In a short amount of time Oakland artist Kreayshawn has gained a buzz based off of the song "Gucci Gucci." She continues to try to build on that buzz with this Dj Carnage produced track featuring Theophilus London.
Weed smoking and rapping seem to go hand in hand, or at least it seams that way. For every non-smoker like a 50 Cent or Kendrick Lamar, there are probably at least 10-15 others that love the sticky icky.
Notorious B.I.G. was a big fan of the herb and smoked a lot of it according to Dame Dash, who recalled the making of the Jay-Z and Biggie collaboration "Brooklyn's Finest" for VH1.
"I remember Biggie getting so much weed," Dame recalled. "First he asked Lil Cease to go get a box of cigars. And I was like 'why do they need all them cigars? What the f*ck is going on?' And then somebody came with a lot of jars of weed and they rolled [it up]. I couldn't believe the amount of blunts they had -- I've never seen nothing like that in my life!" Dame said. "I was like 'there is no way you're going to smoke all that. It just can't happen.' I'm not exaggerating he had like 60 joints and he smoked all of them."
If the story is true that has got to be some kind of record. I'm not sure how many hours the recording session lasted, but there is only so high a man can get.
On the latest episode of "Living The Life" Jermaine Dupri takes Bow Wow and a few friends to a Kobe Bryant basketball camp.
None of them thought they could beat the all-world player in a straight up game of one-on-one, but Bow suggested he could hang with Kobe if he was spotted a few points.
Kobe took Bow up on the challenge and not only took him to school, but talked mad sh*t while doing it.
It's pretty funny watching the 5'7 Bow Wow get treated like a kid by Bryant, who is a foot taller.
MEXICO CITY — Fighting among the Zetas gang and other vicious drug cartels led to the deaths of more than 40 people whose bodies were found in three Mexican cities over a 24-hour span, a government official said Saturday.
At least 20 people were killed and five injured when gunmen opened fire in a bar late Friday in the northern city of Monterrey, where the gang is fighting its former ally, the Gulf Cartel, said federal security spokesman Alejandro Poire.
Body on the floor at club in Monterrey where at least 20 people were murdered
Eleven bodies shot with high-powered rifles were found earlier Friday, piled near a water well on the outskirts of Mexico City, where the gang is fighting the Knights Templar, Poire said. That is an offshoot of the La Familia gang that has terrorized its home state of Michoacan.
Poire said an additional 10 people were found dead early Saturday in various parts of the northern city of Torreon, where the Zetas are fighting the Sinaloa cartel headed by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
"The violence is a product of this criminal rivalry ... surrounding the intent to control illegal activities in a community, and not the only the earnings that come with it, but also with transporting drugs to the United States," Poire said in a news conference.
Poire provided no more details on the killings in Torreon in the border state of Coahuila.
Coahuila state officials said the 10 bodies in Torreon had been mutilated and left in a sports-utility vehicle. Seven of the victims were men and three were women, and all had been killed several days earlier, said Fernando Olivas, a state prosecutor's representative in Torreon.
In Monterrey, 16 people died at the Sabino Gordo bar in the worst mass killing in memory in the northern industrial city, where violence has spiked since the Gulf and Zetas broke their alliance early last year. Four others died later at the hospital and five were injured, said Jorge Domene, security spokesman for the state of Nuevo Leon, where Monterrey is located.
Other downtown businesses closed earlier than usual after news of the massacre broke.
In Valle de Chalco, a working class suburb southeast of Mexico City, a man was found alive among the dumped bodies and was taken to a hospital, said Antonio Ortega, a spokesman for the Mexico State police.
He said some of the bodies were blindfolded and had their hands tied. Poire said one woman was found seriously injured.
State officials said police found another body nearby a few hours later but could not confirm it was related to the mass attack.
Ortega said he didn't know if the victims were shot at the scene or were taken to site.
The capital region has been largely spared the widespread drug violence that grips parts of Mexico.
But some poorer areas of the sprawling metropolis of 20 million people have begun to see killings and decapitations committed by street gangs that are remnants of splintered drug cartels.
In another incident allegedly involving Zetas, the Mexican Navy said Friday it rescued a former mayor of Reynosa, across from McAllen, Texas, who had been kidnapped along with his son. Four alleged Zeta members were arrested at the scene after an anonymous tip informed the navy of former Mayor Humberto Valdez's abduction Thursday, according to the Navy statement.
Poire repeated the government insistence that criminals, not the government's crackdown on organized crime, are causing the violence. More than 35,000 people have died since President Felipe Calderon stepped up the attack on organized crime in 2006, according to official figures. Some groups put the number at more than 40,000.
"The violence won't stop if we stop battling criminals," Poire said. "The violence will diminish as we accelerate our capacity to debilitate the gangs that produce it."
Federal authorities apprehended La Familia's alleged leader in late June, claiming the arrest was a debilitating blow to the gang. Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas was alleged to be the last remaining head of the cartel, whose splinter group, the Knights Templar, continues to fight for control of areas La Familia once dominated.
Mexican authorities also arrested Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, a co-founder of the Zetas drug cartel who is suspected of involvement in the February killing of a U.S. customs agent.
Fresh on the heels on inking Shawty Lo to a deal, MTV is reporting that 50 Cent might be adding New Orleans rapper Kidd Kidd to the G-Unit roster.
Kidd Kidd is a former Young Money affiliate and appears on several songs with Lil Wayne. He had been signed to Sha Money XL's Dream Big Ventures, so it's unclear how all of this would work out.
But if the rumors are true it would position G-Unit nicely in the south with artists in Atlanta and the N.O.
Kidd Kidd's first appearance in a G-Unit video will be in Tony Yayo's "Haters", which was just filmed in Atlanta. The video will also feature 50 Cent and Shawty Lo.
Eccentric rap collective Odd Future were treated very rudely yesterday [July 9] at Scotland's T In The Park Festival.
NME is reporting that the crowd pelted the band with water bottles during their set.
One of the problems may have been that OFWGKTA front man Tyler, The Creator was confined to a fold out chair the entire show due to a broken foot. Normally Tyler is a stage diving maniac.
After trying to fight back by throwing bottles back at the crowd, the group gave up and cut their set 20 minutes short.
"We ain't playing your motherf*cking game," Left Brain shouted as the group left the stage.
One of Casey Anthony's attorneys has come forward to talk about death threats against everyone involved in "tot mom's" acquittal.
Cheney Mason told TMZ that not only is Casey Anthony receiving threats, but so are her lawyers and the jurors.
Mason said his office had gotten "all kinds of threats" including "one we just turned over to law enforcement."
Anthony was acquitted of murdering her 2-year old daughter Caylee. The child was missing for 31 days before Anthony reported her missing.
Anthony was convicted of four counts of lying to law enforcement. She was sentenced to 4 years in prison those crimes. With time already served she will be released July 17.
Back in MayBaltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis predicted crime would rise if the NFL lockout didn't end soon.
A lot of people laughed off what Lewis had to say as hype from a player wanting the lockout to end soon, but his words are starting to look prophetic.
“Do this research if we don't have a season," he told ESPN. "Watch how much evil, which we call crime, watch how much crime picks up, if you take away our game,"
The Sporting News just published the names of 19 (now 20) NFL players who have been arrested in the 120 days since the owners locked the players out, as they try to hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement.
During the lockout there can't be any contact between the the teams and players. And while no games have been missed yet some players obviously need more structure, even in the off season. Normally teams would have had organized team activities by now. Also players would have been allowed to rehab injuries and workout at team facilities. With those options unavailable players have been left on their own, and some have made bad decisions.
There is some good news on the horizon. The owners and players appear closer than ever to ending the longest ever work stoppage in league history.
The two sides will continue to negotiate a new CBA this week.
Check out the list of NFL players who have been arrested since the lockout began on March 12.
March
13th: Vikings CB Chris Cook (brandishing a handgun)
17th: Raiders OT Mario Henderson (carrying a concealed weapon)
19th: Cowboys DB Bryan McCann (public intoxication)
25th: Packers DL Johnny Jolly (drug possession)
25th: Eagles OT Jason Peters (disturbing the peace)
30th: Buccaneers CB Aqib Talib (aggravated assault with a deadly weapon)
On the day Isayah Muller should have been celebrating graduating from his Bronx, New York high school, he wound up losing his life over a $200 bottle of cologne.
Isayah and his family were leaving his graduation on June 28 when his father Andre, noticed the bottle of cologne missing, He turns around to confront the parking lot attendants, accusing them of stealing the cologne.
What happens next is all caught on just released camera footage.
Andre is seen arguing with two attendants before completely losing it. He punches one of the attendants in the face, then picks up a snow shovel and attacks them with it.
At that point Isayah got involved in a fight with one of the attendants, who stabbed him in the chest.
His family rushed the 19-year old football star to a clinic, but he died within hours.
Pusha T recruited Tyler, The Creator of Odd Future to guest on this track that will appear on Pusha's upcoming mixtape 'Fear Of God Part 2: Let Us Pray.'
According to Neptunes.org the tape drops August 23.
When you're the President of the United States being second guessed and criticized comes with the job. And when the country is going through hard economic times, people generally fault the commander-in-chief, fair or not.
Obama is bearing the brunt of the blame for the nations' bad economy. His job approval rating according to Gallup is at 46%, down from 50% in June.
According to statistics gathered by the Wall Street Journal, a president wants to be in the 48% approval range on Election Day to be in a comfort zone. Anything less than that then it gets dicey.
One of Obama's strongest supporters spoke out recently about the criticism he's has been receiving, and gave a surprising answer.
"He's the president, it's fair." Jay-Z told Billboard at his "Watch The Throne" listening party Thursday. "You gotta fix [the country's current climate]. Can't fix it all in one day. Numbers don't lie, it's f*cked up out there. Unemployment is still high."
Actor Matt Damon, who recently jumped off the Obama bandwagon had some not so nice words to say about him on the Piers Morgan show back in March.
"I really think he misinterpreted his mandate," Damon said at the time before criticizing ignoring the poor. "[He] didn't even say the word 'poverty' in his State of the Union address even though you've got millions of people languishing in it."
Seems like some people are cooling on the idea that Obama is going to cure what ails this country. Are they jumping off the bandwagon too soon?