRGNKNG Dom) (Prod. by DJ Sophic & Me!) 15. Aunt Tee (Skit) 16. Make My Day (Prod. by Khari Mateen) 17. Suicide Love Note (feat. How To Dress Well) (Prod. by Tom Krell) 18. Gutter Rock (Remix) (feat. INI & Walt Fraze) (Prod. by Walt Fraze) 19. Black City (feat. Rich Hil) (Prod. by Ritz Reynolds) 20. Sleep It Off (feat. Drgn King) (Prod. by Ritz Reynolds)
Makeup artist Promise Tamang Phan has built up quite a following on youtube with nearly 500,000 subscribers who tune in to watch her transform herself to everyone from Mystique of the X-men to Tomb Raider's Lara Croft.
Her latest project was Drizzy Drake. Watch as she does her thing below.
50 Cent is in Las Vegas this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) where he is showcasing his new SMS Audio headphones. Fif and DJ Pauly D will also formally announce plans for Pauly D's own SMS Audio headphone line on Thursday.
Spike TV's CES All Access Live is giving tech fans up to the minute streaming coverage of the event. They had the chance to sit down with 50 earlier today to talk about what separates his headphone line from the competition, his frustration with Interscope regarding his upcoming album and his son's love for NBA 2K12.
Check out the Q and A below.
Why get into headphones, everybody is doing it right?
It's an extension to my passion for music. Because I spend more time in the studio mixing material, making sure the sound quality is right than actually creating the idea. The song writing process for me is faster than actually finishing the song.
You've got two pairs. You've got Street and you got Sync which are wireless. Now, you have been a pioneer in a lot of ways. There's a lot of guys doing headphones right now. Dre, your man has Beats by Dre--really successful. So tell me if I gotta decide which one I'm going to buy do you have the better sounding?
I think it's the best sounding wireless headset. Because a lot of the headsets that are out there that are wireless are using blue tooth which was originally created for telecommunications, but the Kleer technology within these headsets allow me to have a 16 bit lossless wireless technology that allows me to be 50 feet away from the single source. That doesn't have any distortion that's still cd quality.
I've seen a lot of mentions from you on your Twitter about your music career. How you have lost faith in it. I saw you apologizing to Jimmy [Iovine]. Are you doing headphones now? Are you still doing music?
I went through the process to write this album, it's been discouraging at points to not see the same efforts from everyone.
You're a big gamer, your son's a big gamer. Are we ever gonna see some headsets for gamers?
Possibly, he's really big on the 2K right now.
NBA 2K?
Yeah, it's amazing how they make the players look like actual people.
Maino drops his predictions for 2012. The song starts off mellow with The Hand of God predicting Rihanna and Chris Brown will get back together. It only takes a few more bars before he decides to dead that beat and come back with a harder hitting track to give predictions on what his year will look like.
Azealia Banks is making a lot of noise in a very short amount of time. The Harlem-bred emcee has been endorsed by Kanye West, who reportedly wants to sign her to his G.O.O.D Music imprint. Gwyneth Paltrow and Kelly Rowland are also said to be fans of the 20-year old's music video "212".
She ranks 3rd on BBC's Sound of 2012 list right behind Frank Ocean as an artist to watch for in 2012 and is booked to play this year's Coachella Festival.
Things are obviously looking up for Azealia, who is as outspoken as she is talented.
When we first featured a story about the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts graduate in Manhattan, the same school Nicki Minaj attended, she had just finished going in on Kreayshawn via Twitter.
In an interview she did for TheHundreds Magazine: Music Edition, Vol. 3 Issue 2, she goes in on Kreayshawn again and has some not so kind words for Nicki.
Check out what she had to say below.
On Kreayshawn:
"As much as Kreayshawn would love to be considered part of this 'rap game,' she's not. I guess a part of me is kind of annoyed that those white girls are making these songs, and it's like if these girls were black and making the same songs would you be that interested?"
On Nicki Minaj:
"The butt, the hair, the this, the that, all the other sh*t, like... As much respect that I have for her, we've seen you do this already, what else can you do?"
She also talked to BBC about her first record deal signed when she was 16 with XL Recordings. Home to artists such as M.I.A., Radiohead, Beck and Tyler, The Creator. Things didn't exactly go well during her time there and she wound up having a falling out with the company's president Richard Russell.
"It was almost the day I signed to XL that they started checking out," she says. "There were a good seven to eight months where I was just sending them texts and no-one would say anything or pick up the phone or respond to my emails. Nothing. And it started to ruin me. So I started harassing Richard. Like, 'Dude, I'm going to chop your neck off. Answer my emails!'"
When Russell finally got back to her, his response to "212" was not what she expected so she bailed.
"So I was like, this is not what I worked so hard my entire life to do - to be rejected by some English guy in West Bumblefrickin' nowhere London, telling me I'm amateur or something like that. So I just said, 'Screw you!'"
To read more about Azealia pick up The Hundreds new issue when it becomes available Thursday, February 2, 2012.
Tyga's "Rack City" has gone from being just a strip club anthem to a full blown hit for the young Compton rapper. A not so safe for work video of the cut was released last year, now here's the official version.
The track will be featured on Tyga's upcoming sophomore album Careless World: Rise of the Last King.
This might be as close to a Child Rebel Soldier (CRS) album as fans will ever get.
When Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Lupe Fiasco formed the super group in 2007, expectations were very high that we would hear something special, but other than "Us Placers" and the "Everyone Nose" remix there has been very little music from the trio.
That will possibly change soon as Lupe and Pharell will begin working on a joint album according to Lupe's website. Lupe also announced that his solo album Food and Liquor 2 is on the way.
Are you looking forward to a Lupe/Pharell album? Let us know what you think in the comment section below.
The rumored line of headphones for DJ Pauly D through 50 Cent's SMS Audio company has now become a reality. An excited Pauly D let his 2.8 millionTwitter followers in on the good news yesterday.
Given Pauly D's popularity as a DJ and a cast member of MTV's "Jersey Shore," the partnership is one that should greatly benefit both him and SMS Audio.
"The immediate response to the SMS Audio line has been extremely positive and we are excited to partner with DJ Pauly D to create a unique line of DJ Pauly D-branded headphones," said 50 in a press release. "Pauly D has a true passion for music and I know he'll put that same energy into helping us develop and promote a quality headphone line."
The deal will formally be announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Thursday, Jan. 12th at 2:45 p.m. PST at the SMS Audio booth (#20818 South Hall).
"Partnering with SMS Audio and 50 Cent is an incredible way to start 2012," said DJ Pauly D. "Having my own headphones has always been a dream of mine, and now that dream is a reality. I'm excited to begin creating and developing my line."
Details on specs, pricing and availability of the DJ Pauly D by SMS Audio headphone line will be available second quarter 2012.
In the meantime visit www.smsaudio.com to check out and purchase current products.
And don't forget to catch Pauly D on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" today on NBC at 11 p.m. EST. Wednesday he will be a guest on the "Chelsea Lately" show which airs on E! Entertainment Television. Check your local listings for times.
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